Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period Start Date Day Month April Period End Date Day Month 31st March From Year 2024 To Year 2025 Charity Name Kanes Hill Preschool Other names Charlty Is known by nla Registered Charlty Number (If any) 1078652 Charity's Princlpal Address Hinkler Road Thomhill Southampton Hants Post¢od• S019 6FW Names of the Charity Trustees who manage the charfty Trustee Name Office (K any) Dates acted If not for whole year Name of per80n (or body) antitled to appoint trustee (rf any) Lorna Lanham Carla Curthoys Sally Johnson Rosemary Hickey Kelly McNally Hannah Munday Rebecca Shemian Zoie Hoskin Chairperson Secretary 28 May 2021 18 March 2019 20January 2020 18 March 2019 28 May 2021 08 Apnl 2024 14 May 2024 07March 2025 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 Names of the Trustees for the Charity, rf anyj (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresse8 of advisers (Optional Inforniation) Type of Adviser Name Address Name of Chlef Executlve or Names of S•nior Staff Members (Optional Inforniation) Description of the Charity's Trusts Type of Governlng Document (eg, trnst deed, constitution) Constitution 2011 How the Charity is constituted (eg, trust, association, company) Unincorporated Association Trustee Selectlon Methods (eg, appointed by. elected by) Elected by the parentslguardians. Additional Governance Issues (Optional Infomiation) You may choose to indude additional information, where relevant, abouL There are two types of membership family membership for the parentslcarers of all children who attend Kanes Hill pre-school and Affiliate Membership ft)r individuals or other bodies who are interested of the aims of the pre-school. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees" Commrttee members are voted by the members at the Annual General Meeting. We currendy have 8 committee members. The minimum number of committee members is 5 and the maximum Is 12. the charity's organisational structure and any wider netrwork wth which the charity works: The trustees play an important and crucial role in the existence of our chanty, and the posrtion carries a number of responsibilities and can somets'mes be daunting for a volunteer to take on. New trustees are made to feel like part of the charrty. We provide a proper induction that will ensure that they have a clear understsnding of the structure of the provision and how rt operates, as well as their role and responsibilib'es within it Trustees. parents and staff all contribute to the group's policies updab-ng and reviewing annually taking into consideration changes to legEsIat￿n and relevance to the group. relationship with any related parbes.. trustees, consideration of rnajor risks and the system and prO￿dureS to manage them Summary ol the objects of the charity set out In Its governing document Our seth.ng aims to provide high quality care and education for children aged bebween 2 and 5. Vle work in partnership with parents to help the children, and to add to the life and well- being of the local Community. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the publlc benefrt in relation to theses objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued the Charity Commission on public benefrt) We offer care and education by leaming through play for the children of families within the Thomhill area of Southampton. We encourage parents to become involved in the running of the pr&school by showing an interest in their children's Feaming and supporb'ng fundraising events. We offer children and their parents a service that promotes equality and values diversity. We aim to ensure that each child is in a safe and stimulating environment, and has the chance tojoin with other children and adults to thrive, play. work and leam together. Each child is given generous care and attenb'on because of our ratio of qualified staff to children, and has a person21 key person who makes sure that each child makes satisfactory progress and liaises wrth the child's parents keeping them involved and updated. We encourage parents to become involved in the running of the preschool and with any fundraising events. Additional detsils of objectives and activitles (Optlonal Infomiation) You may choose to include further Statements. where relevant, at)ouL"_ policy on grant makn'ng: policy programme related investment" contribution volunteers. made by Summary ofthe maln achievements of the charfty durlng the year received a Good Ofsted outcome in March 2023. and conb'nue to improve on this. The preschool offers up to 30 hours childcare per chikl Fer The preschool continually has a tong waiting list, and at evwy admission stage is full immediatety with mosty funded children. As the preschool is joined to the main primary school we have a good connection with the pnmary school. This helps c children in the transth'on period as we prepare them for rrthD- into school. r-y Inancia eview Brief statsment of the charity's policy on reserves The charty currenty has a reserve to cover 3 months of operats.ng expendtture. along with enough funds to cover redundancies for all employees, rf eligible. Detalls of any funds materlalty in deficit None Further flnanclal revlew detalls (Optlonal Inforniation) You may choose to indude addrtional informats'on. where relevant about'.- The main source of funds is through childcare places. We receive up to 15 and 30 hours Nursery Educats'on Funding per child. If a child is not eligible for funding parents have the option to pay for this unts"l they are eligible, and some parents also choose to top up their child's hours if not covered by their Nursery Education funding. the chanty's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising). how expenditure supported the objectives of the charity; has key We also receive funds as the result of a very acts.ve fundraising team with raffles, sponsored events and commission from photographs, which has resulted in more money being put back into the preschool, and more provisions purchased to aid the children's leaming and development. investment policy and objectNes including any ethical investrnent policy adopted. ara on The trustees declaro that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full Name(s) aoseMAQy H i 6bC 61 Posltlon (eg, Sacretary, Chalr, etc) i QvS