Chairpersons report 2023/24
October 2023 was a rocky one for us all. A lot of ‘blood stress and tears’ as some would say. Thankfully after a lot of leaflet dropping, begging, pleading and fundraising we managed to secure the monies needed to remain open. We also had the threat of loosing a qualified member of staff, but due to our sheer commitment, we managed to keep her for a few extra months. December 2023 was one of our best months with the Christmas fundraisers. Becky did a fabulous job with the grotto and I’m hoping its as big a hit this year as it was last year.
January 2024 bought in 2 children and unfortunately the notice of our dear Pauline who had been here at preschool longer than I’ve been alive. With Laura also heading on Maternity leave, we recruited and were lucky enough to gain Chelsea and Kelly with start dates of April. Unfortunately, from there we had a rocky few months but again as a committee we powered through and ended up managing to stay afloat. April gave us 5 new children followed shortly by Megan’s notice again. In July, we said goodbye to 7 littles ready to start their primary school journey, with 3 local schools continuing that for us.
August was a very difficult month. Unfortunately, we Chelsea handed in her notice but thankfully after a nice long chat with her, we managed to keep her on as a committee member and have her intelligence, knowledge and support in that form. September, we gained 2 new children and a new manager. Donna started with about 16 hours’ notice with her start date being pulled forward, she pulled her sleeves up and got stuck in. She’s stripped back every little piece of admin (with support from Tamara also) and improved them. We are very lucky to have Kelly permanent and signed up to a qualification and Gemma has re applied.
I look forward to the next 12 months with you all and I just have one request that we work as a team and battle any issues which my arise as a team.
Thank you.
Treasures report
AGM 22[nd] October 2024 at 18:00pm
October 2023 to October 2024
We had a tough start to the year when we faced closure, However the team did amazing work raising the £20,000 needed to keep the pre-school open over the year 23-24.
This included £4,800 from Kintbury Parish Council, £11,000 from one doner and the rest came from other donations, fundraising and more.
We have made lots of changes from Having two people on the bank account allowing more view of the accounts, I also inform the committee when we have had to transfer money from the savings account to the main account to pay bills, wages etc.
We have changed the phone contract and will be doing that again shortly; we have set up Xero, which allows us to send invoices and have digital accounts.
Included in Xero, we can transfer our payroll over to this also creating a saving.
We have been able to set up online payments & send invoices for events allowing more payments and income.
There have been ups & downs and challenges this year, but I feel going forward with the changes made and being made will keep the pre-school in a good place.
We ended the financial year on £23,959.30 savings & £1,875.74 Giving the total of £25,835.04 account balance at year end 31[st] March 2024.
Total Income - £96,984
Total Expenditure - £84,434
Over/Short - £12,550
Year End - £25,683
The year ahead, following making more changes and adding more funds from fundraising, more fees are coming up for the new children attending the setting and Staff cost savings.
A successful good exchange grant for the furniture, carpet and new toys and equipment for the children.
We are looking to do a new grant for our unqualified staff to start an apprenticeship this new academic year.
Tamara Laing
Treasurer
Kintbury Pre School Playgroup
900592
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| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| Fees | 54,497 | - | - | 54,497 | 51,858 | ||||
| Milk Funding | 89 | - | - | 89 | 121 | ||||
| Fundraising | 21,781 | - | - | 21,781 | 1,319 | ||||
| Uniforms | 195 | - | - | 195 | 150 | ||||
| Donations | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Other | 2,230 | - | - | 2,230 | - | ||||
| Local Grants | 18,052 | - | - | 18,052 | 925 | ||||
| Intrest Received | 140 | - | - | 140 | 66 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for | (Gross income for | ||||||||
| AR) | AR)96,984 | - | - | 96,984 | 54,439 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 96,984 - - 96,984 54,439 ~~—__—_———~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| Trip | 240 | - | - | 240 | - | ||||
| Fees repaid | 593 | - | - | 593 | 33 | ||||
| Postage & Stationary | 112 | - | - | 112 | 217 | ||||
| Garden Expenses | 3,455 | - | - | 3,455 | 40 | ||||
| Equipment & Supplies | 10,770 | - | - | 10,770 | 2,347 | ||||
| FundraisingExpenses | 526 | - | - | 526 | 231 | ||||
| Insurance | - | - | - | - | 1,053 | ||||
| DBS Checks | 51 | - | - | 51 | 59 | ||||
| Leavers & Staff Presents | 264 | - | - | 264 | 347 | ||||
| External teaching | 300 | - | - | 300 | 1,075 | ||||
| Ofsted annual fee | 50 | - | - | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Pension contributions | 1,645 | - | - | 1,645 | 1,227 | ||||
| Payroll fees | 360 | - | - | 360 | 360 | ||||
| Subscriptions | 1,700 | - | - | 1,700 | 238 | ||||
| Snacks & Milk | 213 | - | - | 213 | 523 | ||||
| Rent | 4,376 | - | - | 4,376 | 5,672 | ||||
| Staff & Childrens Uniform | 405 | - | - | 405 | 418 | ||||
| Repairs | - | - | - | - | 26 | ||||
| Licences | 140 | - | - | 140 | 163 | ||||
| Telephone | 393 | - | - | 393 | 435 | ||||
| Training | 376 | - | - | 376 | 447 | ||||
| Wages & Salaries | 57,864 | - | - | 57,864 | 52,387 | ||||
| Waste Collection fees | 603 | - | - | 603 | 502 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 84,434 | - | - | 84,434 | 67,850 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 84,434 - - 84,434 67,850 ~~——————_—~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) 12,550 - - 12,550 A5 Transfers between funds - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 13,133 - - Cash funds this year end 25,683 - - 25,683 ~~==> ~~ |
- 12,550 - - - - - 25,683 |
- 12,550 - 25,683 |
- 12,550 - 13,411 - - 13,133 26,544 - 25,683 13,133 ~~>>~~ |
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| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) | 1 | 29/01/2025 |
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| 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 |
C. Bullock Signature T.Laing Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Miss Tamara Laing Miss Charlotte Bullock |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| T.Laing | Miss Tamara Laing | 22/10/2024 | |
| C. Bullock | Miss Charlotte Bullock | 22/10/2024 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
29/01/2025
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees Charity Name Kintbury Pre School Playgroup On accounts for the year 31 March 2024 Charity no 900592 ended (if any) Set out on pages 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024 Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all 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 in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report 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.
Date: 28/01/2025 Signed: Name: Rachel Barker Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 15 Bourne Vale Hungerford RG17 0LL
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Oct 2018
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .
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Oct 2018
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