INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT HOWDEN PRE OL PLAYGROUP COMMITfEE MEMBE SCOTnsH CHARrrY NUMBER I reported on the accounts of Howden Pre School playgroup for the year ending 31 July 2023 Responslblllties ot playgroup Commlttee and examlner As members of the commlttee you are responsibleforthe preparation of the accounts and would contemplate the playgroup being exempt from audit. This is in accordance wlth the terms of the Charities and Tru5tee5 Investment (Scotlandl ReBulatiDns 20ChS. It is my responsibility to exarnine the prepared and, after examining the accounts, report my conclusion/opinion. Basls of Oplnlon My conclusion is carried out in accordance with regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 2006. My work conslsted of comparing the accounts with the accountlng records kept by the playgroup. I made the necessary enquirie5 to the playgroup committee as I Considered necessary for this report. The procedures provide only assurance expressed only in my opinion. Oplnlon In my opinion. attording to the best of my knowledge and in accordance with the information given to me: Al The play8roup satisfied the condwhons for exemption from audit of the account5 for the period specified. Bl All receipts, payments. statement of balances and notes theron have been properly prepared for the record5 of the play8roL¢P and are in agreement herewlth. Cl The accounts comply with the playgroup structure. In the course of my examination, no matter ha5 cometo my attention. Auditor on behalf of Howden Pre School playgroup Hlgher National Diploma Business AdmlnistratSon Accumulated Funding as at 31° July 2023 £4971.56 Bank 8alance £4114.30 Cash Balance £857.26
Howden Pre-school playgroup Trial Balance Income & Expenditure Account for the Financial year ending 2023 Unrestricted Funds Notes Intome Au8 to July Aug to July 2022 2023 £5,541.25 £5,700.46 £5,528.37 £3.000.00 £12.871.72 £19,210.00 £1,326.96 £1,473.46 £1,946.57 £25,414.80 £31,183.99 Fees Grants WLC Provision Healthy Snack Spon50rs/Donations Expenditure Wages Misc SSSC/Care Inspectorate £16,818.77 £28,926.35 £3.040.57 £3,301.18 £1,142.12 £1.167.00 £21001.46 £33 394.54 Differen Surplus/Deficit for Year £4,413.34 -£2,210.55 Cash at bank as at cash in hand £6,329.93 £4,114.30 £852.18 £8S7.26 Balance at start of year £2,768.77 £7.182.11 Surplus for the year £7,182.11 £4,971.56 Notes to the accounts I Surplus shown in black, deficit shown in red
HDwden Pre-8ehnnl PlyvorDIip SLotlish Charity Number: SC010853 Treasurer's Report for.8ession - August 2022 to Julv 2023 fiirrent ()ffiee erer8 Contact Addresf4 Reeruitment and appointment of CommittL'e All of the playgjroup's committee are dppvinlcd vr rLdppoinled al our Annual General Mccling which is held in September ot'¢ach year or at a Spccial (ieneral Mcclin&, . hould the nL¢LI Governin£ Document Th¥ pldy¥foup is d Lh(wildble association and is adinistered under the arrangemenls set oul in our eon.%titution. Activitie8 and Achievements Buili sl<irr rri¢mbers & Lommiiiee have wvrked well togTether throughoui this year arranging a varictv tundraiscrs.. ScilL" I)rxmK Lrafts. Boogic Bingo 4 Raffle Wc w'ould lik'e lo thank the parents/statt- tor all their hdrd work organisin¥ these fundrdisers and evcryone else who has supported the Playgroup in raisins3 a total of £767 We have also received the following funding ihroughoul thi5 yedr Co-op £1179.57 (seLond Pdymentl WLL Grant £3000 BL"ing in partnership with WLL haq meani that we have received a totd] 01£19.210 as pavmcnt for providing 8Pdces for aur tunded 2 J'ear olds and a total ot-£1326.96 was reLeivcd (in 4 equal pa}'ments throughout the year) diis year t.or being registered 1th the I4calthy Snack and Milk Scheme. Tlianks io Ihe Co-op. r(Ir uur scLond Pdyment from theni after being chosen as ihcir eharity of the year- a good fuiidraiscr but also grcdi fur rdising a.reness1promotInul our playgroup
Th¢ ¢hildr¢n benefited ihrouLThoui March, May artd June from the hiring of Caterpillar Music, who providc fun. cducational: multi-scn%ory musiL & movcment scssions using puppets and musical instruments. Big Lhangcs wcrc madc this year, when we made an applicatittn for variation to extend our hours- afier great discussion w'ith the committ¢¢ w¢ applled foT a variation to playgroup hours (which wa% gTranted l !). We then took the decision lo trial opei)ing for afternoon sessions. heing that our waiting list al this point was so loiig. This began on 30 January to the end of June (end of ihe term) with the potential for conlinuin&v in Augru5t should this prove viable Our outgoinbis w¢r¢ as follows dnd coi'ered wagies, snack, purchase of materials, SSSC Registratioii, EYS mcmbcrship and InsuranLe dnd Carc C'ommi%4inn lee.s. Remuneration gnd Fxpenses Members of the Howden Pre-school Playgroup manabTemvnt comn]ittee undertake thcir duties in a voluntary capacity and, as such, did not rLcLivL dn), remunerdlion. Si&Fnvd