## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] September 2022 To 31[st] August 2023 Charity name: The Woodley Pre-School (Reading)** ## **Charity registration number: 1160756** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We provide a pre-school setting for up**
**to 40 children aged 2-5. The sessions**
**run Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm and**
**12pm-3pm during term time. Some**
**children attend for the whole day, some**
**attend for a morning or afternoon**
**session.**| |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|**We follow the Early Years Foundation**
**Stage set out by the Government and**
**are inspected by OFSTED. We provide**
**Early Years education to families in**
**Woodley and the surrounding areas. We**
**have a highly qualified team of staff.**
**Children are always encouraged to fulfil**
**their individual potential in a nurturing**
**environment. The objective is to make**
**learning fun**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit. This is demonstrated by**
**us being open to any child who needs**
**our provision.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policyongrant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|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|**During the year we have run a pre-**
**school setting for 38 weeks of the year.**
**There is a wait list for our provision.**
**In October 2022 we were inspected by**
**Ofsted and were rated as “Good”, and**
**the report highlighted the “impressive**
**learning opportunities outdoors” we**
**offer.**
**We have extended our outdoor play**
**areas to give even more opportunities**
**for outdoor play. Inside, we have**
**invested in new flooring.**
**It was great to get back to “in person”**
**events, with a highly successful**
**sponsored walk around Woodford Park**
**to raise funds for a defibrillator in**
**February 2023, a summer games day,**
**and a leaver’s picnic which was enjoyed**
**by all.**
**We’ve also piloted surveys to**
**understand better how parents feel**
**about our provision.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is and remains financially**
**solvent and given the strong need for its**
**services has a positive outlook**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The reserves policy enables Woodley**
**Pre-School to pay rent costs, and staff**
**redundancy, in the event of a disaster.**
**In addition, sufficient reserves are held**
**to be able to relocate the premises.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The reserves are sufficient to pay for at**
**least six months’ expenditure**| |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|**n/a**| ## **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|**A grant from Wokingham Borough**
**Council in line with the Early Years’**
**funding formula.**
**Secondly, parents of under 3s or those**
**parents who do not qualify for early**
**years funding make payments directly**
**to pre-school for their child’s provision.**| |---|---|---| |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|| |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|**Community Interest Organisation (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 more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elections are held annually at the**
**Annual General Meeting (AGM).**
**Trustees may resign at any point during**
**the year.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Woodley Pre-School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1160756| |Charity’s principal address|Trading Shed,
Haddon Drive,
Woodley,
RG5 4LY| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Eleanor Faye
Barton|Co-Chair||| ||Lisa Moulton|Co-Chair||| ||Matthew Burdett|Treasurer||| ||Stephanie Watson|Committee Member,
Designated
SafeguardingOfficer||| ||Gemma Williams|Co-Treasurer||| ||Pooja Sharma|Committee Member|1stSeptember 2022- 30th
November 2022|| ||Erif Newman|Committee Member|27thNovember 2022 –
31stAugust 2023|| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year n/a** ## **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)** **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)** Matthew Burdett **Full name(s)** Eleanor Barton **Position (eg Secretary,** Co-Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 30[th] October 2023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES The Woodl•y Pr•4ehool Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a Forthe POTlod from To 0110912022 31108r2023 Sectioii A Receipts and payments Unrestrlct¢ funds to Iho n￿reSt £ loth• n•ar•llt£ RestiScted lurM15 Endowm*nt lunds tolh n•arest£ Totsl fvnd$ Lalt y•ar tothq noareJt£ to n￿r￿1£ A1 R•c•l W0￿0ghaM Bororyh Council F608. cb)n8bon$ antt fundraisl Milk refund 8ank inieresl PrKJf adi 130,241 17,192 12Q241 94,798 148 73 AR) 13b,176 107,828 set an so• tabl• nNp8lmg Total recelpts 39.170 139.176 A3Pa ents Waoes Petty &3sh PAYEINVPen$ion R•nt Admln8 Costs Vngur8nceèic 66.906 61906 180 9,157 2,146 28,356 66,970 300 8,787 300 7.629 .157 2,146 28,356 Sub total 107,24S 107,245 A4 Assèt and Investmènt Sub total 107.245 107,245 85.988 Net of recelpts/(paym8nts) AS Tran$hrn between funds A6 Cash funds last end Cash funds th1$ y￿1 end 31.931 31.931 21.842 203,706 203,706 171,775 -￿Xx R18cLounts ISSI 2611012023 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrgstrlcted funds to rthirost£ Restricted fund8 to neATeSt£ Endowment funds to nwste C&ioiJorie Or-la.'l> B1 C￿h funds 706 Total cash funds 203,706 )xunq611 Unregtrlthd lund8 to wro*t£ Regtrlcted funds Endowmènt fund5 to n&wMt£ Fundtowhkh asset belon Details COAI lopllDna valuq ¢nal 83 Invgstm9nt a$$gt$ Fundtowhlch CU￿nt¥￿IU0 cnal Details Cost l*JpU•n•ll 84 Ass8t$ rotslngd Iw tho charlty'5 own use Fund to whl¢h knountduo DetaF15 85 Liabilities Suned by one or t￿ trustè88 tsn beham of all th8 trust88s Print Narng Date of val CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2811012023 (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Indepeiident Examiner's Report Report to the tr￿￿081 members of Cliaiity N8nie The Woodley Pr8 School On accounts for tho year ended 31 August 2023 Charlty no (if any) 1180758 Set out on pages (Femem￿r to InchJ￿lhe p8ge nurrthr8 of Ed￿o￿al $heetsi I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Xhe Trust") for the year ended 3110812022D3131D I VIM I Vtyy. R￿pOnSIbl1t105 and bas18 of rnporti As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yh& Act.). I report In respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under $8Ction 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Inde￿ndent examinerfs 8tatsment I have completed my examinatlon. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wlth the examination (other than that disclosed below.) whith gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect. the accounting record8 4var• not kept in accordance with section 130 o* the Charities A¢t', or the ac¢ourrt8 did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did nol comply with the applicable requirements con￿MIng the fom and content of accounts set out In the Charltle8 (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair, view which 1$ not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOn￿rn$ 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 under6tanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Ple8S8 delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not 8p￿. Dats: 2611012023 Slgnod: Name: Gisela Sharpe Relevant prof•sslonal quallfl¢ationl8} or body (If any): FCCA Addre88:116 LINCOLN GARDENS Oct 2018 TWYFORD BERKSHIRE RG10 9HU Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conr2m {see CC32, Independent examination of Gharty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef detalls of any Items that the examinor wishgs to di8c108e. IER Od2018