## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 09 2024 31 08 2025
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**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|Mini Cowper Preschool Group|
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||Mini Cowpers Preschool|
||1195333|
||Mini Cowper Preschool, Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary
School|
||Birch Green|
||Hertford, HERTS|
||**Postcode**
**SG14 2LR**|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Rachel Biggs Chairman
2 Sarah Garrard Treasurer
3 Ruth Macdonald Secretary Until 12 May 2025
4 Nicola Martin Trustee
5 Jessica Robinson Secretary From 30 June 2025
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of adviser Name Address
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
n/a
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Company CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by trustees and committee Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
Major Risks
You **may choose** to include additional information, where With ever increasing utility bills at the premises, we are hoping that our relevant, about: hire charge will not increase. The school has informed us that the rent policies and procedures increase is out of their control but is something we are mindful of each adopted for the induction and year. We hope that any increase in rent will be covered by making sure training of trustees; that we are at maximum capacity everyday and using donations for resources and snack were possible to cut down on outgoings.
- 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The CIO works for the public benefit having as its objects the development and education of children and young people in particular by: (1) promoting their care and safety;
- (2) promoting their education and promoting parental involvement;
- (3) promoting their health and wellbeing;
(4) providing services to support them and their families and carers; (5) providing services to individuals holding membership of the CIO; and - (6) furthering the aims of the Pre school Learning Alliance.
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The charity runs a preschool in Birch Green, Hertfordshire.
The aims of the pre school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age. Providing an enabling and caring environment with a variety of play and learning opportunities, using the EYFS framework.
**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)**
We welcome all young children regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances and we believe this develops social awareness and their confidence and life skills. We continue to provide the funded 15 & 30 hours for 3 to 4 year olds, as well as 2 year old funding.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The year started with lower numbers as per usual, but these increased as the months progressed. The staffing team remined constant and this had a positive impact on the children’s learning throughout the year. The keyworker system was highly successful as all staff had a thorough knowledge of their individual children.
We have focussed on improving the children’s literacy skills. A writing area has been implemented and mark making in various forms has been encouraged. Resources have been purchased to enhance this development area.
Resources in all areas continue to be updated and we purchased new bikes and scooters for the garden to develop gross motor skills. The garden will continue to be a focus in the coming year. Ideas are being suggested as to how we can develop the space further.
Our fundraising team continue to organise various events. These include a sponsored Halloween walk, a Christmas Stay and Play session, including a raffle and lucky dip, a very successful easter egg hunt in the local park, school photographs and a very well attended Sports day. We are extremely lucky that our families support these events eagerly and in great numbers.
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## **Section E Financial review**
Our aim is to retain sufficient funds to pay any redundancies and **Brief statement of the** liabilities at all times. We also ensure there is liability insurance that **charity’s policy on reserves** protects committee members from personal liability.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- 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**
**Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)**
**Full name(s)** Rachel Biggs
**Date** 26 / 06 / 2026
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MINI COWPERS PRE-SCHOOL GROUP No (if any)
1195333
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/09/2024 31/08/2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Charitable Activities 143,495 - - 143,495 113,869
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Sub total (Gross income for
143,495 - - 143,495 113,869
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 143,495 - - 143,495 113,869
A3 Payments
Costs of Charitable Activities 113,050 - - 113,050 102,763
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Sub total [ 113,050 ] - - 113,050 102,763
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 113,050 - - 113,050 102,763
Net of receipts/(payments) 30,445 - - 30,445 11,106
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 63,471 - - 63,471 52,365
Cash funds this year end 93,916 - - 93,916 63,471
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Current Account
Charity Savings Account
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**28,022**
**-**
**65,894**
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**-**
**-**
**93,916**
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OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Amount due**
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Print Name
RACHEL BIGGS|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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Date of
approval
26/06/2026|
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MINI COWPERS PRE-SCHOOL GROUP
CHARITY (OMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustses
MIPII COWPERS PRE-SCHOOL GROUP
On accounts for the year
ended
31108f2025
Charity no
(If any)
1195333
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examinatlon of the accounts of the above
charity {kne Trust") for the year ended 3110812025.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparalion of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chariiies Act 2011
I'the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trusls accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given ty the Charty CommissK)n
under section 145(5)(b} of the Act.
Re8ponsibllities and
basis of roport
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm Ihat no material matters have
examlnerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination lother Ihan thal
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance wilh sectlon 130
of the Charities Act- or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicab requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities
{Ac¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and fail view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examin*ion lo which attenlion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Ple8S8 delete the words in the btBckets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
25161
Name:
Relevant professlonal
qualificationl$) or body
(if any):
Acc* * 076ZZ*C
IER
Oct 2018
Addre88:
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the ex8miner needs to highlight material matters of COnM
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give horo brlef detalls of
any items that tho
examiner wishe8 to
di5¢108e.
IER
Oct 2018