**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 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S•ctiDn A Indvpendent Examin•￿$ Rèport Rèport to tht trust¢•sl ST NICHOLAS PRE-SCHOOL MoM￿r8 of On accounts for tho y￿r •ndwd 31 AUGUST 2025 Charty Irf •ny) s￿ out on pages I report to the trusteos on my examinatw)n of tha accoun18 of the 8bov• charty {Ih• Trust") for the year ended 31 August 2025. Rejponslbllltles and As the ch8rity trustees of the Trust. you are reSp(￿51t￿e forthe preparation basis of report of the 8cwunts in ¥ccotdan¢e wth the requirements of the Charrtio$ A**Year ended 31 August 2025**
**Income & Expenditure Account**|| |---|---| |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
-| ||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| |||34,924| |||| |||96,955| |||| |||**96,955**| |||103,250
(6,295)| |||**96,954**|