Little Snoring Pre-school Trustee Meeting 8[th] November 2022 ## Chair’s Report Thank you to all staff and trustees for the work that they have carried out over the past year and to the families for their continuing support. Pre-school re-opened in September with good numbers of children attending, initially 20 children on role. We are receiving a few enquiries for places later in the year. We also provided childcare for 5 children who had a staggered intake into Little Snoring Primary school. Pre-school staff walked the children into or back from the school over a period of 3 weeks. ## Fees / Funding - NCC is in the process of carrying out a review of our local funding rates and settings have been asked to complete a questionnaire. Our funding rates at the moment are £4.18 for 3 / 4 years olds and £5.50 for 2 year olds - Fees are currently £5.00 an hour. Our ‘optional’ Consumable Charge remains at £25.00 per term, per family. ## Fundraising - Bags 2 School collection has been booked for 17[th] Nov 22. - The pre-school has been donated 12 tickets for Thursford Enchanted Light Christmas event. Each ticket is worth £20.00. Trustees need to decide how to use the tickets to raise money. - Scholastic Books has been cancelled due to lack of orders. The commission system has changed and as our orders were so small, our commission was being lost before we earnt enough to buy anything. - We have been approached by a photographer from Dereham who is going to start doing nursery photo sessions. We are just trying to gauge parents interest in this to decide whether to book a session. ## Staffing - The number of staff remains at five. One of our parents has been with us on a student placement and provides emergency cover as needed. - All staff hours are under review, until number of hours’ children are booked in increases. ## Training - Most of the staff recently took part in Step-On training which was held in Little Snoring Primary Academy school. - All staff are up to date with First Aid, Food Hygiene, Child Protection and Designated Safeguarding Lead Practitioner. - Two staff are currently on longer training courses. One is doing Outdoor Learning Practice an another is doing Communication Champion. ## Future Ideas - Staff are currently designing and putting together story / learning sacks which will be loaned out to parents. - Organising story cafes, stay and play sessions to invite parents into the setting. - Hold an Open Day in the spring or summer to promote the pre-school. ## Little Snoring Pre-School Accounts ## Little Snoring Pre-School CIO Receipts & Payments Account for CIO start date 4 July 2021 to 3 July 2022 |||this year's amount|1 June 2021 - 3 July|last year's amount to| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts**|to the nearest £|2021|the nearest £| |**A1a**|donations|0|0|0| ||fund-raising|826|0|224| |**A1b**|_operating activities to further charity's objects:_|||| ||Fees from parents/carers|12,412|518|8,183| ||vouchers* (not received in April & May 2021|||| ||due to changing to CIO)|67,636|20,070|40,362| ||action for children /EYPP|529|553|951| ||EYSF|9,056|0|0| ||admin fee|30|10|20| ||conts. to snack etc|697|0|872| ||grants|1,200|0|12,000| |**A1c**|_investment income:_|||| ||bank interest|5|0|8| ||sub-total (A1a+A1b+A1c)|92,391|21,151|62,620| |**A1d**|milk refund|96|11|73| ||other receipts|184|0|54| |**A1**|**Total receipts**|**£92,671**|**£21,162**|**£62,747**| |||this year's amount|1 June 2021 - 3 July|last year's amount to| ||**Payments**|to the nearest £|2021|the nearest £| |**A2a**|fund-raising costs|18|0|25| |**A2b**|_charitable payments:_|||| ||salaries|64,286|4,958|43,178| ||rent, rates, insurance|2,238|242|2,635| ||premises costs|5,789|90|3,257| ||milk|106|9|87| ||snack|223|20|139| ||consumables and equipment|2,586|101|1,984| ||EYPP|973|0|570| ||office costs|849|71|1,528| ||sub-total (A2a+A2b)|77,068|5,491|53,403| |**A2c**|_other payments_|||| ||travel expenses|4|0|0| ||training|467|0|282| ||other payments|0|0|-500| |**A2**|**Total payments**|**77,539**|**5,491**|**53,185**| ||Net of receipts/ (payments) (A1-A2)*|15,132|15,670|9,562| ||Cash funds last year end (A3)|85,326|69,656|60,094| ||Cash funds this year end (A1-A2+A3)|**100,458**|**85,326**|**69,656**| ||**BANK RECONCILIATION**|||| ||Scottish Widows (savings account)|11,068|11,068|11,018| ||Lloyds fund-raising account|0|0|0| ||Lloyds current account|247|24,258|9,043| ||Lloyds current account|39,139||| ||Lloyds savings account|50,004|50,000|49,504| |||100,458|85,326|69,565| ||Less: unpresented cheques|||-40| ||Add: any unbanked cash|||131| |A3|Net balances|**100,458**|**85,326**|**69,656**| INDEPENDENT EXAMINF.RS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LITTLE SliORING PRE SCHOO I report ot the accounts olthe Associaiion for the year ended 31 May ?022 Respective responsibilities of Ihe Irustees and examiner As thi. charily's truslees you are responsible for th¢ preparation of the accounts: you consider that the aLidii requiremenis of seciton 4i(2) uf Ihe Ch any sucli Inatlers. The procedures undertaken do noi provide all the ¢videnLe that would be requii'ed in an aiidil. and consequcnily I do not express an audit opinion on Ihe view gTiven by ihe accounls. Independenl ex4miner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come lo my attciition: which gFives me reasonable cause lo believe ihat in any material respeci the requiremcn15 a. to ke¢p accounting records in accordance wilh section 41 of ilie act; and b. to prepare accounls which accord wilh the acc()unliiibY records and to comply with the acLounting requirements of tlie Act have not b¢¢n mel: or to which. in my opinion. allention should be drawn. in order to enable a proper underslandinb) of the accoun15 lo bc r¢a¢hed. Tim ogel F CharterLd Accountant 30 The Market Place SwalTham PE37 7QH