## **WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
**CHARITY ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
**Charity Number: 101452**
**WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **CONTENTS**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Charity information|1|
|Trustees' report|2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement of receipts and payments|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Detailed Receipts and payments|6|
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**WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **INFORMATION**
|**Charity Name**|Woodland Pre School|Centre|
|---|---|---|
|**Charity Number**|101452||
|**Trustees**|Kylie Orr|(Chairperson)|
||Niamh Wynne|(Treasurer)|
||Donna Blee McShane|(Secretary)|
||Julie Craig||
||Melanie Robinson||
||Kirsty Sayers||
||Claire Neely||
||Lesley Ann Holden||
|**Bankers**|Ulster Bank||
||STRABANE||
||29 Abercorn Square||
||Co. Tyrone||
||BT82 8AL||
|**Independent Examiner**|Arthur McFarland||
||W S Sterritt & Co||
||Chartered Certified Accountants||
||Carton House||
||15 Ebrington Terrace||
||Londonderry||
||BT47 6JS||
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**WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **Trustees' Report**
Last year we had 22 children all in funded places and our staff team was Stacey, Lindsay Ann, Eileen and Laura with Pearl in the office. There were no child protection issues.
## Training
We continued to keep our training up to date throughout the year as part of staff development. Cluster training continued with our Early Years Specialist – Marina.
## Visits to the setting
We worked along with the local health visitors who run a 3 year old programme and issue questionnaires to parents and offer appointments for parents to meet and discuss any issues.
We were also able to distribute free toothbrushes and toothpaste each term to all children courtesy of local dental clinic in Strabane Health Centre
## Links with parents
Our Getting Ready to Lean programme continued with Big Bedtime Read, Education Works and Happy Healthy Kids. We held a workshop for parents and packs for each theme were sent home on a weekly basis.
We also held a Pumpkin Patch Day and a Christmas Event with Santa visiting on his tractor
## Links with others
As a setting we continued to develop links with our local primary schools and Surestart. We had a good working relationship with Donemana Primary School as we used the assembly hall for physical activities and event such as our graduation.
Ms Sayers invited children for play dates and this provided them with an insight into the routines for Primary 1. Staff from St Michael’s also came to visit and the children who would be going there in September went to visit the P1
## Outings
We visited Sperrin Fun Farm for our end of trip in June and a great day was had by all.
## Graduation
Our final graduation was held in June 2024 and was a bittersweet event for all staff and committee who had worked so hard to keep the group open throughout the year.
## Staffing
Staffing continued to be an issue throughout the year and the decision was taken in April to withdraw from the Pre School Programme for September 2024. This was a very difficult decision to take which followed several months of meetings with parents, local representatives and principals of both local primary schools. An application for a Statutory Nursery to serve the local area was submitted by the primary schools to the Education Authority and this procedure is ongoing at the time of writing. Our remaining staff – Stacey and Pearl were made redundant in
## Fundraising
In closing I would like to thank my fellow committee members and parents for their support and fundraising. I must also pay tribute to the staff and committee for what was a very difficult year and it is very likely that Woodlands will be officially closing within the next 2 years.
Kylie Orr Chairperson
Date: 24 October 2025
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**WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Woodlands Pre School Centre**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 which are set out on page 3 and 4.
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Independent Examiner**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
## It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under Section 65 of the Charities Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 65 (9)(b) of the Charities Act;
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have examined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and an examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act.
My examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included considerations of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanation from you as charity members concerning any such matters.
My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe:
1. That the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act.
2. That the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.
3. The accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act.
4. That there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of matters 1-4 listed above and, in connection with the following Directions of the Charity Commission Northern Ireland; I have found no matters that require drawing your attention.
Arthur McFarland FCCA W. S. Sterritt & Co Chartered Certified Accountant Carton House 15 Ebrington Terrace Londonderry BT47 6JS
Date: 24 October 2025
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## **WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **Statement of Receipts and Payments Year ended 31 August 2024**
|**Receipts**
Voluntary Receipts
Education Authority
Donations
Grants
Fundraising
Bank interest
From Charitable Activities
Membership fees
Sale of Sweatshirts
Milk refund
**Payments**
Cost of fundraising
Cost of Charitable Activities
Grants and Donations
Governance Costs
Administration costs
**Asset and investment purchase**
Purchase of Equipment
**Total Payments**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
Transfers to/(from) funds
**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**
**Reconciliation 31/08/2024**
Cash at bank & in hand 31/08/2023
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
Cash at bank & in hand 31/08/2024|Unrestricted Restricted
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**2024**
£
£
**£**
47,300
0
**47,300**
406
0
**406**
0
2,029
**2,029**
2,914
0
**2,914**
189
0
**189**
2,060
0
**2,060**
207
0
**207**
181
0
**181**
53,257
2,029
**55,286**
0
0
**0**
48,427
1,586
**50,013**
368
0
**368**
240
0
**240**
1,584
500
**2,084**
18
878
**896**
50,637
2,964
**53,601**
2,620
(935)
**1,685**
(30)
30
**0**
2,590
(905)
**1,685**
9,636
905
**9,541**
2,590
(905)
**1,685**
12,226
0
**11,226**|Total
2023
£
46,222
3,500
6,451
3,476
87
2,333
273
380|
|---|---|---|
|||62,722|
|||0
52,378
202
192
1,970
4,346|
|||59,087|
||||
|||3,635|
|||0|
|||3,635|
|||5,906
3,635|
|||9,541|
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## **WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **Statement of assets and liabilities Year ended 31 August 2024**
|**Funds Reconciliation**
Cash at bank & in hand 31/08/2023
Surplus/(deficit) for the year
Cash at bank & in hand 31/08/2024
**Bank & Cash Balances**
Bank Current Accounts
**Liabilities (Unrestricted Fund)**
Accountancy|Unrestricted Restricted
**Total**
Total
Funds
Funds
**2023**
2022
£
£
**£**
£
8,636
905
**9,541**
5,906
2,590
(905)
**1,685**
3,635
11,226
0
**11,226**
9,541
**11,226**
9,541
**11,226**
9,541
**250**
200
**250**
200|
|---|---|
||11,226
0|
|||
Approved by the trustees on 24 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
________________________Kylie Orr
________________________Donna Blee McShane
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## **WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL CENTRE**
## **Detailed Receipts and payments for the year ended 31 August 2024**
Woodlands Pre School Centre wishes to acknowledge the financial support given by Education Authority and Department of Education.
|**Receipts**
Education Authority
Dept of Education - Extended Services Grant (restricted)
Dept of Education - Getting ready to learn (restricted)
Dept of Education - Engage III (restricted)
Halifax Foundation (restricted)
Fees received
Fundraising
Dennett Interchange
Milk Refund
Sale of Sweatshirts
Donations
Bank interest
**Payments**
Salaries & pension contributions
Light and Heat
New Equipment
Resources
Workshops
Room hire
Telephone/ Internet
Postage/ Stationery
Cleaning and PPE
Milk and snacks
Insurance
Training costs
Outings
Gifts
Maintenance
Accountancy fees
Valuation fees
Access NI
Sweatshirts/ Uniforms
Donemana PS - cash for clobber share
Bank Charges
Storage
Bouncy castle hire
**Net receipts/(payments)**
Transfers to/(from) funds
**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**
Represented by:
Opening balance
(Deficit)/Surplus for the year
Closing Balance|Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**
Funds
Funds
**2024**
£
£
**£**
47,300
0
**47,300**
0
1,584
**1,584**
0
445
**445**
0
0
**0**
0
0
**0**
2,060
0
**2,060**
2,914
0
**2,914**
0
0
**0**
181
0
**181**
207
0
**207**
406
0
**406**
189
0
**189**
53,257
2,029
**55,286**
43,536
0
**43,536**
588
405
**993**
18
878
**896**
572
0
**572**
0
0
**0**
0
0
**0**
888
0
**888**
93
0
**93**
353
0
**353**
1,530
0
**1,530**
367
500
**867**
10
1,020
**1,030**
390
0
**390**
86
0
**86**
880
0
**880**
240
0
**240**
240
0
**240**
86
0
**86**
58
0
**58**
368
0
**368**
150
0
**150**
184
161
**345**
0
0
**0**
50,637
2,964
53,601
2,620
(935)
**1,685**
(30)
30
**0**
2,590
(905)
**1,685**
8,636
905
**9,541**
2,590
(905)
**1,685**
11,226
0
**11,226**|Total
2023
£
46,222
1,891
400
4,160
2,000
2,333
3,476
1,500
380
273
0
87|
|---|---|---|
|||62,722|
|||41,427
1,095
4,346
1,059
3,330
250
773
120
417
1,535
845
1,428
212
955
115
192
0
86
495
202
146
0
60|
|||59,087|
||||
|||3,635|
|||**0**|
|||**3,635**|
|||5,906
3,635|
|||9,541|