**Longthorpe Playgroup Trustee Annual Report For the year ended 31st July 2022**
The trustees present their report and independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31st July 2022.
## **Reference and Administrative Details:**
Registered Name: Longthorpe Playgroup Working Name: Longthorpe Preschool Charity No: 1031164 Operational Address: The Memorial Hall, 295 Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough, PE3 6LU Trustees at date of Report: Chair, Treasurer Haider Ali Secretary Willow Worthington Ruth Bryant Roswana Bibi Rachna Digpal Bankers: Barclays Bank PLC Independent Examiner: Mark Bedford MJB Financial Services 11 Belton Road Stanground Peterborough PE2 8UU
**Longthorpe Playgroup Trustee Annual Report For the year ended 31st July 2022**
## **Structure, Governance & Management:**
The is a membership organisation governed by a constitution which was adopted on 12th July 2006. Members can be parents or guardians of all children who attend playgroup or other interested individuals approved by the Committee. Members appoint/confirm committee members at the AGM.
## **Objects and activities:**
The aims of the 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 and by:
- (a) 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;
- (b) encouraging the study of the needs of the children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local area;
- (c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
The trustees and staff give careful consideration to the Commission’s guidance on public benefit when setting objectives and planning activities. All families within the local community are encouraged to use our services. Fees are kept low so that our childcare remains affordable to all. All children are eligible for Nursery Education Funding, which is provided by the Local Authority, the term after they become 3 years old.
## **Achievements and Performance:**
Longthorpe Pre School showed a surplus of 33,564 over the financial year ended 31 July 2022. The charity has reviewed the salaries of its employees in line with the current cost of living. This has helped the charity mitigate the recruitment challenge faced by the childcare sector in the country.
The School site was inspected by OFSTED in December 2022 and was graded Outstanding.
## **Financial Review:**
The Trustees aim to apply all funds received to the charitable objects. The preschools closing balance on 31st July 2022 is £186,371. These funds are earmarked for potential furlough clawbacks and redundancy reserves.
**Longthorpe Playgroup Trustee Annual Report For the year ended 31st July 2022**
Throughout the year our reserve cash balance has remained over the reserve level and set at £74,267 which will cover and account for PILON, a redundancy fund and also rental charges for both sites.
This report has been approved by the Trustees on and has been signed on their behalf by:
Signature: ___________________________________ Full Name: Haider Ali Date: 19 April 2023
**LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP**
Registered Charity No: 1031164
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31ST JULY 2022**
|**RECEIPTS**
NEF Funding
Local Authority Funding
Fees
Other Funding
Other Income
Bank Interest
Fund Raising and Donations
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**DIRECT PAYMENTS**
Wages inc HMRC payments
Resources for Children
Resources for Setting
Food and Drink
Consumables
**TOTAL DIRECT PAYMENTS**
**ADMINISTRATIVE PAYMENTS**
Training Total
Other Staff Costs
Premises
Fees and Subscriptions
Administration
Other Costs
Bank Charges
Fundraising
**TOTAL ADMINISTRATITIVE PAYMENTS**
Net of Receipts/(Payments)
Balance b/fwd
**Balance c/fwd**
Page 1|**UNRESTRICTED THIS**
**YEAR**
**£**
162,487
9,176
65,960
10,350
223
0
1,708
**249,904**
(167,963)
(6,983)
(3,949)
(2,872)
(913)
**(182,680)**
(1,025)
(1,464)
(15,911)
(8,771)
(4,932)
(743)
(760)
(54)
**(33,660)**
33,564
152,807
**186,371**|**TOTAL FUNDS**
**LAST YEAR**
**£**
162,768
13,580
31,388
38,951
23
0
920|
|---|---|---|
|||**247,630**|
|||(142,069)
(2,522)
(6,397)
(1,940)
(863)|
|||**(153,791)**|
|||(420)
(1,331)
(12,983)
(6,044)
(2,951)
(2,627)
(425)
0|
|||**(26,781)**|
|||67,058
85,749|
|||**152,807**|
## **LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP**
Registered Charity No: 1031164
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST JULY 2022**
|**CASH FUNDS**
Barclays (Current)
Barclays (Savings)
Pay Pal
Petty Cash
**Total Cash Funds**
**OTHER ASSETS**
Fees
Overpayment of NurseryCam invoices
**LIABILITIES**
PAYE
Independent Examination
Peterborough City Council training invoices|**UNRESTRICTED THIS**
**YEAR**
**£**
19,577
165,293
1,425
76
**186,371**
4,798
234
**234**
0
250
630
**880**|**TOTAL FUNDS LAST**
**YEAR**
**£**
5,888
144,889
1,808
222|
|---|---|---|
|||**152,807**|
|||4,773
0|
|||**0**|
|||660
250
0|
|||**910**|
I approve the Receipts and Payments Accounts set out on page 1 and above and confirm that all relevant records and information has been made available for their preparation.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
Haider Ali ………………………………................ ……………………………………… Signature Name
## **NOTES**
1. The trustees did not receive any renumeration or reimbursements.
Page 2
This independent examiners report relates to the accounts of
LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP
Charity Commission Registered No: 1031164
Accounts are prepared for the year ended 31 July 2022
Res
ctive res
onsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit
is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011 Ithe 2011 Act) and that an independent
examination 15 needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act,.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section
14515llbl of the 2011 Act,.
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Inde
endent examinerfs statement
An examination includes a review of the accountlng records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and
seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide
11 the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Inde
endent examinerfs statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
111 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act:
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting
requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,.
121 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Signed
Date
Mark Bedford
MJB Financial Services
11 Belton Road
Stanground
Peterborough
PE2 8UU