## ## |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|about:| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||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)|(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|Covid situation,|the| |---|---|---|---|---| ||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)|(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|rou| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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|||| |9|||||||| |10|||||||| |11|||||||| |12|||||||| |13|||||||| |14|||||||| |15|||||||| |16|||||||| |17|||||||| |16|||||||| |19|||||||| |20|||||||| |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||| ## ## ## ## ## |||||~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~
~|~|~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||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| ## ##