## y s CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts
## Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
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On accounts for theended year Je ’] 5 Charity(if any) no Op palo
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended :
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
| 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 examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| 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 brackets if they do not apply.
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Name: |D - ReE.seY .
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Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):
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Address: | 4, PACISH Close
ST NICHeUKAS AT NACOF;:
BY RCHINGTON , KENT CTH ODE
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IER
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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 details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
IER
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October 2018
Sturry Playgroup Registered Charity No. 1022403
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Trustees Annual Report For financial year 01.01.23 to 31.12.23
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|Address:|Park|View|
|Sturry|
|Canterbury|
|Kent|
|CT2|ONR|
|Telephone:|01227|719577|
|Email|sturrypreschool@btconnect.com|
|Governing|Document:|Pre|School|Learning|Alliance|Constitution|
|Objects|of the|Charity|To|enhance|the|development|and|education|of children|
|Trustees|primarily under statutory school age.|
|Name|and|details|of|Dates|during|Names|of|Name|of person|(or|
|office|held|which|the|directors|of|body)|entitled|to|
|named|any Corporate|||appoint any|charity|
|trustees|acted|||charity|trustee|||trustee|
|if|not|for the|at|the|date|of|
|whole|period|this|report|
|of this|report|
|||Turner —|Chair|From|9.11.22|To|18.5.23|Sturry|Playgroup|
|Louise|Johnson|From|18.5.23|To|5.12.23|
|Z|Brear|-|Chair|From|5.12.23|
|Mrs|E|Hawkes — Secretary|||From|25.9.19|To|14.7.23|Sturry Playgroup|
|Kirsten|M’Clelland|From|
|Mrs M Hunt - Treasurer|From 28.9.22|a|Sturry Playgroup|
|Laura Kinghorn —- Member|| From 5.12.23|fn|Sturry Playgroup|
|Angela Harvey — Member|From 15.03.16|oo Sturry Playgroup|
|Tracey Johnson|- Member | From 15.03.16|oo|Sturry Playgroup|
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Sturry Playgroup Registered Charity No. 1022403
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## Trustee selection method: _Alll trustees are nominated by the Members of Sturry Playgroup and are re-elected each year at the AGM and EGM.
## Activities and Achievements:
The charity is managed by the playgroup committee and staffed by; 1 Manager, 1 Administrator/ Senior Practitioner, 1 Senior Practitioner/ SENco/ Health & Safety Officer and 4 Practitioners.. We have two independent people to maintain our garden. We had three members of Staff resign and we have employed three new members to replace them.
| can report another year where we have successfully been able to meet our main aims and objectives.
Our sessions were full, and we have a healthy waiting list, there are currently 43 children on the register and a further 46 children on our waiting list. We have a criteria for admissions and this is used to ensure that we can offer as many sessions as possible, to as many children and ensuring sustainability for future years for the pre-school.
All staff continue to attend regular training including our ‘in house training’ and online training which has proved successful following feedback from staff. Training is also arranged in conjunction with the collaboration that the Pre-School belongs to and Tracey leads. Angela has completed the Early Years Development Programme which has helped to support staff and children with Communication & Language, Maths and Personal Social & Emotional Development. We maintain a highly qualified and experienced staff team which means that we can meet legal requirements even in times of unplanned absence. Isabelle and Evie, our new Staff members, are both working towards their level 3 qualifications. Steph has completed the Advanced SENco course.
The committee have organised a variety of fundraising activities, most of which were all very well supported, and we have been able to purchase new resources with this.
We were able to welcome new committee members to replace those leaving in July when their children left to go to school and other points during the year, for various reasons.
The accounts attached, showa deficit. This year we have had some large expenses such as replacing the front door and locking system, fixing the security gate and intercom system and maintenance of the large trees and hedges in the back garden. We have also had to pay back dated rent to KCC due to their delay in agreeing our new lease, which is still yet to be finalised. We have also purchased new equipment including a new sand tray and cupboards for the role play area. The Local Authority has continued to pay DSG funding for all those eligible, however the funding rates do not cover our costs, which has resulted in us having to increase parent fees and other means of income, to ensure that we remain financially sustainable for the future. Finances are always a concern, particularly with the planned increased costs of utilities, consumables and of minimum wage from April 2024 and in addition the funding changes for those eligible.
| declare, in my capacity of charity trustee that - e The trustees have approved the above; and have authorised me to sign it on their behalf. Signature ~ Full Name Mrs Z Brear Position Chairperson Date 19" March 2024
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## Section A Receipts and payments
For the financial year ended 31.12.23
|Receipts||||Unristricted
Funds|Restricted
Funds|Total Funds|2022|
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|Donations, legacies etc.||||||||
|Donations||||500||500|-|
|Operating activities to|further charity's objectives|||||||
|Fees Parents||||16,831||16,831|18,388|
|Fees Early Years Funded||||112,269||112,269|106,106|
|Annual Contrirbution||||1,425||1,425|1,575|
|Operating activities to|generate||funds|||||
|Fundraising||||2,715||2,715|2,964|
||||Sub-total|133,740|-|133,740|129,033|
|OtherReceipts||||||||
|Milk Refund||||704||704|595|
|Uniform||||518||518|589|
|Training||||585||585|-|
|Other||||2,918||2,918|2,178|
|Collaboration Receipts||||12,245||12,245|12,149|
|Bank Interest - HISA||||179||179|5|
|Petty Cash Out||||-120||-120|-150|
||||Total Receipts|150,769|-|150,769|144,397|
|Payments||||||||
|Payments forgenerating||funds||||||
|Fund-raising||||328||328|275|
|Charitable payments||||||||
|Charitable activities||||||||
|Consumables||||3,676||3,676|4,205|
|Insurance||||2,111||2,111|2,141|
|Rent & Rates||||5,196||5,196|1,407|
|Staff Costs||||102,886||102,886|102,125|
|Staff pensions||||6,161||6,161|4,968|
|Training||||766||766|814|
|Utilities||||5,300||5,300|5,091|
|Building & Grounds Maintance||||7,964||7,964|5,037|
|Management & Administration||||||||
|Admin||||4,277||4,277|3,903|
|Telephone / Broadband||||1,242||1,242|961|
|Website / Text Messaging||||106||106|65|
|Advertising||||.||-|-|
|Inspection||||50||50|50|
|Uniform||||805||805|971|
|Other||||3,634||3,634|2,235|
|Collaboration Payments||||10,846||10,846|7,000|
||||Sub total|155,349|-|155,349|141,246|
|OtherPayments||||||||
|Purchase ofEquipment||||3,886||3,886|1,269|
||||Total Payments|159,235|-|159,235|142,514|
||Net of Receipts/(Payments) -|||8,466|-|8,466|1,883|
|||Cash Funds last yearend||28,722||28,722|26,839|
|||CashFundsthisyearend||20,256|-|20,256|28,917|
## Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
For the financial year ended 31.12.23
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|Unrestricted|Restricted|
|Cash|Funds|
|Giro|Bank|Current A/C|20,256|
|Petty|Cash|131.39|
|High|Interest|Savings|Account|50836.86|
|71,224|
|Assets|Retained|for the|Charity’s|Own|Use|
|Play Equipment|20,700|
|Books|550|
|Building|27,610|
|48,860|
|Liabilities|
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## Balance Sheet
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|Opening|balance|Current A/C|28,917|Current A/C|Closing|Balance|20,256|
|01.01.23|Petty Cash|114.96|Petty|Cash|31.12.23|131.39|
|HISA|50657.72|HISA|50836.86|
|Adjustment|—|
|79,690|TOTAL|71,224|
|Loss|/|Profit|-|8,466|
|71,224|71,224|
|Signed|by two|trustees|on|behalf|of|all|the|trustees|
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|Z Brear (Chairperson)|/“|_S|j|-|Date|(3|O|i; ce|
|~|[VA]|
|M Hunt (Treasurer)|‘|Date|>|
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