Charity No 101344
ST MALACHY'S PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
Flnanclal Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2021
Campbell & Co

ST MALAGHWS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
Contents
Page
Business Infomiation
Trustees Report
Indepgndenl Examiners Report
Profit and Loss Account
3-10
13
Balance Sheet
14
Notes to the A¢¢ounts
15-17

ST MALACHY'S PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
Buslness Inforniatlon
Business address
72 Nursery Avenue
Colerain$
BT52 1 LR
AcCoU¥￿ant
J A S Campbell & Co
49 Managher Road
Aghadowey
Coleraine
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The re
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for the
r ended 31 Mar¢h 2021
Introduction
The Irustets present their annual report and acwjnts forth& year ended 31st March
2021.
The board of trustees are Satisfied with Ihe performance ofthe charity during the year
and the pos1t￿n at 3151 Marth 2021. consid8rfng th8 8ddiiKinal financial burdÈn placed
pon the organi5ation by the new requirements by govemment for the living wage and
workplace pension8 and despll8 thè for5eable introducticn of a m(￿thIY rent chargewe feel
we will me&t our budgel forthe upcorning year.
Name, registered office and eonstitution of the charfty
The legal registrat￿n details ar8:_
St Malachvs Pre-school Playgroup
Chanlies Cornmiss￿n Number
The tel8phon8 number6 a
101344
07756145275
07889259839
Oblectlves and Actlvltles of th¢ Charity
A sumrnary of the objects of the ¢h&rlty as $•¢ out In Its governlnu documgnt.
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our wv8mors have gbven caref
Considèrati￿ t(> Ihe Charity Commis&on's g8n&ral guidance on public b?nefit and
part[Gu￿r to its supplementsry pU￿*C bEnefit guidance on advancing 8ducalion and on
fee charging.
The objects of St Mala¢hrfs Pre P18ygroup Is lo provide a quality chIldca￿ S8￿ce for
child￿￿ of 34 yoars of age.
We endeavour lo promote Indepen(Jer￿, devdop soa81 skllls and personal development in
slruclured and ffÈxible way.
All thls vrilhin a safe. warm enviroment where children's physical. wnotion818nd sodal
developrnent is paramount.
11 is the policy ol Sl Malad)Vs Pre Sch¢K)I Playgroup lo protect and foster the dignity of
children by ensuring Ihat 51aff treat each child as an indiwdual. valuing their unique allributes
and qualities.
Polleles to ensure the thildrens Safety and welfare a￿ in place. distri￿ted lo all and are
Sticdy adhered lo. These poliues include s￿h matters as dpierse as..
Safeguarding
Equal Opportunilles Policies.
Additional Need Policies
Medical Emergency Prctedure.
so￿al Nethrking, E-safety snd rnobile phone pDHde8.
Seujrity of this Setting.
Collect￿n Policy.
Covid-19 and So¢ial DIstan￿ng
st MalathY$ Pre Schcd Playgroup reuJgnl$e$ the imk￿rtanCe of working in p8rtrwship wlh
parent51carers to promote the b8St in¢ere51s of children and that parents play a key rde In
th8 educatk)n of their Ghildren. The playgroup ￿11 work in partner$hW with and 5UPPOrt
parent5 in thi5 rde.

ST MALACHYS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
The report oftha trust8•s
for the year ended 31 March 2021
Publi¢ benefit that Isprovldedby the
Th8 publt knefit pro*ide¢J bytlE PL8ygrcup starts vAth Ihe thildcare provided to the cNldren.
prowding quality childcare frorn qUal￿18d chlld care providers and boking aft8r thelr he￿th
and well being on a daily basL8.
Following on frorn Ihi5, gro¥wng the thild s polenud durlng thdr ￿me un¢Jer our care and
directlng their personal and Social dev81opment.
Providing a reliable and cost effeclbie se￿iCe lo the parents. taking acujunt of safety.
educational 2nd nutrilK)nal issues.
Providing support and guidance to the parents.
Radiating out frr*n here to thÈ eornmunity at large, providing local f8cililie5 that keep Ihe
communlty together. Therefore people donl have lo18ave the area lo get these b8nefits
In larger lown5 cities leading to the slow deGline of the area.
Prov￿Ing local employment and training bolh full lime I part time, voluntaryor paid.
cO￿rdInatIng wfth lo¢al s¢hools and fa￿lItIes, to th8 ben8fft of all partie5.
A lot of these goals ar8 qualltsuve and longterrn. and thus hard to measurn. As a ba5iG indicator
though in 2020 we had 26 from 26 farnilies and h 2021 we had 15 ¢hI￿￿n frixn 15
farnilie5.
Oth8r more quanUtalive Ilko numbers of hours childcare provlded, and numbers of loeal staff
emWoyed are detai￿d below..
2021
2020
2019
No of st&ff m￿nber¥ living within catthment ar88
No of students in the year
15
28
25
The Charity￿ 8ims Includlng the changes or differèneès itseeks to make
through its acllvitles.
The Trust aims to promote tIE independence and personal development of the chI￿ren
wllhln our Ca￿ whi151 a150 developing their soci818kills.
The charity contributes towards pr8paring our charges for the opportunthes.
rosponsibili118s and experfen¢e of later lrfe.
An explanatlon of the ¢harlty's maln obJecUYe5 for the year.
The Trusts objectwes during the year were 25 follows..
To tyic¥ease childcare place5, whilsl 51111 provi¢Jing a hpJh level of seNce.
To ¢Jevelop our links with local schools.
To provide ever improving tralning for our staff and so prowde an even better service to the
local community.
To increase the amount of fundraising aclivilie8 in the communlty, aThJ Increase the fijnds
gÈrKraled by th8s8 new and e￿$￿n9 activilles.
d has changed ouroverall daily QPEration. Firstly we d¢J5ed in March 2020 and a few
otherF*riodsas requested sowe wenttoonline and wereable to create home learning packs.
A lot of prO￿dUre have been undated to allgD wlth the Impartof Covld butoverall we managed
everything successfully. A lot of Funding wa5gNen dueto Covid whichgreatty helped and a150
enabled us to updatethe flwrlng In the presthoDI whlch was great￿ Deeded.
Otherfundingwas usedto updateand Invest in much needed re50ur¢es.

ST MALACHYS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
The re ort of th8 trust••s
for the
ar ènded 31 March 2021
An •xplanation of the charfty& slrategles foraehlevlng its stated objectlvès.
During this climate of reduced wvernment funding. the Charty needs lo stand on fts own two
feel. lo conllnue to achieve the charitvs oble¢tive5 Ihe fdlowng strategies have been
Identified:
Increas￿ fundraising I￿[ch we achieved this yearl Mll be more important In tho future
outside fundlng Is more drfficult to obtain and inflalion increases our Gosl5.
We are having difficulty maintsining the level of fund raising, and a5 a result of this rnor8 oniJ$
being pla*d on Senior Stsff to activelywoth to increasè thi5 and r￿tlea¥a Ihls task to th
volunlary rnember8.
Structu￿￿ payment schemes are in place wilh discount8 for pasThenl bydhct
Bbit, altempling lo reduce th& admini5tralion ￿1rden of having to pursu* parents and
guardians for outstanding ￿CK)Unts.
ervlGes providerfj that contribute to the achi•vèment of the slated objectives.
Th8 CharfW$ main $eNce is th8 pro¥Asi¢)n of childcare lo the ttswnland5 of C￿eral￿.
The Charity oxnplies wtth all employment legislation. pay5 ￿jeqUate S￿an88 to staff.
prowdes OPPDrtunilies for ongoing training In order to acknowledge the reswnsible an¢J
8kllled nature of Ihe work with chlldr8# and to protect the rights of ernployees.
We ensure that each staff metnber will be trained to a minitnutn of NVQ level 3, and ar8
gistered under the Ch1￿mind1n9 and Day Care Regis1rat￿n Children INI) Order 1995 with
all that that entalls. Each child is allocated a narned carer.
We adhenve to the Minimum standards set out by the North8m trust
SU￿￿￿On will be in the ratios as follows..
1..3 for O-2 year olds, Ino18ss than 2 staff al any lirn81
1..8 for 3-4 year olds. Ino le55 than 2 staff al any timel
The ¢ontrlbutlon of volunteers
Whilst not a slgnifi¢anl element of the car8 Statt, It 1$ a¢knowledged that without the large
number of unpaid hours contributed willingly by Trustee5 in administrative rolÈs the
charity could just not operate.
Al80 the 8￿pptsrt of parents and the o)mmunty In fund raising makes a large conlrlbullon to
the su¢¢e55 of the Trust.
Th& Pre-school would like to thank all commlttee and voluniry staff for their conlnlou$ $vpport
The Pre-school Management WOU￿ alsn like to thank th& d10￿$0 of Down and Connor 8
Fr Sheenan P￿sh Priest os St Malathys Coleraine for their ccnlinious support.
Aehievèments and Perfom)anc• of the Charity
A review ofcharltable aetlvitiés undertaken by the charlty
The charitable acllvilies undertaken bythe Trust take the form of sub$ill$lnu the c05t of the
childG8re charged to the parents.
Addilronal support 8nd guldanc8 1$ providwj to par￿15 a5 they rg4uire it.

ST MALACMYS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
The report of the trustee5
for th• ￿ar onded 31 March 2021
Fundraislng actlvlties
Whilst the Trust relies on grant ald from the donoTS idenJtled In the accounts. whose
support IS Valued. there is Still 5wpe to furth8r increas2 fundraising actiwlyas.
Those undertaken in the 2020 yew include the follows..
2021
2020
2019
Total fundraisiTJgldonations
1C4)0
547
Factors ftlevant to the achlevgmeftt of the charltys objectlvès
One of th8 maln factrjts affe¢ting the Charitys 2bllty to achieve tts achieve its objeclfve$ Is
competition from statuary nursery which receives a higher allocation of funded p￿￿5 Ihan we do.
Employment ofdisabledpersons
Ongoing wnsullalions are being ratried out with Earfyyears to fottnulale a di58bl8d work8rs
Il¢y. Bul as yet no Oicy for disab18d workers 15 in pla￿.
Structure. Govemance and Management
Nature of th8 Govèrnin9 L)ocument and Constltutlon of the charity
Tha Trust is governed by a constitution administered by a voulantarry committe8.
The methods adopt8d for the re¢rul¢ment and appolntmgnt of ngw Irustees
When new trustee5 are required, usually Ihrough vacan¢ies owuring. the 8￿￿tIng trust88S
deride what ski115. experience and knowledge is req￿￿ed.
Ta￿n9 Izre to comply wlh any spetifi¢ requirernen15 sel out in the govemlng document5.
The position Ls then advertised withn Ihe facility8nd locat church bullelns.
Fit Person a55e55rnents as requlr8d ar8 carrfed out by So¢ial Servi¢e5.
Candk18tes are fom)allyappointed at the AGM.
The policies andpmcedurès adopted for the induction and tralnlng oftrustees.
New Irust8e$ are introduced to the other trustees and key metnbers of staff so Ihat they can
get a belter understanding of thè organfsatlon, and the challenges it faces.
The trustees are given an indUCt￿n pack oullnlng the background olthe orgaDisalion,
job role5 and re5ponsibililies elc. the pad( Includes such thlngs as a Gopy of 51aff terrns
and condition5, finance manual and wpy of ￿￿or3n(JUr￿ and artides.
An assessment of the s￿11 provided by the Iruslees and any Ir8ining r8quir8d bythern is
Identified and Ihèn a plan put in plac8 to enable th& tnjstee to 8cquifE those skills
ne￿ed lo better fill their respon$lblliUes.

ST MALACHY'S PRE SCHOOL PLAYGRQUP
The rgport of the trustg0S
for the year èndèd 31 Mar¢h 2021
The organisatlonal structure of the eharlty and how deGlslons are mode.
Key decislons are the rernlt of Ihe board of trustees, so they can best guid? the
future of the Trust.
Less Important deci5ion5 are delegated to sub cornmitees set up for sp8dfic purms.
Routine dayto d8y declslons are the Tespons*ility ot key Bmpfoyee5 as per their contrad of
employment.
Relationshlps beh¥een the charity and r•latèdparti•s, in¢ludlng Its subsldlarlès
The Trust ha5 no subsidiaries
The majorrlsks to whleh the Gharity Is exposed and review5 gnd
systems to mltlgate rlsks
The trustees take the issue of management very serrously.
The major rfsks lo the ¢*arity are=
The reduGtion of funded pLgces 18 the major threal lo the onging vlabllltyof the Pre Sthool
Of a lesser degree of rtsk are factors like failure to comply ￿th legal requirernenls. Close
attention Is glvèn to Ihese matters. but it Is p08sibl8. however rernole to have the clild
care facllity closed down if there are faillngs In the rat(o tsf 51att lo chi￿ren. Very dose
attention and wnlros is pixed on these legHI f￿t{￿s.
'8ks such as change in dernographics. are unlVKely to have an wnmediate affect and
would allobv sufficent lime to adapt if Ih8ywèr8 to ¢￿￿r.
FuTrJrai*ng is not a siwifitant element of incom8 and has been sucessfully In￿aSed Ihi5
year. MO￿ oAus Is to be placed on thls by Senlor Staff Instead of relwng on the vduntary
Gornmittee.
Financtal Revlew
PollGles on reserves
The truslees having reconsldered the position of the twst now feel that an unreslrkt8d
reserv& of £8,000 is required to cover any expan￿$ like redundancl&s etc
The reserve policy is mon¢t￿￿ ¢JuriryJ the year. and if necessary r￿leWed éu8 to thangi
needs and clrcumstsn¢e5.

ST MALACHYS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
Th• report ofthe trustees
for thè
r ended 31 March 2021
Prlnclpal funding sources andhow exp•ftdituts In the year underrevlow has
supported thè key objectives oftha charity.
The principal sources of funding 4re
EA-NE.REGION CRE funded places £35,643.
Non funded ￿aCeS £1,743.
Volunt2ry Inromp 15 derived frorn other bodles The Iru5tees would like lo lake thfs
opportuw lo thank Early Years and the Education Authority, the Edutration Restart Program
and H M Revenue and Custotn5 for Ihe 5UPOrt provided towards staff costs and th8
Northem Chlld¢are Partnership for training. Manythanks for your generous 88818tance.
Inwme du￿￿5 the year ha5 been used to cover the $upport C05t of th8 Playgroup as par the
Profil & Loss Account.
rhe investmenl pollcy and objoctlvos, in¢ludlng the extent flf any) to whlch
special. environmental orethieal consideratlons arg taken Into account.
The Chanty has no signfficant fvnd5 10 invest and as suth Èlhi¢al cor￿￿Jeratio￿s are 888n as
a tnoot point.
Availability and adequacy of assets of èach gf the funds
Thfr board of Iruste8s Is satlsfied Ihal the Trust's ass8ls in each fund are avallable and
adequate to fulfil Its obligation5 in respect of eath fu￿j.
Transactlons andFinaneialposition
The finèr￿171 ststernents are set out on pages 13 to 16. The financi?1 staternen15 have
been prepared implernenting th& 2005 Revtsion of the Slalement of Recommended
PraclKe for Accounting and Reporting by Charities i88ued by the Charlty Commission
for England and WJes (revised in June 20081 and in at￿rdanGe wlh Ihe Financial
Re￿rtIng Standard for Smaller Enlilies leftective April 20081. As slated in the
Introducts"on lo th18 réport, Ihe Trustees consider the financia performance by the charity
¢Juring the year lo have been satk5factory.
The Statement of Ftnan¢ial Activities show nel outgoing11r￿Qrn￿g re80urces for the
year of a revenue nature of £ 9.960 (prior year £ -5881 and net rgalised
outgoinglincoming resources of a Capital nature of £ O. (prior year £01. making net
ov8rall reallsed incomingloutgoing resources of £ 9,960 (prior y&ar t-5881.
The loial re8erve8 at the year end after ac£ounlin9 for unrealis8d losses after
revaluing investment5 of £ O (prior year £01. sland al t27.007 Iprior year £17,047).
Fre8 unrestricted Ilquid res￿e$ amounted to £27.007 (prior year £17.0471.
SpeGific changes in fixed assets
Changes In fixed asset5 are shown in det*1 in the rKit88 lo Iha acerxjnts.
Th&ra hav8 b88n no movements in fixed assets.

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The report of the trust88s
for the ￿ar ènded 31 March 2021
Plans for Future Periods
The Trust 15 It)oking at other funding streams th8 particular alm of upwading Ihe
Outdoor area and PhyEical Play & Impro￿ng toilets atlathed to the playroom.
Rent to £2000 per year has been agreed lor the next three years.
We had almEd to impro￿the oUtsSdeareaa￿j rnake plansto update theground areawhith we
again have rn3na8ed rDsuCcessful￿aChleve Fundln8 to help wlth this. We had also to lookabout
fundralslng Sn Covid tlmesand SU￿SSfUllY mangedto a¢hiEve helpfrom the local Kerry Group and
alsofrom donation5from Unison &Tesco. Aswe rely heavityon thls wewill continue to Invest back
Into makin8the Pre5th001 ewèn better. In S¥)tpmber 2Q21we have also had new memèersjoin the
committee whlch Is also exotini and help5 the 5tsstsitNability ufthe Future ofthe Group.
The nam* of the Chief ExecutSve Offietr and other senior staff memberl51 to
whom day to day management of the charity is delegated by the Charity trustees.
Michael Bullock ChairpgTson
The members of the Board of Trust••s of the Charlty dur5ng the ￿ar •ndad
31st March 2021 were :.
Michaej Bulk)Gk. Chairper50n
Joanr* Tosh- Treasurer
ctoria J8raam- Secretary
All are direclors of Iho companyand also tsustee5 of the charity. and their r&Sponsi￿l￿t$
indude all the responslbllities of directors under the Companies Act and of Iru5tees under
the Chartll8s Act.
Commltt88 M8mbors
Trudie Oonn&lly
Clair Mcconigle
Stephanya Young
Nadine Kerr
Non Committe¢ Membg
None
The members of the Board of Trustees of the Charity at the date the report and
accounts were approved were:.
micha￿ Bulk)ck- Chairnan
Joanne T05h- Tre88urer
Victoria J8ra8m- S8¢retary
Bankers
Bank of Ireland
2 The Tharnond
Coleraln8
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Th8 report of the trusle¢s
forth•
arended 31 March 2021
Inde￿nd￿nt Examln•r
J A S Campb&ll a Co
ALxount8nt
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8tat•m•nt of Dlra¢tors' Bnd Trusts•g' ReJponslblllll
The Charities Aci und the Companb$A¢t requn th8 ￿08￿ of T￿￿tee¥l0 wep8reftn8r￿19]
stBtem8nts for 88ch fift8nts81 yearwhK* gNe a and f¥ir ofthe state o18rr8irs of
aiity as at IIE end oflhe f￿and81 ￿raft￿ of the ￿rphjs ordefi¢￿ ofthe cha￿. In
èPBring IhDse finand81 statements the 8oard Is required to:.
. 3olectswAgbh aroNntiTrJ Pul￿￿ and then aFvty them ¢lW￿5tQty,
. m*0]￿Jg¢Mants and estirnatesthal 8r8 ieasonatle 3nd pnjdtyit, ar
- prepare thefin8nwl $1818rn8nts on tho gjino ccfKtrn basi8 unle&s il O
i￿PprOpria￿l0 pregJme thalthef*Brftyvdll ¢£wtimJB in bU￿ne$6.
- slale %¥tslhef 8pp1lL¥￿e a￿KUn11r0 standa￿& 8Th18tatgmenl$ ol
r8commended practKe hav8 b88n rC￿thd, wbjeci to any mat8r•l
￿PHr￿r@S dlsdceed and &WalthBd in the financi81 st8lement¥.'
Ih8Truste88 FEgFkinsible lum8intaning odequgle 8ccoJnling rec￿$
rtrasan8ble accuracy al anytim& the finandai w85tlon oltha ¢*ttrityand
lire 5uffftienl to ¥hrw8nd eX￿31n thB thoriW¥ tranSact￿n¥ 8fKI enat*e them lo enwre that
Ihe fInand￿ 8t8temen1scornp￿￿71h the Compan￿A￿t 2(X16 and compty%¥lth re9￿aL￿$
m*le under the Ch8ribes ACL They rB56xirwbkn Ily ¥afogu8¥dirwJ IheassfjtB of
tharltyand hence fortaking reasona￿1 5tw¥ fcf the pr8¥6ntlcfi detecuon offr*kl aTrJ
oth6rirr8g￿aTrlies.
The Trustees are dyo resp￿IbT8 for the ￿￿te￿I4 of TnJ8188s' r8POrt. arKI Ihtr
respon*bllltyof the Ind8pendentwrniner in rdalion to the Tnj5I￿, re￿rt lo
examining th8 ensurfng thol. on th&f8c8 ofthe r•pryL ther8818
Ir*￿?￿$￿¢1es th Ihefiguffjs d18dc&ed Mi IhefrwKil slatements.
M•thod ￿p1•p¥ratIon of •¢¢ount•
mpHnb¥ 8ubi&ltothe 8mAll u)mpon￿8reY[rn￿
ThIB 1*p￿t w appro¥Td ty tho board of¢ft•t•MM 2OJ4n￿ry2o?I
MI￿￿e] Bullod¢