## Cool Kidz Club Brynford ## Trustees’ Annual Report Period 4[th] March 2023 to 31 March 2024 ## Reference and Administration Information **Charity Name Cool Kidz Club Brynford** **Charity number: 1188330** ## **Registered Address** **Bryn Tirion, Brynford Road, Pentre Halkyn, Flintshire, CH88AW** ## Trustees **Dawn Davies – Chair** **Clare Jones - Treasurer** **Claire Wilberforce-Marsh - Secretary** ## **Jo Kirkham** ## **Trudie Potter** ## **Linda Greenough** ## Objectives To enhance the development and education of children in Wales, for the public benefit, encouraging parents to understand and provide for their needs through high quality child care provision. To provide a service to parents to allow them to work whilst the children are provided with a safe and fun environment To provide fun activities and engaging play for the children. ## Ensuring our work delivers our aims Each year we complete a quality survey with our staff, children and parents. We review our activities for the year and plan for the next 12 months activities and make any changes highlighted by the survey. ## The focus of our work Our main focus for the year was to increase our numbers and to provide a safe environment for the children We have been prompting the club in the wider community to make the club sustainable again ## Activities This year we have provided a safe fun environment for the children and offered a place to play and have fun. We have offered lots of fun activities and been able to use all the new equipment that we purchased from the grant ## Plans for the future The charity is now offering a full service both for after school and holiday club. The charity has purchased new equipment and plans to offer new exciting activities to the children. We are looking at booking activities for the summer holiday club and utilise our outdoor environment. ## Financial Review This year we have still had to use some of our reserves and have applied for grants to sustain the club, We are looking at our pricing plan to make the club sustainable without grants so we hope to operate in a profit next year. We are reviewing the club numbers and opening times, Opening holiday club when only the numbers are achieved to run sustainably. ## Principal funding sources The principal funding is via parents’ payments £22576and £2098 from the reserve account and grants £3,764 ## Investment Policy The club reserves £5902 towards redundancies if the club must close. The rest of the funds are spent on day to day running of the club, staff wages, insurance and equipment or activities. ## Structure, Governance and management Governing Document The organisation is a CIO Association Constitution and was registered in March 2020 In the event of the charity being wound up the trustees are not required to contribute financially ## Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees The trustees of the charity for the purposes of charity law and under the charity’s Constitution are known as members of the Management Committee. Under the requirements of the Constitution the members of the Management Committee are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting. All members of the Management Committee give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity. ## Trustee Induction and Training Most trustees are already parents of children who attend the club. Trustees are also provided with the following documents: - Cool Kidz Club Brynford governing document (Constitution), the latest published accounts, Future plans and objectives, Code of Conduct for Trustees/Volunteers/Staff and the Charity Commission’s guide “the Essential Trustee”. Trustees are also signposted to review all of the charity’s current policies, including GDPR. ## Organisational Structure Cool Kidz Club Brynford has a management committee of 5 trustees. The club is run by Linda Greenough and has 5 members of staff on its books who all work part time The club can cater for a maximum of 24 children and runs in the hall at Brynford School ## Related Parties The Charity has a letting agreement with Brynford School. The charity is registered and inspected by CIW The charity also get support from Early years Wales and Clubia Plant. Created 29 January 2025 From Date 1 April 2023 To Date 31 March 2024 ## **COOL KIDZ CLUB Profit & Loss Statement (All values reported in GBP)** ## **Turnover** |4000
General Sales
4910
Grant Money Received
**Total Turnover**
**Less Cost of Sales**||26,340.22
3,764.00
**30,104.22**| |---|---|---| |||| |**Total Cost of Sales**
**Gross Profit**
**Less Expenses**||**0.00**
**30,104.22**| |7000
Gross Wages
7300
Fuel and Oil (MOTOR)
7502
Telephone and Mobile Charges
7600
Legal Fees
7601
Audit and Accountancy Fees
7801
Cleaning
7900
Bank Interest Paid
8203
Training Costs
8204
Insurance
8206
Snack - Food/Drink
8208
Equipment
**Total Expenses**
**Profit Before Tax**|(25,913.53)
(20.00)
(175.44)
(114.00)
(122.00)
(8.77)
48.93
(25.00)
(436.69)
(1,412.35)
(260.13)
**(28,438.98)**
**1,665.24**|| |||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** > **Report to the trustees/** Cool Kidz Club **members of On accounts for the year** 31st March 2024 **Charity no** 1188330 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024 **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|_S Masterson_|29/01/2025| |---|---|---| |||| ||Mrs Sarah Masterson|| |||| ||AAT|| |||| ||3 Vicarage Road, Bagillt, Flintshire. CH66DB.|| |||| |||| 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**