Charlton and District Playgroup Thomas’ Church and Community ## S Hall } Charlton, Andover, SP10 4AN Charity no.: 1029766 ## TRUSTEES REPORT SEPT 2022 – AUGUST 2023 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. The settings financial performance has decreased over the period Sept 2022August 2023 having seen an increase in cost of consumables (such as snack time) and staff wage increases. We have had a large staff turn over in recent times and hope that we will now experience a period of consistency in this area. Also, with some of our long standing staff members leaving, we are now able to review our redundancy funding and plan to hold a finance meeting in the next few weeks to discuss this. 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 9 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 still partly due to the covid pandemic which affected socialising for many young children. These children are recognised and support is put in place through language groups alongside individual strategies used by the child’s key worker. Over the last 12 months we have continued to develop positive relationships with parents and carers. We welcome them into the setting and hold events such as Christmas performances and Spring celebrations to allow the parents to become part of our community. We regularly communicate with parents and carers about the progress that their children are making. A new committee was formed in September 2023, and we will be starting to encourage parents to consider roles for the next committee in September 2024 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 2023 and the planned Easter sponsored walk will also contribute to the financial performance of the subsequent year and help the preschool to increase its fundraising goals. 1 Looking forward the next challenge for the setting and committee is to review pay scales for the team in 2024. Currently most of our staff are paid living wage and this is set to increase substantially in April 2024, our funding will increase slightly with the funding allocated for each child but will not cover the increase in wages so we are considering other options to supplement the general income of the setting such as opening for another afternoon, closing for one of the shorter days or looking to reduce costs in another area such as resourcing. 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 Lindsay Reeves, Chair Playgroup Committee/ Board of trustees 01.03.2024 2 CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023 These atrounts have been Prepared by." trGJEJ 38 Bridge Street Andover SPIO IBW T: (OIZ64) 324103 R. info@oaktreebmrn￿k TOTHE TRUSTEES OF cHARLT(￿ AND trtSTRICT PLAYGROUP FORnEYEAR EIXJED 31ST AiIGUST2023 pwJ&% 24. F 145 ISKb)oflhÈ2011 PA WT 21111rbpJ 3$PA￿ HaM￿h￿8 SPIO 1BW REC&PTS 15228 Chlthw•Vwthw5 E*tyYeer5 EdUCatiC￿ F￿dV￿ch￿S FurKI SEN 810 sn 1376 144Y 1237 1178 428 TOTAL RECEIPT8 118318 12J613 PAYMENTS Sl•ff W488 1ts1149 97772 749 Trnlr Rent hdl 51C 12UO A(knknknlrati Fvnd Ra* (¥*lB) Equlpment I1￿8 8tarr cthvJl 1645 3118 Cl•anin9 G•neFJ 8n¢J sutJsthrKe ProfeyK)n81 and 89 12 117T 142 307 TOTAL PAYMEKrs 127T99 12CrfJ28 3784 CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP FINAIICIAL SYATEklENT3 FOR THE VEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023 SSETS T31S xeD 2023 2022 x*Jre and frtUng8 £787 787 NT Bonk cuff8nlAu￿unI Bonus Savèr P8ty£8sh 35155 46450 40569 50022 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 81805 90590 NTLi Trad8 Codilors Deposhs Pen&knn 0￿er tax88 73 2582 2492 493 253 3148 2795 NET CURREiif A38ET8 78457 877•5 TOTALA8￿9 79102 18B82 2023 2027 Fund8 at 1109f4022 Excess of Recelpts over Paym81) 8B583 84798 3784 Funds al 3110812023 791 CHARLTON AND DISTW PLAYGROUP IIOTES TOThE FIIWICIAL STATEMEiirs FOR ￿ YEAR EP4IEIJ 31sfAUGVST2023 pa*1. T￿ rates ¥￿ed ￿e:_ Fix￿r*S & C¢￿t 311V2023 Bfwd I￿￿0?2 Charge ￿ I 1541 142 Net Bo(* Va 3110812￿ 3110812022 87 CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023 These atrounts have been Prepared by." trGJEJ 38 Bridge Street Andover SPIO IBW T: (OIZ64) 324103 R. info@oaktreebmrn￿k TOTHE TRUSTEES OF cHARLT(￿ AND trtSTRICT PLAYGROUP FORnEYEAR EIXJED 31ST AiIGUST2023 pwJ&% 24. F 145 ISKb)oflhÈ2011 PA WT 21111rbpJ 3$PA￿ HaM￿h￿8 SPIO 1BW REC&PTS 15228 Chlthw•Vwthw5 E*tyYeer5 EdUCatiC￿ F￿dV￿ch￿S FurKI SEN 810 sn 1376 144Y 1237 1178 428 TOTAL RECEIPT8 118318 12J613 PAYMENTS Sl•ff W488 1ts1149 97772 749 Trnlr Rent hdl 51C 12UO A(knknknlrati Fvnd Ra* (¥*lB) Equlpment I1￿8 8tarr cthvJl 1645 3118 Cl•anin9 G•neFJ 8n¢J sutJsthrKe ProfeyK)n81 and 89 12 117T 142 307 TOTAL PAYMEKrs 127T99 12CrfJ28 3784 CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP FINAIICIAL SYATEklENT3 FOR THE VEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2023 SSETS T31S xeD 2023 2022 x*Jre and frtUng8 £787 787 NT Bonk cuff8nlAu￿unI Bonus Savèr P8ty£8sh 35155 46450 40569 50022 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 81805 90590 NTLi Trad8 Codilors Deposhs Pen&knn 0￿er tax88 73 2582 2492 493 253 3148 2795 NET CURREiif A38ET8 78457 877•5 TOTALA8￿9 79102 18B82 2023 2027 Fund8 at 1109f4022 Excess of Recelpts over Paym81) 8B583 84798 3784 Funds al 3110812023 791 CHARLTON AND DISTW PLAYGROUP IIOTES TOThE FIIWICIAL STATEMEiirs FOR ￿ YEAR EP4IEIJ 31sfAUGVST2023 pa*1. T￿ rates ¥￿ed ￿e:_ Fix￿r*S & C¢￿t 311V2023 Bfwd I￿￿0?2 Charge ￿ I 1541 142 Net Bo(* Va 3110812￿ 3110812022 87