Docusign Envelope ID: DE9E743F-30DE-4EA0-BEC7-B6CFF9C417DC ## **Friends of Nettlebed School (Charity registration number: 1091177)** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1 October 2024 to 31 August 2025** ## **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 2024-25 financial year raised: |Halloween disco|£886| |---|---| |Winter fete|£644| |Christmas raffle andpresent room|£1,140| |Stinger race|£8,406| |Summer fete / Nettlefest|£2,818| |Bake sales|£1,146| Overall income of £32,364 was raised. Profit (before payments made to the school) was £22,792. Payments made to school were £14,595 therefore the surplus remaining is £8,197. We gave £14,595 to the school for the following: - £1,791 for classroom resources - £500 for Christmas crafts, First News and Henley Youth Festival - £1,236 for music lessons and resources - £2,500 for Forest School - £1,000 for various trips Docusign Envelope ID: DE9E743F-30DE-4EA0-BEC7-B6CFF9C417DC - £305 for Year 6 calculators and SATs revision - £4,095 for IT equipment - £382 for sports equipment - £128 for a new bench - £882 for sports kit for off-site events - £1,776 for two table tennis tables ## **Financial Review** We started the year with £28,719 in the bank and in hand, and ended the year with £36,916, 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 appointed during any part of the period 1 October 2024 to 31 August 2025 were: - Anna Fryer, Chair from 1 February 2023 to 14 October 2024, then Vice Chair until 16 October 2025 - Laura Oxley, Vice Chair 18 October 2023 to 14 October 2024, then Chair since then - • 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 - Sarah Morris from 18 October 2023 to 14 October 2024 - Lauren Rosher from 14 October 2024 to 31 August 2025 ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees |Signature(s)
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Date||| |---|---|---| ||Laura Oxley|Vanessa Hoare| ||Chair|Treasurer| ||29 April 2026|29 April 2026| **Friends of Nettlebed School** ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts for 1 October 2024 to 31 August 2025** **Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ o the nearesto the nearest o the nearest** ## **Section A Receipts and Payments** ## **RECEIPTS** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Donations
Direct donations 323 2,973 3,296 703 2,066 5,152
Bags2School / The Little Recycler 85 85 360 302 298
Your School Lottery 484 484 680 725 1,270
Amazon Smile - - - 205 160
Asda 63 63
Tesco
Big Give 3,040
Give As You Live / Easy Fundraising / Just Giving 193 193 122 230 -
Ukraine fundraiser - - - 126
Total donations 1,148 6,013 7,161 1,865 3,527 7,006
Charitable Activities
Halloween disco 1,233 1,233 1,088 964 711
Pumpkins 164 164
Winter fete inc tea towels 816 816 2,566 1,610 1,917
Palentines 643 - 643
Quiz night 915 915 849 765 1,111
Stinger 12,941 - 12,941 10,672 8,657 9,879
Summer fete / Nettlefest 4,684 4,684 7,619 3,829 2,881
Bake sales 98 1,050 1,148 1,164 631 338
Sports Day 88 88 420 - 574
Colour Run 99 99
Donut and lolly sales 200 200 280
Easter 430 - 430 292 529 813
Christmas 1,505 1,505 1,196 956
Community Day - -
Yoga - - 407 80 110
Smarchies Challenge - - - - 682
Forest School / Roundhouse - -
Uniform sales 247 247 648
Challenger Tennis 55 55
Welcomes and thank yous - -
Total from charitable activities 24,119 1,050 25,169 27,199 18,022 19,016
Other trading activities
Bank Interest 35 35 40 41 16
Float received back - - - 75
Uniform and lolly sales - - 1,303 145
Gift Aid - - 892
Ad hoc - - 20
Total from other trading activities 35 - 35 931 3,032 236
Paid in from previous year - 1,454
TOTAL RECEIPTS 25,301 7,063 32,364 29,996 22,913 27,712
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## **PAYMENTS** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charitable Activities
Halloween disco 347 574 424 63
Pumpkins 60
Winter fete inc tea towels 172 1,184 368 320
Palentines 176
Quiz night 763 578 421 437
Stinger 4,535 3,860 3,809 3,434
Summer fete / Nettlefest 1,866 2,607 1,812 1,112
Bake sales 1 17
Sports Day 16 7 - 376
Colour Run 329
Donut and lolly sales 35 149
Easter 241 30 271 44
Christmas 365 218 203
Community Day - 198
Yoga 82 21 14
Smarchies Challenge - - - - -
Forest School / Roundhouse - 2,000
Uniform sales 6
Challenger tennis -
Welcomes and thank yous 12 16 50 105
Total on charitable activities excluding payments
9,006 - - 11,242 7,570 5,908
to school
Payments to or for School 14,595 10,885 32,950 2,560
Total on charitable activities including payments
23,601 - 22,128 40,520 8,468
to school
Other trading activities
Donation costs 61 0.35
Bank fees 55 86 60 90
Parentkind membership inc insurance 162 153 140 156
Lottery licence 20 20
Floats paid out - - 155
Playground expenses - - 366
Uniform and lolly sales 64
Uniform sales - 13
Ukraine donation - 126
Ad hoc 268 28.5 20
Total from other trading activities 566 - - 426 749 767
TOTAL PAYMENTS 24,167 - 24,167 22,554 40,805 9,235
PROFIT / (LOSS) 1,134 7,063 8,197 7,442 -17,892 18,478
Section B Statement of Assets and Liabilities
01 October 2024 31 August 2025
Money in bank 28,006 36,442 -
Cash 713 474
No investment assets - -
Assets 28
Liabilities -
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Friends of Nettlebed School **members of** **On accounts for the year** 31 August 2025 **Charity no** 1091177 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 08 / 2025** . - **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. ## **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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** S.Symonds-Dye **Date:** 10/4/25 **Name:** Stephanie Symonds-Dye **Relevant professional** Chartered Tax Advisor – Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and **qualification(s) or body** Association of Taxation Technicians **(if any): Address:** 4 Hazel Gardens, Sonning Common RG4 9TF ## **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). 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details of** N/A **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**