Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From August 2024 Period start date To July 2025 Period end date
Charity name: Carrington pre-school
Charity registration number: 1173378
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To provide development and education of children. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
We promote their education in a caring and stimulating environment, promoting development, health and well being and supporting families. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | Yes |
Additional information (optional)
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| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | Grants received from Bucks Council for 3 and 4 year olds. |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Assisting with fund raising activities , raising funds for the pre-school. |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | The development and education of children in preparation for entry to Infant school. We support parents during this process, we liaise with the Infant schools and interact with organisations in our village e.g. the Age Concern. |
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| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | See accounts, independently audited and monitored by the Chair of Trustees. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Reserves held for possible closure/redundancy payments, 6 months rent and capital projects. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | 1) 2) |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | Pre-school may be taken over by Carrington Infant school. |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Bucks Council Grants including grants for SEN children, and fund-raising |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | Increasing costs due to inflation, increase in National Insurance contributions. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
CIO | |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Model CIO constitution for childcare providers 2013 |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Election to post by parents of pre-school children at Annual AGM. |
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Carrington pre-school |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1173378 |
| Charity’s principal address | 2 Chapel Road Flackwell Heath Bucks HP10 9AA |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Patricia Symes | Chair of Trustees | From May2017 | ||
| Sue Whapshott | From May2017 | |||
| Belinda Grimsey | From Nov 2024 | |||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
N/A |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and | addresses of advisers (Optional information) | addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser |
Name Address |
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| N/A | ||
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) PATRICIA SYMES
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
Date
Income & Expendiure
| Income & Expendiure | ||
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| Cashflow for the year ended Jul 2025 | ||
| Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 |
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| INCOME | ||
| Fees Fundraising BCC Funding / grants Refunds Parent Voluntary Contributions Lotto Transfer from other accounts Income Total |
367.50 £ 21.11 £ 22,122.00 £ - £ 35.00 £ - £ - £ |
487.50 £ 420.00 £ - £ - £ 592.08 £ 405.00 £ - £ 32.00 £ 596.10 £ 601.57 £ - £ - £ 33.39 £ 43.00 £ - £ 21,247.88 £ 6,100.00 £ 18,791.58 £ - £ 19,248.41 £ 377.70 £ 34.50 £ - £ 100.00 £ - £ - £ - £ 3.00 £ 270.00 £ 355.00 £ 275.00 £ 275.00 £ 255.00 £ 390.00 £ 320.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ |
| 22,545.61 £ |
824.00 £ 22,618.98 £ 7,076.57 £ 19,066.58 £ 847.08 £ 20,076.80 £ 743.70 £ |
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| EXPENDITURE | ||
| Wages | 10,639.41 £ 287.03 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 16.56 £ - £ 930.00 £ 150.10 £ - £ - £ |
8,884.11 £ 8,617.76 £ 8,843.83 £ 7,771.20 £ 9,065.13 £ 7,571.44 £ 8,925.51 £ - £ 316.49 £ 171.19 £ - £ 357.19 £ 128.68 £ 194.15 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 38.40 £ - £ - £ - £ 993.00 £ 74.00 £ - £ - £ 24.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 84.71 £ 106.61 £ 95.17 £ 61.07 £ 136.32 £ 127.16 £ 172.31 £ 502.83 £ 174.89 £ 311.01 £ 49.99 £ 83.26 £ 275.76 £ 397.94 £ 1,126.64 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 59.40 £ 567.44 £ 95.00 £ 82.00 £ 646.51 £ 90.10 £ 144.48 £ 470.00 £ 11.00 £ - £ 6.68 £ 25.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 10,000.00 £ |
| Pension Payments Capital Purchases Training Professional Fees & Licenses Catering (Children) Toys & Resources Insurances Premises Administration (incl Bank Charges, SGW Payroll,BT & Photocopying) Miscellaneous (incl Events) Transfer to other accounts Total Expenditure Monthly Surplus (Deficit) |
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| 12,023.10 £ |
12,096.09 £ 10,748.19 £ 10,446.20 £ 8,900.94 £ 12,236.41 £ 9,197.14 £ 20,764.39 £ |
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| 10,522.51 £ |
11,272.09 -£ 11,870.79 £ 3,369.63 -£ 10,165.64 £ 11,389.33 -£ 10,879.66 £ 20,020.69 -£ |
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| Opening Balance | 31,159.12 £ |
41,681.63 £ 30,409.54 £ 42,280.33 £ 38,910.70 £ 49,076.34 £ 37,687.01 £ 48,566.67 £ |
| Closing Balance | 41,681.63 £ |
30,409.54 £ 42,280.33 £ 38,910.70 £ 49,076.34 £ 37,687.01 £ 48,566.67 £ 28,545.98 £ |
Income & Expendiure
| Income & Expendiure | ||
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| Cashflow for the year ended Jul 2025 | Apr-25 May-25 Jun-25 Jul-25 247.50 £ - £ 525.00 £ 113.75 £ - £ 23.95 £ 106.00 £ 10.00 £ 27,630.51 £ 28,199.70 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 11.76 £ - £ 320.00 £ 335.00 £ 390.00 £ 290.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 28,198.01 £ 28,558.65 £ 1,032.76 £ 413.75 £ 8,127.21 £ 8,249.57 £ 8,948.09 £ 11,566.03 £ 113.51 £ - £ 352.95 £ 354.09 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 60.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 67.53 £ 201.83 £ 167.62 £ 30.41 £ 112.46 £ 29.97 £ 364.73 £ 34.77 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 930.00 £ 239.29 £ 74.10 £ 125.57 £ 279.90 £ - £ 169.10 £ 166.00 £ 256.20 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 9,590.00 £ 9,654.57 £ 11,114.96 £ 13,451.40 £ 18,608.01 £ 18,904.08 £ 10,082.20 -£ 13,037.65 -£ 28,545.98 £ 47,153.99 £ 66,058.07 £ 55,975.87 £ 47,153.99 £ 66,058.07 £ 55,975.87 £ 42,938.22 £ |
Yearly Totals |
| Aug-24 to Jul-25 | ||
| INCOME | ||
| Fees Fundraising BCC Funding / grants Refunds Parent Voluntary Contributions Lotto Transfer from other accounts Income Total |
3,158.33 £ 1,467.12 £ 143,717.78 £ 149.26 £ 3,510.00 £ - £ - £ |
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| 152,002.49 £ |
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| EXPENDITURE | 107,209.29 £ 2,275.28 £ - £ 1,165.40 £ 24.00 £ 1,250.74 £ 2,354.17 £ 1,126.64 £ 11,160.00 £ 2,553.89 £ 1,103.98 £ 10,000.00 £ |
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| Wages | ||
| Pension Payments Capital Purchases Training Professional Fees & Licenses Catering (Children) Toys & Resources Insurances Premises Administration (incl Bank Charges, SGW Payroll,BT & Photocopying) Miscellaneous (incl Events) Transfer to other accounts Total Expenditure Monthly Surplus (Deficit) |
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| 140,223.39 £ |
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| Opening Balance | ||
| Closing Balance |
Yearly Surplus (Deficit) £ 11,779.10
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Ex3mineT's Report Report to the trustees CAIIWiNJa i OIJ PR£- SCHOOL On accounts for th• y•ar ended 102g Charlty no (If anyl 1113378 Set out on page¥ I repcrt to the trustees on tny exarn itTration of the accounts of Ihe above charity {llhe Trusf} for the y@ar ended ,. Re5ponslbilitlo5 an bas1$ of report A5 the charty'5 trustees, yw aTe responsible for the preparatic of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirement5 of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Ac¢'). I report in TespeGt of my exarnlnati of the Trust's accounts carried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act arKI in G8rrying out my èxamination, I have followed all tha 8pplicabl8 DitS given by th8 Charity Commission under sect[1 145(5){b) of the Act Independent trhe charity's gro&5 inc(Kn8 e%ce8d8d f250,ODD and l am qualified to ¢X8minerfs statement utKJert8ke the ex8mination by being a qualrfbed mernb8r of [Insert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delet8 [ J rf not applicable. I have completed rny exatninalion. l corpfirm that no rnaterial matters have cotne to my attentlon in connection wth th9 exarn4nation (other than that dFscIos8d below ') which gives me tause to believe that in, any material re8pect: the accountrng records were rKJt kept in accordance wrth section 130 of the Charib'es Act- or the a¢¢ounts did not accord with trie accounting records: or the accounts did riot CCffnpFy with the applitable requirements ¢oncernlng th8 form and ¢ontpnt ¢)f accuunts set out in tho Charrti8S (AccoLJnts and Reports) Rogula)"ons 2CQ8 other than any requirnet that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independ8nt examination. I have no concerns and have come acr0&8 Th) other rnarters in connecto with the exarninati( to which attention should bo drawn in this report in order t Thable a prq)er understanding of the accounts to be reaGheJ. ' P188 e words in Ihe brack8ts do 8ppIy. Date.. Sign•d: Name: AfL Jorftyj Pg Relevartt professional qualifitIOn(s) or body IER Oct 2018
Irf any): Address: fLO Section B DiSGlo5ure Otrily complete if the examiner need5 to h4ghlight material rnattEyrs of concèm {see CC32, Independent examination ol charty aGcounts: directions 8nd guidance fty examiners>- GFve here brief delails of any Ilems that the èxaminw wishè5 to disclose. IER O¢t 2018