## **St Christopher’s Playgroup Annual General Mee�ng** ## **Annual Report** ## **Closing Balances Treasurers Account: £52,786.76 as of July 30th 2024 Reserve Account: unknown** Here are the key things we would like to shout about as achievements: - Securing a grant from Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) towards the maintenance of the playgroup, we purchased a gazebo so the children can play safely outside during the summer months. - A successful Christmas fayre in November last year raised over £1,400 which went towards a new play kitchen for the children. Maybe this year they will donate some cakes! - We ran a successful Easter Egg raffle which raised funds to buy more toys and equipment for the children. Unfortunately we were unable to organise a Summer Fayre due to various other challenges and commitments. - Staff wages were increased to reflect Na�onal Minimum Wage in April. - The government increased free childcare hours, which led to an increase in children applying for places. Main challenges the commi�ee has faced: - The cost of living – there has been a high rise in costs such as na�onal minimum wage pushing up the monthly wages – wages account for approx. 70% of the playgroup’s expenditure. The costs for hall rent has increased by £200 a month from this September - Recrui�ng new commi�ee members – luckily we have had 4 new members join since last September but we will always need more – the cons�tu�on states there is a minimum of 5 members required with the posi�ons of chair, secretary and treasurer to be filled. - The lack of commi�ee members has meant the fundraising events have been difficult to organise. This may have an impact on next year’s budget with the projected outgoings higher than the incomings for next year. Finally, I would like to give a shout out to Kay, our independent playgroup administrator who joined last September and works weekly to support the commi�ee and playgroup with admin tasks such as staff wages, supplier payments and keeping the accounts up to date. She is an invaluable member of the team! Page **1** of **1** ## _**Income and expenditure April 2023 to March 2024**_ ## **Income** |**Month**
**April**
**May**
**June**
**July**
**August**
**September**
**October**
**November**
**December**
**January**
**February**
**March**|**Childrens Fees**
**Gloucestershire**
**Funding**
**Depriva�on**
**Grant**
**Other Grants**
**Par�es Ou�ngs**
**Fundraising**
**Dona�ons**
**Clothing**
**Other Income**
**Bank Interest**
**Total**| |---|---| ||**1,822.75**
**37,533.11**
**4,338.38**
**1,248.56**
**479.50**
**5,957.30**
**20,970.60**
**9,754.15**
**4,506.95**
**7,444.48**
**26,572.69**
**4,064.51**
1,736.75
-
-
-
-
80.00
1.00
-
5.00
-
2,549.50
34,725.30
-
-
-
145.00
75.00
24.90
13.41
-
3,346.00
-
-
992.38
-
-
-
-
-
-
504.55
744.01
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
479.50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,927.30
-
-
-
-
30.00
-
-
-
-
2,138.05
18,359.00
-
-
-
473.55
-
-
-
-
7,975.85
-
-
-
-
1,778.30
-
-
-
-
394.00
4,112.95
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,444.48
3,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,276.49
23,296.20
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,064.51
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| |**Total**
**Expenditure**
**Month**
**April**
**May**
**June**
**July**
**August**
**September**
**October**
**November**
**December**
**January**
**February**
**March**
**Total**|**36,836.98**
**84,237.46**
**-**
**992.38**
**-**
**2,506.85**
**76.00**
**24.90**
**18.41**
**-**
**124,692.98**| ||**Salary**
**NI & Tax**
**PATA**
**Course**
**Premises**
**Admin**
**Expenses**
**Toys and**
**equipment**
**Ofce consumables**
**Fundraising**
**Ou�ngs & Par�es**
**Insurance**
**Other**
**Total**
**Perishable/cons**
**umables /**
**sundries**| ||**9,221.58**
**11,278.26**
**9,117.17**
**10,086.47**
**7,912.03**
**9,492.49**
**10,276.23**
**10,478.48**
**9,670.86**
**10,181.20**
**9,827.10**
**11,371.24**
7,579.11
168.37
-
-
1,000.00
-
128.19
189.48
78.07
38.36
-
-
-
40.00
8,693.93
414.61
167.20
300.00
1,000.00
-
118.73
187.28
358.15
38.36
-
-
-
-
6,752.41
713.22
49.30
-
1,000.00
-
76.28
200.82
126.78
38.36
-
160.00
-
-
7,016.98
603.96
108.60
150.00
1,000.00
-
163.64
49.93
267.46
144.97
-
-
-
580.93
6,557.15
231.52
-
50.00
1,000.00
-
-
-
-
38.36
-
-
-
35.00
7,385.53
216.37
120.60
-
1,000.00
-
77.38
351.87
68.84
69.65
-
-
-
202.25
7,482.03
938.97
90.60
102.00
1,200.00
245.60
72.34
16.48
-
128.21
-
-
-
-
7,422.89
231.27
-
-
1,200.00
167.86
164.96
-
706.62
94.82
490.06
-
-
-
7,410.23
225.92
-
-
1,200.00
282.00
60.89
129.97
111.52
64.38
-
-
-
185.95
7,420.70
959.85
181.80
-
1,200.00
-
104.11
133.36
181.38
-
-
-
-
-
7,421.30
227.78
-
-
1,233.00
381.50
119.95
115.89
284.32
38.36
-
-
-
5.00
7,781.09
241.71
252.20
-
1,200.00
210.00
116.24
-
139.00
77.80
-
-
1,235.01
118.19| ||**88,923.35**
**5,173.55**
**970.30**
**602.00**
**13,233.00**
**1,286.96**
**1,202.71**
**1,375.08**
**2,322.14**
**771.63**
**490.06**
**160.00**
**1,167.32**
**118,913.11**
**1,235.01**| |**103,828.62**
**124,692.98**
**118,913.11**
**-**
**109,608.49**
**_Bank star�ng balance (1st Apr 2023)_**
**_Income_**
**_Expenditure_**
**_Transferred to reserve during period_**
**_Predicted bank balance_**
**_Bank ending balance (31st Mar 2024)_**
**_Reserve ending balance (31st March 2024)_**
_includes reserve a/c_|| |**103,828.62**
**124,692.98**
**118,913.11**
**-**
**109,608.49**
**_Bank star�ng balance (1st Apr 2023)_**
**_Income_**
**_Expenditure_**
**_Transferred to reserve during period_**
**_Predicted bank balance_**
**_Bank ending balance (31st Mar 2024)_**
**_Reserve ending balance (31st March 2024)_**
_includes reserve a/c_|| |**_Bank ending balance (31st Mar 2024)_**
**_Reserve ending balance (31st March 2024)_**|| |**inc interest**
**-**|| |**_Bank star�ng balance (1st Apr 2023)_**||**103,828.62**|_includes reserve a/c_|_includes reserve a/c_|_includes reserve a/c_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Income_**||**124,692.98**|||| |**_Expenditure_**||**118,913.11**|||| |**_Transferred to reserve during period_**||**-**|||| |**_Predicted bank balance_**||**109,608.49**|||| |**_Bank ending balance (31st Mar 2024)_**|||||| |**_Reserve ending balance (31st March 2024)_**|||||| ||**inc interest**|**-**|||| 109,608.49 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees sk kVKIL ZOZP On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ( the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Responsibllltles and basis of report Independent IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250 0 examiner's statement undertake the examin appli ody]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns 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. Please delete th he brackets if they do not apply. erof insert name of Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body ACMI 1-4LtrigtL IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: 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