## **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** **(Charity number: 1034356)** **Trustees annual report & financial statements for the year ended** ## **31st August 2022** Charity accounts preparation & independent examination service 29 Millfield Road, York YO23 1NH Telephone: 07900995607 Email: accounting@outsource.org.uk ## **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** **(Charity number: 1034356)** ## **Contents** |**Index**|**Page**| |---|---| |**Report of the trustees**|**1**| |**Independent examiner's report**|**4**| |**Receipts & payments accounts**|**5**| |**Statement of assets and liabilities**|**6**| |**Notes to the accounts**|**7**| ## **Trustees' Annual Report** **From: 1st September 2021 To: 31st August 2022** **Charity's full name Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** **Registered Charity number 1034356** ## **Objectives and activities** ## **Summary of the purposes of the charity set out in its governing document** To provide pre-school learning and development to a highly effective standard. ## _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_ To provide a pre-school learning experience for children aged 2 to 5, under the "Early Years Foundation Stage" according to OFSTED. The trustees consider that they have complied with their duties to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities** The Playgroup, as a charity, is run and operated by a committee of volunteers, in conjunction with an employed staff of qualified childcare specialists. ## **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.** Pre-school has continued to work with the community of Escrick and surrounding villages to deliver a high quality childcare provision. It has organised small fundraising events for pre-school provisions . Our highly regarded pre school has run 360+ morning, afternoon and full day sessions throughout the academic year, caring for 2 to 5 year old children from the surrounding community. 1 ## **Financial review** ## **Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period** The pre-school made a loss of £2,634 this year. This was due to fewer children at the beginning of the term due to covid affecting the number of 2 year olds joining the year before. ## **Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held** Reserves are held only for future use at Pre-school for staffing/redundancy purposes and the variable continuity of childcare. **Amount of reserves held £26,293** **Reasons for holding zero reserves N/A Funds materially in deficit None** ## **Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern** The number of children coming to pre-school varies across the year, with numbers being low in September and increasing throughout the year, We do not have any concerns about the charity continuing as a going concern. ## **Structure, governance and management** **Description of the charity's trusts** **Type of governing document** Constitution **(e.g. trust deed, royal charter) How the charity is constituted** Unincorporated association **(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)** **Trustee selection methods including** Elected at AGM **details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees** ## **Reference and administration details** **Charity's full name** Escrick Pre-School Playgroup **Other names the charity is known by** **Charity’s principal address Escrick and Deighton Village Hall Main Street Escrick** **Postcode YO19 6LQ** 2 **Names of the trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**| |---|---|---|---| |Ruth Wilson
Secretary
July 20 onwards
Sally Clarke
Jan 19 onwards
Carly Holliday
Chair
July 21 onwards
Anna Hopwood
Treasurer
July 18 onwards
July 20 onwards
Cate Lloyd
Sarah McMillan
Secretary
Nov 22 onwards|||| ## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**| |---|---| |**None**|| ## **Names and addresses of advisers (OPTIONAL)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members**
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**Bankers**
HSBC
13 Parliament Street
York
**Independent**
**Examiner**
Karen Wood ACMA
Outsource Accounting Services & IE's
Hiscox Building
Peasholme Green, York||| ## **Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report and Accounts** **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees** |**Signature**|| |---|---| |**Full Name**|Anna Hopwood| |**Position**|Treasurer| |**Date**|05/06/2023| 3 **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** I report on the accounts of: for the year ended: **31st August 2022** ## **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** which are set out on pages 5 to 7. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: - 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or - 2 the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Karen Wood (ACMA)** Outsource independent examination service 12/06/2023 **Date:** The Hiscox Building Peasholme Green York YO1 7PR 4 ## **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** (Charity number: 1034356) |**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st August 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st August 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st August 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st August 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st August 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**
Fees
NEG funding (NYCC)
Donations & fundraising
Bank interest
Other income
JRS Government grant
**Total receipts**
**Transfers between funds**
**Balance brought forward**
JRS furloughed staff payments
**Total payments**
Play materials, activities & equipment
Telephone, printing & stationery
Insurance
Fundraising costs
**Balance carried forward**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
Bank charges
**Payments**
Salaries
Staff training & other costs
Rent
Membership, DBS & subscriptions
IE fees
Administration & payroll costs
Website costs
Cleaning, consumables & renewals|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
23,270
34,197
2,470
2
225
**60,164**
-
**60,164**
54,502
348
2,324
267
1,198
1,250
51
810
109
280
1,614
-
45
**62,798**
-
**62,798**
**(2,634)**
**-**
**28,927**
**26,293**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
23,270
34,197
2,470
2
225
**60,164**
-
**60,164**
54,502
348
2,324
267
1,198
1,250
51
810
109
280
1,614
-
45
**62,798**
-
**62,798**
**(2,634)**
**-**
**28,927**
**26,293**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
12,938
58,154
2,544
1
-| |||||**73,637**| |||||1,485| |||||**75,122**| |||||59,133
809
3,349
385
1,729
1,082
75
762
356
280
3,609
252
-| |||||**71,821**| |||||1,485| |||||**73,306**| |||||**1,816**
**-**
**27,111**| |||||**28,927**| 5 ## **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** (Charity number: 1034356) |**Statement of assets and liabilities at:**||**31st August 2022**|**31st August 2022**|**31st August 2022**| |---|---|---|---|---| |Current bank account
Savings bank account
Petty cash
Prepayment card
**Assets**
**Cash at bank and in hand**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
18,968
7,109
153
63
**26,293**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
18,968
7,109
153
63
**26,293**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
21,777
7,108
42
-| |||||**28,927**| |**Liabilities**
Independent examination fee|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
300
**300**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
300
**300**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
280| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**280**| 6 **Escrick Pre-School Playgroup** (Charity number: 1034356) **Notes to the accounts for the year ended: 31st August 2022** The trustees have taken advantage of section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 and prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis. **Approval of accounts for the year ended: 31st August 2022** The report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the trustees held on: **Date** **Signed for and on behalf of the trustees:** ## **Signature** ## **Signature** CARLY HOLLIDAY **Name** CHAIR **Position (e.g. Chair etc)** 09/06/2023 **Date** ANNA HOPWOOD **Name** TREASURER **Position (e.g. Chair etc)** 08/06/2023 **Date** 7