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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01/09/2023 Period start date To 31/08/2024 Period end date** 

**Charity name: Friends of Ashley Charity registration number: 1024028** 

||**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**||
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|**SORP reference**<br>**Summary of the purposes of**<br>**Para 1.17**<br>**the charity as set out in its**<br>**aovemina document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**Para 1.17 and**<br>**1.19**<br>**activities in relation to those**<br>**purposes for the public**<br>**benefit, in particular, the**<br>**activities, projects or services**<br>**identified in the accounts.**<br>**Statement confirming**<br>**Para 1.18**<br>**whether the trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit **<br>**Additional Information (optional)**<br>**To enrich the education of the pupils at**<br>**Ashley Church of England Primary School,**<br>**Walton-on-Thames**<br>**Activity focus is to**<br>•<br>**Develop working relationships with**<br>**staff, parents/carers and others**<br>**associated with the school**<br>•<br>**engage in activities, provide**<br>**equipment or facilities which support**<br>**the school and advances the**<br>**education of the pupils**<br>**In planning our activities for the year we kept**<br>**in mind the charity Commission's guidance**<br>**on public benefit at our trustee meetings.**<br>**You mav choose to include further statements where relevant about:**<br>**SORP reference**<br>~~ane~~||||
|||**Para 1.38**||
||**Policy on grant making**|||
||**Policy on social investment**|**Para 1.38**||
||**including program related**|||
||**investment**|||
|||**A great contribution of time, energy and**<br>**Para 1.38**<br>**expertise is made by member volunteers.**||
||**Contribution made by**|**The achievements of the charity would not**||
||**volunteers**|**be possible without the many hours of**<br>**involvement and high levels of support of the**||
|||**volunteer body.**||
||**Other**|||



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## **Achievements and Performance** 

||**SORP reference**||
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|||**Fundralslng Events**|
|**Summary of the main**<br>**achievements of the charity,**<br>**identifying the difference the**<br>**charity's work has made to**|**Para 1.20**|**The Friends of Ashley held a number of**<br>**events in the year raising funds to support**<br>**the school**<br>•<br>**Christmas Bazaar £6,300**<br>•<br>**Summer Feta £13,000**<br>•<br>**Fireworks £8,000**|
|**the circumstances of its**||•<br>**May Ball -£2.600**|
|**beneficiaries and any wider**|||
|**benefits to society as a**<br>**whole.**||**Other Fundralslng Activities**<br>**The most significant items were**|
|||**Sales of Preloved uniform £1,100**|
|||**Christmas card/gifts £600**|
|||**Eco Stall £380**|
|||**Children's Activities and Parent/Carer**|
|||**Social Events**|
|||**Picnic to celebrate the end of the year and**|
|||**thank the school community for their**<br>**fundraising efforts through the year (aim to**|
|||**only cover costs).**|
|||**Donations & Commissions**|
|||**Clothes/toys collection £543**|
|||**Commissions, donations & Interest £570**|
|||**Expenditure**|
|||**The Friends of Ashley funded the following**|
|||**items in the year**|
|||•<br>**Bird Hide £4, 195**|
|||•<br>**Reading Dens £6,600**|
|||•<br>**Kitchen equipment £1,215**|
|||•<br>**Other expenses £4,000**|
|||•<br>**PTA costs £2,500**|



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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**||
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|Review of the charity's<br>**Para 1.21**<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period<br>Statement explaining the<br>**Para 1.22**<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held<br>v|There was an increase of surplus funds<br>available at the end of the period from<br>£56,869 to £65,029 mainly due to large<br>expense expected early in the next year. Out<br>of the funds remaining for the year £14,700<br>has been allocated towards outdoor<br>enhancements, technology, books and<br>sports equipment. The application of the<br>remaining funds is being considered<br>between the school and the committee.<br>A minimum reserve of £5,000 is required to<br>be maintained to honour annual expenditure<br>items with a further £2,000 reserved to cover<br>costs of olannina fundraisina activities.|
|Amount of reserves held<br>**Para 1.22**||
|v<br>Reasons for holding zero<br>**Para 1.22**<br>reserves||
|v<br>Details of fund materially in<br>**Para 1.24**<br>deficit<br>Explanation of any<br>**Para 1.23**<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity's principal<br>sources of funds (including|**Para 1.47**|
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|any fundraising)||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any|**Para 1.46**|
|social investment policy||
|adopted||
|A description of the principal|**Para 1.46**|
|risks facing the charity||
|Other||



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|**Structure, Governance and Management**|
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|**Description of charity's**<br>**trusts:**<br>**Type of governing document**<br>**Para 1.25**<br>**Constitution adopted on 18 September 2018**<br>**(trust deed, royal charter) **<br>**How is the charity**<br>**Para 1.25**<br>**Parent-Teacher association with all**<br>**constituted?**<br>**parents/carers of children at the school being**<br>**(e.g unincorporated **<br>**part of the association and 4 elected posts,**<br>**association, CIO)**<br>**Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and**<br>**Communications. All roles were co-positions**<br>**except for the Chair in the financial vear.**<br>**Trustee selection methods**<br>**Para 1.25**<br>**Elected at AGM**<br>**including details of any**<br>**constitutional provisions e.g.**<br>**election to post or name of**<br>**any person or body entitled**<br>**to appoint one or more**<br>**trustees**<br>~~et~~|
|**Additional Information (optional)**<br>**You mav choose to include further statements where relevant about·**<br>**All trustees give their time voluntarily and**<br>**receive no remuneration or other benefits**<br>**Policies and procedures**<br>**adopted for the induction and**<br>**Para 1.51**<br>**training of trustees**<br>**The charity's organisational**<br>**structure and any wider**<br>**Para 1.51**<br>**network with which the**<br>**charity works**<br>**Relationship with any related**<br>**Para 1.51**<br>**parties**<br>**Other**<br>~~=~~|
|**Reference and Administrative details**|
|**Charitv name**<br>**Friends of Ashlev**<br>**Other name the charitv uses**<br>**FOA**|
|**Reaistered charitv number**<br>**1024028**|
|**Charity's principal address**<br>**AShley Church of England Primary School**|
|**Ashley Road**|
|**Walton on Thames**|
|**KT121HX**|





**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name ofperson (or body) Dates acted If not for Trustee name Office (If any) whole year entitled to appoint trustee (If anv)** 1 Helen Platt Chair 2 Elizabeth Grillo Co-Treasurer 3 Clare Birks Co-Treasurer 4 Louise Wilson Secretary ~~=o~~ **5** Catherine Furber Secretary **6** Sonia Kalsi Communications **7** Sarah **Parker** Communications **8 9 10** 11 **12 13** 14 **16 17** 18 **20** ~~===~~ - Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was aooroved **Director name 19 15** 

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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity** ~~pee~~ pee **Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the** ~~—~~ **assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets** ~~—~~ **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.** 


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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Frfends of Ashl•y
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Parent Sodal Events
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24.701
2.559
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27.469
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Report to the trusteesl
members of
The Friends of Ashley School
On accounts for the year
ended
3110812024
Charity no
(if any)
1024028
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trust") for the year ended
Responslbilitles 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 axamination 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.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no mat8rial matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') 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
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concems 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.
Ploase delote the words in the braGkets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
ILÈ 1612
Name..
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IER
October 2018

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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018

Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018