Potterspury Preschool
Annual Report to the Trustees induding Financial Accounts
Year Ended 31 July 2023
{Chartty Reference: 287096)

Potterspury Pre5th001 (ChaTTty Reference: 287096)
Contents
Year Ended 31 July 2023
Tntstees Annwl Report
IrKleFendert E¥omir*$ RewttotheTntytee%

Potterspury Preschool (Chority Reference. 287096)
Legal and Adminstratlve Details
Year Ended 31 Juty 2023
PotteTSPUry Pr&school 15 u Wuntory Manoged Eafyywrs setiry. registered with OFsfED
under reglstration rwmbtt 219968 ond with the Chontes ConynkssK>n under reference 287096.
Addrnss
CIO John HelThns Prknary SclwoL
Brownswood Drive,
PottefSPUry.
Towcester.
Nortknn
NN12 7P&
Our Mgnogement Commrttee (fnjsteesl ore elected at w Ar￿1.that UAKdty takes tAace In hjne
orjuty each ￿or. We mhlmum of 5truste¢s Ind￿ling Cholr. Treasurer und Seuetary,
ond up to 12, elxted ottheAGM. withthe cption b) 3 more dLwlrythe 5wr.
Holt (Chairl
Amondo Glbb Iseuetory)
Nk Soryeu ffveaswtr)
Vlctcwia Wole
Jennifer Chllton
Amylcthnson
Thomas JohnsorTr
Liza Dempsey.WL¢¥It
Tonl Holknnd

Potterspury Preschool (Charity Reference.. 287096)
Trustees Report
Year Ended 31 July 2023
A5 a summory ofour"exiTa cunicukiff (Ktthes overthèyeor. we have hdd 3 stay aryl ￿£ry
up to during the doy ond for rThv Prospective F*Jrentsto see what we ore ¢Jll ukAMrt. We hove
arrun9ed twotiips owoyfrom the 5ettin9. oneto Sdcry Fores( and onÈto Rookery Form. These
hove been a great opportynrty for ow thldren to &wJloTe dIffe￿￿t environment* We V￿re
pleased to be oblo tovtsitthe thurch on o rA)urAe of Occ￿10n% one being our Cknistfnas
performance where famity and frieTrJs were dso to cc#xe We (yiin took o Thjmber
ofour¢klerchlldr¢n to Fmst Stho(4tr#s ￿•r. In t￿jUr￿li￿ with Acom.
Ow d¢]yto duy routines invdve 9ettlry ob¢yJt as as poss&>le. splath'ng in p￿Idles.
building snowmen, ￿$111n9 the and the vill0￿ In the WeOtherv￿ h¢J¥Ealso
enjoyed expkn.ng oll things naturefrom pttinting e*riry frogs orHI bug hunttilg. Wrthin
the setting we mode good use of our gorden.thatwe upgraded overthe surnrrw hotsday. ond
can now spend ￿rne the lorye mud kttchen. sand pl( bulldry blrd te￿Ing station and
bug hunting zone along with ¢)pportunrbe5 for pty. pointing ond d*eloping motor sktlls.
Indoors there ore simlar opportu￿leS for leoming through pty. oknng wlth pr￿10¢¢￿ t￿p*1￿¢S Ike
ooling. proctisiryj skims like dwipiry aTKI mi¥irKJ ond builthryj omozirmj structures th￿gh)unk
modelllng.
children new ￿91y5 irKILKling emotion& Mann￿ *nstO Sthg5 ond other s* words abNrt
stories we h(we Trod or Interests the thlldren hav¢
We currenty h¢m one member olstaff on o L'l wilh o thdd to help them llourlsh
withln the stttln
We ur¢ ddghted thath our SENDC4 httsad¥•rtd her 3 SENDCO ryoUfi¢oti
In the comlng year we ore lo&ing to contrnalPy Imwove the offering we tMo¥ide for our thildren.
and belleve thls wlll be enhonced by the Hygge Accredityjti'w truiniry we wll be ￿￿rt￿ling as a
We ore plannirvj to extend ourvfftiptsrcxffid sessicffls so thot theAfter&twJol dub runs for a fum
hour MondoytoThursdoy. rrthching the After-sthool a&¥ hows ot the Primary School, (￿d also to
offer sessions for Recoptlon thiktrerK whKe Mt >etin sth¢)ol fijl time or#J to ollow them to
*Jttend our After-sch(￿ therefore giviw better opth)ns and fiexibilty knvthTrng parents in
Jrcommunity.

Potterspury Preschool {Charity Reference: 287096)
Trustees Report
Year Ended 31 Juty 2023
Accounts
The 2022.2023firKwth y￿r has wfftnto be eqwty. If nrtMO￿ the pyeyious
one.
Compld#i9 0 three year crynptsrfson. I]I￿19h Tbjt totalty reprtsentth 09 2021>21 was
slgnltkantly impucted ty cO￿d Clo￿les l￿d a 5h)w ￿0very. Whi￿ finonc301 wpwt was reCe￿d
fftjm the locol outhority to Th￿intaIn (wfvnrfmg IncobK Itdoes shcwthatouromdl Income fr
govemmentfvndiThJ ond fees ha5 IrKreosed sbghty. HoW￿er. outgoings ha¥t. as in nb)st sector
Increased at a much hi9hu nyi&
houfy rote tot￿ Natkrnl Llvtrg Wage. by wng amowts (k￿dent upon rvbt orKI
qualtficotion& Wlth the Awl 2023 YKrntise In the Lmng Wgge b*ny orwnd IO* thty
wo$ o dtsajsslon asto whetherto adlustthe formukL V<rth reryuttiment orKI retention n eartyyeoys
beiry mom dlfIkn￿year on yety, it wos decided that we sho￿1 keepthe wuge strKture as setto
mainttsln ourcompethe posltlon In the mork•t This okng wrlh m90￿trOn on thtir storting in
May 2023 ofthe w(w our Klarrtyr Deputy. has slvwn on incfeose bn Wg9es outydTvJs of
oround 20% *nce the k￿t￿n0￿clO1 yyur. %44ththe associ(￿ F￿nSIor￿ costs ho¥in9 morèthon
d￿1)led.
Taknrwd all this ir¢to account. we hav¢ seen art Operotlry lossforthe flTrinch]l yeorof neaty£15CQO.
goted by a luThJralsiny yofftofJusl under£EOO
son￿ actlcTh are belng ImplemM*d, to aitemptto Yetum to a wofftable positi'on, ond stortto
re.bulld our res¢rve funds. We hove. regrèttuw. increased ourfeès fmm September 2023. CleorAng
has been taken back in h￿s@ ond we ore lookng to remove the costof on externd HR compary.
os It was not bw'ry uséd to ￿tage for th• cost inw1cab￿L
Reducing our costs and eywdtuffe be o wknaryfooJs thrfng 202>24 and
Our reserve5 polity is to keep o reserve of approxlmotetythree months. oixrot￿0[ cost& tAus any
stari redundon¢y ￿¢bIllty. As at the end ofthis fi￿r￿1 yeor. our reseThe Sh￿Ad be ot £32.otKI. We
hove hod to use reserve funds to rn our loss forthe 2022-23 finonciol yeor, and our objectNefor
the 2023.24 yeor ifitotr* 2024-25 yew rf nece5S0ry. is to Tetwn to a bre0k￿￿ position on
day-to-day operations and sttfftto build the reseThE bock up to the corrertfiguT&
rneetin9 hekl on TlwJrydoy 9th Nobvnber 2023 (Krepte(l Lrythe Trustee
Signe&
Juty Holt Ichawl

Year Ended 31 July 2023
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Pottwspury Pre5¢hool (Chth Refernntt 2870961
Staternent tsl fiNynoal Actsvibes lincorporotmg the Income ond ExP￿(￿￿e Ac0￿ntI
Year Ended 31 Juty 2023
Totsil Fw41s
.Jd.2023
.TrA.2022
INCOMWfj AESQUKES
Voluntaryincome
511
4311
4973
79797
Ic
76.190
81,163
8*1L
758
9)931
923
86.752
c￿rRo￿4e ¢￿￿1￿¢5
.931
1258
93947
93.947
17340>
Totallunds broughtfoF%Krd
PrlDr>Yaradlu•tm•nt
•W74
3,318
340S2
27.014
27￿14
34852

Potterspury Preschool (Chatity Referen￿ 287096)
Bdance Sheet
Year Ended 31 Jutry 2023
31.h*2023
31-hl-2022
Debtors
27.586
15731
0311
27,014
PJNDS
27.014
852
27.014
34.852

Potterspury Pre5th001 IChaiTty Refere￿ 287(￿)
Note5 tothe Finnaol Sttttements
Yeor Wed 31 Juty 2023
JI-￿ gl-1￿￿*22
FUnd1Th￿
4J
gSvh&3023 3￿ju￿1021
>l.hW02Y 31.￿202?
2L
21,136
S¥787
SENDkndl
SENDnotiondfpththr
.610
70?
707
7*7•7
COSTS0Fr￿uiATlNts IUIK
Ji-N*2023
al-￿20￿
li-1￿1023
7&556
25
in3
746
61709
StyritroinK¥J
Lnj
746
1213
4&)1
105
1.175
1175
Tdephone ond hthmrt
561
39
1.744
L744
312
)931
X752

ltes tothe ￿Th)n￿OI Stoterr*nts
Yeor Ended 31 July 2023
3t-*&2tr2a 31-J￿2022
31.h&202a
3bfy4-2(122
31-￿1-1022
1275
439
317
ioji
PAYE& NI