REGISTERED CIiARrrY IYiTrTBER: 1028855
TRu&fEES' REPORT AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMEIYTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 AUGUST2023
FOR
PIPPIN PLAYGROUP

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AL'GUST 2023
Page
Trnsteey, Report
I to 4
Independ¢ll¢ Examlther's Rtport
StAtement of FinBncl•l Actlvltles
Balanee Sheet
Cfish Flow StAtemertt
Notes to ihe Cash Fknv St8l¢m¢n¢
Note$ ¢0 the FiDaDclal Statements
10 to 16
Detalltd Ststtrnent of FI￿1￿¢￿1 Aclfvliies
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 21123
The tru51ees pr¢y¢nt their rewrt with the financial statem￿ts of tlK Charity for the year cnded 31 Au￿t 2023. The ITU5tees hav¢
adopi¢d thc provision$ of A¢countllJg and Re[￿iftg by ChaT11i￿= Statemcnt of R￿QMMended Prdc¢ice applicable to charitics
prcparing ih¢ir accounts in *¢ordancc with thc Financial RLy(Mting Standard applicablc in UK and RLyublic of I￿land (FRS
1021 ILtTe¢liv¢ l January 2019).
0￿EcTIVEs AND ACTivrriFs
Objectlves glms
Pippin Playgroup's aitns are 10 provide a safe. SttUTe. nurturing env]n)nnK￿l for children ag¢d 2 - 4 Y￿[S old. Wc offcr
wraparound care which includcs a bTEakf￿ club. lurKh club. aft¢rthl club arwj holiday club. The wraparouMI q¢ssiong 8re for
childr¢n aged 2- 9 years old.
Th¥ 15 rtth by a commiiiee 8￿j i5 a ¢(*nmwiily b1￿j 8roup. with the aim to iTKludc par¢nts in all aswts ofnmning the
up.
We aim to provide affordable chilthxe by keeping the session fees as low rThsibk thilst ¢overinB running cosL*
The stsif icam aT¢ commi¢lcd io ¢nsuring ihal all ihc childrLT att￿litt8 Pippin Playgroup arc 8ivcn lh¢ opporiunily lo Icarn and
develop. acce$8ing a varsed cuniculum of xtLVitiC5 fm th¢ Early y￿15 F¢xuthtion Stagc 8uidan¢e a￿1 ¢ncouragin8 thcm ¢
leam and lo reach ih¢ir fvll potential.
Wc have ¥taffqua1if￿d to 5uppon childrcn with w¢ial cdwaiional th and s￿h ond JansuaBe difficuliic5.
W¢ support Ihe children in leamin8 healthy ealin8 and physic31 ¢xercise by Planni￿ ￿lIviti￿ 10 pwmoie them within our
curriculum.
Pubmc bentfit
The truste£8 have complied with the duly in sxtion 4 of the Chariiiu Act 2(￿ io have re8ard to public benefit guidance
pubj1yhL￿ by ihc Charity Commissi(￿.
WL havc T¢f¥tr¢d to the guidanc¢ coniaind in ihc Charily Commi55ion's guidancc ott public bcncfi¢ when Tevicwin8 our
aim¥ and objL*Iiv&4 and in planning our fuiuT¢ activitiCS. 8ThJ in particular. Ihc 4yecifi¢ guidance on chariti¢% for the advancement
rjf education.
Thc main k.tK.ficiaric5 of P4yin Playgroup arc the childT¢n altcndirtg lh¢ from ihc I￿￿1 ar¢J who rLYCiVC a high
¥tartdArd level of carc from a Charity with a low iumoveT of staff artd a very high level knowledge of the EaTiy Years Foundation
Stage Framcwork and hold all the rclevini qualificali0tt5 ￿ ensure irKlwsive wactsse of high quality childcare.
Par¢nts bcncflt from their children receiving affordable ehildcarc that protThMts indLTKn&x r¢yili¢n¢¢ 2nd ycif-cslccm.
Pippin PlaygTOUP eurrently provide pTrscl￿l plKa for 87 childrcn, and wr&P-a￿eare for ISS ¢hildr¢n.

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACHIEVEMEKf AND PERFORMANCE
Achievement and performante
Pippin ha¥ %upp)nLd a n￿[￿lL￿ of stsff to compl￿¢ their Lcvcl 3 SENCO Isr￿1&1, Educaiional. Nccds. CooNlinalor} and is
supporting anoihL'r minibcr of Ihi5 lo embark on th¢ir Lcvcl J child￿[¢ (Jha]ifJcatLon. During th¢ y¢ar. Ihc iLam
have compl¢ied iraining eours¢5 includin￿ D¢fibTillalor & Anaphylaxis. thy tooth brushit)g. F￿d safely & hygien¢ l¢v¢l 2. and
Safeguarding online Level 2.
S¥tling up a P&siural icam h&8 FKncfitcd y¢v¢ra] childrcn ovcr ¢ourse of thc ycai. Th¢ Pasturdl tc4m has iwo SENCO'S and arc
swpportcd by oth¢r MCmi￿r5. Th¥ I￿n work with Ihc ¢hildrLm in tbc main playnx)m as wcll a5 in a smallLr r¢)om. thai is scl
with resources to en¢ourag¢ ￿Cial interdclion and 10 help progress ih¢ children to reach their own dev¢lopmental target
In S¢pi¢mb¢r. wc implemeniol dry tooth brushin8 with our thrcc y￿r old thildtUL. ieam all altetmlcd 50mc trnining and
WL purchas¢d all Ihc childrcn Iheir own individ￿1 bTushc5. Th¢ children S￿ll I￿rnC accomplish¢d al knowin8 which brnyh
belong¥ 10 th¢m and how lo bruth th¢ir teeth for Iwo minui¢s.
Pippin continued lo fvnd rai8c alld w¢ were able ¢0 pur¢has¢ a r￿fIbritI3lor iTh The %¢aff team Ihen atiended trdining on
how to usL Ihc dcfibrillaior. We hopc ncv¢r io havc lo usc this ilLm. however it i5 SO￿￿bIng thal wc fcli stronuly aboui having in
our ¥¢tlin8.
Al Chriqtm&8, we held a party at Pippin, which atlcnded by nearly ¥ll our Pippin children. They had 8 greai lime. playing
8am¢$ 8nd had 5PCCLal Vi5LloN'P¢pp3 Pl¢..Ch￿ (Paw Patroll atwj Faih¢r ChTiqtm￿.
Al EaslLr. we had som¢ duckling cw for itK children 10 W4￿h haich and grow. All ih¢ children, ittcluding our wrgparound
children got involved in (heir care and twning them. Thry had some In*T¢￿Ingnarne￿l
In July, wc invitLd Safari Slu in lo show a]1 Ik childrcn many attimals. includin& cockroaehcs, snakn& lizardy, and a wan￿1￿.
Thc children w¢r¢ able to hold pd or $wokn ihe animal$ and thoroughly cnjoy¢d th¢ experience.
The ChTiiima% charact￿PaTty. thicklin8 ¢w Safari SDJ w¢r¢ all furthd by th¢ ¢ommitwe and staff ie4m holding fund raising
LvLnls ttlroughoui ih¥' yLar.
FIiYANCIAL REVIEW
Flnanci81 p051tion
DurinM IhL' yi'ur. Pippin Pl#ygroup 8encrnicd in¢omtn8 rcs(MJrcc5 tothlling £563.632 (2022 - £522.432}. This incomc is mad¢ up or
par¢ni8 ¢onlribulion5 iotslling £298.645 12022 - £252.95JI. 8OVLYrinKml funding lotslling £264,268 12022 - £267,257), rundTai5in8
evcrt15 lothllin8 £713 12022- £2221} and interc5t on slvings xcountsof £612022- £1).
OulgosDg r¢¥ourcLS for thc yrar iotsllcd £586.965 12022 - £54&WII with th¢ majority of rc50urE• lowards staff ¢ost%
lolalling £505 J8912022- £460.7821.
At the TerA)rting dale, the Charity had net current of £354.084 12022 £377,417), whieh include9 £332,054 12022
£402.1911 held in bank acc￿nI*.
PrIncip￿] fundlng sources
Primary funding is PTovided through fce5 paid by the parcnts of ihe children who atteThJ the w¢.SCh￿l.
CcDlrdl Bcdfordshir¢ council also provid¢ fill￿]ng ID rc5]￿ ofcli8iblc chiith¢n ¢overoJ undcr a GOV¢rn￿nI childcarc initialivc.
Pippin Playgroup L5 also providcd with the use of a building wilh whith io provid¢ ILS service5 (o thc communily. which is
provid¢d by Centrdl Bcdford%hwe Council and is managed by th¢ PTe-s¢lM)ol managerand a)mmittee.
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PIPPIN PLAYCROUP
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 1023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reservey policy
At thL rLp)rtin8 dal4 Pippin Playwp h¢ld a rc5tric*d fut￿ of £260.(MXI (2022. £260.(Kx)).
Thi8 fund 18 h¢ld separntely ￿ conting¢ncy to stture an allcrn&li￿ pem1￿4 if requir¢d ¢0 coD¢inue w deliver the ￿PabilitieS of
thL Pl#y$¢hool.
Golng concern
The Tn￿l¢eS have considcrcd the abilityof Choriiy locontin￿ Is a 80ill8coriceriL
I￿¢ to the hugc amount n¢cd¢xl to havc air condiiioning iL8tallcd into Pippi￿ w¢ ar¢ slill lund rnising. Fortunat¢ly. this ycar it
way tLoI as hui ￿ ibc pYLvious y￿r and w¢ n)ana8cd wilh fam in all ihc T¢x>ms. Wc still would lik¢ io in¥tail yornc air condilioning
a5 the weather 15 50 unpr¢di¢table and we do not want kn have ￿ close th¢ selling in the futurt.
FUTURE PLANS
rur th¥ siyond yL?r in a row, w¢ hav¢ ￿[led fonvtrd som¢ pl￿ last ycar. ￿tCh io¢lud¢: rcp]aciti8 ihe carW areay to hard
tlooring to b￿Ome more durable and hygienic. and to have ihe ¢xt¢riorof ihc l*JildittB painted.
W¢ ar¢ still fund raising io b¢ abl¢ lo inAall air coNliiioning into all thc njoms to rK¢vcnl havin8 to close th¢ $¢tting and for thc
comfort of th¢ childwn and siaEr.
Som¢ of lh¢ play equipmeni in the playground 15 in need of replacin& so I￿￿h¢r focw for th¢ followin8 year is io raiye som¢
fund8 to rLplac¢ thc'bo¥¢' wilh an￿￿r¢11mbin￿10]e play warniu*
WL plan lo i.onl mor¢ Jrc&4 within lh¢ playrwm$ 19 encouraB¢ ¢hildM lo ]M￿1n￿lon moT¢ and for childrcn 10
r¢¢apwrc life expcrien¢¢8.
Pippin would likc 10 lUPP)rt wm¢ of our unqualifiol $tstT n￿be15 to chil1k4￿ q￿l￿rIcal￿)n% wc arc looking lo
Lmploy mor¢ qualifiL￿ staff over thc Cou￿¢ of n¢xl yw.
STRUCTUR& GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing documtot
Thc ¥I￿ntY i¥ rontrolled by ils governi￿ docunwDL a deed 0(In￿ and con￿llUl¢S an uThirtcorporn*d ¢haTity.
Governance And ManAeemettt
Day lo day running ol'ihL Chariiys actiYitiC5 i5dclcwLNI by th¢ TNstLX¥ to ￿ pr¢-xhool ￿￿￿￿er.
Rljk minlgement
The Tru%lees have a duly to idcnlify and review the risks to which the Chsrity 18 exrAised and w ¢n$ure apwopriate controls are in
placc lo provith rc&%onablc as5uran¢e agai￿￿1 fraud and error
The Charily rclie5 Ots ¢on¥l￿ent IDtakc ofchilthm beiwecn 2- 4 year5 ofag¢ io attcnd th¢ prc-$choDI. ThE Charity iheref¢)r¢
on good and con8L5t¢nt binh rates within tkK Bedfothir¢ area to rnaintain th¢ ¢hilitren intakq of which no i55ueg hal ariq¢n in Ihc
pa51 or itnm¢diai¢ future.
REFERENCE AP4D ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIIS
Registered Cbarity number
1021(1155

PIPPi¥ PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 21123
Principal addresj
Burrercup Road
Stollold
Hcrt5
SG5 4PF
Trustees
Ms L Fa￿11
C Bamei
Ms T CurtLS
M4 K Adan
Mr% M C Richmond {apw)iD￿I 10.10.2022)
M Ramdhian lapp)inied 10.10.20221
Mq E Frco8lone lappoin¢¢d 10.10.2023)
M¥ M Bullerworth lapwini¢d 10.10.2023)
Ms L G¥￿Ile (apr￿)ll)ICd 10.10.2023)
Ms S Hamplon14hpptsinied 10.10.2023)
M8 S Ncwport lappoini¢d 10.10.2023}
My C Founlairy lappoinied 10.10.20231
M4 E F(wlg¢r laprx)inlLxb 10.10.2023)
On 10 (kiober 2023. E Fttlone. M8 M Bunerworth. Ms L Gentl< MS S Hampton. Ms S Newixyt. M5 C Fountain and M$ E
Fovlgcr WCTL apix>inl¢d ¢0 th¢ tM)ard of TN$te¢s.
Indqbendeut Examlner
Jon¢% Hunt & Kc¢lin8S
c.l1artcrL￿ Ccrtificd A¢countanL%
chartLT£￿ Tax Adviycry
71 Knowl Pii¢e
Wilbury Way
Hii¢hin
H¥rtford4hire
SG4 OTY
Approv¢d by order of the trf)atd of injskeson 19 August 2024 and si￿1 M its behalf by:
M RamdhiaTh- Trn5tL*
Pagc4

INDEPETrIDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfELS OF
pipptN PLAYGROUP
Independent examiner'y report to the trustee5 OtPippin PlayyD•P
pon lo Ihc Lharity truste￿ on my cxamiti2tiOD of the aceouD15 of Pippin Playwup (thc Ttus¢l for thc year Cndcd
31 August 2023.
ReSPDnsibllltle5 and basis of report
As thc chdrily IDJslce5 of th¥. Trust ytyj ar¢ rcspmsibk for thc Neparation ofihc a¢coutLts in xcordantt with the r¢quircmcnls o(
the ChaTilies Acl ?01 I I'ihe Act'l.
I report in Tewt of my examination of the TnL8Vs XLwnts carried oui utlthr Seclion 145 of ihc Aci athd in ca￿yEn8 Out my
cxamination I hav¢ followcd applicablc Dir¢dim% 8ivth by tkcharity Commi￿lOn un(kY SLftion 14515Xbl ofthc Act.
Independent examlneT'S It*ttm¢nt
Since your ¢harity'4 STO¥$ income ex¢¢eded £250,LI)O your examit)er m￿1 k a memF*r of a li4AI body. I can ¢onfimi that l am
qualitKd to undcrtakc th¢ ¢xaminalion b￿aUS¢ l am a mLrynlKr of lh¢ ASS￿lation of Chartcrcd Cc¢lified Accountsnt& whieh is
Oll¢ of Ihc list￿1 IxNIics.
I have completed my examinaiion. I coftfim) ihat no maierial have ￿me w my attcntion in connwtion with the
examination givin8 me ca￿9¢ io believe that in any material rt4ye¢i'.
accounling rL*ordy wcre nol kLyi in rc5FK¢¢ oflheTrU￿ as Twuited by Scthion 130 of th¢ A¢1: or
the acwunls do not aeeotd wilh thoye record%: or
the accounts do nol Comply with ih¢ applicablc require￿w￿Lts ¢on¢emLn8 th¢ fom) Jnd conlth¢ of accounls sei out in tlie
CharitiLs IAc¢ounis and RcrM)nsI Rcgulaiion$ 2(K)8 oih¢r than any rcquirn)￿l that thc x¢ounls BLVL a In￿ and fa￿ view
which i¥ not a mallLr ¢onsidL'red a5 pan ofan Jndcpu￿Tht cxaminaiion.
I have M eoncem$ and have corn¢ ofvr miner8 in connedion with ihe exaMin￿10n to which *t¢ntion 5h¢)uld be drawn
in Ihi4 r¢port in ordcr lo ¢nablc a prow undcTrtanding of ￿counts to ￿h￿NI.
Alfons(i D¢1 Baygo
JonL5 Huni & KLLIuws
Chartered Ccrtified Ac¢ountsnts and
ChartLrcd Tax Adviser5
71 Knowl Pic
Wilbury Way
Hilchin
Hcrtfordshir¢
SG4 OTY
19 August 2024

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
STATEMENT OF Fif*Af*CIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Total
fund5
U¢westri¢tyl
futld
Resffi¢red
fuThJ5
fund5
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Charitable aclivilies
ParL'nts' coniribuiiony
Council fundin8
298ffj45
264.26B
252.953
267.257
Othcr irdding actLVlties
Inveslmcnt income
712
712
2.221
Total
522,432
EXPENDITIIRE ON
CharilAble 4¢tivitie5
Charitable aClivilie¥
83.115
87,219
Statycosts
460.782
Total
5K71M
588.704
s48.￿]
NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE)
(2S073)
125,0731
125,569)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total ruth&¥ br¢Jughi forward
117A17
377417
402,986
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
352J44
377.417
COIYTINUING OPERATIONS
A]1 in¢om¢ and ¢xwndilure ha$ arisen fn)m conlinuing aclivili¢s.
Tr notes fornj tArt of these financi21 ststcrnents

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
BALAf4CE SHEET
31 AUGUST2023
2023
Total
fund5
2022
Total
fi￿dS
VA￿str￿ted
R&8tri¢t¢d
FIXED ASSEIS
Tangible ass¢tS
3,976
CURRENT ASSETS
Ikblors
Cash ai bank
12
25.139
2S139
332,1154
24247
402,191
97,193
357,193
426.438
CREDITORS
Ainvun15 falling du¢ within orte year
13
1&853)
152,997)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
260.0
373.441
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRE
LIABILITIES
92J44
2J44
377.417
NET ASSETS
92J44
260,OtKI
352J44
377.417
FUNDS
UnrLslrici¢d futMIs
Restricted fund4
92J44
260.000
117.417
260.000
TOTAL FUNDS
377,417
Thc financial 5ts1¢ments werc approved by the Bo*d of Tntstees aTyJ authorix¥J for issuc on 19 AuBU9t 2024 W¢T¢ signed on
its bchall'by=
M Ramdhian. Tn￿1¢¢
The twtes fornj part ofthese financial Slaten￿nts

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
VOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Ca$h tlows from operatimg artivities
C&4h gellerdkd from otxyalions
167J78)
119.976)
N¢t cash us¢d in owating aclivi¢iL¥
lo7￿78)
119.976}
CA8h flows from Investing atlivi￿¢S
Purchasc of tsngible r]xed as5¢ts
Inr¢r¢st received
(1565)
(1.8261
N¢1 cash used in invcsling acliviiics
(2J591
11.825)
Change In cash and eash eqyiv8knts kn the
reporting perlod
Cash cAsh equivalents al the bq1tstyl￿1Or
the reportin% perlod
1Th137)
121.1101 I
40L191
423.992
CHsh Hnd exsh equfvBkntJ It the end of tht
reportlll8 p¢rlod
33LOS4
402.191
The TKrtes fomi part ofll￿ financial sMements

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMEYf
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 AUGUST 2023
RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDrruRE TO NET CKSH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTJVITIES
2023
2022
Net expeDdlture for tbe repbrtitig perkrfl (M pert*e Ststemeni of Fkngnd
Aetivities)
Adju5trnen15 for.
tk'pr¢¢iaiion charBCS
Intercst rcccivcd
Incrcase in debtors
IDLcrea5clllncrL￿ in ¢wdilors
(25,073)
125.569)
¥37
161
18921
(44.144>
2,684
114.7321
17.642
Net cash used in operations
(67.578)
119,976}
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NfT FUNDS
At 1.9.22
Cash flow
At31A23
Net cash
Cash ai bank
41)2,191
(70,137)
332.0.q4
4112.191
(70,137)
Totsl
402,191
(70.137)
332.054
The Thytes fomi part of these financtal thiements

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the ststements
ThL financbql stalcmcnls of Ihc Charity. whicb is 8 public eDlity urth FRS 102. havc wcparcd in accordaEKC
with thc Charities SORP IFRS 102) 'Accounlin8 and R¢￿1￿8 by Charilith Staiemeni of R¢¢ommended Practice
applicable to charilics PTeparing their xcounls in accordance with thc Financi¥l Rqx)rtin8 StsndaTd applicabl¢ in lh¢ UK
and R¢public of Ireland IFRS 102) leffeclive l January 2019).. Financial Rq￿[lINg Stsndard 102 Tr Financial
RctM)rting S&ndard applieablc in Ihc UK and Rep]blic of IrclaThY *¥J th¢ Charitics Act 2011. Thc flnancial Slat¢n￿￿t9
havc bccn prLpared undLY th¢ hisloTicai e051 convLniioiL
The PTe*nraiion CUfferKy of the financi8J sts*meDts is the ¢*rling 1£).
Sffignlllcani Judgements and ¢5tlmxdon uncertaln
Th¢ preparniion of the flnancial ¥¢d￿M¢niS requires managaKeM io m&¢ j￿￿(& cslimaie5 and as$umplions that
affe¢t thc amounts reported for a88ets and liabililies as ai ih¢ balance sheet dale and ihe amDun18 reported for revenue% and
exr￿nscS during ihc year. Howevcr. Ihc nalurc of ¢%iimaiion M￿Tr5 that actual oui¢omc$ could differ from thosc cstim&le3.
In ikn. TruylLYS' opinion. thcr¢ aw no significanl judgcm¢nts or k¢y sout0￿ ofcslimalion uncertainty.
FlnAnriAI in$trumtntJ
Th¥ charity only cnlirs In￿ trosic finan¢ial I￿￿nIments ihai rcsult in the rceo8nitioth of financial 055c15 and liabililics likL
iradc and oihw dibiory and crcdilor4 loatts from bsDks aThl ￿h¢r thini l(*dDS to telakd pBrtiL% ind inv¥stmcnls in
rton-puiidbl¢ ordinary sharc5.
FÈnancial &s8eLq thai ar¢ nwxsured at LXM aNI anxvtisd cost arc th¢ cnd of c•ch reporting pcriod for obj¥Yliv¢
evidL￿CC of impaimicrbl. It. objcctiv¢ cvithl￿C of impainnL￿l is found. an impgimi¢oi Ioss is rcco8ni5¢d in lh¢ PA)fii and
Loys Account.
Financial and liabililiL4 are offsct and Ihe amounl r¢porf¢d in lh¢ Balance Shee( when IheT¢ i* an ¢nforce&ble
right io sct off th¢ reeogniscd amounts and th¢re is art irtieniion 10 scitl¢ on a nct basis or to r¢alis¢ th¢ &85LI and sciilL ihc
liabilily 5imulian¢ou$ly.
Income
All incom¢ is [￿'COgnIsed in thc Stat¢m¢nl of FinaTKial Aciiviii¢s onc¢ thc ch￿lty has ¢ntitlcmcnt to tho fi]nds. il 18
probabl¢ ihal th¢ incomc will bc roceived and thc amount can bc n￿s￿red ￿lIablY.
Expenditure
LiabiliiiLS are rccogni5ed &% expendiwre ￿ srA)n is a le8al or &)Th8tn￿1i¥e obligation commilting the ¢haTity to
Ihdi LXPLndilurc. il is probabk. Ihat a Irdnsfcr oftt(wmic ￿rILl will r¢quirrd in ¥¢iilLmcni and ihL' atnouni of th¥
obli¥aiion can bE mrayur￿l tL'liably. ExF<tHliivr¢ 1$ accounid lor on an acw15 ba¥is and h&5 bccn cla5yificd vn(l¢r
hvading¥ that aw¢¥alc all cost rel1￿ to thc c4*gory. Whcrc ￿51¥ ¢annoi be dirttdy atlribuid to p)rti¢ul4r h¢adin89
they ￿ve be￿ alloca*d to xtivitiC5 on a basis Consistent with thc ￿¢Of re50UTC
TAngible fixed assets
Depreciation is providd ai the followin8arfftual rates in or&rto writeoffe8¢h awiov¢r its estima*d useful lif¢.
Fixturcs and fiiiin$%
Computcr cquipmcni
33% on c05t
33% on c051
Taxaltion
Thc charity i$ ¢x¢nW from lax on itschgritsble activiliu.
Fund ACCOUntlDz
Unrestric*d fun¢Ls can in accordw with the chaTitsble obj￿tIveS ai the di*Yeiion of th¢ ¢w%t¢e5.
Pagc 10
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINAPICIAL STATEMENfs- tontinutd
FOR THE YEAR Eh"DED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTIIYG POLICILS- CODtIDMed
Fulld accountinK
RL'¥lriclcd tund¥ ¢an only bc US￿ for p￿ie￿18r ￿leted pry5C5 Witbio thc objects of thc charity. Restrictions ariyL
wh¢n spccified by ihe (knloror wh¢n fund5 are rdiqed forparticularrey¢Ti£lcd putp)Se5.
Further cxplanation of the t￿1￿1￿ arh4 of each fimd is incl￿ iD the n0*5 10 th¢ financial 51atemcnts.
Pen￿0￿ costs and olher p￿t-re1]rtMent benefits
The Charity operaie% a dcfined contribution r*JL810n schen￿. Coniributions payable to the ¢harity5 pension scheme a
¢hargcd lo the SiaicmEni ol'Finan¢iHI Activiii¢s in to which iky r¢laic.
(wrHER TRADINC AcfiviTIES
2023
2022
Furtdraising ¢v¢nis
712
2,221
INVESTMENT INCOME
2023
2022
Dcposil account inlcrc51
IIYCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2023
2022
Aclivity
Pa￿nL*, Contributi(￿$
Council fuNJin8
Pareni%' contribuiion8
Funding
2x645
264,268
252.953
267,257
2.913
520,210
CHAIUTABLE AcfiviTIFS CO
Support
costs Is¢¢
noie 6
Charitable *¢tivi¢i
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PIPPfN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continlltd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
SUPPORT COSTS
Inforn)aii
*chnology
Matwtyi
expcnditutt
Toials
Charilablc actlvities
19216
7A17
11,581
83.115
TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFI15
There were no Iwste¢s' Mnunerdtion ￿ other benefits for the year ended 31 Augu￿ 2023 nor for the year ended
31 August 2022.
TruJteu' expeDges
There were no trystx4' expense% pid for the year ¢rMled 31 A￿￿￿1 2023 nor for th¢ yearfflded 31 Au8USt 2022.
STAFF COSTS
2023
2022
Wa8Ly and &alari
SI￿,1a1 qecuriiy Costs
h¢r pcn4ion co￿lS
464263
26,991
11,270
426,783
20.1155
9.623
50U24
457.261
Th¢ avcra8c m¢Jnihly numbu of¢mployttsdurinB ib¢ y(*r &8 follows:
2023
27
2022
29
stsff
No employeex received emO￿ts in excus Of£￿.(th.
ststT¢oyls also incl￿￿ £1.45312022- £1.9851 forsthftun1rom￿ and £1.612 (2022- £t.536} for stytrtraining.
COMPARATIVFS FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES
Unrnrytrictcd
rund
R¢sitieicd
fund¥
Total
fundy
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Ch#ritAble Artivities
Parenly, contributt
Coun¢il funding
251953
267257
252.953
267,257
oih¥Y trading aciivili¢5
Inv¢slm¢ni I￿om¢
2221
2.221
Totsl
522.432
522,432
EXPENDITURE ON
Ch%ritsble activltit5
Charilablc activiti<¥
87219
87219
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PIPPIN PLAYGROitp
NOTES TO THE FIINAYCIAL STATEMENfs- COntin￿d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEIYT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVmES- tontinued
Unre4lricled
R&stricted
fund5
Total
funds
Staff costs
460.782
460,782
Totsl
548.001
548.001
NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE)
{25,5691
125,5691
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought lorward
142.986
260.¢MJ)
402.9x6
TOTAL FUiYDS CARRIED FORWARD
117.417
260,(
377,417
GOVERf4ANCE COSIS
Cjovernance ￿$Ll Ir￿ludes..
2023
2022
Irthpctththl Examin¢¢$ r¢myncrntion
Indepcndcnl Examhnctrs rcmuncration lor￿1￿y suvic¢¥
720
660
TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS
Fixturej
ComputLY
equipment
rittin85
Total¥
COST
Al I S¢pl¢mb¢r 2022
Addition%
37047
2282
53.620
283
Al 31 August 2023
411.129
1&056
DEPRECIATION
Al I Scptcmbcr 2022
ch￿$¢ for ycar
14361
873
49,644
2,537
At 31 Au8U8t 2023
37,047
1.%134
52,181
L¥ET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Augusl 2023
3W2
922
4,004
At 31 August 2022
3.976
Pa8c 13
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
12.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trad¢ dcbtors
Prepayments
22901
2238
14,607
9.640
2&139
24247
ij.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
TTade crcditor5
Social sccurily atKI other la
Deferred incom¢
Olhcr crcdiiots and a¢¢n￿lS
12.733
4.673
30,585
4,9116
383
8I53
52,997
DcfLrTcd inL￿M¥. in 2022 N.laKY lo chIldrL￿ prc-5thwl aThJ wrdpcam. f¢¢s rec¢iv￿ in r¢yct of thc followin8 acadLmic
year cotnmencing Sep*mber 2022.
14.
MOVEME￿ IIY FUNDS
Nel
movem¢nl
irt funds
At
31.11.23
At 1.9.22
UDreJ¢rlcted funds
GLnrral fund
lj7rt17
(2S073)
92J44
Restrlcted funda
Propcrty fund
Re80urce8 fund
I50,￿0
250.000
10.000
260,IMKI
260.1100
TOTAL FUNDS
377A17
{2%11731
Net movement in fvrd8. included in the atr￿Ve are as follow5.'
Incoming
Rc50urc¢5
¢xwnd
moven￿rtt
in fvnds
Unrestricted funds
0￿￿￿31 (und
563h31
(SW704)
{25,0731
TOTAL FUNDS
563,(Jl
(W704)
125.073}
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- eontin¥¢d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 AUGUST2023
14.
MOVEMEKf IN FUNDS- fontinued
CompaTrtiveJ for moveThent ID fllnds
Net
movemajt
in fvnds
At
31.8.22
Al 1.9.21
Unrestrlrted funds
Genernl fund
141986
(25.569)
117.417
Restrieted fund>
Propcrty fund
Resources filnd
250.(M)O
10.¢
250.000
10.000
2&).
260,0(M)
TOTAL FUNDS
402,
125,569)
377.417
Comparaiivc nci rnov¢m¢nl in fut¥J5. inclth in th¢ a5 follows:
ITKominB
T¢sourc¢s
Re￿UrCeS
¢xp¢ndcd
Movement
in fvnds
Unrejtrlcted funds
6¢ncral fund
522.432
154ts,IX)I
125.5691
TOTAL FUNDS
522,432
(s48,￿1 I
125.569}
A ¢un¢nt y￿r 12 months and prior ycar 12 rnonths combin¢d PDsilion isas follow
Nel
movemMt
in funds
At 1.9.21
31.8.23
Unrestricted fund5
G¢nernl fund
142,986
150,6421
92,344
ReJ¢rkted fuods
Property fund
Resourccs fi]nd
250.(XXI
10.IXM)
250,(M)O
10.000
260.(MM)
200,0(M)
TOTAL FUNDS
402,9116
{50.6421
352.344
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANI CIAL STATEMENfs- eontin¥ed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
14.
MOVEMETr4T IN FUNDS- cDntl#ued
A eurr¢ni year 12 months and prior year 12 rMnth$ LXMnbjn￿ nct n￿ement in fithds. Included in the aFrfiv¢ are as
rollow5'.
Incoming
Reswr¢es
expended
Movement
Unrestrided funds
General fund
1.086.iK>3
11.136.705)
150.642)
TOTAL FUI¥DS
1.086.
(1.136.705)
{50.6421
EMPLOYEE BENEFrr OBLIGATIONS
Th¢ Charity opmtes an auto4nrohnent pU￿10n xheme ftr the benefit of its ¢mploy¢es. During the y¢4r. the Charity
contributed Ll 1.27012022 . £9.6231.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURFS
There were no related ￿rtY tswLWtions for th ye&r*Kled 31 Au8Us12023.
ULTIMATE CONfROLLIIYG PARTY
17.
The ¢hariiy 18 conlyolled by th¢ trU*eeJ.
Pag¢ 16

pipprN PLAYGROiIP
DETAILED STATEMEYT OF FINANCIAL AcrtVlTIES
FOR THE YEAR EP4DED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Other trading actlvitieS
Fundraising events
712
2221
Investment income
r)ew>8lt account intre51
Charilable activitlel
Parcnts contribuiions
Funding
2N645
264.268
252,953
267.257
562913
520.210
TotAI incomin¥ resoure¢s
522.432
EXPENDITURE
Starr ¢oJ¢$
Social qecurity
PLn¥ions
Uniform
SlatTirainiThB
464.263
2&991
11,270
1rt53
lffjl2
426.783
20.X55
9,623
1.985
1,536
460.782
s￿pport ¢￿ts
MAnaiement
Food and drink
Toy¥ )nd book
TLILphonc
P051a¥L and Jlalion¢ry
SundriL
TrAvel exp¢n
6282
160
5,128
6.336
1.241
3,833
149
245
873
93
19J16
16,932
Information te¢hnoloLV
WcbbilL anil x)thvarc
Compulcr cquipmcnt
5.187
991
873
7817
6.178
Property expenditure
Reni, and water
Catsicd forword
13,237
iJa37
23J24
23.524
Thispage ]M)t forni part of the 5￿t￿t(ry financial.stslements
Pa8c 17

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINAYCIAL AcfiviTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDEDJI AUGUST2023
2023
2022
Property expeNditrre
Broughi fO￿ard
Light and
Repai￿. quipment and re8ources
Insurnnw, liccnees and sub5CTiplions
rkyrLYiaiion of fix¢urc5 and fillings
13237
10304
13.712
23.524
2.752
21,251
6.587
1.693
901
55,1407
Governance cost$
Legal and pmfessional feel
Examinetrs remuneration
Accouniancy
5181
720
4,672
2.970
8J02
Total r¢wurC￿
548.001
Net expendlturt
125.073)
{25.5691
This page p3rt of the ststutory finan¢ial 5tatonents
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REGISTERED CIiARrrY IYiTrTBER: 1028855
TRu&fEES' REPORT AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMEIYTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 AUGUST2023
FOR
PIPPIN PLAYGROUP

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AL'GUST 2023
Page
Trnsteey, Report
I to 4
Independ¢ll¢ Examlther's Rtport
StAtement of FinBncl•l Actlvltles
Balanee Sheet
Cfish Flow StAtemertt
Notes to ihe Cash Fknv St8l¢m¢n¢
Note$ ¢0 the FiDaDclal Statements
10 to 16
Detalltd Ststtrnent of FI￿1￿¢￿1 Aclfvliies
17 ￿ 18

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 21123
The tru51ees pr¢y¢nt their rewrt with the financial statem￿ts of tlK Charity for the year cnded 31 Au￿t 2023. The ITU5tees hav¢
adopi¢d thc provision$ of A¢countllJg and Re[￿iftg by ChaT11i￿= Statemcnt of R￿QMMended Prdc¢ice applicable to charitics
prcparing ih¢ir accounts in *¢ordancc with thc Financial RLy(Mting Standard applicablc in UK and RLyublic of I￿land (FRS
1021 ILtTe¢liv¢ l January 2019).
0￿EcTIVEs AND ACTivrriFs
Objectlves glms
Pippin Playgroup's aitns are 10 provide a safe. SttUTe. nurturing env]n)nnK￿l for children ag¢d 2 - 4 Y￿[S old. Wc offcr
wraparound care which includcs a bTEakf￿ club. lurKh club. aft¢rthl club arwj holiday club. The wraparouMI q¢ssiong 8re for
childr¢n aged 2- 9 years old.
Th¥ 15 rtth by a commiiiee 8￿j i5 a ¢(*nmwiily b1￿j 8roup. with the aim to iTKludc par¢nts in all aswts ofnmning the
up.
We aim to provide affordable chilthxe by keeping the session fees as low rThsibk thilst ¢overinB running cosL*
The stsif icam aT¢ commi¢lcd io ¢nsuring ihal all ihc childrLT att￿litt8 Pippin Playgroup arc 8ivcn lh¢ opporiunily lo Icarn and
develop. acce$8ing a varsed cuniculum of xtLVitiC5 fm th¢ Early y￿15 F¢xuthtion Stagc 8uidan¢e a￿1 ¢ncouragin8 thcm ¢
leam and lo reach ih¢ir fvll potential.
Wc have ¥taffqua1if￿d to 5uppon childrcn with w¢ial cdwaiional th and s￿h ond JansuaBe difficuliic5.
W¢ support Ihe children in leamin8 healthy ealin8 and physic31 ¢xercise by Planni￿ ￿lIviti￿ 10 pwmoie them within our
curriculum.
Pubmc bentfit
The truste£8 have complied with the duly in sxtion 4 of the Chariiiu Act 2(￿ io have re8ard to public benefit guidance
pubj1yhL￿ by ihc Charity Commissi(￿.
WL havc T¢f¥tr¢d to the guidanc¢ coniaind in ihc Charily Commi55ion's guidancc ott public bcncfi¢ when Tevicwin8 our
aim¥ and objL*Iiv&4 and in planning our fuiuT¢ activitiCS. 8ThJ in particular. Ihc 4yecifi¢ guidance on chariti¢% for the advancement
rjf education.
Thc main k.tK.ficiaric5 of P4yin Playgroup arc the childT¢n altcndirtg lh¢ from ihc I￿￿1 ar¢J who rLYCiVC a high
¥tartdArd level of carc from a Charity with a low iumoveT of staff artd a very high level knowledge of the EaTiy Years Foundation
Stage Framcwork and hold all the rclevini qualificali0tt5 ￿ ensure irKlwsive wactsse of high quality childcare.
Par¢nts bcncflt from their children receiving affordable ehildcarc that protThMts indLTKn&x r¢yili¢n¢¢ 2nd ycif-cslccm.
Pippin PlaygTOUP eurrently provide pTrscl￿l plKa for 87 childrcn, and wr&P-a￿eare for ISS ¢hildr¢n.

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACHIEVEMEKf AND PERFORMANCE
Achievement and performante
Pippin ha¥ %upp)nLd a n￿[￿lL￿ of stsff to compl￿¢ their Lcvcl 3 SENCO Isr￿1&1, Educaiional. Nccds. CooNlinalor} and is
supporting anoihL'r minibcr of Ihi5 lo embark on th¢ir Lcvcl J child￿[¢ (Jha]ifJcatLon. During th¢ y¢ar. Ihc iLam
have compl¢ied iraining eours¢5 includin￿ D¢fibTillalor & Anaphylaxis. thy tooth brushit)g. F￿d safely & hygien¢ l¢v¢l 2. and
Safeguarding online Level 2.
S¥tling up a P&siural icam h&8 FKncfitcd y¢v¢ra] childrcn ovcr ¢ourse of thc ycai. Th¢ Pasturdl tc4m has iwo SENCO'S and arc
swpportcd by oth¢r MCmi￿r5. Th¥ I￿n work with Ihc ¢hildrLm in tbc main playnx)m as wcll a5 in a smallLr r¢)om. thai is scl
with resources to en¢ourag¢ ￿Cial interdclion and 10 help progress ih¢ children to reach their own dev¢lopmental target
In S¢pi¢mb¢r. wc implemeniol dry tooth brushin8 with our thrcc y￿r old thildtUL. ieam all altetmlcd 50mc trnining and
WL purchas¢d all Ihc childrcn Iheir own individ￿1 bTushc5. Th¢ children S￿ll I￿rnC accomplish¢d al knowin8 which brnyh
belong¥ 10 th¢m and how lo bruth th¢ir teeth for Iwo minui¢s.
Pippin continued lo fvnd rai8c alld w¢ were able ¢0 pur¢has¢ a r￿fIbritI3lor iTh The %¢aff team Ihen atiended trdining on
how to usL Ihc dcfibrillaior. We hopc ncv¢r io havc lo usc this ilLm. however it i5 SO￿￿bIng thal wc fcli stronuly aboui having in
our ¥¢tlin8.
Al Chriqtm&8, we held a party at Pippin, which atlcnded by nearly ¥ll our Pippin children. They had 8 greai lime. playing
8am¢$ 8nd had 5PCCLal Vi5LloN'P¢pp3 Pl¢..Ch￿ (Paw Patroll atwj Faih¢r ChTiqtm￿.
Al EaslLr. we had som¢ duckling cw for itK children 10 W4￿h haich and grow. All ih¢ children, ittcluding our wrgparound
children got involved in (heir care and twning them. Thry had some In*T¢￿Ingnarne￿l
In July, wc invitLd Safari Slu in lo show a]1 Ik childrcn many attimals. includin& cockroaehcs, snakn& lizardy, and a wan￿1￿.
Thc children w¢r¢ able to hold pd or $wokn ihe animal$ and thoroughly cnjoy¢d th¢ experience.
The ChTiiima% charact￿PaTty. thicklin8 ¢w Safari SDJ w¢r¢ all furthd by th¢ ¢ommitwe and staff ie4m holding fund raising
LvLnls ttlroughoui ih¥' yLar.
FIiYANCIAL REVIEW
Flnanci81 p051tion
DurinM IhL' yi'ur. Pippin Pl#ygroup 8encrnicd in¢omtn8 rcs(MJrcc5 tothlling £563.632 (2022 - £522.432}. This incomc is mad¢ up or
par¢ni8 ¢onlribulion5 iotslling £298.645 12022 - £252.95JI. 8OVLYrinKml funding lotslling £264,268 12022 - £267,257), rundTai5in8
evcrt15 lothllin8 £713 12022- £2221} and interc5t on slvings xcountsof £612022- £1).
OulgosDg r¢¥ourcLS for thc yrar iotsllcd £586.965 12022 - £54&WII with th¢ majority of rc50urE• lowards staff ¢ost%
lolalling £505 J8912022- £460.7821.
At the TerA)rting dale, the Charity had net current of £354.084 12022 £377,417), whieh include9 £332,054 12022
£402.1911 held in bank acc￿nI*.
PrIncip￿] fundlng sources
Primary funding is PTovided through fce5 paid by the parcnts of ihe children who atteThJ the w¢.SCh￿l.
CcDlrdl Bcdfordshir¢ council also provid¢ fill￿]ng ID rc5]￿ ofcli8iblc chiith¢n ¢overoJ undcr a GOV¢rn￿nI childcarc initialivc.
Pippin Playgroup L5 also providcd with the use of a building wilh whith io provid¢ ILS service5 (o thc communily. which is
provid¢d by Centrdl Bcdford%hwe Council and is managed by th¢ PTe-s¢lM)ol managerand a)mmittee.
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PIPPIN PLAYCROUP
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 1023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reservey policy
At thL rLp)rtin8 dal4 Pippin Playwp h¢ld a rc5tric*d fut￿ of £260.(MXI (2022. £260.(Kx)).
Thi8 fund 18 h¢ld separntely ￿ conting¢ncy to stture an allcrn&li￿ pem1￿4 if requir¢d ¢0 coD¢inue w deliver the ￿PabilitieS of
thL Pl#y$¢hool.
Golng concern
The Tn￿l¢eS have considcrcd the abilityof Choriiy locontin￿ Is a 80ill8coriceriL
I￿¢ to the hugc amount n¢cd¢xl to havc air condiiioning iL8tallcd into Pippi￿ w¢ ar¢ slill lund rnising. Fortunat¢ly. this ycar it
way tLoI as hui ￿ ibc pYLvious y￿r and w¢ n)ana8cd wilh fam in all ihc T¢x>ms. Wc still would lik¢ io in¥tail yornc air condilioning
a5 the weather 15 50 unpr¢di¢table and we do not want kn have ￿ close th¢ selling in the futurt.
FUTURE PLANS
rur th¥ siyond yL?r in a row, w¢ hav¢ ￿[led fonvtrd som¢ pl￿ last ycar. ￿tCh io¢lud¢: rcp]aciti8 ihe carW areay to hard
tlooring to b￿Ome more durable and hygienic. and to have ihe ¢xt¢riorof ihc l*JildittB painted.
W¢ ar¢ still fund raising io b¢ abl¢ lo inAall air coNliiioning into all thc njoms to rK¢vcnl havin8 to close th¢ $¢tting and for thc
comfort of th¢ childwn and siaEr.
Som¢ of lh¢ play equipmeni in the playground 15 in need of replacin& so I￿￿h¢r focw for th¢ followin8 year is io raiye som¢
fund8 to rLplac¢ thc'bo¥¢' wilh an￿￿r¢11mbin￿10]e play warniu*
WL plan lo i.onl mor¢ Jrc&4 within lh¢ playrwm$ 19 encouraB¢ ¢hildM lo ]M￿1n￿lon moT¢ and for childrcn 10
r¢¢apwrc life expcrien¢¢8.
Pippin would likc 10 lUPP)rt wm¢ of our unqualifiol $tstT n￿be15 to chil1k4￿ q￿l￿rIcal￿)n% wc arc looking lo
Lmploy mor¢ qualifiL￿ staff over thc Cou￿¢ of n¢xl yw.
STRUCTUR& GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing documtot
Thc ¥I￿ntY i¥ rontrolled by ils governi￿ docunwDL a deed 0(In￿ and con￿llUl¢S an uThirtcorporn*d ¢haTity.
Governance And ManAeemettt
Day lo day running ol'ihL Chariiys actiYitiC5 i5dclcwLNI by th¢ TNstLX¥ to ￿ pr¢-xhool ￿￿￿￿er.
Rljk minlgement
The Tru%lees have a duly to idcnlify and review the risks to which the Chsrity 18 exrAised and w ¢n$ure apwopriate controls are in
placc lo provith rc&%onablc as5uran¢e agai￿￿1 fraud and error
The Charily rclie5 Ots ¢on¥l￿ent IDtakc ofchilthm beiwecn 2- 4 year5 ofag¢ io attcnd th¢ prc-$choDI. ThE Charity iheref¢)r¢
on good and con8L5t¢nt binh rates within tkK Bedfothir¢ area to rnaintain th¢ ¢hilitren intakq of which no i55ueg hal ariq¢n in Ihc
pa51 or itnm¢diai¢ future.
REFERENCE AP4D ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIIS
Registered Cbarity number
1021(1155

PIPPi¥ PLAYGROUP
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 21123
Principal addresj
Burrercup Road
Stollold
Hcrt5
SG5 4PF
Trustees
Ms L Fa￿11
C Bamei
Ms T CurtLS
M4 K Adan
Mr% M C Richmond {apw)iD￿I 10.10.2022)
M Ramdhian lapp)inied 10.10.20221
Mq E Frco8lone lappoin¢¢d 10.10.2023)
M¥ M Bullerworth lapwini¢d 10.10.2023)
Ms L G¥￿Ile (apr￿)ll)ICd 10.10.2023)
Ms S Hamplon14hpptsinied 10.10.2023)
M8 S Ncwport lappoini¢d 10.10.2023}
My C Founlairy lappoinied 10.10.20231
M4 E F(wlg¢r laprx)inlLxb 10.10.2023)
On 10 (kiober 2023. E Fttlone. M8 M Bunerworth. Ms L Gentl< MS S Hampton. Ms S Newixyt. M5 C Fountain and M$ E
Fovlgcr WCTL apix>inl¢d ¢0 th¢ tM)ard of TN$te¢s.
Indqbendeut Examlner
Jon¢% Hunt & Kc¢lin8S
c.l1artcrL￿ Ccrtificd A¢countanL%
chartLT£￿ Tax Adviycry
71 Knowl Pii¢e
Wilbury Way
Hii¢hin
H¥rtford4hire
SG4 OTY
Approv¢d by order of the trf)atd of injskeson 19 August 2024 and si￿1 M its behalf by:
M RamdhiaTh- Trn5tL*
Pagc4

INDEPETrIDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfELS OF
pipptN PLAYGROUP
Independent examiner'y report to the trustee5 OtPippin PlayyD•P
pon lo Ihc Lharity truste￿ on my cxamiti2tiOD of the aceouD15 of Pippin Playwup (thc Ttus¢l for thc year Cndcd
31 August 2023.
ReSPDnsibllltle5 and basis of report
As thc chdrily IDJslce5 of th¥. Trust ytyj ar¢ rcspmsibk for thc Neparation ofihc a¢coutLts in xcordantt with the r¢quircmcnls o(
the ChaTilies Acl ?01 I I'ihe Act'l.
I report in Tewt of my examination of the TnL8Vs XLwnts carried oui utlthr Seclion 145 of ihc Aci athd in ca￿yEn8 Out my
cxamination I hav¢ followcd applicablc Dir¢dim% 8ivth by tkcharity Commi￿lOn un(kY SLftion 14515Xbl ofthc Act.
Independent examlneT'S It*ttm¢nt
Since your ¢harity'4 STO¥$ income ex¢¢eded £250,LI)O your examit)er m￿1 k a memF*r of a li4AI body. I can ¢onfimi that l am
qualitKd to undcrtakc th¢ ¢xaminalion b￿aUS¢ l am a mLrynlKr of lh¢ ASS￿lation of Chartcrcd Cc¢lified Accountsnt& whieh is
Oll¢ of Ihc list￿1 IxNIics.
I have completed my examinaiion. I coftfim) ihat no maierial have ￿me w my attcntion in connwtion with the
examination givin8 me ca￿9¢ io believe that in any material rt4ye¢i'.
accounling rL*ordy wcre nol kLyi in rc5FK¢¢ oflheTrU￿ as Twuited by Scthion 130 of th¢ A¢1: or
the acwunls do not aeeotd wilh thoye record%: or
the accounts do nol Comply with ih¢ applicablc require￿w￿Lts ¢on¢emLn8 th¢ fom) Jnd conlth¢ of accounls sei out in tlie
CharitiLs IAc¢ounis and RcrM)nsI Rcgulaiion$ 2(K)8 oih¢r than any rcquirn)￿l that thc x¢ounls BLVL a In￿ and fa￿ view
which i¥ not a mallLr ¢onsidL'red a5 pan ofan Jndcpu￿Tht cxaminaiion.
I have M eoncem$ and have corn¢ ofvr miner8 in connedion with ihe exaMin￿10n to which *t¢ntion 5h¢)uld be drawn
in Ihi4 r¢port in ordcr lo ¢nablc a prow undcTrtanding of ￿counts to ￿h￿NI.
Alfons(i D¢1 Baygo
JonL5 Huni & KLLIuws
Chartered Ccrtified Ac¢ountsnts and
ChartLrcd Tax Adviser5
71 Knowl Pic
Wilbury Way
Hilchin
Hcrtfordshir¢
SG4 OTY
19 August 2024

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
STATEMENT OF Fif*Af*CIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Total
fund5
U¢westri¢tyl
futld
Resffi¢red
fuThJ5
fund5
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Charitable aclivilies
ParL'nts' coniribuiiony
Council fundin8
298ffj45
264.26B
252.953
267.257
Othcr irdding actLVlties
Inveslmcnt income
712
712
2.221
Total
522,432
EXPENDITIIRE ON
CharilAble 4¢tivitie5
Charitable aClivilie¥
83.115
87,219
Statycosts
460.782
Total
5K71M
588.704
s48.￿]
NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE)
(2S073)
125,0731
125,569)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total ruth&¥ br¢Jughi forward
117A17
377417
402,986
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
352J44
377.417
COIYTINUING OPERATIONS
A]1 in¢om¢ and ¢xwndilure ha$ arisen fn)m conlinuing aclivili¢s.
Tr notes fornj tArt of these financi21 ststcrnents

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
BALAf4CE SHEET
31 AUGUST2023
2023
Total
fund5
2022
Total
fi￿dS
VA￿str￿ted
R&8tri¢t¢d
FIXED ASSEIS
Tangible ass¢tS
3,976
CURRENT ASSETS
Ikblors
Cash ai bank
12
25.139
2S139
332,1154
24247
402,191
97,193
357,193
426.438
CREDITORS
Ainvun15 falling du¢ within orte year
13
1&853)
152,997)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
260.0
373.441
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRE
LIABILITIES
92J44
2J44
377.417
NET ASSETS
92J44
260,OtKI
352J44
377.417
FUNDS
UnrLslrici¢d futMIs
Restricted fund4
92J44
260.000
117.417
260.000
TOTAL FUNDS
377,417
Thc financial 5ts1¢ments werc approved by the Bo*d of Tntstees aTyJ authorix¥J for issuc on 19 AuBU9t 2024 W¢T¢ signed on
its bchall'by=
M Ramdhian. Tn￿1¢¢
The twtes fornj part ofthese financial Slaten￿nts

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
VOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
Ca$h tlows from operatimg artivities
C&4h gellerdkd from otxyalions
167J78)
119.976)
N¢t cash us¢d in owating aclivi¢iL¥
lo7￿78)
119.976}
CA8h flows from Investing atlivi￿¢S
Purchasc of tsngible r]xed as5¢ts
Inr¢r¢st received
(1565)
(1.8261
N¢1 cash used in invcsling acliviiics
(2J591
11.825)
Change In cash and eash eqyiv8knts kn the
reporting perlod
Cash cAsh equivalents al the bq1tstyl￿1Or
the reportin% perlod
1Th137)
121.1101 I
40L191
423.992
CHsh Hnd exsh equfvBkntJ It the end of tht
reportlll8 p¢rlod
33LOS4
402.191
The TKrtes fomi part ofll￿ financial sMements

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMEYf
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 AUGUST 2023
RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDrruRE TO NET CKSH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTJVITIES
2023
2022
Net expeDdlture for tbe repbrtitig perkrfl (M pert*e Ststemeni of Fkngnd
Aetivities)
Adju5trnen15 for.
tk'pr¢¢iaiion charBCS
Intercst rcccivcd
Incrcase in debtors
IDLcrea5clllncrL￿ in ¢wdilors
(25,073)
125.569)
¥37
161
18921
(44.144>
2,684
114.7321
17.642
Net cash used in operations
(67.578)
119,976}
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NfT FUNDS
At 1.9.22
Cash flow
At31A23
Net cash
Cash ai bank
41)2,191
(70,137)
332.0.q4
4112.191
(70,137)
Totsl
402,191
(70.137)
332.054
The Thytes fomi part of these financtal thiements

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the ststements
ThL financbql stalcmcnls of Ihc Charity. whicb is 8 public eDlity urth FRS 102. havc wcparcd in accordaEKC
with thc Charities SORP IFRS 102) 'Accounlin8 and R¢￿1￿8 by Charilith Staiemeni of R¢¢ommended Practice
applicable to charilics PTeparing their xcounls in accordance with thc Financi¥l Rqx)rtin8 StsndaTd applicabl¢ in lh¢ UK
and R¢public of Ireland IFRS 102) leffeclive l January 2019).. Financial Rq￿[lINg Stsndard 102 Tr Financial
RctM)rting S&ndard applieablc in Ihc UK and Rep]blic of IrclaThY *¥J th¢ Charitics Act 2011. Thc flnancial Slat¢n￿￿t9
havc bccn prLpared undLY th¢ hisloTicai e051 convLniioiL
The PTe*nraiion CUfferKy of the financi8J sts*meDts is the ¢*rling 1£).
Sffignlllcani Judgements and ¢5tlmxdon uncertaln
Th¢ preparniion of the flnancial ¥¢d￿M¢niS requires managaKeM io m&¢ j￿￿(& cslimaie5 and as$umplions that
affe¢t thc amounts reported for a88ets and liabililies as ai ih¢ balance sheet dale and ihe amDun18 reported for revenue% and
exr￿nscS during ihc year. Howevcr. Ihc nalurc of ¢%iimaiion M￿Tr5 that actual oui¢omc$ could differ from thosc cstim&le3.
In ikn. TruylLYS' opinion. thcr¢ aw no significanl judgcm¢nts or k¢y sout0￿ ofcslimalion uncertainty.
FlnAnriAI in$trumtntJ
Th¥ charity only cnlirs In￿ trosic finan¢ial I￿￿nIments ihai rcsult in the rceo8nitioth of financial 055c15 and liabililics likL
iradc and oihw dibiory and crcdilor4 loatts from bsDks aThl ￿h¢r thini l(*dDS to telakd pBrtiL% ind inv¥stmcnls in
rton-puiidbl¢ ordinary sharc5.
FÈnancial &s8eLq thai ar¢ nwxsured at LXM aNI anxvtisd cost arc th¢ cnd of c•ch reporting pcriod for obj¥Yliv¢
evidL￿CC of impaimicrbl. It. objcctiv¢ cvithl￿C of impainnL￿l is found. an impgimi¢oi Ioss is rcco8ni5¢d in lh¢ PA)fii and
Loys Account.
Financial and liabililiL4 are offsct and Ihe amounl r¢porf¢d in lh¢ Balance Shee( when IheT¢ i* an ¢nforce&ble
right io sct off th¢ reeogniscd amounts and th¢re is art irtieniion 10 scitl¢ on a nct basis or to r¢alis¢ th¢ &85LI and sciilL ihc
liabilily 5imulian¢ou$ly.
Income
All incom¢ is [￿'COgnIsed in thc Stat¢m¢nl of FinaTKial Aciiviii¢s onc¢ thc ch￿lty has ¢ntitlcmcnt to tho fi]nds. il 18
probabl¢ ihal th¢ incomc will bc roceived and thc amount can bc n￿s￿red ￿lIablY.
Expenditure
LiabiliiiLS are rccogni5ed &% expendiwre ￿ srA)n is a le8al or &)Th8tn￿1i¥e obligation commilting the ¢haTity to
Ihdi LXPLndilurc. il is probabk. Ihat a Irdnsfcr oftt(wmic ￿rILl will r¢quirrd in ¥¢iilLmcni and ihL' atnouni of th¥
obli¥aiion can bE mrayur￿l tL'liably. ExF<tHliivr¢ 1$ accounid lor on an acw15 ba¥is and h&5 bccn cla5yificd vn(l¢r
hvading¥ that aw¢¥alc all cost rel1￿ to thc c4*gory. Whcrc ￿51¥ ¢annoi be dirttdy atlribuid to p)rti¢ul4r h¢adin89
they ￿ve be￿ alloca*d to xtivitiC5 on a basis Consistent with thc ￿¢Of re50UTC
TAngible fixed assets
Depreciation is providd ai the followin8arfftual rates in or&rto writeoffe8¢h awiov¢r its estima*d useful lif¢.
Fixturcs and fiiiin$%
Computcr cquipmcni
33% on c05t
33% on c051
Taxaltion
Thc charity i$ ¢x¢nW from lax on itschgritsble activiliu.
Fund ACCOUntlDz
Unrestric*d fun¢Ls can in accordw with the chaTitsble obj￿tIveS ai the di*Yeiion of th¢ ¢w%t¢e5.
Pagc 10
continued...

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINAPICIAL STATEMENfs- tontinutd
FOR THE YEAR Eh"DED 31 AUGUST 2023
ACCOUNTIIYG POLICILS- CODtIDMed
Fulld accountinK
RL'¥lriclcd tund¥ ¢an only bc US￿ for p￿ie￿18r ￿leted pry5C5 Witbio thc objects of thc charity. Restrictions ariyL
wh¢n spccified by ihe (knloror wh¢n fund5 are rdiqed forparticularrey¢Ti£lcd putp)Se5.
Further cxplanation of the t￿1￿1￿ arh4 of each fimd is incl￿ iD the n0*5 10 th¢ financial 51atemcnts.
Pen￿0￿ costs and olher p￿t-re1]rtMent benefits
The Charity operaie% a dcfined contribution r*JL810n schen￿. Coniributions payable to the ¢harity5 pension scheme a
¢hargcd lo the SiaicmEni ol'Finan¢iHI Activiii¢s in to which iky r¢laic.
(wrHER TRADINC AcfiviTIES
2023
2022
Furtdraising ¢v¢nis
712
2,221
INVESTMENT INCOME
2023
2022
Dcposil account inlcrc51
IIYCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2023
2022
Aclivity
Pa￿nL*, Contributi(￿$
Council fuNJin8
Pareni%' contribuiion8
Funding
2x645
264,268
252.953
267,257
2.913
520,210
CHAIUTABLE AcfiviTIFS CO
Support
costs Is¢¢
noie 6
Charitable *¢tivi¢i
Page 11
¢x)ntinued...

PIPPfN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continlltd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
SUPPORT COSTS
Inforn)aii
*chnology
Matwtyi
expcnditutt
Toials
Charilablc actlvities
19216
7A17
11,581
83.115
TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFI15
There were no Iwste¢s' Mnunerdtion ￿ other benefits for the year ended 31 Augu￿ 2023 nor for the year ended
31 August 2022.
TruJteu' expeDges
There were no trystx4' expense% pid for the year ¢rMled 31 A￿￿￿1 2023 nor for th¢ yearfflded 31 Au8USt 2022.
STAFF COSTS
2023
2022
Wa8Ly and &alari
SI￿,1a1 qecuriiy Costs
h¢r pcn4ion co￿lS
464263
26,991
11,270
426,783
20.1155
9.623
50U24
457.261
Th¢ avcra8c m¢Jnihly numbu of¢mployttsdurinB ib¢ y(*r &8 follows:
2023
27
2022
29
stsff
No employeex received emO￿ts in excus Of£￿.(th.
ststT¢oyls also incl￿￿ £1.45312022- £1.9851 forsthftun1rom￿ and £1.612 (2022- £t.536} for stytrtraining.
COMPARATIVFS FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES
Unrnrytrictcd
rund
R¢sitieicd
fund¥
Total
fundy
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Ch#ritAble Artivities
Parenly, contributt
Coun¢il funding
251953
267257
252.953
267,257
oih¥Y trading aciivili¢5
Inv¢slm¢ni I￿om¢
2221
2.221
Totsl
522.432
522,432
EXPENDITURE ON
Ch%ritsble activltit5
Charilablc activiti<¥
87219
87219
12
coniinv￿...

PIPPIN PLAYGROitp
NOTES TO THE FIINAYCIAL STATEMENfs- COntin￿d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEIYT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVmES- tontinued
Unre4lricled
R&stricted
fund5
Total
funds
Staff costs
460.782
460,782
Totsl
548.001
548.001
NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE)
{25,5691
125,5691
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought lorward
142.986
260.¢MJ)
402.9x6
TOTAL FUiYDS CARRIED FORWARD
117.417
260,(
377,417
GOVERf4ANCE COSIS
Cjovernance ￿$Ll Ir￿ludes..
2023
2022
Irthpctththl Examin¢¢$ r¢myncrntion
Indepcndcnl Examhnctrs rcmuncration lor￿1￿y suvic¢¥
720
660
TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS
Fixturej
ComputLY
equipment
rittin85
Total¥
COST
Al I S¢pl¢mb¢r 2022
Addition%
37047
2282
53.620
283
Al 31 August 2023
411.129
1&056
DEPRECIATION
Al I Scptcmbcr 2022
ch￿$¢ for ycar
14361
873
49,644
2,537
At 31 Au8U8t 2023
37,047
1.%134
52,181
L¥ET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Augusl 2023
3W2
922
4,004
At 31 August 2022
3.976
Pa8c 13
coniinued...

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
12.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trad¢ dcbtors
Prepayments
22901
2238
14,607
9.640
2&139
24247
ij.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
TTade crcditor5
Social sccurily atKI other la
Deferred incom¢
Olhcr crcdiiots and a¢¢n￿lS
12.733
4.673
30,585
4,9116
383
8I53
52,997
DcfLrTcd inL￿M¥. in 2022 N.laKY lo chIldrL￿ prc-5thwl aThJ wrdpcam. f¢¢s rec¢iv￿ in r¢yct of thc followin8 acadLmic
year cotnmencing Sep*mber 2022.
14.
MOVEME￿ IIY FUNDS
Nel
movem¢nl
irt funds
At
31.11.23
At 1.9.22
UDreJ¢rlcted funds
GLnrral fund
lj7rt17
(2S073)
92J44
Restrlcted funda
Propcrty fund
Re80urce8 fund
I50,￿0
250.000
10.000
260,IMKI
260.1100
TOTAL FUNDS
377A17
{2%11731
Net movement in fvrd8. included in the atr￿Ve are as follow5.'
Incoming
Rc50urc¢5
¢xwnd
moven￿rtt
in fvnds
Unrestricted funds
0￿￿￿31 (und
563h31
(SW704)
{25,0731
TOTAL FUNDS
563,(Jl
(W704)
125.073}
Page 14
cotltinwd...

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- eontin¥¢d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 AUGUST2023
14.
MOVEMEKf IN FUNDS- fontinued
CompaTrtiveJ for moveThent ID fllnds
Net
movemajt
in fvnds
At
31.8.22
Al 1.9.21
Unrestrlrted funds
Genernl fund
141986
(25.569)
117.417
Restrieted fund>
Propcrty fund
Resources filnd
250.(M)O
10.¢
250.000
10.000
2&).
260,0(M)
TOTAL FUNDS
402,
125,569)
377.417
Comparaiivc nci rnov¢m¢nl in fut¥J5. inclth in th¢ a5 follows:
ITKominB
T¢sourc¢s
Re￿UrCeS
¢xp¢ndcd
Movement
in fvnds
Unrejtrlcted funds
6¢ncral fund
522.432
154ts,IX)I
125.5691
TOTAL FUNDS
522,432
(s48,￿1 I
125.569}
A ¢un¢nt y￿r 12 months and prior ycar 12 rnonths combin¢d PDsilion isas follow
Nel
movemMt
in funds
At 1.9.21
31.8.23
Unrestricted fund5
G¢nernl fund
142,986
150,6421
92,344
ReJ¢rkted fuods
Property fund
Resourccs fi]nd
250.(XXI
10.IXM)
250,(M)O
10.000
260.(MM)
200,0(M)
TOTAL FUNDS
402,9116
{50.6421
352.344
Pagr 15
coniinued...

PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANI CIAL STATEMENfs- eontin¥ed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
14.
MOVEMETr4T IN FUNDS- cDntl#ued
A eurr¢ni year 12 months and prior year 12 rMnth$ LXMnbjn￿ nct n￿ement in fithds. Included in the aFrfiv¢ are as
rollow5'.
Incoming
Reswr¢es
expended
Movement
Unrestrided funds
General fund
1.086.iK>3
11.136.705)
150.642)
TOTAL FUI¥DS
1.086.
(1.136.705)
{50.6421
EMPLOYEE BENEFrr OBLIGATIONS
Th¢ Charity opmtes an auto4nrohnent pU￿10n xheme ftr the benefit of its ¢mploy¢es. During the y¢4r. the Charity
contributed Ll 1.27012022 . £9.6231.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURFS
There were no related ￿rtY tswLWtions for th ye&r*Kled 31 Au8Us12023.
ULTIMATE CONfROLLIIYG PARTY
17.
The ¢hariiy 18 conlyolled by th¢ trU*eeJ.
Pag¢ 16

pipprN PLAYGROiIP
DETAILED STATEMEYT OF FINANCIAL AcrtVlTIES
FOR THE YEAR EP4DED 31 AUGUST 2023
2023
2022
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Other trading actlvitieS
Fundraising events
712
2221
Investment income
r)ew>8lt account intre51
Charilable activitlel
Parcnts contribuiions
Funding
2N645
264.268
252,953
267.257
562913
520.210
TotAI incomin¥ resoure¢s
522.432
EXPENDITURE
Starr ¢oJ¢$
Social qecurity
PLn¥ions
Uniform
SlatTirainiThB
464.263
2&991
11,270
1rt53
lffjl2
426.783
20.X55
9,623
1.985
1,536
460.782
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6282
160
5,128
6.336
1.241
3,833
149
245
873
93
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16,932
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991
873
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6.178
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PIPPIN PLAYGROUP
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINAYCIAL AcfiviTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDEDJI AUGUST2023
2023
2022
Property expeNditrre
Broughi fO￿ard
Light and
Repai￿. quipment and re8ources
Insurnnw, liccnees and sub5CTiplions
rkyrLYiaiion of fix¢urc5 and fillings
13237
10304
13.712
23.524
2.752
21,251
6.587
1.693
901
55,1407
Governance cost$
Legal and pmfessional feel
Examinetrs remuneration
Accouniancy
5181
720
4,672
2.970
8J02
Total r¢wurC￿
548.001
Net expendlturt
125.073)
{25.5691
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## PIPPIN PLAYGROUP 

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For The Year Ended 31[st] August 2023 19[th] August 2024 

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## **CONTENTS PAGE** 

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|Financial Statement Overview|3|
|Financial Performance Overview|3|
|Profit and Loss commentary|3|
|Balance sheet commentary|3, 4 & 5|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|6|
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|Year Ended 31stAugust 2023 Financial Statements|Appendix 1|
|Detailed income and Expenditure Summaries|Appendix 2|



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## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT OVERVIEW** 

The financial statements were presented for signature to Manveer Ramdhian on 19[th] August 2024. 

Alf Del Basso, on behalf of Jones Hunt & Keelings, signed the independent examiners report on 19[th] August 2024. 

## **FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW** 

In summary, the playgroup’s net expenditure for the year ended 31[st] August 2023 was £25,073, which has decreased by £496 from a net deficit of £25,569 in 2022. 

The playgroup’s balance sheet reserves total £352,344, split between general unrestricted funds of £92,344 and restricted funds of £260,000, being £250,000 property fund and £10,000 playgroup resource fund. The restricted funds have remained the same as in 2018 and are still appropriate despite the economic downturn. 

## **Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) (Appendix 1: Page 6)** 

Parent contributions for 2023 have increased by £45,692, from £252,953 in 2022 to £298,645 this year. 

Fundraising events have decreased this year, totaling £712 compared with £2,221 in 2022, a decrease of £1,509. 

Total expenditure has increased in the year by £40,703 to £588,704, compared to 2022 which saw total expenditure of £548,001. 

A full breakdown has been provided in appendix 2; however, we would like to comment on the following key overhead costs: 

- a. Staffing costs have increased by £44,807, from £460,782 last year to £505,589 this year. The playgroup employed an average of 27 (2022 – 29) members of staff during the year and have encouraged staff to become more experienced by undertaking further qualifications to improve the offerings of the pre-school. 

- b. Rent, rates and water expenditure has decreased by £10,287, from £23,524 in 2022 to £13,237 in 2023. This decrease is as a result of the 2021 figures including a sinking charge for a 3-year period. The council have yet to charge for the sinking fund in 2023, and Katie is currently disputing the cost due to the issues with the lift. 

- c. Light and heat expenditure has increased by £7,452, from £2,752 in 2022 to £10,204 in 2023. This rise in costs was to be expected as Pippin had previously been charged based on an incorrect meter reading. Light and heat expenditure next year is expected to be in line with the figures for 2023. 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31[st] August 2023 (Appendix 1: Page 7)** 

## **Fixed Assets – Appendix 1: Page 13, Note 11** 

During the year the playgroup purchased assets totaling £2,565. 

Assets are depreciated and expensed to the SOFA on a straight-line basis over a 3-year period, i.e. spreading the cost of significant asset purchases over 3 financial years. 

After depreciation, the net book value of fixed assets is £4,004. 

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## **Current Assets - Appendix 1: Page 14, Note 12** 

Current assets included the following: 

|Trade debtors<br>Prepayments of costs for following year<br>**Total**|**31 August**<br>**2023**<br>22,901<br>2,238<br>**£25,139**|**31 August**<br>**2022**<br>14,607<br>9,640<br>**£24,247**|
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## **Cash at Bank – Appendix 1: Page 7** 

The cash at bank and in hand balances were as follows: 

|Cash at bank|**31 August**<br>**2023**<br>**£332,054**|**31 August**<br>**2022**<br>**£402,191**|
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The cash in the bank has been split between unrestricted general funds of £72,054 and money set aside for restricted funds totaling £260,000. 

## **Current Liabilities - Appendix 1: Page 14, Note 13** 

Current Liabilities include the following: 

|Trade creditors<br>Social security and other taxes<br>Deferred income<br>Accruals of costs<br>**Total**|**31 August**<br>**2023**<br>1,570<br>383<br>-<br>6,900<br>**£8,853**|**31 August**<br>**2022**<br>12,753<br>4,672<br>30,586<br>4,986<br>**£52.997**|
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## **Movement in Funds – Page 14, Note 14** 

The movement in funds has shown a small gradual decrease. The pre-school has seen reserves decrease to £352,344 from £377,417 at the start of the year. 

## **Unrestricted funds** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees. 

## **Restricted funds** 

Restricted funds can only be used for specific purposes as defined by the objectives of the charity. 

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The restricted funds are as follows: 

|Property Fund<br>Playgroup Resource Fund<br>**Total**|**31 August**<br>**2023**<br>250,000<br>10,000<br>**£260,000**|**31 August**<br>**2022**<br>250,000<br>10,000<br>**£260,000**|
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The property fund has been set aside with the intention to purchase land and build a nursery for the playgroup in the future, should the need arise. 

The playgroup resources fund has been set aside to purchase additional toys and equipment for the playgroup. 

For the time being, management is happy with the level of funds which have been restricted and have made no plans to change these in the coming year. 

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## **IDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT (Appendix 1, Page 5).** 

We have carried out an independent examination of the financial statements on Appendix 1. 

## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of Pippin Playgroup** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Pippin Playgroup (the Trust) for the year ended 31[st] August 2023. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

Since your charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am registered member of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants which is one of the listed bodies. 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept is respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and contents of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact Alf Del Basso. 


## **Alf Del Basso** 

## **Independent Examiner** 

## **For and on Behalf of Jones Hunt & Keelings** 

## **19[th] August 2024** 

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