## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
Period start date Period end date 01 09 2024 31 08
31 08 2025
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Brassington Pre-School
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1162044
**Charity's principal address** Village Hall, Dale End, Brassington.
**Postcode** DE4 4HA
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Haley Shirley Chair
2 Andrea Brandon Treasurer
3 Angela Woolley Secretary
4 Lynn Carson Trustee
5 Natalie Draper Trustee
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Charity trustees are appointed at the AGM to serve for 2 successive Trustee selection methods years. Trustee selection method Shall be taken by a simple majority of (eg. appointed by, elected by) votes cast at the meeting (including postal or email votes).
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- 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 Leaming Alliance.
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**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)**
When making decisions on behalf of the pre-school we always kept in mind our objective to advance the development and education of young children up to school age. The focus of our activities remains the education and development of the children. 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. This is done through a variety of fun and engaging skills and activities. The children benefit from the advancement in their education in these key areas and also from their personal and social development —both from being independent from parents and carers and also from developing new relationships with friends and adults. Parents/carers are encouraged to engage with staff at the beginning and end of the session and to take part in educational activities at home with their children as well as supporting the children and setting in the annual events, concerts and trips.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
We returned in September to the grass area in the garden fully installed with artificial grass we did a lot of fundraising for this and had a very generous donation from Hoben International Ltd.
All the children took part in designing Christmas cards that we sent to My Art Project as a fundraising activity, we also sold fridge magnets of the children dresses in their concert costumes, which took place in early December. We went on a Christmas trip to the play mill. 2024 ended with a fully funded Christmas party with a magician and disco with party games, we also had a visit from Santa. The children took part in World Book Day dressing up and sharing their favourite books. There was a parent consultation morning in March over two days to discuss the children’s development.
The spring term ended with bring a parent to pre-school making fun Easter activities followed by an Easter egg hunt around the village, all the Easter eggs were purchased from money we had fund raised. We also raffled off a Chocolate hamper, to support our fundraising.
Summer term the children started to prepare for transition to their chosen schools, they had transition taster days, and we invited all the reception teachers in from the relevant schools to come and meet the children who will be starting with them in September. We sent children to 8 different schools in the surrounding area. The academic year ended with a graduation celebration which was supported by family and friends, in the afternoon we had a fully funded party with a magic show and a disco.
We remain fortunate at Brassington pre-school that we don’t charge extra for snack and sundries, due to the generous fund raising activities.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The charity aims to generate annual income to cover annual expenses.
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The charity has a restricted fund to cover redundancies if needed. As at 31/08/2025 this totalled £21,825.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None.
## **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.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|A Brandon
A Wooley|
|---|---|
||Andrea Brandon
Angela Woolley|
||
Treasurer
Secretary|
||25/11/2025|
||25/11/2025|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Brassington Pre-School **On accounts for the year** 31 August 2025 **Charity no** 1162044 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** CCXX-1 to CCXX-2 (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 / 2025.
**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”).
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.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** 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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:** 26/11/2025 **Signed: Name:** M W Thomas **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Cromford Mill, Mill Road, Cromford, Matlock, DE4 3RQ.
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**
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Charity Name No (if any)
Brassington Pre-School 1162044
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/09/2024 31/08/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Sales 7,711 - - 7,711 11,492
Fundraising 1,697 - - 1,697 3,579
Trips/Activities 85 - - 85 1,243
DCC 79,948 - - 79,948 65,020
Interest Received - 270 - 270 310
Grants - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 89,441 ] 270 - 89,711 81,644
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 89,441 270 - 89,711 81,644
A3 Payments
Administration expenses 15,411 - - 15,411 11,198
Wages and pension costs 68,954 - - 68,954 61,437
Governance - Accy and payroll 1,022 - - 1,022 1,227
Governance - Wages 1,200 - - 1,200 1,200
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 86,587 ] - - 86,587 75,062
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ 86,587 ] - - 86,587 75,062
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,854 270 - 3,124 6,582
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 13,929 21,555 - 35,484 28,902
Cash funds this year end 16,783 21,825 - 38,608 35,484
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|A Woolley
Signature
A Brandon
**Details**
Small Fridge Freezer
JVC LT-32CR23 TV
Current Account
Reserve Account
Petty Cash Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Treasury Laptop
Toys & Play Equipment|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**16,783**
**-**
**-**
**21,825**
**-**
**-**
**16,783**
**21,825**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Andrea Brandon
Angela Woolley|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
25/11/2025
25/11/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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