## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From April 2024 Period start date To March 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Cylch Meithrin Ifor Bach** ## **Charity registration number: 1174997** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|A charity that gives young pre-school children
in Wales the opportunity to benefit from early
years education and experiences through the
medium of Welsh.| |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|Cylch Meithrin Ifor Bach is a Welsh medium
pre-school and wrap around service based on
the site of Ysgol Ifor Bach in Abertridwr. We
are registered as a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation and are a ‘not for profit’
organisation. We offer services to families
that can access Flying Start, Childcare offer
Wales and for private fee paying enabling
parents to return to work if they wish.
We provide childcare through the medium of
Welsh for families in the Ysgol Ifor Bach
catchment area.| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|If there are suitable grants available, then the
committee will apply for these.| |Policy on social investment
including
program
related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution
made
by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The trustees of the Management committee
are all volunteers.| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|We focus our work on improving the life chances
for the children in our care. We serve an area in
South Wales that includes some of the most
disadvantaged children in Wales. We do this in
several ways including by introducing the Welsh
language to children who come from non-Welsh
speaking families. We know that giving these
children the advantage of being bilingual will
greatly increase their chances of employment
when they later become adults and that
introducing a new language during the preschool
years is the most effective method of
introduction. We also work closely with the
Local Authority to ensure staff attend training
courses that upskill our staff to provide high
quality provision enabling us to put early
interventions in place for individual children. We
assess and plan our activities so that we can
identify areas of need and put in place
preventative work to support the children’s
progress. We provide individual support for
targeted children who are referred to us by the
Local Authority.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |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|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to have 6 months worth of costs in
reserve.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Children’s fees for the services provided
either through Local authority/Welsh
Government Funding for Flying Start or
Childcare Offer or private fee-paying
parents.| |---|---|---| |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|Numbers of children attending dropped due
in part of the year when the school offered
full time nursery.
Birth rate in our local authority is dropping.
A raise in our rent by 4 times the previous
amount.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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|Trustees are elected annually and adopt the
constitution.| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |||Regular meetings held with the trustees and| |||guidance given through Mudiad meithrin| |Policies and procedures||Officer| |adopted for the induction and|Para 1.51|| |training of trustees||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Regular meetings held with the trustees and
guidance given through Mudiad meithrin
Officer| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|There are employees led by a leader who
report to a board of trustees, whom include a
voluntary responsible individual. They work
closely with Caerphilly Council and Mudiad
Meithrin.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Member of the Umbrella Organisation
Mudiad Meithrin| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Cylch Meithrin Ifor Bach| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1174997| |Charity’s principal address|Ysgol Ifor Bach, Windsor Way, Abertridwr, Caerphilly, CF83
4AB| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Nam**
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**pers**
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**(or**
**body**
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**entitl**
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**trust**
**ee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sarah Jane Leigh|Trustee(Chair)||| ||Daniel Taylor|Trustee||| ||Rebecca Morgan|Trustee|Started September 2024|| ||Mali Tipping|Trustee(Treasurer)|Started September 2024|| ||Leonna Williams|Trustee||| ||Dian Morris|Trustee|Started January2025|| ||Faith Northum|Trustee|Finished January2025|| ||Joanne Lewis|Trustee|Finished January2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |20||||| – 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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ||**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**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)** Treasurer of Mali Tipping **Full name(s)** Sarah Jane Leigh **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 04/03/2026 **CYFRIFON CYLCH MEITHERIN IFOR BACH ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ## **Income and Expenditure Account** |**Income:**
Flying Start
Fees
Childcare Offer
Other||55,497.30
14,285.93
13,450.00
93.66| |---|---|---| |**Expenditure**
Wages
Rent
Nest Pension
Outdoor Play Equip
Supplies
Professional Fees
Telephone
Mudiad Meithrin
Office inc Laptop & Printer
Bins|63,911.51
3,658.50
2,348.68
2,251.99
1,975.79
886.80
409.21
150.00
532.45
175.67|83,326.89
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Treasurer| |||76,300.60| |**Net Surplus for Year**||7,026.29| |**Balance Sheet**
Opening Funds
Plus Surplus for Year||42,945.07
7,026.29| |Closing Funds||49,971.36| |Bank Balance
Cash Balance||49,971.36
-| |Total Funds||49,971.36| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Cyfrifon Cylch Meitherin Ifor Bach On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1174997 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('Ihe Trust") for the year ended 31 March 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 carying out my examination, I have followed all 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 in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did accord with the accounling records" or the accounts did comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have not come across 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 accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 1010212026 Name: Teresa Preston Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Suite 2B GIF, De Clare House 4 Sir Alfred Owen Way. Pontygwindy Ind Est Caerphilly CF83 3HU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of Gon￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. There continues to be a lack of fomial trustee meetings and over reliance on individuals with the Chair and Secretary having been in position longer than is set out in the Constitution. However, bank statements provided support the spreadsheets maintained and payroll reports confirm the wages paid this year there were also adequate records to enable the vouching of chosen transaGtions. The only recommendation is that more care is taken over the retention of till receiptslpurchase Invol￿S. However, those missing were very low value and not considered to be an issue. There were some larger expenses during the period for outdoor play equipment including a Mud Kitchen and office equipment including a Laptop.