CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1st September 2023 Period start dats to 31•t August 2024
Period end date
Charity name: Ladybird Playgroup and Pre-school
Charity registration number: 1162435
Objectives and Activities
SORP r8f8rene•
Summary of the purposes of
the charty as set out in its
goveming document
Pa¥8 1.17
The purpose of the Ladyblrd Playgroup
and Preschool Charity is to work for
public benefit There objects are to
develop and enable the development
and education of all children and young
le accessln
the servlce.
To provide an early year setting for
children to be able to learn in a safe
environmont and in a safe way.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
- purpjses for public
benefit, in particular, the
activbties, projects or
services identified In the
accounts.
Slatement confiming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charty
Commission on public
benefft
Para1.17•J
1.19
Par• 1,18
Yes, all Ihe Trustses have read the
guidance issued by th8 Charities
Commission on Public Benefit
Additional infom)ation (optlonal)
You ma
choose to indude further statements where ￿levant about:
SORP teierente
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Policy on social investrnent
including pr(uram related
investment
Par8 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Para 1.38

Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the period
Pwa 121
The Charlty continues to move through
financlally challenging tiTh$.
We hav• mado a difficult decision to
have to Increase our Playgroup Foes
agaln, to offset the continuing low
numbers attending. and the rising costs
for the Playgroup InGludlng prevlously
low funding payments. The Committa•
have to be aware of rlslng costs for
families as wdl. However, numbers of
chlldren as a whole using the service
continued to be low at the start of the
year with a slight Increase heading
towards the end of the year.
I We hope that an increase in the fundlng
elved from the County CounGII for
i the Childrèn attending the setting will
' help In sustslnlng the settlng. and th•
potential of an increase to fundlng
avallablo for famllles of younger
children will help increase numbers. The
settlng wlll need to continue to look at
fees 90ing forward and look to Increase
thesè inllne with funding and other
settlngs In the Surrounding area.
Breakfast club numbers have remained
low, and VR continue to work with tho
school to advertise and provide wrap
around care. There has also been an
Increase In the B￿akfast Club Fees to
try and off set the l¢yw numbers
attending and increase costs.
The 8laffl cixnmittee l trustees have
¢ontlnued to organise fvndraising
activities to support purchasing
addltional educational equipment to
su
ort the children.
Reserves fall Into 3 ¢atsgorles:
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reseNes
stating why they are held
Pwa 1.22
1. Unrestrlcted Funds (cover staff costs
and those of admlnlstration and support
without whlch Latyblrd could not
operate.)
2. Restricted funds. (donations and
grants for a spocific purpose)
3. 1)esignated Fund51amounts
speclfi¢ally excluded from belng used to
meet the day-to4ay running costs of
Ladybird. Sums raised through
fundraising activilios fall into this
cat
Amount of reserves held
rn122
Reasons for holding zero
reseNes
P8rn122
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Achievements and Performance
Summary oflhe main
achievements of the chaiity,
identifying the difference Ihe
charty's work has made to
the circUmstan￿S of its
benefiaanes and any wKler
benefrts to society as a
whole.
The Charity has been able to work
providing a valuable and inclusive
setvice to children and the young
people. The S&￿ and commlttee
continue to give support to families by
enabling the service to continue being
fiexible in staffing and sessions
Par• 1.20
There has boen an uptake of families
wishing to ulilise the new funding for
children aged 2years where families are
entitled to do so. But where families arn
they are sticking to 15hrs and not
extending past this. Parents of 3 & 4
year olds also continue to not extend
their child's hours past the ststutory
15hrs fundlng, wlth the cost of living
crisls belng on the forefront of parents
mlnds, unless thery are entitle to the
30hrs funding.
The charlty has contlnued to support
the local prlmary school with facilitating
Breakfast Club which enable$ wrap
around care and enabling parents to be
able to return to thelr place of work, but
again numbers remaln very low. An
early bug club (drop off at 8.30am with
no breakfas( lower cost) has increased
numbers, with also offering to some
younger prfrschool chlldren as well as
the school children.
Addl￿onal Infomiatlon (optional)
You ma
choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against
Para 1.41
objectives set
Perfomiance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
F¥ro 1.41
Investment perfomance
against objectives
P•ro 1.41
Other
Financial Review

Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
tharity continuing as a going
concem
Parn 124
NIA
Ladybird Playgroup and Preschool
position Is more heallhy than In
previous years. with an increase in
attendoe8, increase in fees across the
settlng. Due to our previous successful
years. we have a healthy balance and
serves to support the Playgroup
through these uncertain tin7es. But with
another Increase In minlmum wage.
changes in the Nl employers payment
levels and a drop in the age for fundlngg
Staff and the commlttee need to be
mlndful of finances golng forward.
Fundralsing has increased Income
which has hel￿d support and r¢n￿ th•
playgroup equipmenL
Parn 1ZJ
Addftlonal Infomiation (Opllonal)
You ma
choose to include further statements where relevant abouL
The chanty's principal
Para 1.47
sources of funds (induding
any fundraising)
Investment polw and
objectives induding any
social investrnent policy
adopted
Parn 1.48
A description of the principal
risks facing the charrty
Parn 1.4fj
Other
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts:
The Charflles Trustees conslsts of 6
people, whom have or had a child at
Ladybirfl Play Group and Pro8chool.
They come from all walks of life to come
together for the benefft of the charlty to
ensure Its integrity and success.
Type of goveming document
PAra 125
Constitulion
How is the charity
const[t￿ed?
-"oi'-orated
SOGialioii. Lli'i
Trustee selection methods
induding details of any
onstttulional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
an
rson or bod
entrtled
Para 125
cio
P¥• 12$
Prior to the AGM inforniatlon is shared
and emailed out asking any interested
parties to attend the AGM and to be
nominated and seconded to join tho
Lad blrd Pla
rou
Chari

to appoint one or more
trustees
committoe members. Trustses ar•
nomlnated and elected Into posL

Addillonal Infomiatlon (optlonal
You ma
choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Poliaes and procedures
Para 1.51
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
The chartty's organisational
structure and any wider
neMork with which the
charity works
P8rn 1.51
Relationshlp with any related
parties
Parn 1.51
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Cha
name
Other name the cha
uses
istered cha
number
Charity's principal address
Lad ts'rd Pla
Lad bird Pla
1162435
School Lane
Thriplow
SG8 7RH
and Pr&School
rou
Namo$ of the charity trustees who manage thè Charity
N•m• of I￿80n (or
body) entitl•d to
appoint trU$t￿ Irf
Trust•0 nam•
Offic• (rf ary)
year
Diane Eichelsheim
Chairperson
Treasurer
From Ocl 2023
From Oct 2023
From Oct 2023
From Oct 2024
Julie McGiffen
Guy Trussell
Jayne Pashley
Sharon McGinty
Jules Illffirle
From April 2022
Until Oct 2024
Until Oct 2024
Until Oct 2024
From Feb 2025
Natalie Barter
Pedro Pinheiro
Dav￿￿ De Girolama
10
Corwrate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re
ortwasa
roved
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charty
Trust•¢ n•m•
Datrs act•d If not forwholg

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this ca
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
cha
ects
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own
assets
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Additlonal inforniation (optlonal
Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional infonnation)
Type of
adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief execullve or names of senior staff members (Optional inf0m￿tIOn)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disdosure of ke
rsonnel details
Other o
tlonal infonnation
Declarations
The trustses declarn that th•y hav¢ approved the trustees. report above.
Signgd on bohalf of tho charfty's trustee8
Slgnature(s)
D Eichelsheim
Full namels)
Positlon (eg S•cretary.
Chair, etc)
Diane Eichelsheim
Chairperson
Date
Apn'l 2025





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|REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE|DETAILS|
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|Registered Companynumber||
|CE004900(England andWales)||



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|||2024|2023|
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|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|
|JL|Notes|£|£|
|INCOMEANDENDOWMENTSFROM||||
|Othertradingactivities|2|100,245|100,918|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||
|Charitableactivities|3|||
|Raisingdonations andlegacies||82,655||
|Other||9.597|9,497|
|Total||92,252|9,497|
|NETINCOME||7,993|91,421|
|RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS||||
|Total funds brought forward||128,026|120,009|
|TOTALFUNDS CARRIEDFORWARD||136,019|211,430|





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||||2024|2023|
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||||Unrestricted|Totai|
||||fund|funds|
||Notes||£|£|
|CURRENTASSETS|||||
|Cashat bank and in hand||bb|136,097|129,764|
|CREDITORS|||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|8||(1,702)|(1,738)|
|NET CURRENTASSETS|||134,395|128,026|
|TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENTLIABILITIES|||134,395<br>134,395|128_026<br>128,026|
|NETASSETS|||134,395|128,026|
|FUNDS|9||||
|Unrestricted funds|||134,395|128,026|
|TOTALFUNDS|||134,395|128,026|



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|2024|2023|
|---|---|
|£|£|
|100,245|100,918|
||Direct|
||Costs|
||£|
||82,655|
|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|1,779|1,500|



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|STAFFCOSTS|||
|---|---|---|
||2024|2023|
||£|£|
|Wages andsalaries|74,286|74,297|
|Other pensioncosts|3,050|3,828|
||77,336|78,125|
|The average monthly number of employees during the year wasasfollows:|||
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|7.|COMPARATIVESFORTHESTATEMENTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Unrestricted|
|||||fund|
|||||£|
||INCOMEANDENDOWMENTSFROM||||
||Othertradingactivities|||100,918|
||EXPENDITURE ON||||
||Other|||9,497|
||NET INCOME|||91,421|
||RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS||||
||Totalfundsbrought forward|||120,009|
||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||211,430|
|8.|bn LUI IV l\J•HIVIV VIS IJ Ff\LLll VU PUb VVlIFlll B VIBE I EmI\||||
||||2024|2023|
||||£|£|
||Trade creditors||368||
||Other creditors||1,034|1,738|
||Accruedexpenses||300||
||||1,702|1,738|
|9.|MOVEIVIENTINFUNDS||||
||||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At 1/9/23|in funds|31/8/24|
|||£|£|£|
||Unrestrictedfunds||||
||General fund|128,026|6,369|134,395|
||TOTALFUNDS|128,026|6,369|134.395|





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||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|infunds|
||£|£|£|
|Unrestricted funds||||
|Generalfund|100,245|(93,876)|6,369|
||100,245|(93,876)|6,369|



|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At 1/9/22|in funds|31/8/23|
||£|£|£|
|Unrestrictedfunds||||
|General fund|120,009|8,017|128,026|
|TOTALFUNDS|120,009|8,017|128,026|



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||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|Unrestrictedfunds||||
|General fund|100,918|(92,901)|8,017|
|TOTAL FUNDS|100,918|(92,901)|8,017|



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|||Net||
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|||movement|At|
||At1/9/22|infunds|31/8/24|
||£|£|f|
|Unrestrictedfunds||||
|General fund|120,009|14,386|134,395|
|TOTALFUNDS|120,009|14,386|134, 395|





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|incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|
|resources<br>£|expended<br>£|infunds<br>C|
|201,163|(186,777)|14,386|
|201,163|(186,777)|14,386|



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|FORTHEYEAR ENDED|31 AUGUST 2024||
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||2024|2023|
||£|£|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|||
|Other trading activities|||
|Fundraising events|100,245|100,918|
|Totalincoming resources|100,245|100,918|
|EXPENDITURE|||
|Charitableactivities|||
|Wages|74,286|74,297|
|Pensions|3,050|3,828|
|Rent|1,779|1,500|
|Sundries|186|311|
|Breakfast club|222|123|
|Children LearningGifts|32|54|
|DBS Checks|487|104|
|FirstAid|62|62|
|ICO|35|35|
|Equipment|898|147|
|Insurance|794|758|
|Play&Craft materials|554|648|
|PlayEquipment|139|62|
|PPL|131|118|
||82,655|82,047|
|Other|||
|Cleaning|994|1,518|
|Staff gifts|648|500|
|Staff training|674|212|
|Stationary|1,793|1,612|
|Subscriptions and membership|834|697|
|Advertising|262||
|Rates& Water|3,064|3,693|
|Telephone|1,328|1,265|
||9,597|9,497|
|Totalresourcesexpended|92,252|91,544|
|Netincome|7,993|9, 374|