Registered Charity Number 1176557 Registered Company Number CE012854
The Playwork Foundation
Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2022
Incorporating P&W Social Accountants
## **The Playwork Foundation The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Introduction**
The trustees present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 2022.
## **Legal and Administrative Details**
The Playwork Foundation (or "the Charity") was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with the Charity Commission on 8 January 2018.
Charity Commission Registration: 1176557 Company number: CE012854
## **Trustees:**
S Bazley K Benjamin J Boldon S Edwards V Edwards (resigned 17th May 2021) J Sexton Anne-Marie Mackin B McIlwrath S Rix H Stephenson (appointed 10th September 2021) M Stobart A Wood
## **Contact Office:**
53 Aversley Road Birmingham B38 8PD
## **Accountants:**
P&W Social Accountants 10 Newent Road Northfield
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## **The Playwork Foundation The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Objectives and Activities of the Charity**
The object of the Charity is to advance and promote education, for the public benefit, in children's play and playwork, in particular but not exclusively by:
1. Providing information;
2. Raising awareness;
3. Facilitating discourse;
4. Carrying out research; and
5. Building capacity.
## The Foundation
1. Provides advocacy;
2. Advice and information;
3. Sponsors or undertakes research; and
4. Acts as an umbrella or resource body for playworkers and playwork.
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Over the last financial year the Trustees of The Playwork Foundation have met regularly over Zoom to further the aims of the charity.
We have undertaken a huge task in disentangling our website from our previous Trustee and are in the process of re-establishing our website with Rigorous Digital with the view to also having a contact email address.
We have had a presence and attended the National Playwork conference in March 2022 in Eastbourne where we held a plenary and undertook some analysis of the state of the current playwork sector.
We have worked with Play England to begin the process of establishing a PETC England and are also supporting Play Scotland in the development of a PETC Scotland with a view to establishing with the other nations a PETC UK.
We have had and continue to have a key role on the Playwork Apprenticeship Trailblazer group, developing the standard, endpoint assessment and trainer/learner materials. This is now near completion and going through the final stages in order to be hopefully available in Autumn 2022
We obtained a paid commission from Devon CC to write a training course for HAF providers which has resulted in 2 courses: ‘PlayTime!’ – a short 3-hour course, and ‘Let’s Talk Play’ a 10 hour course for practitioners with some responsibilities for play in a play setting. Each course will have a Trainer Pack and a Learner Notebook plus certificate. Both courses will be submitted for endorsement through Play England who in good faith have waived the fee for submission.
Trustee Sion Edwards has continued to hold reflective practice sessions online through Playwork in Progress alongside Penny Wilson, and was a key representative in The Capital of Play virtual conference opened by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, on January 28th 2022
We have been writing articles for newsletters.
We held an online AGM on June 29th 2021
We have welcomed new Trustee Helen Stephenson in September and said farewell to Trustee Vicky Edwards
We are continuing with Polkadot & Ellis as our accountants
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## **The Playwork Foundation The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Future Plans**
We will be finalising the work on the website.
We aim to introduce a new membership system and improving communication with our members through more regular newsletters and relevant articles of interest to the sector.
We will finalise the HAF courses and achieve endorsement.
We will be continuing in applying for funding to support our work.
We will be organising members meetings and our AGM on June 30th 2022.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## _**Nature of the Governing Document and constitution of the charity**_
The Charity is controlled by its governing document, adopted on 8 January 2018, and was registered with the Charity Commission on 8 January 2018. The Foundation is registered as a CIO as defined by the Charities Act 2006.
## _**Trustee Selection**_
The Trustees have regard to the skills knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the Charity. Trustees are selected to give the charity a good mix of appropriate professional skills.
## _**Public Benefit**_
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, and have referred to and taken due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and consider the charity's activities are for the public benefit.
## **Financial Review**
## _**Policies on reserves**_
The Charity is currently building up free reserves in order to deliver its aims and objectives, a full policy on reserves will be produced by the Trustees once the charity begins to recognise expenditure.
## _**Internal Control & Risk Management**_
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The trustees are responsible for the internal controls, and review them on an annual basis. They also actively review the major risks which the charity faces, and review them on a regular basis.
## _**Transactions and Financial position**_
The Statement of Financial Activities show net incoming resources for the year of £4,281 (2021: outgoing resources of £1,345).
The total reserves at the year end of 31 March 2022 stand at £5,391 (2021: £1,110).
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## **The Playwork Foundation The report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The Charities Act require the board of trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to :-
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed , subject to any material
The trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees' report, and the responsibility of the independent examiner in relation to the trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.
## **Method of preparation of accounts**
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's Governing Document, the Charities Act 2011 and 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 effective 1st January 2019.
This report was approved by the board of trustees on 31st May 2022
## **K Benjamin Trustee**
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## **Accountants' Report to the Trustees of**
## **The Playwork Foundation**
You have approved the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. In accordance with your instructions, we have compiled these unaudited accounts from the accounting records and information and explanations supplied to us.
R B Welch FCA MA Chartered Accountant P&W Social Accountants 10 Newent Road Northfield Birmingham B31 2ED
31st May 2022
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## **The Playwork Foundation Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2022**
|Note
**Incoming resources**
**_Incoming resources from generated funds_**
Activities for generating funds
3
**Total incoming resources**
**_Resources expended on charitable activities_**
4
**Total resources expended**
**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources**
**before transfers between funds**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
**_Total funds brought forward_**
7
**Total Funds carried forward**
7|**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**& Total**
**& Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2022**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
5,025
244|
|---|---|
||**5,025**
**244**|
||744
1,589|
||744
1,589|
|||
||4,281
(1,345)|
||4,281
(1,345)
1,110
2,455|
||**5,391**
**1,110**|
The net movement in funds referred to above is the net incoming resources as defined in the SORP and is reconciled to the total funds as shown in the Balance Sheet as required by the SORP paragraph 4.67.
## **All activities derive from continuing operations**
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|**The Playwork Foundation**
**Balance Sheet**
**as at 31 March 2022**
Note
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
Debtors
6
**Total current assets**
**Creditors**
Amounts falling within one year
7
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
**Net assets**
**_The funds of the charity :_**
Unrestricted funds
8
5,391
**Total unrestricted funds**
**Total charity funds**|**2022**
**£**
1,620
4,500
6,120
(729)
-
5,391
1,110
5,391
5,391|**2021**
**£**
1,230
-|
|---|---|---|
|||1,230
(120)
-|
|||1,110|
|||1,110|
|||1,110|
The Trustees are satisfied that the Charitable Incorporated Company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act The Trustees acknowledges their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 31st May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
K Benjamin Trustee
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**The Playwork Foundation Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2021**
- 1 **General Information**
The Playwork Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered and domiciled in England. Its principal activity is to operate as a charity established to advance and promote education, for the public benefit, in children's play and playwork. Its registered office is 53 Aversley Road, Birmingham, B38 8PD
## **2 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting policies**
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and 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 effective 1st January 2019
The Charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
## **Preparation of accounts on a going concern basis**
Having regard to the level of reserves and the ongoing level of expenditure against unrestricted funds in conjunction with the development of membership activity in the coming year the trustees are satisfied that the accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the statement of financial activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
|**3**
**Activities for generating funds**
Unrestricted grants
Membership income
Other income
**4**
**Resources expended on charitable activities**
Accountancy fees
Bank charges
Website and software costs|**2021**
**£**
4,500
520
5
5,025
**2021**
**£**
130
15
599
744|**2020**
**£**
-
40
-|
|---|---|---|
|||40|
|||**2020**
**£**
120
-
-|
|||120|
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**The Playwork Foundation Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **5 Trustees' remuneration and benefits**
Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration from the charity or any related entity, either in the current or prior year.
There were no trustees expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2022 (2021: £Nil).
|**6**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
**7**
**Creditors: Amounts falling within one year**
Accruals
**8**
**Movement in funds**
**Current year**
Unrestricted and total funds
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted and total funds
**_Comparative year_**
Unrestricted and total funds
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted and total funds|**At 01.03.21**
**£**
1,100
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
5,025
**At 01.03.20**
**£**
2,455
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
40|**2022**
**£**
4,500
**2022**
**£**
729
**Net**
**movement**
**in funds**
**£**
4,281
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(744)
**Net**
**movement**
**in funds**
**£**
(1,345)
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(120)|**2021**
**£**
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**2021**
**£**
120|
||||**At 31.03.22**
**£**
5,381|
||||**Movement**
**in funds**
**£**
4,281|
||||**At 31.03.21**
**£**
1,110|
||||**Movement**
**in funds**
**£**
(80)|
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