2025-07-31-annual-report

CARRYDUFF PLAY CARE CENTRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT (fNCORPORATINQ THE CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT) YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 StNckntrè Governanta and tllanBgement Carrydufl Pky Care Centre has a respDn51blllty ro conduct Its i￿$1Th¢s$ efrtclently. The ￿tabIl$hment of, and th8 Strl¢t adherence to sound fknanclal management pollckg Ls an Inte9ral part of the orgbnlsatlon. Thè Tw5tees Managerwent COM￿lite￿ are commttted to establlshlngi malntalnlngi and 4)ptylng all necess￿ good pr3Ctth to ensure that th¢lr duty of tare to the management or rinarKe$ Qr the oryanlsatloTh are fulfllled. The ManagernenE Commlitee are re5ponslble for taklng the strateglc dec151ons of h¢w the Charlty wlll move forward. It Is e5sentlal that Carryduff Pky Care Centre CO￿trOl all op¢ratlon41 r15ks a5 far as le15 kX)sslble. Th15 Includes thé partldpatlan of all those Involved dlrectly or Indlrectly wlth the banklng arrangements for the organlsatlon. Along wlth the flnanclal 5ySterns of the organtsatlon, th￿ pollcy altn5 to detall respOn￿bIlItIeS, rt5k managefflent, Internal controLg and aud￿ requlrem¢nts as￿cIated wlth the Lse of owllne banklng. ObJBetlv¢¥ and actlvlti pflnclpal actlvlty Th2 ob3Ects of Ihe ￿tre shall be to enhallte tt* devebpment and educatlon of young chlldren by encouraglng p8renVgu8rdFans to under8tsnd aKd pmvlde the needs ol thelr chlwrell kn CJrryduff arxl It5 envlmns {the"8rea of beneflv) by.. al offerfn9 approprlat# play facllltles, wlth the rlght of parentslcarers to take responslblllty for 2fid become Involved In the actlvltles of the centre, ensurln9 that the trntre offers opportunltles for all d)Ildr¢n r¢gardless of rellglon, culture, race or means. b) En¢¢ur8glt¥J the study of the fieeds of s￿h chIkj￿ and thelr famllle$ and pmmotlno publk In[e￿$t In recognliion ol the needs of such chlldren and thelr famllley kn the local area. cl P¥ovldlng trhe necessary fac111￿e$ for the dalty tsro, rerreatlDni and educatlon of chlldren durlng out of school hours and school holldays. I pr￿￿Ing tralnlng for staff, pèrents, volunteers, and care¥s gf chlldm In chmd ¢Jevelopmenty paret)tlng and other approprfate recreatlonal aNJ edwouonal subjects. The dlrect benefit whldi flows fmm Purpose; _ {81 fs to provlde approprlote play facllltles and equal opport￿￿tIes to all chlldren who use ovr centre, To en¢our?ge parents and carer5 to become Involved In acllvltle$ held wlthln the centre. Dlrect bEneflt to all chlldren regardtess of tellglon, cuKure, r)¢e or moans so Ehat they mby have an opportunlly to develop énd enh?nce thdr eduraklDII sfjd4LF 5k1115. To prepare the cthlklren for the transltlon to WE- school and then io prfmary xlvJol, The dlrÉrt bernflt whlth fl4M fmrn Purpose {b) 15 tv en¢our4ge development and educatlon to both chlldlparent/c8rer wlthln the C8rryduff are), To ictlvely promote tw4reness to chlldreD and parents/¢arers the Importance of ihelr chlld's needs durlng development to ptovldE the lest start In Ilfe and to encourage them to reach thelr full potentl41. The dlrert b¢neflt whlch Ibws from Purpose {c} Is to ensure that we have facllltles to provkle ¢are to chlldren who attend pilmary s¢hool, durln9 twm and non-tem tlme. fvovlde a fa¢llity for the care of ¢hIld￿n durlng xhool holldays. A Pla￿ In whlch they rneet socjally to Iwlld on rolatlgns wlth thelT fellow peo¥s. To be aCt￿elY Involved kn recreatlon81 and educatlonal dèveloprnent, TO bulld on thely own Id￿tIty go that each chlld feels è sense of belgnglng aDtS socllll Incluslon ￿￿th thelr own communlty. The dlreLt benefltwhlch flow5 froTh Purpose (dl L% to prtsvldo tralnlng forst4ffi pareThtsi volunteers. ènd arers of chlldren. To encourage slaffi parents, volunteets, carers or chlldren to attend suth tr3lnlng to further und¢r$tsnd the development needs ol chlldren end to ralse aw4rene5s of meedng the chlld's $oclal and emtk)nal development, A prlvJte beneflt to the management commlttee may arlse from o progratnffle of on9olng tralnlng ln good governance et¢, Throu9h thls trathlng the management commlttee galn skllls and eXperfOn￿ whlch a￿ trathsferable Eo ¢rher settlngs, These benefits Ire In¢ldentsl and n¢¢essiry to ensure the beneflt15 provlded to bendldarles.

CARRYOUFF PLAY CARE CENTRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT (INCORPORATING THE CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT) (contlnued) YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 Stmtaylc reporl The lollowlng sectlong for aehjevements and perforrnonce ond IlnaDclal revlew form the slrateglc report of the charlty. Aeh5ev•montg ttnd pérformanc• The charlty contlnued to operate suttessfully throughout the year and meet the objectlves that11 wa5 set Ltp to achleye 8$ Ilsted above. Alge, It carrled out varlous fundra5slng events throughout the yeari quk sheets and the runnlng of a Chrtstmas falr and Sprlno Communlly Fun Day. Flnanclal rnvlaw The flnanclal performance for the year 202412025 was In Ilnè wlth the ￿pectatIonS of the Trustees and Centre Management. The flnanclal results for the year are set out In detall on pa9es 4 to 9. The Centr¢ recorded Income for thè year of E542,6671202312024 £415,777). The net surplus fvr th¢ year was £134,432 (202312024 £67,509). At 31 July 2025 the Centre had total lunds of E668,970 {202312024 £534,538), comprlsed of É584,404 of unrestrfrted funds and £84,566 of restActed funds. The resthcted funds are dè51gftat4d for future prov151on of a new property purchass. The Trustees alm lo malntaln free reserves at a level whlch equates to approxlmately thrèÈ months of unrestrlcted runnlng costs. The balance held as unrestrlcted fvnds at 31 July 2025 was £584,404, of whlch £87,000 are estlmated to be runnlng osts for a three month perlod. The prlnclpal sources of fundlng lor the Centre can be broken down as follows: Playgroup Parentèl Fees and Grant3 Other Income £90,150 £231,185 Pl4y Care Parental Faes and Grants Other Income £173,607 £47,725