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Please f ind details of our Trustees annual report April 2023- March 2024
Charity Nome..
Little Rays Early Years Hub
Charity's address..
The Cabin.
Southdown School
Linderick Avenue.
Buckley
Flintshire
CH72
Names of chari
trustees
Diane Chisholm
Alison Patchen
Emma Evans
Claire Latham
Charlotte Luke
Activities & Achievements
Little Rays Early Yeors Hub offers wraparound childcare for the nursery children of Southdown School. We are
re9lStered with CIW. We are open 9am-3pm Monday to Friday during term time only.
We have been open since September 2019. we are registered f or 24 children. We of fer places for f unded and
non-f unded children.
Financial Review
In this f inancial year we received an income of £59,306.00 this was from funded places, fees paid and gronts.
Our outcome was £64,551.00 making a loss of £5246.00.
Children numbers have continued to remain low compared to pre-pandemic levels. Minimum wa9e has increased
but the fundin9 we receive f rom the local government hds not been increased.
staf f continue to have the relevont certif icate up to date.

Little Rays continues to fotus on wellbeing of both children and staf f and we gather feedback from oll sources
to ensure we Continue to evaluate and improve our services.
eclaration
Si9ned on behalf of the charity trustees,.
Si9nature'.
Full name:
Alison Patchen
Position..
Trustee/mano9er
10 september 2024

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGIAND AND WALES
LIWg Earl Yoayi Hub
1194963
Recei
ts and
ments accounts
CC16a
Forth• p•rfod
from
1st Aprfl
2023
To,
3181 Mar
2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestrtcted
funds
Endowment
funds
Tot•1
funds
funds
Laat year
n•aroAt £
M•r••t £
rnarq•l £
A1 R8C8i
t$
FCC ChI￿C21￿
F8ÉS
42.311
8,785
41311
8,765
39,708
8.900
f1,447
FCC Grani
(knn31ion
Earty Yaars Walé$ Grnnt
School Snack
Other
1.000
2,293
87
Sub tot81(Gmss ￿n￿rne forAR)
61.4
A2 A$$et and Inv￿tment
(see table).
Sub total
59.306
61.489
A3Pa
ents
Wages
41,311
41,311
1.998
1.121
3,972
1.787
2,495
3,1
1.787
ceipt$
AStsA Groce
Transfer to SIC
3,120
174
utses
dit Fee
Inguran¢*
sUp￿Y
PÈnt
150
379
222
1$)
378
39S
397
45
1.759
1.709
10.000
FCC- ihswi Grnni
Property
Toys & Equipmeni
01
1.759
1.709
3,283
16,208
71,309
Sub total
551
A4 Assgt and Invo8tm¢nt
urthas0$
880 t*b
Sub total
64,$61
71.389
Net of receiptsI￿YMentsJ
AS Transfer5 behveen fund$
A6 ¢a$h fund$ last y•arend
Cash funtts this year end
5,24
5,24£
9.474
9,474
14.720

Section B Statemen,t or asseis an."
-LLb ct If,e Et.,
Unrestricted
fund$
tv nDar•vt £
,474
ÈriDP,
Restricted
funds
Endowment
fund$
to rKwreJt £
Categorie5
Details
to nsBrMt É
B1 ¢•$hfunds
Bank Account
Cash
Tot•l¢ash funds
9,474
Unrestrfrt•d
fund$
to M•rnAt £
R￿t￿Cted
fund$
r￿r￿1 £
Ertrdowment
fund$
t• r••r•it e
towNch
5001
Cwr•nt val
Dètails
B3 Invg$tment assets
to
OJrert v*u
Det211s
B4 Assets retained for the
chartty's own us
FLTrJ to wPIth
r•l•tsA
Oet811$
85 LlabllMle8
Signed by one ortwo tru¥tE•¥ on
behalf of all the InJ$tO05
Slgnatu
Prfnt
Dat• of
rr)val
.qi+

RECEIPIS
PAYMENTS
B/Fwd- Bank
81Fwd-Cash
14719.69
Wa8es
41.361.19
2,060.30
14.7J9.69
14.719.69
HMRC
1.786.78
FCC Childcare
42,317.50
R￿eipts
2,494.61
.765.00
ASDAGrocwles
3.119.76
FCC Grant
4,843.75
Transferto SIC
o.oo
EarlyYearsWale5Grant
1,000.00
Course5
360.00
School Snack Cont.
2.292.76
Jjdit F
150.00
Oth
86.55
Insurance
377.96
Supply
221.98
Rent
5,500.00
IfrToSchool IFCCGrantl
1.759.01
Proptrty
1,708.71
Toys & Equlp
3,282.93
Other
368.19
Cfvd-Bank
Cfvd-C&%h
9,473.83
0.00
9,473.83
9.473.83
TOTALS
74.025.25
74.025.25
SurpluslDeficit
Foryear
-5,245.86

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Exan7iner s Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Little Rays Early Years Hub
On accounts for the year
ended
31" March 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1194963
Set out on pag•s
1102
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 31, March 2024.
ResponsibiSitles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report ofthe accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2D111'the Act.).
I report in respecl 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 14515}(bl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with seclion 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination t hich attention should be drawn in order lo enable a
proper understandin
the aCc￿Unts to be reached.
Please delete the
brack8ts if they do not apply.
or
Signèd:
Date:
28.7.2024
Name:
Martin Morris
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
(If any):
None
Address:
12 Brimstage Avenue
Wirral
CH63 5QH
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32,
Independenl examination of charity a￿OuntS- directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
No comments of con￿rn to report.
ri
IER
October 2018