BETA Having problems on this page? Your fee k will help us to improve it. O You will be logged out after 30 minute5 of inactivity. Messages Ilgrouplguesunotilicationsl Account Ilgrouplguesvmy-detailsl Sign out Ilclportalllogouti Charity Commission Annual Return 2023 ASHWELL PLAYGROUP {HERTFORDSHIREI Charity registration number.. 1081830 Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. Print Cancel This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2023. PART A- Charity information Financial period Financial period start date 0110912022 Flnanclal perlod end date 3110812023 Income and $pendlng Income £ £ 44,867 endin £ 46,431 Number of contracts from government How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central 90vernment or a local authority durin9 the financial period for this return? Number of grants from government How many grants dld your charfty recelve from central government or a local authorlty durlng the riman¢ièl period for this relytm? 12 Value of grants from government What was the total value of the grants vecelved from central government or a local authorlty during the finan¢ial period tor this relurn7 £ 14,713 Income breakdown
Donations and le £ 12,272 aci8S excludin Endowments Received Charitable actlvltles £ 29,854 Other tradin £ 2.689 activities Investrnents £52 Other Grantmaking rant makln the maln wa our charf carrle5 Out Its oses? No Recipients of grants Please round all figures to the nearest pound Idts not enter deGimal points or Gommasl. Individuals other charities Other or anisation$ thal a not ¢harities Trustee payments Excludlng out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the tru6tee6 pald durlng the Ilnanclal peritsd for this return? 8. None of the trustees hav8 been p8id Did any of Ihe trustees resign and take up employment wilh your charity in the financial period of Ihi$ relyrn? Income from outside the UK Did your charlty recelve Income from outslde of the Unlled Klngdom In the flnanclal perlod of thls return? Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom Dld your charlty dellver charftable acllvltles outslde of the Unlted Klngdom In the flnanclal perlod of this return? Spending outside England & Wales Did No ur chari nd fund5 outside of the United Ki dom in the financial eriod of this return?
Total S ndin outside En Iznd & Wa185 Trading subsidiaries Does the ¢harll have an tradln $ubsldlarles? Charity contact detsils correct Is the contact addre66 displayed from the Register of Charities. correct? Yes Charity headquarters details correct 1$ thls the ¢ addres$ that you use as your ¢harftys admlnl¥tratlve headquarters? Yes Charity ¢onta¢t address Address Line 1 Addres5 Lin8 2 West End Add$$ Line 3 Ashwell Address Line 4 BALDOCK Addres5 Line 5 Postcode SG7 5PJ Coun Charity Haadquartars address AdsS Line 1 Addre$s Llne 2 West End Addres5 Line 3 Ashwell Address Line 4 BALDOCK Addre$$ Llne 5 Postcode
SG7 5PJ Coun Property Were any of your ¢harity's properties held by holdin9 or ¢u$t•dian Iru$tee$ On behalf of your charlty lexcludlng the Offlclal Custodlanl durlng the flnanclal perlod for thls return? Membership type 1$ the ¢hari part of a wider roup slru¢ture with a parent bod and subsidiai ldi¢s? no. the charity is not part of a wder group structure Employment contract types Peo le were ermanentl em edb our chari People were on fixed-terms contracts with your Charity Selfryem le were workin for our chari Total overseas employees How man of the eople above work on behalf of a)ur charlt outslde of the Unlted Klngdom7 Total employee payroll What wa5 the total amount Spent on employeo payroll during the financial p8riod relating to thi5 return? £ 33,494 Employees, salarles Did any of your charity'6 employee5 receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the flnan¢lal perlod of thls annual return? No Governan¢e poll¢l¢s Internal charit financial controls Yes and rocodures Safeguarding policy and prrtedures Yes Flnan¢lal reseNe$ poll¢y and pro¢edure$ Yes Complaints policy and procadures
Yes Serious incident r8 Yes ortin olic and rocedures Internal risk management policy and proctdurt$ Yes Trustee expense$ poll¢ Yes and procedures Truste8 conflicts of interest policy and procedur8S Y8S Investin Yes chari funds poli¢ and procedures C8mpai ns and political 8Ctivit Not appll¢able polic and procedures Bullying and harassment policy and procedures Y8S So¢lal medla poll¢ and pro¢edure$ Yes Engaging extsrnal speakers at charity events policy and procedures Not applicable Safeguarding Has your charity provided services to children andlor adult5 at risk in the financial period of the return? Yes a. All re uired standard DBS checks have been obtained Not applicable b. All requlred enhanced DBS ¢he¢k$ have been obtalned Yes c. All re uired onhanc8d with Barred List Not appli¢able DBS checks have been obtained d. DBS checks are not required other than Basic DBS checks Serious Incidents Has your charlty reported all Serlous Incldents Ilncludlng any hlstorfcal Incldenls) that the charlty became awmre of durin the financial eriod of this return? There were no incidents to report External risk and impact Donatlons Ptssilive other incom8- rants UnknownlNo ChangelNotApplicable Other In¢ome- ¢onlra¢ts
UDknownlNo ChangelNot Appllcable other incomo- investment Positive Expenditure on ¢harilable a¢tlvilies Negative enditure on overheads Neg81ive Number of volunteers Negative Number of employees UnknownlNo ChangelNotApplicable Numher of trustee5 N8g8tiv8 Fundralslng actlvltles Negative aci to deliver servic05 UnknownlNo Chang8lNotApplicable Total $ervl¢¢ demand UnknownlNo ChangelNot Applicable Volunteers Excluding trustees? provide an eslimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable a¢tivitie$ on behalf of yoyr ¢harity in the Uniled Kinydom during the tinan¢ial period (trt this return? Privacy statement Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordancg with the rule on data prOttion. We will not disclose your personal details to anyone unconnected to the Charity Commission unless: you have consented to Iheir release. or wa arg legally obliged to disclose thom. or we regard disclosure as either {a) necessary so that we can properly carry out our statutory functions or (b) necessary in the public interest. We may share and disclose information about you with relevant public authorltles. regulatory bodles and a9encles, outslde the Charlty Commlsslon but only If: we can lawfully do so. and we docido that disclosurg is necessary for national sgcurity? crime dotoction prevention, and law enforcement, or other issues in the public interest Information we collect about you We will use this information: To enable us to carry out our statutory functions and duties.
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Ashwell Playgroup
1st September 2022 to 31st August 2023 Profit & Loss 2022-2023
| Sept 22 | Sept 22 | Oct 22 | Nov 22 | Dec 22 | Jan 23 | Feb 23 | Mar 23 | Apr 23 | May 23 | Jun 23 | Jul 23 | Aug 23 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||||||||||||
| Sales Invoice |
£5,042.79 | £6.00 | £144.00 | £22.76 | £4,443.83 | £1,590.30 | £3,231.16 | £5,259.40 | £7,045.88 | £890.14 | £1,647.05 | £530.53 | £29,853.84 | |
| Sales Other Income |
£3.31 | £0.00 | £9,885.16 | £2,296.54 | £91.72 | £0.00 | £144.37 | £436.50 | £242.95 | £25.75 | £1,200.00 | £0.00 | £14,326.30 | |
| Total Income | £5,046.10 | £6.00 | **£10,029.16 ** | £2,319.30 | £4,535.55 | **£1,590.30 ** | **£3,375.53 ** | **£5,695.90 ** | £7,288.83 | £915.89 | £2,847.05 | **£530.53 ** | £44,180.14 | |
| Less Expenses | ||||||||||||||
| Events costs Event costs |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £10.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £38.26 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £48.26 | |
| Events costs Events costs (general) |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £334.50 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11.43 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £345.93 | |
| Advertising Advertising (general) |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £120.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £68.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £188.00 | |
| Education and Trai Education and Training ( | £190.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £182.00 | £13.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £385.00 | |
| Materials & EquipmEquipment | £0.00 | £30.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £129.00 | £37.20 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £45.14 | £340.19 | £0.00 | £581.53 | |
| Materials & EquipmMaterials | £72.41 | £20.40 | £30.52 | £6.42 | £33.73 | £93.04 | £118.52 | £6.10 | £138.42 | £0.00 | £156.53 | £0.00 | £676.09 | |
| Materials & EquipmOuting/Christmas Party | £0.00 | £10.00 | £20.20 | £38.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £93.98 | £0.00 | £162.18 | |
| Office Expenses & Office Supplies | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9.99 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £9.99 | |
| Office Expenses & Printing | £9.99 | £9.99 | £0.00 | £9.99 | £19.98 | £0.00 | £9.99 | £9.99 | £9.99 | £9.99 | £9.99 | £0.00 | £99.90 | |
| Office Expenses & Stationery | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £27.52 | £0.00 | £15.99 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £43.51 | |
| Other Expenses Business Insurance |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £446.83 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £446.83 | |
| Other Expenses Subscriptions/Dues/Mem |
£5.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £55.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £60.00 | |
| Professional ServicAccounting | £264.00 | £159.50 | £137.50 | £0.00 | £148.50 | £198.00 | £368.50 | £293.75 | £250.00 | £0.00 | £150.00 | £400.00 | £2,369.75 | |
| Professional ServicProfessional Services (ge | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £5.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £5.00 | |
| Rent or Lease Hall rent |
£0.00 | £602.37 | £0.00 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £602.37 | £626.89 | £6,048.22 | |
| Snacks Snacks (general) |
£22.06 | £0.00 | £26.75 | £0.00 | £27.91 | £37.88 | £47.51 | £15.47 | £26.71 | £42.72 | £3.24 | £0.00 | £250.25 | |
| Staff Training Staff Training (general) |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | |
| Supplies Supplies (general) |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1.19 | £0.00 | £133.90 | £0.00 | £135.09 | |
| Uncategorized ExpUncategorized Expenses | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £20.25 | £20.25 | |
| Utilities Phone |
£24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £24.91 | £28.49 | £28.49 | £28.49 | £28.49 | £313.24 | |
| Wages & staff cost Pension | £63.86 | £43.82 | £28.23 | £25.15 | £33.81 | £16.80 | £24.01 | £38.06 | £18.71 | £14.49 | £17.79 | £15.80 | £340.53 | |
| Wages & staff cost Wages | £2,344.25 | £2,137.66 | £2,717.43 | £2,530.26 | £2,840.37 | £2,536.20 | £2,797.15 | £2,544.43 | £3,250.99 | £2,593.98 | £2,772.46 | £4,088.70 | £33,153.88 | |
| Total Expenses | £2,996.48 | £3,038.65 | **£3,330.04 ** | £3,237.10 | £3,856.58 | **£3,638.20 ** | **£4,040.15 ** | **£4,229.69 ** | £4,474.30 | £3,353.17 | £4,308.94 | **£5,240.13 ** | £45,743.43 | |
| Net Profit | £2,049.62 | -£3,032.65 | £6,699.12 | -£917.80 | **£678.97 ** | -£2,047.90 | **-£664.62 ** | **£1,466.21 ** | **£2,814.53 ** | **-£2,437.28 ** | **-£1,461.89 ** | -£4,709.60 | -£1,563.29 |
| Cash in Hand Current account HI Savings Account Savings account Total Cash in Hand |
914.32 8526.37 60.97 |
|---|---|
| 9501.66 |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustgesl mombers of Ashwell Playgroup (Hertfordshire) On accounts for the year 31 August 2023 Charlty no (If any) 1081830 Set out on pag•8 I report to the trustees on my ex*ninats'on of the accounts of th8 above charity (Ihe Trusn for the year ended 31108 12023. Responsibili8$ and As the charity trustees of the Trus( you are responslble for the preparation ba818 of report of the accounts in aCrdance wfth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe ). l port in respect of my examinatkin of the Trust's accounts carried out under séction 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Art. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives m8 cause to believ8 that in, any material respect.. accounting records We not kept in accordance with section 130 of th8 Act or the accounts do not aord 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 drahvn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Independent examin•r'8 8tatsment Slgned: 26 June 2024 Name: Emma Farquhar BFP FCA Relevant profe88lonal qualificatlonls) or body (If any): ICAEW member number 9251030 Address: 43 Med¢alfe Way. Melboum, Cambridgeshire SG8 6HU IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Onty complete rf ts exIner needs to hwhlight matter5 of conwn (see CC32. Independent examination of charity acCnts. directions and guhlance for examiners). Glve horn brlef detalls of any Items that Ihe •xaminer wlshM to dl8cIose. IER October 2018