Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO Trustee’s Report Period ended 5 April 2025
Legal and administrative details
Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO is a registered charity (no. 1200397) It was established on 16 September 2022.
The principal address is St Peters Junior School, School Close, Greenlands, Tavistock, PL29 9HW.
Trustees
Stephanie Credicott – Chair appointed 19 September 2023 Melanie Credicott appointed 19 September 2023 Michale Greeley appointed 19 September 2023 Louise Hodge appointed 19 September 2023 Martyn Ruskin appointed 19 September 2023 Haley Shaw appointed 19 September 2023 Fiona Peachey appointed 19 June 2025
Independent examiner
Wings Accountants Unit 1, Pearl Assurance House, Elbow Ln, Tavistock, PL19 0BG
Objectives and activities
We are a family run Charity Montessori Pre-school in Tavistock located where St Peters School is, we provide learning for children from 2-5 year olds following the Early Years Curriculum with Montessori ways helping them prepare for primary school and life, this is a more independent way of learning and is proven to help with self-confidence and esteem which benefits the children.
Annual Review of the period April 24’-April25’
Tavistock Montessori Pre-school became a C.I.O from a C.I.C in 2023 and since then it has been challenging times but very rewarding as well, with being a charity run organisation we are always looking for new ways to raise money for resources and to get support us as a business. This year has been quite quiet and has been difficult at times with the fundraising events due to not getting as much support as we used to get, with the cost of living increasing all the time we think that this has played a big factor to why
this is happening. We have held an Open Day for the public as we thought this would be a good opportunity for us to get our school out there and get new customers as well as to raise some money for the school again this wasn’t as successful as previous years.
The children also love to get involved with our fundraising which they really enjoy doing with us they have done many fancy dress days, for easter, Halloween, Christmas jumper day, we will continue to offer these types of days for the children because it gives a chance for the children to participate and do something different in school.
The Sports Days, Graduations, Christmas Nativities we hold every year at the school we always provide cake sales, refreshments and raffles with these we ask the parents to help support us with this by providing prizes or cakes because with us being a charity it helps us out a lot when parents get involved.
This past year we continue to use social media to advertise our events and what our school has to offer, we also put up regular posts on Facebook which gets a lot of views from the people that follow us. We do this because we like to showcase what we do at the pre-school and to keep our followers updated with the latest. We still use EasyFundraising, EasyFundraising is where you can go and do your online shopping and certain companies offer out a small percentage of a donation that will go towards our school.
Tavistock Montessori this year has found we have had to adapt to government changes cost of living etc but we still get continued support from the parents and trustees with fundraising cake sales etc. Using our online resources like social media platforms we seem to get our business out there more frequently and to a wider audience this keeps our following updated. This year we have also introduced a WhatsApp group with the parents as we have found this is a better way of communicating with them because not everyone reads our newsletters and misses out on vital information.
When the government changed the entitlement for funded hours for working parents this year we have found that this helped us out a lot as we were getting more interest for those that want to go back to work which then enabled us to get more funding which helps us keep our business running as well as it does, we look forward to what the following year will bring our small family run business.
Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO
| Income and Expenditure Account Year ended 5th April 2025 Income Fees Devon County Council Early Years Funding Interest Grants received Donations and fundraising Expenditure Salaries Activities and equipment Training Rent Insurance Bank charges Office expenses Telephone Accountancy Legal and professional Depreciation of buildings Depreciation of equipment |
£ £ 15,131 73,613 275 - 910 89,929 64,795 1,951 904 7,023 779 63 913 465 496 - 46 1,170 78,603) ( 11,325 2025 |
£ £ 8,391 46,041 332 1,500 913 57,178 52,465 1,222 - 3,316 1,265 63 695 477 700 900 46 1,170 62,319) ( (5,141) 2024 |
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| Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO Balance Sheet Year ended 5th April 2025 Fixed assets Current assets Bank and cash Debtors Current liabilities PAYE and National Insurance Accruals Net currrent assets Total net assets The Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Brought forward Surplus/(Deficit) for the year Unrestricted funds carried forward Restricted funds Brought forward Total funds |
£ £ 2,903 30,386 563 - 780) ( 30,169 33,072 20,247 11,325 31,572 1,500 33,072 2025 |
£ £ 4,119 20,125 1,297) ( 1,200) ( 17,628 21,747 25,387 5,141) ( 20,247 1,500 21,747 2024 |
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Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Tavistock Montessori Pre-school CIO
Year ended 5 April 2025
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) does not apply.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioner under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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a. To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
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b. To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act.
have not been met; or
- To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Andrew Wing LLB FCA
Wings Accountants Limited Unit 1, Pearl Assurance House Elbow Lane Tavistock Devon PL19 0BG
3[rd] February 2026