## **Member of the Early Years Alliance** **Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021 - 2022 Registered Charity Number :1192549** ## **Lighthall Under Fives Pre-School** **Trustees** Tracey Henshaw (Chair) Susan Worrall Charnjit Turner Hannah Mason Emily Haycock Hayley Walsh Kelly Jones ## **Full Address** Layca Community Centre Stretton Road Shirley Solihull West Midlands B90 2RL Tel: 01217445128 Email Address: lighthallunderfves@hotmail.co.uk Ofsted Registration No: 2624073 Employers Liability Insurers: Royal & Sun Alliance **Bank** Natwest ## **Lighthall Under Fives Pre-School** **Trustee’s Annual Report Year End 31[st] July 2022** **Achievements and Performance:** - Funding for funded 2,3 and 4 year olds increased from 1[st] April 2022 by 3.8% 21p per hour for 2 year olds and 17p for 3 and 4 year olds. This was not in line with the Consumer Prices index which rose by 10.1% in the 12 months up to July 2022for Minimum Wage increases which stood a t6.6% for workers age 23 and over. - Our team have continued to complete online training via Noodle Now to keep their knowledge current. - We continue to work closely with the local Family Information Service to support families who meet the government’s criteria for 2 year old funding. - We are working towards launching a website and our facebook page is very successful in promoting our services and other services of interest to parents/carers. - Due to the cost of living crisis and the increase in wages the Layca community centre have agreed to keep our rent at the same price. ## **Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2022** **Income £** Fees 27,257.51 Funding SMBC 74,734.10 Fundraising - Total 10,1991.61 ## **Less Expenditure** Wages 78,250.89 Rent 8,420.00 ICT equipment& software 99.99 Telephone & Broadband 1,258.19 |Toys & equipment
|2,117.61| |---|---| |Consumable materials/cleaning|980.81| |Stationery & postage
|537.80| |Refreshments
|1,279.66| |Presents/gifts/party
|2,230.01| |Membership/insurance
|1,217.13| |Trips
|476.45| |Uniforms
|1,116.00| |Accounts
|330.00| |Training
|82.32| |Leasing
|801.95| |Other|109.99| |Repairs & renewals|277.50| |Printer|189.99| |Loan interest
|579.63| |Total|100,355.92| |**Surplus/(Defcit) for the year**|**1,635.69**| Bank b/fwd 1,628.43 CIO bank account 16,399.98 Cash b/fwd (26.32) Covid Loan (22,523.92) Add surpless/Less Deficit for the year 1,635.69 Balance as at 31 July 2022 (2,886.14) ============= ## **Represented by:** Cash Bank CIO Bank Covid Loan - 258.04 17,102.89 (20,247.07) (2,886.14) ## **Member of the Early Years Alliance** **Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021 - 2022 Registered Charity Number :1192549** ## **Lighthall Under Fives Pre-School** **Trustees** Tracey Henshaw (Chair) Susan Worrall Charnjit Turner Hannah Mason Emily Haycock Hayley Walsh Kelly Jones ## **Full Address** Layca Community Centre Stretton Road Shirley Solihull West Midlands B90 2RL Tel: 01217445128 Email Address: lighthallunderfves@hotmail.co.uk Ofsted Registration No: 2624073 Employers Liability Insurers: Royal & Sun Alliance **Bank** Natwest ## **Lighthall Under Fives Pre-School** **Trustee’s Annual Report Year End 31[st] July 2022** **Achievements and Performance:** - Funding for funded 2,3 and 4 year olds increased from 1[st] April 2022 by 3.8% 21p per hour for 2 year olds and 17p for 3 and 4 year olds. This was not in line with the Consumer Prices index which rose by 10.1% in the 12 months up to July 2022for Minimum Wage increases which stood a t6.6% for workers age 23 and over. - Our team have continued to complete online training via Noodle Now to keep their knowledge current. - We continue to work closely with the local Family Information Service to support families who meet the government’s criteria for 2 year old funding. - We are working towards launching a website and our facebook page is very successful in promoting our services and other services of interest to parents/carers. - Due to the cost of living crisis and the increase in wages the Layca community centre have agreed to keep our rent at the same price. ## **Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2022** **Income £** Fees 27,257.51 Funding SMBC 74,734.10 Fundraising - Total 10,1991.61 ## **Less Expenditure** Wages 78,250.89 Rent 8,420.00 ICT equipment& software 99.99 Telephone & Broadband 1,258.19 |Toys & equipment
|2,117.61| |---|---| |Consumable materials/cleaning|980.81| |Stationery & postage
|537.80| |Refreshments
|1,279.66| |Presents/gifts/party
|2,230.01| |Membership/insurance
|1,217.13| |Trips
|476.45| |Uniforms
|1,116.00| |Accounts
|330.00| |Training
|82.32| |Leasing
|801.95| |Other|109.99| |Repairs & renewals|277.50| |Printer|189.99| |Loan interest
|579.63| |Total|100,355.92| |**Surplus/(Defcit) for the year**|**1,635.69**| Bank b/fwd 1,628.43 CIO bank account 16,399.98 Cash b/fwd (26.32) Covid Loan (22,523.92) Add surpless/Less Deficit for the year 1,635.69 Balance as at 31 July 2022 (2,886.14) ============= ## **Represented by:** Cash Bank CIO Bank Covid Loan - 258.04 17,102.89 (20,247.07) (2,886.14) LIGHTHALL UNDER FIVES IDdependent Examiner's Report Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2022 Report to the Trustees l Members of Lighthall Under Fives Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity s trustecs are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustee5 consider thal an audit is not required for this year und¢r s¢¢tion 144 of the Charities A¢t 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities ACL io follow ihe procedures laid down in the gener21 Directions given by rhe Charity Commission (wider section 145{5)(b) of the Charities Ac¢ and io s(ate wheiher particular mailers have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner's ststement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An ¢xamination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented i¥ith those records. li also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trusiees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequerktly no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present a 'lru¢ and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out itt the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In coniiection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention hi¢h giv¢5 m¢ r¢a50nable cause to believe ihat in. any material respect, the requirements.. io keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A¢t', and 19 pr¢par¢ accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the aecounting r¢quireTnents of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be dra￿Tr in order to enable a prop¢r understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date.. 20 April 2023 Wllson Bott Chartered Certified A¢¢ountsllts