## **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## _**St George’s School Association, January 1st 2023 to December 31st 2023**_ ## **Reference and Administrative details** - Charity name: St George’s School Association - Other names the Charity is known by: Helping Hands, St George’s Primary School PTA - Charity registration number: 1109877 - Charity Address: Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA - Trustee Names: Mary Johnston, Claudine Daly, Romona Elliott ## **Organisational Structure and governance** St George’s School Association has a Board of 3 Trustee volunteers from a variety of professional backgrounds, relevant to the work of the Charity. The Board meet regularly throughout the year, as well as annually for the AGMs. All Trustees give their time freely, and receive no remuneration for their time. In addition to the Trustees, there are 9 other volunteers (and also parents of children at the school) that form St George’s School Association (or the Helping Hands PTA). Type of Governing document - Constitution. ## **The Board of Trustees** The Board of Trustees is legally responsible for the strategic direction, policy and overall governance of the Charity. The Trustees are elected annually at the AGM. ## **Charitable Objectives** The aim and objectives of the Charity are to advance the education of the pupils in the school, in particular by: - Developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school. - Engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advances the education of the pupils. Our overall aim is to raise much needed funds for our school. Due to cuts in budgets, our school is under immense pressure to be able to provide our children with the basics. So we aim to provide the children at the school with the resources to enhance, enrich and improve the children’s experience during their time at St Georges Primary School. ## **Financial Review** The Charity Remains in a strong financial position. Over the course of this time period our work focused on 3 main fundraising events, the Summer Fayre, the Christmas Fayre, and also a new fundraising idea, the Circus. The Summer Fayre was held on Sunday 11[th] June 2023. It was a great success and was very well attended and supported by parents, teachers and local families. It was a great opportunity for us to hold a community, family friendly event. The Summer Fayre raised an income of £16,610 with £9,433 profit (which was an improvement on the 2022 Summer Fayre). The Christmas Fayre was also well supported, and was a fun and festive day of fundraising. Both of the fayres were supported by local business in the form of the donation of prizes and gifts, and also via Sponsorship and Advertising. The Christmas Fayre 2023 made a profit of £5,206. In 2023 we also hosted Happy’s Circus on the 14[th] October, which was a new fundraising venture for us. The Circus was another fantastic day full of fun and community spirit. The income from the Circus was £9,514 and the profit was £4,507. The Annual Accounts show our total income for 2023 was an incredible £43,080, with a profit of £24,030. The Bank Balance at the end of the time period was £12,473, with £2,029 in the Reserve Account. Please see the Annual Accounts 2023 document for further Financial details. ## **Reserves and Reserves Policy** During the financial year, the cash reserve accounts have been monitored to ensure that at any given time sufficient funds are available to manage the day-to-day cash flow and to cover unanticipated expenditures. In addition, we have a Reserve Account which we aim to keep at a balance of £2,000. ## **Charitable Activities** In addition to the 2 Fayres and the Circus, we held a variety of other smaller fundraising events throughout the year. These included an Easter Egg Hunt which made £600 profit, and a Smarties Challenge which made £539 profit. ## **Achievements & Performance** In 2023 The St Georges School Association had another incredible year of fundraising which will help to enrich the lives of the children at the school. The School Senior Leadership Team have a variety of objectives for us to fundraise for in the future, including funding for a new awning for the Nursery and Reception playground area. In 2023 we donated a massive £28,103 to the school, which will make a massive difference to the children and their school experience. ## The donation of funds to the school for the financial year were as follows: |**School Donations Given by HH**||**Income**||**Donation Amount**| |---|---|---|---|---| |School Donation - Carol Concerts Refreshments||||£ 119.79| |School Donation - Computers||||£ 2,548.00| |School Donation - Coronation DayCelebration||||£ 1,141.64| |School Donation - Green Team||||£ 160.00| |School Donation - Library||||£ 14,391.40| |School Donation - LibraryBooks||||£ 6,000.00| |School Donation - RE & Nursery||||£ 600.00| |School Donation - Signage||||£ 1,938.07| |School Donation - Year 6 Leavers Gifts||||£ 904.24| |School Donation - Year 6 Leavers Party||||£ 300.00| |||**£-**||**£ 28,103.14**| ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||| |---|---|---|---| ||
Claudine Daly|Mary Johnston|Romona Elliott| ||

Treasurer|Chair|Vice Chair| ||
11/10/24|11/10/24|11/10/24| ## **Charity Name** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date **For the period from January 1st 2023** Period End date **To December 31st 2023** ## **Section A: Receipts & Payments** ## **Summary of Fundraisers, Donations and General Expenses January 1st 2023 to December 31st 2023** All funds were unrestricted for this time period. (There were no restricted funds and no endowment funds). |**Fundraiser Name**|**Fundraiser Name**||**Income**||**Expenses**||**Total**
**Profit**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Amazon Smile|||202.05
£||||202.05
£| |Christmas Fayre 2023|||9,653.19
£||4,447.46
£||5,205.73
£| |Circus 2023|||9,513.67
£||5,006.79
£||4,506.88
£| |Easter EggHunt 2023|||1,056.60
£||456.34
£||600.26
£| |EasyFundraising|||18.02
£||||18.02
£| |Express Yourself Day|||255.50
£||||255.50
£| |General HH Donations|||343.00
£||||343.00
£| |General HH Donations-Parent Pay|||904.15
£||||904.15
£| |HappyBags|||232.39
£||141.32
£||91.07
£| |Ice cream Sale|||524.64
£||||524.64
£| |MyChilds Art 2022|||226.08
£||||226.08
£| |Person You Love Day|||154.38
£||||154.38
£| |School Merchandise Sale|||145.59
£||||145.59
£| |Smarties Challenge 2023|||705.21
£||166.05
£||539.16
£| |Summer Fayre 2023|||16,610.41
£||7,177.34
£||9,433.07
£| |Tea Towels 2023|||1,666.78
£||1,343.26
£||323.52
£| |World Book Day|||81.30
£||||81.30
£| |Wreath Making2023|||787.06
£||311.37
£||475.69
£| ||**Fundraising Events Total**||**43,080.02**
**£**||**19,049.93**
**£**||**24,030.09**
**£**| |**School Donations Given by HH**||**Income**|**Donation**
**Amount**| |---|---|---|---| |School Donation - Carol Concerts Refreshments|||119.79
£| |School Donation - Computers|||2,548.00
£| |School Donation - Coronation DayCelebration|||1,141.64
£| |School Donation - Green Team|||160.00
£| |School Donation - Library|||14,391.40
£| |School Donation - LibraryBooks|||6,000.00
£| |School Donation - RE & Nursery|||600.00
£| |School Donation - Signage|||1,938.07
£| |School Donation - Year 6 Leavers Gifts|||904.24
£| |School Donation - Year 6 Leavers Party|||300.00
£| |||**-**
**£**|**28,103.14**
**£**| |**General Expenses**|||**Expenses**| |---|---|---|---| |General Expenses|||687.16
£| |General Expenses - AGM|||15.38
£| |General Expenses - BBQ|||120.00
£| |General Expenses - MeetingRefreshments|||29.00
£| |General Expenses-Parent Kind Subscription|||140.00
£| |||**-**
**£**|**991.54**
**£**| ## **- Summary of 2023 Financials St Georges School Association** |FundraisingIncome|43,080.02
£| |---|---| ||| |FundraisingExpenditure|19,049.93
£| ||| |FundraisingProfit|24,030.09
£| ||| |Interest Received|24.23
£| ||| |Donations to the School|28,103.14
£| ||| |Other Expenditure|991.54
£| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** There were no assets or liabilities during this time period. There were no endowment funds. There were no restricted funds. All funds were unrestricted. Main Bank Account Opening Bank Balance on 01/01/23 £ 17,537.68 |Main Bank Account ClosingBank Balance 31/12/23|12,473.09
£| |---|---| ||| |Reserve Bank Account OpeningBank Balance on 01/01/23|2,004.44
£| ||| |Reserve Bank Account ClosingBank Balance 31/12/23|2,028.67
£| ||| |Cash - Float|40.00
£| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Date of approval 11/10/2023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Se¢tion A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Helping Hands the Sl Georges School PTA (Charity name. Sl Georges School Association) On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023 Charity no lif any) 1109877 Set out on pages IrEmem I report tD the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the account5 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 seclion 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}Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to Tny attention (other than Ihat disclosed below ') in connection with the examinalion 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 Independent examiner's statement 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: £3cAw Date: 1111012024 Name: B C Knight Relevant professional qualificationls) or body lif any): Irlstitute Chartered Accountants- Part Qualified Association of Tax Technicians- ATh (Fellow) Address: 17 The Landway Bearsled Maidslone ME14 4BE IER October 2018 Section B Dis¢losure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of Gharity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. IER October 2018