2022-08-31-accounts - The Friends Of St John Fisher School

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] September 2021 To 31[st] August 2022

Charity name: The Friends of St John Fisher School

Charity registration number: 1046636

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To raise funds to be used to enrich the experience of pupils at St John Fisher School.
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	Fundraising through a variety of events, including: - Themed days for pupils, e.g. crazy hair day - Social events for parents and/or children, e.g. race night, summer fete, disco - 100 club draw Funds raised have been used to pay for a variety of activities and equipment to benefit pupils, including Christmas pantomime, mud kitchens and prayer books.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees are aware of public benefit guidance and taken it into account in funding decisions.

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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment

Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other

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 funds raised by the charity have been used to directly benefit the pupils of St John Fisher School (the charity’s beneficiaries) by providing activities and experiences to enrich their learning experience at school.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The charity has a stable financial position having raised approx. £31,000 and spent £17,000 in-year.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Closing cash balance was £28,600 with with a further £1,900 committed. The trustees agreed that there was no need to hold reserves totalling this amount and it should be available to fund appropriate experiences in the coming year, including a significant investment beyond usual annual activities.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	See above
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	n/a
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	n/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	n/a

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The charity’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 principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

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	Unincorporated 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	The charity is run by a committee of trustees. All parents at St John Fisher School are invited to join.
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Friends of St John Fisher School
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1046636
Charity’s principal address	St. John Fisher School Melrose Road PINNER Middlesex HA5 5RA

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 (if any)
Caroline Fergusson	Treasurer	2019
Angela Taaffe		2017
Cris Conboy		2019
Emma Long		2019

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	n/a
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)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address




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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

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) Jennifer Allen Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 9-10-24

Charity Name No (if any) The Friends of St John Fisher School Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y

CC16a

1/9/2021 31/8/2022 For the period from To

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
100 clubpayments	1,140	-		-	1,140	-
Christmas shoppingevent	2,890	-		-	2,890	-
Scalextrix event refund	460	-		-	460	-
Commission - Easy Fundraising, Stickins, Christmas cards	817	-		-	817	-
Pupil contributions for themed days	2,647	-		-	2,647	-
School disco	6,146	-		-	6,146	-
Summer fete incomings	16,308	-		-	16,308	-
Quiz incomings	205	-		-	205	-
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	30,613	-		-	30,613	-

A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
	-		-		-	-
	-		-		-	-		-
Sub total	-		-		-	-		-

Total receipts	30,613		-		-	30,613		-
A3 Payments
100 clubprizes	470	-		-		470	-
Christmas shoppingcosts	171	-		-		171	-
Autumn school invoice	7,127	-		-		7,127	-
Scalectrix eventpayment	460					460

08/22/2025

School disco costs	2,232	-	-	2,232	-
Summer fete costs	4,671	-	-	4,671	-
Directpayment for school requests	1,437	-	-	1,437	-
Leavers' disco cost	375	-	-	375	-
Quiz cost	200	-	-	200	-
	-	-	-	-	-
Sub total	17,143	-	-	17,143	-

A4 Asset and investment
purchases,(see table)
	-		-		-	-
	-		-		-	-
Sub total -			-		-	-		-

Total payments 17,143			-		-	17,143		-

Net of receipts/(payments) 13,470		-		-		13,470	-
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-		-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	15,139	-		-		15,139	-
Cash funds this year end 28,609		-		-		28,609	-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Business account balance 28,609 - - - - - - - - Total cash funds 28,609 - - (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds

08/22/2025

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

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08/22/2025

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Details n/a Signature	- - - - - Print Name JENNI ALLEN Fund to which liabilityrelates Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)





		Date of approval
	JENNI ALLEN	9-10-24

08/22/2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Friends of St John Fisher School On accounts for the year 31 August 2022 Charity no ended (if any) Set out on pages

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement 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 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: Ian Robertson Date: 18/7/2025 Name: Ian Robertson

October 2018

IER

Relevant professional Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 64 Southfield Park Harrow, HA2 6HE

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