C Zielinski AIPFM 22 Queen Str¢¢l Newport-on-Tay DD6 SEE I" February 2025 Dear Management Committee, I have pleasure attaching the playgroup's a¢￿Unts for the year endd 31. March 2024. I note that the 31° March 2023 annual return and accounts are still to be submitted to the Charity Commission and the 2024 will also be slightly late if submitt¢d immediately. May I suggest you ty to complete 31 March 2025 accounL% earlier, so they can bc submitted on timc, as the Charity CoMmi￿10Th and funders will act if returns ar¢ consisiently late. I would also like to say th¢ I￿kS and records are maintained to an excellent standard by Stac4'. Yours sincerely, Chris Zielinski TS PLAYGROUP EMENT NT EAR ENDED stered chari No. 1113739 dent E C Zielinski AIPFM 22 Queen Street Newport-on-Tay Fife DD6 8EE TS PLAYGROUP EE 2024 Chairperson". Jeanie Harrison Treasurer. Rufina Ali Secretary: Christine RolliDson Independeni Examiner: C Ztelinski AIPFM Bankers: Lloyds TSB Bank PLC Harbour Island 24-27 HarlKiur Exchange Square E149GQ IBI THE MMI As the charity's Irustees, you are responsible for the preparation of financial statements for ¢ach financia] year which gives a tru¢ and fair view of the charity's incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended. In preparing those financial statements. you are required to: Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and pnthL stste whether applicabl¢ accounting standards and statements of recommended practice havc been followed, subject to any material de1wtu￿S disclosed and explained in the financial statements. Prepare the financial ststements on the going basis. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with re&sonable a￿uraCY al any time the financial position of the charity. You are also responsible for safeguarding the assels and hence for taking r¢asonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularilies. Approved by the Committee on: Chair: INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT E MEMBE PLAY I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31° March 2024, which are set out on pages 3 to S. 44 Thc charity's trustee5 Consider than an audit is not required for this year-under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the ActF and that an independent examination is neded. It is my responsibility to: F.xamine the accounts (under sectton 145 of the Act). To follow the pr￿edureS laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission - under Section 14515Xb) of the ACL as amended- and To state whether matters have come kn my attention. My cxamination wa5 Ca￿led out in a¢cord8n¢¢ with thc Gcncrnl Directions given by the Charity Commission. An cxamination includes a r¢vi¢w of the accounting records kept by the charity and a ¢<)mparison of the accounts presented with those records. li also includes considcrntion of any unusual items or disclosures in ihe accounts and seeking explanations from you as trnstees concerning any such matters. The procedu￿S undcrtaken do not provide all the ¢viden¢¢ that would ￿ required in an audit and, consequenily, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. During my examination, no matter has comc to my attention: Which gives me re&sonable cause to ￿lieve that in any material r¢specL the trustees have not mei the requiremeftts,io ¢nsure that: - Proper accounting records are kepl (in accord8nce with section 130 of the 2011 Act). and - Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting rewrds and comply with the accounting requirements of the ACL or To which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn to enable a proper undcrstanding of the atcounts to be reach￿. C g.i¢linski AIPFM 22 Queen Street Newport-on-Tay Fife DD6 8EE ABERTO EN NT 2024 2024 (£) 2023 (£) Opening balaDceB 31st Ma￿h (note 4) 210 514 Add: Reeei ts LBTH - 2,3,4 year funding -SEN - Supplementary grdnt 59,371 8,492 3.589 2.775 325 TOTAL RECEiYrs 955 Less: Pa ment$ Wiiges and National Insurance (note 3) SeLondment l)fste(VDBS Insurance Telephone Equipment and mat￿laIS Refreshments Postsge and stationery Independent examination fee Rent Parties and outings Cleaning Education and training Recruitment Payroll fee Building work (new Centre) Miscellaneous 76,045 16.755 65.486 15.777 50 460 628 8.774 1,098 565 4.151 1,309 80 575 550 4,740 287 54 7(K) 154 164 300 1,200 1200 45,438 24 TOTAL PAYMENrs 105 142 145 Closing balances 311t March (note 4) 124 935 ABERTOTS PLAYGROUP TEME ASSETS AND 2024 (£) 2023 (£) MONETARY ASSETS Cash ai bank Cash held by EYNTH 98219 529 124.534 401 TOTAL CASH 124935 OTHERASSETS The charity owns numerous items of play equipment (note 2) 3.900 4,400 TOTAL ASSETS 129 Less: LIABILII"IES Creditors (nolc 8) 575 575 TOTAL LIABILITIES 575 575 NFT ASSETS 102 128 760 Represented by.. Equipment funds (note,2) Designated funds (note 5) Unrestricted funds (note7) 3,900 60,000 38,173 4,400 75.(K)O 49.360 102 073 Approved by Committee: Date: Reserves The Managernent Committe¢ have set aside fulliLs to cover for sickne54 &5 well Is a redundancy fimd. The uvrestricted funds are necessary to cov¢r for fluct¥Jations in incorn¢ and to ensure adequate cash flow. 8. Credito 21Y24 {£) 2023 (£) Independent Ex8min&tion 575 575 575 575 BERT TS PLAYGR CCOUNTS OR THE YEAR ND Ac¢ouDtin Policies The accounts are prepared underthe historical cL*t C4)nverttith4 using th¢ ￿11￿5 4nd payuKpts ba8iS to comply with the Charities Act smaller chan.ty regulations. Fixed Assets Equipment purchases have been char6ed th the Receipts and Paym¢nts M)unl in the year of acquisition. A register of equipment 15 maintain￿1 and an t￿7mat￿ value shown in the sMeTnent of Assets 8nd Liabilities based on last year plus additions, le￿ 25Y. d¢miation. Early Years Netwo￿ Tow¢T Hamlets athninister playgroup salaries. The EYNTH r¢eoTds have been independently audited and I have accepted wuran¢¢s as to the accurdcy ofthe salari&s and grant statemeni provided to me. h Balan 2024 (£) 2023 (£) C&sh at bank and hand Cash held by EYNTH 98,219 529 124,534 401 Desi ated F 2024 (£) 2023 (£) Sick pay and cover Redundancy Equipment 20.IX 35.0(K) 35.OIN) 35,0(N) 5,000 ooo Inde ndeni Examin r'5 Remunernion IndeDendent Examin¢r'5 r¢muneralion included in accounts- £575 (£575- 2tr231 Thursday 215t November 2024 Abertots AGM Present: Jeanie Harrison, Stacey Allen, Rujina Ali, Christine Rollinson, Stephanie Jones, Caitlin Warren. Salma Huda, Vicky Croakley. Before the AGM began Jeanie Harrison introduced herself as the current chair ofAbertots Play management committee and went around the room asking everyone to Introdu￿ themselves to the group. on￿ everyone had introduced themselves, Jeanie went on to explain the role the management committee plays in the running of Abertots play and that the first thing we need to do is nominate and vote on the committee roles which are the chair, treasurer and secretary. The manager of Abertots, Stacey Allen passed around information sh￿ts about the different committee roles and everyone was given a few minutes to read over the infonnation. Everyone was then given an opportunty to ask any questions regarding the roles and responsibilities of the committ￿. The nominations forthe roles of chair, secretary and treasurer commence: Christine Rollinson nominated Jeanie Harrison as chair, Stephanie Jones seconded it. Jeanie Harrison is Chair of Abertots management committee. Vicky Croakley nominated Rujina Ali as Treasurer; Caitlin Warren seconded it. Rujina Ali is Treasurer of Abertots management committee. Rujina Ali nominated Christine Rollinson as secretary, Salma Huda seconded it. Chrlstine Rolllnson is secretsry of Abertots management committee. Stacey Allen the manage of Abertots play presented her report Staffing had been ok this year, we recruited for a deputy in May and recruited Marissa Connelly at the beginning of June the week after Whitsun bank holiday. Marissa is leaming quickly and adapting well being back to working in a playgroup setting after spending many years in a school's early years department. Back in September we had a member of staff request to go and pray at 12.30pm as the times for Muslim members of staff have changed, it was explained that due to the nature of our job it is difficult to release staff during session times due to maintaining ratio's, however, if ratio's permitted her to be able to leave the staff we were happy for her to leave the session and pray as long as the time was made up at the end of the day. The new space is working well, and the staff, children and families are enjoying workinglplaying in a lovely fresh well-maintained space. Poplar HARCA a￿ still responding well to any issues we have with the building and the partnership wrth the gardening group after a few teething problems. Children's numbers continue to be low since the move, we still believe this is because we are now not based on the Aberfeldy estate where we were well known in the community, but also the drop in birthrates nationally and children not being sent through via tower hamlets early learning service have also affected our numbers. When we are able to release staff, they are continuing to do outreach including visits to the children's and families, centre. We are continuing to see a high number of children with special educational needs; children are mainly being assessed forASD. The treasurer presented the accounts. We continue to be ok financially and have continued to see a slight drop in funds due to the cost of everything increasing, from snack to resources and equipment, most food items have since 50-100 % increase in cost (a box of cornflour was £0.90p three years ago, we are now paying £1.80p per box) Staffing is our biggest cost and will continue to be but hopefully the number of children attending will increase soon. Jeanie the chair updates the AGM attendees on the possible merger of Abertots play with Poplar HARCA. She explained that there have been a few teething problems with Ofsted as the initial EY2 form was rejected due to the early years provisions manager for Poplar HARCA not being the nominated person with Ofsted. Poplar HARCA are now in the process of changing this, however, the process is not straight forward. There was no other business, so the AGM was ended.