REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 269069 rt of the Trnstees and Unxudited Statements for th¢ Y￿r En ed 315t Au 115t 2025 for WILLIAM OLDER PL YGROUP M&steT5Fuller Chartered Certified Accounrants 38 Salisbury Road Worthing Wesi Sussex BNII IRD WILLIA%1 LDER PLAYGROUP Contents ofthe Financial Statements ror the Year Ended 31 st Au st ?02> Page Report of the Trustees IDdepertdeDt Examiner's Report Statement of Financial Activitie5 Balance Sheet No*e5 to the Financial Sta¢emeDts Detsiled Ststement of FKn*neial Aetivities WILLIAM OLDER PLA YGROU rt of the Trustees for tbe Ytar E￿ded 31st Au ust 02) The trustees present their report with ihe financi81 statements of the eharity for the year ended 31st August 2025. The trustees haye adopt¢d the provisions of Accounting and Rew)rting bv Charitieg.. Ststement of Recommended Practice applicable to chariti¢s preparin(r their accounts in aw)rdance with the Financial Rewrting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of IrelaDd (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). OKIEcfIvES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims The objective of the clthtity is to provide a 5af¢ and comfonable ¢nvin)ment for group play while promoting the education of chilitren in the Anwering district who pre under the statutory school 4¢Fe. SignificaDt *£tiviÉies The chariry n￿5 the William Older Playgroup based in a putP05e built building adjaccnt to St Margarei's C of E School in An.qnerin& West Sussex. The charitv provides 10 sessions a week to pre-sch(K)I children living Én the local area. We are registered with OFSTED and are guid¢d by the Early Year5 Foundation Stage framework. We have spaces for approximately 50 children per S¢55ion (exact number depends the children's age5). Our aim is to Provide a wam, carin(y and safe environmenL where learning is fvn. We promote a healthy life style, a sense of indeEKndence and strong emotional well-being. By le8rning through PLAY we have found that our elvldren thrive. Public benefit In shaping our objectives and plannTng our activities for thc year. the Trust¢es have given tonsideration to the duties set out in Section 17(5) of the Charities Act 201 I to have due regard to public benefit. In particular. the Tn￿te¢S have considered how the planned activities *ill cOntrib￿e to the overall aims and objectives that they have set. The charity'5 activitie5 durino the year constitute a benefit to the local community. Volunteers The charity has a Parent Committre which ￿ntributeS ￿ our fithi5ino efforts by organising an eveni each teTm. It is also supported by a number of child4are students from IIKal colleg¢4 ￿ w¢ll as other voluDteers from the local community who offer their tI￿e on an adhoc ba5t5. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitxble *etiviti The playgFQUP has been flourishing on its existino 51te for oyei thirty years. Owing to our success and ￿O￿l￿g demand, we hav¢ grown frotn strength to strength. Our current registrdlion is for UP to 50 children per session. We operate 38 weeks of th¢ year {g¢nerally ID lin¢ wÉth West Sussex schools). Children atteDd 2nJwhere between 2 and 10 sessions w¢ck. FINANCIAL REVIEW FiH*ntial position The charity made a profit of £17,780 in the year. Income for the year Wds £336,554. with WSCC providing £315,479. The ￿￿J￿ri￿ of income tomes from children's fees. These fees are paid for eÉther by the parents or for the larger par4 by West Sltssex County Council LS part of the Governmenfs free entiilement progralllme. Money is also received from our Pateni Conllninee's fiEndraising. Reserves policy The level of resetves is reviewed regularly by the tswee5. The twstees consider that reserves (￿￿estrICted fLmds not invested in fixed assets). should total the equivalent of the yearly n]nning costs of the playgroup. It Is felt prndent to mainiain fre¢ reserves ai this lev¢1 Ls the ¢hariry relies heavily on WSCC funding. Th¢ total reserves (not represented by fixed &￿ts) at 3 1st August 2025 were £199.324. The thtstees are awdre that this currethly exceeds our policy. FUTURE PknKNS The charsty ffcogThises the rnatn challenge goTng fon¥￿ will te the iDcre8sing nurn￿r of chKldren wisl)ing to attend the plawoup. The Trustees and Manager of the play￿OUp are looking to improve the educational and play facilities for the children to meei and exceed the expectatiorLS of the FATly Years fralnework. Page I WILLIAIM 01.D R PLAYGR up ort of the Trnste¢s for the Yexr Ended 3151 Au U5t 202? STRUCTURE. GOVERf4ANCE AND MANAGEMEIYT GoYerMing doeument The Charity is uovemed by ir5 corlsritution. which was fotinally approved at the genwdl m¢eting dated 7th May 1992. It was amend¢d and formally approved at the tTeTreral meeiin