## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1 April 2021 **To** 31 March 2022 ## **Charity name: Brookside Pre-School** ## **Charity registration number: 299709** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To enhance the development and
education of the children, primarily under
statutory school age, by encouraging
parents to understand and provide for the
needs of their children through community
groups.| |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|We provide good quality childcare and
facilities for the local community, as well as
providing and After School Club and an
out-of-term Holiday club, thus offering
valued and extensive care that is available
for all children for 2 to 11 years of age| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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 offer both funded and non-
funded places for preschool children from
the age of 2 as well as non-funded after
school club. We continue to receive
disadvantage funding which we put to good
use In the learning environment, activities
and experiences we offer the children in
our care.
The preschool has undergone a
refurbishment (covid grant), and had local
company called the forestry who funded a
project for our pre-school garden.
We have been lucky to be able to take part
in a local charities project. We have had
different fundraising events to secure the
money to be able to take part in this event.
We have seen a stable period of staffing
with a loyal well established team
continuing to support the children.| ## **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|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our policy is to try to maintain a balance of
£20,000 in our reserve account for
contingencies and risk factors. At the year
end we had this reserve in place.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20,000 held in unrestricted reserves.| |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|N/A| ## **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|
Our main source of funds is through
government funded children, this makes up
the majority of the money that comes in,
then after this is unfunded sessions for pre-
schoolers and unfunded out of school care.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Committee| |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|By Committee| ## **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|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Brookside Pre-School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|299709| |Charity’s principal address|Gusford School Grounds
Sheldrake Drive
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Shane O’Halloran|Chairperson||Brookside Trustees &
Committee Members| ||Janine Gray|Treasurer|From December 2022 to
present|Brookside Trustees &
Committee Members| ||Bronwen Curtis|Secretary||Brookside Trustees &
Committee Members| ||Danielle Cracknell|Committee member|From December 2022|| ||HayleyWilden|Committee member|From December 2022|| ||Laura Street|Committee member||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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** Digitally Signed: Bronwen Curtis **Signature(s)** Digitally Signed: Shane O’Halloran Miss Bronwen Curtis **Full name(s)** Mr Shane Peter O’Halloran **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 24/01/2023 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER.. 2937ce Flnandal Passmore Week5 and Rlchardson A Xeinadin ComTriny 2 Beac(M End Counyalll London Road, Sknmway COld￿ster C03 ONU ont e Financial S Pa8e Report of the Th￿tee5 Inde￿denl Examinetrs Rep Stsiemeni of Flnandal Aalvliles Balance Strttt Notes lo ihe Flnanclal Stsiements 6 ￿ 11 The Iwsiees pns(mi iheir re￿n wlth the flnandal sthiemenL% ol the charity for the year en(kd 31 Marth 2022. The InLSiees have adnNed the provisinns of Accouniin8 and Rep)rtin8 by Chariiies: Sialemeni of Reccynmended Praal applicable io charilie5 preparing iheir accounts in accordance wlth Ihe F5nandal RetM)rtin8 Stsndard applicable In the UK and Rcwblic of IrEland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). OBJECTIVESANDACTIVITIES Obl￿1V￿and ￿m5 To enhance the devel(ymeni and educa￿￿ of the chlldren. ￿marIlY under sthiuiory sch￿1 age, by encoura8ln8 paren15 10 understhnd and pn)vlde (or the of their children ihrou8h c(xnrnunliy grour6. S￿•14Cant ￿1vIlle5 We pn)vlde g(xxl qualliy chlldcare and facllllles for ihe I￿al cofflmunliy, as well as provldlnR an Afier Sthool Club and an oul-of-iemi Hollda), club. offerin8 valuel children from the age of 2, as well as non-funded afier ￿h(K)I club. Wc conlinue lo recelve dlsadvantsge fundln8 which we wt to grxjl use in ihe leaThin8 ￿Vir(￿melll. aaivldes and experiences we offer the chlldryn in our care. The presch￿1 has Underg(X￿ a relurbhshment (Covid 8rani), and had a I￿1 compmy called the lore5ry who funded a projea lor our pTrSCh￿l garden. We have Ixyn lucky io be able io lake pan in a l(tal chariiles projeci. We have had differeni fundraislng even(s io secure I1￿ money io be able io tske part In ihls evenL We have seen a sthble wiod of sthffing wlth a loyal. well estab115hed ieam (Thiinuln8 TO suppon the chlldren. FINANCIAL REVIEW Prlnapd lunding sxjr r maln source of fwNIs is through govemmeni funded chlldren. thls makes up the majorlty of the money thai comes In. then afier thi5 Is unfunded Sessi(￿ lor Pre-sch￿le￿ a￿1 unfunded oui of sch￿1 canb. R￿￿pd1cY Our wllc"y 14 10 ty to malnlaln 4 kn19n￿ of £20.IKK) In the reserve I￿rOun1 (Yjiulig￿￿leS an(J rlsk la￿0[5. Ai the year end thls reserve was In place. srRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEM ENT GcNff ning dC￿m￿l The chariiy 15 controlled by its govemlng IkxumenL the PrE-SdK￿I I￿arnIng AlllaKe con51iiuiion, and cor￿lI1U1es an unInCor￿>FaIed charliy. R&YuitM￿I w)d 8pp(xnIm￿I CA n8v trua New uusiees are ap￿)Inie￿ by the mem1X>￿ ol the commlttee of intsiee REFERENCE AND ADM INISTRATIVE DETAILS Chwlly numb Prlndpel ￿ldr 18 All Sainls Road Ipswlch IPI 41 Pa8e I (or LeLEnd.ed.31 Ma Trug S O'Halloran Ms H Waller (￿￿18￿ed 12.12.22) Ms R Fray (resi8nd 12.12.21) Ms L Siroei (ap￿)in(0d 24.3.22) S Bailey (apw)inted 24.3.22) M5 B Cunis (appoinied 24.3.22) Indq?thd￿l Exarnln Mark Passmorc MA {Cantab) FCA Pa&4mnre Weeks and Rlchardson ' A Xeinadin CJ)mpany 2 Beacon End Courtvard London Road. SLinway Colchesler C03 ONU Approved by order of ihe board of trustees on I I Au8￿1 2023 and signed on its behalf by: S O'Halloran - Thisiee Page 2 IndepenfJffliExaminerf&Rewi w the.T￿￿￿eS..oL Indq)￿d￿t eKaninff'srqxYt tOlhetrUS￿(a Br(K*9de Prthc¥ I report io the chariiy trusiee5 un my examlnatl(m of the aLTounts of Br(x)kslde PresdiTh)l (Ihe Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2022. R￿￿￿bIlIt1s￿d b&4sd rwi As Ihe Lhari(y In￿leeS of ihe Tru51 you are reS￿￿1ble foi Ihe prE￿ra11￿m of the aLrounts In acC(￿lanCE widi the uirrments ol the Charities Art 2011 ('the Act,). I rew)n in of my examinailon of ihe Trust's accounLS canled oui under Sellinn 145 of Ihe Art and In carrylng wl my examinaiion I have followed all applicable Direaions 8iven by the Chadiy Comrnlssl<￿ under Sectlon 145(SXb) of Ihe ACL I ndq)￿d￿1 el children from the age of 2, as well as non-funded afier ￿h(K)I club. Wc conlinue lo recelve dlsadvantsge fundln8 which we wt to grxjl use in ihe leaThin8 ￿Vir(￿melll. aaivldes and experiences we offer the chlldryn in our care. The presch￿1 has Underg(X￿ a relurbhshment (Covid 8rani), and had a I￿1 compmy called the lore5ry who funded a projea lor our pTrSCh￿l garden. We have Ixyn lucky io be able io lake pan in a l(tal chariiles projeci. We have had differeni fundraislng even(s io secure I1￿ money io be able io tske part In ihls evenL We have seen a sthble wiod of sthffing wlth a loyal. well estab115hed ieam (Thiinuln8 TO suppon the chlldren. FINANCIAL REVIEW Prlnapd lunding sxjr r maln source of fwNIs is through govemmeni funded chlldren. thls makes up the majorlty of the money thai comes In. then afier thi5 Is unfunded Sessi(￿ lor Pre-sch￿le￿ a￿1 unfunded oui of sch￿1 canb. R￿￿pd1cY Our wllc"y 14 10 ty to malnlaln 4 kn19n￿ of £20.IKK) In the reserve I￿rOun1 (Yjiulig￿￿leS an(J rlsk la￿0[5. Ai the year end thls reserve was In place. srRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEM ENT GcNff ning dC￿m￿l The chariiy 15 controlled by its govemlng IkxumenL the PrE-SdK￿I I￿arnIng AlllaKe con51iiuiion, and cor￿lI1U1es an unInCor￿>FaIed charliy. R&YuitM￿I w)d 8pp(xnIm￿I CA n8v trua New uusiees are ap￿)Inie￿ by the mem1X>￿ ol the commlttee of intsiee REFERENCE AND ADM INISTRATIVE DETAILS Chwlly numb Prlndpel ￿ldr 18 All Sainls Road Ipswlch IPI 41 Pa8e I (or LeLEnd.ed.31 Ma Trug S O'Halloran Ms H Waller (￿￿18￿ed 12.12.22) Ms R Fray (resi8nd 12.12.21) Ms L Siroei (ap￿)in(0d 24.3.22) S Bailey (apw)inted 24.3.22) M5 B Cunis (appoinied 24.3.22) Indq?thd￿l Exarnln Mark Passmorc MA {Cantab) FCA Pa&4mnre Weeks and Rlchardson ' A Xeinadin CJ)mpany 2 Beacon End Courtvard London Road. SLinway Colchesler C03 ONU Approved by order of ihe board of trustees on I I Au8￿1 2023 and signed on its behalf by: S O'Halloran - Thisiee Page 2 IndepenfJffliExaminerf&Rewi w the.T￿￿￿eS..oL Indq)￿d￿t eKaninff'srqxYt tOlhetrUS￿(a Br(K*9de Prthc¥ I report io the chariiy trusiee5 un my examlnatl(m of the aLTounts of Br(x)kslde PresdiTh)l (Ihe Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2022. R￿￿￿bIlIt1s￿d b&4sd rwi As Ihe Lhari(y In￿leeS of ihe Tru51 you are reS￿￿1ble foi Ihe prE￿ra11￿m of the aLrounts In acC(￿lanCE widi the uirrments ol the Charities Art 2011 ('the Act,). I rew)n in of my examinailon of ihe Trust's accounLS canled oui under Sellinn 145 of Ihe Art and In carrylng wl my examinaiion I have followed all applicable Direaions 8iven by the Chadiy Comrnlssl<￿ under Sectlon 145(SXb) of Ihe ACL I ndq)￿d￿1 e