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||||Period start|Period start|date||Period end date|Period end date||
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|||From|Day<br>24|Month<br>09||Year<br>2022|Day<br>To ?3|IIIIonth<br>09|Year<br>2023|
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||||Charity|name|||St Mary*s Playgroup|||
||Other names charity||is known by|||||||
||Registered|charity number||(ifany)|1097701|||||



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|Names ofthe cha|rity trustees who man|age the charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|Office {ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole<br>ear|Name <br>toa|ofperson {orbody) entitled<br>int trustee<br>ifan||
|ISOBELLE|CHAIRPERSON|FROM: 31/03/2023||||
|DOUGALL||||||
|RUTH|SECRETARY|FROM: 31/03/2023||||
|PASZKIEWICZ||||||
|JOANNA<br>PASZKIEWICZ|TREASURER|FROM: 31/03/2023||||
|SHERIDAN<br>HENDZEL|VICE CHAIR|FROM: 31/03/2023||||
|BELINDA|PLAYGROUP|||||
|COUGHLAN|COMMITTEE|||||
||MEMBER|||||
|JOANNA<br>DETTMER|CHAIRPERSON|27/04/2022-31/03/2023||||
|SHANNON|SECRETARY|27/04/2022-31/03/2023||||
|PHILLIPS||||||
|BEN NEWMAN||FROM: 02/05/2023||||
|CHARLOTTE||FROM:2~/2022||||
|CLUBLEY||||||





||Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional<br>information)|Names and addresses ofadvisers (Optional<br>information)|
|---|---|---|
||T<br>eofadviser<br>Name|Address|
||Safeguarding<br>leader<br>Ben Newman||
||Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members<br>(Options!!nformat!on)||
|||s ~<br>~<br>~|
||Description ofthe charity's trusts||
||Type ofgoverning<br>document|THE CONSTITUTION OF PATA (PARENT 8 TODDLER ASSOCIATION),<br>AMENDED 2006|
||How the charity is constituted||
||Trustee selection methods|PARENTS PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD ATTHE AGM HELD IN THE<br>, AUTUMN TERM EACH YEAR. THEYARE THEN APPOINTED AT THE|
|||AGM FOLLOWING PARENTS VOTING BYNOMINATING<br>AND|
|||SECONDING|
||Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional information)||
||You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where|CHAIRPERSON,<br>SECRETARY AND TREASURER APPOINTED WITH<br>GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS|
||relevant,<br>about:|MEETINGS HELD EVERY8WEEKS|
|'|||
||~<br>policies and procedures<br>adopted forthe induction<br>and|INSURANCE POLICIES UPDATED ANNUALLY.|
||training<br>oftrustees;|RISKASSESMENTS DONE TERMLY|
||.~<br>the charity's<br>organisational||
||structure<br>and any wider|POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND AGREED|
||network<br>with which the charity|BYCOMMITTEE.|
||works;||
||~<br>relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;|EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION<br>STAGE (2012)CURRICULUM<br>FOLLOWED.|
||~<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of||
||major risks and the system||
||and procedures<br>to manage||
||them.||
|||~ ~<br>~<br>~|
|||TO PROVIDE EARLY YEARS EDUCATION AND CARE FOR|
||Summary ofthe objects ofthe|CHILDREN AGED 2 "/2 - 5YEARS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY|
||charity set out in its||
||governing<br>document||





|||PLAYGROUP RUN BYCOMMITTEE OF ELECTED PARENTS|
|---|---|---|
|||EMPLOY ABOOK-KEEPER|
|||CLOSE RELATIONS WITH OFSTED, PATA, GLOUCHESTERSHIRE|
|||COUNTY COUNCIL, EARLY YEARS TEAM AND STMARYS|
|||CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL|
|||ALL TRUSTEES ARE VOLUNTEERS AND COLLECTIVELY RUN THE|
|||PLAYGROUP.|
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>for the||FUNDRAISE TO REPLACE AND REPLENISH TOYS AND|
|public benefit in relation to||EQUIPMENT.|
|these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees have||CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN RESERVE FUND TO COVER FOR ANY<br>RISKOF FUTURE PROBLEMS.|
|had regard|to the guidance||
|issued by|the Charity||
|Commission<br>on public|||
|benefit)|||
|Additional<br>details of<br>objectives and activities<br>(Optional<br>information)<br>Summary ofthe main||DURING THE AUTUMN TERM THE PLAYGROUP RAISED FUNDS BY<br>ARRANGING<br>ASPONSORED WELLY WALK ON 2 NOVEMBER 2022.<br>THE CHILDREN COMPLETED THEIR WELLY WALK AND RAISED<br>2355.00|
|achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year||ST MARY'S SCHOOL AND THEIR AFFILIATED CHARITY HOSTED A<br>CHRISTMAS FAYRE WHERE ST. MARY'S PLAYRGROUP RAISED A|
|||TOTAL OF275.50.THE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE RAISEDf108.00|
|||EASTER FUNDRAISING<br>RAISEDf91.00|
|||ON 18~APRIL 2023THE COMMITTEE METTO DISCUSS A WAGE|
|||INCREASE FOR STAFF IN LINE WITH NATIONAL<br>MINIMUM WAGE|
|||REQUIREMENTS AND THIS WAS APPROVED.|
|||ON 19~APRIL 2023OFSTED INSPECTED THE PLAYGROUP.<br>AND|
|||MEETINGS WERE HELD BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF|
|||THEREAFTER CELEBRATED THE AREAS WHERE THE PLAYGROUP|
|||HAD PERFORMED WELL AND PUT INTO ACTION SOME|
|||IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM OFSTED.|
|||THE OFSTED REPORT WAS PUBLISHED ON 23 MAY 2023. GIVEN|
|||THE RATING AWARDED BYOFSTED, A RE-INSPECTION WILL TAKE|
|||PLACE BY18~APRIL 2024.|
|||MONEY RAISED AT THE SUMMER FAYRE IN JULY2023, WAS F47.50|
|||FOR THE PLANT SALEAND 269.00 FROM CARS AND NAME THE|





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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year|||WE NORMALLY RUN PLAYGROUP SESSIONS FOR 2-3YEAR OLDS<br>AND PRE-SCHOOL SESSIONS FOR 3-4YEAR OLDS. THESE PRE-<br>SCHOOL SESSIONSWERE FUNDED BYTHE "FREE FOR THREE|
||||AND FOUR' FUNDING FROM GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY|
||||COUNCIL.|
||||TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF CONTINUES TO BEA HIGH PRIORITY|
||||WHICH ISSUPPORTED BYTHE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE|
||||ASSISTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OF TRAINING FOR STAFF IN|
||||THE SPRING/SUMMER<br>OF 2023.STAFF TRAINING WILL BE|
||||PLANNED FOR THE YEAR 2023/2024.|
||||FUNDRAISING<br>TOTALLING f746.00 FOR THE YEAR 2022/2023|







||||WE DO NOT HAVE A RESERVES POLICY HOWEVER OUR AIM ISTO|
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||Briefstatement ofthe||HAVE APPROX 815,000(BASED ON 3MONTHS RUNNING COSTS)|
||charity's|policy on reserves|IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR TRUSTEES AND IN CASE OF|
||||UNEXPECTED CLOSURE, COVER REDUNDANCY COSTS.WE|
||||ALLOCATE SOME MONEY FOR TRAINING AND UPDATING OF THE|
||||PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT.|
||||WE ONLY USEA CURRENT ACCOUNT FOR MONEY TO BEHELD.|
|:|Details ofany funds materially||WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC INVESTMENT POWERS AS WEARE A NON-|
||in deficit||PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATION.<br>WORKING CAPITAL AND MONIES|
||||RAISED BYFUNDRAISING ARE KEPT IN OUR CURRENT ACCOUNT.|






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