Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date 2025 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name FRIENDS OF DYSART SCHOOL Other names charity Is known by FODS Registered charity number (if any) 1137096 Charity's principal address DYSART SCHOOL 190 EWELL ROAD SURBITON Postcode KT6 6HL Names of the charity trustees who manage tho charity Date• actad If not for whole ear Tru8teo name Offlce (If any) Name of pernon (or body) ontitlod olnt trustse Ifan EDEL HARRIS MAGDALENA RYBICKI CHAIR ZEINAB MALAS ALI MCCOURT STEPHANIE CRUISE JOANA WILLIAMS ANDREW STODHART LEIGH EDSER PENNY JELBERT TREASURER 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity. if any• (for example, any custodlan trustees) Name Dates acted If not for whole ear TAR March 2012
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executlve or names of senior staff members (Optional infonnation) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Doscription of the charity's trusts CONSTITUTION-ADOPTED 29 JANUARY 2010 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 1 JULY 2010 Type of governing document How the charity is constituted eg. trust. ass ASSOCIATION Trustee selection methods NEW TRUSTEES CAN BE ELECTED BY MEMBERS OR APPOINTED BY TRUSTEES Addltional governance Issues {Optlonal Infonnatlon) 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 Ob'ectives and activities To advance the education of the pupils of Dysart School and to promote and protect the physical and mental health of children with disabilities and their carers, in particular, but not exclusively, by providing facilities or equipment which supports the school and developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school. Summary ofthe objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012
Dysart School is a special needs school in Surbiton educating children (aged 4 to 19) with moderate to severe learning difficulties. FODS is a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for Dysart School. It is a registered charity that raises money in order to provide specialist equipment and memorable experiences for the pupils. FODS puts on several social events each year, some aimed at entertaining the pupils and others at parents and friends to help fundraise The latter also acts as an opportunity for parents to get together and make friends. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects {include within this section the statutory declaratlon that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) The Trustees have complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in deciding which activities FODS should undertake. Addltlonal detalls of objoctlves and actlvltles (Optlonal Informatlon) FODS is entirely run by volunteers and operates with a great deal of goodwill from members of the school staff as well as parents and carers. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment. contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance During the reporting year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 FODS helped to fund and organise several school events including Dressing up days, celebration events and Easter events. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year During the year a grant of £23,025 was made to Dysart School to fund an outside gym on the school grounds for the pupils. TAR March 2012
Section E Financial review The Trustees consider the charity requires a minimum of £1,000 as free reserves for contingencies arising from unexpected events. All other unrestricted funds are available to further the charitable purposes of the organisation. Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reserves Detsils of any funds materially in deficit Further financlal review detai18 (Optional information> The charity's principal source of funds continues to be donations received from a local company whose employees organise fundraising events through the year and a share of those funds, matched by the company are shared between a few local charities, FODS being one of them. Additionally, FODS receives donations from individual donors, through organised fundraising events and periodically through grants from trusts. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: the charity's principal sources 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 Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the tru8te8s' report ab Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees SignatUrS) Full namels) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date TAR March 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds lo the noar•st Restrictod funds Endowment fund8 Total fund8 Last year to the n•ir•it £ to tho noawt £ to th• n•ar•*t £ to nr•st £ A1 Recèl Fundraising Even15 Donation8-individualB Donations-companies Grant from Trusts & Found8lion6 4.527 J.780 46.016 2.400 4,527 5,760 710 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 58.703 58,703 7,368 A2 A88et and Inve8tment 8alo8, 18ee table). Sub total 58,703 58.703 7,388 A3 Pa mont8 Costs ol Fundraisi Operating costs Grant to D ort School 415 223 23,025 415 223 23.025 1,161 234 Sub total 23,663 23.663 1.398 A4 Asset and Investment urchases, See table Sub total 23,663 23,663 1,395 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between fund8 A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end , 35,040 35.040 6,973 38.250 73.290 38,250 73,290 32.277 38.250 CCXX R1 accounts {SSI 0111212025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to n•ar•st £ Restricted funds to nearg$t £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Categorles Details B1 Cash funds Ca3h 81 HSBC 73,290 Total cash funds 73.290 (wr•• b4orwwrth r•c•ipts and PByment$ accounlls11 Unrestrlcted funds to nearest £ Restrl¢ted funds to n••rest £ Endowment funds to nreSt £ Detalls B2 Other monetary a886t8 Fund to whl¢h a•8ot bglon Curr•nt valug tlonal Deta118 Ct loptlonil} Fund to whlch a8•et b•lon Curr•nt valu• tlonal D•tall• Co•t loptlonall B4 As80ts retalnod for th• eharlty'8 own usa Fund to whlch Amount du• lonal Whgn due on*1 Delalls B5 Llabllltle8 Signed by one or tsvo trustees on behalf of all the tru¥lees Date of ro al Signatu Print Name Andrew Slodhart 2rtS ' 12-2S Penny Jelbert CCXX R2 aGGounts ISSI 0111212025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Friends of Dysart School On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1137096 Set out on pages 1to2 I report to th8 trustees on my examination of the accounts of tha above charity ("the Trusv,) for the year anded 31 March 2025 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are rasponsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requiraments of tha Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a "true and fairf, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems 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. Signed: Date: 12 Name: Alan Neil McDowall Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCA, ICAEW Address: 12 Sharon Close, Bookham Surrey KT23 3LB IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018