CIO The Wendover Pre-school
Annual Report
1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025
Contents
Trustees’ Report
Statement of Financial AcGviGes
Notes to the Accounts
Examiner’s Report
CIO The Wendover Pre-school
Trustees’ Report
Reference and AdministraGve Details
| Reference and AdministraGve Details | |
|---|---|
| Charity’s name : | The Wendover Pre-school |
| Charity’s Registration Number : | 1157324 |
| Charity’s Address : | Wendover Memorial Hall, Wharf Road, Wendover, Bucks. HP22 6HF |
| Charity’s Trustees : | Sarah Williams, Sharon Tapping, Carol Gray, Lauren Bradshaw |
| (no other persons served in this financial year) |
Structure, Governance and Management
The Wendover Pre-school CIO was registered as a Charity on 5[th] June 2014 and has an “Outstanding” Ofsted report.
The Trustees correspond regularly throughout the year electronically and meet on a termly basis, if required.
All Trustees are volunteers. The Trustees are aware of the need to maintain a suitable mix of skills and diversity and regularly review these, and discuss if new Trustees are required.
The Wendover Pre-school have policies and procedures for the recruitment, induction and training of Trustees. All Trustees have an enhanced DBS.
Objectives and Activities
to “ Love, Laugh, Play and Learn Together”.
We know that children learn in a number of ways - through play, adult modelling, observing each other, guided learning and direct teaching. At The Wendover Pre-school we give children the best experience in their early years by providing a mix of these approaches across our curriculum.
Achievements and Performance
but this came from Buckinghamshire Council in the form of a Sustainability Grant of £15,000.
research and opinion in Early Years Prac^ce which supports reflec^on and keeps us current. It shows true resilience and dedica^on that the team con^nue to make The Wendover Pre-school a great place to start children on their Learning Journeys.
We con^nue to be supported by our wonderful Trustees who all take great interest and responsibility in the day to day running of the sedng.
Financial Review
In the year 2024/2025 our income increased (£97,073) and our costs increased (£82,192). Our income was enhanced with a Sustainability Grant of £15,000 from Buckinghamshire Council. This left us with a profit in our accounts for the year of £14,881, but in real terms we had made a slight loss without the Sustainability Grant.
The main reason for the increase in costs was staff wages and HMRC contributions.
We have received additional funding from Buckinghamshire Council for children with additional needs and our Early Years Teacher being part of the PIP Group. Also some additional funding for specific purposes. Some of the additional funding is still to be used and allocated.
At the end of this financial year our Bank Account held £57,236 (which includes our “reserves”)
Our main income comes from our Funding Agreement with the Buckinghamshire Council for funded children.
Other income is non funded children and fundraising and Grants.
Our Policy is to hold funds to cover 3 months running costs (£20,500), and in addition funds to cover staff redundancy (£20,500).
We received a Sustainability Grant from Buckinghamshire Council of £15,000 for the Financial Year 2025-2026.
The main risk factors facing the pre-school is the increased cost of staff, insufficient government funding, restrictions on extra charges for funded children and the downturn in children on register and waiting list.
Plans for the future of the pre-school include ; expanding our opening hours to Monday to Friday 8am-4pm, lowering our intake age to under 2 years old (from the half term that they turn 2), increasing our child numbers, raising our profile and further fundraising, carrying out some building works to improve the indoor setting area and storage facilities. We plan to do this with continued support of our parent volunteers, amazing staff and dedicated Trustees giving their time, thought and energy along with the hope of some additional funding which has been applied for.
| CIO Wendover Pre-School | CIO Wendover Pre-School | |||||
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| Receipts and Payments Accounts | ||||||
| For theyear ended 31 August 2025 | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Income | BC Funding | 60,692 | 54,322 | |||
| BCC Funding | - | 830 | ||||
| Donation | - | 1,000 | ||||
| Fundraising | 1,197 | 328 | ||||
| Grant | - | 2,614 | ||||
| GRANT Bucks SustainabilityGrant | 15,000 | - | ||||
| Parent Fees | 21,060 | 21,456 | ||||
| Parent Fees(Deposit) | 550 | 550 | ||||
| Parent Fees(Refund) | (1,426) | (105) | ||||
| 97,073 | 80,995 | |||||
| Expenses | Audit | (252) | (240) | |||
| Entertainment | (470) | (556) | ||||
| Expenses | (136) | (76) | ||||
| HMRC PAYE & NI | (2,640) | (1,742) | ||||
| Insurance | (914) | (869) | ||||
| Marketing | (21) | (122) | ||||
| Memberships | (164) | (162) | ||||
| Ofsted | (35) | (35) | ||||
| Payroll | (528) | (408) | ||||
| PettyCash | (840) | (780) | ||||
| Pre-school Mobiles | (193) | (165) | ||||
| Publications Handbooks EY | (13) | - | ||||
| Rent | (5,860) | (5,900) | ||||
| Repairs | - | (3,134) | ||||
| Staff Ofsted Party | - | (276) | ||||
| Staff Training | (734) | (30) | ||||
| Stationery | (392) | (428) | ||||
| Wages | (66,267) | (57,527) | ||||
| Web Hosting | (300) | (300) | ||||
| (79,760) | (72,750) | |||||
| Equipment | Equipment | (2,051) | (2,149) | |||
| Equipment(EYPP Expenditure) | (381) | - | ||||
| (2,432) | (2,149) | |||||
| Surplus inyear | 14,881 | 6,096 | ||||
| Restricted | 15,000 | - | ||||
| Unrestricted | (119) | 6,096 | ||||
| 14,881 | 6,096 | |||||
| Reserves b/f | Unrestricted | 42,355 | 36,259 | |||
| Restricted | - | - | ||||
| 42,355 | 36,259 | |||||
| Reserves c/f | Unrestricted | 42,236 | 42,355 | |||
| Restricted | 15,000 | - | ||||
| 57,236 | 42,355 | |||||
| Represented by: | ||||||
| Current account | 57,236 | 42,355 | ||||
| Restricted funds | ||||||
| Bucks SustainabilityGrant - to be spent on longterm financial sustainability programme f | or 2025/26 onwards |
Notes to the Accounts
A Sustainability Grant of £15,000 was received this year. Details included above in our Financial Review.
The Charity is exempt from Income and Corpora^on Tax.
No Gij Aid has been received.
Approval
These accounts were approved by the Trustee Chairperson on 7[th] November 2025 and are signed on behalf of The Wendover Pre-school by :
S.Wi%iams
S.Windsor-Ta/ing
Sarah Williams Trustee Chairperson
Sharon Windsor-Tapping Trustee / Manager
Date: ……07/11/2025…..
Examiner’s Report
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Wendover Pre-School
Charity Number 1157324
I report to the trustees on my examina1on of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 August 2025.
Responsibili*es and basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the prepara1on of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chari1es Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examina1on of the charity’s accounts carried out under sec1on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examina1on, I have followed all the applicable Direc1ons given by the Charity Commission under sec1on 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
connec1on with the examina1on which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accoun1ng records were not kept in accordance with sec1on 130 of the Chari1es Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accoun1ng records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Chari1es (Accounts and Reports) Regula1ons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a maMer considered as part of an independent examina1on.
I have no concerns and have come across no other maMers in connec1on with the examina1on to which aMen1on should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr Matt Ryan, FCCA
32 High Street, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6EA Date: 22 May 2026