## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 02 Sept 2023 Period start date To 01 Sept 2024 Period end date** **Charity name:** Friends of Skyswood School ## **Charity registration number: 1140514** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of pupils in the
school particularly by:
Developing effective relationships 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 educationofthe pupils| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Friends of Skyswood School exists to
provide financial support to the School,
under the direction of the Head teacher and
the Governing Body, in order to provide
specific aids either within delivery of the
curriculum or with improving the 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
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All Trustees have received the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit upon commencement of their
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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity’s main achievements are
organising and running inclusive events for
the whole School community, for example
the Summer Fair, Elves workshop, Camp
night and Discos.
These events provide an opportunity for
parents, teachers and pupils to come
together, have fun and raise funds to
benefit the school. Funds raised over the
past year have mainly gone towards
purchasing a new Learning Pod in the
quadrangle which has provided much
needed additional space in the school for
small group teaching and extra-curricular
activities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The cash balance held by the charity at the
period end is very strong and is sufficient to
cover all funding requests which have been
approved. Successful fundraising events
since the period end have raised further
profits putting the charity in a great position
to pay out funding requests as approved.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves are held but a minimum cash
balance of £3,000 (after deduction of any
approved funding requests) is always held
to cover any emergency funding requests
by the school| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**N/a**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/a**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|New Trustees are voted in at Committee
meetings| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Skyswood School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FoSS| |Registered charity number|1140514| |Charity’s principal address|Skyswood Primary School
Chandlers Road
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL4 9RS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christopher Kirkup|Chairperson||| ||Julie Amel-
Azizpour|Treasurer||| ||Samantha Dewar|Secretary||| ||Gemma Lillian
Kenward|||| ||Stuart Burden|||| ||Vicki Shilston|||| ||Daksha Taylor||Appointed post year-end
31 December 2024|| ||Rebecca Hall||Appointed post year-end
31 December 2024|| ||Hannah Rodrigues||Appointed post year-end
31 December 2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Julie Amel-Azizpour|| |---|---|---| ||Julie Amel-Azizpour|| ||
Treasurer|| ||15/06/25|| ||15/06/25|| |**Friends of Skyswood school**||**No 1140514**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |02-Sep-23
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|01-Sep-24|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**37,001**
**100**
**-**
**3,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,766**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**40,766**
**18,373**
**153**
**25,697**
**1,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,423**
**80**
**-**
**-**
**80**
**45,503**
**- 4,737**
**-**
**23,063**
**18,326**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**37,001**
**100**
**-**
**3,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,766**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,766**
**18,373**
**153**
**25,697**
**1,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,423**
**80**
**-**
**-**
**80**
**45,503**
**- 4,737**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |
Gross takings from fundraisingevents|**37,001**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**37,001**||**33,507**| |Parent donations|**100**|||**100**||**2,882**| |Amazongiving|**-**|||**-**||**94**| |Matched Funding|**3,665**|||**3,665**||**2,944**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**40,766**|||**40,766**||**39,427**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|
**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**40,766**||**39,427**| |||||||| |
Cost of runningfundraisingevents|**18,373**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**18,373**||**15,935**| |Admin costs - NCPTA subs|**153**|||**153**||**140**| |Grantspaid to Skyswood school|**25,697**|||**25,697**||**25,843**| |Other costs|**1,200**|||**1,200**||**616**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**45,423**|||**45,423**||**42,535**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |
**Card Reader**|**80**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**80**||**309**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**80**|||**80**||**309**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**45,503**||**42,844**| |||||||| ||**- 4,737**|**-**|**-**|**- 4,737**||**- 3,417**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**23,063**|**-**||**23,063**||**26,479**| ||**18,326**|**-**|**-**|**18,326**||**23,063**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 15/06/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
Gazebos
Card readers
Urn
Candy Floss Machine
Fridge
**Details**
Signature
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**to nearest £**
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**18,326**
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Julie Amel-Azizpour|**Endowment**
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Julie Amel-Azizpour|Julie Amel-Azizpour|07/05/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 15/06/2025 2 Independent e￿rnIn¢￿$ report to the trustees of Frfends of Skyswood khool I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the Frlends of Skyswood School Ithe Trust) for the year ended I September 2024. Re5ponslbllltles and basls ol report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are re5ponslble for the preparatloTr ol the accounts In accordance with the requlrements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examlnatlon of the Trusf 5 accounts carrled out under 5ectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryinB out my examination I have followed all the appllcable Dlrectlons given by the Charity Commission under 5ertion 14515llbl of the Act. Independent exarnlnerfs statement I have completed my emèmlnatlon. I conflmi that no materlal matters have come to my attentlon In connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Art; 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 whlch attention should be drawn In this report In order to enable a pmper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Si8ned= Name= Paola Brazier Relevant professional qualification- Chartered Accountant IICAEWI Address: 2 Evans Grove, St Alban5. AL4 9PJ Date: 4 June 2025