## **Wanstead Church School Parent Teacher Association**
## **Report of the trustees for the year ending 31 August 2024**
## **Charity known as:**
Wanstead Church School PTA
## **Charity Number:**
1064208
## **Charity Principal Address:**
Wanstead Church School Church Path London E11 2SS
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:**
|**Trustee Name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|
|---|---|---|
|Julia Stiggear|Chair from 23 October 2024|Appointed 23 October 2024|
|Lauren Watson|Secretary until 22 October
2024, Vice Chair from 23
October 2024||
|Nicola Burnett|Treasurer from 30 October 23||
|Rebecca Wright|Secretary from 23 October
2024|Resigned 8 March 2025|
|Alexandra Laidler|Chair until 22 October 2024|Resigned 23 October 2024|
|Stephanie Stapley|Vice Chair until 22 October
2024||
|Nora Loewenberg|||
|Philippa Amstell|||
|Rebecca Louise Hafner||Appointed 23 October 2024|
|Joanna Symmonds||Appointed 23 October 2024|
|Paula Ruffell||Appointed 23 October 2024|
## **Description of the charity’s trusts:**
**Type of Governing Document:** Constitution adopted 15[th] October 1996
**How the charity is constituted:** Unincorporated Association
**Trustee Selection Methods:** Trustees are appointed or reappointed annual at the Annual General Meeting held in October
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Objectives**
To enhance the education of the children in the school through the purchase of additional equipment and funding of activities relevant to the school curriculum.
To promote the social and community aspect of the wider school 'family' through the organisation of fundraising events.
Develop more extended relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school.
## **Summary of the Main activities and achievements undertaken in relation to these objectives:**
- **Fundraising Events** :
- Most successful events included but was not exclusive to: The Wonka Bar fundraiser (£650), Parents social wine tasting (£1,000), Christmas party (£4,500), Summer party (£5000) Pancake sponsorship challenge (£1700) Euro’s party (£600)
- Total profit raised through events: **£25k**
- **Major Investments** :
Included but not exclusive to:
- **£15,000** spent on improving the infants’ playground, including new climbing frame, wooden blocks, and surface repairs.
- **£3,500** School requests / resources / redecoration including Craft shed, Hall decoration, Play equipment
- **Educational Support** :
- Funded instruments for whole-class lessons, Black History Month prizes, Nativity costumes, Science and drumming workshops, Planetarium experience.
- **Additional Fundraising** :
- My School Lottery and Easy Fundraising (80+ supporters, £1,400+ raised).
- Grants: £1,000 secured from Redbridge and Tesco programmes thanks to Kerry Thompson’s efforts.
- **Parent & Community Engagement** :
- Spring survey highlighted priorities: learning workshops (especially arts/culture), sports, playground improvements (junior focus), and decorative enhancements with children’s art.
- New nursery parents showing interest following full-time extension. Future improvements to nursery play area being considered.
## **Financial Review**
## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Cash at bank at 31/8/23 was £640 in unrestricted funds. The main financial risk to the charity is reduced donations.
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not applicable
## **Other Operational Information**
## **Future Plans**
- Working with school to ensure PTA can support needs across infants, juniors and nursery children, ensuring equal benefit to all age groups in both resources and enhanced educational experiences.
- Ongoing need for new volunteers to share workload with committee and continue momentum of fundraising events.
- Fresh ideas for fundraising to avoid repetition fatigue and ensure continued fundraising success.
## **Declaration**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
**Signature:**
**Full name:** Julia Stiggear **Position:** Chair
**Date:** 18[th] June 2025
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Report to the trustees/ members of:** Wanstead Church School PTA
**On accounts for the year ended** : 31 August 2024
**Set out on pages:** Financial Report attached separately
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under s145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm 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 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.
**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional qualifications or body (if any)**
**Address:**
**Date:**
## WCS PTA Accounts – year ending 310824
|||||**Balance**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Starting balance of PTA account**|_Natwest current account as at 31/8/23_|_Natwest current account as at 31/8/23_|**£ 14,378.46**|**£ 14,378.46**|
||_Natwest savings account as at 31/8/23_|_Natwest savings account as at 31/8/23_|**£ 639.75**|**£ 639.75**|
## **Income breakdown:**
|Income|Name
Total income Expenses
Net Profit|Name
Total income Expenses
Net Profit|Name
Total income Expenses
Net Profit|Name
Total income Expenses
Net Profit|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Event|Wonka bar event|£ 735 -£ 121 £ 614|£ 735 -£ 121 £ 614|£ 735 -£ 121 £ 614|
|Event|Disco|£ 984 -£ 687 £ 297|£ 984 -£ 687 £ 297|£ 984 -£ 687 £ 297|
|Event|Non-uniform day|£ 197 £ - £ 197|£ 197 £ - £ 197|£ 197 £ - £ 197|
|Event|Parent social - Wine Tasting|£ 1,577 -£ 556 £ 1,021|£ 1,577 -£ 556 £ 1,021|£ 1,577 -£ 556 £ 1,021|
|Event|Movie night|£ 791 -£ 501 £ 290|£ 791 -£ 501 £ 290|£ 791 -£ 501 £ 290|
|Event|Christmasparty|£ 6,630 -£ 2|630 -£ 2,160 £ 4|160 £ 4,470|
|Tea towels|Tea towels|£ 1,364 -|364 -|£ 1,364|
|Christmas art work|Christmas art work|£ 222 £ - £ 222|£ 222 £ - £ 222|£ 222 £ - £ 222|
|Treat Fridays|Treat Fridays & Preloved Christmas|£ 156 -£ 60 £ 96|£ 156 -£ 60 £ 96|£ 156 -£ 60 £ 96|
|Preloved uniform|Pre loved uniform|£ 66 £ - £ 66|£ 66 £ - £ 66|£ 66 £ - £ 66|
|Treat Fridays|Treat Fridays|£ 61||£ 61|
|Event|2024 Pancake sponsorshipchallenge|£ 1,720 £ - £ 1|720 £ - £ 1|720 £ - £ 1,720|
|Event|Quiz|£ 1,155 -£ 309 £ 846|155 -£ 309 £ 846|155 -£ 309 £ 846|
|Event|Mothers daysale|£ 1,080 -£ 750 £ 329|080 -£ 750 £ 329|080 -£ 750 £ 329|
|Treat Fridays|Treat fridays & Preloved World Book Day£ 108|£ 108||£ 108|
|Preloved uniform|Pre loved uniform|£ 44||£ 44|
|Event|Easter Raffle|£ 909 £ - £ 909|£ 909 £ - £ 909|£ 909 £ - £ 909|
|Event|Fathers daybreakfast|£ 804 -£ 75 £ 729|£ 804 -£ 75 £ 729|£ 804 -£ 75 £ 729|
|Event|Non-uniform day|£ 182 £ - £ 182|£ 182 £ - £ 182|£ 182 £ - £ 182|
|Event|Silver Coin Challenge|£ 570 £ - £ 570|£ 570 £ - £ 570|£ 570 £ - £ 570|
|Bag2 School|Bag2 School|£ 120 £ - £ 120|£ 120 £ - £ 120|£ 120 £ - £ 120|
|Treat Fridays|Treat Friday|£ 80 £ - £ 80|£ 80 £ - £ 80|£ 80 £ - £ 80|
|Preloved uniform|Pre loved uniform|£ 42 £ - £ 42|£ 42 £ - £ 42|£ 42 £ - £ 42|
|Event|Euros|£ 1,154 -£ 607 £ 546|154 -£ 607 £ 546|154 -£ 607 £ 546|
|Preloved uniform|Preloved uniform|£ 43||£ 43|
|Bag2 School|Bag2 School|£ 18||£ 18|
|Preloved uniform|Preloved uniform|£ 46||£ 46|
|Event|Summer Party|£ 6,636 -£ 1|636 -£ 1,418 £ 5|418 £ 5,218|
|School lottery|School lottery|£ 632|||
|EasyFundraising|EasyFundraising|£ 786|||
|Grant|Ldn Borough Redbridge|£ 500|||
|Micellaneous Income|Other|£ 328|||
## **Expenditure:**
|**Less Expenditure**|**30,634.00**|
|---|---|
|**_Summary of all expenditure made below:_**||
|Event expenses|**7818.00**|
|Playground - New Climbing equipment|**15802.00**|
|_Climbing frame / activity cubes / resurfacing infant playground_||
|Music / Arts / Extra curricular||
|experiences|**2347.00**|
|Beauty and the Beast - Travelling panto|707.00|
|_Science workshop_|625.00|
|Drumming workshop|500.00|
|X30 Glockenspiels|515.00|
|Other expenses|**1162.00**|
|Parentkind membership and insurance|153.00|
|PTA Shed - storage shelving|423.00|
|Small lottery licence|20.00|
|PAT testing|70.00|
|Year 6 leaving expenses|496.00|
|School requests / resources /||
|redecoration|**3505.00**|
|Craft shed|805.00|
|WCS amplifier / external socket repair|900.00|
|Nativity costumes|137.00|
|Playground equipment bundle|1435.00|
|School hall painting / redecoration|206.00|
|Black history month prizes|22.00|
|**Closing balance of PTA account**|_Natwest current account as at_|_31/8/24_|**£**|**12,254.37**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||_Natwest savings account as at_|_31/8/24_|**`**|**646.73**|
Wanstead Church School PTA Financial Report-yearending
31108124
Balance
14,378.46
639.75
Startlng balance of PTA account
Natwest currentaccountas at 31/8/23
NaestsayIngS accounfas at31/8/23
Summary of PTA Income
Summary of fundr81slngincome belovv..
Events
Tea towels & Xmas artwork
Easy Fundralslng
School lottery
Grant
Treat Frldays
Pre loved unlform
Bag2School
Other Income
29,737.00
25,121.00
1586.00
785.60
632.40
500.00
405.00
241.00
138.00
328.00
Less Expendlture
Summary of811 expendlture made below..
Event expenses
30,634.00
7818.00
Playground. New Cllmblngequlpment
Climbing frame /8ctivity cubes /resurfacing Infantplayground
Muslc l Arts l Extra currlcular
experlences
Beauty and the Beast- Travelllng panlo
Science workshop
Diummlngworkshop
X30 Glockensplels
Other expenses
Parentklnd membershlp and Insurance
PTAShed- storage shelvlng
Small lottery Ilcence
PAT testlng
Year 6 leavlng expenses
School requests I resources I
redecoratlon
Craft shed
WCS ampllfier l external socket repair
Natlvlty costumes
Playground equlpment bundle
15802.00
2347.00
707.00
625.00
500.00
515.00
1162.00
153.00
423.00
20.00
70.00
496.00
3505.00
805.00
900.00
137.00
1435.00
Playground equlpment bundle
Infant fence I rall replacement
School hall palntlng I redecoratlon
Black history month prizes
1435.00
400.00
206.00
22.00
Closlng balance of PTA account
Natwestcurrentaccountas at31/8/24
Natwest savlngs account as at31/8/24
12,254.37
646.73
I have revlewed the accounts ofwanstead Church School PTA for the year ended 31 August 2024
and found them to be In good order.
signed
Name KCRR4 itriomvto
Date
1016/24
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