2025-07-31-accounts

Charity registration number: 1100442

The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Contents (continued)

Reference and Administrative Details	1
Trustees' Report	2
Independent Examiner's Report	3
Statement of Financial Activities	4
Balance Sheet	5
Notes to the Financial Statements	6

The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Reference and Administrative Details

Chair Laura Jennison Trustees Gemma Stead Wez Little Laura Jennison Rachel Richards Secretary Rachel Richards Charity Registration Number 1100442 Principal Office Coverdale Way Baildon Shipley West Yorkshire BD17 6TE

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The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Trustees' Report

The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2025.

Objectives and activities

Objects and aims

The aims and objectives of the association are to advance the education of the pupils in the school in particular by developing effective relationships between staff, parents and others associated with the school and engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school.

Public benefit

The charity complements the school by providing resources, organising events and providing a further line of comminucation to benefit the school, staff, learners and parents/guardians/carers.

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Structure, governance and management

Nature of governing document

The Church School Baildon PTFA was established by a charitable trust deed on 31 October 2003 and is registered in England and Wales as a charity (number 1100442). The charity's constitutional document is available to view online at https://baildonce.co.uk/parents-and-pupils/ptfa/.

Organisational structure

The Church School, Baildon PTFA is an independent charity. The association is controlled by a management committee comprising the trustees. All the people working for the organisation are volunteers and there are no paid staff.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 26 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... Wez Little Trustee

......................................... Laura Jennison Chairman and Trustee

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The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Church School, Baildon PTFA

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Church School, Baildon PTFA for the year ended 31 July 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of The Church School, Baildon PTFA you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the The Church School, Baildon PTFA's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of The Church School, Baildon PTFA as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

...................................... Liam McShera FCA ICAEW

26 May 2026

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The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

Note Fundraising Income Gross income Expenditure School activities School trips Christmas panto School discos Other events Circus costs Fun run costs Forest school Summer Fayre costs Winter Fayre costs Projects benefitting the school Grants to school School library refit and restock 2 PTFA expenses Subscriptions and licenses Net surplus/(deficit) for the year Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	Total 2025 £ 27,782 27,782 3,600 990 210 121 - 779 2,500 2,779 1,812 12,791 19,902 1,500 21,402 162 162 (6,573) 16,094 9,521	Total 2024 £ 24,013
		24,013
		3,900 - - - 3,924 1,398 2,000 2,978 2,853
		17,053
		- 5,992
		5,992
		153
		153
		815 15,279
		16,094

The notes on page 6 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 4

The Church School, Baildon PTFA

(Registration number: 1100442) Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2025

Note Current assets Cash at bank Cash in hand Funds of the charity: Unrestricted income funds Unrestricted funds Total funds	2025 £ 9,321 200 9,521 9,521 9,521	2024 £ 16,063 31
		16,094
		16,094
		16,094

The financial statements on pages 4 to 6 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 26 May 2026 and signed on their behalf by:

.........................................	.........................................
Wez Little	Laura Jennison
Trustee	Chairman and Trustee

The notes on page 6 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 5

The Church School, Baildon PTFA

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis.

Raising funds

Fundraising costs are the direct costs of fundraising events and the purchase of necessary goods and services.

Cash and cash equivalents

All bank deposits and cash are held in unrestricted funds in the current and prior year.

Fund structure

All of the charity's receipts and payments relate to general unrestricted funds in the current and prior year.

2 Grant-making

The £19,902 granted to the school comprised £19,178 to purchase audiovisual and IT equipment in the main hall and classrooms, and £724 for outdoor gazebos gifted to the school.

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