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

**From** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 08 2022 **To** 31 07 2023 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1012984 

COLWICH PLAYGROUP 

**Charity's principal address** C/O COLWICH COMMUNITY HALL, MAIN ROAD, COLWICH, STAFFORDSHIRE **Postcode ST17 0XD** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||EMMA GREWAL|CHAIRPERSON|21/12/17 TO PRESENT|PARENTS & COMMITTEE|
||GARETH LEWIS|TREASURER|01/09/08 TO PRESENT|“     “|
||AARON<br>STEADMANS|VICE-CHAIR|12/11/15 TO PRESENT|“     “|
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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

|**Names and addresses of**|**advisers (Optional information)**|**advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**||
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

PLA CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) REGISTERED CHARITY How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

BY COMMITTEE AND PARENTS Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To enhance the development and education of children, primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to take responsibility for and to be involved with the activities of the group.  To offer opportunities for all children, whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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To care for and educate pre-school children using the government EYFS statutory framework for early years to achieve the early learning goals. Community playgroup open to all children and their families, offering flexible and affordable childcare to the local community. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

The preschool is grateful for the continued support of its trustees in continuing its long term operation.  We thank parents and families (past and present) for their continued support with our fundraising efforts and You **may choose** to include for donating their outgrown toys and equipment for use by the group. further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## Section D                      Achievements and erformance p 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The year August 22 to July 23 was the first full year post Covid 19 pandemic, with many health and safety measures returning to normal. Session numbers were still reduced compared to pre-pandemic, but continue to re-build throughout the year and our rigorous and robust infection controls were kept in place, ensuring no closures due to illness. 

Colwich Community Hall Association (our landlords) remain extremely supportive of our activities.  They maintain the community centre in which we operate for use by community user groups, ‘run by the community, for the community’.  They continue to provide us with financial support where possible. 

Thank you to the ongoing support of parents in our termly events, such as raffles, Christmas coasters, raffles and other events, which all help reinvestment in resource and equipment for the preschool. 

Our main long-term issues continue in relation to government funding rates, which are still only being increased marginally year on year, whereas statutory living wage rises and inflation have substantially increased in the year.  This remains a concern going forwards, as government funding is not keeping pace with statutory wage costs but accounts for the majority of the playgroup’s income. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the** 

**charity’s policy on reserves** 

The charity recognises the need for a cash surplus to meet its costs during the traditionally quieter and loss making winter months and the Charity continues to hold sufficient funds to operate for the foreseeable future.  A provision for redundancy of staff is written in as a restricted reserve within the bank balances as is any other unspent ringfenced funding. 

## **Details of any funds materially** 

**in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

The treasurer reminds the committee of the importance of maximising any fundraising opportunities, as the opportunity for local authority and business funding have reduced within the current economic climate.  We continue to seek new fundraising activities and grants to replenish our reserves from the COVID pandemic years. 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any A reserve is being maintained for Statutory Redundancy Pay for staff. 

- ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

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

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

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** GARETH LEWIS **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** TREASURER **etc)** 

**Date** 31/05/24 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**COLWICH PLAYGROUP**<br>**1012984**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>8/1/2022<br>7/31/2023<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee es~~||**CC16a**<br>~~-~~|**CC16a**<br>~~-~~|**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 £**|**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||
|FEES|**52,582**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**52**|**52,582**|||**45**|**45,291**|
|DONATIONS, FUNDRAISING AND<br>GRANTS|**68**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**68**|**68**|||**1,720**|**1,720**|
|INTEREST AND BANK CHARGES|**1,016**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,016**|||**-                      116**|**-                      116**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**53,666**<br>_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**|**-**||**-**||**53,666**|**53,666**|||**46,895**|**46,895**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **53,666**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**53,666**<br>**46,895**<br>~~————~~|||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||
|WAGESAND HOLIDAY PAY|**42,537**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**42,537**|**42,537**|||**43,331**|**43,331**|
|RENT|**4,230**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**4,230**|**4,230**|||**-**|**-**|
|INSURANCE|**822**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**822**|**822**|||**798**|**798**|
|TELEPHONE&INTERNET|**555**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**555**|**555**|||**514**|**514**|
|FUNDRAISING EXPENSES|**13**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**13**|**13**|||**324**|**324**|
|TRAINING|**188**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**188**|**188**|||**207**|**207**|
|STATIONERY AND MATERIALS|**37**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**37**|**37**|||**676**|**676**|
|TOYSAND EQUIPMENT|**1,054**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,054**|**1,054**|||**2,663**|**2,663**|
|SUNDRY ITEMS|**208**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**208**|**208**|||**969**|**969**|
|FOOD,DRINKS &HOUSEKEEPING|**3,962**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**3,962**|**3,962**|||**1,825**|**1,825**|
|TAX AND NI|**2,655**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**2,655**|**2,655**|||**2,177**|**2,177**|
|GIFTS|**9**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**9**|**9**|||**255**|**255**|
|FORWARD EXPENDITURE|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||||
|INCREASE IN REDUNDANCY||||||||||||||
|PROVISION|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**56,270**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**56,270**|**56,270**|||**53,739**|**53,739**|
|**_Sub total_ **<br>**_Total payments_ **<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **56,270**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**56,270**<br>**53,739**<br>~~———_——~~|||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**-                 2,604**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-                 2**|**-                 2,604**|||**-                6**|**-                6,844**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**55,356**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**55**|**55,356**|||**62**|**62,200**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**52,752**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**52**|**52,752**|||**55**|**55,356**|





## **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**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>PETTY CASH<br>CURRENT ACCOUNT<br>CAPITAL ACCOUNT<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**Details**<br>PETTY CASH<br>CURRENT ACCOUNT<br>CAPITAL ACCOUNT<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>**194**<br>**5,613**<br>**49,575**<br>**55,382**<br>Agreement Error<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>**194**<br>**5,613**<br>**49,575**<br>**55,382**<br>Agreement Error<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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<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>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<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>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||REDUNDANCY ACCRUAL TO 2022||FROM CAPITAL<br>ACCOUNT||**-                   14,393**|||
||HOLIDAY PAY ACCRUAL AUG 23||FROM CAPITAL<br>ACCOUNT||**-                     4,994**|||
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CHARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGLAND AND WALE
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Sectlon A
Independènt Examlnér's Report
Report to the tTUStee51
members of
COLIMCH PLAYGROUP
On a￿OUntS1or the
ended
31107r20Z8
Charity no
(rf any)
1012984
Set out on page5
Iiememiw 10 Intlu¢klhe paoe ￿￿￿b&S01 a(￿rt￿￿1 shEelsl
I repDrtto th8tIU8te8s on my examination of the accounts of the above
charty I'tha Tiusfi for thè year ènded 3110712023.
Re5POll5ibilitie5 and basi5
of repgrt
the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the
preparats.on of the aecounts in accordancè wlh the 18quir9ments of the
Charities Act 20111 thèA(f).
I report in respect of my examinats'on of the Trust's accounts carried
ul under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying out my
xamination, I have followed the ap￿leable Direets'ons givan by thè
harity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters
have come to my attention
onnection with the examination which gives me eause to belièvè that
n. any material respect..
aecounb.ng records wèrtr not kept In accordance wf(h section 130
of the Act or
• the accounts do not a￿ord with thè attounting r6eord8
Independent examinerfs
sL2tement
I have no ￿nCernS and have come across no other matters in
connection with the examinat'on lo which attention should be drawn in
Ider to enaNe a pioper understanding ol the accounts to be reached.
Pl&asg delete th& words in Ihe brackets if they dc> not apply.
Signed-
Date..
Name:
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Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needsto highlight matters of toncèrn
see CC32, Independent 8xaminab.on of charity a¢￿￿nts.. dire¢tioll8
and glsidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wlshes to
isclose.

IER
October 2018