## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 Sept 2023 31 Aug 2024 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

Bridgewater School Association 

**Other names charity is known by** 

|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**1092178<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>Bridgewater Primary School<br>Bridle Way<br>Berkhamsted<br>**Postcode**<br>**HP4 1ES**<br>~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)**1092178<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>Bridgewater Primary School<br>Bridle Way<br>Berkhamsted<br>**Postcode**<br>**HP4 1ES**<br>~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)**1092178<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>Bridgewater Primary School<br>Bridle Way<br>Berkhamsted<br>**Postcode**<br>**HP4 1ES**<br>~~ee~~||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||||||
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**||**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**||
|1 Ben Holden|1 Ben Holden|Treasurer|||||
|2 Ha|2 HayleyHolden|Chairperson|erson||||
|3 Ha|3 HayleyFlockhart|Vice Chairperson|||||
|4 Sarah Lan|4 Sarah Langridge|Secretary|||||
|5|5||||||
|6|6||||||
|7|7||||||
|8|8||||||
|9|9||||||



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

- ~~=== ===~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

Constitution 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Association How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods 

Elected at AGM 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

- Develop relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with Bridgewater School. 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

- Engage in activities that support the school and advance the education of the pupils attending it. 

- Provide and assist in the provision of such facilities or items for education at the school (not provided from statutory funds) as the committee in consultation with the governing body and Head Teacher shall from time to time determine. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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- A variety of activities have taken place this year to both fundraise and enhance the learning experience and opportunities of pupils at Bridgewater Primary School. 

- At all times the trustees have given regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit of such activities. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The association’s activities this year have performed well. We have built up sufficient funds to make a donation of £40k to the school so that a multi-function external tree house classroom could be built for general school activities as well as SEN purposes. 

The association have organised a variety of fun events for the parents and teachers of Bridgewater school including Happy’s Circus, Christmas Fayre and Bridgefest Camping, the latter taking its best ever profit of almost £8k. 

In addition to the tree house, the association has also made donations to the school to provide them with: 

- Anniversary Artwork 

- Coach Hire to Panto / Young Voices 

- Items for the SEN pod 

- Contribution to the Year 6 residential 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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**Section E                    Financial review Brief statement of the** The association seeks to maintain reserves of at least £2,500 in order to **charity’s policy on reserves** meeting ongoing running costs and meet upfront expenditure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ~~oe~~ **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;  investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~_~~ **Section F                     Other optional information Section G                    Declaration** ~~__~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ben Holden **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 29/05/2025 **TAR** 5 March **2012** 

March **2012** 

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## **Bridgewater School Association (Registered Charity 1092178)** 

Income and Expenditure for the Financial Year ending 31st August 2024 

|BSA|**Profit / (Loss)**<br>**2023 - 2024**|**Profit / (Loss)**<br>**2022 - 2023**|
|---|---|---|
|**Events**|||
|Bedtime Story Night|**122.44**|**209.73**|
|Bridgefest|**7,740.16**|**7,525.87**|
|Bridgewater gets Active||**2,884.46**|
|Christmas Fayre|**4,438.97**||
|Christmas Parties||**1,852.87**|
|Christmas Raffle||**1,373.40**|
|Christmas Wreaths||**1,208.71**|
|Circus|**2,714.77**||
|Coffee Morning / Welly Sale|**154.76**||
|Cross Country Refreshments||**152.30**|
|Disco|**1,700.17**|**237.91**|
|Film Night|**1,282.38**|**1,116.67**|
|Leaving Party||**385.26**|
|Personalised Christmas Cards|**717.49**|**574.15**|
|Quiz Night|**740.17**|**1,125.63**|
|Rex Takeover|**1,174.25**|**1,176.05**|
|Roller Disco|**373.56**|**503.08**|
|Transition Day||**332.81**|
|Welcome tea - reception||**9.35**|
||**21,159.12**|**20,668.25**|
|**Fundraising**|||
|2nd Hand Uniform|**810.50**|**1,017.28**|
|Amazon Smile||**481.48**|
|Bag 2 School donation||**690.00**|
|Bridgewater Birds|**23.00**||
|Bridgewater Caps||**(339.50)**|
|Cake Sale|**216.37**||
|Donation||**265.98**|
|Easter Trail Maps|**44.33**||
|Easy Fundraising|**114.28**|**50.59**|
|Ice Lolly Sale|**(21.17)**||
|Little Recyclers|**428.45**||
|Misc.||**116.00**|
|Party Kit Hire|**20.00**|**77.00**|
|Photo Shoot (Donation)|**700.00**||
|Rotary Santa Sleigh|**1,092.00**|**932.00**|
|Shopping Tote Bags|**3.00**||
|Supermarket Vouchers|**5,026.40**|**1,085.30**|
||**8,457.16**|**4,376.13**|
||||
|**Total Incoming**|**29,616.28**|**25,044.38**|
|**Running Costs**|||
|Comms Fees||**(4.72)**|
|Meetings||**(8.00)**|
|Misc.|**(392.54)**||
|PTA Association fee|**(153.00)**|**(140.00)**|
|PY Event|||
|Wisepay and other||**(61.99)**|
||**(545.54)**|**(214.71)**|
|**Donations to School**|||
|Anniversary Artwork|**(3,000.00)**||
|Coach Hire|**(3,700.00)**|**(796.50)**|
|Hardship Fund||**(500.00)**|
|Library Books / Furniture||**(598.85)**|
|SEN Pod Items|**(1,144.17)**||
|Treehouse|**(40,000.00)**||
|Year 6 Residential|**(1,000.00)**||
||**(48,844.17)**|**(1,895.35)**|
||||
|**Total Outgoing**|**(49,389.71)**|**(2,110.06)**|
||||
|**Surplus / Deficit**|**(19,773.43)**|**22,934.32**|
|**Account 00206497**|||
|Opening Balance (01/09/2023)|56,235.42<br>£||
|Petty Cash|-<br>£||
|Balance|**56,235.42**<br>**£**||
|**Account 00206497**|||
|Closing Balance (31/08/2024)|36,461.99<br>£||
|Petty Cash|-<br>£||
|Balance|**36,461.99**<br>**£**||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examlnerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Rcport
Report to the trusté
membern of
BrKlgewater School Association
On accounts for the year
31 August 2024
Charity no
(If any)
1092178
Set out on pages
1to2
I repNt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trusn for the year ￿NIed 31108r2024.
Responslbllttles and
basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trus( you are responsible for the preparatton
of Ihe accounts in accordan￿ with the requirernerrts of the Charities Act
2011 (1he Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trusf s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable t*re(aions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of ￿ Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi thal no rTkqterial matters have
come to my attenb.on in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to bel￿e that in. any material respect:
accounting records not kept in accorda￿ with section 130 of
Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have rKJ concm and have coN* acrnss no other mattefs in connection
th the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper under*￿ilYa of the accwnts to be reached.
Independent
examinerfs statement
Slgned:
27
202
Name:
Christopher N Stthvart
Relevant professlonal
quaiificationls) or b¢xly
(If any)..
FCA (ICAEW)
Address:
22 Coppins Close
Berkhamsled
Herts HP4 3NZ
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Onty complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Glve here brief details of
any items that the
examlner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGIAND AND WALES
1W2174
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the p•rfod
01m9r2023
To
3110812024
Section A Receipts and payments
fundB
funds
Totsl Ivnds
A1 RO￿1
c￿Z Ni
740
1.126
knNI
2715
1715
c￿￿1[￿?5 Par
1.853
1.373
Chrfstrnas Far
718
374
1.7
122
Rdkr Chsco
ST4
SJ3
374
122
210
2.684
1.176
152
Rex T*eLW
1.174
1,174
7,740
Da
7.741
Leavin
1JO
2J11
2.316
J Harrf Uritty
er
1,017
ter Ca
Toifj 8a
knaZ￿ Sm
114
51
Pa
IHYe
429
Sub total{Gn￿ inc(¥rn for
AR)
Sub lotsl
25
ms Fees
153
153
140
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Sub lotal
urcha888.
8•e table
Sub tof
110
CCXX R1 #c￿nts ISSI
2710212025

Net ofreCW￿P0yrnentsJ .
A5 Transfern b8twnen funds
A6 Cash funds last y•ar •nd
Cash lunds this yearand
22M83
33,301
31752
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestrlcted
R•strfcted
Endowment
funds
aie9ories
Delai15
B1 Cash fund$
1710
Totalcash funds
31752
Endth￿t
fun(1
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Delails
Detalls
chrlty's own ug•
Details
B5 Llabiltti•s
&gned by on8u t•m Iru*ees (
bthawolall the trusitEs
Date of
6ew UOLDefv
osi
CCXX R2 ac¢wrds ISSI
2710212025