LORDSWOOD UNDER FIVES
PLAYGROUP
179 Ballens rd Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PG
Lordswood Under 5’s Playgroup Report of the Trustees for the period 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2022.
Lordswood Under 5’s playgroup continues to provide Early Years care and education for children ages 2 to 5 years old. Our playgroup is accessible to all families in Lordswood and surrounding areas, everyone is welcome. We take children with a range of abilities, beliefs and educational needs.
We continue to use and develop our extended buildings and garden areas using a range of resources and expertise to give all our children access to varied curriculum along with the opportunity to discover and develop skills. Our outside area, location and Forest School continues to develop and adapt with the weather and seasons, it is a real asset to our children.
Since the Covid Pandemic and lockdowns of early 2020 our setting has continued to remain open providing a safe and secure environment
for our families and children. We had an Ofsted inspection in February 2022 which, unfortunately, downgraded us to inadequate. We continued to work hard with advisors and the Local Authority to address areas of concern and continue to develop ourselves for our children.
In May 2022 we underwent some staff changes which included the resignation of our longstanding Manager, however we remained determined and resilient to continue to strive for a good Ofsted rating and to deliver the best we could for our families.
This academic year our children have taken part in cooking for members of our community. No family have been asked for any financial contribution towards ingredients or energy therefore everyone was able to take part in the making and delivering of their labours to local schools and businesses. We continued to have local key workers come into the setting to teach the children about their roles and increase their awareness’s of nurses, police and oral hygiene.
We have continued to keep our fees low in order to provide the local community with term time childcare and education. We have continued to hold low key fundraising to purchase learning and garden equipment to develop and enhance the experiences of the children that attend Lordswood Under 5’s.
We continue to provide workshops and parties for the children and hold Book Week events all of which are free of charge, so no child misses out on any learning opportunity.
With our new management in place, we hope to continue to provide our children and families with more opportunities free of charge in 2022/2023.
RECEIPTS SUMMARY
YEAR
SEPT 2021 - AUG 2022
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Month Total Fees from NEF Vouchers Fund Grants Donations
parent/carer Raising
1 SEPTEMBER £11,339.93 £2,529.72 £8,810.21
2 OCTOBER £11,766.26 £2,678.00 £8,657.20
3 NOVEMBER £18,485.22 £3,610.00 £14,875.22
4 DECEMBER £2,796.00 £2,670.00
5 JANUARY £16,491.21 £3,060.00 £13,431.21
6 FEBRUARY £17,033.70 £3,587.00 £13,431.20
7 MARCH £20,804.37 £4,467.97 £16,321.40 £15.00
8 APRIL £13,902.86 £1,912.57 £11,944.16 £15.00
9 MAY £13,751.30 £2,210.79 £11,540.51
10 JUNE £15,101.34 £3,560.85 £11,540.49
11 JULY £14,475.91 £1,995.00 £12,473.91 £7.00
12 AUGUST £1,470.80 £131.00 £1,339.80
TOTAL FOR YEAR £157,418.90 £32,412.90 ### £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £37.00
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PAYMENTS SUMMARY
YEAR
SEPT 2021- AUG 2022
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Month Total Salaries Rent and Other prem Catering Consumables Equipment
rates costs costs
1 SEPTEMBER £13,479.11 £11,790.16 £333.33 £584.88 £74.78 £390.22 £104.12
2 OCTOBER £15,799.16 £11,820.74 £333.33 £1,894.45 £134.50 £89.35 £62.82
3 NOVEMBER £15,653.50 £13,537.12 £333.33 £909.94 £162.94 £324.39
4 DECEMBER £15,996.45 £13,786.19 £333.33 £728.42 £196.62 £184.17 £81.49
5 JANUARY £17,413.73 £12,910.95 £333.33 £3,252.60 £0.00 £394.90 £70.41
6 FEBRUARY £14,719.97 £12,803.28 £945.27 £89.52 £207.73 £389.75
7 MARCH £16,042.85 £12,465.75 £2,004.59 £352.06 £116.09 £396.13 £317.04
8 APRIL £14,705.60 £12,118.41 £1,860.19 £226.09 £73.83 £22.72
9 MAY £13,895.35 £10,609.63 £666.66 £1,159.16 £22.53 £523.00 £352.27
10 JUNE £18,057.93 £12,243.24 £3,598.11 £101.10 £305.63 £420.93
11 JULY £15,585.67 £13,248.74 £666.66 £599.09 £154.65 £211.24 £159.18
12 AUGUST £13,276.83 £10,794.14 £333.33 £835.32
TOTAL FOR YEAR £184,626.15 £148,128.35 £5,337.89 £16,719.49 £1,115.88 £2,939.14 £2,305.12
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8 9
Bank Other
interest
£431.06
£126.00
£15.50
£31.13
£0.00 £603.69
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8 9 10
Office Meeting Other
costs costs
£162.02 £39.60
£1,309.47 £154.50
£367.28 £18.50
£253.74 £432.49
£335.39 £116.15
£260.92 £23.50
£131.31 £259.88
£189.08 £215.28
£240.17 £321.93
£1,200.88 £188.04
£405.03 £141.08
£788.54 £525.50
£5,643.83 £0.00 £2,436.45
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LORDSWOOD UNDER 5’S PLAYGROUP
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS 1st SEPTEMBER2021 - 31 ST AUGUST 2022
INCOME
EXPENDITURE
| Fees funded | 124,365.31 | Wages | 148,582.29 |
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| Fees parents/carers | 31,958.93 | Rent/Rates | 5,337.89 |
| Uniform | 124.50 | Premises | 16,719.49 |
| Donations | 22.00 | Catering costs | 1,115.88 |
| Bank Interest | 10.25 | Consumables | 3,130.41 |
| Other | 379.19 | Equipment | 2,305.12 |
| Training | 120.00 | ||
| Admin | 6,112.42 | ||
| Uniform | 353.68 | ||
| Other | 1,402.33 | ||
| TOTAL | £156,860.18 | TOTAL | £185,179.51 |
| Defcit for year | (28,319.33) | Petty Cash | 9.28 |
| B/Fwd previous year | 90,902.11 | Current account | 34,652.72 |
| Business account | 27,920.78 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | £62,582.78 | TOTAL FUNDS | £62,582.78 |
| Other income | Other expenditure | includes | |
| Photo Commission | 97.13 | Insurance | 66.00 |
| Cosy refund | 60.00 | Gifts | 456.57 |
| BT refund | 222.06 | Entertainer | 100.00 |
| Animal Magic | 395.00 | ||
| Easter | 105.95 | ||
| Audit | 50.00 | ||
| Music License | 108.43 | ||
| First aid cert. | 7.95 | ||
| Misc. | 112.43 | ||
| Total | £379.19 | Total | £1,402.33 |