Cadwgan Playgroup Charity Report
This is the report for the year ending March 31st 2025
The trustees present their annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2025 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011, the trust deed and the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
OUR AIMS & OBJECTIVES
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to encourage parents/carers to understand and provide for the needs of their children
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to provide safe and satisfying group play
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to encourage other charitable activities through which parents/carers may help the children
• We strongly believe in giving every child the best possible start in life and as a result have decided to become part of a national accredited Welsh Government scheme – the ‘Healthy and Sustainable Pre-School Scheme’.
• We aim to support children to recognise the importance of healthy living as we acknowledge that what happens in the early years of life has lifelong effects on many aspects of health and wellbeing.
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We aim to ensure that all children have the opportunity to benefit from stimulating
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challenges and the right to play freely, exploring and investigating both indoors and out.
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We seek to ensure that children in our care remain healthy, safe and develop to their full
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potential
• We aim to convey messages on healthy choices and contribute to the promotion of healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
• We aim to develop and communicate a positive ethos which promotes positive approach to the environment.
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We recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation is no different from safeguarding
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against any other vulnerability.
• All staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Numbers, ages and sex of children for whom care is to be provided
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we are registered for 16 children per session
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we take children from the age of 2 until they enter school nursery in the September after
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their third birthday.
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we take both male and female children of all abilities.
The playgroup’s aim is to provide a quality childcare provision for children aged 2 years to 4 years in the village of Old Colwyn. We seek to provide a safe and nurturing environment that develops the children’s learning, through play and investigation.
REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
We have seen a drop in children attending the setting this year, this has been mainly due to staffing difficulties. We had a member go off on maternity and struggled to recruit a replacement, therefore this reduced the number of children we could take each session. We did use agency staff at times but this proved very expensive and not financially viable long term. Most children made good progress in their development whilst attending. We continue to need for support staff due to the number of children needing extra support attending the group. Some of our children are funded under education grants, 30 hr and Flying Start grant funding. We continue to deliver through In the Moment planning and are now working with the New Curriculum for Wales.
We continue to be registered with CIW as a full day care setting although our aim is still only to provide full day care for emergencies primarily this leaving us able to serve the community with more spaces for sessional care.
We are a registered CIO with Charity Commission.
Environmental Changes
We have had to have work undertaken around the gas tank area to stabilise the gage that encloses the tanks. We continue to have contractors come to clear the leaves at least twice a year due to the shear volume.
FUTURE PLANS
We are hoping to continue to gain grants to further improve the setting as it is continually in need of upkeep – long term would be beneficial to have a brick building as opposed to a portacabin.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The financial statement shows an income of £88267.10 with most of the income coming from government funding streams. Our expenditure for the year is £74779.16 with the vast majority going on our best resource that of staffing costs and building repairs.
TRUSTEES
Sheila Chapman Mandy Jones Miley
Rebecca Edwards
Registered Charity Number :1196827
| Cadwgan Playgroup | April 2024 to March 2025 April | May | June |
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| Income | |||
| balance carried forward | 25045.19 | 31,569.57 | 27272.71 |
| 3 yr funding | 456 | 3058.25 | |
| Flying Start funding | 11747 | ||
| fees | 251.87 | 917.34 | 255.06 |
| 30hr | 332.5 | 1330 | 1330 |
| fundraising | |||
| training support | |||
| referral | 200 | 600 | |
| interest | |||
| grants | 200 | ||
| sale of resources | 12987.37 | 2247.34 | 5443.31 |
| 51019.93 | 36,064.25 | 38159.33 | |
| Expenditure | |||
| AGENCY STAFF | |||
| Wages | 4803.36 | 5651.88 | 5681.3 |
| Tax & NI | |||
| Rent | |||
| Gas | 77.9 | ||
| resources | 730.66 | 323.66 | |
| snack / parties | 120 | 120 | 186.52 |
| membership | |||
| Insurance | 725.67 | ||
| building | 443.66 | ||
| REFUND | |||
| Bank charges | 5.4 | 5 | 5.4 |
| ICO | 35 | ||
| 6462.99 | 6544.2 | 5908.22 |
July August SeptemberOctober November December January February
| 26807.8 | 21218.83 | 18076.8 | 17356.35 | 12898.28 | 13373.23 | 4522.13 | 17536.13 |
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| 488 | 612.25 | 200 | 4357.81 | ||||
| 1575 | 4070 | 1243.19 | 4803.75 | 582.5 | 6600 | ||
| 747 | 46.4 | 467.9 | 1121.4 | 314 | 1117.1 | 123 | 506.3 |
| 1662.5 | 332.5 | 112.5 | 562.5 | 450 | 450 | 395 | 1412.5 |
| 125 | |||||||
| 75 | 20 | ||||||
| 400 | 200 | 450 | 75 | 300 | 225 | ||
| 1243.19 | |||||||
| 2809.5 | 2441.9 | 4925.4 | 3539.34 | 6237.75 | 2349.6 | 13019 | 2143.8 |
| 32426.8 | 26102.63 | 27927.6 | 24435.03 | 25373.78 | 18072.43 | 30560.13 | 21823.73 |
| 384.12 | 453.39 | ||||||
| 5800.59 | 5033.89 | 5640.85 | 4471.3 | 5225.41 | 10713.71 | 4372.02 | |
| 2270.47 | 1891.1 | ||||||
| 79 | 79 | 79 | |||||
| 249.46 | 269.04 | 1140 | 250 | ||||
| 72.95 | 276 | 105.89 | 152.99 | 264.62 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 8398.47 | 5583.93 | 5645.85 | 7997.41 | 5762.8 | 11200.7 | 5 | 4720.64 |
March c/f
| 14959.29 | 13487.94 |
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| 9172.31 | |
| 3472 | 34093.44 |
| 740.6 | 6607.97 |
| 565 | 8935 |
| 125 | |
| 95 | |
| 300 | 2750 |
| 1443.19 | |
| 5077.6 | 63221.91 |
| 25114.49 | |
| 2342.47 | 3179.98 |
| 3982.48 | 61376.79 |
| 4161.57 | |
| 79 | 393.9 |
| 2962.82 | |
| 140 | 1438.97 |
| 725.67 | |
| 443.66 | |
| 5 | 60.8 |
| 35 | |
| 6548.95 | 74779.16 |
C8dwgan Pl8ygroup- St8tement of Accounts- April 2024 to March 2025 Income Balance carried forward 3yr funding Total 25045.19 Expenditure Wages Total 61376.79 9172.31 Tax&Ni 4161.57 Flying Start funding 34093.44 Rent Fees 6607.97 Gas 393.90 30hr funding 8935 Resources 2962.82 Fundraising 125 Snack 1438.97 Training support 95 CEO 35 Grants Sale of resources Referral support funding Interest Total income Carried Forward 1443.19 Insurance Training Building 725.67 2750 443.66 Bank Charges Agency Staff Total Expenditure 60.80 3179.98 74779.16 88267.10 13487.94 I certify I have audited Cadwgan Playgroup full accounts and certify them as correct Above is the financial breakdown Signed Date 2QlS- Print Name Address