Copythorne Pre-school
Parish hall
Pollards Moor Road
Copythorne
Hants.
SO40 2NZ
Annual report 2023-24
Charity name: Copythorne Preschool Playgroup
Charity number: 1021957
Trustees: Matthew Stroud, Gemma Rogers, Gemma Wort, Tracey Denness, Kirsty Langrish
The Pre-school is a charity run by a volunteer committee. It recruits trustees from among active parents, grandparents and supporters of the pre-school. The pre-school employs a
manager who oversees the staff team, safeguarding, funding and adherence to rules and regulations.
Charity’s mission : To provide sessional pre-school education and care during term time to enhance the development of children under school age. Offer play facilities and learning in accordance with the pre-school learning alliance.
Achievement and performance: Over the period of this report the pre-school has looked after 30 children and achieved a surplus financially. It has improved its outside play area with new equipment, increased the range of play items available to children and seen an increase in the number of children supported. It plays an active role in the community beyond the children it looks after, taking part in several key local events such as carnivals and fetes.
The pre-school has raised a sum of under £500 in fundraising at its raffles and events at Christmas, Easter and the summer to invest in improvements for the children it looks after.
Financial
No funds are held as a custodial trustee.
The financial position of the pre-school is as follows:
Copythorne Pre-School Playgroup
Year Ending 31st August 2024
Summer/ Year End
Income and Expenditure Account
| Income Fees NEG Funding Fundraising Donations Deposits Sundries Interest- Santander Total Expenditure Wages PAYE & NIC Rent Equipment Activities Training Courses Professional services Advertising Telephone/ Broadband Covid Cleaning Costs Stationery/Photocopying Sundries Total (Defecit)/Surplus |
Accounts Accounts 2024 2023 14,262 13,018 74,653 46,625 344 440 120 20 330 210 90 136 141 82 89,940 60,530 50,394 43,636 1,129 501 8,639 8,531 2,849 43 438 666 668 267 860 855 160 99 - - 8 - 340 600 1,880 1,354 67,365 56,552 22,575 3,978 £ |
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Copythorne Pre-School Playgroup
Year Ending 31st August 2024
Balance Sheet
Current Assets As At 31.8.24
| Santander Reserve Account Nat West Bus Account Garden Fund Balance Total Funds Less Current Liabilities Debtors Net Worth |
51,955 1,348 |
13,591 53,303 66,894 534 67,427 |
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Reconciliation
| Current Assets As At 31.8.23 Opening Balance Santander Nat West Bus Account Garden Fund Balance Add Profit Per Accounts for the year ended 31.8.24 Less Creditor Closing Balance |
30,055 1,348 |
13,449 31,403 44,852 22,575 - 67,427 |
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF COPYTHORNE PRE- SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (Registered charity number 1021957) report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Copythorne Pre-school Playgroup for the year ended 31 August 2024, which are attached. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trustee'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 2011 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 {2) the accounts do not accord with those records., or (3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view. which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. Name: Chris Bidgood Relevant professional qualification or body: Chartered Accountant Address: Ingram House, Meridian Way, Norwich, NR7 OTA Date: 4@&i-)'I LOLI