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St Osmund’s Preschool & Wraparound Care Annual General Meeting Thursday 12th October 2023 – 6pm at St. Osmund’s Preschool

Agenda

’ - Chairperson s Welcome Chantel Rowe

Welcome to the St. Osmund’s Preschool & Sunshine Clubs Annual General Meeting 2023, and thank you all for attending.

In order for this meeting to be quorate in line with our constitution, the following must be adhered to.

The minimum number of committee members shall be 3 and the maximum shall be 12, together with up to a further 3 co-opted members.

The Committee shall consist of:

(a) a Chair, a Treasurer and a Secretary (“the Officers”) and (b) not less than 2 nor more than 9 other elected Member; and if the Committee decides it can co-opt up to further Members on to the Committee at any time after the AGM

The constitution states; A quorum for committee meetings is not less than half the committee, including two of the officers.

Matters arising from the Minutes of the 2022 AGM

Proposer and seconder vote to adopt the 2022 AGM minutes as a true and accurate record.

Proposed by: _ PS

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Seconded by: _ JS

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Chairperson’s Report: Chantel Rowe

Firstly, thank you, thank you to our team of committee members who have strategically planned and shaped the preschool this year to ensure it is the best it can be for the children in our care. Thank you to our dedicated staff team, we have had a number of staff changed this year, but our motivated and enthusiastic staff team have provided a very high standard of commitment and care to the children, although further changes may happen, we can be assured that this professional team of highly skilled and professional people will always put the children and their welfare first.

I would also like to say a huge thank you to our amazing manager Polly. Polly was recruited due to her impeccable track record of providing outstanding child care. However, the role of preschool manager requires a unique skill set including finance, maintenance, safe guarding, training and risk assessments to name a few. Polly has taken these challenges in her stride and has trained implemented and embedded these procedures to support the preschool we see before us today. I am totally grateful that she is so dedicated and passionate about her role – ensuring that children in our care always get a first class level of care.

I have been Chair now for over 9 years, and think it is time to pass this position on to the next person to support and guide the preschool for the coming years.

Adoption of Chairs Report;

Proposed by: _ PS

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Seconded by: _ JS

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’ – Managers Report Polly Swannell

The team at St Osmund’s are dedicated to the children and the reputation of the setting. They provide brilliant play opportunities for all the children to learn and develop from.

This year we have been using the Primary school woodland area and school hall on a regular basis which the children all benefit from.

We have spent time out in the community including singing Christmas songs at a nursing home, visiting the cathedral, having outreach sessions from Salisbury museum, paddling in the river at Elizabeth gardens, watching the primary school nativity, attending the Remembrance parade at the Guildhall and shopping at the market to name a few activities.

Wraparound care is thriving and we are operating at capacity. We have a wide age range with 2 year olds from preschool up to 11 year olds some with additional needs. The staff manage these well and liaise

with parents when they are collected

Staffing and training

Currently we have 10 members of staff on roll.

The staff have continued with their own development and have completed statutory training of food hygiene and safeguarding. We have had traing on managing behaviours from Wiltshire Council.

Miss Emily will be going on Maternity leave at Christmas and is hoping to return towards the end of the academic year.

We have interviewed internally this week for a senior practitioner role and ….

Miss Emilia is halfway through her apprenticeship and has taken on some shifts in wraparound care to gain more experience

We currently have a student who spends 2 days a week with us as well as block week, she is studying a T-Level in education and childcare and is proving to be an asset to the setting.

Finance and Budgeting

Parent Fees increased £81,930.73 vs last year £57,378.26

We have received £1000 grant from Wiltshire Council this year alongside £1260 inclusion support funding and £1400 which was distributed to vulnerable families for holiday periods.

An overview of payments and receipts across our three bank accounts:

Main Account: for paying utility bills, salaries, cleaning, etc.

is averaged out over 52 weeks although income is only for 38 weeks.

The fundraising account remains steady at currently at £50 with the money raised during the year being used to buy equipment and resources.

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All attendees given a copy of the profit and loss for year ending 2022/2023

Please see below for the total expenditure, income and bank balances of the main account over the past three years;

2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Income £237,563.64 £231,215.61 £260,285.61
Expenditure £260,832.24 £252,601.81 £239,182.46
Closing balance -£23,268.60 -£21,386.20 £21,103.15

Fees Increase/Sessions:

We implemented the fees increase previously signed off by the committee for Wraparound care with effect from 1[st] September 2023. Our hourly rate increased by 10 pence to £5.60. Preschool fees remained the same.

Funding

Total No:
Children on
Roll
3-4 year old
Universal
Funding
3-4 year old 30
hours funding
2 year old
funded
Fee Paying		 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023 - 2024
51 51 46
36 21 18
16 14 13
7 6 4
7 10 11

This year we receive £4.68 per hour for a funded 3-year-old

£5.75 per hour for a funded 2-year-old

From September 1 2023 until 31[st] March 2024 the government has added a supplementary rate for bringing the funding up to:

£5.01 for a funded 3-year-old

£7.61 for a funded 2-year-old

This is a temporary supplement and will be reduced on the 1[st] April 2024

Although our overall numbers are lower the children are attending more sessions and the level of need is higher.

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Admissions:

This year we held an open day in June, this generated a lot of children taking up places in September. We have allocated spaces to 4 children for a January start and 4 for an April start. With these additional children we are at capacity. We have a waiting list for September 2024 and beyond.

Advertising:

This has been generally by word of mouth and our website. We have not paid for external advertising.

Policies and Procedures

Policies have been updated for the coming year. A selection of this will be uploaded onto the new website for parents’/carers reference. Paper copies can be found in the relevant folder in the office. All staff will be required to read these and be aware of all relevant changes. On completion staff will be required to sign confirmation of this. Hard copies of policies are available upon request from the office.

Fundraising

The total we raised this fundraising year (2022-2023) was approximately £1146.31

How was this money raised?

How was this money raised?
Term 1 Sept – Oct 2022 Cake sales, Donation £193.90
Term 2 Nov – Dec 2022 Disco. Cake sale, Bag2school, Christmas cards £360.68
Term 3 Jan – Feb 2023 Cake sale £71.18
Term 4 March – April 2023 World book day, bag2school £181.05
Term 5 April – May 2023 No fundraising free event for the Coronation
Term 6 June- July 2022 Bag2School
 £121.00
Easy Fundraising
 £218.75
Current Fundraising;
Autumn Festival
Children’s Christmas cards.
Preschool disco
Christmas event
Bag2School collection

We rely heavily on the generosity and support of the families involved. We are continually looking for support to raise funds for the preschool, which will benefit both the setting and the children who attend.

Our next project will be to replace the covers on the front of the tent, we are researching how this could be made practical for the setting as well as cost effective.

Adoption of Managers Report (2022-2023)

Proposed by: _ BSP

Seconded by :
CR
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Changes in Constitution

We currently adhere to the Pre-School Learning Alliance – Model Pre-School Constitution 2011. I propose that we continue with this.

Adoption of the proposal of no changes to constitution.

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Proposed by: _ CR
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Election of Committee Members

Chantal Rowe would like to step down as Chair and I would like to thank her for her commitment to the Preschool.

Gail Moore has asked if there would be anyone who would like to take on her role as Vice Chair. She will stay on if required but we are mindful that her Son will be leaving Primary school at the end of the academic year.

Any other Business

Beth Simkin-Park agreed to be Chair

Proposed by: JS Seconded by: PS

It was agreed to use existing members with current DBS and EY2 to fill roles to enable the process of becoming a CIO to begin.

Date of Next Meeting:

Thursday 7[th] December 2023 at 6pm.

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Combined proft and loss acount year end 2021-22 4 main bank accounts

Income
Wiltshire Council
Parent Fees
Grants
Other
Fund raising
Interest
Expenditure
Wages
Snack
PAYE
Telephone
electricty/water
Statonary
Uniform
Lunches
Equipment
Cleaning
Actvites
bank charges
Training
Advertsing
Accountancy
Council Tax
Repairs and renewals
Total income retained for year		 2022-23
£
181744.19
2666.31
21665.94
1196.00
2080.00
2686.45
754.40
6311.79
9066.77
404.43
2205.00
435.85
1126.00
0.00
3013.00
590.08
3236.25
239182.46		 2022-23
£
174571.08
81930.73
2400.00
449.79
934.01
0.00
260285.61
21103.15		 2021-22
£
177485.53
3080.17
36465.22
4659.74
926.77
2425.81
358.02
7393.49
11081.27
625.00
1177.50
455.25
1232.50
0.00
2043.00
773.53
2419.01
252601.81		 2021-22
£
172136.48
57378.26
1000.00
0.00
700.87
0.00
231215.61
-21386.20		 dif
2434.60
24552.47
-1400.00
-449.79
-233.14
29070.00
-4258.66
413.86
14799.28
3463.74
-1153.23
-260.64
-396.38
1081.70
2014.50
220.57
-1027.50
19.40
106.50
0.00
-970.00
183.45
-817.24
13419.35

monthly money plus inclusion fund and extra funding parent fees 1000+ grants listed for families over holidays lunch money/supplier refunds/lottery money easy fundraising /golf course donation/cake sale/donations

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