2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/09/2024 To 31/08/2025

Charity name: Hopscotch Nursery

Charity registration number: 1203048

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To enhance the development and education of children in Wales, for the public beneft, by encouraging parents to understand and provide for their needs through high quality childcareprovision.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Education Hopscotch has continued to provide a consistently high standard of care and education to local preschool children (as recognised by mandatory inspections and adherence to policies). Preparing children for the transition to school and supporting parents in home learning. Family members have access to staf to discuss issues informally and can be ofered 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. Ofering Work Based Training The nursery currently employs 7 staf. We now have 2 members of staf qualifed to Level 5, 5 member of stafs qualifed to Level 3. All staf 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 Regulations. The group also works with local colleges to ofer placements for students where requested. Environmental The group continues 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 education 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, committee and members have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public beneft when planning activities and schedules for the year.

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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	Autumn Term As usual, the autumn term is a busy start to the academic year with new children settling in, assessments being completed to determine children’s needs, and meetings with parents. The children undertook a range of activities for Road Safety Week. Autumn photos were taken of the children and were a good fundraising opportunity. Spring Term The children started growing vegetables, herbs and fowers in the garden, composting waste and feeding the worms in the wormery. A review of care questionnaire was sent to all parents and positive feedback was received. Children took part in activities around the Big Welsh Rhyme Time Week, developing their communication skills further. The planning stage of the next stage of improvements to the premises began – this being to install an additional toilet/handbasin to allow us to increase the numbers of children who can attend each session. The plan was for this work to take place over the summer holidays, although this was subsequently delayed due to delays in getting approval to begin the works. Summer Term Summer term saw the start of transition activities for the pre-school group. Staf also met with the reception teacher to share information. 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 activities. Assessments were completed on the children prior to their starting primary school .

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Not relevant
		Not relevant

Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Not relevant
Other		Due to increased costs, a redundancy process was announced in the summer term with the view to cut 15 hours of staf time. One member of staf opted to take voluntary redundancy.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	As at 31stAugust 2025, the balance carried over was £17,829.50
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	It is the policy of the committee to hold reserves to the amount of 3 months running costs at a minimum. Additionally, 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 Education contract with Monmouthshire County Council.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£40,000 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

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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 additionally contracted with). The nursery is also committed to fundraising to further its objectives 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 attending the nursery. Meetings are held with the committee 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 educational resources and play equipment.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Group constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Hopscotch Nursery is an unincorporated association.
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 constitution membership is ofered to family members of each child attending the group. Each family has one vote and counts as one member. Afiliated members may be invited to join. Letters are sent out annually to all families asking for interest in becoming committee members. They are invited to a meeting where the aims of the charity are explained. If more than one person is interested in a particular role,a vote will be held.

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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 Education Achievement Service (EAS) and Early Years Wales. The charity employs 7 staf members. Senior staf liaise with these organisations to ensure a consistently high standard of education and care is provided, and to ensure the appropriate adherence to guidelines and to scrutinise the educational, 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 written references. The nursery staf are paid in line with their employment contracts which are reviewed on a yearly basis. Committee members work on a voluntary basis with no renumeration, except for any expenses properly incurred on behalf of the association.
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

Charityname	Hopscotch Nursery
Other name the charityuses
Registered charitynumber	1203048
Charity’s principal address	Gilwern Primary School New School Road Gilwern Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 0AY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Janet Baker	Chairperson
	CarlyPowell	Secretary
	Krystyna Lewis	Treasurer
	Liz Hope Smith
	Ciara Crockett
	JennyLennon

– 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

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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

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) LIZ HOPE SMITH

Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc)

Date 19/01/26

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