Charlty Number l 107989
The Flrs Nursery School
Unaudlted Report and Accounts
For th• year ended 31 August 2024

The Flrs Nursery School
Unaudlted Report and Accounts
For the year ended 31 Augurt 2024
Charfty Number
1107989
Worklng Name
The Flrs Nursery School
Prlnclpal Address
Shalmsford Street
Chartham
Canrerbury
Kent
CT4 7QN
Trustees
Madeline Bell (freasurer)
Alexandra Potu
Carollne Thwaltes
Emlly Wassell
Valarle Elvldge (reslgned 0810112025)
Sardh Wlld (appointed Chalr 3110112023)
Georgetce Fenn
Sardh Delo
Independent Examlner
H.M. Cook ACA MAAT
Roake & Cook Llmlted
46 School Lane
Blean
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 9JA
Index
Trustees, Report
Independent Examlner's Report
Statement of Financial Actrvitie5
Balance Sheet
5- 12
Notes to the accounts

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£lJ5.71
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Th• Flps NuN•ry SEhool
Ujwidlted Report and A¢counf•
For the yw •nded J l Auyrt 2024
Ind¢pthd•nt Exwnlh** Report To Th• TN•t•e¥ ofTh• FIM Nurs•ry khool C*h• ChaAW
I report w the Chirity TNstee¥ on my exwnlnation ofthe oftht Charityksr the yor •nd•d
31 Auswt 2024.
A•w1N￿bIlItI￿ and B*•li of R•port
AJ th• Tpuste•s ofth• Chadty ygu ar• r•5ponithl• lor th• pr•paTr￿￿Tr olthi accaunrx In accordane• with th•
r•qU1r•DvJr￿ of th• Charltlw Art 2011 {th• Charltl•i Artl.
Th• thirtty'i tr￿tatt conild•r that In Is not r•qulr•d for th• y•ar •nd•d 31ii Auwsr 2014 und•r i•c¥on 141
of th• Ch*rfdu Act and that an Indeyr*dÈnt e¥￿Sn*t1•n ts ne¢d¢d.
Ha￿￿K sa￿5fted m￿•￿ that th• actounts (A thi Chlrlty not re4ulr•d u¥ h ludl￿d yndw the Chidt1•5 Art
d ar• ilwe for kndependent ex¥n￿nI￿On, I report In respect offfly examlnatlon of the *¢cgunts
cvrf•d out und•r se¢*>D 145 ¢4 th• Chi￿￿*￿ Acr 2011 fthe 2011 Aa). In out rry ex￿Ins￿on I hav•
foNow•d th• DIr•C￿Oni by th¢ Chqrtty Comrnlsslon Lmdar 14s151￿) ofth• 2011 A<L
Ind•p•Trdent Ex4mln•r'• St*t•mu
I hve tomplt<ed my examlnadon. I confim np matw3 ha￿ c¢>rn• to my •ttantlon In conn•tde*è wlth th•
•xthlnadoh *¥ln8 mo cllui• to b•ll¢ve'.
. a¢coundng re£ords were Thot ktpt In respect of th• Charlty u rnqulr•d by 1130 of th¢ CharhTu A¢4 Qr
2. the accounts do ntst a¢¢ord thw• rn¢orthi gr
3. the accounts do tompty the ¥¢puntlni rtqulr•m¢nts olthi Chirltl¢s Art other thn •ny
rwlrim¢n¢ th¢ ic<ounts i'true ind whkh ￿ not i rnatter coNld•red as p*rt ol In.
dynd•nf *xIn￿na￿oD'. or
4. the •c¢ounts hve rbQ¢ bo¢n pr•pir¢d In xcordi￿* the m¢thai and prfnclplu of the Statu￿•￿T ot
A¢￿Mmend1￿ Prnc%Sce account5￿ MpOr￿n¢ by cha￿deS (Applleabh to ththde¥ pr¢p•rfry thdr
Iccounu In ac¢ord•n¢e wlth th• FIMn¢l•l R•pu￿nI Stthdird the UK Aepubllc of
lrnknnd tFRS 102>.
I hAv• Tho ¢oncems •b)d hiv• come icrots oth*r matL•rs In ¢+)nnKdon th• •xarftlnatJan to *thlch Ittontlon
thould In r•port In ord•r to •rMbh a proper underjundlry of th• Ac¢¢Junu to be re1th￿.
rtptsrt kn n4d• wl•ly w th• Chart￿& Trustml. ai i bo*, In •¢¢ord￿￿ vAth Part 4 01 th¢ Chvltres lAC￿U￿ts
Ind Reporrs) Reluknt￿n$ 21M. My work h•$ und•ryak￿ $0 that I ita(• to th• ch1￿% Trust•es tho
thlltters l am regulr•d w state to them In •n Ind•p•nd•Thr £x•mkn•r's K•por¢ and ior no oth•r purpos•. T• th•
fidlen exthnt perniltt•d by kw, I do not accept or uiume re￿•Dilb1l1ty to wyan• oth•r than the Charty the
Clwtys TrU9t•￿ ￿ • borty. for my work or lor report
HMLQOL
Mrs H Cook ACA
Lg Io¥iLoLff
For and on bohawol
Roake & Cook Umlted
Chartered Accountant

CHARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGIAND AND WALE
The Flrs Nursery School
Ch3t4ty No j
1107989
Annual accounts for the period
Pirtod surt dat•
0110912023
P¢rlpd thd dltq
31108n024
St<ltc.nient of financial <lCtivtties
R•eomm•nd•d ¢*t•xorl*s by
Unr•rtrlct•d
fvtrMI•
Incom•
fund• Ttstal fimdj
2014
2024
nd•
2024
2023
Ineomln8 rnourcel (Nots 3)
Intom• •ndOwM•￿ frami
300
296.614
196.614
284.265
289
1.261
298.164
298,164
215,871
Rewurc•s Uvend￿ (Not¢ 4)
fun
285,348
285,348
1,000
280,348
243,085
Totol
286.348
224,085
Nrf m•v•m•h¢ In fvndi
11.816
41.786
ft•condllotl•n •f fvndK
123,902
135.718
123,902
135.718
81116
123,902
Tot•1 fuftds ¢orrl•d forw¢Trd

Balance sheet
unrUtrftt￿ IDcom• T•¢al th1• Totsl lart
Jndi
2014
2024
201J
Flxed assets
lthtsn¥lbl• •ets
TIn￿ble assets
InMstm•nts
(Nots 4
37,391
37,392
37,731
T•tol Px•d
Currnnt a8Mts
37,3•2
37.392
37,731
D•bto
(Not• •)
719
729
1347
C••h mt bank ITr h•nd
98,597
99,324
98.5?7
99,326
$4,824
17,171
Crndltor•: •mounts fallln¥ du• wlthln
(Note 9)
N•t cwmnt aN•tsl(1hbJlltl￿)
98.J20
91,320
80,171
Tatal aM•ts l•# Ilablll¥•s
13S.711
135.711
12J,102
Cr•dltor&' •fflauMts f•lllDi du• aft•r
on• y••r
PYovhloTh• for Il•bllltl
Total nrt •J#•ts w11obllhl
135,711
135,71
123,902
Funds of the Charlty
Unr•%trJet•d lunds
Re¥alu*tlon remmi
T•tol fund¥
135.718
135.718
123,902
135,711
135,718
123.102
S*fi•d by am ar two mis¢q•$ 4Jn b•tr4if￿ ill th•
SiW￿ll
Prln¢ thme
Dat• ol
Sarah ICh•tr)

1.1 alAecoun* .
Th•s• prlwd und•r th• ton vAth itopm r•twk*d at CDrt
or unleÉs othetrww mred In the releThnr nornlsl w th￿e Iccounu.
Th¢ hve pr¢pvtd In th* of R*¢0mm￿dId kntg<o.' Act*Jndni
d R¢ponly by ChthOÈi mthnith¢lr In K¢ord•nt**lth th• RwwryS¢and#rd ￿l£•bI•
Inth• UK AW￿1C al lythd (FPS 1021 Ill￿d 4Jn 16luty2014 ind ¥￿th the Chi￿￿ Aa 101 I.
2 Attounttnq P•lkl•
2.1 Ih¢•m•
ft•cryAtboTh of Incam•
InctynÈ & InC￿d*d In th• SrwmoN •1 Rn•nt*l A¢¢Mb•i ISOFAI th• wdd•d EDthe r•Aource4
li MOM Ukétyth*n th•r*Lwr•*i ￿11 r•¢*￿ th• r#•U￿.. th• mon•EAry m•uured
•hd knatlons Irq onty Includ•d In the SOFA %vhen thè zenernl Incom¢ Tecaznldon 4r¢ m•r
15.10 t• 5.12 F￿10? SORP). Ih th• ¢•M d ￿rtorM￿ rdit¢d Ineom• b• r•cwth•d tt*th4 •xt•rt
the W￿4￿•d th• Jpacffled ￿0￿1 or entyt1￿Irft0 th• want•nty rdccurs the
p•rfgmwnE• r•ht•d condl￿oni IS.16 Fns lill 50AV).
*r• knEhJthd lty th• SOFA Mr*Pt Is l& thve hm b•￿ ilwtt afpro￿te. the éxecuto
hiv• ￿1th•re 4r• s4rffid4rt In the ¢tst• gnd wdlOon¥ im¢h•d to th• Iw •hhqr Wldln
thv t#Mrol olth• thirtty orhv• m¢L
Th• hu rqtthyd th• r•pthpthod. v• Includ￿ In th•
thv hu UnC￿d￿9NI •Mldqm•nt to th• r•wurc￿.
W•th•M InE¢m• 4 rlwd In ￿ SOFA r•Ed¥thl•,
L2 Exp•ndtuv• •nd W￿l11t￿
ar• wh•r• It li mor• ¥k•tythDn not I1￿ th•r• li a l•pl or conwudv• obl41kn cornrnlt¥ry th•
ePwlty ty* F•y w¢ r•wur¢u •nd the •mouni obllpuon b• m••wr•d r•uoniN• CIr￿n￿.
th rryukuon ￿d￿Dd
Chthtabh ￿tt•0 th• cow thf Nnnlwth• nuN•ry iehatrl IncbJdrY4*t*llw Ind wt•nd
glprwrty W￿10￿d and 1uppl1￿ to th• (Njdrnn.
Twf¢l• flxed ar* c¥tsUs*d rfthey un be used lor more thn on• yur <￿t It Iwr £$0) n•E olran
Mc*l¥•d. Thy v• ￿l¥la ￿ ¢osE •nd wrltt•n p¥•r thIr#￿￿(•d V$*￿1 We *t th• rAt• vl 2O%itr*ht
i fijll ￿￿¥, d•pr•thO•Tr th• rnr ind n• d•pr•¢liOw kn th•y•v
Dlbtm thd• Ind T•¢￿￿￿•) •r• rnM•ur•d on r•wnldw+ 1¢4rfd•m*tt•m¢¢mthr
i thde dlscounts v •d￿nc¢d ty the d￿rtty. thy vt rnwuvtd rt tht ¢uh v•thv
f￿dIr*I0￿ vxp•¢r•d rq¢th•d.
cov￿19 expl<￿d to hwt ¥ imp•¢E #n th• •nty. d•r•Nnln•d th*t ther• li no
MIr•￿ tlot d¢vbr Oh th• aE41tyto twrflnu• plfti COMtsIg
I￿¢ ImpcL thoukn not lor •x￿￿￿• to •Np•rt•d fuvJr• orth• •ff•L
styne futyv• ¥#¢
tPrf¢ar• retel*d In rqwttal •yw¥qs or In￿r￿d by th• thtity ￿ rqcwts•d kn prthftw
In the the yant bet￿Me1 rncthibl•.
2.6 FuTrd
Unrethcted wthl¢h hw• n•t b••n d•¥•wthd lor ath•r ¥• for Ir thi dlsrrth ofth
Tru5the5 kn thJvth•r¥rt• ￿ th• dth¢ ¢hw*ry. R•S¢r1￿ fvnd¥ hiv• br•n donmd lor ydfit
Ddityres strfctty appllod onty to wjch expEfidi￿re.

Note J
Analvsls of In¢ome
1•24
302J
Anatydi
Don¥￿￿n$ #nd gl
Gfft Ald
l)ohttlo
nd
3C
Le4acles
Menthrshlp •nd spwiorshlps ￿1¢h
arn In iubsunc• 1kAa￿onI
Totsl
300
Ch•vtt•b
Fees from local iuthortdos
Fe•s from par•nts
SEN fundlhg
160.781
106.396
29.437
160.781
106.396
29.437
130,011
137.338
16.906
2N.414
216.614
214,215
Other tr•dlni
¢tl¥ld•
Other
Totsl
I,ioi
1.128
I￿0￿• from
InYutmort•:
Int¢r¢i¢ Incom*
Dfvld•ftd In¢om•
289
289
TOtAL INCOME
291,144
215.071

Note5 t() (IIL, <lCCOtJiits
Note 4
Anatysls of expendlture
Ahatys
fundi
2024
com• fundi
Total
fvndi Totsl fthMI4
2023
2(12J
2023
1024
2024
Exp¢ndlture on rnlslng fvnd$:
Staglng fvndrnlsin8 events
Total expehdlture on r¥liln8 fvnd•
Expendlture on chvltable actlvltle•:
are costs
10,104
73.026
.26
41.219
Running Ènd malntenance costs
Admin5strdtlon costs
Depreclatlon
73,026
41,219
959
1,259
959
1.259
1522
1.075
1522
1,07S
Tot•1 expendltur• on chvltable
actMtle*
205.J48
285,348
143085
243.085
Other
Govérnanc• costs
Total other expendlture
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
1,000
2U,341
186.348
244,085
244,08S

Not¢ S
D•t•lls tyl¢•rt*ln It•m• d ewndltur•
2024
2023
51
¢)th•r Audlt •r Indep￿d*ne •xwnln*tlo
Tax le•1
Othwlem (hr •x•mploi •dYlr¢b U¥IIAult•ncy* •Ctoun¢•nty MrvI￿) Wl ts th• 5ndep•nd•nt •xamk
SC

Nots6
Pald employeej
Staff Costs
2024
2023
Swlarles •Dd w•g
So¢lal ￿¢UP1￿ cojts and p•n￿o￿
O¢h¢r èmployts b•nofft•
191,on
179,902
Total •tsll c¢Mts
202,31•
l •(S74
Thli y••r
A¥•rnp numb•r of full.￿M• ￿￿￿1¢n( employtu In th• yw.
Chadtablo a¢￿¥1￿1$
13
14

Noces tn thp acc()Iiiits
Note 7
Tanglble Ilxed assets .
Cort or valuatlon
FlxtureA, Ilttlnzs
and •qulpment
Land aTrd bulldln
Total
Prfor year
2024
2024
2024
2023
Ac the beglnnlng of th• year
Addltlons
35.084
8,720
920
43,804
920
7.664,
36,140
RevaluatSons
DIsPOsals
Transfers
At end of the ye•r
35.084
9.640
44,724
43,804
Depretlatl•n and ImpAlvvntn
Ar beglnnlng ol the year
6,073
6,073
4.999
Dlspwa
Depr•clatl¢)n
1,259
1,759
1,074
Impalment
Trnnsfe
At •nd olth• yev
7,332
7J32
6.073
Nét book v•lu•
Net book value at the beglnnlng of th¢ yeor
35,084
2.647
37,731
1665
Net book valu• at the end of the y¢•r
35.084
2,JO8
37.392
37.731

Noic&S ro the <iccoiints
Note 8
Debtors and prepayments
Anatysls of debto
2024
2023
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued Income
Total
n9
1347
2J47
729

Notos to Ilii. :Icc("biJliCS
Note 9
Creditors and accruali
An&￿51 of <redlto
Amounti falllng due wlthln
one year
Amounts lalllnz due after
more than one year
2024
2023
2024
2023
Accruals for grnnts payable
Trade rredltor•
Accrnals and deferred Income
1.000
Tautlon *nd *orlal ¥ecurlty
Other credltort
Total
1,000
1,000