CAILMEL PLAYGROUP CIO
(formerly CARMEL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS)
Fin8n¢ial Statements
For the Year Ended
31st August 2024
Charity ryumber
1177864

CARMEL PLAYGROUP
(fornierly CARIKEL PLAYGROUP AIYD TODDLERS)
Index To The Financial Statements
For the Year Ended
31st August 2024
Page
Charity Infomiation
Trust¢¢s' Report
Independent Examin¢rJ R¢port
Receipts and Payments
Notes to the Finan¢ial Statements

CARMEL PLAYGROUP
(formerly CARMEL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS)
For the Year Ended
31st August 2024
CHARtTY LYFOILMATION
TRUSTEES
Carl P¢arc¢ (Chair)
Natalie Mlhite (from Sept 23)
Michaela Blythin (from Sept 23)
Bethan Williams (from Nov 23)
HanTth Choivdhury (from Jan 24)
CHARITY NUMBLR
1177864
HSBC
High Street
Shotton
coNrAcT INFORMATION
Ysgol Bro Camiel
CanrAel Road
Carnid
Holyw¢ll
Flintshire
Umted Kingdom

CARMKL PLAYGROLT
(formerly CARMKL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS)
Trustces. Report
The Trnstee5 present their annual reportwith thc accounts of the cIwityfor the Year Elld￿ 31st August 2024.
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY
The objects ofCARMEL PLAYGROUP Ihereinafter referred to as CPG) are..
TO ENEL4NCE ThE DEVELOPMEKf EDUCATION OF CHtLDREN tN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT, BY ENCOLIiAGIliG PAREYtS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEtR NEEDS
THROLGH HtGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVtsIoN.
In plmning our aGtifrryties for the year we kqjt in miad the Charity CoEtJnllssion's guidatice on public benefit at our
trustee meelings. The Charkty Aneets the Chatkty Com￿lS810￿.5 public benefit crÉtaia uud¢r bDth the advan¢emeDt (Trf
education, th¢ advallcen)enÉ of citizen* or community development he￿I￿nEs.
GOVERNANCE A￿D I¥IAP4AGEME￿r STRUCTURE
The charity8 governing docutthent is its wnstiwtion and the olwity was registert with the Clwity Commission, ￿ a
(Tharitable IncO￿tated Organigatioll (CIO) otl 9 April 2018.
CIO- ASSOCIATION R¢gi$tered 09 Apr2018
The Board of Trngtees is rcsponyible for the strdtrgic direction aTrdp)Licy of the cbArity. The day to day nthnit
of the cbatAty is deletrJted to paid siaff andvoluThteas.
ACHIEVKMENTS Ah"D PERFORMANCE IN THE YEAR
The Playgroup were active duriug the period having relocated to B purpose bulk section of tbe school. The tW5teos
took the strats8iG decision to end the toddler 5&4ions and we wotked flexibly to impn)ve ow sustainabilAty by
adjustiog th6 5cILeduled hours ￿ concentrate on the JnorniDg 5e5sions. Incoffje was sigllificaThcly up &J etts the wel6b
governme￿l yupport for ¢bild￿£ places. However, unfornw8teiy, the building. although a falltsstie venue for th
Childrell, inwrs $i￿lfiCAntIY bigher rent ithich h&8 on our net operating p05iiion.
PLANS FOR F￿uRE PEIUODS
We workwith the school and stsff to ensure our the e¢thwatiOll i8 provided 45 C05tefftttively as possible.
F￿ANCL$L REv￿w
CPGS, policy on teseNes is to btrld sufficient resoutces to contilllle the Ch￿11able activitieg of the CPG 8bDuld income
and fundraising activities falt sborL Any Surp1￿ fjjnds whidl are not likely to be needed to pay for acti￿ties ar¢
placed on deposit to eaTn int¢rcsL
We also De¢d to Increase the8¢ UDrestri¢ted fillth8 order to meet any unforween expendith th&t May o¢cur, for
¢xample propety repairs.
Approvedby the Trt￿tee8 on
June 2025
Signed on its beha]f

l*dependent Examiner's report to the
Trustety of Carmel PIIy8rnP
I r¢￿rton the for Ihc Charity fortheye4T cndd 315tAuDL8t 21J24, whith are Bet outon p88es 5 to 6.
Th¢ ¢harity's tnkSfr¢s arc f¢SWll5ihle for the of thc charity's tn]gtYs (x)nsidEr an audit
is not Tcqtsired for this ytar undrr SeCt￿n 144 of thc Clwities Act 2011 (the a)8ri1iL¥ A¢t) that an indq)elld¢
It ixmy w¢sponsibiliiy to..
ex￿￿1￿ the accounts yrthrsertion 145 of the CbarÈti&8 A
io follow th¢ proccdurts laid &)WD lrt the 8eneral DI￿¥>￿5 giytll by th¢ a)4rsty CL¥nmi55ion (under 5￿tiOn
145{5)0)l ot Ibe ChaTiiks Aci
t05t¥ie ￿&her p4rti¥ular mattff¥ tmve a)m¢ lo my *t*ntio
My ¢xamtDatioty was carri>l out in a￿)rd￿(¥ Directions given lry thc CTharily CL¥Mmi￿l0￿.
examinatiott IDdude8 a revlew of the &ciknunting rec4)rtts kepr by the ¢h3rily and a compwiwn of th¢ acC￿ntS
pr¢scnled with tIK>8e rtr(Yd5. It al￿) in¢ludes cons1de￿i￿rt of any items or disclosures trt th¢ acwullls, Jryl
8e¢kin8 explgnations tn￿¢¢$ cOn￿rning arry 5LKh matters. Th¢ prDceduK% und¢rtaken dD tiotpmvid¢all th¢
evidmre that would bs rquirnl in an and wn5LWntly Thty ￿lftH)n isgtvaj 08 ¢0 whEtkn¢r the ￿￿nts pr¢senta
'tr￿ 8nd fÈir' view and th¢ ryort is to those mall*s out ijk the styt¢meTrt below.
In ￿ectIon ￿th my cxwnin8lioD, twmth¢rh&% come to m). a(knIM
l. whith give8 m¢ rwon&ble bdl¢v¢ ilwt ÈD. any thc rcquire4nents:
to k¢ep acL))untiDg rttords tn aC￿￿rdat)¢e section 130 of th Clwlii&% Ad" and
to preparo ￿CoUntr which a¢cord thc Tttttd5 atMI wmply wtth tk ￿ll￿ting requiTcm¢Trts of
th¢ Chariries A
ve Jjot bEen met", or
2. to Wh1¢￿ in my opinio￿. al¢&￿i0￿ sknuld bB to thoble aproptr 4]th¢ai¥Jingof the accounts to b¢
Stsd:
3010102025
.St¢ven Paul K¢ll FCA
SP K¢ll thvrter¢d A¢countatrfs
Unit 7a
LOD ParcWrBU￿n¢55 Park
Ruthin
D¢nbighshir¢
LL15 INJ

CARMEL PLAYGROUP
Staternent of Financial Activities
Carth1 pitygroup CIO
(Farmrtycar￿I Play9roup and Toddkts
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Forth•perlod
from
Pgriodstart thte
od <*t8
311W2024
To
011ts91202
Section A Receipts and payments
UnrOStriCtèd
Funds
Ihv n¢bre¥t
Rostricted
funds
fund¥
TDtsI lunds
io th• M4r•JlZ
toth•
noarMt£
Al Rac
G Pupll GprtS
CC Furés
30.92D
11.538
17,53B
058
GrdnLS
nieresl
Dw*r
$.OS9
11.TS0
4J
Sub totallGross Incr)m8 fot
AR)
66,6V
eo.1
A2 and InvF8tmBnt
Sub loial
Totol r4cdpls
61.219
A3PA
153
75D
$4878
4S,203
Mernben*hio£
35
$6D
&56D
369
TthPhDn*È
EquI￿ryI L
InS￿r￿￿e£
UniltrfftÈ
29
105
IOOD
a58
856
1373
2,175
AcrounWry
BwnkthzTtBS
16Y
Sub iotal
81288
8100
60.8OD
A4 and Inve5tffl•rt
urchJs95
*eè tabk
Sub tot
2,72U
SD,BDD
Nel olre¢elpt&l{payfflgnts)
A5 TrJnsforS between tunds
A$ Cash funds b51 yurend
C88h fvnds this year￿d
5.655
3,336
2.31
23.934
18,279
23,934
21*1721
23.$14
23.9
3.338
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unr8strirted
fund
Restrthd
lunds
io Mar••l£
Éndow￿•rrt
unds
81 Cash funds
B¥nkCutt•nt*￿￿￿l
IL139.6J
139.38
rot81 ¢esh fvnd$
3,338

CARMEL PLAYGROUP
(fornierly CARMF.I. PI.AYGROlJT AND TODDLERS)
Notes forming part of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31st August 2024
I ACCOUYTll¥G POLICIKS
Basls of Aeeounthig
Th6 FinallciaL Statejllents have beeo prepaThl ill ￿CordanCe with tbe guidellnes of the Charity Cort￿lis5￿(M on a
receipts a[￿ payments ba818.
2 FUNDS
Aecounting
un￿strICt￿l fiJnd8 catt be used iti accotdallce with the clwitable objective8 at the discretion of the trustecs.
Restricted funcL% can onlybe used for particular restrictrd purposes within the objects of the Charity. Restrictions arise
wh¢n ￿ecIfied by tbe dollor or th ￿ttds are raised for particul￿ restrict￿1 pu￿Se￿.
Unrestricted FllDdJ
The TTUStees havc resolved thai th¢ financial reserves of the Charity should be reviewed on a regular b&sis and that
adequ&t¢ provision is made for unforeseen expenses vthilst also being mitt￿ tbat res¢rves Should not be held witbout
valid re￿0Th.
3 TRUSTEES
None of ibe trnstees {or any persons conoe¢t¢d TApith them) ]r¢eived any remuTreratioo or benefits from the charity
during the year.
4 RELATED PARTY TIi4L%SACTIQNS
There were no disclosable related party tr4nsa¢tions during the year.
S KMPLOYEES
The average monthly tmmber of enwloyees (b)ring the yearwa$:
2024
2D23
Number