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Charity Irptrat•)n nvmber 1174318 (Englattd and Wales) READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDTTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD EI¥DED 31 DECEMBER 2024

READY STEADY GROW COMMUNrfY PRE SCHOOL Trustees E Gnffiths S Simpson N BteDt Charity Dumber 1174318 Regijtered office L8Dglev Green Centr¢ Stsge]ands Crawkv West Sussex RHII 7PE IDdepeDdent examlDer tknu Hthn8ACA FCCA t￿bA Richard Pkn Dobg)n Sern'ces Limit41 Ground Floor 1-7 Ststion Road Crawky West SusxK RHIO IF

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READY STEADY GROW COMMUNrrY PRE SCHOOL TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 The r]na￿la1 statcllK￿ts have Een ID ￿0[da￿e wtth the xcounting ￿1]cA¢S sd out in note i to the fmancial statements and compl). ￿7th the chanty's Pre-school ￿lling Alliance CoDslitiJlioo the Chattti&8 Act 2011 and "Accounting and RewrtiDg by Clwiti¢s: stateD￿Lt of Recolllltn￿ Practice applTrcable to charities p[qwi￿ their xcounts in accordance with the Fin￿la1 Rqy)rtmg Standard arq)IKable iti the UK and Republic of treland (FRS 102)" (effective l January 2019). Objectives Ind actiTritles Public benefil The ¢h8Tity is a with irs mAin objective the ed￿atIOn of children aged lthveen two and five years old. This is achieved by promoting carq safety. ed￿at10D and [￿￿ts1 involYetnenL as well &%181th and The trusth bave ￿ld ff8ard to 8UMJance is5￿$ by the Charity Commission in thiding wbat ￿tivItIeS the chaTity should undertake. Achievements and perfomattct Autumtt Terni 2023 The pre￿h0o1 ￿gan the academlc year with high slaff mornk and the team woTkeA collat)Trtiv¢ty to ensure a positive start even though our numEtrs were low. We welcoD)ed C¢rys. Eve's sister. who joined trmtx>ranty io sUP￿rt Strtfu￿ neeAIs. We hosted a Mactllillall Coffee Morning in S•Lrr, feabjrtsl a swCc¢sSfi￿ Cbristmas Craft D&y for fami]i&8 and a f￿1ve Chri4M￿ Play. creatively writl¢n by the hddT¢n. The christ￿ fi]ndraismg ev￿1 was c8JKelkd to lack ofint¢Test. Spring Terni 2024 Spring enrolment increased our numFrs although staff mornle was low due to th¢ di￿le￿ItieS tn our building and lack of support from the council to improve things. Two parent craft workshops were hekl-one for Mother's Day 8ths and another for decordtioas. Both wae Mell. resources from a anotherpr￿tY)ol that closAn8 World Book Day w&5 cekbrated V41th enthuslasm, with childrn and staff as ther favowik ]itasry cl]aracters, promoting a love ofreading and storytellm8. Summer Terni 2024 We kn'd farewell to slaff memlxr H8yky, WIM) mow] on lo a new Tok. Her contrilMJtions w￿¢ 8[￿tty valueAI. The Sun]m¢r TeTm difficult and Eve 5￿k¢ kn the cOmri￿ after she 8nd othu ￿10[ stsff felt that they VEre readv to leave th¢ Pr￿001. Ameetm8 was held with ￿ents and it w&5 deci(bJ to close the p[￿h￿l and chanty dowi. We held a GTaduation Party for ￿h0o1 leavtt4 compkie ¢atificates and keepth yfls. Prep8rations for the we￿]￿￿.$ closute July. iDcludmg saks a￿1 farewell evats attOM￿ by families and It a￿eed by the commits to sbae any Temall￿ fun(Ls left over after all [alunda￿l￿$ a￿1 &is have beaL ￿ld to Et ￿tWeell 3 kKai charity t￿L￿h0O]s.

READY STEADY GROW commuM￿ PRI SCHOOL TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTMIED) FOR THEPERIOD ENDED 31 DEC￿v￿ 2024 FtDanciai review RÈxm7espolia' As the chw is in the prixess of w1n(ti￿O down its w]icy has be¢n Tevised to refiect the ttansitson .All liabilit￿ and objigatons are met in full. Strncturq governance and mngement The clwity is an Earty Yeay3Allianc¢ CIO govern￿1 by anAswciatson M(thl CO￿￿lti]ll0IL E Griffiths S Simpsoa N Brcllt Due lo the dLrision to close the Fftrthl. the tnL%tets bave ce&$￿ the re¢ruilm¢Dt and apFK)intmeDt of new lJustett. The existiD8 board rernait￿ in plaet to oversee the ord￿ty clowe of the chuity and to thal all ranainills obligatio￿5 are met Trn$tee Date..

READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL

I report to the trustees on my exammation of the financial stat e m ts of Ready Steady Grow Community Pre School (the charity) for the period ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the tru s tee of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the fi n a cial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my exammation I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner's statement

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the relevant version m of the Statement of Reco ended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the ei..tant regulations but has now been withdrawn. I understand that this has been done in order for the financial stat e m nts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

I have completed my examination. I confinn that no 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. 2 the fi n a cial statements do not accord with those records; or

• 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requir e m ts concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requir e m t that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent exammation.

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 fmancial statements to be reached.

Darren Harding ACA FCCADChA

Richard Place Dobson Services Limited

Ground Floor 1-7 Station Road

Crawley West Sussex RHl0 lHT 29/10/2025 Date: ........................... .

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READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL STATEMENf OF FINANCIALAcrKvrriES INCLUDJI¥G INCOMEAND EXPENDfruRE ACCOUNr FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 nd$ 21124 fimds 211LI Notes Income and endowments frnm: Donations and leoaci&s OthLT tsadiDg aciivtl Investtllents Other iticome 109.002 513 41 545 125.880 392 Totsl income iio.ioi 126272 ExpenditiTre on." Raisi])8 funds Cbaritsble activities Other wendityre 30 285.W7 234 53 131237 Totsl ezpendlture 286.171 131290 Net erpenditllfE movement ID f•Dds (176.070) {5,018) Re¢oDdlhlitin of fiwd*" Fund ithnces at l Augusl 2023 176.070 181,088 Fund balances at 31 IY¢t¢mber2024 176.070 m continuing 8clivitie&

READY STEADY GROW cOM￿[U￿ PRE SCHOOL BALAIYCE SHEET ASA T 31 DECEMBER 2024 2(r24 2023 Notes Fixed assets Tangible assets 15 393 Cunenl Msets Debtors Cash at baDk and in band 16 468 177,979 81,120 81.120 178.447 Credi¢ors: amounts f*lllng due wlthill one year 17 (81.120) (2,770) Net curr¢nt assets 175.677 Total asYts kss turrtDt liabili¢ies 176,070 The of the cbirih. Unrestncted fun(L% 19 176.070 176,070 27. /0 afj The r]ll￿cial ststements wete awval by thc ttU5tees on .............. Trustee

READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Chwity iDfonnatiDn Ready Sleady GroTh Conm)uDAty Pre School isao F￿ty YearsA]]iance CIO. l. l Reportsng peiiod extsidal the Tew¥rting paiod kn 17 monts euding on 3) D￿l￿r 2024, ill orts to a]Agn Ihe fiDaDcial r¢p)ning Trith the p1alln￿ Llosure of the chaTity. ThL8 appmach eDsurGs that all Televant financial activity to the p)iot of closure is As 8 rewlt of the extended accouutillg pai0¢ the compmlive amounts presenled in these fllw¢Aal Staterrt￿ (Its¢h￿Ing the relalol J]otLs) COV￿ a sborter pvi(xl a]￿ IF￿¢fOre llot e￿I￿[Y 1.2 Accounting conventioft The finawial thtements have been rffep￿ in accordance with the clwity's Constitutio￿ the CJiaTities Act 2011. FRS 102 Tr Finaticial RepoItiD8 stand￿ awlilxble ID the UK alld Republic of Ireland" CFRS 102.) and the Cbarities SOIiP 'AcCoUnti￿ and Re￿rtID8 by Cbaritiex Slalantht of R￿0Mmended Prnctice 3t4)licable to c1witi￿ their accounts iti actordaatr the Financtal Rqy)ItiDg Stsndard applicable in the UK and Repub]ic of treland (FRS 102). (￿}￿tiVe l January 20191 The cbaTity is a Pubjic Entsty as defin&l by FRS 102. The fuwKial sLments have dep&tbl from the C￿￿TilleS (Accounts a￿j RwTts) Regulth]Is 2008 only to the extrit required to rmvide a and fair view. This has iDFolva folloThin8 the Ststem¢nt of Recommendd Prnctice for ¢lwities appl)qDg FRS 102 rather than t￿ veT5i¢)n of the StaM￿t Ptactice ￿{Ch is refcEred to iu the RegulalioDs but which has sinGe Trithdrnw The fLDancia] alements are in ￿￿]ing. Vihicb is the fa￿]01￿] of the cknity. Monetsry amounts in these fu￿￿1 stAtan￿ts ar¢ mundol to the llear￿£. adopt&l are set out tdow. L3 Going con(ern At the time of ar1￿0Villg th¢ fmallcial ststuoenl4 the trllae￿ have Co￿lllded that the ￿kn￿lty will not continue in op¢xatioDal cxistence for the foreseeable fatll￿ FollowiDg a strategic decision to doThn activities and close the cP￿ity. the trustees have detrri￿ that the got￿￿ CO￿ baw o18Kcounling is no Ion8eT aF4)roEYkqte. Accordmgly, the 1.4 CharitablE funds UD￿j¢￿J fll]￿ are avaiknwe for use atibe di￿1￿ of Ihe tsilsiees in furthe￿Of their cliaritable obj'ectives. 1.5 JDtom¢ anLounts can be reliablv, and ills w?FAble that income ￿ ￿T<￿e1ve c￿ dollations are on receipt &)nations ate Tecognid once the clkirity Fos i￿1 nolifial of the donatio4 ￿foll￿all¢e condJtiOnS TO4UitE defetral of the amounL hKome tLX rewv￿able ill ￿atIOn to donations T￿Civ&1 under GiftAid or deats of c0va￿lt ts rttowsed atthe time of the donatio is kll0Th￿ attd re£eipt Is￿￿1 If the atllouat 1snotkn0w￿ ￿ Iw is treated as a contin8tht

READY STEADY GROW COMfvtUNrrY PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FINANCL4L STATEMENTS (COlYnNUED) FOR THE PEIUOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Accounting PDlicies (Contilluedj 1.6 Expenditure Expellthtt￿e is recognisol once there is a legal or constructive obligatioll to t]w￿er economic F￿DefIt to a third partv. it is probAble that a trallsfcr of e￿noMIC I￿l￿fits in settleJtul and tbe amount of the obb'gation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is C￿llfied by ￿tiVity. The costs of C￿h activity are up of the total of direct costs and sharnl cost3, includin8 SUPP)rt costs involved in Und￿1￿ xtivity. DiT￿l costs attributable to a smgle activitv are allocated directly to that ￿tivity. Shared cO￿S which contn￿￿te to more than one activty and supp)rt costs which are not atttibutable to a 5mgle activity are atvortioneAJ lknveen those activitias on a basis ￿nS￿t the use of reg)urc¢s. Central statT cosls ar¢ allocated on the i￿1$ of lime sp¢uL a￿1 de￿￿1&110￿ charges are allocabj on the p)rtion of the asset's ￿. 1.7 T•Dglble thed assets Tangible fLxed 8ssets illit￿lly at cost aDd tly at cost or valuatioffj net of dew￿latiOn 8Th18ny impairnMt10&ges. tkpreciation is recognisa ￿ as to wiite off the cost or Yahwtioll of assds kss their rG%i¢knl Tah￿9 ovet their weful hves on the following bw: Comwters 4 ye•r Str￿ht Ill carrYJn8 value of the asseL and is recogDisoI in the ststement of ￿tiVItieS. 1.8 Impairment of futd Assets At each rwrtsD8 end dat¢. the clwity reviews the carying amounts of its tsnpl)le &wets to dae￿￿ whether tbere is any indication that those as%ts have suffered an impJJrmeDt lo￿. If 8ny indution exists. the rwoverable amount of the assd is &%timat&l io order to det¢ll￿ the ￿ent of ioss (ifany). 1.9 Cajh and c•sh equlvalenti C8sh and cash a4uivalents inclu(k C￿ in batyl dep)sits hdd at call wilh tnks. oikr short.tam hqwd investments with liabil1t￿. 1.10 FIDanclal knjtrumentg The clwi'tv Iw electel to a￿ty the of s￿￿oll 11 'B&sic FinwKial [ns1n￿￿Jts. and Section 12 .0th Fillanc￿l Instrum¢nts Iw&8' of FRS 102 kn all of its fllttiai It￿￿￿¢￿ provisions of the iD51ntinetkt. Fitwic1￿ asth and liabilities 8te offs¢ with the net amounts in the financial ststement4 when there is a legally enr0￿cOble right to sd off the teco8m¥l amounts and there is all intention to settle on a net FAsis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simulialleously. B￿C financial Thlllch include debtor5 and C￿ and Ixnk" tlances. are MIt￿lY me8sw￿ at traD￿tion ￿l¢e includmg transaction wsts 8nd are subs84￿tlY ￿rIed at amorti5al ￿5t USll)8 the eff￿tive illtctest n￿thOd unless the 8rrangellLent constitsrtes a financillg t[all￿tiO0 where the tt8Lwtioll is meawaj at Ihe p￿t value of the futur receipts dixount&J at a Ma￿et T of illtetesL FitwKial &&Fets classified as [￿elF¥b￿ within one Ye￿ ￿￿Ortis￿l

READY STEADY GROW CoMNfuNT￿ PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENIS (CONfINUED) FOR THE PEJUOD EIVDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Atcounting policies (Continued) awdngemLmt constitut(% a fmancing I￿￿¢tio￿ ikn the dd)t i5 In￿j[￿l at the pr&Dt value of the future Foyments discounted at a matket Trte ol inkrest Fin￿¢181 liabiliti￿ classificd as payable Nsithin one ye8T aTe not Trade Creditors are oblyhon5 to EHY for g¢xMJs OT seryicts that have acqllNol in the ordinary course of opratiolls ftom 5upp]ict& A]rK>uuts payable are c]￿]fied &8 cutTent I￿l11t1¢S if Twent ￿ due within one year OT I￿. If DOL Ihey are pr&￿ted as liabi]itie& Trnde Croll￿ are iDilially at trans&ction pnce alld sUbseque￿IY Meas￿ at 8mortid cost Usi￿0 the effective intese method. Financial liabilitses are wlu the ¢knity's contrxlual obli8ations expire or are dihgèJ or cal￿elle11 1.11 Empknyee benefjts Th¢ costof any unused holiday entiil¢meot is r¢rogDised in thewiod in whi¢b Ibe eD)ployee's services are receive<L the emplo)The￿ of ananployee orto pmovide tatDrdion Criti￿1 accomitlDg estlraates and Judgements In the application of tk clwity's acCO￿ling Pol￿14 the are wu1￿1 to maL¢ judgall￿ts, estim￿ and relcYaaL Actual re￿Its may differ these recogn￿￿ in the FLTiod in which the esthnak is revised wheje the TevisAon aff¢cts only that or in thc wiod of Income fmm dO￿tIons legaci funds 2023 2024 6537 102.465 4,882 120,998 109.002 125.880

READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME￿ (coNfINUED) FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Incowe frDm other trading Actiiities Unrntiicled UJuE5tricted funds fund5 2024 2023 513 392 In￿rne frnm illvMtmeDts UDnYtricted iTnrntricled fimds fuDds 2024 2023 Interest r￿e1Vable 41 Other infome UDreJtricted UnTrstricted fuDdJ funds 2024 2023 S41¢ of equipmet 545 Expenditure on r•isiDg fvDdJ Unrntrkied UnreJtri¢ted funds nds 2024 21)23 Fundraising and publicity 53

READY STEADY GROW COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FtYANCIAL STATEME￿ {CONfINUED) FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 E4ndItu￿ on charitsbk activitit5 2023 Direct costs Staff costs 131276 159 472 697 951 687 17,744 651 105.123 56 331 793 1.107 154 15.301 2(M) 2,196 Activities Domestic Equipuuit Ouling4 trips and r Rent StatTtrainiDg Redulldancy Cknitable dojthtions 22,619 77.608 253,764 125261 Share of support and governwbce costs (see note 9) Supwt 26.632 5511 3,149 2.827 285.907 131237 Anlvsis by fund 285.907 131237 Support costs alknuted to actritses 2023 12LK) 22.987 648 119 613 83 235 1,065 291 107 670 TeleKonllnunitations Printing. FLlSts8e and ststionary Computer costs Matketing Suttdry 781 2.827 5511 32.143 5,976 32.143 5.976 gelo

READY STEADY GROW COmMuNf￿ PRE SCHOOL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENIS (CONTINUED) FOR THE PE]UOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 17 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023 Other creAitors .4ccnwLs and deferroj income 430 2,340 81.120 81.120 2.T70 The a¢¢n￿lS aT¥I deferrol income r￿Ure iDclu(ks ￿¢T￿￿1 th>nati0ts8 for Willow Tree Preschool, Muddy Il￿dIeS Preschool. and Water Li￿.￿ PteschwL which will be disbu￿ after all other outstandJDg liabib'ties bave been settle(L 18 Ret1￿ment benefit Kbem 2024 2023 Defined contribution schemes Cbatge to profit or lo&% in rewt of derm￿ conknTrfirtion 2,515 1.833 The clwity opetatas a defiDryI contr1￿110n peLqon ￿ for all q￿ID8 employe￿ The a￿ts of the scheme 8Te held separatety from thoyx of the chaTity in an 19 Unrtsirlcted funds The unrestricted fimds of th¢ ¢lwity cOmW￿ the of&)n8tions aad grants ￿ti1¢h are not sub)ecl lo S[￿lfIC conth'tions by donors and grantors as to how tbey These i￿lUde deswtal funds which have iwl set aside out of unrethted funds by the for S￿C]fIC puw>5e& At l August 21123 ResourresAt 31 December expended 2024 Gener￿ fun(L8 176,070 110.ioi (286,171) Previous ye•r. At l Augurt 21n2 IncomiDg Ruources At 31 Jujv 2023 expended 181.088 126272 (1312Y)) 176,070 20 Relaled party trknsartionj Th￿e no di%los&ble related FAtty transxl10￿ the w￿d{2023. none). y13