Little Fingers Pre-school CIO 1198706
The Gospel Hall
Vernharn Dean
Andover
SP11 OLD
Email: info@littlefingerspreschool.com
Telephone- 01264 737735
Little Fingers Pre-school CIO
Annual accounts for the pefiod 1st September 2024 - 31st August 202S
Slructurq Govemance and Management
Little FiTr3ers CIO is a Charitable InC¢Jp￿cd chganisati1￿ estat4tshed io cwi and
maintain the WCPf¥ty c£cupiod by Lrtue Firoers Pre-schoc4 Tf* CIO and It* pre.sch￿1
operate as sep•3te entit￿, %wth the CIO'S pnmary Purw5e bwng slewardthp.
mantenan￿ and long-iemi preservation of th t￿11￿"￿ frx Ihc bonèht ot the Pf&schcx>l
Kl tr* local cornm￿1ty.
The trustees are resLyJnsible fcK the ovcrall man3gempni of ￿ charify and for É¥nsuring
Ihai rts assots are protecled 3Tr3 uscd in of rt5 tharith￿Q pufjK)ses.
Tho tAJstees are
. Cardyn Colem
. Tessa Wllis
. Heniictta Gar
. LeJ)ne sfwttlewY)rth
Public Benefit
The trustees have consthred the Charty C<)mm15511m's cn Pthhc benefit.
The charify provides wblic be.nefit by Cl￿1n9 3nd maiftsining thc promise5 from ￿ch
Lrtde Fin9ers Pro-schwl OPLYates By ensuTrn9 trwt the ￿lIdi￿a remains safe. securo
and fit for gurpJse. the CIO suprorts Ihe WOvTsion of earty years oducdtion
•Y rhtldroft wfv"n thD. local commtsr¥ty
Financial Review
Irthne thjnng tho yew arn￿nIe0 to £14.405 25 ar￿ expcnthture totaflod £10.673 45.
fesuthnq in a Surr4us of £3.73180 Siqnificant cxpenditure was l￿jrred cffl ￿1[dIr)g

s. repairs ar￿ mant￿WICe. together utslty and insiKarKe costs, refleth'ng
CIO'S commrtment io mantsnino ￿ QfODty to a h￿h starthrd
ReSW￿ Policy
At 31 August 2025. ￿reStnctCd ￿Seryes st¢Jxl at £176 842.97. cnmpfisinq Iho freehold
FxopefD valued at £157,M) ar* cash reseryes 0., £19.842.97. The trustees consider
this level of resetves apKYopriatQ in I￿ht OT future marrtenw arKJ capital expeTYJitu
requirements.
Financial Position
Ai thc year eThJ I￿ th<¥ity had outsththng It)an5 or exte￿[ borrcwirKJS arKI
rwnained in a sound firtancial position. Net asseis lrthb.ased from £173. 111. 1710
P176,842 97 durino the year.
Plans fof Future Periods
The Iruslees will ¢¢thn￿ to mantain the t￿. cnsure COrnFli3nce wth safety and
regulalcry TEquiromwts. preserve adewato reswves aTrJ the conbrwd
c¢eratsc￿ of Ltllle Fin￿rS Pre-sctr4x4 trrfcxffjh the WOViSion of suiL1ble premiscs
Trustees. Responsibilities
The trustccs •e respo1￿ble fcr preparry Ihp. amual rwt and finantsai Statem￿ts.
keeptng prcyer a¢xountsTrJ records sateguardbrwJ the charitys ￿￿etS and t*ing
reasonable steps lo prEvenl fr•Jd and 0￿r irregularities
Approved by the Trusiees of Little Fingers CIO
Postiion Car(Ayn Cokrnan . Chair of Twstees

Little Fingers Pre-school CIO 1198706
Financial Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The prinupal attivty of Litde Firb3crs CIO is the cmnership arKI mairrterorrx of the Ffoperty from
whlch knttle Fingers pr￿sch￿l opcrates The CIO cxists to safeguard *d maintain ts bjilth.ng for
the benefEI of the Pr& school *id tutre ￿er￿rat[onS of Gliklren attendiThJ Ihe settiThJ.
Dvfiro th? year en¢*d 31 Augusl 2025 thg CIO rematned in a sta￿C finanrJ31 positi.on and
coniii)ULxJ to invesi in the upkpep and maintenancc of the propety.
Income
T￿31 reccipts for the year amwiw to £14,405 25 {2024.' £23.346.9J).
The of ir￿rne was ret&¥ed thr(wh Contri￿￿5 tcp•4ards the running c05ts of the
buildiryj am￿ntIr￿J ￿ £14.4CrtJ.¢xJ. tffjelher wth a small fefijnd of £5 2S.
Urlike the previous year. the CIO dKI r¥Jl r￿1Ve any grant fuThliry ￿ring trje penod.
Expenditure
Tt)tal payments thring the year were £10.673.45 {2024. £3.CB2.431
xpenditurc induded"
. Building works £6.9￿2.87
. Repairs and Mantenan￿ £657 ij)
- Insurartè £750.a4
Ut'lilics.
. ElectrtQty £896.41
. Wyter £245.35
. th1 £1.048.28
. comput￿ costs: £173 04
The irtrease ift expenthture compared 7Mlh prcviws yew refleds the sonIfi￿nI investmcnt
maae In buildiro imFYovements orwing maInten￿￿e. ensuring that the Pfemise5 reman bafe.
fijnctional and frt purwse.
Surplus for th¢ Year
Tho CIO genefi*ed a surplus 01 £3.731.￿ year (2024 £20.264.On
ItrykN"Ist k)v*r than the Pfevtous year tttrs refiects thc pl.anned expendilure on property maintcnai)ce
and Improvements rathw than Any (*t&iorab"i>n in the Cfganisabc￿ s finai)Udl F(Jsition.
Assets artd ReseTves
At 31 A￿ust 2025. CIO held tirta nc4 assets of £176,842.9112024' £173.111.1 n
These eompnsed:
. Freeh)Id prc¥>efty lat histonc cost)". £157.CKKJ.IXi
. Cash ai bank £19.842.97
The increase In net assets 01 £3.731 80 rel￿ tr*e swr4us genoraied thnng Ihe ye￿.

Financial Positson
The CIO had no Outs￿15￿n￿lI)3￿s or liauiibes at tre vear cr* and remans financially securc
Cash reservcs of f.19.842 9 1 Pfovidc a reasonat4e Icvel Df c￿tir￿￿Y for tknlure manienance an
rEpair rLyuirements assoodtca wtth ts butding
Future Plans
The trustccs will conbnue to monti CX trE c￿)drt￿n of tr￿ proporty er6urc thai sUffiC￿nI
reserves are maintsined lo me@l fulure mainr.cnance. repair and improvement Costs CIO
remains commrltpd to 5>fov¥ding a sate. SUSl&rTrablc and well-main￿ned buildiTh3 1,. om which LJllle
Fingers Pr&s¢hool Can eC￿￿nUe to ¢)perate the t￿￿fit of local thlthen and famdies.

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525
TOTAL
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lJ115.m
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3.131M¢
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