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2025-08-31-accounts

ELSWORTH PRE-SCHOOL

CHARITY N[o] 1182649

ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31[st] AUGUST 2025

REGISTERED ADDRESS

Broad End Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JD

Telephone: 01954 268050

Email: elsworthpscommittee@gmail.com

ELSWORTH PRE-SCHOOL

CHARITY N[o] 1182649

CONTENTS PAGE
Legal and Administrative information 2
Board of Trustees Report 3
Independent Examiner’s Report 5
Statement of Financial Activity 6

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ELSWORTH PRE-SCHOOL CHARITY N[o] 1182649

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Elsworth Pre-School is a Charity Incorporated Organisation governed by a constitution, registered in March 2019, administered by a Board of Trustees.

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1182649

OFFICIAL ADDRESS Broad End Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JD

CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES

Matthew Cook KC Sophie Dworetzsky Charles Gouldsbrough Kate-Lyn Piek Chaya Robertson

BANK

METRO Bank Unit 1, Christ’s Lane Cambridge CB2 3BZ

NatWest plc 92 High Street Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE29 3DT

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Scott Allen

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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31[st] AUGUST 2025

The Board of Trustees for Elsworth Pre-school present their report and accounts for the year ending 31[st] August 2025.

The aims of the charity (hereafter referred to as EPS) are to:

Provide development and education of children and young people, in particular by promoting their care and safety promoting their education; promoting parental involvement; promoting their health and well-being; providing services to support them and their families/carers; providing services to individuals, holding membership of the CIO; furthering the aims of the Pre-school Learning Alliance

To this end we provide:

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RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

To prepare a report and Accounts for each financial year, giving a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity, including a statement of financial activity as required by the Charities Act.

In preparing these statements, we have complied with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations of 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice. We believe that reasonable and prudent judgements have been made. The Board of Trustees is also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records, for safeguarding the assets of the charity, and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION

At the present time, the Trustees have agreed that the Annual Accounts are subject to an independent examination in accordance with the Charities Act of 2011.

SUMMARY

For the period of this report, EPS has 7 direct employees

EPS owns its own building.

Approved by the Board on 24 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by

Matthew Cook

Matthew Cook KC

Treasurer

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT

This report is made to the Board of Trustees of Elsworth Pre-school (charity number 1182649) on the accounts for the year ending 31[st] August 2025 as set out on page 6 of this report.

Responsibilities and Basis of Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ending 31 August 2025.

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

As set out in my detailed report to the Trustees, I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matter has come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:

I have no other concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: …… Scott Allen …………………………………….Date: 25 March 2026

Name: Scott Jamie Allen

Relevant Professional Qualification: Barrister-at-Law

Address: 4 New Square, London WC2A 3RJ

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

Receipts and payments accounts

For the year ended 31[st] August 2025

Receipts and Payments 2025 (£) 2024 (£)
Receipts
CC Funding 89,597.69 107,011.70
Fees 17,399.40 20,037.12
Fundraising 109 2,256.60
Grants / donations 1750 3,241.99
Miscellaneous 551.54 852.38
Total 109,407.63 133,399.70
Payments
Staff Wages 81,933.07 79,206.56
Pensions 3,923.48 2,277.68
HMRC–PAYE 4098.61 1,947.67
Staff Training 579.75 646
Electricity 2,816.04 3,111.16
Phone/Internet 1334.69 694.26
Payroll Admin 520 627.57
Admin Fees
(Ofsted/DNS/CCC/Charities)		 379.80 110
Insurance 4,235.11 912.49
Staff Uniform 236 421.50
Resources & Equipment 2,018.88 1,839.44
Maintenance 3,080.94 2,707.80
Cleaning Materials 335.15 272.42
Cleaner 0.00 0.00
Miscellaneous (Groceries,
staff expenses, Staff leaving
gifts, visits, postage)		 5,002.21 5,970.38
Total 110,493.73 100,744.93
Surplus/Deficit for the year (1086.10) 32,654.81

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2025 (£) 2024 (£)
Cash funds last year end 86,105.34 53,450.53
Cash funds this year end 85,019.24 86,105.34
Statement of assets and
liabilities		 2025 (£) 2024 (£)
Bank 85,019.24 86,105.34
Cash 0 0
Total cash funds 85,019.24 86,105.34

Note 1: These accounts have been prepared on a ‘cash’ accounting basis.

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