## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] October 2020 Period start date To 30[th] September 2021 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Happy Bunnies Preschool** ## **Charity registration number: 1129843** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Happy Bunnies purposes are to:
- benefit the public by offering high quality care
and education for local children aged from
2 – 4 years of age in a safe and stimulating
environment from Monday to Friday over 38 weeks
of the year.
- ensure local children benefit from having a broad
range of knowledge and skills that provide the right
foundation for good future progress through
school.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The aims:
-to actively promote inclusion, equality of
opportunity, the valuing of diversity and British
values.
-to benefit the families by supporting their
individual needs by offering either morning
(8.45am-11.45am), afternoon (11.45am-2.45pm),
all day (8.45am-2.45pm) sessions or a combination
of different sessions.
-to benefit the parents by working in partnership
with them to help their children learn and develop
to their full potential, keeping parents informed of
their progress and providing ideas on how they can
support their children at home
-to benefit the children by providing a wide range
of equipment and resources both indoors and
outdoors which children can access through free
flow play to enable them to develop their
knowledge in the 7 areas of learning.| ||Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|When considering the charity’s aims and objectives
the trustees have had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit.| |---|---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During the year 62 local children benefitted from
attending the setting with a maximum of 32
children per session.
Happy Bunnies employed 10 members of staff –
Manager (qualified to Level 5), Lead (qualified to
Level 3), Deputy (qualified to Level 3), Sendco
(qualified to Level 3) and 6 Early Years Practitioners
(2 qualified to Level 2 and 4 qualified to Level 3).
No events were organised this year due to Covid-19
restrictions.
This year we introduced a large wooden tunnel and
wooden steps to our forest area to support
children’s physical development. We also changed
the layout of our indoor area to have more defined
zones to support children’s personal, social and
emotional development.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The trustees are satisfied with the financial**
**position of Happy Bunnies Preschool.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Happy Bunnies main income is the Nursery
Education funding received from the Local
Authority and the trustees are aware this can be
subject to change. We have a reserve fund to cover
the possible costs in the event of changes to the
income flow.
We have a separate bank account to hold the
charity’s reserves of £60k. We aim to have money
in reserve to cover main costs for at least three
months and to meet our redundancy liabilities.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£60000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**The Preschool has no deficits**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The number of children on our books again this
year was lower than previous years. The increase in
wages due to the new National Living Wage rate
also had an impact on our finances.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Memorandum & Articles of Association**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Limited by Guarantee**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**We appoint trustees at the AGM by nominations & with**
**the highest number of votes from the parents at this**
**meeting**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Happy Bunnies Preschool| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1129843| |Charity’s principal address|Happy Bunnies Preschool
6 Viceroy Road
Sholing
Southampton
SO19 8FJ| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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0|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ms R Cooper|Chair||| ||Ms H Scarle|Vice Chair||| ||Ms E Ricketts|Secretary||| ||Ms S Cleverley|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Ms R Cooper Ms H Scarle Ms E Ricketts Ms S Cleverley** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name** **Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** S0198FJ Cha VIL* Chair S0154HP Flnanclal rnvi8W Emity Ric 2020 Fwxts Tolal F￿￿% Totsl Funds Donations and legac 151.761 151.761 138.180 242 01￿[ Tradry Total 151083 152.083 138.4 io 131 132.968 145,179 145,179 132. 19.115 1*115 4.757 ReconcilIa￿On of Total fun¢ts broughtforw¥rd 147.104 147,104 153,860 1￿219 186219 147.1r)4 Statrment of Fina￿ts1 PoBlllon Y•ar End•d 30 2020 14 1ffi.219 1ffi.219 147,104 147.104 Credltors: Amounts falllThJ du• ¥Athih on• y••r 15 166.219 186,219 166.219 147,104 147.104 147,104 Funds olthB tharity Unreslri(tsJ fy￿15 Total Chartty funds 1fj6.219 1e6.219 147,104 147.104 17 q￿stiOn in BCO)￿￿￿71h seclirm 478: and a￿ swl W. 00 Tmstee D* 71ILII{. Happy Bunnios Pre4chool ISLxFlh•npton} c￿ Lknlled by Guarants• Ineomè afid Inwme Grant Funding Fee feceiv&J Warer Fundraising 0th8r incomeEcat Bank irttefest rÈ¢d 138.391 1￿.773 11341 9.2Cfj 242 151083 138.422 Wages 1(￿.670 111,828 10.979 11.&31 15&3 12,263 1078 2.244 601 528 127 1.047 Rent & W85tè From SCC & rxJgts Con5umabl6s Inc 02 nK)L￿e & W¢Jk*par Insurancè Foc*J & Snac*s Cleaning & HY9￿￿& 1.e61 1.108 Fttrnd R*wrvJ 159 Equipment FirstAid Trrining Course 2.703 477 Tt>tal Expendlts 132￿ 145.179 19.IlS 4,757 Happy Bunnies Pre-school (Southampton) Company Limited by Company Registration Number 06368978 Charity Registration Number 1129843 Sep20 Current Assets Cash at Bank. ￿tal￿der los.￿ 86,884 60.250 60.220 Cash in Hand p￿payMents 166.219 147,104 Current Liabailiiiu8s Creditors: larrv)unts fairy vrilhin c￿e 166,219 147,104 Batanco at 1st Octobw 2019 147,104 153.861 19,115 -6,757 166219 147.104 Responsibillil•• •nd b•Jo afthe r¢w1 the chanws as LThJot 145 ￿lhO dwthes P£k 2011 (ts 2011 Adl. In 145 {5) (b) oftt* %)11 P in the UK arKI Rewbthc of (FRS 1￿) Field8ts Aceountin Mrs KF Fiddw MAAT 7 Tilbrcx)k RI￿1 I & VAT SeYvts5 S015 4HP 18th November 2¢f21