Trustees. Annual Report for the period Perioj stsrt date Peric#J date From 31 Section A Reference and administration details TIPTrEE PRE4CHOOL PLAYGROUP othor names charlty Is known by R•gistered Charity number Irf any) 1026184 Charitys principal addr￿5 14 Ransorn Roaj Tiptree Essex Post¢od• C06 OTL Names of tho charity trustoes who manage tho Charity Tn*l*• t)am• Offt• frf•ny) Name olper50n lor bodyl enliued If •ny Jani￿ South Phyliss Woojiwiss Jade Oakes Annabelle Wood mi￿118 Gardiner Leigh Whittaker Emily Nels Dan Hiskey Leah Riky Andrea Buffey Suzie Goldsmith President Vice -PresKlent Chairperson Secretary Res*Jned 31108r2020 ReS￿ned 3110812020 Resuned 31A)8r2020 Resuned 0110812021 10 Appointed 01109r2020 and resbjned 3111212020 Appoirtted 011CB12020 arKI res¥Jned 3111212020 12 SarKJy Ridpath 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of th• lJustMs for th• Charity. rf any. (for example. any ¢ustodian truste•$) Name Dates acted rf not for whole TAR 2012 Names and addresses of advlsw51OpUonal Informallon) of advlser Name Nam• of chlef execullve or names of senlor stsfl mwnbw51Optlonal Inf0m￿OnI Section B Structure. governance and management Description of the charws trusts Trust deed. Type of govemirvJ dO(￿ment How the charfty is constituted The charity's constrtution was adopted on 28 September 1977, amended on 14 Octoter 1988 and 25 March 2008. The constrtubon was readopt&J on 14 March 2013. Apwinted ty tru*ees at Annual General MeetirvJ. Trustse selectN?n methcKIs Addftlonal govemanee Issues (Opllonal InforM￿On) You may choose to indude additional information, where relevant, about.. p)licies and proCed￿S adopted for the induction and training of trustees,. the chariVs organisation structure and any wider network with which the charity r8Lationship with any related parties; trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and pr¢Jcedurps to manag8 them. Section C Ob'ectives and activities To enharKe the development and education of children under statulcKy sdMxA age by encouragiivJ parents to understand aNJ provide for the needs of their cfmldren through community groups by.. a) offering approF¥iate play. edU￿8110n a￿1 care faciltties, family learrMrKJ and extended hours groups, t(yJether with the rights of parths to take responsibilty for arKJ become involved in the activittes of suth groups. ensuring that such grDUPS offer Opp￿InitieS for all thildren. whatevertheir ra￿. culture. ion means or abi Summary of the objects of the Gharity set out In its govornlng document TAR Xi12 (b) en￿Ur￿31Trj the study of the needs of s￿h children and their families and promotirKJ putAic irrterest in and reccpJnibi)n of such needs in the l¢xal areas (c) instsgating *KI adherÉng to and furthering the aim of the Pr&School Leaming Allian￿. Also to help the Ghiktren interact with gr¢y•m ups and their peers, learn to share equilxnent. adults and space, listen to stories and to use a pencil and paints and crayons. Be able to do simple crafts, use scissor5, and leam their colours. some ￿e[S arvj number5 Charitable actsvili Tiptree Pre SclKM)I Playgroup is a registered charty pre school run by an elected committee of volunteers. With three seth'ngs in different parts of the Itillage. All are indeFEndent from the Primary Schools, registered wtth and inspected by OFSTED and affiliated to the Pre School Leaming Alliance. Estsblished in 1 %2 it provides pl￿S for up to 150 children between 2 and 5 years old and employs on average 29 staff. The Milklene Presthool has been10￿￿ted within the grounds of Milldene School Sin￿ 1992. OrKJinally in a class room then in a second hand demourrtable which erected in 2002. 11 was fast getting dose to ts sell by date and had seen tetter days so after 4 years of pltyjghing through various levels of tapg and a lot of serious fund raising wilh help from the Parish. co￿hester and Essex County Councils to name a fthv, we were able to dear the site and have an Integral Buihying erected in its place during the Summer Holmlays and refitted ready for the New Tem to start on the 1 September 2014. Unfortunately to falliThJ numbers the URC site closed in D￿fftbe[ 2019. Summary of tho maln activitles undertaken for th• public benefft in r•lation to those obiocts (include within thls sectlon th• statsrtory de¢laration that trustees have had r•gard to the guidan¢• Issued by the Charlty Commlsslon on public benefft) Addltlonal dotsils of objectlves and activilles (Opuonal infornkn) You may choose to include further statefflents, relevant, aboui: policy on grant makirnJ', F)olicy programme related investment., • contriLXrti(￿ made by volunteers. TAR Marth 2012 Section D Achievements and performance The plaYgr￿p continues to provide an ex￿ph'onal standard of r2re to pre-schocA age thiidren in and around fiptr*. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 we cwkl not hold our usual spor6ored ￿￿Ik or ts other fijndraising ath"vrties that we planned. Summary ofthe maln achl¢voments of tho ¢harlty during the year TAR Marth 2012 Section E Financial review Brief statsmont of the charlty's pollcy on reserv8S We maintain a contiroew furKI in a $8pafate savings ￿COUnt of at least £25,000. Details of any funds materialty in defi¢it Further financial r•vi•w d•tails Ioptional infornthn) You may ¢hoose to indude addits'onal infomation, where relevant about.. the charivs prirripal sources of fvnds (includiry any fuThJraising)', how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the chanty" investment Fdicy and objectives including any ethical inv85tm8nt wlicy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declaro that they have approvod the trust¢es' report above. Signed on behall of the Charitys trustees Signknre(s) Mrs J South Jso Mrs P WCKKIi￿sS Full namels Positron {eg Se¢retaryJ Chair. Mrs J SrAJlh JflNIc Mr5 P W(*)diwiss President VI￿ President X￿O2f2022 TAR Mwch 2012 ITY IOMMISSION ENGLAND AND WAIES Tiptr•• Pr• S￿001 Playgroup 1V26184 Receipts and pa ents accounts CC16a Forthe period To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrict•d nds T¢)tal funds L45ty•xr Al R•￿IPts NEF FutK*ty F*s 1$9.549 21.313 FLmdrasrvJ Sale Stirts 7.521 CBC Co¥wl.19 Gtwrt t)eFX)si(arxountintWB5t 187 Sub tolal(Gr(us irKome for AR) tX646 201,6BB Isee labl81. Sub tst IX646 201,686 scos& Fun Tshlyts & Sthwl t WaTr5 Int¥e#￿ lale Rates Toys a Crafy chr￿￿n￿￿ Toys8 UblIti￿. rnild￿e Grrrnt* & mthk c￿[se$ 73 85 241 141142 155.704 14 742 51 si 3fB 828 t.957 2,186 1.103 Trips 136 136 1*7 135 1,613 925 1,171 1,889 l.W2 62t8 Sundry Hired Pnfftry Sy3 292 1233 760 760 141r401 131 Sub total 178.23 A4 and In¥•stm•nt ur¢hases. S•8 tsbl•} 786 s￿ (ot 1*630 178,2afj Net of recW'P￿(payMéntsJ . AS Tr4nskn betw¢•n lunds A8 Cash funds last y•ar •nd Cash funds Ihls CCXX R1 act4unts1&81 1084 23A61 104344 104.244 10&180 1,793 104.244 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period End•wment fund5 fur B1 Cash fund5 14734 *192 funds Details Det3ils B3 Inv•stm•nt ass•ts l)•tails 106.602 ohaffty's tywn us• 19.797 11.627 DetJ¥ls B6 Liabiliti•s 13,3t3 PAYE¥vJ NEST O*of behalf of Ihg trusts SbJnaturE YI CCXX R2 ISS} ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** TIPTREE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP **members of On accounts for the year** 31 AUGUST 2021 **Charity no** 1026184 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT PAGES 1 and 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2021. **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”). I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I 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. **Signed:** Julian Wyncoll **Date:** 28 June 2022 **Name:** Julian Wyncoll **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** Tile & Co., Warden House, 37 Manor Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 3LX ## **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). **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**