## **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.| ## **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|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
.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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| ## **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 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.| ## **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 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
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**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 ## **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) Full name(s)** LIZ HOPE SMITH **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 19/01/26 Illllll Illllll Illlll 1111 IMI illi 11 11 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A llldependent ExaiThiner 5 Report R•portto thi trnsl• FlOp￿0*C￿ fLuri Si Ic&lzolS On forthv y• ndod Charfty no IW orryl out on pBge8 l rnptsrtkn the trust88s on my examina￿on olthe accojnts c4 the abo¥8 chanty Ilhe Trusfi for Ihe yèarended R•$p¢Mitylili•¥ #nd As Ihe ¢haritytruste¢s ofthe Tru$l, you are respon￿tI8 forthe preparab b•sl$ of r¢pth olthe accounts in accrKdance wdh the requiren￿nts of the Char￿E5 ALI 2011 I"IheAcri. I report In ièspeci of my e%amln8llon of the Trust's 8cwunts Carrled out uncl8r s8¢t￿n 145 ol lh8 2011 Act and in ￿T￿ng out my exarnination. I hav8 folkn*Yd the appI￿atrAe Direction$ by Ihe Charity Con￿￿1$S1 urKlgr se¢tK)n 14ISllbl of Ihe Acl. Ind•pend•nt I ha¥e t￿M￿ated my wamin81ion. I confrni thot ￿ materi81 matters h4 •xamin•f8 stst•m•nt to my attention lothgrthan thal disclosed bek>w"l in with tfre eyamination YA)th me Cause to Wio¥e that in, any mat￿1 respecl. a￿D￿n9 record5 wer8 no¢kW In ¥¢wdan(* whth 13001 the Acl or th6 èCLYJLints do Aol accord %*th the fKuds I have no o)rKems Bnd have come a¢xoss no (Aher matters in ￿neCt￿)n ilh Iheexanmnation to which altentnn should be irb orderto ￿able a proper understanding L* thè *LX)unis10 be re¥hed. ' Please delete the WOFds In Ih&bixcketslllh8y ci7 not epty. Slgn•d: 1*.'01.'2 Namè: 2ACIIAEL rooPErt Rohvant profv¥slon41 qual￿￿#11011(S1 or boty Ilf an￿. Addrnss: 12. 7aBS IER Odob•r 2•11 DISLIosulL' (knly corrbplete rf th& examiner rwds lo hvJhlighl matter5 of concwn (see CC32. IndyndEnl eXafflinal￿ of chanly accounts directillns and guid•￿ lor examlnersl. Glvo horo brief dotalls of any It•ms ihat th• oxamlnorwl¥h•8 to dl$clos0. IER Octob•r2M•