## **Jack and Jill Community Pre-School Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 August 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The charity’s objects are:
To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of the children through community groups and by:
- offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended learning groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that the groups offer opportunities for all children, whatever their race, culture, religion or means of ability; - encouraging the study of the needs of all children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of their needs in the local areas; and
- instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the pre-school learning alliance.
## **Significant activities**
The charity runs as a preschool, delivering care to children aged 2-4 years of age in the local community, during term time.
## **Achievements and performance**
(Chairperson report from AGM 2024)
My first business – although outside of the financial year for which this report will be submitted for - is to publicly congratulate the Staff of the Preschool on the Outstanding result of the recent Ofsted visit. I’m sure all of our parents will join me in saying how glad I am that your care, perseverance and knowledge was recognized officially and that your Outstanding work in all areas of the education of the children can continue. As was said in the announcement to parents, we do not aim to just be outstanding on paper, but for out families and children. Having it recognized by Ofsted is much appreciated though.
Now, a brief review of the past year. It is worth noting that the Team has spent a good portion of the last year rebuilding after the change around in management. All the team now have specific areas of focus in which they Lead -something I am so pleased to see, as the whole team have skills which Jack and Jill Preschool are so grateful for. Ladies, thank you for letting your lights shine bright.
There has also been an in depth review of how education is delivered at Preschool, and those of you who have been with us a little longer will have noticed many changes over the last 15 months – new decoration, use of equipment and resources, development of the outside space as some examples. I am only sorry that I haven’t been able to see these in person, although I much appreciate the insights I get online.
Tracking and communication with parents has been transferred to Tapestry, something which I believe has been very successful. Much like most schools now, Jack and Jill Preschool has needed to invest in a way to communicate and engage our families which is appropriate to the era we live in now – and so much of our organisation is done through the phone.
Financially in the past year, we have achieved a profit of £15,929. Although this figure is slightly inflated due to a change in how fees are collected, this is phenomenal after several post-Covid recovery years of little to no profit, and several years of minimum wage rises. This is in no small part attributed to the ability of the Staff to take every opportunity available to raise funds or access training at little to no cost to the setting.
Opportunities such as funding available alongside the ‘Tuning into Two year olds’ course means that monies raised through funded and privately funded hours can be put into ensuring our staffing levels are at the best possible ratios to support your children.
Looking forwards to the coming year, we have yet to hear how the current Government’s decisions will impact our spending. We have however, already recognized that there are some elements of the building which need to be reviewed and possible repaired – the roof and drains need specialist attention, and there has long been talk of fundraising for a parent shelter. We know that waiting outside in the rain isn’t an easy experience with small children. We are very grateful to Rosanna for volunteering to organize a group to fundraise toward some of these issues, alongside using funds available already within our accounts.
We had one of our Trustees resign in the summer, and we are very grateful for the time Annie Vodicka was able to give to the Preschool. She stepped up at a very tricky point in the Preschool’s history, and supported the setting through to just before the summer holidays. If anyone is thinking about possibly joining the Trustees, please do speak to Marlis or email me about it and we can explain more as to what is involved. If you want to support the Preschool but have a less official role, I’m sure that Rosanna will happily take names for help on the fundraising committee.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. The trustees consider that they have acted in the public benefit.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
At 31 August 2024 the charity had total funds of £65,485.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
The Trustees aim to retain unrestricted reserves of £15,000 for the maintenance of the property and equipment, and £22,800 for redundancy and maternity pay for staff. At 31 August 2024 the charity held free cash reserves of £65,485 which is in excess of our policy.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered 8 March 2015 and amended on 10 July 2017.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
New trustees are appointed by existing trustees in accordance with our constitution.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Charity number**
1162056
## **Principal address**
Jack & Jill Pre School St. Edmunds RC Primary School Duncan Street Calne SN11 9BX
## **Trustees**
Lucy Victoria Georgina Smyth – resigned XXXX Anne Mary Vodicka Megan Davis Laura Gummow Rosanna Mastrandrea-Dean – appointed 20 November 2023
## **Independent examiner**
James Gare FCA DChA Monahans Chartered Accountants Hermes House Fire Fly Avenue Swindon SN2 2GA
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
…………….. Trustee: ……………… Date
**Charity Name No (if any) Jack and Jill Community Pre-School 1162056**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **To** 1-Sep-23 31-Aug-24
**For the period from**
**CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Grants andplaygroupfees
**125,779**
Fundraising
**1,139**
Bank interest
**1,057**
**-**
**-**
**127,975**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 127,975**
**A3 Payments**
Staff costs
**94,199**
Premises costs
**5,034**
Playgroupconsumables
**5,942**
Outingcosts
**657**
Sundryexpenses
**6,214**
**_Sub total_ 112,046**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 112,046**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 15,929**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**49,556**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 65,485**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**125,779**
**1,139**
**1,057**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**127,975**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**127,975**
**94,199**
**5,034**
**5,942**
**657**
**6,214**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**112,046**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**112,046**
**15,929**
**-**
**49,556**
**65,485**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**125,779**|**102,117**|
||||**1,139**|**2,285**|
||||**1,057**|**428**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**127,975**|**104,830**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**127,975**|**104,830**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**94,199**|**88,481**|
||||**5,034**|**5,361**|
||||**5,942**|**4,228**|
||||**657**|**609**|
||||**6,214**|**5,579**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**112,046**|**104,258**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**112,046**|**104,258**|
||||||
||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**15,929**|**572**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**49,556**|**48,984**|
||**-**||**65,485**|**49,556**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
CAF Cash account
CAF Gold account
Cash in hand
**Details**
Fees outstanding
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Aged payables
Accountancy accrual
PAYE and pensions
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**14,279**
**51,125**
**81**
**65,485**
OK
**to nearest £**
**1,549**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
2729
804
741
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||Aged payables|2729|**-**||
||Accountancy accrual|804|**-**||
||PAYE and pensions|741|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature|Print|Name|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Jack and Jill Community Pre-School Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 August 2024**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The charity’s objects are:
To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of the children through community groups and by:
- offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended learning groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that the groups offer opportunities for all children, whatever their race, culture, religion or means of ability; - encouraging the study of the needs of all children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of their needs in the local areas; and
- instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the pre-school learning alliance.
## **Significant activities**
The charity runs as a preschool, delivering care to children aged 2-4 years of age in the local community, during term time.
## **Achievements and performance**
(Chairperson report from AGM 2024)
My first business – although outside of the financial year for which this report will be submitted for - is to publicly congratulate the Staff of the Preschool on the Outstanding result of the recent Ofsted visit. I’m sure all of our parents will join me in saying how glad I am that your care, perseverance and knowledge was recognized officially and that your Outstanding work in all areas of the education of the children can continue. As was said in the announcement to parents, we do not aim to just be outstanding on paper, but for out families and children. Having it recognized by Ofsted is much appreciated though.
Now, a brief review of the past year. It is worth noting that the Team has spent a good portion of the last year rebuilding after the change around in management. All the team now have specific areas of focus in which they Lead -something I am so pleased to see, as the whole team have skills which Jack and Jill Preschool are so grateful for. Ladies, thank you for letting your lights shine bright.
There has also been an in depth review of how education is delivered at Preschool, and those of you who have been with us a little longer will have noticed many changes over the last 15 months – new decoration, use of equipment and resources, development of the outside space as some examples. I am only sorry that I haven’t been able to see these in person, although I much appreciate the insights I get online.
Tracking and communication with parents has been transferred to Tapestry, something which I believe has been very successful. Much like most schools now, Jack and Jill Preschool has needed to invest in a way to communicate and engage our families which is appropriate to the era we live in now – and so much of our organisation is done through the phone.
Financially in the past year, we have achieved a profit of £15,929. Although this figure is slightly inflated due to a change in how fees are collected, this is phenomenal after several post-Covid recovery years of little to no profit, and several years of minimum wage rises. This is in no small part attributed to the ability of the Staff to take every opportunity available to raise funds or access training at little to no cost to the setting.
Opportunities such as funding available alongside the ‘Tuning into Two year olds’ course means that monies raised through funded and privately funded hours can be put into ensuring our staffing levels are at the best possible ratios to support your children.
Looking forwards to the coming year, we have yet to hear how the current Government’s decisions will impact our spending. We have however, already recognized that there are some elements of the building which need to be reviewed and possible repaired – the roof and drains need specialist attention, and there has long been talk of fundraising for a parent shelter. We know that waiting outside in the rain isn’t an easy experience with small children. We are very grateful to Rosanna for volunteering to organize a group to fundraise toward some of these issues, alongside using funds available already within our accounts.
We had one of our Trustees resign in the summer, and we are very grateful for the time Annie Vodicka was able to give to the Preschool. She stepped up at a very tricky point in the Preschool’s history, and supported the setting through to just before the summer holidays. If anyone is thinking about possibly joining the Trustees, please do speak to Marlis or email me about it and we can explain more as to what is involved. If you want to support the Preschool but have a less official role, I’m sure that Rosanna will happily take names for help on the fundraising committee.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. The trustees consider that they have acted in the public benefit.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
At 31 August 2024 the charity had total funds of £65,485.
## **RESERVES POLICY**
The Trustees aim to retain unrestricted reserves of £15,000 for the maintenance of the property and equipment, and £22,800 for redundancy and maternity pay for staff. At 31 August 2024 the charity held free cash reserves of £65,485 which is in excess of our policy.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered 8 March 2015 and amended on 10 July 2017.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
New trustees are appointed by existing trustees in accordance with our constitution.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Charity number**
1162056
## **Principal address**
Jack & Jill Pre School St. Edmunds RC Primary School Duncan Street Calne SN11 9BX
## **Trustees**
Lucy Victoria Georgina Smyth – resigned XXXX Anne Mary Vodicka Megan Davis Laura Gummow Rosanna Mastrandrea-Dean – appointed 20 November 2023
## **Independent examiner**
James Gare FCA DChA Monahans Chartered Accountants Hermes House Fire Fly Avenue Swindon SN2 2GA
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
…………….. Trustee: ……………… Date