Charity registration number: 1165912
## Bovington Nursery
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Contents (continued)**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 3|
|Trustees|2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Cash Flow Statement|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8 to 19|
## **Bovington Nursery**
**Reference and Administrative Details Chairman** Ms S Doyle **Trustees** Miss E Atthey Ms S Doyle Ms L Keir **Charity Registration Number** 1165912 **Principal Office** Cox Close Bovington Wareham Dorset BH20 6FD **Independent Examiner** Scott Vevers Ltd Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors 65 East Street Bridport Dorset DT6 3LB **Bankers** Lloyds Bank plc Wareham 3 South Street Wareham Dorset BH20 4LX
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2024.
## **Trustees**
Miss E Atthey Ms S Doyle
Ms L Keir Mr S Ward (resigned 31 August 2024)
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31st August 2024.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The activities of the Foundation are monitored by the Trustees who are non-paid, in their capacity as a trustee. The Trustees follow the principles of governance and control advocated by the Charity Commission. Formal meetings are held in accordance with the Foundation’s Deed of Trust. In addition, formal discussions and meetings also take place.
## _Risk assessment_
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relate to the operation and finance of the charity and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the charity’s exposure to major risks.
## _Recruiting trustees_
When a position becomes available for a new trustee, it goes in the nursery newsletter which is sent to all parents.
## **Objectives and activities**
The principle objective of the school is to provide each child with a safe and secure environment in which they may develop both emotionally and educationally at a pace appropriate to the individual and to ensure that this is enjoyable for every child in our care. We are here to make sure every child matters.
In setting our objectives and planning our activities the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular to its supplementary public benefit guidance on advancing education and on fee-charging.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Trustees' Report (continued)**
## **Achievements and performance**
The statement of Financial Activities for the year is set out at the end of this report. A summary of the financial results and the work of the charity are set out below.
Bovington Nursery continues to be fully up to date with its Charities Commission requirements and seeks to maintain this.
Bovington Nursery continues to spend funds on the training of all staff to aid their personal development. Resources are always being updated and changed.
During the year we purchased resources for rooms and outdoor areas.
During the year we have supported children with SEND.
During the year we have increased staff wages.
During the 2024 year we have had a new room added for under 2's due to demand, costing £12,943 on new resources, £5,987 on flooring and £155,636 on building works, including new walls and insulation, new heating systems, new doors and windows, decking and pathways for an outside area.
## **Plans for the future**
The nursery's plans for the future are to continue to keep staff updated with training including Incredible Beginnings, Safeguarding and First Aid. To introduce any new policies that are deemed necessary.
## **Financial review**
The nursery school’s income was £581,606 (2023- £489,406). Prime income comes from fees which are set by the Trustees on an annual basis.
## _Investment policy_
Since December 2018 the Trustees have invested £225,000 with St James Place Wealth Management for the future of the nursery. This is a low risk investment and the funds will be used to one day build a new building.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees aim to keep a reserve of £50,000 in the main current account which is roughly the equivalent of just over one months wages.
At the end of the financial year, free reserves amounted to £173,048 (2023- £145,771) and cash at bank amounted to £100,867 (2023- £171,034).
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 7 January 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Miss E Atthey Trustee
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Bovington Nursery**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2024 which are set out on pages 5 to 19.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
- 3. that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
...................................... Mr. M. J. Cridland B.A. (Hons) F.C.A.
Scott Vevers Ltd Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors 65 East Street Bridport Dorset DT6 3LB
13 January 2025
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2024**
|**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Charitable activities
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Gains/losses on investment assets
Net income
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14
**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Charitable activities
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Gains/losses on investment assets
Net income
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
581,606
581,606
(546,942)
(7,387)
(554,329)
41,501
68,778
68,778
378,440
447,218
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
489,406
489,406
(464,013)
(9,778)
(473,791)
6,404
22,019
22,019
356,421
378,440|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
581,606|
|---|---|---|
|||581,606|
|||(546,942)
(7,387)|
|||(554,329)
41,501|
|||68,778|
|||68,778
378,440|
|||447,218|
|||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
489,406|
|||489,406|
|||(464,013)
(9,778)|
|||(473,791)
6,404|
|||22,019|
|||22,019
356,421|
|||378,440|
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2023 is shown in note 14.
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 5
## **Bovington Nursery**
## **(Registration number: 1165912) Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
9
Investments
10
**Current assets**
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
12
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity:**
**Unrestricted income funds**
Unrestricted
**Total funds**
14|**2024**
**£**
161,080
274,170
435,250
5,361
100,867
106,228
(94,260)
11,968
447,218
447,218
447,218|**2023**
**£**
18,615
232,669|
|---|---|---|
|||251,284|
|||2,625
171,034|
|||173,659
(46,503)|
|||127,156|
|||378,440|
|||378,440|
|||378,440|
The financial statements on pages 5 to 19 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 7 January 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... Miss E Atthey Trustee
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6
## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 August 2024**
|**Note**
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net cash income
**Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items**
Depreciation
Revaluation of investments
**Working capital adjustments**
Increase in debtors
11
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
12
Increase in deferred income
Net cash flows from operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
9
Sale of tangible fixed assets
Net cash flows from investing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 September
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 August
**Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds**
(Decrease)/increase in cash
Net funds at 1 September 2023
Net funds at 31 August 2024|**2024**
**£**
68,778
34,640
(41,501)
61,917
(2,736)
(1,048)
48,805
106,938
(177,105)
-
(177,105)
(70,167)
171,034
100,867
(70,167)
171,034
100,867|**2023**
**£**
22,019
8,938
(6,404)|
|---|---|---|
|||24,553
(730)
3,068
7,738|
|||34,629|
|||(1,868)
405|
|||(1,463)|
|||33,166
137,868|
|||171,034|
|||33,166
137,868|
|||171,034|
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 7
## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
## **Basis of preparation**
Bovington Nursery meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
## **Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **Income and endowments**
Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## _**Donations and legacies**_
Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.
## _**Grants receivable**_
Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.
## _**Deferred income**_
Deferred income represents amounts received for future periods and is released to incoming resources in the period for which, it has been received.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
## _**Raising funds**_
These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, the management of investments and those incurred in trading activites that raise funds.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **Support costs**
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
## **Governance costs**
These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees meetings and reimbursed expenses.
## **Government grants**
Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset. Where part of a grant relating to an asset is deferred, it is recognised as deferred income.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
## **Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
|**Asset class**|**Depreciation method and rate**|
|---|---|
|Outdoor equipment|25% reducing balance|
|Fixtures and fittings|25% reducing balance|
|Computer equipment|25% reducing balance|
|Sensory room|10% straight line|
|General equipment|25% reducing balance|
|Property improvements|15% straight line|
## **Fixed asset investments**
Fixed asset investments, other than programme related investments, are included at market value at the balance sheet date. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and their market value at the start of the year, or their subsequent cost, and are charged or credited to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period of disposal.
Unrealised gains and losses represent the movement in market values during the year and are credited or charged to the Statement of Financial Activities based on the market value at the year end.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **Trade debtors**
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Trade creditors**
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Financial instruments**
## _**Classification**_
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the charity after deducting all of its liabilities.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## _**Recognition and measurement**_
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the statement of financial position when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the charity intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, b) the charity transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or c) the charity, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.
Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.
## _**Investments**_
Investments in non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary or preference shares (where shares are publicly traded or their fair value is reliably measurable) are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Where fair value cannot be measured reliably, investments are measured at cost less impairment.
Investments in subsidiaries and associates are measured at cost less impairment. For investments in subsidiaries acquired for consideration including the issue of shares qualifying for merger relief, cost is measured by reference to the nominal value of the shares issued plus fair value of other consideration. Any premium is ignored.
## _**Fair value measurement**_
The best evidence of fair value is a quoted price for an identical asset in an active market. When quoted prices are unavailable, the price of a recent transaction for an identical asset provides evidence of fair value as long as there has not been a significant change in economic circumstances or a significant lapse of time since the transaction took place. If the market is not active and recent transactions of an identical asset on their own are not a good estimate of fair value, the fair value is estimated by using a valuation technique.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **2 Income from charitable activities**
||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**General**|**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Fees and services|581,606|581,606|489,406|
## **3 Analysis of governance and support costs**
## **Governance costs**
|Independent examiner fees
Examination of the financial statements
Other governance costs|**Unrestricted**
**General**
**£**
995
6,392
7,387|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
995
6,392
7,387|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
995
8,783|
|---|---|---|---|
||||9,778|
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **4 Net incoming/outgoing resources**
Net incoming/ outgoing resources for the year include the following expenditure:
|Repairs and maintenance
Telephone and fax
Computer software and maintenance
Bank charges
Wages and salaries
Staff national insurance
Staff pensions
Staff training
Insurance
Photocopier costs
Postage, printing and stationery
General overheads
Cleaning
Depreciation
Loss on disposal of tangibles
Total|**2024**
**£**
2,287
1,267
2,668
87
434,537
26,668
7,560
3,053
2,142
1,155
848
33,133
4,284
34,640
-
554,329|**2023**
**£**
507
1,266
1,506
87
390,625
23,553
6,752
7
1,429
1,010
212
34,805
2,689
8,938
405
473,791|
|---|---|---|
## **5 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year, in the capacity of a trustee.
No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefits from the charity during the year, in the capacity of a trustee.
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **6 Staff costs**
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
|The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|**Staff costs during the year were:**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2024**
**£**
434,537
26,668
7,560
468,765|**2023**
**£**
390,625
23,553
6,752|
|||420,930|
The monthly average number of persons (including senior management team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:
|No of employees
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year
**7**
**Independent examiner's remuneration**
Examination of the financial statements|**2024**
**No**
27
**2024**
**£**
995|**2023**
**No**
24|
|---|---|---|
|||**2023**
**£**
995|
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **8 Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
## **9 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 September
2023
Additions
At 31 August 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 September
2023
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2024
**Net book value**
At 31 August 2024
At 31 August 2023|**Property**
**improvements**
**£**
29,774
161,624
191,398
24,912
27,377
52,289
139,109
4,862|**Furniture and**
**equipment**
**£**
40,554
15,141
55,695
31,003
6,172
37,175
18,520
9,551|**Sensory room**
**£**
1,573
-
1,573
763
159
922
651
810|**Outdoor**
**equipment**
**£**
8,494
340
8,834
5,102
932
6,034
2,800
3,392|**Total**
**£**
80,395
177,105|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||257,500|
||||||61,780
34,640|
||||||96,420|
||||||161,080|
||||||18,615|
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **10 Fixed asset investments**
|**10 Fixed asset investments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other investments
**Other investments**
**Cost or Valuation**
At 1 September 2023
Revaluation
At 31 August 2024
**Net book value**
At 31 August 2024
At 31 August 2023
**11 Debtors**
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Other debtors
**12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred income||**2024**
**£**
274,170
**Listed**
**investments**
**£**
232,669
41,501||**2023**
**£**
232,669|
|||||**Total**
**£**
232,669
41,501
274,170
274,170
232,669
**2023**
**£**
42
2,552
31|
|||274,170|||
|||274,170|||
|||232,669|||
|||**2024**
**£**
1,664
3,697
-
5,361
**2024**
**£**
230
-
1,928
4,328
87,774
94,260|||
|||||2,625|
|||||**2023**
**£**
1,703
80
1,866
3,885
38,969|
|||||46,503|
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **13 Pension and other schemes**
## **Defined contribution pension scheme**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £7,560 (2023 - £6,752).
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **14 Funds**
## **Unrestricted**
General Designated
## **Total funds**
|**Balance at 1**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
(145,771)
(232,669)
(378,440)|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
(581,606)
-
(581,606)|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
554,329
-
554,329|**Other**
**recognised**
**gains/(losses)**
**£**
-
(41,501)
(41,501)|**Balance at 31**
**August 2024**
**£**
(173,048)
(274,170)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||(447,218)|
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## **Bovington Nursery**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 (continued)**
## **15 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**15 Analysis of net assets between funds**|||
|---|---|---|
|Tangible fixed assets
Fixed asset investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets|**Unrestricted funds**
**General**
**£**
**Designated**
**£**
161,080
-
-
274,170
106,228
-
(94,260)
-
173,048
274,170|**Total funds at**
**31 August**
**2024**
**£**
161,080
274,170
106,228
(94,260)|
|||447,218|
## **16 Financial instruments**
## **Categorisation of financial instruments**
|Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss|**2024**
**£**
102,531
94,260|**2023**
**£**
171,107|
|---|---|---|
|||46,503|
## **17 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in the year.
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