## **Trustees Report 2024 – Year ended 31 March 2024** **Charity name** : The Falkland School Charitable Trust **Charity number** : 1076433 **Charity’s principal address:** Falkland Primary School Andover Road Newbury Berks RG14 6NU **Trustees:** Mr Sam Shopland – Chair – ex-Parent – Non Governor Mr Dan Evans – Governor Mrs Frances Rayson – Governor Mr Barrie Prentice – Treasurer – Non Governor Mrs Judy Cuthbertson – Non Governor Mrs Linda Wood – Headteacher/Governor _to June 2023_ Mrs Kavashni Bamfield – Headteacher/Governor _from July 2023_ Mrs Carol Hawkins – Associate Governor **FSA invited officers:** Mrs Alex Whyatt – Chair Mrs Linda Taylor - Treasurer ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Falkland School Charitable Trust (FSCT) is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission and submits annual reports to the Commission. The FSCT accounts are externally audited each year. The Trust holds an AGM and meets regularly to consider funding requests, usually once a term. Officers of the Falkland School Association (FSA), the fundraising arm of The Trust, are invited to meetings, and meetings are minuted. Trustees are appointed from the Governing Body and the wider school community, by existing Trustees. There are seven trustees, the majority of whom are school governors. Trustees hold their position until they stand down or are requested to stand down, and function in their role as trustees as laid down by the Trust Deed. All parents and carers of children attending Falkland Primary School (FPS) can be members of the FSA. The FSA has a committee led by the Chairperson, with officers and subgroups appointed to organise and run different events to raise funds to provide benefits for the school and its pupils. The FSA holds regular meetings and an AGM, jointly with the FSCT, to which all parents are invited. ## **Aims, Objectives and Public Benefit** The goal of FSCT, and the FSA, is to enhance and advance the education of pupils at Falkland Primary School, providing opportunities that fall outside the scope of that provided by statutory funds. The FSCT administers the money raised by the FSA. The FPS Senior Leadership Team can request funds for projects which benefit as many children as possible i.e. environmental enhancements both internal and external, additional equipment or curriculum enhancements. The Charitable Trust discusses and clarifies the benefits, best value and sustainability of the request before granting the pg. 1 amount required. By following the above aims and processes, the charity ensures it provides a public benefit to the school and wider community. The FSCT accounts for 2023/24 are attached to this report outlining the amounts raised from a variety of events and the projects that have been supported with funding. ## **Reserves policy** The FSCT holds current accounts and deposit accounts but currently has no other investments other than cash. The Trust aims to maintain a contingency of circa. £10k for emergencies not covered by usual activity. ## **Income and Expenditure** The Trust’s principal income stream is from The FSA which organises events for the families and pupils of Falkland Primary School. The Vodafone match-funding scheme, accessed by those parents who work for Vodafone and organise and help at events, also augments the fund raising, and involvement in West Berkshire Lottery and ‘Benevity’ also provides a steady income. In 2023/24 year the FSCT also benefitted from a grant from The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust of £15,000. This grant has been facilitated by a member of the Governing Body, and is to be used solely for the benefit of children’s mental health. Total income for 2023/24 was £34,405 (inc. £15k grant as above), and this has continued to demonstrate the hard work and commitment of those involved in the FSA as it returns to full year activities now the pandemic is behind us. The important Summer Fete and Christmas events returned to the fantastic successes of pre-pandemic years, each creating income of over £5,000; other community events at Falkland Cricket Club, together with sports days and much-loved school discos, have all helped to raise funds. In addition, FSCT has begun a transition to new banking arrangements to improve income from interest on deposits, and to streamline for cashless income where possible. Bank Interest this year increased to over £500 more than the previous year. Expenditure for 2023/24 was £28,196. Significant grants were made to FPS to upgrade KS2 adventure play equipment (£15,760) and support for online communication and safety with a new FPS website and training events for parents and pupils in online safety. Support for curriculum activities and library resources continued where requested too, and small gifts were given to pupils to commemorate the coronation of Charles III. The FSCT maintained its reserve funds at circa £10,000, and the grant from Kristina Martin CT is held in a nominally restricted way for its designated purpose, whilst proposals and quotes are investigated for use of the grant. There is an acknowledgement that significant recent changes of FPS senior leadership and imminent school redevelopment are likely to be the focus of current and future resources and FSCT will be mindful of supporting these important developments for FPS in 2024 to 2026, led by a new headteacher and West Berkshire Council. All Trustees and FSA officers give their time freely, so no funds were spent on governance of the charity. Signed on behalf of the Trustees: Position: pg. 2 Date: pg.3 **CC16a** **Charity Name The Falkland School Charitable Trust** **No (if any) 1076433** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.04.23 31.03.24 ~~**e** e e~~ ## ~~a~~ **Section A Receipts and payments** ||||**Unrestricted**
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**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| ||Vodafone Charitable Trust||**2,500**||**-**||**-**||**2,500**||**10,144**| ||West Berkshire Lottery||**378**||**-**||**-**||**378**||**528**| ||Rags2Riches||**356**||**-**||**-**||**356**||**290**| ||Amazon Smile||**184**||||||**184**||**293**| ||Benevity||**960**||||||**960**||**50**| ||EasyFundraising||**23**||||||**23**||**47**| ||Bank Interest||**550**||||||**550**||**17**| ||Summer Fete||**5,060**||||||**5,060**||**5,841**| ||Easter Bags||**173**||||||**173**||**12**| ||Cake Sale||**-**||||||**-**||**390**| ||Cricket Club refreshments||**115**||||||**115**||**741**| ||Sports Dayrefreshments||**187**||||||**187**||**275**| ||Quiz night||**-**||||||**-**||**843**| ||Wreath Workshop||**1,158**||||||**1,158**||**460**| ||Christmas fair||**5,617**||||||**5,617**||**4,646**| ||Uniform sale||**98**||**-**||**-**||**98**||**27**| ||Christmas Cards||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**829**| ||Mothers Day||**53**||||||**53**||**164**| ||Discos||**1,471**||||||**1,471**||**1,934**| ||Tea Towels commission||**-**||||||**-**||**835**| ||Ice LollySale||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**243**| ||CommunityFestival||**287**||||||**287**||**-**| ||KS2playopeningevent||**235**||||||**235**||**-**| ||Kristina Martin Charitable Trust||||**15,000**||||**15,000**||**-**| ||Summer Camps||||||||**-**||**617**| ||Other cash income||**249**||**-**||**-**||**249**||**19**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**19,654**
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**A3 Payments**|**19,654**
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~~||||~~|||||||||**29,245**| ||LotteryLicence||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**48**| ||Parentkind Insurance||**245**||**-**||**-**||**245**||**133**| ||ELSA Shed/ Stage||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**8,941**| ||Summer Fete||**1,346**||||||**1,346**||**1,634**| ||Christmas Fair||**1,250**||||||**1,250**||**736**| ||Wreath Making||**910**||||||**910**||**400**| ||KS2 Adventureplayequipment||**15,760**||||||**15,760**||| ||Online safetytraining||**800**||||||**800**||| ||School Website upgrade||**3,500**||||||**3,500**||| ||MothersDay||**125**||||||**125**||**-**| ||Disco expenses||**1,390**||||||**1,390**||**240**| ||SummerCamps||**-**||||||**-**||**257**| ||LibraryResources||**1,202**||**-**||**-**||**1,202**||| ||CoronationSouvenirs||**456**||**-**||**-**||**456**||| ||CommunityFestival||**275**||**-**||**-**||**275**||| ||FSAexpenses- refreshments||**72**||**-**||**-**||**72**||| ||Easterbags||**180**||**-**||**-**||**180**||| ||KS2production licences||**685**||**-**||**-**||**685**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_ **||**28,196**||**-**||**-**||**28,196**||**12,389**| **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)** ~~|~~ ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||**_Sub total_ -**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_ 28,196**||**-**||**-**||**28,196**||**12,389**|| |||||||||||| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 8,542**||**15,000**||**-**||**6,458**||**16,856**|| |**A5**|**Transfers between funds**
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