**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1 June 2024 31 May 2025
**From**
## 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||
|10||||
|11||||
|12||||
|13||||
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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**|
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## **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
**IER**
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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||||||||||||
**CCXX R1 accounts (SS)**
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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**||
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|**A4 Asset and**||||||||||||
|**investment**||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||
|**Equipment**||||||||||||
|||**1,108**||**-**||**-**||**1,108**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**||||||||||||
|||**1,108**||**-**||**-**||**1,108**||**-**||
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|**_Total payments_**||**69,308**||**-**||**-**||**69,308**||**58,642**||
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||**_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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Signed by one or two
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all the trustees approval
2g Charlotte Wood 13/03/2026
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