## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 24 January 2021 24 January 2022
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Happy Hours Pre School
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 293559 **Charity's principal address** Polehampton Infant School
Hermitage Drive Twyford, Berkshire **Postcode RG10 9HS**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any) not for whole entitled to appoint trustee
year (if any)
1 Alison John Chair
2 Lucinda Martin Secretary
3 Elizabeth May Treasurer
4 Holly McRitchie Committee Member
5 Amy Dietz de Broise Committee Member
6 Rebecca Cook Committee Member
7 Suzie Chandler Committee Member
8 Julie Ingram Committee Member
9 Katey Mattey Committee Member
10 Erika May Committee Member
11 Elizabeth Croft Committee Member
12 Suzie Shaw Committee Member
13 Cath Mileman Committee Member
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** Emma Thomas Elizabeth May
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
Holly McRitchie
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Katharine Cromar - Manager
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution 2011
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by members Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
The pre school operates on a model suggested by the Early Years Alliance on which the constitution is provided and adopted. The manager works alongside the trustees to manage through regular contact and committee meetings 6 times per annum.
- 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**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Our pre school aims to provide high quality care and education for children for 2 years up to school to prepare them for life’s journey in a safe, caring, inclusive environment.
**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)**
We offer appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and flexible hours. With parent’s consent, we take full responsibility for, and become involved in activities in the setting ensuring that we offer opportunities for children of all race, culture, religion, means or ability within our setting. We encourage the study of the needs of individual children and their families promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local area.
We run the pre school in reference to the guidance and objectives set by the Early Years Alliance, Statutory Guidance and the EYFS and have regards to the guidance issued by the Charities 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.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
There have been many extra costs during the year due to the Covid pandemic (extra cleaning materials hand sanitiser and PPE, wear and tear on toys from continual cleaning). Fund raising has been used to support these extra costs. Funds have also been used to fix the hot water supply to the sinks and to buy a sterilising machine.
## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
We maintain enough monies to ensure that general expenditure is not affected by the fluctuations in the timing of our income from EYNF via local authority. We maintain sufficient income to maintain and repair our current facility whilst continually fundraising for the eventual replacement of our old terrapin building.
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**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)** E Thomas **Full name(s)** Mrs Elizabeth Rose May **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 23/01/2022
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY NO 293559**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**A1 Receipts**
Fees
Donations
Fundraising
Sundry
**Sub total**
**A2 Asset and Investment sales etc**
**Total receipts**
**A3 Payments**
Employee Costs
Premises costs
General administrative expenses
Fundraising
Legal & professional costs
Other finance charges
Other expenses
**A3 Asset and investment purchases**
Furniture, fixtures and fittings
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/payments**
**A5 transfers between funds**
**A6 cash funds last year end**
**Cash funds this year end**|**Unrestricted**
**£**
109815
3182
112997
-
112997
93778
1767
4406
1171
180
101302
101302
11695
185695
197390|**Restricted**
**£**
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0|**Funds**
**Endowment**
**£**
0
-
0
0
0|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
109815
0
3182
0
112997
-
112997
93778
1767
4406
1171
180
101302
101302
11695
0
11695|**Total**
**2020**
**£**
131405
0
5808
28
137241
-
137241
86079
9036
6163
597
180
0
102055
0
102055
35186
150509
185695|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Clidiity P4&tt
Happy Hours Pre-school
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2021
Charity no
lif any)
293559
Set out on pagos
(fevn-.ber lo include the pa9¢ numbe of ditIOnal Sh$5}
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the al)ove
charity ("the Trust°} for the year ended 3110312019.
R8sponsibilities and
basis of rèport
As the Gharity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011
{"the Act")
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a¢¢ounts Carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)Ib) of the Ad.
Independent
examiner's statement I have completed rny examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with sedion 130
ofthe Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in th8 Charities
{Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and fail view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no cOnrn$ 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.
Pl8as8 d&l8te the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
Slgned:
Date:
2010112022
Name:
Gisela Sharpe FCCA
Relevant professional
qualificationl$) or body
Ilf any):
ACCA
Address:
16 Lincoln Gardens
IER
Oct 2018
Twyford
Berkshire RG10 9HU.
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
. (see CC32, Independent examination of oharity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief detai18 of
any items that the
examinor wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018