**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1st September 2024 To 31st August 2025**
## **Charity name: Penguin Daycare**
## **Charity registration number: 1190833**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||**SORP**
**reference**||
|Summary of the purposes of the charity as set
out in its governing document|Para 1.17|Penguin Daycare exists to provide childcare and early years
education/training for children and young people in Buckley,
Flintshire. The charity’s work is focused on providing a children’s
day care service and supporting children’s learning,
development, wellbeing and readiness for school.|
|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|The charity provides CIW-registered childcare from Ty Mes,
Westwood Early Years and Childcare Facility, Tabernacle Street,
Buckley. It welcomes children from age 2 and offers a range of
sessions including short days, full days, playgroup
mornings/afternoons and daily after-school club provision until
5.30pm. The setting provides flexible booking and payment
arrangements through Schoolcomms and communicates with
parents through Seesaw, where parental consent is in place.
Services are delivered by qualified staff who hold enhanced DBS
checks and first aid training.|
|Statement confirming whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the
charity’s aims and activities. The trustees consider that the
childcare and early years services provided by Penguin Daycare
further the charity’s purposes for public benefit by supporting
children and families in the local community.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|---|---|---|
||**SORP**
**reference**||
|Policyongrant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment including program
related investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made byvolunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
|**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|During the reporting period Penguin Daycare continued to
provide accessible local childcare and early years support for
children and families in Buckley and the surrounding area. The
charity supported children from age 2 through playgroup and
day-care sessions and offered after-school care, helping parents
and carers access flexible childcare. The provision helped
children to develop socially, emotionally and educationally in a
safe and caring environment, supported by qualified, DBS-
checked and first-aid trained staff. The charity’s work also
benefited the wider community by supporting families’ ability to
work, train or manage caring responsibilities.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Achievements against objectives set**|**Para 1.41**||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising activities against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investmentperformance against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|Total turnover for the period 1stSeptember 2024 to 31stAugust
2025- £133,301.63 (an increase of 10.59% on the previous
year).
Total expenditure for the period 1stSeptember 2024 to 31st
August 2025- £105,178.69.|
|Statement explaining the policy for holding
reserves stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees aim to hold sufficient unrestricted reserves to
manage normal cash-flow fluctuations due to fluctuating
numbers throughout the year, meet ongoing staffing and
operating commitments (staff training, setting hire costs etc), and
provide resilience against unexpected changes in income or
expenditure in addition to covering the amount that would be
needed for any staff redundancies due to unforeseen
circumstances.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Penguin Daycare currently hold a reserve amount of £26,637.16|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable as we have reserves|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable-accounts not in deficit|
|Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|The trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties
regarding the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern,
due to the health of the setting’s balance.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Flying Start funded places and grants; Childcare Offer funded
places; parent/carer fees for childcare sessions; and fundraising
activities including race nights, bingo nights, coffee mornings
and cake sales.|
|Investment policy and objectives including any
social investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable|
|A description of the principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|Principal risks include changes in demand for childcare places,
funding and grant availability, staffing and recruitment pressures,
compliance with CIW and safeguarding requirements, and cost
increases affecting the sustainability of childcare provision.|
|Other||n/a|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Description of charity’s trusts:**|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document (trust deed, royal
charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governing
document/constitution.|
|How is the charity constituted? (e.g.
unincorporated association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (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|Trustees are appointed in accordance with the CIO constitution
and Charity Commission requirements. The trustees are
responsible for ensuring that the trustee body has the skills and
experience needed to oversee the charity effectively.|
|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|Policies and procedures adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are provided with information about the charity, its
governing document, key policies, safeguarding responsibilities
and Charity Commission trustee duties. Trustees are
encouraged to access relevant guidance and training as needed
such as Safeguarding, DBS (if needed due to contact with
children) and familiarity with the relevant CIW requirements.|
|The charity’s organisational structure and any
wider network with which the charity works|Para 1.51|The trustees oversee the charity. Day-to-day childcare delivery is
led by the Childcare and Business Manager and the staff team.
The charity works with families, Westwood Early Years and
Childcare Facility/Westwood Primary School links, Early Years
Wales, Care Inspectorate Wales and relevant local
authority/funded childcare arrangements.|
|Relationship with any related parties|Para 1.51|The charity operates from Ty Mes, Westwood Early Years and
Childcare Facility, Tabernacle Street, Buckley. Any conflicts of
interest are declared and managed in accordance with the
charity’s conflicts of interest policy.|
|Other||n/a|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|**Charity name**|Penguin Daycare|
|---|---|
|**Other name the charity uses**|Penguin Playgroup (previous name)|
|**Registered charity number**|1190833|
|**Charity’s principal address**|Ty Mes
Westwood Childcare Facility
Tabernacle Street
Buckley CH7 2JT|
|**Contact details**|Penguindaycare2022@gmail.com
07955 114184|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person/body**
**entitled to appoint**
**trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|Cheryl Quirk|Responsible Individual /
Trustee|||
|2|AshleyFraser|Trustee Treasurer|||
|3|Wayne Samuels|Secretary/ Trustee|||
|4|Hannah Salisbury|Parent Trustee|||
## **Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved**
Not applicable – no corporate trustee identified.
## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
None identified from the information available for this draft. Verify before approval.
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Not applicable – no custodian trustee arrangements identified.
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
Not applicable
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Not applicable
## **Exemptions from disclosure – Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details**
Not applicable.
## **Other optional information**
Website: https://www.penguindaycare.co.uk/
## **Declarations**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
|**Signature(s)**|W. Samuels|
|---|---|
|**Full name(s)**|Wayne Samuels|
|**Position(eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**|Trustee Secretary|
|**Date**|17-06-2026|