**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period end date Period start date **From** Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 09 2024 **To** 31 08 2025 **To** ## Reference and administration details **Charity name** Addingham Pre-School Playgroup **Other names charity is known by** ||**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|1040515
C/o Addingham Primary School
Bolton Road
Addingham
**Postcode**
LS29 0NR
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C/o Addingham Primary School
Bolton Road
Addingham
**Postcode**
LS29 0NR
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**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |1|BethanyGrange|Chair||| |2|HayleyDunne|Vice Chair||| |3|Samantha Hall|Treasurer||| |4|MillyLaycock|Secretary||| |5|Penny Etchells|Staff
Representative||| |6|RosemaryBrightman|Co-opted||| |7|Alix Barlow|General||| |8|Ruth Tipney|General||| |9|Jessica Hencher|General||| |10||||| |11||||| |12||||| |13||||| |14
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20|**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Type of advisor Name Address
Accountants Shepherd Partnership Carleton Business Park, Skipton
Limited
BD23 2DE
Banks Santander Bootle
Barclays Bank Leicester
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Pre School Learning Alliance Constitution dated 11 July 2006 Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust consisting of up to 12 trustees. - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) Trustees are appointed or reappointed at the Annual General Meeting. ## **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. 2 ## **Objectives and activities** To operate a pre-school for the benefit of children in the area of Addingham, West Yorkshire. It is associated with the ‘Pre-School **Summary of the objects of the** Playgroups Association’. **charity set out in its governing document** To enhance the development and education of children under statutory **Summary of the main** school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide needs **activities in relation to these** through community groups. **objects** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include To offer appropriate play, education, and care facilities, together with the further statements, where rights of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in relevant, about: activities of community groups regardless of race and culture. - Policy on grantmaking - To encourage the study of needs of such children and their families and -  Policy programme related promote interest in and recognise such needs in the local areas. investment To instigate and adhere to furthering the aim of the early Years Alliance. - Contribution made by Volunteers ## Achievements and performance 3 ## Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** We continue to be a thriving, happy, popular, and well supported Pre- **achievements of the charity** School, where children learn through play. **during the year** A carefully planned curriculum offers exciting opportunities and experiences, taking each child’s interests and needs into consideration to enable them to have the best possible early years outcome ahead of commencing school. ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**|| |---|---| |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**|We hold cash at bank and in hand of £108,516 all of which is unrestricted
funds. These funds are held to meet any unforeseen expenditure that
may occur, for example, fall of numbers of children, long term staff
sickness and any unforeseen improvements to the premises. We aim to
hold at least £5,000 and no more than £110,000 in reserves at the end of
the financial year.| ||Not applicable| **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 4 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. ## **Other optional information** ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Bethany Grange **Position (eg secretary, chair,** Chair **etc)** **Date** 5 ## **Addingham Pre School Playgroup Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 August 2025** |**Receipts**
**Trading**
Fees and grants
Donations
**Fundraising**
Receipts
**Note 2**
**Miscellaneous receipts**
Interest
**Total receipts for year**
**Payments**
**Direct charitable expenditure**
Equipment purchases
Wages
Staff pension scheme
Rent
Insurances and subscriptions
Repairs and maintenance
Printing postage and stationery
Accountancy
Legal and professional fees
Marketing
AGM expenses
Telephone
Hygiene products
Food
Web-site and computer costs
Lottery, music and bar licences
Inspection and registration fees
Educational visits
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Courses and training expenses
**Fundraising**
Expenditure
**Note 2**
**Total payments for year**
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**
**Unrestricted Funds at last year end**
**Unrestricted Funds at this year end**|153,796.76
400.00
2,053.67
6,839.12
98,301.39
2,685.35
14,759.50
1,600.24
176.95
109.62
660.00
35.00
133.00
70.05
277.23
249.39
704.92
1,998.64
155.22
52.00
1,215.80
0.00
874.00|**2025**
154,196.76
3,787.63
2,053.67
160,038.06
130,897.42
2,542.51
133,439.93
26,598.13
81,917.44
108,515.57|174,072.19
958.00
94.83
7,533.75
85,864.93
2,402.31
12,820.32
1,266.41
2,506.48
678.21
480.00
35.00
126.00
36.00
307.87
272.78
563.20
612.63
150.82
50.73
208.80
306.17
534.40|**2024**
175,030.19
3,628.02
94.83
178,753.04
116,756.81
1,560.88
118,317.69
60,435.35
21,482.09
81,917.44| |---|---|---|---|---| 8 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**|**Report to the trustees/**
Addingham Pre-School Playgroup
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Addingham Pre-School Playgroup
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Addingham Pre-School Playgroup
~~a~~| |---|---|---|---| |**On accounts for the year**
**ended**|**On accounts for the year**
**ended**31 August 2025
**Charity no (if any)**
1040515
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The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.||| |**responsibilities of**|**responsibilities of**
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year||| |**trustees and examiner**|under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an||| ||independent examination is needed.||| ||It is my responsibility to||| ||
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,||| ||
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the||| ||Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and||Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and| ||
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.||| |**Basis of independent**|**Basis of independent**
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given|My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given|| |**examiner’s statement**|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 any unusual||| ||items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the||| ||trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not||| ||provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and||| ||consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true||| ||and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the||| ||statement below.||| |**Independent**|**Independent**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention||| |**examiner's statement**|1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect,||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||| ||Charities Act; and||| ||
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and||| ||comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities 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.||| |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|**Date:**
29 October 2025
Adam John Dutton
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
FCCA
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~~OOa~~||| |**Address:**|Shepherd Partnership Limited||| ||Carleton Business Park||| ||Skipton||| ||BD23 2DE||| 6 ## **Disclosure section** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. **Give here brief details of** None to report. **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 7