**COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 08260917 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1152296**
## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements**
**31 August 2021**
## **EXCEL ACCOUNTANTS (BEDS) LTD**
Chartered accountants Excel House 3 Duke Street Bedford MK40 3HR
## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
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|---|---|
|Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)|**1**|
|Independent examiner's report to the trustees|**4**|
|Statement of financial activities (including income and||
|expenditure account)|**6**|
|Statement of financial position|**7**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**9**|
|**The following pages do not form part of the financial statements**||
|Detailed statement of financial activities|**199**|
|Notes to the detailed statement of financial activities|**21**|
**Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2021.
## **Reference and administrative details**
**Registered charity name** Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill
**Charity registration number** 1152296 **Company registration number** 08260917 **Principal office and registered** C/O Russell Lower School **office** Queens Road Ampthill Beds MK45 2TD
## **The trustees**
Mrs G. Nicholas (Resigned 1 July 2021) Mrs V.E. Grimes (Resigned 1 March 2021) Ms S Ruzario (Resigned 1 July 2021) Ms L M Dagley (Appointed 1 July 2021) Ms C Kou-Barrett (Appointed 1 July 2021) Ms R McGough (Appointed 1 March 2021) Ms C Perrett (Appointed 1 July 2021) Ms M Norman (Appointed 1 July 2021) **Independent examiner** Mrs S Camiah Excel Accountants (Beds) Ltd Excel House 3 Duke Street Bedford MK40 3HR
## **Structure, governance and management**
The pre-school is a charitable company governed by its memorandum and articles of association and it operates in accordance with its trust deed established by the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
Overall management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the articles of association. Day to day projects are managed and carried out by employees.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **Objectives and activities**
Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill aims to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment, and works within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for all children and families. Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill serves Ampthill and the surrounding area and all are welcome to join.
## **Achievements and performance**
Ladybird Forest Pre-School continues to be very popular, operating at full capacity for all sessions throughout the year and is still experiencing a healthy waiting list.
With the exception of one day, when the setting needed to close due to a positive Covid case, the preschool remained open throughout the financial year. Procedures were put in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the setting.
## **Financial review**
Operating during the pandemic had a significant impact on the pre-school’s finances.
The October and February Holiday Clubs restricted entry to children attending the setting, which reduced the profitability of the Clubs.
Fundraising activities were significantly reduced, with no Christmas Bazaar or Easter Disco, which would have generated a substantial amount of income. At Easter, a stall held in the playground generated a minimal income.
There was an 8.14% increase in expenditure, from £289,269 in 2020 to £312,827 in 2021.
Employers’ pensions contributions, staff wages and associated costs increased by 8.6% and £17k overall from the previous year. There was an increase in staff absences related to Covid, and where possible, the pre-school reclaimed SSP to offset the costs.
There was increased spending on cleaning products, which was offset by a Covid Outbreak Management fund of £1,500.
The pre-school also invested in software and books, learning equipment and staff training. It also spent more on consumables, energy, repairs and maintenance, cleaning, telephone and printing than in the previous year.
To reduce its debts, the pre-school repaid £10k of the £20k Bounce Back loan in June 2021 and the remainder is now being paid in monthly instalments.
The setting invested in improving its Forest School, including building a covered shelter.
## **Plans for future periods**
The setting wishes to spend the next 2 years recouping some of the losses incurred in this financial year. This will be done by further increasing fees and the donation model. NEF will be restricted to cover the costs of Sessions and Lunch Clubs only, enabling the Pre-School to charge a higher rate for the Breakfast Club and After Pre-School Clubs. It will also more tightly control its spending on resources and staff wages.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
The setting also wishes to update and revamp the children's and staff toilets. This will all depend on the level of funds raised through fundraising activities as well as additional grants. In addition, the roof of the building will need to be replaced in its entirety.
.
## **Small company provisions**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
The trustees' annual report was approved on …………. May 2022 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Ms M Norman Trustee
Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill Company Limited by Guarantee
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ladybird Forest Pre-School.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill ('the charity') for the year ended 31 August 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of 'named body' which is one of the listed bodies.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Ladybird Forest Pre-School**
**Ampthill** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Mrs S Camiah
Excel Accountants (Beds) Ltd Independent Examiner
Excel House 3 Duke Street Bedford MK40 3HR
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
|||**2021**|**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|||
|||funds|**Total funds**|Total funds|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income and endowments**|||||
|Donations and legacies|**5**|186,032|186,032|204,708|
|Other trading activities|**6**|87,274|87,274|73,259|
|Investment income|**7**|5|5|31|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total income**||273,311|273,311|277,998|
|||================================|================================|================================|
|**Expenditure**|||||
|Expenditure on raising funds:|||||
|Costs of other trading activities|**8**|4,691|4,691|2,049|
|Expenditure on charitable activities|**9,10**|308,136|308,136|287,220|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total expenditure**||312,827|312,827|289,269|
|||================================|================================|================================|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Net expenditure and net movement in funds**||(39,516)|(39,516)|(11,271)|
|||================================|================================|================================|
|**Reconciliation of funds**|||||
|Total funds brought forward||110,071|110,071|121,342|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total funds carried forward**||70,555|70,555|110,071|
|||================================|================================|================================|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
**The notes on pages 9 to 17 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Position**
## **31 August 2021**
|||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**|**£**|£|
|**Fixed assets**||||
|Tangible fixed assets|**16**|58,909|85,518|
|**Current assets**||||
|Stocks|**17**|780|780|
|Debtors|**18**|5,756|5,756|
|Cash at bank and in hand||45,494|51,901|
|||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|||52,030|58,437|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**19**|20,739|10,534|
|||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|**Net current assets**||31,291|47,903|
|||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||90,200|133,421|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**|**20**|19,645|23,350|
|||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Net assets**||70,555|110,071|
|||============================|================================|
|**Funds of the charity**||||
|Unrestricted funds||70,555|110,071|
|||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total charity funds**|**22**|70,555
============================|110,071
================================|
For the year ending 31 August 2021 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
## The statement of financial position continues on the following page.
**The notes on pages 9 to 17 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Position** _**(continued)**_
## **31 August 2021**
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 13 May 2022, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Ms M Norman Trustee
**The notes on pages 9 to 17 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **1. General information**
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is C/O Russell Lower School, Queens Road, Ampthill, Beds, MK45 2TD.
## **2. Statement of compliance**
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **3. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## **Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
- expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
- other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## **Tangible assets**
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Tangible assets** _**(continued)**_
An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Long leasehold property - 12% straight line Equipment - 25% reducing balance
## **Impairment of fixed assets**
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
## **Stocks**
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stock to its present location and condition.
## **Financial instruments**
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Financial instruments** _**(continued)**_
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
## **Defined contribution plans**
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.
When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.
## **4. Limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and therefore has no issued share capital.
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **5. Donations and legacies**
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds||**2021**|Funds|2020|
||£||**£**|£|£|
|**Donations**||||||
|Core funding|181,178||181,178|184,816|184,816|
|Donations|214||214|1,277|1,277|
|**Grants**||||||
|Grants receivable|4,640||4,640|18,615|18,615|
||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||186,032||186,032|204,708|204,708|
||================================||================================|================================|================================|
## **6. Other trading activities**
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Fundraising events|11,835|11,835|15,288|15,288|
|Fee income|74,749|74,749|50,472|50,472|
|Other income|690|690|7,499|7,499|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
||87,274|87,274|73,259|73,259|
||============================|============================|============================|============================|
|**nvestment income**|||||
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Bank interest receivable|5|5|31|31|
||==============|==============|==============|==============|
|**Costs of other trading activities**|||||
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Costs of other trading activities -|||||
|Membership schemes and social|||||
|lotteries|1,362|1,362|1,020|1,020|
|Costs of other trading activities -|||||
|Staging events|3,329|3,329|1,029|1,029|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||4,691|4,691|2,049|2,049|
||=======================|=======================|=======================|=======================|
## **7. Investment income**
## **8. Costs of other trading activities**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **9. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type**
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Activity type 1|244,135|244,135|218,620|218,620|
|Support costs|64,001|64,001|68,600|68,600|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||308,136|308,136|287,220|287,220|
||================================|================================|================================|================================|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type**|||||
||Activities||||
||undertaken|Support|**Total funds**|Total fund|
||directly|costs|**2021**|2020|
||£|£|**£**|£|
|Activity type 1|244,135|64,001|308,136|287,220|
||================================|============================|================================|================================|
## **10. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type**
## **11. Analysis of support costs**
|||Analysis of|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||support costs|||
|||activity 1|**Total 2021**|Total 2020|
|||£|**£**|£|
||Premises|18,747|18,747|16,239|
||Communications and IT|1,678|1,678|756|
||General office|4,927|4,927|3,919|
||Human resources|894|894|893|
||Finance costs|570|570|1,409|
||Governance costs|1,175|1,175|1,080|
||Support costs - Other costs type 1|36,010|36,010|44,304|
|||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|||64,001|64,001|68,600|
|||============================|============================|============================|
|**12.**|**Net expenditure**||||
||Net expenditure is stated after charging/(crediting):||||
||||**2021**|2020|
||||**£**|£|
||Depreciation of tangible fixed assets||26,609|26,691|
||||============================|============================|
|**13.**|**Independent examination fees**||||
||||**2021**|2020|
||||**£**|£|
||Fees payable to the independent examiner for:||||
||Independent examination of the financial statements||1,175
=======================|1,080
=======================|
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **14. Staff costs**
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|219,480|202,096|
|Social security costs|7,143|8,876|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|2,692|2,642|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||229,315|213,614|
||================================|================================|
The average head count of employees during the year was 29 (2020: 20). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**No.**|No.|
|Number of staff - Teaching staff|27|18|
|Number of staff - Administrative staff|2|2|
||--------------|--------------|
||29|20|
||==============|==============|
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2020: Nil).
## **15. Trustee remuneration and expenses**
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
## **16. Tangible fixed assets**
||Long|||
|---|---|---|---|
||leasehold|||
||property|Equipment|**Total**|
||£|£|**£**|
|**Cost**||||
|**At 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021**|210,900|5,094|215,994|
||================================|=======================|================================|
|**Depreciation**||||
|At 1 September 2020|126,368|4,108|130,476|
|Charge for the year|26,363|246|26,609|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|**At 31 August 2021**|152,731|4,354|157,085|
||================================|=======================|================================|
|**Carrying amount**||||
|**At 31 August 2021**|58,169|740|58,909|
||================================|=======================|================================|
|At 31 August 2020|84,532|986|85,518|
||================================|=======================|================================|
|**Stocks**||||
|||**2021**|2020|
|||**£**|£|
|Raw materials and consumables||780|780|
|||==============|==============|
## **17. Stocks**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **18. Debtors**
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Other debtors|5,756|5,756|
||=======================|=======================|
|**Creditors:** **amounts falling due within one year**|||
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Bank loans and overdrafts|–|4,680|
|Trade creditors|17,008|–|
|Accruals and deferred income|1,080|1,706|
|Social security and other taxes|2,651|4,148|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||20,739|10,534|
||============================|============================|
|**Creditors:** **amounts falling due after more than one year**|||
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Bank loans and overdrafts|19,645|23,350|
||============================|============================|
## **19. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
## **20. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**
## **21. Pensions and other post retirement benefits**
## **Defined contribution plans**
The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £2,692 (2020: £2,642).
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
## **22. Analysis of charitable funds**
## **Unrestricted funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||At|||**At**|
|1|September|||**31 August 2**|
||2020|Income|Expenditure|**021**|
||£|£|£|£|
|General funds|(43,041)|273,311|(312,827)|(82,557)|
|Unrestricted fund 2 - desc in a/cs|153,112|–|–|153,112|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||110,071|273,311|(312,827)|70,555|
||================================|================================|================================|================================|
||At|||At|
|1|September|||31 August 20|
||2019|Income|Expenditure|20|
||£|£|£|£|
|General funds|(31,770)|277,998|(289,269)|(43,041)|
|Unrestricted fund 2 - desc in a/cs|153,112|–|–|153,112|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||121,342|277,998|(289,269)|110,071|
||================================|================================|================================|================================|
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**|||||
||||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|
||||Funds|**2021**|
||||£|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|||58,909|58,909|
|Current assets|||52,030|52,030|
|Creditors less than 1 year|||(20,739)|(20,739)|
|Creditors greater than 1 year|||(19,645)|(19,645)|
||||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|**Net assets**|||70,555|70,555|
||||============================|============================|
||||Unrestricted|Total Funds|
||||Funds|2020|
||||£|£|
|Tangible fixed assets|||85,518|85,518|
|Current assets|||58,437|58,437|
|Creditors less than 1 year|||(10,534)|(10,534)|
|Creditors greater than 1 year|||(23,350)|(23,350)|
||||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Net assets**|||110,071|110,071|
||||================================|================================|
## **23. Analysis of net assets between funds**
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**Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Management Information**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
**The following pages do not form part of the financial statements.**
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Income and endowments**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Core funding|181,178|184,816|
|Donations|214|1,277|
|Grants receivable|4,640|18,615|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||186,032|204,708|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Fundraising events|11,835|15,288|
|Fee income|74,749|50,472|
|Other income|690|7,499|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||87,274|73,259|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|**Investment income**|||
|Bank interest receivable|5|31|
||--------------|--------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total income**|273,311|277,998|
||================================|================================|
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Expenditure**|||
|**Costs of other trading activities**|||
|DetailedSOFAExpenditureOnOtherTradingActivitiesType2H|4,691|2,049|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**|||
|Wages and salaries|219,480|202,096|
|Employer's NIC|7,143|8,876|
|Pension costs|2,692|2,642|
|Rates and water|389|–|
|Light and heat|1,715|426|
|Repairs and maintenance|8,253|7,156|
|Insurance|2,503|4,635|
|Other establishment|5,888|4,024|
|Legal and professional fees|1,520|1,384|
|Telephone|1,678|756|
|Other office costs|4,927|3,919|
|Depreciation|26,609|26,691|
|Interest on bank loans and overdrafts|–|888|
|Other interest payable and similar charges|570|521|
|Finance costs - defined benefit pension scheme|1,175|1,080|
|DetailedSOFAExpenditureOnCharitableActivitiesType2H|2,894|9,889|
|DetailedSOFAExpenditureOnCharitableActivitiesType3H|4,563|2,707|
|DetailedSOFAExpenditureOnCharitableActivitiesType4H|1,768|2,537|
|DetailedSOFAExpenditureOnCharitableActivitiesType5H|14,369|6,993|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||308,136|287,220|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total expenditure**|312,827|289,269|
||================================|================================|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Net expenditure**|(39,516)|(11,271)|
||================================|================================|
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## **Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**
## **Year ended 31 August 2021**
||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Costs of other trading activities**|||
|**Costs of other trading activities - Membership schemes and social lotteries**|||
|Fundraising costs|1,362|1,020|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|**Costs of other trading activities - Staging events**|||
|Holiday club & forest school costs|3,329|1,029|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|**Costs of other trading activities**|4,691|2,049|
||=======================|=======================|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**|||
|**Activity type 1**|||
|**_Activities undertaken directly_**|||
|Staff wages|219,480|202,096|
|Employer's NIC|7,143|8,876|
|Employer's pension costs|2,692|2,642|
|Regulatory fees|626|491|
|Software & books etc.|2,801|239|
|Learning equipment & consumables|11,393|4,276|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||244,135|218,620|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**_Support costs_**|||
|Rates & water|389|–|
|Light & heat|1,715|426|
|Repairs & maintenance|8,253|7,156|
|Insurance|2,503|4,635|
|Cleaning|5,888|4,024|
|Payroll cost|894|893|
|Telephone|1,678|756|
|Printing, postage, stationery & advertising|4,927|3,919|
|Depreciation|26,609|26,691|
|Interest on bank loans and overdrafts|–|888|
|Bank charges|570|521|
|Accountancy|1,175|1,080|
|Miscellaneous expenses|93|9,650|
|Training|4,563|2,707|
|Staff uniforms|1,768|2,537|
|Subscriptions|2,976|2,717|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||64,001|68,600|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**|308,136|287,220|
||================================|================================|
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