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Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2025

NORTHERN PASTURES PRE-SCHOOL

Charity registration number: 1079271

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Financial period ~~ee~~ Financial period start date 01/04/2024 Cn

Financial period end date

31/03/2025 Cn Income and spending ~~ee~~

Income £ £84,897 Cn Spending £ £97,695 ~~Ce~~

Number of contracts from government ~~ee~~

How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

1

Value of contracts from government

What was the total value of the contracts received from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

£63,624

Number of grants from government

How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

0

Recipients of grants

Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals

£0

Other charities

£0

Other organisations that are not charities

£0

Trustee payments

Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?

⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid

Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?

No

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom

Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Spending outside of the United Kingdom

Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Trading subsidiaries

Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?

No

Property

Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return?

No

Employment contract types

People were permanently employed by your charity

4

People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity

0

Self-employed people were working for your charity

0

Total overseas employees

How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom?

0

Total employee payroll

What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return?

£71,362

Employees' salaries

Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return?

No

Governance policies

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Yes

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Yes

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Yes

Complaints policy and procedures

Yes

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Yes

Internal risk management policy and procedures

Yes

Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Not applicable

Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Not applicable

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Not applicable

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Not applicable

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Yes

Social media policy and procedures

Yes

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Not applicable

Serious Incidents

Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?

There were no incidents to report

External risk and impact

Donations,

Not applicable

Other income - grants

Not applicable

Other income - contracts

Negative

Other income - investment

Not applicable

Expenditure on charitable activities

Negative Negative

Expenditure on overheads

Number of volunteers

Not applicable

Number of employees

Negative

Number of trustees

Unknown

Fundraising activities

Negative

Capacity to deliver services

Negative

Total service demand

Negative

Volunteers

Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?

4

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one): Your role at the charity (select one):
⊠Trustee
Given names Emma
Family name Cosford
Telephone 07523328438
number
Email treasurer@nppsmanager.onmicrosoft.com
Date submitted 21/01/2026

It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts

Nursery Funding ~~PT~~ Fees ~~Pt~~ Cheques ~~pe~~ Interest Fundraising Miscellaneous

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).

A3 Payments ~~Ee~~ Salaries ~~Pe~~ Rent ~~ET~~ HMRC ~~pe~~ Training ~~ET~~ Mobile ~~pe~~ Internet Staff expenses Insurances

~~Pt~~ Council Fundraising

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Miscellaneous
Consumables
Petty cash
Pension
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

B1 Cash funds

Categories

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Northern Pastures Pre-School

Receipts and payme

For the period from

Period start date 1-Apr-24

Unrestricted funds

Restricted funds

to the nearest £
63,624
110
3,756
67,490
-
-
-
67,490
71,362
13,300
4,322
1,233
14
110		 to the nearest £
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71,362 -
13,300 -
4,322 -
1,233 -
14 -
110 -
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2,000 543 1,408 616 4,652 99,560

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Details

Current Account Fundraising Account Savings Account Holding Account Petty Cash

Total cash funds

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))

Details Details Details Details Signature

1079271

ents accounts

To

Period end date 31-Mar-25

Endowment funds

Total funds

to the nearest £

to the nearest £

- 63,624
- -
- -
- 110
- 3,756
- -
- -
- -
- 67,490
- -
- -
- -
67,490
-
- 71,362
- 13,300
- 4,322
- 1,233
- 14
- 110
- -
- -
- -
- -
- 2,000
- 543
- 1,408
- 616
- 4,652
- 99,560

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Unrestricted funds

Restricted funds

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3,927
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4,027
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to nearest £

to nearest £

-

-

Fund to which asset belongs

Cost (optional)

-

Fund to which asset belongs

Cost (optional)

-

-

Fund to which liability relates

Amount due (optional)

-

Print Name

Emma Cosford

CC16a

Last year

to the nearest £

79,740 9,011 1,081 146 4,761 - - 94,739

94,739

51,508 13,361 9,617 222 142 231 871 106 -

9,452 826 1,425 2,708 90,469

77,380 11,829 - 11,829

Endowment funds

to nearest £

- OK

Endowment funds

to nearest £

-

Current value (optional)

-

Current value (optional)

-

When due (optional)

Date of approval 1/29/2026

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Chaiily Name Northern Pastures Preschool On accounts for the year ended March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1079271 Set out on pages Irpmember lo incliide the page numbers ol additional sheelsl 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: 29.01.26 Name: Emma Whittaker Relevant professional qualification{s} or body (if any): AAT Address: 6 High Street Stoke Goldington MK16 8NR IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018