||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**||
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|Section A||Reference and administration details|||||
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|**Charity name**||Chestnut Playgroup|||||
|**Charity name**|**Charity name**|**Charity name**||Chestnut Playgroup|Chestnut Playgroup|Chestnut Playgroup|Chestnut Playgroup||||
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|**Other names charity is known by**|||||||||||
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|**Registered charity number(if any) **||||||1090719|||||
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|**Charity's principal address**||||||The Cathodeon Centre, Horseheath Road|||||
|||||||Linton|||||
|||||||Cambridge|||||
|||||||**Postcode**|||**CB21 4LU**||
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||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||||||||||
|||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**||||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|||**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
||1|EmilySteele|Chair||||Sep2020 -||||
||2|Felicity Murray|Treasurer||||Sep 2020 -||||
||3|Monica Haig|Secretary||||Sep 2024 -||||
||4|Layla Cornell|||||Sep 2024 -||||
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|EmilySteele|Chair||Sep2020 -||
|2|Felicity Murray|Treasurer||Sep 2020 -||
|3|Monica Haig|Secretary||Sep 2024 -||
|4|Layla Cornell|||Sep 2024 -||
|5|Lisa Bowers-Hyett|||Sep 2024 -||
|6||||||
|7||||||
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||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||||
||**Name**|||**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
**TAR**
1 2023-24
Constitution adopted 10/10/1999, Amended 30/09/2009
Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Unincorporated association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Volunteer committee elected from membership at AGM or further meetings if applicable
## **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.
**TAR**
2 2023-24
**Section C Objectives and activities**
The playgroup aims to enhance the development and education of preschool children by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups. We recognise the right of **Summary of the objects of the** parents/carers to take responsibility for and become involved in the **charity set out in its governing document** activities of such groups, and offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, gender, culture, religion, means or ability.
**Provision of sessional play, education and care**
The trustees employ a Playgroup Leader, Deputy and other full time and Bank Staff to provide sessional play, education and care to preschool children at a setting in the local community. Sessions run in term time (in line with the village schools) on mornings, lunch and afternoons from Monday to Friday. Children may attend playgroup from the age of 2 until school age, and all sessions include a mix of ages. We can also provide 1- **Summary of the main activities** 1 care for any eligible child if required. **undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these Involving parents objects (include within this** Parents/carers are encouraged to volunteer to join the committee and **section the statutory** actively contribute to the development of local preschool children through **declaration that trustees have** the playgroup. Furthermore, parents/carers are occasionally invited to **had regard to the guidance** attend and help at playgroup sessions/outings if they wish, or as part of **issued by the Charity** settling in their children. We also encourage parents/carers to share their **Commission on public benefit)** skills or hobbies in group sessions where appropriate. **Statutory declaration**
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.
**TAR**
3 2023-24
Section D Achievements and performance
The playgroup has continued to develop from the progress made over the previous **Summary of the** years, building on processes internally as well as continuing to develop the EYFS **main achievements** learning protocols. **of the charity during the year**
The staff team continued to provide a high quality level of care for the children, assisting in their educational and emotional development, through use of a broad array of resources. These ranged from equipment and toys, art facilities, as well as a large outside area with playground equipment, vegetable patches, mud kitchen and a sandpit. All whilst adhering to all protocols and changing guidance.
Activities have also included story-telling, free-flow play, painting and other crafts, role-playing, outside play, singing, messy play, contributing to community events, family events, library visits and various fundraising events. We have also been on outings to local places.
The staff and committee have again worked hard this year. We have again managed to raise more than our fundraising target which we are very pleased with. We were also lucky enough to again be given specific grants which allowed us to purchase new toys and equipment.
Financially, the playgroup has not had such a good year as previously, partly due to the way cashflow and accounting records are shown. We have however got plenty of funds in reserve to cover any loses, and planned this carefully. We have also had changes in staffing, and chose to spend money on training and equipment, or on specific grants, which also have to be taken into account in the year spent not necessarily in the year the money is allocated/raised. We had a change of Preschool Leader this year and there was a significant overlap for handover in this time, and also extra money spent on the recruitment process and training, as the new manager was from outside the setting. We had fewer children at the playgroup this year and were not as full from the start of the academic year as in the previous year, which led to less income than the previous year. As our rent was almost doubled from the beginning of the last academic year, we have tried to keep outside hours events/meetings to a minimum to help reduce this cost. We were also informed that the rent would be increasing again and from September 2025, which will make it more than double that of August 2023. Overall, we are happy with the finances for this year as purchases were carefully managed. This therefore means we are still in a good position going into next year. Once again we will likely have less income due to the number of children due to be reducing from the start of the year. We will also have an increase in our payroll as there will also be a rise in the Living Wage again in April 2026.
We continue to have a large amount in savings which we are mandated to have to cover redundancies and closing costs in the unlikely event we were to close (as below/on next page). We will also carefully considering making extra purchases, outside our normal spending. We also have funds in savings to cover any loses.
We will continue to open for 5 days a week, and offer the extended hours funding, within the playgroup opening hours. We will enter the next year with a healthy cash balance, but we anticipate and are prepared that next year we could make an accounting year loss because of the increase in staff costs and rent, and the fewer number of children predicted to attend the playgroup.
**Section E Financial review**
**TAR**
4 2023-24
## **Brief statement of the**
## **charity’s policy on reserves**
The playgroup maintains a savings account with a balance of £35,000+. This is to cover contingencies and ensures there are adequate resources to pay staff for at least 3 months, and find a new building if necessary. Or to cover redundancies and appropriate closure costs if required. This amount was as last year when a thorough review was carried out, and due to increases in costs in all areas, but especially payroll (which increases redundancy amounts), payroll fees, pensions, and rent.
## **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)** _Caroline Wilson_
**Full name(s)** Caroline Wilson
**Position** Chair
**Date** 15 June 2026
**TAR**
5 2023-24
**Charity Name No (if any) Chestnut Playgroup 1090719 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/09/2023 31/08/2024
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**99,969**
**16,270**
**12,387**
**2,897**
**552**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**119,233**
**4,204**
**9,554**
**2,145**
**3,038**
**612**
**1,204**
**1,717**
**51**
**2,709**
**144,466**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**144,466**
**- 12,391**
**-**
**83,318**
**70,927**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**99,969**
**16,270**
**12,387**
**2,897**
**552**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**119,233**
**4,204**
**9,554**
**2,145**
**3,038**
**612**
**1,204**
**1,717**
**51**
**2,709**
**144,466**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**144,466**
**- 12,391**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**99,969**
**16,270**
**12,387**
**2,897**
**552**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,075**
**119,233**
**4,204**
**9,554**
**2,145**
**3,038**
**612**
**1,204**
**1,717**
**51**
**2,709**
**144,466**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**144,466**
**- 12,391**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CountyCouncilgrant|**99,969**|||||**106,137**|
|Fees|**16,270**|||||**21,455**|
|Othergrants|**12,387**|||||**4,500**|
|Fundraising|**2,897**|||||**2,184**|
|Bank Interest|**552**|||||**463**|
|Miscellaneous|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**132,075**|||||**134,739**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total _**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**134,739**|
||||||||
|Staff salaries|**119,233**|||||**101,384**|
|Fundraising, Grants Spent|**4,204**|||||**3,693**|
|Rent|**9,554**|||||**9,720**|
|Payroll bureau & recruitment|**2,145**|||||**1,897**|
|Equipment & stationery|**3,038**|||||**2,847**|
|Snack money|**612**|||||**618**|
|EYA/Ofsted etc & insurance|**1,204**|||||**1,169**|
|Training|**1,717**|||||**728**|
|Telephone|**51**|||||**40**|
|Other|**2,709**|||||**2,076**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**144,466**|||||**124,172**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**124,172**|
||||||||
||**- 12,391**|**-**|**-**|**- 12,391**||**10,567**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**83,318**|**-**|**-**|**83,318**||**72,751**|
||**70,927**|**-**|**-**|**70,927**||**83,318**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Current accounts
Saving accounts
Cash
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Caroline Wilson
~~2~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**34,045**
**-**
**35,786**
**-**
**1,096**
**-**
**70,927**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
CAROLINE WILSON|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
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||||OK|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Caroline Wilson|CAROLINE WILSON|15/06/2026|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
15 Granta Leys
Linton
Cambridge
CB21 4YT
h.angetter@gmail.com
To Whom this may concern
My name is Hilary Angetter I am a bookkeeper, and a member of the institute of certified bookkeepers.
I have been bookkeeping in the agricultural industry for over 35 years.
I have examined the accounts for the Chestnut playgroup and wish to inform you that everything is in order.
I do not have any connection with the play group, I was approached by a friend regarding this.
Hoping that this is sufficient
Yours faithfully
Hilary Angetter M I C B