## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 Sept 2024 31 Aug 2025 **To** **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details Lady Bay Pre-school CIO Lady Bay Pre-school **Charity name** Lady Bay Pre-school CIO **Other names charity is known by** Lady Bay Pre-school **Registered charity number (if any)** 1162800 **Charity's principal address** All Hallows’ Church Halls Pierrepont Road Nottingham **Postcode NG2 5BP** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Emma Allen|Chair||| ||David Bird|Treasurer||| ||Susan Mallender|||| ||Katharine
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**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** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO using Early Years Alliance model constitution How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members present at AGM. Trustees can be present or past Trustee selection methods parents of children attending the pre-school, or co-opted community (eg. appointed by, elected by) members. ## **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** To provide high quality early years education and affordable childcare for children from the local community and beyond. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 2 Lady Bay Pre-school is a voluntary managed committee run pre-school based in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham. It is open 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday during term time. Children are welcome from 2 years old until they start school. We are committed to supporting children to learn and develop through play. We plan a range of activities on a daily and weekly basis that meet the needs and interests of the children that attend, as well as the requirements of the Early Years Statutory Framework. We are registered with Ofsted and are members of the Early Years Alliance. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** We pride ourselves on having been part of the local community for more **public benefit in relation to** than 50 years. We have strong links with the local primary school **these objects (include within** and participate in local community events. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** Trustees have regard to the Public Benefit Guides PB1, PB2 and PB3 **had regard to the guidance** when making decisions. **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The last academic year was once again a positive one. We finished the year with 41 children on roll again and made a profit for the second year in a row. We were inspected by Ofsted on April 2[nd] and were once again rated ‘GOOD’. We have worked hard to gain a reputation locally as a quality childcare provider, and most importantly, a provider of quality early years education. Cost continues to be a key driver in the childcare choices people make, and that, as local day nurseries have been bought up by national providers, they have put their prices up substantially and parents are using us to save money. ## **Child Development and Achievement** Children continue to make good progress during their time at preschool. ## **Staffing** Staffing remains stable. All permanent staff continue to be paid at least the actual Living Wage, set by the Living Wage Foundation. ## **Finances** We made a profit for the second year in a row. Our reserves remain high and are there in part to ensure that the committee has no financial liabilities in case of closure and that redundancies can be paid in full. It also serves as a buffer for lean years. ## **Looking Forward** We will offer our ‘Staff Cover’ team the option to undertake the EBR so they can be counted in the ratio at Level 3 on completion. We have been accepted onto the NDNA’s ‘Maths Champions’ programme and will complete that during this academic year. This is being funded by our Early Year Pupil Premium budget. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** We continue to maintain a healthy reserve account, to ensure that the **Brief statement of the** pre-school can continue to operate safely when numbers on roll and **charity’s policy on reserves** income are lower, and in case of closure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **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** David Bird **Signature(s)** Emma Allen David Bird **Full name(s)** Emma Allen **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Treasurer **etc) Date** 16 March 2026 March **2012** **TAR** 5 |**Lady Bay Preschool Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Year ended 31 August 2025**|**Lady Bay Preschool Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Year ended 31 August 2025**|**Lady Bay Preschool Receipts and Payments Accounts**
**Year ended 31 August 2025**| |---|---|---| |||| |**Receipts**|**2025**|**2024**| |Free Entitlement|86,913.53|61,582.68| |Preschool Fees|26,987.19|38,260.55| |Grants and Donations|250.00|510.00| |Bank Interest|891.18|858.27| |Fundraising|571.30|564.50| ||-|| ||**115,613.20**|**101,776.00**| |||| |**Payments**|**2025**|**2024**| |wages(incpension,tax & ni)|85,391.97|75,535.91| |advertising|10.00|96.97| |Training|359.60|180.15| |Resources|291.59|451.07| |subscriptions|147.00|70.00| |Rent|11,926.00|11,903.00| |Insurance|916.74|790.02| |Admin/telephone &post|237.01|210.20| |food/childrens snacks|556.60|477.86| |Hygiene/cleaningandprovision|118.90|155.83| |Equipment|285.05|649.74| |Educational equipment|533.15|486.49| |Consumables/Materials|414.06|291.12| |Committee Expenses|7.50|101.23| |DBS checks|94.40|16.10| |Pre-school events|690.67|447.37| |Uniform|234.00|105.00| |staff expenses|18.46|| |accounts audit|360.00|333.60| |Website|275.00|275.00| ||**102,867.70**|**92,576.66**| |||| |**NET INCOME/(DEFICIT) IN YEAR**|**12,745.50**|**9,199.34**| |||| |**BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2025**|**2025**|**2024**| |Current account balance|37,965.63|19,467.48| |Savings account balance|62,711.79|61,820.61| |Debtors & Prepayments owed to PS|491.00|632.99| |Creditors & Accruals 0wed by PS|7,756.83
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-| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|**93,411.59**|**80,666.09**| |**Funded by:**||| |Openingreserves savings account|80,666.09|71,466.75| |Net income/deficit in year|12,745.50|9,199.34| |**CLOSING RESERVES**|**93,411.59**|**80,666.09**| LadyBay Preschool (Registered Charity No. 116281XII Independent examinerfs report to the tnstee5 I report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31st August 2025. Respertive responsibilities of trustee5 ond e￿rniner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 Ithe Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to.. examine the accour)t5 under section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under sectton 14515llbl of the Charities Act), and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of the independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Direction5 given by the CharSty Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seekbng explanations from the trustees concerning any such mattels. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently. no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report 15 limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examinees statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to attention: which 8ives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirementS-. to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act; to prepare accounts which accord with the accountin8 rètords and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met,. or 121 to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper ¢Jnderstanding of the accounts to be reached. Phil Edwards Vanilla Accounting Appleton House 25 Rectory Road West 8rideford Nottingham NG2 6BE L(xcl'i &,1 Pw 2th,1 Iilz]qL Dated: S, March 2026