2023-07-31-accounts - Playmates Playgroup

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Year||Day|Month|Year| ||||01|Augus
2022||31|July|2023| |||||t||||| |Section A|||Reference and administration details|||||| ||||Charityname|PLAYMATES PRE-SCHOOL||||| ||Other names charit|Other names charityis known by||PLAYMATES PLAYGROUP||||| ||Registered charitynumber (if any)|||1028557||||| ||Charity’s principal address|||THE BUNGALOW,||||| |||||WINDMILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, WINDMILL LANE,||||| |||||RAUNDS, NORTHANTS.||||| |||||POSTCODE
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity.

Trustee name	Trustee name	Office(if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person(or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
1 ~~Pf;~~	Donna Randall ~~Pf;~~	Chairperso n ~~PT~~	~~PT~~	Member of Playmates Pre-school
2 ~~Pf;~~	Gail Gilbert ~~Pf;~~	~~PT~~	~~PT~~	Member of Playmates Pre-school
3	CarlaHarmsworth			Memberof PlaymatesPre-school
4 ~~a ~~ ~~es~~	Daniel Taylor ~~a~~	Treasurer ~~QO~~ ~~es~~	~~QO~~ ~~es~~	Member of Playmates Pre-school ~~QO~~
5 ~~es~~	CharleneTaylor	Secretary ~~es~~	~~es~~	Memberof PlaymatesPre-school
6 ~~es~~ ~~a ~~	Swetlana Dewar ~~a~~	~~es~~ ~~QO~~	~~es~~ ~~QO~~	Member of Playmates Pre-school ~~QO~~
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Name	Dates acted if not for wholeyear
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2
3

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type ofadvisor	Name	Address



Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)		Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)
Gail Gilbert – Pre-school Manager
Marrilynn Hazeldine– Pre-school Leader
Kellie Mayes – Pre-school DeputyLeader
Section B	Structure, governance and management

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing	Constitution
document
(eg trust deed,
constitution).

How the charity is constituted (eg trust, association, company).	Company
Trustee selection methods (eg appointed by, elected by).	Election by members

Additional governance issues (optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:  Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;  The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;  Relationship with any related parties;  Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.	We were inspected by Ofsted in July 2022 and were downgraded from an outstanding to good rating. This was during a stafng illness crisis and in peak holiday season, so we had less staf, still well within ratio. . This has had no efect on our income and families continue to recommend us throughout the Community.
Section C	Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document	The aim of Playmates is to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups. The objectives are;  ofering appropriate play facilities and training courses, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups ofering opportunities for all children, regardless of race, culture, religion or means.  encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting publicinterest inandrecognitionof

You may choose to
include additional
information, where
relevant, about:

Policies and
procedures adopted
for the induction and
training of trustees;

The charity’s
organisational
structure and any
wider network with
which the charity
works;

Relationship with any
related parties;

Trustees’
consideration of major
risks and the system
and procedures to
manage them.

We were inspected by Ofsted in July 2022 and were downgraded
from an outstanding to good rating. This was during a stafng illness
crisis and in peak holiday season, so we had less staf, still well
within ratio. .
This has had no efect on our income and families continue to
recommend us throughout the Community.

Section C

Objectives and activities

Summary of the
objects of the charity
set out in its governing
document

The aim of Playmates is to enhance the development and education
of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging
parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children
through community groups.
The objectives are;

ofering appropriate play facilities and training courses,
together with the right of parents to take responsibility for
and to become involved in the activities of such groups
ofering opportunities for all children, regardless of race,
culture, religion or means.

encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their
families and promoting publicinterest inandrecognitionof

	such needs in the local areas instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims of the Early Years Alliance
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public beneft in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft)	Preparing our attending children for primary school. We support the children to reach their full potential and with high levels of confdence to ensure they know what to expect when starting school and understand what to expect.

Additional details of objectives and activities (optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:  Policy on grant- making;  Policy programme related investment;  Contribution made by volunteers.
Section D	Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievement of the charity during the year	The pandemic has produced further challenges with children’s speech and language and emotional and social development being compromised. Much efort and success has been made in flling in these gaps through plans and proven strategies to expose the children to the opportunities to support them. The loss of higher needs funding had quite a fnancial detriment to our Setting, together with the delay in the replacement scheme being implemented, we found ourselves funding all the extra input needed. Gladly, the SEND support agencies kept us updated and we were able to claim funding at the earliest opportunity. With the early years sector being so totally let down by the handling of the pandemic and lack of consideration, many practitioners left the profession. We had some trials fnding suitable candidates. Our current team is strong and dedicated. We struggled to accommodate the 9.6% living wage increase fairly across our staf members. This was the second major hike in 2 years, the funding for the children was not covering our wages bill prior to this, now it was even less. As we had funds in reserve we managed thiswithatoken raiseforeveryone (which isnotafairsystem, our

You may choose to
include further
statements, where
relevant, about:

Policy on grant-
making;

Policy programme
related
investment;

Contribution made
by volunteers.

Section D

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievement of the
charity during the year

The pandemic has produced further challenges with children’s
speech and language and emotional and social development being
compromised. Much efort and success has been made in flling in
these gaps through plans and proven strategies to expose the
children to the opportunities to support them.
The loss of higher needs funding had quite a fnancial detriment to
our Setting, together with the delay in the replacement scheme
being implemented, we found ourselves funding all the extra input
needed. Gladly, the SEND support agencies kept us updated and we
were able to claim funding at the earliest opportunity.
With the early years sector being so totally let down by the handling
of the pandemic and lack of consideration, many practitioners left
the profession. We had some trials fnding suitable candidates. Our
current team is strong and dedicated.
We struggled to accommodate the 9.6% living wage increase fairly
across our staf members. This was the second major hike in 2 years,
the funding for the children was not covering our wages bill prior to
this, now it was even less. As we had funds in reserve we managed
thiswithatoken raiseforeveryone (which isnotafairsystem, our

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:  Policy on grant- making;  Policy programme related investment;  Contribution made by volunteers.
Section D	Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievement of the charity during the year	The pandemic has produced further challenges with children’s speech and language and emotional and social development being compromised. Much efort and success has been made in flling in these gaps through plans and proven strategies to expose the children to the opportunities to support them. The loss of higher needs funding had quite a fnancial detriment to our Setting, together with the delay in the replacement scheme being implemented, we found ourselves funding all the extra input needed. Gladly, the SEND support agencies kept us updated and we were able to claim funding at the earliest opportunity. With the early years sector being so totally let down by the handling of the pandemic and lack of consideration, many practitioners left the profession. We had some trials fnding suitable candidates. Our current team is strong and dedicated. We struggled to accommodate the 9.6% living wage increase fairly across our staf members. This was the second major hike in 2 years, the funding for the children was not covering our wages bill prior to this, now it was even less. As we had funds in reserve we managed thiswithatoken raiseforeveryone (which isnotafairsystem, our

You may choose to
include further
statements, where
relevant, about:

Policy on grant-
making;

Policy programme
related
investment;

Contribution made
by volunteers.

Section D

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievement of the
charity during the year

	staf deserve to be paid their worth).
Section E	Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves	Our reserves are prioritised for covering redundancies and notice of rent, if we have to close. Any funds outside of this are used to improve the Setting for the children by updating our provision with new resources, projects and equipment.
Details of any funds materiallyindefcit	None

	staf deserve to be paid their worth).
Section E	Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves	Our reserves are prioritised for covering redundancies and notice of rent, if we have to close. Any funds outside of this are used to improve the Setting for the children by updating our provision with new resources, projects and equipment.
Details of any funds materiallyindefcit	None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Further fnancial review	details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:  The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;  Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policyadopted.
Section F	Other optional information

Section G	Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)		4 fo y US a iti - 4 fo
Full name(s)	Donna Marie Randall	Gail Frances Gilbert
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)	Chairperson	Committee Member
Date	01/09/2023	01/09/2023

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9 DENTON 4•• TAVARA Accountants & Business Advisors 06 March 2024 The Treasurer Raunds Playmates Group The 8ungalow Windmill Road Raunds Northants NN9 6LA Dear Gail Please find enclosed the accounts for the playmates pre-school for the year ended 31 July 2023. If you have any queries. please do not hesitate to contact me. also if you require either some bound copies of the accounts or duplicates in the existing fom)aL please do not he5itste to contact me. Your books and papers are available for collection at your convenience. Our invoice is also enclosed foi your kind attention. Yours sincerel Maresa WatFord For and on behalf of Denton Tavara mited 61 a High Street South Rushden Northants, NN10 ORA Tel.. 01933 311 198 Email.. enquiry dentontavara.co.uk Web.. dentontèvara.co.uk Denton Tavara is the trading name of Denton Tavara Ltd {Reg No. 8284742 Registered in England & Wales)