CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 0110412024 Period stsrt date
To 3110312025
Period end date
Charity name: Friends of Neston School
Charity registration number: 1088052
Objectives and Activities
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
To advance the education of pupils within
Neston Primary School by providing grants
to the school to purchase educational aids
and equipment.
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 1.17and
1.19
We raised funds via a variety of events for
the village school which allows us to
support the school with their educational
goals. This has allowed the school to pay
for extra technology and educational
materials as well as bringing in external
resources provided by the local council.
statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Para 1.18
The trustees are guided by the Charity
Commission on public benefit
Additional information {optional)
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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
We have raised over £12,000, after
expenses, during the year. This has
allowed us to fund the following items to
advance the education of the children at
Neston School, and enrich their educational
experience:
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
Reading Cloud (Library system)
subscription 2024-25
Wiltshire Swindon Learning Resources -
Green boxes subscription 2024-25
The Lifebase resourceslLifespace
workshops subscription 2024-25 - PSHE
resource that provides mental wellbeing
workshops for upper KS2 that focus on a
variety of areas such as resilience, dealing
with adversity, transition etc and full access
to the PSHE scheme delivered weekly in
assemblies and also in class. supporting
wellbeing of pupils.
Pantomime performance of 'Cinderella' by
M&M Theatrical Productions
£7,605 contribution for purchase of a new
class set of iPads (total cost £9,645
fundraised for across the last three years).
A comprehensive KS2 reading scheme
(£2,511) - this includes 7 bandslsets of
books (with storage) providing our KS2
children with broad and balanced reads as
well as a wide range of high quality texts to
see them through their latter journey in
school.
Selection of new books (fiction and non-
fiction) chosen by teachers for their
classes.
Christmas Discos for KS1 and KS2 and
funds for each year group for a class
Christmas party.
£200 contribution to Year 6 leavers (opted
tos
end this on
earbooks
Additional information (optional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Our main fundraising event, Neston
Fireworks, had a total takings of over £21 k
which is the highest we've ever managed.
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Para 1.41
Investment performan
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other
Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the period
Para 1.21
The cash balance remains in a healthy
position after significant grants were made
to the school to help them pay for iPads
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Para 1.22
We hold a reserve of £8k, as that is the
typical cost for running the Fireworks event,
which is our most expensive. Should it not
happen. the charity will be able to survive
and continue to raise funds
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.22
£8,000
nla
Para 1.22
Para 1.24
nla
Para 1.23
nla
Additional information (optional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about..
Neston Fireworks
Charity bike ride
Quiz night
Various other events throughout the year
The charity's principal
SoUrS of funds (including
any fundraising)
Para 1.47
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Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
Para 1.46
Fireworks being cancelled last minute, after
expenses have gone out.
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Other
structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document
Iruul deecl, ro
dl cliailer
How is the charity
constituted?
{p. CJ Lir)ii-Icoi-i)orated
a8soc,'iatiori, GIC))
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
Model Constitution for PTAS in England
& Wales
Unincorporate Association
Para 1.25
Para 1.25
Election to Post
Additional information (optional)
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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
Charit
name
other name the charit
uses
istered charit
number
Charity's principal address
Friends of Neston School
1088052
Church Rise
Neston, Corsham
SN13 9SX
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
Trustee name
Office {if any)
Name of person (or body) entitled
toa
oint trustee
ifan
Tristan Johnson
Laura Holdship
Treasurer
Secretary
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Cor
orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re
Dlrector name
ortwasa
roved
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name
Dates acted If not for whole
ear
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 ke
ersonnel details
Other o
tional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s}
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Tristan J,
Laura Holds
nson
Treasurer
Secretary
Date
11
**Friends of Neston School 1088052**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**
~~es ~~||||4/1/2024
~~ee ~~||**To**
~~ee~~||3/30/2025|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Fundraising|||**27,551**||**-**||**-**||**27,551**||**-**|
|Donations|||**804**||**-**||**-**||**804**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**(Gross income for AR)|||**28,355**||**-**||**-**||**28,355**||**-**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 28,355**
**-**
**-**
**28,355**
**-**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~——————~~||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Cost of Events|||**15,734**||**-**||**-**||**15,734**||**-**|
|Bank Charges|||**83**||**-**||**-**||**83**||**-**|
|Grants to School|||**13,651**||**-**||**-**||**13,651**||**-**|
|Insurance|||**152**||**-**||**-**||**152**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|||**29,620**||**-**||**-**||**29,620**||**-**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 29,620**
**-**
**-**
**29,620**
**-**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
~~——————~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 1,265**
**-**
**-**
**- 1,265**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**18,639**
**-**
**-**
**18,639**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 17,374**
**-**
**-**
**17,374**
**-**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Money in Bank
**Details**
NONE
**Details**
NONE
**Details**
NONE
**Details**
NONE
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**17,374**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,374**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
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||**Receipts**|**Receipts**|**Payments**|**Payments**|**Payments**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Month**|**Funraising**|**Donations **|**Cost of Events **|**Bank Charges **|**Grants to School**|
|**April**
**May**
**June**
**July**
**August**
**September**
**October**
**November**
**December**
**January**
**February**
**March**
**Total**|£ 150.00
£ 300.00
£ 4.00
£ 396.15
£ 648.36 £ 500.00
£ 716.20
£ 22,316.42
£ 1,413.02
£ 187.00
£ 660.00
£ 1,063.79||£ 5.00
£ 5.40
£ 366.19 £ 5.00
£ 238.71 £ 5.80
£ 5.80
£ 5.00
£ 2,453.46 £ 5.00 £ 5,660.25
£ 9,711.17 £ 5.80
£ 1,757.63 £ 22.74
£ 6.20
£ 1,131.30 £ 5.00
£ 75.85 £ 5.80 £ 7,991.00|||
||£ 27,550.94 £ 804.00 £ 15,734.31 £ 82.54 £ 13,651.25|||||
**Net Raised** £ 12,467.63
||||
|---|---|---|
|**Insurance**|**In**|**Out**|
|£ 153.00|£ 150.00
£ 300.00
£ 4.00
£ 396.15
£ -
£ 1,148.36
£ 716.20
£ 22,316.42
£ 1,413.02
£ 187.00
£ 660.00
£ 1,063.79|£ 5.00
£ 5.40
£ 524.19
£ 244.51
£ 5.80
£ 5.00
£ 8,118.71
£ 9,716.97
£ 1,780.37
£ 6.20
£ 1,136.30
£ 8,072.65|
|£ 153.00 £ 28,354.94 £ 29,621.10|||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Report to the trusteesl
members of
fR161VQS Qt NE£Tofv £6HooL
31 103115
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
(If any)
1088051
Set out on pages
iÉEI,.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the
ccounts of the above
charity ("the Trusf) for the year ended 3 7 10 3 72025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examinats'on. 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
Independent
examIneS statement
I have no cOnmS 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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date..
Signéd:
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ATC HMA/v
Name..
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Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
A6[OvrI rt/vr
Address:
WATCHMAN ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
Wiltshire SN15 3DD
Email.. chris@watchmanaccountants.com
IER
October 2018
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of 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
October 2018