TREASURERS REPORT 2024/2025 The total income for the period 2024/2025 is £376,004. This is comprised of fees, funding, SEN funding, clothing and book bag sales, milk fundraising and interest received. This total is up £74,431 from 2023/2024. This increase is predominately made up of the 2 year funding for the new room but fees have also increased by £3,702. Fundraising income has increased to £5,072. Expenses for the period have totalled £357,999. These expenses consist of activities, book keeping and accounting, cleaning, clothing and bags, courses, DBS, EYPP resources, fundraising expenses, furniture, gifts, insurance, materials/supplies and equipment, increased rent payments, outings, pensions, photocopier, rent, repairs and maintenance, SEN resources, SEN 121, snacks, stationery and printing, subscriptions, sundry expenses, telephone and wages. During the 2024/2025 period there was an increase of £67,119 in expenses compared to 2023/2024. The reason for the increase is due to the cost of employing extra staff for the new room. The £5,072 we raised in our fundraising events this year will be spent on resources and activities for the children. Profit for the period 2024/25 totalled £18,005 which is an increase from last year of £7,311. This is due once again to the increase in income due to the new room. The total bank account balance is £91,076. The reserve account is £17,624. The fundraising account and cash in hand is £4,812. In summary the preschool remains financially stable, meaning that staff and children continue to have stability in the employment and childcare places. We aim to use the funds we have to continue to improve the setting and resources for the children and the working environment and financial prospects for the staff. The new extension has been completed and provides us with a room for up to 16 2 to 3 year olds. Not only has this increased much needed spaces for 2-3 year olds in the community but has also provided us with an increased annual profit. ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Unaudited Accounts ## for the year ended 31 August 2025 ## Colchester Accounting ## Unit 9, Bell House Farm, Church Lane, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8LS, United Kingdom ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Unaudited Accounts ## Year ended 31 August 2025 |CONTENTS|PAGE| |---|---| |Proprietor and Professional Advisers|1| |Proprietor’s Approval Statement|2| |Accountant’s Report|3| |Proft and Loss Account|4| |Balance Sheet|5| |Notes to the Accounts|6 - 10| ## Stanway Pre-School CIO Proprietor and Professional Advisers Year ended 31 August 2025 Proprietor H Thurston, Treasurer Business name Business address Stanway Pre-School CIO Little Hands Childrens Centre Winstree Road Colchester Essex CO3 0QG United Kingdom Accountant Colchester Accounting Unit 9, Bell House Farm Church Lane, Stanway Colchester CO3 8LS United Kingdom 1 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Proprietor’s Approval Statement ## Year ended 31 August 2025 I approve the accounts which comprise the profit and loss account, balance sheet and related notes. I acknowledge my responsibility for the accounts, including the appropriateness of the applicable financial reporting framework as set out in note 1, and for providing Colchester Accounting with all the information and explanations necessary for their compilation. H Thurston, Treasurer Date: 18 December 2025 2 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO Report to the proprietor on the preparation of the unaudited accounts of Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Year ended 31 August 2025 In accordance with your instructions, I have compiled the accounts on the following pages from the accounting records and from information and explanations supplied to me. I have not carried out an audit or any other review, and consequently I do not, therefore, express any opinion on the accounts. Colchester Accounting Unit 9, Bell House Farm Church Lane, Stanway Colchester CO3 8LS United Kingdom Date: 18 December 2025 3 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Year ended 31 August 2025 |Note
**Turnover**
2
Cost of sales
2
**Gross proft**
**Expenditure**
2
Premises costs
Offce costs
Legal and professional
Repairs and maintenance
General expenses
**Proft/(loss) for the year**|Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
376,004
292,697|

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||| |||174,167| |||168,636| ||83,307
8,200
20,874
1,443
27,985
6,800|5,531| |||| |||2,050| |||4,595| |||126| |||723| |||394| ||65,302|7,888| ||18,005|(2,357)| |||| 4 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO Balance Sheet ## 31 August 2025 |Note
**Current assets**
Debtors
3
Cash at bank
**Current liabilities**
4
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Financed by:**
Capital account
5|2025
£
5,102
111,076|2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||| |||| |||-| |||146,435| ||116,178
(4,443)|146,435| |||(52,705)| ||111,735|93,730| ||111,735|93,730| |||| |||| ||111,735|93,730| |||| The CIO has 4 bank accounts totalling £111,076 with balances as of 31 August 2025 as follows: Current Main (Co-Op) £91,076 Reserve £17,642 Fundraising £1,585 Snack £773 5 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Notes to the Accounts ## Year ended 31 August 2025 ## **1 Accounting policies** ## BASIS OF PREPARATION The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost basis and on a basis which enables the profits to be calculated in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. ## TURNOVER The turnover shown in the profit and loss account represents amounts invoiced during the year, exclusive of Value Added Tax. ## **2 Profit and loss account analysis** ## TURNOVER |Fees and Sales
Other income
Grant Funding
Building Work Funding
Fundraising Income
Uniform Sales
EYPP Income
Milk Claim|Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
43,761
17,683
255,333
51,992
5,072
288
1,403
472|

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||8,363| |||18| |||61,949| |||103,271| |||535| |||31| |||-| |||-| ||376,004|174,167| |||| 6 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Notes to the Accounts (continued) ## Year ended 31 August 2025 ## COST OF SALES |Wages and salaries
Pension Costs
Building Work
Snack Purchases
EXPENDITURE
**Premises costs**
Rent|Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
225,738
10,651
52,148
4,160|

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||49,746| |||15,619| |||103,271| |||-| ||292,697|168,636| ||Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
8,200|| |||| |||

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |||£| |||| |||2,050| |||| 7 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO Notes to the Accounts (continued) ## Year ended 31 August 2025 |**Offce costs**
Printing, postage and stationery
Telephone
Computer costs
Equipment
Childrens’ Supplies
Photocopies Costs
Online Resources
SEN Resources
EYPP Expenses
Uniform
Setting Improvements
**Legal and professional**
Accountancy fees|Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
5
994
157
5,478
8,957
1,579
866
-
283
1,885
670|

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||| |||471| |||-| |||15| |||484| |||1,479| |||471| |||1,513| |||162| |||-| |||-| |||-| ||20,874|4,595| ||Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
1,443|| |||| |||

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |||£| |||| |||126| |||| 8 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Notes to the Accounts (continued) ## Year ended 31 August 2025 |**Repairs and maintenance**
Repairs and maintenance
**General expenses**
Training costs
General insurance
Cleaning
Sundry expenses
**3 Debtors**
In Year Funding Due to be Received|Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
27,985|

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||| |||723| ||Year to 31
Aug 2025
£
1,361
1,719
270
3,450|| |||| |||

Period from
23 Mar 2024
to 31 Aug
2024| |||£| |||| |||292| |||93| |||9| |||-| ||6,800|394| ||2025
£
5,102|| |||| |||2024| |||£| |||-| |||| Funding due to be received represents grant funding relating to the 2024/2025 financial year which was received after 31 August 2025. ## **4 Current liabilities** 9 ## Stanway Pre-School CIO ## Notes to the Accounts (continued) ## Year ended 31 August 2025 |Advance Building Funding Held
Advance Funding Received for Following Year|2025
£
-
4,443|2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||52,705| |||-| ||4,443|52,705| |||| Building funding held represents restricted funds received from Essex County Council but not yet paid to contractors. Advance received represents grant funding relating to the 2025/2026 financial year which was received before August 31 2025. ## **5 Capital account** |At 1 September 2024
Net proft/(loss) for the year
Capital introduced
At 31 August 2025|2025
£
93,730
18,005
-|2024| |---|---|---| |||£| |||-| |||(2,357)| |||96,087| ||111,735|93,730| |||| 10 I CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Stanway Pre-school CIO On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charity no (if any) 1203673 Set out on pages ' 1 to 12 e r..ul.Iibei'< oi . I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812025 Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent The charity's gross income ex￿eded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the AAT. Delete [ ] if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (01178FU diSGIe*￿WhiCh gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect". the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements Con￿rning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have corne across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please dele words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 1811212025 Name: Paul A Dundas Relevant professional qualification(s) or body MAAT IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: Unit 9 Bellhouse Farm, Church Lane, Stanway, Colchester C03 8LS Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. None. IER Oct 2018