2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Croft Playgroup

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1028686

Charity's principal address Marlborough Lane Swindon Postcode SN3 1RA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Jason Adams	Chair
	Mia O’Hara	Treasurer
	Sianne Donovan	Secretary
	Rosie Timbrell
	Jessica Wheeler
	Nicola Hambidge
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected at AGM Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

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.

Section C Objectives and activities

The provision of quality pre-school education.

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

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit 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 benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Croft Playgroup Is a charity-run playgroup and relies on family members to become charity trustees to help manage fundraising events.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We have had yet another busy and fulfilling year at Croft Playgroup, not without its challenges as the year began with a flood inside the building which required major internal repairs and some ingenuity in rearranging our indoor space to enable us to continue providing childcare for the children. The final repairs were completed by February 2024.

As always, the children made great progress throughout the year and the older children were ready for school when they left us at the end of the summer term. We secured an Educational Health and Care Plan for two children with neurodiversity which ensured they would have the support they required when they transitioned to school.

We held a school readiness evening where we invited parents in to discuss what it means to be ‘ready for school’. We received positive feedback that parents found this useful and reassuring as they prepared to support their children starting school.

A member of our team took the decision to undertake an apprenticeship and another member of staff successfully completed their foundation degree.

Our team enjoyed training in the EASIE movement programme which supports children’s physical development through a programme of movements which support and strengthen the connection between brain and body.

We were thrilled to receive a grant from Nationwide Building Society which helped to fund story sack resources to loan to families to support and encouragement play, communication and language.

We held a family picnic in our garden so that families could join us for a play, picnic and to enjoy a magic show.

We were fortunate enough to book sessions for the children with the wonderful Dinky Ponies (two very patient miniature ponies who are happy to stand and be petted), and also with Zoolab (who bring exotic insects and creatures in to the setting for the children to see and touch).

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Section E Financial review

Croft Playgroup has a reserves fund and policy.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Croft Playgroup’s principal source of funding is from Swindon Borough Council.

The playgroup relies heavily on fundraising and grants to enable us to purchase all the equipment and resources we need to support the childrens’ requirements.

• how expenditure has Any profit made is invested back into the playgroup to enhance the supported the key objectives children’s’ experience with us and to ensure the financial viability of the of the charity; setting.

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Mia O’Hara Full name(s) Jason Adams Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 11/06/2025

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