Potterspury Preschool Annual Report to the Trustees including Financial Accounts Year Ended 31 July 2025 (Chority Reference.. 2870961
Potterspury Preschool {Charity Reference: 2870961 Contents Year Ended 31 July 2025 Legal and Administrutwe DetaS1s Trustees Annual Report Independent Exominerf5 Reportto the Trustees Statement of Flnonclal Actl¥Attes Ilncoryx)ratin9 the Income and Expenditure Account) Btslonce Sheet Notes to the ln¢la1 Stotements
Potterspury Preschool (Charity RefenCe. 2870961 Legal and Adminstr(rtive Details Yeor Ended 31 July 2025 Reglstr<rtlon d•talls Potterspury Pre-sch(1 is o Voluntory Monoged Earty Years Sett9. registered with OFsfED registrotion number 219968 ond with the Chofities Conmnission under reference 287096. Accountiry Con11¢n The finonciol sternents huve been prnpJred underthe historicol cost convention and on a cash basis of accounting. Underthe cosh basis. income and expenditure are recogni5ed only when ctssh Is received or paid durin9 the financiol period. No account is token of omounts due to or from third ptsrties at the yeor end. The finonaal statements hove been prepored in accordonce wkh appllcoble charity accounting requiiements and relevont 9uNjOn issued bythe Charity Commission for England and Woles. where Oppfopriate for cosh-bosed account& The occounts are pr*5errted in pounds sterllng (£1. which Is the functitsntsl tsnd present0nl currency of the chority. Addr•8s CIO John Hellins Primory School. Brownswood Drlve. Potterspury. Towcest•r, Northants. NN12 7PG. TNStees Our Management Comrnlttee (Tvu5tee51 ore eknted otour AGM. thot usualtry tokes Flace June or Juty eo¢h yeor. We hove o minlmum of 5 trustees. Induding Choir, Tretssurerond Sffretary. and up to 12. elected ot the AGM. with the optn to ¢Pt 3 MO during the year. Current TruSteeOMMitlee members luty Holt Ichalrt Amonda Glbb (Secretary) Toni Hollond (Treasurer) Victorio Wole Jennrfer Chitton Thomos Johnson Georgina Holmes jody Horrison Rob Flonnery Ico-optl Kayleigh Topping-o'sullivon ICo-0O1
Potterspury Preschool (Charity Reference: 2870961 Trustees Report Yeor Ended 31 July 2025 Actlvlt1è5 and obJecth4es We ore pleosed to report that, folh)vAn9 re-inspettion by OFsfED in November 2024. our OFSTED rotlng wos retumed to U 5ecure-Good" in oll oreos. This followed ts Considerob omount of vmrk by our stoff team lo improve the curriculurn ond from the monogement teom In ensuring that relevant pg1i¢ie5 ure in pla ond ojrrent We were grotefvl to the West Northunts Council Eorty Years Advisors fortheir support wlth th1 With the ojrriculum CngeS now tmbedded. Trtre.SclMxl hos run smoothly. Our focus rernaln5 1 thild.led leaming. intr0dln9 topKs thot reflect thildren's Interests ond extend thlrdeveWienL We hove supported a number ol cNldren speciol edu¢thion¢Jl needs ordisabilities during the 2024-25 ocodèmie ytar. By Idenfn9 where additionol support wos requlred. we se¢ured'Torgeted SEND. or'oisabilty Access Fund, funding. This enobled us to pmwde tsdditional resources arml staff tioining. improving occessIlIty ond helyn9 thiklren Teoth their potential. Atthe end of the 2024-25 ocudemlc year, we hod forty thId enrolled lI1$In9 u v¢lety of ottendance potterns. Irom full-time through tolust or threè sessions per week Looklng forword to the Coming yeor. will be continuing to look at how we can Improve whot we offer to our chlldren. With some lontostlc fundrolsing totals in the lost yeur. we wlll be oble to purchase some new equipmentfor our oude area. with helixry to deVep gross motor skllls os one objective. We will olso be out ond obout oround our lIage communty when we con. incorporoting oll the key oreos of letsmiro into our walks and att[Ve We are hoping to utrlise some outdoor village space to run regular outdoor leomirKJ othities. similor to forest school. We are pleased to be supportlng the DfE com19n for healthy eating. and will be introducin9 more regulor porent Infom¢fjon ses$ion$. wrth toplcs such os chNd development. two-yeor-okl check& and translOn to school. Gdng Into the 2025-26 ocudemic yearwe hove forty-nine children enrolled. with the mojority ol our sessions now fully allocate(l and W0r$ Ilsts in ploce. and wt loc& forword to continuln9 to work closely with and for our communty.
Potterspury Preschool (Charity Referen.. 2870961 Trustees Report Year Ended 31 July 2025 Accounts For the 2024-25 finoncial year, our obiectwe was to break-even or Tetvm o sman profit. based on our generol doy t¢ doy IrMe and expenditure. Despite chollenges includlng the need to en9age on HR consuttant. rising Natiorsol Minimum Wage. gnd incregsing running costs wè achieved our objective. retuming o smull profit. Community fundraising roised approximatety £8.¢)00. wtth highlights induding Kenny and Pam's plant and cake sales and the village open gordens day. We ore grateful to all Involved these ond the mony smollerfundroising activities that have token place. In Ilne with ourfundraislng policy, around SLN of net income is retalned to bulld reserves, whlle the remalnder Is Invested In enhancing provision. We ore pleosed that we hove a150 been oble to reinst¢tè our previous poy-scole wh effettfrom April 2025, recognising the effort ond commitment from stuff in bringing the setting stondords back up. while still keeping o dose eye on expenditure. This ols9 enobles us to remoin o competitsve employer in the l(xgl choritobSe sector market. Reserves Our reserves policy require5 th(rt we hold ot least three months. running costs plus our current staff redundtsncy liobillty. Although we have been operating below this level for several years. the return to profrt meons we are now groduolly rebuilding selves. As ot july 2025, the torget reserve figure stonds at £45.000, which would ensure we could meet oll commitments in the event of enlorced closure. Thisfigure does incretsse yeor on yeor. In line with increosing onnuol expenditure. Trustee AppToval The above report and annuol octounts were accepted by the Potterspury Pre-school Trustees on 8 lanuory 202& Signed- Judy Holt Ichairl
Potterspury Preschool (Charity Referen 287096) Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees Year Ended 31 July 2025 Independent Examlnees report to the Trustees of Potter5pury Pwestho I report on the accounts of the chority torthe yety ended 31 lY 2024 wlith comprise ol the Stotsment of Financiol Actiwtse& Balon Sheetond loted notes. This report is mode solelyto the Trustees. as a body. in accor(lance wth Section 14SIS)Ibl ofthe Chorities Art 2011. My work hos been undertoken so thtrt l Might state to the Trustees motters l om requried to stote to them in on Independent Exominerfs rEPOrt and forno other purF)ose. To the fullest extent pemttted by ltsw, I do not occept or ossume resFonSilitY tt> onyone otherthon theTnJstees for my independent exgmingtion work. forthis report or forthe statemerrt I give bdow. The Trustees ore SponsIble forthe preForgtion of the occount& The Trustees consider thot on tsudit is not required forthis year urmler Section 144121 of the Charityes Act 2011 and thot on Independent Examinerf5 report Is neederL The chorivs gross income dKI not exceed £250.l ond l om qualtfied to undertake the examinatior Having sotisrfed myselfth(rt the charity is subiecl to ¢xrfrt and is eligiTrAe for indeperbjent examin¢)tion. li 15 my respLN)sibility to.. 111 exomine the accoLtnts underseclion 145 ofthe rItieS Act 2011.. 121 to follow the procedures ltsid down in the generol DItionS gi tythe CPKrrity Comrnissn under Sertion 14515llbl of the Chorities Act 2011: and 131 to stote whether p0CulOr matter5 hove ccrfne to myijttentic BOSH of 1Trdepdent Exan**s nport y examinotion was corried oout in occordonce wth the genergl Direcbons by the Ch¢xity Commisslon. An examinution indudes a rewew of the acct¥Jnting records kept by the chority and o eomporison of the occounts presented with those record5. It olso includes considerotion of ony unusual item5 or dtscbsures in the occounts, ond seekin9 explonaknons from you os Trnstees concerning ony such motter& The prOdre5 undertoken do not provide all the eviden thut you would be wuired in an audit and consequenty no OFynion rf given as to whetherthe occounts present a Ynje ond foKviev/ ond the re is limiled to those matters set in the next statement In connection with my exominotion. no m(rtter ha5 come to my attlOn in connecdon wrth the exarningtion giwng me couse to believe that in ony mtrteritsl resFrtt 111 occountin9 records were not kept in re5pert of the Twst as rewired by Sectw)n 130 of the Chorities Act 2011- or 121 ccounts do not octtyd with those reCs. 9ned: Date.. 8 Junuury 2026 Lors Swann FMAAT Monaging Pomer The Bean Counter5 kcountonts LLP 79 Kentons Lone. Windsor. Bethire. SL4 4JH
Potterspury Preschool Icharrty Reference: 2870%1 Stotement of Finonciol Activities lincorporoting the Inc(¥ne and Expenditure Accowrtl Yeor Ended 31 July 2025 Funds Yeor &)ded 31-j-1035 Yeur Ended 31-Jul-2024 INCOMING AESOVRCES Inccqning resL¥Jrces from 9enerot¥wJ fvrKI&" Vokntory income &022 22 5.763 Investffntirtame 138.272 146.294 138.272 14&294 105,700 111,463 TOTAL INCOMING RtsOURCES Generotin9 fLtrY15 charit0e OctNI 132934 3.370 137.211 131934 1370 137.211 I03.948 614 TOTAL REuRCEs 105.227 INCOMING RE%)URCESFOR THeyEAR &237 RECONCIUATIQN OF FUNDS Totolfunds brought frffwry 31251 332SI 27.014 Total funds bwht folrtI. os o TOTAL FUNDS FORWARD 33.251 42.333 3251 42.333 27.014 33.251
Potterspury Presthts)I (Charrty Reference: 287096) Balance Sheet Year Ended 31 luty 2025 31-J2025 31-Jul-2024 FIXED ASSErs Offitr equipment 421 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cush ot bank and in hand 42.445 31932 41954 33.932 io 11.0431 16811 ASSETS 4L912 33.251 FIINDS unrestri income funds Restricted income funds 41333 312SI 41333 33.251
Potterspury PresChl Ichairty Aefwenw 287(1%) Notes to ts Financ1 Statements Year Ended 31 July 2025 LVOLLWTAAYINCOldE R•#rktsd Totol Total Fund 31-l-ZO35 31-bl-2024 Totd fotd fvnd* 31-lul-2025 31--2024 Fundr01TrA &022 5.763 JI-&2025 31-1-?024 Bank lrt•reM rttthot4• Talal Fur 31.2025 T•t•l F¥ndi JI-JU202• Feti F1Y grmts sEND1ur9 SEtr4Dnoknollur EYPPfundlny 2&510 101.066 28.slo IOL066 6.594 35.798 58,179 10.582 1102 2.102 138.272 1.141 105.71)0 s. cosrsoFGENERAmNG FLItrXIS 31-1026 31-1-1024 T4xoI Fw¥ts 31-JLI.2025 T+)tg1 Fund¥ 31-j-2024 II5S12 11SJl2 160 1127 1.461 1.762 Llg) 832 9L431 rriniry iur•rte 1127 1.461 1.762 L19) 1979 Ar$ond rrrfthtenarte 1,937 1.131 274 Cleanlng SUPFths 2.631 2.831 T•1•[th knternet 753 320 U79 4.479 455 87 193 138 Bank char9•S 947 947 2334 S70 103.Y8
Potterswry Presthool Icharity Referencw. 2870961 Notes to the Finonciol Stotements Yeor Ended 31 luty 2025 Fur 31-1-2026 31-j10?4 Consuko 3370 3J70 614 31.j-2o15 JI-2024 430 3A-l¥k2025 31-Jul-2024 3I.frj2025 31-thA-ZOZ4 TrodECreditor5 PAYE & NI 746 297 426 255 L043