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2025-08-01-accounts

APPENDIX 3

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Scottish Charity Regulator
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Independent examiner’s report on the accounts v.
Report to the Charity name
trustees/members of Burntisland Playgroup
Registered charity $SC014372
number
On the accounts of the Period start date | Period end date
charity for the period Day Month Year Day Month j Year
1 08 2024 to 31 07 2025
Set out on pauce nimntens( ber of adcitionalto include sheer).th
Respective The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
responsibilities Of with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
trustees and examiner Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees
consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations
does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section
44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis ofindependent My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
examiner's statement Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, | do
not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s
Statement jn the course of my my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
 to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
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APPENDIX 2

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SC014372

Burntisland Playgroup

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period start date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date Period end date
For the period
from		 1
Day		 8
Month		 2024
Year		 to Day
31		 Month
07		 Year
2025
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Expendable
endowment
funds		 Permanent
endowment
funds		 Total funds
current period		 Total funds last
period		 Total funds last
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 5,412 5 5 5 5,412
Legacies - - - -
Grants 115,037 115 115 115 115,037 105,245
Receipts from fundraisingactivities 1,785 1 1 1 1,785 883 883
Gross tradingreceipts 3,884 34 34 34,136 38 38 38 38,020 35,594
Income from investments other than
land and buildings - - - -
Rents from land & buildings - - - -
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities - - - -
- - - -
A1 Sub total A1 Sub total 126,118 34,136 34,136 34,136 - - - - - - - 160,254 160,254 160,254 160,254 141,722
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
A2 Sub total -
-
-
Total receipts 126,118
34,136
-
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-		 -
-		 -
-		 -
-
-
160,254		 -
-
-
160,254		 -
-
-
160,254		 -
-
-
160,254		 -
141,722
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities - - - -
Gross trading payments 116,715 116 116 116 116,715 119,632
Investment management costs - - - -
Payments relating directly to charitable Payments relating directly to charitable
activities - - - -
Grants and donations
- - - -
Governance costs:
- - - -
Audit / independent examination 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
Preparation of annual accounts - - - -
Legal costs - - - -
Other Other Other
- - - -
- - - -
**A3 Sub total ** 116,775 - - - - - - - - - - - 116,775 116,775 116,775 116,775 119,692
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets
Purchase of investments
A4 Sub total -
-
-
Total payments 116,775
-
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-		 -
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116,775		 -
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-
116,775		 -
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-
116,775		 -
-
-
116,775		 -
119,692
Net receipts / (payments)
A5 Transfers to / (from) funds
Surplus / (deficit) for year		 9,343
34,136
-
-
43,479
22,030
-
9,343
34,136
-
-
43,479
22,030
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Why join the Committee?

Behind every child enjoying a great time at Playgroup, there’s a Committee hard at work.

Burntisland Playgroup depends on its Committee for day-to-day management of the Playgroup, and for fundraising. As it stands, the funding we get from Fife Council is not enough to cover our costs, so a large part of what we do is fundraising to address this deficit. Although this year will be challenging to fundraise we are still hoping we can come up with some initiatives to help generate some funds. We all consider Playgroup to be an amazing place for our children to learn. It’s very satisfying to be a part of the machinery that makes it all possible, and an active parent population is a real asset to the Playgroup.

Here are some things people have said:

much Ijoined the Committee because... workingfor small charities, I know that they need as help as they can get. In the future when my children are older, I think I will do more in the way of voluntary work, but at the moment the Committee appeals as it is possible to fit in applyingfor grants with my work andfamily. what [joined the Committee because... Ifelt that being a part ofthe ‘hub’ would complement I was doing in my everyday life as a stay at home mum, and utilize some of the skills I valued in my working life. and Ijoined the Committee because... I wanted to give something back to the Playgroup see what I could offer. and Ijoined the Committee because... Ifeel the Playgroup I such a great placefor my child I want to help support it and ensure it continues running.

Please don’t hesitate to ask existing Committee members if you have any questions!

8 FES ECOGE OUL CAmiGfeN atid their families. Thanks to evervone far comin alonn thin the playgroup for our children and their families. Thanks to everyone for coming along this SSP Se ee ee a ee Oe Bree B evening and showing your continued support.

As always, we’ve had another busy and successful year in the playgroup and the children have enjoyed lots of learning opportunities such as our beach and forest visits, library visits, exploring the outdoor space and our local community, for which we have so much to enjoy. We have had continuing opportunities to grow our own plants and produce with the children in our recently upgraded outdoor space. We continued with our stay and play sessions where parents were welcome to come and spend time with their children in the setting. Families have watched their children flourish in the playgroup environment and we remain very lucky to have this amazing early years setting for our children to start their journey into education. We give a huge thanks to the hard work of all the staff for their continued commitment to making the playgroup a child-centred, holistic, early years experience.

With special thanks to the fundraising committee, we have had a range of extremely successful events throughout the year to raise our profile and raise funds to continue to support our amazing facility. We kicked offour fundraising events with the Big Green Market in November 2024, raising £213, followed by a stand at the Burntisland Primary School Christmas Fayre raising £189. Our most successful event this year was the Spring Open Day, obtaining six new applications for future places in the playgroup, along with raising £513.51 which was very fortunately match funded by Lauren Moncrieff and Bank of Scotland securing an additional £500. We secured two part-time funded places for the 2025-2026 academic year as a result of the Spring Open Day. To finish off the fundraising events this year, the staff and children in the playgroup further boosted our funds by £766.60 by completing a sponsored walk event in June 2025. We would like to extend a special thanks to Gerry McPherson and Total Energy who donated £600. Overall, we have had a great year of fundraising and boosting our profile in the local community!

In terms of staffing, we are so lucky to continue to have an amazing team here at the playgroup. We have an ass ourour Earlyplaygroupyears teammanagerand weand haveahad the continued support= ofleave)our relieffor which staff wemembers are veryEmmagrateful. Lorrain-Smith We also haveand SAntly our playgroup on maternity cook, the children love the hot meals thatjprovides and we thank jm again for always going above and beyond to ensure our children receive a healthy meal each day and special memoriesour long-term for celebratorytreasurer and events.we cannotLastly, westress alsohow had themuch continuedwe greatlysupportappreciate ofawevemrinereverything GB2s and continues to do for playgroup. All ofour staff continue to go above and beyond to make events at playgroup exciting and memorable for the children and families and we would like to extend our special thanks to them for this.

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As the current committee members’ children have now moved on from the playgroup, we will beas steppingtreasurer. downWe hopeas officethat bearersmany of and you fundraisers,will consider minustaking—-on roles withinwill continuethe committee her roleto ensure the longevity of the playgroup. Current members are committed to supporting new committee members in their new roles, particularly with upcoming fundraisers already in place (Halloween event, Big Green Market November 2025) and Christmas Open Day (December 2025). I will also support the new Chairperson, along with our manager QE to develop a streamlined appraisal process for the 2025-2026 staff appraisals.

As always, we would like to extend our thanks to our parents and carers. Without you playgroup would not be here and you continue to support all of the events organised by the committee to ensure that our children receive exceptional care at Burntisland Playgroup. We look forward to another successful year, of learning, growing and making memories.

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Accounts to be presented at the meeting.

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Manager’s Report 2024- 2025

Welcome and thank you all for choosing to bring your child to our playgroup and for coming to our AGM. | am sure we will try to keep to the task in hand and work through this AGM quickly.

The academic year 2024 to 2025 saw us start with strong numbers of children, mostly of returning children which really shows how much families appreciate and like what we do. We increased our intake throughout the year until we were at capacity most days. We were fortunate enough to help with transitioning 9 children into primary one and 4 into nursery in June 2025. Most of these children and families chose to stay with us from the start of their early education So it was extra special to share in the journey to Primary One. Although it is always bittersweet to see children off to school and nursery, it is heartwarming to see them in the playground and hear all their stories and see their faces excited. Our core staffing team has remained myself, EE \V.¢ WelcomedFo our relief staff andBs currently on maternity leave. I am truly blessed for the staff team that I have. We are incredibly supportive of each other and the girls are very understanding of the chaos in my brain.

We continued our outdoor learning and visited various areas of Burntisland with the children. We went to the woods (not over our last visit!), the beach, the train station, the parks, the high street, library, banking hub and the war memorial frequently. We also started our monthly visit to the care home. All the children really enjoyed these outings and regularly asked to go back or again in the same week. Our group learning varied from bugs to people who help us! We visited the ambulance to support our learning.

We started the year with the same stay and plays as we normally do, however soon to increase engagement we introduced parent helpers to the woods and the beach. We had our Christmas carol concert, as well as Sport’s Day and picnics with parents too!

We ended the year with our summer term. We participated in civic week which was themed as “Halfway to Christmas!” We asked the children what they wanted to dress up as and they chose “grinch’s.” Unfortunately we did not win but some of us won individual prizes of an ice cream from Novellis. Playgroup closed for summer in July with an end of term party which was lots of fun for all!

Thanks as always must go to the committee, who have ensured the running of the group has continued. The committee held success events throughout the year — The Big Green Market, sponsored mile and a Spring Fair which was overwhelmingly successful! Thank you to all who supported playgroup this year. As always a special thanks Bb acomatit treasurer, who is still working away in the background, also| who is always willing to help with grant applications.

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Thank you to the continuous support of the management committee and staff of the Toll Centre.

We look forward to working with the new committee in the year ahead and having the opportunity to share in your children’s care and education. We are always around if you have any concerns or questions, so feel free to talk with the staff any time.