Little Badgers AGM May 2025
Chair’s Report
First of all I would like to thank you all for your support in my seventh year as chair, once again another successful year at Little Badgers. 2024 /2025 has ensured a great preschool has once again helped local children enjoy early years education.
We got a new addition to our staff members we welcomed Katie to the team and she is a great new addition and settled in really quickly
September 2024
We started the new school year with some spaces still available. The pre-school opened at the beginning of September with our wonderful team welcoming old and new children. The children settled well into the new routines at pre-school a couple of new children were upset understandably
October 2024
The school starters started there PE sessions in the school hall with a variety of games. Song time continued and the children love it. Forest school was also back this month and the children loved making fairy houses and searching for bugs. The children made pumpkin soup and enjoyed tasting it after. The children and staff had a great time dressing up for Halloween and having a mini disco
November 2024
The children and staff learnt about and celebrated Diwali, the children made there templated for their Christmas cards. The children had a non uniform day for children in need. Rose and Son came and took family and induvial photos of the children.
December 2024
On the first of December the children decorated the Christmas tree, we did the Christmas advent calendar and did lots of Christmas crafts, Little Badgers teamed up with Reception class and did a Christmas Nativity, last week of term lots of activities were planned, there was the ready steady bake, Elf academy, forest school, Zumba Christmas disco and the polar express all the children enjoyed it and left for Christmas tired and ready for Christmas
January 2025
Back to school after the Christmas break, it was a cold one with snow and ice, the children made a rocket and planets and blasted it off at forest schools. A Dalek came to visit which the children enjoyed and they celebrated Chinses New Year (year of the snake)
February 2025
The staff focused on toad safety this month. A parent very kindly donated a new bird table to Little Badgers I’m sure the children looked forward to seeing all different kinds of birds coming to visit the new table. The children planted the vegetables and a French bean each, all children took one home, and they had a competition to see who’s grew the tallest.
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Little Badgers AGM May 2025
Chair’s Report
March 2025
We started March with world book day, with staff and children dressing up. The living eggs arrived the children loved watching them hatch and grow and they got to hold them when they were big enough.
April 2025
A late Easter holidays this year due to so only two weeks of school in April the children got to hold the chicks
It is appropriate at this time to thank the staff on behalf of the committee and parents for all the hard work they do in making Little Badgers the wonderful, happy, caring and successful pre-school that it is.
Once again a thank you must go to Rachel (Bowling) our Treasurer and SP (Bowling) for all their hard work behind the scenes to keep the financial side of Little Badgers in order in addition a thank you to our committee members who support and extra work they have done to keep the pre-school running.
I know that once again the coming year will see more excitement, fun, and learning and it will be another successful year thanks to all the hard work of the dedicated team of the committee and staff.
Kerrie Barrow Chair of little badgers committee
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Little Badgers No (if any) 1145510 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/09/2022 31/08/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
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Unrestricted Restricted Restricted
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Fees Income 16,100 16,100 16,178
NEG Funding 50,572 50,572 43,889
Other Grants - 5,168
Donations & Fundraising 6,186 6,186 3,348
Other fees - -
Bank Interest - -
Other Sundry Income 380 380 362
Admin Fees 120 120 250
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Sub total (Gross income for
73,358 - - 73,358 69,195
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 73,358 - - 73,358 69,195
A3 Payments
Salaries & Wage Costs 60,215 60,215 54,163
Staff Training & Other Costs 194 194 276
Play Materials & Equipment 1,431 1,431 834
Activities & Outings 714 714 773
Refreshments (inc Milk) 1,256 1,256 1,102
Consumables - 1,148
EYPP - 864
Rent - -
Cleaning, Repairs and Maintenance 1,205 1,205 -
Insurance Costs 1,105 1,105 1,082
Affiliations & Subscriptions 125 125 131
Telephone Costs 280 280 280
Postage, Printing & Stationery 436 436 484
Fundraising Costs 697 697 532
New building costs - -
General Equipment 1,613 1,613 518
Other Sundry Costs 45 45 683
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Sub total [ 69,316 ] - - 69,316 62,870
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
New building - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 69,316 - - 69,316 62,870
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,042 - - 4,042 6,325
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 12,700 - - 12,700 6,375
Cash funds this year end 16,742 - - 16,742 12,700
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
27/06/2025
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Cash book figure Details Building Details Details Tax and NI July and August Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 16,742 - - - - - 16,742 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted 95,703 - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Unrestricted 3 - - Print Name |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) 22nd October 2023 Date of approval |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/06/2025
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Little Badgers
On accounts for the year 31[st] August 2023 ended
Set out on pages 1, 2 and 3
Charity no 1145510 (if any) (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
- My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below *)
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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have not been met; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 26/06/2025 Signed: Name: Alison White Relevant professional CIMA qualification(s) or body (if any):
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March 2012
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Address: 12 Hardy Close Haydon End Swindon, Wilts SN25 1UQ
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
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March 2012
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Give here brief details of n/a any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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March 2012
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