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The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 January 2024
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
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The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
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Status: Director
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Status: Director
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The year looked promising but unfortunately communication with the committee at Shekinah grow project became increasingly difficult. Having had a meeting with Torbay Council to discuss whether the secure fenced in space at Shekinah Grow project would be suitable for setting up an early years provision, it was decided that the site wasn't suitable until management made the long term expectations clear. Unfortunately their decision wasn't in our favour as it was decided they would focus on adult only activities. This meant a long process of taking everything build up down again which was finally completed early Spring 2023. From here it was back to the drawing board with regards to finding a permanent home for Little Squirrels forest school to be based from. April 2023 we received funding from Fearless Charity who had reached the end of their own project and were looking to support other non profit organisations. This has helped keep us afloat and really made a big difference to us being able to continue affordable groups for local families. Totnes Steiner play group had venue difficulties and with the costs of room hire going up, it wasn't possible to keep the group affordable to local families so it is indefinitely on hold. Steiner play group is very much suited to the area of Totnes and it was with sadness that staff had to withdraw due to financial reasons. September 2023 a new Thursday group was set up at Denbury near newton Abbot. Not in our original catchment area but the woodland space there is really big and suited to full day adventures for home educated pupils. The sessions where fully booked and financially stable until January 2024 when suddenly 4 out of 8 pupils had to leave. There was frustration for staff as a lack of communication from the parents who dropped out meant that there was uncertainty on the groups future. Tuesday forest school groups continue to provide stable income and employment for 2 forest school leaders as we have a large number of return bookings which provide a strong base for the group.
Our large number of returning families speaks for itself as positive confirmation that what we are offering is of value to the families in Torbay. Many informal reviews have taken place verbally with feedback directly heard from parents of pupils attending. A questionnaire was put out via our newsletter and in email to our current attendees early in the academic year starting September 2023, seeing which activities parents wished to see added to what we offer- we haven't yet been able to fulfil these due to difficulty in finding suitable and affordable venues but we are keen to explore the options of offering woodworking groups, first aid training for children and seasonal themed parties as well as birthday parties. There had been frustration from 3 families who requested that we host birthday parties for them as they gave short notice and all staff where already engaged elsewhere. This has made us reflect that once we find a suitable site from which to offer forest school parties that we should be clear in advertising and sharing our offering of these to the local community to avoid disappointed families and to make it clearer what we can offer. With feedback from those who used out picktime.com booking system and got frustrated with the lack of clarity we have switched across to a UK based provider who so far provide excellent customer and business support.Eequ.org is now our new booking system provider. This feedback was directly received either via email or messenger from customers asking for support and sending screenshots saying things weren't working for them and what should they do instead. So far when there have been tech issues they have been speedily sorted out by the bookings manager at Eequ.
Mrs Anne Rees Director has taken gross salary for work completed for Little Squirrels Torquay to the value of £6370 Of this a sum of £3519.75 has been loaned back to the company in directors loans to pay its staff and cover its costs. The total loaned now equals £22942.45. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the renumeration of directors or for the compensation of the director's loss of office which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
28 October 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Mrs Anne Rees
Status: Director