Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 31 January 2023 31 January 2024 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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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Cath Mileman | Chair | |||
| Suzi Chandler | Secretary | |||
| Elizabeth May | Treasurer | |||
| Suzie Shaw | Trustee | |||
| Lauren Abraham | Trustee | |||
| Frank Collins | Trustee | |||
| Jatinder Dhanoa | Trustee | |||
| Elisabeth Croft | Trustee | |||
| KateyMattey | Trustee | |||
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)
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Name Address |
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| 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
Constitution 2011 Type of governing document (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)
The pre school operates on a model suggested by the Early Years You may choose to include Alliance on which the constitution is provided and adopted. The manager additional information, where works alongside the trustees to manage through regular contact and relevant, about: committee meetings 6 times per annum.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Our pre school aims to provide high quality care and education for children aged 2.5 years up to school to prepare them for life’s journey in a safe, caring, inclusive environment. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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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.
Summary of the main opportunities for children of all race, culture, religion, means or ability activities undertaken for the within our setting. public benefit in relation to We encourage the study of the needs of individual children and their these objects (include within families promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the this section the statutory local area. declaration that trustees have We run the pre school in reference to the guidance and objectives set by had regard to the guidance the Early Years Alliance, Statutory Guidance and the EYFS and have issued by the Charity regards to the guidance issued by the Charities Commission on Public Commission on public Benefit. benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance We have fund raised for several building maintenance projects to be Summary of the main completed. Provision of educational services to children from the ages of achievements of the charity 2.5 to 4. during the year
Section E Financial review We maintain enough monies to ensure that general expenditure is not Brief statement of the affected by the fluctuations in the timing of our income from EYNF via charity’s policy on reserves 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. Details of any funds materially None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) C Mileman Full name(s) Mrs C Mileman Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 18/01/2024
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HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2023
| Unrestricted £ A1 Receipts Fees 140,977 Special Needs funding - Donations - Fundraising 1,970 Bank Interest - Sundry 1,000 Sub total 143,947 A2 Asset and investment sales etc - Total receipts 143,947 A3 Payments Employee Costs 104,620 Premises Costs 2,732 General administrative expenses 7,348 Fundraising - Legal and professional costs 670 Other finance charges 180 Other expenses 205 Sub total 115,757 A3 Asset and investment purchases e - Furniture, Fictures and Fittings - Total payments 115,757 eceipts/(net of payments) 28,191 A5 Transfers between funds - |
Restricted £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
£ Funds Endowment |
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| - - |
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| - | ||
| - - |
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Furniture, Fictures and Fittings Total payments eceipts/(net of payments) A5 Transfers between funds |
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| - | ||
| - | ||
| - |
A6 Cash funds last year end 218,196
Cash funds this year end
246,387
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| 2023 Total £ 140,977 - - 1,970 - 1,000 143,947 - 143,947 104,620 2,732 7,348 - 670 180 205 115,757 - - 115,757 28,191 - |
2022 Total £ 127,085 - 1,000 1,745 - - |
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| 129,830 - |
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| 129,830 | |
| 98,713 2,773 6,929 - 270 - 340 |
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| 109,024 - - |
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| 109,024 | |
| 20,806 | |
| - |
218,196 197,390 246 387 218 196
HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
as at 31 March 2023
| Unrestricted £ B1 Cash Funds Bank - No 1 - Bank - No 2 Bank - No 3 246,387 246,387 B2 Other monetary assets HMRC overpayments Debtors B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for charity's own use Premises Furniture, fixtures and fittings B5 Liabilities Trade creditors Employee wages Employee expenses Deferred revenue Total liabilities Funds to which asset belongs |
Restricted £ - - - Cost - |
£ Funds Endowment |
|---|---|---|
| - | ||
| - Current value |
Happy Hours Pre-School operates under a model constitution recommended by the Pre-School Learning All Twyford & District. The committee considers a Receipts and Payments account to be the appropriate form o reviewed by an Independent Examiner.
All funds were free funds. There were no restricted or endowed funds.
I approve these accounts and confirm that I have made available all relevant records and information for the
2022
£
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- 218,196
218,196
Funds to which asset belongs
liance to provide pre-school facilites in of report and the accounts should be
eir preparation.
HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2023
| 1 Receipts & Payments Account analysis Receipts Fees Special Needs funding Donations Fundraising Bank Interest Other receipts Milk Training Outings Sundry TOTAL IN Employee Payments Wages and salaries Staff training Premises payments Rent Rates Maintenance and repairs Supplies Asset Purchases Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings |
2023 £ 140,977 - - 1,970 - 142,947 - - - 1,000 1,000 143,947 104,548 72 104,620 810 1,776 146 - 2,732 - - |
2022 £ 127,085 - 1,000 1,745 - |
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| 129,830 | ||
| - - - - |
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| - | ||
| 129,830 | ||
| 98,163 551 |
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| 98,713 | ||
| 810 232 1,730 - |
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| 2,773 | ||
| - | ||
| - |
| General administrative expenses Phones Materials and consumables Information and publications Subscriptions Insurance Equipment expensed Fundraising Fundraising Legal and professional payments Accountants fees Other legal and professional Other finance payments Bank Charges Other payments Sundry Milk Groceries Outings |
- 4,082 - 97 670 2,500 7,348 - 620 50 670 180 205 - - - 205 |
1,379 |
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| 2,598 - 73 1,551 1,329 |
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| 6,929 | ||
| - | ||
| 220 50 |
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| 270 | ||
| - | ||
| 340 - - - |
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| 340 |
(HARllY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Happy Hour5 Pre4chool On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 Charity no lif any) 293559 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust.) for the year ended 31 March 2023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yte Ad,). I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying oui my examination, I have followed all the applieAble Diredion6 given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51{b} of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have compl8t8d my examination. I confim thal 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 yre not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Chartties Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf 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 bwth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be r8ached. Ple888 delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Slgned: Dats: 2610112024 Namè: Gisela Sharpe FCCA Relèvant profèssional qualification{s) or body lif any): ACCA IER Oct 2018
Address: 16 Lincoln Gardens Twyford Berkshire RG10 9HU. Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highli9hl material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Givè here brief details of any Items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018