## **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<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide development and education of**<br>**children.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**We promote their education in a caring**<br>**and stimulating environment, promoting**<br>**development, health and well being and**<br>**supporting families.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants received from Bucks Council for 3**<br>**and 4 year olds.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Assisting with fund raising activities ,**<br>**raising funds for the pre-school.**|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The development and education of**<br>**children in preparation for entry to Infant**<br>**school. We support parents during this**<br>**process, we liaise with the Infant schools**<br>**and interact with organisations in our**<br>**village e.g. the Age Concern.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**See accounts, independently audited and**<br>**monitored by the Chair of Trustees.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves held for possible**<br>**closure/redundancy payments, 6 months**<br>**rent and capital projects.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**1)                            2)**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**Pre-school may be taken over by**<br>**Carrington Infant school.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Bucks Council Grants including grants**<br>**for SEN children, and fund-raising**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Increasing costs due to inflation,**<br>**increase in National Insurance**<br>**contributions.**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**CIO**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Model CIO constitution for childcare**<br>**providers 2013**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated**<br>**Organisation (CIO).**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Election to post by parents of pre-school**<br>**children at Annual AGM.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>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<br>Flackwell Heath<br>Bucks HP10 9AA|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Patricia Symes|Chair of Trustees|From May2017||
||Sue Whapshott||From May2017||
||Belinda Grimsey||From Nov 2024||
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– 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<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**||
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## **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**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Cashflow for the year ended Jul 2025**|||
||Aug-24<br>Sep-24<br>Oct-24<br>Nov-24<br>Dec-24<br>Jan-25<br>Feb-25<br>Mar-25||
|**INCOME**|||
|Fees<br>Fundraising<br>BCC Funding / grants<br>Refunds<br>Parent Voluntary Contributions<br>Lotto<br>Transfer from other accounts<br>Income Total|367.50<br>£<br>21.11<br>£<br>22,122.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>35.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|487.50<br>£<br>420.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>592.08<br>£<br>405.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>32.00<br>£<br>596.10<br>£<br>601.57<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>33.39<br>£<br>43.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>21,247.88<br>£<br>6,100.00<br>£<br>18,791.58<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>19,248.41<br>£<br>377.70<br>£<br>34.50<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>100.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>3.00<br>£<br>270.00<br>£<br>355.00<br>£<br>275.00<br>£<br>275.00<br>£<br>255.00<br>£<br>390.00<br>£<br>320.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|
||22,545.61<br>£|824.00<br>£<br>22,618.98<br>£<br>7,076.57<br>£<br>19,066.58<br>£<br>847.08<br>£<br>20,076.80<br>£<br>743.70<br>£|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|Wages|10,639.41<br>£<br>287.03<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>16.56<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>150.10<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|8,884.11<br>£<br>8,617.76<br>£<br>8,843.83<br>£<br>7,771.20<br>£<br>9,065.13<br>£<br>7,571.44<br>£<br>8,925.51<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>316.49<br>£<br>171.19<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>357.19<br>£<br>128.68<br>£<br>194.15<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>38.40<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>993.00<br>£<br>74.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>24.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>84.71<br>£<br>106.61<br>£<br>95.17<br>£<br>61.07<br>£<br>136.32<br>£<br>127.16<br>£<br>172.31<br>£<br>502.83<br>£<br>174.89<br>£<br>311.01<br>£<br>49.99<br>£<br>83.26<br>£<br>275.76<br>£<br>397.94<br>£<br>1,126.64<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>59.40<br>£<br>567.44<br>£<br>95.00<br>£<br>82.00<br>£<br>646.51<br>£<br>90.10<br>£<br>144.48<br>£<br>470.00<br>£<br>11.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>6.68<br>£<br>25.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>10,000.00<br>£|
|Pension Payments<br>Capital Purchases<br>Training<br>Professional Fees & Licenses<br>Catering (Children)<br>Toys & Resources<br>Insurances<br>Premises<br>Administration  (incl Bank Charges, SGW<br>Payroll,BT & Photocopying)<br>Miscellaneous (incl Events)<br>Transfer to other accounts<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>**Monthly Surplus (Deficit)**|||
||12,023.10<br>£|12,096.09<br>£<br>10,748.19<br>£<br>10,446.20<br>£<br>8,900.94<br>£<br>12,236.41<br>£<br>9,197.14<br>£<br>20,764.39<br>£|
||10,522.51<br>£|11,272.09<br>-£<br>11,870.79<br>£<br>3,369.63<br>-£<br>10,165.64<br>£<br>11,389.33<br>-£<br>10,879.66<br>£<br>20,020.69<br>-£|
|**Opening Balance**|31,159.12<br>£|41,681.63<br>£<br>30,409.54<br>£<br>42,280.33<br>£<br>38,910.70<br>£<br>49,076.34<br>£<br>37,687.01<br>£<br>48,566.67<br>£|
|**Closing Balance**|41,681.63<br>£|30,409.54<br>£<br>42,280.33<br>£<br>38,910.70<br>£<br>49,076.34<br>£<br>37,687.01<br>£<br>48,566.67<br>£<br>28,545.98<br>£|





## **Income & Expendiure** 

|**Income & Expendiure**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Cashflow for the year ended Jul 2025**|Apr-25<br>May-25<br>Jun-25<br>Jul-25<br>247.50<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>525.00<br>£<br>113.75<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>23.95<br>£<br>106.00<br>£<br>10.00<br>£<br>27,630.51<br>£<br>28,199.70<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>11.76<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>320.00<br>£<br>335.00<br>£<br>390.00<br>£<br>290.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>28,198.01<br>£<br>28,558.65<br>£<br>1,032.76<br>£<br>413.75<br>£<br>8,127.21<br>£<br>8,249.57<br>£<br>8,948.09<br>£<br>11,566.03<br>£<br>113.51<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>352.95<br>£<br>354.09<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>60.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>67.53<br>£<br>201.83<br>£<br>167.62<br>£<br>30.41<br>£<br>112.46<br>£<br>29.97<br>£<br>364.73<br>£<br>34.77<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>930.00<br>£<br>239.29<br>£<br>74.10<br>£<br>125.57<br>£<br>279.90<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>169.10<br>£<br>166.00<br>£<br>256.20<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>9,590.00<br>£<br>9,654.57<br>£<br>11,114.96<br>£<br>13,451.40<br>£<br>18,608.01<br>£<br>18,904.08<br>£<br>10,082.20<br>-£<br>13,037.65<br>-£<br>28,545.98<br>£<br>47,153.99<br>£<br>66,058.07<br>£<br>55,975.87<br>£<br>47,153.99<br>£<br>66,058.07<br>£<br>55,975.87<br>£<br>42,938.22<br>£|**Yearly Totals**|
|||**Aug-24 to Jul-25**|
|**INCOME**|||
|Fees<br>Fundraising<br>BCC Funding / grants<br>Refunds<br>Parent Voluntary Contributions<br>Lotto<br>Transfer from other accounts<br>Income Total||3,158.33<br>£<br>1,467.12<br>£<br>143,717.78<br>£<br>149.26<br>£<br>3,510.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|
|||152,002.49<br>£|
|**EXPENDITURE**||107,209.29<br>£<br>2,275.28<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>1,165.40<br>£<br>24.00<br>£<br>1,250.74<br>£<br>2,354.17<br>£<br>1,126.64<br>£<br>11,160.00<br>£<br>2,553.89<br>£<br>1,103.98<br>£<br>10,000.00<br>£|
|Wages|||
|Pension Payments<br>Capital Purchases<br>Training<br>Professional Fees & Licenses<br>Catering (Children)<br>Toys & Resources<br>Insurances<br>Premises<br>Administration  (incl Bank Charges, SGW<br>Payroll,BT & Photocopying)<br>Miscellaneous (incl Events)<br>Transfer to other accounts<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>**Monthly Surplus (Deficit)**|||
|||140,223.39<br>£|
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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
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charity {llhe Trusf} for the y@ar ended ,.
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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 Di￿t￿S 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 requi￿rne￿t
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.
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Address:
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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.
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