## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/09/2023 **Period start date To** 31/08/2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Belmont Home School Association ## **Charity registration number:** 1035679 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Association are:
- to advance the education of the pupils of
Belmont Primary School by providing and
assisting in the provision of facilities for
education at the School (excluding finance
for staff or to meet other costs of mainstream
educational provision);
- to foster more extended relationships
between the staff, parents and carers and
others associated with the School; and
- to engage in activities which support the
School and advance the education of the
pupils attending it.| |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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|During the year the BHSA managed several
sources of fundraising (summer and
Christmas fairs, bake sales, uniform sales
and others), all with the purpose of funding
the activities and needs of the pupils of
Belmont Primary School, Chiswick.
As a result of those fund-raising activities the
BHSA was able to provide funds to the
school for various purposes which were
intended to improve the educational
experience of the pupils of Belmont Primary
School in line with the objects of the BHSA.
The BHSA also this year received funds in
the way of voluntary contributions which
were transferred to the school upon request.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Through the course of the financial year the
Trustees had regard to the guidance on
public benefit issued by the Charity
Commission.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity achieved a great level of
fundraising over the year, disbursing
significant funds to the school to permit the
organisation of workshops and other
activities for the children that would
otherwise have not been possible financially
for the school to afford.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period, the charity was in a
strong financial position with no funds
materially in deficit.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Funds are managed in accordance with a
bids system, where any future expenditure
must be approved by trustees to ensure
sufficient funds are available.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are materially in deficit.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Vacancies on the Committee may be filled
by the Committee by co-option. Any person
so co-opted shall serve only until the next
AGM, when they may stand for election.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Belmont Home School Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BHSA, Belmont PTA| |Registered charity number|1035679| |Charity’s principal address|Belmont Primary School
Belmont Road
London W4 5UL| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---| |Anna Gardo
Bennasar|Chair||| |Rosie Elphinstone|DeputyChair||| |Mahmoud Elarbi|Secretary||| |Paul Tart|Treasurer||| |Maja Jankowska|Parent
Representative
Generalist||| |Ace Xie|Parent
Representative
Generalist||| |Elaine Lacey|Staff Representative||| |Sarah Boyadjian|Staff Representative||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Paul Tart **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 07/11/2024 ||**Belmont Home School Association**|**Belmont Home School Association**|**Belmont Home School Association**|||**1035679**|**1035679**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**|| |**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|||9/1/2023
~~ee~~||**To**
~~ee~~||8/31/2024|||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |Christmas Fair|**14,530.3**||**-**||**-**||**14,530**||**12,158**|| |Summer Fair|**13,590.6**||**-**||**-**||**13,591**||**7,606**|| |Donations|**587.4**||**-**||**-**||**587**||**1,793**|| |Bake Sales / ice creams|**2,547.0**||**-**||**-**||**2,547**||**1,938**|| |Uniform Sales|**1,246.0**||**-**||**-**||**1,246**||**815**|| |Quiz Night|**1,047.9**||**-**||**-**||**1,048**||**863**|| |Disco/Movie Night|**1,847.4**||**-**||**-**||**1,847**||**1,287**|| |VoluntaryContribution Fund(VCF)|**11,602.3**||**-**||**-**||**11,602**||**16,798**|| |Other income|**812.8**||**-**||**-**||**813**||**294**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_AR)_
**47,812**||**-**||**-**||**47,812**||**43,552**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**47,812**
**-**
**-**
**47,812**
**43,552**
~~——————~~||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |Bank Fees|**232**||**-**||**-**||**232**||**120**|| |BHSA Expenses|**3,190**||**-**||**-**||**3,190**||**1,834**|| |Reimbursement|**- 408**||**-**||**-**||**- 408**||**-**|| |School Claim|**30,767**||**-**||**-**||**30,767**||**29,634**|| |VCF request-transfer|**10,000**||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**16,000**|| |Year 6 leavers|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**255**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**43,781**||**-**||**-**||**43,781**||**47,843**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**43,781**
**-**
**-**
**43,781**
**47,843**
~~——————~~||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**4,030**
**-**
**36,991**
**41,022**
~~===~~|**4,030**
**-**
**36,991**
**41,022**|**-**
**- -**
**- -**
**-**|**-**
**- -**
**- -**
**-**|**- 4,030**
**- 4,291**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**36,991**
**41,282**
**- 41,022**
**36,991**
~~==>>~~|||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 7/3/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**31,183**
**-**
**-**
**193**
**-**
**-**
**9,646**
**-**
**-**
**41,022**
**-**
**-**
Business Money Manager Account
Community Account I
Community Account II (VCF)
**_Total cash funds_**
~~—====~~||||| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||| ||account(s))||OK
OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—==—~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~1~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~iss~~||||| ||||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**
**(optional)**||**(optional)**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
7-Nov-24
Signature
Print Name
Paul Tart
~~——~~||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 7/3/2025 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 Belmont Home School Association On accounts for the year ended 31 st August 2024 Charlty no (if any) 1035679 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Ihe above charity ("the Trust ) for the year ended 3110812024. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of Ihe Trust, you are responsible for Ihe preparation basls 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 examiner's statement 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. Ploase delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 0911112025 Name: Maria Cohen Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (if any): AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounling Address: W4 2EQ 26 Linden Gardens, Upper floors flat, London, UK Ourlng rny•Mmlnatlon IER October 2018 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). During my examination I noted that cash from fund raising events was sometimes held for several months before banking. Also, on several occasions personal accounts were used to transfer proceeds. I received full and clear explanation on each occasion and reasons why it has happened. While all the records being reconciled, I recommend future processes ensure cash is banked promptly and transactions are made directly through the charity's bank account. Give here brlef detalls of any Items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018