Registered Charity Number: 1151172
SENLIS SCALLYWAGS
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
SENLIS SCALLYWAGS
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| CONTENTS | PAGE |
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| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Trustees Report | 2-6 |
| Receipts and Payments Account | 7 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 8 |
| Notes to the accounts | 9 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 10 |
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SENLIS SCALLYWAGS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| Charity Name: | Senlis Scallywags | |
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| Working Name: | Senlis Scallywags Out of School Club | |
| Charity Number: | 1151172 | |
| Registered Address: | Hilldrop Road | |
| East Hunsbury | ||
| Northampton | ||
| NN4 0PH | ||
| Trustees: | Kate Perriss | (Chair) |
| Hannah Downs | (Resigned) | |
| Danielle Chambers | (Treasurer) | |
| Charlotte Knott | (Secretary) | |
| Accountants: | Shaw Gibbs Limited | |
| Eagle House | ||
| 28 Billing Road | ||
| Northampton | ||
| NN1 5AJ |
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TRUSTEES REPORT
PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees present their report together with the accounts for the period ended 31 March 2025.
I. Governance and Structure
Senlis Scallywags (the Club) is governed by our Constitution adopted on 17th December 2013 as amended on 5th March 2013. All Trustees and Management Committee General Members are appointed at our AGM and all give their time voluntarily. It is registered with Ofsted on the Early Years Register and the compulsory and voluntary parts of the Childcare Register. The Club receives support from the local authority and is a member of the Kids' Club Network. The members of the Management Committee were elected at last year’s AGM are below.
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Management Committee
Trustees
Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer
Kate Perriss Vacant Charlotte Knott Danielle Chambers
General Members
Emma Wright and Dawn Lyons
Playcare Manager - Pauline Lambdon-Reed
Staff Playcare Co-Ordinator – Sue Jacznik
Senior Supervisor – Julie Dumont
Volunteers 3 Playcare Workers 3 Bank Playcare Workers Cleaner
Kim Makepeace Deb Potter
Jo-Ann Mantle Sarah Birch
Beth Preston Alison French
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TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
II. Communication
We communicate with our stakeholders through our website, email, telephone, face-to-face when delivering and collecting children, and notices on the club door.
III. Methods used to recruit and appoint trustees
The board of trustees identify further skills required and seek to appoint new members to strengthen the board and where necessary to replace any member who decides not to seek re-appointment. New appointments are considered and agreed by all trustees at a meeting of the board. New trustees are invited to attend a trustee meeting prior to appointment. Following appointment new trustees are inducted into the charity.
IV. Charitable Objects
Our Charitable Objects as set out in our Constitution are to enhance the development and education of children primarily aged between 4 and 11 years of age attending Simon de Senlis Primary School (SdS) in particular but not exclusively by:
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offering appropriate play, recreation, education and care facilities at extended hours and holidays clubs
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Advancing the education and training of persons in the provision of care, education and in the safe use of recreational equipment and facilities for the benefit of the said children.
Charitable objectives in relation to Public Benefit
In setting the objectives the Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
V. Aims and Purpose
Senlis Scallywags aims to provide affordable, high quality and inclusive wraparound childcare for 4 to 11 year olds for families in the local community and surrounding areas.
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By doing this, it helps to support families so they can be flexible at work and meet any other demands that otherwise could not be met.
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The Club aims to provide fun and appropriate recreational opportunities in a nurturing environment.
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To achieve this, it works to attract and retain high quality staff, advance the education and training of those responsible for providing the care and offer the use of a stimulating range of resources.
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The Club also aims to provide jobs in the local area and provide opportunities for voluntary work so that interested parties can gain work experience in the field.
VI. Objectives
To ensure club can continue to meet its financial obligations whilst staying true to our value of providing affordable childcare. To ensure we adapt to the changes in working patterns brought about by the covid 19 pandemic and to ensure we build resilience should any such circumstance present itself again in the future.
SENLIS SCALLYWAGS TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
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PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
VII. Finance
As in previous years we continued to budget for cost of living and minimum wage rises due within the financial year along with maintaining close control of expenses.
The focus for the year was our key risk raised in the previous reports around our governance model. A huge amount of effort and professional expertise have been employed in order to successfully transfer our club, assets and cash held to Simon de Senlis primary school whom the Trustees believe to be the right choice to maintain stability for our children and staff, ensuring the continued safe, fulfilling environment of our wrap around care provision into the future. This decision also aligns to The Club’s constitution and ensures sustainability.
The methodology adopted was a deed of transfer for all assets and cash held by the charity and the TUPE of staff to Simon De Senlis Primary School part of Northamptonshire Primary academy trust ( NPAT) Our Charity will now be closed.
Cash funds are £13,096 as at 31[st] March 2025. The remainder of the funds have now been transferred to Simon De Senlis Primary School after all the remaining liabilities had been paid.
VIII. Achievements 2024/2025
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Smooth Consultation and transition of staff through the TUPE process.
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Settlement agreement reached with the playcare manager at the request of Simon De Senlis Primary School.
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Positive communication with parents and all children retained and transferred over to the care of Simon De Senlis Primary School taking the provision forward.
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Transfer agreement reached with Simon De Senlis Primary school drafted and negotiated on behalf of our charity by our legal presentative.
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PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
a) Occupancy Rates
Bookings and occupancy rates remained stable throughout the year, Simon De Senlis Primary school had the capability to increase capacity for the setting after transfer with the additional resources available to a primary school setting. Communication was sent to parents as part of our transfer process which is a positive step forward for the provision and the children in the local area with more places becoming available from March/April 2025
b) Simon de Senlis Primary School (SdS)
The Club continued to have a good working relationship with staff at Simon de Senlis Primary School through the EYFS communication and regular contact with the school’s family support worker. This relationship only strengthened during the transfer process with more regular and meaningful conversations enriching the support our children and staff receive
c) Fundraising
Fundraising to generate income for The Club did not take place this year with our focus being on a seamless transfer of the club to the school therefore no entries on the I&E for this activity this year
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TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)
PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
IX. Closing Comments from The Trustees.
Senlis Scallywags Out of School club has run as a charity for almost 30years, supporting the families and children of our community with access to affordable, high quality and inclusive wrap around childcare.
Being just a small part of The Club’s history, the current trustees would like to thank all previous staff, trustees and volunteers who all played such a vital role in the success of our Club and who have positively impacted hundreds of children since opening our doors. The decision to gift the charity into the care of Simon De Senlis Primary School was not an easy one or a decision that was taken lightly. The Club has struggled to attract new committee members for many years and with the ever-increasing responsibilities, regulations and expertise required to safely provide a wraparound care provision there were limited options available to The Club. To ensure the future and ongoing prosperity of the club for its staff, children and community the only option available was to seek a deed of transfer.
Simon De Senlis and its wider Primary Academy Trust demonstrated a strong desire to continue the ethos and spirit our charity which was very much aligned with its own along with having access to a much wider support and governance model. We therefore considered them the right choice for The Club with whom we already share the same site, many staff and children . We were delighted to be able to reach agreement and enact the full transfer in March 2025.
The trustees would like to send our warmest wishes to the staff of Simon De Senlis Primary school and every success in taking our club forward into the future.
Prepared by Chair and Treasurer: Signed: …………… ……………………………………. SSS Chair: Mrs Kate Perriss
Dated: 4[th] March 2026
Signed:………… …………. Treasurer: Mrs D Chambers
Dated: 4[th] March 2026
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| Receipts Fees Donations & Grants Total Receipts Payments Wages Electricity and water Rates Catering and welfare Equipment and sundry Cleaning and maintenance Insurance Telephone and licences Staff training Payroll fees Ofsted Refunds Website Post and stationery Alarm Accountancy fees Pension Storage Fundraising Legal fees Simon de Senlis school Sub total Asset and investment purchases Fixtures and Fittings Computer Equipment Sub total Total Payments Net receipts for the year Cash funds brought forward Cash funds carried forward All receipts and payments relate to unrestricted funds. |
2025 £ 168,228 - __ 168,228 _ 156,627 2,976 678 2,607 4,552 2,762 2,397 1,094 342 1,773 220 3,513 43 263 596 1,596 5,276 2,074 - 20,550 10,000 _ 219,939 _ - - _ - _ _ 219,939 _ (51,711) 64,807 _ 13,096 _____ |
2023 £ 134,830 - ______ 134,830 |
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| _ 93,323 1,282 373 2,272 4,490 1,653 2,243 612 32 1,180 220 514 29 392 336 1,518 2,988 1,346 41 - - _ 114,844 _ 365 598 _ 963 _ _ 115,807 |
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| _ 19,023 45,784 ______ 64,807 |
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
| 2025 | 2023 | |
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| £ | £ | |
| Cash Funds | ||
| Current account | 13,096 | 64,807 |
| Petty Cash | - | - |
| ______ | ______ | |
| 13,096 | 64,807 | |
| ______ | ||
| ______ | ______ | |
| Other monetary assets | ||
| Social security | - | 1,392 |
| ______ | ______ | |
| - | 1,392 | |
| ______ | ||
| ______ | ______ | |
| Fixed assets retained for the charity’s own use | ||
| Building | - | 208,304 |
| Fixtures and Fittings | - | 307 |
| Computer Equipment | - | 399 |
| ______ | ______ | |
| - | 209,010 | |
| ______ | ||
| ______ | ______ | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payroll Fee | 378 | - |
| Accountancy fee | 1,980 | 1,596 |
| ______ | ______ | |
| 2,358 | 1,596 | |
| ______ | ______ |
The above relate to unrestricted funds.
12th March 2026
These financial statements on pages 7 to 9 were approved by the Trustees on …………………………. 12th March 2026
Signed: ………………………….. …………………………… Cathrine Danielle Chambers Perriss Chair Treasurer
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the receipts and payments method of accounting for smaller charities.
The accounts are consistently prepared using this method.
2. TRUSTEES
No trustees received any remuneration from the charity during the current or prior period.
One trustee received £43 (2023: £627) for the reimbursement of ad hoc expenses for the charity during the year.
3. TAXATION
The Club is a registered charity and is not liable to taxation.
4. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY
The Club is under the control of its board of trustees, the members of which are listed on page 1 of the Accounts, and are responsible for the day to day administration of the affairs of the Club.
5. FUNDS
All receipts and payments are paid out of a general, unrestricted fund which can be used on all activities that the charity sees fit.
6. CESSATION ACCOUNTS
The 17 month period to the end of 31 March 2025 are the final accounts for Senlis Scallywags, which ceased as at 31 March 2025 upon the transfer to Simon De Senlis School.
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SENLIS SCALLYWAGS
ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SENLIS SCALLYWAGS
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Senlis Scallywags (Charity number: 1151172) for the period ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 7 to 9.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our independent examination work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our independent examination work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Nicola Fox FCA Shaw Gibbs Limited Eagle House 28 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AJ Date: ……………………………