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||||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary||of the purposes of|||Para 1.17|To advance
the education
and|
|the charity as set out||||in its||development
ofchildren aged 1-11for the|
|governing||document||||public benefit by the provision oia nursery|
|||||||pre-school, daycare facilities and out of|
|||||||school provision as set out in the|
|||||||Constitution.|
|||||||The principal
purpose
in establishing
ESS|
|||||||is to provide a much needed safe and high|
|||||||quality childcare and eariy learning|
|||||||opportunity
for young
children
in Edale and|
|||||||the surrounding
area who would benefit|
|||||||from these opportunities.
To fulfil its|
|||||||purpose, ESShas to be both affordable|
|||||||and accessible.|
|||||||The activities of the Trustees are guided
by|
|||||||a series ofgovernance
documents
covering|
|||||||such areas as meetings,
decision making,|
|||||||trustee appointment,
conflict ofinterest etc,|
|Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation
to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The 2020-2021 Annual
Report detailed
how
ESSwas established,
how premises were|
|purposes||for the public||||identified
and then granted
planning|
|benefit,|in particular,|||the||permission
and listed the various benefits|
|activities,||projects|or|||to the local community.|
|services||identified|in|the|||
|accounts.||||||Several ofthe objectives set in 2020-2021|
|||||||for the future have been built on during|
|||||||2021-2022, including
increasing
the|
|||||||number of children
attending,
successful|
|||||||staff recruitment
and continuing
to forge|
|||||||links with the local primary school and the|
|||||||community.|
|The two senior unpaid
volunteer
members||
|---|---|
|ofstaff have been able to retire following||
|the appointment
oftwo permanent
paid||
|members
ofstaff as Head and Deputy||
|Head ofthe Nursery.
They were appointed||
|in June and July of2022 respectively.||
|The Nursery
is now embedded
in the local||
|community
and receives a useful boost to||
|our finances from the village's
charitable||
|activities fund.||
|The children attend a Forest School (within||
|the village itself), join in activities
with the||
|village primary school and have attended|a|
|variety ofvillage events
including
visits to||
|the railway station
in conjunction
with||
|Friends ofEdale Station organisation.||
|The number ofchildren
currently
attending||
|ESSstands at 23.||
|The appointment
oftwo senior staff has put||
|pressure
on the ESSbudget but financial||
|performance
is closely monitored
and||
|regular financial forecasts are essential to||
|keeping track. Decisions are made based||
|on these and affordability
is always at the||
|forefront ofconsiderations
before any||
|expenditure
is incurred,||
|We have held multiple
fundraising
public||
|events,
including
Spring, Summer and||
|Winter fayres on the grounds
ofESS,and||
|as mentioned
earlier ESSis now a formal||
|recipient ofa share offundraising
activities||
|within the Edale community
(along with the||
|primary
school, village
hall and playing||
|field).||
|We have several projects planned
to||
|improve
and enhance
the facilities at||
|current premises,
most notably some||
|upgrades
to the garden/outdoor||
|environment.||
|We continue to be extremely
grateful
to||
|members ofthe wider Edale community||
|who regularly
volunteer
their time and||
|energy to help support ESS in its day to||
|day running
and with upkeep ofthe||
|premises
and supporting
special||
|fundraising
events.||
||||||Public benefit:||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||In order to ensure the principles of public||
||||||benefit are at the forefront of Trustees'||
||||||actions, this is maintained
as a standing||
||||||agenda
item for all formal trustee meetings.||
||||||The Trustees are satisfied that no harm|has|
||||||arisen from the purposes
outlined
in the||
||||||ESSobjectives; the main beneficiaries||
||||||remain
the local community,
the general||
||||||public and that no private benefit has arisen||
||||||from any ofthe purposes or activities of||
||||||ESS.||
|Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|The Trustees have had due regard for all||
|whether|the trustees||have||guidance
from the Charity Commission|with|
|had regard||to the guidance|||regard to all our work to date and will||
|issued|by the Charity||||continue
to have regard for the guidance|as|
|Commission||on public|||we continue our work.||
|benefit|||||||
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|Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||SORP reference||
||||||ESScontinues to provide
high quality|
||||||services at a competitive
level offees.|
|Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the||||Para 1.20|Appointing
two senior staff at salaries
which are at competitive
for industry
levels.|
|charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|||||Having a childcare
provision
in the heart of
the village saves parents
and children
having
to travel
long distances
to access
childcare facilities and many
childrenlfamilies
are able to walk to access|
||||||ESS.|
||||||Meals are provided
by an outside agency|
||||||following
the retirement
ofthe volunteer|
||||||cook and alternative
options are now being|
||||||assessed. Similarly, since the cook also|
||||||performed
the cleaning
duties, we are|
||||||seeking to appointment
a new cleaner as|
||||||soon as possible.
In the interim,
the current|
||||||ESSstaff cover all cleaning
duties,|
||||||We now hold a long waiting
list for children|
||||||hoping to attend the nursery,
which is an|
||||||indicator ofthe high quality ofservice|
||||||provision
we can offer and also an indicator|
||||||ofthe current
level ofunmet need for|
||||||childcare services
in the village and wider|
||||||Hope Valley community.|
||||||An ongoing and particular
challenge
ofa|
||||||rural nursery
is attracting
new staff and|
||||||securing staff cover at short notice where|
||||||staff need to take an unplanned
absence|
||||||(eg. sick leave). We are currently
trying to|
||||||establish
a 'bank' of potential,
qualified,|
||||||personnel,
who can provide this sort of|
||||||cover.|
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|inanci|al
Review||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review|ofthe charity's|Para 1.21|FINANCIAL REPORT||
|financial
position at the end
of the period|||The trustees are pleased to present the||
||||charity's
Receipts and Payment
Account for the||
||||year to 31August 2022.||
||||The period closed with a bank balance off42k||
||||(2021f28k) ofunrestricted
reserves. This||
||||represents
a net receipt forthe year ofE14k.||
||||The income derived from fees, charged to||
||||parents ofchildren
attending
and claimed from||
||||the local authority
(Derbyshire
County Council)||
||||for eligible childcare hours amounted
to E98k||
||||(2021E60k),||
||||The charity also benefitted
from E6k {2021E6k)||
||||ofdonations,
from individual
giving and local||
||||organisations.||
||||There were no grant funding
receipts this year||
||||(2021E10k).||
||||Refunds and re-imbursements
ofexpenditure||
||||amounted
tof1k(2021fNIL).||
||||The total income from all sources was E106k||
||||(2021f76k).||
||||The total paid staffing expenditure
was E54k||
||||(2021E27k).The number of paid staff||
||||increased
from three childcare practitioners,|in|
||||September 2021,to three childcare||
||||practitioners,
a Head and Deputy Head of||
||||Centre and a cook/cleaner
by August 2022.||
||||Premises costs amounted
to E20k (2021E9k).||
||||The majority ofthis cost uplift was due to a full||
||||year rental ofthe dedicated
Nursery
and||
||||Childcare Centre. In 2021the nursery operated||
||||for only 3months out ofthe dedicated||
||||premises, the remainder
ofthe year used the||
||||Village Hall.||
||||The cost ofproviding
nutritious
and varied||
||||meals, and cleaning the Centre, was f10k||
||||{2021f4k). These meals were cooked using||
||||fresh ingredients
purchased
locally. This||
||||additional
cost was a result ofa higher number||
||||ofchildren
now attending
and the||
||||||||cook/cleaner
position being paid from|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||December 2021.|
||||||||Resources amounted
to f3k (2021f4k).|
||||||||Primarily
this was to buy materials for the|
||||||||children to use in their learning
and play, but|
||||||||also included
small items ofessential furniture|
||||||||and other supplies.|
||||||||Insurance,
subscriptions
to professional
bodies|
||||||||and IThardware
/ software
servicing cost just|
||||||||under f3k(2021f2k).|
||||||||The outdoor resource delivered
through
the|
||||||||year by the Forest School, atf2k (2021f1k),|
||||||||contributed
to the improved
learning
and|
||||||||personal development
outcomes experienced|
||||||||by the children.|
||||||||The total expenditure
wasf92k (2021f48k).|
|Statement||explaining||the||Para 1.22|The reserves are held to fund any short-|
|policy for holding|||reserves||||term fluctuations
in the cash flow, due to|
|stating|why|they|are|held|||factors such as reductions
in funding
(eg|
||||||||reductions
in children
attending)
and|
||||||||increases
in costs (eg use ofagency staff|
||||||||to cover staff recruitment .|
|Amount|of|reserves||held||Para 1.22|f42,126unrestricted
funds|
|Reasons for holding||||zero||Para 1.22|N/A|
|reserves||||||||
|Details|offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|N/A|
|deficit||||||||
|Explanation||ofany||||Para 1.23|At 31August 2022 the trustees believed that|
|uncertainties
about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|||||||the unrestricted
reserves off42k represented
a strong cash position to support the continued
growth
and daily operation ofthe Centre and|
||||||||were confident that the charity was a going|
||||||||concern at that date.|
||||||||The nursery
has continued
to operate
in line|
||||||||with it's purposes for almost a full year, to June|
||||||||2023.|
||||||||Unfortunately,
three ofthe five members of|
||||||||staff have recently submitted
their|
||||||||resignations,
within the same month. The staff|
||||||||leaving include the Head ofCentre, Deputy|
||||||||Head ofCentre, and one ofthe three Childcare|
||||||||Practitioners.
The charity has initiated
a|
||||||||recruitment
process and is in discussion
with|
||||||||various agencies to try to identify suitable staff|
||||||||to cover on a temporary
basis.|
||||||||As at the date ofsigning this report, the|
||||||||trustees are uncertain
about the charity's|
||||||||ability to continue as a going concern.|
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|Description|ofcharity's|ofcharity's|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||
|Type ofgoverning||document|Para 1.25|"Foundation
"Model Constitution
dated|
|||||19/06/2020.|
|How is the charity|||Para 1.25|Constitution
ofa Charitable
Incorporated|
|constituted?||||Organisation
(CIO) whose only voting|
|||||members
are the Trustees.|
|||||The management
ofESSis overseen
by a|
|||||Board ofTrustees made up ofsix|
|||||volunteers as detailed
later.|
|Trustee selection||methods|Para 1.25|There is no formal recruitment
policy,|
|including
details ofany||||prospective
trustees
being identified
based|
|constitutional|provisions e.g.|||on their areas ofexpertise.|
|election to post or name of|||||
|any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees||||The trustees follow relevant governance
policies covering such areas as role of
trustees,
conflict of interest,
safeguarding,|
|||||correct use offunds, terms ofreference for|
|||||meetings
and decision making,
contracts of|
|||||staff employment
etc.The policies are|
|||||reviewed as required.|
|||||Each trustee has a set term of office and|
|||||any new trustee
is provided
with the|
|||||necessary
policy documents
following
a|
|||||period as an observer.|
|||||Specific roles include
Chair, Vice Chair,|
|||||Treasurer,
Secretary.|
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|Charit
name||Edale Ste|in|Stones Nurse|and Childcare|Centre|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charit
uses||N/a|||||
|Re istered charit|number|1190027|||||
|Charity's
principal|address|The Old Winery,||Grindsbrook|Booth, Edale, S337ZA||
|Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees|on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|---|---|
|Description ofthe assets||N/A||
|held
in this capacity||||
|Name and objects ofthe||N/A||
|charity on whose behalf|the|||
|assets are held and how|this|||
|falls within the custodian||||
|charity's objects||||
|Details ofarrangements|for|N/A||
|safe custody and||||
|segregation
ofsuch assets||||
|from the charity's
own||||
|assets||||
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|Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's trustees||
|---|---|---|---|
||Signature(s)|||
||Full name(s)|Liam Gilligan|Rrr&c.l-|
|Position|(eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)|Treasurer|e4'/gg|
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|||||||||||||||Receipts and payments||||||accounts||||CC&68|
||||||||||||||Forthe period
from||||01-Se -21||To|||31-Aug-22|||
|||'|-||-||||||||||||||||||||
|~|||||||~||.|~|~|.|||||||||||||
||||||||||||||Unrestricted
funds
Restricted funds|||||Endowment
funds||||Total|funds|Last year|
|||||||||||||to|Ihe nearest||E|to the nearest E||to|the nearest E|||Iothe nearest
K||to the nearest E|
|A1Recei|ts||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Fees - Direct|areni||fundin|||||||||||74,641|||||||||74,641|44,630|
|Fees - l.ocal|aulhoril||fundin|||||DCC||||||23,688|||||||||23,688|15,583|
|Donations
-0||anisailon||||||||||||||||||||||2,385|
|Donations
- Individual|||||||||||||||6,404||||||||6,404|3.294|
|Grants||||||||||||||||||||||||10,520|
|Refunds I Reimbursements||||||of|ex enditure||||||||1,211||||||||1,211||
|Sub total (Gross income|||||||||forAR)|||||105,944|||||||||108,944|76,412|
|A2 Asset and investment||||||||sales,||(see|||||||||||||||
|table .|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||Sub||total|||||||||||||||
|||||||Total receipts||||||||105,944|||||||||105,944|76,412|
|A3 Pa ments|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Slafflng (Wages||IAgency||I||Training|||I||||||||||||||||
|Recruitment|etc)|||||||||||||53955|||||||||53955|27,082|
|Prenases
(Rent||I Waste I Outdoor Area|||||||||||||||||||||||
|Resources)||||||||||||||19799|||||||||19,?99|9,234|
|Fees Refunded||||||||||||||||||||||||706|
|Professional|I Subscripiions|||||I|Insurance||||||||3 334||||||||3334|1,683|
|Resources {egfor activities)|||||||||||||||3 312||||||||3 312|4,384|
|Food I Oeaning||Supplies||I|Sundries||||||||||9 97$||||||||9,978|3,981|
|Forest School|||||||||||||||1 700||||||||1 700|1,000|
|Donations|||||||||||||||82||||||||82||
|||||||||Sub||total||||92,160|||||||||$2.160|48,070|
|A4 Asset and investment|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|purchases,|(see||table)||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||Sub||total|||||||||||||||
|||||Total||||payments||||||92,160|||||||||92,160|48,070|
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||||||||13,784|||||||||13,784|28,342|
|A5 Transfers||between||||funds|||||||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last||||year|||end|||||||28,342|||||||||28,342||
|Cash funds||||||this year end||||||||42,126|||||||||42,126|28,342|
|~||0|~|||||||~|~||~|~
~ e|||e|~|||~|~ ~|||
|||||||||||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restncted funds||Endowment|
||||||||||||||||||||funds|||||funds|
|||||||||||||||||||to nearest|||E|to nearest
K||to nearest E|
|B1Cash|funds|||||||||||Bank Balance|||at 31 August|2022||||42,126|||||
||||||||||||||||Total cash funds|||||42,126|||||
|||||||||||||(agree balances|||aviS recejtxa and permeate||acccuixi aI)||||||||
|||||||||||||||||||Unrestricted||||Restricted funds||Endowment|
||||||||||||||||||||funds|||||funds|
|||||||||||||j.'nt, jijs||||||to nearest|||K|to nearest
K||to nearest
K|
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