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THE RED BARN COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP Charity No
(if any) 1030875
Annual accounts for the period
Period start date 01/09/2024 To Period end date 31/08/2025
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities** |**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
**Income and endowments from:**
Grants, Donations and Legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Separate material item of income
Other
**Resources expended (Note 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Separate material item of expense
Other
Net gains/(losses) on investments
**Extraordinary items**
Other gains/(losses)
**_Reconciliation of funds:_**
**_Net movement in funds_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) before investment**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use
**_Total_**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
165,072
300
-
165,372
136,980
13,784
-
-
13,784
19,292
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
392
-
-
392
2,607| |---|---| ||179,248
300
-
179,548
158,879| ||-
-
-
-
-
4,584
260
-
4,844
11,803
-
-
-
-
-
158,149
-
-
158,149
139,730| ||162,733
260
-
162,993
151,533| ||| ||16,515
40
-
16,555
7,346| ||-
-
-
-
-| ||16,515
40
-
16,555
7,346| ||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||16,515
40
-
16,555
7,346| ||59,649
-
-
59,649
59,649| ||76,164
40
-
76,204
66,995| 1 13/05/2026, 10:02 signed balance sheet.jpg https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/QgrcJHrtvXrRftfNFRlmjdDLDKTRzzKXSLV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 1/1 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2024 Period start date To 31/08/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity Name: The Red Barn Community Playgroup** ## **Charity Registration Number:1030875** ## **Objectives and Activities** |||| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document||**The Charity is governed by a**
**Constitution. It is a committee made up**
**of representatives from the local**
**community and parents. The Trustees**
**are elected at the Annual General**
**meeting. It is run under Pre School**
**Learning Alliance Guidelines and is**
**Ofsted inspected.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.||**The Charity aims to provide a safe,**
**secure and stimulating environment**
**where the children can:**
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**Play, learn and enjoy themselves**
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**Develop independence,**
**communication skills and the**
**ability to concentrate**
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**Learn to co-operate with adults**
**and other children**
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**Take pleasure in new experiences**
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**Build self-confidence**
**It also offers children and parents a**
**service that promotes equality and**
**values diversity**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||**All trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public Benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers||**The Trustees oversee the running of the**
**pre-school ensuring the managers**
**adhere to all policies and procedures in**
**line with EYFS statutory framework.**
**They ensure policies are kept up to date**
**and are reviewed regularly. Support the**
**managers with staff recruitment.**
**Oversee the finances, making decisions**
**for large purchases.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||**The pre-school continues to provide a**
**safe and engaging space for children to**
**develop and learn new skills. We have**
**maintained and Ofsted grading of ‘Good’**
**in our most recent inspection in May**
**2025. We support our families in a range**
**of ways eg signposting to outside**
**agencies for support if required. We offer**
**advice and guidance to parents/carers to**
**support with their children’s learning and**
**development**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set||**The pre-school has continued to be a**
**popular and busy setting, being full to**
**capacity for another academic year.**
**Finances have been carefully monitored**
**to ensure financial security for the**
**approaching financial year.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set||**There was no fund raising in this year**| |||| |---|---|---| |Student Achievements||**Children have made good progress**
**across the year, demonstrating school**
**readiness. Exceptional progress has**
**been made in particular to children’s**
**personal, social and emotional**
**development**| |||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period||**The Charity made a surplus of £16,555**
**and is in a good position financially with**
**a high number of children registered for**
**the forthcoming year**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held||**The Trustees recommend that the**
**Charity always as in the bank reserves**
**to cover one term’s expenditure. This is**
**held in a separate account**| |Amount of reserves held||**£39,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves||| |Details of fund materially in
deficit||**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern||**There are no uncertainties at present**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)||**Hampshire County Council funding**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted||| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity||**There are no foreseeable risks to the**
**Charity**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)||| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)||**Unincorporated**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees||**Trustees are voted in each year at the**
**Annual General Meeting**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements 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 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Red Barn Community Playgroup| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|The Red Barn Community Pre-School| |Registered charity number|1030875| |Charity’s principal address|Linden Lea
Fareham
Hants
PO16 8HJ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lorna Newnham|Chair||| ||Raychel Conway|||| ||Lorraine Grist||01/02/2025 – 31/08/2025|| ||Hannah Williams|||| ||Pauline Stacey|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 13/05/2026, 10:04 trustee declaration.jpg https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/QgrcJHrtvXrRftfNFRlmjdDLDKTRzzKXSLV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2 1/1 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of RED BARN COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP On accounts forthe year ended Charity no Ilf any) 311812025 1030875 Set out on pages I report lo Ihe trustees on my examination of the acL¥)unts of the above charity I'the Trust'} for the year ended 3110812025 Responsiblllties and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Xhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a¢￿}unt8 C8rried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed beli)w ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resp8Ct.' accounting records were not kept in accordance with sedion 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the a￿UntIng records Independent examiner's statement I have no con￿M8 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the ac￿)untS to te reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: 1210512026 Name: LADY DIANA DUBFIAY-FOX Relevant profosslonal quallficatlon(s} or body Ilf any): ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS Addro85: 34 BEDHAMPTON HILL HAVANT HANTS, P09 3JW