## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **1[st] April 2024 31[st] March 2025** **From To** Section A Reference and administration details > **Charity name SUN BEAMS DELAPRE PRE-SCHOOL Other names charity is known by** SUN BEAMS **Registered charity number (if any) 1106721 Charity's principal address** c/o Delapre Primary School Rothersthorpe Road Northampton **Postcode NN4 8JA** ~~ee~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Nichola Windle 2 Sharon Halford 3 4 5 6 7 8 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** N/A ~~——~~ **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address** N/A **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A ~~==~~ **Section B Structure, governance and management TAR** 1 March **2012** March **2012** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** - Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted **Constitution** **Trust** - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods **Elected By Parents** - (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; **Relationship with related parties** Sun Beams was established in 2004. We operate within the grounds of Delapre Primary School. We have very close links with Delapre Primary school. **Risk Management** The major risks to the Pre-school have been reviewed, and systems established to manage those risks. - The adequacy of the systems is kept under review in the light of changing circumstances. To help mitigate risk, the Trustees take full responsibility for strategic planning, budgeting, and appropriate financial control for the Pre-school. - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the **Summary of the objects of the** activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer **charity set out in its** opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, **governing document** means or ability; b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and the recognition of such needs in the local areas; c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-School learning Alliance March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Charitable activities** Sun Beams offers full day care, incorporating pre-school, breakfast and after school clubs operating from a rented purpose built facility within the grounds of Delapre School. Our Breakfast Club and After School Club are valuable assets which are designed to help families to balance their work and family commitments, whilst knowing their children are safe and cared for on the school site. **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)** Encouraging Learning and Development for each individual child has been a high priority this year. The staff team have concentrated hard on individualising our planning to ensure that key workers produce individualised planning for their key children based on observations. We have continued to work hard on developing good relationships with parents and carers. We have maintained the termly Parent Chat Times to keep parents well-informed of their child's progress and allow them to view and contribute to their children's learning journeys. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** ## **Aims and objectives** - We would like to send more staff on continuing professional development through a number of different courses that interest the staff and improve the setting for families that use it. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - We aim to provide 2 years disadvantage funding and 2 years working parents funding to ensure a good start to education for all. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance Sun Beams have 73 children on the books for the pre-school, 37 for the **Summary of the main** after school club and the breakfast club is a drop in service which takes **achievements of the charity** between 10-20 children per morning. **during the year** The Pre-School has an enthusiastic and committed staff, led by two Managers who are level 5 trained and two supervisors, both holding appropriate NVQ Level 4 qualifications. During the year they were supported by 11 other staff members, who all have wide experience in childcare and hold childcare qualifications at various levels. 2 staff on level 4, 6 staff on Level 3 ,1 staff on Level 2 and 1 apprentice. We have provided numerous placements for students from Northampton College who are studying for NVQs in Childcare. Placements are three months long and students are provided with a valuable opportunity for experience and support from Sun Beams staff. We have purchased new equipment and toys in order to improve the resources available to the children attending sessions. The Pre-School and After School Club have enjoyed many activities and parents were also invited which help to maintain good links with the practitioners. Sun Beams has also been involved in different fundraising activities. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** ## **Reserves policy** ## **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** Financially this year Sun Beams made a profit for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: The charity’s main source of funding continues to be Government Funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. - 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** N/A ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** N.WINDLE **Full name(s)** NICHOLA WINDLE **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc)** **Date** 22/01/26 March **2012** **TAR** 6 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES SUN BEAMS PRE-SCHOOL 1106721 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod frorn 1 sl April 2024 31st March 2026 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted fund$ Restrlcted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest È the near05t£ to the nearest £ A1 Recelpts SESSION FEES GOVERNMENT FUNDING OTHER 8ANK INTEREST 56.538 261,598 56,538 261,598 70,145 193,002 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 318,135 318,135 263,147 A2 Asset and invostrn8nt sales, (see table}. Sub total Total recelpts 318,135 318,135 263.147 A3 Payments BANK CHARGES INSURANCE HMRC OTHER EXPENSES PHONE 81LLS RENT TRAINING TOYS WAGES CLEANING BUISNESS RATES COOLERAD spo FOOD EQUIPMENT LEGAL FEES STATIONERY PENSION SUBSCRIPTIONS AND REGISTRATION 360 350 30,374 1,961 1.391 10.000 1,502 1,022 218.782 382 380 350 30,374 1,961 1.391 10.000 1.502 1.022 218.782 382 480 599 2.643 2,808 1.730 360 719 27,951 3.118 1,213 10,000 1.971 1.043 195,241 491 518 581 2,370 2.$24 4,584 375 1.1B9 10,108 599 2,808 1.730 790 13.653 f90 13.653 1,697 2.396 1,697 2,396 1.701 2,736 318 5.349 274,458 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE FEES REFUNDED LOAN REPAYMENT 5,225 298,126 5,225 298,126 Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases. see table) Sub total CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2210112026 Total payments 298,126 298.126 274.458 Net of receipts/(paymenfs) AS Transfers between funds 20.009 20.009 11,311 A6 Cash funds last ygar Bnd Cash funds this year end £££za 35,649 35,649 46,960 55.658 55.658 35,649 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the Deriod Categories Details Unrestricted Restricted Endowment to nearest É to n8ar8St £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash al Bank 5S,656 Total cash lunds 55.658 lagre2 balanceswth receipts and payments a￿nI{sI) Unrestrlcted funds Restrlcted funds Endowment funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to neare$t £ Fund to whiGh Details Cost loptlonall Current valu8 Fund to whiGh Details Cost loptlonall ev￿nt Value B4 Assets retained for the charIt￿S own use Fund to whlch lates Amount du ional When due tional Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or iwo Iruslees on behalf ol all the trustees Signalure Print Name Dale of roval CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2210112026 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts +++ Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl rnernbers of SUN BEAMS DELAPRE PRE-SCHOOL On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 Charlty no (rf any) 1106721 Set out on pages 1 to6 I report to the trustees on my examination of th8 accounts of the above charity {"the TrusY'} for the year 8nded 3110312025. Responsibilities and As the charity Irustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in aGcordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acr,). 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commlssion under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination whiGh gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. aGGounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlnarfs statament I have no concerns and hav8 come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal qualification{s) or body (if any): hco4- Frtfi Address: 28 LJEgTQuF- cLos NN4 6A IER October 2018