2022-07-31-accounts

Long Bennington Pre-school Ae8iStered Charity No.. J1573( St Jame<s Willage Hall. Main Road Long Bennin8ton. NEWARK. Notts NG23 SDJ Telephone.. [phone] Emall.. lon8bennin8tonpresth￿[e-mail] Ch. Sarn tottr Crynmrttrt.. Jane E¥•rn5 Trustees, Annual Report for the period: From.. 29111120ZI 0811112022 Reference and Administrative Information Charity Name Re istered Charity Number Charity's Address Lon8 Bennington Pre-school 11573(Kl St Jarnes, Hall Main Road Long 8ennln8ton Newark Nottinghamshire NG23 5DJ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee Name Samantha Dell Julie Knapton Butler Gemma Atkin50n Hannah Johnson Angela Foreman Katie Winn Office (If any) Chalr Dates arted 2911112021 2911112021 2911112021 2610912022 2911112021 2911112021 29/1112021 2911112021 2911112021 2911112021 Treasurer Secretary Kathryn Taylor Jame5 Cunningharn Lyndsay Teft Rebecca Sadler io Structure, Governance and Management Type of governing document Trustee selection methods Constitution adopted 2610312014 Trustees are appointed. or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting held in Ortober.

Addttional governance inforMat￿n The Earty Years Foundation Stage curriculum is followed and the Pre-sc1￿1 can be insperted by Otsted at any time. Long Bennington Pre-school is a member of the Early Years Alliance and Early Years and Childcare Support servite for Lincolnshire which provide support and advice on all aspects of running the pr￿ChoOl as well as best practice in the setting. All trustees their time voluntarily and recelved no rernuneration or other benefits. Objectives and Public Benefit Publlc Benefft Long Bennington Pr&School is a charitsble trust whith Seeks to benefit the public through the pursuit of Its stated objective, name￿ to provide quality. affordable childcare for pre-school aged children (from age 2 to statutory school age) from the local community. We provide a safe and supportive environment lor the children as well as working closely with their parents or carers. Long Bennington Pre-school wa5 stsrted in 1998 and is rnanaged by a committee of parents. although day-to-day runnin8 of the Pre-school Is In the hands of qualified. experienced stsff. Our fees are set at a level to ensure the financial viability of the School, excellent provision of hildcare whilst bein8 consistent with the necessity for the fees to be affordable to all. Our Pre-school welcomes children from all backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity or8ani5ation and are committed to a workin8 environment that is free from any form of discrimlnation on the grounds of colour, race, ethnicity, religion. sem, sexual orientstion or disability. At Long Bennington Pre-school we aim to Provide a safe. carin& fun and stimulatlng envlronmenr for children to play, soclalise and learn. We aim to provide a carefully selected balance of activities to ensure the overall development of the child. Each child will be treated as an individual wlthin the group and will be encouraged to develop their knowledge ènd skills at a pace appropriate to them, In order to produce happy, confident children. well-prepared for school. We have developed strong link5 With the local schools as we understand the importance of our role in the progression of our thildren from the early years setting in providing SOIr￿l-Up provision of childcare. Achievements and Performance- Chair's Report Following last year's AGM I w&s ple&sed to See a numkr of new members join the committee including staff member& meaning we had a lot of new skill sets join the team. With this in mind, we formed a sU￿mmIttee for the fundraising and assigned lead roles to the leadership and managemenL Those roles being H&S. Safeguarding and Advertisin&Nedi& Following a H&S i]L8￿Ction, a requ￿ has been put in to the VHMC for a meeting to upgrade the toilet area in the pre sch￿1 Th￿rn. Looking at our website, Julie has u￿lated the p)licies and made any necessary amendments, new photographs have be¢n taken- although these still need to added. Due. to the low numbers there have I￿1 rnany discussions on how to increase uptske including extending the opening hours of the pre-￿h0o1 to enable working parents to IL8¢ the facilities. Discussions are still ongoing to try and find th¢ best YA)lution for all concerned. As Julie has already mentioned they had their Ofsted Ins￿l0n earlier in the year in May and I would 'U￿ like to tske this o rtuni to con and thank Julie and the rest of

the staff for all their hard work and dedication- the inS￿tOr could obviously s¢¢ how hard you all work. Fundraising has again been very successful over the p￿ year, we are ¢xtsrmely fortutkate to have supportive famllies - p&st and pr¢senL as well &8 the wider community and businesses. Events held have included the Halloween disco. a very successful event with numbers (and profits) increasing each year which has meani this is now a tickel only event to allow us to keep in line with H&S. Th¢ Easter Egg hunt. again very p)pular and well supported by the Community. We didn't hold the Christsnas Fair but instead held a Christmas Hamper raffle. This rnised over £3(K). The committee and stsff h¢lped Santa deliver presents to the children around the village and Foslon. b(M)sting our funds by £400. I would like to finish by again thanking all the staff for their c4)nlinued hard worl Jan¢ Evans for dealing with th¢ fjnances and giving her suP￿rt to the Treasur¢r, and the rest of the ￿mmIttee for their supporL ide&s and all the work involved in organising the ¢vents. Pre-school Artivities- Manager's Report Time flies and it is unbelievable thai another AGM is tsking place. It is oft¢n difficult lo think back over the year as we live in the moment so much and much of what has come before is something of a blur! We finished th¢ 2022 school year with 17 PTe-Rec¢plion children heading off to 4 differenl schools and communication between settings has been valuable. All early years teachers from the schools visit¢d Pre- school to chat with the children's key workers as well &s see the children playing with their peers. We had additional visits to Long Benninglon Academy as well &s atlendin8 a Garden Party. The majority ofthe children seemed confident aboul starting school and fe¢dback from Mrs Jon¢s was that the children were getting along wisitively with their school starts and now the children are too big to speak to us if we see them!!! Since Seplember our numbers hav¢ droprtd considernbly with very f¢w Pre-receplion children allending Pre-school. This is unprecedenled! Spcaking with other local settings. this seems to be represenlative of what is happening in the area but doe5 leave us in an unusual position of having more intro children at Pre-sch(K)l than Pre-reception. We are in the process of utxjating our marketing resources which we will gel Out into the local area as soon &s possible. As you are aware, we had ow Ofsted inspxtion in Jun¢ this year. 6 years after the previous one. The rq)ort was published at the end of July. This is the extract rcgarding our next steps.. To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: • refine the implementation of the curriculum, to focus sharply on children's next steps in learning extend the partnerships with parents further to help all parents understand how to support their child's individual learning at home We are currently suggesting xtivities that parents can cw out at hom¢ that compliments what we have been doing with the children in the setting. Th¢se are Frf)Sted on Ta￿Stry &$ well as a co on the Parenl's notice boatd. Ke workers have also sat down with ¢ach of

their families to talk through how the children are getting on and wh* next steps we can b¢ working on. As a setting. we feel these meetings have been more Pnmluctive in working in partnership with parents than prcvious idw. We are currently working on planning our curriculum: drawing up lon& medium- and short-terni plans that can then ￿ used on a 2 year rolling progrdmme. All our themes are bosed on IM)oks and relevant activities then linked io the books creating a holistic curriculum: incorp)rating activiiies from the 7 areas of learning taken from the Early Years Foundation Sts8e cutriculum. We have been canying out adult- led focused activities as well &s activities based around 'LEttets and Sounds,, early maths. music and movemenL finger gym (to strengthen flne motor skills ready for early writing) and yog& We are now part of a 'Peer Project. where we are mentored by a selling that has achieved outstsnding on their ofsted r¢pirt. Th¢y come io Pre-￿h0o1 to see how it works and then draws up an action plan so we can improve wbat we do at Pre-school and the￿ hopefully, we too can get an outstanding grading at our next inspection! (Another 6 years! ! !) We are making more use of Tapesty by using the 'memo' feature to inforn] parents of upcoming events such as the weekly walks to the Nature R¢serve. We post aclivities on Tap¢stsy and havc also started v￿lting our accident fonns on th¢ plarforni t4X) although this h&8 had a few hiccups along the way bul will be s(x)n ironed out! In regards to trainin8. we are currently scaling back training to the statutory requirements or particular need unlil we ar¢ financially in a better place. Stsff meetings have also been paused but opwrtunities io share informalion and pa￿ on observations are in place so all members of staff are providing consistency. Going forward into 2023. w¢ will be focusing on our curriculum. aiding marketing to help increase numbers and finding ways to furthu engage our families. Lastly. I would like to thank. The Committee for their input and unselfish volunteer worL Jane for her help and sUp￿rt And the staff for all their hard work. They do have to put up with the changes I make to the planning and a bit 'suck it and see approach as well as tny naggin81 Wc are all very adaptable and if something doesn'l work, tske another look and see how we can improve so we are fortunate to have stsff that can do this and will supp)rt n¢w Id￿ and changes. Flnancial Review- Treasurer's Report A copy of the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 July 2022 has been circulated for information. There has been a Profit for the year of £9415.65, leavin8 a year end cash balance of £67290.61 The number of chtldren attending the setting has once again been sll8htly better than last year. Total fees were £73.8k for year ended July 2022, bein8 a slightly higher than the previous year. Thi5 increase was relating to funded children, the number of intro childrenlnon-funded being lower than the previous year. stsffin8 hours were reviewed at the start of the year and a salary review was undertaken in year. Hourty rates were increased by 7% WEF 1st June 2022 for all staff. The overall staff costs at the end of the year were £51k. being a £Sk increase from last year as staff hours were in(￿ased to accommodate a higher number of children attending.

A summary/breakdown the fundraising activitie5 has also been provided for information. Fundraising activities continue to be a vitsl source of income. In the year, we have raised £2896. In addition to the committee fundraising activities, a £316 donation was received from Long Bennington Rotary from surplus Jubilee fundraising activities and a donation of £568 from the Rotary Club Santa Slei8h. The fundraising payments included £2269.25 to cover the purchase the outside kitchen and play area. This was referred to in last year's Treasurer's Report. Further to a decision made last year, £25k has been transferred to a deposit account for contin8ency purposes. A cashflow forecast has been prepared for the next year with a predirted loss due to si8nificant reduction in the number of children attending. Monthly reviews are to be undertaken to ensure the Committee are fully conversant with the position. The financial records have been to be passed to the independent examiner for inspection and verified. A report to the Trustees has been provided. The annual return to the Charities Commission can be submitted subject to Trustee approval. Future Plans To create a 5ub-committee- a fundraising committee and then a Sub committee to focus on the re8ulation and legi51ations of ChildCa￿ Provislons. Declardt5on The trustees declare they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees- Signature Full name Position Date

Long Bennington Pre School Registered Charity 1157300

For Year ended 31st July 2022

Receipts Fees EYE Funding Interest Other Clothes Fundraising Grant Paye/Pension Payments Wages Consumables Admin Fundraising Rent Equipment Sundries PAYE Insurance Training Balance Receipts over Payments Plus Balance Bfwd Plus unpresented chq less Unbanked cash Cash on hand Current Account Deposit Account Paypal Account Difference	YE 31 July 2021 23864.83 45226.34 850.10 163.50 2,731.83 72836.60 46272.91 599.71 924.11 262.88 3653.33 2,266.42 926.40 3451.47 768.49 283.00 59408.72 13427.88 44447.08 57874.96 0 0 57874.96 552.14 57322.82 57874.96 0.00	YE 31 July 2022 15708.00 58085.17 2.30 945.28 120.41 2896.19 500.00 162.29
		78419.64
		50,957.23 711.23 1,051.13 3,056.46 4,694.75 2,986.76 1,131.00 3,444.38 855.15 115.90
		69,003.99
		9415.65 57874.96
		67290.61
		0 0
		67290.61
		199.25 42089.06 25002.30
		67290.61
		0.00

Notes:

Receipts other includes support grants totalling £825.28.

Payments sundries includes support grant £720 paid to families, the difference being an admin fee included to cover costs of distribution.

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Sectlon A In(hpondont Examlnerfs Report Report to the trusteesl mombers of G&4pJi￿￿TotsJ PQt- Scrt 00 On account8 lor the year ended "31 . 07. 1011 Chartty no {If any 1157300 Set out on pa ONE I report to the trust88s on my examination of the accounts of the above charity Ilh8 Trusf) fcrf year ermled 31 0? ￿23 Rosponslbllltl•• and As the ch￿ty truste8s of the Tru8L you are reSponsIb￿ fortho weparaUon ba$18 of roport of the accounts in ￿¢￿eWIth thè reqUYwn￿ts of th8 Charllkn Act 2011 fth8 Acr). I r8POrt in re¥ttt of my exaMw￿tIc￿ of the Trust's accounts Garried out under SectiC￿ 145 of th8 2011 Act and in carylng oJt my examination, I hav8 folkxie(I the appI￿at18 Directions given by the Charity Commisslon under s8Ctkm 1495)(bl of the Act. I have COmp￿ted my examinatlon. I confim thal no materlal matters have come to my attentlon ) in conn8Ction wilh th8 exornlnatkn vhmch ghes me ¢8usè lo tdlgve that In, any matodal respect: accounting rec￿1$ wero not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Act c the acccxjnts do rK)t the acccwiUng record• Indgpendent 8xamlnerfs statomont I have no Concerns and have ccKne across Tr) other matters In conneclon with the examination to vthich attenlb)n 5th￿Id be drawn in order to gnable proper understarKlirwJ of the accounts to be reached. ' P188se delot8 the W￿￿& In the Ixackets Kthey do not apply. Slgnad: 4.10.2012 CLARE ￿LL Relevant professlonal quallficationlsl or body (Ir any): Address: l HtgvrnioQpJ CLaSc Lots)￿ ioNJ LJNJCS bjc, Ig f(TP Se¢tion B Disclosure Only cOM￿ete rf th8 examiner needs to highlighl matters of concern (see CC32, IrKletw¥Jent examinatK)n of charity accounts: directv)ns aThJ guidanc8 for examners). IER October 2018