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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1029388
Hartwell Playgroup
**Charity's principal address** Hartwell Community Centre School Lane Hartwell **Postcode NN7 2HL**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Hussain Joseph|Chair|01/09/21 – 01/05/2022||
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||Carole Wilson|Treasurer|||
||Charlotte Wilson|Chair|01/05/22||
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## **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**
Pre School Learning Alliance Type of governing document Model Pre School Constitution 2011
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trust
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected 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**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The aims of preschool are 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.
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Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability.
Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas.
**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)**
Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the preschool learning alliance
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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
This has been a challenging year making adjustments due to the **Summary of the main** pandemic, in addition the financial strain on the organisation. **achievements of the charity during the year** Particular success have been in reintroducing children back into the setting and ensuring that we adhere to covid guidance and measures.
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## **Section E Financial review**
12% of any fundraising monies are added to reserves account
**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);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- 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) Full name(s)** Charlotte Wilson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 28/03/2024
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