2022-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 09 2021 To 31 08 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Robin Nursery School Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1088997 Charity's principal address Sway Youth Centre Station Road Sway, Hampshire Postcode SO41 6BA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Jane Follett	Chairperson	Until 18/10/21
	Jennie Barnes	Chairperson	From 18/10/21
	Heather McIntosh	Treasurer
	Becci Symons	Administrator
	Aimee England
	KatyGalpin
	Grace Henney		From 18/10/21

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser 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) Trust How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are nominated and approved by the Committee (Trustees) Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To provide education and support for children from 2 years to school age.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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• Located in the rural village of Sway, we provide childcare for children aged 2 year to school starting age.

• We follow the EYFS framework.

• We maintain close links with the local primary school in order to provide smooth transition.

• Take an active role in the community – we perform our nativity in the local church. We share our garden with the toddler group, take part in the village carnival and fete.

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)

• Staff have good relationships with the children and parents.

• • We provide learning opportunities for the children which centre around their needs.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During this financial year we have:

• Continued to use tapestry to communicate with parents and support families. We have used both Tapestry and Facebook to share activity ideas for families and staff have read stories to be shared with children

• Prepared children to successfully move on to the Village primary school and other local schools

• Planned activities which focus on child development and individualised learning, helping children to take the next steps in their learning journey

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Section E Financial review

We have a reserve policy in writing. Reserves are kept to cover any staff Brief statement of the redundancy and costs to run the nursery. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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);

• 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

Unfortunately, after many meeting with SfYC and our other local preschool, Robin Nursery has made the difficult decision to close from July 2022.

The numbers have declined over the past few years, and we have been running at a loss. Birthrates have not risen in recent years and the number of children for September were not looking to be viable.

We consulted with the Pre-school alliance and have gifted resources and toys to other local preschools who follow the same aims and charity constitution.

All staff were paid the redundancy pay that they were due. One member of staff was still employed at the year end date to support the committee with the administration associated with the close down ofthe nursery.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) R Symons Full name(s) Rebecca Claire Symons Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Administrator etc) Date 30 June 2023

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl member8 of Robin Nursery School - Sway On accounts for the yaar ended 31108122 Charlty no (If any) 1088997 Set out on page I report to the Irustees on my examination of Ihe accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 August 2022. Respon81bllltla8 and As the charity trust88s, you are responslble for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 { the Act.). I report In respect of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carrfed out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examlnation, I have followed all the applicabl8 Diredions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no mat8rial matt6rs have examlnarfs stat?mont come to my attentlon in conn&ction with the examinatlon whlch gives me cause to believe that in, any material r8SP8Ct,. the a¢counting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts dld not accord wllh the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirementa concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Chariti88 {Accounls and Reports) R8gulations 2008 other than any r8quir8m8nt 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 mallers In connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn In this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Slgned: Date: 2211112022 Name: Mr D Hewitt Bsc ACMA Relevant profe88ional qualification(sl or body (if any): Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Address: Basingstoke Hampshire IER October 2018