**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2020 31 03 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Cylch Meithrin Carmel
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1185326 **Charity's principal address** Neuadd y Pentref
Carmel Caernarfon, Gwynedd **Postcode** LL54 7AA
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
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Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Scherry Jones Chairperson
Gemma Treasurer
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Rawlings
3 Ayesha Trainor Secretary
Einir Kumar- 28 September 2021-
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Jones present
Bethan Jones 28 September 2021-
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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)**
**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by wider community & stakeholders Trustee selection methods (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.
**Section C Objectives and activities**
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**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The main objective of the Cylch is to offer foundation phase education for children 2 to 4 years old in a small rural village in North Wales. It also aims to support and be a hub for the wider local community within the village.
Cylch Meithrin Carmel offers foundation phase education for children 2 to 4 years old. It is located in the village hall of a small rural village in North Wales called Carmel.
It provides a vital childcare and education service for the village, which avoids parents having to travel much greater distances to other options. It also serves as a vital hub to the local community, in particular as the small local primary school was closed 6 years ago. It not only provides a community hub for parents of children within the Cylch, it also brings together the **Summary of the main** wider community of the village, for example through the **activities undertaken for** organising of fund-raising events within the village every year. **the public benefit in relation to these objects** During the pandemic our activities were limited to an outside **(include within this** Christmas Grotto. However, typical examples of fund-raising **section the statutory** events that attract residents of all ages in the village include **declaration that trustees** Santa’s grotto’s, Christmas fayre’s, Halloween disco’s, bingo **have had regard to the** nights, beauty nights and many more. All these have involved **guidance issued by the** more than just the parents of children who are in the Cylch. **Charity Commission on public benefit)**
Being based in the local community hall is also a vital part of the Cylch’s place in the local community – it is located right in the heart of the village and the hall which is used by the residents for many other activities (weekly karate classes, bingo etc etc) so having the Cylch in the same building is an important part of cementing the Cylch’s place in village life.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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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**
This was an exceptionally difficult year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We managed to retain all the staff throughout the pandemic and re-opened in September 2020 with new and returning children.
We successfully held a Covid compliant fundraising Christmas Santa’s Grotto outside in our community garden for local children. This proved to be both popular and successful and gave local children something fun and positive after such a difficult year.
We continued to raised awareness of the existence of the Nursery in the village and have had positive feedback and interest from potential future users.
The lunch club restarted in September along with the Taxi service to the school. This also increased the number of hours for the staff.
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Nursery remains in a healthy position with £1500 in a savings account and excess in the current account. We proceeded with extreme caution during the pandemic, but are now looking to increase savings during the next financial year.
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- 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)**
**Full name(s)** Gemma Louise Rawlings **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
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