## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1 September 2021 **Period start date To** 31 August 2022 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Firs School Parent Teachers Association **Charity registration number:** 1053803 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To support The Firs Lower School and
advance the education, social and
emotional development of the children and
assist in the provision of people/resources
for activities| |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 this financial year we held our bi-
annual charity ball, open to the parents of
the children that attend the Firs Lower
school.
In addition to the ball, other fundraising
activities included: Discos, Food sales
(doughnuts, ice pops, cakes), Christmas
craft fair, Summer Fete, Fun Run, Raffles,
selling refreshments at school events.| |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 acted in line with the
Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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 have enabled us to
continue to support our annual
commitments to provide transport for the
Year 4 swimming lessons, playground
equipment, sports equipment, magazine
subscription, Y4 leavers book, Christmas
class gifts, and flowers for the school
garden.
In addition to this we also funded a new
curtain for the stage in the hall, with new
microphones and stands. This enhanced
the Christmas performances and leavers
play amongst other things.| **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|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Receipts for the period total £44,887.
Payments for the period total £36,584.
Leaving cash reserves of £22,284.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|All money raised is re-invested in the
school. The only reserves kept are to
ensure funding of annual commitments can
be met, such as reading cloud
subscriptions, and playground contributions
etc. We raised a substantial amount of
money from our Fundraising Ball this year,
which will be spent over the next two years
(2022-2023 / 2023-2024) on library and
sports provisions.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£22,284| |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| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity 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|Elected at annual AGM| ## **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|Firs School Parent Teacher Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1053803| |Charity’s principal address|The First Lower School
Station Road
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MK45 2RH| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Helen Pearson|Chair||| ||Angela McGovern|Treasurer||| ||Vicki Davies|Secretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved thè trustees, report above. Slgned on behall of the charlty's trustees Slgnatsfds) Full nam¢(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, ets) Helen Pearson Chair Date -6-2013 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to tho truste081 members of FIQS Sc￿00 L TE*LHELs *sSooiKfioY On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 AocrUSf 10 31 Charity no (if any) ioS3f Q3. Sot out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounls of the abovè charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 311 os l 102L Responslbllllles and As the charity trustees of th6 Trust. you are responsible for the preparalion basls of report of the a¢xounts in accordance with the requirements of th8 Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examlnatlon of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in c8rying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions givèn by the Charity Commlssion under section 145{51(b) of the Act. I have completed my oxamlnation. I confirni that no material mattars have come to my attention In connèction with the examination which gives ma cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting r8cords were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wlth the ac¢ounting records 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 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Pl8ase delete the words in the br8¢ket$ if they do not 8ppIy. Independent examlnerfs Statement Slgned: 301061201 Name: th4¢ 6Q£) V•a ￿ . Ralevant profosslonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (if any): Address". *(8 ?tJL IER October 2018 Section 8 Disclosurè Only complete if the èxaminer needs to highlight matters of concem (see GC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brfaf dgtalls of any Items that th8 •xaminerwlsh•s to dlsclose. IER October 2018 **Firs School Parent Teachers Association** **1053803** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** 01-Sep-21 31-Aug-22 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**39,248**
**810**
**999**
**3,831**
**44,887**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,887**
**24,506**
**243**
**11,558**
**103**
**-**
**124**
**50**
**36,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,584**
**8,303**
**-**
**13,982**
**22,284**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**39,248**
**810**
**999**
**3,831**
**44,887**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,887**
**24,506**
**243**
**11,558**
**103**
**-**
**124**
**50**
**36,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,584**
**8,303**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**39,248**
**810**
**999**
**3,831**
**44,887**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,887**
**24,506**
**243**
**11,558**
**103**
**-**
**124**
**50**
**36,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,584**
**8,303**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fundraisingevents & activities|**39,248**|||||**3,964**| |Donations & Match funding|**810**|||||**346**| |Gift aid|**999**|||||**-**| |Raffles|**3,831**|||||**1,709**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**44,887**|||||**6,019**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**6,019**| |||||||| |Fundraisingevent costs|**24,506**|||||**97**| |Admin|**243**|||||**111**| |School spend(wish list)|**11,558**|||||**5,848**| |Raffle costs|**103**|||||**246**| |Enhancement - Christmas activities|**-**|||||**1,173**| |Enhancement - Gala day parade|**124**|||||**-**| |Enhancement - Panto deposit 2022|**50**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**36,584**|||||**7,475**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**7,475**| |||||||| ||**8,303**|**-**|**-**|**8,303**||**- 1,457**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**13,982**|**-**|**-**|**13,982**||**15,438**| ||**22,284**|**-**|**-**|**22,284**||**13,982**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**unds**
1 accounts (SS)|**Details**
NatWest account
Cash
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
1|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**22,149**
**135**
**-**
**22,284**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
30/06/2023|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| **B1 Cash funds** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Fund t•Y*tAoh Detal Cg51 IvptloNII urr•n¢v•lu• onal B3 Invesknont assets Fund t• wbl•h C•st l•pkn•ll v*lu• onal Detal B4 Assots retalned for the Charity's own uso Fund Ilabll Amount du• Wh•n du• onal 86 Llabllltles zaai Sign8d by on& or Mrj Injstees on behalf of all the truste85 Date of roval Print Name 30-6-25 CCXX R2 accounts ISS) 30106n023