## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1[st] September 2024 To 31[st] August 2025 Charity name: Buckles and Bows Pre-School (CIO) Principal address: The grounds of Holy Family School, Ongar Hill, Addlestone KT15 1BP ## Charity registration number: 1182528 ## Objectives and Activities ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Development and education pf pre-school aged
children from 2 – 4 years old| |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|Plan and provide a wide range of fun and
exciting learning opportunities following the
EYFS guidance, to meet children's individual
interests and needs, to enable them to build on
skills and experiences whilst learning through
their natural curiosity. Learning opportunities
take place indoors and outdoors. Observe and
record achievements and progress, share
/exchange information with parent/carer.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|I confirm that the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and follow
the Pre School learning alliance model
constitution for child care providers| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We thank all the trustees and volunteers
for their contributions throughout the year,
without whose input the nursery would
cease to be| |Other||We thank Lisa and all the staff for their
fantastic work with the children throughout
the academic year| ## 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|We have continued to prepare the children in our
care to be in the best position they can be for
starting school once they complete their time at
Buckles and Bows.| ## Financial Review |Financial Review||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period 23-24|Para
1.21|As at 28/08/25 the main account bank balance held at
HSBC Weybridge was £20,669.13. There are some
outstanding payments (accruals) less SCC monies already
received for the coming term leave an actual starting
balance for the year 25-26 of c£12,687.05 in the main
account. This results inan overall surplus for the period
September 24 to August 25 of c£3,460.46(yet to be
audited). This demonstrates that we have balanced the
books over the year, leaving a small surplus that, once
firmed up, will be transferred to contingency| |Audited accounts for
the period Sept 23 –
August 24||Our accounts are audited around 9 months after the end of
each accounting period, in order to submit to the Charities
Commission. Our 23-24 audited accounts (copy available
for review) show turnover of £171,565.00 against
expenditure of £160,949.00 giving a surplus in the year of
£10,616.00, which was about £5k better than I had
reported at the last AGM – some contingent costs allowed
this time last year did not come to fruition. £8,000.00 of
this surplus was transferred to contingency during the
year. Whenever possible and prudent to do so, after
expenditure on new resources, we transfer surplus to our
reserve account.| |Statement explaining
the policy for holding
reserves stating why
they are held|Para
1.22|Reserves are held for three specific reasons;
1.
Mandatory requirement to cover costs – mainly
redundancies in the unlikely event of having to
wind up the charity. These currently stand at
c£25,000
2.
General contingency for unknown circumstances –
no specific amount
3.
Sinking fund for replacement of our nursery building,
which is effectively a large temporary portable office
container that was repurposed c35 years ago.
Replacement would cost in the region of £250k, so we
are mindful of working towards a significant contribution
towards that at some stage, along with researching
potential options for 3rdparty funding.| |Amount of reserves
held|Para
1.22|In April 2025 we opened a higher interest earning savings
account with Virgin Money, so most of our reserves have
been transferred into that account.| |||Current reserves stand at £20,574.79 in the HSBC
contingency account, and £65,598.26 in the Virgin Money
Account.Giving a total reserve of £86,173.04– which is a
£9,871.44 increase on last year. So, bearing in mind the
replacement building project at some time, we do need to
keep topping that up whenever we can, without distracting
from ensuring we have good quality resources for the
current cohort of children.| |---|---|---| |Reasons for holding
zero reserves|Para
1.22|N/A| |Details of fund
materially in deficit|Para
1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para
1.23|No known concerns about the continuity of the setting –
we signed a new lease with the parish for the grounds
taking us to 2030, with earliest break 2027, so as long as
Surrey CC rates keep pace with covering costs, we are in
a strong position to continue providing our service.
We are still in the early stages of understanding how the
recent policy changes providing Government funding for
younger children, will impact upon our in-take and
ultimately our viability. We do not have the capacity,
sleeping facilities or the will to take on children younger
than 2 years old – we are a pre-school not a nursery. So
time will tell on that one.| ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|We operate under the Pre-school Learning
Alliance Model CIO Constitution for
Childcare providers| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are constituted as a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation, which
essentially means that the Trustees have
no personal liability for any debts.| |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 selected from family members
or affiliate membership volunteering and
being voted on at this the AGM.
For the year 24-25 now ending, we had 5
family member trustees, and 4 affiliate
trustees as listed below.| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity |1
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4|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole
year|Family member (F)
or Affiliate member
(A)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mike Quinlan|Chairperson||A| ||Chris Turvill|Treasurer||A| ||Rianne Denyer|Secretary||F| ||Anna King|General member /
Fundraising||F| |5
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12|Anna Germany|Ditto|Ditto||F| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Rebecca Corrie|Ditto|||F| ||Louise Gough|Ditto|||A| ||Matt Dobson|Ditto|||F| ||Zoe Hall|Ditto|||A| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |Staff Members attending management meetings|||||| |Lisa Fuller|||Manager||| |Nikki Wimms|||Administrator||| ## 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) Michael Quinlan Position (eg Secretary, Chairperson Chair, etc) Date 28/08/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees BUCKLES & PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY On accounts for the year end•d 31 AUGUST 2025 Charity no Ilf any) 1182528 S•t out on pag•• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"th8 Trust") for the year ended 311012025. Responslbllltles and basis of report As the ¢hariVs tNStees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Acr). report in r8spe¢t of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all Ihe applicable Direction8 glven by the Charity Comml85ion under section 145151{b) of the Acl, Independent examlneV8 Statement I have completed my examination. I conflfm that no materfal matters have come to my altentlon In connection with the oxamin81ion {other than that dis¢losed below'l whlch gives me caus8 to beliève that in, any materfal respect.. the a¢counting records were not kept in a¢¢ofdanc8 Wlth section 130 of the Charities Act,, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with thé applicable requirements concernin9 the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considèred as part of an independent examination. I h8V8 no concems and have come across no other matters in ¢onnedson wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in ordér to 8n8bl6 a proper understanding of the accounts lo ba rea¢he(l. Pleas8 delete the woKls in the bTrckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Dat•., Name: LESLEY MARSHALL OF LE MARSHALL & CO Relevant profe851onal qualificationlsl or body lif any): ACA IER Oct 2018 Address: UNIT 81F FAIROAKS AIRPORT CHOBHAM GU24 8HU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matenal matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hero brlef detalls of any items that the examiner w1$￿S to dlsclose. NIA IER Oct 2018 BUCKLES AND 80WS PRE4CHOOL NUR8ERY AECEIPT8 AND PAYMÈNTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGU8T 2025 CHARITY NUMBER 1182528 2028 2024 RECEipf8 Schcol f• sth￿l r•cw•d r•htingto yw Fund rai$h9 Uniform 1¥2,949 187,985 1,703 215 613 153 1.186 Sna¢k8 Mi•Cdlan￿u• Inccffl• Depo6i16 rocaived Bank Int•r•* rK• 2.056 231295 Tot•1 R•¢•lpl• 171580 PAYMENT8 r•ct nurmry •xp•ndrtur• 8t•ff •xp•ndMur• Wag8• Employ•r'• Nl ¢¢ntrSbuWon• P•n•bn• Trnining & OBS ¢Wki Trnv•l & Bu￿¥t•￿• R￿rUitM•nI 119,274 X),144 8,C61 753 118.895 1,5 737 Total Staff EX￿ndItur• 126214 Tw• and bce4• UnrfoTm 773 191 Mllk ond •nxk• Pr•Mnt• 8ub•¢riptlon• Conwm•t4 Dona*'on• 2,131 552 795 2,444 Tot•1 G•n•r•l Exp•ndhur• 82 AdMlnl•lratl¢)n Salarie• Baokkeepin9 & ￿￿uTht• P￿t and lol•phw• Stationery C¢mputer expnM• B￿k ¢haw 11,608 8,760 420 531 712 124 $57 710 2.222 Eitsbll•hnMnl •xp•n••• R•nl & ral•8 In•urnnc• El•ctricrty Chqni Pr•mRe6 exp¢n•¢s Repair8 und rrolnlenanc• 2,315 1,154 1.291 174 Bulldlng lurnbtur• and •qulwn•nt Ml•MIL•neou Total Exp•DdKur• 187 905 EXCESS OF RECEIPT8 OVER EXPENDITURE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees BUCKLES & PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY On accounts for the year end•d 31 AUGUST 2025 Charity no Ilf any) 1182528 S•t out on pag•• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"th8 Trust") for the year ended 311012025. Responslbllltles and basis of report As the ¢hariVs tNStees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Acr). report in r8spe¢t of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all Ihe applicable Direction8 glven by the Charity Comml85ion under section 145151{b) of the Acl, Independent examlneV8 Statement I have completed my examination. I conflfm that no materfal matters have come to my altentlon In connection with the oxamin81ion {other than that dis¢losed below'l whlch gives me caus8 to beliève that in, any materfal respect.. the a¢counting records were not kept in a¢¢ofdanc8 Wlth section 130 of the Charities Act,, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with thé applicable requirements concernin9 the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considèred as part of an independent examination. I h8V8 no concems and have come across no other matters in ¢onnedson wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in ordér to 8n8bl6 a proper understanding of the accounts lo ba rea¢he(l. Pleas8 delete the woKls in the bTrckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Dat•., Name: LESLEY MARSHALL OF LE MARSHALL & CO Relevant profe851onal qualificationlsl or body lif any): ACA IER Oct 2018 Address: UNIT 81F FAIROAKS AIRPORT CHOBHAM GU24 8HU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matenal matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hero brlef detalls of any items that the examiner w1$￿S to dlsclose. NIA IER Oct 2018 BUCKLES AND 80WS PRE4CHOOL NUR8ERY AECEIPT8 AND PAYMÈNTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGU8T 2025 CHARITY NUMBER 1182528 2028 2024 RECEipf8 Schcol f• sth￿l r•cw•d r•htingto yw Fund rai$h9 Uniform 1¥2,949 187,985 1,703 215 613 153 1.186 Sna¢k8 Mi•Cdlan￿u• Inccffl• Depo6i16 rocaived Bank Int•r•* rK• 2.056 231295 Tot•1 R•¢•lpl• 171580 PAYMENT8 r•ct nurmry •xp•ndrtur• 8t•ff •xp•ndMur• Wag8• Employ•r'• Nl ¢¢ntrSbuWon• P•n•bn• Trnining & OBS ¢Wki Trnv•l & Bu￿¥t•￿• R￿rUitM•nI 119,274 X),144 8,C61 753 118.895 1,5 737 Total Staff EX￿ndItur• 126214 Tw• and bce4• UnrfoTm 773 191 Mllk ond •nxk• Pr•Mnt• 8ub•¢riptlon• Conwm•t4 Dona*'on• 2,131 552 795 2,444 Tot•1 G•n•r•l Exp•ndhur• 82 AdMlnl•lratl¢)n Salarie• Baokkeepin9 & ￿￿uTht• P￿t and lol•phw• Stationery C¢mputer expnM• B￿k ¢haw 11,608 8,760 420 531 712 124 $57 710 2.222 Eitsbll•hnMnl •xp•n••• R•nl & ral•8 In•urnnc• El•ctricrty Chqni Pr•mRe6 exp¢n•¢s Repair8 und rrolnlenanc• 2,315 1,154 1.291 174 Bulldlng lurnbtur• and •qulwn•nt Ml•MIL•neou Total Exp•DdKur• 187 905 EXCESS OF RECEIPT8 OVER EXPENDITURE