2025-04-05-accounts - Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre-School And Peasmarsh Parent And Toddler Group

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CHARITY NUMBER – 1124108

Report of the Trustees and Accounts for the year ended 05 April 2025 for

Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre-School And Peasmarsh Parent and Toddler Group

- Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre School And Peasmarsh Parent and Toddler Group Trustees’ Annual Report

Year ended 5 April 2025

Charity Number: 1124108

Registered Address: Peasmarsh C of E Primary School

School Lane, Peasmarsh, East Sussex, TN31 6UW.

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2025.

THE TRUSTEES

The trustees are Simon Owen, Zoe Hanks (both appointed during 2020) and Kevin Tucker.

Kevin Griffiths was appointed during the year.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre-School and Peasmarsh Parent and Toddler Group is a pre-school group for children from the age of two to five years.

OBJECTIVES

The aims of the charity are to advance the pre-school education of children in Peasmarsh and the surrounding area by providing a safe, stimulating and appropriate environment for learning. To encourage parents and / or carers to take an active part in the activities of the charity.

ORGANISATION

The charity is headed up by the Board of Trustees and a voluntary management committee who undertake the day-to-day management. The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charity has appropriate systems of controls, financial or otherwise. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reasonable assurance that:

the charity is operating efficiently and effectively
its assets are safeguarded against unauthorised disposal or use
proper records are maintained and financial information within the charity or for publication is reliable; and
the charity complies with relevant laws and regulations.

The systems of internal controls are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss.

REVIEWS OF DEVELOPMENTS, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

The pre-school is based in a purpose-built room located on the site of the primary school.

The pre-school is open from 8:30am to 3.30pm weekdays during term time.

STAFF

The pre-school has six members of staff, five of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at Level 3 NVQ in Childcare Learning and Development. All staff continue their professional development with relevant training courses.

OFSTED

We were last inspected by OFSTED in May 2024 and were judged ‘Good’.

The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

- Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre School And Peasmarsh Parent and Toddler Group Trustees’ Annual Report – continued.

Year ended 5 April 2025

FINANCE

Full details of the results are shown in the financial statements. The Trustees are satisfied with the financial status of the charity and confirm that the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due.

The building from which the pre-school operates is leased from East Sussex County Council. This is for a period of 7 years from 24 December 2021. The annual rent for the building is £5,450.

RESERVES/RESOURCES POLICY

It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity. These sums have been carefully built up and provide sufficient funds over and above day-to-day management and administration costs to respond to any major expenditure required due to unforeseen circumstances.

If reserves are significantly above the target level, the Committee will earmark them as designated funds. Designated funds are part of the unrestricted funds which trustees have earmarked for a particular project or use, without restricting or committing the funds legally. The designation may be cancelled by the trustees if they later decide that the charity should not proceed or continue with the use or project for which the funds were designated.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Trustees have examined the operational risks, which the charity faces, and are satisfied that the systems currently in place are sufficient to enable such risks to be minimised.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Zoe Hanks

Approved by the Trustees on 16 March 2026

Peasmarch Flying Start Pre-School and Peasmarch Parent And Toddler Group Charity number : 1124108

Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025

Receipts and Payments Account

Income receipts Fees From Parents From voucher agency Other Expenditure Purchases Equipment (inc. toys) Wages Insurance Premises Admin expenses Training Net receipts for year Cash and bank balances at start of year Cash and bank balances at year end : Current account	Year ended 5 April 2025 £ 17,091 88,346 2,920 108,357 -5,304 -234 -76,814 -895 -9,490 -4,648 -642 -98,026 10,331 57,204 67,535 67,535 67,535	Year ended 5 April 2024 £ 23,300 85,957 2,627
		111,884
		-5,085 -93 -71,579 -1,339 -10,182 -3,666 -95
		-92,039
		19,845 37,359
		57,204
		57,204
		57,204

Signed on behalf of the Trustees: Zoe Hanks

Approved by the Trustees on 16 March 2026

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Peasmarsh Flying Start Pre-School And Peasmarsh Parent and Toddler Group

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2025, which are set out on pages five to seven.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination; I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
The accounts do not accord with those records; or
The accounts do 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.

David Ashby FCCA ACA Gibbons, Mannington & Phipps LLP Chartered Accountants 82 High Street Tenterden Kent TN30 6JG

Date: 18 March 2026