TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
Charity Name: Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup Known as: SCAMPS and The Treehouse Club Registered Charity No. 1023882 Financial Year: 01/9/24 – 31/08/2025 Charity Address: c/o Spetisbury Primary School, West End, Spetisbury, Dorset, DT11 9DF.
Objects of the charity are to provide Preschool learning and extended childcare services to children within the local area.
The Trustees are selected either at the A.G.M or at committee meetings held approximately 6 times a year. They are elected by parents of the Preschool and the current trustees.
The charity runs with a voluntary committee of members made up of mainly parents of the children attending the preschool, breakfast and afterschool club along with other interested parties. We continue to forge a close relationship with the Primary school whose site we share. We aim to meet with the Headteacher, governors and preschool manager 3 times a year. There is one appointed Preschool Manager along with two deputy managers, responsible for the staff and the daily running of the Preschool and they are supported by several assistants.
We were fortunate to be able to fundraise this year and successfully raised just over £200. This enabled us to provide the setting with new resources for play.
We continue to build on the excellent relationships with the school enabling a smooth transition for the preschool children moving up into school. We continue to offer extended services of a breakfast and afterschool club for preschool and school aged children from 2 years up to 11 years old within the school term times.
We have amended our reserves policy due to the growth of the setting and aim to hold 3 months of running costs in reserve for any eventualities such as redundancy etc. This reserve is held in a savings account at our local Lloyds Bank.
At present we do not make grants, if we were to this would be a decision made by the committee.
In view of any major risks, we currently make decisions as a committee and vote on any matters arising. Cheques are issued by the Treasurer or Chairperson and must be signed by a second appointed signatory. The Preschool Manager checks timesheets to ensure the correct hours are claimed and the Treasurer then checks for any anomalies before payment.
I declare, that in my capacity of Charity Trustee, that the trustees have approved the above report and have authorized me to sign it on their behalf.
FULL NAME: S Hinchley SIGNATURE: POSITION: Chairperson DATE: 28/01/2026
SPETISBURY AND CHARLTON MARSHALL PLAYGROUP RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
| Receipts | 2024-2025 | 2023-2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Fees - Sales | 84323 | 91744 |
| Nursery Education Grant | 111174 | 84346 |
| Scampies | 575 | 523 |
| Uniform | 33 | 113 |
| Sales Refunds | -49 | |
| Other Income | ||
| Grants | 1572 | |
| Fundraising | 212 | 201 |
| Donations | ||
| Job Retention Grant Income | ||
| Bank Interest Received | 1226 | 1303 |
| Total Receipts | 197543 | 179753 |
| Payments | ||
| Cost of sales - Consumables | 3312 | 2851 |
| Cost of sales - Resources | 4052 | 1869 |
| Uniform Purchase | 2801 | 1499 |
| Fundraising Costs | 43 | 23 |
| Equipment Under £150 | 782 | 1218 |
| Equipment over £150 | 7851 | 1714 |
| Miscellaneous | 1050 | 991 |
| Employee Wages | 133211 | 98866 |
| Employers PAYE/ NI | 1015 | 4017 |
| Employer's Pension | 3898 | 2943 |
| Recruitment Costs | 984 | 400 |
| Rent and rates | 7540 | 4925 |
| Office costs | 906 | 953 |
| Telephone | 3770 | 977 |
| Legal and Professional | 3664 | 1958 |
| Insurance | 1224 | 959 |
| Repairs and renewals | 221 | 3940 |
| Project costs | 1715 | 5935 |
| General Expenses | 1101 | 557 |
| Subscriptions | 1551 | 1261 |
| Training | 3067 | 383 |
| Total Payments | 183758 | 138239 |
| Net of Receipts and Payments | 13785 | 41514 |
| Cash funds last year end | 141647 | 100133 |
| Cash fund this year end | 155432 | 141647 |
Signature of trustee on behalf of all trustees
Date of approval:
Lesley Bahawan - Treasurer
Sam Hinchley
Sam Hinchley
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Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees
Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup
clo Spetisbury Primary School West End Spetisbury Dorset DT11 9DF
Registered Charity no. 1023882
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup for the year ended 31* August 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of the report
As the charity trustees of the trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
| have completed my examination. | 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:
- Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 10 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn to in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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\ Signed: Aan Date: Qu lo, : a '{] 2026 Rachael Steer 48 Cereleton Park Charlton Marshall Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 9PL