2025-08-31-accounts

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Buttercups Community Pre-school On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charty no (if any) 1194906 Set out on pages 7&8 I report to the trustees on my examination ofthe accounts of the above charity ("the Trusv,) for the year ended 3110812024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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 Independent examiner's statement I have no COn￿rnS 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. Signed: Date: otsliil LOL Name: Ms Mandy Bunce Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): CTA Chartered Institute of Taxation Address: Trinity House, 49 High Street, West Wickham, Cambridge CB214RY IER October 2018

Section 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 detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018

This	year we provided several additional activities for children and their
families who attended our pre-school including:
•	Wednesday morning dance classes in the setting.
•	Thursday morning sports sessions with Super Star Sports.
•	Decorating a tree for the Church Christmas Tree Festival
Fundraising activities this year included:
•	Cake sales
•	Christmas fair
•	Christmas/graduation photograph sales
•	Christmas card design sales
•	Summer Fete

Brief statement of the	The charity aims to hold sufficient funds to continue its work whilst also
charity's policy on reserves	being able to cover all expenses in the unlikely event of closure.
Details of any funds materially in deficit	None

	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest	to the nearest £		to the nearest £ to the nearest £			to the nearest £
AlReceipts
Early Years Funding	120,033					120,033	98,910
SEND Funding	3,778					3,778	17,838
Pre-school fees and snack	23,527					23,527	24,589
Fundraising activities and events	10,293					10,293	5,386
Donations	10,000					10,000	2,000
Milk grant	500					500	468
Recharges of telephone, training,
cleaning costs, dance classes and	1,788					1,788	316
uniform
Bank interest	788					788	251
Other Charitable activities
Subtotal(Gross income for AR)			I		I 170,707		149,757
Total receipts	170,707					170,707	149,757
A3 Pavments
Wages, national insurance and pensions	111,975					111,975	108,642
Staff training	794					794	121
Equipment and toys	1,684					1,684	1,618
Building & utilities (incl. cleaning)	9,293					9,293	12,571
Insurances	1,683					1,683
Telephone, WiFi and Music	1,366					1,366	1,072
Memberships	411					411	264
Professional Services	690					690	1,486
Fundraising expenditure, parties and events	1,425					1,425	375
Sports Club/Dance	1,267					1,267	183
Printer Ink	1,125					1,125	1,554
Snacks (ind milk)	1,680					1,680	1,416
Uniform	179					179
Staff outing	-
PPE & cleaning	560					560	499
Donations made	-
Miscellaneous and gifts
Refunds	253					253	126
Sub total	134,385					134,385	129,927

	Sub total
	Total payments	134,385	134,385	129,927
	Net of receipts/(payments)	36,322	36,322	19,831
A5	Transfers between funds
A6	Cash funds last year end	66,976	66,976	47,145
	Cash funds this year end	103,298	103,298	66,976

Section B Statement	of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period	the end of the period
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment funds
Categories	Details	funds	funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
131 Cash funds	Current account	58,850
	Reserve account	44,448
	Total_cash_funds	103,298
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment funds
		funds	funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
132 Other monetary assets
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
133 Investment assets
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the	Furniture including tables and chairs	unrestricted
charity's own use	Storage cupboards	unrestricted
	Electrical equipment including computers, printers and cameras	unrestricted
	Children's indoor toys and equipment	unrestricted
	Children's bikes, scooters and cars	unrestricted
	Outside canopy and mud kitchen	unrestricted
	Fridge and kitchen equipment	unrestricted
		Fund to which	Amount due	When due (optional)
	Details	liability relates	( optional
135 Liabilities
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