## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01.09.2023 Period start date - To 31.08.2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bodmin Pre School**
## **Charity registration number: 272984**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Bodmin Preschool will continue to offer**
**a high-quality childcare and education.**|
|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|**Bodmin Preschool will offer childcare to**
**all families including parents that work**
**and parents that will need to take any**
**training.**
**Bodmin Preschool will also support**
**students at all levels to achieve**
**childcare qualifications.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Confirmed**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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||SORP reference|
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||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|Other||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|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|**During this period we have 2 longtime**
**serving members of staff leave, with one**
**retiring and one being promoted outside**
**the preschool. We have welcomed 3 new**
**staff members who have settled in very**
**well.**
**We have a new Deputy Manager**
**promoted from within, and a new**
**Senco/Supervisor. Both are doing well.**
**We now have newly allocated roles of a**
**Designated Safeguarding Officer,**
**Designated Safeguarding Lead and**
**Designated Safeguarding Deputy Lead.**
**In May 2025 we were inspected by**
**OFSTED and achieved the well deserved**
**‘Good’ rating, with very good feedback**
**on all areas from the OFSTED inspector.**
**We are aware that some other**
**Preschools have since been assessed**
**and only achieved ‘Improvement**
**required’ or ‘inadequate’ outcomes with**
**some leading to closures.**
**Bodmin Preschool continues to provide**
**quality childcare for 40 children at**
**present aged between two and school**
**age.**
**Children benefit from either 2- or 3-year-**
**old funding of 15 hours per week. We**
**have 8 children claiming 30 hours**
**funding. We are now also in receipt of**
**the 9 month to 2 year funding for**
**working parents (15hours), which**
**changes in September 2025 to 30 hours.**
**We also have a new focus on claiming**
**funding for children with additional**
**needs e.g. DAF**
**Withi the 2024-2025 period we have**
**purchased new wooden play equipment**
**outside for the children to enjoy. We**
**have also purchased a new up to date**
**CCTV system, and have requested**
**potential funding from Bodmin Town**
**Council to support the CCTV**
**installation. We are also due to have**
**new flooring installed in the main**
**reception in August 2025.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Acceptable.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We intend to have two terms of reserves**
**in the bank if we have any**
**redundancies.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Funding rates low within the UK.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution Preschool Learning**
**Alliance**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Preschool Learning Alliance**|
|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|**Elected by Committee**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|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|Bodmin Preschool|
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|Other name the charity uses|Mary Kendall|
|Registered charity number|272984|
|Charity’s principal address|Mary Kendall House
Priory Road
Priory Park
Bodmin
Cornwall, PL31 2AE|
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||Graeme Rawlings|Chairperson|||
||Nicola Bennett|Nominated Person|||
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## – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|N Bennett|G Rawlings|
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||Nicola Bennett|Graeme Rawlings|
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Nominated Person
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Preschool Manager|Chairperson
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||22nd June 2025.||
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Bodmin Pre-School 272984
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/09/2023 To 31/08/2024
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Local AuthoritFeesOther income y funding 134 9 1,,,958 587 989 - - - - - - 134 9 1,,,958 587 989 66 3 3,,,706 391 139
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ot Sub total (Gross income for AR) 146,534 - - 146,534 73,236
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
SS Total receipts 146,534 - - S55 146,534 73,236
A3 Payments
Staff costs 86,790 - - 86,790 63,397
Staff development 684 - - 684 491
Resources 7,983 - - 7,983 3,409
Rent 6,000 - - 6,000 6,000
Insurance 958 - - 958 903
Utilities 2,806 - - 2,806 2,766
Repairs & maintenance 1,272 - - 1,272 538
Cleaning 900 - - 900 860
Telephone 843 - - 843 579
Catering 1,503 - - 1,503 941
Sundry 4,769 - - 4,769 1,145
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=o Sub total [ 114,508 ] - - 114,508 81,029
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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S Total payments S 114,508 SSS - - 114,508 81,029
Net of receipts/(payments) 32,026 - - 32,026 - 7,793
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 346 - - 346 8,139
Cash funds this year end 32,372 - - 32,372 346
—§_ Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Bank balance @ 31.08.2024 32,370 - -
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account(s)) Agreement Error OK OK
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funds funds funds
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/06/2025
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|Charity Name
Bodmin Pre School||||
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|**On accounts for the year**|31/08/2024||**Charity no**|272984|
|**ended**|||**(if any)**||
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|**Set out on pages**|||||
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 08 / 2024** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
- **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) 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 concerning 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 fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come 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.
|**Signed:**|Christopher Bennett|**Date:**|22/06/2025|
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|**Name:**|Christopher Bennett|||
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|**Address:**|43 Foster Drive|||
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
Cornwall, PL31 1PS
## **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** N/A **examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**