Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 31 January 2024 31 January 2025 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 | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Suzi Chandler | Secretary | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Elizabeth May | Treasurer | |||
| Suzie Shaw | Trustee | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Lauren Abraham | Trustee | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Frank Collins | Trustee | |||
| Jatinder Dhanoa | Trustee | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Elisabeth Croft | Trustee | To 01/07/24 | ||
| KateyMattey | Trustee | To 01/07/24 | ||
| Katharine Pugh | Chair | From 02/07/24 | ||
| Phillippa Middleton | Vice Chair / Secretary |
From 02/07/24 | ||
| PollyChandler | Trustee | From 02/07/24 | ||
| Zoe Correa | Trustee | From 02/07/24 | ||
| Katie Thatcher | Trustee | From 02/07/24 | ||
| CarlyChappell | Trustee | From 02/07/24 | ||
| Lorraine Griffin | Trustee | From 02/07/24 | ||
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)
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
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
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 aged 2.5 years up to school to prepare them for life’s journey in a safe, caring, inclusive environment.
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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) E May Full name(s) Mrs Elizabeth R May Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 29/01/2025
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HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
as at 31 March 2024
| B1 Cash Funds Bank - No 1 Bank - No 2 Bank - No 3 B2 Other monetary assets HMRC overpayments Debtors B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for charity's own use Premises Furniture, fixtures and fittings |
Unrestricted £ - 248,873 248,873 Funds to which asset belongs |
Restricted £ - - - Cost - |
Funds Endowment £ - Current value - |
2023 £ - - 246,387 |
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| 246,387 | ||||
| - Funds to which asset belongs |
B5 Liabilities
Trade creditors Employee wages Employee expenses Deferred revenue Total liabilities
Happy Hours Pre-School operates under a model constitution recommended by the Pre-School Learning Alliance to provide preschool facilites in Twyford & District. The committee considers a Receipts and Payments account to be the appropriate form of report and the accounts should be 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 their preparation
Elizabeth May – Treasurer and Trustee
HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
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| A1 Receipts Fees Special Needs funding Donations Fundraising Bank Interest Sundry Sub total A2 Asset and investment sales etc Total receipts A3 Payments Employee Costs Premises Costs General administrativ e expenses Fundraising Legal and professional costs Other finance charges Other expenses |
Unrestricted £ 128,188 - 900 1,391 - 6 130,485 - 130,485 115,674 6,214 5,729 - - 108 275 |
Restricted £ - - - - - - - - - |
Funds Endowment £ - - - |
2024 Total £ 128,188 - 900 1,391 - 6 130,485 - 130,485 115,674 6,214 5,729 - - 108 275 |
2023 Total £ 140,977 - - 1,970 - 1,000 |
| 143,947 - |
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| 143,947 | |||||
| 104,620 2,732 7,348 - 670 180 205 |
| Sub total A3 Asset and investment purchases etc. Furniture, Fictures and Fittings Total payments Net of receipts/(net of payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
128,000 - - 128,000 2,485 - 246,387 248,873 |
- - - - - - |
- - - - - - |
128,000 - - 128,000 2,485 - 246,387 248,873 |
115,757 - - |
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| 115,757 | |||||
| **28,191 ** | |||||
| - 218,196 |
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| 246,387 |
HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
| 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 |
2024 £ 128,188 - 900 1,391 - 130,479 - - - 6 6 130,485 115,674 - 115,674 1,879 |
2023 £ 140,977 - - 1,970 - |
|---|---|---|
| 142,947 | ||
| - - - 1,000 |
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| 1,000 | ||
| 143,947 | ||
| 104,548 72 |
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| 104,620 | ||
| Rates Maintenance and repairs Supplies Asset Purchases Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings 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 |
983 2,631 721 6,214 - - 1,682 2,467 192 48 689 650 5,729 - - - - |
810 1,776 146 - |
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| **2,732 ** | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| 4,082 | ||
| - | ||
| 97 | ||
| 670 | ||
| 2,500 | ||
| 7,348 | ||
| - | ||
| 620 50 |
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| 670 |
| Other finance payments Bank Charges Other payments Sundry Milk Groceries Outings |
108 - - - 275 275 |
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| 180 | ||
| 205 - - - |
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| 205 |
CIIARITY COMMISSION I OK LN(JLAND AND WALIS Indepondent oxaminer's report on tho accounts S•¢tlon A Ind•p•nd•ht Examln•r'• R•port Report to tho trusteesl nienibers of Happy Hours Pre-scliool On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no (if 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 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts 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)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my 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 accordan with section 130 of the 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 OLrt 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 concerns 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 2310112024 Name: Gisela Sharpe FCCA Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA IER Oct 2018
Address: 16 Lincoln Gardens Twyford Berkshire RG10 9HU. onB Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). e here brief details of items that the aminer wishes to close. IER Oct 2018