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

## **From  01.09.2020 Period start date   To 31.08.2021 Period end date** 

**Charity name:** Little Oaks Pre-school 

## **Charity registration number: 1182119** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To enhance the development and education of<br>children under statutory school age in a parent-<br>involving community-based group (age 2 to 5)|
|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|To provide a safe, secure and stimulating<br>environment where the children can develop<br>through<br>talking,<br>observing,<br>planning,<br>questioning, experimenting, testing, repeating,<br>reflecting and responding to adults and to each<br>other.<br>To work within a framework which ensures<br>equality of opportunity for all children and<br>families|
|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|**Trustees follow guidance issues by both**<br>**Charity Commission and Ofsted**|



## **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 **Dormant as we submit Ofsted new registration around our status change** Summary of the main Para 1.20 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. 

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

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|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** 

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>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||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|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||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|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||
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1032642|
|Charity’s principal address|Currently operating under1032642 until Ofsted registration is<br>complete|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**_Peter Smyth_**|Chair|||
||**_Sanket Phadke_**|Treasurer|||
||**_Elizabeth Melton_**||||
||**_Victoria Gehnich_**||||
||**_Hayley Brooker_**||||
||**_Neil Harris_**||||
||**_Hannah Kate_**<br>**_Atkinson_**||||
||**_Richard Boyce_**||||
||**_Jenna Hodges_**||||
||**_Susan Homes_**||||
||**_John Wheeler_**||||
||**_Sharon Matheou_**||||
||**_Stuart Brown_**|Secretary|||
||**_Elizabeth Melton_**||||
||**_Victoria Gehnich_**||||
||Jennifer Bagley||||
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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 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)** 

|**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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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|Safeguarding<br>Advisor|Kim Satchell|69 Quainton Road, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire HP18 0LP|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Debbie Albrighton – Business & Finance Manager Kirsty Johnson - Deputy 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **IMCOME & Expenditure £0** 



## **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**|||
|---|---|---|
||Peter Smyth||
||<br>Trustee||
||20.05.2022||
||20.05.2022||



