St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup Hurst Charity Number 900344
Accounts for the Year ended 31 August 2025
St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup Hurst Year ended 31 August 2025 Trustees Report
The following trustees held office during the year ended 31 August 2025:
Chair Mrs L Hand Treasurer Mr T Winser Secretary Vacant
On the 19th November 2024 the committee resigned and the above trustees were appointed as well as four further committe members.
One of the trustees had a child attending the preschool this year
Governance and Management
The charity is an association consisting of two trustees and five further parent lead full committee members with roles encompassing marketing & fundraising. Safeguarding is to be overseen by Preschool manager Mrs Claire Guile and Deputy manager Miss Holly Guile with committee support.
Objectives of the charity
At St. Nicholas Pre-School we aim to provide a happy, fun and secure learning experience for our children where their individuality are respected and valued. We will promote all areas of their development through the Early Learning Goals helping them to become more independent in preparation for their transition to primary school. We do this by providing play facilities appropriate to age and development so that Social linguistic, Physical, Creative, Intellectual, and Emotional development may be explored and enhanced. Parents and carers are vital to the setting to achieve these goals and they are always very welcome to stay and help. Parents are encouraged to join their child at St. Nicholas at least once a term to share their experiences.
Provision
Provision is made for up to 26 pupils per session over 10 sessions per week (Monday to Friday) as follows:
Morning session (9am - 12 noon) Lunch club (12.00pm - 12.30pm Afternoon session (12.30pm - 3.30pm)
Classification: Confidential
Chairman's review of performance
It has been another fantastic year for St Nicholas Preschool, thanks to our dedicated and passionate team. I’m pleased to report that retained all of our staff this year, providing consistency and strength across the setting. Unfortunately, we had one member of staff who was diagnosed with a serious health condition and is now on extended sickness - the rest of the team were incredible, pulling together to ensure a seamless experience for our children.
St Nicholas continues to play an important role in village life, including our much-enjoyed participation in the Hust Village Fayre with our popular strawberry stall. We invested this year in new iPads for our team to document the childrens' learning - the previous set were old, malfunctioning and out of support - the new ones are far superior. Additionally, we invested in our website which had become out of date - it now reflects the values of the preschool more closely and is helping us to move up the search results on Google.
Due to a change in the way we calculate salaries, staff received a pay rise, and we needed to increase our pension contributions. Alongside this, the increases in national insurance and a reduction in fundraising this year, have lead to a financial loss for the year. We have taken several steps towards correcting this for the next financial year, including reducing staff hours (while the number of children attending is lower, as is normal in the autumn term) and increasing our nonfunded rate. Additionally one member of staff has left who we have not replaced. We are able to do this whilst staying within ratio. Fundraising will become a committee focus for the next year.
Claire and the team continue to provide outstanding support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), including assisting families through the EHCP process. Their dedication makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of many.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to our committed committee members for their continued support and hard work, and my heartfelt gratitude goes to all our preschool staff for their unwavering dedication to St Nicholas Preschool.
Summary of financial results and charitable activity
The Trustees and Committee have invested much time and commitment to improve the environment, reputation and performance of the setting by marketing, raising standards and implementing policies and procedures up to date with current legislation and increasing the head count of children.
Declaration
The Trustees declare that they have laid the financial statements and trustees report before the members of the committee attending a meeting held on 24th November 2025 and that the financial statements and trustees report were duly approved at the meeting.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
24.11.25 …………………………………………………. ……………………….. Mr T Winser Date
Mr T Winser Treasurer
Classification: Confidential
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St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup Hurst Year ended 31 August 2025 Income & Expenditure Account
| St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup Hurst Year ended 31 August 2025 Income & Expenditure Account |
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| Draft 2025 £ Income 187,913 Direct Pre School Costs 5,322 Other Direct Costs 376 Gross Profit 182,215 Other Income 0 Expenditure Employee Costs 181,790 Premises Costs 9,313 Repairs/Maintenance 5,473 General Administrative Expenses 8,049 Advertising, Promotion & Entertainment - Payroll Bookkeeping 2,700 Other Expenses - 207,325 Surplus / (Deficit) (25,109) |
2024 £ 202,958 9,537 473 |
| 192,948 | |
| 0 156,934 9,313 25,247 5,174 45 2,530 - |
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| 199,243 | |
| (6,295) |
St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup Hurst Year ended 31 August 2025 Balance Sheet
| Current Assets Current Account Savings account Petty cash Fees & equipment debtors Other debtors Prepayments Current Liabilities Trade creditors PAYE Other creditors Accruals & deferred income Net Current Assets Net Assets Capital Account Balance at start of period Net (Deficit)/Surplus |
2025 £ 3,972 109,869 - 349 750 658 115,598 13 - 4 - 675 43,096 43,753 71,845 71,845 96,954 (25,109) 71,845 |
2024 £ 1,064 128,989 - 130 1,000 696 |
|---|---|---|
| 131,879 | ||
| 518 - 820 33,586 |
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| 34,924 | ||
| 96,955 | ||
| 96,955 | ||
| 103,250 (6,295) |
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| 96,954 |