Trustees Annual Report – for year ending 31.03.25 Esklets Preschool - Charity Number: 1173478
Station Yard Danby WHITBY North Yorkshire YO21 2JL
Trustees
| Trustees | ||
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| Trustee name | Office held | Dates acted(if not for the whole year) |
| K E Thompson | Chair person | |
| K E Thompson | Safeguarding lead | |
| K E Thompson | Ofsted nominated person | |
| K Moore | Secretary | |
| K Smith | Treasurer | |
| A N Trainor | Committee member | |
| E L Speight | Committee member | |
| R Gallacher | Committee member |
Management
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
The charity is an early year’s provider that operates from Station Yard, Danby.
The playgroup is managed by a committee of parents of children who attend the playgroup, plus members of the local community, with skills and qualifications in relation to the role fulfilled.
Five permanent members of staff are employed. The day to day running of the early year’s provision is overseen by the playgroup manager, Victoria Howe (Helen Purtill from January 2025). Parents of children using the playgroup are invited to participate in meetings about how the organisation is run and are encouraged to become trustees in what is very much a community-based organisation.
Trustees are elected annually at the AGM.
The committee is responsible for; Employment of staff, Reviewing policies and practice, Finance management, Safeguarding children (Child protection), Health and safety and Fundraising.
All parents or guardians are welcome at meetings. We are a community based, non-profit making organisation registered with the Charity Commission.
We are a member of the Early-Years Learning Alliance and the North Yorkshire Early Years Partnership with the local authority, and we are also registered with OFSTED.
Objectives and Activities
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and plan activities which will help children to make good progress towards the early learning goals, where appropriate, and sometimes beyond. Through planning we encourage children to take part in activities that build on their interests, what they already know and their developing physical, emotional, social and intellectual abilities.
Through play, in a secure environment with adult support, we think children can:
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Explore, develop and represent experiences, which help them make sense of the world
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Practice and build up ideas, concepts and skills
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Learn how to control impulses and understand the need for rules
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Be alone, alongside others and co-operate with others
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Think creatively and imaginatively
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Communicate with others as they investigate and solve problems
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Express fears and anxieties in a safe environment
In line with the Early Learning Goals our curriculum is divided into
3 prime areas of learning:
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Communication and Language
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Physical Development
And 4 specific areas:
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Mathematical
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Literacy
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Understanding of the World
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Expressive Arts and Design
Achievements and Performance
Esklets Preschool has a high attendance rate with most available places for sessions taken, offering 10 sessions over 5 days.
Organisation staff members have attended various training courses throughout the year.
Financial Review
The organisation’s income is made up of government funded places for eligible children, session fees for non-government funded children and fundraising activities. The organisation does not have any debts and does not have a reserves policy.
Full details of the organisations finances are contained within the Annual Return, however in brief the total income was £87,195, expenditure was £89,575 resulting in a loss of £2,380.
| This loss is covered by earnings carried forward from 2024 as follows: | This loss is covered by earnings carried forward from 2024 as follows: |
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| Retained earnings | £ 19,216 |
| 2025 profit/(loss) | £ (2380) |
| Total | £ 16,836 |
| Income | |
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| Bank interest Consumables/Snack Donations/Fundraising NYCC - funded session fees Session Fees Grants Total Income |
216.10 775.75 1,771.17 67,078.00 15,956.10 988.00 |
| 86,785.12 | |
| Expenses | |
| Accountancy fees Electric Water Nett pay Pension Insurance Learning/ Play resources Miscellaneous Expenditure Offsted requirements Printing, Postage and Stationery Rent Repair and maintenance Snacks/Cleaning supplies/Consumables Subscriptions Telephone & Broadband Training Total Expenses |
984.00 1,942.00 184.71 64,642.57 2,717.47 1,898.27 1,837.82 8.00 52.00 69.98 3,552.52 988.40 1,821.90 354.32 1,162.40 588.00 |
| 82,804.36 | |
| Net Operating Income | 3,980.76 |
| Other Income - Miscellaneous Income Other Expenses - PAYE & NI Liability |
409.62 6,771.08 |
| Net Income | 2,380.70 - |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Esklets Preschool members of On accounts for the year 31/03/2025 Charity no 1173478 ended (if any)
Set out on pages
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: Date: 15/09/2025 ~~[|~~ Name: Louise Garbett ~~Cs~~ Relevant professional AATQB qualification(s) or body Auditor of major construction contracts for 3.5 years (if any): Address: Stoneleigh Glaisdale YO21 2PU
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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