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2020-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 09 2019 To 31 08 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Friends of The Old School

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1119074

Charity's principal address The Old School Lovell Road Oakley, Bedfordshire Postcode MK43 7RX

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
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to appoint trustee(if any)
Patricia Olney Chair
Jennifer Sudworth Secretary
William Sellars Treasurer
Matthew Young
Peter Hutson

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

Trustees approved by a majority vote by a majority of Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To manage and maintain a community building in the village of Oakley which is used as a day centre for the elderly, dance school, youth club, karate, worship group and occasional hire for parties.

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Raising money by way of rent and hiring fees from the organisations using the building, and by way of grant and fund raising.

Spending these monies on our rent, utility bills and general running costs as well as in the maintenance and repair of the building, plus investing in building improvements.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

There were no capital projects or major activities this year, however activities did include:

The COVID 19 lockdown required The Old School to cease hiring in March 2019. Our income was depleted by the loss of hiring income and the continued payments for cleaning and grounds maintenance. However Oakley Parish Council and Oakley Day Care maintained their payments, and The Oakley Charities who we pay rent to agreed to waive rent payments during lockdown. We also benefitted from a grant from Bedford Borough Council.

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Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves The Charity continues its review of all Policies and is planning to complete these in 2019 - 2020. Details of any funds materially in deficit None Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about- the charity's principal SoUr￿S of funds (including any fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F , Other optional information,:,, Section G ~. 71,Declaration. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) i/ ,b( Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair. etc) /{LL(Ah &L-I(APf Date 2210612020

Independent Examinerfs Report to the trustees of The Frlends of the Old School, Oakley I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Friends of the Old School, Oakley IRe8lStration No 11190741 (the Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2020. Responslbllities and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement5 of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Att and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under settion 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examinerf5 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 respett: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by settion 130 of the Att,. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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. Sl8ned.. Name: Andrew Wallis Chartered Public Finance Accountant ICPFAI,. Member of the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy ICIPFAI Addre55.' 7 Lower Coxs Close, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 OYF 22 May 2021