## WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP
## Trustee's Annual Report for the Year ended 31 August 2023
The Trustees present their Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2023. The Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charity's Constitution, applicable law and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2005 and the Charities Act 2011
## Structure, Govemance and Management
Wort Park Playgroup was governed by its constitution adopted on 10 September 2011. It registered with the Charity Commission on 16 March 1994 Trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting held in September by way of a vote of members.
## Objectives and Activities
The objectives of the charity are to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities; encouraging the study needs of such children; and instigating, adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
## Achievements and Objectives
Worth Park Playgroup had a good year managing the money to a breakeven point The funding was much higher this year, again we were almost full for most of the year, we held tight on expenditure to ensure we continue. The Charity were still unable to run larger fund raising events but did their best to increase where possible.
The Pre-School continues to be a popular choice among local parents.
## Financial Review
The profit for the year amounted to El 81 (2022: Surplus El 722) as shown on the Statement of Financial Activity on page 4.
All the assets of the charity are used to carry out its objectives. The reserves carried forward represent the unrestricted reserves of the charity arising from past operating results. In the Trustees opinion the reserves held by the Charity are sufficient to meet its needs.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' Report above
Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees on 12th June 2024
J Wilcox - Treasurer
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## WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP
Independent examiner's report on the accounts on the accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on pages 4 to 5
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply. It is our responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## Basis of independent examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of unusual items or disclosure in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. 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 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the Act
## have not been met ; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
J Jellicoe Independent Examiner Date: 2/16/ 2k
Blackwater Lane Pound Hill Crawley West Sussex
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## WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP
## Statement of Financial Activity
## For the year ended 31 August 2023
||||||2023|2023||2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Receipts|||||||||
|Fees
Received|||1|
1
,638.75|||14,836.25||
|Fund
Raising|||||906.15|||975.56|
|Funding|||92,058.68||||78,589.44||
|Grants||||||||520.29|
|Interest
Income|||||191.73|||5.20|
|Milk
Scheme|||||173.10|||19.92|
|Total
Income|||104,968.41||||94,946.66||
|Expenditure|||||||||
|Advertising
&
Marketing|||||226.64|||143.86|
|Audit
&
Accountancy||
fees|1
,560.oo||||1
,560.00||
|Cleaning|||||399.49|||341.86|
|Entertainment
&|
Outings|||678.00||||49.92|
|Equipment|||3,195.54||||2,837.95||
|General
Expenses|||||187.92|||156.97|
|Insurance||||693.41|||645.89||
|IT
Software
and
Consumables|||||139.98|||59.99|
|Printing
&
Stationery||||474.20|||452.33||
|Refreshments||||221.64|||21
1.08||
|Rent|||7,550.00||||7,560.00||
|Repairs
&
Maintenance|||||0.00|||0.00|
|Salaries|||87,209.69
78,081.14||||||
|Staff
Training||||461.19|||218.10||
|Subscriptions|||||85.00|||85.00|
|Telephone
&
Intemet||||774.75||||820.05|
|IJniforms||||929.60||||0.00|
|Total
Expenditure|||104,787.05
93,224.14||||||
|Surplus/(Deficit)|||||181.36||1,722.52||
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## WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP
## Balance Sheet
## As At 31 August 2023
|||Year
End|Year
End|Year
End|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||August
2023|August
2022||
|Balance|
B/fwd|33309.23|31586.71||
|Surplus|
(Deficit)|181.36|1722.52||
|Balance|
C/fwd|||2|
|Represented
By:|||||
|Petty
Cash||78.86|311.89||
|Current|
Account|2443.58|12541.17||
|Deposit|
Account|56455
46|40524.74||
|Loan||100.00|0.00||
|Accruals||(5150.00)|(4000.00)||
|Fees
In|
Advance|(20437.31)
3349
.59|(16068.57)
3
309.2||
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 12th June 2024
J Wilcox: Treasurer
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