2024-08-31-accounts - Hunton And Linton Under Fives Playgroup

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 Sept 2023 To 31 August 2024

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |From|01|Sept|2023|To|31|August|2024| |Section A Reference and administration details| |Charity name|Hunton & Linton Under Fives Playgroup| |Other names charity is known by| |Registered charity number (if any)|1035846| |Charity's principal address|Hunton Village Hall| |West Street, Hunton| |Maidstone, Kent| |Postcode|ME15 0RS| |ee| |Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity| |Dates acted if not for whole|Name of person (or body) entitled| |Trustee name|Office (if any)| |year|to|appoint|trustee|(if any)| |1|Bevalee Marshall|Chairperson|Trustee Resolution| |2|Naomi Sokeyo|Treasurer|Trustee Resolution| |3|Rachel Kelly|Secretary|Trustee Resolution| |4|Sarah Horlock|Trustee Resolution| |5| |6| |7| |8| |9| |10| |11| |12| |13| |14| |15| |16| |17| |18| |19| |20| |=| |Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)| |Name|Dates acted if not for whole year|

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Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution (Pre-School Learning Alliance 2011)

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Association

(eg. trust, association, company)

By resolution at AGM and EGM and co-opted at meetings after. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, 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;

The charity is a member of the Early Years Alliance (previously the Pre School Learning AIliance) as an umbrella body their membership provides insurance, advice, legal advice and a model constitution which we have adopted (2011). The charities activities are overseen and key decisions are made by a Committee, mostly made up of Parents and grandparents of children within the playgroup. The operational and day to day management of the playgroup is delivered by a staff team including a Manager and Deputy Manager.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The object of the charity is to deliver the EYFS to children of pre-school age.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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The charity operates 5 days a week, term time only (sessional).

Our sessions are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 9.15am to 2.45pm Friday - 9.15am to 1.15pm

The pre-school is open 26 hours per week.

The pre-school runs out of Hunton Village Hall and employs an average of 8 part time staff to supervise an average roll of 50 children.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance The charity continues to meet the educational requirements for preschool Summary of the main learning as prescribed by OFSTED and the Early Years Alliance. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

The trustees are required to hold sufficient funds to meet staff Brief statement of the redundancy costs and the costs for hall hire for one school term following charity’s policy on reserves the curtailment of operations which we keep in the reserve account. This money is saved specifically for unforeseen circumstances, for example, a falling number of children attending, loss of premises, reduction in income, redundancies and to meet our statutory obligations if we should cease operation. The trustee’s estimate this cost to be approx. £50,000.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The charities principal source of funding is fees provided by Kent County You may choose to include Council as the administrator of the government free childcare scheme. additional information, where Additionally we receive private fees from non eligible families and we do relevant about: a lot of fundraising in order to raise money to purchase new equipment  the charity’s principal etc. sources of funds (including any fundraising);

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

N. Sokeyo Signature(s) B. Marshall Naomi Sokeyo Full name(s) Bevalee Marshall Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairperson Treasurer etc) Date 29/06/2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Hunton and Linton Under Fives Playgroup On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 Charity no (if any) 1035846 Set out on pages 3&4 I report to the tru.8tees on rnv examinatjon of t.be accxJunts of th¢ above chaiity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110812024. Rosponslbllltles 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 ('the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of Ihe Act. l completed ?} eXalp.8112. I cen11f. •Ne• rn21.efl&l rn2••.ery come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accnunting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records examinerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delets the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed.. Dats: Name: Sharon Goodwin Relevant professional qualificatlon{si or body (If any): Chartered Accountant Addres5: 11 Barton Road Maidstone [ Kent ME15 7BU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, InAArwnAen* exarnlna+1. d obJvi+ii ¥nniJn•e. Alreien< 2ryd guidance for examiners). IER October 2018

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| CHARITY COMMISSION ! FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Receipts and ments accounts CC16a For the perlod from Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to Ihg nearest to the nearnst £ to the n•arn8t £ lo th• n••r•st £ to th• n•arostÉ A1 Recei KCC VoucheTB 97,743 28,959 4,935 454 97.743 26.959 4,935 454 63.889 36.J85 3,258 201 Fund Rai81ng Bank Intèièst tota ross income ARJ 132.091 132.091 103.513 sset and nvèstmènt sales, tota Total rnc•lpts 132,091 132,091 103,513 A3Pa Staff Costs Hall Rentat, In•urane* & Td•phone Toy6 & Equipment Other 109,102 ,497 4.270 1,998 109,102 8,497 4,270 1,996 100,612 8.157 4.475 2.334 Sub total 123,885 123.8&S 115.578 A4 Asset and invgstm•nt Sub total 123.865 123,885 115,578 Net of recoipts/(payments) A5 Transfors b•tweon funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end 8.226 8,226 12,06 57,460 45,39 53,621 53,621 CCKX R1 accounts ISS) 30106r2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢ted funds to nea10St £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to n¢arest £ Categones Details 81 Cash funds Bank bal8nce8 53.226 Pètty cash 395 Total cash funds 53.621 (wre8 b91anw Vlth fe¢elps and courfs11 Unrestrfcted funds to nearegt £ Rèstricted funds to nearest £ Endowment ftsnds to nearest £ Fund to whlch asset belon CurFent valuo tlonal DolJi5s Colt loptlon•ll B3 Investment a88ets FLtnd to whlch a$sel belon Curmnt value tional Co•t loptknall 84 Assets retalned for the Fund ta whleh relates Amount du• tion#l Whèn du• nal BS Llabllltles bnea Dy one 01 trio trustaey on bohalf of all the tru5tee5 Sign8lure Print Name Oate of roval CCXX R2 accounts {SS) 30AW2(r25

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