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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 02 Sept 2021 Period start date To 01 Sept 2022 Period end date**
**Charity name:** Friends of Skyswood School
## **Charity registration number: 1140514**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To advance the education of pupils in
purposes of the charity the School particularly by:
as set out in its Developing effective relationships
governing document between the staff, parents and others
associated with the school;
Engaging in activities or providing
facilities or equipment which support
the School and advance the education
of the pupils
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The Friends of Skyswood School exists
1.19
activities in relation to to provide financial support to the
those purposes for the School, under the direction of the
public benefit, in Head teacher and the Governing
particular, the activities, Body, in order to provide specific aids
projects or services either within delivery of the
identified in the curriculum or with improving the
accounts. overall environment of the school or
through the projection of the school
into the community. The main event
organised over the last 12 months is
the Summer Fair which is popular
event for the extended school
community and involves many local
businesses.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees have received the
whether the trustees guidance issued by the Charity
have had regard to the Commission on public benefit upon
guidance issued by the commencement of their position
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The charity’s main achievements are
organising and running inclusive
events for the whole School
Summary of the main community, for example the Summer
Para 1.20
achievements of the Fair, Elves workshop, Camp night and
charity, identifying the Discos.
difference the charity’s These events provide an opportunity
work has made to the for parents, teachers and pupils to
circumstances of its come together, have fun and raise
beneficiaries and any funds to benefit the school. Funds
wider benefits to society raised over the past year have
as a whole. provided resources in support of the
curriculum such as sports equipment,
library funding, D&T tools, reading
scheme books and craft supplies. The
school has a number of needs in the
forthcoming months and years
including a programme of external
space development for the
environment area and the ‘stick area’.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
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Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The cash balance held by the charity
financial position at the at the period end is very strong and is
end of the period sufficient to cover all funding requests
which have been approved.
Successful fundraising events since
the period end have raised a further
profit of over £8,000 putting the
charity in a great position to pay out
funding requests as approved.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 No reserves are held but a minimum
the policy for holding cash balance of £3,000 (after
reserves stating why deduction of any approved funding
they are held requests) is always held to cover any
emergency funding requests by the
school
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 N/a
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/a
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/a
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/a
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Unincorporated association
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 New Trustees are voted in at
methods including Committee meetings
details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Friends od Skyswood School
Other name the charity FoSS
uses
Registered charity 1140514
number
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Charity’s principal Skyswood Primary School
address Chandlers Road
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL4 9RS
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Vicki Shilston Chairperson
Julie Amel- Treasurer
2
Azizpour
3 Samantha Dewar Secretary
Gemma Lillian
4
Kenward
5 Stuart Burden
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/a held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/a for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** _Julie Amel-Azizpour_ **Full name(s)** Julie Amel-Azizpour
**Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 25/04/23
## **Friends of Skyswood school No 1140514**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
2-Sep-21
1-Sep-22
**For the period from**
**To**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Gross takings from fundraising events 21,005 - - 21,005
Parent donations 7,999 - - 7,999
Amazon giving 15 - - 15
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
29,019 - - 29,019
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 29,019 - - 29,019
A3 Payments
Cost of running fundraising events 10,673 - - 10,673
Admin costs - NCPTA subs 116 - - 116
Grants paid to Skyswood school 5,353 - - 5,353
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 16,142 ] - - 16,142
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Purchase of gazebos 163 - - 163
Purchase of urn 85 - - 85
Purchase of candy floss 228 - - 228
machine
Sub total [ 476 ] - - 476
Total payments 16,618 - - 16,618
Net of receipts/(payments) [ 12,401 ] - - 12,401
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 14,078 - - 14,078
Cash funds this year end [ 26,479 ] - - 26,479
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**|||**funds**|||**funds**|
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|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Account|**_Total cash funds_**|
|**26,479**
**-**
**-**
**26,479**||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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account(s))||OK|||OK||
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|||||**funds**|||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|||**to nearest £**
|**-**||**to nearest £**
**-**|
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|**-**
**-**|
|**-**
**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**||||||
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**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|Gazebos|||**unrestricted**|||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|Card reader|||**unrestricted**|||**-**|
||Urn|||**unrestricted**|||**-**|
||Candy Floss Machine|||**unrestricted**||
|**-**
**-**|
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||||**Fund to which**||||**Amount due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**||||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**||||||
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**-**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature||Print||Name||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**3,019 2,750 - - - - - - 5,769**
**5,769**
**309 111 4,045 - - - - - - 4,465**
**4,465 1,304 - 12,774 14,078**
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -**
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**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Friends of Skyswood School
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Friends of Skyswood School (the
Trust) for the year ended I September 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the ACV). I report in respect of my
examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying
out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under sertion 145(5){b) of the Act.
Independent examinerfs 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 respert:
accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the
Act; or
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.
Signed:
PcLkn
Name: Paola Brazier
Relevant professional qualification: Chartered Accountant (ICAEW)
Address: 2 Evans Grove, St Albans, AL4 9PJ
Date: 25 April 2023