Registered number
06946102
CLAN'ERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
(A compani limited bTr' guarantee)
Report and Accounts
31 August 2025

CLAVERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
Report and accounts
Contents
Page
Lt¥dl dnd ddminisirdlii'tr inforrllation
Directori and Trustee& report
Independent Examinevs re￿rt
Statemtnt of FinanLial AcliTritits
Balance sheet
Notes io the accounts
Derailed income and expenditure schedule

CLAVERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
Legal 8nd administrative information
Sta￿s
The or￿￿￿nIS￿lI0n is a chariiable company liniiied by guaran*e. in¢orpmied on ?7 June )009.
The compan}. ￿aS e5tsblished under a Memorandum of Associaiion whLch estsblished the obiects
and power5 of the chanlable cornpany to carry (wJt the functions of a Preschool and is governed
under lis Articles of Associaiion. Under ihose Articlek ihe direcrors and m￿￿e$ are elecied
annually at the AGM. The diTector5 of the Cornpany are as sel out below.
Overall mana8emeni of ihe organisaiion is Ihe re3ponsibiliry o( the (¥)mmLiiee members who are
elecied and co-opied under Ihe iernis of ih¢ Mewrandum & Anivles of Association. Day io day
project actiTrity is n￿llaged and carried out by volunteer5 an&'oi paid staff.
The Company, whi¢h is a regisiered Lharity (No.. 11327141. has exemption from using ihe wonl
'll￿111¢ll, Lll its [¢￿iSt<[C￿ nain¢.
Trustees and directors
Hollie Snelling. Chair
Christopher Peters, Treasurer {apw>in￿￿ 25 June 20251
Olwen Astley Dawie%. Se¢ret£
Corin Grettthow
Tom Archer{resigned 25 June 20:51
Senior Staff Members
Michtlle Draper- Manager
Registered office
Clavering & Arkesden Preschth)I
Rear of School, Storrford Rd
Claveiing
SatTn)n Walden
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Independent Examiner
Nick Caton
Mlll Sctptt Lid
Mill End
Mill Lane
Clavering
S%LtTron Wdldcn
Essex
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Registered nurnber:
Directors and Trustees report
06946102
The direcrors present their reports and accounts for ihe Y￿ ended .11 Augusi ?025.
Aims organlsAtlon
The prinEiple objEclive of preschool is lo provide Earlv yea￿ rare for childreD in the Ciavering and
surrounding area aged b¢tw¢en two and half yedrs and stsmiory sch￿1 age_
.Summ4r)' of the )'e*r
The prevhnol haq had annrher Rucce&sful year thanks In gtaiTworkinE hard to maintain 2 favaurdble
position. Different initiatives ivere implemented bv staff to keep the preschool running as efticienlly
as possible, and this included changing th¢ siarting age of pupils from aNI a half to Thvo years
A new ¢ommittee member was appoinied followin&v the .4fjM in November ?024. Tom Arclier
resigned IruTn the Trosurer rule wab replaced by Chnstvphei Peters. Tht committee Contin￿%
to mLLt rLgL]larly und arL %Mlvcni%in¥ for ne￿ I'oluntccri for cominiticc and fundrai%ing.4upport for
the c4)ming year.
Siaff(rndPvrsonnel
Fortunately, in addition to maintsining the ￿me rosier It finished with in the previo￿% year,
pre%Lhool welLomed Sarah Hernbrv in January 2025. Michelle Drapei Lulllinuol in her Ivle 85
m(It]agcr, with &￿raM dcputi4ing_
Sial[TraTnln%
Siaff trainintl and development remains imptsnant to Ug and we ¢oniJnue ro identif) rte￿, initiatlves
io enrich the learning experienie for childrell. This vear. preschool was able to secure a grant 10
allo￿. for Jo HJrris io stud5, for her Le￿e1 2 oualifL¢aiion.
The preschool had another successful )'ear fvnthaising. Numerous ei'enis were organised ihroughoui
the year by both coinmittee member5 and staff. and oyer £3.IM)O was rd15ed. Preschool a]so
benefiiied from priva1¢ donaiions and granis which ￿ere pur towards specific iiems needed by
pr¢s¢hool, for example the oui(k)or building blocks.
FiD#n£e
Total ineom- for Ihe vear stood at £169571. which 15 an increase of 40.37Q/o on the prekiou5 year.
Unii'eisal and Extended GoveTnmeni FundingF siood ai £1 17.967, Mknich is an increase ol- 48.7V'
compare(I to the previDU% financiic l year. PresehiKyI chan￿1n¥ the age at which il acceptb childien had
big irnpacl pupil nutnbErs IherEfuie fundin￿ did the gu%'emmenl N FEEETriV funding
awdilability. Of thc Ll 17,967 providcd by the gob'cmincni. L?.634 reccivcd SENIF grdni
money pmvided b>. Essex Coulll! CoutKiI. Session fces $1(*)d * L45,974 which is an increase of
230/0
again
due
to
Ihe
increase
pupil
umbers.
There was bome much-needed mainienance attd repair.work undeEtsken this year including
repairing outside dr3]r￿ge, paintworL replacing old appliances. garden maintenanc¢. electrical
At the end ol- the peiii>d. total charity fund5 5tIKxJ at £96.074. 01. which £72.000 wa5 held a
reserves.

Small compaDI' pro￿10￿5
This report has been prepar¢d in a¢¢or(knn¢e with the provisivns in Pdrt 15 Lif th¢ Cownpanie4 AL
2(XKJ dPI)IiLthlc to comi)anii* subjict to thc Mnail i(Tri1ipanl￿ Ic¥iiiJc.
Thib report was approved by the board on I l December 2025 and %igned on its. behalf.
C Peters
Director and Treasurer

CLAVERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
INDEPEIYDEI%T EXAL¥IINER'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS .4ND TRUSTEES OF
CLAITRING & .4RliESDEN PRE.SCHOOL
We report on tlie accounts of Clavering & Atkesden Pre$Ch￿l for the year ended 31 August
20?5, which are %et out on pa¥e% 5 10 9.
RÈspÈetli'e responslbliltlÈs of trllstees #nd ex#kn￿tter
The charity's tnLStees are res￿nSi1)le for the preparation of the accounts. The trusiets consider
Ihdt an audit Is nul requiTed r(Trr Ihis Ye￿ undei seciiun 144 of Ihe Chariiith Ait 2011 (the ALI1}
d tlidt ￿ indcpLndcnl cxaniination nccdcd.
It is our re5wnsibiliiv io..
examine the accounis undei seciion 145 olthe ACL
folloiv ihe procedurts laid down in the Gtneral Dirtctiorts given by tht Lharity
commissio￿rS (under seclion 14515ybl of the Aci.. and
.%tare ivhether particular mattei.q havt cotne io oui atteniion.
Basffis of IndepeThdent ex#tlllner'5 report
Uur exalliination was carried out in aCc(￿danCe ￿th the (ienerdl Directions eiven by ihe Lharity
Ccthmissioners. An examination includes a ievieiv of the &¢ounling records kept by the ¢h2iily
and d compariwn ot- Ihe account% pre5enled with those record5'. It d150 include% CL)nsideration of
v unusual JlLm% di%elu%ufL% in thL aLcounl4 and %LikLtlg LxpIAndii4in% ftorn ihi Itu%lLLS
LOtILerJiing any such Jnatitrs. The procedures utmltrtaken do noi provide all the evidence thai
would be requiied in an audit. and Consequently no opinion is gii'en as 10 ￿'hether the ac¢owits
present a true and fair view and the rewTrrt is limited to those nun2rs set out in tlie statement
below.
Independent exarniner's Staterllent
In connectlOTi Wlth our examination. no matter has come to our attention-.
whith gives re&sonknle cdu%e to belieie ihdl. in Any material ￿￿tI, Ihe requirement
keep accountinij records in accordance with Section 130 of the Aci- aTKi
prepare accounis wlll.ch accord wilh the accouniing records and comply wilh the
accounting requirements
have been mei.. or
to w'hich, in our opinion, attentloli Should be drawn in order to enable a proper
under%landing ol-the aLL(￿nt5 Iv be reached.
Mill Scott Lid
I l December 2025
Charrered Aocouniants
Mill End
Cldvcring
Satlron Walden
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Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 Augusi 2025
2D25
21)24
Jn¢ome
169.571
101.Iv)
Administrative expenses
{144,5WI
{l(K),5861
Net incorneie%pendlture hefnre Interest
Lo%S on the disposal of tan¥ible fixed &%%eL
15441
Net IneomeJexpendlture
24.428
523
on profrt
Net Incomeiexpendlture for the year

CLAVERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
Registered nurnber:
Balanee Sheet
1)6946109
as at 31 Augusi 2025
Notes
2025
2024
Fixtd asstts
Tangible asseis
2.439
CwrreTht assets.
Debtors
2.533
Ca&li ai bank and In hand
96.IU4
6S.4V6
98.637
70.570
Credltors: amounts falllng
due within one >e#r
13.0341
(8401
Net Current assets
95.603
69.730
gsS¥ts
96.597
72.16
Unresiricted funds.
96,597
72.169
Shireholders, funds
96.597
72.169
The directors are satisfied that ihe company Is eniitled io exemption from the lequ1￿ment 10
obi&in an JuJit under iectivn 4",7 of the Cvnipanie4 Act ?O(kn.
The tnembers have noi required the company lo obtain an audit in accordance with section
476 ot'ihe .4cl.
The dii'eclors acknowledge their resp)nsibilitics for complying with the reqllirements of the
Companies Act 2(M)6 with respect to accounting reeords and the preparation of accounts.
The acLounts have E*en prepared and delivere41 in aLcvrdance iviih the SP￿la1 pro¥isH)ns
appliLable to companits subject lo Iht small iompanies regimt.
C Pcl¢rs
DircLtor
Approved bv the board on I I Ikcetllber 2025

CLAVERING & ARKESDEN PRESCHOOL
Notes to the A¢¢ounts
for the year ended 31 Augusi 2025
l Accounilng polldes
Brtsis ofpreparutio
The a¢LounlS have been prepared under the hisiorical ¢0si coni'eniion and in accordance
with the FRS102, th¢ Financial Re￿)ning Stsndard applicaL7le in iht LTK and Republic of
Ireland las applied to sniall entities b! Section IA of the 5tandardl. and the Statejnent of
Recommended Praciice (SORP) applicable ro ¥harithble companies.
Education grant tunding and fee5 are included a5 inCOTll¢ as they fall thie. AnN)unts Teceivol
in advance are treated as deferred Income.
Depr¥Li&lio
Dep￿LiatIon ha% been pruvidtd #i the follvwing rdt¢% in lu wriie utT th¢ over
thcir c%timatLd USLful livcs.
Computer equiprnent
Other cquipwnent
33Vn Strnight line
25°A'O %irJiuht line
2 Employees
21125
2024
Nu￿ber
Number
Average llu￿ber of employees
None ofihe Irusiees have been paid any remuneraiion fn)m an employmeni with ihe chariry.
3 Txxatfio
The charitable company is exempt from corporation t&x on its ehariLqble aaivities.
4 T*ngiblÈ fixed *%s¢ts
Equipment
Cost
Ai I Scptcmbcr 2024
Addition5
24.618
Disw)sals
Al 31 Augu412025
14,55.11
?1.326
Depreciation
Al I Seplembcr 2024
Charge for the year
On disposals
Al 31 Au¥u%i 2025
22,179
2,162
14.IXWI
20,33

Net honk
At I l August 2025
994
At 3 1 Augu%t 2024
2,439
5 Debtors
2025
2024
Trade debiors
1.417
1.344
Uthcr debtois
L(20
2.164
6 Creditors: falling due within one year
2(125
2024
Trade creditor
2.1¥5
Other creditOT5
3.034
840
7 Sh3re capitsl
The CLimpany has no issu￿ share capital atMI is limited by guarantee for a total of £5.
8 FuThd¥
2015
21125
2025
Unrestricted
fulld5
R￿tricted
fu￿d5
At I September 2014
Net incom¢(¢xp¢nditure for the year
.169
72,169
24,4ti8
At 31 Augu%1 2025
96.597
96,597
Unresirilted tuiids are held tor rlie general purposes oi Ihe charity. being the provision of
pre-schLKII and nursery education.
This docuinent was d¢lii'er¢d using electronic communications and auth¢nticat¢d in accordance wilh the
registrar's ￿leS relating (o electronic forni. auihenii¢alion and manner of delivery under se¢iion 1072 of
the Companies Act 2006.