(HARITY
(OMMISSION.
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Day
Month Year
01
01
2020
Period end date
Day
Month
T031
12
, Year
2020
From
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Little Gems Pre-school, Luton
Other names charity is known by
Raynham Way Pre-school (Previous Name, changed 2020)
Registered charity number (if any)
802447
Charity's principal address
Little Gems Pre-school, Luton
CIO Wigmore Primary School
Twyford Drive, Luton
Postcode
LU2 9TB
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name
Office (if any)
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
Name of person (or body) entitled
toa
oint trustee
Ifan
CAROL BOWLER
SAMANTHA
DEVANE
JENNIFER ROLLS
CHAIR
COMMirrEE
COMMIThEE
TREASURER
SECRETARY
COMMIThEE
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
JULIE BRIARS (CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE)
ERIKA HURST (CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional'infomiation)
e of adviser
Name
Address
INDEPENDENT
NEIL GRIFFITHS
EXAMINER
LIGHTHOUSE ACCOUNTANCY LTD, THE OLD PUMP
HOUSE, 44A NORTH ROAD, GREAT ABINGTON,
CAMBRIDGE, CB216AS.
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
CAROL BOWLER- CHAIR, GEMMA BOWKETh- MANAGER, AMANDA CARNELL- ADMINISTRATOR
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Section B
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity's trusts
CONSTITUTION
Type of governing document
(eg trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
MANAGEMENT COMMIFfEE WITH THREE TRUSTEES AND GENERAL
COMMirfEE MEMBERS. 2 CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES.
Trustee selection methods
(eg appoiniea Dy, eiecieo by)
ELECTED AT AGM.
Additional governance issues (Optional infomiation)
LirrLE GEMS PRE-SCHOOL WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE EARLY
YEARS ALLIANCE FOR TRUSTEE GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
policies and prO￿dureS
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.
Section C
Objectives and activities
To advance the education of children below school age by:
a) Providing a safe, friendly environment for children to enjoy and
progress.
b) Encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may
help the children.
c) Furthering the aims of the pre-school.
We run additional groups within pre-school. These can include phonics
sessions, musical and PE sessions as well as groups tailored for
children's specific needs, such as English as a second language.
Little Gems Pre-school is dedicated to healthy eating and we have our
own kitchen co-ordinator who plans healthy snacks with the children to
help promote independence. All staff speak to the children about healthy
choices and this is encouraged throughout the setting. We hope that
this, in time, will reduce the obesity level in our children and the general
community.
Summary of the objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking.
policy programme related
investment.
contribution made by
volunteers.
Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year
Little Gems Pre-school have continued to provide a safe and nurturing
environment for young children in the community.
Our education statistics, provided and commended by the local council,
are above average for our location. We are extremely proud of this.
Our SENDCO team work hard to bring on the development of special
needs children and also those children that are performing slightly lower
than their age appropriate level. We have nurture groups to help improve
skills in all areas identified as needing support.
We have had a difficult financial year due to COVID-19 and have had to
spend large sums on additional cleaning items and procedures to keep
our staff and the children safe and healthy. Although this has been a
worrying time, financially, we hope we will recover well when things
return to normal.
Our donations and fundraising have been hugely redU￿d this year due
to COVID-19 and we have had to can￿1 our main fundraising event of
the year, our Halloween party, which always raised large amounts for the
pre-school. We also had to cancel our sports day, leavers party and
Christmas concerts, which was exceptionally sad for the children, parents
and staff. Although things are different, and more challenging, we feel
we are still providing an amazing service to the public and learning new
ways to overcome COVID related issues.
Section E
Financial review
We have a contingency account which covers three months running
costs and redundancy pay. This account stands at £75,000 as of
3111212020. Once things return to normal and we are not so restricted,
due to COVID, we hope to be able to increase this contingency with a
view to replacing our portacabin building as they only have an estimated
lifespan of 5-10 years, as ours is a refurb. A new one will cost in excess
of £100,000.
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
NIA
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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 majority of the money we re￿1ve comes from the local authority for
funded children. We also get funds from additional sessions, fundraising
activities (Christmas and Halloween parties) and donations in cash or via
our Amazon wish list.
Section F
Other optional information
Lighthouse Accountancy independently examine our accounts and the Early Years Alliance process our
payroll. This means that we have a stable routine in place so that a new committee do not have to wory
about this side of our charity. This keeps things simple for everyone.
Section G-
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretsry, Chair,
etc)
CAROL BOWLER
SAMANTHA DEVANE
CHAIR
TREASURER
Date
2010512021
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|||TOTAL||
|---|---|---|---|
||JAN - DEC2O2O||JAN - DEC 2019(PY)|
|lncome||||
|Bank lnterest|66.94||190.95|
|Commission|||289.37|
|Donations and legacies|32560||3540|
|Funding|108,273.71||'157,00238|
|Fundraising|15406||1,039 00|
|Grant|50000|||
|SchoolMeals|423.00||679 5s|
|Service/Fee lncome|8,797.69||12,322.50|
|Total lncome|t118,541.00||e171,559.15|
|Costof Sales||||
|Costof sales|1,83070||3,141.18|
|Total CostofSales|€1,830.70||e3,141.18|
|TOTAL|E116,710.30||t'168,417.97|
|Expenditures||||
|Accountancy|46500||600.00|
|Activies|||362.18|
|Advertising/Promotional|1,281.72||879.00|
|Bankcharges|58.50||25.17|
|Bookkeeping|428.40||38640|
|Children's Entertainer|||460.00|
|Children's Play Equipment|2,486.71||10,440.93|
|Clothing|||24.00|
|ComputerCosts|1,339.92||1,172.20|
|DBSChecks|171 40|||
|EmployersNl|8,58480||7,868.00|
|FirstAidSupplies|2995|||
|Furniture Expenditure|69.99||1,277.60|
|GeneralExpenses|286.58||1,082.36|
|Gifts|175.00||3388|
|GrossPay|130,09s.01||146,26580|
|Hygiene Supplies|2,254.83||1,178.36|
|lnsurances|1,453.25||1,435.99|
|lnternet, Web &EmailCosts|93710||1,262.36|
|Kitchen Equipment|42088||254.62|
|Office/General Administrative Expenditures|675.73||b/t.tz|
|PAYE/NI|1,53934|||
|Payroll Services|5100|||
|Pension Contributions|1,887.29||2,14781|
|PhoneCosts|887.47||663.99|
|Printing, Postage and Stationery|97731||949.72|
|ProfessionalFeesand Services|2,380.00||5,35088|
|Purchases|||41442|
|Bent orLeaseof Buildings|2,340.00||2,69160|





|||TOTAL||
|---|---|---|---|
||JAN - DEC2O2O||JAN -DEC2019(PY)|
|Repair, maintenance, servicing and security|1,720.82||10,614.56|
|Softlvare Updates and Subscriptions|531.46||384.97|
|StalfMeals& Entertainment|109.17||267.09|
|Staff Training|73810||1.220.60|
|StorageSheds|61294|||
|Travel, Accommodation andParking|23.01||15400|
|Trips|||249.00|
|Uncategorised Expenditure|-13940||139.40|
|Uniform,BookBags and Clothing|107.81||551.19|
|Total Expenditures|€164,979.09||t201,545.20|
|NET OPERATINGINCOME|E-48,268.79||E33,127.23|
|NETTNCOME/(EXPENDTTURE)|€ -48,268.79||E33,127.23|





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|||IOTAL||
|---|---|---|---|
||ASOFDEC31.2020||ASOFDEC 31,2019(PY)|
|Fixed Asset||||
|TotalFixed Asset||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||||
|Little Gems CurrentAcc(2681)|5,51998||40,182 50|
|Little GemsSavings(2746)|70,37033||75,303.39|
|TotalGash at bankandin hand|t75,890.31||t115,485.89|
|Debtors||||
|Debtors|3,395.72||1,'16525|
|TotalDebtors|t3,395.72||c1,165.25|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|e79,286.03||t116,651.14|
|Creditors: amounts falling duewithinoneyear||||
|TradeCreditors||||
|Creditors|57673||726.73|
|Total Trade Creditors|t576.73||1726.73|
|CurreniLiabilities||||
|Accruals|465.00||600.00|
|Deposits|837 00||837 00|
|Tax andNational lnsurance|14,188.68||3,000.00|
|Total CunentLiabilities|[15,490.68||e4,437.00|
|TotalCreditors: amountsfalling due withinoneyear|e16,067.41||e5,163.73|
|NET CURRENTASSETS(LrABrLrTrES)|f53,218.62||f.111,487 .41|
|TOTALASSETS LESSCURRENTLIABILITIES|f63,218.62||f.111,487 .41|
|TOTALNETASSETS(LIABILITIES)|effi,218.62||E1 11,487 .41|
|Charity funds||||
|OpeningBalance Equity|103,156 89||103,156.89|
|Retained Earnings|8,33052||41,457 75|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|-48.268.19||-33,127.23|
|TotalCharity funds|t63,218.62||8111,487 .41|





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