## **Snowy’s Nursery and Pre-school Trustees Annual Report for the year ending 31[st] July 2022**
The Trustees of Snowy’s Nursery and Pre-school present their annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31[st] July 2022 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 and the charities Constitution.
## **Our Objectives**
Snowy’s offers a warm and welcoming setting with a team of well qualified and highly experienced staff who are passionate about working with young children in an Early Years setting. Snowy’s encourages and supports every child to acquire skills and experiences to prepare them throughout their learning journey. The aim is to advance the education and early years development of pre-school children with the emphasis on learning through play. Snowy’s seeks to provide a safe and stimulating environment and encourages other charitable activities through which families may support the development of their children.
We provide a wide range of developmental and age-appropriate learning resources and stimulating, high-quality toys and activities, with a strong focus on outdoor learning and play. We also ensure that children have a varied and healthy diet, fresh air, exercise, rest and play, contributing to their physical, emotional and educational development.
## **Learning Opportunities and Activities**
Snowy's has offered a range of learning opportunities this year with a number of themes throughout the year such as People who help us, Planet Earth, Growing and Lifecycles and All about me. Along with nature walks around the local community, we welcomed a variety of visitors including Wild Touch; an animal rescue centre who showed us some very interesting animals such as snakes, lizards, hedgehogs and even a Snowy owl.
To promote wellbeing and mental health, we engaged with the local church sports hub who visit the setting on a weekly basis allowing the children to take part in fun sports activities. We also transformed an area of the garden into a vegetable patch and grew our own strawberries, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, herbs and pumpkin which the children thoroughly enjoyed taking care of, learning about and eating the healthy foods.
Snowy’s has a strong link to the Primary School and the pre-schoolers enjoyed weekly visits to the school library, hall and outdoor playgrounds providing them with the opportunity to familarise themselves with the teachers and surroundings to help with the transition to school.
As a charity, we rely on fundraising to help raise money to buy additional resources and equipment. This year we have had a number of successful fundraising efforts which enabled us to offer the children access to experiences to enrich their learning with new resources such as a mud kitchen, bug hotel, vegetable garden and reading snug. We are extremely lucky to have kind families and members of the local community who volunteered their services and skills to provide maintenance and upkeep of the setting and IT support.
## **Achievements**
Appointment of a Business Manager and Pre-school Manager in May 2022 Built strong relationships and links with local community including the school and businesses
## **Financial**
Snowy's reserves policy is to hold funds equivalent to two months' worth of operating expenditure, in order to help the charity run effectively and ensure we are able to meet our obligations and cover unexpected expenses. Snowy’s had two unplanned expenditures which impacted the reserves significantly throughout the year and at the end of the 2021-22 financial year the charity had total funds of £3,522.86, which is significantly lower than required by our reserves policy.
Snowy’s are due a significant rebate from HMRC for Statutory Maternity Payment however, due to continued obstructions from HMRC, this has caused delays.
## **Future Plans**
The Trustees continue to review the quality of the learning, development, and safety of the children by supporting continuous personal development of all staff, maintenance of the premises and ensure that the curriculum meets the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework. The Trustees need to maintain a sound infrastructure and financial base that benefits the children today and in the future.
|**Trustees**|**Appointed**|
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|Gillian Eileen Buckley|31stMay 2019|
|Dr Katy-Anne Moseley|13thJuly 2021|
|Michaela Rowell|22ndMay 2022|
|Adrian Edward Richard Moseley|27thMarch 2022|
|Sarah Gabillia|11thMay 2021|
|Luke Prest|20thNovember 2019|
There are currently 6 Trustees who are elected by members at AGM or co-opted by trustees as necessary. The trustees are mainly parents or carers of children attending Snowy’s but there are associate members from the wider community. These members provide specialist expertise e.g finance, IT.
## **Contact Details**
Snowy’s Nursery and Pre-school 2 Braydeston Avenue, Brundall NR13 5JX www.snowys.org
Charity registration number: 1101658
Business Manager Sarah Harman Pre-school Manager Abigail Goodrum
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Snowy's Nursery and Pre-school 1101658
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
01/08/2021 To 31/07/2022
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations and Grants 4,556 - - 4,556 1,747
Funding 132,542 - - 132,542 104,745
Other Services 227 - - 227 6,729
Loans 6,000 - - 6,000 -
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 143,325 ] - - 143,325 113,221
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Total receipts 143,325 - - 143,325 113,221
A3 Payments
Utility Costs 7,279 - - 7,279 5,841
Administration Costs 43,316 - - 43,316 19,300
Staff Costs 101,785 - - 101,785 89,725
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Sub total [ 152,380 ] - - 152,380 114,866
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 152,380 - - 152,380 114,866
Net of receipts/(payments) - 9,055 - - - 9,055 - 1,645
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 18,109 - - 18,109 19,754
Cash funds this year end 9,054 - - 9,054 18,109
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Date of
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Snowy’s Nursery and Pre-School **On accounts for the year** 31 July 2022 **Charity no** 1101658 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 & 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07/2021. **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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination 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. 25
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body:**
**Address:**|**Date:**|9 January 2023|
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## **Section B Disclosure**
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**Give here brief details of** None **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .