## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 18/07/2024 To 31/08/2024** **Charity name: Hopscotch Nursery** **Charity registration number: 1203048** ## **Objectives and Activities** SORP reference Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 To enhance the development and education of the charity as set out in its children in Wales, for the public benefit, by governing document encouraging parents to understand and provide for their needs through high quality childcare provision. Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Education 1.19 activities in relation to those Hopscotch has continued to provide a purposes for the public consistently high standard of care and benefit, in particular, the education to local preschool children (as activities, projects or recognised by mandatory inspections and services identified in the adherence to policies). Preparing children for accounts. the transition to school and supporting parents in home learning. Family members have access to staff to discuss issues informally and can be offered advice and support at these times or during formal reviews of their child’s progression. Access to All The nursery aims to keep fees as low as practically possible to ensure the nursery is accessible to as many families as possible. We aim to include children with additional needs and liaise with other professionals, e.g. speech and language therapy to ensure inclusion and that developmental needs are met. Young Persons Health Hopscotch has completed the Healthy and Sustainable Pre-school Scheme. Offering Work Based Training The nursery currently employs 8 staff. We now have 3 members of staff qualified to Level 5, 3 member of staffs qualified to Level 3 and 1 qualified to Level 2 (with level 3 underway). All staff are regularly provided with relevant training to further their professional development. All statutory training is completed in accordance with the National |||Minimum Standards and Childminding and Day
Care Regulatons. The group also works with
local colleges to ofer placements for students
where requested.
Environmental
The group contnues to have a focus on
environmental issues, working with the RHS
and the Healthy and Sustainable Pre-school
scheme. It is hoped that this area of educaton
will provide the children with the skills and
knowledge that will impact on their whole
lives.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees, commitee and members have
kept in mind the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public beneft when planning
actvites and schedules for the year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Not relevant Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Not relevant Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Not relevant Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Summer Term
Summer term saw the start of transiton
actvites for the pre-school group. Staf also
met with the recepton teacher to share
informaton. Pre-school children took part in
sports day and the provision of refreshments
for this raised some fundraising. Summer
photos were also taken to help with
fundraising actvites.
Assessments were completed on the children
prior to their startng primary school .| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
Not relevant| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Not relevant| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not relevant| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As at 31stAugust 2024, the balance carried over
was £19,183.30| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the commitee to hold
reserves to the amount of 3 months running
costs at a minimum. Additonally, the nursery
has 1 staf member who has been employed by
the nursery for approximately 15 years so
includes any redundancy amount in this fgure.
The surplus balance also includes any unspent
EYDG or EIG money as part of our Early
Educaton contract with Monmouthshire
County Council.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£30,000 reserves| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
The majority of funding for Hopscotch Nursery
comes from Early Years funding grants and fees
payable by parents, some of whom are eligible
for the Childcare Ofer for Wales (who we are
additonally contracted with). The nursery is
also commited to fundraising to further its
objectves and to keep fees to a minimum.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Income fuctuates with the number of children
atending the nursery. Meetngs are held with
the commitee as well as the nursery staf, to
decide on the best use of how money is spent
to support the children’s development. Most
expenditure is staf costs which is the backbone
of achieving the charity’s aims. Other
expenditure is on educatonal resources and
play equipment.| |Other||The CIO was registered 12/05/23 but the old
charity (charity number 1036655) was stll
registered to provide the childcare untl 5th
April 2024 therefore the closingbalance for| charity 1036655 provides the opening balance for CIO 1203048 as at 18[th] July 2024 (date of transfer of assets/liabilities). ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Group consttuton| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Hopscotch Nursery is an unincorporated
associaton.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|In line with the consttuton membership is
ofered to family members of each child
atending the group. Each family has one vote
and counts as one member. Afliated members
may be invited to join.
Leters are sent out annually to all families
asking for interest in becoming commitee
members. They are invited to a meetng where
the aims of the charity are explained. If more
than one person is interested in a partcular
role,a vote will be held.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
The nursery is in the grounds of Gilwern
Primary School, enabling close links. There is a
licence agreement to enable the use of the
demountable building in which the nursery is
situated.
The wider network includes the Educaton
Achievement Service (EAS) and Early Years
Wales. The associaton employs 8 staf
members. Senior staf liaise with these
organisatons to ensure a consistently high
standard of educaton and care is provided,
and to ensure the appropriate adherence to
guidelines and to scrutnise the educatonal,
social, legal and health aspects which are
mandatory.
The main area of risk is that we work with
children. Policies are in place in line with CIW
guidelines, Early Years Wales advice and
Monmouthshire LEA safeguarding to ensure
the safety of the children. All staf and students
are DBS checked, and must provide 2 writen
references.
The nursery staf are paid in line with their
employment contracts which are reviewed on a
yearly basis. Commitee members work on a
voluntary basis with no renumeraton, except
for any expenses properly incurred on behalf of
the associaton.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Hopscotch Nursery| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1203048| |Charity’s principal address|Gilwern Primary School
New School Road
Gilwern
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Janet Baker|Chairperson||| ||CarlyPowell|Secretary||| ||Krystyna Lewis|Treasurer||| ||Rachel Thomas|||| ||JennyAshley|||| ||JennyLennon|||| ||Rachel Jones|||| ||Ceri Pritchard|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Carly Powell and Krystyna Lewis– Responsible Individual Vicki Trevett – Person in Charge/Nursery Supervisor Lucy Parsons – Person in Charge/Deputy Supervisor ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not applicable ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** C Powell **Full name(s)** CARLY POWELL **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 11/06/25 11 1111 11 11111 111 11111111111111 11111111111111 11111 111111 11 11111111111111111111111111 niiiiiiiiiiiii 1111111111111 Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiii 11111111111111111111111111 Illllllllllllllllllllllllll 111111111111111111111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIII Illllllllllllllllllllllllll Illllllllllllllllllllllllll .1111111111111 llllllllllllll 111111111111 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinei's Report Report to tho trusteesl RGPscLTFC.fr( ￿ L'QSC £1 m&m￿r$ of I On accounts lor the year ended , 81108lzDZ4 Charlty no Ilf anyl IZOSo¢- S•t ou¢ F>ag•$ l to the trustees on my examinats.on of the &coJnts ol the atM)ve charity Ilhg Trust"} for the year ended RèspoMlbllbtI88 and As the charity tnJstee5 of the Trust. you #re respffisiblts for the prèp8r8tk)n ba818 of report of the account5 in accordance the requiremgnts of Ihe Charities Act 2011 I￿￿e Act"). I report in respect of rny examination of tho Trust'$ a¢wnls &8rried o under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying oul rny eXaminat￿n. I have followed the applicable Directions giv&￿ by the Charty CommissiorÈ under seixion 14515llbl ol the Act. I have completed rny examinalion. l ¢onfim) that no material matters have Cor￿ to tny attenlion lolher than that disdosed below'l in connect*)n with the examinats.on ¥thith gives rn8 cause to bdieve that in. any material resFeCt.' accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 01 the Act or the acctyjnts do not actord wiu) the accounting reccfds Indepgndgnt èxaminorfs stat•mont I have no concerns and have come 8uoss fK) Other tnatters in connection with the examination to whi¢h atteniion should be drawn in order to enabl8 a prowr understanding of the accounts to b8 rts8c￿. ' Please delet$ the words in the br8ckets rflhey do not apply. I I1()612ol Slgned.. Date: Name.. j t¥stTDP Relevant profe$slono1 q(ballfi¢atlctrnlsl OT body Ibf any).. Addr•$$: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only cotnplele if the examiner needs lo highlighl matters ol concem (see CC32, IndependÈni Èxamlnalion of charity 8ceount5.' directs?￿ and guidarw lor examinersl. Give here brief details of any items Ihat the examiner wl$hes ts¥ dlsclose. IER Octobw 2018