Reglstered Charity Number: 1173831 fihei al Si ments f the Year En 31 Ju d%'P hool Mudd Puddle5 Pre School Contents of the Flnancial Statemen for the Year Ended 31 J 1 2023 PA Report of the Trustees Independent Examiners Report Statement of Financial Activitles Balance Sheet Notes to the Flnanclal Statements 5t08 Detèlled Statement of Financlal Activities 9tolO les Pre Contents of Flnandal S for the Year Ended 31 Ju temtn 2023 The trustees pre51tt rheir rep)rt wth the h"naftcial strtemertts of the charity lor the year ended 31 Jujy 2023. The trustees hève adopted the pro¥isi005 of Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. statement ol Recommended Practlce. applicable to Charities prepariThg their aetounrs in accordance with the Financial Reportln8 Standard applitable in the VK and Republicof Ireland IFRS 1021 leffective l January 20191. OBJECTIVÉ D AcnviTIES Objective and alms The objective of the charity is to pr¢)vide a rounded pre sthool educarion to all thHdren enrolled at the p￿ khool STRUCTURE GOVERNAN EAND MANAGEMENT Governin8 document The charity is controlled by Its Bo¥wnin8 document. a deed of twst and constitves an unlrKQr￿fat¢d charity. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIV Registered charity number 1173831 Prlnclple address Irield Communltycentfe Ifeild Drive Crawlev Sussex RHIIOHD Trustee5 Mrs C Billin8ham Imanauèrl Ms R Geor8e Mrs M McDermoti Independent Examiner G8M Actountants L*mited 19b Front Street Sacrlston DH7 6JS COMMENCEMENT OF AcfiviTES The Pre School group commenced artivity in Au8USt 1017 -.and si84td on it's behalf by Mrs C Billin8ham- Trustee Inde endent Examinees Re Mudd Puddles Pre School rtto the Trusteesof nde minerfs re trustee fmu Pudd￿$ Pre I report of the tharlty trustees on myexam1nai1￿ ol the accounts of Muddy Puddles Pre School lThe Trust) for the year ended 31 July 2023. Responslbllitle5 and basls of reyt As the charity trusiee5 of the Trust you are responsible lor the preparat￿n of the accounts in accordance with the requirements OF the Charities Act 20111'ihe Act'l I report In respeet of my examinatlon of the Trttst's account5 carried out under settion 145 of the Act and In carryin8 OLIt my examination I have followed all applicoble directlOAS given by the Charty Commission under section 14Sl5llbl of the Act. Independent e¥•mlnèr's statement have complered my examination. I confirrn that Tho material ￿tter$tOMe to my atteniion in tonnection with the examlnation giving me cause to believe that in any maiefal respect- occountlnB records were noi kepi in respect of ihe trust as required by section 130 01 the Art- or the attounts do Thot accord with those recofds.. or the actounts do not compfy with the applicable revluirements Concernin8 tht form and contect of the accounts Set out tn ihe Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regualtions 2C¥)8 oihef than any requirement thai the accounts 8Ne a true and fair view whsch Is noi a matter cons￿ered as parr ol an indepèndent examlThation. I have no concerns and have comt across no other rnatters in connertion wlth the txamination to whlth attention should be drawn in thls report in order to anable a proper understanding of the actounts to be reached. Graeme Bell FCCA G8M Accountants Limited 19b front 5lreet Sacriston Durham DH7 6JS Dète.. Sthogl Staremertt of Fln r the Year Ended 31 P4oies 31.07.2 Genernl Fur#J 31.07.22 Total Funds INCOME ANO ENDOWMENTS FROM Oonations and Legaiies IAterest Rpceived iO.a96 13,682 Ch•rltable a￿￿11¢$ Grants Received 128.9)1 144.971 Other tra(Nng ￿tI￿lIeS 5SO 139.755 IS9.203 EXPENDITURE ON Charltable a of fundrnl8lng activities again8t otyectives set Parn 1.41 Investrnent performanc* against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the nod Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stalin wh th8 are held Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in defi¢rt Èxplanation of any uncertainties aboLrt the charity Continuing as a going concem Parn 1.21 P•rn122 Par8 1.22 Pwa 1.22 Parn 1.24 Pva 1ZJ Addltlonal Infomiatlon loptional) You ma hoose to indude further statements whère ￿levant aboutr. Govèrnmerrt FE funding The charty's principal sources of funds linduding any fundraising) Parn 1.47 Investment policy and objectives in¢luding any Social investment policy adopted rn 1.48 A description of the principal risks facing the charity r•1.48 Other Structure. Governance and Management Descripts"on of charivs trusts. Type of govemiTrJ document 12 I charter How Ès the charity constrtLrted? le g unincorporated asooe19tion r,ioi Trustee se18Ction methods including details of any constitLrtional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees Pwa 1.2S Charlty C(Mnmission Scheme P*a 125 Earty Y8arn Alllance CIO constitution P¥a 1.25 Elocllon at AGM- parnnt nomlnatlons Additional infomiation (optlonal) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant abcxrt: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustee8 P*r# 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any bwder ne￿ork with which the chanty works P•r• 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative detalls Chari name Other name the chari Re istered Ghari number Charity's principal address Mudd Puddles Preschool CIO 1173831 6 Robin Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HJ Names of the charlty trustees who manage th8 charity T￿￿ narne Offic• Irf any) Datss a¢t¢d rfnotforT*ho Namo of ￿r*0￿ lor body) •ntitled Int ITustse 5fan Carol Billingham Maria McDennott Rae George Rachel Pandey Charlotte lQ'ng Chair T￿aSurer Secretary AGM selected AGM selected November 2023 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees - names of the director8 at the date the re DSrn¢t¢r nam• rtwasa roved Name of trustees holding trtle to property belonging to the charity Tru•toe nam• Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capaoty Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how thk8 falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charrty's own assets Addttlonal Infomiatlon (optlonal) Names and addre8808 of advlsern (Optlonal Inforniatlonl Type of Namo Addrnss advlMr Name of chlel oxecutlvo or nameg of 8onlor staff members (Opiional Infomiatlon) Exemptlons from disclosure Reason for non4isdo8ure of ke rsonnel details Other o tlonal Infonnation Declarations The trustee8 declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's truste•8 Signaturels) '"ec Full namels) Posltion (eg Secretary, Chair, et¢) Carol Billingham Maria McDemiott Chair Treasurer Mudd Puddles Pre-school P1553346 rfield Community Centre, Ifield t)rive, If ield. Crawley, W Sussex RHII OHt> 01293 270262 in mudd ddles reschool.com Charity no: 1173831 Chair r's setti 2022123 Happy to report that the preschool in in comfortable Position. considerin9 we are between 2 school nurserie<. we are virtualty full with a waiting list, We are expectiw a Visit from Ofsted in the not to distant future as our last inspection was in October 2018 and all 'Good' settirvjs are expecting visits anytime between 5 and 6 years since their last inspection, hopef ully with notice this timel We encourage 'stay and play4 to encourage our familles to work with us and improve parent partnership. Which included The Kiry's Coromtion tea party in May last year! The Christmas one is planned for the 8th December. In June we went to Bocketts farni as a group and everyone seemed to enioy themselves. the only unf ortuTrJte thirg was the lack of a coach f or Children to have The full experience of a whole settiry out1￿, however we did provide a mini bus for those families who did not have their own transport. Once a week we have a Spanish teacher come in and she sirgs in both English and Spanish familiar rhymes which the children really enioy and every other week we have a dancin9 teacher come in and again the children love havi someone else come and play ¢Jnd interact with them. If anyone knows or would like to come in themselves. we would love it. although I do know our newest trustee Rachel has done this celebratin9 Holi back in March. We are currently ok staff wise. however we would like to find an additior￿1 staff member to cover Monday-Thursday mornings 8.15-11.45 f rom January 2024 to support 3 SEND childre Staff have requested an additioMI 'shed' in the outside are to create a Sensory area with the SENt) children in mind, however it would also be used for all children with small group work tak1￿j place, assumirg we can af ford one more about this in the treasurer's report and the council agree to another in the outside area. Carol Billingham- Chair Mud Puddles Pre-school EY553346 If ield Community Centre, Ifield Drive. ff ield, Crawley, W Sussex 01293 270262 info mud uddles reschool.com Charity no: 1173831 RHII OHD Tr•asurer'8 rn Ort 2023-2024 We are as Carol said in a comfortable financial position where we have been careful how the funds have been spent- see additional break down as to how and where the money has been spent. Most of our funds are received through the Govemment funding. which we receive 6 times a year with an estimate payment at the end of each tem and after headcount the rest is paid just after th8 following half term after Carol has confirmed all children that are entitled. All staff are paid according to qualifications and experien￿ and as staff complete any qualifications their hourly wage rises appropriately and any unqualified are paid more thAn thè national minimum rgt•. We have on average 5 families a tem paying for sessions which currently cost £17.25 for a 3 hour session. These families in general pay by bank transfer, although we do have a couple who pay cash. Being a chatty there is the expectation for us to fvndraise, as part of our constrtution (we did have the Amazone smile, however this is no longer.) so we currently do this through raffies, the photographer commission and the easy fundraising app online. however we would love some new ideasl Providing the council agree as there are suffia'ent funds io purchase a new 'shed- outdoor classroom,. Wrth staff input ￿ will investigate and hope to have this in place in early Spring. We have now secured a new accountant arKI payroll. as our previous accountant gave notice that he was retiring. The new company is GMB Accountant, the expectation is that they will take over from De￿mber 2023. just awaiting confim￿tion from the current accountant. We have also signed up to Quick books so we will soon be completely online which ill make the accounting much simpler. Unfortunately, we have been contacted by Barclay's Bank ststing that we have the wrong charity business account, why it has taken 5 years for this to come to light who knowl So Carol and l are tying to sort this .... the fonns are so undear. Maria McDermott Date 911111￿25