**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~~|**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)_
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 117,275**
**-**
**-**
**117,275**
**89,212**
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|**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**
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|**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)
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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.
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