Period start date 01
**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period end date
31 December 2021
January 2021
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** St Pauls Preschool
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1146027 **Charity's principal address** Invicta Hall Strandfield Close, Plumstead London **Postcode SE18 1LA**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Janet Peel Chair
2 Stacey Trueman Secretary
3 Natalie Cassidy Treasurer
4 Patricia Miller Trustee
5 Maria Commane Trustee
6 Craig Wright Trustee
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name**
## **Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Pre school Learning Alliance model pre – school Constitution Type of governing document adopted at AGM committee meeting February 2012
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Unincorporated Association How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees were appointed or re-elected at the annual AGM held on Trustee selection methods 15[th] November 2021
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
All policies and procedures in place for Trustees and reviewed yearly.
DBS checks for all staff/ trustees/ committee members done in March 2015. DBS update services were all renewed as and when needed this year
Member of the Pre– school Learning Alliance.
Work with local children’s centres to deliver the Together for Two programme to families with 2 year olds in need of support.
Work with Local authority and HMRC to deliver the 30 free childcare scheme
Work with SALT, EYIT Social services & Health visitors to ensure that children with additional needs get access to the services they need.
Parents were supported to attend TAC meetings, engaging with support Services
Have a SLA with Greenwich Children’s services for delivering free early learning places for two, three and four year olds
All trustees give their time voluntary and receive no remuneration or other benefits
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**Section C Objectives and activities**
The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:
(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such **Summary of the objects** groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, **of the charity set out in** culture, religion, means or ability; **its governing document**
(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;
(c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning
Trustees planned the activities and service development mindful of the public benefit requirement.
Worked with the local authority and Children’s Centres to expand on our provision for 2 year olds, providing support to **Summary of the main** families. **activities undertaken for** Work with Local authority and HMRC to deliver the 30 free **the public benefit in** childcare scheme **relation to these objects** Training has enabled Early identification of any additional needs **(include within this** and Sign posting to services **section the statutory declaration that trustees** Ideas for play activities at home **have had regard to the guidance issued by the** Role modelling behaviour management **Charity Commission on public benefit)** Keep parents/ carers updated on what they can access through the Greenwich Local Offer service
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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Volunteers support the preschool for all outings, helping the preschool maintain the 1:2 ratio . this was suspended this year due to covid
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
Volunteers support the preschool by helping during promoting activities - this was suspended this year due to covid
Parents / carers were advised not to donate toys / cleaning products / snacks to the preschool this due to Covid
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Covid had a huge impact on our number of children attending **Summary of the main** this year.. The number of children attending has dropped this **achievements of the** year as parents were either working from home or were too **charity during the year** scared to send their children out Via Zoom Parents and partners are encouraged to attend our committee meetings to hear all about what we have done, what we are doing and what we plan to do. We welcome any feedback and suggestions – all of which are minuted. We also involved parents by holding induction meetings these were done outside the nursery door with appropriate PPE and the emergency doors at the back were opened so parents could view the nursey. We provide parents with parental feedback questionnaires which they are urged to complete and if they would prefer they are told they can do this anonymously.
The preschool had to cancel all open days where families from the local area are invited to come in to see the service offered and speak to practitioners due to Covid.
The preschool attended the annual Teddys Bear picnic
All visits from our local community which include our community dentist, speech and language therapists and firefighters from our local fire station were cancelled this year due to Covid
The preschool has ensured that all the tracking, 2-year progress checks and supervisions for this year have all been completed on time. This ensures that staff feel supported and encourages them to further their knowledge and keep up to date with guidelines by attending relevant training
The preschool has formed a partnership with the local children’s centres to ensure that all families in need are provided with the services and support they need
The preschool had a successful growing project that involves both children and staff We maintained and where necessary repaired and updated a lot of the outside area and the grass area We updated the chill out area in the nursery to ensure children have a quiet place to sit and re focus if they need to
We had a mural painted on the front entrance to thank the NHS and to make the area more attractive
## **Section E Financial review**
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**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Pre-school aims to maintain 2 months running costs in reserves to allow for fluctuations in the numbers of children attending the pre-school.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
The preschools main source of income continues to come from the governments free 15 and 30 hours per child a week schemes, administered through Greenwich Local authority
Covid continues to have a huge impact on our finances this year. In March 2020 we were advised to throw away any material type toys/ cloth based furnishings etc. This had to al be replaced later in the year.
Covid also added to our financial outlay with things like , PPE, cleaning products,sanitizers and 3 specialised Deep Cleans of the building
We received Pupil premium funding and a deprivation grant from the Local Authority to support the development of the children in our preschool this was used to purchase additional equipment.
We received over £2450 in fees this year due to the governments childcare voucher scheme
## **Section F Other optional information**
Future plans
We will be doing a leaflet drop in the area advertising our Preschool and put banners back up
We will do a risk assessment to check toys / equipment are still safe and replace any broken items.
We plan to attend the Teddy Bears picnic and the Make Merry festival in 2022 to provide children and families with a fun day out and also to promote our preschool.
We will continue to offer flexible hours to parents in a bid to increase our numbers
## **Section G Declaration**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Janet Peel
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 26/09/2022
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## **- St Pauls Pre school**
## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021**
## **2021**
**INCOME £**
## **£**
Headcount 74,408.00 Local Authority Grant 286.00 Fees 2,450.00 **Total Income**
**77,144.00**
## **EXPENDITURE**
|**EXPENDITURE**||
|---|---|
|Food and Children’s Welfare|6,264.00|
|Children’s art and craft, toys equipment|9,494.00|
|Marketing / Advertising|0.00|
|Staf Salaries
|55,323.00|
|Rent
|3,416.00|
|Insurance
|521.00|
|Cleaning
|8,312.00|
|Telephone
|42.00|
|Printing / Stationery/Ink|354.00|
|Repairs & Renewals
|3,305.00|
|Afliation fees
|193.00|
|OFSTED & DBS updates|50.00|
|Ofce equipment depreciation|395.30|
## **Total Expenditure**
**87,339.30**
**Excess expenditure over income 10,195.30**
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