## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **Period start date 6[th] April 2024 To Period end date 5[th] April 2025** ## **Charity name: BACTON UNDER FIVES** ## **Charity registration number: 293638** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To support children’s learning and**
**development by providing high quality**
**care and opportunities to children from**
**3 months to school age and out of**
**school care for children up to the age of**
**12 using the Early Years Foundation**
**Stage Statutory Framework.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Bacton Under Fives offer a complete**
**package of childcare for families within**
**the local community and beyond.**

**Pre school and Daycare 3 years +**

**Toddlers 2 years – 3 years**

**Babies up to the age of 2**

**Wrap around care for school**
**children before and after school**

**Holiday club for all ages up to 12**
**We open 51 weeks of the years approx.,**
**closing for bank holidays and Christmas**
**shut down.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees meet 4 times a year**
**minimum and have a good**
**understanding of Charity law. The AGM**
**will be at the end of March. We currently**
**have 4 trustees in Office.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **No current policy** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **No current policy** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our volunteers are parents on the**
**trustee committee and parental support.**
**We do accept students who volunteer**
**for work experience.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|*** We continue to provide an accessible**
**service to families with children which**
**allow them to work.**
*** Provide a service to vulnerable**
**families within the area**
*** Provide families and children with a**
**high quality childcare facility**
*** Offer wraparound care to school age**
**children offering parents more flexibility**
**with their own commitments**
*** Pride ourselves on meeting the needs**
**of the local community**
*** Flexible sessions**
*** We have been part of Bacton**
**community, and surrounding villages,**
**over 40 years.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We are able to generate some additional**
**fundraising from:**
**Bacton Charities donation**
**Photography sales donation**
**Summer and Christmas raffle**
**Christmas carol ticket donations**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have seen a benefit as a result of the**
**government rolling out their subsidised**
**childcare to 9 months plus.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We try to keep a minimal reserves for**
**unexpected building costs that may**
**occur during Autumn term where our**
**income drops due to lower attendance,**
**and also in case of redundancy. We**
**have used fundraising to pay for fencing**
**work that we desperately needed for the**
**safety and security of the children.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Can fluctuate during the year**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Government Funding is taken up by the**
**majority of children on role however the**
**‘funding’ is not a true reflection of what**
**it costs us to actually provide it. NML &**
**LW wage increases as does utilities.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Primarily Government funding is our**
**main source of income for children**
**9months plus. Parents pay fees for any**
**hours used above their entitlement.**
**We use fundraising to financially**
**account for new resources and put back**
**into the setting for families to benefit**
**from it.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**If rising costs continue to increase and**
**the Government funding we receive**
**does not reflect that, there is a risk that**
**we could deplete our reserves. The**
**building will need some money put**
**aside to keep it in good repair.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**2011 Early Years Alliance Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Voluntary Charity with constitution**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustee’s annual general meeting**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Member of Early Years Alliance**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bacton Under Fives| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|293638| |Charity’s principal address|The Playcentre
Tailors Green
Bacton
Suffolk
IP14 4LL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Hollie Ivanovich|Chair person,
nominated person
with Ofsted||| ||Charlotte Kerridge|Secretary||| ||Emma Brown|Treasurer||| ||EmilyPateman|Fundraiser||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Hollie Ivanovich **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 28.01.26 BAcfoN UNDER FIVES CHARITY NQ.. 29363B BALANCE5HEEfASAT 31ST MARCH 2025 CURRENT ASSETS 2025 2024 Pre-school Bu1￿￿￿8 215,325 217,311 Pre-khool Equlpment 2a6 Other Equipment 1,173 1,466 Dep05ltAcCL￿Trl 41,911 I4￿68 t￿r￿ntACCoUnt 28￿45 15,262 Ca5kn In Hand 89 752 286,732 249.896 LESSCURRENT LIABIUTIES Creditors & Accruals 4(XJ 400 400 186,Jaz Z49.496 Financed bv.. cunvjkted Fund 249,4 269,997 SurplusllDefkltl 36.836 -20,501 Total Funds 286.aaz Z49A96 i ¢ertWythatthese statements representa truesummaryof the flnandal iransactlonsof Bacton Under F￿e5 for theyear endin8 31st M3rch 2025 frornthe Informal￿n pre5enled to rnE. 5tÈphen Cardy A.C. .IL IL41 Date CTON UNDER FIVES CHARITY NO: 293638 REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 INCOME 2025 2024 Fundlng 252.633 121,612 Fees 157,909 196,432 Fundraising 3.872 820 Inte￿$t Earned 752 415,166 250 319,114 LES5 EXPENSES Wages Milk, Food. Drinklng Water & Cleaning Trainlng Activities & ResouTce5 Equipment Fundraising Rèpairs & Renewals 318,373 18,494 514 2,728 2,364 285,754 16,356 316 4,144 2,59S 127 2,298 6,219 13,069 3,309 139 30 400 4,861 3,032 9,604 14,162 3,721 17 232 400 4,687 Admlnlstration In5uiance Sub5crlptions Miscellaneous Accountancv Depreclation 378.329 339,616 SURPLUSIIDEFICITI 36,636.47 120,5011 Independent Examlners Report to the Trustee5 01 Bacton Under FIv¢5- reglstered charlty no. Z93638 Report on the accounts of the rharityforthe year ended 31st March 2025 as set out ￿ the attached pages. Respective reswsibllities of the trustees and examlner. As the charity's trusteesyou are re5pon5ible for thÈ preparation of the accounts,. you consider that the audit requirement of section 43121 of thè Chtrlties Act 1993 (the Actl does not apply. It 15 my re5ponsibilitv to state, on the basis ol procedures specified in the Gener31 Oirectlons 8iven by the CharityCommis5ioner5 under 5ectlon 43171 Ibl of theAct, whether particular matters have come to my ettentian. Basls of Independent oxamlner'$ report. My examination w35 carried out In accordance with the General Direction5 given bythe Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accountinE recor(Is kept by the ChaTlty and a tomptrison of the accounts pr2sented with those records. It 8150 includes coDsider4tion of Hny vnusual itÈms Dr d15closures in the accounts, nd seeking explènatlons from you as trustee5 concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provlde èll the evldence that would be required in an audit and tonseguently I do not eKpress an audit opinl¢n on the vlew8iven by the accounts. Independent examiner'5 statement. In connÈctlon wlth my examination, no matter ha5 c(me to myattentlon.. which give5 me reo50n8ble causeto believe thèt in any material aspect the requlrements to keep accountlng records In accordance wlth section 41 of the Act.. and to p￿pare accounts In accord wlth the accountlng recoidsand to complv￿ththe accountlng requlrements of the Act have not been met,. or to which, in my D￿n￿On, attention should bÈ drawn In order to enable a proper understsnding ofthe accounts to be reached. Z34,12 StèphÈ CardyA.C.C.A. IL41 Date