## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 01/08/2021 (Period start date) To: 31/07/2022 (Period end date)**
**Charity name: Saughall Preschool**
**Charity registration number: 1158658**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The Charity’s aim is to provide a
high-quality service which
endorses and implements good
practice and current government
legislation by acknowledging and
implementing ‘Principles for Early
Years Education’. incorporates the
Early Years Foundation Stage
(EYFS) framework to support and
develop children’s play and
learning. Our aims are:
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To provide a safe and
secure environment which
extends and develops all
areas of a child’s
development within the six
areas of learning.
•
To enable all children to
learn and develop their
skills to the best of their
ability.
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To promote self-discovery,
exploration, and curiosity
towards learning.
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To maintain the standards
and guidance set by
Ofsted and to regularly
reflect and develop our
practice.|
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To encourage children to
explore the environment
and feel comfortable with
the staff and the setting.
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To provide a good working
relationship with
parents/carers and
children.
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To ensure good
communication skills are in
practice throughout the
organisation.
•
To ensure confidentiality is
kept at all times.|
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|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|The charity's main activity is to provide
high quality education and childcare for
children aged between 3 and 4.
The Charity/Preschool incorporates the
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
framework to support and develop
children’s play and learning.
The trustees carry out various local
fundraising activities to supplement
income from the charity's core activities.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities, we have kept in
mind the Charity Commission's guidance
on public benefit at our trustee meetings.|
**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All of the trustees for the Charity give their
time voluntarily. They have received no
remuneration or other benefits for their
volunteer work. The trustees carry out a
program of fundraising activities with the
help of preschool staff. These activities
include Christmas Fairs, Bingo nights,
Quiz nights, and various inhouse
events/performances selling various
homemade gifts that the children have
made.|
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|Other||N/A|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity is consistently performing well
and has held the Ofsted ‘Good’ status for
the last 13 years. We offer a safe, fun and
stimulating environment in which children
can learn through play. Children have
opportunities to grow emotionally as well
as physically, to develop their
communication and language skills, and
to increase their self-confidence and self-
awareness.
We make sure that parents are fully
informed about their children's learning
and development. And have great
relationships with all parents.
Parents are very complimentary about the
pre-school with staff inviting parents to
children's progress meetings and share
ideas and activities to support further
learning at home regularly.
Children are well prepared for their move
on to school. This is because of the very
good transition arrangements and the
strong relationships with the local schools
and other settings that children attend.
Staff create a warm and welcoming
environment.
Children are happy, confident and enjoy
the time they spend at pre-school. They
quickly settleinto activities onarrivaland|
make independent choices. n Children's behaviour is very good. They are very patient with each other and are kind and caring. Staff are kind and caring and good role models for children. Staff very successfully encourage children to treat each other with the utmost respect. They give very clear messages to children about acceptable behaviour.
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Annual income from childcare was
£38,718 down by £1990 from the year.
This is due to a reduction in Grant income
of £3684.
However, costs were also much higher,
with an increase in rent and resources
costs.
This reduced the surplus for the year to
£10,398 compared with £15,497 the
previous year. The financial position and
cash balances at the year-end remained
very strong. In past years the charity has
been reliant on fundraising events to
cover income shortfalls but with the cost-
of-living crisis we are finding that people
are reluctant to spend money and donate
to charity.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees had aimed to hold a
minimum of £15,000 in reserves, but as
above this has dramatically reduced to
£10,398 so in the next financial year, we
will be looking to hold more fundraising
events and seek charitable donations to
increase the reserve. Reserves are held to
meet unforeseen expenditure, losses due
to unexpected closures, to cover sudden
reductions in fee income due to changing
childcare requirements and to cover
terminal obligations if the preschool were
to close permanently.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Together, reserves and operating cash
amounted to £10,398 at the year end.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|Going into the next financial year the
Charity will continue to look for more
charitable donations and hold various
fundraising event. However, it has been
noted by the Trustees that more and more
users are looking for wrap around care for
their 2-4 year olds, a service which the
Preschool cannot offer due to the
availability of the building the Preschool
operates in. Furthermore, in order to offer
this service, if we could, we would have to
employ another memberofstaff we|
currently is not financially viable for the charity.
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal source of funds is from
providing childcare, paid for either by
parents or funded by the local authority.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Surplus funds are required to be carried
over to the next financial year.|
|A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks are:
Lack of fundraising/charitable donations
Loss of the use of the Vernon Institute
premises since there are no suitable
alternatives nearby for permanent
occupation.
If the preschool were to lose its 'good'
rating from Ofsted, it would no longer
have access to the free childcare schemes,
causing a significant and sudden loss of
revenue.
Increasing in staff costs due to increases in
the minimum wage, not matched by
increases in childcare funding and fees.
Overall increase in overheads.
Loss of income due to fewer children
attending; preschool has a limited
catchment.
A sudden and lengthy closure of
preschool, due to a pandemic, or other
factors.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing
document
(trustdeed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|The Constitution adopted in 2014|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or moretrustees|Para 1.25|The trustees of the charity are elected
each year at the charity’s Annual General
Meeting (AGM)|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is a member of the Early Years
Alliance, which provides information,
advice and training to childcare providers
and campaigns to influence early years
policy and practice.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The preschool operates closely with
Saughall All Saints Church of England
Primary School with many children make a
very successful transition to the school's
reception class, benefiting from our
transition program.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Saughall Preschool|
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|Registered charitynumber|1158658|
|Charity’s principal address|Saughall Preschool
The Vernon Institute
Church Road
Saughall|
Chester
CH1 6EN
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
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||Claire Nicholas||Appointed March 2019||
||Carrie Wisinger||Appointed September
2018||
||Dawn Hughes-
Conroy||Appointed September
2018||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||Sian Willett|
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||Claire Nicholas|Sian Willett|
||Chair|Secretary|
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23/06/23||
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SAUGHALL PRESCHOOL – 1158658 ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING 2022