## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] September 2021 To 31[st] August 2022** ## **Charity name: Meltham Community Preschool** ## **Charity registration number: 2661691** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To enhance the development and**
**education of children under statutory**
**school age.**| |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|**Offer appropriate play, education and**
**care facilities.**
**Promote public interest of such needs.**
**Adhere to and further the aims of the**
**Early Years Alliance.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees of the preschool have had**
**regard to the guidance.**| ## **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|**The preschool has been able to offer**
**places to children who have not been**
**able to attend other preschools for**
**various personal reasons. Including the**
**various needs of the children**
**themselves as well as their families.**
**We offer a wide variety of early years**
**education to all the children who attend**
**the preschool.**
**The preschool runs daily term time**
**sessions for the local children aged 2-4**
**years, between the hours 9-3.**
**We have recently received an Ofsted**
**rating of “Good” in July 2023.**
**We take 2 year old funded children as**
**well as ¾ year olds. We are a part of the**
**childcare voucher scheme.**| ## **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 charity has found itself in a**
**favourable position compared to**
**previous years.**
**The profit for the financial year was**
**£14,221 compared with the previous**
**year of £9,926**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**As a charity we hold reserves, in order**
**to cover ourselves in the eventuality of**
**sudden closure. The total amount of the**
**reserves alone is enough to cover**
**wages, based on current rates of pay**
**and numbers of staff, to cover wages for**
**10 months, this would include rent.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£59,935.15, this is the amount that is**
**reserved in a separate account for the**
**eventuality of a sudden closure.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Preschool Learning Alliance**
**Model preschool constitution 2011**
**Approved by Meltham Community**
**Preschool committee 1st October 2012**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The preschool is a management**
**committee controlled unincorporated**
**association. The preschool membership**
**consists of family members who are**
**parents or guardians of children**
**attending the setting and affiliate**
**members who are individuals,**
**organisations or other bodies interested**
**in supporting the aims of the preschool.**| |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|**Trustees/committee members are**
**appointed annually by election by**
**members at the Annual General 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|
**There are a range of policies and**
**procedures in place including child**
**protection and safeguarding policies.**
**DBS checks are carried out on all staff**
**and trustees/committee members.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The preschool is a body in membership**
**of the early years alliance**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||**The majority of the trustees give their**
**time voluntarily and receive no**
**renumeration or benefits, except one**
**trustee/committee member who is a paid**
**employee of the preschool and is senior**
**supervisor.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Meltham Community Preschool| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1142100| |Charity’s principal address|Meltham Baptist Chapel| |---|---| ||Mean Lane| ||Meltham| ||Holmfirth| ||HD9 5QS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rachael Lunn|Chair||| ||Lydia|Treasurer||| ||Emma Sheppherd|Secretary||| ||Jane Morrow|||| ||Derek Thomas|||| ||Joanne Megannity|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved| |---|---|---| |**Director name**|N/A|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| ||**N/A**|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Rachael Jane Lunn **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 13/10/2023