
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  April 2023 Period start date To March 2024 Period end date** 

**Charity name: Victoria Gems, Jewels and Treasures** 

**Charity registration number: 1180854** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Victoria Gems, Jewels and Treasures is**<br>**made up of three groups providing**<br>**Wraparound and After School Care for**<br>**children who attend the infant**<br>**department of Victoria Community**<br>**Primary School. We also provide LEA**<br>**funded Early Education for 3-year-old**<br>**children in the term/s prior to them**<br>**starting their nursery provision.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Little Gems provides quality, affordable**<br>**childcare for our nursery children prior**<br>**to, or following on from their nursery**<br>**session at the school. Jewels provides**<br>**affordable flexible childcare for our**<br>**infant children after school up to**<br>**5.30pm. These groups enable our**<br>**working parents to continue to work in**<br>**the knowledge that their child is being**<br>**cared for in a safe and stimulating**<br>**environment.**<br>**Little Treasures is our funded Early**<br>**Education group enabling parents to**<br>**access Foundation Phase provision for**<br>**1 or 2 terms prior to their child starting**<br>**their nursery provision.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had due regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission. Our main purpose is to**<br>**provide wraparound care for children in**<br>**our care. We provide a service to a**<br>**section of society ie the working**<br>**parents and carers of our children and**<br>**this is our focus and why we exist. In all**<br>**that we do as trustees we will ensure**<br>**that our action and work will further the**|





**services that we provide for our parents and children.** 

## **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** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Our setting has continued to provide**<br>**quality affordable childcare for working**<br>**parents since 2001.**<br>**We have been able to adapt to**<br>**increasing numbers of children wanting**<br>**to attend by opening for morning and**<br>**afternoon sessions and have provided**<br>**an Early Education group since 2011.**<br>**We have consistently high numbers of**<br>**children attending and have therefore**<br>**been able to employ additional staff who**<br>**have been able to further their own**<br>**professional development.**<br>**We support our local community**<br>**through visits to age-appropriate**<br>**recreational and educational facilities**<br>**and have received numerous visitors to**<br>**the setting to further develop the**<br>**children's knowledge and**<br>**understanding of the world around**<br>**them.**|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Below are the audited reports of both**<br>**groups from April 2023 to end March**<br>**2024. Our Little Treasures group**<br>**consists of Early Education children for**<br>**whom we receive funding from the local**<br>**authority. We have a Service Level**<br>**Agreement in place with the Local**<br>**authority to this effect which is normally**<br>**reviewed every two years.**<br>**For Gems and Jewels, we receive**<br>**income from fees charged to parents**<br>**and carers and also from the local**<br>**authority via the 30-hour Childcare**<br>**Offer. Parents of 3- and 4-year-old**<br>**children can access the offer to cover**<br>**childcare costs for the hours attended at**<br>**our Little Gems and Jewels groups.**<br>**Fees charged to parents not on the**<br>**scheme are also reviewed regularly to**<br>**ensure that they are in line with fees**<br>**paid by the Offer.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We aim to hold an amount of £26,000 in**<br>**our Reserves Policy, to cover**<br>**redundancies and/or other unforeseen**<br>**events that could cause the setting to**<br>**close or temporarily cease to operate.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£26,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**none**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||





Other

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected by Trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Victoria Gems, Jewels and Treasures|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1180854|
|Charity’s principal address|C/O<br>Victoria Primary Community School Poyser St<br>Wrexham<br>LL13 7RR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||ANDREA EVANS|CHAIR|FROM NOVEMBER<br>2018||
||CARA SPINKS|NONE|FROM NOVEMBER<br>2018||
||DEBORAH<br>ECCLES|HEADTEACHER|FROM NOVEMBER<br>2018||
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– 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<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||ANDREA EVANS||
||<br> <br>CHAIR||
||01/01/2025||
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SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS OF SCHOOL PRIVATE FUNDS
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**Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** Apr-23 Mar-24 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172 419**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **172 419**<br>**155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**155 828**<br>**16 591**<br>**-**<br>**87 752**<br>**104 343**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**172 419**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172 419**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172 419**<br>**155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**155 828**<br>**16 591**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**172 419**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172 419**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172 419**<br>**155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**155 828**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**155 828**<br>**16 591**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|**-**|||||**144 529**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**172 419**|||||**144 529**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**144 529**|
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|CHARITABLE COSTS|**155 828**|||||**122 216**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**155 828**|||||**122 216**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**122 216**|
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||**16 591**|**-**|**-**|**16 591**||**22 313**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**87 752**|**-**|**-**|**87 752**||**87 752**|
||**104 343**|**-**|**-**|**104 343**||**104 343**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

1 



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>LLOYDS 1<br>LLOYDS 2<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**5 779**<br>**-**<br>**98 564**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**104 343**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>ANDREA SIAN EVANS|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||ANDREA SIAN EVANS|**01/01/2025**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

2 



SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS OF SCHOOL PRIVATE FUNDS
Period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024
Vlctorla C P School - Llttle Treasures Actount Ending 468
FORM D
Receipts
Payments
Balance Bro
ht Forward
B8nk
Schtsols Account
Paymen15
32,216.80
10,752.23
Recelpts
27,244.33
Balance Carrled Forward
Bank
Schools Account
5,779.76
Total
37.996.56
37,996.56
Certified........
Treasurer
Head Teacher...
I have exarnined the book5 and, vouchers and other documents relating to the
Victoria CP 5chool- Llttle Treasures Account and in my vlew the above account glves a
true and fair view of the transactitsns for the period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024
and of the balances In hand at that date.
Signed
Audito¥
Date
0210712024

SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS OF SCHOOL PRIVATE FUNDS
Period 1st April 2023 to 315t March 2024
Victoria C P School - Gems and Jewels Account Ending xx560
FORM D
Receipts
Payments
Balance Brou
ht Forward
ank
Schools Account
77,WO.35
Payments
123610.73
Receipts
145,174,82
Balance Carrled Fon¥aYd
Bank
Schoo15 Account
98,564,44
Total
222,175.17
222,175.17
Certilied......
Treasurer
Head Teacher....
I have examined the books and, vouchers and other documents relating to the
Victorla CP School Gems and jewels Account and in my view the above account gives
true and fai¥ view ol the tran54Ctlon5 for the period 1st Apr*1 2023 to 31st March 2024
and of the b31ance5 in hand at that date.
SS6ned
Auditor
Date
OV0712024