_Charity number: 1174608_ This year, 2023 has been an extremely positive year . We are always on the look out to recruit new members of staff . This year we had a very positive recruitment campaign and had three successful candidates and it was difficult to choose As all three candidates were very experienced. However we required two new member of staff one to cover the deputy’s maternity cover for a year, with the vision to keep them on permanently and we also required a new level three child care worker to add to our evolving team. One of the candidates started in November 2023 and the second in December 2023 with great success. They have both been an asset to Ranwell thus far particularly the new deputy with her wealth of knowledge and experience in playgroups it has really given the manger new ideas about the future and relieved the pressure about staffing issues when taking on new children or offering places on the waiting list. This year we also had an Ofsted inspection and this time it was more positive everything that the staff had work hard on and put into place was taken into account the inspector was very complementary about Ranwell and its staff and she awarded Good . This meant that we could recruit new staff and take on more children. From September to December 2023 we lost a few children leaving to go to school however our numbers have picked up in January 2024 so things are back on track. We always continued to support our staff by offering new training and making sure all training is up to date we have carried on offering in house training when we can its more expensive but then we have the reassurance that all staff have are covered. We have also put our new deputy on training as when our deputy manager comes back from maternity leave we can make sure that all areas like inclusion first aid and safe guarding will be covered. We are still in the process of rent negotiations with Tower Hamlets as for many years we have been paying a “pepper corn” rent we still haven’t had the final confirmation as to when this will start we are just hoping that we can caring in providing a vital service in the community. We have made improvements to our kitchen as it desperately needed it. We have also added new shed as storage so we can create more space for the children. Yours sincerely F Kitchener Chair of Ranwell playgroup ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS** # **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** Charity number: 1174608 ## **Independent Examiner:** C Zielinski AIPFM **1** 15 Hill Street Portsoy AB45 2PL **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** # **TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS** # **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** Trustees: Faye Kitchener (Chair) Mary Leahy (Secretary) Independent Examiner: C Zielinski AIPFM Bankers: Natwest Bank PO Box 282 216 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QB Registered address: 1 McCullum Road Bow London E3 5HZ **3** **STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of financial statements for each financial year which gives a true 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 prudent. - State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. - Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. You are also responsible for safeguarding the assets and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the Committee on: _______________________________________________ Chair: ____________________________________________________________________ **1** ## **IINDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RANWELL PLAYGROUP FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 202 3** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2023, which are set out on pages 3 to 5. ## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiners** The charity's trustees consider than an audit is not required for this year -under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)- and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Act); - To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission - under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, as amended- and - To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that: - Proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act); and - Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or - To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. C Zielinski AIPFM 15 Hill Street Portsoy AB45 2PL 14[th] December 2023 **2** ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** |**Opening balances 1**
**st**
**April**
**(note 4)**
**Add: Receipts**
London Borough Tower Hamlets (note 3)
•
2,3,4 year NEG
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**Less: Payments**
Wages and NI (note 3)
Light and heat
Rent, rates and water
Refuse collection
Telephone
Equipment and materials
Parties and outings
Television
Insurance and membership
Refreshments
Repairs and maintenance
Postage and stationery
Independent examination
Cleaning materials
Training
Ofsted
Disclosure and barring
Payroll charges
Miscellaneous
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**Closing balances 31**
**st**
**March**
**(note 4)**|**2023 (£)**
**176,406**
89,248
**89,248**
68,942
8,025
1,791
101
499
1,751
-
159
329
104
2,438
35
690
263
492
35
215
1,200
96
**87,165**
**178,489**|**2022 (£)**
**155,680**|**2022 (£)**
**155,680**| |---|---|---|---| |||102,564
**102,564**|| |||66,349
5,089
573
941
587
2,035
155
159
290
65
2,899
92
690
435
-
35
203
1,200
41
**81,838**
**176,406**|66,349
5,089
573
941
587
2,035
155
159
290
65
2,899
92
690
435
-
35
203
1,200
41
**81,838**| **3** ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ## **AT 31st MARCH 2023** |MONETARY ASSETS
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held by EYNTH
**TOTAL CASH**
OTHER ASSETS
The charity owns numerous items of play
equipment (estimated value - note 2)
**TOTAL ASSETS**
**Less: LIABILITIES**
Independent examination
Other creditors
**TOTAL LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
Funded by:
Equipment fund (note 2)
Designated fund (note 5)
Unrestricted fund (note 6)|**2023 (£)**
180,077
(1,588)
**178,489**
1,800
**180,289**
690
718
**1,408**
**178,881**
1,800
105,000
72,081
**178,881**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**| |---|---|---|---| |||1,900
**178,306**|| |||690
1,033
**1,723**
**176,583**|690
1,033
**1,723**| |||1,900
90,000
84,683
**176,583**|| Approved by Committee: ________________________________________________________ **4** Date: ________________________________________________________________________ # **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** # **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** ## 1. Accounting Policies The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention, using the receipts and payments basis to comply with the Charities Act smaller charity regulations. ## 2. Fixed Assets Equipment purchases have been charged to the Receipts and Payments account in the year of acquisition. A register of equipment is maintained, and an estimated value shown in the statement of Assets and Liabilities. An equivalent amount is shown in the equipment fund as this money has been spent. ## 3. Wages EYNTH administer playgroup wages. The EYNTH records have been independently audited and I have accepted assurances as to the accuracy of the records provided. ## 4. Cash Balances |5.|Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held by EYNTH
Designated Funds
Sickness and cover
Redundancy
Equipment (new)
Outside area
New flooring|**2023 (£)**
180,077
(1,588)
**178,489**
40,000
45,000
10,000
10,000
-
**105,000**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**| |---|---|---|---| ||||30,000
40,000
4,000
10,000
6,000
**90,000**| ## 6. Reserves Policy The Management Committee have set aside monies to cover sickness as well as redundancy. The unrestricted fund represents running costs and are needed to ensure adequate cash flow is available. **5** ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS** # **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** Charity number: 1174608 ## **Independent Examiner:** C Zielinski AIPFM **1** 15 Hill Street Portsoy AB45 2PL **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** # **TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS** # **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** Trustees: Faye Kitchener (Chair) Mary Leahy (Secretary) Independent Examiner: C Zielinski AIPFM Bankers: Natwest Bank PO Box 282 216 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4QB Registered address: 1 McCullum Road Bow London E3 5HZ **3** **STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of financial statements for each financial year which gives a true 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 prudent. - State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. - Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. You are also responsible for safeguarding the assets and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the Committee on: _______________________________________________ Chair: ____________________________________________________________________ **1** ## **IINDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RANWELL PLAYGROUP FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 202 3** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2023, which are set out on pages 3 to 5. ## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiners** The charity's trustees consider than an audit is not required for this year -under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)- and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Act); - To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission - under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, as amended- and - To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that: - Proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act); and - Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or - To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. C Zielinski AIPFM 15 Hill Street Portsoy AB45 2PL 14[th] December 2023 **2** ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** |**Opening balances 1**
**st**
**April**
**(note 4)**
**Add: Receipts**
London Borough Tower Hamlets (note 3)
•
2,3,4 year NEG
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**Less: Payments**
Wages and NI (note 3)
Light and heat
Rent, rates and water
Refuse collection
Telephone
Equipment and materials
Parties and outings
Television
Insurance and membership
Refreshments
Repairs and maintenance
Postage and stationery
Independent examination
Cleaning materials
Training
Ofsted
Disclosure and barring
Payroll charges
Miscellaneous
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**Closing balances 31**
**st**
**March**
**(note 4)**|**2023 (£)**
**176,406**
89,248
**89,248**
68,942
8,025
1,791
101
499
1,751
-
159
329
104
2,438
35
690
263
492
35
215
1,200
96
**87,165**
**178,489**|**2022 (£)**
**155,680**|**2022 (£)**
**155,680**| |---|---|---|---| |||102,564
**102,564**|| |||66,349
5,089
573
941
587
2,035
155
159
290
65
2,899
92
690
435
-
35
203
1,200
41
**81,838**
**176,406**|66,349
5,089
573
941
587
2,035
155
159
290
65
2,899
92
690
435
-
35
203
1,200
41
**81,838**| **3** ## **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ## **AT 31st MARCH 2023** |MONETARY ASSETS
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held by EYNTH
**TOTAL CASH**
OTHER ASSETS
The charity owns numerous items of play
equipment (estimated value - note 2)
**TOTAL ASSETS**
**Less: LIABILITIES**
Independent examination
Other creditors
**TOTAL LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
Funded by:
Equipment fund (note 2)
Designated fund (note 5)
Unrestricted fund (note 6)|**2023 (£)**
180,077
(1,588)
**178,489**
1,800
**180,289**
690
718
**1,408**
**178,881**
1,800
105,000
72,081
**178,881**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**| |---|---|---|---| |||1,900
**178,306**|| |||690
1,033
**1,723**
**176,583**|690
1,033
**1,723**| |||1,900
90,000
84,683
**176,583**|| Approved by Committee: ________________________________________________________ **4** Date: ________________________________________________________________________ # **RANWELL PLAYGROUP** # **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2023** ## 1. Accounting Policies The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention, using the receipts and payments basis to comply with the Charities Act smaller charity regulations. ## 2. Fixed Assets Equipment purchases have been charged to the Receipts and Payments account in the year of acquisition. A register of equipment is maintained, and an estimated value shown in the statement of Assets and Liabilities. An equivalent amount is shown in the equipment fund as this money has been spent. ## 3. Wages EYNTH administer playgroup wages. The EYNTH records have been independently audited and I have accepted assurances as to the accuracy of the records provided. ## 4. Cash Balances |5.|Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held by EYNTH
Designated Funds
Sickness and cover
Redundancy
Equipment (new)
Outside area
New flooring|**2023 (£)**
180,077
(1,588)
**178,489**
40,000
45,000
10,000
10,000
-
**105,000**|**2022 (£)**
175,111
1,295
**176,406**| |---|---|---|---| ||||30,000
40,000
4,000
10,000
6,000
**90,000**| ## 6. Reserves Policy The Management Committee have set aside monies to cover sickness as well as redundancy. The unrestricted fund represents running costs and are needed to ensure adequate cash flow is available. **5**