
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 01SEP2022    Period start date   To 31AUG2023      Period end date Charity name: ROBERTTOWN LANE PLAYGROUP** 

## **Charity registration number: 1036372** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Provision of quality pre-school facilities for<br>children aged 2 to 5 years.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Enhancing the development and education<br>of pre-school children by offering<br>appropriate play, education, and care<br>facilities.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Charity trustees provided with link to<br>government web page regarding Charitable<br>Purposes and Public Benefit|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Continued with the main activities of the<br>pre-school, providing quality term-time child<br>care in the local community.|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity continues to rebuild in terms of<br>child numbers and contingency funds<br>following the impact of Coronavirus.<br>The introduction of a separate Stay & Play<br>session for parents with children aged 0-5<br>in AUG/SEP2021 has helped introduce and<br>raise the awareness of the Pre-School.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Following Early Years Alliance guidelines,<br>the pre-school aims to maintain a<br>contingency to cover running costs for one<br>full term plus statutory holiday and<br>redundancy payments should pre-school<br>need to close.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£21,000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The charity faces a continual challenge to<br>maintain and increase child numbers, keep<br>continually raising costs to a minimum,<br>maintain reserves, and still deliver a high<br>level of quality child care.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal source of funds is<br>income received from pre-school sessions<br>including local council funded places and<br>parent paid places.<br>This is supported by fundraising events.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Early Years Alliance 2011|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Early Years Alliance (EYA) Membership|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Voted on at AGM|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|ROBERTTOWN LANE PLAYGROUP|
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|Other name the charity uses|ROBERTTOWN LANE PRESCHOOL|
|Registered charity number|1036372|
|Charity’s principal address|The Scout Hut,<br>Roberttown Lane,<br>Roberttown,<br>LIVERSEDGE,<br>West Yorkshire. WF15 7LY|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Gemma Ellis|Chair|From Oct2016 topresent||
||Dawn Calvert|Treasurer|From Apr2009 topresent||
||Janet Bolt|Staff Rep/Advisor|From Oct2010 topresent||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** D G Calvert **Full name(s)** Dawn G Calvert (Mrs) **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 19NOV2024 



**ROBERTTOWN LANE PRE-SCHOOL SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 1 SEPTEMBER 2022 TO 31 AUGUST 2023 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1036372** 

|**INCOME**<br>KIRKLEES MBC FUNDING OF PLACES<br>KIRKLEES 2YR BARRIER GRANT<br>INTEREST<br>MILK WELFARE PAYMENTS<br>FEES PAID NON-FUNDED CHILDREN & LUNCH CLUB<br>STAY & PLAY SESSIONS<br>FUND RAISING EVENTS<br>OTHER INCOME<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>CASH IN HAND 31/08/2022<br>CASH IN BANK 31/08/2022<br>**EXPENDITURE**<br>WAGES<br>TAX/NI<br>PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS<br>RENT<br>INSURANCE<br>MILK<br>PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT<br>DAY TO DAY EXPENDITURE<br>SOFTWARE COSTS (incl Subsciptions)<br>STATIONERY COSTS<br>PHOTOGRAPHS<br>COURSE COSTS<br>OUTDOOR PLAY<br>ACTIVITIES<br>FOOD<br>TELEPHONE & BROADBAND COSTS<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**<br>CASH IN HAND 31/08/2023<br>CASH IN BANK 31/08/2023||**TOTAL**<br>71977.13<br>0.00<br>0.74<br>374.00<br>18091.32<br>885.00<br>1227.88<br>333.00<br>**92889.07**<br>3539.72<br>17428.63|
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|||113,857.42|
|||59204.94<br>1296.83<br>5706.09<br>5034.00<br>783.14<br>374.00<br>247.95<br>1299.83<br>672.29<br>133.07<br>34.45<br>134.40<br>0.00<br>1115.55<br>424.08<br>624.30<br>**77084.92**<br>518.33<br>36254.17|
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**TOTAL INCOME less TOTAL EXPENDITURE** 

**15804.15** 

