## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Year **From** 01 Sept 2021 **To** 31 Aug 2022
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1147111 **Charity's principal address** Holcombe Brook Methodist Church Bolton Road West Ramsbottom, Bury **Postcode BL0 9QZ**
## **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)
Helen Chairperson
1
Massingham
2 Claire Smith Secretary
3 Hazel Brookes Treasurer
4 Elizabeth O’Brien
Elizabeth
5
Webber
6 Margaret Barker
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8
9
10
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12
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16
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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**
Constitution (Preschool Learning Alliance – now known as Early Type of governing document Years Alliance) (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association consisting of family and affiliate members How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment/Reappointment at annual general meeting or during Trustee selection methods year (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
Disclosure and Barring Service Checks are carried out by our You **may choose** to include regulator, OFSTED, for newly appointed trustees. DBS checks for additional information, where staff members are carried out by ourselves prior to appointment relevant, about: and every three years thereafter. policies and procedures Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool is a member of the Early adopted for the induction Years Alliance which provides advice and resources. and training of trustees; We operate in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and are regulated by OFSTED.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
We receive local authority funding for some of our children and operate within the terms of the contract for that funding. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
In planning our activities we keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
The focus if our activities is to deliver the EYFS and to provide high quality childcare through a well planned and child/parent led curriculum.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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Our committee is made up of volunteers from the church in which we operate and parents of children currently attending the preschool plus affiliate members. These volunteers ensure that the preschool is governed according to our constitution and in line with Charity Commission guidelines. Our parents also organise fundraising events.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
We have provided childcare for 38 children over the year.
We held our annual nativity, Christmas party and leaver’s concert.
We also held a sponsored ‘bounce’ to raise funds. We also had other fundraising activities such as selling crafts items.
We were awarded the Golden Apple gold award for promoting healthy eating, good hygiene and oral hygiene.
We support children with a range of needs and are inclusive of all children.
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
We hold a business reserve account of £21600 held in 2 accounts, one with instant access and one with a 35 day notice period. These funds are held in order to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur and in particular to enable to pay statutory redundancy pay and payment in lieu of notice (if applicable) to staff should we cease to operate
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
Our main source of funds is through the Early Education Care funding for 3 and 4 year olds which we claim from the local authority on behalf of parents of eligible children. Some children are also eligible for 2 year od funding. We also receive income from fees paid by parents who are not yet eligible for funding or are only eligible for part of their time at preschool.
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
We had 2 children who received additional funding through the Early Years Pupil Premium, this funding was used to purchase resources to particularly enhance the provision for those individual children in terms of their interests and development goals.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
We hold fundraising events to enable us to purchase additional resources to further enhance our provision.
- investment policy and resources to further enhance our provision.
- objectives including any We had a surplus of £2467 at the end of the financial year. ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Hazel Brookes **Full name(s)** Helen Massingham **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date**
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## **SUMMARY STATEMENTS 2021/22**
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Opening cash / bank 01.09.21 37,451.47
Income for year 81,351.83
Expenditure for the year (78,885.20)
Net Income / (Expenditure) for the year 2,466.63
Closing cash / bank 39,918.10
Business reserve account (21,610.84)
Available balance 18,307.26
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|**Income**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Bank**|**Petty cash**||**Total**|
|Fees|28,284.05||-|28,284.05|
|EEC Funding|48,481.02||-|48,481.02|
|Disability Access Funding|615.00|||615.00|
|Lunch club|719.25||-|719.25|
|Milk|-||-|-|
|Snacks|2,097.75|95.06||2,192.81|
|Fundraising|334.18|||334.18|
|Donations|435.58|49.23||484.81|
|Pension contrbutions repayment|-|||-|
|Miscellaneous|213.12|20.32||233.44|
|Interest on Direct Business Reserve Account|7.27||-|7.27|
|Transfer to Business Reserve Account|-||-|-|
||81,187.22|164.61||**81,351.83**|
|Current account|31.08.20|||15,817.42|
|Business Reserve Account|31.08.20|||21,603.57|
|Petty Cash||||30.48
**37,451.47**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Bank**|**Petty cash**|**Total**|
|Staf|64,868.88|-|64,868.88|
|PAYE/NIC|3,465.96|-|3,465.96|
|SMP|-|-|-|
|EYPP|93.18||93.18|
|Rent|4,225.00|-|4,225.00|
|Insurance|-|-|-|
|Milk|-|-|-|
|Snacks|346.98|15.40|362.38|
|Expenditure from Fundraising|412.32|-|412.32|
|Pension Contributions|1,746.13|-|1,746.13|
|Expenditure from Craft donations|0.00|||
|Equipment/Resources|541.63|3.98|545.61|
|Stationery|415.58|-|415.58|
|Hygiene|153.56|2.49|156.05|
|Sundries|-|-|-|
|Training|295.55|-|295.55|
|Mobile phone|82.50|-|82.50|
|Miscellaneous|2,106.64|109.42|2,216.06|
||78,753.91|131.29|**78,885.20**|
|Current account|||18,243.46|
|Business Reserve Account|||21,610.84|
|Petty Cash|||63.80|
|Uncleared cheques||||
||||**39,918.10**|
(OMM
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool
On accounts for the year
ended
31* August 2022
Charity no
(If any)
1147111
Set out on pages
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
responsibilities of The charily's Irustees consider that an audil is not required for this year
trustees and examiner under seclion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 {the Charities Act) and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my resF)onsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 01 the Charities Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the
Charity Commission (under section 145(5){b) of the Charities Acl, and
to state whether particular rnatters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independenl My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
examiner's statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented wtth 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 requiied 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 attentlon
examiner's statement lolher than that disclosed below "I
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect,
the Tequirements-
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act- and
to prepare accounls which accord with the accounting records and
comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met. or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the braGkels if they do not apply.
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Date:
Name:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
IER
March 2012
Give here brief detslls of
any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
March 2012