# **Melbourn Primary School PTFA Charity Number: 1059889** 

## **Accounts Year to 31[st] August 2024** 

**Presented at the Melbourn Primary School PTFA AGM on 13th November 2024** 

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## **Charity Name:** 

**Registered Charity Number:** 

**Charity’s Principal Address:** 

Melbourn County Primary School Parent Teacher and Friends Association 

1059889 

Melbourn CP School Mortlock Street Melbourn SG8 6DB 

## **Summary of the objectives of the charity** 

## **as set out in its** 

## **governing document:** 

The object of the Association is to advance the education of pupils in the school in particular by: 

- Developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school; 

- Engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils. 

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# **Melbourn Primary School PTFA Charity Number: 1059889** 

## **Financial Review** 

||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**From**|**01**|**09**|**2023**|**To**|**31**|**08**|**2024**||
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**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The agreed policy is to hold reserves of £3,000 - £5,000 in order to meet cashflow requirements and to hold an appropriate level of contingency funds in order to manage risk. 

The cash held at 31[st] August 2024 was £33,139 (2023: £15,027), of which £10,000 is ringfenced as funding for the new adventure playground, and £4,345 is ringfenced to pay for coaches for a school trip. 

**Details of any funds materially** There are no funds in deficit. **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional infor2mation)** 

## Principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) 

The PTFA has held fundraising events throughout the year including a summer fayre, fireworks night, quiz night, Christmas cards, discos, and sponsored Pancake Flip event. In total the fundraising events raised £31,115 (2023: £30,573) gross income and £20,069 (2023: £19,852) net profit. 

In addition £2,810 (2023: £3,297) was earned from income generators (Easyfundraising, Printer cartridges, bags2school, charitable donations received). £451 (2023: £376) was spent on non-event expenditure (eg Parentkind membership, licensing and coffee morning expenses). 

A further £1,082 was spent on fixed assets (2023: £1,301), all of which was expensed this year. 

The total profit for the year before donations was £21,347 (2023: £21,489). Please see Appendix A for full details. 

## Donations to Melbourn Primary School 

The PTFA assists the school to deliver the best education for its children by running events that raise money to support curriculum activities and purchase items which would not be available through the school’s annual local education authority budget. The PTFA has paid donations to Melbourn Primary School during the year totalling £ (2023: £34,573). Please see Appendix B for details. There are funds currently ringfenced for coaches for a KS2 trip (£3,345) and funding for a new adventure playground (£10,000) (2023: £nil). 

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– Appendix A 2023/24 Summary Income & Expenditure 

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endix B - 2023124 Donations Paid
Description
Half coach costs Therford whole school trip
Ref no.
Amount
D056
-£2,275.00
winter cover for yurt
D058
-£1,053.00
Total
-£3,454.00