Chair’s Report 10 November 2020 for Academic Year 2019/20
It has been a strange year all round due to circumstances beyond our control.
We started the year great, with children coming to the preschool, with parents ready to take advantage of the opportunity for their children to access all that we can offer, including taking part in all the festivals such as Diwali, and Christmas. Our manager, Carla Smith, passed her SEND course in November 2019 and all staff did Prevent Training November 2019. First aid training is ongoing for all staff.
Due to the pandemic of Covid-19 in February/March 2020, we lost a number of our children to the emergency lockdown for the next 5/6 months. We were open all the time for key worker children and sometimes had as many as 12 children in the setting at one time, while still trying to do all the social distancing and putting things in place to keep everyone safe. We had a new way of working and keeping everything clean and safe for the children and adults. The children and adults soon acclimatised to the new way which included following all Government Guidelines. We also had to furlough our cleaner at this time as with a new way of working it meant that we were cleaning during the day to keep everyone safe therefore she was not required at this time and also needed to self-isolate due to Government Guidelines.
The learning did not stop, children able to access the curriculum that was laid out and to feel safe in all aspects in the preschool setting.
Just as the pandemic began, we had 3 staff members leave, Amina and Michelle left to take up full time posts in Private Day Nurseries and the manager left at Easter to take a break from everything. At this time the deputy manager took responsibility to lead the setting and be the Acting Manager. Elaina Vickers joined us after February half term and we had already interviewed to fill 2 of the posts as playworker before the lockdown and they started in March and April, Abigail White and Nicola Langston, level 4 and level 6 qualified respectfully. We had to have agency staff cover for a few weeks until the start of our new employees. Although Amina left us in March 2020, she has since passed her Early Years Degree course (June 2020) she started 4 years ago as did Abigail Corbishley who left us last year. Abbie got a First in her Degree, and we congratulate both of them.
We internally advertised for the role of manager and 3 staff members applied. The Committee interviewed all 3 candidates, very worthy candidates indeed, and appointed Nicola Langstone as Manager.
Although it has been a “different” kind of year, we are very pleased with how things have gone, the children learning to the best of their ability and parents knowing that we do all we can to keep them and their children safe.
Through everything, we have worked in the knowledge that we have done the best for our children in very difficult times to keep them safe and help them to learn and progress.
INCOME 2019 2020
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September October November December January February March April
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
NEF £10,451.21 £10,392.48 £11,680.29 £0.00 £24,638.40 £0.00 £10,988.94 £14,782.35
Fees £1,755.40 £2,986.01 £2,385.60 £2,558.76 £2,037.64 £1,967.00 £2,034.20 £640.10
Grants £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Fund raisin £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £130.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Access Fu £1,900.00 £1,795.50 £1,624.50 £1,710.00 £1,282.50 £2,350.00 £4,700.00 £0.00
Other £17.69 £7.66 £1.80 £22.26 £72.92
£14,106.61 £15,191.68 £15,690.39 £4,398.76 £27,966.20 £4,318.80 £17,745.40 £15,495.37
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TOTAL
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2019 2020
EXPENDI September October November December January February March April
Wages £11,793.18 £10,665.32 £10,756.48 £9,381.10 £10,094.81 £10,162.16 £9,876.51 £9,421.35
Rent £1,635.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1,635.00 £53.10 £0.00 £1,667.25 £0.00
Refurbish £0.00 £44.35 £0.00 £0.00 £10,000.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Food £173.21 £195.12 £213.79 £166.09 £192.08 £160.97 £285.14 £0.00
Insurance £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £392.90 £0.00
Office cos £575.63 £396.99 £381.69 £400.08 £479.92 £119.31 £151.21 £288.11
Consumab £272.06 £101.02 £112.91 £408.54 £56.20 £128.59 £396.78 £19.99
Training £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £40.00 £170.00 £67.00 £76.00 £0.00
Pets £39.35 £7.25 £18.90 £46.08 £18.30 £15.60 £10.00 £14.60
Equipmen £976.64 £93.47 £336.06 £0.00 £299.04 £442.77 £55.96 £6.00
TOTAL £15,465.07 £11,503.52 £11,819.83 £12,076.89 £21,363.45 £11,096.40 £12,911.75 £9,750.05
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Cash flow (£1,358.46) £3,688.16 £3,870.56 (£7,678.13) £6,602.75 (£6,777.60) £4,833.65 £5,745.32
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May June July August TOTAL
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL £0.00
£14,782.34 £0.00 £13,310.81 £0.00 £111,026.82
£373.00 £427.20 £557.70 £50.00 £17,772.61
£220.28 £220.28 £0.00 £440.56 £881.12
£0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £130.00
£1,057.50 £1,880.00 £0.00 £0.00 £18,300.00
£122.33
£0.00
£0.00
£16,433.12 £2,527.48 £13,868.51 £490.56 £148,232.88
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May June July August TOTAL
£15,228.67 £10,131.17 £8,862.67 £7,763.65 £124,137.07
£0.00 £1,667.25 £1,650.00 £0.00 £8,307.60
£2,185.98 £1,181.46 £157.00 £0.00 £13,568.79
£38.40 £112.29 £33.35 £0.00 £1,570.44
£340.00 £0.00 £92.60 £1,126.58 £1,952.08
£46.62 £337.30 £168.91 £91.47 £3,437.24
£123.25 £48.84 £231.60 £14.08 £1,913.86
£0.00 £115.00 £0.00 £0.00 £468.00
£20.00 £24.55 £28.15 £0.00 £242.78
£224.26 £96.94 £352.64 £143.80 £3,027.58
£18,207.18 £13,714.80 £11,576.92 £9,139.58 £158,625.44
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(£1,774.06) (£11,187.32) £2,291.59 (£8,649.02) (£10,392.56)
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BANK
£19,530.11
BALANCE
INCOME £148,232.88
EXP £158,625.44
Current
£9,137.55
Balance
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Audit report of Sunnydays Preschool 2019-2020.
Trustees of Sunnydays Preschool,
After reviewing the financial accounts, in October 2020, for the period September 2019 to September 2020 in my opinion they give a give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as of the above dates. The accounts have been carefully managed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic that we have found ourselves in, we have been fortunate that we have remained open this is due to the monitoring of the accounts. The financial report has been properly prepared and there are no matters arising or any changes that need to be made.
Cathy Brien