## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1/08/2022      Period start date   To 31/7/2023   Period end date** 

**Charity name: Theydon Bois Playgroup Association Charity registration number: 1000272** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the development and**<br>**education of children primarily below**<br>**statutory school age by providing**<br>**appropriate play, education and care**<br>**facilities**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Provision of pre-school care and**<br>**education for children in the local**<br>**community**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**I confirm that the trustees have had**<br>**regard to the guidance issues by the**<br>**Charity Commission on public benefit**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on grant making|||
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||





|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|||
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**The pre-school values the contribution**<br>**made by volunteers and has a volunteer**<br>**policy to ensure the safe and appropriate**<br>**use of volunteers in the pre-school**<br>**setting.**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Theydon Bois Pre-School provides care**<br>**and education for 48 children across a**<br>**typical week. There have been successful**<br>**achievements such as the Christmas**<br>**performance, Sportsday, fundraisers,**<br>**stay and play sessions. Some of these**<br>**events raised funds for the pre-school**<br>**and will be used to invest in resources**<br>**and facilities for the next financial year.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
|---|---|





|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity remains in a good financial**<br>**position at the end of this period.  The**<br>**pre-school is operating at capacity for**<br>**children and we have a growing waiting**<br>**list.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Theydon Bois Pre-School Group has a**<br>**reserves policy in place to enable it to**<br>**hold sufficient financial reserves to meet**<br>**redundancy obligations, pay in lieu of**<br>**notice and half a term's running costs,**<br>**and to sustain the pre-school if income**<br>**falls below expected levels.  The**<br>**Reserves Policy is available on the Pre-**<br>**School's website.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£68,592**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going|Para 1.23|**N/A**|





## concern 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**1. Essex County Council funding per**<br>**child per term for early years provision.**<br>**2. Fees collected from parents and**<br>**caregivers.**<br>**3. Fundraising activities.**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**The Pre-School committee members are**<br>**the Charity Trustees.  The Committee**<br>**members are either elected by Pre-**<br>**School Committee members at the**<br>**Annual General Meeting or co-opted by**<br>**the Committee Chair during the year.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Theydon Bois Pre-School Group|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charitynumber|1000272|
|Charity’s principal address|Scout Hut Headquarters<br>Loughton Lane<br>Theydon Bois<br>Epping<br>Essex<br>CM16 7JY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|Ofce (if any)|Dates acted if not for a<br>whole year|Name of person (or<br>body) enttled<br>to appoint trustee (if<br>any)|
|---|---|---|
|Co - Chair<br>Trustee|Appointed 1 March<br>2022 - Present||
|Trustee|Appointed Feb 2022 -<br>July 2023||
|Co-Chair<br>Trustee|Appointed 1 March<br>2022 - Present||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

||**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional**<br>**information)**|||





## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**|HJ|SG|
|---|---|---|
|**Full Name**|Harriet Joannou|Sarah Gysbers|
|**Positon eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc**|Co-Chair|Co - Chair|
|**Date**|1/07/2024|1/07/2024|





||**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Theydon Bois Pre School Group**<br>**1000272**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>1/8/22<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~||**CC16a**<br>~~-~~|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Fees||**23,121**||**-**||**-**||**23,121**||**23,548**|
|fundraising||**4,616**||**-**||**-**||**4,616**||**945**|
|interest||**180**||**-**||**-**||**180**||**6**|
|sundry||**533**||**-**||**-**||**533**||**101**|
|uniform sales||**129**||**-**||**-**||**129**||**143**|
|donation||**9,406**||**-**||**-**||**9,406**||**3,084**|
|ECC Funding||**82,249**||**2,654**||**-**||**84,903**||**94,596**|
|Grants||||**3,000**||**-**||**3,000**|||
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|||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**120,234**||**5,654**||**-**||**125,888**||**122,423**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                120,234**<br>**5,654**<br>**-**<br>**125,888**<br>**122,423**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~—————~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|wages and salaries||**101,900**||**-**||**-**||**101,900**||**109,090**|
|rent||**4,032**||**-**||**-**||**4,032**||**9,000**|
|supplies/refreshments||**4,534**||**-**||**-**||**4,534**||**4,849**|
|insurance||**1,025**||**-**||**-**||**1,025**||**928**|
|training||**249**||**-**||**-**||**249**||**979**|
|grant spend||||**902**||**-**||**902**|||
|uniform stock||**730**||**-**||**-**||**730**||**652**|
|toys/equipment||**454**||**-**||**-**||**454**||**1,004**|
|admin/misc||**3,755**||**-**||**-**||**3,755**||**4,030**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**116,679**||**902**||**-**||**117,581**||**130,531**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                116,679**<br>**902**<br>**-**<br>**117,581**<br>**130,531**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~—————~~|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                    3,555**<br>**4,752**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**60,285**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                  63,840**<br>**4,752**<br>~~=~~||||||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**8,307**<br>**-**<br>**60,285**<br>**68,592**||**-                 8,108**<br>**-**<br>**68,393**<br>**60,285**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>current ac<br>Investment<br>petty cash etc<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**15,772**<br>**47,941**<br>**127**<br>**63,840**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**to nearest £**<br>**4,752**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,752**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|Signature|Print|Name|Date of<br>approval|
|---|---|---|---|





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Charity Iyatno
Theydon Bois Pre School Group
On accounts for tho year
ended
3117123
Charity no
(if any)
1000272
Set out on pages
..e￿eMb&r w Indude the page numbets of additlonal sheets)
I r8POrt lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trust"} for Ihe year ended
IMM
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
a¢¢ounts in a¢¢ordance 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 examinalion, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
examine￿5 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no Tnaterial matters have
com6 lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any matèrial respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accDunting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
Con￿rning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremgnl
that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have cLime across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attenlion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts lo be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signad:
Date:
i(J
Name:
Fiona Sagoo
GS Accountancy & Taxalion Ltd
Relevant profossional
qualification<s) or body
(if any):
ACA ICAEW
Address:
39 Woodland Way, Theydon Bois. Essex CM16 7DY
Oct 2018
IER

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight malerial matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charily accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give hore brief details of
any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018