2025-05-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 June 2024 31 May 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

BRAMBLE BEARS PLAYGROUP

Other names charity is known by

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1 Christopher Lay	Chair
Rebekah Delf	Secretary	1 June 2024 – 6 May 2025
Rachel Bugg	Treasurer	1 June 2024 – 30 September 2024
Katherine Frost	Secretary (from 6 May2025)
Bianca Muller ~~a~~	Treasurer (from 30 September 2024) ~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~
6 Katie Moore ~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~
7 Martin Bugg ~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~
8 Claire Dougall ~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~	~~a~~
Charlotte Wood		6 May 2025 – 31 May 2025
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution adopted 1 September 1998 (as amended 17 April 2013) Type of governing document

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Association How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

New Trustees are appointed by the Committee at the AGM except where Trustee selection methods resignations are made part way through the year and a replacement is (eg. appointed by, elected by) needed.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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 though community groups and by a) providing safe and satisfying group play, in which parents have the right to take part and b) encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The Playgroup provided childcare facilities for children aged 2-5 years in and around Ashwellthorpe Village and its surrounding areas during school terms time. The Playgroup offers funded places for 2 year olds and 3 & 4 year olds.

The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Charity continued to operate from its premises in Ashwellthorpe, using the old Village Hall.

In November 2022 we had an OFSTED Inspection and were graded GOOD in all areas which the Trustees were very pleased with.

The Trustees have worked very hard to ensure that the Charity has enough funds by fundraising.

This made it viable for more children locally and with that flexibility the number of attendances has gradually increased, and we are seeing that year on year which is good.

The Charity has plans to improve facilities such as the kitchen, outside play area and toilets. This will be reviewed with an eye to cost and priorities.

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Section E Financial review The Charity aims to maintain a reserve of cash funds for contingency Brief statement of the purposes. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit ~~—~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. ~~ ~~ Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Charlotte Wood Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 13/03/2026

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Bramble Bears Playgroup members of On accounts for the year 31/05/2025 Charity no 1072656 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 8 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2025.

• Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 13/03/2026 Signed: ~~oe~~ Name: Sam Jarrett ~~Ps~~ Relevant professional CIPFA Qualified qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 6, Mariners Lane, Norwich NR1 3AF

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Charity Name No (if any) Bramble Bears Playgroup 1072656 CC16a Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y Period start Period end For the period date To date from 01/06/2024 31/05/2025 ~~SSE~~ Section A Receipts and payments

		Unrestricted funds	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
		to the	to the		to the		to the nearest		to the		to the nearest
		nearest £	nearest £		nearest £		£		nearest £		£
	A1 Receipts
	Fees	15,255			-		-		15,255		20,271
	Donations		-		-	-	-	-	-	-	1,634
	Grants	62,374			-		-		62,374		41,769
	Fundraising		697		-		-		697		236
	Interest		225		-	-	-	-	225		178
			-		-		-		-		-
			-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Sub total (Gross income for AR)	78,551			-		-		78,551		64,086
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 78,551 - - 78,551 64,086 ~~=____—~~												086
	A3 Payments
	Wages
		54,203			-		-		54,203		46,628
	Pension Costs
			825		-		-		825		661
	Cleaning
		1,109			-		-		1,109		154
	Utilities
		1,315			-		-		1,315		1,934
	Printing & Stationery
			434		-		-		434		410
	Hall Hire
		3,020			-		-		3,020		2,400
	Staff Expenses
			157		-		-		157		1,435
	Refreshments
			672		-		-		672		174
	Gifts
			627		-		-		627		390
	Outings

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		901		-		-		901		520
Insurance
		759		-		-		759		798
Fees
		252		-		-		252		35
Accountancy
		495		-		-		495		519
Consumables
		1,754		-		-		1,754		1,197
Advertising
		557		-		-		557		545
Telephone
		427		-		-		427		251
Repairs
		-		-		-		-		40
Computer Costs
		628		-		-		628		466
Bank Charges
		64		-		-		64		85
				-		-		-		-
Sub total
		68,200		-		-		68,200		58,642
A4 Asset and
investment
purchases, (see table)
Equipment
		1,108		-		-		1,108		-
		-		-		-		-		-
Sub total
		1,108		-		-		1,108		-
Total payments		69,308		-		-		69,308		58,642
	Net of
receipts/(payments)		9,243		-		-		9,243		5,444
A5 Transfers	between
	funds	-		-		-		-		-
A6 Cash funds last
	year end	24,874		-		-		24,874		19,430
Cash funds	this year
	end	34,117		-		-		34,117		24,874

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 34,079 - - 38 - - - - - 34,117 - - OK OK OK

Categories B1 Cash funds

Details

Bank Account Petty Cash

Total cash funds

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))

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B4 Assets retained Shed Unrestricted
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B5 Liabilities
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Signed by one or two
Date of
trustees on behalf of Signature Print Name
all the trustees approval
2g Charlotte Wood 13/03/2026
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