CONSTABLE RY CHtLDCARE TYRE ISTRATION NUMB FINANCIALACCOUNTS R THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
FE aharity Name.. Cixwabl¢Cumty Chilthare 1122021 Addrts%of PriKip&l Offic&. COII IQD R¢vJ Stephne thrToom {retired: 30April 2023) Dr Jane Pawtt {4wint&130April, 2023) Mrmichael JD(YBrien MrJaTnes Horwd Mrs HayleyAherne Mrn Gill hfjtcI Mr Mich] JD (YBri¢ a¢rktotsCJJarity.' BoJ¢Jays Bank pi¢; M¢tro Bonk plc J mull S¢rvic Lituitgl 30 R&veL8 Avenv4 Hale•l . s. (VI IYA Auditor. EME GoveTni COtItUtiO[l dated 21 Felxw. 2017 Method8 itiiientaThJ ihsttt5 are app)u]ted in aOTdnLt with the co]titutiO[l. Some app)inkneEts are ¢x-offieio. A8 vacanci¢s for T1$ arise appli(¥tsons are sought from tential (andidales ktxivm to ThLsI¢ and othrswtsble local people.Applicants are thenconsideftd by theTee$ 8ndaptM)inrments made by resolthonof tltTnk4tees krtd tstifL&I attheAnnual rneet1. New Tnjstees Bre trtefed by the CleTk and the ¢xisbng TnLStees on the history ètkl activiiles of the Charity.Theyare pmwdeAwith of thecknity Comnu&8ionpublicAtion'The Essential Tru51¢¢' detsiling their rwibilitie5 arml wvidin8 8uidaK¢ on kiTrg & Tr. The rw Tntrs) iare provided with a copy of the Ch8rrity Scheme 8tMI 18t&%t inder¢thY exa[nio Aud miMuLe day.ttrday ex#1Ve mana8un¢m of thB Charity i5 d¢lcwd by TtrS a Manag¢m¢DL Committe4 Comprising appropriately qlfIed ilIvidUals. The chaim)an of that committe¢ Is a ThLSte< (artd the 8pp)inted Trtasurer). Th¢ oth¢r of the Matwmrt Contmiltee ar¢ th¢ TTUStees. alldmayctroFtothersuilablyquaJifitrJlthllvidfMt1metirn¢ rKc&wy. ¢. Throughtheemployment ofproftssioDaJ advistr5,and by dele8atiQrthe manw¢mof th¢ Charity to appropri&t¢ly prOfl0[ qUlfi1 memt¢r5 ofthe MarwErtQ)mmittK the Tntstees seek to ensure that ail of ChaTity5 man3gernent and decision rn•kiDg tske OAII accowtt of. and ¢oJDply wthJt]evAntIesti0rt thregulaw Gontrol
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Obj#ts of th¢ arity are:
{1}
To provide the fxijities for the daily Temtion ¢dation of¢hildrw dwin¥
sclxx>l tLours. out of sdwol
brmS aftd thwughout JKiliday& in the vi118ge5 of Brdntham aThl East Bergholt in th¢ ¢owity of SuffoIL
and in surrowjding are&s ac¢wibl¢ to the fathliti¢s pffjvid ty Clwity. ]lUdE[ th 5¢rvtngth¢
sWrOut 8reAs ofNorth E55wand South SuffoiL
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To &dvancc the education and traintng of the lOn$ ill the PTOViSiOll of $u¢h ltiOn
re4reat1 faciliue&
To hleve 8]1 of the th)ve withina wingawi5ti4udlws.
T7eaCtivitIeS are considerèjto fOr¢Ib[I¢ bettcfitaN1innwDiDgth¢a)aritythoTTUSteesh reg
(3)
Application of IrOme
All incrthe ]ve{L fmm WhIt 15 aFplitil in full to the nuuw of the ¢lwrlty, al to I
The year 2023 the now evidentjy ¢l¢ar ofthe aftereffects of Cowid 19 p3nd¢tDiW Ls 11 as
wNting rwTtocapa¢ity. and io some at capacity. Followi biddill8 for th¢ oFWMtyto
OF¢rnt¢thcvacprt5ite intr wd%ofthe Stratford St mPri Sth
OF us MEN]SANDPERFORMANCE ThrouKhout the year QUT Staff WLYked tirelessly under {at times) difficult Cjrcurtt8t M WfAk attra dedition went into the effort rtr4uiwJ to the Jditionh] space at the Blossom Chlldrertg, CerrtT¢, staff arc r¢gularly wraiingr in ses8iolls ai rn¢ settings we are working Bt cap&city within the littts laid d< by OFSTED. The f&ct that we Su1ved awtheryear. showing an Incre in tLmover. and also mainiainin8 a SUTpIus i5t¢5timonytoth¢ ¢ffLrtsofouT StaffgJy] Man&gemeniTeam. We face further ChlengeS as we aware that Governll Pla in thE eligibility for Early YegJs funding for 2 year old children. and babte4 fjdd to wturh we 5t¢ pr05F¢rt of fith increayes in deMd fw our serviccgfrom thenow very evidtht buil<tingwork on twoJarg¢rcsi(kntkJi d¢velopments in East hoJt. Th? 5toryof0urChaty i& indtt( ofanEariy Yewspmid¢rd¢liv¢ring its mi5sionof ex(rlletLCe inaffordable hildL¢ PTQVi5iO]4 within a caring CFristian etho4 which would appwto be very much ndem8n Now that ourE&%tBthlt settit¥ doubled its space avas]8bility. (8]] of whi¢h app¢ay5 to t¥gve been fulty utÈlill, th¢ MalgemtTeam h&$ deiejmitted that in the n&xt platthtiLg ¢ycJe our t objedive should b¢ consolidation ID our current SitiOn and t<mfigwatiixL tt le due 10 si8tiifie£nt ¢h&llw¥¢s exne[K¢d
¢r0&5 tOr in rccruitm&)i of swtsble numbers of gu81ifid staff. Despite thi$ (avrg4 The EX{rtive
contillUES to 5ttk opFrtnIti¢5 ro acquire more premises in (Kdcr to aDti¢ipt¢d ¢knwMI ¢r¢pt¢d 85
result of Qovemment 1¢y. &8 well LS the ,firtllre poterti8] thn8nd by r¢si(knti
lastye4ron ry>ssible a4wsltion0fd sitslbJitdingofABC Pr$dK)lat Stratfordst Maryproved
tobea
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Com[ni
F THB7RUS FOR1HE YEAR ENDED 31 DE ER2 DUriD82019,th¢ThLSW$8pprovedtht5ethrpgupofahardshipfill{initially8wrCWithagenera] reserve fund of£5,(W) and it is intentsj that the ftmd be available to ]eVIate hardship of staff. li Is fi]rther Wmony to the ¢griDg Christian ethos lh h&8 beets t fo1n£ principle of Charity sirtce its inreOiun. WB aJE8rtcfultt> fjod io gbl¢ lontInl0 providethis seMc¢ loc C[un1¢y. The Clwity'srItcy aner¥4 is to miin&insuffici¢n¢r¢serY4S to¢rnbl¢th¢Chwityto contint0 h1¢Ye jecttves, 811 to rwDtsJn a tugh lev¢1 of q]]ty cqwpment ar¥J learning Maa]s. at to m•ints>nasafeaJyJ high quality ellvmllartf9T0urthl1th,S LYe 8ndl¢wi. It t5 also rtom propriate wovistons wttti]Jgetit& Durit¥ the Y 2022, th¢ Clwity made fithr transfers to the building in anticipati(m that future exFtMliture estl&llY on provision of 5psce and facilitie5 deS1j make pmvision for chilthEn with 4ciSI tth. n Ch&rityb Iry¢S at thc firAncia] year etbl are itl a v¢ryhethy state and trustees Jw¢ to build this film fowy]&tioTh in futureyeats to xhieve owcontinuing 808]$ 8¢¥J Mi10. AseachyearwrKeeds. furthprOvISIon0f futbthn8 wÉil ix mad¢tothelxEildi#gfiJtMI du¢ to I&vY dern locally for our provi$iou of early Yeats Childtare, th(w reur¢ hllve Eten deploye4J to meet continuin8 demaNI for the clty.5 s¢rvic¢ pry)Vj5ion. It is eyxted that contributions will ix mAiTttfLinl ifi fithiTP A1 on tK• r•IlT AvAiIAhl• AnA hmtIl8 Kgeggmertt tsf firture dem¥Tkl Tr &Te also deleit to hold 5uffi¢ivrt to ¢nllbl¢ th¢ Cbrity to meet antiCiFthJ comnlltt outgoings fv a wiod of LLO W 12 moTth 5ll th¢ ¢y1 of & rthtion i¥ ks of itL¢ome in the event of any nling¢rKie& Tnt¢S at¢ keenly awwe of the gtowing commuThtyandthEneedto pmvide &lditiot)aJ chlldeare srxes to 5upm familits moving to the well &$ meetitig substthally incrwsed dern&T resuhing from Government w11 in incrwiDg the fimding of E&Tly Years place& The nement team will Contin to 5eekadditional weDJises. exploringthe opportwuties provided byth¢ v¥&wht 5it¢ &t Stsutford St Maryw¥JaThy oth¢r facilities may b#ome available. The Cljarity Main &hea]thy t&%htseNetoeJJ&blFthEtnLSt¢ actswiftly SI]d something suitsble alab]e. DrJ4iK PNvitt
OF THETR STEFS FOR 31 DECEMBER FTRU cordattce withappliiblc law &nd Utkiknl KLn8domAc¢fjuth¥ StstyJarth(UnitsJ Kin8th)m (krallY A¢c¢Pt¢dAVnting Prxti¢el. The iawapplithle to charitkts In Englarnl a[ woieswsj1restheTrto pw fillala1 ststem¢rtts for ye4rwhich 8iveatn]e and fair the state of of the d4rity and ofthe itKomiry8 T¢WUNU atml applic4tioD of r¢50UTCW of the Ghllrity fwthai . S¢l¢i suitable accOup01iaic5 and apply CoAsntty. . Observe the melt$0 principles in rhcLtwiiies bofp 2uly15Il). • Stste whthr applicable &ccoutrting Stsndarth and statements of TO[neI¢l pr4ctic¢ have been follow subject to Y&t]l ¢jeFal1080j 8tx1 exptaitted It) th¢ fin1¢] statern and charity will ntin in operatio any tim¢ th¢ finmcia]p)5itiott of the Ch[Y Ind wbith¢nabl¢ th¢llL toen5ure that the finla1 statune comp]y wlth the Ch8ntiesAct 2011. the CharJtJes (Accou[ and Re[) R¢gu]ations 2(M)8 8nd the ovisions of Deed. ar¢ also T¢spoll5ible f¢xs8feguardin8tht&8sets of thethority hoK fortsknngresy)nabl¢ steps forthe pThenti and dettiOn of fr4ud4ndots rre8uJarities. ThE Trtee8 e reswrIb]E for the rnalnten8n and Jnteyity of th¢ Cttity infoTmllti( the Charity'5 website. Leglslatioft in the Udt&l Kitigdthn governing the pre[ation 0Th1 disseDJinati{ offiJaI 5W¢mts may differ fIn ]ls11t1 in odr jwisdiL#ion5. LYAtheirbehalf by.. DrJane P8vi¢ aimwi
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REFX)RTTO THE TRUSTEES OF CONSTABLECOUMRYCHILLXARB W¢ have auditwj the fin18] statneJL8 of C)Stablec Childw¢ (ttx'thrity.) fortheyeareJhJed 31 De£e4nb¢r2023 whi¢h comprise the Statement of Financia]Adivits4 theBalfi Skrf thB StstemeTht of C&%bF]ows.and rtotesto th2 fil)C12 statem¢tty Int]ling gr}IficantaCQow)tIngjlICi The f]Kial rewJrti08 frnmeworkthat l¥s bEetL applied in their preparatiim is applicable18W United KI[a01 AXting Stthrds, including Finsllciai Reping Standard 102 The FinJrt¢laJ R¢portirJg Stwthrd licab]e inthe UK a1 R¢public of Ire]aTMI (u[LixIngdrAn (kn¢ra]lyAoxM¢d Acwurthg Pn(itt). ID owopiniok the fiti8n¢i81 stat¢m¢rtts'. 'give arn1 f8lrview of the of the ch8rity's affaitsos at 31 D&1r2tr23. atsl of its iEKaTriti8 resourcts attd 8ppli¢ationof re5out, iw1j18 its inc4)me attd exp¢tyJiti]r4 fortheyEarthen ¢]. .have pret•[la¢refd with the n4UiremS ofthe ChTitie5Ad 2011. B]¥ foropinion Weconduct¢douraudit in with IntenwtiorI Slandard5 onAuditi4glUK) OSAS (UK)) ar applicab]e law. (hw re4NMwbiliti&% utthth03e standards are furtherdescriw In the8Jitor re$Fa1b1lttleS forthÈ auditof the finqnciAI gtstJJJ•hts 80¢tiort trf QWrOPQTL W¥4LTO indopendent of djè o]Jority itt tsooord withthe ethical tequirwn¢M5 that are relevant toour al11 of the fi[¢1#{ statemetts in the UK. ittludiDgth¢ FRC'S Ethic41 Stsndar4 80d fulfilled our other ethic sib51iti% in accord witht1se W¢ be]ieve thattt a11£ ¢Vid we hav¢ o for0 opinio Concll0[Ie1ats8tO going c4)nrkrn In aL¥JiliDg fir78] statemettty VK hav¢ Cond tht trK t. use of the g02ng ¢oJKern b8sis of Based work we haveperfornjed we he J)ot identified Èrty nJateii81 utYRrtainties relatin¥ to events OT aXhaitioJJs thaL lrtdlvidty orcoliectivety. may C&%t51lficat dou on the choritys ability to continue Ollr re¥tx)n5ibiliti¢s and the respot]bIlltses of the tswt¢£s with to goi c4Jr%m are describgj in the r¢ievant 5ectioLs of this re[. The Lh¢r infonnat1oncoD1Sts the informatiort included in th¢ tn]E¢5 annual rerrt otherthaÈ)the finla] ststeme]xts thwIlitQT'S th¢reoJL Th¢ In are ttspwtsibleforthe other ittformatiojj £thJthi5Kd within thc tal rqm Ouropiniotk on the financial 5wem¢nts does cover theottr iDform&tion and we do not¢xprw f¢rm of wu[a[¢ ci>nclu5ionthreo ourreSlrLbijIty is to reslth¢ knfonn&tiall Sn doing80, cIHBidw wlthrthe other Infonon is materiatly irKoDsjslenl withthe fJnarKi statements Dro101g¢ obtaiTJrd in coutse of the audit orothemse &ppefjTh tolK m&teria]ty tnisstat¢d. If w¢ identify Such material tnconsistertcies or ap5rent atrri5] mi&statements, w¢ are r¢quiTedto drt¢rniin¢ whethu this 8iveg nse to 8 Maleti ]nisstatemettt inthe firwGiaJ $tRte[ncTrtsth8e1. If, b8sed on ihe WO we Imve we corlUde that tkne isa mawiai misstatement of this othEr infi)rtttht4 Wt rquired to rew>rtthat facL Wt have Ar]n8t0 r4¥#t ittthi$ Matte[5 on Which are reqllirnd to reportby exceptlcé) We h2ve n(rtbing ior¢tM in r¢st of thr followi rn#tt¢ts in Tellt to wlllch tkn chariti and Rttx)rts} Regujatlow 21K)8 rrquire u5 to repjrttoyou if, in ourwnton: informtttion in the thL*es' rer Is i])WDSi5¢¢nt in Bny mthrial respECt with the fina1 • suffi¢iertt a¢wutttitigrttords not beert kept: or
INDEPENDENfAUD17Y)RS REPORT{CONfINUED)
RU]51111ieS of tn
Asexptain&J more fiJ]ly ill1 bust¢f5' Ttsponsibilitics stathert the trustees are Jwwible forth¢
IwepaTatioll of the fmancial statThents 8t fttbellJ8 s&tisfi¢dth•ttheygiv¢ atrue at¥J fairvi. andforswh
It) PT¢wngf]K finatKial statemertt4 th¢ thstees trPx1b1e f491n8the¢h8rity.9b]lity tr) ¢ontin
agoing{tyw, dlsc105in& asarplicabJ4 mattejs lar¢dto gorte0Tn81yj u5ingthey corKern
b&si8 of &tc(>untiJ)8 unless the trustees eitsintthl to li4wdate¢h1ty (Yto L%a5¢ OFerthot4 ff have
Tea]istic airnarive butto do
AJitrKrx)nsib1l1tr fortheaudii of the fina181 st&teth
W¢ have been QDPJinted &8 iuditor und¢T swtson 144 of the ChaTitiesAct 20118nd re[ Sn th
rewlations mwje 154 ofthlltAcL
mateTiaJ tllisstatemenL whether due to fraud orettor. to &sitOr's r¢port that o
pinion. Re8sonable tssu[at is a high level of4s5ur4a¢eiJt4s.not aguBrantee thatan alI(¢0ndtedin
ac£ord8n¢¢ with ISAS {UKI will always det 3 matttill miSstxt¢rTht kn it exists. Misstatenxjts can
arisB frotn fraud or ¢TTorand are consitsryl matttl21 if. indiMdlly or in the agt¢ tky could
sothly be exPj10 ¢ci1M¢de
CONSTABLE COUNTRY CHILDCARE Incorporatlng St Ml¢hael'¥ wtth Brookland8 Youn9 Explorfrrs. ¢hBrry Blo0 Nursery Slutton Seals Summary Flnancial St•tsments statament of Financial Activitie8 for the ar onded 31 December 2023 Unrexthd Gofvrnl Fund Ntweulldlny Fur 2023 P2022. TOTAL Bull4 Fund 2023 2022Y 2023 In¢omo & EndThvmpnts Ivxn.. I,77081: 1.290, 1,770,591 EAwndtturo Oll.. 1,286,419. 1.099, 1,069 5,524 ,B24 1.JOD.Y8 1.113,741 4H,182 ' i¥,ooei 8.859 15.524 459.632 177.029 R•GOnGIon olfunth Fd bJlarKw broughtfard TrMfor4 Fund ¢thodfor•Aid 480.318 ?88.90TI. 5M320 4TT,179 •o,000 20 SO,733 66.iST.. 1,091372 97 481 490 319.- $49 314 80.n31 1 069 004 .:1 099 ¥72.
CONSTABLE couiifRYCHILDCIRE 8alanc• Sho•t as al 31 D•¢•n*•r2023 Fund N•¥FngFWj Fnd 14 134747 1J474Y 1.IK472 2740 fA71A72 1 1 14 47U81 •W9 314
CONSTABLE COUNTRY CHILDCARE 10 Incowrallng StMl¢hAI *lth Brooklando Younq Explor•r¥. cTry Blo1M Nurn •thd Surtton Seal Summary Flnanclal Ststsmenls stst8m8nt of Cash Flows for th• year end¢d 31 December 2023 20 G27,7 I.21j 46•.632 142324> 74421 31fj,791
¢ONSTABLE COLINTRY CHILDCARE Incorpornng St MlchDvl'wlth8moWthnd•Young Exor•, ChonyBorn Nur•y and Stuiton &il• Summary Flnanclal siatgmorits Not•¥ to th¢ A¢¢ounts forth• yaar 8nd8d 31 Docembor2023 dj ki¢() 1) hl fi
12 COMSTABLE COUNTRY CHILDCARE In¢orporoiing $¢ Ml¢haAfB Broonl Young Explur•r. Bhom Nur••ry and Stutton 8ga15 $ymm¥ry Flnanclal Statsmont& Notsj tothe Accounts forth? y•ar•rbd•d 31 Doc•mbor 2023 l¢onUnuedl BulW Fwd 49 To 17TO J13 7.117 (703. F
13 CONSTABLE COUNTRY CHILDCARE InCoor•O SiPAlcha•f• Brooklinthyauhll expkrnr& Ch•rry Ilurmry Summary Flthanclal $tstem&nts Not•• to th• A¢¢oun* tortho yoar•nd•d 31 D9¢ber 2023 1¢Otny¢d> Lty¢at 431,1 74. 733 194 120 657 143M TJ 92
wr T4X4ts•d
14 CONSTABLE ¢OUNTRY CHILDCARE In¢Orporaiing 8IPAlcha•fywth brooklandl Younu Expknrnr4 Ch•ry Blobbom Nyr4•ry nd Sttsffon 5umm•ry Flnamclal Statsmfrn Nots to tho Account• lortho •ndgd 31 Oor¥mb•i 2023 Icorthnu¥dl 7U,1•9.. 1.QW,669 ry JWknpFund Ttsknl IM162 FUth1bdI¢M btwrrtlor*4TO 4Jl FUM Fund ToNwBL•&4Fwd Fund (b,524) FL&id 47F179
15 CONSTABLE COUNTRY CHILDCARE IncrfPOrntlng St Allch¥•fB th BrookkinO•Young Explur•r. Cthorry Bknsom Nurd•ry •nd stutton Sqa Summary Finat)¢lal Statsmonts Not9¥ to tho Accounts forth8 ye4r•ndod 31 Docqmb•r 2023 l¢onUnUI 121114 T( Tol11 77