## **Trustee Report for St. Nicolas Playgroup (Taplow)**
## **for Year-End 31[st] August, 2024**
|**Charity Name:**|St. Nicolas Playgroup (Taplow)|
|---|---|
|**Address:**|The Reading Rooms,|
||Taplow Village Centre,|
||Taplow,|
||SL6 0EX|
|**Charity Registration**|1155996|
|**No.**||
|**Trustee Names:**|Stuart Hampton-Roach – Chair|
||Angela Farrell – Treasurer|
||Ella Jones - Trustee|
## **Charity Structure**
St. Nicolas Playgroup (Taplow) is a member of the Early Year Learning Alliance (EYLA) and is governed by the Pre-school Learning Alliance Model Pre-school Constitution 2011. It is managed and controlled by a committee of trustees, elected at Annual General Meetings in September/October by majority vote. The minimum number of Committee members is five and comprises of a minimum of
60% Family Members. All Committee members are DBS checked and cleared and sign up to St. Nicolas Playgroup’s Trustee Code of Conduct which is modelled on that of the PLA.
A sub-committee, known as the Fundraising Committee, is formed by some Committee members to organise fund raising events to support the running of Playgroup. A formal process and policy are in place for the recording and handover to the Treasurer of funds raised by the fundraising committee.
## **Activities and Objectives**
The aims of the pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:
- offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;
- encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;
- instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
## **Achievements and Performance**
2023-24 has been an excellent year for St. Nicolas Playgroup (Taplow), where the benefits of previous efforts to ensure our long-term viability have begun to crystallise. The Committee maintained a close partnership with the Early Years team at Buckinghamshire Council to ensure we maintain and build upon the financial health of our preschool.
The committee are delighted that there have been no changes to the management team and both the Manager and Deputy Manager continue to be instrumental to the success of the setting. We are also pleased to report that no staff members chose to leave the charity between Aug 2023 and Aug 2024 and 3 members of staff passed their professional qualifications. The dedication and hard work of all our staff are truly the backbone of our preschool, and we are immensely grateful for their contributions.
Overall, 2023-24 has been a year of strong performance and growth and as such we are beginning to explore opportunities to expand on the Playgroup’s solid foundation and success.
## **Financial Review**
This financial period has resulted in a surplus of £22,827 (2022-2023 surplus of £2,715). Details of all income and expenditure are outlined in the attached financial statements. Sufficient financial reserves are held to sustain Playgroup in the event that income falls below expected levels. The intention would be to continue functioning as a Playgroup for up to 3 months and cover the payment of staff redundancies, in the unlikely event that the Playgroup had to close. The amount of £28,440 for this purpose, is held within the account balance of £49,994 in the Barclays community business account.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Stuart Hampton-Roach Management Committee Chair Angela Farrell Management Committee Treasurer
Date:
3[rd] September 2025
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|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**|
||**For the period**
**from**
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
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**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
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|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Funding||**108,390**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**108,390**||**78,147**|
|Fees||**20,646**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**20,646**||**23,824**|
|Fundraising||**1,137**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,137**||**2,431**|
|Grants||**8,375**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**8,375**||**12,625**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**138,547**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**138,547**||**117,027**|
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**_Total receipts_ 138,547**
**-**
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**138,547**
**117,027**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Staff Costs||**89,665**||**1,125**||**-**|**-**||**90,790**||**96,048**|
|Other Staff Related Costs||**3,316**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,316**||**1,552**|
|BuildingCosts||**12,826**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**12,826**||**10,846**|
|Insurance||**1,087**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,087**||**1,007**|
|Audit & Accountancyfees||**782**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**782**||**403**|
|IT Costs||**2,695**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,695**||**227**|
|Childrens resources/services||**1,462**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,462**||**1,960**|
|Consumables||**1,425**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,425**||**1,680**|
|Other||**346**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**346**||**589**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**113,605**||**1,125**||**-**|**-**||**114,730**||**114,312**|
|Computer Equipment
**956**
**-**
**-**
**956**
PlaygroupEquipment
**34**
**-**
**-**
**34**
**_Sub total_ 990**
**-**
**-**
**990**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 114,595**
**1,125**
**-**
**115,720**
**114,312**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 23,952**
**- 1,125**
**-**
**22,827**
**2,715**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**25,992**
**1,125**
**-**
**27,117**
**24,402**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 49,944**
**-**
**-**
**49,944**
**27,117**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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Print Name
Angela Farrell
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
St Nicolas Playgroup (Taplow)
On accounts for the year
ended
31 August 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1155996
Set out on pages
1&2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812024.
Responsibilities and
basls of report
As the charity's 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's 8tatement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of 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 this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
3/7/z
Name:
Mark Price Bsc, FCA
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
(if any):
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Address:
One, St Peters Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7QU
IER
Oct 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
NIA
IER
Oct 2018