## **Belgrave Pre-School – Trustees’ Annual Report** ## **For the year ended 2024-2025** ## **1. Introduction from the Chair of Trustees** This year has been one of growth, learning, and community connection. Despite challenges, our preschool has continued to provide a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children aged 2-4 years. We are proud of our dedicated staff, supportive families, and the generosity of our community. ## **2. Objectives and Activities** Our charitable purpose is to advance early years education by: - Providing high-quality preschool education in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). - Supporting children’s social, emotional, and physical development. - Offering affordable childcare to local families, regardless of background. Key activities this year included: - Daily preschool sessions for 50 children. - Special themed learning weeks (e.g., Healthy Eating, Cultural Celebrations, wildlife week). - Christmas, Easter and Halloween parties for the children - Parent Mornings including Easter and Valentines breakfast. ## **3. Achievements and Performance** - **Enrolment** : Increased from 38 to 50 children. ## **4. Financial Review** - **Income** : £159,995 from fees, grants, and fundraising. - **Expenditure** : £136,732 on staffing, resources, and rent. - **Reserves** : £23,262 carried forward to ensure sustainability. We remain financially stable, with prudent budgeting and a focus on reinvesting in resources for children. ## **5. Plans for the Coming Year** - Expand outdoor learning provision with a shelter for all year play - Invest in new books - Increase staff training in special educational needs (SEN). - Christmas bauble fundraiser ## **6. Structure, Governance, and Management** Belgrave Pre-School is a registered charity (Charity No 702183) governed by a board of volunteer trustees. We comply with the Charity Commission’s guidance and meet regularly to oversee operations and strategy. ## **7. Acknowledgements** We thank our staff, volunteers, parents, and local supporters for their dedication and generosity. Your contributions make a real difference in the lives of our children. ## **Belgrave Pre-school Monthly Totals Sep-24 to Aug-25** ## **VAT:** Included |**Class**|**Sep-24**|**Oct-24**|**Nov-24**|**Dec-24**|**Jan-25**|**Feb-25**|**Mar-25**|**Apr-25**|**May-25**|**Jun-25**|**Jul-25**|**Aug-25**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Start Balance**|**97,515.73**|**94,406.73**|**82,767.13**|**92,929.68**|**80,392.18**|**97,341.48**|**89,411.43**|**97,237.84**|**92,389.07**|**101,418.28**|**26,391.65**|**19,635.69**|**97,515.73**| |BC Bank Charges|||||||||||
17.50-|
22.68-|
40.18-| |
RC Recruitment||||||69.10-|||||||69.10-| |SN Snack||19.30-|10.39-|7.44-|16.07-|11.91-|22.21-|24.50-|6.60-|17.89-||15.96-|152.27-| |RW Reward|||||||52.90-||||218.75-||271.65-| |SU Supplies|40.00-|7.59-|16.69-|5.99-|278.16-|29.85-|3.85-|71.18-|37.35-|8.59-||51.89-|551.14-| |
OS Other Services|401.39-|72.30-|530.65|18.50||1.00-|128.22-|243.18-|||18.00-||314.94-| |AC Accoutant Fees||||||||||60.00-|||60.00-| |OU Outing|||||||||||81.50-||81.50-| |
SF CWAC Send funding|||||||||||||| |
PA Party||90.00-||||||90.00-|||||180.00-| |
DO Donation|||||||||||||| |MI Cool Milk|||||||||||||| |GO Gompels - Supplies||106.89-|72.56-||224.76-||191.46-||62.21-|||27.68-|685.56-| |
DB DBS Subscription||8.59-|13.00-||8.59-||16.00-||65.29-||||111.47-| |
X Adjustment|||||||||||||| |
AD Advertising / Signage|||||||||||||| |
ST Stationery|24.53-||39.77-||6.95-|||||39.87-|13.16-|14.97-|139.25-| |
IN PSLA Insurance||||||||1,173.35-|||||1,173.35-| |MP Mobile Phone|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|7.50-|90.00-| |GA Garden||||||8.86-|20.49-||||||29.35-| |FF Flintshire Funding|405.00|520.00|405.00|397.50|135.00|960.00|620.00||353.40|984.30||566.10|5,346.30| |
FR Fund Raising|8.00-|10.00|113.00|20.00||35.65||||5.00|547.87||
723.52| |
F Fees|3,966.25|1,860.75|6,052.75||4,324.85|2,549.25|3,703.97|721.00|1,717.75|4,290.84|341.25||29,528.66| |x0 Transfer||||||||||
70,000.00-|||
70,000.00-| |U Uniform|127.45|772.80-||497.16-||||||255.61-|||1,398.12-| |MS Multi Skills|85.75|116.00-|54.00-|67.25-||153.00-|63.50-|19.36|46.25-|98.75|225.00-||521.14-| |CF CWAC Funding|||12,441.66||25,076.10||12,151.50|8,689.86|17,379.72||8,082.96|21,257.47|105,079.27| |
EX Expenses|103.21-|440.76-|
131.25-|83.35-|
67.08-||
263.18-||
236.38-||
208.45-||
1,533.66-| |
WA Wages|5,404.98-|8,247.14-|8,097.04-|9,442.62-|8,714.64-|8,861.37-|6,534.56-|9,371.61-|7,793.00-|7,709.47-|11,097.82-|8,800.22-|100,074.47-| |
NE Nest Pension|340.71-|557.36-|508.65-|611.29-|551.29-|526.06-|404.54-|642.61-|612.53-|606.41-|879.94-|673.82-|6,915.21-| |TA Tax and NI||1,507.63-|||2,245.40-|||2,626.63-|||1,629.07-||8,008.73-| |RE Rent and Internet|836.25-|975.00-||2,137.50-||1,593.75-|731.25-||1,462.50-|909.00-|1,237.50-||9,882.75-| |TR Training and Resource|s
28.80-|180.00-|331.70-||281.20-|104.67-|||92.05-||93.85-||1,112.27-| |
TY Toys and Learning|
14.70-|818.29-|80.98-||38.43-|||15.97-||665.28-|||1,633.65-| |
CL Clubs|||||||||||||| |SW Software|433.38-|103.20-|16.98-|113.40-|146.58-|107.88-|209.40-|12.46-||125.90-||231.00-|1,500.18-| |DA DARTS - Uniform|||||||||||||| |OF Ofsted Sub|50.00-||||||||||||50.00-| |HP Holiday Pay|||||||||||||| |
**End Balance**|**94,406.73**|**82,767.13**|**92,929.68**|**80,392.18**|**97,341.48**|**89,411.43**|**97,237.84**|**92,389.07**|**101,418.28**|**26,391.65**|**19,635.69**|**31,613.54**|**31,613.54**| |**Income**|
**4,584.45**|
**2,390.75**|
**19,543.06**|
**436.00**|
**29,535.95**|
**3,544.90**|
**16,475.47**|
**9,430.22**|
**19,450.87**|
**5,378.89**|
**8,972.08**|
**21,823.57**|
**141,566.21**| |**Expenditure**|
**7,693.45-**|
**14,030.35-**|
**9,380.51-**|**12,973.50-**|
**12,586.65-**|
**11,474.95-**|
**8,649.06-**|
**14,278.99-**|
**10,421.66-**|
**80,405.52-**|
**15,728.04-**|
**9,845.72-**|
**207,468.40-**| |**Cash Flow**|**3,109.00-**|**11,639.60-**|**10,162.55**|**12,537.50-**|**16,949.30**|**7,930.05-**|**7,826.41**|**4,848.77-**|**9,029.21**|**75,026.63-**|**6,755.96-**|**11,977.85**|**65,902.19-**| **Page 1 of 1** **Belgrave Pre-school** **9:51 am 12-Jun-26** BELGRAVF PRE-SCHOOL It+y7lt•*r•d Ch*ffty N(1. 70?.113 STAYEMEMT OF FINANCIAI ACTNMES the yp.•f ended 31 Awst 2015 2014125 2023114 IPICOMIPIG RE5oUl￿5 Grant funding Cheshire West and Chester Flintshire CC 123553 5360 102497 1895 Fee5 Pre khool & Classes 29756 25904 Fund-raising ACtN[tie￿D0naIronS 832 2715 S•le of Supplie￿EqU1pMent 361 51 Interest 133 TOTAL INCOME 159995 3062 RESOURCES EXPENDED Wages 114911 95366 flent of premises 9883 9556 Equipmentnoys 2167 2523 Miscellaneous Consumables 3228 4951 Fund-rai5in8 Artivlties 443 Insurance premium 1173 972 Staff Tralnln8 & welfare 1306 Offlce expenses 1451 1205 Bank char8es vertlslng 314 Uniform 1164 Telephone & Broadband Safeguardln8 209 150 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 13 1161 RPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE 262 16915 Bèlgrave Pre5C￿￿1_AcCQU￿Ts_24 25 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES It 31 August 2025 2024125 2023124 Currert Assets Cash held in Current Account at NATWEST Bank Deposit account at NATWEST Bank Debtors HMRC VAT Refund owing 22,234 70.133 69,321 675 93,042 69,321 Llabilltles HMRC Tax and National Insurante owing Nest pension -1,908 -242 90.892 -1,546 -146 67,629 Net Assets I have examined the financial records held and maintained by the Charty and certify that these Financial Statements are a true and accurate record. Lorna Siddons Bethan Clayton MAAT- CH4 Accounting Services Treasurer Independent Examiner 1210612026 1210612026 Bel8ra¥e_PreSchoolJ£COUNTS 24 2S EXPFNDITURF ANALYSIS Emptrntllttire W8ges: GfOSS wages Employer pension Employer Nl 110,8-13.39 3.026.49 1,011.19 114,911.07 Misc Consumables: General supplles Craft supplies Photo development Petty cash 5nack5 Gifts Gardenlgeneral maintenanc Accountancy Party Classes 1,707.69 12.08 91.18 239.35 60.00 180.CKI 938.C 3,228.30 Equlpment.. Equipment Toys 288.37 1.878.90 2,167.27 Fund Raising: Fund raisin8 Trlps Uniforms (Pupils) 118.00 315.00 361.20 794.20 Office expenses: Printing and stationary Printer ink Postage Software 174.90 1,269.18 1,451.08 Telephone: Telephone Broadband nkRe 8ank balance 3110812025 Le55 cheques not yet cleared Plus credits not yet banked 22,234.01 Cash book balance 22.234.01 BeJ8ra¥e PreSchool_ACCOUNfs 24 25 NOTES 2024/25 shows an increased profit from last year with increases in both grant funding and fees. Wage costs have understandably also risen in line with increased pupil numbers. Surplus funds have been transferred into a deposit account in order to earn interest. It is noted that a good system of bookkeeping is in place with frequent checks and reconciliations.