RECISTEI ACTIVITIES obJ￿IlYeS 8nd.tsim5 The tonlpanls hiain 8¢tivitl*s we to adwall¢¢ tlie ¢duc41ion of ¢hildrtn In B¢Kl8y, Keiii pnd tli¢ $uttounding' ar¢as by proVidlD8 saft and.satisfying fa¢ilitie$ for play, and to pi'oi¥id¢ or assist ill ihe provision of fa¢iliiles for re¢relltion . or other lei5iue ¢im¢ Dccupation for these cliildten in the inter¢s(s of social welfare alld ivifli dic object of improving their ¢onditions of lif¢, Tli¢ ¢ompany has th¢ folloilting $(ateni•nt of purpose- Statement of Pury>ose l Tlie provislon ofliish quallry affordgble day farlliti¢$ for IhE daily care. ftcreallon ind edu¢ation of *e4¢hooJ ildr¢n, 2 Tho devtlopment and 5UPPQrtof initiatives ¥vliidT ¢nhance the lif# sk"i115 wid abilities of pr¢-s¢hool children. 3 The deveknpmeni'of out of school. and holtday provision forsthooi ag¢ cliildrerf. 4 Trainbng and empioynlent opporlunitSes of pèrsons providing such ¢are, edU￿￿on{￿d Ye¢featlon faclllti¢S. Il* company is.rcgistsr¢d wilh 0￿¢d and all apploprlttte policies are in p1ac•, SlgnlOc%nl *¢tlYltlcs The company provides day care fo¢ilities for the daily cve. re£realion llnd educalion of pre.4chool children. and provid95 Out of schLTroI and holiday provision for school age ¢hildi¢ii up w the.a￿ of I l. Publlt bertellt t.he ehariry lia5 had regardto the Choritytommlssion's guldanee on public'bpnefit ahd considers (har St fvlly complie5. Vol￿nteerS The comppny mok¢s, use ofyolunt¢ers iwh¢re possibli.August 2025. The outcome of the renr revi6w at 2023 is still tsnder ne£otiaiion.. Rent t¢view ar¢ eY¢ry fiv¢ yèa(s. ort of the Tru fort e Year ded 31 Mare 2024 STRATEGIC REPORT FinaT*eial revltw Flnanelll posltion Aller iDoklDgfull pr(IViSiOn for aft ihcreasein ienl ¢OSts, the charity Ilas Jnade a surplu5 for the ye4r. final outCA)mo of.Ih¢ rent n¢gOtiationsYemaln8 wjeenain. Tlie charilys boianee shEeti4mains srrong. PrineipAI.fundlng sources The'majority of tlie:'fitnding" for the company'¢omes through fees for places. Sothe ot this is goventhiènt fuftded. It is knticipaied thai.Illis will continue iAlh¢ futtbre. Addittonally granrs.ue rtquosted for rnojor projttis. Invcstment polley md objeetlves Surplu5 ￿ndS are retained in bank deposits until used". Tlie" trtistt¢s seek. lo 01￿1[niSt the int¢Test gthined without subj¢ding the fvnds Xo any risk, R¢s¢rvos polley The wvMees havo forccasi the levFI of fre¢ ieservej (tl)at 15"th0s¢ funds not lied up In fix#d 05￿15 aud designhted or. TaStri¢led fund5). Th'e t￿￿t¢¢9 consldet that th¢ most appropriat¢ lev¢1 of free zeseN¢s ai 3 1st M￿ch 2023 would bt ¢quival¢nt to three Irionil)5 expenditur•. Whjlsl Ihe ctwrehl level of re5¢rves may prove suifi¢ieni. it Is th% ttu"stees Vi¢ that It li prudent to ensiir¢ Ibatihere are sulTicienl free reserves to provide finan¢lal flexibility. A financial surnmo. 1$ piEs¢nled. lo lh# Tn4t¢¢$ for itiformation and T¢ViQlV. Financial mng¢rnents or¢ also .r¢Vi￿y¢d oJ.nece$sary.. Goln2eoncorn Th¢.4ceounES hay¢been prepared OD osoing Concern bRsl5. Prlnclp81 rl%ks and'uncértlllntlcl Th¢ pnn¢ipal risks ' continue to be die fillitt8 of the available nursery plae¢k Tho lorter 1$ b¢in8 'miilgaied by the employment of gooJ starf and good training le4din8 lo Ilpe enhaR¢ed repul*tlon of tho ¢¢ntre. Th¢ 18iest of¥ted xcpgrt (October 2021) ￿ne[￿ded that ihe nursery iv89 good in all ateas. itiire plbDs AEYC4s lh¢ litQ nur8ery for Maspole Chlldren$' Centre, Our plwied ocwpaiicy 15 80% ￿PaCity ID all rooms. srRucfuRE, CO￿eRNAt4C£ AND MANACEMENT Coierning docu.mont Th¢ ¢barity i? controllèd by ils governlng documeht, a deed of trv5L and ¢onstirutss a Ilmltsd company, limited by suaT•ntee. os der￿ed'bY the Companies ArA ?006.. R¢¢wultment and #ppolntment of neiv Irustees Neiv'Jn15ts¢s are te.quested ar each AGM. and by adverti5eiii¢nt Ir vacaoeles aris¢ sooner. Trustees are voted In at the AGM. Trustees aye 5olected for the skills Ih8tCAn ￿ brought to tli¢ ¢harity. Tho. tNSi¢es cxcrcisF rusponslbiliues At arnjs leii4th iviili day to day a¢fiviti¢i d¢leÈated to the Management Committe¢ and fvfanageD)enr *am. Tru51ccs m¢¢t a minimwll of ilir¢e limes ft year ond ar¢ joined by the Manager. Tr¢asurer, and a reprcsehi41iv¢ from the Management Comniiffce. Trftining for tli¢ role.has been givcL Tlke trustees ore all from proE¢ssionnl baekgroLEnds ivith no business inlcfests thol conflict wlth ,Ilieir rol¢s. tN$l¢.¢5. TIIRY are kR¢n ro 5¢¢ ibo drv¢Lopm¢nt and.pro8f¢S$ .of AEYC and do no¢ ¢laim %P¢n5e5. ExPr¢55ionS of int¢r¢st in th¢ postare alw.ays iv¢lcom OrgaDis#"(lonal slrtt'eÉure ThF Centre is tyA on o day lo day basis wider.the ¢t)ntrol of the Mafvager together iyith her serflor rnnnagemeni t¢am comprising a deputy and a b￿sInesS ffjan8ge.r. Tjie trustees ar6 legally responsible 'for111¢.ovcrdll monagemeni and ¢onirol"of the centre attd trnX¢es meét a.minlmum of thro¢.tiines 8 y4ar. rt.of the Trus es STRtrcTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT K.¢y m*haeemtint'romun¢rOtlo 'Koy rnaTragryrnettt 2r¢ pid.at..compe￿￿ve r8t¢$ ￿ slml]aT nurserl¢> Wldor n¢twOrk The ctiariiyls nol affjliaièd withany'other ¢h8nty. R¢141¢4 ppriiy The¢e ore no TelaiÈd panies. Aisk.mftaAgtm•nt The trustees hfive Biduty.10 Identlfy and r¢vieiv the risks io whith the charity is exposéd and lo ¢nsure appropriato Ontrols are in plac¢ to.provide rensonabl¢.assurart¢e agathsl ahd tTTor. The.tTtiStees have carried out a detaile.d review 4ttd produled 8 suaiegic plan. sertrnE Ollt ihe mftjor op'portunit'ies avriil&ble.to ih'e charity nnd tli¢' rl"sk$.10 whlch It Is .¢xposed. Th¢ rru$1¢¢5 monitor pro8re¥s ogainst tlie.smite8ic ObJ￿[V￿g Stt out j4 1118 plan. As p'art of tlils w0¢¢5s th¢ tiitstees have irnplemenled. a riskfn&n48¢meni.51rntegy diat ¢omprises: annuil rnyleiv of the rfsks ihat th&cli4rlry may thce. The. e51ablishmgrfi nfsyslems and procedur¢s to mttig81¢ Ihose risks 1dentlfl.ed in tho plan; .T.hc Imp.lemettlthilon of proecduros designed lo mitiimise Èny potottliol impaol on.the (5harity should any, pf1hoso xlsks mal¢tiallso REF'EREIYCEANb AD.MI,NISTRA TM. DETAItS Re8lst¢r¢d CompaAv'numbtr 04 IQ2180 (Ptsgl•nd and Wtsles) R¢glst¢t.oilChltlty,,hMmbeY 109S582 Re'glstet¢d offl¢¢ j Joy Hous¢, Fraftklin koad Dartford DA2 7UZ Trustees R.Baner (regigned 5'.12.21) C R¢id S Webber H.E C1￿￿e Comp•ny S¢¢re¢#ry A 140￿5&y. Ind¢pendent.Ex2mln¢r Lambourrie Ltd 18 Woodlands Pork Bexl¢y D.A5 2EL ntre keport of th¢ Itvstet&'lrtco .direcio"rg' On......./&./A/. . orniSng',a str&iegle'r.èporr. llpproved by order of the board of.Iru5lMs. os th¢ Company. Z.k)£y:,... *nd.sign¢d.on'.the board'&behalÈb> ni rs Centre &Erl Y¢ Ind¢p¢ndent examin¢r's ropDrt to the trnst¢Q5 of Acorn• tarly Y¢8rs Ctnlr¢ Ctho CompAlly') I report 10 rhe charty tru8t¢eS on my¢xamiAOlion of th¢ accounts Of￿1¢ Compafjy'for tlie year end¢d 31 kfafch 2Q24. Respon5ibllitiogAnd basls of report As the, charity's truslees of th* Cornpkny (ahd also its dire¢lors for the purpos¢$ ot¢ompany laivyyou are r¢$ponsiblè for the preparation of Ih¢ac¢ounts in accordance with thereqiiiremen¢S of the Companies Act 2006 ('Ihe 2006 Arf). H&vinB saiisfied Jnywf tliftl th¢ a¢co.uMs ofiht Comp'any ar¢ m)t ftqulred io be auditéd und¢r PArt 1.6 of i'he 2006 A¢t d.ate. tligli )1¢ fof.ii)depend¢nt ¢xamiiittion, T Teport in respect of niy examljialion of your chorJly'.s ac¢ounis al Ca￿.le0 out und¢r Section 745 of tho Charities ?011 '(Ihe 2011 Act). Jn CJryAng out my eyaminatlon I have folloived Ilie Directions &iv¢n by Ihe Ch￿ilY Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 ACL JDd¢pottdtnt oxamlner's StAtement S.in¢¢ your ¢h?rJty's bYOSS income exceeded".£25QOOO your examlfter inus b¢ a member ora 115ted b'ody. l ¢an confimb thbt l om qualifi¢d ti)- undertake th¢ eNamin4ti011 betaus¢ I. qm o meinber of'thè Iiisil￿te of Chjrtered Account&nis In England and Wales, ivhi¢li1s on¢ of tli¢ lisi¢d bodies. I h&v¢ completed rny exarkninalion. l Gbnfirni that no ffi8tftts' h8We com¢ to my atlenlion in conne¢tlon ivith the 'examination giving In¢ ¢ouse to bellev•. A¢¢ountiD8 r¢cords ivtr¢ not kept in respe¢l of th¢ requir￿ by Sectlort 386 oftlie2006 A¢1; or thea¢¢ounts do not 8¢rord ivlth Ihos¢'ie¢ords'. of Ilie aecountsido not conipEy ivith the accounting. reqLur¢menis oE'Sectlon 396 ot the 2006 Aet otherihan any r¢quir¢m¢nt thar ili¢ a¢countr give a Inie ond f4tr Yithy ivhith15 not a rnatter ¢OllStdered As part ofon. liidependent xaffjination;'4>r Ui¢ accounts. hav¢ not been prepared In a¢cord8nce ivitli the nJ¢ihod8 and prindples of the Siaiemeffl ol 'k¢¢ommeDded Practlce for 4ccountin8 i#d reporting by cbarities (applieable io ¢harille$ plep￿ing thclr. 4CCOUD in. ac¢ordan¢e with. the FinanFial ReJNJrring Srnndard appli¢Able in UK and R¢publl¢of Ireland (r.RS102)), I hftve ho ¢on¢¢rn$ and hove tome ictoss no oiher matters In conneti'lott i￿117 the ex4n)itiation 10 ivhlch allehrlon Jhoiild be drAivn lth thls r¢port In order to enabl4 o proper und¢rslanding of tli¥ accowits w be r¢aehed. Johrtr Lffjmbourn¢ IAtliam' Lkmbbume Ltd 1,8 Woodlonds Vark. Bexfey k£nt DAS ?EL nt of Financial Ac UiwtstriFttd. funds Restrict¢d funds 'Tothl ru4ds Noies ICOMF AND EtqbOWMENTS FROM.. Charltablé Idlvlile's Fe¢5 Tor. olatt5 F¢¢$ . GoY¢mmoril'fiJn4Èd C.qllaborat!ve trnlnln, SS<984 174,Q35 1,219 69.0,959 174,035. 1219. Oth'¢r trad.ing.xtkVitl¢s InY,esnnont'lncorne I 3,712 .2,865 3,598 529 .2',865 Totyl 736,815 ?36015 695,086 E*pENDJTURF.ON R•isinÈ fu￿d$ 31? 31.7 Charliqble A¢tlvlllos. F.ees for p1ttces 753,9SJ 69'0,994 Tothl 7.64270 ?64.270' 690.99 'NÈT INCOMEIh flow .At 31.3.24 Cash at bank,ond,in hartd, 209,817 (Jl,487) 174330 209,8J.7 (31,487) 1.7&330 Totol 20.9,,817 <31,487) 178J30 T.h¢ notes fom.p8rt of these Ilndncialmiethents ihanciai Si ed3 en they¢ 24 AttoiJNrir¥C POLICIES 'B25is of preparing t'ho fjnan¢l&l stiiem¢nts The financial srat¢rnents of (h¢ ¢harirablo company. which is a pubJi¢ beth¢fit ¢nlily uttdcr FRS 102. bave ixen prtpared in ac￿rdance with the Charities SORP (fRS J02) 'Ar¢punting and keportlng by Charities.: Shiiement .0* Rc¢ommcnded Prgctict #pplioabl¢ ro chllrltles preparing their #¢couniS in a¢¢ordan¢• iv'lih ihe Fin&ncial Reportithg Standard applicable in t1￿ UK a￿d R¢publi¢ of Irelfind (fRS 102) (effettsve l January 2019),. Financial Reporting Slaadard I02 The Financial Reporting Stsndard 2ppLtcable in the UK apd Republic. or Irelattd, and th¢ Companies Act 2006. The fioan¢4al starements h8Vt b¢¢n prepar¢d under the hiMori¢al ¢0% onv¢nllon. I'.hese 8C¢Ounts are. pre.pared uhdér the Charities Act 2006 on Ihe liislotieal c05t ¢tsnventlon.and in accordanc¢ with ihe Einan¢iol Rrf)oning Stondard 102 and th¢ St4t¢mcnr of R¢¢ommettded PrACtices oil Accounting and R¢porting by Choriti¢s: th¢ Cliatitie$ SORP (FRS 102). The cl)arilable compafty lfjken advantige ot'the folloiiiing disclosur¢ ex¢mplions in pr¢parlng th¢s¢ financial sth*menlS, 81 pemiidrd by FRS 102 The Financlal Reporting Standard appltcable in the UK and Republle of Ihe rwiitemcnt of pardgraph 3.17(d)' the requirements of paragraph5 11.41 11.44. f IAS, 1.1.47, 11.48(a)(iiJi I1.48(aXiv), 11..48(b)and 11.48(¢):': Ihe r¢quireMentOf parnsroph 33.7. Incom¢ All income iSiFecognisèd in the'Sl8temen¢ Of.Fina￿lal Actlvilie5 ofÈ¢e Ilie charity has ¢nfiilemettt lo the funds, It lsp.robabk thaitli¢ Income ivlll b¢ receI￿d 8nr].Ih¢ amount C4n k mtJ$ur¢d relitlbly, Expendlture Lillbilitleg are recogni￿ as eXpPndl￿re as soon as thortr is a legal pr ¢onstru¢tive obli8aiion eommlttihg lh¢ tharity to that expeiidirure,.it is probnbl¢ tliai.ft Iransfer of economlc b¢nefits ivlll bt required In seitl¢n)eni ind the 4mounfof ilio obligation ean be. measured r¢li#bly. EYp6ndiUWè is accounted for on in aeertta15 basi5 wid lia5 be¢n classified under heudints that angr¢gatt ull osl relaied to thk cai#gory. Where ¢OSls connot be directly. attribiiied io p8ftt.'iti¢luded ift the above, aK as folloivs: 31J.24 tj eF.i r the Year En cia Siat¢ments- rch".2 d3,1 R:AfsiNc FV.NDS., Ralsing don8.tion$8nd l¢g&eits 31J.24 31.3.23 Winior Wondprland Movie night 299 l8 317 CHARITABLE AcllviTIES COSTS. Support ¢osls (ste ilore 7) DIt￿t Cos Totals F¢es for p.la¢es 761,811 7.03,453. Sth>.roRt'QOSTS Govthiane eosls. F¢es for p.laces 2,142 NBT INCOhlEI(EXPENDITURB) N#t inèomel(¢xpenditure) is s.thied'aft¢r ¢haryin.￿(c￿¢d1l1lll).' 3L.3.24 31.3,23 Depreciation &'oivned awls Oth¢t Operafing l¢a5e& 39,534 TRUSY£ES':Rfi iMUNEROtION AVD.BENEFJYS. Th¢r¢ w¢re.nb,Irustees' remuneration or.'olb¢r benefits for the.,ye.ar ended YI Mar¢h 2024.nor for Ibt yoar •ndad 31 march2￿?.. Trustee$, eXi),en￿.s There iY¢re no trusree&' expvnses ￿ld for tht.year ¢nd¢d 31 K4arch:2024 nor for the year ended'31 .Mar¢h go23,. orns'Ekrl Yenrs Ci e o.the Financial Stal'e ar ents-.continued jIL. fjTAFF tosr.s Wages and'salaries 'Sqc4al'"6ecurity..cOsl.s Qilier p.eDsion'.¢09ts $63,510 34,604 9.941 487,299 25,688 5.402 .608.1156 321,389 The ovotage tnontlkly huM￿r of employees during th'e year ivus'.as folloivs: 3.L3,24 Full & part lime StafP .34 Nè ¢mploye¢s xecèlved tnioluments.ln exc¢ss ot£60,000'. 11. COMPARATIVÉS FOR:THE'STATEMENT OF FINANCEAL ACTIVITIES Unt¢s.tricted runds Restriaed .fund5 Tothl fvnd5 INCOME AND tNDoWMrfvTS FROM ChAritf41)le 4cilvltles Feos for places. 6903.39 690,959 Other'tr8ding a¢tivjtios Invcstth¢nt in¢Dm 3J98 529 3.598 529 T4>t#l 695,086 695,P86 EXPENDI REON Cha'rliAble'AetNl¢ie4 Fees'Eorpltt¢eg 690.994. NETJNCO¥E RECONCILIATION OF truADS Tèlal funds bkvghi.fonvard. .190,643 TOTALFUNI)S CARRIED FDRWAPD 200,735 2QO,735 Ye"a Notcs .Fina en ttn .I.L .TANGIBLE;FIXED ASSETS Long leasehold. and nitings At I April 2023 Atfdiliotss '26fi,811 79,475 3A60 346,286 3000 'At.3 1..March 2024 266,811 81835 349,646 DEPRECIATION At l April 2023 Ch￿Se foryear 206,721 75,332 1,532 282,053 I3￿48 At31 Mirch.2fy24 118,73? 76,864 a9$,OOj NET. BOOI(IVAt4iIE Ai 31 fvdarch 2024 4b,074 5,971 54,045 At31 MK¢hg023 60,090 4.143 64,233 .13. DEBTORS:.AMOUNTS.FALLING DUE WITHIN ONL YEAR 31.3.14 'F¢¢s re¢¢ivabl¢, PrepayThents ! 6,409 ,13,910 13,942 13,869 20JI9' 27,81.]. .14.. C4.EDItO,RS: AMOUNT,S.FALLtNC DUB WITEllN ONE YEAR Trllde'¢r¢dli¢i,r5 Fee$ paid in tidvan¢e Qyosits rec¢,iv¢d Sécral secutiiy ?nd other t￿¢5 Oihcr crediloks Awu¢d exp¢n$es 8.195 -1,308 21,281 io,01.s 9,3$1' S,91l 13,380 4.5,585 Z6,998 79,414 101.126 te5toth ncÉaL tateincnt ?4 I& LEASIN¢ èl¢REEMÈNTS .The lease for ih¢ charitys premis.ei ivith KCC.Was.foT 25. y¢at& frorn 2Q04. The .¢urttnl negoti*ed tént. ik £4 I,200pa from th¢ las¢ reY4ew.dat¢ in 2011, R¢vi¢w$ aro fiY¢ yearly. MOVEVIENT IN PUNDS. .niOvoni¢ni in fund$ At 1.4.23. Unr¢strfet¢d.'.fuhds' General fvnd, .Fi¥ed Assèis'Furtd 1.9J,658 9,077 ¢17855) 164,2U3 9.0.77 2otr,735 .Q7,455) 173,280 TQtALFtsNDS 2011.Y3S (2tA55) 173?8Q N¢t mov¢rneikt,ID.fvndyi in¢l¥ded in tli8 obovq aro os foll¢w8: Incgmitig x¢sour¢¢¥ Mov¢meDt in fu￿dI pended Uttt¢s¢ri¢l¢d, fuDd$ General ftsod;. 73&815 <764,270) (27,45S) 736,81S (764.270) (27,45S) Comparniivts'.for mov¢mollt'ln funds movpmepi ith fthid$ Al 'Ai J.4.22 ilpr¢tstrl¢tod,fynd$ GpnerBI fund,: Fix?d Assets Fuhd ,187,56fj 9.077 4,092 191.,6$8 I￿643. 4,092 tOTAL FUNDS l96.643 4,092 200.715 ..Compwatiye.iyermovement in fuiids,. Included in Ihé abgV¢ ati os follows: Incomillg Res.ources. .Ckpend Mov¢me'nt in ftmd$ .Unrcstrk.ted. funds Generdl ￿nd% 695.086: (690.994) 4.092 TOTAL Fufrms 695,086 (690,994) 4,092 corn (re. lo. .F.ina l- Siaf 16. MOVEMEh'T IN."FUNDS'. tonth)ued 'A current.ye4Y.I'2' months attd prior.year J2..months.¢ovthlned posSfipn is asfpllows; .N¢t Jnovctii•nt in'fufids 31..3.24 Uor¢slrlot¢41 fllnds GcDernl fund:. F.ixe4 Pi55ets Furyd 187,566 J04 ?03 196,643, (23,363) .173.280 TOTaL FUNDS 196.64) (23,363) 173,280. A.Cuttenl}￿t l? morylhs and prior year12 wonths ¢ombined nti movement in.fvnds,. inElu4¢d'.in tho abpve ar.a #s follolvs: Incomlng tesource5 Rt50ur¢ès £xpended Movetheni. in fiind$ Ilnr¢striefed General'fund. 1',431,901 (1,455,264) TOTA.L FUNDS 1,431.90.] {1.45&,264) (?3.363) 17. RELATÉD.PARTY DISCLO.SU.RÉS There.were 00 r¢laled paty ÉtaftsDcn'on$ forlh¢ ytortnded 31'March 2024.