**Leigh North Street Schools Parents’ Association Registered Charity No. 1083811** ## **ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 17th September 2025, 9:00am** ## **AGENDA** ## **Ordinary Business** - Apologies for absence - Minutes of the AGM held October 2024 - Chair’s Report 2024/25 - Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ending 31 August 2025 - Election of an Independent Examiner of Accounts for the Year Ending 31 August 2025 - Election of Officers and Trustees of the Committee - a. Chair - b. Vice Chair - c. Secretary - d. Treasurer ## **Any Other Business** - Proposed events for 2025/26 - Debrief of upcoming events/fundraisers this autumn term - What are we raising for? Proposals from school teaching staff and committee - Process for the school/staff to approach the PA with their wish list. **Leigh North Street Schools Parents’ Association Registered Charity No. 1083811** ## **CHAIR’S REPORT – 2024-2025** This report is an overview of the activities of Leigh North Street School parents’ association from October 2024 - September 2025. It has been another incredibly successful fundraising year for the PA. We would like to thank the entire team for all their effort this past year. Once again lessons have been learnt and processes continually fine tuned to be as inclusive as possible with our fundraising. As we look ahead we hope to continue to build on all our strengths to deliver enjoyable, rewarding events for the children to enhance their school experience alongside being able to cater for those families less fortunate. - We have a list of thank yous: - To all the school staff for their patience, guidance and support for the past year. Thank you also to the site and cleaning teams for helping at all events and giving up your free time, it really is appreciated. - To all the children and parents that have spent their time and money at events throughout the year - The biggest thank you to everyone that has volunteered to help at an event, the PA could not hold events without volunteers, so all help is greatly appreciated (you know who you are). ## **Events and fundraising** **Christmas Fayre** - This event needs plenty of volunteers, pre-planning, mince pies and mulled wine. It is a great way to raise money while spreading some Christmas cheer. The revised format utilising the KS1 playground space for games with the lighting/grotto/snow dome made for a very Christmassy feel and positive feedback from families. We intend to possibly expand in 2025 into the KS2 playground with even more on offer. **KS2 Disco** - This event requires many volunteers but gives huge enjoyment to the children. Alongside the disco this year we had face painting, tattoos and tuckshop (note to self: not fizzy drinks cans and mentos!). Thanks to DJ Louis for bringing the tunes once more. **Leavers Disco-** Organised with Mrs Mansell, the PA provided support with inflatables, ice-cream van, a DJ, a Photo Booth, light up numbers, festival wristbands and the Leavers Hoodies. **Inflatable Fun** Due to a lack of volunteers we had to cancel this event again. We will give serious consideration before organising this event again, as support is not forthcoming. **Welcome Back Fair** We cancelled this event due to lack of capacity on the Committee to be able to organise so close to the beginning of term, and only 8 weeks from the Christmas Fayre. **Leigh North Street Schools Parents’ Association Registered Charity No. 1083811** ## **Other fundraising activities** Some fundraising projects have also been moved online. Overall it is more convenient for parents and the PA team. **Christmas Cards** - Completed at home and ordered online. Making the process less admin heavy. This year information will be passed to class teachers at the end of September to hand out to all children and then children/parents complete the process of creation and ordering at home. We will give just over 2wks for parents to order (shop will close mid October) to take advantage of a negotiated whopping 25% of commission earned (thanks Dani). **Tea Towels-** Incorporated into a lesson and ordered online. Making the process less admin heavy. Will aim to do these earlier this year, possibly February, if the school is able to fit into lesson time. **- Bag2school/ Astra Recycling Clothing Bank** organised by PA Team. We now have an onsite clothing bank (big green bin) on the North Street side of school which is emptied fortnightly during term time. This is proving popular with families and a good way of the PA being able to dispose of excess uniform. **- Easter/ Christmas Raffles** Lots of easter eggs/ festive prizes to be won also offering dairy free and vegan options. Raffle tickets sold in class, children pay in cash. Thanks to teachers and LSAs for facilitating this. **- Adventure Island / Sealife vouchers** All AI vouchers sold out prior to the summer. PA will purchase more of both of these when back on sale in January at a discounted price, although the bulk buy discount is not much of a deal as it was. We only make £2-£3 per ticket. **Pre-loved Uniform-** New box system has been set up by the office for self service uniform ‘shop’. Payment due via QR code. The creation of a permanent payment reminder sign is currently ready to print and should be up by the end of next week. We are still trying to get the word out to parents donating to do so directly into the correct aged boxes - we’d like whole process to be as self sufficient as possible. If we could ask Site Team/Office Staff to check lids whenever they pass that would be extremely useful as we’ve had a couple of instances where it’s rained and wet/soggy uniform is then sitting damp in the box(es). **- Easy fundraising** The name says it all, money raised for our school from online shopping. We continue to promote this on our socials, we will create a reminder flyer to go out on ParentMail for new intake parents to get them onboard, along with YourSchoolLottery. **- 500 Club / Your School Lottery** A lottery style fundraiser, the income of which goes towards the running and upkeep of the school pool. Continually need to push this to capture more supporters. Again promoted on our socials but uptake only 75 supporters from a school of c.1000 parents. The more supporters onboard the more money is won each week (currently c.£28 per week) with every week a chance to also win £25k. **- WonderWomen/ MarvellousMen Marketplaces/ Elfridges** popular fundraising events for this year to give children the chance to purchase a small gift(s) for the wonderful women and marvellous men in their lives, and Christmas gifts for all the family. Item price of £2.50 (was £2), parents pay beforehand via PTA Events, and the PA run a marketplace for a day in school so children can come and choose their gifts. This was a very popular and extremely successful event and a joy to see the children make their choices. **Leigh North Street Schools Parents’ Association Registered Charity No. 1083811** ## **Funds spent** Please take a moment to view our treasurer’s report to see where money has been spent and what we have raised. Some examples of what we have funded this year: KS2 playground toilets Trips Christmas trees Christmas crackers Santa gifts for grotto Christmas & Easter Raffles plus prizes Freddos/ sweets for all children at Christmas (gift from PA) Leavers party (bouncy castle and ice cream van) Leavers Hoodies (PA paid for some) Open House craft equipment ## Final Word We have thoroughly enjoyed continuing to bring exciting and enjoyable experiences to the school for families this past year. However we are currently struggling as a committee to fulfil the commitments of everything we would like to deliver. We are excited to welcome Rekha Bhutiya to the team as a new arrival to the area and to the school. We are always on the lookout for more new blood, new ideas and, the most invaluable commodity, those who have time, plus an abundance of energy. Without enough of a committee / PA support team right now we sadly aren’t able to run the big earner events such as Inflatable Fun or Welcome Back Fayre, but will endeavour to continue with the regular fundraisers such as raffles/Christmas Cards/Marketplaces, which still take time and effort, so we can support and enhance our children's experience while at North Street Primary School. ## Cheers, ## **Holly Whiteley & Suzie Ridler** Co-Chairs Leigh North Street Schools Parents’ Association ## _In a world where you can be anything, be kind_ ## Leigh North Street Primary School Parents Association **Accounts for the 12 Months ending 31 August 2025** |**Receipts and Payments Account**|**Receipts and Payments Account**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**2024-25**
**Unrestricted Funds **
**Main Account**
£
Receipts
Fundraising Events/Activities
Note 4
25,148
Sales of Adventure Island Tickets
2,187
Donations
0
Other
0
Total Receipts
27,335
Payments
Cost of Fundraising Events/Activities
Note 4
(12,853)
Purchase of Adventure Island Tickets
(1,864)
Membership/License
(162)
Other Admin Costs
(669)
Donations to School
Note 5
(9,850)
Total Payments
(25,398)
**Net Receipts/(Payments)**
**1,937**||**2024-25**
**Restricted Funds**
**PA500**
£
2,591
0
0
0
2,591
0
0
(20)
0
0
(20)
**2,571**|**2024-25**
**Total**
£
27,739
2,187
0
0
29,925
(12,853)
(1,864)
(182)
(669)
(9,850)
(25,418)
**4,507**|Memo:
**2023-24**
**Total**
£
26,311
2,000
465
0
28,777
(9,771)
(1,200)
(173)
(797)
(28,867)
(40,808)
**(12,031)**| |**Bank Reconciliation**||||| |Bank 31 August 2024
Net Income 2024-25
Balance b/f 31 August 2025
Bank 31 August 2025
Cash not banked|**Main Account**
£
24,630
1,937
26,567
26,567
24
26,591|**PA500**
£
2,627
2,571
5,198
5,198
0
5,198|**Total**
£
27,257
4,507
31,764
31,764
24
31,788|| |**Assets and Liabilities**||||| |Monetary Assets
Cash - Main Bank Account
Cash - PA500 Account
Cash - To be banked
Cash - Petty Cash
Total Monetary Assets
Other Assets
Adventure Island Tickets
Total Other Assets|**31-Aug-25**
£
26,567
5,198
0
24
31,788
0
0|**31-Aug-24**
£
24,630
2,627
0
24
27,281
0
0||| ## **Accounts for the 12 Months ending 31 August 2025** ## **1 STATUS** The association is a Registered Charity, number 1083811 - **2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES** - Income & Expenditure - items of Income and Expenditure are recognised in the accounts when received and paid Assets & Liabilities - any assets and liabilities are stated on an historical cost basis ## **3 RESTRICTED FUNDS** Funds raised by the PA500 account are to be used for spending related to the school Swimming Pool ## **4 FUNDRAISING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES** |Christmas Fayre
Raffles (Easter and Christmas)
Disco
Wonder Women/Marvellous Men
Christmas Cards
Easy Fundraising
Second Hand Uniform Sale
Tea Towels
Elfridges
Asda Cashpot
Leigh Trees
Stickins/Name Tags
Bags2School/Astra
Summer Fete
Quiz
Leavers Hoodies
Inflatable Fun
Other
Adventure Island Tickets
PA500 Lottery
Your School Lottery|**Income**
£
6,169
1,531
2,331
3,862
1,010
1,009
1,089
2,247
2,528
345
340
205
135
0
0
2,122
225
0
25,148
2,187
0
2,591
29,925|**Expenditure**
£
(2,868)
(167)
(1,057)
(2,701)
0
0
(219)
(1,447)
(1,940)
0
0
0
0
0
0
(2,134)
(320)
0
(12,853)
(1,864)
0
0
(14,717)|**2024-25**
**Net Income**
£
3,301
1,364
1,274
1,161
1,010
1,009
870
800
588
345
340
205
135
0
0
(12)
(95)
0
12,295
323
0
2,591
15,208|**Memo:**
**2023-24**
**Net Income**
£
2,534
1,285
1,108
663
902
680
1,016
806
0
0
260
77
208
3,502
749
143
0
20
13,954
800
607
1,980
17,340| |---|---|---|---|---| ## **5 DONATIONS TO SCHOOL** |Trips
Books
Leavers Party (Inflateables, Photo Booth, Ice Cream)
Music Polo Shirts
Christmas (Crackers, Trees)
Coats
Other (Open house supplies, shin pads)|**Main Account**
£
5,000
3,000
692
465
283
260
151
9,850|**PA500 Account**
£
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|**Total**
£
5,000
3,000
692
465
283
260
151
9,850| |---|---|---|---| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees LEIGH NORTH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION On accounts for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2025 Charity no (if any) 1083811 Set out on pages (rA￿￿TrIb,Pr In Inrli lilp IhA PrlqP. nilmt)R￿ nf adLlitiori,'Jl =I',Vcl' I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812025 As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). Responsibilities and basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records, or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 26 Name: LAURA TORKINGTON Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FELLOW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT- INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Address: 13 Mitchell Way, CM3 5PJ IER Oct 2018 Section B Dl8cIo8ure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters f concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018