**Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period** Period Start Date Period End Date **From:** Day Month Year **To:** Day Month Year 01 09 2024 31 08 2025 ## **Reference and administration details** **Charity Name** Collingham & District Preschool **Registered Charity Number (if any)** 517443 **Charity’s Principal Address** Wesley Rooms High Street Collingham NG23 7NG |**Postcode**||NG23 7NG| |---|---|---| |**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||| |**Trustee Name**
Office (if any)
Dates acted if not for
whole year
Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (if any)
1
**Emma Davis**
Resigned - 18.07.25
2
**Russell Jones**
3
**Catherine Winter**
Chair
4
**Joanne Linton**
Resigned - 05.11.24
5
**Harriet Boyd**
6
**Siobhan Chesher**
Appointed - 05.11.24
7
**Sharnie Rae**
**Muller**
Secretary
Appointed - 22.11.24
8
**Elizabeth**
**Almack-Boulton**
Appointed - 22.11.24
~~7~~||| |**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 advisors (Optional Information)**
**Type of advisor**
**Name**
**Address**
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~~—_—<<$<~~||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional Information)** Preschool Manager – Abbie Campbell 1 **Trustees** **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** |Type of governing document
(e.g. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution adopted 30 September 1981 and last amended 10
November 2021
How is the charity constituted
(e.g. trust, association, company)
Unincorporated Charity
Trustee selection methods
(e.g. appointed by, elected by)
Trustees are appointed by the committee at a meeting
All trustees are reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting in
October
**Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
Policies and procedures adopted for
the induction and training of
trustees
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works
Relationship with any related
parties
Trustees’ consideration of major
risks and the system and
procedures to manage them
There is a child protection policy in place. Disclosure and Barring
Service checks are carried out prior to commencement of employment or
trusteeship and checks are carried out again in line with statutory
requirements
The Preschool has formed close links with John Blow Primary school
which is the feeder school in the village of Collingham and the wider
district.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or
other benefits|Constitution adopted 30 September 1981 and last amended 10
November 2021| |---|---| ||Unincorporated Charity| ||Trustees are appointed by the committee at a meeting
All trustees are reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting in
October| ||
There is a child protection policy in place. Disclosure and Barring
Service checks are carried out prior to commencement of employment or
trusteeship and checks are carried out again in line with statutory
requirements
The Preschool has formed close links with John Blow Primary school
which is the feeder school in the village of Collingham and the wider
district.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or
other benefits| |**Objectives and activities**|| |Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
To advance the education of children below compulsory age by
(a) providing safe and satisfying group play
(b) encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may
help the children.
(c)furtheringthe aims of thepre-school
Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public benefit in
relation to these objects
Collingham and District Preschool offers a dynamic and family friendly
learning environment in the heart of our community.
Staff work closely with parents and families to provide a curriculum
tailored to each child’s needs.
Children are offered an experience rich education, making the most of
the many learning opportunities available to us through the people and
facilities in our local area.
Staff plan for their key children, taking into account their interests and
preferred play choices, but also introducing new cultural and diverse
activities to teach children about the world beyond their experience.
We work closely with our local Primary school, John Blow School, to
ensure that children are prepared and ‘school ready’ and that they have
a smooth transition into full time education.
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional Information)**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
Policy on grant making
Policy programme related
investment
Contribution made by volunteers|To advance the education of children below compulsory age by
(a) providing safe and satisfying group play
(b) encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may
help the children.
(c)furtheringthe aims of thepre-school| ||Collingham and District Preschool offers a dynamic and family friendly
learning environment in the heart of our community.
Staff work closely with parents and families to provide a curriculum
tailored to each child’s needs.
Children are offered an experience rich education, making the most of
the many learning opportunities available to us through the people and
facilities in our local area.
Staff plan for their key children, taking into account their interests and
preferred play choices, but also introducing new cultural and diverse
activities to teach children about the world beyond their experience.
We work closely with our local Primary school, John Blow School, to
ensure that children are prepared and ‘school ready’ and that they have
a smooth transition into full time education.| ||| 2 **Trustees** **Achievements and performance** |Summary of the main achievements
of the charity during the year|
To advance the education of children below compulsory age by
(a) providing safe and satisfying group play
(b) encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may
help the children.
(c)furtheringthe aims of thepre-school| |---|---| |**Financial review**|| |Brief statement of the charity’s
policy on reserves|The main financial risk to the charity is the loss of funding from the
Council and reduced donations/fundraising.
The funds held cover 2 academic terms of operational costs in the event
of a loss of income and to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may
occur| |Details of any funds materially in
deficit|Not applicable| |**Further financial review details: (Optional Information)**| |---| |You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
The charity’s principal sources of
funds (including any fundraising)
How expenditure has supported the
key objectives of the charity
Investment policy and objectives
including any ethical investment
policy adopted
The main source of funds is from nursery grants from the local education
authority and from fees paid by parents, this is used to source the core
provision (staff costs, insurance etc).
Donations and fundraising are used to supplement the core provision| |**Other optional information**| |Future Plans| |The committee is working with John Blow Primary School on a proposal to co-locate. This will benefit| |parents with a single point of drop off/collection for children as well as enabling shared delivery of| |afterschool club and holiday clubs| |**Declaration**| **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |Signature (s)|C Winter|S Muller| |---|---|---| |Full Name (s)|Catherine Winter|Sharnie Rae Muller| |Position (e.g. Secretary, chair, etc)|Chair|Trustee| |Date|06 November 2025|06 November 2025| 3 **Trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Collingham and District Preschool|517443| |Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a| |For the period|Period start date|Period end date| |To| |=|from|01/09/2024|31/08/2025| |Section A Receipts and payments| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Total funds|Last year| |funds|funds|funds| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £| |A1 Receipts| |NURSERY GRANTS INC PUPIL| |157,899|-|-|157,899|105,355| |PREMIUM/DAF/INCLUSION FUNDING| |FEES FROM PARENTS|39,659|-|-|39,659|37,891| |FUNDRAISING / DONATIONS|6,370|-|-|6,370|4,672| |INTEREST|3,545|-|-|3,545|1,735| |OTHER|275|-|-|275|500| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|(Gross income for| |207,748|-|-|207,748|150,153| |AR)| |a|A2 Asset and investment sales,|aaae| |(see table).| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|-|-|-|-|-| |————|Total receipts|207,748|-|-|——|207,748|—|150,153| |A3 Payments| |PREMISES RENT|15,645|-|-|15,645|11,232| |SALARIES / ERS NI / ERS PENSION /| |AGENCY STAFF / EE BENEFITS|142,780|-|-|142,780|120,499| |INSURANCE|1,820|-|-|1,820|836| |CONSUMABLES / REPAIRS / CLEANING| |833|-|-|833|1,256| |STATIONERY / ADMIN / TRAINING|473|-|-|473|4,978| |ACCOUNTANCY / WEBSITE|4,402|-|-|4,402|3,368| |FOOD|2,573|-|-|2,573|-| |TRIPS / OTHER|3,452|-|-|3,452|3,934| |RELOCATION PROJECT|4,132|-|-|4,132|-| |Sub total|176,111|-|-|176,111|146,103| |ane| |A4 Asset and investment| |purchases, (see table)| |RESOURCES / EQUIPMENT /| |3,238| |BOOKS|6,707|-|-|6,707| |-|-|-|-| |Sub total|6,707|-|-|6,707|3,238| |—=====|Total payments|182,817|-|-|182,817|149,341| |Net of receipts/(payments)|24,930|-|- 24,930|812| |A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|76,265|- -|76,265|75,453| |Cash funds this year end|101,195|-|- 101,195|76,265| |SS|eS| **----- End of picture text -----**
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|S Muller
Signature
C Winter
HMRC - PAYE / NI
NEST - PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**16,903**
**-**
**84,291**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**101,195**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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**-**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
UNRESTRICTIED
FUND
**-**
UNRESTRICTIED
FUND
**-**
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Print Name
CATHERINE WINTER
SHARNIE RAE MULLER|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**funds**
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**When due (optional)**
**19-Sep-25**
**05-Sep-25**
Date of approval
**06-Nov-25**
**06-Nov-25**| **Independent examiner's** FOR ENGLAND AND WALES **report on the accounts** CHARITYe ~~000~~ **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ~~ee~~ **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name COLLINGHAM AND DISTRICT PRESCHOOL **members of On accounts for the year** 31[ST] AUGUST 2025 **Charity no** 517443 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 AUGUST 2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with 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 apply._ **Signed:** Guy Wilcox **Date:** 27/10/2025 ~~a~~ **Name:** GUY WILCOX ~~TY~~ **Relevant professional** CIMA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 54, Station Road Collingham, Newark Notts, Ng23 7RA 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **IER**