CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho trusteesl m•mbers of os On accounts for tho year ended 31ST ALL Charlty no (rf any) 102É8 L3 Sot out on pages I report to the trustees cn my examlnatK)n of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for th8 year ended R•8ponslbllltlg• and As thè charrty trustees of th8 Trust. you are responslble for the preparation basls of report of the acJx)unts In accordance With the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I rew1 In respect of my examinatlon of the Trusfs accounts carrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinatlon, I have followed the appllcatA8 Directions given by the Ch8rfty Commlsslon under s8Ctbn 145(51(b) of the Act. I have completed my examinalon. I confinn that ￿ material matters h8Va ¢ome to my attention ") in connectlon the examlnation which gives me cause to beliave that In, any material Independent examlnerf8 Statement accountirvJ reccyds I￿re not k8Pt in acc(Kdanc8 With $8Ction 130 of the Act or th8 accounts do not ￿C￿d *ryth th8 aC￿UntIng records I have no concerns and have come aLYOSS no other matters In connectlon qth the examlnation to whith attention should ￿ drdwn in order to enable a prop8r understsnding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words In the brad(ets If they do not apply. Date.. Signed: Namg: Rolevant professlonal quallfl¢*lon{s) or body (If any): Address: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Onty complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of tharity acrJ)unts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Glvo herè brief dotails of any Ilems that Ihe examinerwlshos to dlsclose. IER October 2018 Receipts and payments accounL¢ 01109r2020 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted funds funds to thfr nMreBt £ to th• n•ar••t£ A1 Recei FEES RA￿ FEES HMRC JRS FUND RAISING VINGS ACCOUNT INTEREST 139 Sub total(Gros8 Income fo ARJ 2 Asset and Invesknnt salos. Sub total A3Pa ents AFF COSTS DMINISTRATION LAYGROUP ACTivrriES & SUPPLIES INSURANCE FSTED FEE HURCH WL 82 695 512 70 (788 Sub total 4 Asset and investment urchases see table Sub total Net of rnceipts/{payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end CCXX R2 accounts ISS) 28101r2022 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities B1 Cash funds CURRENT ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNT [aJFFE psYr￿S acoxnt($)I Dotails B2 Other monetary assets Details B3 Investment assets Details 84 Assets retalned for the CCXX R3 accounts ISS} 28101r2022 Details 85 Liabilhles Signed by one or hyo trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature CCXX R4 ￿Ouftts {SS) 2810112022 To 3110812021 Endowment funds Total funds Last year 3&791 327 261 13 47 47,163 512 62.767 CCXX R5 accounts ISS) 2810112022 CCXX R6 a¢¢ounts (SSI 28101r2022 ,t the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to n•arest £ Endowment funds lo nèarest £ 418 13.981 39.857 OK Unrestricted funds to n••r68t£ OK Restricted funds Endowment funds to n•arnst £ Fund to whlch as¥et belo Cost {¢ptional) Fund to whleh ass•t belo Current value C(* (oi>tional) CCXX R7 ac(xwnts ISS) 28101r2022 Fund to whi¢h Ilabll relates Amount du• onal Print Name <11 Date of roval 18 31(Al 16 .3. 2011 HIL CCXX R8 ac¥)Junts ISS) 2810112022 Trustees Tn Perio 01 2020 31 2021 SPARROWS PLAYGROU Charity name Illilii- Other names charlty is known by Registered 1026963 Charitys principal addr068 17 GARDEN FARM WEST MERSEA COLCHEST ER Postcode C05 8DU Namos of the charity trustees who manage tho charlty TAR March 2012 Nam rfnot any) ee {If 11 Rebecca Wright Keary Hill Rachael Alcharbaji Rita Kemp Laura Green Heather King Rathel Mansell Vanda Hockley Sarah .9f Claire Sewell 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 rtf TAR March 2012 dif not Name who Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforniation) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chlef executive or names of genior staff members (Optional inforniation) TAR March 2012 TAR M8r¢h 2012 Adopted Constitution TAR Mard) 2012 Association TAR M•Tc* 2012 TAR March 2012 To Fxomote an atmosphere in which children under statutory school age can develop their leaming and social skills. Encouraging the parents to become involved in the activities of the group. Ensuring the opportunities provided are for all children no matter their ra￿ culture religion means or abilty. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012 Children develop their learning through playing painting reading and craft activibes. Children team arKI develop social sknlls at snack and lunch times also at parties outings and sports day. Summary of the maln actlvities undertaken for the public benefit in relatlon to these objects (include within thi5 sectlon the statutory declaration that trustees havo had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commisslon on public benèfit) Additional detsils of objectives and activities (Optional inforniation) TAR 10 March 2012 Due to the on going Coronavrrus restrictions the playgroup has been unable to do any fund raisirKJ or go on outings. Mersea fish bar dKI very kindly donate fish and chips for the leavers party at end of the school year in July. You may choose to indude further statements, wher8 relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking" poliGy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. TAR 11 March 2012 Summary of the maln achievements of tho charity during the year Playgroup started school year in September. Due to the on going Coronavirus Govemment guidance was followed and all safety measures were in pla￿. All staff were back expect for one who was dinically vulnerable and needed to shield. The children spent as much time as the weather would allow outside which they enjoyed. Christmas presents were purchased from fund raising that was Garried out in August 2020. A Christmas paty was held on the last Thursday aftemoon session with each child recer¥ing a present from Mr and Mrs Christmas and entertainment by Timmy the Elf whith was enjoyed by all. Staff V￿re supplied with new polo shirts and jackets in October which makes them easily recognizable to the children and their parents. All staff Paediatric First Aid Certfficates ￿re also renewed in October following a iwo day course run by a local lady. Due to another lockdown being reintroduced from January we W￿re down to 3 staff members . As the schools were off the playgroup did not have so many chiklren retum. Weather permitting children were outside but when in the hall the Frenth doors were left open lo circulate tresh air and staff wore masks. Unfortunately the staff member was shielding passed away at the end of January vthich was very sad for the chihlren. Children do did crafts for Valentines Day, Mothers Day and Easter. A staff members daughter kindly came in to help end of March making a tyjg house with the children outside which proved very popular and drfferent. She also hid 100 foiled covered Easter Eggs in the garden for the children to hunt for and place them in the Easter baskets they had decorated. Luckily the playgroup had all staff back for the summer temi starting after the Easter holidays. Al safety measure5 were kept in place so nty of hand washing and deaning of equipment every session. More children come to the sessions and were very happy to be back. Only craft work under taken was for Fathers Day. Due to the on going restr1￿10nS the ￿aYgrOuP was unable to tske the children on any outtngs. We did manage to hold a Leavers Paty during the last Thursday aftemoon session where 17 children enjoyed Fish and Chips kindly donated by Mersea Island Fish Bar. Children received a story book and party book. TAR 12 March 2012 TAR 13 Marth 2012 Brfef statement of the charity's policy on reserves Reserves to cover costs of staff redundancies and any other costs if playgroup was to close for any other any reason. Detalls of any funds materlally in deficit You may choose to include additional infomiation, whe relevant about.. the charity's principal souros of funds (induding any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the thanty., investment policy and Section F Other optional information The trustees declare that Signature(s) Full name(s) IIEAP.8 LÉAtrl H ILL TAR 14 March 2012 Position (eg Secretary. Chair, otc) ikSiE sEcIi£TRLy It1312oiL TAR 15 March 2012