## **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**
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**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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**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
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees approved by a majority vote by a majority of Trustees Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **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)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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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:
- repairs to broken tiles
- two work days by the trustees to assist with maintaining the grounds
- the painting of the kitchen store rooms by the trustees with antimould paint and the fitting of an extract fan
- the replacement of the light to the Gents toilet lobby
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
SoUrS 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)
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Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair.
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Date
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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