NETHERFIELD PRE SCHOOL REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101482 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025 JC Accountlng & Taxatlon Serylces Chartered C•rtlfied AccOunLtS 24 Lrttle Common Road B•xhill - on - S•a East Su#sex TN394J8
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF NEfHERFIELD PRE SCHOOL I report on the accounls ol the Trust for the year ended 31 Augusl 2025. thich are set out on pages 2 10 3. Respectlve responslbllltles ol trustees and examlner The charity's truslees are responsible for the preparalion of the accounts. The charity s tfuslee$ consider Ihat an audit Is not required IOT thi5 year under section 144 of the Ch¥ilies Aci 2011 (The Charities Acll and that an independent examinalion is needed. 11 15 my responsibility to". -examine the accounts under section 145 01 the Act". -10 lolbw Ihe procedures laid down in ihe general Directscms given by the Charty Commission under seclion 14515llbl ol the Charities Act.. and -lo stale whether particular matters have come to my atten"on. Bas1• of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•r'• r•port My examinalion was carried oul In accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. examination includes a review ol Ihe accounts'ng fKords kepl by the charity and comparison of the aeetsunts prèsentèd Ihose retds. It also includes eonsidèration of Any unusual Iterns or disclosures In the accounts, and seekiThJ explanations Irom YDU as Iruslees concérning any sueh matters. Thè procedures undèrtaken do not provide all th8 evid¢nc• that would be required In an audit and consequently no wnion is given as to whelher the aCUnt$ preyent a 'lrue and tair view. and Ihe report is limited to those matters sel oul In Ihe slatement below. Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•Vs •tst•m•nt In conneclion with my examin8ts(M). no mailef has come lo my attartK)n'. 111 whleh give5 mg reasonable cause lo b8lieve that in any material respect the requirements.. -10 keep aGcounting rOrdS in aCrdance with sectn 130 of the CharTlies Art,. and -10 prepare accounts lch accord wth the accounting records and comply wilh the accountiFWJ requirements ol the Ad have not been M., or 121 to which, in my OPi77ion. attention shoukj be dravm in crfder lo enable a proper undefstsnéing of the accounts lo be reached. Jennifer Collins FCCA Chartered Certified Accounlanl JC Accounting & Taxats"on SeNces 24 Lrtve Common Road 8exhill on Sea East Sussex TN39 4JB 17th December 2025
NETHERFieLD PRE SCHOOL REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101482 RECEIPTS AND PAYIIENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025 2025 2024 RECEIPTS Fees & Grants Fundraising Uniform Sales Interest on Savings 65,221.97 84.19 21.75 947.36 76.565.53 52.70 97.75 999.87 TOTAL RECEIPTS 66.275.27 77,715.85 LESS PAYMENTS Wages Staff PensSon Refreshments, consumables and clèanir Adve.81n[ Rent Rates Insurance Subseriplions a Registrats'on Fees Stsff training Trfps Inel costl Accountancy Ststicnery,Telephone and Poslage Uniform Purthased CompLrtw SOare Repair3 and Renewal8 Sundries 8ank Charges 55, 131.45 897.93 1,090.95 32.40 4.988.00 1.297.40 1,606.04 215.00 465.08 19.87 175.Crf) 976.04 58.335.75 1.198.16 1,253.30 3,920.00 1.297.40 1,542.25 200.91 781.12 139.72 175.oct 752.04 238.30 261.99 126.07 288.18 471.18 11.76 60.00 60.00 TOTAL PAYMENTS 67.726.28 70,282.01 Net SurplusllDeficill for lh8 Year 11.451.011 7.433.84
NETHERFIELD PRE scOL REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101482 STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILifiES AS AT 31ST AUGUST 2025 2025 2024 Current knsets CAF Current Account CAF Savings Account Cash in Hand 15.805.76 41.205.85 6.76 57.018.37 18,169.43 40,8.22 1.73 $8,469.38 L8ss'. Fees in advance 57.018.37 58.469.38 R•prn••nt•d by: General Fund 8alance brought Forward Surptsjs lor th8 Year 58.469.38 11,451.011 51,035.54 7.433.84 57.018.37 58,469.38 APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Wg hereby approve the Financial Sialemenls foi the Jtar ended 3181 Augu812025 and are aulhorised to sign on behalf ol the Trustees. 08te.'
Supervisor rert AGM 20th May 2026 Year September 2024 to Au8USt 20?5 -PTesent da) (May 2026) Children on role Sepi¢mb¢r 2024 stsrted with 10 children on role increasing quickly to 15 children by the end of July 2025. We had 8 leavers. 7 r¢maining and ? more children due to start in September 2025. Activities in the Setting We like io encourage families io join us in the setting lo play or share a skill. Lasi year, we invited parents in small groups to tie dye bags and t-shirts with iheir child. This was fun for boih ihe children and the stsff. We will be looking ai arranging this aclivity again at the end of the Summer Term. We also invited par¢ntd families for a stay and play ai Christmas. Several people joined us and we felt it wa5 a very, relaxed and successful time. especially for the children. We are aviare that parenis arc busy and it is difficuli io juggle work and lime to join u5. We lry lo offer different days lo help with this where possible. The children love to ir). new ihings and meei people. If you have a skill that you would like to come in and share with us. th¢n pleas¢ Speak to one of the slTand we can discuss it with you. Trips and Outings On the last day of the academic year we took our usual trip to knockhatch. We like lo invi1¢ our prospective parents lo join us if they can. This year nearly all of our exisiing families came along, in¢luding a few extra friends. We are alw8ys happy for parents to invite friends and family to join our wup, we JU netd to know who for numbers. We met at the entrance and as last year. we were able lo s¢1 off quickly. For those ih81 wani to, we likc to m¢¢t al lunchtime and ehat. b¢for¢ goin8 off io explore again. It was lovely this y¢ar that ncarly everyone mel for lunch 108eiheT at the picnic benches. I'he best part of the trip for Stsff is having willing children io give ihem th¢ excusc to go on the rides. They also had a special moment where an owl 18nd¢d right beside ihem. Unfortunately. they were so ama7.ed no one caughi it on Camera. Ai least they were fully in the moment and will have the lasting memory. Hopefully ev¢ryon¢ agrees th it was an enjoyable day as w¢ said good bye to vur Rising 5 children. We arc now in ihe plannin8 51ag¢ of thi5 y¢ar's trip, which you will re1Ve the letter for soon. Staff Iralning aod qualifications Sophie has stsrfed her S101 Education Needs c(OrdIna10T (SENCO) trJinin8 and is in the final siage5. This will mean she can work more rlo%ly with Yv¢ supporting the other staff. families and childrcn with any SEN. Staff continue to keep updated with th¢ many chan8es in Early years and coMple online webinars or courses that are su&gested or mandatory. A8ain. Yve attended the Annual Safeguarding Conference at the Amex Brighton. She also attended the in¢lusion group Mein% Manag¢Vs meclin8s and has completed various online courses. All Staff are trained to Iksi8naied Safeguarding Lead {DSL) level and Paediatric First Aid. They also completed various online cou$ and networked wilh other settings when possible. Transition and links to sebool During Ihe Summer tenn last year, Yve met with the reccplion t¢h. Mrs Harris. Together they discuss¢d the children's profiles and a$SsMen(S. highlighting any additio1 sUPPOrt to help with a smooth transition. The ehildren made their weekly Rising 5's visiis to the reception clS to familiarise them with their new teacher and th¢ school environment. In the Pre-school we start¢d our Rising 5's activiiies to help prepare them for their transition to school. For children not attending the school next dr we arranged for the rcc¢ption teachers to Visit the Setting and play with ihe child. We also encouraged pwrnts to k¢ their child to any f¢t¢s or ¢v¢nls held by iheir new sch(xil. Noi all schools come to visii the children in the settin& they will have their own transition system in place. This may include a thster da>. for the ¢hildr¢n. W¢ are available io discuss any conecTns and as alThays. a private m¢¢iing can bc arranged.
Websitel Facebook Donna has been working hard this year to create a new user friendl). websiie. If you haven't seen it yet. tAke a IcM)k and boost the ac(ivity. We will corktinue to use our web51tel Facebook page lo &dv¢rtise events and available spaces. We a150 occasionally post interesting links. related to ¢arlv years and ¢hildren, to keep the page active. Pre-school Home links Staff are always aaIlable al pick up and drop off lime for face to face conversations and 0kIng appoiniments for more sensitive conversations. We offer iermly consultations and are more than happji to hold these more regularly if needed. It is really importAnt io us to share information iogeiher. We find this help5 to tnake a massiv¢ differetK¢ for us in SUPPOrting ihe children. Wix and partiCLklarly What's App r¢main the pref¢Tred and mosi efficieni io successfull). keep communication going. They are an casv to send a quick messa8e to ask a question in ihe day. or to reassure pareni thai iheir child has settled. It gives us ihe means io contact parents with non-ur8ent things and they can respond when available. As always, Tapestry is only 5ucces%ful if acce.ssed regularl).. Therefore. we encourage you all to log in to avoid your accounts becoming inactive. Tapestry is wh¢r¢ we share photographs and videos of )'our child for you to see what they have donc durin8 thcir time wilh us. Our emphasis is to be 'preseni' with the children as much as possible. With this in mind. we try io reduLe the amouni of w'riting we do in their presence. When a child is settling in. we thke lots of photographs regularl), lo shar¢ with them and their family. As Ih¢> progress. w'e reduce ihis io. as needed for our observations. However, we try to ensure wc tsk¢ additional pictures of each child ternil). io share with parents. We also ask you to add your own photographs so that the children can share them M'iih us. Thank you io those of you thal already do this. il is much appreciatL& especiall). when suppJrtin8 the children to 5¢tt1e. W¢ ¢•D help Are you experiencing overwhelming behaviour from your child at home? Would you likc somc tried and iesied advice. Coll¢clively. slaff hav¢ over 23 y¢ar5 experience of Farly Years and ¢hildr¢n $ l¢arning and develop. We can offer you 5UPPOrt or diTeci you io addiiional agencies if you feel they would be of help. You do not need to struggle alone. we can help. LookiDg forn4rds Please tske ihe time io read the Nethsletters. These are sent via What's App and on our website. You will find imp<)rtant inf()rnialion there around k¢epin8 children safe when online. caiing food and with oral healih. These are key areas for Early Year5 settings lo share wilh parents. In prncticc we follow Government 8uidelines and promoie awareness to the children ihroughoui ihe day. and flnalty, Ag 2lwy8• we would like to thnk all ttse parenty P&4t and pregeRI. for iheir continued support ID raislng fullds belplng out in the yettlng. We would Also like to thAnk ihe Tr¥s¢ees for volunteering to ovenee tbe rnnnlng of tbe yettiDg. oiferin8 advice and ¢OUDJel when neces8ary. Many ihanks bes1 wishes Yve Ployfool Manager/Eorly Years Tet7cher
Netherfield Pr&School AGM 201th May 2026 Agenda Present: Welcomc and Introduclion5 Approve lasi AGM minutes Chairs Report Setting Managers Repon Accounts Re-eleciion of Trusiees AOB:
Yetherfield Pre&chool AGM Minutes 20th May 2026, 9.00am Pre$tDt - Tr¢i'or Murray. Kliyleigh Hd(Lh. Y%'e Puxtv. LCL Sha)"lor. 7 pdrcnis welcon. TtLvor opincd rhc Inic(in¥ and thaiik cvcrvonc for coming and supporfing the pre-sihool. Approve last v¥r's minutes. Lasi year.s minutes were agr¢Ld and %ibin¢d. C.h4Rf5 RepK)rt Trevor gave d briel-report about the p&sr year and a%kLd i¥'hen our nexi ()fsied insp¢ciinn i.s likcly to he due. With the iiew chgng(% in F.arly Years. lh¢ ci)nosus ivas that li'¢ could be duL Irom next year onH'ards. Those prt disc5¢ how ihis wi)uld lo(. Yv¢ ¥ave a rnndO of wliai to expect during an inbp¢¢tion. Further disLuK%ion% were held on adi'ertising ai)d Ihe plaifom)% used such as Linline webgiie and Facebook. Y&¢ gal'e an explanation of how. this works and thc safcty in placL ti) ¢n.sure following CJDPR and c()n.%enl. Thc Risinbi f s drc due io sldrt ihcir SLiilinbi in %essions in JunL. Trevor askcd Yvc how this Wd% looking lor thi5 yLar. Shi Lxplainlxl thai 511¢ M'ould attend thc 11)iiial mccting wilh thc parcnls. ThLn for th¥ conlinwnb7 sLSSiOlb. ¥idKr h¢Y or ()IK of th¢ oth¢r stdfTw'ould tdkL thL dltLiiding childrLIi u%'Lr io thc SLhool. Any childrirt nui all¢ndiJJ¥ w'i)uld be iakin in hy IhLir parL"ni. The annual irip Knockhatch was dIlL5Sl arKI Trevor ¥avc an ouilin¢ ol. how ihc day usually runs. StatTLontinuai prof&55ional deN'elweni was mentione41 a¢vJ Yve ran through Ihe mandaiory trainin need.4. Sophie has recently LomplLiLuI her Sl--NCO and ,111 ivork alon¥side Yve. They are looking ai applyinbT io compleie the Senco l¢%'el .1 aivard sometime in ihe cominbi vL4r. Tr¥vor aikLd Jboui any upconiin¥ parL'nl Jciii'lliL>. I'%'c idlkcd abou¢ ¢hc (IL dying and any datrs would hl in lh¢ NLI4'%l¥llL'r thai Doi)na eompilc5 and send% oui on iaplsirv and thc .blte. Seiiin% M4nager5 Rtpori - as a separdtc do¢um¢n¢ Accounls - Aiiached as a separaie documeni The accounls were audited. discussed. reviewed and signed. Rele¢¢ion of Trustee5 All officers Wirc rc-clccied cn bloc Alhce Carter eleLied as Trusiee unanimously. Any other buslness Discussion around any future employmeni availability and cxpected siblinb?.4 tnr nexi year. If anyone would like io (dlk dErt)ut anv day iv day running ihen I would lik¢ lu dirccl thcm tv Tr'i'e. howLvcr if someone ha.% iin). qUCSlions.¢0mmLn aboui oihLr aspe¢¢s' in¢ludii?g fundrdisingt. Lhcn please conidci ihe irnSlLCS on neiherfieldtN51ees.tlJ hoimdil.com.