## **Annual Report for School Year 2024-25** ## **PTA** ## **Brandlehow Primary School PTA** Brandlehow Road, SW15 2ED Charity Number: 1123004 ## **Governance** London Trustees (for the year **2024-2025** ): Alison Berresford Dena Wixley Michael Cooper Margaret Karnaze 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) and Events/Entertainment 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 2024 (including board sponsorship) - ➢ Summer Fete 2025 (including board sponsorship) ➢ Summer Auction 2025 ➢ Cake sales (run by individual classes) - ➢ School calendars and merchandise - ➢ Second-hand uniform sales - ➢ Charitable giving Notable expenditure included: - ➢ New climbing frame - ➢ New fencing in the playground - ➢ 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**||**18,065.13**|| ||||||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|CLASSROOM RESOURCES|-1,668.91||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|STAFF ROOM|-659.51||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|PLAYGROUND|-3,259.67||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|SINGING PROJECTS|-3,705.00||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES|-2,409.95||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|PTA EXPENSES|-524.44||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|BIG WEEKEND|-2,543.29||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|SCHOOL TRIPS|-3,981.08||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|STAFF COLLECTION & WELLBEING|-6,018.73||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|SCHOOL EQUIPMENT|-10,547.77||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|PANTOMIME|-810.00||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|SANTA BOOKS|-492.68||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|EVENT - DISCOS|-800.79||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|EVENT - YEAR 6 PARTY|-869.37||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|MERCHANDISE|-672.18||| |2024/25|EXPENSES|OTHER SCHOOL EVENTS|-616.77||| ||||||| |**2024/25**||**TOTAL EXPENSES**||**-39,580.14**|| ||||||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|CAKE SALE|4,930.29||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|CHARITABLE GIVING - MATCHED FUNDING|14,962.00||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|RAISE THE ROOF CAMPAIGN|4,380.00||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|DONATIONS - UNKNOWN|2,625.89||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|ONLINE AUCTION|3,556.42||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - BOOK FAIR|313.00||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - SUMMER FAIR|1,529.58||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|EVENT - PARENT/TEACHER EVENTS|225.82||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|SECOND HAND SALES|508.26||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|WINTER FAIR|7,340.28||| |2024/25|FUNDRAISING|CHRISTMAS CARDS|716.30||| ||||||| |**2024/25**||**TOTAL FUNDRAISING**||**41,087.84**|| ||||||| |2024/25||TRANSFER TO SAVINGS ACCOUNT||-2,000.00|| ||||||| |**31/08/2025**||**CLOSING BALANCE**||**17,572.83**|| ||||||| ||||||| |**SAVINGS ACCOUNT**|||||| ||||||| |**01/09/2024**||**OPENING BALANCE**||**40,733.17**|| ||||||| |2024/25||INTEREST|537.58||| |2024/25||TRANSFER FROM CURRENT ACCOUNT|2,000.00||| ||||||| |**31/08/2025**||**CLOSING BALANCE**||**43,270.75**|| ||||||| Independellt Examillei-'5 Repoi't lo the IiT5tees of Bralldlebow ScboDI PTA l T¢￿tQD thc aCCQLmtsofthc charityfotthc)Ent cndcd 315¢ AuEU5t 2025 R￿p￿cli1"* respo•sthilities oftrustoes and oumin8r The cbanty stfustees coJ￿der&￿t all audit isjiot requ￿ed fotthi& year UDder sectlon 144 ofthe Chauttes Act 2011 (the Cbantles Actl. alla that am thdependelli lleeded. 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