Charities Commission - Trustee's Re ort TURVEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP- 295055 The Reodlng Room. High Street. TuThey. Bedfordshire. MK43 8DB Trustees.. MudeleineAnderton. lsobelle Corns, Jodie Finch. Managed by volunteer committee, with crucial input from Preschool Leader and staff. to maintain the key objective tsf providing Early Years Education and wrap around care to the village to the highest stsndard. Trustees agreed by committee. Year endin ust 2024 The academic year September 2023 August 2024 saw a consistent staffing team within Turvey Pre School. Jodie and Rachel are well established in their leadership roles. The number of children in session has remained consistent, as has the before and after school club. Having joined the team last year Natalie completed her level 3 qualification. and has her level 4 qualification well underway. Continued staff training remains important to the staff team, this takes place on Monday afternoons. The Pre-school committee also remained similar, Clare Harris stepped down now her children have left Pre-school and Antonin and Emily Abauzi joined the committee. along with Aaron. It was discussed that no new committee member5 will contribute to decision making or work with children until DBS and EY2 forms are completed. Fundraising was consistently successful. again the Toddle Waddle saw very generous donations from families and was our highest earner. This money was put towards a bathroom refurbishment, which included new toilets, flooring, damp proofing and pipework. The flooring continues out to the corridor and a new back door was purchased and installed. This not only provides a modern environment for Pre-school, but also assists in energy efficiency and ensuring competitive building insurance quotes. as the back door is more secure than previously. We also used the experhse of Anna for annual photographs, a percentage of proceeds donated to Pre-school,. and continued with our annual easter egg trail. The Pre-school nativity was as successful as ever and consisted of a raffle and sale of tea, coffee and mince pies. The proceeds of these fundraising initiatives have also gone towards new resources for Pre-school such as a water table. A generous donation of £IOOO made by the Community Cafe (another village charity) also allowed for a purchase of a wooden 'shop' which serves as an excellent imaginative corner within Pre-school. We are continuing to explore the possibility of obtaining grants to assist in the expense of upcoming large maintenance costs. The coming academic year will see hard earned fundraising efforts put to use with the scheduled work of the roof and building repairs. There was as 15 now normal an annual fees review. After an in-depth discussion it was confirmed that we will increase our hourly rate for BASC to £5.60. This will the cover our outgoings that have been worked out to be £5.54 per hour. For the first time in a while we have agreed to have different rates for 3-4yr-olds and for 2yr-olds. With the introduction of 15hr funding for 2yr-olds from April '24 the funding rate given for 2yr-olds increased to much closer to the calculated cost of providing the service than for previous years. eligibility for this funding also broadened. There was an increase to fees for 2yr-olds put in place for April. This reflected the simple increase in provision costs for those not receiving funding. Pre-school pride themselves on keeping ratios at 1=4. Offering 2 year-olds a positive and more personal settling in process, allowing them time to settle and grow in confidence. For once funding rates for 3-4yr-olds increased in line with the minimum wage. Therefore we were able to hold these fees as they were.
There is much discussion on how the new government funding of childcare may impact the coming academic year. Anna and Isabelle have been working on forecasting for the Pre-school, it proves difficult with unknown numbers and funding changes. There was also a one off supplementary grant introduced by the government which covered September 23 to March 24 to top up funding. this was included as part of the normal funding received with no breakdown provided on the extra benefit. We continue to have strong links with our local school, Turvey Primary School, for whom we have continued to run the before and after school club successfully. The walking bus, and summer park visits work very well. Before and after school club numbers from both the Pre-school children and Primary school children remain sound. Children enjoyed a visit from the Primary school ahead of their school enrolment induction. Pre-school numbers remain stable. and on linishing the year many sessions are close to being full. A number of children will be leaving for Primary school at the end of the summer term, however numbers continue to look to be stable for September. with new enquiries from families being dealt with for the autumn term. This year also saw a new initiative of 'stay and play, at the Pre-school a termly open door morning session for prospective parents. Further advertisement and presence within the community occurred with posts on social media, attendance at community events and articles within local press. Lastly, the successful academic year finished off nicely with a new Pre-school community event, Sunday 13, July 2024 saw families and the wider community gather down at the recreation area in Turvey and enjoy a BBQ, socialising, fun and games. The event was also a fundraising event with sale of alcohol, soft drinks. bbq items and a snack shop. The event was well received and also served as a way for families to socialise together at the end of the year. Madeleine Anderton, Chair of Turvey Pre-school Committee.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A IrFdependent Examiner'5 Report Report to the trusteesl members of l L)favrX QCC Sci400 L PLAY6Rou F On accounts for the year 31 /i),S I 2 OF Ci IQ) li)21+ Charlty no (if any) 2q505> Sot out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the acc(xints of above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year erKl&J Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are reskN)nsible for the preparation basls of report of the aCcnts in acCtsnce WFth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acr). I retx)rt in spect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act arKI in caryiro out my examination, I have foEloWl the applicabEe Directions given by the Charity Commisson under seclion 14515)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respecL" accwnb"rKJ records were not kept in accordance with Secti 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accountirvJ records Independent examlnerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not ap. Slgned.. Date: Name: ALI4Ki SklOULER Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (rf any): fERB IN'SI IruTtr OF MXNJlx&EMEkJ I CCouufÈthS I S SFINK4trV CORNE Address: 8bL Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to hKjh1ht matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018
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I CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Charity Name TuNey Preschool Playgroup No lif any) 295055 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from Pericxj start date Period end date To 0110912023 3010812024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Totsl funds Last year toll rtearest to the nearest £ tts the nearest £ 10 th8 IreSt £ to the nearest £ A1 Reeelpts Preschwl Fees PsCh(K)I Sessions Before & After Schovjl Club Income Fees Bank Inte$t Rived Uniform Sa5es Fundraising1ncome- EvenisPromotionslDonationslGrants BB Counol Pre5chwl Funding 19,842 656 33,979 958 19,842 656 33.979 958 20,694 1,976 25.349 276 92 4.117 4,117 3.596 $9,125 59.125 tota ross Jncome or AR) 118,754 118,754 fOO,466 set and investment sales. (see table). 118,754 A3Pa ments Salaries 8 Pen51 Stsff Unifoms & Childrens uniform Bro8db8nd. Phone & Web Fundraising Expenses Training & Development Office Supplie5. MisGellarKy)us & Acbvites. SofbNare Insurance & Professional Fees Repairs & Mainten8nce Utyles 89,594 86,331 626 1,133 397 303 1.254 662 662 4.726 2,824 3,580 1,676 104,722 4,726 2,824 3,580 1,676 104,722 4,292 3,363 2,684 1.784 100,914 Sub total A4 Asset and Investment urchases see table Kltchen Asset 492 492 Sub total 492 492 105.214 105,214 100,914 Net of receipts/(payments) AS Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 13,$40 13,540 448 92,103 92,103 448 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 1310312025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest£ Restrfcted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to neaiest £ atooories Dotails 81 Cash funds C85h and Fkn 17.872 Gd Fundraisirrtj Acxwnt 1B,787 Total cash funds 92.103 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearesi £ Detalls to areSt £ to nearest £ Fund to which asset belo value tion31 Cost loptiovall 492 B3 Investment assets WashitYJ Ma1} purch aThY Irtstall Fund to tlthlch asset belon Curr•nt Val tional Cost loptionall B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund to which relat85 Amount du tÈonal Whon due ional B5 Liabilities Signed by one 01 iwo Itustees ork behalf of all the trustees Signatute Print Name Date of approval 2610612025 I CORNS I CORNS CCXX R2 8cwunts ISSI 1310312025