CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the period From 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 Charity name.. Lea School Association (LSA) Charity registration number: 1023309 Objectives and Activities SORP refe￿nCe Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document The Lea School Association (LSA) organises events and raises funds for the school, to be spent on things that the school budget cannot pay for. We have two aims.. firstly, to raise money to benefrt our children and secondly, to promote the strong sense of communty that exists be￿een arents, children and staff. The LSA successfully organised our regular range of events during the period- school discos, seasonal fairs, film nights and quiz night for the enjoyment of our school community. parents, children and staff. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on publi benefit Para 1.17and 1.19 Para 1.18 The trustees have had regard to the guidan¢e on public benefit. The evenls are for the benefit of our school community- Risk Assessments are completed for all events. Additional inforn7ation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. SORP relerence NIA Para 1.38 Policy on grant making NIA Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Our volunteers give their time freely to the organisation. Some volunteers also donate prizes for our raffles. There is a voluntary contribution scheme where volunteers, school arents and othér members of the Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers public can voluntarily donate on a regular or one-off basis, in order to raise much needed funds for the Lea Primary School and Nursery. These donations ar8 rocessed throu h KindLink. NIA Other Achievements and Performance SORP reference All events were run successfully and without incident. raising a net income of £6,556. Events included Christmas wreath making workshops, discos, raffles, film nights, a quiz night and the suc￿Ssful summer fair. Other sources of income to the PTA bank account in the financial year were KindLink donations, Amazon Smile, Easy Fundraising. and one-off dorbations from individuals. KindLink donations and donations from individuals were transferred to the school bank account on a monthly basis, all other income was retained in the account. Gift Aid was reclaimed from HMRC for KindLink donations (transferred to school in arrears) and for events such as non-uniform days under the GASDS scheme (retained in the PTA account). Amazon Smile ceased to operate in February 2023. The three main expenditures in the financial year were the Wellbeing Hub, iPads for Key Stage 2 and purchase of whole class reading schemes. The construction of the Wellbeing Hub involved converting a shipping container into a purpose-built classroomlmeeting spacelintervention area and cost £6,000 funded by the PTA directly with a £12.500 grant awarded by the Harpenden Trust. The iPads cost £6,170 and were funded by a £740 parent donation with the remainder coming from profits from fundraising events. The PTA contributed £1.500 towards the class reading schemes {book purchase) introduced by Mr Berry. Again. this year, we decided to donate £50 lo each class in the school at Christmas. This was to be spent wherever the teacher felt it was needed. whether resources, stationary or treats for a class Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity, identifying the drfference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to sociely as a whole. Para 1.20 Additional infomiation (optional) You rna choose to include further statements where relevant about.. NIA Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 NIA Perfom)ance of fundraising activities against obje¢tives set Paro 1.41 NIA Investment perfomance against objectives Para 1.41 NIA Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 Opening balan Income Expenditu Closing balance 13,095 30,024 Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statin are held Amount of reseryes held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties al)out the charity continuing as a going concern Para 1.22 NIA Para 1.22 NIA NIA Para 1.22 Para 1.24 No deficit Para 1.23 NIA Additional Infomiation loptlonal You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. The chanty's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the prinapal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 Constitution How is the charity onstitLrted? Para 1.25 The LSA is an unincorporated association. ,oraled Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entit￿0 to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustees voluntarily put themselves forward for election to the Committee. Trustees are appointed annually at the AGM. Trustees have to be proposed and seconded by ￿0 separate members of the PTA. Additional inforniation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wider ne￿Ork with which the harity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charil name Other name the chari uses istered cha number Charity s principal address Lea School Association Lea School PTA 1023309 The Lea Primary School and Nursery Moorland Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4LE Names of the Charity trustees who manage the charlty Dates acted if not for wholè ear Trustee name Office lif any) Name of person lor body) entitlgd toa int trustee ifan Lois Geach Chair Secretary Treasurer 01.09.2023- present 01.09.2023- present 01.09.2023 - present 01.09.2021- 01.09.2023 01.09.2021- 01.09.2023 Joanne Ruskin Thomas Frost Cathryn Egan Rachael Frame Chair VI￿ Chair Lauren Cottle Chadotte Tallamy Treasurer 01.09.2020- 01.09.2023 Secretary 01.09.2021- 01.09.2023 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor rate truslees- names of the directors at the date the re Director name rtwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee namè Dates acted if not for whole ear Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the cuslodian charity's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets NIA Additional infomiation loptional) Namès and addresses of advisers (Optional Infomiation) Type of Name Address adviser Namo of chief executive or names of senlor staff members (Opiional Infomiatlonl Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke ersonnel details Other o 1ft4J'le£J nePLid oa ad tional infomiation Mer .Yr Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signaturels) Full namels) Posltion (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) LJ)IS CKcLLf 1.3 1011 ooc KJO qgcpLI ft(iY Date CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe ￿nIx1 from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted fLSnds Restri¢ted fund5 tothe nearest £ Endowment funds Total lund8 La5¢year to thB nearest É totho nBiml£ to the fitrarg6t£ A1 Recelpts Fund￿1￿1￿¥ Xbvity Har￿nde￿ Trust Grdnt On5ine irKxJme Voluntary d(x)ation$ GrfIAd ￿￿¥1M￿j 10,896 12,$00 274 5,633 721 10,896 12.5TrJ 274 15,004 292 4,192 3,565 721 ss incomg AR) 30,024 32,563 ¥n (see tsble). on $0 30,024 A3Pa sthtNrtI￿S lo sthx Costs of 1*aritab￿ a(*vibes Admin e 20,511 3.939 20.511 3.939 t6.432 5,926 1,380 nses Sub total 23,730 A4 As8et and invejtment Sub totsl 24.910 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Tran$fers bètweèn fund$ A6 C8sh funds la$t yg•r ¢nd Cash funds thls year end LSA accL)unts 2022- 2023.xls Page 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearost É Regtricted funds to thp•rpst£ Endowment fund¥ tr• Dea￿¥1£ Total cash funds 18.180 (aQTe4 bal￿9￿7￿￿¢*1￿5￿ p8yrI￿S sil Unre8trTretod funds to noarost£ Restrlet•d funds to n•argstf Endowment funds to nearest£ Details Fund to whlch asset bolon ei*t lopwonall Current value onal Details F¥nt1 towhlch I rri Cuwrent V41uo Detai15 asset belon Cost lopUott•ll B4 Assets rntained for the charity's own use Fund towhich relates Afflourrt d tlonal When duo no Details BS Llabllities Svjned by one ortswo trustees on behalf of aN the Iru$tee$ Signatufe Print Name Date of roval JL LSA aco)unts 2022- 2023.x15 Page 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Lea School Association (LSA) On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 Charity no lif any) 1023309 Set out on pages l- 10 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charityllhe Trust.) for the year ended 3110812023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basig 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 Ad. I have completed my examination. I confimi 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 nol kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the a￿ountS do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if th8y do not appty. Signed: Date: Name: /gEN U t￿lEk or ihlsrifiJr[ E FKVLfl oFlcru Artics Relevant professional qualification{sl or body lif any): Address: ¥LL IER Oclober 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of Gon￿rn (see CC32, Independent 8xamination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief dètails of any Items that the examiner wishès to disclose. /' A /_ 4*AI re LtsrtJ ,thJ. - IER October 2018