## **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| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**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** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position**
**Date**|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**|**Friends of Gillespie PTA**
**Charity Name**|**Friends of Gillespie PTA**
**Charity Name**|**1113369**
**No (if any)**|**1113369**
**No (if any)**|**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**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**54,311**||**-**||**-**||**54,311**||**24,968**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_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**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,895**||**-**||**-**||**30,895**||**24,800**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_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**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**37,297**||||||||**37,574**| ||**60,713**||||||||**37,742**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/06/2026 1 ## **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**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,713**
**445**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
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James Grant|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||James Grant|01/06/2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/06/2026 2 ## **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: 1. accoun�ng records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by sec�on 130 of the Act; or 2. 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