NEWINGTON NURSERY Formerly Duncan Street Pre-school Playgroup Annual Report and Accounts For the period to 31 July 2024 Scottish Registered Charity No. SC006565 NEWINGTON NURSERY fOrn￿rIV Duncan Street Pre-school Playgroup Scottish Re8lStered Charity No. SC006565 Trustee< report and accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024 Activities and objertives: Newington Nursery is a partner provider with the City of Edinburgh council. Our purposes as recorded in our constitution are to promde prevschool education for the thildren in the surrounding area. As a community nursery our goal is to prowde our children with a safe beneficial environment to learn and devdop. both academically as well as soaally. That goal is achieved by the dedicated support of the staff as well as the involvement of parents and volunteers. Our primary objective is that the children have a positive experience within the nursery and move on to pl as best prepared as possible. Chairpersorfs Report l am aware there will be a number of - o do not know me, l a and I was the Chairperson for the year 2023 to 2024 has been the Treasurer he Secretary who has now moved abvay anc as been an ordinary mernber of the Board who Is on the phone as she couldn't be here tOn￿ht. I V￿uld like to offer my warrn welcome to everyone here. I will briefly give an overview of the last year at the nursery and then handover to for their reports. The nurserfs capacity is 24 children. We have stsrted in a much stronger position than last year with 18 children currently attending the nursery which is up from 12 èt this time last year. Last year bGt;, '.eftthe nursery. I pass on mythanks to bo:4 of them for their contributions and wish them well In their new roles. he nur5erfs new manager, joined in March of this year and we have recentlv ue to the increase in the number of children the nursery is Starting with welcomed this term also stepped down as Business Manager of the nursery 4 children attended the nursery and the 2 oldest are now at University. This gives you an idea of the length of time she had been involved which vrds in excess of 15 years. She is still involved In . ,-I,'ground as she runs the nurserfs payroll. The Board made the decision not to recruit for role and have instead divided her dutie5 betwe- d the Board. I would like to say . k￿QU for all of her involvernent wth the nursery over the years. in particular her recent assistance in the preparations for the inspection. So, we are returning this year with a stable a nd we11 experienced tearn of staff member% (who have retired on rna,- y JiLa>ivnsll are still helping occasionally when needed. The team Is led by the new manager. We are delighted to continued to be stsffed with this extra ordinary team. The nursery and parents are fortunate to have such a team of people who bring unique experience and talent to the nursery. like Spanish and French lessons and gardening amongst others. I would now like to finish with some v￿rdS of thanks. Firstly, thank you to the Business Committee of Mayfield Salisbury Churth who are always in support of the nursery. secondly, I would like to thank the Board members. Everyone has gone above and beyond over the last year to asslst in the various Board matters. I was delighted to be part of the Board with you 3nd could not have done it without all of your help and support. In parkncular, I would like to thank who has vast experience working in childcare and has expertly guided us throughout the year. as we said on many occasions. we couldn't have done it without you. Thirdly, a huge thank you to our new manager has hit theground running in a brand-new setting has not only 8Ot to know the children. their families, the staff and the Board she has also had a nursery inspertion in her first 3 rnonths. She has done a fantastic job and we are delighted to have her on board. Fourthly. another huge thank you to all of the wonderful staff members fGr their hard work and dedication which was cleady Teflected in the wonderful report whic ill go into in more detail later on. Collectively. they have been dedicated and worked with commitment, energy and enthusiasm throughout the year. Finally to all of the parents. thank you for your involvement and contribution to Newington Nursery. The Newingt￿ Nursery Trustses are appointed by the members at the Annual General Meeting. which tskes place at the stsrt of Autymn each year. The trustees in the academic year 2023-2024. elected in September 2023 were, The accounts for the year are attached and fonn part of this report. This report was approved by the tnJstees on: Signed , on behaw of the Trustees: {Name. Title) APPENDIX 3 OSCR oiith Chafity Regulaloi Independent examiner's report on the accounts Rep￿ lo the Charity name trusteeslmembers of Newington Nursery Registered charity SC number On the accounts of the charity for the period 006565 Period start date Period end dale M￿th Day m¢￿th Year Day Yea¥ 2023 . 31 2024 Set out on pages I[¢tr￿n￿rt0 Ir*bJd* th• pxg Respeetive The charitys Im5tees arè resprmsible for Ihe preparaiion of th9 accounts in aCCordar￿e responsibilities of with the terms of the Charrties and Twslee Investment {ScollaThJl 20)5 Act and the trustees and examiner CharIt￿S Accounts (Scollandl Regulalirns 20CE las amentsd}. The charity trustees consid&r that thè audit reqLAirem8nl IA Regulatw 10(11 {dl of Accounts Regulati￿8 does not apply. It Is my resp)nsibilrty lo examine the accounts as required under section 44111 (c) of the Acl arKJ to stat& whether p¥licu￿r matters have comg to my attention. Basis of independent My eXaMinat￿n is c2med OLrt in with Rewlation 11 of the Accounts examinees stat¢mon¢ RegulatN)ns. examinalw in¢lules a review of the accounting records kept by the char+ty and a c￿1parIs0n of the accwnls presented with those records. It also inclL*les consideration of ¥sy unusual i(ems or disck)sures in the accounts arKJ seeks explanations from the Intslees cL¥)cem￿9 any such matters. Tr procedures undertaken do not wovide all the eVIde￿e that would ￿ required in an 8udit and, consequently, I do not express an aLMJit opinion on the view given by the aeeounts. Independent exarninerfs In the wse of my examinalK)n. no mattw has come to my attention lother than that statement disclosed ￿ the attached pagel whsth gives me reasonable CaLtse to believe that in any malerial respect the requirements. to keep acccunling records in accorda￿ wrth $8Ction 44111 la) crf the 2￿5 Act and ReguLglion 4 of the 2cM￿ Acc¢yJnts RegulalDns. and to prepare ac£ounts whth ￿0rd with the accounting rec(￿dS comply wrth ReguLglion 9 of the 2CK6 AcccK￿lS Regulab"ons have not teen met, (K lo whth, in my opinion, attention shcMJld be dr&vn in order to enable a proper - !bnls to be reached. Signe(r': Name. Relevant professional CIMA qualified. qualificationls) or body Irf any): 16.4.25 Address.. "Flea5e deletelhe word% in the bra¢*ets iflhey Ilthe vK*d6 do 4*y, tset rArtbkn5e have come to ythjr allenbon on the foll(rMng page "OSCR knim accept or typed wwabJre& NevAngton Nurnery A¢¢ounts for the y￿r •ndlng 31 July 2024 Scottish Charity No. SC 006565 Year to 2024 Year to 2023 Re¢efved Funding Fees FLmd T3￿1ng Grants and donab'ons 1C6573 2934 320 2988 134 1CB707 162848 210 Bank interest 69 Miscellaneous income Total ReceNed 107376 163058 Pald Administration costs Consumatjles Donab"on to Mayfield Salisbury Churches for premis88 Total cost of charitabl8 8(*"y￿a8 107974 124745 72CO 118311 137550 Equipment for Playgroup Miscellaneous O￿ndIt[w Total Paid 814 2450 405 140405 119175 Excess of Recwpts ¢)ver Payments -11799 22654 Statement of 8alances Bank balarKes arKI cash in hand at 01.CQ.2023 Profil for year Bank balances and cash in hand at 31.07.2024 88725 -11799 The tharity has inventory a value of arrMmJ £22k. Approved by the Trusiees on S￿ned..