## **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|
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|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|
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|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**
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **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**
March **2012**
**TAR**
2
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.
March **2012**
**TAR**
3
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**
March **2012**
**TAR**
4
## **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
March **2012**
**TAR**
5
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
Give here brief datsils of
examiner wishes to
dlsclosa.
IER
October 2018
| 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¢elp*s 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 loptk*nall
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
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
Give here brief datsils of
examiner wishes to
dlsclosa.
IER
October 2018
| 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¢elp*s 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 loptk*nall
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