## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1 August 2023 To: 31 July 2024 Charity name: FRIENDS OF YORK HOUSE** **Charity registration number: 1048588** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of pupils at York
House School through the provision of
extra-curricular activities and equipment of a
scholastic and recreational nature. In
addition, the Charity brings together, via
social events, parents and guardians of
pupils and friends of the School to further
the welfare of the pupils.| |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|Various fundraising events throughout the
year.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have followed the public
benefit guidance published by the Charity
Commission, as required by Section 17(5) of
the Charities Act 2011.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment including program
related investment|Para 1.38|| |Other||| 1 ## **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 has continued to work with
parents, guardians and friends of pupils who
attend York House School. Events and
activities have been organised to raise funds
for the charity.
The charity has built up substantial reserves
over the years.
During the year under review, the charity
was pleased to purchase items to further
enhance the outdoor learning provision at a
cost of £8462.80 including the rotating log,
spiders web and the trapeze loops.
The following fundraising events and
activities took place during the year:
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Pre loved uniform sales
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Fireworks
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Christmas Tombola
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Quiz night & Raffle
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Spring Ball & Auction
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Easter Egg Hunt
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Summer Fest
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Ice lolly sales
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Coffee Mornings
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Merchandise sales
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Coffee Mornings
The children who attend York House School
have benefitted from the extra-curricular
activities and equipment provided by the
charity.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| 2 Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the year end the charity held £36,477 in
its bank account plus £150 in cash| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity does not have an explicit
reserves policy, but looks to retain sufficient
funds to meet all expenditure in the
foreseeable future.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£36, 627| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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||| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(eg trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 7 October 2008.
Subsequently revised and adopted on 10
October 2013 and further revised and
adopted on 8th October 2015. It was further
revised on 5thSeptember 2023| |How is the charity
constituted?
(eg unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions eg.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Nominated, seconded and elected by the
members of the Association.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may 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
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of York House| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1048588| |Charity’s principal address|York House School, Redheath
Sarratt Road, Croxley Green
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire WD3 4LW| 4 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Charlotte Green|Secretary||| ||Charlotte Fry|Engagement Co-ordinator||| ||Alexandra Suzuki|Treasurer|30thDecember 2024|| ||Sarah Watkins|Pre Loved Uniform Shop (PLUS)||| ||Amrita Kaur Bhamra|Comms||| ||Clare Miller|||| ||Preena Desai||13thJanuary2025|| ||RajSolanki|||| ||Nicola Thompson|Treasurer|23rdNovember 2023|| 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|None| |---|---| |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|| 5 ## **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)** ## **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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Charlotte Green
Position (eg
Chairperson
Secretary,etc)
Date
4th February 2025
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6 |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**No (if any)**
**Friends of York House**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/08/2023
31/07/2024
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
**1048588**
~~—————~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**No (if any)**
**Friends of York House**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/08/2023
31/07/2024
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
**1048588**
~~—————~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**No (if any)**
**Friends of York House**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/08/2023
31/07/2024
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
**1048588**
~~—————~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**No (if any)**
**Friends of York House**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/08/2023
31/07/2024
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~~—————~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
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**Receipts andpayments accounts**
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**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/08/2023
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**1048588**
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**1048588**
~~—————~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||| |Fundraisingactivities|**49,740**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**49**|**49,740**||**25**|**25,433**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**49,740**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**49,740**|**49,740**||**25,433**|**25,433**| **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).** ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**49,740**||**-**||**-**||**49,740**||**25,433**| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Costs of fundraisingevents|**33,553**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**33,553**||**35,283**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**33,553**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**33,553**||**35,283**| ||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**33,553**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**33,553**||**35,283**| ||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**16,187**|**187**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**16,187**|**187**|**- 9,850**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|||**- **||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**20,440**|**20,440**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**||**20,440**||**30,290**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**36,627**|**36,627**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**- 36,627**|**- 36,627**|**- 36,627**|**- 36,627**||**20,440**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/02/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**36,477**
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**150**
**-**
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**36,627**
**-**
OK
OK
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**liability relates**
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Charlotte Green|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Charlotte Green|| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/02/2025 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 FRIENDS OF YORK HOUSE On accounts for the year ended Charlty no (af any) 1048588 31 July 2024 Set out on pages 1 to 2 of CC16a fomi I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 31 July 2024. 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. I have completed my examination. I confinn 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 cOn￿mS 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. Independent examiner's ststement Slgned: Date: 2910112025 Name: DONNA RAWLINS Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Address: Windmill Accounts Ltd, 26 Windmill Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth Herts WD3 3FD