## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

**Charity number 1170496** 

**Annual Report and Financial Statements** 

**for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

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**Highfield Community Pre-School** 

## **Annual Report and Financial Statements** 

**for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Trustees' report**|**3 to 4**|
|**Examiner's report**|**5**|
|**Receipts and payments account**|**6**|
|**Statement of assets and liabilities**|**7**|
|**Notes to the accounts**|**8 to 9**|



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**Highfield Community Pre-School Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

**Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors** 

**The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:** 

|**Name**|**Position**|**Dates**|
|---|---|---|
|Simran Hussain|Chair|Appointed April 2024|
|Abdool Kadar Saib|Nominated person|<br>Removed April 2025|
|Rachel Robinson|Trustee||
|Sughra Mahmood|<br>Trustee|Resigned April 2025|
|<br> <br>Shazia Mehrban<br>Trustee<br>Resigned April 2025<br>Zahira Razak<br>Trustee<br>Resigned May 2025<br>Muhammad Murtaza<br>Trustee<br>Appointed June 2025|||



**Charity number Became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 7th December 2016 registration number 1170496.** 

**Principal address Bankers The Highfield Centre Barclays Bank plc 21 Drewry Road Keighley BD21 2QG Independent examiner Lucy Taylor** 

**Structure, governance and management** 

**The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 7 Dec 2016, and is governed by a constitution.** 

## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees** 

**The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

## **The charity's objects** 

**The object of the Pre-school is to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents/legal guardian to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:** 

**a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;** 

**b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;** 

**c) instigating and adhering to the furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.** 

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## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

**Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Objectives and activities (continued)** 

**Public benefit statement In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the** 

**Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.** 

## **Achievements and performance Managers report** 

Highfield Community Pre-school has made strong progress over the past year, and we are proud of the improvements achieved through teamwork, dedication, and partnership with families. We look forward to continuing this journey of growth and development in the year ahead. 

Overall, this year has been a progressive and positive one for Highfield Community Pre-school. We have strengthened our staff team through recruitment and development. However, continuing rising costs are still impacting the Pre-School but we continue to work hard on improving our costs wherever possible. 

At Highfield Community Pre-school, we strongly value working in partnership with parents and carers, as they are the children’s first educators. This year, we have continued to develop and strengthen these relationships. 

We have introduced sharing our curriculum with parents each term, enabling families to understand what their children will be learning and how they can support this at home. Alongside this, we also share the Book of the Half Term, helping to encourage reading and extend learning beyond the pre-school setting. 

Parents have been actively involved in a range of activities and events throughout the year, including creating gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. During the Christmas period, parents and carers were invited into the setting to decorate ornaments for our Christmas tree, which was well received. 

We also restarted our Half Term Challenges, encouraging parents to share activities completed with their children during the holidays. This has helped strengthen the link between home learning and pre-school experiences.  We look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships with parents in the coming year. 

Fundraising has continued throughout the year through Fab Fridays and themed parties for events such as Halloween and Christmas. We will continue to explore new and creative ways to raise funds to support the ongoing development of the pre-school. 

The staff at HCP would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our dedicated committee members for their unwavering support. Their contributions make a significant impact on the preschool’s operations, and without their help, we would not be able to provide the same level of care and education. 

**Financial review The net receipts for the year were £10,670 all unrestricted funds.** 

## **Reserves policy** 

**The charity's free cash reserves at the year end were £197,043** 

**Highfield Community Pre-school aims to have reserves in the band of 50% (6 months) of anticipated expenditure.** 

## **Signed on behalf of the board of trustees:** 

**Signed: R Robinson** 

**Date: 20/01/26** 

**Name R Robinson (Trustee)** 

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## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

**Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Highfield Community Pre-School Charitable Incorporated Organisation ('the CIO')** 

**I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.** 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

**As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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** 

**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 CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or** 

3. **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 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.** 

Signed: L. Taylor Name: Lucy Taylor Date: 28/01/2026 

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## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

## **Receipts and payments account** 

**for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

||**2025**<br>148,623<br>793<br>2,092<br>4,582<br>847<br>864<br>**157,801**<br>109,216<br>1,498<br>55<br>460<br>151<br>62<br>330<br>1,128<br>576<br>3,175<br>555<br>1628<br>520<br>23,730<br>199<br>271<br>14<br>677<br>307<br>132<br>949<br>551<br>947<br>**147,131**<br>**10,670**<br>181,392<br>197,043|2024<br>132,664<br>4,360<br>1,972<br>4,474<br>844<br>574|
|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**|||
|Early Educational Funding|||
|<br>Fees|||
|Fundraising & Donations|||
|Lunch Club/snack & catering|||
|Uniform sales|||
|Bank interest|||
|**Total Receipts**<br>**Payments**||**144,888**|
|||102,743<br>728<br>92<br>673<br>17<br>1290<br>330<br>849<br>622<br>3,375<br>490<br>1,370<br>342<br>23,730<br>1,152<br>317<br>14<br>1,663<br>62<br>156<br>903<br>432<br>0|
|Salaries, NIC & PAYE costs|||
|Payroll & pension administration charges|||
|DBS disclosures|||
|Trainingand recruitment|||
|Staff travel & subsistence|||
|Uniform costs (staff)|||
|Independent Examination|||
|<br>Insurance|||
|Licenses, Memberships & Subscriptions|||
|Professional Fees|||
|Computers, Software & Maintenance|||
|<br>Printing, postage and stationery|||
|Phone & internet|||
|Rent of room & desk hire|||
|Repairs and maintenance|||
|<br>Cleaning& domestic supplies|||
|Catering & Refreshments|||
|Equipment & Materials|||
|Activities expense|||
|<br>Committee expenses|||
|Lunch club/snack expenses|||
|Fundraising expenses|||
|Other expenses|||
|<br>**Total Payments**||**134,960**|
|**Net receipts/(payments)**||**9,928**|
|Cash fund balances brought forward<br>Cash fund balances carried forward||157,473|
|||181,392|



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## **Highfield Community Pre-School Statement of assets and liabilities** 

**as at 31 March 2025** 

||**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|**Cash funds**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Barclays - Business Saver**|**45,469**|**-**|**44,804**|**44,804**|
|**Barclays - Community Account**|**68,617**|**-**|**53,830**|**53,830**|
|**Yorkshire Bank**|**82,957**|**-**|**82,758**|**82,758**|
|**Petty Cash**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Total cash funds**|**197,043**|**-**|**181,392**|**181,392**|
|**Other monetary assets**|||**£**||
|**Prepaid room hire**|||**2,637**|1,977|
||||**2,637**|1,977|
|**Assets retained for the charity's own use**|||||
|**Laptop and desktop computers**|||||
|**Printer**|||||
|**Chairs and tables**|||||
|**Shelving**|||||
|**Roomscapes**|||||
|**Oven**|||||
|**Shed**|||||
|**Filing cabinet**|||||
|**Banners**|||||
|**Laminator**|||||



## **Fridge** 

|**Liabilities**|**£**|
|---|---|
|Independent examination|330|
|Pension costs – March 2025|**183**|
|Bookkeeping – March 2025|**250**|
|Barclaycard|**334**|
||**1,156**|
|**Approval of the accounts**||



**The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on** 

**Date: 14th October 2025** 

**Signed: S Hussain** 

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## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

## **Notes to the accounts** 

**for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **Basis of accounting** 

**The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.** 

**There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.** 

**No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.** 

## **Taxation** 

**As a registered charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.** 

## **Fund accounting** 

**Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.** 

**Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.** 

**Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.** 

**Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.** 

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## **Highfield Community Pre-School** 

## **Notes to the accounts continued** 

**for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

|**2 Staff costs and numbers**|**2 Staff costs and numbers**|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
||**Gross salaries**|**109,216**|**102,743**|
||**Statutory pay and employment allowance**|**(5,307)**|**(4,411)**|
||**Pensions**|**1,526**|**1,304**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|||**105,435**|**99,636**|



|**The average number of employees during the year was 9.2, being an average of 5.0 full time equivalent**|**The average number of employees during the year was 9.2, being an average of 5.0 full time equivalent**||
|---|---|---|
|**(2024:9.8 and 4.5 FTE).**|||
|**There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.**|||
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year**|**1,526**|**1,304**|
|**Amount of any outstanding contributions**|**183**|**248**|



## **3.  Related party transactions** 

## **Trustee expenses** 

During the year no trustees were paid (previous year: no trustees) 

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