FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS 

CHARITY No. 1082125 

TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] AUGUST 2023 

## The trustees for the year were 

Janine Teresa Tilbury 

Jayne Turney 

Jean Maddison 

## Address 

190 Chatley Road 

Great Leighs 

Chelmsford 

CM3 1NU 

Actvites 

The charity continues to supply a pre-school nursery for children aged 2 to 5 years. Throughout the year we operated with an average of 8 salaried staff. We have not had an Ofsted inspection since the very strong rating received on 5[th] July 2019. 

## Finances 

Our financial report for the year is attached. The charity's accounts were late this year as it became apparent that pension contributions were not taken by the pension provider despite having completed and provided all the requirements for them to administer it. The Trustees and Accountant are now rectifying the situation. Suffiecient funds are available to meet any obligations arising from this oversight. 

Other maters. 

As well as supplying a good atmosphere in which to develop, the health, welfare and safety of our children remain our priority. To this end we maintain all the necessary legal regulations for staff and children and have a policy of continuously upgrading in every department as is appropriate. 

Signed on behalf of the Trustees 

## Jean Maddison 

24th September 2024 



|Income and Expenditure for Felsted Little Acorns<br>September 2022 to August 2023<br>Registration No. 1082125|Income and Expenditure for Felsted Little Acorns<br>September 2022 to August 2023<br>Registration No. 1082125||
|---|---|---|
|INCOME||2022|
|Other<br>Government funding<br>Additional fees<br>Fees (under 3's)<br>Vouchers for fees<br>BACS payments<br>Clothing and mug sales<br>Resource fees<br>Total income|103713.79<br>3597.75<br>11704.97<br>104.75<br>420.00<br>115.00<br>127.19<br>119783.45|95989<br>10745<br>16286<br>367<br>1378<br>369<br>895<br>7|
|||126036|
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|EXPENDITURE|||
|Pensions<br>Uniforms<br>Liabilities<br>FUND<br>Page 3<br>Payroll (including Inland Revenue)<br>Payroll service<br>Consumables<br>Rent & rates<br>Insurance<br>Safety & training<br>Staff welfare<br>Telephone<br>Stationery & postage<br>Accountancy<br>Capital expenditure<br>Sundry expenses<br>Total expenditure<br>Net profit  / (loss)<br>CAF Bank account balance<br>Gold account balance<br>Cash balance<br>Uniforms in stock|103137.19<br>2731.53<br>119.00<br>8233.96<br>531.45<br>12000.00<br>691.78<br>274.60<br>605.00<br>200.00<br>970.75<br>800.00<br>767.40<br>522.70<br>131585.36<br>-11801.91<br>57239.97<br>720.17<br>504.20<br>442.50<br>-8136.99<br>50769.85|101214<br>679<br>551<br>7113<br>931<br>12000<br>537<br>423<br>807<br>220<br>261<br>400<br>976<br>811|
|||126924|
|||-887|
|||74344<br>718<br>2640<br>442<br>-15572|
|||62572|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

|**Section A**|**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Independent Examiner’s Report**|||
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|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**||Charity Name<br>Felsted Little Acorns|||
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|**On accounts for the year**||31st August 2023|**Charity no**|1082125|
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|**Set out on pages**||3 (including accounts)|||
|||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above|||
|||charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2022.|||
|**Responsibilities and**||As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the|||
|**basis of report**||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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities 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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

|**Signed:**|Cyril B Bamforth|**Date:**|24/09/2024|
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|**Name:**|Cyril Bernard Bamforth|||
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|**Relevant professional**||||
|**qualification(s) or body**||||
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**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 



|**Address:**|28 Maple Avenue|
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**Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the** During the course of the examination it became apparent that pension **examiner wishes to** contribtions had not been paid to the pension provider. Enquiries were made **disclose** . and it became obvious that the appropriate action had been taken in order to set up the pension scheme and the Trustees are trying to find out what went wrong and also to rectify the situation. There are sufficient funds in the Charity to cover the liability. 

2 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER**