2021-03-31-accounts - Duke Of Gloucester Barracks Playgroup

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Object	i	v	e	s and	Activ	iti	es
							SORP reference
Summary			ofthe purposes			of		To enhance the development and
the charity				as set out	in its			education ofchildren under school age. To
governing			document					encourage parents to understand and
								provide the needs oftheir children.
Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those							Para 1.17and 1.19	We provide childcare for all children, giving them enriched adult supported activities;
purposes			for the public					for example —we encourage outdoor play
benefit,		in particular,			the			by having a free flow environment and by
activities,			projects or					taking children on regularly walks to
services		identified in			the			explore what's around them. Through
accounts.								outdoor play, children will develop self-
								awareness, muscular strength and co-
								ordination and control oftheir bodies
								developing their gross motor skills. We
								provide enriched learning opportunities
								through a wide range ofdifferent craft and
								messy play, helping develop their hand eye
								co-ordination, imagination and develop fine
								motor skills needed to help children
								develop their hand grips. We provide a
								wide range ofstories for children to learn
								how stories are structured, and role play
								opportunities, helping children develop their
								imagination, also helping them to share
								and learn how to co-operate with each
								other through their imaginary play. We help
								children learn how to experiment with
								shapes and space and how to problem
								solve through construction toys.
Statement				confirming			Para 1.18	All trustees are told where to find the
whether		the trustees			have			Charity Commission guidelines that are
had regard				to the guidance				relevant to our setting. We keep copies on
issued	by		the Charity					the premises for them to access and guide
Commission				on public				them to the Charity Commission website.
benefit

You ma choose to	You ma choose to	include	further statements	where relevant
			SORP reference
Policy on	grant making		Para 1.38	N/A
Policy on	social investment		Para 1.38	N/A
including	program	related
investment
Contribution made		by	Para 1.38	N/A
volunteers
Other

Achieve	men	ts	and Per	formance
				SORP reference
Summary	ofthe main			Para 1.20	All our staff have done at least one training
achievements		ofthe charity,			course throughout this year —The setting
identifying	the	difference the			joined an Early Years Online Training
charity's	work	has made to			provider which allows staff to do training
the circumstances			of its		when needed. Some ofthe courses offered
beneficiaries and			any wider		are; Food hygiene, Biting in early years,
benefits to society as a					Physical development, Children's mental
whole.					health, Motivating boys in the early years,
					Outdoor provision, and many more.
					We remained open throughout the majority
					ofthe first Covid lockdown.
					We moved this year into a refurbished
					building.

Additional information	(optional)
You ma choose to include	further statements	where relevant		about:
Achievements against	Para 1.41	NIA
objectives set
Performance offundraising	Para 1.41	Due to	Covid	restrictions	we	have not been
activities against objectives		able to	do any	fundraising	apart from our
set		monthly	collection ofclothes			—C8G
		collections.
Investment performance	Para 141	NIA
against objectives
Other		NIA

Financi	al Review	al Review	al Review	al Review	al Review	al Review
Review	ofthe charity's								Para 1.21	In the financial year ending Mar-21,		COVID
financial		position at				the	end			and the resulting lockdown in Mar-20
ofthe period										resulted in the setting having to close for
										two months. When the Playgroup	did
										reopen, the number of children was
										reduced with additional staff required to
										manage COVID bubbles. The closure of
										the Playgroup and reduced children		on
										reopening for two months resulted		in a
										forecast loss of income ofcf6k for the
										setting for the financial period.
										While COVID directly reduced the	income
										in the year, the Playgroup also moved to			a
										new, larger setting. The Playgroup		had
										sufficient cash reserves to develop		the
										outdoor garden and supply the new
										playrooms with learning materials	for the
										children. The reduced income and
										investment to move into the new setting
										resulted in a cE6k loss for the financial year
										endin Mar-21.
Statement		explaining				the			Para 1.22	We have a reserve policy/account	for any
policy for		holding reserves								staff redundancies, which we have		six
stating why			they are			held				members ofstaff who would receive a
										redundancy payment. Funds are also for
										any other unforeseen financial
										circumstances that the setting may		incur,
										such as new washing machine, fridges, and
										extra staffing for training hours.
Amount	ofreserves					held			Para 1.22	F33,431.19
Reasons		for		holding		zero			Para 1.22	N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially								in	Para 1.24	N/A
deficit
Explanation				of any					Para 1.23	N/A
uncertainties				about the
charity continuing					as a going
concern
Additional		information					(optional)
You ma	choose to				include			further statements		where relevant about
The charity's				principal						Children's 15/30hour government	funding
sources	offunds (including									and extra fee payments.
any fundraising)									Para 1.47
Investment			policy and							N/A
objectives		including				any
social investment policy ado ted									r ara 1.4S
A description				ofthe		principal			Para 14s	The main risk would be a large reduction			in
risks facing			the charity							the children attending the setting,
										dramatically reducing our income.

	Or due	to the current
	setting	having to close ifwe have any
	ositive	cases.
Other

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Constitution
trust deed, ro al charter)
How is the charity	Para 1.25	Trust
constituted'?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	Elected by AGM —trustee		members.
including details of any		New members	are elected	in by at least
constitutional provisions e.g.		two existing members.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees

Additional information	(optional)
You ma choose to include	further statements	where relevant		about
Policies and procedures	Para 1.51	All new trustees are inducted			into the
adopted for the induction		setting and	directed to read relevant
and training oftrustees		policies.
The charity's organisational	Para 1.51	Trustees, staff		and volunteers.
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any	Para 1.51	Networking	with other playgroups.
related parties
Other

Charit	name			Duke ofGloucester	Duke ofGloucester	Pla
Other name the charit			uses
Re istered charit		number		1060528
Charity's	principal	address		29 Regiment	RLC,
				Duke ofGloucester		Playgroup,
				South Cerney,
				Cirencester,
				GL7 5RD

ames	ofthe	charity trust	ees who manage	the charity
	Trustee	name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot for whole year	Name ofperson body) entitled to a oint trustee	(or ifan
1	Adam Maxwell		Chairperson	February 2021 to present
2	Natasha	Smith	Secretary	October 2018to present
3	James Wheatley		Treasure	February 2021 to present
4	Sally Thomas			November 2017to present
5	John Heard			October 2019to present
6	Robert Martin (Dave)			July 2014to present
	Anneka	Hicks		October 2018to February
				2021
	Amy Merrett			January 2019to February
				2021
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17
16
19
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Funds held as custodian	Funds held as custodian	trustees on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets		N/A
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe		N/A
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements	for	N/A
safe custody and
segregation ofsuch assets
from the charity's own
assets

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										Unrestricted	Restricted		Endowment
	Categories			Details						funds		funds	funds
										to nearest 6	to	nearest 6	to nearest 6
81 Cash	funds			Cash in bank						40,927		33,432
						Total		cash funds		40,927		33,432
					(agree batancee	with	receipts and payments
									accnunt(e))	OK	OK		OK
										Unrestricted	Restricted		Endowment
										funds		funds	funds
				Details						to nearest 6	to	nearest 6	to nearest 6
82 Other	monetary assets
				Details						Fund to which asset baton s	Cost (optional)		Current value o tional
83Investment		assets
				Details						Fund to which asset helen s	Cost (optional)		Current value o tional
84Assets retained for			the
charity's	own	use
										Fund to which	Amount dua		When dua
				Details						liabei relates	o tional		o tional
85 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees behalf of all the trustees			on		Signature					Print Name			Date of e royal
										Rebecca Isles			26/01/2022
										Carols Mercier			26/01/2022
										James Wheatley			26/01/2022
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)													26/01/2022