## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1st September 2022 To 31[st] August 2023**
## **Charity name: Hope Preschool Playgroup**
## **Charity registration number:1180157**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We provide safe, stimulating play and**
**early education for 2 1/2 to 4 year olds**
**by fully qualified staff in the**
**Flintshire/Wrexham areas. We are a**
**provider for the government child care**
**offer and early entitlement schemes as**
**well as accepting children registered**
**with us by their parents/carers. We**
**actively engage with our local**
**community and primary school to carry**
**out fundraising activities.**|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Employing qualified staff to educate and**
**care for children.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In our work, we The Trustees, have**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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.|Para 1.20|**Giving children a high quality start in**
**education and caring for their individual**
**needs in liaison with their families.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity maintained the level of**
**financial stability.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**In our work, we( the trustee’s) have**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The ability of families to pay for**
**childcare. Competition from full daycare**
**nurseries who are subsidised.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|Para 1.25|**New trustees may be appointed by**
**current trustees or put themselves**
**forward**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Hope Pre-school Playgroup|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1180157|
|Charity’s principal address|Operating at:
Ysgol Estyn, Hawarden Road, Hope , Flintshire, LL12 9NL|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Joanne Clubb|Treasurer|||
||Georgina Henry||||
||Cathryn Cowton||26.10.23||
||Catherine Hickson||26.10.23||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** J Clubb **Full name(s)** Joanne Clubb
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 15.03.24
## **Hope Preschool Playgroup**
## **Profit and Loss Report**
_01 September, 2022 - 31 August, 2023_
|**Sales**||
|---|---|
|4000 - Fees
4,759.00||
|4010 - Earlier Years
12,180.21||
|4020 - Income - Grants
7,260.00||
|4900 - Other income
358.00||
|**Total Sales**|**£24,557.21**|
|**Direct Expenses**||
|5000 - Purchases
4,456.20||
|**Total Direct Expenses**|**£4,456.20**|
|**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|**£20,101.01**|
|**Overheads**||
|7000 - Employee Wages and Salaries
18,189.22||
|7610 - Accountancy Fees
390.00||
|7630 - Business Insurance
351.32||
|7900 - Bank Charges and Interest
65.70||
|**Total Overheads**|**£18,996.24**|
|**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**£1,104.77**|
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