Long Bennington Pre-school Reeistered Charity No.. 1157300 StJame<5 Village Hall. Maln Iload Long Bennington. NEWARK, Notts NG23 5DJ Telephone.. 07816 537242 Em•ll.. lorybennlWonprexhool@googlemail.¢om Chak. Som OÈN SecTti¥y.' Cknk iothe C(￿Mittee.. JaneEvah5 From.. Trustees, Annual Report for the period: 0811112022 To 13/1112023 Charit Name Re 15tered Charl Charlty's Address Reference and Administrative Information Lon Bennln 11573ixi St Jame5, Hall Maln Road Long Bennington Newark Nottin8hamshi NG23 5DJ on Pre-school Number Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity, Trnstee Name Samantha Dell julie Knapton Butler Gemma Atkinson Hannah John50n Angela Foreman Rebecca Sadler Kathryn Taylor James Cunningham Lyndsay Teft Offlce {If any) Chair i Dates acted 08/1112022 08111/2022 0811112022 0811112022 0811112022 08/11/2022 0811112022 08111/2022 08/1112022 Structure. Governance and Management Treasurer Secretary Type of governing document Trustee selertion methods Constitution adopted 2610312014 Trustees a￿ appointed, or reappointed annualty at the Annual General Meetin held in October. The Early Years Foijndation Stage turriculum is followed and the Pre-school can be Inspected by Otsted at any time. Additional governance information Long Bennington Pre-school ￿ a member of the Early Years Alliance and Eariy Years and Chrldcare Support service for Lincolnshire which provide support and advice on èll aspect5 of running the pre-school as well a5 best practice in the settin8. All trustees gave their time voluntarity and recelved no muneration or other ￿nerrts. Public Benefit Long 8ennington Pre-S¢hool is a charrtable trust whkh Seeks to benefit the publ1¢ through the pursurt of it5 Stated objectwe. namety to provide quality. afftjrdable ¢hildG)re for pre-school 38ed children (from age 2 to statutory school age) from the local commtsnity. We Provide a Safe and supportive environment for the children as well as working closely with their parents or carers. Long Bennington Pre-school was started in 1998 and is man38ed by a committee of parents, akhough day-to-day running of the Pre-khool is In the hands of qualified, experienced staff. Our fee5 are set at a level to ensure the financial viability of the School, excellent Provislon of childcare whllst being COnSlStent wfth the necessity for the fees to be affordable to all. Our Pre.School welcomes children from all back8rounds. We a￿ an equal opportunity orBanisation and are commltted to a working environment that is free from any form of discrimination on the ground5 of colour. race, ethnicfty. reli8ion, sex, sexual orientat￿Tr or disability. At Long BenninBton Pre-school we aim to provide a safe, caring. fun and stimtJlatin8 ènvironment for children to play, socialbse and learn. We aim to provide a Careful￿ selected balance of activltie5 to ensure the overall development of the child. Each child wlll be treated as an individual within ihe group and will be encouraged to develop their knowledge and skills at a pace approprlate to them, in order to produce happy, confident children. well-p￿pared for school. We have developed strong Ilnks with the local schools as we understand the Importance of our role in the progresslon of OLtr children from the early years 5ettin8 In providin8 joined.up provlslon of chlldcare. Objectives and Public Benefit Achievements and Performance- Chair's Report T'his year has been a ￿latiVelY quict ycar for the committee in terms ofimplemcnling actions to do wilh Ihe runnin8 of th¢ Pr¢-school. Pay reviews look place in March in line with the increase in the national minimum wage increase in April. Low numbers and how to improve on this continues to be a priority for the committee. and numbers are improving as there are more children on roll compared lo Ihis time last year. Onc of the options discussed was opening the Pr¢-s¢h￿l earlier for familieq that have an earlier slart lo the day and il was agreed with the statTto open at 8.30am each morning. Committee voted lo increase the hourly fee rale to £4.50 per hour to take effect at the Start of the new academic year in September 2023. Committee liai5¢d with the VHMC to have the children's toilcts repaired and taps replaced on th¢ sink. F undraising continues lo be a ￿ndamental role ofthe wmmittee with huge support from the Pre-school slaff, the residents of Long Bennington and (he extremely generous donations from local businesses. The Christmas raffle raised £436.00 for the Pre-school funds. Siaff and committee members ioured th¢ village with Santa s Slcigh collecting donations lo be shared amongst 3 charities from the village. This gen¢raied £471.1)O. The ever-popular Easler Huiit was com letel funded throu h donations of chocolate s and all the refreshments. Because of the huge generosity of the local businesses and individua15, wc wcre able to raise staggering £754.00. More recenily, we held our14allowecn disco, attendance was slightly down on recent years and costs were higher than usual. Despite this the evenl still raised £742.00. All in the entire tolal raised for the year was £2804.00. I would like to finish by again thanking all the staff for iheir continued hard work. Jane Evans for working on the finances and giving h¢r supwrt to myself and the committee. Also the wider community &$ well as the resi of the commTttee for their support. ideas and all the work involved in organising the events. Pre-school Activities - Manager's Report We have had a worrying year in regiard to numberg on roll aiid iliercforL Iiioiie). coining into Pre-school through funding and fees. Staff wages meant that we did encounter huge losses compared io previous years and we finished Ihe year with only one child leaving to go to school and another 14 due to return in September. Fortunately, we returned in Septcmber wilh more children than we finished with in July and with an increase in the number of hours sold which came as a huge relief and meant we could move forward addrcssing Ihc needs of Pre-school for the fortheoming a¢ademic year. National minimum wage increases have had an impact, with Sla￿]ng being our bigg)esl expenditure so Ihe decision lo incre&se ihe hourly rale in September was taken. We have also opencd earlier in the day to hopefully be more viablc for working parents. This is something we will Cortlinue lo review lo make sure we can do as much as we can io provide for the needs of the community. In Pre-s¢hool we have been making good use of Tapestry. infonning parents through memos which seem lo reach parenis beitcr than a tradilional email. W¢ post weekl). aetivities that pa￿nIS can try ai home. which complement the themes, books. or aclivilies we carry out in Pre-school. I'hese are completely voluntary lo do, there is no pressure put on parents lo eany them out bul are there if parents would like ideas of activities Ihey could try. We have now sthned lo use Tapeslry's onlin¢ re8iSter fealure which means we don't have lo print ¢)ut registers and slore them as well as using the registers lo then gyenerate invoices. After the first month ofmultiple tw¢aks, this now seems to be running quite smoothly and will ¢ontinue to be used. During time in the otrice, the two-year planning cycle is continuing lo be implemented and. when completed in full, will Ihen free up more time to focu5 on what our curriculum means lo us and what it is we want ihe children to achieve before ihcy Icav¢ to go to school. We already do this to a certain extent. but it will be documented betler and broken down into smaller Sieps so when we plan for a child 5 next steps: slalTcan alm051 follow a set procedurc. An example might be thal we want children to be able io usc the toilet independently and wash their hands after. The firsl step might be that the child knows when they need their nappy changing and ihe last step would be they can use the toile( sort out their clothing and can wash and dry their hand5. We can then gauge more accurately where each child's locuses will be for that terrn to better infom) parents. We ar¢ arrangin8 meetings with parent5 every terni to tslk through how their child is gctting on, any concerns they have and what next steps thcir child is going to be working on. The.%e seem lo be really positive as it 8ivcs parenis time with their keyworker to really discuss their child without distraclions and ho full . both arties bein on the same wave1¢n￿h to know what their child's next steps are and if there are any concems where their child may not be on lrnck. Government funding continues to be a sore point for most practitioners and the uplift in funding rates are in place until March. but it is anyone's guess what they will be after that! Hopefully the 30 hours funding for working parents of 2-year-olds from April will mean more families accessing childcare especially Pre-school and will help provide a secure future for the Pre-schcK)l. Many thanks to all the staff, Jane and committee for their supwrt and hard work. Financial 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 loss for the year of £25,492.25, leawng a year end cash balan of £41.798.36 The number of children attending the setting was significantty lower r6sults.ng in income for the year being £33k compared to £73.7k the previous year. Staffing hours were reviewed regularly throughout the year, acknowledging that the setting was overstaffed for the number of children attending. However, a view was taken to retain staff, only reducing hours very slightly. in the hope the next year had higher levels of attendance. As a direct result of this decision, staffing costs remained similar to the previous year. This has proven to be the case so whilst the year was disappointing, the new year starts on a more positiv8 footing. A summarylbreakdown the fundraising actsvities has also been provided for informab'on. Fundraising activities conb'nue to be a vital Sour￿ of income. In the year, we have raised £2803 60. In addition to the committee fundraising activities, a £100 donation was re￿iVed via Giles Butler and a donation of £471 from the Rotary Club Santa Sleigh. No significant purchases were made during the year from the funds raised. It should also be noted that payments totalling £770.97 for unifomi covered approx. 4 years due to poor administration from the supplier. Altemative arrangements are to be investigated. A cashflow forecast has been prepared for the next year vrfith a predicted loss of £5k. However. it is anbcipated, following pattems of previous years, that this will be significanlly less as the number of hours sold increases during the year. Monthly reviews are to be undertaken to ensure the Committee are fully conversant with the posith'on. The financial records have been to be passed to the independent examiner for inspection and venfied. A report to the TruSt￿S has been provided. The annual retum to the Charities Commission can be submitted subject to Trustee approval. Future Plans To seek grants and work with the Village Hall committee to create an updated outslde area. The Village Hall committee are making plans and seeking grants to decorate and update the small hall in the village hall. Pre-sthool have been consulted about this process making sure it meets our needs. Declaration The trustees declare thty have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behav of the charlty's trustees.. Signature Full name Position Date ## Long Bennington Pre School Registered Charity 1157300 For Year ended 31st July 2023 |**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 2022**
15708.00
58085.17
2.3
945.28
120.41
2,896.19
500
162.29
78419.64
50957.23
711.23
1,051.13
3056.46
4694.75
2,986.76
1131.00
3444.38
855.15
115.90
69003.99
9415.65
57874.96
67290.61
0
0
67290.61
199.25
42089.06
25002.30
67290.61
0.00|**YE 31 July 2023**
10,982.77
21,942.80
104.95
643.28
129.00
3,964.72
500.00| |---|---|---| |||38267.52| |||49,037.43
558.12
980.92
1,932.09
5,744.35
2,407.30
600.00
1,586.88
912.68| |||63,759.77| |||25,492.25
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67290.61| |||41798.36| |||0
0| |||41798.36| |||10.34
16680.77
25107.25| |||41798.36| |||0.00| Notes: Receipts "other" includes householdsupport grants totalling £640. Payments sundries includes support grant £600 paid to families, the difference being an admin fee included to cover costs of distribution. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Sedlon A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the Irustees LDTrJ &Ew￿l￿)(rTC￿ PéE- knooL On accounts for the year ended 31.0?.1023 Charity no (rf any) 1157300 8et out on pages Tro l ￿pOrt to tho trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (°the Trusfi for the year ended 31 L) 7 2023 As the charity's trustees, you are reS￿nSible for the weparation of the accounts in accordance wlth the r4uirements of the Charith'es Act 2011 he Acr). Rospon$ibllltles and basls of report I rep)rt in r8spect of my examinati￿ of the Trust's accounts carried out under Secti￿ 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the ap￿1¢able DirectKJns given by the Charty Commi&sion under section 145{5llb) of the Act. Indepondent examinerfs statement lo le of I have completed my examlnalion. I conflrm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wtth the examlnaU¢)n (other than that disclosed betow ") which gives me cause to bèlieve that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,. or the accounts did not accord wtth the a¢counling records,. or the accounts did not comply wtth the appltcable requirements conGerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and ReFKKts) Regu18tions 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair. view which is not a matter con&dered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinat*)n to which attention should drawn in this report in order to enable a proper Unde￿tandIng of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delele the w(xds in lh& braGk8ts rfthey do not ap￿y. Sign&d: Ib. 10. 1013 Name: Relevant professional qualificationls} or body IhSTITrTg OF rtQDL4F IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address.. 1 ￿￿￿T￿o¢￿j CLOSE Lo￿j JhJlfvJlT Section B Disclosure Onty cornplele if the examiner neods lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examjners). Glve here brief delalls of any Items that the examinar wishes to disclost. IER