## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From** Period start date **To** Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 04 2024 31 03 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Benenden Pre School
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1183202
**Charity's principal address** St. Georges Hall. The Street, Benenden Cranbrook Kent
**Postcode TN17 4DB**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Janet Beattie Secretary Whole year 2 Sarah Andrew Treasurer Whole year 3 Janet Beattie Secretary Whole year 4 Gill Knox Chair Whole year 5 Harriet Champneys Whole year 6 Caroline Iroegbu 28/1/25 – year end 7
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10 11 12
- 13 14
- 15
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- 17
- 18
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Mrs Lucy Oakley, pre school supervisor
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Three trustees appointed by previous committee; trustees now able Trustee selection methods appoint new trustees where needed
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
The pre-school supervisor regularly updates all policies with staff and a policy booklet is sent out annually to parents and carers. Trustees have electronic access to all policies. Covid updates have been shared with parents and trustees when they have been issued either by national government or the local authority.
The charity is currently running well with four trustees and a newly appointed trustee and the pre school supervisor attending all meetings.
One of the trustees remains a governor at the local primary school for which the pre-school is a feeder and three of the trustees are parents whose children have attended the pre-school in recent years. The preschool rents its premises from the Benenden Village Trust and so enjoys strong community ties.
The major risks we have addressed this year are:
- risk associated with possibility of needed to move premises in the next few years. The trustees are currently in negotiation with the village trust and funding organisations to investigate options for resiting the pre-school
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
- to embed and resource the new Early Years curriculum
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups the organisation's approved purposes are:
- the charity works for the public benefit having as its objects the development and education of children and young people.
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- (1) promoting their care and safety; (2) promoting their education and promoting parental involvement; (3) promoting their health and wellbeing; (4) providing services to support them and their families and carers; (5) providing services to individuals holding membership of the CIO; and (6) furthering the aims of the pre-school learning alliance.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Our main objective remains the securing of a new venue for the preschool, either a building or plot of land. We are working with the local primary school who have offered land, and a local secondary independent girl’s school who have offered support with research into pre fabricated buildings and available grants.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The trustees have spent a significant amount of money re-designing the outdoor space, laying new, hard wearing turf and planting beds with herbs and vegetables which the children tend. The trustees have also appointed two new trustees, one of whom has already been registered, the other one is in the process of registration. Numbers of children registered have remained steady, with a slight increase forecast for the new year. The new government funding, promised for all children over 1 year with 2 working parents will be a significant focus for next year as we are likely to have a higher application rate as a result.
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**Section E Financial review**
## **Brief statement of the**
The reserves that we hold are ringfenced for the purpose of new premises in the next few years.
## **charity’s policy on reserves**
## **Details of any funds materially**
N/A
## **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- Funding comes almost exclusively from two sources:
- You **may choose** to include 1 – parent paid fees for their children to attend pre-school
- additional information, where 2 - funding provided by Kent County Council to fund specific aged
- relevant about: children
- the charity’s principal 3 – amount raised by parents, this has increased since Covid restrictions
- sources of funds (including have been largely lifted
- any fundraising);
- how expenditure has All funds raised are used to support and improve the work of the presupported the key objectives school trough rent of premises, payment of staff, purchase of equipment, of the charity; services for children e.g. sporting activities, yoga etc.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Gill Knox
**Full name(s)** Gillian Elizabeth Knox
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair
**Date** 23rd January 2026
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**BPS FINANCIAL ACTIVITY 1.4.24 - 31.3.25**
|**INCOME**
**24/25**
**23/24 **
KCC Payments (3-4 + sen)
£71,115.54 £52,926.69
2 yr old funding
£9,303.50
£4,775.64
Fees
£15,318.34 £28,203.07
Milk Claim
£309.75
£210.90
Uniform
£93.95
£150.00
Interest 3 accounts
£2,269.23
£991.91
Refunds
£13.35
Training Facilitating
£525.50
£513.75
**Sub Total**
**£98,949.16** £87,771.96|**EXPENDITURE**
**24/25**
**23/24**
Wages
£61,015.30 £55,055.94
Pension
£1,720.22
£1,329.68
Cleaner
£1,668.75
£1,387.50
PAYE
£5,230.07
£5,020.19
Business Rates/music license
£669.74
£657.31
Rent
£3,995.46
£3,769.69
Statutory Training
£916.00
£323.50
Additional Training
£0.00
£38.90
PLA Insurance
£790.02
£754.11
Electricity
£1,932.15
£1,430.93
Fixtures & Fittings
£740.06
£1,056.21
Ofsted/ICO
£83.00
£70.00
Telephone/IT
£871.65
£766.44
Milk
£317.52
£216.83
Snacks
£877.01
£697.30
Setting supplies
£3,314.52
£1,879.66
CAF bank fees
£60.00
£60.00
Equipment, toys, books
£1,210.92
£1,177.00
Advertising
£19.00
£0.00
Petty Cash
£0.00
£0.00
**Sub Total**
**£85,431.39 £75,691.19**|
|---|---|
|Fundraisers
£1,435.02
£1,445.83
Donations
£699.65
£969.00
**Sub Total**
**£2,134.67**
**£2,414.83 **|Treasurer pay
£2,430.00
£2,246.25
Fundraisers
£0.00
£0.00
Christmas Party Children/staff
£454.00
£268.20
External teachers
£525.00
£1,063.80
Coffee Mornings
£0.00
£0.00
AGM/Committee Meetings
£0.00
£0.00
Misc
£0.00
£780.00
**Sub Total**
**£3,409.00**
**£4,358.25**|
|**TOTAL INCOME**
**£101,083.83 £90,186.79 **|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE****
**£88,840.39 £80,049.44**|
|**OPENING BALANCE 1.4.24**
**CLOSING BALANCE 31.3.25**
CAF cash account
£22,103.91
Lloyds Current Account
£17,127.74
CAF Gold Saver
£5,225.63
Online Saver 2.15%
£5,120.63
United Trust Bank 3.75%
£50,720.55
United Trust Bank 3.95%
£68,045.16
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**£78,050.09**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
£90,293.53
**Net surplus**
**£12,243.44**||
BPS FINA14aALACTivifY 24- 31&
INCOME
W25
KCC Payments (34 + senl £71,115.54 £52.926.6
2 yrold fuft¢*n
£9.3Q3.50 £4,775.64
£15.318.34 £28,203.07
£309.75
£210.90
£93.95 £.00
£2,269.23
E99L91
£.35
24125
2312
£61,015.30 £55.055.94
£1.720.22 £1.329.68
£1.668.75 £1.387.50
.23Q.07 £5.020.19
£669.74
£657.31
EJ.995.46 £3,769.69
£916.00
£323.50
£o.rA)
£38.90
£790.02 £754.11
£1,93Z15 £1.430.93
Wages
aeaner
PAYE
Business Rates/music fInSe
Rent
5tOryTraining
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PLA l¥Niran
Electricity
Nthlkaalm
Untforni
Refvnds
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. £52550 É5U75
Frxttsre5 & F71¥
£740.06 £1,056.21
£70.00
É87L65 £766.44
£317.52
£216.83
£877.01
£697.30
£3,314.52 £1,879.66
£60.
£60.00
£1.210.92 £1,177.00
£19.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£25.43L39 £75,69L19
E2,430.IXI £2,246.25
£0.
£0.00
£454.00
£268.20
£525.LYI £1.063.80
£0.00
£0.00
£780.00
Tertl
MIP
Sn
Settire SUPF4les
CAF bank fees
si
Petty Cash
Sub Totsi
Sub Tot•1
•.16 E87.771.96
reasurer pay
Fundralsers
Donatlons
£1,435.02 £1.445.83
£699.65
thfiStinas Party Othdren
External teadws
Coffee Momings
AGMICommittee Meetlr
MIX
£o.(x)
Sub fot•l
SubToi•l
£J.4LK9AI £4,35&25
TOTAL INCOME
OPENING BALANCE 1.4.24
CAF cash account
CAF Gold Saver
United Trust Bank
TOTAL FUNDS
CLOSING BALANCE 31.325
Lloyds Current Account
Online Saver
United Trust Bank
TOTAL FUNDS
£22,103.91
£5,225.63
£50,720.55
£78,050.09
£17,127.74
£5.120.63
E68.045. 16
£,293.53
Net surplus
I have cornpleted my ex#rninYJtion an(1 confirm that no maierial matters have come to my attention
giving me cause to believe that..
l. accounting records were not kept in respect of Ihe CIO as required by the Charliies Act.
2. the accounts do not accord wtth those records
I have nc concern5 and have come across no other rnatters to whith attention should be drawn in
this report in ordèr for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
IndepÈndent Examiner Mrs Laura 8uiles
£ll243.44
Date..
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