Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1 January 2025 31 December 2025 From To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 293559
Happy Hours Pre School
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 (if any) |
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| Elizabeth May | Treasurer | |||
| Frank Collins | Trustee | |||
| Elisabeth Croft | Trustee | |||
| KateyMattey | Trustee | |||
| Daria Timoshicheva | Trustee | From 09/09/25 | ||
| Phillippa Middleton | Chair | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
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(eg. trust deed, constitution)
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How the charity is constituted
Constitution 2011
Charitable Trust
- (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 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
Provision of educational services to children from the ages of 2.5 to 4. Summary of the main achievements of the charity 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)
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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 20/01/2026
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HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
| 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 administrative expenses Fundraising Legal and professional costs Other finance charges Other expenses Sub total A3 Asset and investment purchases etc. Furniture, Fictures and Fittings Total payments Net of receipts/(net of payments) |
Unrestricted £ 136,042 1,644 1,070 25 1,096 - 139,877 - 139,877 124,771 13,781 5,585 - 420 95 267 144,919 - - 144,919 (5,042) |
Restricted £ - - - - - - |
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| - - |
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| - | ||
| - - |
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| - | ||
| - |
A5 Transfers between funds - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 248,873 Cash funds this year end 243,831
CHECK
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| £ - - - - - - - Funds Endowment |
2025 Total £ 136,042 1,644 1,070 25 1,096 - 139,877 - 139,877 124,771 13,781 5,585 - 420 95 267 144,919 - - 144,919 (5,042) |
2024 Total £ 128,188 - 900 1,391 - 6 |
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| 130,485 - |
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| 130,485 | ||
| 115,674 6,214 5,729 - - 108 275 |
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| 128,000 - - |
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| 128,000 | ||
| 2,485 |
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-
| - | 248,873 243,831 |
246,387 |
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| 241,345 | ||
| (0.00) |
HAPPY HOURS PRE-SCHOOL - REGISTERED CHARITY 293559
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
as at 31 March 2025
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Unrestricted Restricted
£ £
B1 Cash Funds
Bank - No 1 - -
Bank - No 2 -
Bank - No 3 243,831
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243,831
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B2 Other monetary assets HMRC overpayments Debtors Funds to which asset belongs Cost 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
Happy Hours Pre-School operates under a model constitution recommended by the Pre-School Learning Alli Twyford & District. The committee considers a Receipts and Payments account to be the appropriate form of 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 thei
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Funds
Endowment 2024
£ £
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248,873
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248,873
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Funds to which
Current value asset belongs
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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 |
2025 £ 136,042 1,644 1,070 25 1,096 |
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| 139,877 | |
| 139,877 | |
| 121,829 2,942 |
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| 124,771 | |
| 6,983 1,264 4,598 936 |
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| 13,781 | |
| 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 Total PnL |
1,768 |
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| 2,326 83 833 575 |
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| 5,585 | |
| 420 | |
| 420 | |
| 95 | |
| 169 97 |
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| 267 | |
| (5,042) |
2024 £
128,188 - 900 1,391 - 130,479
6 6 130,485
115,674 -
115,674
1,879 983 2,631 721
6,214
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1,682 2,467 192 48 689 650
5,729
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108 - - - 275 275
CHARITY COMMISSION I Independent examiner's report on the FOR EN(JLANO ANO WALES accounts . Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•rfs R•port Report to th• truste• member3 of Happy Hour3 Pre-school On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no , 293559 (if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 31 March 2025 Responsibilities and basls of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carned out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and In carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confim 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 matenal respect. the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Charrties Act, or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records, or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi 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 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 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 8ppIy. Signed: Date: 1310112026 Name: Gisela Sharpe FCCA Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA IER Oct 2018
Address: 16 Llncoln Gardens Twyford Berk8hire RG10 9HU S•cllon B -,.1, Dl•clo•ur• Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examinalion of charity accounts direclions and guidance for examiners) Glve here brief detalls of any Items that the examlner wlshes to dlsclose IER Oct 2018