2025-08-31-accounts - Friends Of Gillespie PTA

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01 / 09 / 2024 To 31 / 08 / 2025

Charity name: Friends of Gillespie PTA

Charity registration number: 1113369

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The object of the charity is to advance the education of pupils in Gillespie Primary 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 supports the school and advances the education of the pupils.
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	We ran events and other fundraisers to enable us to fund forest school, additional music provision (strings), sports equipment, SEN materials, reading road map books and a number of school trips.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Yes, the trustees have had regard to this guidance.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	N/A
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The fundraising activities of FoG could not happen without the support of the parents, teachers and pupils who volunteer their time. Trustees would like to express their deep thanks to all who have volunteered.

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	The main achievements of FoG are: 1. Bringing parents, teachers and pupils together across a range of events over the academic year. This supports our objective of developing these relationships. We also instigated regular meetings between teachers and FoG trustees to ensure that FoG activity was aligned with teacher priorities. 2. Funding a range of extracurricular activities, equipment and learning materials that the school (and/or some parents) could not afford themselves. This helps foster an inclusive environment for all pupils as well as broadening the range of learning opportunities. Funding went to: ● Forest School ● Strings Tutor ● Budget for each class (Nur- Y6) ● Library supplies ● Playground Recycling Bins ● Football strips ● In-school workshops (anti- bullying and history off the page) ● School trips

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Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Funds raised exceeded budget and meant that we ended the year with an increased reserves (cash) position than as we started.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	FOG invests conservatively holding all assets in cash in a business current account. Investment returns are therefore nil. Trustees have agreed to this policy on the basis that the scale of assets means a low risk and low governance approach to investment remains appropriate.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The balance of funds held on 31 August 2025 was £61,158
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves and Investment Policy: Any reserves should be held as cash within the charity’s bank account. Reserves should not fall below £5000.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Reserves as of 31 August 2025 were £61,158
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	n/a
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	n/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	n/a

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	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	FoG’s principal sources of funding in 2024/25 were: ● Income from running events in school (e.g. summer fair, Halloween disco, bake sales) ● Donations from parents ● Auctions of goods and services ● Income from selling products (Christmas cards, tote bags) ●Grants
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Any reserves should be held as cash within the charity’s bank account or deposit accounts.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Principal risks are: 1. Trustee and volunteer capacity to run successful events which fulfil the charities objectives. 2. Increased expectation from parents on the scale of activities that FoG will fund. 3. Risk of fraud - mitigated by an active financial controls policy

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution (model constitution from Parentkind)
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	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	Election of Trustees takes place at the annual general meeting or at another properly convened meeting.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Friends of Gillespie PTA
Other name the charity uses	FoG
Registered charity number	1113369
Charity’s principal address	Gillespie Primary School Gillespie Road London N5 1LH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Max Priestman	Co-Chair	n/a
	Sean Thomson	Co-Chair	n/a
	James Grant	Treasurer	n/a
	Caroline Hatchett	Secretary	n/a
	Jacqui Barrett		n/a
	Alison Stokes	Co-Chair	n/a
7	Charlie Collins		n/a

Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
n/a
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
n/a

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details n/a

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Caroline Green

Caroline Hatchett	Sean Thomson

Secretary		Co-Chair
26 January 2026
26 January 2026

	Friends of Gillespie PTA Charity Name	Friends of Gillespie PTA Charity Name	Friends of Gillespie PTA Charity Name	1113369 No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	01/09/2024 Period start date	To	31/08/2025 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	33,925	-	-	33,925	8,322
Events	15,575	-	-	15,575	13,875
Auctions	3,155	-	-	3,155	2,440
Product Sales	-	-	-	-	331
Sponsorship	1,000	-	-	1,000	-
Interest	657	-	-	657	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	54,311	-	-	54,311	24,968

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					24,968

Contributions to school activities or	30,732	-	-	30,732	24,650
PTA insurance	153	-	-	153	140
Google Workspace fee	10	-	-	10	10
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**Sub total **	30,895	-	-	30,895	24,800

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					24,800

	23,416				168
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	37,297				37,574
	60,713				37,742

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

01/06/2026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 60,713 445 - - - - 60,713 445 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name James Grant	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		James Grant	01/06/2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

01/06/2026

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Friends of Gillespie

I report to the trustees on my examina�on of the accounts of Friends of Gillespie (FoG) for the financial year 2024-25 (1 September 2024-31 August 2025).

Responsibili�es and basis of report

As the charity trustees of FOG you are responsible for the prepara�on of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chari�es Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examina�on of FoG’s accounts carried out under sec�on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examina�on I have followed all the applicable Direc�ons given by the Charity Commission under sec�on 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

connec�on with the examina�on giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accoun�ng records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by sec�on 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other ma�ers in connec�on with the examina�on to which a�en�on should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:

Name: Andrew Clements Address: 5 Gillespie Road, London, N5 1LH Date: 15 January 2026