MR BEE'5 FAMILY CENTftE {KING'S LYNN) TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH Z025 Charity ReEiStfation Number: 1169475 MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN) CONTENTS Page Legal and administrative information Tru5tees' report 2to7 Statement of financial activities Balance sheet Notes to financial staternents IOto17 Independent examiners report 18 MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE IKING'S LYNNI LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIL5 R@gi#eied Charlty No.. 1169475 Addresse5: Central & Head Office St Au8uXine's Healthv LivinE Centre Columbia Way n8s Lynn Norfolk PE30 2LB 3- 5 Hamburg Way North Lynn Industrial ESL King'5 Lynn Norfolk PE30 2ND Springwood HiBh School Queensway Kin¢5 Lynn Norfdk PE304AW Telephone.. 1553 692797 01553 777097 01553 766661 Tru5tees'. J Nowrung K Le serve C ReThard Bankers.. Uoyd5 TS8 Bank PIC 21-23 Hlgh Street King's Lynn Norfolk SolKltors: Ward Gethin 3 Regis Place Bergen Wav Kings Lynn Norfolk PE30 2JN Independent Examiner: H?yh¢)w and Co Chartered Certified Accountants & Business A(Jvssors 19 Klng 511eet n8's Lynn Norfolk PE30 IH8 Page I MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE {KING'S LYNN) TRUSTEES REPORT The trustees present their annual report and financia5 staternents of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2025, The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note I to the accounts and comply with the charitV'5 constitution, the Charitles Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102. OBJECTIVES We aim to offer a safe and secure environment for all children. in which they wlll be offered a wide range of opportunities to learn through play. Enthusiastic staff will give the children opportunities to be creative, imaginative and to develop physical skills. We have a wide range of activities and equipment to Sult all ages and interests. Thc children will be empowered to extend and develop their skills and confidence in a caring supportive framework. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. STRucfuRE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The charity is governed by a Trust Deed which requires that there shall be at least three trustees. A trustee is recommended by an existing trustee and invited to a meeting and then elected at the next trustee5 meeting. All trustees receive adequate induction and training. TRUSTEES AND ORGANISATIONAL MAThERS The trustee5 of the charity during the year are shown in the legal and adrninistrative section. ACHIEVEMENT5 AND PERFORMANCE Mr Bee's currently has 335 families on record. We have 39 childcare staff members and 8 operational staff. It is anticipated our waiting lists wlll increase as the demand forfunded sessions increased. As new sraff are recruited, Settings will be in a goud pu5iliun to returii to full capacity Staffing levels and mg.g.t th@ rising number of childcare placed required. Mr Bee's airn has been to support eco-friendly initiatives and become paper free which also support in reducing costs. We have accomplished thiswith the help the Famly plarform which is used for all aspects of record keeplng and comtnunicatiuii WILFI fdinilies. All Centres continue with in the moment plannin8 which prioritized child led learning and exploration, rather than following a rigid pre-determined plan. The childcare staff observe a child's interest and learning in the moment to inform planning and support a child's development. Page 2 MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE {KING'S LYNN) TRUSTEES REPORT ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE- continued We continue to successfully implement the Early Years Foundation Stage in keeping with best practice as identified in the Ofsted reports. Centres continue to build strong relationships between the home and nursery and constantly review practice to ensure they provide a welcoming environment which provides opportunities for children's families to be moTe involved at the centre. In May 2024, Mr Bee's jolned Flourish and pledged to make Norfolk a place where every child and young person can Flourish. It pledged to offerwork experience and menroring thrDu8h apprentiteship prDErams offer to young People. We will provide an environment to encourage apprentices to develop good prattices which will ensure the flourish pledge outcomes are embedded. We felt this was partlcularly important and would help the national shortage of childcare staff and aid the retum to full capacity afterthe pandemic. Our Senior Early Years Professlonal. which was part of Decan meetings. was successful in the bid to promote healthy living and ran parent and child sessions involving cookin physical activities with Alive, stories and rhymes with the library and visits to the Beacon church and Purfleet Pantry for fun sessions and provide free mernbership to the food hub and paritries. North Lynn continues to promote the dent31 project by Sending home dental story 53ck5 to raise awareness of importance of healthy eating to 5UPPOrtgood dental hygiene and the alm to reduce cavltles in younE children. The centres send out alongside the dental hygiene sacks, send out Hungry Caterpillar story sacks provided by St Michael's family Centre and partner. All three centres continue to use the Wellcomm speech and language toolkit which they rind a valuable tool to support with early identification of delayed language Skills earlier which is evident in increasing numbers of children since the pandemic. The Senior Early Year5 Professional completed Core Communication Champion training and introduced the toolkit at development meetings to cascade and use throuEhout the three centres to ensure we continue to offer 3 rich communication friendly environment. All our centres have the Safer Program certification for successfully attaining the recommended safeguarding children procedural standards. STAFF REPORT AND UPDATE Childcare Staff Team", North Lynn, Springwood and St Augustine's are each unique in their own w2V albeit con515tent in meeting Mr Bee's aims and objectives. All teams remain consistent 3nd together with professional development and training, are effective in providing excellent quality childcare and education. Page 3 MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN} TRUSTEES REPORT STAFF REPORT AND UPDATE Childcare Staff Team; After the pandemic and as an organlsation, it was recogni5ed the need to support children and all staff completed training in Behaviour, Theory of Mind and Neurodivergence, Step-on traininE. Makaton and of course all statutory training such as child protertion. food safety and refreshed knowledge on prevent, child exploitation as well as attendinE network meetings. Our Centre Lead at Nonh Lynn coniinue5 hei Journey iiilv ilie Cuiiv51ty Approacl) and Child(a￿ rooffls have started to transform from the traditional bright colourful setting where into neutral tone rooms, creating a peaceful, tranquil environment which does not distract away from a child's learning but instead places full focus on the various Ii)05e Items which children can play with. Training materials and idea5 are shared at development meetings with Springwood and St Augustine's who have also started to incorporate loose parts and the curi05ity approach. Baby and Toddler continue to run on 8 Thursday morning where therc is space for ten families to access messy play, healthy Snack, and rhyme time as well as OLrtdoor activities. Attendance fluctuates with 3-4 famllles regularly attending. The Under Five Summer Session, ran voluntarily by a staff mernberfs, is well attended, and can accommodate more familie5 by using all our well-equipped nursery garden, meadow, and wooded areas to explore. Operatlonal and Support Staff. The Senior Finan￿ Officer continues to work with our accountants to ensure up to date systems and processes are in place. Eransactions reconciled. and accounts are accurate and submitted to the Charities Commission in a timely manner. Maintenance tasks and responsibilities continue to be streamlined to include the use of outslde contractors and making use of community resource5 and at tlmes. the goodwill of staff members. farnily, and the local eommunity to support with fi'nanthal restraints. Partnerships with Community Payback continue as they continue to support with the development and maintenance of our 5t Augustine's Centre and the community 8ardens which includes the development of a meadow and wooded area. Fundralslng; The childcare teams continue to fundraise. organising fvndrdislng events such as cake sales and raffles. Uptech represented Mr Bee's at the annual Swimarathon at St James swimming pool and subsequently raised funds through the Kin￿5 Lynn Rotary club and the Round Table a150 ran an event and donated funds. All funds raised have been put into a pot ready to replace the much-needed IT equipment required next year to be able to run Windows 11. Our bids for Cornmunity Infrastructure Le￿ Fund from The Borough Coullcil of Kln8's Lynn and West Norfolk was successful and we were awarded money to support reducing carbon emission5. Thi5 meant we have bÈÈn ablè to replace all indoor lighting and some of the outdoor lighting with led light5 intludinE emergency lighting which will not only support government agendas but also go a long way to reducinB Utility costs. Stuart Newman trom Setra, a local timber year in King's Lynn donated 311 m3tori3ls to replacp 3 mijch-nppdgd npw dpcking area at our SprinEwood CeThtre and Communitv Payback teams built it- creatinE a wonderful outdoor area for the children. Mick Loftus made us aware of a grant with VIY which we were successful in bids at all three centre5. A team came in and decorated all the downstalr ha51 w211s at St Augustine's. They ererted porches over each doorway at North Lynn and built play walls and planter. At SprinEwood, the team built a cover foi the stage aTea. replaced the wheelchair ramp, and bvilt play walls and tyre covers at 5prin8wood. Page 4 MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN) TRUSTEES REPORT Partnership Working; Partnershlp working with Early Years Family Semce, Children's Services, School to School, Speech and Language, Health Visitor {to name a few), Local Health Team and Early Years Partnership have continued overthe year. The Senior Early Years Professional and head office staff continue to work in partnership with Community Payback Service who have supported in maintaining all three of our centres. The community gardens have been used by the Famly Hub to run Peep sessions over the summer, and the Senior Early Year5 Professional continues to raise aw3rene55 at North Lynn Community Hub meetings. The gardens continue to be cared for by volunteer gardeners who were sign posted by Get Involved Norfolk and continue to attend once a week to support with the upkeep of the community gaiden5. FINANCIAL REVIEW / PLANS FOR THE FUTURE The accounts have been finalised for the year ending 31 March 2025 and independently examined, Income has increased from 2024,. this increase is due to the new Under 2's, 2-year-old funding and an increase in rental revenue for St Augustine's. We continue to see the rislng cost5 of providing quality childcare; again, it has been a difficulr year 10 balance the demands of the cost of our childcare service against the revenue available from the government funding and childcare fees. We continue to successfully build on the tenancy in the offices and room occupancy at St Augustine's to generate extra revenue to pay for maintenance and utility bills (particularly eleciriciry and gas after comlng out of a comperltive fixed rate deiill tli(It continue to rise year on year. We welcome UK S Futures who dp_livp.r The Kin