Otsted Of5ted XX Trll51*1Tr9 Outstarj Pthtons aThl Bows Pre-school stered thari number 1145956 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AUGUST 2024 Charity Buttons (V Bows Pre-school Address do Sawtry Inf¢t$ School Middlef ield Road Sawtry HtingdOn PE¥ SSH Charity Number 1145956 Trustees Mrs Julie Howells Mrs Rachel Twine Mrs Jo<mne Chapm( Mrs Ruth Fox Mrs Emity Wright Mr Zachary Booth Mrs Clare Molyneux The pre-school adopts the Pre-school Learning Alliance Constitution ¢md follows the rules and regulations prescribed by the PLA. Trustees are appointed or re-appointed at the Arn1 General Meeting in September. All trustees with the exceptions of Mrs Julie Howells and Mrs Ruth Fox. are volunteers and receive no remuneration or other benef its. Mrs Julie Howells is also the Manager of the setting and receives an appropriate salary.
Finance The main sources of income ore a 9rant f rom Cambridgeshire CoLmty C0clI for the service provision of childcare and fees f rom parents usin9 the facility. AGM TREASURERS NOTES TO SUPPORT REPORT 2024 It has been a very successful year for our pre-school we continue to work and plon with healthy bank balon¢es. Although I haven't been into the settiry very much I renwin in close contact with the MarKernent team and am aware that the accounts audit was again 900d and the accounts ore in excellent shope. and double checked by both the manager and deputy in the setting. Annually we submit our accounts to the charities commission. Full details of our annual accounts are avoiloble for you to see. AGM MANAGERS REPORT 2024 rt is great to see you all face to face and via zoom to support our wonderful pre-school. this evenin9 we twe live t multitasking! As we have celebrated our SEVENTH anniversary in this wonderful building. we often ref lect on where we have come from and how we have evolved. So that you can share ¢Jn understanding of our journey I thought I would give you a little insight into the background of Buttons (Y Bows. Buttons and Bows. a charity. has come a loThJ way in recent years. Established in 1993 it was ori9iMlly located in the Old School Hall. a shared community building and was a pack away setting (resources and equipment set up each morning (md packed away each afternoon). This was not a borrier to myself and my stoff who worked tirelessly to receive our f irst OUSTANDING OFSTED rating in 2010, we hove since received a further three OUTSTANt)ING ratings. the most recent being in Febru(ry of 2020. just before the country went into lockdown. And what a couple of years it been! ()Jr whole lives disrupted and our children's routines and normality turned upside down. I am very proud that we. as a settirmj Continued to open. Throughout the process.
which included daily chon9es in guidonce <md legislation. ld this h<wi't changed! I ensured that we followed government guidance f ully. adopting policies and creating in depth risk assessments. COVED-19 has bought mary challeryes. rK)t just to our persoTh]I lives but to our working lives and continues to do so. But with such a supportive team we are thriving and some 9ood has come out of the pandemic for us in the setting. We initially split the setting half. nlMin9 Out of the two pl(ry rooms. naming them Buttons room and Bows room and this has enhanced our practice a great deal. We continue to work this way, the children are thriving, and the staff are delighted with the new way of working. so this is now our new r¥)rmal. 'Currently we have 47 Children ¢)n our register. made up of 25 boys and 22 girls. We have 3 children who we are supporting Vjith odditional needs. one who we have raised a EHA for and 2 we are gathering evidence for. We have 5 children with English as an additiornl language. We have 6 children due to start in January, ¢md 6 due to stort after Easter There is a great deal of interest in 2 year old spaces. and we have had to limit these due to the adult/child ratio and our policy commitment to of f er spaces in accordtmce with D.O.B. (Eldest prioritise). We fundraise locally to provide new resources and equipment for our children. and with 47 children on our register. soon to be increasing to 59, we strive to provide purposeful tjnd Challeryiry learning experiences. which require updating and replenishing resources. We are looking for creotive ideas to f undraise virtually, and at our f irst committee meetiry. which will be within a month from today. we will discuss this at more length. Havin9 said that our 'live' thrisfmas raff le last year was a huge success. and we will do this again this year. In March. we resumed out stay and play Saturday morning session which was a huge success, and this is a morning that we will repeat as often as we can. Tri June we joined the Sawty carnival.
Consultations will take place during November. face to face. or if more convenient via telephone at drop off or collection and we have started to talk to parent's to tyrange this. This Christmas we are holdin9 'room' parties. as with the amount of children and parents/carers it would be impossible to f it everyone into one ployroom. save the dates ¢md invites for children and parents will be sent after half term. This year we continue to see our demogrnphic ch(mging, aloThJ with the needs of children (Jnd f(Miilies. As a setting we continue to work witlT our families to ensure support and the besf early years outcome. Last year we completed the 'Millie's Mark award. for paediatric (Md wellbeing excellence. This is accredited on ¢YU01 basis ¢VKI I am proud to say that we have been accredited once (lin this year. After half term we will be welcoming hknasha back to the team. Natasha moved away with fami, and has now returned to Sawtry and we are absolutely delighted to have her back. this will eble us to release further spaces to meet the tncreasirvj demand. I want to thank my staff... For all of us pulling together. supporti each other and trustin9 me to make the right decisions and choices, whilst keeping us all safe. We have an incredible team who are all very supportive. determined (V motivated which makes us the success which we twe today. It's such a wonderful pre-school with a fantastic staff ing team. love parents, brilliant children and I am very proud to rn(vge this settin9. Thank you for supportiry me in the mary charw implemented as we grow,. And all of you...Your contiNRd support is invalwble in drivityj our pre- school fori¥ard...Thank you... ommittee Stand dOEknon of 2024 committee Who Nominated B Jo Cha ulie Howells Role Chair Person m< Rochel Twine
so Desi nttted uardin Qff icer Treasurer Emity Wright Jo Chapmon Clare Molyneux Secretary Rachel Twine Julie Howells Jo Chapman Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Julie Howells Jo Chapman Ruth Fox Ruth Fox Jo Chapman Rachel Twine Clare Molyneux Julie Howells Ruth Fox Committee IAember Zach Booth Jo Chawnan Julie Howells
(IIARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES BUTTONS AND 8CWIS PLAYGIIOUP 1146966 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a 31h)eikD24 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Totsl fvnds Last year Al R•e81 FEES CANIBS CC GRANr FUNDRsING& fMyiATk)NS UNIFORU RECEIPTS P4ISCELLANEOUS U0E INTEREST RECEIVED 22.757 1794 72 2.634 AR) 235.¥21 see table}. Sub total 2J5.723 176N3 A3 Pa ments WAGE8 S INcEvfES PAYROLL & PENSI IWID REVENUE RUNNINGCOSTI LMLMES iWIFORW REFRESHklENrs STATIONERY CHRISTPA4S GIFfs ISTAFF PARTY FUNDRAISING & tWTIO IlATERLS& EouipifeF TrAINING&DèS ¢FL4Ri5 DAYO &4NKCPLARGES 131J8 10,603 18 IOMts3 4•23 6.997 1,025 772 6,%8 49D2 1,670 1.SQt Sub total 1M.61• I9118 167311 A4Asset and Inv•stm Sub total Totalpa I9118 167.211 44,104 A5Trdnsfers btheen funds A6 ¢ash lunds lasty•ar•r Cash funds this )ar•nd 140J37 140.337 184A41 13Q,905 140?37 CCXX R1 ISSI
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unroth¢tod Restrlcted Endowment fynds tr•WJrnt£ Categories fOnA•ro•t£ n1•£ 31 Cash fund 22,nJ 74071 Tolal cash 184,441 funds b) A••r••t£ fun Det81 B2 Other rnonetsry assets DÈtr41$ Fund to Details B4 A8sets retslned for tho chartys own usè Fund Whop Dets41s 85 Llabllldes t*ha¥Of1 th8trwtses Print Na Data of CCXX R2 ISSI
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Raport to the trusteesl members of BUTTONS AND BOWS PLAYGROUP On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 315T AUGUST 2024 Charity no (rfany) 1145956 Sét out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of th8 accounts of the above charity (Ih8 Trusf) for the year ended 3110812024. Responsibilities aThl As the tharrty trustees of the Trus( yw are resFM)nsibk the preparation Imsls of report of the a(nts in a(sydanc with th8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Acr}. I rèport in rnsp8Ct of my &xamination of the Trust's acxxjunts (xrrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in c£nyng out my examination, I have followed the applIe Diwtions given by the Charity CommlssSon urkder section 145(5Xb) of the ACL I have comFdeted my examinat. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention {other than that disclosed beh)w") in connection with the examinatk)n whth gives me cause to believe ttt in, any material Independent examlner's statement ac£ountirrfJ rordS ere rnt kept in acxx)rdance with 8tIOn 130 of the Aca or I have rn (x)ncwns and have ac¥oss no oljw matters In connectlon wilh the éxaminatKTrn lo vthich attention shouk1 drawn in order to enable proper undarslanding of the accounts to be reached. lea del8le the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Date: 0111012024 Nam•: LISA WATSON Rolgvant wofesslonal quallfic*ion{sl or body (If any): IAB. AAT Addrèss: 10 PARK ROAD sAVRy IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Onty c£#nplete rf the examirw needs to highlight matters of ¢)Jncem Isee CC32, IrKlepend&rt examination of dwity a(xxxJnts: dIhS and guidance for examiners). Gfve here brfef detalls of any Items that the examlner wlshos to dlsGIosa. IER October 2018