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Trustees' Annual Report Trustees' Annual Report Trustees' Annual Report Trustees' Annual Report Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod for theperiod for theperiod
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2020
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2021

Section A

Reference and administration details

Charity name

Laxfield Pre-School

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1165817

Charity's principal address Framlingham Road Laxfield Suffolk Postcode IP13 8HD

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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
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Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Samantha Campbell Chair Laxfield Pre-school CIO
Josephine Lofthouse Committee/Trustee Laxfield Pre-school CIO
Victoria Mackenzie Committee/Trustee 18.09.2020 - 21.07.2021 Laxfield Pre-school CIO
Sarah Jennings Committee/Trustee Laxfield Pre-school CIO
Annabel Goddard Committee/Trustee Laxfield Pre-school CIO

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
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Address
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Address
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CIO Association Registered Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C
Objectives and activities
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 objective the
development and education of children in particular by:
(1) promoting their care and safety,
(2) promoting their education and promoting parental involvement,
(3) promoting their health and well being,
(4) providing services to support them and their families and carers,

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(5) providing services to individuals holding membership of the CIO

In all of our work we (the trustees) have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Our main activity is to deliver, within our fully inclusive setting for 6 month–5 year olds, the Early Year Foundation Stage. In order to do this we employ a childcare manager and practitioners who undertake joint daily planning of activities to meet the needs and interests of the children attending our setting. We deploy a key person approach to ensure that the progress and well-being of all individual children is constantly monitored and feeds into future planning. We ensure that our staff are well trained and hence able to successfully meet the needs of the children in our care. We promote the importance of the learning environment and endeavour Summary of the main to make this as stimulating as possible. We listen to the views of children, activities undertaken for the parents and staff and use this feedback to inform our improvement work. public benefit in relation to We accurately assess our children and provide this information to SCC these objects (include within as requested. this section the statutory We develop positive relationships with parents and carers and invite declaration that trustees have them into our setting on a regular basis as observers or helpers. We had regard to the guidance value all children as individuals and celebrate Britain’s diversity of culture issued by the Charity of ethnicity. We help the children in our care to be happy and healthy. Commission on public We have policies and procedures in place for all aspects of safeguarding, benefit) child protection and health and safety, and we use staff training days and meetings to ensure all staff are fluent in these. We follow the recommendations offered by our SCC EYFS advisor and the guidance available from the Early Years Alliance.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D

Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Laxfield Pre-school charity is situated next to a primary school, which Summary of the main was recognised locally as a Key worker primary school during Covid 19 achievements of the charity for all the schools in the Academy. during the year We opened on the first day of lock down to be available should any key workers need our services. There was no demand of the pre-school so we made the decision to close. During the lock down period the Pre-school continued to communicate with the children through our social media Face Book page and emails. We posted challenges and activities for the parents/carers to complete with the children. The staff were recorded reading books which were posted on the FB page. (We received great feed back from the parents/carers re their children's reactions at seeing the staff). We asked the parents/carers to post their child’s completed works on to their Tapestry site. We did open up 18[th] June 2020 offering a service to those who were happy to venture out. Quite a few of the parents/carers were unsure and felt safer to stay home. We continued to post activities through FB and emails. We came back in September for the start of the new Autumn term 2020. We put in place hand gel stations and recorded temperatures taken on entry. Parents/Carers and staff all wore masks and maintained 2 metres distancing during drop off and collection. It was a very strange time for the children, but they were really good with all the adjustments and coped really well.

At March 2020 36 children were registered for Pre-School and 3 babies registered in the baby room. (21[st] July 2020 18 children left Pre-School to start Primary school September 2020). At February 2021 30 children were registered for pre--school and 6 babies in the baby room.

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Section E

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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WIth Covid, fundraising was limiting but we held a few events;

Toby’s Pet shop collection box 19[th] Oct - £56.36 Bag2school collection 29[th] Sept - £202.50 Laxfield Village Christmas Market 4[th] Dec - £216.00 We received a donation of £1000.00

Mid Suffolk Generation Grant - £5000.00 Covid 19 Response - £8500.00 Mid Suffolk General Pay - £2125.00

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

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LAXFIELD PRE SCHOOL GROUP INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTYEAR ENDING 28 02 2021 INCOME Fees Grants & Donations Fundraising Refunds Received Sale of Goods Lunches Other E29 02 2020 17,581.56 70.308.11 4,759.13 469.75 E28 02 2021 18.238.90 84,891.14 4.245.86 336.37 1,886.17 915.00 121.83 8,548.04 116,382.14 95.919.72 EXPENDITURE Wages NIC I PAYE Pen5i0ns Utilities Elec Waste Phone / Int Water Insurance / Prof Fee5 Maintainance Advertising Fundraising Costs Stationary & P05ta8e Equipment Cleaning Clothing Training & Travel Reimbursments Food Other Profit / Loss for Year 75,947.04 1,856. 1.692.(M) 655.68 1,224.18 241.68 2,41XJ.78 5,234.75 159.50 3.178.31 437.75 2,989.65 480.61 32.S9 1.180.48 70,292.62 2,202.49 1,638.00 479.03 1.036.52 152.55 2,168.87 7.030.60 313.00 4,498.09 380.72 3,458.03 385.88 153.45 341.68 67.49 178.30 548.28 1.885.29 144.24 99.740.53 -3.820.81 95,325.60 21,056.54 ASSETS Cash in Hand HSBC Current Account HSBC Savings Account 2020 11.96 16.677.60 20,￿2.77 2021 -1.29 37,434.14 20.314.30 Please see over for Accountants Statement AAT Licensed Bookkeeper Pen BkheK¢ ￿ ￿CenSed and reeulated lryAATunder I￿nCe nUm￿r IrMJ4770.

Pen Bicheno AATQB Accountancy Technician penbicheno@gmail.com 07717364086 accoun ACCOUNTS REPORT I have prepared these accounts from the Books Records, Bank Statements and other documents presented to me. I certify them to be a true and accurate statement of The Laxfield Pre School Group as at 28/0212021. Pen Bicheno tla Account on Pen 15 Cullingford Close Laxfield IP13 8FD AAT Licensed Bookkeeper Pen Bicheno ￿ licensed and regulated by AAT under Ilcence number 1004770.

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