Ballygowan Community Pre¥School & Playgrnllp Trustees, Report The trnsiees presenr ihe annual rcport together with ihc financial $tatcments of thr ¢harily for thc ycar endcd 31 May 202? The aeeounis hav¢ been preparcd in accordance with the aecounting poli¢i¢s s¢t our in not¢ I to thc account5 and comply with The Charities Act INorthern Ireland) 2008. Trustees Karen Stcwart lappoinled 22 Jun¢ 2021) Suzani?¢ MurdLk {appointed 22 June 20211 Sara Louise Bowman lappointcd 22 June 20211 Ni¢ola Shaw Irc5igned 22 Julle 20211 Christina Campbell (resigned 22 June 20211 Alison Shields (re5igncd ?2 Junc 20211 Structure governance man#gement Reermilmeiit uiid fippoinlllieiil oftrriistees Tlic Jnanagcmcrtt Colnmltl who scrved during the ycar and up to the date of this report aT¢ Sei oui on paC l. Thc managcmenr comtniite¢ or¢ appointcd al the Annual Gcnerdl Mcetittg. Thc managcmeni cojnmirtcc have assessed the major risks io which tl)¢ Charity is exposcd. and are sa115fied thai Systems arc in placL ro Iniligatc exp(>surc to the major risks. Objectives xctiyities Public ller10 Thc charjry was tstablished to prtstLiOte play based Icarninq environn¢nts for all children under statU¢Ory SLhool age, of Ballygowaii and its surrounding cnvirons ivithoul distJrtLtion of age, g¢ELder, marital status. disability. s¢xuul oracntation, nationality, cihnic identiry. political or rclLglOU5 opittion, by associating ihc statutory authoriti¢5. cornjnunity and voluntary organi$ation% and the inhobilanls in a common effort to advance cducation aDd health ld wcllbeing. The main aims of tlie seltins are.. The prepardtion of each individual ¢hild for primary education. Enabling childTen to becotnc more comp¢tent li) the skills of exprcssion, conNnunic3lion, problc solving, early matliematLCS. creativity. knowlcdgc of Ihe WOTld around us. experimentation and exploration and phy5iral development. Enabling children to relatc to othcr children and adults. Tli¢s¢ aiEll5 are inet by including amongst others the following a¢tivitie5'. A p13y bas learnitlg environinent. Interviews bemen staty and parcntslcarers wherc a two way sharing of infortnaiion trkc5 place, 4long with the slafi. obs¢tva¢ion5 and progr¢55 r¢port5 used lo inforni paren1c&[ers. Parentol qLiestionn3ircs used to gdin die opinion of PiTentslcar¢rs. Page 2
BAllygoivAn Community Pre-school & Plgygroup Trustees, Report WcllbcinLy and rcsilience of Ilic child t1)Ugh Pcrsonal. Social and Emotional dLvelopincnt and enLouragin&F Healihy Calingr and Pliysichl cx¥r¢ise tliiollgh OUT Food and Drink PoliLy and Play Pi>liLy. Annual Inspection by Social ScrviLes Trust and regular Inspections by Education ai)d Training Insptctoratc (Education Authority formLrly Dept ol. Educaiion)- and Ihc CharitlC5 (Accounts and Rcportsl Rc¥ulations {Northcrn Irclandl 2015 10 have duc rc8al lo tlic publi benefjt guidance publjshed by thc ChaL'ity Commission. Achievernents perforTllA Thce PareTLts l Larers and si8ff Jvailtd of ITaining, 10 gain a wid¢r knowledge of the dev¢loprRtni and social needs and behaviour5 of childrcn 50 that thcy can tailor Ihcir earc aE)d cdueaiional progtamme to lh¢ n¢cds of individual childrcn. This knowlcduc is Il)cn ilnp1cmcnt into practicL ivitli ongoing evaluation process. PdrentOLarers and otlier intL'rested paiites. represented on the managemeni committee. Communiry involvcmeni and inrcresr. Th¢ provision of a 5afc. caring, Ivclcoming and undcr5tanding cnvironmcnt within whicli Ihc children obtain thcir first expcricncc of ediicalion. Financial review The manaeMent Committee are satisfied with the financial results ot thc ycar ended 31 May 2022. Re$erves Policv Th¢ Trusi¢es have established 8 poli¢y which is review annually, whereby ihe unresiritlEd funds held by rhe charity should be a targct of twclvc inonihs of avlragc cxpcnditurc. The avcragc cxpcnditurc iii i1iL next 12 month5 is expected io be £55.000 and unrcstricled funds are currently suffLcient 10 Cover this Lost. UnrcsiTift¢d dcsignated T¢5crvcs coinprise unTe51L'iCtcd liind5 for a purtlcular puipos¢ by Trustecs. Ballygowan Commiinity Pre-SclJool and Playgroup have designated rtservcs to cover rcdundaney and wind up costs the ¢v¢nt Of the ¢¢ssaiion of £17,500. The annual report was approved by the irustces of the charity on ?0 October ?022 attd sigDcd on its behalf by.. SIGF4EOSECURELY 21MQI2Q2Z*g..36..ZJAM UT Karcn Stcivart Chaimian and TnLSte¢ PaLJe 3