## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date** **Charity name: Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn** ## **Charity registration number: 1181684** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide sessional care and early years**
**education through the medium of Welsh**
**to children aged four and under. Children**
**from all backgrounds are welcomed.**| |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|**The Cylch is situated in a small rural**
**village and sits in the grounds of a**
**primary school. It provides parents with**
**childcare close to home, 4 days a week.**
**This enables parents to work and**
**children to thrive in a holistic learning**
**environment.**
**The Cylch has equipment such as, toys**
**and resources which reflect the**
**developmental needs and the age range**
**of the children. Activities for children**
**reflect the Foundation Phase (the**
**national early years curriculum in**
**Wales) so that the Cylch can ensure that**
**each child receives the best possible**
**start in all aspects of his/her education.**
**Activities include singing, arts and crafts,**
**cooking and role-play and there is an**
**emphasis on learning through play. The**
**staff are trained and experienced to**
**ensure that consideration is given to**
**each individual child’s developing needs,**
**so that personal, social, emotional and**
**physical development are encouraged**
**and supported alongside language**
**development.**
**Careful attention has been given to**
**planning the outside play areas, so that**
**the Cylch can offer children opportunities**
**for stimulating activities in the open air.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees of the Cylch are aware of their**
**responsibility to ensure public benefit.**
**The Cylch welcomes children from all**
**backgrounds both inside and outside the**
**village and aims to support parents with**
**childcare needs. Weekly playgroup ‘Ti a**
**fi’ sessions are also held for parents with**
**babies and toddlers to forge good links**
**with the community and support new**
**parents.**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn is managed by a**
**committee of volunteers, including the**
**registered person, chairperson, treasurer,**
**vice treasurer and secretary.**| |---|---|---| |||| ## **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|**Many children who attend the Cylch**
**come from English-speaking**
**backgrounds. The Cylch provides**
**activities and games through the medium**
**of Welsh, so that when the children move**
**up to the bilingual school, they are**
**familiar with many everyday words,**
**phrases, greetings and questions in**
**Welsh. The school benefits from the**
**Cylch, as most children who attend the**
**Cylch will then go on to attend the**
**school. The Cylch joins the school for**
**many activities, for example sports days**
**and village parades, to help prepare the**
**children for school and ensure a smooth**
**transition.**
**After facing many problems during 2023-**
**2024, a decision was taken to change the**
**hours of the Cylch and open up the Cylch**
**to children from 18 months. We also**
**applied to offer Flying Start funded**
**places to two year olds. We feel positive**
**that those changes will ultimately help us**
**to grow numbers and ensure the Cylch is**
**sustainable.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**During the period 2024-2025 we held**
**several fundraisers, including an advent**
**raffle, a name the Easter Bunny event and**
**our annual village duck race. We were**
**also fortunate to have a parent raise**
**money for us by doing a sponsored climb**| |---|---|---| **in Snowdonia. In total, we were able to raise £1,764, which was over double what we raised the previous year.** ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**1 April 2024: £1,368.65**
**31 March 2025: £1,040.96.**
**Income: £26,168.88**
**Expenditure: £26,496.57**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity trustees have decided that it**
**is appropriate to operate without holding**
**any reserves. We reached this decision**
**because the terms attached to much of**
**the funding we receive does not allow**
**any of this money to be set aside for**
**reserves.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Because of our size the trustees have**
**decided that it is in the best interests of**
**the charity not to hold any reserves at the**
**moment, but to spend all of its budget on**
**salaries and resources. We will continue**
**to review this policy.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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 Cylch’s principal source of funds is**
**from fees paid by parents or funding from**
**the three-year-old education grant and**
**the Childcare offer for Wales.**
**However, during the period 2024-2025, we**
**also received additional grants from**
**Mudiad Meithrin, which were primarily**
**put towards staffing costs, and a Small**
**Capital grant from Conwy County**
**Council, which we used to buy resources**
**for the setting.**
**We also ran three fundraising event.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Attracting enough children to the setting**
**to make the Cylch sustainable, as we are**
**a small village. However, we feel**
**confident that being able to offer Flying**
**Start funding to two year olds will make a**
**big difference in the future.**| |---|---|---| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Quality of Care document**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO foundation**| |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 nominated and elected by**
**the committee.**| ## **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|**There are policies on complaints**
**handling, conflicting interests, paying**
**staff, risk management.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn comes under the**
**Mudiad Meithrin, the principal provider of**
**Welsh-medium care and early years**
**education in Wales. Mudiad Meithrin**
**provides support and guidance, including**
**policies and procedures for safeguarding**
**and employment law.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn sits in the**
**grounds of the village primary school,**
**Ysgol Talhaiarn, and there are strong**
**links between the school and the Cylch.**| |Other||**The Care Inspectorate Wales and Estyn**
**are the bodies which inspects and**
**ensures the quality of childcare provision**
**in Wales.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1181684| |Charity’s principal address|Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn
Ysgol Talhaiarn
Church Street
Llanfair Talhaiarn
Conwy
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Amy Elizabeth
Griggs Carlander|Chairperson||Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn
Committee| ||Bethan Marie
Barclay|Registered person||Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn
Committee| ||Craig Thomas|Secretary|From March 2025|Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn
Committee| ||Cathrine Louise
Lloyd|Vice treasurer|From March 2025|Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn
Committee| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn – Annual Accounts** 1[st] April 2024 – 31[st] March 2025 |Receipts|Fees|3,386| |---|---|---| ||Grants|20,324| ||Fundraising|1,764| ||Childcare Funding|325| ||Other|369.88| |||**26,168.88**| |Payments|Salaries|16,603.57| ||Payroll services|120| ||Toys/Equipment|6,208.07| ||Subscriptions|215| ||Other payments|3,337,58| ||Food|12.35| |||**26,496.57**| |Balance as at|1 April 2024|1,368.65| |Receipts||26,168.88| |Payments||26,496.57| |Balance as at|31 March 2025|1,040.96| Cylch Meithrin Talhaiarn- Annual Accounts I" April 2024- 31. March 2025 Receipts 3,386 Xl,324 1.764 325 369.88 Grants Fundraig Childcare Fundin8 26,168.88 Payments salar￿ Payroll services ToyslEquipment Subscriptions Other payments Food 16,603.57 120 6,208.07 215 3,337.58 12.35 26A96.57 Balance as at l April 2024 1.368.65 Receipts 26.168.88 Payments 26,496.57 Balance as at 31 March 2025 1.040.%