## Meersbrook Park After School Club
**(Registered charity, Number 1094889)**
## Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' annual report|2-3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7|
## Meersbrook Park After School Club Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **Trustees**
Chris Boyle Chair Alistair Ponton Treasurer Anna Wiggins Karen Stevens
## **Principal Address**
The Pavilion Meersbrook Park Road Sheffield S8 9FP
## **Bank**
## **Independent Examiner**
Santander Bank Craig Williamson Bootle White Rose Accounting for Charities Merseyside The Ghyll L30 4GB Threapland Aspatria CA7 2EL
## **Governing Document**
The Charity is operated under the rules of its constitution dated 02/05/2001 and most recently amended 03/07/2002
Overall management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the constitution. Day to day project activity is managed and carried out by paid staff
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Meersbrook Park After School Club Trustees Annual Report (continued)
## for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **Aims and Objectives**
The Objectives are:
1. To provide the necessary facilities for the daily care, recreation and education of children during out of school hours.
2. To advance the education and training of the people providing such care, education and recreational facilities.
Our working aims are to support and promote the successful development of good quality, locally based, affordable and accessible out of school provision that meets the play and care needs of the children in the local area.
The membership is open to all parents or guardians whose children are on the attendance register of the Club and to other persons who are interested in furthering the work of the group.
## **Reserves Policy**
As at 31 March 2023 the club held £12,620 in reserves. The outstanding loan issued by Santander Bank is in the region of £11,665
## **Trustees responsibilities for the financial statements**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which show the state of affairs of the charity and of net income or expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- q select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- q make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- q prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it
- is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
- q state whether applicable accounting standards of recommended
- practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable the Trustees to prepare financial statements. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities.
This report was approved by the Trustees on ____________ and is signed on their behalf by:
Trustee
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## Meersbrook Park After School Club
## Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of
## Meersbrook Park After School Club
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 7.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
q examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
q to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
q to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
q to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and q to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:____________________________________
Craig Williamson White Rose Accounting for Charities The Ghyll Threapland Aspatria CA7 2EL
Date:________________________
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Meersbrook Park After School Club
## Receipts & payments account
## for the year ended 31 March 2023
|**Notes**
**Receipts**
**1**
Fees
Grants
Loan
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Wages and NI
**2**
Rent
Training
Publicity
Insurance
Refreshments and resources
**Accountancy and payroll**
Loan repayment
Other expenditure
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments) for the year**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
99,154
-
-
**99,154**
79,063
6,490
-
216
416
4,971
**702**
3,433
**95,292**
**3,862**
8,758
**12,620**|Total
2022
£
82,332
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||82,332|
|||83,806
2,526
329
216
367
3,918
**770**
1,902
1,000|
|||94,835|
|||(12,503)
21,261|
|||8,758|
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## Meersbrook Park After School Club Statement of assets and liabilities
## as at 31 March 2023
|as at 31 March 2023|||
|---|---|---|
|**Cash assets**
Balance at bank
**Total**
**Liabilities**
Accountancy & independent examination
Loan repayment
Rent accrual - approximate|**2023**
**£**
12,620
**12,620**
**2023**
**£**
190
11,665
2,500
**14,355**|**2022**
**£**
8,758|
|||**8,758**|
|||**2022**
**£**
190
15,098
2,500|
|||**17,788**|
## **These Financial Statements are accepted on behalf of the charity on**
__________
and signed on behalf of the trustees by:
Trustee ______________________________
Trustee ______________________________
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Meersbrook Park After School Club Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
## **1 Receipts & payments account**
Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the charity during the financial year. In this context "cash" includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due.
Because the level of income and expenditure is below £250,000, the charity has opted for the accounts to be prepared on a receipts and payments basis. This is in line with the Charity Commissions' guidelines for small charities and is seen as more appropriate for the project.
|**2**
**Staff costs**
General Staff
Sessional Staff|**2023**
**£**
79,063
-
**79,063**|**2022**
**£**
83,806
-|
|---|---|---|
|||**83,806**|
## **3 Trustees expenses and remuneration**
Trustees are not remunerated. No expenses were incurred by the trustees.
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