## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 09 2022 31 08 2023 **From To** Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon) **Other names charity is known by** Little Acorns Pre-School **Registered charity number (if any)** 1125456 **Charity's principal address** Community Room, c/o Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way Huntingdon, Cambs. **Postcode PE29 6UH** ~~—~~ **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 Nicola Benge Chairperson 2 Lisa Lacey Treasurer 3 Amy Oliver Fundraiser 4 Bernadette Ducket 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## Section A Reference and administration details **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Pre-School Learning Alliance Model Pre-School Constitution 2011 How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees (Officers and Committee Members) are elected for one year at Trustee selection methods the Annual General Meeting (held in October), Retiring officers and (eg. appointed by, elected by) Committee members are eligible for re-election. ## **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; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The aims of the Pre-school are 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 activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability; (b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the **TAR** March **2012** 2 local areas; (c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance. During the supervised 3 or 6 hour pre-school sessions for the academic year 2022-2023, pre-school children had opportunities to paint, play with sand/water/playdough/soil/bark/clay/pasta/cornflakes/lentils, complete jigsaws, play with a wide variety of toys and games, role-play and dressup, use a vast selection of craft materials, cycle & scooter, climb & slide, **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** develop ball skills, sing, listen to stories, learn Jolly Phonics action songs with YouTube videos, do some baking (including hot cross buns and mini **public benefit in relation to** Christmas cakes), eat and make healthy snacks, taste foods from **these objects (include within** different religions and countries, and enjoy playing outside with our new **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** resources and equipment … to name but a few! All of these activities (and many others) ensured that the pre-school **had regard to the guidance** children were working towards the learning and development **issued by the Charity** requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation **Commission on public** Stage. **benefit)** The trustees and staff of the pre-school have paid due regard to the public benefit of the charity in that all activities undertaken work towards the ‘advancement of education’ of the pre-school children and their parents/carers in the area local to the charity’s premises. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** For the academic year 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023, the preschool offered up to 30 hours of pre-school sessions (funded for those in the term after their third birthday) per child. ## **Section E Financial review** **TAR** March **2012** 3 **Brief statement of the** The pre-school management committee has built enough reserves to have a 5-month contingency fund. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - 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** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Lisa Lacey **Full name(s)** Nicola Benge **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairperson Treasurer **etc) Date** 24/03/2024 **TAR** March **2012** 4 ||**Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon)**|**Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon)**||**1125456**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Sg|**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/09/2022
31/08/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**|||||**CC16a**|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest**
**£**
**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||| |Fees
**-**
**78,421**
**-**
**78,421**
**84,703**
Fundraising
**119**
**-**
**-**
**119**
**42**
Grants
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Bank Interest
**144**
**-**
**-**
**144**
**-**
Snack Money
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Other
**521**
**-**
**-**
**521**
**247**
Donations
**- # 35**
**-**
**35**
**100**
Milk
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**784**
**78,456**
**-**
**79,240**
**85,092**
~~a=~~|||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total receipts_**
**784**
**78,456**
**-**
**79,240**
**85,092**
~~—————~~|||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||| |Rent,Insurance & Repairs
**-**
**14,838**
**-**
**14,838**
**6,840**
Legal,Professional & Admin Fees
**-**
**300**
**-**
**300**
**364**
FundraisingCosts
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Governance Costs
**-**
**50**
**-**
**50**
**85**
Telephone,Postage & Stationery
**-**
**407**
**-**
**407**
**563**
Ink, photos
**733**
**-**
**-**
**733**
**973**
Housekeeping
**3,525**
**-**
**-**
**3,525**
**4,252**
Catering& Sundryexpenses
**602**
**-**
**-**
**602**
**426**
Website & Advertising
**-**
**-**
**-**
Staff training,wages,tax & NI
**73,231**
**73,231**
**63,880**
Children's activities
**-**
**-**
**-**
Charitable donation
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 4,860**
**88,826**
**-**
**93,686**
**77,383**
~~meee~~|||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total payments_**
**4,860**
**88,826**
**-**
**93,686**
**77,383**
~~—————~~|||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 4,076**
**- 10,370**|**- 10,370**|**- - 14,446**|**- - 14,446**|**- - 14,446**|**7,709**|**7,709**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**
**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**
**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 4,076**
**- 10,370**|**- 10,370**|**- - 14,446**|**- - 14,446**||**7,709**|**7,709**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/03/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Contingency
Fundraising
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**25,087**
**-**
**2,367**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,454**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Lisa Lacey|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| |||Lisa Lacey|24/03/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 24/03/2024 2 UrnE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL AcCoU￿r5 YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 INCOME ￿ATEmE￿r 2023 2022 Income Fees Fundraising Grants Donations Bank Interest Other 78.421 119 84,703 42 35 144 521 i(hJ 247 Totsl Income 79.240 85.092 Expenditure Rent and Insurance Repairs and Maintenance Totsl Premises Legal and Professional Fees Administration Fees Fundraising Costs Governance Costs Advertising Ink and Photo's Telephone, Postage, Stationary Sundry Total Administration Housekeepin8 Catering Total Operating stsff Training Wages and Salarie5 Total stsff 6.976 7,862 14.839 6.840 3(h) 364 50 85 733 407 105 973 563 140 1.595 2,125 3.525 497 4.252 286 4.023 4.538 2.261 70,970 1,249 62.631 73.231 63.879 Total Expenditijre 93,687 77,383 Profit/lLossl For The Year 114.4481 7,709 Doujsign Envelope ID.. o62A2E￿7E8A4A2￿sl￿￿CEC6 LITfLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 BALANCE SHEEr 2023 2022 Balance I September 2022 Cash Bank Fundraising Account Interest Account 50.450 2.367 25.087 42.740 2.367 77.gm 25.087 70.193 Income 79.240 85,092 Expenditure 93.687 77,383 Balance 31 August 2023 63.456 77.903 Cash Bank Fundraising Account Interest Account 3S.338 2.379 25,739 50.450 2.367 25,087 Balance 31 August 2023 63,456 77.903 LrrrLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2023 Report on the accwnts of the prwthool for the yearended 315tAugwt 2023 Although not a charitythe accounts in the current year. as in previo￿ years are completed to the stsndards set by the charities act 1993.on a profft and10￿ basis. not cash basÈ5. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner As the charity's trustees you would be responsible for the prepardtion of these accounts. you tonsider that the audit requirements of sertion 4312) of the Charities act 1993 { the act ) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basi5 of procedures specified in the general directions given by the charwty commissioners under sectton 43171 of the act whether particular matters have come to rny attention. Basis of independent examiners refv￿rt My examination was carried out in accordance wtth the general dirtttronsgtve by the charity commissioner5. An examination indude5 a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the actounts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees of such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required of an audit and cOnsequen￿Y i do not expres5 an audit opinlon on the viewgiven bythe accounts Independent examSner5 Statement In connertion with my examination. no matter ha5 cometo my attention. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respectthe requirements to keep accounting records in accordance viith settion 41 of the act." and To prepare the accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accouftting requirements of the acL Have not been met: or To which in my opinion. attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. DoCu$￿ed F14916EDBCC748E... Andrew Springthorpe FCC4 JS Accountsnts Ltd Gibson House Emiine Business Park Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE29 6XU