2025-12-31-accounts

[Type here] Little Otters Children’s Centre

Marshgate Camelford Cornwall PL329YN Tel: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

Committee Annual Report for 2025

We have addressed many of the improvements that we planned for the setting in the 2024 annual report. This included replacing the soft play tarmac to the front of the building, renovating our sleep room and upgrading our technology in the setting. This has impacted our profit for 2025 as these renovations and purchases were very costly and our fundraising account could not cover the necessary work we undertook.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our staff for their hard work and flexibility over the last 12 months. I would also like to thank the committee for their support over the last 12 months. We would not be able to operate without the commitment of our parent/carer volunteers.

STAFFING

The staffing team remained consistent during 2025, however, due to one of our staff members expecting a baby in March 2026, we decided to employ a Level 3

Early Years Apprentice in October 2025.

Claire White has become a valued member of the Little Otters staff team and has gained knowledge, experience and training to equip her in the role of Early Years Educator.

We are hoping Claire will complete her apprenticeship and become a fully qualified Level 3 Practitioner by the end of 2026.

In June 2026 Charlotte Walters left the setting to pursue a new career. We remain a staff team of 6 practitioners.

Vikki Thomas - Centre Manager - Holds BA Hons Early Childhood Studies & Early Years Professional Status. Level 3 Forest School Leader. Billy Couch - Deputy Manager (Job Share) Currently on Maternity Leave until January 2027. Holds a Level 3 in Childcare & Education and a Level 3 in Leadership & Management.

Nikki Furse - Deputy Manager (Job Share) – Otters Room Leader - Holds a Level 3 in Childcare & Education.

Alisha Holmes - Deputy Manager (Job Share) - Pups Room Leader - Holds a Level 3 Early Years Educator.

Holly Lashbrook - Assistant Pups Room Leader - Holds a Level 3 Early Years Educator.

Claire White - Nursery Assistant - Level 3 Early Years Apprentice.

Registered charity 1079898 Ofsted Registration

103037

[Type here] Little Otters Children’s Centre

Marshgate Camelford Cornwall PL329YN Tel: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

CHILDREN AND FUNDING

We currently have 24 children on role. We have 14 children accessing 9month + funding. We have 1 child accessing 2 year old funding.

We have 8 children accessing 3/4 year funding, 5 of which access 30 hour funding.

FUNDRAISING REPORT

We hosted a quiz at the Coombe Barton at Crackington Haven in April 2025, raising £563.

St Gennys carnival donated £300 to the setting in June 2025. We organised a Christmas raffle and raised £116.

In June 2025 the centre upgraded its technology by purchasing new IPads, a computer and printer. This was needed to transfer our customer accounts and registers from paper to Tapestry, streamlining our operations.

In August 2025 we renovated our sleep room which included, completely redecorating, new flooring and shelving. When replacing the flooring we discovered we needed to replace some of the floor which increased the cost of the work. We also purchased new curtains, curtain poles, cushions, lampshade to completely give this room the facelift it needed. The total cost of this work came to £1208.

The soft tarmac in the front garden which was replaced in February 2025 used the total fundraising balance of £6652.00. The centre paid £7918.00 from our contingency fund to pay for the total cost of £14,570.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

New resources for Pups room to replace the role play furniture, sofa & book box.

New low chairs and trays for Pups room.

We still need to replace the draining stones around the building and refresh the paint on the outside and the inside of the building. We need to renovate the porch area, replastering and floor to make it a more accessible storage facility.

We would also like to erect a small storage shed outside Pups room to store pushchairs and larger resources.

Registered charity 1079898 Ofsted Registration

103037

[Type here] Little Otters

Children’s Centre

Marshgate Camelford Cornwall PL329YN Tel: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

Registered charity 1079898 Ofsted Registration

103037

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