2025-08-31-accounts - Puffin Community Nursery

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Puffin Nursery 2024-2025

Over the last year, Puffin was once again able to focus on what Puffin does best; looking after children, often some of the most vulnerable children in our city:

Over all we supported 25 families at the Nursery. This Included:

3 children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities)
4 children from refugee families
2 children on a Child in Need Plan
15 children with EAL (English as an additional language) including: Arabic, Polish, Italian, Dari and Uzbek, Spanish, Gujarati, Hindi Tamil, Kannada, Sudanese, Romanian, Igbo, Ukrainian, Bangladesh and Portuguese
14 of our children received EYPP (Early years Pupil Premium)
14 of our Children were deemed to be living in areas of high deprivation

Puffin provided much needed food parcels to all our families and free breakfast and afternoon snacks to all children attending.

We continued to monitor fees to ensure they are equal to the lowest rate in the City, in order to make extra sessions more accessible to parents. We kept our cooked meals at below school meal costs to help more families afford a hot meal for their child at lunch time. Considering the high number of children deemed to be living in areas of high deprivation, this is really important to ensure we are an accessible service for local families.

Puffin have continued to benefit from attending weekly dance sessions in the dance studio on Circus Street. This is an experience that is really enjoyed by the children attending the session and may otherwise be inaccessible to many of our children.

Puffin were able to support children on trips out including to the local library, the Toy Library and to Tarner park and our own soft play day for local families.

To end a very busy year, we hired a bus to take all our families on a trip to Blackberry farm. This was a lovely event (as usual!) and the children, parents, carers, Siblings and staff all had a great trip.

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff for working so hard throughout the year. Puffin is an incredibly special place and is a happy environment for all the children attending.

Puffin Community Nursery CIO Accounts from I. September 2024 to 31" August 2025 Rcgistcrcd charity: 1158143 Charity correspondent: Ms Tracy Femley-jones Millwood Centre Nelson Row Carlton Hill Brighton BN2 9QG These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis from inforniation and explanations supplied by the charity. Katc Chapman Resource Centre 6 Tilbury Place Brighton BN2 OGY th 20 November 2025 These accounts have bcen approved by the TnL8tees of the charity. Signed by one or two Trustees on behalf of all tbe Trustees Date Pa¥e l of 3

Puffin Community Nursery CIO c]wity Rwstration tsumlxr 1158143 Recelpts and Payments Account for the period 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025 21)25 21J25 2025 Re5tri£ted Unrrstrlct¢d , Totsl 2024 2024 2024 Receipts Incoming re,sourcesfor charitable adivilies Bp'£ghion andllove Cliv Council F.YFE funding for 2 yr olds EYFE funding for 3 and 4 yr olth Pupil Premiurn Pre5en&lAdditional Supwjrt Disability AesS Fund Healthy Early Years (HEY) Re staff trainin8 and cover Othei. Family fee8 amily 1¢¢$ for hot meals University of Brightyn (Mentor) Dunations aiidgraiits John Lewis PLC O¢her iiicome Sale of cquipmttet ltttere5t 39,844 41,071 39.844 41.071 5,536 558 27,063 62,333 27.063 62.33.1 2.473 5.536 558 2.473 5,9J3 266 266 168 11.853 1.950 11.853 ,950 7.100 lJ.2f12 2,OJ7 JJ,202 2.017 7.1(Kl 1250 1.250 io Jo 2.307 2.307 2,46] 2.401 Total Receipts 1&444 97.692 114,136 8,553 JOS.686 174,239 Payments Expenditure on charilable aclivities Stsff clts Hol meals, fo1 and drillk Equipment, furniture and books Activitie8 and consurnables Trips and excursion3 Training #nd supervision Rent and room 're Re8j5tration, subscriptions aDd insuranee Telephone, broadband and website Admin and office ¢osis Bookkecpinpay[Oll Other 11,849 843 2.133 413 88.074 1,996 1238 812 99.922 8.365 ooi J36 J95 695 74,74Q 2.640 2L$5 751 3. IQJ 3,307 401 946 095 s)1 3,250 938 9no 400 3.122 322 3.372 1225 992 895 3,998 I,3) 1292 453 4.152 701 751 3,21J 938 900 460 3.122 31JO 3.998 1.3(Kl 1292 453 4.152 487 45 214 2J Total Payment5 16.444 104,697 121,141 10,286 88,096 98,382 Net receipL8 (paytnents) for thc period Fund$ at I st September 2024 17.ons) 140.964 I7,5) 142.402 {1.733} 3.171 17,590 123.374 1,438 15,857 126,545 Balance of funds at 315t August 2025 1.438 133,959 135J97 1,438 140,964 142, 02 ¢Jdditions muy by +/- £1 due to round8

Puffin Community Nursery CIO Charity R¢gistration nUTnb¢r 1158143 Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 st August 2025 Monetary Assets CAF Cash account CAF Gold account Cash in hand 34.843 100.554 135,397 Non-monetary Assets The charity has no non-monetary assets Llabilities none Restrlcted funds held at 31st August 2025 Disability Access Fund 1,438 1,438 Pag¢ 3 of3

Independent Examiner’s report on the accounts

Report to the trustees of Puffin Community Nursery CIO Registered Charity number 1158143

1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025

The accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner

As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures specified in the General Directions of the Charity Commissioners (under section 145 (5)(b) of the Act) and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is give as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters laid out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Report

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
(a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act: and
(b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Kate Chapman Resource Centre 6 Tilbury Place Brighton BN2 0GY Date: 17[th] December 2025