Charmy r•gistrallon number 1156798 (England •nd Wales) Company rnglstratlon number 08917017 BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ¢?, xeinadin BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB LEGALAND ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMATION Tntst•es L E Drtver P S Ici* A Cwwwon Pgocretsry Charfty nwnber (England and W•l•8) I1￿798 Company numb•r 08917017 R•g￿ley￿ offl st Pa￿ Chkkn's Cenire Litue Bi5h¢)p Street St Pa￿* Bristol 8S2 9JF Inde￿ndent •xamln•r AThJm jc￿ FCCA Xeinadin s￿th W*$ & ￿ Limked 2*26 Shw8ham￿ Road Shirehampt 8S11 grx Banke ds Bart( Hc Kn¢)wle Road 284 Ilklls Road Brist 8S4 2PY BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB CONTENTS Page Trusles. re[￿rt IndeFendent examinerfs repc Statement offinwal xli¥ibes Balance sheel Statement of cash ft Notes lo the financial ststements 9-15 BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB TRUSTES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORD FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The tfusteas preswrt theN rep￿t ffin￿)* stateff￿￿ ferthe ye¥ ended 31 March 202S. ancial statements have been prepared in ￿¢c￿danCe the acccwrfing ￿)licIeS set out in note 1 to the finanual stat￿ents and eomply the tharity's ￿veming d¢xument. Ihe Companies Act 20￿. FRS 102 Yhe Finanual ReF(rfb"ng Stsndard applKable in the UK ReputAic of Ireland. and the Chantts SORP 'fvuounting and ReFLlrt6ng by ChariD'es.' Statwnent of Recx)mmerwJed Practice applicable to ¢thariiies preparing their ￿countS in accordance wlh the FIrra￿al Reporting SlaNlard aprAtaL* in Ihe UK and Reput4ic of Ireland {FRS 1021.. ObJ•¢llv•s and actfv61*s The cttyecls of the charity are... . The thancemert of ed￿tion Of p*1￿1a￿ of Years age. in particular ty provhjing education traIny￿ and Ikvekfrfng th8 skills of praCtit￿)nerS of Earty Years educab"on'. . thé advancement ofeducation and the tra￿Ing of wactiiioners of Earty Year$ ed￿11￿.. aThJ the promolion of socia indusion in par￿j1* among c*ikken of Eaty Years age and their familieslcarers who are socialty excluded Imm wety. ¢* a p•t of scoety. as a restll of Iheir swal and economic positson. in particular tr*rough tho edwation of of E￿Y Years age and praCt￿lonelS of Earfy Years educats'on. PublK bener The trustees have paid due ward to giid¥t¢e issued by the Charity C¢)mmissim in decKlng ￿1 activibes th8 ctharity shouhj undertake. Thg Trustees satTrsled that the acli¥ilies of the Charitat4e Company sattsfy th8 requirements for Ihem to b8 considered in ihe publ￿ benefft Volunleers Al the ermj of the financial year (202*25) BEYfH dwj ncl a))ploy ary staff. nor thd il have ￿ Volunteers. A member of St. Paufs Nursery Schoc4 aThJ Chl¢knll's Centre reman$ resp)nsit* for ts fmancial records of BEYTH and for recording Trustee's Meth"ng minutes. The finarKial Sup￿ for this wJministrali￿ assistance was received from Bristd Cty Counal. Achl•v•m•nts and perfornmnce Signthanl and achi8vem8nls a9￿ obpdr¥8s BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB TRUSTES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The Bristol Eady Ye8r$ Teaching Hub has C￿tinUed to womde conb"nuing pYofession81 development and quality imwovement for the e•ly yews seck* in Bristi￿. thfw our Local Speo*i5t19aders. Bespok• support . ￿ recruit. inth(* and deploy Local Speoahst leaders (LSLsl. ￿'St￿ Settings. VI￿ have 28 LSLS - are all engaged in ell1￿ S2S SiPFLYt. tr•"ning, FrfodU¢j￿ g￿larICe. leaderslip and representation etc. . Our LSL'S have been rOsp￿4e for devekyiro "EW to Relale" to support ts ￿0tional well being of thildren. families 4￿j te￿ in an Eys selbr#J a¥J have rc4led trms out through local and I￿lIne webinars. . worked dosely with the IXE Experts. and Mthxs CovbJ Recovery Programm8 - wfKJ have given support to 18 settings durin9 this Brisiol, our deswnated specialists have supported an additional 12 settings. CPD Comn￿$S1(￿S have been commissioned to rLn early y￿3 trainiThJ for *tiWclKth IC￿ aUt￿lIeS bew￿d Bristol loo. This has included but not been limrted to.'- Cr&king CommUr￿¢abOnS prqed *ith the Sc#nerset Research SctrK>oI, for Ilfjltshiie eaty years leaders and local aulhonty slaff. . A bespoke progr￿Me ea￿Y years staff at ExcaKwrAcadrri$Tru51. Equality. DNernty armj Indu5ion (EDI> trarwwJ ts Ccrnll LA ￿Y yearn team sin￿ N¢)vember 2022. the Bristol Earty ye￿ Texh"ng Hub has a180 fixKtiornd as the lead setting for Bristol arKI BeYc￿d Eys Strryr PraclKe HL*. roceiiiro a gra)t frNn the DIE. Ihin this Stronger Practi￿ Hub ISPH) role, BEYfH wovides a txo*J prownme of services lo support the eady Years Sect￿ in the 8 Local Autho￿e$ in the North of the SW rew. TI￿e$ indude: . lnfc*mat￿I, advice and guidwce. Nefvth$ aTrJ communities of Practi￿. . Continued Professional Development Fwmes ¢¥IXyN￿. The $￿p)rt is bc4h onlne and face to la￿. Despile the impact of Cowd 19 on every schc4)l aNI settiro. and the natrjnal recnmtment and retenthjn crisis in Early Years, we have stil had relalivdy good engagement from I￿81 nLrseries. chthinders and schods. Our online offer means that we have mel from al ovtw the c¢xmty. Outc(xnes for Bristcl's th"Idren in the earfy years contrwes to femain solKI. hLNvever impact of tl* boc*down can be seen in Childrerfj resth'en￿. lar#Juage devewnent famity wellbeiw. 7Aith thg gap ￿denIng for m05t disadvantaged children. The sUPPOrt provKle contiNes lo be referr￿1 to as in4xring. Achlev•ments In Area of Dollvery: Inlom)atlon and advke . ￿ have a phone Ime arKI emaA for advice. and 4 5(Kial medk9 ¢haTh￿S. Sign post to natIc￿al guidance, best Pfactbce and evKIe￿d infomied ￿$earth. È have sent out 42 new￿ettfrrS or nelwcrt iwates to mailing list of over 1500 settings. We have written and shared 16 blogs ty kn.le resource in this period. Networks . Our netr￿rk parti(ypatiM ha5 grwi from wng *ith 552 to W settings support Bristol Childminder. baby, 2s, Managers netr￿ . We now lead on a regional Childminder rthofk. baby netw)￿, 2s Netsvork, EDI netsvork. CL arKI L nefv40rk, SEN NetsvorK Math's Nelwork. CPD . 5 ev*Jence based nabonal CPD ￿￿o￿&mmeS 54 selbrKJ P*licipalfjrg) wgre CCthF*lod arKi evaluated. recruited lo the second cohort for Tales programme wrth 12 settings from S Glos. repeated our own pr¢wmme" SourKI PW delNenrwJ lo 11 settings frcrfn Bristol S Gkjs. È recruited lo arnl supported Helicopter Stories Wcgramme. wrth 75 settirKJs and 23 childminders. across 5 Local ALrthorities. * have delvered 187 everts in Ihis to over 4,279 part￿pants. . Pro¥￿ed bespoke staff meetuig5 or inset days forottw sttthlslseltings With EY'$ foujs. BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB TRUSTES, REPORT IINCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) ICONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Flnanclal vevlew BEYfH Co¥￿ Costs the 2024 to 31 Marth 2025. The at the end of th8 Perkxl was £90,080. The Trustees arè COnffid￿tt thal there is suff•ient ¢* to nwl BEYTH'S rtlgatp)ns. as tho proj8CtK>ns that the Trustee5 have prepared iThJicale that the plamed wogramme should continue lo deliver enowJh income lo ¢¢)vef ¢OSts. The organisation ks still e4ftybng t￿rd £188,149 in reserves. of £58.188 are restricted to specific progfammes of W¢￿(. £58,188 ReseThes pol In line with Charit*s Act requirements, the Trustees have revie**d th￿r feserves policy for the Ch*ity. which wll ad th￿ in exercisiThJ o¥w41 ￿)￿r01 ￿eT fiw#81 affws (rf Ihè Chanty. 11 is Considered wudenl to mainlain reswles to safeJJ¥d the Charity's operatK*nal eorrThrlments in the èvent of seri￿8 rethjctions or delays in incA)me. or in the event of e￿a￿dInary wsts arisro. ReseNè levels be revth*d frew•#ty by tts Trwtees as wt ofthe management accounts review wc¢ess M8ioriisks The major rfg(s. to ￿1¢h Ihe charlty is exr￿ed. as 1derth￿ ty Ihe Tfttstees. have been re¥ith¥&18NJ systems are tang est&)lIst￿ io mrtigate those risks. Flnanclal sustaina￿.11tY has been 1dert1￿ as Ibe m** tsk for the cfwlty. hNe¥er November 2022 it has rh)w been in receipt of the DE Strmger Pracbce Hub m. The Chafity C•)ntinues lo be commissoned by c4her tners. A key element in managThJ this fin￿cial risk to future the organisati￿ remains the develotxnent of additional, I￿￿1£n￿ p*thership8 Wrth fijnding woviders. reyiew of futwe fijrnling oprK>rtLmities and regular reF￿S to Ihe Tnjstees of Ihe chartvs finamd stalus. Slrncture. 90vernan￿ and nNonagèment Bristol Eady Years Teathir¥J Hub is a charikth crynp8ry lirnited by ￿rth, incryraled on 28 Fgbwary 2014 and registered a$ a tharity on 24 AFyiI 2014. On 16 April 2024 the n¥ne vrds certif*d ty Comparaes HcAtse. from 'Bristcl Yèars Eaty Years Teactmng Consortpjm" to Brlstol Eaty Years Teachng Hub" The ciynpony was esta￿1Shed LYKler a Mem￿￿ of Assctiakn estsbli*d objects ¥*d PCV•efS of Th8 Artides ofAssoci8tion were upjaled aryeed ty the T￿￿tee$ Board at of2023. and k*gged with the Charity Corrmission in eaty 2024. The trustees. who are also ￿ directors for the PUfFKW d compry Iw*. and 8erwl ￿ring theye¥ up to the date of $ignalwe of the fin*ual slatemwts ¥•We: L E Driver P S IAlllmott J Hill I Clark N Thgobgld A Carringlon BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB TRUSTES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Recrnitm8nt and appomtmenl oflwstees Tnjstses are apFointed a¢cordir•J to IheArbcles ofAssLKiakn. The Trustees have a thjty lo identify and rewew the risk to vhllch the charity is expt)sed and lo ensure that appropriate Controls are in pl&e to wovide Teasonable assur¥Ke awnst fro￿1 and error. The charitable company is •Jminister6Y by tts board of Trustees llhe Boarf}. Members of the Board are nominated represenlatNes of the following bothes a)d ¢xganisations:_ Sl Paul's Nursery Schctil arKI ChId￿n.$ Centre. The (*iaritabJe company has three Inde￿dent TTL￿tee$. appointed by lh8 ￿mIna￿S Tnthes in accordance with itsArtides ofAssociation, one of whom takes Ihe role of irKlependenl Chwr. The Twstees ￿ ¢￿tinUing to rellect corlext of Ihe orgarrisatm￿. agreed some revisions lo the Articles ofAssociation, within a raFrfdly changing Earfy Yews rthnal ￿nd￿ape. However, the main focus ofthe ￿g￿lS¥1￿)n has n(* dpr*. NG￿ of the trustees has any ben￿"1 intwest in the Com￿ry. AJI ofthe trustees members of the company 8ThJ guarantee to contribute £1 m the eveni of a up. The tru5tes' report was ap￿￿d ty the Board of TnBtees. L E Onver Trusts• 7 August 2025 BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB BALANCE SHEET ASAT 31 AIARCH 2025 2025 2024 Current amets Oebtors Cash al bank ￿ in ha￿1 10 44,236 228.658 31 367.818 272.8 367.849 Crndltors: *mounts faNlng due w#h one y••r 11 (84,7451 {89.6201 Nel current #Sets 188.149 278.229 Th# funds of thfr Charlty Resiricted income fvnds Uweslricted fuThts 12 13 58,188 129.961 271,928 6.301 188,149 278.229 The rv)tes on pages 9 to 15 fcvm pwt ol these statem￿. The company is entilled lo the exemption frcth tre autht requKwwrt in seclw 477 oflhe Corryanies Act 2006. for the year ended 31 M¥L* 2025. The (fireclors ad[nth￿edge their responsibilibes ¢omplyiTrJ with the reqwements of the C(sffyni85 Act 2006 with resFeCt lo accounting records arKI the ywation of fin￿Cial statements. The members have nol reqimred lo ottsin an of its finaThial stslements for the year kn question in ac¢ordance wth section 476. These financial slatements have been wep* in xcordwKe Ihe applioble to o)mpaThes subiecl to the Small cclnpanies regime. The fffian¢ial statements were ty the trLthe5 cfft 7Awsl 2025 L E Driver Trustse Company registration nLMnber 08917017 IEwla¥J arKI BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 2026 2024 Cash flo￿ from owrating acllvlllès Cash {absorbed byllgenèrated from operations 16 {139.160} 102.877 Net Gash generatsd from Investlng ac￿¥111¢8 Net cash generatod from finandng aclmu N•t Ide¢rnaseVlncv•as• ID cash and cash equlvalgnts {139.1601 102,877 Cash and cash equNalents al begiming of ye 367.818 264,941 ash and cash oqulvaknts at •nd of year 228.658 367,818 Tlk rv)les on pages 9 to 15 fcffii part olthese fmanda statements. BRISTOL EARLYYEARS TEACHING HUB NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEmE￿rs ICONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 A¢¢ountlng polkles {ContInu 1.8 Employ•• bonef The c08t of any unusgd hdiday entillemenl is rec4wis&I in the yh)(l in whK* ts employee's servKes are re￿1Ve(l. TeMmnatic￿ beneffts we recowised irnieth*ly as ￿ expew Ihe charty is demonstrabty C£•mmited to terminate the employmeni of ￿ wwyee ￿ to tKo¥id8 terminalton benefits. Cr411ul •ccountlng •stknkn and Judg•n* In the app￿.¢a￿.Qn ofthe th¥ity'$ a¢¢nsidered to be relèvant. Aciual results may ¢knr from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assUn¥1K￿ ¥e mie*Y on basis. Revisions to accourting esbmales are re¢ognwd in the penod in which the estimate is revised ￿there the reVisic￿ affect5 onty that Feriod, or n the p￿d of th& reNision and fulure wh￿e the revis*Jn affects t￿th current and futrjre Per￿S. Income from donatlons and Wlfjs Total nds 202S funds 2025 funds 2024 nds 2024 2026 2024 Grants 14.081 5C6.291 520.372 3.349 703,956 707.305 Èxp•ndliuvo on ¢h•rt•ble aGtfvths Costs Incurr Costs Incurr•d 2024 Dlrect costs Other direcl costs of generthg vduntJy Yu)me 603.180 641.903 Share of support and gov•mance Costs (g•e not• 61 Govemance 7,272 9,151 610,452 651.054 Analys1$ ty fund Unrestricted lunds Reslricted fv￿ls 7.585 602.867 651,054 610.452 651.054 11 BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEP•lENTS (coKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Support costs allocated to actlvltks 2025 2024 Governanr* costs 7,272 9.151 Analysod between: Costs In￿rred 7272 9.151 2025 2024 Governance costs coiiwrfs•: Au(fil fees Legal and prof8ssion Insurance Financial administration Computer software & mainlen B￿k Charges 3.000 2.300 818 383 678 93 2.953 1.942 566 437 3.167 7,272 9,151 Net moveThnt In funds 2025 2024 The net movemert in f￿d$ is slatsd after chargiW{uethtw¥).' Fees payatAe for the indeperthnt @yan￿*t￿ rflhe chantys financial statements 3.oc 2,9S3 Trust¢os None of the trustees [￿ any pe￿(￿5 CA)nr￿ed Vlilh them) received any remunwaion or beneffts from the charity durirKJ Ihe year. EMP￿te5 The average nWjrrth￿ nUM￿r of emplo￿ Ihe year was nil. BEYTrI (fjd not ernploy any staff, nor did have any volunteers. The nLtynter of Trusteesl Oredors during the ye* was.. 2026 Numb•r 2024 Number TrusteeslDffectors There were no employees whxe rernUnw**￿ was more than £60,000. Taxatlon Th* chwty 1$ exempt from iaxation on its a¢tiwlies all its uume is aFplieO for chariiable purposes. 12- BRISTOL EARLYYEARS TEACHING HUB NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIEpifs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 10 Dobto 2025 2024 Amounts falllng Thlthln one year. Tr8de debtrn 44.236 31 11 cr￿lt018. amounts fallng du• wlthln one year 2025 2024 Trad8 cr8thtors Other credit￿S Accruals aThJ deferfed in03me 71.289 4,500 8,9 76.164 8.956 84.745 89.620 12 R•strlct8d lund• The restricted fijnds of the rt￿ty comprise balances of donatv)ns and ￿ants held on trust $uWt to $peaffi¢ ¢(￿￿1¢1¢D$ by d(xKKs as lo tlw may b& used. At 1 Aprl InCOn￿n9 Resources •xp•nded Transfers At 31 March SPH 121.652 139.601 675 10.CK)O 282.452 155.625 10.400 5.OCKI 11.680 {402.923) (133.942) 18.825) {15,0001 (11.6801 1.2th) (117.164) 2,381 44.120 2,250 Experts & Mertors EEF 8CC NLE Childcare Expans￿ Takirrtj c 6.930 (5,948} 982 ctlk*8re Expanslon Nufsery dasses Headteath¥ SUFWI SPH Clildminder prc•Jf8mme 7.080 3.OQ) 24.124 7.080 1.375 (1.625) (22,924) (1,2(K)) 271.928 5C6.291 (602,867) {117.164) 58.188 13- BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB NOTES TO TrIE FIMANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 12 Rfjstrlcted funds (Contlnued) Pr•v10￿ yoar. At 1 Aprfl Inv)mlng Resou￿•9 2023 rnsouKes •ynded Transfers At 31 March 2024 Bristol E￿Y Ye8rs Researth Website & OA LSL Working QLo1ification SPH Sthwl to Sthool Ctht Leaming Federalion Experts & PAentC￿$ EEF Bristol Standard Oigtalisatvjn 34.148 117. 13,782) {102.670) (30.366) {130.296) {7.OCQ> 115.000 45.026 541.877 {465.252) 146.54n 121.651 139.601 186.148 {11 <3.6001 29.075 18.C* {24.800} (8.0041 675 10.CWX) 18.487 118.487) 219,026 703.9 1851,0541 271.928 13 Unrestrlctsd funds The unrestricted fijnds ofihe (knrty comprise the urExp￿￿d balances of ¢k)nab'cffis and grants wh￿h are nol subject lo ¥Jeofic by dorKJrs and grantors as to trth¥ t￿Y may be used. These i￿ude d8siwated lunds whth have been sel asidg ol ￿re¥lIK￿ed fffids by th8 trustees for spedfic purrmes. At 1 April Incoming Resouwces 2024 resouffus expmded Transfer5 At 31 March 2026 Unresrtrtcted funds BE￿H running costs 6.301 14.081 (7.585) 12.797 117.164 117.164 6.301 14.081 17.585) 117,164 129,*1 Prevlous year: At 1 April 2023 In¢omlng Resources expended Transfers At 31 March 2024 UrTrsrtrKled fLnds 2.952 3.349 6.301 14 BRISTOL EARLY YEARS TEACHING HUB NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 14 Analysb of n•t ass•ts betw¢¢n Unrestrlet8d R•strkt•d fund5 funds 2026 2025 Total 2025 At 31 M•r¢h 2026: c￿r￿1 asset&l{liabililies) 129.￿1 58,188 188,149 129.961 S8.188 188.149 Unre8trlclod Restrlcted fund8 ndB 2024 2024 Total 2024 At 31 Ilar¢h 2024: Cwrent asseWlliabiliiies> 6.301 271.928 278,229 6.301 271.928 278.229 15 R•lat8d party transaclk>ng There were no thsdosatde relaled paty traw(￿ dur¥wJ the year (2024. rKJne). 16 Cash {•bsorbed tyygenerated from owratlo 2026 2024 IDefficill1surpl￿ for Ihe y 190.OBO} 56.251 Movements In worklng capllal: Ilncreaselldecrease in debtcrfs (Dec￿8$¢) in ¢reditors (44.205) {4.875) 65,763 (19.137) Cash l•bsorbgd byVg¢nor*¢d fr material d8t* the year. 15-