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|Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional<br>information)|Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional<br>information)|
|---|---|
|T<br>ofadviser<br>Name|Address|
|Name ofchief executhre or names ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>Information)||
|Mrs Julie Gates —Trustee, Katharine<br>Stanley Trustee/Manager||
|~<br>m|~ ~<br>~<br>~<br>~|
|Description ofthe charity's trusts||
|Type ofgoverning<br>document|Pre school Learning<br>Alliance Constitution|
||Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation<br>(CIO)|
|Trustee selection methods|.<br>b<br>Appointed<br>by trustees|
|Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional<br>Information)||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:|The Pre School continues to work closely with the Primary School on<br>whose land<br>it is situated,<br>most children transfer tothe primary school<br>when they leave us at aged 4.|
|~<br>policies and procedures||
|adopted for the induction<br>and<br>training oftrustees;|Risks identified:<br>As in past years the risks continue to be Rising costs<br>and insuflicient<br>funding<br>from local authorities<br>.|
|~<br>the charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity<br>works;|This includes<br>all aspects ofpre school from energy costs to food and<br>consumables.<br>Some areas ofthe building<br>and storage facilities need<br>regular maintenance<br>due tothe age ofthe building.<br>Fundraising<br>continues<br>to prove to be very difilcult.<br>Lack ofFunding<br>from local authority<br>remains<br>an ongoing issue.|
|~<br>relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;<br>~<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of<br>major risks and the system<br>and procedures<br>to manage<br>them.|Trustees and staff are working<br>closely together to ensure that procedures<br>are in place in line with government<br>guidelines as well as local authority<br>guidelines.<br>Numbers<br>predicted for the academic year are falling slightly<br>on past<br>years..<br>Forecast for the next academic year suggests that numbers<br>may fluctuate.|
|Summary ofthe ob)acts ofthe<br>charity set out in Its|Toenhance the development,<br>education<br>and well being ofyoung children<br>aged 2-4years.|
|governing<br>document||





|||Morning<br>and altemoon sessions provided<br>and|are currently|are currently|Full|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Lunch dub available each day Mon-Friday||||||
|||Breakfast club is only planned<br>subject to demand.||||||
|||Liaising with health professionals,<br>education<br>specialists and social||||||
|||services and any other outside agency<br>in order|to support||the children|||
|||and their families. Special education<br>needs is at a higher level than|||||in|
|||past years.||||||
|Summary ofthe main||Constant<br>liaising with primary school to ensure|smooth transition|||for|all|
|acttvt5es undertaken<br>for|the|children.||||||
|public benefit in relation|to|Liase with other local primary school's when required||to, to ensure||||
|these objects (Include within||smooth transition<br>for all children.||||||
|this section the statutory||||||||
|declaration<br>that trustees|have|||||||
|had regard to the guidance||||||||
|Issued by the Charity||||||||
|Commission<br>on public||||||||
|benefit)||||||||
|Additional<br>details ofobjecthres||and activNes (Optional<br>Informadon)||||||
|You may choose to Include<br>further statements,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:||Volunteers<br>play an important<br>role in the running<br>Trustees carry out planned<br>meetings to ensure|ofthe charity.<br>involvement<br>is welcomed|||||
|||from all families/parents||||||
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;<br>~<br>policy programme<br>related||Meetings are held annually<br>to ensure<br>information<br>is shared <br>are fully involved<br>in the running<br>ofthe pre school.|||and parents|||
|investment;<br>~<br>contribution<br>made by||Work placed students<br>from local colleges and work experience students<br>help within the setting.||||||
|volunteers.||Fundraising<br>is led by parents,<br>staff and volunteers.||||||





|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year|Continuous<br>assessment<br>ofthe provision<br>is ongoing to improve outcomes<br>for the children.<br>The number ofchildren<br>remains<br>high and the pre- school is very nearly at|Continuous<br>assessment<br>ofthe provision<br>is ongoing to improve outcomes<br>for the children.<br>The number ofchildren<br>remains<br>high and the pre- school is very nearly at|
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|||full capacity.||
|||Forest school is full and continues to be very popular among local||
|||families.||
|||Forest school remains<br>in place for ALL children,<br>the younger<br>children,||
|||(2-year-olds) can access Forest school in a designated<br>session. There||
|||are now 2separate forest school sessions, each are age appropriate|for|
|||the differing age groups.||
|||Staff member<br>leading the Forest school is a fully qualNed<br>forest school||
|||leader.||
|||All staff are qualNed to Level 3or above with one member ofstaff set|to|
|||start training for her current Level 3NVQ||
|||ALL staff are trained<br>in Paediatric<br>first aid. Training continues to be a||
|||priority to ensure<br>all staff are up to date with relevant<br>statutory<br>training.||
|||All staff have updated<br>training<br>on Prevent, Basic safeguarding<br>and Food||
|||hygiene.||
|||Wages continues to be the largest cost as the national<br>minimum<br>wage<br>increases,<br>and this year has seen very little donation<br>or support.||
|||Work carried out in the garden has enhanced<br>outdoor provision for all|the|
|||children. The natural area continues to be developed<br>to create more||
|||opportunities<br>for learning.<br>This area ofprovision<br>is evaluated<br>on a||
|||regular basis for improvements||
|||Financially<br>the pre school continues to struggle<br>with rising costs. Cost|of|
|||consumables<br>as well as rising minimum<br>wage levels. The funding<br>received from the local authority<br>remains<br>low with no increase imminent.||
|||We continue to operate below our break-even<br>costs.||
|||Maintenance<br>is required<br>urgently<br>to the building<br>with areas being<br>identified<br>for repair imminently.||
|||We are in search ofa new trustee tojoin the pre school and hope that|will|
|||happen soon.||








|O<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|O<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|O<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|O<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES|||Receipts and payments|Receipts and payments|Receipts and payments|accounts|accounts|accounts||CC~sa|CC~sa|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Forthe period<br>from|||08/05/2022<br>To||||07/05/2023||||
|~<br>r|~||~|~ ~|||||||||||
|||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds|Endowment<br>funds|||Total|funds|Last year||
|||||to the||nearest<br>E|tothe nearestE|tothe nearest||E|to the nearest E||tothe|neawst E|
|A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||
|Voucher Fundng||||||92,227|||||||||
|Cash Fees||||||25299||||||||19188|
|Donations<br>Fundraising<br>Interest||||||985||||||995||1,851<br>2,375|
|Other||||||||||||||368|
|Sub total (Gross income for|||||||||||||||
|||AR)||||||||||||109,451|
|A2 Asset and investment<br>sales||||II% 0637|||||||||||
|(see table).|||||||||||||||
|A3 Payments<br>r<br>I|Sub <br> i|total<br>vf|~~11ao<br>119,(307|||||-~I|||~J<br>I I5 t2O7||+I|109,451|
|Wages<br>Consumables<br>Equipment/Resources<br>Repairs and maintenance<br>Training||||||98,121<br>3,912<br>3,468<br>1,378<br>392||||||98,12<br>3,912<br>1,378<br>392||4,720<br>6,001<br>7,321<br>739|
|Rent, Insurance<br>and services<br>General Expenses||||||5,468<br>4,207||||||4,207||5,781<br>8,154|
||Sub|total||||116,946||||||116,946||123,714|
|A4Asset and investment|||||||||||||||
|purchases,<br>(see table)|||||||||||||||
||Sub|total|||||||||||||
|Total payments||||||116,946||-||-||116,946||123,714|
|Net ofreceipts/(payments)<br>A5 Transfers<br>between funds|||Sods||I|2||||||||14,263|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|||||||||||||||
|Cash funds this|year|end||0(ra||2||||||||14,263|





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||Categories||||Details||||||funds|||funds|funds|
|||||||||||to|oeafeal 6||lo|nearest 8|lo nearest 8|
|B1Cash|funds||||Community|account|||||19,050|||||
||||||Savings Account||||||18,140|||||
||||||Salaries Account||||||8,441|||||
|||||||Total cash|||funds||46,631|||||
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||||||Details|||||'lo|funds<br> linen!stf||lo|funds<br> nearest 8|funds<br>h neanmta|
|B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||||||||
|B3Investment||assets|||Details|||||Fund lowhich<br>asset balan<br>s|||||Current value<br>o<br>'onal|
|B4Assets retained|||for|the|Details|||||Fund lowhich<br>asset beloh 8||Cost||iopuonall|Cunenl value<br>8 annal|
|charity's|own use|||||||||||||||
|BSLiabilities|||||Details|||||Fund <br>aabs'|to which<br>relates|Amount due<br>8 uonal|||When dne<br>8<br>'anal|
|Signed by one or lwo trustees<br>behalf ofat the trustees||||on|Signature||||||Print Name||||Date of|
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