2023-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From: 1[st] September 2022 To: 31[st] August 2023

Charity name: The Friends of Bell Farm School

Charity registration number: 1109386

Objectives and Activities

The primary objective of the Friends of Bell Farm School is to advance the education of pupils in the school by developing effective relationships between the staff and parents and engaging in activities that provide facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.

We typically have regular fundraisers in the year, notably, our summer fair, Santa fun run and Christmas fair, mufti days, school discos and parents quiz night.

These events and activities aim to raise money and provide a memorable experience for those who attend. We aim to provide a supportive community for all the families at Bell Farm Primary School and our local community.

We consider the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when setting our own objectives and planning our activities.

Achievements and Performance

The Friends of Bell Farm School have had a very successful year of fundraising and creating memorable experiences for our school and local families. We had a wonderful May Fair celebrating ‘The Best of British’ and the Coronation of the King, including our first, and very popular, Bell Farm Bake Off.

Another first this year was our Santa fun run which proved very popular and will certainly be back next year. After the May Fair this was our second highest fundraising event and was great fun for the whole family.

Our third successful first for this year was our Krispy Crème donut sale. This was coupled with a pyjama mufti day and brought lots of smiles to the children of Bell Farm School.

Other highlights for the year were our pub quiz for the parents and staff of the school, school discos, ice cream sales post sports day and break the rules mufti day.

We also received a match funding donation of £3000 from one parent showing the huge benefit that corporate match funding can have.

We were delighted to be able to hand over £25,000 to the school to go towards the much- anticipated MUGA (Multi Use Games Area), a facility that the Friends of Bell Farm had been fundraising for in previous years

The Friends of Bell Farm School were also able to make contributions towards costs of school workshops and trips for the children of Bell Farm School, as well as paying for Christmas crackers and presents for all the children, year 6 leavers books and trip, and the purchase of new gazebos to use for future fundraising events and for the school to use for sports days.

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Financial Review

From 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023, The Friends of Bell Farm School made net payments of £11,089.

Cash funds at 31 August 2023 is £23,710. This will allow The Friends of Bell Farm School to cover deposits to be paid for future events and to make further contributions to equipment and facilities at Bell Farm Primary School.

The accounts have been prepared on a cash-based accounting basis, also known as receipts and payments accounting.

There are no known uncertainties about The Friends of Bell Farm School’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Structure, Governance and Management

Type of governing document – Parentkind Model Constitution adopted 3[rd] March 2021.

How is the charity constituted – All parents/primary carers of pupils at Bell Farm Primary School are automatically members of The Friends of Bell Farm School although they are not all active members. This also applies to staff at the school.

Trustee selection – Members of the board of trustees are elected at the AGM by those present.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Friends of Bell Farm School
Other name the charity uses	n/a
Registered charity number	1109386
Charity’s principal address	c/o Bell Farm Primary School Hersham Road Hersham KT12 5NB

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Charity Name: The Friends of Bell Farm School Charity Number: 1109386 Receipts and payments accounts For the period from 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2023

Receipts and payments

Receipts Fundraising Other donations/match funding Affiliate schemes Interest Total receipts Payments Fundraising School payments PTA payments Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end	31/08/2023 to the nearest £ 29,777 3,125 799 25 33,726 10,523 34,067 225 44,815 (11,089) 34,799 23,710	31/08/2022 to the nearest £ 22,593 27 869 2
		23,491 7,591 5,839 451
		13,881
		9,610 25,189
		34,799

Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Cash funds	31/08/2023 to the nearest £ 23,710	31/08/2022 to the nearest £ 34,799

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnef s rnport to the trustees of The Friends of Bell Fami School I report to the trustees on my examination of the accA)unts of The Friends of Bell Farm sch￿)1 for the year ended 31 August 2023. Responslbllltles and basis of report As the charity trustees of The Friends of Bell Fa￿n sch￿)1 you are res￿nsIble for the preparation of the ac￿untS in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the ACL.). I report in respect of my examination of The Friends of Bell Fam SchLx)I'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 Cornmissi￿ under section 145(5){b) of the Ad. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the exafflination giving me cause to believe that in any tnaterial respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of The Friends of Bell Farm Sch¢)ol as required by section 130 of the Act: or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this rep(rt in order lo enable a proper understanding of the a(xounts to be reathe(l. Signed: K.LK Name: KATIÉ Lifi ÉQ Relevant professional qualification or membersh¥) of professional bcéies (if any): Address: I (EN￿00t) J)Li￿6, H£ISklAM, SuR£Év, Kfiz sth Dale, i+/G /1*