Trustee's Annual R rt for the eriod from 01.01.25 to 31.12.25 secti￿ A Charity Name: Eltham Pth Bapttst Church Playwell Pre Sthool also known as Playwell Pre School Registered Charlty Number 1097327 Charitys principal address: Eltham Park Baptist Church. 32A Westmount Road, Eltham, London SE9 IJE. Names of the charity trustee5 who mana8e the dwity Trustee's name Office Arted for the whole year Name of person or body entIt￿d to appo•nt Trustee C. Farr¥ Chairman Yes Trust Resolution Q Barnes Treasurer L Bames Secretary Yes J. Grnham ￿perintendent Yes L Ri(kard Yes R. Sathri Yes H.Goldsworthy Yes Section B StnKture. Governan￿ and Management Trustee selecti￿ metI￿d - New Trn￿tee$ are invited by and ele(ted by Trustees in accofdance with the Playwell Constitution. Additional Governance Issues The Trustees rneet fonnally at least three times a year, to receive. assess and art upon rf nece550ry1 reports from the Chairnian. Treasurer and Supervisor. or indeed any of the trustees Any Trustee may call an emerzenry meeting at any time as a Matter of UT¥ery. As The Management team (Trustees) are mostly church members of Eltham Park Baptist Church, so issues raised between formal meetings can be discussed Informally at a face to face or a weekly basls or vla emall The agenda for fonnal meetings will always include the finances of the chariry. thild welfare and any actual or perceived changes of government lezislation that will or could affert the future wellbeing of Playwell and its children. Also any matters arfsing with regards to staff. The Meetings are hosted by the Chairnian and will always indude a Treasurerfs Report and a 5uperfntendenY5 report. Meetlr*s will also dlxuss and address any issues that May have arisen since the last formal meeting. Including Such matters as fabrlc and or maintenance issues. In addition the Chairman andlor the Treawrer will vlslt the Pre Sthool at the church at least once a week to maintain good liaison between the Staff and Trustees. Section C Objectfves of the Charity Whilst the Pre ￿<•01 started Ilfe as a Play8mp for mothers artd their young preschool children, It evolved into a Pre School as recognised in its constitution of 21x13 when it became a charity in its own right. The constitution stlpulates our objert is- Tr advarKement of the educatSon of Children below compulsory sthool age Sncluding splrltual developmenL the provision of facilltles for recreatlon for such children with the object of improvinz their conditions of life by pn>viding for any thild, without disuiminatlort by rea50n of rnce or religious beliefs to provkle a safe and satisfartory preschool in Chfistian en¥ironment. Main artivit￿S undertaken for the Public benefft in relation to these objertive We at Playwell are all a1￿ul gettinE children -Reception Rearf whbch means each child is confident and independent enough when starting school. They are still learning through play whlch is a wtal element to a strong foundatloft in their Ilve In support of these objectives we have concentrated on -schoolwork Sessions" 3 to 4 tlmes a week in small groups of 4 to 5 children, teaching them to be able to write their own name. by recognisin8 letters, then moving on to numbers and simple Sun￿ in preparntlon for going to -Blg School" Each session is tailored to each th51d's developmenL Playwell provides free play daily in each of the three halls available to the children. In addltion subject to weather. healthy daity free play outside is encouraged In the e￿lOSed play area. Adult led and supervised artivities and workshop5 encourage thiklren to learn and develop in a playfvl environment. Playwell sets out to provide varied and stimulatin8 daily programme to encourage and enthuse the children in Emphasis is placed on. but not restricted to personal skElls. fftness and ￿(la1 attitudeL Harvest gifts arml Christinas celebration brin8 the children into contart with the local community. In addltion multicultural celebration5 are obseNed ar enjoyed. Sertlon D Main achievements of the Charity In its 52nd year of carin8 for and educati￿ preschool children in Eltham, Playwell once more provlded a Stimulati￿ and educational environment for those in its care. One of the foundations of Playwell's success Is the very small turnover of 5tsff, exemplif5ed this year by the retirement of W•cki after 25 years of faithful seNice. Thank you Ifickl from everyone connected with Playwell. induding the hundreds of children who have passed through your tare. We are COftS¢ious of those with Special Needs and we now have 2 members of staff eath worklng one on one wrth a particular child. The Frlendship Centre which is adjacent to the Preschool holds a weekly luThch dub for pensioner& At Christmas time the thildren entertained the pensioners with carols and also some of the famlllar favryjrites Ilke -when Santa got stuck up the chimney . whith always rolls back the years for senior citizens! Fine weather allowed us to take the children to nearby Eltham Park and feed the ducks lalways a popular time for yountyers) a￿1 climb trees lj.ust the very small trees). Various theme5 were explored durint the year. FirewoTk nlght was celebrated in paintlngs and drnwin8s. Chinese New Year and Divali too were observed. Chan8es in Society ￿￿aTh$ that Pkywell contlnues to entertain Chiklren with special needs who require l on l attention. Christmas time saw the children performlng their tradltlonal Nativity Play. which is always well attefKled giving many parents and carers the opportunity to remember their own perfommnces in day5 of old. The Christmas Party and the arrival of Father Christmas brought the year to a festive and happy conclusion. Muth work was undertaken in the holldays to improve some of the fabric of our buildlng. new toilets. toilet doors aftd an extra¢on 130 of Ihe Chanl*s Acl; c the a¢wunls arxord wilh the a¢c￿nIN19 rel￿rdS., or the aGwunls did rK)l axnpty with the appl￿db1e requi￿rnents conceming the f(m arffj ¢￿tefit ol acctyJnts set oJt in Ihe Ch￿ltieS {Accounts an(1 Rep￿ts) Regulations 2Tr)8 other than any requirement that tho accounts qivo a 'truo and fairf whth is r￿1 a matter considered as part of an irmlependent examinati￿. I h(Ive nD Cc*￿mS &KJ have cL)me across no ¢)ther matter5 in conne(lion wrth the examinats)n to Ythich atte1￿￿ sh(MJld be drawn In thts rep￿ crfder to enable a prcyer underslanding crt the accounts to be reached. . Please delele the words in the brackèls rflhey do not apply Stgnod: 14/xi z6 Namè: JIILL Relevant Pfofessional qualifieation(s) or body cts ffJ. 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