## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1.4.2024 Period start date To 31.03.2025 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.**
**Most 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 continues to be**
**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. The group remains**
**supported from the wider 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. 1 staff member has**
**completed their NVQ Level 3 in**
**Childcare, Learning and Development**
**during this financial year, another**
**member of staff has begun to work**
**towards her Level 2 qualification.**
**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 has continued to improve**
**throughout this financial year.**| |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**
**continuing to 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 financial**
**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, 30 hour offer, 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 has increased this year,**
**however daily costs and unknown future**
**changes are still a risk.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Early Years Wales Constitution**| |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
SA73 3PL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**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** 25/03/2025 Charity No 1083266 Little Acorns Playgroup Pembrokeshire Charity No 1083266 Annual accounts for the period Period end Period start date **To 01/04/2024** date 31/03/2025 **Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)** |Guidance Note
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
**Expenditure (Notes 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
Rent
Equipment
Sundries
Refreshments
Training
Pensions
Insurance
Accounts
S13
Tax payable
S14
S15
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
S16
S17
**Extraordinary items**
S18
S19
S20
Other gains/(losses)
S21
S22
**_Reconciliation of_**
**_funds:_**
S23
S24
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the
charity’s own use
**_Net movement in funds_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) before tax for**
**the reporting period**
**Net income/(expenditure) after tax before**
**investment gains/(losses)**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Other recognised gains/(losses):**
Other
**_Total_**
Wages
HMRC
Stationary
Fees
**Income and endowments from:**
Fees
Grants
Fundraising
Donations
Separate material item of income
**Recommended categories by activity**
**Income (Note 3)**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
14,086
-
-
148,744
-
-
1,340
-
-
181
-
-
-
-
-
837
-
-|
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
F04
F05| |---|---|---| |||14,086
20,627
148,744
93,278
1,340
255
181
230
-
-
837
53| ||165,189
-
-|165,189
114,443| ||119,063
-
-
2,722
-
-
4,309
-
-
15,970
-
-
265
-
-
533
-
-
741
-
-
550
-
-
2,272
-
-
756
-
-
214
-
-
-
-
-|| |||119,063
86,698
2,722
-
4,309
4,623
15,970
11,574
265
269
533
259
741
729
550
160
2,272
2,042
756
35
214
144
-
-| ||147,395
-
-|147,395
106,533| |||| ||17,794
-
-|17,794
7,910| ||-
-
-|-
-| ||17,794
-
-|17,794
7,910| ||-
-
-|-
-| ||17,794
-
-|17,794
7,910| ||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
-
-| |||-
-
-
-| ||17,794
-
-|17,794
7,910| ||28,011
-
-|28,011
20,101| ||45,805
-
-|45,805
28,011| ## **Section B Balance sheet** |Guidance Note
**Fixed assets**
**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
B01
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
B02
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
B03
**Investments (Note 17)**
B04
**_Total fixed assets_**
B05
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
B06
**Debtors (Note 19)**
B07
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
B08
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
B09
**_Total current assets_**
B10
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year (Note 20)**
B11
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B12
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B13
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year (Note 20)**
B14
**Provisions for liabilities**
B15
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
B16
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
B17
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
B18
**Unrestricted funds**
B19
**Revaluation reserve**
B20
**Fair value reserve**
B21
**_Total funds_**
B22|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
F01
-
-
-
-|
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**£**
F02
-
-
-
-|**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**£**
**£**
F03
F04
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -|**Total last**
**year**
**£**
F05| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||-
-
-
-| ||-|-|-
-|-| ||-
-
-
54,874|-
-
-
-|-
-
- -
-
-
-
54,874|| |||||-
-
-
36,248| ||54,874|-|-
54,874|36,248| |||||8,237| ||9,069|-|- 9,069|| |||||| ||45,805|-|-
45,805|28,011| |||||| ||45,805|-|**-**
45,805|28,011| |||||-
-| ||-
-|-
-|- -
-
-|| |||||| ||45,805|-|- 45,805|28,011| ||-
-|-|-
-
- -
-|-
-
28,011| ||-|-|- -|28,011| _**The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_ _**The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.**_ _**The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.**_ _**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.**_ |Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to
Companies House
Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the
trustees/directors|Date of
approval
dd/mm/yyyy
Date
dd/mm/yyyy
**Print name**
Print Name
Signature| |---|---| CC17a (Excel) 23/01/2026 1 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Little Acoms Playgroup Pembrokeshire On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1083266 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {￿he 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 carying 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 ststement 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 Con￿rning the fonn 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 fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿mS 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: a3 Name: Kathryn Dearing Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 2 Shipmans Lane Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire, SA61 1 NS Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.