2023-08-31-accounts - Noah's Ark ( Tolworth ) Pre-School

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 September 2022 Period start date To 31 August 2023 Period end date

Charity name: Noah’s Ark (Tolworth) Pre-school

Charity registration number: 1077417

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The aim of the pre-school is to enhance the development and education of children, primarily pre-school children aged 3-4 years old, but also funded children aged between 2-3 years too, especially those who are local authority funded. Furthermore, the aim of the pre-school is to provide Early Years Education to children of parents of the Parish and beyond. We hope to work with all parents and positively contribute to the community through activities and fundraising.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The Charity helps run and maintain Noah's Ark pre-school which is based on the grounds of Our Lady Immaculate Church and Our Lady Immaculate Primary school. It serves the immediate Catholic Community, but also the wider community in surrounding areas. The Charity helps and supports the running of the pre-school, primarily with 2 daily sessions for 3 hours each as well as all day for children who are accessing 30 hours or are privately funded. The majority of children at Noah’s Ark are government funded. The pre-school is governed by the statutory framework of the Early Years Foundation stage and works under the guidance of the Royal Borough of Kingston’s AFC team. This ensures that all children at the pre-school have the opportunity to learn according to their individual needs and to the best of their ability. The charity supports the pre-school through many fundraising activities, but also with overseeing the Management of the pre-school and ensuring that all stakeholders are involved in decisions such as improvements, negotiations or policies. The Charity supports other charities that they have a connection with,for example the

		Catholic Church and their projects. Through these projects the children learned about the other groups in the community and develop a good communityspirit.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	All trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and we can confirm: - We are aware of the guidance - We have taken it into account when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant We have not decided to depart from the guidance

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SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment N/A Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers N/A Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Noah’s Ark’s aim is to support the members of the nearby community by offering childcare for 15 and 30 hours respectively. Parents whose children attend Our Lady Immaculate are able to easily access childcare for their younger offspring. We are also offering childcare to non-Catholics and have therefore created a welcoming pre- school were children learn together from all faiths and backgrounds. There were a total of 37 children in attendance accessing 15 or 30 hours during the academic year of 2022 and 2023. During this academic year it was necessary to arrange for additional staff to support children who presented with a special educational need, making our pre-school inclusive for all. During the academic year (2022 and 2023), we invested in playground maintenance as well as inside. We bought additional resources for outside. The pre-school also arranged activities such as the ‘living eggs’, caterpillars and various outside resources to give all children appropriate learning experiences. Noah’s Ark organised activities for children for which money was fundraised and donated for Our Lady Immaculate Church’s Lenten project in 22/23 as well. Where financial difficulties of families were known, support was offered and no fees applied.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A

N/A Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives N/A Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Noah’s Ark is in a financially stable position. In FY22-23, Noah’s Ark made a surplus of £20K (having received £173K of income and £153K of expenses). Noah’s Ark has £231K cash in the bank at year end.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	As per the Noah's Ark pre-school constitution section 3, paragraph (g), the policy on reserves is to set aside funds for special purposes or reserves against future expenses. Given the nature of the charity as a pre-school there are times when there are less children than other years and the intention of the reserves is to be able to cover those shortfalls as well as maintain the pre-school to a good educational standard.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	As at the 31stAugust 2023 Noah’s ark reserves totalled £231K.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Noah's Ark pre-school primarily receives funds from the Royal Borough of Kingston for children aged 3 and over, but there are also some funded 2 year old children as well. Those who are not funded are invoiced children. The pre-school offers sessional care and an extra 35 minutes for 30 hour children. In addition, the Committee organised a few events to raise money for equipment for children, general maintenance, crafts and experiences
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	N/A
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	N/A

NIA Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	The Charity is a ‘Committee run’ Pre- School with Trustees
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustees are the elected officers of the Committee

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	N/A
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	N/A
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	N/A
Other		N/A

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname	Noah’s Ark(Tolworth) Pre-School
Other name the charityuses	N/A
Registered charitynumber	1077417
Charity’s principal address	The Bungalow 401-403 Ewell Road Tolworth KT6 7DG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Joanna Oakley	Chair	Noah’s Ark Committee
Carole Mullett	Treasurer	Noah’s Ark Committee
Hena Lachman		Noah’s Ark Committee
Ruth Antoniades		Noah’s Ark Committee
Natalie Slark		Noah’s Ark Committee

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Other optional information

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees

Charity Name Noah’s Ark (Tolworth) Pre School

On accounts for the year	31stAugust 2023 Charity no 1077417
ended	(if any)

Set out on pages	1 and 2
	(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
	I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
	charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31stAugust 2023.
Responsibilities and	As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
basis of report	accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
	(“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: 24/05/2024 Signed: ] ~~3 oo~~ Name: Miriam Awad

Oct 2018

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Bachelor's degree in English accounting-Egypt Relevant professional Fully qualified AAT-UK qualification(s) or body Semi-qualified ACCA-UK (if any): Finance Officer Address: 20 Rowden Road, West Ewell, Epsom - KT199PN

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Oct 2018

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

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