2022-08-31-accounts - Charlton And District Playgroup

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Charlton and District Playgroup S Thomas’ Church and Community Hall Charlton, Andover, SP10 4AN Charity no.: 1029766 ~~;~~ TRUSTEES REPORT SEPT 2021 – AUGUST 2022 We are a small preschool based in a village church and are known as a pack away setting meaning, we have to set up and clear away at the beginning and end of each session. We are open part time and term time only, providing quality care and education for up to 38 children per session aged between 2yrs 6mths and up to 5 years. We regularly support up to 60 families from the surrounding area. We are very proud of our setting with its friendly home from home atmosphere and regularly receive positive comments from parents, visitors, and other professional attending the playgroup.

We are starting to see the setting’s financial performance (for the 12-month financial period from Sept 2021 – Aug 2022) improve from the previous year which was disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic. The number of children attending the setting has increased and staffing levels have returned to a steady state with less absenteeism generally across the team.

We actively seek support for our children with additional needs by working closely with other professionals i.e., Paediatricians, Speech & Language Therapists, Portage, local schools, and our local inclusion department at Services for Young Children.

The playgroup employs 10 permanent members of staff, all in a teaching capacity, who work various patterns to ensure we have a higher than required ratio of staff to children. We continue to see an increasing number of children starting at the playgroup needing support with their language and behavioural development which we believe is partly due to the pandemic which affected socialising for many young children. In response to the additional learning needs of some children we continuously review our working practice on a daily basis to enable one designated member of staff to devote their time to supporting these children.

Over the last 12 months we have started to welcome parents back into the setting which has been a positive step forward for all parties and has helped with cemented stronger relationships with our families.

A new committee was formed in September 2022, and we will be starting to encourage parents to consider roles for the next committee in September 2023 as some of our members will stand down when their children leave the setting for primary school. Fundraising events such as the Summer Sports Day have helped to supplement income on a marginal level. Events such as the recent Christmas performance held in December 2022 will also contribute to the financial performance of the subsequent year and help return the setting to pre Covid levels of fundraising.

Looking forward the next challenge for the setting and committee is to review pay scales for the team in 2023. Currently most of our staff are paid living wage and this is set to increase substantially in April 2023, our funding unfortunately will remain unchanged, so we are considering other options to supplement the general income of the setting such as opening for another afternoon or increasing our fees to offset some of these costs. We will of course continue to monitor the financial situation closely to ensure the continued success of our playgroup.

I hope this report gives you a good insight into the operation of our charity over the past year and how we use our income to support the functions of providing early years education and childcare for the children and their families using our preschool.

Report prepared by Jemma Morris, Chair Playgroup Committee/ Board of trustees 09.02.2023

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