2025-08-31-accounts - Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date ~~aA~~ From Day 01 Month Sept Year 2024 To Day 31 Aug Year 2025 ~~a~~ Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool ~~PO~~ Other names charity is known by ~~PO~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1147111 ~~PT~~ 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

Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) ~~ee ee~~ Chairperson Appointed 20[th] 1[David Somerville ] November 2023 ~~a ee ee~~ 2 Claire Smith Secretary 3 Hazel Brookes Treasurer ~~oo~~ Church Rep Appointed 18[th] March 4[Colin Suttie ] 2024 ~~ee ee~~ Parent Rep Appointed 24[th] June 5[Rebecca Francis ] 2024 ~~ee eeee~~ Parent Rep Appointed 17[th] Sept 6[Lucy Jackson ] 2024 ~~ee ee ee ee~~ Jodie Briggs Parent Rep Appointed 17[th] Sept 7 2024, resigned 1[st] Sept 2025 ~~a~~ Francesca Kerwin Parent Rep ~~ee~~ Appointed 17 ~~ee~~[th] Sept ~~ee~~ 8 2024, resigned 1[st] Sept 2025. 9 10 ~~| {| __} _ es GO~~ 11 12 ~~ee~~ 13 14 ~~ee~~ 15 16 ~~ee~~ 17 ~~en~~ 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 Years Type of governing document 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 year Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Disclosure and Barring Service Checks are carried out by our regulator,
You may choose to include OFSTED, for newly appointed trustees. DBS checks for staff members are
additional information, where carried out by ourselves prior to appointment and every three years
relevant, about: thereafter.
• policies and procedures Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool is a member of the Early Years adopted for the induction and Alliance which provides advice and resources. We operate in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage
training of trustees; curriculum and are regulated by OFSTED.
• the charity’s organisational We receive local authority funding for some of our children and operate structure and any wider within the terms of the contract for that funding. network with which the charity All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other works; 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

We have provided childcare for 34 children over the year. Summary of the main achievements of the charity We held our annual nativity, Christmas party and leaver’s concert. during the year We also had other fundraising activities such as selling crafts items and sponsored Autumn walk and Teddy Bear Challenge. 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.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We hold a business reserve account of £19808 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 old 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 3 children who received additional funding through the Early

how expenditure has Years Pupil Premium, this funding was used to purchase resources to particularly enhance the provision for those individual children in terms of
supported the key objectives their interests and development goals.
of the charity;
We hold fundraising events to enable us to purchase additional resources
• investment policy and to further enhance our provision. objectives including any We had a surplus of £1576.00 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) David Somerville Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairperson Treasurer etc) Date

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Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~	Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~	Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~	Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~	Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~	Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Holcombe Brook Methodist Pre-School 1147111 Receipts andpayments accounts 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025 For the period from —~~———e~~
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations,legacies andgrants 113,310 - - 113,310 86,108 Fundraisingevents 224 - - 224 304 Interest on deposit account 370 - - 370 437 Dividends on investments - - - - Members' subsciptions 2,517 - - 2,517 2,172 Fees for charitable services - - - - Hire of hall and equipments - - - - Other misc income 854 - - 854 191 117,275 - - 117,275 89,212 *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) ~~=——===>=~~
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 117,275 - - 117,275 89,212 ~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Costs of pre-school sessions(milk / snacks etc) 620		-	-	620	422
Wages / salaries and national insurance 96,242		-	-	96,242	78,964
Training 485		-	-	485	98
Pension contributions 3,480		-	-	3,480	2,496
Rent / hire of room 5,850		-	-	5,850	5,625
Repairs and maintenance -		-	-	-	-
Light and heating -		-	-	-	-
Water and sewerage -		-	-	-	-
Insurance 1,962		-	-	1,962
Telephone and internet 115		-	-	115	98
Resources and Equipment 2,280				2,280	1,220
Printing, postage, stationery and computer supplies 290		-	-	290	270
Grants and donations paid -		-	-	-	-
Other costs 4,375		-	-	4,375	2,348
Bank interest and charges -		-	-	-	-
Sub total 115,699		-	-	115,699	91,541
- - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 115,699 - - 115,699 91,541 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~—————~~
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,576 - - 1,576 - 2,329 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 24,300 - - 24,300 26,629 Cash funds this year end 25,876 - - 25,876 24,300 ~~==~~
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period		Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
Categories Details			funds	funds	funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Current account Business reserve account Petty cash ~~——~~			5,960 - - 19,808 - - 108 - - ~~FE~~

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	25,876

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Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/

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members of | Holcombe Brook Methodist Preschool
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On accounts for the year | 31° August 2025
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Charity no | 1147111
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  - | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’).
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement | come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: * accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which 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.
Signed: | Seach Date: | 24/11/2025
Name: | James Settle
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Relevant professional | FCA (ICAEW)
qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Address: | Wood Meadow, Long Heys Lane
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Dalton, Wigan

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Section B

Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.

IER

October 2018