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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary
the charity
governing|ofthe purposes of
as set out in its
document||Para 1.17|Toenhance the development
and
education ofchildren Som two years of
age until they reach school age. To offer
appropriate
play, education
and care|
|||||facilities forthem.|
|Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|Bright Sparks Nursery provides Early
Years childcare sessions, paid for by|
|purposes
benefit,
in|forthe public
particular,
the|||government
funding
and, attimes, by
fees payable
by parents.|
|activities,
identified|projects or services
in the accounts.|||We work together with parents, the local
authority
and other professionals.
We|
|||||support families from disadvantaged|
|||||backgrounds
and families with English as|
|||||an additional
language.|
|||||We provide resources and large spaces|
|||||for children to be able to play and engage|
|||||with learning.|
|Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|In running
Bright Sparks, we keep In|
|whether the trustees have||||mind the Charity Commission
Guidance|
|had regard to the guidance||||on public benefit at our trustee meetings.|
|issued by|the Charity||||
|Commission
on public|||||
|benefit|||||
|Additional|Information|foptional)|||
|You ma|choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:|
||||SORP reference||
||||Pars 1.38||
|Policy on|grant making||||
||||Para 1.38||
|Policy on|social investment||||
|including|program
related||||
|investment|||||
||||The nursery staff are helped out by|The nursery staff are helped out by|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||volunteers
during sessions from time to||
|Contribution|made|by|time.||
|volunteers|||Parents|make voluntary
contributions|
||||from time to time, for example
by||
||||~|donating
money towards healthy|
|||||snacks for all children;|
||||~|donating
money towards the|
|||||running
ofcooking groups within|
|||||sessions;|
||||~|donating
raNe prime and buying|
|||||raffle tickets"|
||||~|supporting
sponsored
events;|
||||e|donatIng food gifts and money|
|||||towards other charities.|
|Other|||||
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|||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Bright Sparks Nursery continued to open|
||||||from 8.30am to 4pm during
term time,|
||||||providing
two 3-hour sessions, early|
|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,||||Pars 1.20|club, lunch club and late club each day,
ln order to give families flexibility
in how|
|identifying|the|difference the|||their children took up their early years|
|charity's|work|has made to|||places.|
|the circumstances|||ofits||From April to July, fewer children were|
|beneficiaries
and|||any wider||attending
the numery than ls usual for|
|benefits to society as a|||||the Summer Term. Numbers
rose|
|whole.|||||gradually
from September 2022 onwards.|
||||||Staffwere able to work closely with the|
||||||children to develop their communication|
||||||and social skills.|
||||||In September,
parents dropping
offand|
||||||collecting their children were welcomed|
||||||back into the building
again forthe first|
||||||time since the Covid pandemic.|
||||||In the Autumn
Term, families were given|
||||||opportunities
tojoin their children for|
||||||photographs,
avisiting theatre company|
||||||and a harvest celebration. The staff also|
||||||organised a fundralslng
Christmas
raNe|
||||||and forthe children to make Christmas|
||||||cards which were then printed for|
||||||families to order. These activities helped|
||||||raise funds forthe nursery.|
||||||During November,
the nursery
received|
||||||an Ofsted grading of 'Good'.|
||||||Also during
November, StPeter's Church|
||||||welcomed
in their new vicar. Members of|
||||||staff and trustees attended
her licensing|
||||||service.|
||||||In January 2023,fees for parents taking|
||||||u
sessions not covered b
rant fundin|
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|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's||Para 1.21.|All assets and liabilities|at 25April|2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|financial position|at|the end|||were transfened
tothe|CIO (see||
|ofthe period|||||'additional
Information'|section below).||
||||||There was asurplus ofR12,275at the end|||
||||||ofthe reporting
period.|||
||||||The deposit account balance atthe end|||
||||||ofthe re ortin
rlod|was R10,431.88.||
|Statement
explaining||the||Para 1.22|We hold aseparate deposit account, all|||
|policy for holding|reserves||||ofwhich is unrestricted.|These funds am||
|stating why they|are|held|||held in order to meet any emergency|||
||||||ex
nditure.|||
|Amount ofreserves||held||Pars 1.22|R10,431.88|||
|Reasons for holding||zero||Para 1.22||||
|reserves||||||||
|Details offund materially|||in|Para 1,24||||
|deficit||||||||
|Explanation
of any||||Para 1.23||||
|uncertainties
about the||||||||
|charity continuing|asa going|||||||
|concern||||||||
|Additional
information|||(optional)|||||
|You ma
choose|to|include further statements|||where relevant about:|||
|The charity*s principal
sources offunds (including||||Pars 1.47||||
|any fundraising)||||||||
|Investment
policy and
objectives
including
any||||Para 1.48||||
|social investment|policy|||||||
|adopted||||||||
|A description
ofthe||principal||Para 1.48||||
|risks facing the charity||||||||
||||||Bright Sparks Nursery|(Charity number||
|Other|||||1029220)withdrew
Its Ofsted registration|||
||||||on 25th April 2023and|transferred|all|
||||||assets and liabilities to|Bright Sparks||
||||||Nursery
(ACIO with Charity number|||
||||||1192890)whose Ofsted|registration||
||||||began on 26th April 2023.|||
||||||The trustees decided to extend the|||
||||||accounting
period forthe old charity to|||
||||||25 April 2023, In order to flnalise Its|||
||||||statutory
requirements.|The closing||
||||||balance on form CC18a reflects the|||
||||||bank/cash
transferred
to the CIO.|||
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|Structure,
Governa|nce|and Ilanag|ement|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description ofcharity's||||||||
|trusts:||||||||
|Type of governing
document||Para 1.25|Constitution,||adopted 2008|||
|trust deed, ro al charter||||||||
|How is the chanty||Para 1.25|Unincorporated|||association||
|constituted?||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated||||||||
|association,
CIO||||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are||elected or rswlected||at the|
|including
details ofany|||Annual|General||Meeting. Members can be||
|constitutional
provisions
election to post or name|e.g.
of||co~pted at any time throughout
the year,
until the next AGM, on the invitation
of|||||
|any person or body entitled|||the current trustees.|||||
|to appoint one or more||||||||
|'trustees||||||||
|Additional
information|(optional)|||||||
|You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant||about:|||
|Policies and procedures
adopted forthe induction|and|Para 1.51||||||
|training oftrustees||||||||
|The charity's organisational
structure
and any wider||Para 1.51||||||
|network
with which the||||||||
|charity works||||||||
|Relationship
with any related||Para 1.51||||||
|parties||||||||
|Other||||||||
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|Charit
name|Bri ht S arks Nurse|Bri ht S arks Nurse|St Peter's Church|I swich|
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|Other name the cha
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|Re istered cha
number|102S220||||
|Charity's
principal address|St Peter's Church|Hall,|Stoke Park Drive,|Ipswich, IP2 9TH|
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year|)
entltl|
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|1|Susan Laycock||Chairperson|||
|2|Catherine|Moss|Treasurer|||
||Robert Hinsley|||||
||Katie Backler|||||
||Jane Gleave|||Resigned 23rd January||
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|0|O(ARgy (ON)gg~(0N
FOR EN6LANO
ANO WALES||||||Bright Spar)le Nurser)/(St
Receipts||||||Peter's
and|Church, Ipswlch)
1020220
pa ments accounts|||CG16a||
|||||||||Forthe period
from|||||05/04/2022||To|25/04/2023|||
|||||||||Unrestdcted||||Restricted|||Endowment||||
|||||||||||funds|||funda||funds||||
||||||||to the|||nearest|8|tothe nearest||8|tothe nearest 8|tothe nearest 8|to the|nearest 8|
|A1 Receipts
Donations||||||||||1,840||||||||3m|
|||||||||||1$4,3$2||||||||13'7,442|
|Other tradin|activities|||||||||||||||||1$,$2$|
|Other receipts
Inv~ intenet||||||||||1|027||||||||
|Sub|total (Groasincome|||||for|||||||||||||
|||||||AR)|||||||||||||
|A2 Asset|and.investment
sales,||||||||||||||||||
|see table|.||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub total:-::-..||||~v||||||||||
||||Total||receipts||x:,,||;||||||||||
|A3 Pe|nts||||||||||||||||||
|Wages and|saiaiiss|||||||||135,850||||||||131,110|
|Rent||||||||||||||||||7,000|
|Nursery Consumablss||||||||||2,73$|||||||||
|Fundraising|casts||||||||||410||||||||
|Nursery
runn'
costs|||||||||||||||||||
|Govetnance|costs|||||||||1,170||||||||720|
|||||Sub fetal|||':..|~|-',". "'"4:||||||||||
|A4 Asset|and investment||||||||||||||||||
|purchases, (see||table)|||||||||||||||||
|Fixtures and|$tti
e||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub fofal||",'.-.||||||||||||
|||Total||payments|||.
'.||.||||||||||
|Net ofrecelptsl(paymenfs)|||||||||||||||||||
|A5 Transfers between||||funds|||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last )/ear|||||end|||||51,754||||215||||43,434|
|Cash functus|||this||year|end|||||||||||||
|All assets|and liabilities|||at 25 April 2023 were transfsned||||||||to Bright Sparks Nursery (St Peter's||||Church, Ipswich) CIO - charity|||
|number 1102000|||||||||||||||||||