## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From September 2024 To August 2025** ## **Charity name: St Winefrides Preschool** ## **Charity registration number: 1179493** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The charity’s purpose is to provide high
quality early years education and care for
preschool children in a safe, stimulating
and inclusive environment. The preschool
aims to support the learning, development
and wellbeing of children through play-
based activities that promote social,
emotional, physical and educational
growth. The charity also seeks to work in
partnership with parents and carers to help
children develop confidence, independence
and readiness for school.| |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|During the year, the preschool continued to
provide accessible early years education
and childcare for children within the local
community. Activities included the delivery
of structured and free-play learning
opportunities in line with the curriculum for
Wales framework.
The preschool provided a range of activities
and experiences designed to encourage
learning through play, including indoor and
outdoor learning, creative activities,
physical play, storytelling, music and social
interaction. Support was provided for
children with additional needs where
appropriate, ensuring an inclusive
environment for all families.
The preschool also worked closely with
parents, carers and external professionals
to support children’s development and
wellbeing. Fundraising and community
engagement activities helped maintain and
improve resources, equipment and learning
opportunities for the benefit of the children
attending the setting.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had
regard to the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit when reviewing| issued by the Charity the charity’s aims and objectives and in Commission on public planning future activities. The trustees benefit consider that the activities undertaken during the year have provided clear public benefit through the advancement of education and support for young children and their families within the local community. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by 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|During the year, the preschool continued to
provide a nurturing, inclusive and
stimulating environment in which children
could learn and develop through play. The
charity successfully supported children’s
early learning and development. Children
attending the preschool benefited from
opportunities to develop confidence,
independence, communication skills and
positive relationships with others. Staff
supported children in making progress
across all areas of learning, helping to
prepare them socially, emotionally and
academically for the transition to primary
school. Particular focus was placed on
supporting children’s personal, social and
emotional development, language and
communication skills, and physical
wellbeing. The preschool maintained strong
partnerships with parents and carers,
encouraging regular communication and| involvement in children’s learning and development. Additional support was provided where needed to help ensure that all children, including those with additional needs or requiring extra support, were able to access activities and reach their potential in a supportive environment. The charity’s work also provided wider benefits to the local community by offering affordable early years provision that supported families and enabled parents and carers to access employment, training and other opportunities. Through community engagement, fundraising and collaborative working with local organisations and professionals, the preschool continued to strengthen its role as a valued community resource for local families. **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|**The charity remained in a strong**
**financial position at the end of the**
**financial year. Total income for the year**
**was £145,936.41 against expenditure of**
**£121,988.01, resulting in a net surplus of**
**£23,948.40. The charity's total funds**
**increased from £20,551.34 at the start of**
**the year to £44,499.74 at 31 August 2025.**
**The increase in funds reflects careful**
**financial management and continued**
**support through government-funded**
**childcare schemes, local authority**
**grants and self-funded childcare**
**provision**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees maintain reserves to**
**ensure the continued operation of the**
**preschool and to protect the charity**
**against unexpected reductions in**
**income or increases in expenditure.**
**Reserves are held to meet staffing**
**commitments, cover operational costs,**
**manage cashflow fluctuations**
**associated with grant-funded childcare**
**provision, and ensure continuity of**
**service for children and families. The**
**trustees review reserve levels regularly**
**as part of their financial oversight**
**responsibilities**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At 31 August 2025, the charity held total**
**funds of £44,499.74 comprising:**

**Main HSBC Account: £34,689.04**

**Reserves Account: £6,163.05**

**Fundraising Account: £3,647.65**
**Total reserves and unrestricted funds**
**amounted to £44,499.74**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable. The charity does not**
**hold zero reserves and had total funds**
**of £44,499.74 at the year end.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds were materially in deficit**
**during the reporting period. The charity**
**reported a net surplus of £23,948.40 and**
**all fund balances remained positive at**
**the year end.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The trustees have assessed the charity's**
**financial position and consider that it**
**remains a going concern. The charity**
**generated a surplus during the year and**
**ended the period with sufficient cash**
**reserves to meet its current obligations.**
**While the trustees continue to monitor**
**risks associated with staffing costs,**| **funding changes and wider economic pressures, they are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future.** ## **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|
**The charity's principal sources of**
**income are funding received through the**
**Welsh Government Childcare Offer and**
**Early Entitlement schemes, Flintshire**
**Flying Start funding, and grants from**
**Flintshire County Council. Additional**
**income is generated through self-funded**
**childcare sessions, fundraising**
**activities, donations, and interest earned**
**on funds held in the charity's bank**
**accounts. These funding streams are**
**essential in enabling the preschool to**
**provide accessible, high-quality early**
**years education and childcare within the**
**local community.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The charity's funds are held in bank**
**accounts with the primary objective of**
**maintaining liquidity, protecting capital,**
**and ensuring funds are readily available**
**to support operational requirements.**
**The trustees do not currently operate a**
**formal investment portfolio or social**
**investment policy. Any surplus funds**
**are retained as reserves to support the**
**continued delivery of childcare services,**
**meet future liabilities, and safeguard the**
**charity against financial uncertainty.**
**Interest earned on reserve funds**
**provides a modest contribution to**
**income.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The trustees regularly review the risks**
**facing the charity and have identified the**
**following principal risks:**

**Changes to government-funded**
**childcare schemes and local**
**authority funding arrangements**
**which could affect income levels.**

**Recruitment and retention of**
**suitably qualified staff, together**
**with increases in staffing costs**
**and pension contributions.**

**Safeguarding and regulatory**
**compliance requirements,**
**including maintaining appropriate**
**policies, procedures, and staff**
**training.**

**Cost-of-living pressures and**
**inflation, which may impact**| |||**operating costs and financial**
**sustainability.**

**Maintaining adequate reserves**
**and cash flow to support ongoing**
**operations and manage potential**
**fluctuations in funding receipts.**
**The trustees mitigate these risks**
**through regular financial monitoring,**
**maintaining appropriate reserves,**
**reviewing policies and procedures, and**
**ensuring effective governance and**
**oversight.**| |---|---|---| |Other||**During the year, the preschool**
**continued to provide high-quality early**
**years education and childcare to local**
**families, delivering funded childcare**
**places through a range of Welsh**
**Government and local authority**
**schemes. The charity invested in new**
**equipment, learning resources, and**
**improvements to the outdoor eco area to**
**enhance children's learning**
**experiences. The preschool maintained**
**compliance with safeguarding and**
**regulatory requirements and**
**strengthened its financial position by**
**generating a surplus during the year and**
**increasing its reserves. Trustees remain**
**committed to ensuring the long-term**
**sustainability of the preschool and the**
**continued delivery of services that**
**provide significant public benefit to**
**children and families in the community.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||The preschool is established as a
charitable organisation governed by a
constitution and managed by a voluntary
committee of trustees. The trustees are
responsible for the overall governance and
strategic direction of the charity, ensuring
that it operates in accordance with its
charitable objectives and relevant legal and
regulatory requirements. Trustees are
elected or appointed in accordance with the
governing document and are supported by
the preschool manager and staff team in
the day-to-day running of the setting. The
charity operates for the benefit of the local
community and applies all income solely
towards the furtherance of its charitable
purposes.| |---|---|---| |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|CIO| |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|The charity advertises its Annual General
Meeting (AGM) each year and encourages
all parents and carers of attending children
to participate. During the AGM, parents are
invited to nominate themselves to become
members of the management
committee/trustee board. The roles and
responsibilities of each committee position
are discussed during the meeting to ensure
that nominees understand the duties
involved. Trustees and officers are then
elected by vote, with appointments
confirmed by a minimum of two votes from
those attending the AGM. Members of staff
attend the AGM to meet the newly elected
committee members, who act as the
preschool’s employers and are responsible
for the governance of the charity. Parents
may also join the committee in non-officer
roles to support the work of the preschool
and contribute to decision-making and
fundraising activities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 |structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works||| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|St Winefrides Preschool| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|St Winefirdes Playgroup| |Registered charity number|1179493| |Charity’s principal address|St Winefrides Catholic Primary School,
Whitford Street, Holywell. CH8 7NJ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lowri Evans||Dates same as the report|| ||Anastasia Williams|||| ||Maria Keogh|||| ||Sian Jones-Evans|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**|| |---|---|---| |**Sian Jone-Evans**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|The charity holds funds, equipment and resources solely
for the purpose of operating the preschool and supporting
the delivery of early years education and care. Assets
include cash held in the charity’s bank account, learning
resources, toys, furniture, outdoor play equipment and
other items used in the day-to-day running of the
preschool.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|The assets are held on behalf of the preschool charity itself
and are applied only towards achieving the charity’s
objectives of providing accessible, high quality early years
education and care for children within the local community.
The use of these assets directly supports the charity’s aims
of advancing education and promoting the wellbeing and
development of preschool children.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|The charity maintains appropriate financial controls to
safeguard its assets. Funds are held in a bank account in
the name of the charity and are managed by authorised
signatories in accordance with the charity’s financial
procedures. Financial records are maintained and
monitored regularly by the committee.
Physical assets such as equipment and learning resources
are stored securely on the preschool premises and are
used solely for charitable purposes. The charity does not
hold assets on behalf of any other organisation, and all
assets are clearly identified as belonging to the preschool
charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** ## St Winefride's Preschool Income & Expenditure: Sep 24 - Aug 25 ## Income Welsh Government Childcare Offer £ 48,580.00 Flintshire Flying Start £ 71,464.95 Flintshire County Council Maintenance Grant (Rent) £ 3,000.00 Grant 30/01/2025 £ 1,000.00 Flintshire County Council Small Capital Grant £ 9,960.00 Flintshire County Council Resources Grant £ 463.58 Self Funders £ 2,188.00 Fundraising £ 10.00 Commission £ 18.93 Bank Interest on Reserves Account £ 162.03 Bank Interest on Fundraising Account £ 63.92 Bank Transfer £ 9,000.00 £9,000 transferred from reserves account 19/09 to cover staff wages Other £ 25.00 |Sub Total
Opening balance (Main HSBC A/C) as at 01.09.24
Cash in hand
Deposit account balance (reserves) as at 01.09.24
Fundraising account balance as at 01.09.24
Total Opening Balance across all account as at 01.09.24|£ 145,936.41| |---|---| ||£ 1,966.59
£ -
£ 15,001.02
£ 3,583.73| ||£ 20,551.34| |Expenditure
Rent
NEST Staf Pension Contributons
Croner
Cleaning and First Aid Equipment
Eco Area Maintenance
DBS Checks
Safeguarding Courses
Equipment & Resources
Insurance
Wages
Pety Cash (Snack)
Bank Charges
Aquarium Rental & Service
Accountancy Fees
Bank Transfer
£9,000 transferred from reserves account 19/09 to cover staff wages
GDPR Licencing Fee
Sub Total
Closing balance (Main HSBC A/C) as at 31.08.24
Cash in hand
Deposit account balance (reserves)
Fundraising account balance
Total Closing Balance across all account as at 31.08.24|£ 3,000.00
£ 4,291.00
£ 2,075.04
£ 476.75
£ 9,960.00
£ 53.70
£ 75.00
£ 754.42
£ 780.47
£ 89,778.63
£ 815.00
£ 60.00
£ 420.00
£ 408.00
£ 9,000.00
£ 40.00| |---|---| ||£ 121,988.01| ||£ 34,689.04
£ -
£ 6,163.05
£ 3,647.65| ||£ 44,499.74| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name St Winefrides Preschool **On accounts for the year ended** 31/08/2025 **Charity no (if any)** ## **Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 **/ 08 / 2025** . As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - 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:** ## MBostock **Date:** 26/03/2026 **Name:** Mark Bostock **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **October 2018** **IER** ACCA **Address:** P&L Accountancy Unit 8, Daniel Owen Centre Mold, Flintshire, CH7 1AP ## **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). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**