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||The charity works forthe public benefit having as its objechve the|The charity works forthe public benefit having as its objechve the||
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||devekipment
and education ofchildren and young people by:|||
||1.|Promoting
their care and safety||
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing
document|2.
3.
4.
5.|Promoting
their education and promoting
parental
involvement
Promoting
their health and well being
Providing services to support them and their families and carers
Providing
servioes to individuals
holding
membership
ofthe||
|||Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO)||
||6.|Furtherin
the aims ofthe Ea
Yearn Alliance.||
||In considering
the acbvities ofthe charity the Trustees have had due
regard tothe guidance on public benefit that has been issued by the|||
||charity|commission.||
||The|main acbvities am summaries as:||
|||Provide accommodation
and equipment||
|||Raise money to pay forthe charity's acbviTies.||
|||Make such payments as shall be necessary||
|||Fixand collect the fees payable
in respect ofthe children||
|Summary ofthe main
activities undertaken
for the
public benelit in relafiion to
these objects (include within
this section the tatutliy
declaration
that trustees have
had regard tothe guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public||attending
the groups.
Subject toadherence
with all applicable
legislation,
control
admission ofchildmn to the groups run and ifappropriate,
pamnts orguardians
towithdraw
them. .
Setaside funds for special purposes oras reserves against
expenditure.
Maintain and psy for membership
ofEarly Years Alliance.
Ensure adequately
insured.
Employ and remunerate
slaif as are necessary for carrying
the work ofthe charity.|the
require
future
out|
|benefit)||||
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|Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||During the year, we have supported
the children
in our care todevelop
through
play and following the Eariy Years Foundation
Stage cumculum.
37children moved on to Primary school atthe end ofthe year.|
|||We identilied a significant
number ofchildren
with special educational|
|||needs and used the guidance and support ofthe specialist teaching|
|||service, alongside
other pmfessionals,
to put in place additional
support|
|||to improve the outcomes forthese children. This obviously has had a|
|||financial
implication
forthe pre-school.|
|||This year we mtumed tothe church
hall to hold our Christmas
and Easter|
|||Concerts. These were very successful as family events and bringing|
|||together the pre-school community.|
|||After avery challenging
year financially we have successfully
managed|
|||to maintain
our stafling levels despite recruitment
being an issue within|
|||the sector.|
|||We have had to implement
an overtime ban and resource austerity.
The|
|||stalf have risen tothe challenge
and repurposed a large sehdion of|
|||equipment
and consumables
that were previously
unused.|
|||Part way through
this financial period we changed our business
model to|
|||include children from the age of2years old. This allowed younger child|
|||to start and also children can now stay all day when they are able to|
|||manage
without a midday sleep. Weare also implementing
a new|
|||approach to balancing age groups and cohorts.|
|BrieFstatement ofthe|The trustees have agreed a reserves policy to hold a minimum
un esricted funds level off40,000.This istocover the costs of|
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|charity's
policy on reserves|redundancy
and 3months
rental in the unlikely event that the setfing
needed todose. The current unreslricted
reserves tolalf80,361 and are|
||in deficit off18,146this is in part due to reduced fees and less chiktren|
||mtending
the pre-school.|
|Details ofany funds materially||
|in deficit||
|Further ftnanctat
review details|(Optional
irrliormation)|
|You may choose to include
additional
information,
where|The delicit was the result ofa fall in income ofR9,232 in the most part
caiwed by KCC funding
not being paid in the correct financial period.|
|relevant about
~
the charity's
principal|KCC income fell due toareduced number ofchildren taking up both their
universal
and extended entitlement.
Feeswarn reduced due to additional|
|sources offunds (including
any fundmising);|sessions not being taken up and managing
our increased
number of
children
requiring
specialist nursery and supported
chiktcare provision.|
|~
how expenditure
has
supported
the key objecthres
ofthe charity;
~
investment
policy and
objectives including
any|Costs warn reduced
by K5,779,this was due tothe austere measures
that were put in place. There was a pay incnMse
in order to meet
minimum
wage requimments,
but this was counterbalanced
by only
essential repairs being carried out, we also mplaced
external
Christmas
events for inhouse activities.|
|ethical investment
policy||
|adopted.|The increased insurance costs were due to timing issues.|
||Professional fees increased due tothe a
ointment ofa
id accountant.|
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