## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
Charity number 1066854
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 August 2025
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 9|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
1
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position Dates** Chair Secretary Resigned 6 May 2025 Treasurer
Cara Templeman Christine Graham Chloe Collins Gail Broadbent Cheryl Westley
## **Charity number**
1066854
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
The Clock Tower Lloyds Bank plc Shaw Lodge Mill 25 Gresham Street Shaw Lodge London Halifax EC2V 7HN HX3 9ET
## **Independent examiner**
Chalitha Herath FCCA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 22 May 2015.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
2
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:
offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;
encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas; and
instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
## **The charity's main activities**
Runs as a pre-school providing pre-school education for 2 to 5 year olds in the local area.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.
## **Achievements and performance**
Over the past year our preschool has continued to provide a high quality inclusive early years education that supports children and families in the local and wider community. we continue to strengthen our partnerships with parents, local organisations and Hebble Harlequins out of school club, helping to create a seamless and supportive environment for children as they grow and develop.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £7,436, including net receipts of £13,271 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £5,835 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £69,625.
All Saints Preschool maintains reserves to:
Ensure continuity of childcare and early years education services Cover short-term income shortfalls (e.g., fluctuations in funded places or fee income) Meet unexpected costs such as urgent repairs or replacement of essential equipment Manage cash flow timing differences (e.g., funding delays)
Provide time to implement changes in response to financial challenges
The trustees aim to maintain reserves broadly in line with 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure for emergency or unforeseen expenditure, temporary deficits or cash flow issues and essential one-off costs.
Given the current position, trustees may consider planned and controlled use of surplus reserves to enhance provision, invest in resources, or support long-term sustainability
Approved by the board of trustees on 17/06/2026
Cheryl Westley (Trustee)
3
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 9.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity 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 charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Chalitha Herath FCCA
18/06/2026
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
4
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025
|Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
-
Fees
18,510
Fundraising
1,301
Other income
36
Bank interest
307
**Total receipts**
20,154
**Payments**
Salaries and NI
-
Rent
-
Payroll fees
-
Activity and material costs
-
Independent examination
1,200
Insurance
582
T-shirts and uniforms
509
Cleaning and recycling
800
Office and other costs
317
Stationery, printing and postage
-
Telephone
246
Utility costs
3,229
Repairs and maintenance
-
Grant repayment
-
**Total payments**
6,883
**Net receipts / (payments)**
13,271
**Fund balances brought forward**
56,354
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
69,625|2025
Restricted
funds
£
78,953
-
-
-
-
78,953
61,487
14,400
522
2,237
-
-
-
-
-
168
-
243
136
5,595
84,788
(5,835)
16,150
10,315|2025
Total
funds
£
78,953
18,510
1,301
36
307
99,107
61,487
14,400
522
2,237
1,200
582
509
800
317
168
246
3,472
136
5,595
91,671
7,436
72,504
79,940|2024
Total
funds
£
70,325
17,921
1,277
233
342
90,098
48,711
14,400
81
2,943
-
1,204
600
427
742
-
240
3,338
54
1,845
74,585
15,513
56,991
72,504|
|---|---|---|---|
5
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 August 2025
2025
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
69,625
Cash in hand
-
**Total cash funds**
69,625
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Various toys and other play equipment
Storage trolleys and boxes
Wooden chairs, tables and settee.
Bookcase
Printer
Computer cabinet
Laptop
**Liabilities**
Accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security|2025
Restricted
£
10,315
-
10,315|2025
Total
£
79,940
-
79,940
2025
£
571
571
2025
£
2,780
10,315
875
13,970|2024
Total
£
72,357
147
72,504|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 17/06/2026
Cheryl Westley (Trustee)
6
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
7
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**2 Grants and donations**
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
Calderdale MBC
16,003
CFC Garden
147
16,150|2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
Incoming
£
78,953
-
78,953|2025
Restricted
funds
£
78,953
78,953
Outgoing
£
84,641
147
84,788|2025
Total
funds
£
78,953
78,953
Transfers
£
-
-
-|2024
Total
funds
£
70,325
70,325
Balance c/f
£
10,315
-
10,315|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Purpose of restriction**
**Fund name Purpose of restriction** Calderdale MBC For the supply of free early years provision for 2 to 4 year olds. CFC Garden To enhance the garden.
## **4 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
|**Details of remuneration and benefits**
Gail Broadbent
Manager
Gross pay
Social security
Pensions
Cheryl Westley
Manager
Gross pay
Social security
Pensions|2025
£
6,787
107
17
6,910
19,324
1,719
393
21,436|2024
£
6,375
3
21
6,399
17,121
1,212
342
18,675|
|---|---|---|
## **Reason for remuneration**
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
No other trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
8
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**5 Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
**Name of trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship to**
**charity**
**Description of transaction**
Activity and material costs
Training costs
Hebble Harlequins
Limited (HHL)
Gail Broadbent, a
trustee, controls
HHL
Income from contribution for
waste removal
Fee income
Fundraising income|2025
£
512
164
36
(36)
(144)
532|2024
£
955
-
-
-
955|
|---|---|---|
9
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
Charity number 1066854
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 August 2025
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 9|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
1
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position Dates** Chair Secretary Resigned 6 May 2025 Treasurer
Cara Templeman Christine Graham Chloe Collins Gail Broadbent Cheryl Westley
## **Charity number**
1066854
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
The Clock Tower Lloyds Bank plc Shaw Lodge Mill 25 Gresham Street Shaw Lodge London Halifax EC2V 7HN HX3 9ET
## **Independent examiner**
Chalitha Herath FCCA
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 22 May 2015.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
2
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:
offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;
encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas; and
instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
## **The charity's main activities**
Runs as a pre-school providing pre-school education for 2 to 5 year olds in the local area.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.
## **Achievements and performance**
Over the past year our preschool has continued to provide a high quality inclusive early years education that supports children and families in the local and wider community. we continue to strengthen our partnerships with parents, local organisations and Hebble Harlequins out of school club, helping to create a seamless and supportive environment for children as they grow and develop.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £7,436, including net receipts of £13,271 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £5,835 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £69,625.
All Saints Preschool maintains reserves to:
Ensure continuity of childcare and early years education services Cover short-term income shortfalls (e.g., fluctuations in funded places or fee income) Meet unexpected costs such as urgent repairs or replacement of essential equipment Manage cash flow timing differences (e.g., funding delays)
Provide time to implement changes in response to financial challenges
The trustees aim to maintain reserves broadly in line with 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure for emergency or unforeseen expenditure, temporary deficits or cash flow issues and essential one-off costs.
Given the current position, trustees may consider planned and controlled use of surplus reserves to enhance provision, invest in resources, or support long-term sustainability
Approved by the board of trustees on 17/06/2026
Cheryl Westley (Trustee)
3
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 9.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity 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 charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Chalitha Herath FCCA
18/06/2026
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
4
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 August 2025
|Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
-
Fees
18,510
Fundraising
1,301
Other income
36
Bank interest
307
**Total receipts**
20,154
**Payments**
Salaries and NI
-
Rent
-
Payroll fees
-
Activity and material costs
-
Independent examination
1,200
Insurance
582
T-shirts and uniforms
509
Cleaning and recycling
800
Office and other costs
317
Stationery, printing and postage
-
Telephone
246
Utility costs
3,229
Repairs and maintenance
-
Grant repayment
-
**Total payments**
6,883
**Net receipts / (payments)**
13,271
**Fund balances brought forward**
56,354
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
69,625|2025
Restricted
funds
£
78,953
-
-
-
-
78,953
61,487
14,400
522
2,237
-
-
-
-
-
168
-
243
136
5,595
84,788
(5,835)
16,150
10,315|2025
Total
funds
£
78,953
18,510
1,301
36
307
99,107
61,487
14,400
522
2,237
1,200
582
509
800
317
168
246
3,472
136
5,595
91,671
7,436
72,504
79,940|2024
Total
funds
£
70,325
17,921
1,277
233
342
90,098
48,711
14,400
81
2,943
-
1,204
600
427
742
-
240
3,338
54
1,845
74,585
15,513
56,991
72,504|
|---|---|---|---|
5
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 August 2025
2025
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
69,625
Cash in hand
-
**Total cash funds**
69,625
**Debtors and prepayments**
Prepayments
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Various toys and other play equipment
Storage trolleys and boxes
Wooden chairs, tables and settee.
Bookcase
Printer
Computer cabinet
Laptop
**Liabilities**
Accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security|2025
Restricted
£
10,315
-
10,315|2025
Total
£
79,940
-
79,940
2025
£
571
571
2025
£
2,780
10,315
875
13,970|2024
Total
£
72,357
147
72,504|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 17/06/2026
Cheryl Westley (Trustee)
6
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2025
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
7
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**2 Grants and donations**
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
Calderdale MBC
16,003
CFC Garden
147
16,150|2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
Incoming
£
78,953
-
78,953|2025
Restricted
funds
£
78,953
78,953
Outgoing
£
84,641
147
84,788|2025
Total
funds
£
78,953
78,953
Transfers
£
-
-
-|2024
Total
funds
£
70,325
70,325
Balance c/f
£
10,315
-
10,315|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Purpose of restriction**
**Fund name Purpose of restriction** Calderdale MBC For the supply of free early years provision for 2 to 4 year olds. CFC Garden To enhance the garden.
## **4 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
|**Details of remuneration and benefits**
Gail Broadbent
Manager
Gross pay
Social security
Pensions
Cheryl Westley
Manager
Gross pay
Social security
Pensions|2025
£
6,787
107
17
6,910
19,324
1,719
393
21,436|2024
£
6,375
3
21
6,399
17,121
1,212
342
18,675|
|---|---|---|
## **Reason for remuneration**
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
No other trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
8
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 August 2025
|**5 Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
**Name of trustee**
**or related party**
**Relationship to**
**charity**
**Description of transaction**
Activity and material costs
Training costs
Hebble Harlequins
Limited (HHL)
Gail Broadbent, a
trustee, controls
HHL
Income from contribution for
waste removal
Fee income
Fundraising income|2025
£
512
164
36
(36)
(144)
532|2024
£
955
-
-
-
955|
|---|---|---|
9
## All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of All Saints Playgroup (Halifax)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025, which are set out on pages 5 to 9.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity 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 charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Signed: …………………………………… Name: Chalitha Herath FCCA
18/06/2026
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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