## **Annual Report for School Year 2023-24** ## **PTA** ## **Brandlehow Primary School PTA** Brandlehow Road, SW15 2ED Charity Number: 1123004 ## **Governance** London Trustees (for the year **2023-2024** ): Alison Berresford Dena Wixley Michael Cooper Sonya Wittenburg Trustees were elected when the PTA was first established as a charity and Committee members are elected/re-elected at the Annual General Meeting held at the beginning of the school year, normally at the beginning of October. Committee members are comprised of a Chair(s), Treasurer(s), Secretary(s), Events/Entertainment Co-ordinator(s) and Catering Co-ordinator(s). Decisions are made by majority consensus of meeting attendees and/or committee members. PTA Objectives The primary goals of the PTA are to: ➢ Organise and run fundraising events to raise money to pay for ‘extras’ needed by the school such as school trips, classroom resources, playground equipment etc. ➢ Organise fun events for children such as the KS1 Halloween Disco, KS2 Movie Night and Year 6 Leavers Prom ➢ Organise social events for the parents such as the Parents Christmas party and Quiz Night ➢ Support the school and teachers by responding to requests for assistance, such as reading with children, accompanying school trips, supporting events such as the Fun Run and Sports Day, book changes etc. Summary financial results and accounts are provided in the attached PDF document. Key fundraisers included: ➢ Christmas Fair 2023 (including board sponsorship) ➢ Summer Fete 2024 (including board sponsorship) ➢ Cake sales (run by individual classes) ➢ School calendars and merchandise ➢ Second-hand uniform sales ➢ Charitable giving Notable expenditure included: - ➢ School Trips - ➢ Christmas pantomime for children’s entertainment - ➢ Classroom resources (misc.) - ➢ School events such as Sports Day, Fun Run, Science Week, Sports week and Creative Week The PTA has a surplus of funds which it will seek to manage for the benefit of the school. It will maintain a positive cash balance on the PTA funds at all times. |**CURRENT ACCOUNT**|**CURRENT ACCOUNT**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |**01/09/2023**||**OPENING BALANCE**||**18,074.73**|| ||||||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|CLASSROOM RESOURCES|-9,976.13||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS|-180.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|NATIVITY ITEMS|-262.11||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|PLAYGROUND|-3,526.94||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|SINGING PROJECTS|-4,916.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES|-1,250.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|PTA EXPENSES|-1,414.99||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|BIG WEEKEND|-1,021.25||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|SCHOOL TRIPS|-6,354.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|STAFF COLLECTION|-217.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|STAFF WELLBEING|-500.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|PANTOMIME|-675.00||| |2023/24|EXPENSES|SANTA BOOKS|-359.42||| ||||||| |**2023/24**||**TOTAL EXPENSES**||**-30,652.84**|| ||||||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|CAKE SALE|5,602.77||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|CHARITABLE GIVING - MATCHED FUNDING|-1,749.00||Note: £9,112 received for matched fundingon 3/9/24| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|DONATIONS - UNKNOWN|1,581.30||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|ONLINE AUCTION|3,556.66||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - CRAZY HAIR|696.00||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - DISCOS|1,022.52||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - SUMMER FAIR|8,388.88||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - PARENT/TEACHER PARTY|698.49||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT -QUIZ NIGHT|20.26||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - YEAR 6 PARTY|497.19||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|MERCHANDISE|918.31||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|MS LOUGHNAN COLLECTION|1,791.50||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|SECOND HAND SALES|935.35||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|WINTER FAIR|5,477.43||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|OTHER WINTER EVENTS|722.30||| |2023/24|FUNDRAISING|CHRISTMAS CARDS|483.28||| ||||||| |**2023/24**||**TOTAL FUNDRAISING**||**30,643.24**|| ||||||| |**31/08/2024**||**CLOSING BALANCE**||**18,065.13**|| ||||||| ||||||| |**SAVINGS ACCOUNT**|||||| ||||||| |**01/09/2023**||**OPENING BALANCE**||**40,147.16**|| ||||||| |2023/24||INTEREST|586.01||| ||||||| |**31/08/2024**||**CLOSING BALANCE**||**40,733.17**|| Illfypelldellt Examillei s Repoi"t to the hThstees or Bi'andlehoiTr' School PTA I rep￿ on the accounts of tlle chan'ty f￿ the year ended 31st August 2024. 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