Charity number: 1171697
Pippa's Group
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Pippa's Group Contents Page For the year ended 31 March 2021
| Report of the Trustees | 1 to 5 |
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| Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees | 6 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 7 |
| Statement of Financial Position | 8 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 to 13 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 14 |
Pippa's Group Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2021
The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the financial statements for the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Chair's report
It has been an extraordinarily difficult year for Pippa’s Group to operate in, with ever changing Government guidance and at times a requirement to be partly or even fully open when much else was equally required to be closed.
Staff rose magnificently to this challenge, ably and indefatigably led by our nursery manager Claire Connell, and we have remained open for key workers children, or in the last lockdown all children, with virtually no break thanks to all of their hard work and dedication.
Not only have staff been hard at work,with the minimum use of the furlough scheme during the period when we could not be fully open, in recent months some staff members have also managed to complete essential training and further develop Forest School and Special Educational Needs skills in addition to keeping up to date with necessary first aid and safeguarding knowledge.
All the trustees are extremely grateful to staff for their adherence to duty in the face of such difficulties, undertaken with a strong team spirit and invaluable sense of humour.
Throughout all the lockdowns of this year I have greatly valued the electronic and telephone links with our nursery manager Claire and being able to keep a strong sense of involvement with the day to day decision making in order to support Claire and her team as needed. Pippa Campbell has always been our most hands on trustee and thanks are due to her for all of her support to nursery staff.
The whole trustee body has been able to meet regularly through an online platform, and this has enabled us to continue working to administer all of our usual functions without a break. All trustees have worked hard to make this possible. Special thanks are due to Fred Hoad our treasurer and also to our fundraiser Vicki Lee for all her very successful efforts to keep our essential funding coming in so that we can continue to provide the best possible nursery experiences for our children including through specialist provision to help those who have additional needs in the learning environment.
During the year Brenda Figg-Wild, a very valuable trustee, has retired, and we wish her well and send many thanks for her work with Pippa’s Group. We have also welcomed a new secretary, Diana Freestone, whose organisational skills are many and greatly valued.
As in previous years Ian Campbell must also have a special mention for his sterling work in renovating and maintaining the building.
I commend to you the reports being tabled from the treasurer, nursery manager and fundraiser to serve as appendices to this report.
Thank you again to everyone who makes Pippa’s Group such a special place for the children we look after and whose skills for life our staff help to develop in their time with us. Here’s to another great year of achievement and hope for the one to come being just a little less challenging!
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The objects of the charity are to enhance the development and education of pre-school children who live in Lewes and the surrounding rural areas offering appropriate teaching, guidance, supervision, care and health facilities.
Pippa's Group (PG) runs a subsidised pre-school for children who are in need. The majority are at an economic disadvantage and/or have a special educational need/disability (SEND). Our charitable purpose is to enhance children's development and education to enable them to reach their full potential. The group also provides a Family Support service, benefitting families of a child up to the age of 18 (or 25 if they have a SEND).
At Pippa’s Group we endeavour to offer a really broad curriculum that will stimulate and encourage all our children to achieve their potential. We have found that the Forest School programme has been inspirational for developing confidence, concentration and social skills as well as learning to safely take risks. We have high staffing ratios and as a charity, we are able to offer limited places to children who need additional support.
As we offer high staffing levels we can offer limited spaces for children who have additional needs. Typically, a child starts at around 2 years of age and will stay with the Group until they go to school. We are located in the Landport Community Hub.
The trustees have considered the Charity Commision's guidance on public benefit, including the guidance 'public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Significant activities
Nursery Manager Report for Year ended March 2021
Achievements and Performance
We have had another successful and busy year, we remained open throughout various lockdowns and have seen numbers grow steadily, unusually numbers will also remain high in September. We have predominantly continued to support children and families from Landport and its immediate vicinity.
Staff
Staffing has been consistent this year this has been particularly beneficial to those children that have experienced disruption and change at home because of the pandemic. The staff team have been amazing amid the chaos and confusion of Covid, and I would like to express my thanks to them for their support.
We employed Katie in April as an additional practitioner, she has settled in and is proving to be professional creative and popular with the children.
We have tried to stay up to date with our practice despite all face-to-face training being cancelled. Luci completed her SENCO training in January and Ingrid is now a qualified Forest School Leader. We finally received training from Lynn Grinsell in June, postponed for over a year, the training covered many areas of practice and was beneficial to all. All staff have also accessed online training throughout the year.
Elaine our Deputy Manager is leaving us after having been a huge support to me over the last few years, her knowledge, professionalism, and work ethic will be sorely missed.
Children and families
This year we have had to adapt many of our routines and postpone events such as our Christmas craft morning and key person meetings. We have been unable to invite parents into the nursery but have made sure that we have kept them up to date in other ways, by sending them photographs and texts and via social media. Without exception all our children have made significant progress from their starting points across all 7 areas of learning, again testament to the hard work of the staff.
Learning environment
We have been fortunate to benefit from grants and donations this year that have been used specifically for resources, including funds to buy a large extremely high slide which not only offers climbing challenges but gives the children a good view from the platform which they love. We have also recently received funds to revamp our book area, the children will return in September to a much improved, cosy reading area and new books too.
Community
Despite Covid restrictions this year we have still made regular use of our local community through Forest School, and by taking walks to local parks, we have also used the green opposite nursery to practice our running and balancing skills. Forest School continues to be popular with the children and their parents, many parents now request places based around Forest School sessions.
Thank you
Finally, I would like to take the opportunity to express my thanks to the whole staff team. Thank you for all going above and beyond, working extra hours, undertaking training in your own time, helping at weekends and during the holidays and most importantly of all for providing a welcoming, safe, fun, and challenging environment for our children.
Further thanks to Ruth, Pippa and the trustees for their ongoing support and to Vicki who once again has successfully achieved the grants and funding that enable us to remain operational.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Significant events
With the transfer of the nursery to its new location it took some time to be re-established but now that this has been achieved the number of children that attend has increased. This has led to an increase in revenue in respect of Early Years Educational Entitlment comensurate with the increase in those who attend and use their 15 hours of free childcare.
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Going concern
The number of children that we support is ever increasing, as is the proportion of children with Special Educational Needs and those who are at an economic disadvantage. As a pre-school our costs are high, this being due to the number of skilled one-to-one workers we employ in order not to turn away children who have behavioural, emotional or physical needs for one-to-one support.
The cost of our skilled and experienced one-to-one workers is £8.50 per hour. We continue to receive only £5.28 per child per hour for 2 year olds and £4.10 per child per hour for 3 and 4 year olds from the Early Years Education (EYEE) grant and we only charge parents (not receiving this grant) the equivalent of £4 per hour.
At the end of the period under review there were reserves of £33,795.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The Group was first formed in 1986 when Pippa was invited by Lewes Social Services to set up a small specialist playgroup, in her own home, and several of those first children had special needs or developmental delays. Over the course of the next ten years the Group formulated its programme and targeting families most in need of help. Most of the children stayed at the Group until they went to school, others moved on to mainstream nurseries when it was felt they could cope in a larger setting. There was always a long waiting list.
The Group relocated and in 1999 first became registered as a charity and then registered with OFSTED in 2004 and expanded further in 2006. In 2008 the Group expanded again and moved to a purpose built structure in the grounds of Pells CE Primary School Lewes and then moved to its current location when the school closed in the summer of 2017.
We offer 15 hours free nursery education for each child over three years old per week. We can also offer 2 year old funding for eligible children. Pippa’s Group also offer 30 funded hours to eligible working families. The younger children not yet able to access government funding, pay a nominal fee of £4 per hour. This ensures our service is available to all.
During the year we were delighted to achieve another ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspection report. This was entirely due to the fantastic leadership of our Supervisor, Claire Connell and her great team of dedicated staff, some of whom have worked for Pippa’s Group for over 10 years!
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Name of Charity Pippa's Group Charity registration number 1171697 Principal address Landport Community Hub Landport Road Lewes East Sussex BN7 2SU
Trustees
The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Christina Ruth O'Keeffe Frederick Hoad Heather Frost Magdalena Jaremek Marie-Claire Turner Brenda Figg-Wild (Resigned: 19 May 2021) Philippa Campbell
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Independent examiners
Stewart Hunt FCCA Albion House Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NF
Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by
............................................................................. Ruth O'Keeffe (Jan 25, 2022, 10:18pm) Christina Ruth O'Keeffe
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Pippa's Group Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2021
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021.
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 2011 Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’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 examiners statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do 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.
Stewart Hunt
Stewart Hunt FCCA Stewart Hunt FCCA Albion House Albion Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NF
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Pippa's Group Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2021
| Notes Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Investments 4 Total Expenditure on: Raising funds 5 Charitable activities 6/7 Total Net income Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted funds £ 107,017 - - 107,017 (5,719) (96,093) (101,812) 5,205 (27,423) (22,218) |
Restricted funds £ 20,921 - - 20,921 (16,363) - (16,363) 4,558 51,455 56,013 |
2021 £ 127,938 - - 127,938 (22,082) (96,093) (118,175) 9,763 24,032 33,795 |
2020 £ 114,264 360 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114,625 | ||||
| (24,601) (89,540) |
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| (114,141) | ||||
| 484 23,548 |
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| 24,032 |
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Pippa's Group Statement of Financial Position As at 31 March 2021
| Notes Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 12 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Net assets The funds of the charity Restricted income funds 13 Unrestricted income funds 13 Total funds |
£ 2021 34,046 34,046 (250) 33,796 33,796 33,796 56,013 (22,218) 33,795 |
£ 2020 24,282 |
|---|---|---|
| 24,282 | ||
| (250) 24,032 |
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| 24,032 | ||
| 24,032 | ||
| 51,455 (27,423) |
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| 24,032 |
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and signed on its behalf by:
~~Ruth O'Keeffe (Jan 25, 2022, 10:18pm)~~ Christina Ruth O'Keeffe Trustee
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Pippa's Group Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2021
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investments which are included at market value and the revaluation of certain fixed assets and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011.
Pippa's Group meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
Going concern
The financial statements are prepared, on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.
2. Income from donations and legacies
| Donations received Grants received Gifts in kind |
2020 2021 Restricted funds Unrestricted funds £ £ £ £ 18,385 43,023 2,320 40,703 82,622 80,661 14,347 66,314 13,257 4,254 4,254 - 114,264 127,938 20,921 107,017 |
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3. Income from charitable activities
| Activity 1 Funding nvestment income Bank interest receivable |
2021 £ - 2021 £ - - |
2020 £ 360 2020 £ 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
4. Investment income
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5. Expenditure on other trading activities
| Shop costs Support costs |
Unrestricted funds £ - 5,719 5,719 |
Restricted funds £ 120 16,243 16,363 |
2021 £ 120 21,962 22,082 |
2020 £ 2,103 22,498 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,601 |
6. Costs of charitable activities by fund type
| Unrestricted funds Activity 1 Activity 2 Support costs |
2020 2021 £ £ 23,515 32,964 45,391 49,933 20,634 13,196 89,540 96,093 |
|---|---|
7. Costs of charitable activities by activity type
| Support costs Activity 1 Activity 2 |
2020 2021 Support costs Activities undertaken directly £ £ £ £ 46,160 13,196 32,964 44,149 49,933 - 49,933 45,391 82,897 13,196 96,093 89,540 |
|---|---|
8. Analysis of support costs
| Management IT Governance costs |
Activity 1 Fundraising trading £ £ 5,719 - - 12,971 16,243 225 21,962 13,196 |
2021 £ 5,719 12,971 16,468 35,158 |
2020 £ 4,120 20,509 18,503 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43,132 |
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Pippa's Group Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ended 31 March 2021
9. Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
| This is stated after charging/(crediting): | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Trustees' remuneration | 1,105 | 1,766 |
| Trustees' pension contributions | 945 | 822 |
| Staff pension contributions | 3,861 | 3,644 |
10. Staff costs and emoluments
Total staff costs for the year ended 31 March 2021 were:
| Salaries and wages Social security costs Pension costs General |
2021 £ 72,765 14,551 4,806 92,122 2021 8 8 |
2020 £ 65,155 15,581 4,466 |
|---|---|---|
| 85,202 | ||
| 2020 8 |
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| 8 |
11. Comparative for the Statement of Financial Activities
| Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Investments Total Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Total Net income/expenditure Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted funds £ 77,640 - 1 77,641 (4,120) (89,540) (93,660) (16,019) (11,404) (27,423) |
Restricted funds £ 36,624 360 - 36,984 (2,103) - (2,103) 34,881 34,952 69,833 |
2020 £ 114,264 360 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 114,625 | |||
| (6,223) (89,540) |
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| (95,763) | |||
| 18,862 23,548 |
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| 42,410 |
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12. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other creditors Movement in funds Unrestricted Funds General General Unrestricted Funds - Previous year General General Restricted Funds Amounts received for specific purposes Restricted Funds - Previous year Amounts received for specific purposes |
Balance at 01/04/2020 £ (27,423) (27,423) Balance at 01/04/2019 £ (11,404) (11,404) Balance at 01/04/2020 £ 51,455 51,455 Balance at 01/04/2019 £ 34,952 34,952 |
Incoming resources £ 107,017 107,017 Incoming resources £ 77,641 77,641 Incoming resources £ 20,921 20,921 Incoming resources £ 36,984 36,984 |
2021 £ 250 250 Outgoing resources £ (101,812) (101,812) Outgoing resources £ (93,660) (93,660) Outgoing resources £ (16,363) (16,363) Outgoing resources £ (20,481) (20,481) |
2020 £ 250 |
| 250 | ||||
| Balance at 31/03/2021 £ (22,218) |
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| (22,218) | ||||
| Balance at 31/03/2020 £ (27,423) |
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| (27,423) | ||||
| Balance at 31/03/2021 £ 56,013 |
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| 56,013 | ||||
| Balance at 31/03/2020 £ 51,455 |
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| 51,455 |
13. Movement in funds
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14. Analysis of net assets between funds
| Unrestricted funds General General Previous year Unrestricted funds General General |
Net current assets / (liabilities) Net Assets £ £ 33,796 33,796 |
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| 33,796 33,796 |
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| Net current assets / (liabilities) Net Assets £ £ 24,032 24,032 |
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| 24,032 24,032 |
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Pippa's Group Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2021
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENT Donations and legacies Donations Grants receivable Parental contributions Charitable activities Funding (Activity 1) Investments Bank interest receivable Total incoming resources EXPENDITURE Other trading activities Friday group Charitable activities Cost of direct charitable activity (Activity 1) Cost of direct charitable activity (Activity 2) SUPPORT COSTS Management Fundraising Management IT IT (Activity 1) Governance costs Governance costs Governance costs (Activity 1) Total resources expended Net Income |
£ 2021 43,023 80,661 4,254 127,938 - - - - 127,938 (120) (120) (32,964) (49,933) (82,897) (5,719) (5,719) (12,971) (12,971) (16,243) (225) (16,468) (118,175) 9,763 |
£ 2020 18,385 82,622 13,257 |
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| 114,264 360 |
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| 360 1 |
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| 1 | ||
| 114,625 (2,103) |
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| (2,103) (23,515) (45,391) |
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| (68,906) (4,120) |
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| (4,120) (20,509) |
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| (20,509) (18,378) (125) |
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| (18,503) | ||
| (114,141) | ||
| 484 |
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