Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2020 To 31 03 2021
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Knodishall & District Playgroup
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1023626
Charity's principal address The Mission Rooms, School Road, Knodishall, Saxmundham,
Suffolk
Postcode IP17 1UD
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Mr Tim Haxell Chairperson
2 Mrs G Pearse Treasurer
3 Kerry Canning Secretary
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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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
Pre-school learning Alliance Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Voluntary Committee How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by family membership of playgroup. Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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The aims of the playgroup are to enhance the development and education of the children under statutory school age.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Our aims are:
To provide premises for education, and equipment To raise money to pay for the playgroups activities To make such payments as shall be necessary To fix and collect payable in respect of the children attending sessions of the playgroup To hire or acquire assets of any kind
To set aside funds for special purposes or as reserves against future expenditure
To insure the property and assets of the playgroup against any foreseeable risk and to take out other insurance policies to Summary of the main protect the playgroup as required. activities undertaken for subject to obtaining prior written consent of the charity the public benefit in commission to insure the committee against the costs of the relation to these objects successful defence to a criminal prosecution brought against (include within this them as charity trustees or against personal liability incurred in section the statutory respect of any act or omission which is or is alleged to be breach declaration that trustees of trust or breach of duty unless the committee member(s) have had regard to the concerned knew that or was reckless whether the act or guidance issued by the omission was a breach of trust or breach of duty Charity Commission on to employ such paid or unpaid staff, agents and advisors as public benefit) maybe required from time to time
To do any lawful things which are necessary or desirable to enable the playgroup to achieve its aims.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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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 provided a variety of stimulating activities to help develop and educate children under the statutory school age. To keep and maintain the premises and equipment of the playgroup.
To employ staff members, and aided with parents and volunteers in providing appropriate play, education and care facilities
To provide a voluntary run committee to provide day to day management of the playgroup.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Our reserves policy is to hold the amount that would be required for statuary staff redundancies if the playgroup ever needed to close for good.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Mrs G Pearse Full name(s) Gemma Pearse Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 05th January 2022
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