**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **Period start date** 1 September 2020 **Period end date** 31 August 2021 **Charity name:** Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich ## **Charity registration number:** 1093116 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The aim of ‘The Friends’ is to advance the education and
enrich the experience of the pupils of The Charter
School North Dulwich (‘The School’)| |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 1.17 and
1.19|Main activities:
Develop relationships and communication between
staff, parents/carers and the local community
Engage in activities which support The School and the
local community, in particular, with other local schools
Engage in fundraising, provide and assist in activities,
facilities or equipment that support The School and
advance the education and experience of students (not
normally provided by The School budget)
Provide practical support for the work of The School in
promoting and publicising The School, its achievements
and activities
Promote pupil enrichment, inclusion, wellbeing as part
of a sustainable approach in line with The School ethos.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|I can confirm that the trustees have had due regard to
the Commission’s guidance at all relevant times.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| 1 Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Despite the challenges of COVID, The Friends has
worked hard to continue supporting The School and
its wider community.
Key achievements this year include:
Raising over £60k (including £50k from specific
fundraising campaigns and £10k from an online
auction)
Making grants of nearly £60k to The School for a
range of projects (including £25k for laptops to
support home learning, £15k for the new astroturf
pitch and £14k for the new bicycle shed for staff
and pupils).
Setting up WhatsApp groups for each year group’s
parents and carers.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| **Financial Review** 2 |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the year end, the Charity had a bank balance of
over £46k. There were no other assets or liabilities
£19k of this cash balance were restricted funds for
six campaigns (the largest being £4,220 for a new
music room)
£8k of this cash balance were designated funds for
four campaigns (the largest being £2,500 for the
‘Striding Man’ statue)
£20k of this cash balance were unrestricted funds,
although the trustees’ intention is to use c£4k to
top up the music room fund so The School can
proceed with this work during the October half
term.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Friends aims to hold at least £1k in
unrestricted free funds at any one time.
This is anticipated to be sufficient to meet one
year of basic running costs (e.g. termly meetings
for parents, the AGM and relevant insurance)
assuming no additional funds are raised.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20k (see year end position note above)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are materially in deficit| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The trustees consider the Charity to be a going
concern at the current date and are unaware of
any uncertainties that would suggest otherwise.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution
First adopted 17 June 2002
Subsequent amendments on
12 September 2018 and 8 October 2020| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Friends is an Unincorporated Association| |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|Membership is open and free to The School’s
parents/carers and staff.
Trustees are generally the Committee Office
Holders who are elected or re-elected at each
year’s AGM.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may 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 Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|‘FOTCSND’ orjust ‘The Friends’| |Registered charitynumber|1093116| |Charity’s principal address|The Charter School
Red Post Hill
London
SE24 9JH| 4 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Eleanor Mitchiner|Chair|from 18 October 2020|Members| ||Molly Jarvis|Co-Secretary|from 18 October 2020|Members| ||Dr Clare Dunne|Co-Secretary|from 18 October 2020|Members| ||Angus Farr|Treasurer|from 18 October 2020|Members| ||Kavitha Nava|(ex-Treasurer)||Members| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Not applicable Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Not applicable||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Not applicable| |---|---| |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|| 5 **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not applicable ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Angus Farr
Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer
Chair, etc)
Date
17 October 2021
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6 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich **members of On accounts for the year** 31 August 2021 **Charity no** 1093116 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 9+10 (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 **31/08/2021** . - **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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention ~~(other than that disclosed below *)~~ 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._ **Date:** 6 October 2021 **Signed: Name:** Mandy Miller **Relevant professional** Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 17 Beaulieu Close London SE5 8BA **October 2018** **IER** 7 **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). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . N/A **October 2018** 8 **IER** ||**Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich**|**Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich**|**Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich**|**Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich**|**Friends of the Charter School North Dulwich**|**1093116**|**1093116**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||| ||||**01-Sep-20**||||**31-Aug-21**||| ||||||||||| |**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 £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Fundraisingcampaigns|**-**||**49,375**||**-**||**49,375**||**-**| |Events income|**10,078**||**-**||**-**||**10,078**||**-**| |Loyaltyshoppingschemes income|**1,336**||**-**||**-**||**1,336**||**-**| |Uniform sales|**851**||**-**||**-**||**851**||**-**| |Sponsorship|**800**||**750**||**-**||**1,550**||**-**| |Other income and donations|**764**||**-**||**-**||**764**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**13,830**||**50,125**||**-**||**63,955**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**13,830**||**50,125**||**-**||**63,955**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Donations to school|**2,999**||**56,887**||**-**||**59,886**||**-**| |Administration expenses|**242**||**-**||**-**||**242**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**3,241**||**56,887**||**-**||**60,128**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_**|**3,241**||**56,887**||**-**||**60,128**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**10,589**||**- 6,762**||**-**||**3,827**||**-**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 4,536**||**4,536**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**21,194**||**21,067**||**-**||**42,261**||**-**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**27,247**||**18,841**||**-**||**46,088**||**-**| **October 2018** 9 **IER** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Lloyds Bank Account||||**27,247**||**18,841**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**27,247**||**18,841**||**-**| ||(agree balances w ith receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval| ||||||Angus Farr,Treasurer||||30/09/2021| ||||||||||| **October 2018** 10 **IER**