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. 

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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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GHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST AUGUST 2022
Thest accounts hayc bren
Prepared by'.-
38 Brtdge Street
Andover SPIO IBW
T..101264} 324103 E_. Inft)@08ktreebm.co.uk
www.oaktreebm.¢ouk

HARLTON ANO O￿TR￿ PLAY¢3ROUP
TO ThE TRUSTEES OF ¢14ARLTQN P]STRIGT PLAYGR015P
FOR YEAR 31ST AUGUST 2W22
I tPFK)rt 31*
paw ?4
cortsiL¥rthatanaLOt ksr(é rwRdfwlhsswr{Ln*%&*w 144(2) Al￿￿1
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38BWS*
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HARLTON AND DJSTRtCT PLAYGROUP
FIP&WIAL STATEMEi¥fs FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31ST AL￿VsT 2022
Artwth•s r￿￿t￿9 t¢ Ithe Yffjrkollhe PLAYGR(XJP:
RECEIPYS
NL*È$
2022
2021
Fe6$ fof Playgroup SesstiThs
chi￿(3re Vouctkrs
15228
12878
Earty Years Edutsbon
Food Vouc*er5 Fund
SEN
W22
810
821
1240
931
1376
Otler irKomè
12379) tc(
INCOM
OMI
STMENrs
Bank rfere5t receNed
TOTAL IIECWPTS
123812
1QO923
PAYMENTS
OthEr C4)5ts
staVWage5
205
94310
Train￿)9
Rent for hal
InsurdtJcÉ and R¢gtstr¥r#>nftss
Constsmbles
4416
1151
1177
Adrninrstrab)
1117
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Equipment (ind sta*f cknlhng)
Other IPdrtk5. Coackn tnpS.XJ￿s. gos
Cleaning
GeneRI expenses
DonatsDAS
1¥21
3823
1982
1525
114
37
102
Tr8vel aftd subsL#en
ProfÈssK)nal Att0￿￿r
12
1177
173
1330
211
ErrtertaBunenf
TOTAL PAYIIEPtts
12(028
11r225
EXCESS OF gECEtPTSOVER PAYMPITS
-11302

CHARLTON p4Th￿T PLAYGROUP
FIIiAPKiIL STATEPAVThS FOR THE YENRENDeD31ST AUGUST 2022
STAT
EPff OF Assgfs AND LIABI
E5 AT 31ST AL￿u￿T 2V22
FIXED ASSETS
20
FsxDJrn and fftWS
787
787
cu
RENT A
Bank CutrentAcuur
Bonus Saver
Petty cash
30758
TOTAL CURFIEFIT ASSFYS
86808
RRENT
IUTIES
Trado Cedtiors
Oeposts hel
Pension
Othèrkxès
2492
2182
197
25)
2795
2970
NET CURREFifASSErs
83838
TOTAL ASSErs
8B582
84798
2022
X12t
Furtd5 at i.rw2￿1
Exts5s ol R¥ceipts
84798
3184
100
-??3
Fthds at3110812022
8BS82
84798

CHARLTON AND tX$TR￿T PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEFAENTS
FOR THE YEAFt FNDED 31ST AUGUST 2022
1. ￿couNTrNG pOL￿Es
The acco￿ haye been y4￿re￿ Ur￿ the Re￿Pts and Pawnents method or
rtounkng knrtsère as receF*ed by Ihe charty or as cF*que5 dravm or
ca¥h paps.
The Rceipts and Pay￿￿￿tS acco￿ntar￿ th.e *aterr£ffl of •$8ets aTrS hab￿1￿¥ ￿ve been
pr*￿Ered fQknVt￿ gu￿1￿ 8c¢¢urty for5￿4vÈrCts$r￿S IS￿e￿ bytr* Ckarty
DÈpreGiatton
has beèn provvjed oa Ihe rÈdu(xw b3￿n￿ basts fn or&rto off
Ihè ￿￿￿Of deweciablt fved over theirexpEded vseful frye5
The aMualJ3tes appWare:_
r£e eqwtY*nt 18% bwlance
2. Fixed As$ets
Fixtur￿ &
Cost
C05t 1,'9r2021
Addthns in yvar
Cost 31lPrtff22
2328
Bfvo I.5￿21
Chatge m year
cr*x5 3118r2022
173
1541
Net 8ook Value
3110812022
31108r1021
£787
£960

GHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST AUGUST 2022
Thest accounts hayc bren
Prepared by'.-
38 Brtdge Street
Andover SPIO IBW
T..101264} 324103 E_. Inft)@08ktreebm.co.uk
www.oaktreebm.¢ouk

HARLTON ANO O￿TR￿ PLAY¢3ROUP
TO ThE TRUSTEES OF ¢14ARLTQN P]STRIGT PLAYGR015P
FOR YEAR 31ST AUGUST 2W22
I tPFK)rt 31*
paw ?4
cortsiL¥rthatanaLOt ksr(é rwRdfwlhsswr{Ln*%&*w 144(2) Al￿￿1
Id2rsectw. 145 cElr>,, oEwe ayi
siarÈnithttkaCA*
A Mik5
MAAT
38BWS*
ver

HARLTON AND DJSTRtCT PLAYGROUP
FIP&WIAL STATEMEi¥fs FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31ST AL￿VsT 2022
Artwth•s r￿￿t￿9 t¢ Ithe Yffjrkollhe PLAYGR(XJP:
RECEIPYS
NL*È$
2022
2021
Fe6$ fof Playgroup SesstiThs
chi￿(3re Vouctkrs
15228
12878
Earty Years Edutsbon
Food Vouc*er5 Fund
SEN
W22
810
821
1240
931
1376
Otler irKomè
12379) tc(
INCOM
OMI
STMENrs
Bank rfere5t receNed
TOTAL IIECWPTS
123812
1QO923
PAYMENTS
OthEr C4)5ts
staVWage5
205
94310
Train￿)9
Rent for hal
InsurdtJcÉ and R¢gtstr¥r#>nftss
Constsmbles
4416
1151
1177
Adrninrstrab)
1117
fincdDlhu¥a ryJsts}
Equipment (ind sta*f cknlhng)
Other IPdrtk5. Coackn tnpS.XJ￿s. gos
Cleaning
GeneRI expenses
DonatsDAS
1¥21
3823
1982
1525
114
37
102
Tr8vel aftd subsL#en
ProfÈssK)nal Att0￿￿r
12
1177
173
1330
211
ErrtertaBunenf
TOTAL PAYIIEPtts
12(028
11r225
EXCESS OF gECEtPTSOVER PAYMPITS
-11302

CHARLTON p4Th￿T PLAYGROUP
FIIiAPKiIL STATEPAVThS FOR THE YENRENDeD31ST AUGUST 2022
STAT
EPff OF Assgfs AND LIABI
E5 AT 31ST AL￿u￿T 2V22
FIXED ASSETS
20
FsxDJrn and fftWS
787
787
cu
RENT A
Bank CutrentAcuur
Bonus Saver
Petty cash
30758
TOTAL CURFIEFIT ASSFYS
86808
RRENT
IUTIES
Trado Cedtiors
Oeposts hel
Pension
Othèrkxès
2492
2182
197
25)
2795
2970
NET CURREFifASSErs
83838
TOTAL ASSErs
8B582
84798
2022
X12t
Furtd5 at i.rw2￿1
Exts5s ol R¥ceipts
84798
3184
100
-??3
Fthds at3110812022
8BS82
84798

CHARLTON AND tX$TR￿T PLAYGROUP
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEFAENTS
FOR THE YEAFt FNDED 31ST AUGUST 2022
1. ￿couNTrNG pOL￿Es
The acco￿ haye been y4￿re￿ Ur￿ the Re￿Pts and Pawnents method or
rtounkng knrtsère as receF*ed by Ihe charty or as cF*que5 dravm or
ca¥h paps.
The Rceipts and Pay￿￿￿tS acco￿ntar￿ th.e *aterr£ffl of •$8ets aTrS hab￿1￿¥ ￿ve been
pr*￿Ered fQknVt￿ gu￿1￿ 8c¢¢urty for5￿4vÈrCts$r￿S IS￿e￿ bytr* Ckarty
DÈpreGiatton
has beèn provvjed oa Ihe rÈdu(xw b3￿n￿ basts fn or&rto off
Ihè ￿￿￿Of deweciablt fved over theirexpEded vseful frye5
The aMualJ3tes appWare:_
r£e eqwtY*nt 18% bwlance
2. Fixed As$ets
Fixtur￿ &
Cost
C05t 1,'9r2021
Addthns in yvar
Cost 31lPrtff22
2328
Bfvo I.5￿21
Chatge m year
cr*x5 3118r2022
173
1541
Net 8ook Value
3110812022
31108r1021
£787
£960