## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION**
## **FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS**
## **31 AUGUST 2024**
**Charity Number 1175264**
## **VINEYARD ACCOUNTANTS**
Chartered Certified Accountants 5 The Chambers Vineyard Abingdon-on-Thames
## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
|**CONTENTS PAGE**||
|---|---|
|Trustees Annual Report|**1**|
|Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts|**5**|
|Receipts and Payments Accounts|**6**|
## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|To provide facilities for the out of school care, education
and recreation of children at Long Furlong school by the
provision of a breakfast club and an after-school club.
Our primary aim is to provide facilities for the out of school
care, education and recreation of children at Long Furlong
School by the provision of a breakfast club and after
school club.|
|---|---|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|The club provides wrap-around care for the Long Furlong
School community through the provision of a breakfast
club and after-school club during school term times. The
club is run on the school site and works closely with the
school to provide inclusive support for all school families
and staff. The club provides training opportunities in the
field of play work to its staff as well as other training
required for the role including safeguarding, food hygiene
and paediatric first aid.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|The trustees consider that they have complied with their
duties to have due regard to the public benefit guidance
published by the Charity Commission and uses this in
their current and forward planning.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Long Furlong Badger Club has continued to provide a
valuable out of school childcare service to the parents and
carers of pupils at Long Furlong Primary School.
The club has 40 spaces available per session, the
majority of which are taken up by regular contracts.
Demand for the club remains high, particularly for after-
school sessions and many parents join the waiting list
over a year in advance. Parents/carers are also able to
book ad hoc sessions when required although these are
usually only available for Breakfast Club.
The charity has retained its high staff to child ratio, above
what is required by Ofsted, with up to 6 staff for the
busiest shifts.|
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## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the year.|All money the charity holds is unrestricted and is used to
further the aims of the charity. The charity’s expenditure
supports the objectives of the charity.
With the near capacity attendance at most sessions, the
club had an increased turnover compared to the last
financial year. However, this was offset by a significant
increase in staff costs with the appointment of both a
manager and deputy manager throughout the year as well
as pension and training costs for those staff and other
new joiners. Other increased costs included a large rise in
rent agreed with the school as reported in the last Trustee
report.
Food price increases as well as a broader food offering
implemented by the new manager resulted in higher costs
this year.
As at the year end, the club also had a number of
outstanding payments due from parents which contributed
to an overall small deficit in the financial year.|
|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|We hold a reserve policy to ensure we establish a level of
reserves that is appropriate for our charity. The reserves
allow us to invest in the staff and equipment for the charity
as the needs arise. They are also reviewed on a regular
basis to consider whether our session pricing and
therefore value to our families is appropriate.
We consider this demonstrates good stewardship and
active financial management in addition to demonstrating
the charity’s resilience and capacity to manage
unforeseen financial circumstances.|
|Amount of reserves held|At the 31 August 2024 our reserves were £6,138 (2023:
£8,542).|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|The charity’s main source of funds is through the payment
of session fees by parents/carers.|
|---|---|
|Trustee remuneration and
expenses|For the year ended 31 August 2024, no trustees were
remunerated in this or the previous year.
During the year, 1 trustee incurred expenses amounting to
£412 for DBS fees, (2023– 2 trustees £839).|
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**LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|
|---|---|
|**Description of charity’s trusts:**||
|Type of governing document|
The Charitable Incorporated Organisation foundation
constitution was registered on 20 October 2017.|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisation.|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|In accordance with section 10 of the Charity’s constitution,
new trustees are appointed by the remaining trustees
giving regard to the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the continued effective administration of the
CIO. This is confirmed in the Charity’s AGM with
committee members in attendance.
New Trustees are provided with any additional training
required to enable them to perform their duties including,
as appropriate, safeguarding and Safer Recruitment
training.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Relationship with any related
parties|For the year ended 31 August 2024 The charity paid rent
amounting to £2,000 (2023 – £750) to Long Furlong
Primary School and this rate is agreed between the
School and the Charity.
Mr S Gladwell is an employee of the Charity and his wife
Mrs N Gladwell is a trustee. For the year ended 31
August 2024, Mr S Gladwell was paid a gross salary of
£10,125 (2023 - £9,212) for his work. The salary reflects
the job undertaken.
During the year, Mr S Gladwell incurred expenses
amounting to £556 for the purposes of a staff parties
(2023 – £185).|
|---|---|
|Other|The trustees regularly review the major risks the charity
faces. Insurance and health and safety issues are
regularly assessed.
The average number of employees for the year was 12
employees (2023 – 11 employees).|
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## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Long Furlong Badger Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Badger Club|
|Registered charity number|1175264|
|Charity’s principal address|Long Furlong Primary School
Boulter Drive
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1XP|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Name of person (or Dates acted if not for whole Trustee name Office (if any) body) entitled year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Sarah Bench 2 Nicola Gladwell Treasurer 3 Fanny Le Tanter Secretary
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Accountants**|Vineyard
Accountants|5 The Chambers, Vineyard, Abingdon-on-Thames.|
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** NICOLA GLADWELL **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 15 May 2025
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**LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts set out on the following pages of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 August 2024 set out on pages 6 and 7.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
- • 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification:**
**Address:**
||16 June 2025|
|---|---|---|
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||Ashley Poyton||
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||FCCA||
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||Vineyard Accountants Ltd||
||5 The Chambers, Vineyard||
||Abingdon-on-Thames||
||OX14 3PX||
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## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
|**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
70
53,953
24,723
(3,748)
83
-
**75,081**
-
**75,081**
1,887
6,939
59,204
1,378
-
2,000
195
788
502
2,674
526
-
766
626
-
**77,485**
-
**77,485**
**(2,404)**
**-**
**8,542**
**6,138**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**£**
**70**
**53,953**
**24,723**
**(3,748)**
**83**
**-**
**75,081**
**-**
**75,081**
**1,887**
**6,939**
**59,204**
**1,378**
**-**
**2,000**
**195**
**788**
**502**
**2,674**
**526**
**-**
**766**
**626**
**-**
**77,485**
**-**
**77,485**
**(2,404)**|**Total funds**
**£**
**70**
**53,953**
**24,723**
**(3,748)**
**83**
**-**
**75,081**
**-**
**75,081**
**1,887**
**6,939**
**59,204**
**1,378**
**-**
**2,000**
**195**
**788**
**502**
**2,674**
**526**
**-**
**766**
**626**
**-**
**77,485**
**-**
**77,485**
**(2,404)**|**Total funds**
**last year**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Registration fees|70|||||80|
|Session fees: After School Club|53,953|||||48,780|
|Session fees: Breakfast Club|24,723|||||22,810|
|Discounts given|(3,748)|||||(3,088)|
|Bank interest|83|||||43|
||-|||||-|
|**_Sub total_**|**75,081**|||||**68,625**|
|**Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_ **
**Payments**|||||||
|||||||-|
||||||||
|||||||**68,625**|
||||||||
|Toys, equipment and consumables|1,887|||||1,744|
|Food|6,939|||||4,887|
|Staff salaries, nic and pension|59,204|||||47,771|
|Training|1,378|||||1,279|
|Insurance|-|||||595|
|Rent and rates|2,000|||||750|
|Telephone|195|||||177|
|Office supplies,stationeryand software|788|||||2,074|
|Subscriptions|502|||||318|
|Professional Fees|2,674|||||2,398|
|Bank charges|526|||||474|
|Bad debts written off|-|||||387|
|Children's entertainment|766|||||478|
|Staff entertainment|626|||||665|
|Donation to School for play equipment|-|||||5,000|
|**_Sub total_ **|**77,485**|||||**68,997**|
|**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||-|
||||||||
|||||||**68,997**|
||||||||
||**(2,404)**|**-**|**-**|**(2,404)**||**(372)**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**8,542**|**-**|**-**|**8,542**||**8,914**|
||**6,138**|**-**|**-**|**6,138**||**8,542**|
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## **LONG FURLONG BADGER CLUB**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT THE YEAR END**
|**Categories**
**Signed on behalf of all the trustees**
**Liabilities**
**Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**Investment assets**
**Other monetary assets**
**Cash funds**|Signature
**Details**
Vineyard Accountants Ltd
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Current accounts
Deposit account
Petty cash
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**1,455**
**-**
**4,683**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,138**
**-**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Original Cost**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**1,020**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Nicola Gladwell|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|||||
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval
15-May-25|
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