KINGSCLERE PRESCHOOL Trustees, Annual Report (TAR) July 2024 to July 2025 Charlty contact inform8tlon KINGSCLERE PRESCHOOL Charity Number: 1202047 Address: Scout Hut. Strokins Rd. Kingscleie. Newbury RG20 5RH Telephone number.. 01635 299566 Email address: Website.. Trustees WeEcome Message Dear Families. Friendsand Community Thank you for taking time to read our Trustees Annual Report coveringjuly 2024-July 2025. This is the first full year foi the new charity kn'ngsclere Preschool CIO la charitable incorporated org8n15ationl since we closed Busy Bees Piaygroup lan unincorporated charity). The bones of the organisation remain the same. we afe still a not-lor-profit charity preschool first eslablished in 1976. It is a friendly selting based In the picturesque village of Kings¢lere which provides high-quality, enriching Early Years Foundation Stage IEYFSI curriculum as well as fun and care for the all-round development of children aged 2-4 years old. The preschool accepts children f rom Kingsclere and all surrounding communities. Our setling provide5 8 large enclosed outdoor space. access to a loc81 park and short walks to local amenities such as the vi1188e library. We are open weekdays 8.30-3.00 during term lime only. Our impact has been felt across generations in our community with excellent childcare And eally years education enabling children io prepare for primary school and beyond. This year h8s brought with it a period of change 8$ our long-standing manager made the decision to stand down alter 30 years of service in December 2024. A successfvl recruitment campaign enabled us lo appoini a new M8n8ger in January2025. Unfortunately. the fole was not a good fit for her personally and after 6 months in the role she decided lo step down. We 8re really blessed to be able io appoinl another long-term member ol staff to Ihe permanent Manager role in july 2025. We also recruited a new permanent administrator in 2025. We feel positive about our strong staff base going forward and look to complete further recruitment activity in the new year to round out the team with a Deputy Manager. We hosted seveial successful fundfaising events in the year. including bake and book 51811s at the local music lestival, an Easter"Hopathon" Halloween disco and Christmas wreath m8king event. Ouf Christmas Fayre was unlortunately cancelled due to inclement weather. but we are sure it will be back with a bang in 20251 We look tO￿ard to 8 more stable year ahead. We have big plans lor tundraisingthis year and hope to increase our eltorts tollowing the rise in naiional insurance contributions and changes to the government5 funding struciur6. We continue to be confident the preschool is 8 sustainable enterprise. The other area of focus will be on engaging parents and community to get involved in our committee to continue governance ol the preschool and achieve future stabilily. Worm r8g8rds. Kingsclere Preschool Tiustees Charity Trustees 1. Blandon Sternquist IFeb 2023-June 20241 2. Rachel Rebbettes (May 20241 3. Laura Campbell Imay 20241 4. Andy Beall (November 20241 5. Naialie Robson (November 20241 Objectlves and activities Aims: To provide a stimulating environment for the children. which encourages Iheir all-round development through the provision of appropriate learning opportunities. To ensufe the safety of the children in our care. To achieve the desirable outcomes of the foundation stage curriculum applicable to two. three and four year old children. To provide equality of opportunity lor all childfen an(J families. To make pieschool aceessibie to children and families from all sections of the local community. To identify and assess special educational needs. and to make appropriate provision. Structure, governance and management Constitution Kingsclere Preschool operates under a constilulion. which governs and sets out the pre- school's purpose. stru¢tVTe and describes how we operale. ￿"nI￿lera Preschool has 8dopieO the CIO constitution 9et out ty the Early Years Alliance. Our structure includes Governance Ilhe committae of voluniary Irusteesl. Man8gement Ith8 preschool manager and depulyl, and Staff Iweschool practitioners. apprentices 8nd admin support). Voluntary Trustees {Committee) The charity 1$ managed ano conirolled by the Commitlee. as charity Irustees. The trustees ensure that the charitycomplieswith the consiitution and (Jelivers the overarching governance ofthe preschool. sustains continuingsupport and engagement with management, and initl8te8 fegular meetings and actions to meet regulaiory Tequirements. The Committee can have 8 minimum of38nd maximumot 12members.and ismadeup of parents otpreschoolchildren or community members. Trustee recruitment isthrough public appeal to current parentslcarersand the localcommunity. with voluntary trustees Puttingtorth their name and current committee members confirming theirappointment. Allcommittee membersarevoluntarytrustees and no external or third party booy appoints trustees. Ouringthe period of Ihe TAR, one member. Br8ndonSternquisi stepped down from the committee. Duringthe period of the TAR, twomembersjoined the Committee- Natalie Robson, An(ty Beall. The pr¢g¢hool cannot exist *rythout a commlttee. and recruitment of new mombers i# 0880nll8L Management and Staff The settingis managed by the Preschool Managef and Dewty Manager. Managers 8ncl staff are responsible for the delivery of the child development and educ8tion aims of the preschool through a high-quality. enriching EYFS curriculum. experiences. and meeting of enrolled childien's needs. The management and staff structure includes five qu81ified. lull time individuals- this meets required adult-lo-child 18tios and ensures children 8re lully supported and provided with Individu81ised care. Achievements and performance During the period of theTAR. our preschool has deliveredthe followingto support the children in Kingsclere ano surrounding communities who allend our selling. 23 ehildren enrolled. aged 2-4 years old; 12 children supported in their final year of ￿eSchOol prior to primary school: multiple pr85chool-aged and ¢ommunily events and experiences provided. Flnancial review Statement of the charity's policy on reserves As expected by the Chafity Commission which regulates charities in England and Wales, 'ngsclere Preschool must Oetermine, publish, implement. and monitor its charity reserve8 pollcy to comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities. To meet the requirements of this charity reserves policy and related obligations: Kingsclere Preschool's policy shall be to retain or. where reserves are below the agreed level, to work to secure three times the charity's average monthly outgoing costs from the Previous year; The reserves level will be confirmed annu811y ty the Truslees upon finalis8tion 8nd submission of the charity's linanc1818ccounts to the Charity Commission., Actual rese￿e$ will be monitored fegularly. with a reserves status. value, and related action$ addressed atformal Committee ITrusteel meetings where an agenda is set.. and The review of this policy will align to organisational standards for policies and procedures. Reserves are necessary to mitigate the risk of external factors not within the setting's control andlor other developments which could lead to any unplanned closuielsl for any time between 1 day and 3 months. This supports resilience to incidents. prolonged impacls. and other adverse developments. Mosl crilically, thiswill enable continuity of Services and operations for Ihe children enrolled. parents and carers, and our pre-school community. The reserves held by the Preschool at the end of the TAR period are £50,000. Accounts Full accounts will be agreed at the annual general meeting and available on the charities commission website. Declaration Signed on behalf of the charity trustees ICommitteel- Print name Rachel Rebbettes Position Trustee Date 01 Aug 2025 Kingsclere Preschool (A limitsd by ftrthe Ye•r 31 Juty 2025 E J Bwiw iimityj RG14 IDY Klng*lere Prucbool Colltents StrategK R¢pJrt 3104 Statsr*xt of Financial knivities BalwKe She¢t Not¢s to FIDao¢￿1 Stst¢Dxnts KIDgKlere PreKlwol c￿ IR¢sLyd 28 Noveth 2024) Rxbel Joy ReL4>ettts Nltslie Hill14y)illtrd25 2025) Nltilie Rot*ott {4V￿128 Nov¢mb¢r 2024) The S¢thtt H RG20 5111 Co•way Rqknd•D NN•bw CE031476 1202047 C•￿￿ Wdk RG14 IDY KIng￿lere Pruchool Strategie Report for ihe Year Ended 31 July 2025 31 July 2025. fft complwce with $414C ofthe Acr 2L*A. The reprt W 4V0v￿ ty th¢ of the chArity OD 13 &tob¢r 2025 $iy*l on M ￿h•If by.. Racbel Joy Rcbi%tt Tru8ke Klnexlere Prexbool Tru¥tee•' Report of the ¢b￿"tIble coowy for the yeu eDtsJ 31 Juty 2025. yfJJD8 p￿1¢ in by.. The eonfirm Ibry b•v¢ ¢omplid with the rryu1ra￿ of #Arnt is fDwk wb¢¥e tkn li Itt Kinyclere Prachool TrRsteeJ' Report r4y* In order ￿ Ttiainthin liquidrty to ¢nswt that ￿ffiCIen1 fimd5 are availabk for ODKOtD8 r•erntions *Dd developTDent4 the chan.ty u5¢5 • mÈxwte of Ion8.m short.trym dcbt firwce. Further deth"b r¢wdmB Iwith"ty risk caD be fthjrthl iti thc StawDeTht of ¥¢ountin8 policies in the fin￿1*1 Th¢ annual repryt Was 4yoved by the tnutea of the chry 00 13 (kth2025 aod si8oed OD its lJ¢blfby.' PAchel Joy Rebbettes Pa8¢ 4 Klnydere PreKhool Statement •f Trnrteu, Re¥poDthiUtI AFwov•d by thi trwt•E• ofthtr ¢bffj on 13 2025 4Dd on * btbalf by. Killgselere Pruchool Independent Examiner's Report to the trusttts of Klngscltre Pruchool l Tepon OD the accrrtmts of the chwity for thc year endcd 31 July 2025 T*hich ar¢ out OD PAP 7 to 18 . Reiptttive re¥b0Dilbi￿¢1u of trxiteu eiwmth¢r Th¢ tswtee5 (who arc also the th'reuoTY of the COTrwy for th¢ of l•w) re•poNible for th¢ preparaiLOTr of the accOw￿. Th¢ ¢nJsiees eDTLsth that an audit is DJI rwjired for this yeK urthr ￿tItin 14412) of the Cbarities A¢i 2011 lthe 2011 Art) and att wdcpckni exaTnin*ioD li nethl Having Jaiisfied my7clf that the ¢hty is th]bJ￿¢ to I￿￿1¢ ￿ ¢ompany law alld ji eliiible for it￿￿p¢tht ¢xaminatsoD. it 18 ULY responsibility to.. exami￿ the acuxtsxts uDJer WIOD 145 of the 2011 ACL 14515Xb} of th¢ 2011 Aci aud Bui¥ •flmthpelldent elxmlner'i report My examin￿10￿ out in •c¢ord•Dce v/ith tbt D￿ett￿ given by the Ctrthrity Cornmiui¢JD. An cxamii1at￿l i￿1th & revirw of the *c4)WLtiDg records by tk chan.ty *ThJ • romwiBon of tk accoijoty pr¢SeD￿ with thoae rc¢ord5. It akn includes consid¢rntion of aoy unusu•J Jterns or dixclwufts in th¢ and seeknn8 explanatio￿$ from you as trumees ¢ow¢rning mAtten. The Pr￿￿￿ unthtth do noi provid¢ all the evid￿￿¢ that would b¢ requucd Jn an #tykn"t •nd CODsequeDdy r￿ opiwott li givcll as 10 wh¢ther ihc xtounts FYtaeDr a 'thJe •r¥J f￿ ￿t￿. and the re￿ Ja thThtt¢d to thtsK out ID th¢ statrment below. In ¢onDecnon with My cxamjnatioty ￿ mattu bas con¥ to nry •itelltioo'. 111 whLch wves me reasonable cause ￿ beli￿¢ in any material respect the ffCqUiT¢mrnts'. . ty keep accoMniiD8 records in ¥cord￿¢¢ vnth setsoo 386 of the Comp•wes Ac¢ 21N)O: ' to prepare accoimts which a¢cord thc accNntiA8 records. cornply FAth tht &tcounling TeqUtreDWDts of secti(*L 396 of the ConynK5 Act 2006 and wth the mthjs pnnciplu of the Statement of ve Doi i%en or 12) to whith iti tny opiniotK at*ntiOn 51MJU]d be drawn in orthr to enabl¢ i PrOprrwth5￿ of the •c¢oun bc rE•¢hd. ACA can￿ W￿k Ncwtsury RGI4 IDY 13 Octoi%r 2025 KIDpckre PreKhool ststem¢nt of Fln•ndal A¢tivl¢kn for the YeAr Ended 31 J•ty 2025 OncludlDg In¢ome and E4beDdlture Aceount ADd Stat¢JDeDt ofTotsl Recognl••d Galni And Louu) JA J•ty 2024 N•te 34,819 34,819 n 101272 (112lJ) 56.649 111.213) 56.649 67.862 Unmtrlrted T•tsl 31 I￿$ N•te 9,899 9.899 133 958 133 958 (20,739) (I IS,345) 38 120,739) (115.345) 38 Cb￿.￿bI¢ •¢tivi¢i lJ6,122 136.122 2,164 2,164 13 The I1J￿ bre￿ tr 2024 is kn in Nyte 13. Kiny¢ktt Prexbool (ReOstratloD number: CE031476) B•l*Dce Sbeet as *t JI July 2025 31 Jmty 2025 JI Juty 1024 FIX￿ TIll￿bIr 45sets Curr¢#i Mi¢ts Debtors 421 1,495 1,774 66270 70,545 Cr•dlt•ri.' Am•uDu fthr due whhl• Me yelr N*t ¢llrr¢De wets 10 632 68.229 ottkn ¢hirlty: UDrtttrkte41 Ine•m¢ Uttresmcted (2,164) 68.129 68.229 TotAI ftsttds 13 68.229 For the fu￿n¢la1 y¢4r eothng 31 July 2025 the ¢￿￿'ty emitled to exemptTh from iudit Yllder ￿tiOtt 477 or the Cowe8 Ad 2(#)6 T¢litm8 10 8m•U cow¢J. Dw¢Et(n' r¢4KmibilitipA'. Th¢ rnembern knve the cbarity to oh•in In of i¥ for the y¢* in quMtI'on in (thce with 476: The dwectors A¢knowledy th¢ir rewn51￿lIItses f￿ crrylym8 with the n4uirem¢th of the Ad with rewi to ￿0￿111]ng rewrds thE Prep￿0￿ Df¥¢iyJnts. Thu¢ have beeu •¢M[d￿ with the F¥OW11￿* •pplic•ble ¢0 compwm Nbje4t ty th¢ The fLDancial SWemen¢s on 18 *Ere apwova by th¢ thJ#e#. and •uthori*l 13 (k￿ber 2025 ffjd JiyKd on their beh￿r by.. Ra¢htl Joy Rebb¢t Tn￿tee KIA8Klere PreKhool Nol# to the FIn￿ethI Stateme•ts for tht Y¢ar E•ded 31 Juty 2025 i• Iwble to ¢￿Ill￿ ex¢¢edw £Nd mTd• the of the ¢b￿'ty iti eveot oflqwdw'oo. Th¢ prin¢ipl ¥pl￿d m the kryarntsoth of th•e 4r¢ xi I￿1 bdow. Fillall¢i￿ R4*rtwi StstrJ•ftd •pplKable w the UK Ind Re￿blIC of ircl•Dd IFRS 102} (¢ffe¢llve l JADUVY 2015) . SORP IFRS 102)). the R4xwiw8 Swthyd ¥piwble w th¢ UK Rybknr of *]￿ (FRS 102) tho C•'M All 2fJJ6. •f pr•p•r•thi# KAllyciw¢ Prwl¥Jol d•OnIti￿ of • p*li¢ b¢•¢fit ull&r FRS 102. Amets liabiht licy llol¢•. i•Npth• pr•P•r1￿ * Il•w Th¢ ¢thm"ty (yql to wly •O)pt Builetw l 00 2 F¢bnwry 2016 have therefore not itichthl * calb la the •v•nt • doo•tsoD li iubj.eot b) ￿n￿"tiO￿l ryuire i iry¢l of by the rlwity bEf￿r the ¢bm'ty li 4xtsd¢d to the th¢ inwmE is deferrd INI Dot either tl¥M¢ ¢onditioN we fully m•i kv the fulfiluMt ofttbxe li wknlly *ithio the ¢QDtroI ofth¢ Ch￿"ty it li pmb&bk th# th¢ KinE9cle￿ Pruchool Notts to the Financlal Statemellts for the Ye•r Ended 31 July 2025 Exp•Ddltsr¢ All eXpu￿1￿￿Te is re¢wised ￿¢¢ thtr¢ is • leB•I or ¢ty)Sti￿ve Obli8￿1￿ to exFrdilwe, it IJ ptob•ble settleftyni is requwtd INJ the cao be r¢li•bly All cow Ire •llouted to thc applh¢thl¢ ¢xpendLlwt hudLD8 thAI a88r¢84t¢ sinul•r ¢￿ts th th•t c•*80ry. lTrTher¢ C￿01 b¢ dut. (¢) pmit the pffpy * debi OT iknni't the bomet to W Ilb￿ to {•) to {¢). (Y*thi¢b nxy be nil) l¢M Iiryui ¢ publi¢ly trnd¢d or th¢w f•ir ix m¢•All*ble) ￿e f•tr v•kn thrthL8h pmfit or loss. P•B¢ 13 Kingsclere Preschool Notes to the Fin•Ad￿ Stxternents for the Yur EAded 31 Juty 2025 Tr cban.ty ts5¢5 derivativ¢ fiDanci41 Itistn]tll￿ to reduce exposure to r￿e78Th ￿change risk •nd illtervt T* D¢nvats"ves Are iDiiiaJly fau at th d*t¢ • den"vaiive tonlrart is er*t¢red irtto and subwuenily rern¢aswtd to thAr fair value ￿ ¢ach rqK)rtth8 datc. The ￿SU[￿S or los$ 1$ r¢ro8ni5ed ' $lai¢ment of finartrilll acriviues unrn¢diately th thc dcribxtive is de5wJa*d ar#J effcdTVe U A h¢dw'n8 LDStrIIW ID whKb ¢vttLt the omwg of thr rxo8WtTh W Slatem￿ of fin￿lI1 aNivits¢S depenth on th¢ F*ir %YhTe The best eviden¢¢ of fair valu¢ is a qwted pnce foT aD idcDticgJ &utt trL In xtive m*tk¢L Whcn quoted pnt are unavailable. the wi¢¢ of a TernLi tr•ll$4¢1ion for In #sct Pl￿d￿ evideDce of fair VAlue u lon8 tr4nwtion took plac¢. If thc m￿k¢1 is ¥Uve WMI receni V•tis￿li0￿* of an id¢tstsul •uet OD th¢Jr owll w¢ iiot a 8ood ¢stittiate of fatr val￿, the fw Vah￿ ij byw i ￿1￿1￿0￿ Tttbmqu¢. 3 latom¢ froth don*tknms Uvt•trictrd fund• Total 21 F¢brn￿Y 2023 to JI Juty 2024 T•t*l 31 J4ty 1025 Donaiions atxi Icgxies: D<￿tt.0￿ from iodividuals G[￿tI LDcludm8 gran¢¥; Grant8 frorn other charities 3,611 3,611 33J19 6288 6.288 9.899 9.8 34.819 4 llle•ffle fr•m ¢harlt•bie *cllvltl T•tal 31 2025 21 Ftbrnary 1023toJl 2024 Total 31 J￿Y 2025 Nursery fee 122.311 2.037 711 93.419 7.853 2,037 711 124.059 124,059 101272 Page 14 Klllz￿ere Prexbool Notu l• th¢ Flo*neknl Stattmellts for the Y¢ar E•ded 31 Juty 2025 22 Fth•*ry 1023 t• 31 Jmty 2• T•t*l 5,132 115.345 5.132 11SJ43 3.889 56,649 2,683 728 883 174 217 467 F4npIoyTm￿t C￿ 930 1.482 930 1.482 Tel•phots¢ 484 l J97 301 811 650 678 l.J97 74 928 811 650 678 Advwd•i 1309 38 38 136.122 tD •ddition to th¢ exF*tyJiPJrn •m•ly*l thive. theye ¢o•ts of £Nd {2tr24. £Nil) rel•te dirt