## **The Grove Pre School Playgroup** (Charity number 1042976) **TAR 2025** The Grove Pre School Playgroup (Charity number 1042976) TAR 2025 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 reinvested back into the setting. We have continued to fundraise through selling tickets for the Casterbridge Rotary club raffle, story nights and toy sales to raise money to put towards new equipment and toys for the playgroup, We continued our visits to our local care home and visited 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. In the summer term we started fortnightly visits to the Age uk allotment with small groups of children to help plant and water the allotment and got to meet some of the volunteers and users of the service. Staff at The Grove work well together as a team have half termly staff meetings 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. 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. The NHS is in the process of completing the lease and will 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 continue on the NHS site behind us, they levelled our back garden put up a brand new fence around, they also grass seeded area in the back garden, and the new hospital building is taking shape. We take children with 15-hour, 30 hour and 2-year funding and don’t charge parents extra for consumables, we also provide breakfast and snacks free of charge. We introduced a refundable holding fee once places were accepted. We are a thriving Pre-school Playgroup with a waiting list, and we budget accordingly to ensure sustainability for the future. We had a staff member leave in April and we took on a new staff member in May who is interested in doing a level 3 apprenticeship. 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 June and December for children who have been offered a space to start. Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 for The Grove Pre-school Playgroup a r jones CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Telephone: 01305 755618 Email: mail@jonesaccountancy.com Prospect House, Peverell Avenue East, Poundbury, Dorchester DTI 3WE Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 Accountants. Report to The Grove Pre-school Playgroup In accordance with instructions given to us we have prepared without carrying out an audit the annexed financial statements from the accounting records of The Grove Pre-school Playgroup and from information and explanations supplied to us. AR Jones Prospect House Peverell Avenue East Poundbury Dorchester DT13WE 28 April 2026 Client Approval Certificate We approve the financial statements and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Claire Bowen Manager Kit Elphinstone Davis Chair 15 April 2026 The Grove Pre4chool Playgroup Balance Sheet 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Fixed assets Equipment Current assets PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments Natwest current account Natwest savings account Skipton Building Society Pety cash 298 1,560 40,252 208 80,001 177 122,497 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 1,334 44,468 211 82,296 510 128,819 177 106,971 Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals 19,641 1,253 20,894 14,968 1,193 16,161 10,669 1,133 11,803 Net current assets 107,925 106,336 95,168 Net Assets 107,925 106,336 95,168 Represented by Balance brought forward Excessl(Deficit) for the year 106,336 1,589 107,925 95,168 11,168 106,336 81,068 14,100 95,168 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Income Local Authority funding Fees received Sweatshirts and bags 108,375 8,041 395 93,145 13,407 552 88,975 12,074 323 116,810 107,103 101,372 Other income Rotary raffle Craft fair raffle Sponsored slide Spring raffle Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Amazon Smile Toy sale Other Interest 275 253 351 544 38 47 80 1,QOO 500 350 118 384 122 67 15 107 79 61 2,304 22 2,829 1,192 2,700 119,639 108,296 104,072 Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensation National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Training Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment 94,468 80,341 73,108 (198) 332 1,692 2,493 353 1,351 2,233 512 1,126 2,295 476 184 794 240 102 2,493 969 274 97 1,128 213 81 621 100,251 86,904 80,619 Carried forward 19,388 21,392 23,453 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Brought forward 19,388 21,392 23,453 Expenditure Rent Gas Electricity Propety repairs Building insurance Waste disposal Grounds maintenance Telephone Postage Stationery Website Insurance Repairs and renewals Software Subscriptions Sundry expenses Accountancy Legal fees 2,000 1,249 1,806 7,679 771 481 18 646 2,000 1,249 1,606 124 783 372 623 590 2,000 815 668 757 304 1,297 635 52 119 847 333 60 109 832 521 121 212 590 428 428 96 802 725 63 221 212 331 299 379 520 600 17,799 10,224 9,353 Excess of income over expenditure 1,589 11,168 14,100 Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 for The Grove Pre-school Playgroup a r jones CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Telephone: 01305 755618 Email: mail@jonesaccountancy.com Prospect House, Peverell Avenue East, Poundbury, Dorchester DTI 3WE Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 Accountants. Report to The Grove Pre-school Playgroup In accordance with instructions given to us we have prepared without carrying out an audit the annexed financial statements from the accounting records of The Grove Pre-school Playgroup and from information and explanations supplied to us. AR Jones Prospect House Peverell Avenue East Poundbury Dorchester DT13WE 28 April 2026 Client Approval Certificate We approve the financial statements and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Claire Bowen Manager Kit Elphinstone Davis Chair 15 April 2026 The Grove Pre4chool Playgroup Balance Sheet 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Fixed assets Equipment Current assets PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments Natwest current account Natwest savings account Skipton Building Society Pety cash 298 1,560 40,252 208 80,001 177 122,497 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 1,334 44,468 211 82,296 510 128,819 177 106,971 Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals 19,641 1,253 20,894 14,968 1,193 16,161 10,669 1,133 11,803 Net current assets 107,925 106,336 95,168 Net Assets 107,925 106,336 95,168 Represented by Balance brought forward Excessl(Deficit) for the year 106,336 1,589 107,925 95,168 11,168 106,336 81,068 14,100 95,168 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Income Local Authority funding Fees received Sweatshirts and bags 108,375 8,041 395 93,145 13,407 552 88,975 12,074 323 116,810 107,103 101,372 Other income Rotary raffle Craft fair raffle Sponsored slide Spring raffle Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Amazon Smile Toy sale Other Interest 275 253 351 544 38 47 80 1,QOO 500 350 118 384 122 67 15 107 79 61 2,304 22 2,829 1,192 2,700 119,639 108,296 104,072 Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensation National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Training Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment 94,468 80,341 73,108 (198) 332 1,692 2,493 353 1,351 2,233 512 1,126 2,295 476 184 794 240 102 2,493 969 274 97 1,128 213 81 621 100,251 86,904 80,619 Carried forward 19,388 21,392 23,453 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 2023 Brought forward 19,388 21,392 23,453 Expenditure Rent Gas Electricity Propety repairs Building insurance Waste disposal Grounds maintenance Telephone Postage Stationery Website Insurance Repairs and renewals Software Subscriptions Sundry expenses Accountancy Legal fees 2,000 1,249 1,806 7,679 771 481 18 646 2,000 1,249 1,606 124 783 372 623 590 2,000 815 668 757 304 1,297 635 52 119 847 333 60 109 832 521 121 212 590 428 428 96 802 725 63 221 212 331 299 379 520 600 17,799 10,224 9,353 Excess of income over expenditure 1,589 11,168 14,100