2025-08-31-accounts - Hauxton Preschool

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	01	09	2024		31	08	2025
From				To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Hauxton Preschool Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1193074 Charity's principal address Jopling Way Hauxton Cambridge Postcode CB22 5HY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Katie Buhecha	Chair
Sarah Pesonen	General member	22/01/2025-31/08/2025
Adebowale Adegaye	General member	30/9/2024-31/08/2025

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

The setting is governed by the Pre-school Learning Alliance Model CIO Type of governing document Constitution for Childcare Providers 2013.

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Elected by trustees. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

The charity is run by a volunteer committee drawn from the children's parents. The volunteer committee meets once each half-term. As well as officers (Chair, Treasurer and Secretary) the meetings are attended by the Preschool manager and other committee members. Meeting dates are publicised well in advance and any parent is welcome to attend.

An AGM is held annually where officers are elected or re-elected and the constitution adopted for the following year. Minutes of the AGM are displayed for all parents to consult, along with the constitution. Officers are encouraged to serve for two years in order to provide some continuity for staff and parents.

The charity is supported by the district County Council (South Cambridgeshire) which provides advice and training for trustees and staff. We are a member of the Preschool Learning Alliance.

Hauxton is a small community and our Preschool has a strong relationship with the village Primary School, where many of our children progress to reception class.

Section C Objectives and activities

Hauxton Preschool was established in 1976 to provide preschool play and learning opportunities for village children and has transitioned to a CIO structure in this financial year. The setting maintains a good Summary of the objects of the reputation for providing a caring and stimulating environment for all charity set out in its children, from within Hauxton and its neighbouring villages. This enables governing document children to adapt to being away from home and to take part in structured play and learning activities with other children.

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Volunteers are vital to the smooth running of our setting. All Committee members (trustees) are volunteers and we depend on parent volunteers for diverse fundraising activities, for occasional support in daily sessions, and to oversee and carry out maintenance and up-keep of our premises.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

After a difficult year financially for the charity in 2023-24, we had an Summary of the main increase in the numbers of children, with an incredible new manager who achievements of the charity brings a strong sense of purpose and vastly increased the amount of during the year activities available to the children.

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Section E Financial review

Our policy is to spend monies raised through fundraising each year for Brief statement of the the immediate benefit of the preschool. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially n/a in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Our main source of funding is fees from children attending daily preYou may choose to include school sessions. We accept Early Years Education Funding for children additional information, where from their 3[rd] birthday to age five and have some funded places for relevant about: under-threes. We have a number of fundraising initiatives throughout the the charity’s principal year.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

K.Buhecha	A Adegaye	A Adegaye
	Adebowale Adegaye
Chair		General member
03 June 2026
03 June 2026

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Charity Name			No (if any)
Hauxton Preschool			1193074
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	Period start date 1st September 2024	To	Period end date 31st August 2025

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 10,675 56,214 60 - - - 500 - 67,449 - - - 67,449	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 10,675 56,214 60 - - - 500 - 67,449 - - - 67,449	Last year to the nearest £
Preschool fees	10,675				15,037
Cambridgeshire CC EarlyYears funding	56,214				45,267
Fundraising-general	60				1,136
Fundraising- specific	-				-
Bank interest	-				-
Sundry	-				-
Grant	500
	-				-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	67,449				61,439

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					61,439

Staff wages	48,960	-	-	48,960	57,790
Utilitybills	1,813	-	-	1,813	2,947
Maintenance	1,452	-	-	1,452	657
Cleaning	2,157	-	-	2,157	2,183
Rent	390	-	-	390	90
Insurance and PPA Membership	1,544	-	-	1,544	1,170
Toys and Equipment	2,396	-	-	2,396	877
IT,Stationeryand Postage	273	-	-	273	496
External educators		-	-	-	725
Celebrations / Festivals	355	-	-	355	1,625
Extraordinaryfees	567	-	-	567	415
Course fees	525	-	-	525	251
Sundry		-	-	-	175
Ofsted fees / DBS checks	70	-	-	70
Pension	2,329	-	-	2,329	3,426
**Sub total **	62,830	-	-	62,830	72,826

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Garden landscaping plus new planting area	-
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**Sub total **	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					72,826

	4,618				- 11,387
	-				-
	8,225
	12,843				- 11,387

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current account Savings account Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	12,843	-
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	12,843	-	-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
Overdue preschool fees	-	-	-
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Details Details Preschool building Furniture, fixtures and fittings Toys and equipment Outside canopy Astroturf Details	Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Fund to which liability relates	Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional)	Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional)
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			When due (optional)
Unpaid expenses / invoices	Unrestricted	-
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Signature	Print Name
			Date of approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Hauxton Preschool members of On accounts for the year 31[st] August 2025 Charity no 1193074 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 23/05/2026 Signed: Name: Sarah Coatsworth Relevant professional Chartered Management Accountant qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 22 Church Road, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HS

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Sction B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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