The Grove Pre School Playgroup (Charity number 1042976) TAR 2023
The Grove is a thriving committee run pre-school. The Committee is responsible for running The Grove as a small business. They employ staff, raise funds and ensure the playgroup can continue to provide a service to children and their families in our local community.
The Grove Committee is a voluntary management committee which is a group of people who manage a community service, in this instance the playgroup. The committee is the employer of the staff at The Grove and is legally and financially responsible for the business. Voluntary management is required in order to have charitable status, it ensures the objectives and aims of the setting are met on a ‘not for profit’ basis. The outcomes for children are the main focus and any profit it reinvested back into the setting.
We have continued to fundraise through selling tickets for the Casterbridge Rotary club raffle, in house Easter raffle and toy sales to raise money to put towards new equipment and toys for the playgroup, we were also given the opportunity again to have a raffle at the local food and craft fair which raised valuable funds.
This year we were lucky to receive a grant by application of £1000 from Dorchester Market car boot fund to use to buy outdoor equipment.
We started up links with a local care home and now visit them weekly with the children to take part in activities with their residents which has been a huge benefit to both children, residents, and staff.
Staff at The Grove work well together as a team and provide stimulating activities and opportunities for all the children in our care.
We continue to have a good working relationship with our landlords, Dorset County Hospital. We meet regularly to talk about the development of the Hospital site and we will remain where we are, they have shown us their future plans for development on the site and they have always been very considerate in including us within these. They have also produced information leaflets for new parents to reassure them about the future of The Grove. The current lease is looking to be extended for a longer term and this will enable the Preschool to apply for grants to make updates to the Preschool, specifically the outside space.
Works have started on the NHS site behind us removing former buildings and removing trees and we have been kept up to date throughout.
In May 2023 we had to remove some of our existing outdoor climbing frame structure due to some parts becoming unsafe and we revamped the front garden with new woodchip and new gym style apparatus to help with upper body strength. In addition, we used the money from the Dorchester Market car boot fund to purchase new free standing climbing equipment to use in the front garden and we can pack this away in the shed at the end of the day.
We take children with 15-hour, 30 hour and 2-year funding.
We are a thriving Pre-school Playgroup with a waiting list and we budget accordingly to ensure sustainability for the future.
At the end of July 2021, the Deputy left and we took on 3 new part time staff who were starting after the summer holidays.
All staff remain up to date throughout the year with required training and attend appropriate conferences and training to update their skills and knowledge of the Early Years. We keep parents up to date through regular emails, termly newsletter and a closed Facebook Page.
We hold new starter open mornings in July and December for children who have been offered a space to start.
The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2023
| Income Local Authority funding Fees received Lunch Club Sweatshirts and bags Other income Sale of Nursery car Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Sponsored slide Spring raffle Christmas fair Spring fair Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Bodyshop raffle Amazon Smile Sales of equipment Toy sale Other Interest Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensaion National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Lunch club Nursery Car expense Training costs funding Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment Forest school Carried forward |
£ £ 88,975 12,074 - 323 101,372 - - 544 38 - - 47 80 1,000 500 350 - 118 - - 22 2 2,700 104,072 73,108 (198) - 1,126 2,295 - - 476 - 184 794 240 102 2,493 - 80,619 23,453 2023 |
£ £ 95,153 11,305 - 230 106,688 2,000 - 927 151 223 14 - 141 - - 266 - 78 - 165 22 - 3,987 110,675 72,495 - 351 1,244 2,193 - 119 488 (2,000) - 446 140 214 655 - 76,345 34,330 2022 |
£ £ 69,709 17,789 50 650 88,198 - 942 1,328 - 319 357 - 109 - - - 135 49 317 - 25 - 3,581 91,779 87,451 823 1,410 2,938 - 807 398 - - 1,076 187 146 282 16 95,534 (3,755) 2021 |
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The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2023
| £ £ Brought forward 23,453 Expenditure Rent 2,000 Gas 815 Electricity 668 Property repairs - Building insurance 757 Waste disposal 304 Grounds maintenance 1,297 Telephone 635 Postage - Stationery 428 Website 96 Insurance 802 Repairs and renewals 725 Software 63 Subscriptions 221 Sundry expenses 212 Accountancy 331 Legal fees - 9,353 14,100 Depreciation Excess/(Deficit) of income over expenditure 14,100 2023 |
£ £ 34,330 2,000 776 716 179 757 314 - 614 4 330 80 784 327 151 187 368 258 216 8,061 26,269 26,269 2022 |
£ £ (3,755) 833 561 584 2,500 757 301 34 722 - 250 74 778 429 88 174 246 282 450 9,065 (12,820) 375 (13,195) 2021 |
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The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Balance Sheet 31 August 2023
| Fixed assets Equipment Current assets Debtors PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments NatWest current account NatWest savings account Petty cash Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals Net current assets Net Assets Represented by Balance brought forward Excess/(Deficit) for the year |
£ £ 0 - 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 177 106,971 10,669 1,133 11,803 95,168 95,168 81,068 14,100 95,168 2023 |
£ £ 0 - - 1,557 93,907 203 172 95,839 11,668 3,103 14,771 81,068 81,068 54,799 26,269 81,068 2022 |
£ £ 0 56 - 1,543 66,189 158 194 68,140 12,238 1,103 13,341 54,799 54,799 67,994 (13,195) 54,799 2021 |
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The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2023
| Income Local Authority funding Fees received Lunch Club Sweatshirts and bags Other income Sale of Nursery car Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Sponsored slide Spring raffle Christmas fair Spring fair Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Bodyshop raffle Amazon Smile Sales of equipment Toy sale Other Interest Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensaion National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Lunch club Nursery Car expense Training costs funding Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment Forest school Carried forward |
£ £ 88,975 12,074 - 323 101,372 - - 544 38 - - 47 80 1,000 500 350 - 118 - - 22 2 2,700 104,072 73,108 (198) - 1,126 2,295 - - 476 - 184 794 240 102 2,493 - 80,619 23,453 2023 |
£ £ 95,153 11,305 - 230 106,688 2,000 - 927 151 223 14 - 141 - - 266 - 78 - 165 22 - 3,987 110,675 72,495 - 351 1,244 2,193 - 119 488 (2,000) - 446 140 214 655 - 76,345 34,330 2022 |
£ £ 69,709 17,789 50 650 88,198 - 942 1,328 - 319 357 - 109 - - - 135 49 317 - 25 - 3,581 91,779 87,451 823 1,410 2,938 - 807 398 - - 1,076 187 146 282 16 95,534 (3,755) 2021 |
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The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2023
| £ £ Brought forward 23,453 Expenditure Rent 2,000 Gas 815 Electricity 668 Property repairs - Building insurance 757 Waste disposal 304 Grounds maintenance 1,297 Telephone 635 Postage - Stationery 428 Website 96 Insurance 802 Repairs and renewals 725 Software 63 Subscriptions 221 Sundry expenses 212 Accountancy 331 Legal fees - 9,353 14,100 Depreciation Excess/(Deficit) of income over expenditure 14,100 2023 |
£ £ 34,330 2,000 776 716 179 757 314 - 614 4 330 80 784 327 151 187 368 258 216 8,061 26,269 26,269 2022 |
£ £ (3,755) 833 561 584 2,500 757 301 34 722 - 250 74 778 429 88 174 246 282 450 9,065 (12,820) 375 (13,195) 2021 |
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The Grove Pre-School Playgroup
Balance Sheet 31 August 2023
| Fixed assets Equipment Current assets Debtors PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments NatWest current account NatWest savings account Petty cash Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals Net current assets Net Assets Represented by Balance brought forward Excess/(Deficit) for the year |
£ £ 0 - 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 177 106,971 10,669 1,133 11,803 95,168 95,168 81,068 14,100 95,168 2023 |
£ £ 0 - - 1,557 93,907 203 172 95,839 11,668 3,103 14,771 81,068 81,068 54,799 26,269 81,068 2022 |
£ £ 0 56 - 1,543 66,189 158 194 68,140 12,238 1,103 13,341 54,799 54,799 67,994 (13,195) 54,799 2021 |
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