## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1.4.2023 Period start date To 31.03.2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Little Acorns Playgroup** ## **Charity registration number:1083266** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Little Acorns Playgroup provides safe**
**and stimulating sessional childcare for**
**children from the age of 2 years.**
**Part of the provision is delivered to**
**families in receipt of Flying Start funded**
**places.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The playgroup provides childcare,**
**support and guidance to children and**
**their families. Early intervention support**
**has been accessed and provided for**
**children with ALN.**
**Flying Start provision is secure for the**
**playgroup as the playgroup location is in**
**the centre of the eligibility area. The**
**eligibility criteria has also been extended.**
**Little Acorns Playgroup also offers**
**additional places to fee paying parents.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Donations of reusable equipment and**
**resources have been received from**
**groups and individuals within the**
**community.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Little Acorns Playgroup is open for 50**
**weeks of the year, with 10 playgroup**
**sessions run every week during term**
**time. During the school holidays,**
**sessions are reduced to 3 sessions per**
**week to ensure viability, this provides**
**continuity for the children and their**
**families.**
**Staff development continues to be a**
**focus, training and support are given to**
**all staff members. 2 staff members have**
**gained their NVQ Level 3 in Childcare,**
**Learning and Development during this**
**financial year,another member of staff**
**ahs started their NVQ Level 3 with**
**another due to start in the very near**
**future.**
**We continue to support training and**
**experience opportunities for childcare**
**students and also vocational**
**opportunities for students still within the**
**school system.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Little Acorns Playgroup’s financial**
**position is better than that of previous**
**years.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The group now has the recommended**
**and necessary reserves if ever needed**
**for redundancies. The group is going to**
**still add to the reserves total.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Funds are continuously monitored and**
**changes are made if necessary. The**
**playgroup is in a better finiancial position**
**than that of previous years.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The principal sources of funds are**
**government grants - such as Flying Start**
**funding, donations, fundraisers and**
**individual fees paid.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risks facing the playgroup are,**
**the rising minimum wage requirements,**
**cost of living and inflation, hindering our**
**financial situation as a charity.**
**Grant income (per playgroup place)**
**remaining static, however there are plans**
**for this to increase in the near future.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Early Years Wales Consitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Newly or re elected annually.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Little Acorns Playgroup| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1083266| |Charity’s principal address|Hubberston & Hakin Community Centre
Church Road
Hubberston
Pembrokeshire
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Emma Newboult|Chairperson||| ||EbonyHawkings|Secretary||| ||Hannah Taylor|Treasurer||| ||Jackie Taylor|||| ||Gareth Virgo|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Hannah Taylor **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 25/03/2024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Little Acorns Playgroup Pembrokeshire On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1083266 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ 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 all 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.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or Ihe accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or Ihe 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. Signed: Date: 25. Name: Kathryn Dearing Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Flat 1 , Uplands 15 Gloucester Terrace, Haverfordwest IER Oct 2018 Lillle Acorns Playgroup Pembrokeshire nhaiiiy No 1083266 Annual accounts for the To eriod en dale Period start dale 0110412023 3110312024 Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account) Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Endowment funds Prior year funds Recommended categories by activity Total funds Income (Note 3 In¢ome and endowmonts from: Fees F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 S01 S02 S03 20,627 93,278 255 230 20,627 93.278 255 230 16,405 85,429 231 19 Grants Fundraising Don8tion$ Separate m•ierial Item ol In￿Me SOS S06 S07 828 Othèr 53 114442 53 114442 Total Expendlture (Notes 6 Expendlture on.. Wages HMRC 86.698 79,236 Rent 4,623 11,574 269 259 729 160 2,042 35 144 4,623 11.574 269 259 729 160 2,042 35 144 3,366 1,318 206 337 768 405 1,844 386 160 25 Equlpmenl Stationary Sundries Rèfrèshm•nts Trainina Pengons Insuf8nc& Accounts Fees Total 533 Net incomellexpendlturel before tax for the reportlng period S13 S14 Tax payable Net incomel(expenditure) after tax before investment gainsl(lossesl S15 7.909 7,909 14,861 Nel gainsiiiossesi on Investments S16 S17 S18 S19 Net incomellexpenditure) Extraordinary items Transfers between funds other recognised gainslllosses): Gains and 1055es on revaluation of fixed assets fry the charity's own use Other gainslllossesl Net movement in funds 7,909 7,909 S20 S21 S22 7,909 7,909 14,861 Reconciliation of funds.. Total funds tyrought forwar Total funds carried forward S23 S24 20 101 01 Section B Balance sheet R•stricted incomè funds Unrestricted funds Endowment Total thls funds year Totsl last yèar Fixed assets Intsngible assets Tangible assets Heritage assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 15) INote 14) (Note 16) (Note 171 Total fixgd assets Current assets Stocks (Note 181 Debtors (Note 191 Investments (Note 17.4 Cash at bank and in hand (Note 241 Total current assets 36.247 36,247 28 103 03 Blo Creditors: amounts falllng duo wlthln one year {Note 20) 8,237 8,237 8,002 Net current assets/(liabilities) B12 10 Total assetsloss current liabiliti•s B13 010 Creditors: amounts falllng due after one year (Note 201 Provisions for liabllStles B14 815 Total net assets or Ilabilitles Funds of the Charity Endowment funds {Note 27 Restrlcted Income funds INot• 271 Unrestricted funds Revaluation reserve Fair value reserve 816 17 818 B19 28,010 28.010 20.101 820 821 Total funds 822 The company was entltled to exemption from audlt under $477 of the Companles Act 2006 relatlng to small Companies. I ne memtsers have not required fne company to obtain an auort in ac¢oraance wrtn sectson 411> Ot tne Companles Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting rKords and the preparatlon of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance wlth the pmvisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companles regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP. Dale of approval ddlrnml Signed by one or Irusleesldirectots on behaff of all the trustoesldirectors Print Name Dale ddlmm Signature of director aulhenti¢alin9 accounts being sent to Companies House Signature Prlnt name CC178 (Excell 0910212025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Little Acorns Playgroup Pembrokeshire On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1083266 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ 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 all 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.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or Ihe accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or Ihe 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. Signed: Date: 25. Name: Kathryn Dearing Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Flat 1 , Uplands 15 Gloucester Terrace, Haverfordwest IER Oct 2018 Lillle Acorns Playgroup Pembrokeshire nhaiiiy No 1083266 Annual accounts for the To eriod en dale Period start dale 0110412023 3110312024 Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account) Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Endowment funds Prior year funds Recommended categories by activity Total funds Income (Note 3 In¢ome and endowmonts from: Fees F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 S01 S02 S03 20,627 93,278 255 230 20,627 93.278 255 230 16,405 85,429 231 19 Grants Fundraising Don8tion$ Separate m•ierial Item ol In￿Me SOS S06 S07 828 Othèr 53 114442 53 114442 Total Expendlture (Notes 6 Expendlture on.. Wages HMRC 86.698 79,236 Rent 4,623 11,574 269 259 729 160 2,042 35 144 4,623 11.574 269 259 729 160 2,042 35 144 3,366 1,318 206 337 768 405 1,844 386 160 25 Equlpmenl Stationary Sundries Rèfrèshm•nts Trainina Pengons Insuf8nc& Accounts Fees Total 533 Net incomellexpendlturel before tax for the reportlng period S13 S14 Tax payable Net incomel(expenditure) after tax before investment gainsl(lossesl S15 7.909 7,909 14,861 Nel gainsiiiossesi on Investments S16 S17 S18 S19 Net incomellexpenditure) Extraordinary items Transfers between funds other recognised gainslllosses): Gains and 1055es on revaluation of fixed assets fry the charity's own use Other gainslllossesl Net movement in funds 7,909 7,909 S20 S21 S22 7,909 7,909 14,861 Reconciliation of funds.. Total funds tyrought forwar Total funds carried forward S23 S24 20 101 01 Section B Balance sheet R•stricted incomè funds Unrestricted funds Endowment Total thls funds year Totsl last yèar Fixed assets Intsngible assets Tangible assets Heritage assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 15) INote 14) (Note 16) (Note 171 Total fixgd assets Current assets Stocks (Note 181 Debtors (Note 191 Investments (Note 17.4 Cash at bank and in hand (Note 241 Total current assets 36.247 36,247 28 103 03 Blo Creditors: amounts falllng duo wlthln one year {Note 20) 8,237 8,237 8,002 Net current assets/(liabilities) B12 10 Total assetsloss current liabiliti•s B13 010 Creditors: amounts falllng due after one year (Note 201 Provisions for liabllStles B14 815 Total net assets or Ilabilitles Funds of the Charity Endowment funds {Note 27 Restrlcted Income funds INot• 271 Unrestricted funds Revaluation reserve Fair value reserve 816 17 818 B19 28,010 28.010 20.101 820 821 Total funds 822 The company was entltled to exemption from audlt under $477 of the Companles Act 2006 relatlng to small Companies. I ne memtsers have not required fne company to obtain an auort in ac¢oraance wrtn sectson 411> Ot tne Companles Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting rKords and the preparatlon of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance wlth the pmvisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companles regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP. Dale of approval ddlrnml Signed by one or Irusleesldirectots on behaff of all the trustoesldirectors Print Name Dale ddlmm Signature of director aulhenti¢alin9 accounts being sent to Companies House Signature Prlnt name CC178 (Excell 0910212025