2025-08-31-accounts - The Bollin School Parent Teacher Association

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

From 1 September 2024

To 31 August 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Bollin School Parent-Teacher Association

Other names charity is known by

Bollin Primary School PTA

Registered charity number (if any) 1003172

Charity's principal address Bollin Primary School

Apsley Grove Bowdon, Altrincham Postcode WA14 3AH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for whole
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if
year
any)
1 Mrs H Cochrane Co-Chair Acted for whole year Elected by members
2 Mrs S Pickford Co-Treasurer Acted for whole year Elected by members
3 Mr A Pickford Co-Treasurer Acted for whole year Elected by members
Mrs K Spark Executive Head Acted for whole year Automatic appointment
4
teacher under the PTA constitution
5 Mrs A Kember Secretary Acted for whole year Elected by members
6 Mrs G McShane Co-Chair From 15 [th] May 2025 Elected by members
7 Mrs C Slater Co-Chair From 15 [th] May 2025 Elected by members
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Not applicable

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution adopted on 26 February 1991.

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Unincorporated association.

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Trustees (otherwise known as committee members), with the exception of the head teacher, are elected by members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and serve for two years.

Retiring committee members are not eligible for re-election until the following year unless the number of vacancies exceeds the number of nominees.

The constitution states that the school’s head teacher is a member of the PTA’s committee.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;

Membership of the Bollin Primary School PTA includes all the parents and guardians of pupils of the school and all teachers at the school.

The charity holds regular committee meetings, which all members are given the opportunity to attend, as well as the AGM. Subcommittees may be formed by the committee to work on specific events and will report back to the committee.

The PTA works closely with the school; committee meetings are attended by the head teacher (or their representative), school office manager and at least one member of teaching staff.

The charity is a member of Parentkind.

trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The object of the charity is to advance the education of pupils in the Bollin Primary School. In furtherance of this object the charity may:

(a) Develop relationships between the staff, parents and others Summary of the objects of the associated with the school charity set out in its (b) Engage in activities which support the school and advance the governing document

(b) Engage in activities which support the school and advance the education of the pupils attending it
(c) Provide and assist in the provision of facilities for education at the school

Summary of the main The charity has continued to provide valuable support to the school with activities undertaken for the its successful fundraising activities during the year. The events run by the public benefit in relation to PTA play a key part in maintaining an active community at the school as these objects (include within well as raising funds for the benefit of the education of its pupils. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance The trustees declare that throughout their activities they have had regard issued by the Charity to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;

The PTA would like to thank all those who contributed their time, energy and expertise in the year. This includes the Chairs and other committee members who served during the year, class representatives, teachers and support staff, staff in the school office, and parents.

policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The year ended 31 August 2025 was another successful year for achievements of the charity fundraising events, supporting the school community and raising funds to during the year support the school’s activities, both of which continue to support the children attending the Bollin Primary School. Regular activities such as discos, movie night, quiz night, Christmas, Summer and Easter events continue to provide an opportunity for families and local community to come together as well as raising funds. Events such as the International Festival celebrate our diverse community, and Mothers and Fathers Day gifts celebrate our families. The year also saw a 10k which supported the school’s health and wellbeing focus, and raised over £6k in sponsorship. The PTA continued to enhance the Preloved shop, using the remaining funding providing by a National Lottery grant. The shop is now fully operational, providing an improved source of uniform for the school and community and an improved income source. The PTA continues to support the school in enriching our children’s school experience. Spending in the year was reduced as we continue to build reserves to support investment in outside spaces. The PTA continued to fund Seesaw licenses to support parent, school and pupil engagement, and continued to contribute to the school library, trips and author visits. Further investment was made to the provision of gardening, through improvements to the greenhouse and planters. Health and wellbeing is a continued area of focus, and the PTA funded quidditch equipment and supported events during the health and wellbeing week.

Section E Financial review

The charity’s policy on reserves, which the trustees consider to be Brief statement of the appropriate given the size and nature of the organisation, is limited to charity’s policy on reserves maintaining sufficient money in the bank accounts to fund forthcoming floats and expenses for events and any committed donations to the school, as well as maintaining an interest bearing deposit account to generate interest income where surplus funds are held. Details of any funds materially Not applicable. in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

Details of sources of funds and expenditure can found in Section D above.

Cash at bank and held in cash at 31 August 2025 was £44,750, increased from prior period as is a focus on building funds towards a more significant investment in the school’s outdoor facilities.

Notwithstanding this, the charity expects to continue to disburse funds to the school to maintain the broader support for the school and its community as it has done in previous years.

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Not applicable.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Sandra Pickford Signature(s) Helen Cochrane Full name(s) Helen Cochrane Sandra Pickford Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Co-Chair ] Treasurer Date 15 May 2026

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The Bollin School Parent-Teacher Association 1003172
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Fundraising events taking place during the year 25,633 - - 25,633 39,975
Charitable activities: school and community events 5,343 - - 5,343 3,516
Sponsored activities 6,352 - - 6,352 3,329
Other voluntary donations, grants and sponsorship 1,357 - - 1,357 12,064
Preloved shop income 1,706 1,706 879
Interest on cash deposits 712 - - 712 343
Fundraising events taking place during the prior year 195 195 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 41,298 - - 41,298 60,106
A2 Asset and investment sales
N/a - - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 41,298 - - 41,298 60,106
A3 Payments
Costs of fundraising events taking place during the year 7,981 - - 7,981 10,124
Costs of charitable activities: school and community events 6,054 - - 6,054 2,435
Payments funded by voluntary donations, grants and sponsorship - 2,008 - 2,008 8,675
Charitable activities: support for Bollin Primary School 12,355 12,355 8,599
Other expenses 2,576 - - 2,576 2,066
Costs of fundraising events taking place during the prior year 1,744 - - 1,744 2,066
Sub total [ 30,710 ] 2,008 - 32,718 31,899
A4 Asset and investment purchases
N/a - - - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 30,710 2,008 - 32,718 31,899
Net of receipts/(payments) 10,588 - 2,008 - 8,580 28,207
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 34,161 5,231 - 39,392 11,185
Cash funds this year end 44,749 3,223 - 47,972 39,393
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds	N/a Details Cash at bank - current account Cash at bank - deposit account Cash in hand - floats *Total cash funds* Details Details Details N/a Details N/a N/a Signature S. Pickford	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 513 43,343 893	Restricted funds to nearest £ - 3,223 -	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -
		44,750	3,223	-
		Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - Print Name Sandra Pickford		Endowment funds to nearest £ - Current value (optional) - Current value (optional) - When due (optional) Date of approval 15-May-26

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name The Bollin School Parent Teachers Association members of On accounts for the year 31 August 2025 Charity no 1003172 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 08 / 2022.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Katie Dixon Date: 13/06/2026 Name: Katie Dixon Relevant professional CIMA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 42 Highfield Avenue, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 3DA

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

October 2018

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

IER