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Trustees' Annual Report for the period From Period start date T Period end date 01 09 2020 o 31 08 2021 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name St Nicolas Pre School Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 284755 Charity's principal address Boxhill Walk Abingdon Postcode OX14 1HB

Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any) 1 Sarah Jackson Chair Vinoy Treasurer 2 Ramachandran 3 Courtney Rutty Secretary 4 Clare Soper Waiting List 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser

Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution adopted 1[st] April 1982, Amended 19[th] October 2000 Type of governing document

Unincorporated Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are elected at the AGM in October each year. The Trustee selection methods names for new Trustees are proposed, seconded and elected the (eg. appointed by, elected by) next year.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects
of the charity set out in
its governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for
the public beneft in
relation to these objects
(include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public beneft)		 St Nicolas Preschool has been based in the grounds of St Nicolas
Primary School for over thirty fve years. Our objectives have
always been to put the children frst whilst ofering a happy, safe
environment for children to start their journey into primary
education. With the strengths of our qualifed, experienced staf.
Parents and families we endeavour to ofer a caring setting that
promotes learning. Surveys are sent out yearly to ensure we
continue to ofer the best start for our children. We ofer a
nurturing, encouraging environment so all families and children
can develop into confdent learners. We use the guidance from
the Early Years Foundation Stage documentation 2017 to provide
the community with a thriving non-proft making setting. The
community are welcomed to share and develop family life within
our group. We work with outside agencies to ofer all children
the best start in life, welcoming children with English as an
additional language and special educational needs, to help them
reach their best potential. We take safeguarding very seriously
and are involved in supporting families in Abingdon with
additional needs.
September 2020 the doors opened to a new cohort amidst a
global pandemic. Preschool numbers were low compared to
previous years. This was potentially a mix of the pandemic and a
low birth year, which we later discovered when the Primary
School opened for admissions in November 2020.
We are very much part of the community, and maintain close
links with St Nicolas Primary school, and outside agencies such
as speech and language therapists and SENco’s so that we are
all very much involved in our children’s future.
Our Trustees have due regard to the guidance on public beneft
issued by the Charity Commission when making decisions of the
future changes.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

This was an unprecedented year. The staff had to work in very difficult circumstances to flex and adapt to the ever changing rules and guidance issued during the pandemic.

OSTED visited in June 2021 and awarded a GOOD report. The last report was Requires Improvement so this is a fantastic achievement by the staff. The report was very complementary and only minor recommendations were recorded.

Usual fundraising efforts were not possible this year so the committee reached out to parents to ask for donations of equipment or cash. This was received very well by parents and enabled a lot of resources to come into the preschool. This is something I would recommend continuing.

In the summer of 2021 the preschool underwent significant renovations to the outside area. The outside space was becoming unsafe for children and certain areas were no longer accessible due to the Health and Safety concerns. The preschool had some funds but were £4000 short. The Treasure and Chair consulted the committee and agreed that funds from the reserve account would be used and replaced over a 2 year period. We weighed up the risk and decided that the risk of closure was minimal where the risk of injury was high.

As referenced in previous reports the struggle to get an active committee continues and fewer parents or carers are volunteering their time. This is a trend being seen across most parent volunteer platforms.

We continue to embrace our partnership with the attached school, sharing and developing plans for the future, monitoring individual learning areas and working together to make the transition into school a rewarding and happy experience.

Integration days for the children going in to St Nicolas Primary School were not possible so the preschool staff worked with the reception team to allow the children to meet the staff over the fence.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We have two accounts with reserve funds. One for redundancy costs and the other to “make good” the land for return should the Preschool close.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Sarah Jackson Full name(s) Sarah Jackson

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date 23.06.2021

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FY2020-2021

Proft & Loss 09/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 01/21 02/21 03/21
Days in month 30 31 30 31 31 28 31
09/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 01/21 02/21 03/21
Parents Paid Hours -516 408 5 414 26 19
OCC AP 25,173 17,758 470 20,142 105 11,797
Comp Voucher Serv 972 828
National Savings 18
Snack Fees 63
Legacy Gift
Tea Towels
Fundraising
Incomes 25,173 -516 19,201 475 20,556 959 11,834
Staf 7,410 7,394 7,613 7,091 7,339 7,080 7,302
PAYE and Pensions 225 207 230 177 202 171 191
Direct Costs 7,635 7,601 7,843 7,268 7,541 7,251 7,493
Tesco - Food Costs 263 162 237 170 210 123 257
Asda 270
Amazon Prime - Subs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Gift Cards for Grants 210 135
Alexandra Website Derby 27
BT - Phone 53 53 52 52 52 53 53
Amazon - Supplies 107 169 426 79 74 15 246.27
Tesco - Subs 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Grundon - Waste 53 66 59 66 53 58 58
Gompels - Supplies 251 172 153 43 456 230
Thames Valley Copiers 118 54 31 75 14
Lawrence Rodgers 99 31 31 99
Argos 94
Wickes - Repairs 33
Royal Mail/Post Ofce 2
TT Group Limited 26 48
Preschool Learning 310 258
Red Cross 302
Electricity
The Works - Supplies 32
Twinkl - Subs
MGI Limited
Go Daddy
Matrix Int 129
F Church Ltd
JK Garden
Oxfordshire Hire.gov 20
Rob Adcock - Repairs
Eyfs.info 121
Class Fundraising
Winzip 52
St Nicolas Church Council - Rent
OFSTED 50
St Nicolas School 134
Oxford Co Council
Kim Marczak 60
Findel Education 130
Oxford Pat Testing 102
Operating costs 1,288 1,277 1,046 1,261 580 1,184 1,193

Profit/Loss 16,251 -9,394 10,312 -8,054 12,435 -7,476 3,148

04/21 05/21 06/21 07/21 08/21 YTD
30 31 30 31 31 365
04/21 05/21 06/21 07/21 08/21 FY14
502 4 862
19,711 165 16,080 850 85 112,336
936 2,736
14 144 176
116 56 235
211 211
70 70
0
0
21,278 365 16,080 1,131 89 116,625
7,326 7,532 7,533 7,867 9,435 90,922
198 211 228 244 481 2,767
0
7,524 7,744 7,761 8,111 9,917 93,689
98 194 220 127 2,063
135 810 1,215
8 8 8 8 8 96
345
27
56 56 55 38 43 617
162.34 104.33 134.95 122.92 63.54 1,704
7 7 7 7 7 84
76 58 58 72 679
281 313 208 34 2,140
86 33 68 480
41 61 133 493
94
38 71
2
74
53 562 1,182
151 454
543 543
9 41
5 5 5 5 21
307 307
101 101
119 248
144 144
390 390
15 35
14,519 14,519
121 242
0
52
0
50
134
0
60
130
102
0
0
1,435 1,265 1,283 1,849 15,278 28,939

12.319 -8.644 7.036 -8.830 -25.105 -6.002

FY2020-2021

Proft & Loss 09/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 01/21 02/21 03/21
Days in month 30 31 30 31 31 28 31
09/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 01/21 02/21 03/21
Parents Paid Hours -516 408 5 414 26 19
OCC AP 25,173 17,758 470 20,142 105 11,797
Comp Voucher Serv 972 828
National Savings 18
Snack Fees 63
Legacy Gift
Tea Towels
Fundraising
Incomes 25,173 -516 19,201 475 20,556 959 11,834
Staf 7,410 7,394 7,613 7,091 7,339 7,080 7,302
PAYE and Pensions 225 207 230 177 202 171 191
Direct Costs 7,635 7,601 7,843 7,268 7,541 7,251 7,493
Tesco - Food Costs 263 162 237 170 210 123 257
Asda 270
Amazon Prime - Subs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Gift Cards for Grants 210 135
Alexandra Website Derby 27
BT - Phone 53 53 52 52 52 53 53
Amazon - Supplies 107 169 426 79 74 15 246.27
Tesco - Subs 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Grundon - Waste 53 66 59 66 53 58 58
Gompels - Supplies 251 172 153 43 456 230
Thames Valley Copiers 118 54 31 75 14
Lawrence Rodgers 99 31 31 99
Argos 94
Wickes - Repairs 33
Royal Mail/Post Ofce 2
TT Group Limited 26 48
Preschool Learning 310 258
Red Cross 302
Electricity
The Works - Supplies 32
Twinkl - Subs
MGI Limited
Go Daddy
Matrix Int 129
F Church Ltd
JK Garden
Oxfordshire Hire.gov 20
Rob Adcock - Repairs
Eyfs.info 121
Class Fundraising
Winzip 52
St Nicolas Church Council - Rent
OFSTED 50
St Nicolas School 134
Oxford Co Council
Kim Marczak 60
Findel Education 130
Oxford Pat Testing 102
Operating costs 1,288 1,277 1,046 1,261 580 1,184 1,193

Profit/Loss 16,251 -9,394 10,312 -8,054 12,435 -7,476 3,148

04/21 05/21 06/21 07/21 08/21 YTD
30 31 30 31 31 365
04/21 05/21 06/21 07/21 08/21 FY14
502 4 862
19,711 165 16,080 850 85 112,336
936 2,736
14 144 176
116 56 235
211 211
70 70
0
0
21,278 365 16,080 1,131 89 116,625
7,326 7,532 7,533 7,867 9,435 90,922
198 211 228 244 481 2,767
0
7,524 7,744 7,761 8,111 9,917 93,689
98 194 220 127 2,063
135 810 1,215
8 8 8 8 8 96
345
27
56 56 55 38 43 617
162.34 104.33 134.95 122.92 63.54 1,704
7 7 7 7 7 84
76 58 58 72 679
281 313 208 34 2,140
86 33 68 480
41 61 133 493
94
38 71
2
74
53 562 1,182
151 454
543 543
9 41
5 5 5 5 21
307 307
101 101
119 248
144 144
390 390
15 35
14,519 14,519
121 242
0
52
0
50
134
0
60
130
102
0
0
1,435 1,265 1,283 1,849 15,278 28,939

12.319 -8.644 7.036 -8.830 -25.105 -6.002