## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1 Sept 2024 31 August 2025
**From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Boscastle Pre-School Playgroup **Other names charity is known by** Boscastle Playschool Registered charity number (if any) 1023541 HMRC Charity Number ZD00288 **Charity's principal address** Boscastle Playschool , Top School, Fore Street Boscastle
**Postcode PL35 0AU**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Steve Coom Chair
2 Lara Tucker Committee
3 Laura Sanders Secretary
4 Amy Winn Committee
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6
7
8 Committee
9 Committee
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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June 2026
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
PPA Playgroup Constitution 1991
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by Committee
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
Our policies and procedures are available at reception and on our website and we encourage our parents and carers to read them.
We have clear risk assessments for every situation that are upheld without fail, ensuring risk is managed and minimalised without inhibiting opportunities for the children.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To provide high standards of care to 32 children aged 0-5 giving 3-5 year olds the funded entitlement (and some 2 year old entitlement where applicable) required by Ofsted.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Expanded offering to take in Under 2’s.
As a village pre-school our vision is to provide the warm, safe and caring atmosphere that young children need so that they can fully benefit from the exploration of themselves and the world around them.
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Our aim is to provide a warm, welcoming, safe, educational and fun environment that promotes learning, self-confidence, empathy and awareness for all our children, whilst supporting them and their families during their time with us and beyond with their transition to school.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
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Providing a warm, comfortable and interesting environment
Treating the children and each other with care and respect
Listening to parents, encouraging their involvement and valuing
their contributions
Observing and assessing individual needs and abilities and
providing for them
Providing a wide range of activities and experiences involving
exploration and experimentation
Providing on-going opportunities for conversation, explanation,
stories, poems, role-play and word play.
Maintaining a balance of constants to provide security
Providing a variety to promote interest and adaptability
Promoting creative thinking in all seven learning areas
Valuing effort as much as success
Valuing and contributing towards own health and well being
Empowering by giving choices and enabling by giving support.
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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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As a small charity we are very dependent on the goodwill of parents and interested members of our community.
Many work with us on a regular basis offering ideas, expertise, and contributions of equipment, time and fundraising.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
We continue to provide full day care, sessional care, breakfast club, afterschool club and holiday club, and opening for fifty weeks of the year (excluding bank holidays). The year has improved showing an upturn in numbers of children in Play School, Breakfast club and after school as well as good numbers in Holiday Club. Tapestry (EYFS software) has continued to improve our analysis and data collection to ensure the children achieve as much as they can in relation to their staring points, whilst still maintaining our personal approach of knowing our children.
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## **Section E Financial review**
## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Reserves are held for anticipated emergency repairs also for long term improvements.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
Boscastle Play School (Boscastle Preschool Play School as it was when we started) was first established in 1969 and has run continuously since. With thanks to family services and Boscastle CP school we were able to design our own setting using the old site of the church hall and moved in during October 2010. Our facilities are second to none as the setting was designed purposely for our children to learn through free flow play.
The outside area has several different levels, the lowest is a well-established wooded area in the Jordan Valley with a small stream, where our children have supervised access and have wonderful adventures learning about nature, animals and the seasons. On the next level we have a productive garden (created in conjunction with the Eden Project) with raised beds which have recently been refurbished (Feb 2017) for the children to plant, grow and ultimately eat their own produce. Directly outside our building is an enclosed area with purpose-built play houses, sandpit and various ride-ons. We have 2 chickens and Stick Insects which the children help to care for.
Inside we have a large open plan area for the children to play, learn and create. We also like to get out and about in the local community and if the weather doesn’t permit we go down to the community centre on a Wednesday morning to do some sports and exercise whilst the playschool itself is used for our baby and toddler group.
We are in a quiet residential area in very close proximity to the primary school, which we have strong links with. Our School Liaison is the reception Class Teacher. We utilise the school canteen which provide school dinners for our children who would like one and encourage them to make their own choices from the menu.
Our opening hours are 8am to 5.30pm; (breakfast club is available everyday) we are open 50 weeks of the year and only close for bank holidays and Christmas. We try to be flexible around child care needs and so provide full day care, sessions and just the odd few hours. We can provide for 20 children at any one time and we currently have 21 children on our register ranging from 1 to almost 5 years old. We offer 2,3 & 4 year old funding for those eligible and extended hours (30 hours) funding as part of the current initiative.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Steve Coom
**Full name(s)** Steven Coom
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 15th June 2026
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## **Bank Reconciliation for**
## **Boscastle Play School**
## **Financial Year Ending: 31/08/2025**
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BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE £ OPENING BALANCES FOR YEAR £
Opening Balance £ 36,399.94 Current Account Opening
Statement Page: Balance: £ 24,445.16
Receipts Paid In £ 98,652.86
Deposit Account Opening
Payments Paid Out £ 99,110.31 Statement Page: Balance: £11,954.78
Closing Balance £ 35,942.49
Previous Year Cheques outstanding at Year End
Cheque No: Amount Presented
BANK RECONCILIATION £ Enter Details if applicable £ - N
£ - N
Current Account Closing £ - N
Statement Page: 21 Balance: £ 24,606.59 £ - N
£ - N
Unpresented Credits £ - £ - N
Unpresented Debits £ - £ - N
Unpresented Previous Year £ - £ - N
Closing Balance £ 24,606.59 £ - N
£ - N
£ - N
Deposit Account Closing £ - N
Statement Page: Balance: £ 11,335.90 £ - N
£ - N
Closing Funds £ 35,942.49 £ - N
Unreconciled Amount: £ - Opening Balance £ 36,399.94
Agrees to Summary Sheet Agrees to Summary by Fund Sheet
Opening Balances Agree? YES Opening Balances Agree? YES
Closing Balances Agree? YES Closing Balances Agree? YES
Petty Cash Balances Agrees to Summary by Month Sheet
Opening Balance as Summary Opening Balances Agree? YES
Closing Balance as Summary Closing Balances Agree? YES
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