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← Heddington Preschool

2025-08-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1 September 2024 To 31 August 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Heddington & Cherhill Preschool Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1156048 Charity's principal address Church Road Heddington Calne Postcode SN11 0PJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Amy Dawson Chair
2 Zoe Beavan
3 Martyn Hulme Vice Chair
4 Rebecca Dean
5 Robert Buckby
6 Katie Rendell
7 Lydia Bentley Secretary Until January 2025
8 Laura Veale Chair Until April 2025
9 Hannah Ward
10 Kirsty Pearce
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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

Preschool Learning Alliance Model Constitution (adopted 13[th] February Type of governing document 2014) (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected for membership committee (including active parents) Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

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Providing stimulating and creative play by qualified and friendly staff, enabling confident learning to take place in a fun and protected environment.

Providing education and care facilities, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities ensuring learning and development opportunities for all children in line with current legislation and requirements.

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)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Our free reserves policy is to hold at least £75,000.00 due to increased costs; this covers us for 3months costs at both sites in the event of a drop in numbers of children or sudden unexpected closures where we would still need to pay staff and bills. We will also hold a second reserves policy for £40,000 for repairs and replacement of essential items including expected repairs or replacement of the building at Cherhill in 2025/2026.

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

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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)

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Full name(s) Robert Buckby Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 06/05/2026

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Heddington Pre-School Balance Sheet as at 31st August 2025

Notes
Current assets:
Cash at Bank (main account)
Cash at Bank (fund raising
Cash at Bank (redundnacy fund)
Cash at Virgin Money
Total assets less current
liabilities
Net Assets		 2025
2024
£
£
47,084
56,620
30,655
22,604
31,660
31,172
72,445
71,336
181,844
181,732
181,844
181,732
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Heddington Pre School 1156048 Income & Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st August 2025

INCOME:
Fees
Donations & Grants
Holiday Club
Fundraising & Events
Asset & Investment Purchases
Room/Venue Hire, Events & Trips
Bank Interest Rec'd
Transfers
EXPENSES:
Wages, Tax & NI
Rent, Rates & Property costs
Staff Training & Development
Equipment Repairs & Maintenance
Insurance
Expenses & Petty Cash
Payroll Processing Fees
Room/Venue Hire, Events & Trips
Professional Fees & Subscriptions
Printing, Post & Stationery
Advertising
Toys & Educational Equipment
Transfers
RESULTS		 2025
2,024
£
£
475,305
410,194
10,096
11,125
1,646
6,369
3,072
1,863
1,494
4,950
4,111
493,860
436,366
348,430
314,616
39,708
33,528
1,198
1,467
2,014
5,270
3,073
1,930
21,438
17,594
1,248
1,374
2,059
13,304
12,417
12,403
2,029
1,567
268
287
3,865
6,995
56,001
0
493,748
410,334
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26,032

Heddington Pre School INCOME SUMMARY September 2024 to August 2025

Date Details Reference Analysis
Code		 Amount
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August		 36,524.24
36,936.02
37,377.32
39,161.20
40,333.83
39,193.98
45,129.96
27,703.37
38,484.73
53,488.43
44,377.02
41,602.80
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-		 -
480,312.90

Wiltshire CC

eddington Pre School EXPENSES SUMMARY

Month
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST		 Wages Tax &
NI		 Rent, Rates &
Property
costs		 Staff Training &
Development		 Equipment
Repairs &
Maintenance		 Insurance Expenses &
Petty Cash		 Payroll
Processing
Fees		 Room/Venue Hire,
Events & Trips		 Professional
Fees &
Subscriptions		 Printing, Post
& Stationery		 Transfers Advertising Toys &
Educational
Equipment
29,166.37
28,917.33
28,954.15
27,788.04
28,252.48
27,900.40
28,711.51
31,419.69
28,649.77
29,314.93
28,068.82
31,286.88		 1,874.28
2,819.59
2,915.36
6,853.14
3,013.44
2,125.87
1,475.56
5,254.43
1,398.58
8,389.89
1,744.55
1,843.61		 172.65
309.00
9.40
19.20
-
-
153.60
49.00
464.00
21.00
-
-		 707.05
167.94
-
-
674.39
-
105.87
179.28
-
-
179.28
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,073.00
-
-		 2,464.41
1,454.37
2,873.97
1,029.89
1,842.63
1,075.57
2,276.79
2,943.99
1,027.09
2,297.14
1,357.10
794.56		 116.40
116.40
116.40
127.80
-
255.60
127.80
133.80
253.80
-
-
-		 1,659.20
100.00
-
-
-
-
110.00
-
-
50.00
140.00
-		 413.94
1,481.97
721.60
931.19
3,833.63
543.88
960.61
661.15
685.61
550.75
835.16
797.97		 44.82
247.15
35.51
217.02
53.49
32.96
33.82
27.18
30.00
1,243.60
38.09
25.00		 25,001.00
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-
-
-
11,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
114.00
-
21.98
21.98
21.98
21.98
21.98
21.98
21.98		 2,656.71
69.98
359.59
77.88
201.28
61.61
78.79
-
-
-
132.38
227.27
348,430.37 39,708.30 1,197.85 2,013.81 3,073.00 21,437.51 1,248.00 2,059.20 12,417.46 2,028.64 56,001.00 267.86 3,865.49
Date Transfers F.Payment Interest
Aug'24 30
Jul'24 183
May'24 1143
Apr'24 153.59
Mar'24 -3000 400
Feb'24 2335
Jan'24 2165 2240
Dec'23 345 271
Nov'23 120 20
Oct'23 90.19
Sept'23 3338.27 30
Aug'23 80
Jul'23 30

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

Charity Name Heddington Preschool 31[st] August 2025 1156048

On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)

Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025 .

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I 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.

PS Keen 08/05/2026 Pamela S Keen

Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Institute of Certified Bookkeepers

Address: October 2018

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1[st] Floor, Victoria Street

Victoria House, Taunton

Somerset. TA1 3FA

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 .

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