## **FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP** 

## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** 

## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2020** 

First steps Community Playgroup is constituted by as Deed of Trust and is a registered charity. Its registered address is Margaret Road, Exeter, EX4 7DQ. 

The Trustees in the Year were: 

Chairperson –  Carly Warren 

Secretary – 

Treasurer – Jaci Roche-Lord 

Fundraising Officer – 

The aim of the charity is to enhance the  development and education of children, primarily  under  statutory  school  age,  by  encouraging  parents  to  understand  and provide for the needs if the children through Playgroup and by: 

1. Offering appropriate play facilities and training courses, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involve in the activities of such  groups,  ensuring  that  such  groups  offer  opportunities  for  all  children whatever race, culture, religion, means of ability. 

2. Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of needs in the local area. 

3. Instigating, adhering and furthering the aims of the Pre-School Learning Alliance. 

The accounts for the charity are set out on pages 

The Trustees have approved the Trustees Report above. 

…………………………………………………………………… 

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For and on behalf of the Management Committee 

Date 



## **FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020** 

## **CURRENT ACCOUNT** 

|**INCOME**||**EXPENDITURE**||
|---|---|---|---|
|_Balance at bank 31 August_||||
|_2016_|_£35,595.50_|Salaries|100,663.72|
|Fees|71,858.27|Inland Revenue/ NI|13,142.53|
|Eyef|61,724.86|Training|991.02|
|Other|300.00|Premises|2,809.15|
|Fundraising|415.53|Telephone|604.36|
|||Admin|812.71|
|||Consumables|1,717.69|
|||Pla-Insur/Memb|986.86|
|||Fundraising|8,553.77|
|||Ofsted|220.00|





||Equipment|2,371.36||
|---|---|---|---|
||Others|1,235.16||
||_Balance at bank 31 August_|||
||_2017_|_£35,785.83_||
|£169,894.16||£169,894.16||
|**FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP**||||
|**ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020**||||
|**TREASURERS ACCOUNT - FUNDRAISING**||||
|**INCOME**||||
|Balance at bank 31 August 2019|||£28,074.90|
|Fundraising|||£8,846.72|



£36,921.62 



## **FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020** 

## **BUS BANK INSTANT -  DEPOSIT ACCOUNT** 

**INCOME EXPENDITURE** _£13,543.6 Balance at bank 31 August 2016 5_ Other Interest £7.09 Other £1,000.00 _Balance at bank 31 August 2017 £14,550.74_ £14,550.7 4 £14,550.74 

I have examined the above accounts and confirm that they are in accordance with the papers and vouchers presented to me. 

Natalia Ferreras  (Independent Examiner) 

7[th] November 2017 



## **FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP** 

## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

## **Accounts for the period 1[st] Sept 2019 – 31[st] August 2020** 

**Registered Charity Number 1023077** 



## **Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of First Steps Community Playgroup** 

## **For the year ended 31[st] August 2020** 

## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the independent examiner** 

## **I have examined the accounts as set out on the ensuing pages.** 

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for his year under section 43(2) of the Charities and that an independent examination is needed. 

Having  satisfying  myself  that  the  charity  is  not  subject  to  audit  and  is  eligible  for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act; 

-  follow  the  procedures  laid  down  in  the  General  Directions  given  by  the  Charity Commission under section 43(7) of the 1993 Act; and 

- state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 

An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and it is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

## **In conjunction with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:** 

(1)  which  gives  me  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that  in  any  material  respect  the requirements to prepare accounts with the methods and principle of the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities. 

## **Have not been met; or** 

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## **Independent Examiner:** 

Signed:……………………………………. 

Date: 

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FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2017 

ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST AUG 2016 TO 31ST AUG 2017 **STATEMENT OF ASSESTS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST AUGUST 2017** 

## **Assets** 

Fixed Assets – Equipment Depreciation – Equipment Fixed Assets – Vehicle Depreciation – Vehicle Stock 

Bank balance c/f 31st August 2016 Account I Less outstanding cheques Bank balance c/f 31st August 2016 Account II Less outstanding cheques 

Banking Receipts Banking Payments 

Deposit Accounts c/f 31st August 2016 

Deposit Receipts Deposit Payments Deposit Accounts c/f 31st August 2017 

Petty cash c/f 31st August 2017 Petty cash Receipts Petty cash Payments 

**Debtors** Debtors **Total Assets** 

## **Liabilities** 

Creditors PAYE Loans 

## **Total Assets less Liabilities** 

**Funds of the Charity** Balance from previous year Movement during year 



FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST AUG 2019 TO 31ST AUG 2020 **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT** 

|**INCOME - RECEIPTS**|**2016/2020**|**2016/2020**|**2016/2017**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Fees||£71,858.27||
|Eyef||£61,724.86||
|Fundraising||£9,262.25||
|Others||£1,300.00||
|Interest||£7.09||
|_Total Income_||**£144,152.47**||
|**EXPENDITURE - PAYMENTS**||||
|Salaries||£100,663.72||
|Inland Revenue/ NI||£13,142.53||
|Training||£991.02||
|Premisies||£2,809.15||
|Telephone||£604.36||
|Admin||£812.71||
|Consumable||£2,208.22||
|Pla-Insur/Memb||£986.86||
|Fundraising||£8,553.77||
|Ofsted||£220.00||
|Equipment||£2,371.36||
|Other||£1,235.16||
|_Total Expenditure_||**£134,598.86**||
|Net Income & Expenditure for the year||**£9,553.61**||
|**Bank reconciliation as at 31st August 2020**||||
|Bank balance c/f 31st August 2020 Account I||£35,785.83||
|Less outstandings cheques||£0.00||
|Balance as per Bank Statement as at 31st August 2017|Account I|£35,785.83|£35,785.8|
|Bank balance c/f 31st August 2017 Account II||£36,431.09||
|Less outstanding cheques||£0.00||
|Balance as per Bank Statement as at 31st August 2017|Account II|£36,431.09|£36,431.0|
|Deposit Balance as per Bank Statement as at 31st||||
|August 2017|||£14,550.7|





We confirm that the above balance Sheet and Profit & Lost Account reflects a true and fair state of the charity as at 31[st] August 2020 

Signed on behalf of the charity.