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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**[DODDISCOMBSLEIGH COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL ] GROUP **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1078776 **Charity's principal address** Doddiscombsleigh Pre School Doddiscombsleigh Exeter **Postcode** EX6 7PR
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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||Morwenna
Redwood Parker|Nominated Trustee
for Safeguarding and
Chair|Appointed 27 January
2022||
||Ricky Parker|Co Treasurer|Appointed 27 January
2022||
||Carli Holmes|Co Treasurer|Appointed 27 January
2022||
||Charlotte Jones|Trustee|Appointed 16 June 2024||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Unincorporated association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by members Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
New trustees are given a Trustee Guide, asked to complete Ofsted EY2forms, to complete a Confidentiality Agreement and to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure with the Disclosure & Barring Service. Outgoing trustees deliver a handover as required to the incoming trustees and are required to remain available during transition for any matters arising. The structure of the Board of Trustees is set down by the Constitution adopted. It is agreed that the Trustees will make all financial decisions and are responsible for the recruitment and employment of staff. The Pre-School Leader makes day to day classroom decisions.
Trustees time is voluntary and they receive no remuneration.
- The main governance risk is associated with the charity’s small size and ensuring that there are sufficient interested parties to constitute a board of five trustees.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
'In nurturing and encouraging children as individuals through our whole community, we provide a safe and happy learning environment which challenges and inspires our children to achieve high standards and realise their full potential.'
We aim to provide a safe, happy, caring and stimulating environment for each pre-school aged child. Each child and their carers are valued as individuals. We aim to prepare each child for an easy transition into their next stage of education under the professional guidance of our qualified and experienced practitioners.
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- To maintain and improve children numbers by continuing to raise the profile of the Pre-School (through advertising, links with school and community) and thereby encouraging more children to attend.
- To work with trustees, staff and children’s carers to ensure preschool resources are used effectively and in the education and learning of our of the children at pre-school.
- Continued education and training of staff.
- Continue Fundraising for increased resources - all done by volunteers, and increasing profile with community involvement.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- Continue to work alongside Devon County Council and Babcock ensuring pre-school activities are modelled on OFSTED and Department of Education Early Years standards.
- To continue our closer working relationship with the school, the local church and Devon Air Ambulance for fundraising activities, which also bring our community together.
- To improve the financial scenario in case of unforeseen events or expenses.
- To work closely with Doddiscombsleigh Primary School, working with their Early Years Educators to improve transition and learning of our children and staff at pre-school.
- Expand pre-school hours? We have conducted surveys of our community to identify whether pre-school should expand its hours and provide wrap-around care for working families.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
The charity relies heavily on volunteers, both in terms of the board of trustees and also the contribution to fundraising activities. Volunteers do not need to be connected to the charity however volunteers are typically staff members and parents/carers of children at the pre school. The charity’s toddler group is run by a volunteer.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
The 24/25 financial year commenced with strong numbers for the academic year and saw a successful Biannual Art Show in October of which we were able to profit from a third share. This provided much greater financial security for the setting and allowed us to boost our reserves, and enabled us to end the year in profit.
Our pre school leader returned from maternity leave which was a big boost for the team, however unfortunately we again had continued staffing challenges – as our acting leader did not wish to continue with the deputy role on a permanent basis.
Our biggest achievement for the year was a successful Ofsted Report in January 2025 which saw us retain our Good rating and was testament to all the hard work of the team.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Doddiscombsleigh Pre-School operate a reserves policy. A redundancy contingency calculation amount is ring fenced in a separate savings account. £5000.58 held at the end of the financial year. Fundraised monies are held in a nominated Fundraising account.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/a
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- The principal funding comes from Devon County Council Early Years
- You **may choose** to include Educational Funding (2 year old golden ticket funding and 3&4 year old
- additional information, where universal 15 hours of funded childcare). Central government and HMRC
- relevant about: provide additional funding for families who qualify for tax credits,
- • the charity’s principal universal credit, and additional funding up for up to 30 hours of childcare. sources of funds (including We also charge private fees for families who require childcare but have any fundraising); no funding for those hours. The aim is for this income to cover salaries
- • how expenditure has and running costs for the Pre-School. Fundraised monies are to be used for additional materials, equipment and other resources bought for the
- supported the key objectives benefit of the Pre-School children. As a small pre-school, fund raised
- of the charity; money will also be used to cover running costs in extreme times of
- • investment policy and shortfall, when agreed by the Committee. objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|C Holmes|M Redwood-Parker|
|---|---|---|
||Carli Holmes|Morwenna Redwood-Parker|
||
Treasurer||
||14 January 2026||
||14 January 2026||
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**Registered Charity No. 1078776**
||**Doddiscombsleigh Community Pre School Group**|**Doddiscombsleigh Community Pre School Group**|
|---|---|---|
||**For the period from**|Period start date
1-Apr-24|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||
|**RECEIPTS**
Early Years Funding
Wraparound Fees
Private fees
Diddi Doddi Fees
Snack and meals income
**Fundraising and donatons**
Joint fundraising
Easyfundraising donatons
**Interest received**
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Pre-School fundraising and
donatons|**2025**
**£**
**£**
47,072.69
9,328.03
12,648.58
964.3
3,232.65
73,246.25
944.27
8280.42
57.32
9,224.69
81.6
**82,552.54**||
||||
|55802.68
Subcontract staf
Training and other staf costs
190
Total staf costs
55992.68
Snacks
289.78
School meal costs
1691.17
Cleaning
0
General resources
1742.33
Diddi Expenses
566
Advertsing
75
Insurance
809.52
Telephone
0
Professional fees and subscriptons
85
Sofware and computer costs
370.2
Independent Examiner fees
0
Repairs and maintenance
0
Sundry
0
Total administratve costs
5629
**Fundraising**
7384.23
-
**Total Payments**
**69,005.91**
**Net (expenditure)/receipt**
**13,546.63**
Cash funds last year
23,591.17
**Cash Funds this year end**
**37,137.80**
_All funds of the Charity are unrestricted_
Wages and salaries (including
Employer NI and pensions)
Fundraising costs (third party
share)|50121.15
0
487.4|
|---|---|
||439.59
1704.14
0
989.8
666.5
0
457.91
167.32
85
376.91
0
0
0|
||5386.53|
|||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the pe**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the pe**|
|---|---|
||**2025**|
||**£**|
|**Cash Funds**||
|Current account|20181.74|
|Fundraising account|14327.37|
|Deposit account|5,082|
|Pety cash|0.00|
|**Total Cash Funds**|**39,591.29**|
|**Liabilites / Restricted funds**|2,453.49 (PAYE / Pension pa|
|Signed by one or two trustees on||
|behalf of all the trustees|Signature|
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No (if any)
1078776
ts accounts
Period end date
To
31-Mar-25
24
£
47,752.48
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20016.43 57.58 **67,826.49**
50,608.55
4,887.17
**55,495.72 6944.24**
16,646.93
**23,591.17**
## **eriod**
**2024**
**£** 11510.42 12514.69 5000.58 2.21 **29,027.90**
ayments owed)
Print Name
|**Secton**|**Item**|**Amount**|
|---|---|---|
|Turnover
Diddi Doddi Fees
Doddi days - wrap around fees
Early Years funding
Fundraising income
Fundraising income: Doddi Diddies Donatons
Fundraising income: Easyfundraising
Fundraising income: Joint fundraising with school
Fundraising income: Pre-School Fundraising
Private fees
School meal
Snack income
Total Turnover
Cost of Sales
Cost of Snacks
Pre-School Resources
School meal costs
Total Cost of Sales
Gross Proft
Gross Proft
Administratve Costs
Advertsing/Promotonal
Diddi Expenses
Employer pension costs
600.35
Fundraising Costs: Donatons made
Fundraising Costs: Fundraising event costs
Fundraising Costs: School split of joint fundraising
Insurances
Other Professional Services
Salaries
55202.33
Sofware and computer costs
Training and other staf costs
190
Total Administratve Costs
Operatng Proft
Operatng Proft
Other Income
Interest earned
Total Other Income|||
55802.68
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
DODDISCOMBSLEIGH COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL
GROUP
On accounts for the year
ended
31
Charity no
(if any)
1078776
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ( the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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.
Signed:
Date:
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Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
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