Trustee Annual Report
Who we are:
Little Owls Pre-School & Nursery, Newtown, Witchampton, Dorset, BH21 5AU Charity Number: 1167602 Ofsted Reg: 2603857
Trustees as at end of July 2024
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Lauren Morris-Bourne, Chair
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Sonia Bawden, Treasurer
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Dominique Cobb, Trustee
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Kirsty Day, Trustee
Our Structure:
The trustees oversee the setting, with the Pre-School Manager attending to the day to day running of the nursery and management of its paid staff. Trustees are recruited by word of mouth and advertising in the parent newsletters, and the village newsletter. All trustees give their time freely and no remuneration or expenses were paid in the year.
Activities & Objectives:
Our motivation is that learning should be enjoyable, exciting and fun and we are confident that children will find Little Owls a place where they can discover the world, learn and explore new experiences through play and these experiences will stay with them forever.
At little Owls our ethos is:
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To nurture every child to believe in themself, to feel that they know who they are and understand what makes them happy.
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challenges and new experiences.
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To captivate our children’s engagement with the excitement and wonder that learning can bring, developing their sense of curiosity.
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To provide an environment that safeguards and enriches our children’s understanding of the natural and physical world.
Achievements & Performance:
We run a term time provision of holistic early years education and care using a nature study approach. Little Owls implements daily inputs designed to extend each and every child’s learning potentials. The key person system enables focused activities spreading across the early years statutory framework. The outdoor explorer sessions run throughout the year engaging the children with seasonal patterns, continually building and nurturing their knowledge and understanding of the world. Alongside our daily provision of early years child centred education, we also contribute to community events such as fetes and fundraisers. Our location and holistic approach is dedicated to
nurturing future generations of environmentally aware individuals. Little Owls has received an Ofsted ‘Good’ classification – please see link to the report. http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/2603857
Finances:
The Pre-School operates a current and reserve account, both of which ended the year in profit. There were no debts held by the nursery. The reserve monies are held to cover any redundancies payments should the setting have to close, for premise refurbishments and general funds to improve the quality of education for the children within the setting.
The principal sources of income are government funded fees and parent non-funded fees. Another key source of income is the fundraising we do through events such as the Christmas raffle, sponsored children’s events and community involvement on days such as the village fete and open gardens.
As a charity the parents of our children have the assurance that all the income of the Pre-School must be applied for educational purposes. The financial benefits we receive from tax exemptions are all applied for educational purposed and indirectly help us to maintain our finances. We pay tax as an employer through the national insurance contributions we make.
| Little Owls Pre School | Little Owls Pre School | Little Owls Pre School | Little Owls Pre School | Little Owls Pre School | 1167602 | 1167602 | 1167602 | CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
01.08.2023 | To | 31.07.2024 | ||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 67,051 2,159 30 356 69,596 - - - 69,596 62,753 1,636 3,427 55 1,200 790 813 5,414 1,241 173 62 397 211 78,174 - - - 78,174 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 67,051 2,159 30 356 - - 69,596 - - - 69,596 62,753 1,636 3,427 - 55 1,200 790 813 5,414 - 1,241 173 62 397 - 211 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Fees | 67,051 | 87,581 | |||||||
| Fundraising | 2,159 | 3,084 | |||||||
| Other including donations | 30 | 783 | |||||||
| Interest | 356 | 153 | |||||||
| Government Grant | |||||||||
| Events | |||||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 69,596 | 91,601 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). | |||||||||
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 91,601 | |||||||||
| Wages | 62,753 | 62,753 | 68,321 | ||||||
| Refreshments | 1,636 | 1,636 | 1,471 | ||||||
| Materials | 3,427 | 3,427 | 5,385 | ||||||
| Events | - | - | |||||||
| Licences | 55 | 55 | 70 | ||||||
| Rent | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,220 | ||||||
| Insurance | 790 | 790 | 754 | ||||||
| Utilities | 813 | 813 | 186 | ||||||
| General bills | 5,414 | 5,414 | 1,922 | ||||||
| Repairs & Renewals | - | 539 | |||||||
| Phone | 1,241 | 1,241 | 1,168 | ||||||
| Advertising | 173 | 173 | 137 | ||||||
| Uniform | 62 | 62 | 206 | ||||||
| Stationary, postage and computer | 397 | 397 | 310 | ||||||
| Bookkeepingand accountancy | - | 450 | |||||||
| Training | 211 | 211 | 594 | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 78,174 | 78,174 | 82,732 | ||||||
| - - - 78,174 |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) | |||||||||
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| Computer | - | - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 82,732 | |||||||||
| - 8,578 | - | - | - 8,578 | 8,869 | |||||
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| 36,823 | - | - | 36,823 | 27,954 | |||||
| 28,245 | - | - | 28,245 | 36,823 |
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of th | e period | |||
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Current Account Deposit Acount Cash Total cash funds Details Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 4,544 23,701 - 28,245 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Print Na |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - - me |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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