
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** Sept 2020 **Period start date   To** Aug 2021 **Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Brassington Preschool** 

## **Charity registration number: 1162044** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the  Para 1.17 The charity works for the public<br>purposes of the charity  benefit having as its objects the<br>as set out in its  development and education of<br>governing document children and young people in<br>particular by: (1) promoting their care<br>and safety; (2) promoting their<br>education and promoting parental<br>involvement; (3) promoting their<br>health and wellbeing; (4) providing<br>services to support them and their<br>families and carers; (5) providing<br>services to individuals holding<br>membership of the CIO; and 6<br>furthering the aims of the Pre-school<br>Leaming Alliance.<br>Summary of the main  Para 1.17 and  Having read the Charity Commission's<br>1.19<br>activities in relation to  guidance on public benefit, when<br>those purposes for the  making decisions on behalf of the pre-<br>public benefit, in  school we always kept in mind our<br>particular, the activities,  objective to advance the<br>projects or services  development and education of young<br>identified in the  children up to school age. The focus<br>accounts. of our activities remains the<br>education and development of the<br>children. Trained and qualified early<br>years practitioners work with the<br>children to support them in achieving<br>the early learning goals for each of<br>the seven areas of learning and<br>development within the Early Years<br>Foundation Stage. This is done<br>through a variety of fun and engaging<br>skills and activities. The children<br>benefit from the advancement in their<br>education in these key areas and also<br>from their personal and social<br>development —both from being<br>independent from parents and carers<br>and also from developing new<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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relationships with friends and adults.<br>Parents/carers are encouraged to<br>engage with staff at the beginning<br>and end of the session and to take<br>part in educational activities at home<br>with their children as well as<br>supporting the children and setting in<br>the annual events, concerts and trips<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18 All trustees are aware of the guidance<br>whether the trustees  and have taken it into account when<br>have had regard to the  making a decision to which the<br>guidance issued by the  guidance is relevant.<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Additional information (optional)** 

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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 




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We continued to provide a safe,<br>simulating and caring environment for<br>our children. Parents were given<br>Summary of the main  regular information about their<br>Para 1.20<br>achievements of the  children’s social and academic<br>charity, identifying the  progress through ‘Tapestry, in<br>difference the charity’s  addition to the traditional end of term<br>work has made to the  reports. We maintained regular<br>circumstances of its  contact with parents throughout the<br>beneficiaries and any  year through informal contacts and<br>wider benefits to society  through our newsletter. All children<br>as a whole. have a key worker who are<br>responsible for updating the children’s<br>tapestry.<br>We Started September Term with a<br>positive attitude after the stop start of<br>COVID but providing Childcare was a<br>top priority as people started to return<br>back to work. We had a trip to Burton<br>Adventure Park and managed a<br>Christmas performance albeit with<br>reduced audience numbers. At Easter<br>we had an Egg Hunt around the<br>village with a surprise visit from the<br>Bunny. The Queens Jubilee<br>Celebration week ended with a visit<br>from a member of the Parish Council<br>who sponsored a party/entertainment<br>and commemorative mug presented<br>on the day. We have taken part in the<br>Village open Garden with the planting<br>of Sun Flowers and Strawberries and<br>provided an enormous poster for the<br>Church display celebrating Summer.<br>The year ends on a Graduation<br>ceremony with a leavers party<br>afterwards.<br>All events are inclusive no matter<br>what age or sessions attended.<br>Staff attended training courses<br>throughout the year to keep up to<br>date with mandatory training and<br>improve skills and knowledge<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Achievements against  Para 1.41<br>objectives set<br>Performance of<br>fundraising activities  Para 1.41<br>against objectives set<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 


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Review of the charity’s  Para 1.21 At the end of Aug 2021 we had a bank<br>financial position at the  balance of 20,034.31 in our current<br>end of the period account.<br>Statement explaining  Para 1.22 We have a reserve account to cover<br>the policy for holding  the costs required in the event of the<br>reserves stating why  Pre School closing. £10,000 was<br>they are held transferred across in this year in to<br>cover costs in the event of closure.<br>Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 21,045.36<br>Reasons for holding zero  Para 1.22<br>reserves<br>Details of fund  Para 1.24<br>materially in deficit<br>Explanation of any  Para 1.23 The concerns are:<br>uncertainties about the  1- If the property we use to run<br>charity continuing as a  our Pre-School out of should<br>going concern close as this is a charity run<br>Village Hall<br>2- 2- We do not have enough<br>children registered to use the<br>setting as we are in a small<br>community<br>3-  Covid restrictions affecting<br>operation<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds  Para 1.47<br>(including any<br>fundraising)<br>Investment policy and<br>objectives including any  Para 1.46<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>A description of the  Para 1.46<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Structure, Governance and Management** 


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Description of charity’s<br>trusts:<br>Type of governing  Para 1.25 CIO Constitution for Childcare<br>document  Providers 2013<br>(trust deed, royal<br>charter)<br>How is the charity  Para 1.25 CIO<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)<br>Trustee selection  Para 1.25 A charity trustee must be a member<br>methods including  of the CIO, over the age of 16 years<br>details of any  and not be disqualified from acting as<br>constitutional provisions  charity trustee by virtue of sections<br>e.g. election to post or  178 and 179 of the Charities Acct<br>name of any person or  2011.<br>body entitled to appoint  Charity trustees are appointed at the<br>one or more trustees AGM to serve for 2 successive years.<br>Trustee selection method Shall be<br>taken by a simple majority of votes<br>cast at the meeting(including postal<br>or email votes).<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction Para 1.51<br>and training of trustees<br>The charity’s<br>organisational structure  Para 1.51<br>and any wider network<br>with which the charity<br>works<br>Relationship with any  Para 1.51<br>related parties<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name Brassington Preschool Other name the charity uses 




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Registered charity  1162044<br>number<br>Charity’s principal  Village Hall<br>address Dale End<br>Brassington<br>Matlock<br>DE4 4HA<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Name of person (or body)<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee<br>whole year<br>(if any)<br>1 Angie Woolley Secretary Sept 2010<br>2 Rebekah Wain Treasurer Oct 2020<br>3 Sophie Wain Chair Oct 2020<br>4 Sophie Twaites Trustee Sept 2021<br>5 Simon Young Trustee Sept 2021<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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 

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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** 

S Wain **Signature(s)** R Wain Sophie Wain **Full name(s)** Rebekah Wain **Position (eg** Treasurer Chair Person **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 19/08/2022 




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Brassington Preschool 1162044<br>Receipts and payments accounts<br>For the period  2020 2021<br>To<br>from<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>DCC                   25,176                            -                              -                      25,176<br>Parent fees                   13,903                            -                              -                      13,903<br>Fundraising & Donation                             -                            -                              -                              -<br>HMRC Grants                     3,972                            -                              -                        3,972<br>Interest                            1                             1                            -                               2<br>Transfer from other accounts                             -                    10,000                            -                      10,000<br>Other                             -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                  43,052                    10,001                            -                      53,053<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>Sub total                              -                              -                              -                            -<br>Total receipts                43,052                 10,001                          -                    53,053<br>A3 Payments<br>Operational expenses                   53,545                            -                              -                      53,545<br>Other                           -                              -                              -<br>Transfer to other account                   10,000                            -                              -                      10,000<br>Corporation Tax                        200                            -                              -                           200<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total [                  63,745 ]                           -                              -                      63,745<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>Sub total [                            - ]                             -                              -                            -<br>Total payments                63,745                          -                          -                    63,745<br>Net of receipts/(payments) -             20,693                 10,001                        -    -             10,692<br>A5 Transfers between funds                       -                              -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                 40,730                 11,044                        -                   51,774<br>Cash funds this year end                20,037                 21,045                        -                   41,082<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Current Account<br>Reserve Account|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**<br>**20,033**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,033**|<br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**21,045**<br>**-**<br>**21,045**|
||(agree balances|with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|Agreement Error|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**<br>Treasury Laptop||Unrestricted<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**229**||
|**charity’s own use**|Toys & Play equipment||Unrestricted|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name||
||R Wain<br>S Wain||Rebekah Wain<br>Sophie Wain|||






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**Last year** 

## **to the nearest £** 


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                45,138<br>                10,362<br>                     282<br>                14,220<br>                       17<br>                        -<br>                         8<br>                        -<br>                70,027<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


**70,027** 

**51,798 34 - - - - - - - 51,832** 

**51,832 18,195 - 33,579 51,774** 



## **Endowment funds** 

**to nearest £ - - - -** 

OK 

**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** 

**Current value (optional) - - - - -** 

**Current value (optional)** 

**When due (optional)** 


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Date of<br>approval<br>8/25/2022<br>8/25/2022<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Sectlon A
Indopond6nt Examlnor's Rèport
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Brassin9lon Preschool
On accounts for thè year
ended
Charity no
lif any) | 1162044
31 $1 August 2021
Set out on pages
I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity I'the Trust") for the year ended 3110812021.
Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees 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 ("Ih8 Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Garrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5llbl of the Act.
I have completed my examination, I confirm that no material matters have
come lo 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 s8clion 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independc•nt
examinoi's statemont
I have no concerns and have Come across no other matters in connection
with the examination lo which allenlion should be drawii in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts lo b8 rea¢hed.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualificationls) or body
(if any):
Address:
bi4th1Y4 hi Ill
IER
October 2018