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||||||To enhance the development<br>and education ofchildren<br>primarily<br>under|
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||||||statutory<br>school age by encouraging<br>parents to understand<br>and provide|
||||||for the needs oftheir children<br>through<br>community<br>groups and by<br>1. offering appropriate<br>play, education<br>and care facilities and training|
||||||courses, together<br>with the right ofparents to take responsibility<br>for|
|Summary ofthe objects <br>charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document||||ofthe|and to become involved<br>in the activities ofsuch groups, ensuring<br>the such groups offer opportunities<br>for all children whatever<br>their<br>race, culture,<br>religion, means or ability;<br>2. encouraging<br>the study ofthe needs ofsuch children<br>and their|
||||||families and promoting<br>public interest<br>in and recognition<br>ofsuch|
||||||needs;|
||||||3. instigating<br>and adhering<br>to and furthering<br>the aims and objects of|
||||||the Early Years Alliance,|
||||||Activities ofthe preschool are in line with the guidance<br>and requirements|
||||||ofthe Early Years Foundation<br>Stage framework<br>and are inspected<br>and|
||||||monitored<br>by Ofsted.<br>In December 2019the preschool was inspected<br>by|
||||||Ofsted and rated good.|
||||||Since January 2020 the setting has a preschool manager<br>and business|
||||||manager,<br>working<br>together to make sure that the aims ofthe preschool|
||||||are achieved,<br>that the preschool<br>remains<br>sustainable<br>and that the welfare|
||||||and learning<br>and development<br>requirements<br>ofthe EYFSare met.|
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities<br>undertaken<br>for the<br>public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees<br>have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>benefit)|||||The preschool<br>is an independent,<br>voluntary<br>setting and delivers free early<br>education<br>for 2-, 3-and 4-year-olds<br>through<br>a contract with Essex County<br>Council.<br>The setting offers eligible families<br>up to 30 hours per week of<br>funded<br>childcare, as part ofthe government's<br>extended<br>offer.<br>This<br>enables the setting to contribute to the government<br>aim ofproviding<br>disadvantaged<br>children<br>and families<br>with good early education<br>and<br>childcare.<br>Fees are kept to a level which cover costs and provides<br>sufficient funds to improve the service and resources we provide.<br>Care is<br>taken to ensure that families are not excluded because of inability to pay<br>the fees and that families are welcomed<br>whatever<br>their circumstances|
||||||and back grounds.<br>Parents are able to become members<br>ofthe|
||||||preschool free ofcharge.<br>Parents are encouraged<br>to take up|
||||||membership,<br>volunteer at the preschool and become trustees.|
||||||The charity trustees have had due regard to the guidance<br>on public|
||||||benefit published<br>by the Charity Commission<br>and have complied<br>with the|
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|Fixed Assets||||||||||
|Building|||||||||199,024|
|Furniture,<br>Equipment||||LToys|||||7,717|
|Total Fixed Assets|||||||||206,741|
|Current Assets||||||||||
|Bank Current||Account||||||42,088||
|Bank Deposit Account||||||||65,790||
|Cash||||||||0||
|Debtors||||||||168||
|Total Current Assets||||||||108,046||
|Current Liabilities||||||||||
|Creditors||||||||9,132||
|Pre-paid fees||||||||0||
|Accruals 8|committed|||expenditure||||300||
|Total Current Liabilities||||||||9,432||
|Net Current Assets|||||||||98,614|
|Total Assets less Current Liabilities|||||||||305,355|
|Capital 8 Reserves|||||||6, 8|||
|Unrestricted||Reserves||b/fwd|||||89,342|
|Unrestricted||Reserves||transferred||in|||0|
|Unrestricted||Operating||surplus|for|year|||16,989|
|Restricted<br>0|Funds,||Building||||||199,024<br>305,355|
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|Operating|income||||
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||Fees||32,125|36,642|
||Essex CC Funding|Grant|115,29S|119,0S2|
||Registration<br>Fees||20|4Q|
||Fundraising||1,375|2,413|
||Donations iOther||64|7,801|
||Interest Received||23|6|
|Operating|Expenditure||||
||Payroll incl. Nl and|Employer Pension|123,597|124,599|
||Premises Costs 8|Repairs|5,896|4,671|
||Business Rates||Q|315|
||Utilities 8 Water||2,216|4,023|
||Catering costs||734|774|
||Consurnables||3,563|3,346|
||Minor equip items|8 repairs|1,083|946|
||Office Costs 8 admin||2,375|3,299|
||Insurance||2,901|2,768|
||Training||1,047|760|
||Fundraising<br>expenses||397|925|
||Miscellaneous<br>expenditure||206|663|
||Depreciation||1,481|1,917|
||||145,496|149„006|
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|Depreciation||||1,917|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|3Debtors: Amounts|falling due within 1year||||
|Fees due|||||
|||||168|
|4 Creditors: Amounts||falling due within 1year|||
|Trade Creditors<br>Other creditors 8,deferred income|||2021<br>8236<br>f10,268|2022<br>595<br>8,537|
||||610,504|R9,132|
|5 Accfuals 4cofnfnltted||expenditure|||
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|||Cost at|||Depn. For||NBVat|
|||acquisition|Depn. bIf|NBV BIfwd|period||31.8.22|
|Brought Forward||f20,236|f17,268|R2,968|E1,251|f.18,519|f.1,717|
|Disposals|in period|EO|FO|RO||EO|EO|
|Additions|in period|F6,666|EO|EO||||
|Balance||28„902|17,258|2,988||||



|||||2021|2022|
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|Reserves<br>b/fwd<br>Unrestricted<br>Reserves||transferred|in|85,932||
|Unrestricted<br>Restricted|Qpera5ng<br>surplus for <br> Funds,<br>Building||year|3,410<br>210,081|16,989<br>199,024|
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