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

Period start date Period end date **01 SEP 2024** Day **31 AUG 2025 From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ 

> **Charity name ROBERTTOWN LANE PLAYGROUP** 

**Other names charity is known by** 

ROBERTTOWN LANE PRESCHOOL 

## **Registered charity number (if any)** ~~Po~~ **1036372** 

**Charity's principal address** Scout Hut, Roberttown Lane 

Roberttown LIVERSEDGE **Postcode WF15 7LY** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**<br>~~a~~<br>~~ee~~|**Office (if any)**<br>~~ee~~|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
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|Gemma Ellis<br>~~ae~~<br>~~ee~~|Chair<br>~~ae~~<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|From OCT2016 to DEC2025<br>~~ae~~||
|Dawn Calvert<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|Treasurer<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|From APR2009 topresent||
|Janet Bolt<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ae~~<br>~~ee~~|Staff Rep/Advisor<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ae~~<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|From OCT2010 topresent<br>~~ae~~||
|Angela Sugden<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|Chair<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~<br>~~ee~~|From DEC2025 topresent||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Early Years Alliance 2011 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Early Years Alliance (EYA) Membership How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Voted on at AGM 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; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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Provision of quality pre-school facilities for children aged 2 to 5 years. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Enhancing the development and education of pre-school children by offering appropriate play, education, and care facilities. Charity trustees provided with link to government web page regarding Charitable Purposes and Public Benefit. **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)** 

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

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

Section D                      Achievements and performance 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance Continued with the main activities of the pre-school, providing quality **Summary of the main** term-time child care and early education in the local community. **achievements of the charity during the year** 

## **Section E                    Financial review** 

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Following Early Years Alliance guidelines, the pre-school aims to **Brief statement of the** maintain a contingency to cover running costs for one full term plus **charity’s policy on reserves** statutory holiday and redundancy payments should pre-school need to close. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

N/A 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal 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** 

**Signature(s)** DGCalvert **Full name(s)** Dawn G Calvert 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 16APR2026 

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## **ROBERTTOWN LANE PRE-SCHOOL SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 1 SEPTEMBER 2024 TO 31 AUGUST 2025 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 & DONATIONS<br>OTHER INCOME<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>CASH IN HAND 31/08/2024<br>CASH IN BANK 31/08/2024<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>Unallocated<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**<br>CASH IN HAND (OPERATIONAL) 31/08/2025<br>CASH IN BANK (OPERATIONAL) 31/08/2025<br>CASH IN BANK (CONTINGENCY) 31/08/2025|**TOTAL**<br>78910.01<br>0.00<br>380.20<br>336.80<br>13617.20<br>362.00<br>1436.78<br>138.37<br>**95181.36**<br>385.29<br>49556.31|
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||62567.61<br>808.29<br>9779.22<br>5806.33<br>820.10<br>306.80<br>603.97<br>1397.97<br>246.38<br>264.42<br>24.37<br>170.00<br>0.00<br>983.18<br>328.83<br>717.55<br>0.00<br>**84825.02**<br>679.93<br>8618.01<br>51000.00|
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**TOTAL INCOME less TOTAL EXPENDITURE** 

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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended ; 

- As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

| 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

- Independent examiner's [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and | am qualified statement to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. 

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- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

- e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

| 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. 

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