## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/09/2023 Period start date To 31/08/2024 Period end date**
**Charity name: St Dominic’s Pre-school Playgroup**
## **Charity registration number: 1050082**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The aim of the Pre-school is to enhance**
**the development and education of**
**children under statutory school age by**
**encouraging parents to understand and**
**provide for the needs of their children**
**through community groups and by**
**offering appropriate play facilities,**
**together with the right of parents to take**
**responsibility for and to become**
**involved in the activities of such groups**
**ensuring that such groups offer**
**opportunities for all children**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The main activities undertaken have**
**been:-**
**Maintaining a developmentally and**
**educationally appropriate setting for the**
**children through staff training, reflective**
**practice and various fundraising**
**activities to purchase equipment to**
**enhance the setting. The children are at**
**the heart of the service that we provide**
**with their education being planned,**
**observed, reflected upon and furthered.**
**Creating opportunities for learning and**
**growth through play and help to prepare**
**the children for life and the transition to**
**primary school. Sessions are planned to**
**help the children fully realise their**
**potential which is shared with the**
**parents.**
**Providing a service for families that**
**supports them, promotes knowledge**
**and is firmly situated in the wider**
**community, working closing with local**
**schools and the local authority.**
**Offering parents the chance to take part**
**in the management, development and**|
|||**running of the pre-school so that they**
**can ensure that it meets the needs of**
**the families.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**
**particularly with regard to advancing**
**education when deciding on their**
**activities to further their aims. Trustee**
**meeting are held regularly to ensure that**
**the governing document is adhered to**
**and that the pre-school maximises its**
**potential and benefits all areas of the**
**community. It is vital to the trustees and**
**to the pre-school that the admissions**
**policy is fair and accessible to all.**|
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity continues to provide a safe**
**and positive environment for children to**
**learn and develop in. Any monies raised**
**are used to directly support the children**
**and enhance the facilities available to**
**them. This years fundraising events**
**have included the mug tombola at the**
**Woodley carnival, the autumn search**
**and various raffles.**
**Children are encouraged to enjoy**
**learning. Lessons are designed to take**
**into account the children’s interests and**
**are consistently adapted to reflect the**
**needs of the current intake. The**
**children’s education experience was**
**enhanced this year by a visit from**
**Zoolabs providing them with the**
**opportunity to handle different animals.**
**The gates have been repaired to ensure**
**the continued safety and security of the**
**children.**
**The charity continues to provide an**
**educational setting for the children that**
**accords with the EYFS guideline and**
**tries to do the best for every child within**
**its care.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position remains positive.**
**The position is regularly reviewed to**
**ensure that outgoings are adequately**
**covered by monies received.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**It is our policy to maintain a balance on**
**reserve funds which equates to at least**
**an average of three months payments to**
**cover emergency situations that may**
**arise from time to time, or in the event of**
**the closure of the preschool, or the need**
**to replace the building.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£41,791**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The main source of funding is from the**
**local authority. Additional fundraising**
**events are held throughout the year**
**such as raffles.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution adopted 16th June 1995**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Committee**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed or re-appointed**
**annually at the AGM held in October of**
**each year.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|St Dominic’s Pre-school Playgroup|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1050082|
|Charity’s principal address|St Dominic Savio RC Primary School
Western Avenue
Woodley RG5 3BH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Kirstern Davies|Chairperson|||
||Linas Koja|Secretary|04/10/2023-31/08/2024||
||Ana-Carolina Reis
Laranjeira|Treasurer|||
||Vojsava Heta||||
||Dominic O’Dell||04/10/2023-31/08/2024||
||Mariatu Kalokoh||04/10/2023-31/08/2024||
||Yasmin Kamal||04/10/2023-31/08/2024||
||CarlyGilbert||31/08/2023 – 03/10/2023||
||Gina Kemp||31/08/2023 – 03/10/2023||
||Judith Smith||31/08/2023 – 03/10/2023||
||Anoop
Thykandiyadathil||31/08/2023 – 03/10/2023||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the tru8tees' report above.
Signed on behalf of the chaiity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name15)
Posltlon (eg Secretary,
Chalr, etc)
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## **St Dominics Playgroup**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
## **Unrestricted Funds**
## **As at : 31st August 2024**
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2023 / 2024 2022 / 2023 2021 / 2022 2020 / 2021 2019 / 2020
£ £ £ £ £
General Fund
RECEIPTS
Fee income 13,182 14,572 9,265 12,513 11,423
Local authority funding 116,978 106,951 112,394 101,814 96,932
Interest 738 234 7 7 38
Total receipts 130,898 121,756 121,666 114,335 108,393
PAYMENTS
Wages 109,927 104,088 110,378 115,866 94,089
Educational supplies 1,817 2,513 1,064 2,665 1,595
Electricity 1,631 1,815 1,576 1,257 865
Insurance 2,550 2,423 2,300 2,213 2,101
Training 908 60 113 1,086 285
Domestic expenses 5,552 5,222 4,759 3,582 2,263
Milk 178 187 250 186 146
Council tax 659 666 457 44 393
Rubbish collection 140 130 121 119 16
Water 300 250 225 179 15
Maintenance 804 2,352 2,028 1,036 431
Miscellaneous 967 942 925 257 257
Telephone 808 875 1,051 738 613
Staff welfare - - 50 301 -
Total payments 126,239 121,524 125,296 129,528 103,068
Net operating cashflow for the period 4,660 232 (3,630) (15,193) 5,325
Fundraising activities 1,828 2,144 579 597 1,540
- - -
Capital items (4,964) (583)
Transfer to restricted fund - - - (20,000) -
Net non operating cashflow for the period 1,828 (2,820) (4) (19,403) 1,540
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 6,487 (2,588) (3,634) (34,596) 6,865
Total unrestricted funds bought forward 29,631 32,220 35,854 70,450 63,585
Total unrestricted funds carried forward 36,119 29,631 32,220 35,854 70,450
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## **St Dominics Playgroup Receipts and Payments Account Restricted Funds As at : 31st August 2024**
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2023 / 2024 2022 / 2023 2021 / 2022 2020 / 2021 2019 / 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Funds
RECEIPTS
- - - -
Transfer from operating account 20,000
Interest 1,140 627 25 - -
Total receipts 1,140 627 25 20,000 -
PAYMENTS
- - - - -
Total payments
Net receipts for the year 1,140 627 25 20,000 -
Total restricted funds bought forward 40,652 40,025 40,000 20,000 20,000
Total restricted funds carried forward 41,791 40,652 40,025 40,000 20,000
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## **St Dominics Playgroup Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at : 31st August 2024**
|**2023 / 2024**
**2022 / 2023**
**2021 / 2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**INVESTMENT ASSETS**
The Playgroup does not hold any investment assets.
**ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY'S OWN USE**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Prepayments
-
**Unrestricted cash at bank and in hand**
Wages & fees
9,334
6,563
7,561
Deposit account
77,730
54,462
57,100
Petty cash
63
63
63
**Unrestricted cash at bank and in hand**
**87,127**
**61,088**
**64,723**
**Unrestricted at bank and in hand**
Restricted funds
41,791
40,652
40,025
**Unrestricted at bank and in hand**
**41,791**
**40,652**
**40,025**
**Total cash at bank and in hand**
**128,919**
**101,740**
**104,748**
**TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS**
**128,919**
**101,740**
**104,748**
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Trade creditors
(11)
(11)
(276)
Deferred income
(50,997)
(31,446)
(32,227)
**TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**(51,008)**
**(31,456)**
**(32,503)**
Deferred income relates to early education funding received in advance
**Net Assets**
**77,911**
**70,284**
**72,245**
**THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Funds bought forward
70,283
72,244
75,854
Movement in the current year
7,627
(1,961)
(3,610)
**Funds Carried Forward**
**77,910**
**70,283**
**72,244**
_Unrestricted income funds_
_36,119_
_29,631_
_32,220_
_Restricted income funds_
_41,791_
_40,652_
_40,025_
The Playgroup owns its facilities and leases the land the facilities are located on.||**2020 / 2021**
**£**
-
4,791
61,743
63
**66,596**
40,000
**40,000**
**106,596**
**106,596**
30
(30,772)
**(30,742)**
**75,854**
90,450
(14,596)
**75,854**
_35,854_
_40,000_||**2019 / 2020**
**£**
10,250
90,231
63|
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|||||**100,543**|
|||||20,000|
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|||||**120,543**|
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|||||**120,543**|
|||||(187)
(29,906)|
|||||**(30,093)**|
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|||||**90,450**|
|||||83,585
6,865|
|||||**90,450**|
|||||_70,450_
_20,000_|
CHARITY COMMISSION Jependent examiner's report on the
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
St Dominics Pre School Playgroup
On accounts for the year
ended
31st August 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1050082
Set out on pages
All attached files dated 2023124
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110812024.
Responsibilties and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in. any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Chartties Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Chartties
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems 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.
Signed:
Date:
23rd June 2025
Name:
Laura Davies
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Member of Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
Address:
18 Ravensboume Drive, Woodley, RG5 4LH
IER
Oct 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018