## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To April 2022 Period end date: March 2023** ## **Charity name: St Matthew’s playgroup** ## **Charity registration number: 1054908** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Our staf provide a safe and secure
setting for children age 2-4 to learn
and play through providing a variety
of age suitable activities. This
provision is accessible to children with
a variety of needs and abilities and
supported by staf that are qualifed
as setoutby governmentguidelines| |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|We provide learning and development
through a varied range of physical,
creative and communicative
activities. We encourage healthy
eating through our snacks and
identify where some children need
additional support and where this
support is best needed.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees have regard to the charity
commissions guidance| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **No policy is currently in place** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **No** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **None** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **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|We continue to be popular within our
community as a safe and secure
setting for our children to learn and
progress. Number are improving and
we hope this will continue| ## **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|**None**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Finances are still tight, however the**
**number of children is increasing, thus**
**increasing funds**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No policy in place**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Only with a decrease in the need for our**
**service will funding be low**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|**Government funding**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No**| |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|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|| |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 all volunteers who are
elected to join during annual AGM
meetings| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Trustees attend training and updates**| |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 Matthew’s playgroup| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1054908| |Charity’s principal address|Church Hall, Church Road, Cainscross, Stroud Glos. GL5
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paula King|Chairperson||| ||Anna Rogers|Secretary||| ||Isabel Baker|Treasurer||| ||LinseyUppington|||| ||Adele Butler|||| ||Lisa Cowley|||| ||Tara Fletcher|||| ||Melanie Wells|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 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 trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Paula King **Full name(s)** Paula Ann King **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc)** **Date** 1/12/2022 ## **End of year account** Apr-22 Mar-23 |St Matthew's playgroup|St Matthew's playgroup|St Matthew's playgroup|Apr-22|Mar-23| |---|---|---|---|---| |Financial|report|Opening|Baalance|8287.51| |Income|Funding||42,995.90|42,995.90| ||Fee's||7745.5|7745.5| ||Transfer||4368|4368| ||Trip||215.00|215.00| ||Total|Income|55,324.40|**###**| |Expenditure||||| ||Wages||47,410.94|47,410.94| ||HMRC||1,510.76|1,510.76| ||Rent||4,601|4,601| ||Subscriptions||500|500| ||ICO||35|35| ||Consumables||86.97|86.97| ||Training||145|145| ||Payroll||411.25|411.25| ||Pension||1109.65|1109.65| ||Insurance||357.06|**357.06**| ||Registration||220|220| ||Uniform||85.00|**85.00**| ||Trip||240.00|240.00| ||Snacks||398.76|398.76| ||Transfer||2,000.00|2,000.00| ||||59111.39|| |Income||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Date||Glos CC|Fees|Vouchers| |4/28/2020||15457.28||| |6/2/2020||1876.68||| |6/23/2020|T.Granger||121.5|| |7/14/2020|T.Granger||162|| |8/17/2020||620.35||| |9/16/2020|H.Davis||94.5|| |9/16/2020|E.Doyle||94.5|| |9/25/2020|J. Bishop||94.5|| |10/2/2020||12850.32||| |11/19/2020|E.Doyle||135|| |11/20/2020|H.Davis||94.5|| |11/26/2020|J.Jameson||94.5|| |12/14/2020|Glos CC|601.5||| |12/22/2020|Glos CC|812.15||| |1/6/2021||1870.58||| |1/29/2021|J.Jameson||81|| |2/2/2021||12371.4||| |3/1/2021|J.Jameson||81|| |3/16/2021|N.Fletcher||81|| |3/17/2021|L.Uppington|||81| |3/23/2021|Refund|180||| |3/29/2021||833.24||| |10/15/2020|J Jameson|40.5||| |TOTAL||**###**|**1,134**|**81**| |Date|Detail|Amount|Wages|Rent|Subscriptions|ICO|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |4/22/2020|HMRC|110.03|||||| |4/22/2020|HMRC|432.79|||||| |4/23/2020|R. Clarke||1,182.86||||| |4/23/2020|F. Woodward||380.25||||| |4/23/2020|La. Cowley||1,146.80||||| |4/23/2020|L. Cowley||1,182.10||||| |4/23/2020|E. Ahmad||375.63||||| |4/23/2020|M. Jones||513.00||||| |5/26/2020|L.Cowley||1,876.85||||| |5/26/2020|La.Cowley||902.35||||| |5/26/2020|R.Clarke||1,098.98||||| |5/26/2020|F.Woodward||425.25||||| |5/26/2020|E.Ahmad||343.33||||| |5/26/2020|HMRC|432.79|||||| |6/24/2020|HMRC|432.79|||||| |6/24/2020|L.Cowley||1,559.82||||| |6/24/2020|R.Clarke||879.14||||| |6/24/2020|La.Cowley||1,052.40||||| |6/24/2020|F.Woodward||407.25||||| |6/24/2020|E.Ahmad||418.13||||| |7/22/2020|E.Ahmad||394.23||||| |7/22/2020|F.Woodward||470.25||||| |7/22/2020|La.Cowley||860.86||||| |7/22/2020|L.Cowley||1,119.52||||| |7/22/2020|M.Jones||504.00||||| |7/22/2020|R.Clarke||904.98||||| |7/22/2020|HMRC|265.54|||||| |7/1/2020|PCC|||120.00|||| |8/21/2020|R.Clarke||879.34||||| |8/21/2020|F.Woodward||380.25||||| |8/21/2020|La.Cowley||925.67||||| |8/21/2020|L.cowley||1,223.56||||| |8/21/2020|E.Ahmad||307.13||||| |8/21/2020|M.Jones||468.00||||| |8/21/2020|HMRC|188.53|||||| |9/11/2020|Learningbook||||248.40||| |9/11/2020|ICO||||||40.00| |9/24/2020|R.Clarke||879.14||||| |9/24/2020|M.Jones||553.50||||| |9/24/2020|L.Cowley||1,133.27||||| |9/24/2020|F.Woodward||456.75||||| |9/24/2020|La.Cowley||925.67||||| |9/24/2020|E.Ahmad||307.13||||| |9/24/2020|HMRC|146.42|||||| |10/12/2020|PCC|||2,000.00|||| |10/15/2020|Noodlw now||||120.00||| |10/23/2020 R.Clarke
879.14
10/23/2020 F.Woodward
425.25
10/23/2020 La.Cowley
910.86
10/23/2020 L.Cowley
1,092.91
10/23/2020 E.Ahmad
307.33
10/23/2020 M.Jones
571.50
10/23/2020 HMRC
120.29
9/21/2020 PHM
11/24/2020 R.Clarke
879.34
11/24/2020 M.Jones
966.24
11/24/2020 L.Cowley
1,258.24
11/24/2020 F.Woodward
496.45
11/24/2020 La.Cowley
1,231.39
11/24/2020 E.Ahmad
444.13
11/26/2020 First Aid
12/2/2020 Ofsted
12/22/2020 L.Cowley
1,091.87
12/22/2020 La.Cowley
846.98
12/22/2020 R.Clarke
879.14
12/22/2020 E.Ahmad
303.43
22/12/2022/1F.Woodward
399.05
12/22/2020 M.Jones
585.00
12/22/2020 HMRC
326.17
1/25/2021 PATA
1/25/2021 R.Clarke
879.14
1/25/2021 M.Jones
643.50
1/25/2021 L.Cowley
1,084.84
1/25/2021 La.Cowley
943.83
1/25/2021 F.Woodward
528.75
1/25/2021 E.Ahmad
328.73
1/25/2021 HMRC
137.69
1/26/2021 I.Lockyear
2/15/2021 PCC
2/24/2021 R.Clarke
885.70
2/24/2021 M.Jones
594.00
2/24/2021 L.Cowley
1,091.82
2/24/2021 La.Cowley
883.64
2/24/2021 E.Ahmad
314.33
2/24/2021 HMRC
111.59
3/23/2021 La.Cowley
1,050.68
3/23/2021 R.Clarke
1,008.54
3/23/2021 M.Jones
843.48
3/23/2021 L.Cowley
1,202.63
3/23/2021 E.Ahmad
549.63
3/23/2021 HMRC
55.82
8/24/2020 HMRC
169.19
Total
**2,929.64**
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**109.08** **255.00 315.00** **40.00** ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name Ladybirds Preschool Newbury **On accounts for the year ended** 31[st] March 2023 1161426 **Charity no (if any) Set out on pages** 1 – 2 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 /03 / 2023. As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** **Date:** 11/10/2023 Judith Self **Name:** **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Address:** Norfolk House, 75 Bartholomew Street, Newbury Berkshire RG14 5DU **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**