**Friends of Nettlebed School (Charity registration number: 1091177)** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024** ## **Objectives and Activities** The purpose of Friends of Nettlebed School (“FONS”) is to advance the education of pupils at Nettlebed Community School in particular by (a) developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school and (b) engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils. Each year, the school gives us a list of items that they would like us to raise money for, such as music resources, trips and outdoor learning items, and we put on various events such as a Halloween disco, winter fete, summer fete, quiz night, as well as run uniform sales and cake sales on a smaller scale. At the moment, our largest annual event is a 10k “Stinger” run through the local area, which attracts around 300 adult runners, often unconnected to the school, as well as lots of local children. The trustees consider the guidance provided by the Charity Commission on public benefit, as well as the constitution and plenty of guidance provided by Parentkind, which guides us through particularly important aspects relevant to parent-led organisations that fundraise for schools. ## **FONS Volunteers** Our volunteers are critical to FONS’ continuation. The board is made up of volunteers and our events are run by volunteers. We are immensely grateful to everyone, both within and outside of the school, who helps to put our events together. ## **Achievements and Performance** Our main events during the 2023-24 financial year raised: |Halloween disco
£514.75|Halloween disco
£514.75| |---|---| |Christmas fete and tea towels
£1,381.72|| |Quiz night
£271.35|| |Easter
£261.74|| |Stinger
£6,812.24|| |Nettlefest|£5,011.74| Overall we raised income of £29,995, profit before payments to school of £18,327, and surplus after payments to the school of £7,442. We gave £10,885 to the school for the following: - £2,877 for the percussion instruments in the KS1 playground - £811 for classroom resources - £446 for Christmas crafts, First News and Henley Youth Festival - £1,219 for music lessons and resources - £2,500 for Forest School - £500 for the skipping workshop and Farms2Ewe - £500 for coaches to sports events - £334 for Year 6 calculators and SATs revision - £539 for science resources - £206 for DT resources - £452 for geography and history resources - £500 for RE resources ## **Financial Review** We started the year with £21,276.67 in the bank and in hand, and ended the year with £28,719.00, having given the school the amount set out above. Our reserves policy is to maintain at least £7,500 at all times in case of an emergency, which is based on our risk assessment. Our biggest risk is not getting sufficient parents and carers to run events each year, whilst the school still needs the funds to cover the basic annual requirement. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The members of Friends of Nettlebed School are all the parents and carers of children at Nettlebed School. It is an unincorporated association and registered charity run by a small group of volunteer parents and carers. Trustees (the FONS committee) are appointed at the AGM, by being nominated, seconded and then voted on. Trustees are not paid for their time. Our rules are set out in our constitution. We do not hold any real property, just cash and a few items used for events. ## **Reference and Administrative details** The registered name of the charity is Friends of Nettlebed School with charity number 1091177. The principal address is Nettlebed Community School, High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 5DA. The trustees who were involved in the 2023-24 or 2024-25 financial year were: - Anna Fryer, Chair from 1 February 2023 to 14 October 2024, then Vice Chair since - Laura Oxley, Vice Chair from 18 October 2023 to 14 October 2024, then Chair since - Vanessa Hoare, Treasurer from 18 October 2023 to present - Harriet Sutton, Secretary from 18 October 2023 to present - Sarah Saunders, Treasurer from 1 February 2023 to 18 October 2023 and general trustee from then to 14 October 2024 - Olivia Fergusson, Secretary from 1 February 2023 to 18 October 2023 - Sarah Morris from 18 October 2023 to 14 October 2024 - Lauren Rosher from 14 October 2024 to present ## **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)|Laura Oxley
Laura Oxley|Vanessa Hoare
Vanessa Hoare| |---|---|---| |Position|Chair|Treasurer| |Date|21 May2025|| **Friends of Nettlebed School Receipts and Payments Accounts for 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds 2022-23 2021-22 to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **Section A Receipts and Payments RECEIPTS** |**Donations**| |---| |Direct donations
703.00
703.00
2,066.07 5,152.00
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360.20
360.20
301.80
298.00
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680.30
680.30
724.70
1,270.40
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- 204.55
160.00
Give As You Live / Easy Fundraising / Just Giving
121.94
121.94
229.56
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Ukraine fundraiser
- - 126.00
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**1,865.44 - 1,865.44 3,526.68 7,006.40**
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1,088.30
1,088.30 964.24
711.00
Christmas fete inc tea towels
2,565.50
2,565.50 1,610.02 1,917.00
Quiz night
849.03
849.03
765.27
1,111.00
Easter
291.89
- 291.89
529.34
813.00
Stinger
10,672.00
- 10,672.00 8,656.91 9,879.00
Summer fete / Nettlefest
7,618.95
7,618.95 3,828.71 2,881.00
Colour Run and Sports Day
419.70
419.70
- 574.00
**Total from charitable activities**
**23,505.37 - 23,505.37 16,354.49 17,886.00**
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39.57
39.57 41.42 16.00
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75.00
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1,163.56 1,163.56 631.16
338.00
Uniform and lolly sales
- 1,303.24 145.00
Uniform sales
647.96
647.96
Donuts and lolly sales
279.55
279.55
Christmas present room and raffle
1,195.83
1,195.83 956.05
Smarchies Challenge
- - 682.00
For yoga in 24-25 year
406.69
406.69
80.00 110.00
Gift Aid
891.59
891.59
Ad hoc
- 20.00
**Total from other trading activities**
**3,461.19**
**1,163.56**
**4,624.75**
**3,031.87**
**1,366.00**
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- 1,454.00
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**28,832.00 1,163.56 29,995.56 22,913.04 27,712.40**
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574
424 63
Christmas fete inc tea towels
1,184
368
320
Quiz night
578
421 437
Easter
30
271 44
Stinger
3,860
3,809 3,434
Summer fete
2,607
1,812 1,112
Colour Run (incurred in 24-25)
7
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**7,105 5,786**
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**10,885**
**32,950**
**2,560**
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**19,724 -**
**40,055 8,346**| || |**Other trading activities**
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0
Bank fees
86
60 90
Parentkind membership inc insurance
153
140 156
Lottery licence
20
Floats paid out
- 155
Playground expenses
- 366
Uniform and lolly sales
64
Uniform sales
13
Donut and lolly sales
149
Christmas present room and raffle
218
203
Bake sale expenses
0
- 17
Roundhouse
2,000
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Community Day
198
Yoga expenses
21
14
Ukraine donation
126
Welcome gift or event / Thank you expenses
16
50 105
Ad hoc
29
20
**Total from other trading activities**
**2,830 -**
**749 889**
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**22,553**
**- 22,553**
**40,805**
**9,235**
**PROFIT / (LOSS)**
**6,279**
**1,164**
**7,442**
**-17,892**
**18,478**
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|| |**Section B Statement of Assets and Liabilities**| |**01 October 2023**
**30 September 2024**| |Money in bank
20,677
28,006
**-**| |Cash
599
713| |No investment assets
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200
100| |Liabilities
2,878| || |**Signed by two trustees on behalf of all the trustees**| |Signature
Position
Name
Date| |Vanessa Hoare
Trustee
Vanessa Hoare
13-May-25| |Laura Oxley
Trustee
Laura Oxley
19-May-25| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts +•+ Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Friends of Nettlebed School On accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024 Charity no {if any} 1091177 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 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 Act") 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. 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 Independent examiner's statement 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: S.Symonds-Dye Date: 1014125 Name: Stephanie Symonds-Dye Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Chartered Tax Advisor- Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Association of Taxation Technicians Address". 1 Highmoor Cross, Henley on Thames RG9 5DP Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018