Llttle Fishes Pre-school Brackley
Waynflete Cl, Brackley NN13 6AE
Trustees Annual Report 01.09.2023- 31.08.2024
Registered with Ofsted - URN number- 2651011
Registered with the charities commission- number 1192235
The 2023 constltutlon contlnues to be the goveming document.
Cost
£5 per hourfor any children that are not funded byWNC or for any hours
they attend outside of their fundingfrom WNC.
Locallty
Brackley and surroundingvillages
Additional languages
Makaton
Age range
Suitable for ages from 30 months to 4 years and 10 months
Chlldcare and Early Years
Pre-schools
The Object of the CIO is. for the public benefit. the advancement of the
Christian Faith as part of the mission of Brackley Baptist Church by the
advancement of education in Brackley and the surrounding area.
The setting was inspected by Ofsted and assessed as being Good in all areas in
December 2023.
Followingthe death of Peter Kidger Kay Lowe was appointed as the new pre-
school secretary in June 2024.
Kelly Craven terminated her employment in July 2024 after thirteen years as a
staff member.
Duringthis year Karen Thomas commenced apprenticeship training. partially
funded by the pre-school.
Sue Byatt relinquished her role as bookkeeper due to moving away from
Brackley. lan Timmis (Treasurer) agreed to include this work into his role.

Duringthe school Summer holidays 2024 a muddy grassed play area was
replaced with artificial grass to reduce the amount of mud and dirt being brought
into the building. The next proposed project is the replacement of the hard
surface in the play area.
Jen McKnight was approached to become a new trustee in July 2024.
Stuart Sharman has continued as the pre school cleaner and we are grateful to
the church for paying his salary.
During 2024 the pre-school continued to be successfulwith numbers attending
remaining high and looking positive for the future.
Trustees
Denise Smith Chairperson
Mr lan fimmis Treasurer
Mrs Kay Lowe Secretsry
Mrs Pat Cory
Ms Yasmeen Epps
Mrs Jennifer McKnight

Little Fishes Pre-school, Brackley
Brackley Baptist Church
Waynflete Close
Brackley
Northants
NN13 6AE
Annual statement as at 31 August 2024
This is the third year that Lrttle Fishes Pr&School has operated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Financially il has been a good year for Little Fishes. At the start of the year, ther8 was a maximum of 18
children attending morning sessions and 9 children attending aftemoon sessions. By the end of the year, 26
children were attending morning sessions. and 16 children aftemoon sessions with 40 children on the
register. This was a significant increase on the previous year. Again, due to lack of demand we continued
not to open for Friday afternoon sessions.
General Fund income and expendlture for the year endlng 31 August 2024.
Financially the year ending 31 Aug 2024 Shov￿ a surplus in the general fund of £6,294. This was after
paying for a new boiler and for artificial grass in part of the outside play area.
The main funding from WNC was £80,150, an increase of £43,981 on the previous year due to the
increased number of children. Fees from parents were £13,414 compared to £12,852 the pravious year.
Thè lunch club has continued and again proved popular
Staff costs were £75,083 against £48.962 the previous year. This included a salary increase in April, to
reflect the increase in national Minimum wage. The Running Costs were £4,788 compared to £2,880 the
previous year. Other Expenditure was £8,141 compared lo £1,030 the p￿VIouS year. This included the
costs of the new central heating boiler (£3,015) and new artificial grass.{£3,798)
Regarding staffing, Kelly Craven resigned at the end of the year after 13 years with Little Fishes.
We continue to be grateful to Brackley Baptist church for the continued financial support, including
provision of the premises and heating and lighting as well as cleaning costs
Balaneo shoet a8 at 31 August 2024
I have not changed the amount Set aside to provide redundancy payments {should they be needed).
I have released £1.000 from the NCC Grant reserve fund into the General Fund.
The fund from special donations and fund-raising stands at £7,002.
Outlook
The prospects for LFPS for next year a￿ positive desprte a significant number of children leaving for
primary sGhool. There are 26 children on the register, with up to 16 children attending morning sessions and
9 afternoon sessions from the start of the year.
We conlinue to appreciate the dedication and love shown by all our staff.
lan Timmis
Hon Treasurer
31 August 2024

LrrTLE FISHES PRE-SCHOOL. BRACKLEY
IBrackley Bapt15t Church. waynfletÈCiose, Oratkley, Northants, NN1364EI
FINANCIAL STATEPIENT FOR THE ENDED 31 2024
GENE￿ FUND RecEWS & PAYIAE14TSACCUJIT
2D22-23
Maln IrKome-fees
Maln Income- NCCIWNCchihJ
Maln Inu)me. NCCIWNC•JdRk*lfU￿in1
Supplementary IncomE
Transfef5 from otherfunds
13.413 $2
80.14977
12.8S1 85
38.1884$
91985
435 82
1.OW.¢JJ
3.685 87
53.142.02
95.483.14
P4ym•thti."
75.083.4fj
4.7aB.1S
48.961.92
Runnln8C0$15
Depreclatkin ol fixed a$5ets
Otherexpenditure
TThnslerstootherfunds
2.879.61
8,140 87
1,178 57
83,189.05
1,030.02
270 27
53,142.02
Jurplus ID•lkltl lorlh• yHr
B•thnc• brou9ht lonv•w
nc• £arrl•d 1orw*rd
8.294 09
11.168 02
17.482.11
000
11 10802
DeEL FUND RE¢EIPT8W4D PAYIIENTS ￿Col￿T
12
2023.24
2022-23
R•¢•lpl•.'
R*•h•dfr¢m WNC
Plym￿ts:
ChEques and other wments
32D.15
329.15
8urylu4 ID•A¢ltl loi th• ywr
B•l4nc• brought lor4v•rd
B*l4rb¢• ¢•rd•d I0￿1rd
763 38
434 21
763.34
763 Je
DEFICIT RESERVEFUND RECÉIPTS*I40 PAYMEpITS￿c(￿JN1
13
202>14
2022-13
R•c•fjpts:
Trnn8fwfrorn Gfjr￿￿ Fu
P*ym•thti.'
TrinsfertoGenerol Fund
000
o.oo
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e•l•n¢• brought lorward
14nc• Garrfed lorward
15.541 1
15.54108
15.511.Q
15.541 oa
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FI)REST SCHWL FUND RECEVTS PAYIWS
14
2023.24
2022.2J
R4¢•1pt*'.
Genw4 FL•*I
paym•nts'.
ChÈ4UES and otherpay￿nt5
T￿nSfert0 General Fuhd
rplu• IDqf*tti 1orth•y•ar
B•thnt• brought lorward
O.OD
249 9D
249 90
249.9)
249 90
NCC GRPWT RESERVE FUP4D RECEPTS *JID PAYMENTSXCCWNT
202>24
2022.23
A•C￿p￿..
Trahsferlrom Getheral Fund
000
0.00
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PAYE LWLifY FUND RECEIPT8P*￿ PAYMEFITS AccoiIFir
17
2023.24
20Z2-23
R•cdpti'.
rr•r•tr• fvn Ilol F￿1
4.492 10
4.492 10
1.583 73
1.563.73
P•ym•nts.'
Payments iolrelund Ifoml HMK
4.057 8
4.057 80
1.510.91
Surplu• I￿1￿￿) lor Uwy•ar
B•l•h¢• bmught I0￿¥r￿
434 44
J9120
825 14
J383
J91.ZQ
2016

REDUNDAI4CY RESERVE FUtrJD REcwPTs•￿ PAYMENTsp£cC￿Wr
202M4
2022-23
Roc￿￿1•..
Tr￿$1￿[ tr¢Jn FLtyJ
Payments..
Tran51ertoGeneral Furtd
8urplu* ID4fictt) forth• y•ar
Blllllnc• brought lonv4
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g.(lJO.00
g.iW.(N)
9.000.00
.￿00
SEND FUND RECEIPTS W4D PAY¥ENTSXCCWNT
19
2022-23
R•c•W:
Recdw3from r4CC
P•ymmbtB.'
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Transfer roGeneral Fund
D.OD
O.OD
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8414n¢• broyghl l¢AY•r
lin¢• carrl•d lorwllrd
0.00
1152S
11525
11525
1152S
SPECI￿ DOMATION8 *IID FUNtsIWS*4G RECEIPT8 PAYIIEI4T8 ￿¢01
2023.24
lQ22-2J
RK•lpt•.'
Oonaik)n5 aNJ fund.r&￿￿Tr1
Tranof•r* F¥￿1
2.300 22
1.$$5 $3
2.300 22
1.586 SJ
Paym•tht•.'
Chequesand otherpayrnent5lre BEer Fe5th￿t0115>
Tr?nslei roGer￿￿ Fund
1.152 36
897e
1.152 35
$k7e
Surylu• Ioql*bll lorth•y•ar
B•l•nc• brou9ht lorw•rd
8114n¢• ¢•rf•d
1.227.67
5.774 4
7,Cl)2 38
1.496.77
4,278.72
5,774.4
E￿Ly YE*AS PftEMIUIA {EYPP) FIJND RECEIPTS*￿ PAYIAENTJXCOUNT
22
2022-23
A•￿IPtI..
Rerew fr￿￿wN¢¢tsan8f8Irnd trfm G￿1 F￿)
1.45107
1.451.07
270.27
270.27
P•ym•ntJ:
Cheguesand otherwyments
385 35
7P.46
79.48
365.35
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B4l•n¢• brought lornard
lan¢0 carrled forward
1065 T2
546 79
1,814 51
190.81
328
548 79
DISPALITY ACCESS FUWO lo￿￿ FIJND RECEIPTS PAYIIENTS ￿cOuNT
2D22.23
2D22-23
Re¢•lpii.'
frcm NCC (transfEn￿ fL¥*I1
Paym•rt*'.
Cheque5 and other pay[[￿1$
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Surp￿* ID•fi¢fftlfo*th•
Balanc• broughtfon¥aFd
14.39
14.39
14.39
1439
SPOPl￿8 MONEY FUIID
X+22.2J
2022-2J
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25
P•ym•nl¥'.
4S8 15
458 15
228 95
228.95
Sury>lu* ID4nEitI lorth•y•ar
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41.85
I￿74
-220.95
333 89
149.59
106.74
OUTSIDE SHELTER FUFLI
2022.23
2022.23
R•¢•lW:
tyT￿l•r Fwvj
P•yrn•nt•'.
Cheque5 •ndother PaVTMffltS
1,1)00.OD
1,QOO OD
1.999 95
8urp￿* IO•lkW fNth•y•ar
B•lanc• brnuqhtfoww
8•i•nc• ¢*wrl•d loThv•rd
.1.899.90
2.14948
149 $1
.1,QOO.OD
3,149 48
2,149 48
STAIEMENTOF ASSETS AND LI4BILITIES4T 31 AwllOZ4
TS..
F￿e0 45sets
turrenl 455et5
e•nkcUr￿nf Account Barc*s
Èankcurrenl Atcount Llryds
0.00
10.225 49
4.J38.90
Lhiyd5Fthed Ttim Depostt Att
UoydsLFPSlnterest A¢¢oynt
Uoyds 32 DayNol*eA£(ount
Nei balance
8ank Depostt Atcoum 8arc
l>Jtstandlw t￿￿tt5 Idèbtt51
Net b3￿nce
Petty cash
a0.￿.￿)
5.103.43
10.177 92
36.378.03
9.035.47
SS.506 84
49.750 30
000
4246
49.792.76
55,527.63
REPRESENTING a*L￿CES CW TrE PCLLCthING AC¢OiINTS:
GenEial Attount
DAF
DEEL
Denclt re5eTh
F0fE5151ho￿ tes
NCC grani rese￿
PI4YE11a￿1lfy
Redundancyrese
SEND reserve
Special don*ionsand lur￿1￿1
EYPP IEathfYears Pupll Prem￿rnI
OursideShettetFund
SpDn50r Money Fund
17.432.19
14.3
434.21
15.$41.OB
249.90
3.OW.fy)
825.64
g.ON OD
115.25
7.W2 30
11.16&02
14.39
763.36
15,541.r
249.
4.Cts)L
391.20
9.LKX)L
115.25
5,774.49
518.87
2,149.46
ICb.74
49,792.76
12
13
16
17
18
21
149 5t
t48 59
55,527A13
4L46

NOTES TO THE FIFi￿C￿ STATEIIENT F(MI THE YEfvR ENDED 31 *
ust 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINP>4CINL STATEMENT FfAI THE YEPJI ENDED 31 ust 2024 Iconlinvtdl
11
T¢ EYPPknd
T¢ DAFF￿
1.17•J7
27Q17
17027
47444
22
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JI I￿Ul1 2024 h•v• b••n prnp•r•d by •rn•tru• w•ll•¢lknOlth•flM￿th1 aft￿￿01th* prtr*¢hool.
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REPORT C* TrE INDEPÉNDEP￿ EXMIINER
I examlned the recdptsand PayTnEDtsarcoums and stèterneniof as5etsand ILi￿l￿V&S of Ult￿FIsheS
Prtrs¢hool, &ackley Set on ws I throuth 7 reLitI￿t0theI￿rendl￿831 Aw4sr2024
l Eonllm that theKcoums and Stalen￿￿t ¥cordwilhthe Xctyjnti￿￿0f￿s oltheprfrschtyS Wam not aware
of anymattertowhlch attertI￿n neEd5to Inordertothth aproperwthr5tandlngoltherKwunts.
(a-IL- U*W.
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CHARITY (OMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independentexaminer's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trust8e8
LIThLE FISHES PRE-SCHOOL IBRACKLEYI
On accounts for thg year
ended
3110812024
Charity no
(if any}
1192235
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity 1.the Trusf) for the year ended > i JTr? I'z olt
As the charitys tTuslees. you are responsible for the prepafalion of the
accounls in accordance with the requiremenls of the Chaflties Act 2011
(Ihe Acr)..
R88pon8ibilill88 and
basi8 of report
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caTrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directs'ons given by Ihe Charity Commisslon
under section 14515Mb) of Ihe Act.
Independent I have compleled my examination. I confirm that no malerial matters have
examlner's statement come lo my attention in conneclion with the examination which gives me
cause lo believe that in. any material respecl..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act-, or
the accounts did not accLYd with the ac£ounling records., or
the accounts did not comply wth the applicable requirements
concerning the form and contenl of accounts sel out in the Charities
{Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examinalion to which attenlion should be drawn in Ihis report in
order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Signod:
Dato:
IJ- IL-io-L<
Name:
Relevant profesgional
qualificationls) or body
(if any):
Addro9S:
IER
Oct 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independenl examinati¢)n of charity acLounts". directs'ons and
guidance for examiners).
Glva here brief dotails of
any itemg that the
examiner wi8he8 to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018