
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1/9/ 2020                  Period start date   To Period end date** 

**31/8/2021** 

## **Charity name: North Cornelly Playgroup Association** 

## **Charity registration number:   1181575** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To enhance the development of children,**<br>**as well as the education of children under**<br>**school age, in line with the foundation**<br>**phase curriculum.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Providing play and education**<br>**opportunities, in a safe and nurturing**<br>**environment, in which parents and carers**<br>**are welcome to engage.**<br>**Furthering the aims of Early Years Wales.**<br>**Encouraging other charitable activities, in**<br>**which the parents and carers may engage**<br>**the children.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have regard for the guidance**<br>**provided by the charity commission on**<br>**public benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**The setting has an active volunteer who**<br>**contributes around 5 hours a week.**|





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We deliver 10 sessions per week, for a**<br>**maximum of 28 children during 39 weeks**<br>**of the year.**<br>**All practitioners are relevantly qualified,**<br>**up to degree level and complete regular**<br>**CPD.**<br>**Children from an area classed as**<br>**disadvantaged are given the opportunity**<br>**to learn and develop in an innovative**<br>**environment, making great progress.**<br>**Families of the children are also engaged**<br>**in their learning and other activities to**<br>**improve socialisation and knowledge of**<br>**their child’s learning continuum.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in good stead with profit**<br>**for the year.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Playgroup does not hold a reserves**<br>**policy, however all money is retained in a**<br>**bank account to cover expenditure.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**10,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**1- Fee paying parents/carers**<br>**2- Grants obtained by manager**<br>**3- Flying start funded children**<br>**4- Local authority funded children**<br>**5- Fundraising activities**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|North Cornelly Playgroup Association|
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|Other name the charity uses|North Cornelly Community Playgroup|
|Registered charity number|1181575|
|Charity’s principal address|Integrated Children’s Centre<br>Greenfield Terrace<br>North Cornelly<br>Bridgend<br>CF334LW|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Rob Murray||||
||Caroline Richards||||
||Roger Wixon||||
||Amanda Murray||||
||Mark Leyshon||||
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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)** Caroline Richards **Full name(s)** Caroline Richards **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 15/02/2022 



Running Totals for 2020-2021 

||**Income**|||**Expenditure**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Furlough|£0.00||||
||Cash Fees|£20,985.99||Salaries|£77,142.26|
||Partnership|£18,909.25||Equipment|£11,481.47|
||Flying Start|£39,531.25||Phone bill|£714.56|
||Supported Childcare|£212.50||WPPA|£48.75|
||Fundraising|£729.50||Insurance|£314.20|
||Grants|£14,226.06||Pensions|£477.50|
||Wages 1:1|£9,995.00||Training Course|£318.99|
||Miscellaneous|£860.16||Miscellaneous|£4,283.47|
|||||Tax|£474.09|
|||||Rent|£0.00|
||Total|£105,449.71||Total|£95,255.29|
||B/Fwd Bank|£18,645.63||C/Fwd Bank/HMRC|£28,840.05|
||B/Fwd Cash|£0.00||C/Fwd Cash|£0.00|
||I certify that the above is a true record of all income and expenditure incurred to 31st August 2021|||||
||Signed<br>Libby Leyshon|||Date 31/8/2021||
||Position in Organisation|Playgroup Leader||||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
North Comelly Playgroup Association
On accounts for the year 311812021
ended
Charity no
(if anyl
1181575
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('Ih6 Trust") for the year ended ID I
Responsibllltie8 and
basis of roport
As the ¢harty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance wth the requ1￿ments of the Charities Act 2011
('the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Carried out
under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act.
Independent rrhè charity'$ gross income exoeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo
examlner'8 statement undertake the examination by teing a qualified member of [insert name of
applicable listed bodylj Delete [ J rfnot appI￿able.
I have completed my examination. I confim that no rnaterial matters have
come to my attention In conne¢ts'on with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect..
the accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charrties Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records," or
the accounts not comply with the applicable requirements
con￿mIng the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Yrue and fair, view which is not a matter
Considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the words in the brackets rflhey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant protessional
qualification(s) or body
IER
Oct 2018