**Old Court Community Pre-School** Station Road, Wootton Bassett Wiltshire, SN4 8QY **Tel:** 01793 849783 **Email:** oldcourt@talktalk.net ## ’ – Chair s Report AGM 15[th] November 2023 Welcome to our AGM 2023, it’s great to see you all. We are a committee run pre-school, and without the help of our amazing volunteers, we wouldn’t have the pre-school to send our children too. We come from all backgrounds and have many different skills between us. We have had a few committee members leave for various reasons; Adele, Jennifer, Katie but have welcomed some new faces; Helen and Annabel. If you would like to join, we are looking to make the meetings more accessible by having every other meeting on Teams so all can join without the need to leave the house. Over the past year we have encountered a few staff changes. We’ve sadly said goodbye to Debbie who had been working in the setting for 22 years. We wish her a lovely retirement. Michelle, previous deputy manager, has been promoted to role of Manager; and we have welcomed Emma Giles as Deputy Manager who started in September 2023. We have also welcomed Emma P and Sally who both started in January 2023. Finally, Amy, who started off on the committee and went on to be staff member welcomed her second baby Teddy – we congratulate her and her family on their latest addition. Our staff here are always keen to learn and we currently have Emma Giles completing her Level 3 Team Leader, Emma Parfitt is beginning her Level 2 Early Years Educator, Amy is completing her Level 3 Early Years Educator, and Sarah is working towards Level 3 Senco. We wish them all the best of luck. In February 2023, we had an Ofsted inspection which had a Good outcome. Congratulations to all at Pre-School for keeping up with high standards. We have some fantastic fundraisers this last year starting with the Christmas party where we had name the teddy, cake donation and make your own reindeer food which proved popular. In Easter we had our annual Eggstravaganza which was very popular and raised nearly £1000 for the setting. This money went on replacing some of the older toys and towards some much needed improvements. Finally, the children helped with the scarecrows for the scarecrow trail and this was a very popular event for all involved and we hope to see this one back again next year. As mentioned earlier, we have had some improvements made to the building which was the change of the lights in the setting. Before we had the florescent tubes in each room but these have now been replaced with light panels which are more cost effective, and a lot safer. As a pre-school, we are looking for ways to improve and grow the setting. With the sad closure of Broad Town Pre-School, we have welcomed some new children to the setting and they are enjoying settling in well to their new pre-school. From April 2024, the funding for 2 year olds will be changing and we will be looking to increase sessions available in Teddy Tots and recruit a new staff member. Without our volunteers, some maintenance would not be completed like the painting of the outside of the buildings. We will be looking to finish these in the Spring time (weather dependant) so would welcome extra helpers to finish this task. **Old Court Community Pre-School** Station Road, Wootton Bassett Wiltshire, SN4 8QY **Tel:** 01793 849783 **Email:** oldcourt@talktalk.net A massive thank you again to all the staff for their continued hard work and support. Samantha Lear Chairperson H9131 aYOU AX,Q8S3TrKUVN Str a3iITrYIi X3NvLKfio))v IN(IH UOA31LL IIOZ ISAgAV IS I c ¥Y3A JHI IIOJ SIKAOJJV OOHJS-t8d AiINrMkYoJ lino3 aio 1169Z .' 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QNV XNV8 Ltrg Lg trS6S zoz £10 £zoz isn9nv isi£ iv sv ￿3H& 3JNflV8 IOOH?*3Ud ALINnwvio? i¥noJ aio **Old Court Community Pre-School** Station Road, Wootton Bassett Wiltshire, SN4 8QY **Tel:** 01793 849783 **Email:** oldcourt@talktalk.net ## **Treasurers Report YE Aug 2023** ## **Income** The income for the year ended Aug 2023 year was £62k higher than in 2022, with the basic funding from Wiltshire council being £43k up on the year before due to the greater numbers of children in the setting, and an additional £15k of inclusion support funding as we had a large number of children with additional needs. Numbers of children had been lower in previous years especially at the start of the year, however this return to pre covid levels was very welcome. ## **Expenditure** Overall expenditure was £25k more in 2023 than in 2022, with the increase in salaries due to minimum wage increases being the majority of this extra spend. **Old Court Community Pre-School** Station Road, Wootton Bassett Wiltshire, SN4 8QY **Tel:** 01793 849783 **Email:** oldcourt@talktalk.net We as a committee decided to spend £3.3k on replacing the old fluorescent tubes with modern LED lights across the rooms. These are much more efficient, last longer and being within the roof space are less prone to accidental damage! ## **Summary** 2023 has been a fantastic year financially, and overall we have a surplus of £19.5k. This has helped to offset the previous years where we have used up some of our reserves. Ensuring we have money set aside should any urgent repairs need to completed. Adrian Heavens Treasurer