## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 02 Sept 2024 Period start date to 01 Sept 2025 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 education of the 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 gone towards purchasing a
large number of items to support the
education of all children in the school,
including sports equipment, craft supplies
and a new low ropes area in the playgroup,
it also funded a whole school trip to the
Whipsnade Zoo.| ## **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 reserves held|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 Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity 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(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christopher Kirkup|Chairperson||| ||Julie Amel-
Azizpour|Treasurer||| ||Daksha Taylor||Appointed 31/12/2024|| ||Rebecca Hall||Appointed 31/12/2024|| ||Hannah Rodrigues||Appointed 31/12/2024|| ||Darren Abbabil||Appointed 15/01/2026|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** 09 May 2026 **Friends of Skyswood school No 1140514 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 2-Sep-24 1-Sep-25 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Gross takings from fundraisingevents
**39,584**
Parent donations
**1,600**
Matched Funding
**967**
Asda cashpot
**122**
Interest
**72**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,345**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 42,345**
**A3 Payments**
Cost of runningfundraisingevents
**20,723**
Admin costs - NCPTA subs
**162**
Grants paid to Skyswood school
**11,440**
Other costs
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 32,325**
**Card Reader**
**70**
**Gazebo**
**245**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 315**
**_Total payments_ 32,640**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 9,705**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**18,326**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 28,031**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**39,584**
**1,600**
**967**
**122**
**72**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,345**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,345**
**20,723**
**162**
**11,440**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,325**
**70**
**245**
**-**
**315**
**32,640**
**9,705**
**-**
**18,326**
**28,031**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**|**39,584**|**37,001**| ||||**1,600**|**100**| ||||**967**|**3,665**| ||||**122**|**-**| ||||**72**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**42,345**|**40,766**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**||**40,766**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**20,723**|**18,373**| ||||**162**|**153**| ||||**11,440**|**25,697**| ||||**-**|**1,200**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**32,325**|**45,423**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**70**|**80**| ||||**245**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**315**|**80**| |||||| |||**-**|**32,640**|**45,503**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
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**-**|**9,705**|**- 4,737**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**18,326**|**23,063**| ||**-**||**28,031**|**18,326**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Gazebos
Card readers
Urn
Candy Floss Machine
Fridge
**Details**
Signature
_Julie Amel-Azizpour_
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**28,031**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,031**
**-**
OK
OK
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**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**unrestricted**
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Print Name
Julie Amel-Azizpour
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||_Julie Amel-Azizpour_|Julie Amel-Azizpour|| ||||| Indepebxltrtex*mlMes rewt to th* truttws of Frfendj olskymood Scl I rewn to the tfustees on my examlnatlon of the ittounts of the Frlends of sky5w￿d klkiol Ithe Trusrl foi the ￿arended l September 2025. ReSP)n￿bIl￿￿es and ba515 of report As the cha￿ty trustees of the Trust vou are respon￿ble for the prepaf•tlon of the zetounts In accordance with the ￿qu1￿MentS of the Charitie5 Act 20111'the ACVI. I rewrt In respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 and in carwng out my examinatlon I have followed all the applicable DlreLtions gfven by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statemert I have completed myexafflinatH)n. I confimi that no material matter5 have come to myattenkn tonnection with the examination 8Nin8 me cause to beli￿ that in any mateiial respect accounting records were not kept in resped of the Trust as required by sectw)n 130 of Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no cOn￿m5 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 undefrtanding of accounts to be reached. Sffdned: Name.. Paola Brazier Relvrfant professKinal qualificatSon: Chartered Accountant IICAEWI Address: 2 Evans Grove, St Albans, AL4 9PJ Date: 9 May 2026