Charlty number 1181985
Brambles Community Pre-school
Unaudited Accounts
31 August 2025

Brambles Community Pre-school
Contents
Pag
Slruclure, Govemance and Management
Independent examinerfs report
Statement of Financial ActNrtie8
Sialem¢nl of Financ￿1 PosrtK)n
Notes to the accounts

Brambles Communlty Pre-school
Informatlon
Tru8toe8
S whi￿Orth
B Roppolo
B Simmonds
V Hernandez
J Drobniak
Managèmgnt commltteo
S whi￿Orth (chair)
B J Roppolo
B Simmonds
V Hernandez
J Diobniak
A¢countsnts
Cochrane & Co Accountants Limited
38 Kings Road
Le8-on-Ihe-Solent
Hampshire
P013 9NU
Bankor8
HS8C
390A Bitteme Road
Bittèrne
Southampton
S018 1DB
Address
Sure Start Children$ Centrg
Thornhill Primary School Sile
Byron Road
Thomhill
Southampton
S0196FH

Brambles Communty Preschool
StruCt￿re. Goveman¢o and Man•gom•nt
TrubtO9'8 annual r¢port
for thè year end•d 31 August 2025
Govorning document
The organisation i4 ￿n$t￿ule0 3$ a CIO i*aritabS8 pri￿7)reÉ 9￿r￿1 by a Standard Prtrsthod Learning
AllSan¢e constitution. In the event of Ihe organ￿at￿)n mombers hov0 no lk4bilrt￿s. Any
ossets ￿u&j bg ￿￿ferred ts the PLi Chaiity wmt•r 1181965.
Thangemeni cofflffl6tt
Ctynrnittee membern ar8 akded lor • tem) ol one ￿, can be for a lotol t•mi not to ¢x¢••d ten
consecutwe years.
Membershlp
Membership 6 dNhled into tyFW. famty aThJ 8ffiknle. F•mity Marthr?￿p covers wrenls guardians ol thildren
attendin9 the prNcho)l. Affilth memtW5hrJ * (wn 10 W￿l¥￿Ju415. oryan¢Bthrtro or othar bod*s inter8$t¢d In
$upportlng the aims ofthe prfj4chr￿.
oh￿¢￿ and aetlvttl
Thg organi58tion'$ aims are lo enh8fice lh• d8veky￿1 and edwabon. pmarity under sta￿10ry x*ool ag9. The
gr9¥nlsation PfL*)lOtos Ihw alms Ihrough offenrg appropri* O¥y. •due41iJn and core facilrtvas.
Flnanclal rth•wand fvndlng
8mmble8 Community Pr¢-8choc4 18 a wmrttee Nn gr¥ded Oht•d Go¢4. Our lo •nrl¢h
and enhance the INe8 of ¢hlk1ron who attend ￿ *ttirvJ h•lp Itth to r•Netholr utyrAiiorry •nd t•eom8 ￿nr￿lIn1,
Independènt, *nlhLNia8tr¢. I￿O￿l¥j 18arners.
W• offer ￿ssIon$ lo funded chiklren from 2 >*•rs to 8th￿1 Bga. W• ￿[￿ clo•¢ty f#mIlk￿ to rnike th8lr
exp•r￿n¢1 Ikryre a setuod and om. We c¢1&br￿• Ihe diver•ty of tsJ*ure8 and und•rstsnd that ¢hildron a
IndfvKluals can semetime$ hw• compkm needs Ihat requir¢ ￿tsOnal 8UPPOrt. We rngularty hokl 8888ions ¥¥here
IM parentsI￿rerS and grondpar•nis can com• in aTrJ Join th• •ctfvrt*# *ilh th¢ir chsbar•n.
At Br8mb￿S want 811 our chikJr•n lo be making gO￿j progms and cbx¢ the gBps th• In Ihfrir ￿rnIng. We af•
ach￿vIng Ihis by w0¥￿11ng a nurturiry oThvironrrftnl thai folkm Ihe Inlorests of t￿ chI￿ren qntt ltsi•ni lo the of
the chi￿. 11 th8 chikj has a&Jrt￿8l n88d8 Ihe SENCIYS lia1￿ *ith outikje ag8n¢i¢s and *Drk 8UPPOrting koy Wofkern
lo plan fer Ihfrse chik1ren. We liaise wthh $th0o￿ lo h¢lp thiharen's Ir8n8rtK)n go as $moolhty as po68b￿. Staff
under$l8nd th81 chilJren Engloh a$ an a￿drt￿n4¢ L9n9uag• ￿11 be $￿tr 10 deveknp spokon language. St•ff mak•
surg Ihot all actJvrt*$ ar• scce$$*Jk to all Ch￿[•￿. m•tt•r •g• or abilty. so Ih•t •v•ry thlkl has Ihe samè
opportunity to re8¢h their full polenligl.
The prindpal fundlng source Continu￿ to te IM pro¥AY•d ty South8mrkn Cty Coundl. fh•s• fvnds a
lopp•d up by otherfund rai&lno •drWrt￿.
At 31 A￿¥812025 our unrnstro•d fvnds tdatsd ts4.653.
AFsYoved ty the m4nagoThnt commrttse on
8￿Jno￿ on rt'$ b•haWty",
S Wh￿h
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Brambles Communlty Pre-school
Registered charity nurnber 1181985
Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees of Brambles Communlty Pre-school on
the accounts for tho ￿lIod ended 31 August 2025
I report lo the charity trusts8s on my examinatj.on of tha ¥counts of the Charity for th6 p6rie4J èndèd 31
August 2025, which are sel out on pag95 4 to 7.
n8lblllti
Isofro
ort
As the charitys trustees you are reswnsible for thè preparation of the accounts in aCcordar￿e with the
requirements of the Charity"es *Lt 2011 ('Ihe A¢t').
I report in respect of my examination of the chaws ?￿QU￿ts carried out under section 145 of Ihg Act
and in carrying oul my examinatron I have folk)wed applicabK8 Direction8 given by the charty
Comm¢ssion under section 145{5){bl of Ihe Act.
nde
endènt Examin
tat•mont
I have completed my examination. I confim) that no matèrial mattèrs have come to my attention in
connecbon with the examination gmng me cause lo believe that in any materi81 r8spect'.
1. accounting word8 were not kept in rèspgct of the charity as required by 8￿tion 130 of the Act,. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records,. or
3. the accounts do not compty wrth the appluble requirements concerning the form and conlenl of
accounts $el out in the charities Ikcounts and ReFQrtsl Regulat￿n5 2008 other than any requirement
that the occounts give a ,tn￿ and fair view, which is r￿)1 a matter considered as part of an independent
examination.
I have no concems and have come acr08s no other matters in ¢onne¢tion with the examination to which
attention should bg drawn in this report in order to enoblg 8 proper understsnding of the accounts to be
reached.
J CochTane. FCA
Cochrane & Co Accountants Llmlled, 38 lQ"ngs Road, Le&on-th&Solenl, Hampshire. P013 9NU
Dated

Brambles Community Pre-school
ststement of Financial Actlvities
for the year ended 31 August 2025
2026
2024
Incomlng resource1￿nreStrI¢t0d
Grants
Fees
Fundraising and unrfonns
Bank interest
215,265
5,328
1,763
365
222.721
131,984
2.727
23
255
134,989
Incoming rnsoure•8vrMtrfcted
Other grants
Totsl Incomlng re￿Ure
5,179
227,900
12,860
147,849
Re4ourco8 •xpond8d unrMtrl¢tod
F•0 88rnlng actfvitl••
Wage$ and salaries
Employer's Nl
Employee pgnsion
Ronl
Insurance
Unifom$
Catering
Trips and events
Chri8lm88
Equipment, inclLtding garden
137,438
2,763
2,561
8,020
84,725
925
8,013
2,433
370
547
977
1,204
1.511
1c6
2.829
7.149
164,629
101,554

Brambles Communlty Pre4chool
Statement of Flnancial Activitles
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Governancè cost8
Bookkeeping
Accountancy
Tglephone
Office costs
Staff training
915
1,482
726
2,423
4,025
1,368
2.355
1.388
E I I
Depreciation
DBS
Cleaning
Repair and renewals
Summer leavers
Other
Subscriptions
3,353
530
2.704
2.474
453
1,079
165
2,164
137
2.173
693
150
722
3S
20.329
12,788
R080urce8 oxpond•d mtrl¢t•d
Wagas and salaries
5,179
11.053
Total ro*ourc•s oxp•nd•d
190,137
125,393
N•t Incomlnglloutgolngl r••ourc•8
37.763
22,456
Reconclll•tlon of fund;
Total fund8 brought forward
56,890
34,434
Tot•1 fundo ¢arrfed forw•rd
94,653
56.890
Unrestrlctèd lund8
Rootrlctèd funds
94.653
56.890
94,653
56,890

Brambles Community Pre-school
statement of Flnancial Positlon
as at 31 August 2025
2025
2024
Flxed 488Ot8
Equipment, machinery and motor ￿hideS 12
10,C60
6.488
Current
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Prepayments
90,998
20
56,861
20
511
57,392
Current Il•bllltl
A¢crua18
8,991
8.990
Net current auèts
84,593
50.402
N•t au•t8
94.653
56,890
Unr•8trlct•d Fund•
Funds
Nel $urplusl{deficitl for the year
58.890
37,763
34,434
22.456
94.653
56,890
These accounts were approved by thg Manogèmert Committee on
behalf by,
and si9ned on
S wh1tr￿rth
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Brambles Communlty Pre-school
Notes to the Accounts
forthe year ended 31 August 2025
Accountlng policie•
8a818 of preparatlon of accounts
The accounts have been ¢iJmpiled on an accrua18 ba$1$ for the infomiation of the pr
school committee and il's members. As such. the preparatron of these accounts is
governed by the SORP IFRS 1021.
The charity is a CIO.
The charity is a public bonefit enw.
Incomlng wourcos
All incomin9 resource$ are incbjded in tho Statement of Financial ActNities. when th8
eharity becomes enlffjed to the income and the amount can be quantsfied with r8asonabl8
acCu￿y. The folbwing 8p8cifi¢ policbo8 are appl*d to particular catagorvas of income..
Fee income 18 receNed from the k>cal Education Authority and from parents and guardians.
This is included in the accounts on a recewed ba$i$.
Clothing, brochures and rtems for r88alè arn indLKled as income when tw ore sold.
Income from grants and subsKJie8 are accounted for when received.
Outgolno re8ourc
Expenditure Is recognised on an a¢¢ruals basis 88 a Ilablllty is incurred. Expenditur8
include5 any VAT, which cannot be recovered and is reported as ol the expenditure to
which it relates.
Charitable expenditure compri8es those costs incurrod by the organisation delivering its
services lo the members. 11 includes both costs that can be elk)cated dire¢dy to such
aclivjts'es and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to supwrt tham.
Governance eosl$ include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and
stalulory requiraments of the organisatson.
Fund accountlng
Unrestricted funds are available for use al the discretion of the management committee in
furtherance of the aims of the organisatson.
Dopreclatlon
Depreciation has been provhled at 25% reducing balance
Pgn8ion Contrib￿lon$
Contributions are paid via NEST.

Brambles Community Pre-school
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2026
Prfvschool Leamlng Alllanc•
The pre-school is a member of the Prtrschool Leaming Alliance. and as such, is exempl
from taxation on its activities.
Management Commltt••
No members of the management committee received remuneration during the penod.
No committee member or Other ￿rsOn related lo the charty had any personal interest in
any ¢onlract or tranSaCt￿n onetered into by the ￿janIs8*.0n during the period.
Accumulated Fund
I funds and assets are for the benefft of the pre4ch¢)ol membws. Reserve$ are held to
cover the costs of closure rf that was required.
Employ8e numborn
There wer6 15 employee$ during thè period.
Prejentallon ¢urrnncy
rhe accounts ale presentod in Sl8rling.
Independent •xamln•r• f•e•
During Ihfj per￿ fees of £1,368 were due to the Independent 8xaminer.
Tru8t•e remunaratlon
During the period no trustees werg paid remuneration.
Truste08 •xpen8
No expenses were paid lo trustee8 in the year.
10 Employee8
No individual ¢m￿Ye8 was paid over £60.000.

Brambles Communlty Pre-school
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2025
12 Planl. machinery and motor vghlcle
Plant •nd
machinery
Al 1 September 2024
Additions
14,915
6.925
21,840
Al 31 August 2025
Doprèclatlon
Al 1 September 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2025
8,427
3.353
11,780
Net book valu•
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024
10.060
6,488