
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 02 Sept 2023   Period start date To 01 Sept 2023    Period end date** 

**Charity name:** Friends of Skyswood School 

## **Charity registration number: 1140514** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of pupils in the<br>school particularly by:<br>Developing effective relationships between<br>the staff, parents and others associated<br>with the school;<br>Engaging in activities or providing facilities<br>or equipment which support the School and<br>advance the education of the pupils|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Friends of Skyswood School exists to<br>provide financial support to the School,<br>under the direction of the Head teacher and<br>the Governing Body, in order to provide<br>specific aids either within delivery of the<br>curriculum or with improving the overall<br>environment of the school or through the<br>projection of the school into the community.<br>The main event organised over the last 12<br>months is the Summer Fair which is<br>popular event for the extended school<br>community and involves many local<br>businesses.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|All Trustees have received the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on<br>public benefit upon commencement of their<br>position|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity’s main achievements are<br>organising and running inclusive events for<br>the whole School community, for example<br>the Summer Fair, Elves workshop, Camp<br>night and Discos.<br>These events provide an opportunity for<br>parents, teachers and pupils to come<br>together, have fun and raise funds to<br>benefit the school. Funds raised over the<br>past year have provided resources in<br>support of the curriculum such as new<br>playground upgrade, pond build, D&T tools,<br>reading scheme books and craft supplies.<br>The school has a number of needs in the<br>forthcoming months and years including a<br>programme of external space development<br>for the environment area and the ‘stick<br>area’ and the learning pod/garden room in<br>the quadrangle.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The cash balance held by the charity at the<br>period end is very strong and is sufficient to<br>cover all funding requests which have been<br>approved. Successful fundraising events<br>since the period end have raised a further<br>profit of over £9,000 putting the charity in a<br>great position to pay out funding requests<br>as approved.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves are held but a minimum cash<br>balance of £3,000 (after deduction of any<br>approved funding requests) is always held<br>to cover any emergency funding requests<br>by the school|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/a**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/a**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|New Trustees are voted in at Committee<br>meetings|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Friends od Skyswood School|
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|Other name the charity uses|FoSS|
|Registered charity number|1140514|
|Charity’s principal address|Skyswood Primary School<br>Chandlers Road<br>ST. ALBANS<br>Hertfordshire<br>AL4 9RS|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Christopher Kirkup|Chairperson|||
||Julie Amel-<br>Azizpour|Treasurer|||
||Samantha Dewar|Secretary|||
||Gemma Lillian<br>Kenward||||
||Stuart Burden||||
||Vicki Shilston||||
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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 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **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 for N/a 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 Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

12/06/24 



||**Friends of Skyswood school**<br>|**Friends of Skyswood school**<br>|**Friends of Skyswood school**<br>|**No 1140514**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|2-Sep-22|**To**|1-Sep-23|



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**<br>Gross takings from fundraisingevents<br>**33,507**<br>Parent donations<br>**2,882**<br>Amazongiving<br>**94**<br>Match Funding<br>**2,944**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,427**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                            -**<br>**_Total receipts_                 39,427**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Cost of runningfundraisingevents<br>**15,935**<br>Admin costs - NCPTA subs<br>**140**<br>Grantspaid to Skyswood school<br>**25,843**<br>Other costs<br>**616**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                     42,535**<br>**Purchase of Fridge**<br>**309**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                          309**<br>**_Total payments_                 42,844**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                 3,417**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**26,479**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                 23,063**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**33,507**<br>**2,882**<br>**94**<br>**2,944**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,427**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,427**<br>**15,935**<br>**140**<br>**25,843**<br>**616**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**42,535**<br>**309**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**309**<br>**42,844**<br>**-                 3,417**<br>**-**<br>**26,479**<br>**23,063**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**|**33,507**|**21,005**|
|||**-**|**2,882**|**7,999**|
|||**-**|**94**|**15**|
|||**-**|**2,944**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**39,427**|**29,019**|
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|||**-**|**39,427**|**29,019**|
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|||**-**|**15,935**|**10,673**|
|||**-**|**140**|**116**|
|||**-**|**25,843**|**5,353**|
|||**-**|**616**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**42,535**|**16,142**|
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|||**-**|**309**|**163**|
|||**-**|**-**|**85**|
|||**-**|**-**|**228**|
|||**-**|**309**|**476**|
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|||**-**|**42,844**|**16,618**|
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||**-**|**-**|**-                 3,417**|**12,401**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**26,479**|**14,078**|
||**-**|**-**|**23,063**|**26,479**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Gazebos<br>Card readers<br>Urn<br>Candy Floss Machine<br>Fridge<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>_Julie Amel-Azizpour_<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**23,063**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**23,063**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**-**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**-**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**-**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**-**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Julie Amel-Azizpour<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||_Julie Amel-Azizpour_|Julie Amel-Azizpour|6/12/2024|
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