## **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**|
|---|---|---|---|
## **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**|
|---|---|---|
## **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**|
|---|---|---|---|
## **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**|
|---|---|---|---|
## **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**|
|---|---|---|
## **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**|
|---|---|---|---|