## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 1-Sep-22 To Period end date 31-Aug-23** **Charity name: Little Sparks Preschool** ## **Charity registration number: 1079011** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL IN NORWICH A)
PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP
PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO
TAKE PART B) ENCOURAGING OTHER
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH
PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN| |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|**We provide a curriculum around the**
**Early Years Foundation Stage for**
**children 2-5 years, children access 15 or**
**30 hours per week (funding entitlement)**
**encourage parents to take part in their**
**children’s learning and development**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, Trustes made aware**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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|**We are raising the attainment level**
**through the Early Years Curriculum of**
**our preschool children to ensure when**
**they transition to school they have the**
**foundation in place to continue with**
**their education.**
**Parents are informed of their children’s**
**learning and development including**
**what kind of learner their child is.**
**Families signposted to multi-agencies**
**to further help, support and advise**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Children’s progress is monitored**
**throughout their time at the setting**
**using developmental strands/Wellcomm**
**programme and those needing extra**
**help and support are referred to relevant**
**agencies, parents/carers are involved in**
**children’s learning with termly feedback**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Where applicable Trustees would**
**monitor**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|A deficit arose in the year mainly due to
staff costs which has been redressed in the
current year and a surplus is expected.
The Trustees consider the year- end
financial position to be satisfactory and
confirm that the Charity can meet all known
obligations.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are retained to primarily cover
redundancy costs, and fixed overhead
liabilities.Reserves are are not to be used
for other costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£39,609| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Reserves are held| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|There are no funds in deficit for this
financial year. Receipts and payments
accounts are prepared.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Although a deficit arose of £18,600 the
Trustees monitor finances closely and in
the next financial period have ensured that
a surplus is generated, by reducing staff
costs and achieving increased Funding,
therefore the trustees do not have any
concerns that the charity cannot continue
as a going concern.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Norfolk County Council Early Years**
**Funding Source**| |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|**Filling spaces in both rooms**
**Recruitment**
**Attracting Trustees**
**Leasing**| |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|**Unincorporated association**| |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|**New trustees are proposed and**
**seconded at the AGM subject to DBS**
**checks membership is open to any**
**person over the age of 18 years**
**interested in furthering our aims**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Yes**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**We encourage group activities in which**
**parents may help the children**
**Supporting families working with**
**outside agencies**
**Promoting our Healthy Smiles**
**Programme supporting teeth cleaning**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Co-operate with other charity, voluntary**
**bodies and statutory bodies to meet the**
**aims of our association**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Little Sparks Preschool| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Little Sparks Playgroup (Previous name)| |Registered charity number|1079011| |Charity’s principal address|Knowland grove
Norwich
Norfolk
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Karen Rowley|Chair|17 July2018|| ||Jacqueline Walker|Secretary|26 April 2012|| ||Karen Chapman|Treasurer|20 April 2021|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Auditor**|Abacus Accountancy|The Willows, Ipswich Rd, Long Stratton, NR15 2TG| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **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**|KMRowley|JAWalker| |---|---|---| ||Karen Rowley|Jackie Walker| ||
Chair|Secretary| ||24/06/2023|| ||24/06/2023|| **Little Sparks Preschool** **1079011** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Norfolk CountyCouncil Funding|**102,777**||**-**||**-**||**102,777**||**102,766**| |Fees and Lunch Money|**4,820**||**-**||**-**||**4,820**||**7,780**| |Magdalene Gates Preschool closure|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**15,000**| |SSP Recovery|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**270**| |West Earlham Association|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**| |Balancingamount reversal 2021|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**5**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**107,597**||**-**||**-**||**107,597**||**126,320**| ||||||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,597**
**92,944**
**15,075**
**857**
**1,137**
**-**
**1,105**
**1,069**
**855**
**2,128**
**79**
**1,033**
**159**
**79**
**528**
**2,106**
**11**
**5**
**35**
**119,205**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**119,205**
**- 11,608**
**-**||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**126,320**| ||||||||||| |
Payroll|**92,944**||**-**||||||**86,169**| |Rent|**15,075**||**-**||||||**25,125**| |Insurance|**857**||**-**||||||**670**| |Stationery|**1,137**||**-**||||||**2,752**| |Equipment|**-**||**-**||||||**6,022**| |Communications and Website|**1,105**||**-**||||||**769**| |Refreshment/Kitchen|**1,069**||**-**||||||**836**| |Administration|**855**||**-**||||||**570**| |Consumables
Staff Training
Repair and Maintenance
TV Licence
DBS Checks & Registrations
Examination of Accounts
Accountancy Fees
Travel
Balancing amount
Sundry Expenses
**_Sub total_ **|**2,128**||**-**||||||**697**| ||**79**||**-**||||||**198**| ||**1,033**||||||||| ||**159**||**-**||||||**94**| ||**79**||**-**||||||**235**| ||**528**||**-**||||||**-**| ||**2,106**||||||||| ||**11**||**-**||||||**28**| ||**5**||**-**||||||**-**| ||**35**||**-**||||||**-**| ||**119,205**||**-**||||||**124,165**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**119,205**
**- 11,608**
**-**
**47,788**
**36,180**||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**124,165**| ||||||||||| ||**- 11,608**||**-**||**-**||**- 11,608**||**2,155**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**47,788**||**39,609**||**-**||**87,397**||**85,242**| ||**36,180**||**39,609**||**-**||**75,789**||**87,397**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds** 05/12/2024 **funds** > CCXX R1 accounts (SS) **Categories** 1 **Details** |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Petty Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**36,123**
**39,609**
**57**
**-**
**-**
**36,180**
**39,609**
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**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
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Print Name|**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/12/2024 2 The Willows, Ipswich Road Long Stratton, NR15 2TG Tel. 01508 333040 office@abcabacus.co.uk www.abcabacus.co.uk ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of the “Little Sparks Pre School”** I report on the accounts of the above charity number 1079011 for the year ended 31 August 2023 ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act 1993 and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 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. Peter Bussey FFA FIPA **4[th] December 2024** abc abacus ~ the name you can count on !