## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**Period start date 01/08/2024 Period end date 31/07/2025**
## **Charity name: Holbrook and District Preschool Playgroup**
## **Charity registration number: 1019944**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Our main objective is to provide all children
with a safe, secure and happy environment so
that they can grow using play and interaction
and understand the world around them. We
have strong links with the Primary School
especially with the Foundation Class. This helps
with the transition for them when moving up
to full time school. At the setting we provide
early years education and out of school hour's
care, within a community-based environment.
We have a team of motivated, dedicated and
skilled staff who work as a team to support
each other and to encourage the learning of all
the children who attend. The team use a wide
range of resources and activities to make the
sessions varied and allow a child led approach
to elements of the play. We transitioned from
Tapestry to Famly as our Learning Journey
system which is based on the EYFS framework.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|During this accounting period we have
increased our fundraising efforts. The
committee are aware of the benefits our
preschool must make with the public and
community. As with previous years we have
been able to partake in more
activities/fundraising to benefit the preschool.
Both Staff and Committee have put extra effort
into liaising with other groups in our
community and have worked closely on some
key events. This has helped build stronger ties
and obtained extra help from various groups to
helpwith variousprojects.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity.|Para 1.20|We use a key person system which is efectve,
and we know our children very well. The
children become emotonally secure and are
setled and happy in their play. Staf are
allocated a Key Child in line with what sessions
they work, and we try our best to keep them
together as much as possible. We have had a
slightly higher than average staf turnover this
period, the remaining staf all share a passion
for what we are doing and where we are
headed. We are always refectng on our
practses and environment to ofer the best
care and experiences for the children. The
Manager then identfes the needs of individual
staf members to support them with training
that will beneft them personally. We had very
minimal bad debt in this period and aged debt
contnues to be minimal amounts for short
tme periods as this is closely monitored by the
Administrator and the Commitee.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We have achieved our set out objectives
for fundraising events, we are hoping to
expand our fundraising for the forth coming
year to include whole village events.||
|---|---|---|---|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity have a deposit account in
which we keep our reserves. Occasionally
we must use money from this account to
assist with cash flow in the current account,
once funds are available, we return the
funds.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Deposit account, is for emergencies and
redundancies if required|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Year end : £13,671.59|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our main source of income comes from
government funding and parent’s fee’s, we
also fundraise to top up any areas revenue
is needed.|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|---|---|---|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|We are members of the Early Years
Alliance and use their 2011 constitution
model.|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the current
committee members and are voted on at
the first available meeting.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Holbrook and District Preschool Playgroup|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1019944|
|Charity’s principal address|C/o Holbrook Primary School
The Street
Holbrook
IP9 2PZ|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Jamie Dumbleton|Chairman|September 2023||
||Lauren Hatherway-
Howell|Treasurer|November 2024||
||Louise Bendall|Secretary|February 2021 (left
December 2024)||
||Emma Rudd|Trustee|February 2023 (left April
2025)||
||Hayley Winter|Trustee|December 2022 (left
December 2024)||
||Jonathan McLoughlin|Trustee|November 2024||
||Ettie Welham|Treasurer|March 2021 (left April
2025)||
||Bethany Byam|Treasurer|January 2025||
||Zoe Harris|Secretary|February 2025||
||Jennifer Wright|Trustee|January 2025||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional 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 To the best of their knowledge.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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Jamie Dumbleton
Signature(s) Danielle Abbott
Mr Jamie Dumbleton
Full name(s) Mrs Danielle Abbott
Chairman
Position (eg Administrator
secretary, chair etc)
Date 16/04/2026
16/04/2026
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OPENING BALANCE BANK CLOSING BALANCE BANK OPENING BALANCE SAVINGS CLOSING BALANCE SAVINGS
## INCOME
GRANTSCTSC. DONATION, CC—C‘iLCCéi«OT
3,436.66 16,071.63 18,516.09 13,671.59
## EXPENDITURE
|
0
PO184,177.06 |
SANTANDER BANK ACC CLOSEI 3,436.66 SANTANDER SAVING ACC CLOS 18,516.09 PETTY CASH 30.50 21,983.25
- ADD INCOME 159,043.96 181,027.21 LESS EXPENDITURE 151,177.06 29,850.15
## SIGNED BY
## ADMIN
Dani Abbott
SANTANDER BANK ACC CLOSING 16,071.63 SANTANDER DEPOSIT ACC CLOSI 13,671.59 PETTY CASH 106.93
29,850.15
## BALANCE
-0.00
## CHAIRMAN
Jamie Dumbleton
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Holbrook & District Pre-School Playgroup**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Holbrook & District Pre-School Playgroup (the Charity) for the year ended 31 July 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2022 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: for
Name: Rose Accounting Services Ltd
Address: 6 Belgrave Close, Ipswich, IP4 2TT
Date: 15[th] April 2026