## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2022 Period start date To 31/03/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: St David’s Playgroup and Nursery Plus** ## **Charity registration number: 1181590** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the CIO is to enhance the**
**development and education of children**
**in Wales, for the public benefit, by**
**encouraging parents to understand and**
**care for their needs through high quality**
**childcare.**| |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|**Pre-school education for children aged**
**2 years – 4 years.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All relevant decisions have been made**
**by trustees with regard to the public**
**benefit guides.**| ## **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 Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**St David’s Playgroup and Nursery Plus**
**continued to provide pre-school**
**education to local children between**
**April 2022 and March 2023.**
**A trial was introduced in 2022 to reduce**
**the minimum age for children attending**
**from 2 years, 4 months to 2 years. This**
**trial also extended the opening time of**
**the provision to 9am from 11:25am.**
**The aim of this trial was to identify**
**whether the provision could better serve**
**the needs of the local community and**
**increase attendance.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |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 balance for the provision as at 31**
**March 2023 was £38,461.66. This was an**
**increase from the end of the previous**
**financial year of £7,693.12.**
**The total turnover was £43,451.56 and**
**expenses were £35758.44.**
**The main driver of the increased**
**balance was an increase in income,**
**including a grant to pay for new outdoor**
**flooring.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The CIO hold reserves equivalent to 3-**
**months of operating costs. This is**
**sufficient to cover any outstanding**
**salary and redundancy payments to**
**staff as well as to pay any outstanding**
**running costs in the event that the**
**provision had to close.**
**Any grants paid to the provision for a**
**specific purpose are also held in reserve**
**until needed.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The CIO has three main funding**
**sources:**

**Early entitlement payments made**
**by Flintshire County Council.**

**30-hours free childcare payments**
**made by Flintshire County**
**Council**

**Payments received directly from**
**the families of the children**
**attending the provision.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**None**| |||**There are no imminent risks facing the**
**charity. However, changes to either**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**early-entitlement or 30-hours free**
**childcare funding, or a reduction in the**
**number of children attending the**
**provision could pose a risk in future.**
**These are both monitored closely by the**
**staff and trustees.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|**Three of the trustees were elected at the**
**EGM of members when the charity was**
**established.**
**One trustee was elected at the AGM in**
**2020.**
**One trustee was elected at the AGM in**
**2022.**
**New trustees are elected at the AGM. If it**
**is not possible for a trustee vacancy to**
**be filled at the AGM, the existing**
**trustees can appoint new trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |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|St David’s Playgroup and Nursery Plus| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1181590| Charity’s principal address St David’s RC School, St David’s Lane, Mold, CH7 1LH ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Charlotte Oates|Chair||EGM of members| ||Emma Baker|Secretary||EGM of members| ||Simon Hughes|Treasurer||EGM of members| ||Ruth John|||AGM of members| ||Albert Leverett|||AGM of members| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** **Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts ' Indep.éndent.Exaiiiiner's Report.. Rei)ort to the triisteesl members of PLAYGEiK)P PLQg . On accounts for the year elided 3i£f NAecM 2oZ Charity no lif any) 118ISg0 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my exaniinalion of the accounts ol". the above charity I'the. Ti'u trl") for the year ended Responsibilitie8 and As the charity Iruslees of the Tru8t, you are rp.)pon.%ible for the preparation basis of report of the aLCQLirils iii accordance with the requiremeiils of Ilie Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in resperl of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out Linder sectiuii 144 rjf t5if.. ?U'l fj ALI and iii carryiny out niy oxainiriatiori, I have followed the applic¢ible Directioris given k)y the Cfriarily Commission uiider sectioii 14515llbl af the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have conie to my attention (other than Ilial discloJed below '} iii coniieclion with the examination which gives nie cause lo believe that ii'i, aiiy material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance witli seclion .1 30 of the Act or the accounts do not acLord witli Ilie accounting records Independent examinei 8 statement l Fiave no concerns and Iiave come acrosc. riiJ otlier mallers in corii"ieclion with the examination to wliich allenlion should be drawii in order to enable a proper understanding of thp accounts lo be reached, Please delete the words in the br8ckots if they do 1701 apply. Signed: Date: 23.2.2 Name: &*￿eD￿r Relevant professional qualification{sl or body lif any): CA Address: 3 c HcsrLe CLJL c￿£ És-, c kts ISA IER October 2018 Or)ly complete if the e.xaiiiiner needs lo higlili Ji lit Inallprs of conc.ern (see CC32, Iii(l(.peridp.iil examiiiation of charity aLcounts' direr.Iions and iJuidaiice for extirninersl. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. JOTI4 1 Tu fvJO-, IER October 2018 St David's Playgi'iJiiiJ Nii¥se.I'y Plus Charity Ni1¥Y1b￿r 118J.590 StOtL3iiient of Finaiicial Arl'ivities RetAii)ed F.und5 Po¥iod J.st' Ilpril 2112.2 to 315t IlAarch 2023 2023 Income Playgroup & ￿lu￿.,.,￿.v !)lu£ Flint%hirÉ, C.C l undiiiE; 3,4?.G 40.1125 I13,452 Ex eiiditiire Payroll I'-(.'.LJ Rei)8irs - Oijtdooi. F loi)ring Miscellafteoufi Insuranco 8,9140 2,7811 J5.758 Suri)Iii% (J,- tlie Yoiar Retained Funds IleKsrEi4rnnlLid 14y'. Fuiids brciught forvodi'i.I 10,769 7,693 -38,L!f)2 ar)k Current ALroiint