2021-08-31-accounts - Long Wittenham Pre-School

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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From		Period start date			T o		Period end date
		01	September	2020			31	August	2021

Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Long Wittenham Pre-School Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1158950 Charity's principal address Village Hall, High Street, Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire Postcode OX14 4QH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

ames of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1. Sally Durant 2. Lisa Cumming 3. Miriam Waites 4. Emily Smout 5. Caroline Ball 6. Eliska Pokornả 7. Louise Brown	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected in

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Long Wittenham Pre-School CIO under Charity number 1158950 (Long Wittenham Pre-School)

●policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
●the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
●relationship with any related parties;
●trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The charity works for the public benefit having as its objects the development and education of children and young people in particular by: (1) promoting their care and safety; (2) promoting their education and promoting parental involvement; (3) promoting their health and wellbeing; (4) providing services to support them and their families and carers; (5) providing services to individuals holding membership of the CIO; and (6) furthering the aims of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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The charity advances education by supporting and promoting the learning and development of young children. The public benefit is to the children and parents receiving the charity’s services. The objects of the charity are achieved in the ways described below under the various headings. The services are provided to children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability. Any parents that are unable to afford the fees can apply to the local authority. As an Ofsted registered childcare provider, the charity receives Government funding to enable all three and four year old children, as well as disadvantaged two year olds, to access free part-time childcare places. Parents are offered flexible hours at the childcare provision to help support their working arrangements so that they can pay for the fees.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

▪ Promoting their care and safety: The charity looks after the children and their safety by ensuring that the staffing ratios for the childcare provision that are required by law are adhered to. The setting has a good Ofsted and only takes in the number of children that it is registered with Ofsted to care for. ▪ Promoting their education and promoting parental involvement: This objective is achieved through encouraging parents to be members and trustees of the charity so that they can have their say in how the childcare services are run. Trained and qualified early years practitioners work with the children to support them in achieving the early learning goals for each of the seven areas of learning and development within the Early Years Foundation Stage. The opportunities provided are tailored to meet children’s personal learning and development needs in order to help them reach their full potential. ▪ Promoting their health and wellbeing: The provision creates an atmosphere where the children feel at ease and are able to open up to trained and experienced practitioners about issues that concern them. Children are monitored closely to see if there are any underlying problems and they are encouraged to engage with the staff and other children. All children have one on one time with staff.

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All food provided by the provision is healthy and no food that causes common allergies is allowed on the premises. ▪ Providing services to support them and their families and carers: The charity holds regular meetings with parents and, on occasion, holds specialist training where a need is identified. Parents/carers and family members are also encouraged to speak to staff about any issues that concern them that may affect their child’s education or development. ▪ Providing services to individuals holding membership of the CIO: The members of the charity may use any of the services offered by the charity which are available to the general public. The charity holds meetings with its members to keep them informed of the progress of the charity and to enable them to have a say in its direction. A regular newsletter is also circulated to the members of the charity, highlighting important information about the charity and its services, as well as other events and happenings in the local community which are related to the charity’s work or aims. ▪ Furthering the aims of the Pre-school Learning Alliance: ▪ The charity maintains membership of the Pre-school Learning Alliance. The charity takes part in meetings, events, conferences and training run by the Pre-school Learning Alliance in the local area, and signposts parents and early years professionals to the support services available through the Pre-school Learning Alliance. A representative from the charity participates in the local Sub-Committee meetings and national Annual General Meeting of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grantmaking; ● policy programme related investment; ● contribution made by volunteers.	.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

2020-21 was a hugely successful year for the Pre-School, a summary of the main achievements are as follows:

We successfully re-opened in September 2020, after the closure in Term 6 due to COVID-19
By the end of the year we had reached 28 children on our register, completing a total of 492 hours a week
We celebrated the success of one of the team achieving their Level 2 qualification
We have recruited a new Deputy Manager and two other team members
Through fundraising efforts and volunteers we were able to build a shelter/storage at our Woodlands Adventure site
We updated our pay scales to incorporate the rise in minimum wage and ensure this rise was reflected across all pay bands.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Our policy is to set aside funds for special purposes or as reserves against future expenditure. We hold a reserves fund to cover any costs incurred due to the Pre-School closure.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

We have no deficit.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Since the end of 2019 the staff and Trustees have been working hard to improve the financial position of the Pre-School and ensure its future. We are pleased to report that this hard work has paid off and that we have made a profit for the year 2020-21 - this is the first time in four years that the Pre-School has made a profit!

Working with the staff, the Trustees identified a number of areas for improvement and investment, and over the year prioritised the following areas of spend:

Shelter and storage for our Woodlands site: c.£900.00 spent on materials, securing labour from parents to construct a shelter to store resources for the session.
Update to classroom resources: c£1K spend on new equipment, including a focus on ICT resources and our home corner
A new classroom computer at a cost of £204.00
Revision to the pay scales to reflect minimum wage rise: following the rise in the National Minimum Wage in April 2021, we reviewed our pay scales to recognise this increase and ensure all pay grades were reflective of the rise.

The Trustees have taken the decision that the £2,382.50 profits be used to replenish the Pre-School’s savings. After a period of four years of loss making, our reserves have been used to continue the Pre-Schools operations. We are fortunate that we are in a position where we can now ‘top these up’ once more.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Ciara Mahon Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 16/05/22

Caroline Ball

Treasurer

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May 2022

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LONG WIThENHAM PRE SCHOOL BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2021 Fbxed Assets other £138.14 Ipads Playground equipment Display boards and wooden planter WrM)dlands shelier Classroi)m CLNnPUter Tot•1 Flxed Assets E126.15 £WS.76 £264.38 £775.35 É163.20 072.98 Current Asset5 Cash Bank. Current kcount Ll¢YYlsTSB Fundralsing Bus Instafii A£$5 Act¢ni Bus Instant A¢¢tss ACCI1 with interest Reserve5 lund E&526.07 E4.890.03 £13.026.69 £15,850.72 £4Q293.51 Debtor5 E5..21 T<4•1 Current Asiets É46,16Z72 TOTAL A>t5 £48.235.70 Current U•bSlltles Creditors T•1 iS•bllhl Éo.( £0. T•1 N•1 Aswis EU135.70 R•pr•Mnt•d by.. Accurnmulated re5eNeJ balantÈ•s at 31 Aw5t 2021 É45,853.20 Result for the Year É2.382.50 Carrd forward reserve5for year £48.235.70 Spqcl•l R•s•m Fund IN•w Bulldlni Ac(ountl-COIF (1bw OwsllA(wurt Balance at 315t Au8U5t 2020 Interest added E14,698.56 £2.21 Bahnce a5 •131sr Au8USt 2021 E14,71X).77 Examlner's Re I have exarnined the above BaLince Sheet dated 315t August 2021 andthe attathEd StaternEnt of Incomeand ExpendituTe for Iheyear to 3151 August 2021. Frtyn the btr¢k5, wJucher5atKI inforrnatM)n Éiven to tne. I bplie* Ihat tho sratemeD¢ of Income and Expenditure shows a fair wewof the profrt for that ar and thai the BaknSheet 4f¥ES a fair rePsents1 ofthefinancial position of Longwittenham Pre4chl as at 315t A51 2021. lo151 MAThHEW PAuLVIVAF.CA

Notes to A¢¢ounts Fixed assets.. Other Woodlands shelter1£969.191 Playground equipment Ipads DeprlateS £13.58 per year inc yr of purchase12016} Depreciates £193.82 per year inc yr of pur¢hase120211 Depreciates £757.20 per year inc YT of purchase120161 Depreciates £157.68 per year inc yr of pur¢hase120161 Classroom computer1204.(Tr Depreclates £40.80 per year Inc year of purehase120211

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Charity Name Long Wittenham Pre School	Charity Name Long Wittenham Pre School	Charity Name Long Wittenham Pre School

31/08/2021	Charity no (if any)	1158950

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2021

Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of statement ICAEW. The Charities income did not exceed £250,000.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe 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 with the accounting records; or
• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:

Date: 10/05/2022

Oct 2018

IER

Name: Matthew Paul Wyatt

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if

ICAEW A.C.A

any):

Address:

Chery Croft

Oxon, OX11 0LL

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER