CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees. annual report (Includlng Directors, report) for the period
From: 1$1 September 2020
To: 311t August 2021
Charity name: Jack & Jill Playgroup
Charity registration number: 1026771
Company number.
Objectives and activities
SOAP re
Para 1.17
erenc
Summary of the purpow of
Ihe chanty as set out in its
Jack & Jill Pkygroup is a Pre-sch￿1 that is
a member of the Pre-schod Leaming
Alliarre.
Aims..
To enhance the development and
education of chiklren under *atyJtory
srhool age.
srcid arKI emoticrtol develowriart in
an environment that is safe and to
To encourage ease of tran&tion into
sch￿1 Wh￿ chddren reach tr
appropriate age.
To provKle an erNironment for
children that is warm. safe and able
to meet tsr ieamiThJ,
and emotional devekyment.
To monilor children's prcgress
through their key worker and ONJYNJ
For clm'ldren to eniw Iti￿r time and
feel 5eGure at Jack & Jill Pla
TOU
11 Is Ihe resFX)nsililty of the trusxees arKI
staff a&8(Kiated with Jack & Jill Playgroup to..
Summary of the main
actiV￿e5 in rdalion to tho
pur1X)￿ for the puuic
trMefrL in particular, the
activitie5, proFcts or seNices
identifth in the accounts.
ara 1.17 a
1.19
a) Offer age.approwlate play, edLration
care facilities for the be￿1[ of
the registered children.
b) IrN0￿e parents & carers in all areas
of Iheir chi&Jren's lear￿, gxial or
ernotion￿ needs.
c) Adhere to and alide ty the Pre-
SclKd fearnirvJ alliance constitytson.
d) Undertake and adhere to Of*ed
regulations and guidellnes.
e) Ensure that actwitses and leaming
cater for dl chddren whatever their

race, culture, reltgion, means c
abKty.
To proytde approprl*e
d¢ciJnmodation arnl equlpment I
the age aNJ atrility of the regstered
children.
g) To rase necessary funds to pay fc
Pr&School ￿tIvrtEes and necessary
ongcing cos
h) To enS￿e th* stsff and truslees are
safe people as apwoved by the
DI￿1￿$Ure and Barring Servlce.
(DBS) ￿ apwoved by OfsEed.
To ensure that employed ￿aff access
up to date tranlng In acc(KdaKe wlth
governmentst gutdelines.
•nt confirming
whellEr the iiu&ee5 have
had regard to the gutdance
iswed by the ClTrrty
Commission on publ
Imefit
Pata IIB
The IrL￿ have had￿LE regatd EO public
benetrt guidance wherr ex￿cISing any
powers Dr duties to whlch guidance Is.
evant
Additional information (optionall
hC￿ ￿ w]clude furtt￿r *atements where rdevant alxjut..
SOPP ¥efeTenc
Policy on grant making
Policy on soctai investmenl.
Including prcgram relat￿1
investment
Paral.38
CoNrlEyJuon made ty
vDlityeers
PwalJ8
Other

A.chievemeni$ and performance
Summary"of the main
achievements of the charity.,
identifying the (knffer￿￿e the
charty's work has madF to
the CWCLwnstances of it5
beneficiaries and w wider
benefits to soGiety a5 a
Para 120
Additional inform*ion (optlonal)
y.ou m
ch(Th to include furt￿ statemènig where tElevant aboui:
Achievemenls against
obiectives *t
Para LAI
Performance of funttratsrng
activibes a￿nst obJeGtves
Para IAL.
Invesbment perfomance
apnst obiectives
P4RL41
Other

Financial review
Revi￿ of the charity's
linancFaF position at ihe end
of the perl(Kl
PaM121
The years finances are an Improvemern on
the prior year, with the loss being snaller.
The T￿0Very from Ihe Covid pnd¢rnic1s
ower Ihan expected but still we are
headinu in the ri￿rt di￿￿on.
The NmtErs of regstered children are y
to reach the level wior to the pandemic. as a
r85uIt fe￿ from wents isnl at tavel we
expe¢t. Despite thi5, Fees & govemment
funding make up 98QA ol incrmne.
Imth the ory)ing Covid restrl¢tions, we were
na￿￿ to hold full capacty of chlldren.
Theref￿e, in order to balance the books the
staff agreed to 2CPh less whllsT these
restricti￿5 were In place. Once these
restricti￿]￿ were eased we were able'to
revert to the *tts slandartj hours
In the truste￿, vlew, the rewves should
provide the chty wlrh adequate financFat
stabilty and.the means.fDr itto meet lts
Charitsti￿ Objec￿e$ for the foreseeable
fLrtLKe. In line wlth the recommendation from
the charity commlssbrn, we seek to hold 3
months operating costs as a reserve.
Stalemenl vxplairdng the
licy for *okfjng reserves
statlng why they are held
Par8 1.22
The trustees review the number ol reserves
that are requlred to en￿re are
adequate to fuwllthe charws contlnulng
obligatlons at thelr quarterty finance
meedn
Total bank re*rves reduced ty 39.4% to
£19,948.18 due to Covid our cushion r8tlo at
year erKI h85 reduced to 2.5 months
operating costs {at£7,755.63) por monlh &
from 3.5 months at the end of la# yeat. This
Is now below the 3 months recornmendatton
Irom the charity commission. However. it is
understandable ckne to the mitigaling
clrcumstances of Covid. We expectthKsto'
recover On￿ dl restrtctiorE ￿e Itfted.
Jack & JMI klaygroup do not hdd zero
reserve&
Jack & JHI playgroup does not have any
funds materialty in debt.
Amount of resENe5 hetd
Par4 L.22
Ream for holdRig zer.o
reseNes
Detals of fund materi￿[Y in
deficit
Para 1.22
Para 124
ExrknaticKi of
unrertatnttes about the
charity continuing as a goirKJ
C(￿cern
Para 123
Jack & Jill plaYgr￿p (loes not have any
uncertatnties.
Additi(ffial Inf0rn7atloTr (optional)
Youm
choDse to IncI￿le furtber statements where relevant aboth:
PaEa IA7

The chwty's Ptinsipal
urGes ot funds (Wic1￿1￿)g
any tUttha5w￿)
I￿estment policy at)d
ollect￿eS including
social investment pdscy
Para 1.48
A descr¥ition of the principal.
rithsfacing'the charty
Para IA6

Structure, governance and management
DexrptK)n of c￿rity'S
trusts..
TY￿ of govemity d(Kumenl.'
eXam￿e,
Para 1.25
Pre-schocd Leaming Alliance Constitthion.
How is ts charity
PaFa 125
Trust
Tru*e setection methc(Is
¢luding detaiLs of any
constitutson￿ provisions e.g.
elethion to post C￿ name of
Pala 1.25
AM Trustees arKI Comffltttee memtws have
been aF¥)ointed by election.
tr) app)int one or more
Additional IrrfOrn￿ (optional)
Youm
chcM)se to include further statements where relevant atr￿￿￿.
p￿iCieS aTKI pr￿edureS
adok*ed f(Y ts induction and
nir¥J of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity's wK%ati)n
strwture and aFry wider
elw(¥k wnh which the
charity works
Para 1.51
Para l.sl
Othei

Reference and administrative detsils
name
Other narne the G
R istered char
number
Charty's pl￿￿1PaI a(klress
jack.&￿11 P
1026771
Belnjont Sports Pavilion,
Belmont Cl
BN
Names ol the charitytrusiees manage the charlty
Datss aGted rfnrtfor whol
yror
T￿￿tee namE
Officefrf ary)
Name Ot￿rson lor bLxtyI
Ton
Burstow
Janet E￿ick
Derek Lawrence
Nlck Watson
Fiona Coll
Chalrperson
Secretary
Tre&Eurer
Committee
Committee
Katle Colley
Nicholas CoHey
Commiltee
Committee
14
15
17
18
19
20
Drate trustees- names of the directors at the Il*e the
Diroctor n3me
rtwas
Name ol OU￿ee$ hokllng title to prO[￿ty bekntyng to the chaty
Trusthe
Dats¥ ected IFnotfor wI￿le

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
NIA
held in this capqcity
Name and oolects of the
charty Im whose behalf the
assets are held and hcMT this
fails wirfin the custodian
char
Detals of ￿[angementS for
safe custody and
segreg*ion of such a55ets
from fhe char
NIA
NIA
A(Jdilionai information (optioTbal)
Names and addre55e5 of adviseFS (optional information)
Type of Name
A(Idress
adviser
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason tor non-disclowre of ke
[sOnr￿ detai15
NIA
Other o
tional information

Declarations
The company has tsken advantage of the small ¢ompanieg' oxgmptlon in preparing th
Tho tntstees dodar•thatthèy have approved Ihe truste4s' report lincluding dlro¢lors'
rRPOrt}.abo
Signature(s)
Full t￿Me(S)
Samantha Viggers
Poslilon (for &vamwe
Charwx
Secretary, Chair. etc)
Adam John¥m
O¢tther 2024

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CHARITY (OMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
(rfany)
Set out on pages
I raport to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the al)ove
charity (Ihe Twsf) for the year ended 61 08 10%.
As the charitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance vith the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihè Act.).
Responslbiliti95 and
basis of report
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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Indépendent I have completed my eXamir￿tiOn. I confimi that no material matters have
examinerfs statament come to my attention in COnnect￿n with the examination (other than that
disdosed beknw") which gives m8 caus8 to believ8 that in. any material
respect:
the aC￿Unting records were r¥Jt kept in accLYdanGe with sedion 130
of the Charttie5 Ad" or
the accounts did not accord wth the accounting records. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities
(Accounts and Raports) R6gulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounls giv8 a 'tru8 and fair. viaw which is not a mattor
consid8red as part of an indep&ndant examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
th the examinat￿n to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Plgase delet6 the words in th8 braGk8ts rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Dats:
Name:
Rèlavant professional
quallflcation{s} or body
(if any):
fkMAr
Address:
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Oct 2018

(If any)"
Address:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to high1￿ht material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of charity atxounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Glve hera brlef dotalls of
any items that the
examin•f wish88 to
disc1030.
IER
Oct 2018