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2025-08-31-accounts

Early Explorers Community Preschools Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025.

Reference and administrative details

The legal charity name: - Early Explorers Community Pre-Schools

The trustees are all individuals: - Carrie Richardson Kate Lumb Daniel Maurice Teesdale Megan Milner Jessica Faye Durkin

The charity is registered in England & Wales with charity number 1200076

The principal operating address, telephone number and email and web addresses of the charity are:-

Early Explorers Community Pre-Schools The Church Hall Market Place Howden GOOLE DN14 7BL manager@earlyexplorers.org.uk

The Trustees in office on the date the report was approved were: -

Carrie Richardson Kate Lumb Daniel Maurice Teesdale Megan Milner Jessica Faye Durkin

The Trustees in office during the year were: -

The trustees who served as a trustee in the reporting period and, if applicable, their dates of appointment or resignation during the year: -

Name Appointed
Resigned/Retired		 Appointed
Resigned/Retired
Carrie Richardson
16 August 2022
Kate Lumb
16 August 2022
Daniel Maurice Teesdale
16 August 2022

Megan Milner 16 August 2022 Jessica Faye Durkin 16 August 2022

All the trustees are also members of the charity.

Objects and activities of the charity

The purposes of the charity are as set out in its governing document.

The objects of the charity are:

To advance the education of children below compulsory school age. To provide a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children to support their overall development, encourage independence, and prepare children for their transition to primary education.

The organisation continually seeks to explore all appropriate funding opportunities and income streams which help achieve the charity’s stated objectives.

The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the year.

The charity offers affordable sessions from Monday to Friday, 50 weeks of the year. These sessions feature a range of activities such as arts and crafts, role-playing and story time. Activities are tailored to reflect the children's interests and are planned in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage framework established by the government.

The main activities undertaken during the year to further the charity's purpose for the public benefit.

The charity continues to apply for grants and to fundraise throughout the year.

The charity seeks to support all staff, including newly appointed members, by strengthening their knowledge and skills via internal and external training programs.

The charity continues to develop the Pre-School’s record keeping systems in line with EYFS which will overall improve efficiency with the finances.

The main achievements and performance of the charity during the year.

The Church Hall site has been renovated within this financial year expanding the space available for the youngest members of the pre-school. An accessible entrance has also been made available.

At the Newport site an outside play area for the children has been built.

The funds used on the renovation were either raised via fundraising activities (e.g. a parent skydive & Rotary walk) or have been obtained from local council grants.

Plans for the Future

The charity plans to:

To find a long term solution to protect the future of the Pre-Schools and their financial stability when the local primary school opens their nursery.

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document Early Explorers Community Pre-Schools is a registered charity governed by its Constitution adopted on 25 February 1976 and amended on 15 February 2012. Early Explorers Community Pre-Schools registered as a charity on 16 August 2022.

Recruitment and appointment of Trustees

The trustees form the Management Committee of the charity. The members of the Management Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting by the members of the Charity, and usually serve for a one-year term retiring at the following AGM. Retiring Trustees are eligible for re-election unless they have already served on the Committee in any capacity for ten consecutive years. All members are circulated with invitations to nominate trustees in advance of the AGM. There is a provision for the co-option of 3 additional trustees if required.

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Companies Act 2006/ Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

In particular charity law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to :-

The law requires that the trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for the year.

The Trustees are also responsible for the contents of the Trustees' report, and the statutory responsibility of the Independent Examiner in relation to the Trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no material inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.

The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with regulations made under the Charities Act.

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 18[th] November 2025

C. Richardson Carrie Richardson C. Richardson (Nov 27, 2025 12:04:21 GMT) Trustee

Kate Lumb

Kate Lumb Kate Lumb (Jan 5, 2026 09:36:45 GMT) Trustee Daniel Maurice Teesdale Daniel Teesdale (Jan 6, 2026 14:43:11 GMT) Trustee m milner Megan Milner m milner (Jan 21, 2026 15:43:22 GMT) Trustee

Jessica Faye Durkin Jessica Durkin (Jan 21, 2026 15:38:43 GMT) Trustee

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the period ended 31 August 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under s145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s145(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:

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.

Signed: …………………………….

Date: …………………………….

Details of The Independent Examiner

Thomas Walsh Abacus Accountancy Suite 7 Brackenholme Business Park Brackenholme YO8 6EL

2026-01-21

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Registered charity number : 1200076

Early Explorers Community Preschool

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Accounts

31 August 2025

Early Explorers Community Preschool Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2025

Incoming Resources
ERYC Funded Childcare
Education & Skills Council Funding
Other Childcare Fees
Donations and Fundraising
Other income
Bank Interest Received
Total incoming resources
Resources Expended
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Purchases
Resources
Staff costs
Wages and salaries
Pensions
Employer's NI
Staff training and welfare
Premises costs:
Rent
General rates
Water rates
Light and heat
Cleaning
Office costs:
Telephone and fax
Postage
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Software
Other legal and professional		 2025
£
465,665
2,400
205,094
1,519
674,678
60
674,738
17,091
13,933
31,024
512,441
7,213
26,174
4,493
550,321
46,163
1,864
933
14,883
3,158
67,001
3,421
12
90
1,712
60
3,539
11,170
4,075
10,320
34,399		 2024
£
281,191
5,131
139,913
3,989
430,224
37
430,261
10,122
12,997
23,119
326,772
2,670
6,175
3,130
338,747
21,978
549
1,163
11,521
3,451
38,662
2,330
-
12
920
45
2,830
6,001
2,174
8,062
22,374

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Early Explorers Community Preschool Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2025

Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Depreciation and other amounts written off assets
Depreciation
Total resources expended
Net movement in funds		 2025
£
3,947
3,947
5,429
692,121
(17,383)		 2024
£
3,108
3,108
1,574
427,584
2,677

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Early Explorers Community Preschool Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

Fixed assets
Office equipment
Plant and machinery etc
Furniture & Fixtures
Leasehold improvements
Current assets
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Cash at bank
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Employee, Other taxes and social security costs
Other creditors
Funds of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Unrestricted reserves
Unrestricted Reserves
Brought forward
Transfer to restricted reserves
Net movement in funds
Transferred from Howden Preschool
Restricted Reserves
Brought forward
Transfer from unrestricted reserves
Net movement in funds		 2025
£
574
4,591
13,747
5,250
24,162
24,571
-
3,562
28,133
4,359
12,459
6,694
23,512
28,783
45,227
-
(17,383)
939
28,783
-
-
-
-		 2024
£
-
4,843
7,027
-
11,870
7,104
2,400
31,106
40,610
2,750
1,540
2,963
7,253
45,227
-
-
2,677
42,550
45,227
-
-
-
-

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Signed By

Carrie Richardson

Date Signed 2025-11-25 12:19:23 Email manager@howdenpre-school.co.uk Printed Name Carrie Richardson IP Address 31.117.251.149 Browser User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Name of signatory Carrie Richardson

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees Charity Name Early Explorers Community Pre-Schools On accounts for the year 31/08/2025 Charity no 1200076 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 - 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Report to the trustees

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 basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).

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:

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

Signed:
Name:		 Date:
22/01/2026
Thomas Walsh

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Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if

MAAT

any):

Address: Suite 7 Brackenholme Business Park Selby YO8 6EL

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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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