## **AGM report for Playlanders Playgroup and Preschool – 2021-2022** This year we started out with a lot of children returning. Our numbers overall were small, it was to grow to 14 by October half term, 18 by Feb 2022 and 20 by Easter. ## Things to note over the past year;- staff continued training, events included the annual visit from Santa and a Christmas picnic with parents invited for a bring and share lunch. -Feb was a trip out for the older ones to choose their books and spend their book tokens, we also got books for the younger children who were not able to visit the bookshop. -Chestertons Men’s club held a fundraiser raising £1,000 for Playlanders. We sent them a Thank You poster made by the children. -Museum visit replicating an art project after last year's very successful one, but with a new set of children, ending in a visit to the Fitzwilliam museum. Transport paid by the museum for all the children and teachers involved. Later Museum staff brought an art event to Playlanders, so that the younger children could also take part. -April, finally after 2yrs we had all restrictions lifted from COVID though at Playlanders Susan and the staff along with the committee agreed to keep things as safe as possible by continuing with some of the changes. -Grand raffle that raised over £200 pounds for Playlanders -Celebrated the Queen's Jubilee with a picnic for children and parents, and food donated by local co-op -Chesterton Festival was back on and though not busy we raised over £200 pounds. -The decision was made to close for a week because of senior staff having COVID and not enough qualified staff to stay open. This was a good decision as it kept it from spreading all around the nursery. -Summer picnic was bring and share with parents invited, and a book for a gift for all the children. We said goodbye to over half of the children, most of whom were going to school, a few to other places. The remaining 9 were returning in Sept with some new ones joining us. We ended the year almost back to pre covid normal with some changes in how we do things in cleaning and keeping us and the families we work for as safe as possible while providing a high level of care and teaching to the diverse group of children attending Playlanders. The financial situation is more challenging with the minimum wage going up, a confirmed 20% rent increase from September, and the cost of things increasing. We are doing our best to keep prices low for our families but still pay all the expenses too. It has been a great year with a few great surprises and we could properly fundraise too which helped boost the budget considerably. _Hannah Robinson_ _Playlanders Secretary_ Playlanders Playgroup and Pre-school, St George’s Church Hall, Chesterfield Road, CAMBRIDGE CB4 1LN Tel 01223 420954 playlanders@btinternet.com . Registered Charity No 1032287 playlanders.org.uk ## **Accounts for the period Sept 2021 to August 2022** |**Receipts**
Government Funding
Fees
Fundraising income
Donations
Repayment of course fees
Outings Income
Miscellaneous
Training Bursaries
Transfer from Contingency Fund
Total receipts
**Payments**
Salaries
Rent
Miscellaneous
Office costs
Fundraising expenses
Training

Toys
Art materials
Resources and equipment
Cambridgeshire Early Years membership
Ofsted fees
PLA
Insurance
Outings expenses
Publicity
DBS costs
CCVS membership
Total payments
Starting balance
Plus income

Less expenditure

Closing balance|36537.09
7932.00
2632.84
57.00
75.00
69.50
44.25
0
0
47347.68
36476.65
7357.00
324.53
819.82
642.38
366.00
236.46
71.73
570.96
0
50.00
115.00
520.66
84.50
289.00
20.00
30.00
47975.19
18410.71
47347.68
47975.19
17783.20*| |---|---| _*please note that some of this will need to be transferred to our Contingency Fund as none was transferred last year._ Playlanders Playgroup and Pre-school St George’s Church Hall Chesterfield Road CAMBRIDGE CB4 1LN (01223) 420954 playlanders@btinternet.com www.playlanders.org.uk _Reg charity no 1032287_ ## **Correspondence Address** 80 Ramsden Square Cambridge CB4 2BL 14[th] September 2021 _Independent Examiner:_ Emma Louise Lumley 88 Nimbus Walk NEWMARKET CB8 7BW _Bankers:_ Barclays Bank Chesterton Road CAMBRIDGE The Trustees present their report and accounts for the period ending 31[st] August 2021 . The details are set out on page 4 of the report. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, this is an accurate record of the income and expenditure of the Charity for the financial year ending 31[st] August 2021 Signed for, and on behalf of, the Trustees, Nicola Wallis _Chairperson_