Règlstered Charity Numbor . 1070259 LET US PLAY SCHEME REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 BK Plus Chartered Accountsnts Murrills House 48 East Street Portchester, P016 9XS LEf us PLAY SCHEME CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Page Reference and administrativ8 infomiation Report of the Trustees Report of the IndeperKlent Examiners Statement of financial activites Balance sheet Noles to the financlal statements 10-11 Page 1 LEf us PLAY SCHEME REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMAnON TRUSTEES J Chorfto￿Gerard W Rees REGL8TERED CHARrrY NUMBER 1070259 CHARITY ADDRESS 27 The Chantry Fareham Hants P014 4QG ACCOUMTANTS & INDEPENDEKr EXAMINERS BK Plus Chartered Accountants Murrills House 48 East Street Portchester Hants P016 9XS BANKER Lloyds Bank 2(￿24 High Street Hants P012 1DE CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Klngs Hlll West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Page 2 LEf u8 PLAY SCHEME REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES F¢￿ THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2025 The Tm5te68 r￿e￿OnI Iheir report alow *lth Ih? statomonts of tho for the year ended 31 M8rd) 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in ¥¢c4)rdance T￿h Ihe accounting pDli¢so8 set out in ￿t• 1 to the accO￿ts and compty with tho Charitys CO￿￿tU10n, Chwltl8s kt 2011 and Statom•nt of Rocommended Practice: Accfjunting and Rew1ing by Chari¢[￿ 2005. awI￿abl0 to i*ariti98 prvparing Ihoir a¢¢ounts in aca>rd&n( wlth Flnanclal ReporUn9 Standvd aprAlc•ble kn the UK and Rowi* of Ir•larnl. Structurn, governance and rnanagemenl Tho Charity is unin¢orporaled ar¥J TrustO9s are appowilod In accord￿¢0 wilh Iho wid01n￿ boltyw. Upon appointment Ch8rty Commission gild￿cO li ijsuod to T￿￿te•s. Lol US Play Schome (LUPS) is a parent rArer Nn IK)IhJay play 8ttffjme for ¢hM¢*en and yourvj poopl• wlth Profound phys1￿1 andlor muNlple leamkng diffioJlll•s. LUPS was regisiered wilh the Ch￿lty comm￿S1OnerS on 29 June 1998. urKler Nmber 1070259. LUPS is wvemed by Its constiiullon dated 25 Novembor 2021. LUPS is wn by a board of Trustees. T￿￿ee5 arn o1g¢tod at the AGM hokj no later than srx month5 after the end of finandal year. Truslees are made up from pargrt raroryJ of thiklren and Y￿n9 pooplo T1￿ uliliso the play schemo and *tK* com• from a *wJ• rawe of backwrnls to Ihe approwialo T￿pport can bg WDVKled. All TnJsteo8 aro I￿￿ntary merrknrs ofth• W[satK￿ who g•t •l•(led by par•rt of the play sd)èm•. Thg cx¥nmi1190 aro mad8 up of pfjrwl rxers ol ¢hldr•n pgopl8 utiliso LUPS. The a)mmittèe attends a meetlng b￿rn￿thIy. unl￿$ [￿r notice ￿ giVoTh Th• Twstoes ar￿ rnanagement team aro ro8ponslt4e for the doy to day runnlng ofthe pbay •d￿Me. Durlng th• Nmkng cl thè $d￿m* enyloy staff to thY)rk to (Th wlth Ihe thlldron and yourg pgoplg to •nablo th•m to oyplorè onv*cfimont and reath Iheir ￿tOnI1￿. ObJ•cllv•s and actmtl The Chaws purpose as sgt out in the objgcts. Cont￿ned in th• Ch8dtys goveming th￿MeTh( Is to provldo quarty play sGh8rn•s for thildron and yourwJ pgopl8 ￿77h Fxofound ￿Y￿k￿l andjor rnuluple 18arning drffKultio5. FJrmioft of Sup￿ lo chlldren and )￿U￿9 people in a safe stture onth)nm•nt wlth continual one to OM SUPPOrt * en•bl• •a¢h chlkl to 8cceB8 and athleve at thelf (￿n le*l. wh116t much ntedthl ihort br￿& to f8mdlos. The Chwity has d91•￿IDed that it cary out this wrpose through Ihg f(kniw wms: To provlde on? to one care and SUFVOrt kn thldren aNI Y(￿￿ pooplo *llh physK•l andlor muttipla leamino difficutties. To ¢nobl& tho knI11os of ¢hllth•n ar#J ywThJ ¥ffjlh physkd andlar Th￿j111PIe leaming difficulties roceivo some well d8sefved shTht4JMks over thg I￿lidaY pgrbd. To wovld• youThJ staff *iih now and rmf#kn. En￿Ura￿Trj thwn to a¥ a t•am k) provKIo a high lgvel ofsupp(xt for th8 and yourvJ people and tholr famUIo To dosdy th Chlklrnn S¢Thrf￿. Ed￿all￿ ?￿j H8dth In placements on the play $then￿ ftjr children and 5￿Ung pecpl& and lamthes that we in need of asslslanc8. To rn9Ot the (xrtcomos of th• Disabled Chikjron's Act X114. Page 3 LET US PLAY SCHEME REpoirf CF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 ObJ•ctlv•• and •¢fjvlll•s {¢•nllnu•d) Our Charity will achieve these aims throu￿ woied8 Respond effectlvdy and efffdeT* to SoThlc•s and Hoamh reforrals for Ihe play stheme enablhg farnllos to r8c8Ne a hwJh18vd of supwrt. Fomi partnerships Mryth exist1￿ and new patheT5 sham (¥x aims of erKxKnging sock?1 cthesion and taws those v4ho ore socially oxduded or hard to reach. Mean that we wlll remain opon trwrnnL Continu•s to enswo ￿M￿e￿nI1ve training is WOVKl8d *>r all stsff w(rfk *lth Chldren arKI youw peopl• on LUPS. SuGcw8fuly conlwiue and dv49k)p tho Shortbreaks provlslon for Easter and Surnffler actfvi11gS. Jlow LUPS to become m(xe ￿ld¢￿ recogntsod for its oxcellenca in dealng dMbled thildreTr and young people wrfthin the communty. Incrna8• InccMn• by ger￿all￿j ￿ndIng optkns ¢hgrfli•8 and iknd ratslng •v￿. IMI investigate Wdys in vthich LLPS can c(wrtinue to be ￿s￿Inable for the firture. K¢¢p Ch¥iity administrolm and ovwhead ¢o$ts in ryder to dwocl ro8ources tfmards ¢reative a￿1￿￿¢$ for the children yourvj wjplg. A¢hlov•m•nts and p•rfornMn¢• This year we **1￿Xr￿d seven nthv chiktren aThJ y(w pew& to ts playscheme. Thg nunthr d farnilies we support In¢Mased from 61 to 63. Tho theTh forthis yoarfs pla>8thMno8 was w*mals. As always. al the 8(alvi￿ wern tweakod $0 that every￿8 coubj take part. We arranged anlmal-themad treasure hunts and varlws arts and perfomiancg events. al of which wa¥ very much 8nioy¢d. Wo were deThghtsd to have MIN Cottage Fa￿ Experience join us on the final day of playscheme. Evoryonfr thoroughly enjoyed looking at and feeding the 8nlmals. Thè weather was kind to us for th• duration of tho ch8me- helpfid as can get artslde in the fresh airand enjoy the (xtslde rAay equipmenL Elwon now staff mgMbef5 Jolned us. and folk￿ing (v ¢onyohèMiva training wogranTh they worn paired up wlth the children arrfl young people. As always. all the nv4V Staff ￿re fantsslk. and realty embraced thg LUPS elhos of having f￿. As prthfjously reported. eac* yearwe see an inc¥eased demand fi)r our ￿ayScheMe. On average. annually we welcomo t•n nthv chHdron and young pooplo. *thereas onty young pwson leaves (as they have aged-out ol our provlsitin). The demand cannot be met wtth the current level of funding. Our waibng list currently stands at 4 ygaft. LUPS. provl$lon 1$ unlque In the k￿1 ar•a and is the only short break option for many of our ¢hlldren arrfl young peo y￿thin the catchmenL Al the children and youry people benefft greaty from playing with their on&t(Fone play •￿1$tsnts (¢x two to tho ¢hlld needs thl$1ovd of support) and the irteracth)n¥ fant8Stlcalty on developlng th￿r skills. wallbeing and commuThcation. Addibonally, our staffs perstyM] and professth81 gro¥rth Is c¢Thllnu81ty enhanced. developed and supported through w(¥klTrJ with the Ghkn's varied noeds. This year we epted to carry out recNknnent duriry the Easter pla￿<*￿Y* Mty. TN8 I￿rked well as it allowed our management1è8m to dedl¢ata Imo fowsslng on indivithjal development aL¥os8 the VA￿1? ytaffiw te•m. Our link with local Furthar Education settings continues to be a valuable pipeline of s￿dOnts who int8nd to progress to study degrees which benefft from workirvJ in a SEND enwronment (e.g.. medicine. nursing. soc4al care. teaching, ets.). Tlis collaboration along wilh I￿rd of m(MJlh' all(hv•J u5 to ro(xuit eleven nert staff members this year. Page 4 LET US PLAY sc￿ME REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 As pgr Ihe pa8t four ￿arn. to funthg wè werp un•blo to hav• a dodkatsd toam bJlklSng dgy. ¥thlch1s a shamg ?s realty does provide tho bos1 opportunty for staff to get to othor Th￿￿￿•r5 of1ho toan *tythln a mDr• relaxed envlronmenL Th• foll(￿Ing tralnirKJ seswn wgrg out thi8 year. Epilepsy traiMg- 38 Staff GastFO8tomy- 14 Slaff Play and Interaclon- 38 Staff Incluslve laTrJuago and 8ppmach- 11 Staff Movlng & Handling- 14 staff Makoton- 38 Staff S8f8guardiThJ- 38 AdditlrThlly. th& managomgnt team renewed thoir Safgguardlw ¢ortif As ¥Ath all yoard slnce our kn¢￿0n In 1986, *ecurfng p•rent carer $LWPOrt In th• runnlng of LUPS romoh)8 0 thallengo.. we aro a paront4od thwlty, but hlstodcally we have struggled ts ontl¢o parent carers to got Involvgd behind the scenes.. Hthvever. given that LUPS 15 for thildm and young people with complex needslprofound disablitles. It" entSrety understsndable that rn8ny parent car8rn aro to loln the mana9ement team. Whllst the cwrent team are happy to romaln for the Imtrbelng. thelr thildren ￿11 evonluaty agg￿ of LUPS arKI so will move ￿. Therefore. wa do need to ensuro new parent carers ￿1 wN(Aved. *thelher that be In an officer role. or dippkng in and LW(89 and when they can. Glvon thè orwJolrMJ challenge vrith parent carnr supwrL we VAII be IcM*lng at what other optIor￿ there we for 8n8LTrrlng LUPS ¢onllnuos lo trwive and meet Ihe needs ol Iho ovor*rty*•lNJ Nmbor ol faTh￿l1&s ￿•d and r* on our $upporL We ensure parenl ¢8rnrs arn In￿ to u)mffMti¢e me•tings the yoar and emtAI th• mlrxrtos Ihoroaftor 40 that can keep up to date with the running of the p18ys¢homo. We seek parent Carer feedback after each summer playscherne. and the responses clearly indKate that LUPS is very much appreciated by the famllles we support. staff feedback b welcomed at any timg, but we also have an an￿n￿nDuS annual 8ur¥ey *Jr staff. and agaln. that staff at LUPS ￿ feel valued and 8UPPOrtod. LUPS ￿ntInUeS to review its ddivery to ènswè continuous improvomonts bg wJentlfi8d and Implgmgntod to provido the best POSBibte Ser￿Ge lo our childran and their famili08. The LUPS Leaderspip tgam and TTuslee$ provFde ￿b￿st and pffjfesslond management. whith 8nswes the charity {￿nIt￿*S to sUC￿d year on year. con8iStentty ddlvers tha best out¢omes for tho <*Althn and yowvJ peopl6 attorKllTra I￿r playsthrn. Publlc B•n•fft Tho Charity is cornmitted lo w￿rk1rvj knduslvdy for th• bgngfft of tho ¢(Knmunty by fokning its Adrnlsslon and Equalty and policy. We: Romain open and transpTht,' Ensure the Vlldest posslbkn partldpakn kn our Charty ￿Y $d￿ne5 arKI actrhlies by maklw our adrn15s1on and hard8hlp policy well kmwn" Ob88rv8 equal oppothnlll88 pTrclk• In r8uth8nt and th￿yMe￿ af slaff adm188SDn ol chlhjren. Train and develop staff from the age of 14 providing them with dr¥ers0 skiH$ thgy will bg able to trans18r into hatever career th9y may *ish to wrsue. Many of our staff go on to be DodO￿￿r8¢srreachel¥lsuPWrt Workerslsodal W*xkers. Th• TNstee8 heve C￿led *4th the duty in sedlon 4 ofthe Chartie8 Acl 2011 aNI given regwd to the Charity Cornmsion g￿anCe on publc benellL Page 5 LET US PLAY SCHEME REPORT OF THE TRU3TEE8 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Flnanclal R•vl•w LUPS finan¢os ar8 steathy dlnNnl8hlr#J. reser￿ have depknted ￿pIe56n1 aPp￿MatelY 2 weeks rumlng costs. Thls 59 In part due lo the r&luction in grant fvnding frixn wimary funder. but also due to Sncr8asiThJ costs a¢ros$ tho board t.g. In$urnn￿ ￿r, weml808 rnnlal and pa￿ supwt costs. This impacts lh8 numbor of children and famili￿ we can help. As It stand$. It Is not sustslnablo b) Con1kn￿ ruming for our u8ual 4 week& Th18 redu(*d our playsthme As alway5. Staff wages Ihe mai￿lty of our exp•nthth, In orderto retaln S￿1. we r*Jularfy revièw tyjr hourty r8to¥ $0 that they are cornpotitsve. Currenlly. our fundralslng Ls from our LUPS Lottery, ￿1￿ch raises aPp￿lMa10ty £600 per year. Due to the oTrgolng essure on many people's finances. there continues to be a Steady strpam ofcancellatlons for the LUPS Lottery. W th& ongolrwJ ¢ost of Mvlng Ntsl$. wo anlldpgt8 Ih8rn further e8ne*O Wo wero incrodlNy fortunat• to rncefv• th)nall￿ and fwKlrai*B from Tho Amold fan* (to Support Queonle'8 Fund), Sam Creek and si51er. The wilson.mew family. The Blan(fford famlly. Akn Matrws. Waltrose (Gosport). Sin(we Ihanks to everyone for thelr suprA)rt. we very much apF*e¢iate every p￿ry. LUPS. banking is provided ty Chaibos Ail FoKmdalion {CAF) B￿k. bank Ch8ritss, ballwè In thwr etho$ 8nd ethics. (hjr online fundraising plallorm is with CAF D(¥￿. Thbs h sel w• for Ald and is Ilrthed our b￿k 8ccount. R••oNM pollcy Tho Charfty holds no Investm￿1$ 80 Is reser¥gs arfr mad8 ￿ of cash bfilanceg hekl frorn time to tlme. The9• balances arn utilised in the fvrthernnce of the obJ'eG4lves of the Charity and to dfrrtsk the nexi financlal availabillty. The reserves at the yearend £47,981 {21Y24: £55,143). F￿r0 plan• Tho Trust¢os aro sa11sf￿1 that the Ch￿lty gonerab suffidont ￿￿Orne lo them to undertake in tho Rthk man*g•m•nt The Tru818e8 have rK> fornwl rfsk management stralegy. Htrwover In op4nion of the Tn￿. by rnwewin9 Ihe und8rtying a¢cwnting r¢¢crtd$ rngulaty any rtsks Identi￿ by thom be mljgated to an 8¢LePtablè lèvel. The Trustees are respon￿ble for preparYKd the TNstees Amual Report aThJ the ffiancial statsmonts in ac*xdance w aprAlc•blo law Unlted Kkngdom A¢(￿nI￿ Starthrd8 {Uroted Kwyd(¥n Genwally Awted A¢*￿1￿j Prxtke). The law applicablo to Charilies In England and Wakns requires lh• Trttst86# to prepare financaal stalements for each flnanual year whic* give a true and fair viv* of the state of thg affairs of ￿ Chty and of ts inwning rvtsourcas and ap￿(CatIon of resources. Indudlrwj IrK(Kng arKI exwKlibxe. of tho Charity knr tt*t pwkMJ- In preparing the financml statements the Tnth$ are rowired tsx. d. state vthether applicabl8 accountry standards and ststements of recommerKled prxtlr* ha* been fcllowed. wblect to any dep8thres disclosed and oxplalnod In ts ffflancial slatements: and prepare the ffinanc￿ Stat￿•nts on a golrvJ c¥)nwn bjsly SnapwoprSolg to 888um8 that th• Charity wlll contirth In ￿￿ness. Page 6 LET US PLAY SCHEME REpoRf OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 202¥CONTINUED) The Trustees are rosponslblts for knoping proper accwntry reMrds Ihat disdos8 with rnasonable acc￿racY at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable thern to ensure that ts financial $tatemerts comply wlth the Charfties Act 2Q11, the a￿uble Charitiès (A¢(a)unL8 and Rog￿81)0ns. arAI the provislons of th• Trnst d8od. Try are also responsit4e for safeguardlNJ assets of the rt*rlty arKI l*iTrJ reason&le steps kn the pre￿11111￿ and dotecti(Jn of fraud and olhgr ¥rogularlti9S. The Trustees are responsibk ts the maintenano kntsgnty of the wporate and finanwl inf(¥Mati￿ inClu￿d on Appr•val 26.11.2025 This report was approved by the TnBto8s on and SW on thelr behalf by. Jull•t Tnot•• Page 7 LEf us PLAY SCHEME REPORT OF THE INDEPENDEpif EXAMINERS TO THE TRUSTEES OF LEf us PLAY SCHEME We report on the Chaiitys ￿%￿nts lor the ye¥ ended 31 March 2025 50t out ￿ pages 8 to 11. Rosp•ctlv• r••pon•lblllllo8 of Tru•teM and emmlnw Trustees aro resp￿sible ftir the preparation of the a(xxwnts. Tho Trustees consldor thal an audFt Is not required for this year under sedion 144 of the Ch8rilie6 Act 2011 {tho Chwlties Act) and that an independent examinatton is needed. Havlng been sallsfi8d Ihat the Ch¥lty Is not subpct to an under Charlty and Is eliglble for Independent Exarnlnation. it is our rgswwJibilty to: . examlne a¢￿UnIS (uThJer SeCtiC￿ 145 of the Chartti8s Ad); . to follow the procadures laid down in the Ggnoral C￿.on$ given by Ihe Chai*y commissione￿ (under 8eclion 14515Mb) of the 2011 ki): and - to State *th8ther partI￿lar matters Pove to our attenlwm. Basls of Indepond•nt Ex•mlnw• Roport Our examlnalon was (¥rried out In accordance the General Diredion8 won by the CharSty Ccthmlssloners. An examlnation Indudes a review of the accountirKJ records k8Pt by tho Charbty and comparison of tho a(XOLmts presented *ryth those records. It also indud89 wnsideration of any unusual Stems or dlsclogjres In the accounts. and seeklng explanatk)ns Irom you as Trustees ￿ncerning any such matters. Tho procedures undertaken do nol prowde all Ihe e￿den(% that would be rewTod in ￿ audlt. and eonsequ6nUy no oplnlon Is glven as to ¥rt￿ther the a¢￿unts presert a and tslr vSew and tho roport Is limktsd to those matters set rrtrt in Ihe slatement bekyw. Page 7 Bash of Indep•nd•nt Examln•rs R•wi Our exawdnatk)n was ¢ani•d out in xcmlance wtth the General Diroction8 by Chwlty Commissioners. An examlnath>n Indudes a revi8w of thg accounting r•cords kept by the Charlty and comparison of the ar£ounts presented those records. ft also consideration of any unusual herns or discbsures in the ac￿￿ts, and seekirvJ expl8natlons itrom as Twstees ￿)nCerni1¥4 any such ttors. Tho procedw8s undertaken do not provkje all Ihe evKknce that would be rewired in an audR. and ¢onsequenUy no oplnlon Is glven as to vthethfrr the acxx)unts present a true and far vlow and tho r8Wt is Ited lo those matters sel wt In the statemenl be*￿. (1) vthich gives us reasorAbla to bekn*a that in any Materi￿ respect Ihe req￿rerner to ke¢p a(￿#￿]ng records In accordance %ith Sec1K￿ 130 dthe 2011 Act: and lo prepare acx£*unts whlth accorfl *Trth the accounllThJ rotr)rds and conyly Ihe aC£Ou￿ requtrements of the 2011 A<" havo not been met or thg accounts do comply with the applicable rnqulrements (XKM%ming tho fonn and ￿nIent of 8¢cwnts set oul in Ihe Charitses sts fftvolying the publlc 8¢oxmlabiNty of the charlty and Its compllance th regulation and good praclice. Th&se costs indude costs related to accounlan¢y fees together Imth overhead and 8uFwI ¢0$1& Ch•rftabl• athltkn• Costs of tharllable a(*vltses Indude teachiry arNJ kxoJe¢t fe8S together %%ilh other Msts th'reclty assodated wlth the charttaljle obJecOves of the Charlty. LEf us PLAY SCHEME Page11 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENDtfURE 2025 2024 Wages and salaries Pensions Matsrials and equipment 73,796 5.192 61.177 80.818 suppoKr COSTS 2025 2024 TrniniThJ Lottery Pths Insurance 1.125 1.189 2.514 1.126 2.208 PPE arKI Staff unrfomi 5.832 CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND 2025 2024 Bank Current a¢￿Unt 47.981 55.143 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2025 2024 Balanc8 at 1 Apr 55,143 81,191 Net movement in funds (7.162) (26.048) Balance at 31 March 47.981 55,143 TRUSTEES EXPENSES No tru8tees expense8 have been incuThed.