2023-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 09 2022 31 08 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~

Charity name WELLAND & DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL GROUP ~~Ps~~ Other names charity is known by WELLAND PRE-SCHOOL ~~ee~~

Registered charity number (if any) ~~Po~~ 1083591 Charity's principal address The Pavilion, Spitalfield, Marlbank Road, Welland, Malvern, Worcestershire Postcode WR13 6NE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Trustee name ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	Office (if any) ~~es~~ ~~ee~~	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Jo Cousins ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~es~~	Chair ~~es~~ ~~ee~~	Until 01/08/2023
Andrew Holding ~~ee~~ ~~es~~ ~~ee~~	Treasurer ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	From 10/11/2022
Andrew Lederer ~~es~~ ~~ee~~ ~~es~~	Secretary ~~ee~~	From 10/11/2022
Lois Bolton ~~ee~~ ~~es~~ ~~a~~	~~ee~~ ~~a~~	~~ee~~	~~ee~~
Lois Bolton ~~es~~ ~~a~~ ~~a~~	~~a~~ ~~a~~	From 10/11/2022 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
Louisa Robinson ~~a ~~ ~~a~~ ~~ee~~	~~a~~ ~~a~~ ~~ee~~	From 10/11/2022 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~es~~	~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
Matthew Richardson ~~a ~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	~~a~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	From 10/11/2022 ~~ee~~ ~~es~~ ~~ee~~	~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
Michelle Richardson ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	~~ee~~ ~~ee~~	From 10/11/2022 ~~es~~ ~~ee~~	~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
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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)

Type of adviser	Name Address	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

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Members Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

• Trustees, who are also committee members, are appointed or reappointed

• You may choose to include annually at the Annual General Meeting. There is a child Safeguarding

• additional information, where policy in place and Trustee appointment is conditional on a DBS check

• relevant, about: and OFSTED approval. These checks are carried out and renewed in line

• policies and procedures with statutory requirements. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Policies and Procedures are reviewed and adopted annually. A new Employee Handbook has been produced.

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider A New Learning Alliance Constitution was approved by Trustees and

• network with which the charity adopted at the AGM in November 2021.

• works;

• relationship with any related A strong and active working relationship with Welland Football Club, who parties; share the Pavilion and the Parish Council, who own it, continues.

• trustees’ consideration of We continue to have a working partnership with the local Primary School.

• major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the

The objectives of Welland Pre-school are:

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charity set out in its governing document 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)

To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parent/carers to understand and provide for the needs of their child through community groups. To offer appropriate play facilities and training courses, together with the right of parents/carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children regardless of race, culture, religion or means. Encourage the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas. Instigate and adhere to and further the aim of the Early Years Alliance.

Rural pre-school catering for children between 2 years and 5 years. Pre-school opens Monday – Friday, during term time, from 9am – 3pm. Sessions can be variable to meet the needs of the child and family, e.g. all day, morning or afternoon sessions with the option of staying for lunch. Section D Achievements and Performance demonstrate how the Trustees and staff of Welland Pre-school ensure that the activities undertaken at preschool are of public benefit in providing a safe and secure learning environment for the preschool children of Welland and the surrounding district. The Trustees of Welland Pre-school have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Welland Pre-school, as a Charity, relies on the ongoing support of its volunteers. Family members of the children who attend the Pre-school and friends and family of staff and Trustees, as well as the local general public all help to ensure our fundraising activities are successful.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Autumn Term 2022

In July 2022 our previous Chair stepped down and an interim Chair was appointed until the AGM in November 2022.

Ross started in September to support the delivery of more sport activities within preschool. He settled well with the team and build a rapport with families. We delivered our Harvest Festival in September, the first since Covid restrictions had been permanently lifted.

In October and November, we celebrated Halloween and Children in Need with a wide range of activities.

We decided to run another Christmas Pop Up Shop for the children to buy their parents presents which raised some funds for the Charity. All the children and their families really enjoyed taking part.

We were able to run our annual Christmas play, for the first time since Covid which was well attended with a cake sale raising some funds for the charity.

Spring and Summer Term 2023

If was a challenging start to 2023 with the Manager having to step aside for an extended period from mid-January, resulting in Lauren taking on a temporary Manager role to cover. Georgia supported Lauren and the team by taking on temporary Deputy duties. We ran an Easter event, which included a cake sale, plant stall fun games and a raffle that together raised money for the Charity to support the purchase of new items to enhance the setting.

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Section D Achievements and performance Unfortunately, Ross left the setting in late June, just before Sports Day. Due to illness, he was not able to say a proper farewell to all the families and staff, but the Preschool wished him well in his next challenge. In February 2023 Alexandra Abbot left the committee and her role as finance officer. Tracey Strain took the finance position in February 2023. We ran Sports Day where over the week the children were able to take part in sports day activities. We ran our annual Graduation party this year which was an enormous success. We had great feedback from families who enjoyed seeing their children singing and dancing as well as being able to see them playing with their friends. It was lovely for the staff to be able to say goodbye to the children and their families. In early July, the Manager resigned. This was shortly followed by an impromptu Ofsted visit of the setting. Ofsted spent two days assessing the standards and quality of care and published their report giving an overall assessment of ‘Good’, which the team and committee are enormously proud of. Lauren and colleagues were highlighted as delivering an excellent quality of Early Years provision. In late July, our Chair stepped down due to personal priorities. The committee progressed with identifying next steps for a replacement of both Manager and Chair over the Summer. Through an interview process, Lauren was offered the Manager role and accepted in October 2023 and the then Deputy role was subsequently filled by Jade in November. Both are settling into their new roles well.

Section E Financial review	Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit
	The financial statement has been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis as in previous years and as such take no account of Income or Expenditure which may be due but not received or paid as at 31st August 2023. It is important to be aware that the Receipt and Payments Accounts for the period 1st September 2022 to 31st August 2023 is simply a summary of those amounts actually received and paid in the period and takes no account of the income which might be due but not received by 31st August 2023. All funds are unrestricted. We do however aim to hold a reserve in order to meet unforeseen expenditure and a 3 month contingency amount to enable the Preschool to maintain continuity of service to the community. It is the aim of the Trustees to maintain a £30,000.00 joint balance per annum from our two bank accounts in order to achieve this objective.
	There are no funds in deficit.

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Our main source of income comes from Government funding. Funds are further enhanced by community fundraising which is made possible by Trustee, Staff and Community volunteers. Our numerous fundraising events are listed in Section D – Achievements and Performance.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and 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) A R Holding Full name(s) Andrew Holding Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 29/11/2023

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WELLANDANO DISTRICT PRE4CHOOL GROUP 1083691 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• perlod 18t Sept￿b•1 2022 To 31BtAuguit 2023 Section A Receipts and paymeiits Unr8•tfbct•d fund• R••lrlct•d fund• Ethltswm•nt lund• toth• n••rn•i£ toth• lots nMr••lt tyth• r*w••¢ ¢ Tol•l fund• A1 RK•l 104 Fundr• $4• 14 Ca MI￿ 70 Sub tothl(Gros8 Income for AR) 107 107 A2 A•••t and In¥••tm•nt Ml A3P• Staff Cc4ts Fundr lTIGenW￿ E P4¥ilKn CrAts Rth Caoh ffjo sts Sub tot•1 14IJ04 IrKJ,2•6 A4 A•••l and InvMlm•nt Sub fotal 122,854 122.054 100.XI -14, 14. AS TrnMf•rn b•lw••n fund8 A6 Cash fvnd• l••t y•ai end C•sh lun(ts Ihls y••r •nd 89,3 84348.6 68,383 CCX¥ Rl accounts ISS1 oyion023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrn•trtctsd R•¥trkt•d fund• fund• to M•ro•t£ tom•r•tstÈ Endowm•nt lund• 81 fABh lund• Total cash lunds )83 Unrn•trlct•d fund• Endowm•nl fund• n••rnBtÉ fund• Ful￿ tOTfftk NDtWicbl• l•ll Offlc• Ind B4 A•••i• rntsln•d for th• ¢h•rlty'• own Chth•n'¥ x•• fvrr4lur••nd •wlpTrrt 85 Ll•bllltl•A SbJr*l by one w t4W tTU•t•w on b•haK of 411 biJ81••8 D81• of Slwiature Prknt Name CCKX R2 acwunts ISSI 0111012023

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to th• tru¥loMI momborn of INelland and District Pre-school Group On account• lor the ymr •nd•d August 2023 Charfty no {If any 1083591 S•t out on pag I report to the tru8toe8 on my examlnatlon of tho acc<>unts of the above charity ('the Tru8t') for the year ended 31108r2023. RMpon•lbllttlM and A8 tho chanty truste08 of the Tru81, you are re8pon8ible for the preparation ba818 of roport of thg accounts in accordance wlth the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 ('the A￿). I report in regpe¢t of my examlnation of tho Trust's aGcounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying Out my examination, I have followed the appllcable Direction8 glven by the Charity Comm1881on under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have ¢<)mpleted my examlnation. I confirm that no material matter8 have come to my attention (other than that d18do1￿ bolow ') in connection with the examinatlon ￿lch gN88 mo cauia to ￿11•¥• that In, any material r•8pect: occountiw record8 wer• not kept in accordance with 8ectlon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wlth the accountlng record8 Ind•pnd•nt •x•mln•e• •tstsmont I have no ¢oncem$ and have come acr088 no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention 8hould be drawn in ordor to enab proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Plea8e delote the WO￿ in th8 br8ckets rf they do not apply. Slgn•d: Dats: 01 oJlgoJ¥ Nm•: Gsioc> Ll N)& Li Ltq R•l•vant prof•••lonl qu•imcatlon(•l or body (If any): Addr•••: IL¢ Go&<t4c lJ&q7Jé￿th)A JOLIHQILH L) IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the gxaminer needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of chathi accounts: directions and guidance for examirnrs). Glv• hern brf•f d•tsll$ of any ltsm8 that tho •xamln•r wl•hM to d1￿1￿•. IER October 2018