2025-03-31-accounts - Whitechapel Preschool Playgroup

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Registered Charity Number 1080554

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Report and accounts Contents

	Page
Charity information	1
Trustees' report	2
Statement of trustees' responsibilities	3
Independent examiner's report	4
Statement of financial activities	5
Balance sheet	6
Notes to the accounts	7
Detailed statement of expenditure	8

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Charity information

Trustees

L English L Margerison L Pickup

Address

Whitechapel Village Hall Church Lane Whitechapel Preston PR3 2EP

Registered charity number 1080554

Reporting accountant

J R Lowes MAAT 102 Broadway Morecambe LA4 5XY

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Reference and administrative details

The full name of the charity is the Whitechapel Pre-school playgroup.

The charity registration number is 1080554.

The principal address is Whitechapel Village Hall, Church Lane, Whitechapel, Preston, PR3 2EP.

The trustees of the charity are as follows:-

L English L Margerison L Pickup

Structure, governance and management

The charity is governed by the constitution adopted on the 20th March 2000. The charity was registered on the 4th May 2000.

Objectives and activities

The objectives and activities of the charity are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under the statutory school age and to encourage parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children.

The main activity is the provision of pre-school activities to children within the local area.

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance on public benefit by the Charity Commission and consider that the charity's activities during the year were carried out for the public benefit.

Achievements and performance

The trustees are satisfied with the achievements and performance of the charity during the year and consider that the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities during the coming year, and that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.

Financial review

The results for the year and financial position of the charity are set out in the annexed accounts.

The trustees have examined the requirement to maintain reserves for the ongoing work of the charity and have concluded that the most appropriate level is at least three months of the running costs and administration expenses.

The total freely available reserves at the year end is £91,440 (2024 £67,343). This is equivalent to ten months of running costs and administration expenses.

The trustees consider the financial performance by the charity during the year has been satisfactory.

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

Charity Law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those accounts the trustees are required to :-

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation;
state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts;

The trustees are also responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees' report. The responsibility of the accountant in relation to the trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the accounts.

This report was approved by the trustees on 18 November 2025.

L Margerison Trustee

L Pickup Trustee

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Independent examiner's report for the year ended 31 March 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Whitechapel Pre-school Playgroup for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's 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 accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissioners 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a "true and fair" view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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.

J R Lowes MAAT 102 Broadway Morecambe LA4 5XY

18 November 2025

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income Fees received Grants and donations received Fundraising Bank interest Total income Expenditure Cost of activities Total expenditure Net increase in funds for the year Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Net increase for the year Total funds carried forward	Total this year 2025 £ 131,018 876 98 160 132,152 108,055 108,055 24,097 67,343 24,097 91,440	Total last year 2024 £ 95,074 1,624 138 144 96,980 81,315 81,315 15,665 51,678 15,665 67,343

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes *The assets of the charity :* Current assets Cash at bank 2 Net assets *The funds of the charity :* Unrestricted funds Total charity funds	Total this year 2025 £ 91,440 91,440 91,440 91,440	Total last year 2024 £ 67,343 67,343 67,343 67,343

On behalf of the trustees

L English Approved by the trustees on 18 November 2025

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation of the accounts

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting issued by the Charity Commissioners for England & Wales, the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Accounting convention

The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.

Taxation

As a registered charity, the company is exempt from taxation to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only.

2 Cash at bank and in hand Current bank account Reserve bank account	2025 £ 67,596 23,844 91,440	2024 £ 53,659 13,684 67,343

3 Expenses paid to trustees or persons connected with trustees

None of the trustees were paid any remuneration or expenses by the charity during the year.

WHITECHAPEL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Detailed statement of expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025

Cost of activities Wages and pension contributions Staff training Rent Insurance Maintenance and cleaning Class consumables Refreshments Cost of outings Equipment Telephone and broadband Postage and stationery Accountancy fees Advertising and marketing General expenses Total expenditure	Total this year 2025 £ 95,033 301 - 779 1,103 1,096 416 348 6,639 - 419 375 150 1,396 108,055	Total last year 2024 £ 72,179 585 1,800 790 884 655 459 208 1,778 573 330 375 125 574 81,315