## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/09/2023 **To** 31/08/2024 **Charity name:** Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge Nursery ## **Charity registration number:** 1160639 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The development and education of children
by:
1. promoting their care and safety
2. promoting their education & promoting
parental involvement
3. promoting their health & wellbeing
4. providing services to support them &
their families & carers.
5. providing services to individuals
holding membership of the CIO
6. furthering the aims of the Pre-school
Alliance| |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 nursery provides childcare for pre-school
age children (from aged 2) every day during
term time.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees consider that they have complied
with their duties to have regard to the public
benefit guidance issued by the charity
commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP| |---|---| ||reference| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|Para 1.38| |investment|| |Contribution made by
volunteer|Para 1.38| |Other|| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Nursery continues to deliver a quality
service where children thrive and are
prepared for their transition into their school
life. Despite having increased running costs
we have managed to avoid passing on fee
increases for unfunded hours to our families
to help them through the cost of living crisis.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has made a surplus of £10,224, an
increase on last year of 9%. This is mainly due
to the increase in government funding – both
funded hours and the hourly rate increased
from April 2024. Fewer unfunded hours have
been accessed however, and this has led to a
reduction in parental contributions.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The nursery holds surplus reserves of £66,382
in a savings account to allow for future
exceptional events and potential closure costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Reserves, including savings, total £125,682.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Funding is mainly from local government &
parental contributions for childcare.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|2 members of staff left during the year and the
Nursery has been reliant on agency workers to
fill staff shortages. Recruitment of early years
practitioners has been difficult, so a decision
has been made to offer a fixed, rather than
variable, hour contract.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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 more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the members at AGM| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Nursery| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1160639| |Charity’s principal address|Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge School
Dale Road
Telford
Shropshire
TF8 7DS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lynda Smallman|Chair||Committee/Trustee| ||Emma Bailey|Secretary||Committee/Trustee| ||Paula Lovewell|||Committee/Trustee| ||Jennifer Edwards|||Committee/Trustee| ||Sophie Allen|||Committee/Trustee| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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)** LYNDA SMALLMAN **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc) Date** 11/24/2024 ~~fF~~ ## **Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Nursery Receipts & Payments Account For the year ended 31 August 2024** |**Receipts**
Bank Interest
Donations
Fees
NEG Funding
Fundraising
Nusery Milk Scheme
**Payments**
Staff costs
Rent & Insurance
Phone & Utilities
Consumables
Activities
Subscriptions
Accountancy
Equipment expensed
Repairs & maintenance
Printing, postage & stationery
Fundraising expenditure
Training
Bank charges
Sundry
Surplus/(Deficit) for year
Bank and Cash Accounts at 1 September
Bank and Cash Accounts at 31 August
Petty Cash
Current Account
Savings Account|**£**
745
129
23,471
83,354
546
115|**2024**

**£**
**£**
282
4,000
36,248
64,987
134
76
108,360
79,706
2,603
1,661
4,115
1,491
1,014
3,006
401
536
196
324
311
91
48
97,192
11,168
114,514
125,682
9
59,291
66,382
125,682|**2023**

**£**
105,727
95,503| |---|---|---|---| ||80,011
3,565
1,634
3,301
1,376
1,875
3,260
199
901
370
212
67
90
331||| ||||| ||||10,224
104,290| ||||114,514| ||||9
58,868
55,637| ||||114,514| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Nursey **On accounts for the year** 31 August 2024 **Charity no** 1160639 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/ 2024. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). ## 15/10/2024 ## **Independent examiner's statement** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. > **Date:** 15/10/2024 ~~[|~~ **Signed: Date:** 15/10/2024 **Name:** ~~Se~~ Hilary Payne **Relevant professional** AAT L4 **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 12 Mill Farm Drive Randlay, Telford TF3 2NA **Section B Disclosure** ~~ee~~ **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**