## **Chairs Report Playgroup AGM 30[th] March 2023**
For year June 1[st] 2021 to May 31[st] 2022
They rear to end May 2022 was a difficult one as we continued to fight the covid battle with frequent illnesses and closures. The staff were absolutely superhuman in how they worked through it all so very well.
With Sophie on maternity leave and Sam acting up followed by Sophie’s return part time as manager and the appointment of a second part time manager Karen, we carried on as best we were able.
It was a time for focussing primarily on the mental health and well being of our children as well as our staff team. The covid lockdowns had a profound and lasting effect on most of us I think.
We were back to the basics of helping children to socialise, sharing and playing together. Not as easy at it sounds. Our little people were wonderful and especially good at understanding all the boring bits like washing our hands every ten minutes. The return of children was slow as many parents were reluctant to send children back with the ongoing risks of mixing. Our finances definitely were affected by this. We did manage to secure a number of grants
which helped things.
Our new garden project for the 3+ area was a great opportunity for the children to explore the outdoors again. Big thanks to Jake and Rory for their hard work on this. Shame we had a blazing hot may so the grass seed never had a
chance to get started but the children are happy playing with the mud so a win-win solution
The family room started to fill up with our littlest people as more parents returned to working. One good thing which has come out of the covid epidemic is that we were able to get registered for babies with comparative ease.
It was lovely to be able to start to go out of nursery again for short walks down to the steam or up to the warden to find the fairy house. Simple pleasures with many learning opportunities.
We did not really have many opportunities for fundraising this year. Stay and play remained closed during this period with only limited funding for some summer outdoor sessions and some buggy walks.
What is ahead?
We continue to negotiate the uncertain world of ever rising costs with no news from either Welsh government nor Powys on when our funding may be increased to reflect the true costs of providing the childcare and education for our little people.
Main emphasis is on expanding the outside learning areas to keep our children safe.
I particularly want to thanks our staff team who were here throughout the year of 2021-22 for putting in a huge effort and an even bigger thanks to our little people for being brave and coming through it all with smiles.
Many thanks Ann Wake
Charity Number 1019909
**Presteigne Little People’s Playgroup (Registered Charity)**
**Report of the trustees & financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2022**
## **Presteigne Little People’s Playgroup (Registered charity: 1019909)**
**Contents of the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2022**
|**Charity Information**|Page 2|
|---|---|
|**Report of the trustees**|Page 3|
|**Statement of financial activities**|Page 4 – 5|
|**Balance Sheet**|Page 6|
**Charity Information for the year ended 31 May 2022**
**Registered charity name:**
Presteigne Little Peoples Playgroup
**Trustees : the trustees who served during the year are as follows:**
Ann Wake Adam Crowe Kimberly Coles Ashleigh Wright Lynsey Randell Jo Wozencraft Vicky Davies Laura Green
|**Charity Number:**|1019909|
|---|---|
|**Principal Office:**|**c/o**Presteigne Primary School|
||Slough Road|
||Presteigne|
||Powys|
||LD8 2NH|
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## **Presteigne Little People’s Playgroup (Registered charity: 1019909)**
The trustees of the Charity present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 May 2022
The Charity is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 3 June 1980 and amended on 20 June 1983 and 13 July 1992. It registered with the Charity Commission on 15 April 1993.
The Charity’s objects are to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.
## **PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES**
The principal activity of the Charity is provision and maintenance of a full day care centre and all associated activities.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The results for the year are set out on page 4 & 6. The trustees consider that the balance on the Accumulated Fund, a surplus at 31 May 2022 of £15964 achieved on the activities of the charity to that date is modest and the present level of funding needs to be increased to support the planned activities of the Charity. To this end a review of costs and revenues has taken place with planned savings and income increases put in place for the future year.
## **TRUSTEES**
The trustees who served during the year are named on page two.
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|**PRESTEIGNE LITTLE PEOPLE’S PLAY GROUP**|**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**For the Year Ended 31 MAY 2022**|**(registered charity number 1019909)**||||
||31/05/2022||31/05/2021||
|Income:|£|£|£|£|
|NurseryEducation FundingPCC|28,078||40,607||
|30 Hours Funding|73,978||64,408||
|Fees|106,065||47,117||
|Cash Fees|1,331||1,841||
|One to One Funding|987||2,074||
|Mums & tots|49||-||
|||210,487||156,047|
|Grants received|16,095||6,500||
|Job Retention Scheme - Covid19|-||19,233||
|Welsh Government Covid19 Grant|-||-||
|Presteigne & Norton Town Council|-||500||
|Apprentice employer incentive scheme|3,000||||
|Staff training grants|678||||
|Fundraising|238||290||
|Misc. Income|82||250||
|Donations|50||288||
|||20,144||27,061|
|Bank Interest received||8||5|
|**Total Income**||**230,639**||**183,113**|
|**Expenditure:**|||||
|Wages|131,709||96,070||
|PAYE/NIC|11,425||3,005||
|Employers Pension Contribution|3,477||3,230||
|Treasurer,Chair/Manager Honorarium|18,275||6,200||
|Contribution to school costs|10,002||7,770||
|Mums and Tots room hire|896||244||
|Insurance|992||1,625||
|Telephone|1,372||564||
|IT Equip|3,294||1,074||
|Postage/stationery/admin|1,120||680||
|Garden|11,035||33||
|Consumables/equipment/cleaning|7,175||2,259||
|Food andprovisions|3,147||4,053||
|CateringPCC|392||380||
|Subscriptions|95||35||
|LotteryLicencing|-||20||
|DBS Checks PCC|464||208||
|Travel expenses|38||25||
|Staff Training|204||184||
|Advertising|911||47||
|Bank Charges|25||-||
|Waste removal|197||||
|Furniture & Equipment|3,653||671||
|Outside Equipment|700||40||
|Staffgifts|360||45||
|Finance services|570||||
|Expenses|3,135||||
|Misc expense|13||||
|||214,674||128,753|
|Surplus/(Deficit)||15,964||**54,360**|
|Add: Previous Year Adjustment||-||**3,027**|
|**Surplus/(Deficit)**||**15,964**||**57,387**|
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**Presteigne Little People’s Playgroup**
**(registered charity number 1019909)**
**The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the year. All of the above amounts relate to continuing activities. The accounts have been prepared on the cash basis as opposed to previous year prepared on the accruals basis.**
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**Presteigne Little People’s Playgroup (registered charity number 1019909)**
## **Balance Sheet As at 31 May 2022**
|**Current assets**
Debtors
Bank Current Account
Fundraising Account
Contingency Account
Cash Account
Creditors
Total assets less current liabilities
**Total assets**
Capital and reserves
Accumulated unreserved fund brought forward
Surplus for the year
**Total Accumulated Fund Carried Forward**|**2022**
**£**
**2021**
**£**
_0_
_1500_
21369
90957
17083
17034
108218
22713
50
50
_0_
_17511_
146720
114743|
|---|---|
||146720
130756|
||130756
57356
15964
57387
146720
114743|
The trustees have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for maintaining accounting records and preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with standard accounting policies and are for the sole use of the trustees.
These financial statements are approved and authorised for issue by the management committee and its trustees, signed on its behalf by:
…Ann Wake……………………………………………………….
Ann Wake Chairperson
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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
Presteigne Little People's Playgroup
On accounts for the year
endod
31st May 2022
Charity no
(if any)
1019909
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110512022
Responsibilities and As the charity truslees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report ofthe accounts in a¢¢ordan¢e wtth the requiremenls 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 A¢t and in Garrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act.
I have compleled my examination. I confim that no material matters have
come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statem•nt
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the braGkets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
022
Name:
MIS LE)FStrLb HI-L
Relevant professional
quallflcatlonls) or body
{if any):
kVkLT& (IED k(OVT +Nr
Address:
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief detalls of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018