2024-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 293012

Willow Bank Pre-school

Charity's principal address

Duffield Road Woodley Berkshire Postcode RG5 4RW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Shannon Rosier	Chair Person	October 2025

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)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	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

PLA Pre School Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Parent Association How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Elected at AGM by Preschool parents Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To provide early years education to children from 2 1/2 to 5 years to an excellent standard.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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Children from all backgrounds are able to access care across 5 days a week with access to lunch club on site, if desired. The environment created is safe, stimulating and caring, promoting learning through play

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit 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 benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Reserves are held against unforeseen circumstances requiring the winding down of the charity and any associated costs or future replacement of the facilities.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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)

Full name(s) Shannon Rosier Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 20/06/2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Willrm Bank Pre School On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 Charity no (if any) 293012 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31 August 2024. Responsibllitles and basis of report As the tharty's trustees. you are resportsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wtth the requi￿rnents of the Charities Act 2011 Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofihe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disdosed below ') which gives me cause to ￿lIeVe that in, any material respect.. the accounting ￿COrdS were not kept in accordanc8 With section 130 of the Charrtres Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.. or the accounts did not compty wilh the applicable requirements conceming Ihe fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2C(18 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukl be drawn in this ￿port in order to enable a proper urKlerstanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the s%Drds in the brackets rfthey do not appty. Slgned: Date: 1110612025 Name: Gisela Sharpe FCCA Relevant professional qualifiutionls) or body lrfany}- Assoaalion of Chartered Certified Accountsnts Address: 16 Lincoln Gardens IER Oct 2018

Tword Reading RG10 gHU Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". diredions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018