Ballygowan Community Pre¥School & Playgrnllp
Trustees, Report
The trnsiees presenr ihe annual rcport together with ihc financial $tatcments of thr ¢harily for thc ycar endcd 31
May 202?
The aeeounis hav¢ been preparcd in accordance with the aecounting poli¢i¢s s¢t our in not¢ I to thc account5
and comply with The Charities Act INorthern Ireland) 2008.
Trustees
Karen Stcwart lappoinled 22 Jun¢ 2021)
Suzani?¢ MurdL*k {appointed 22 June 20211
Sara Louise Bowman lappointcd 22 June 20211
Ni¢ola Shaw Irc5igned 22 Julle 20211
Christina Campbell (resigned 22 June 20211
Alison Shields (re5igncd ?2 Junc 20211
Structure* governance man#gement
Reermilmeiit uiid fippoinlllieiil oftrriistees
Tlic Jnanagcmcrtt Colnmltl￿ who scrved during the ycar and up to the date of this report aT¢ Sei oui on pa￿C l.
Thc managcmenr comtniite¢ or¢ appointcd al the Annual Gcnerdl Mcetittg.
Thc managcmeni cojnmirtcc have assessed the major risks io which tl)¢ Charity is exposcd. and are sa115fied thai
Systems arc in placL ro Iniligatc exp(>surc to the major risks.
Objectives xctiyities
Public ￿ller10
Thc charjry was tstablished to prtstLiOte play based Icarninq environn¢nts for all children under statU¢Ory SLhool
age, of Ballygowaii and its surrounding cnvirons ivithoul distJrtLtion of age, g¢ELder, marital status. disability.
s¢xuul oracntation, nationality, cihnic identiry. political or rclLglOU5 opittion, by associating ihc statutory
authoriti¢5. cornjnunity and voluntary organi$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 paren1￿c&[ers.
Parentol qLiestionn3ircs used to gdin die opinion of PiTentslcar¢rs.
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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 mana￿eMent 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¢
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