## Friends of Vale School 

Trustees’ report and unaudited accounts For the year ended 31 July 2025 Charity registration no. 1149337 

## Friends of Vale School 

## Legal and administrative information 

## Trustees 

N A Williams E Lipscombe E Gilbert E Bradford 

## Charity number 

1149337 

## Principal address 

## Vale School 

88 Vale Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DB 

## Independent examiner 

Ayres Bright Vickers Limited Bishopstone 

36 Crescent Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RL 

Friends of Vale School 

## Contents 

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|Trustees’ report|1-2|
|Independent examiner's report|3|
|Statement offinancial activities|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
|Notestotheaccounts|6-7|



| || Friends: of Vale School | | | Trustees’ report For the year ended 31 July 2025 

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's constitution, the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005. 

## Structure, governance and management 

The charity was established by a charitable trust deed on 18 September 2012, as amended on 9 September 2019. 

|The trustees who served during the yearwere:||
|---|---|
|H Belton|(Resigned 31 December2025)|
|AGoodman|(Resigned 2 July 2025)|
|C McAlley|(Resigned 2 July 2025)|
|MCooke|(Resigned 2 July 2025)|
|KLawson|(Resigned 2 July 2025)|
|H Wilson|(Resigned 30 September2024)|
|NAWilliams|(Appointed 2 July 2025)|
|S Phibbs-Moss|(Appointed 2 July 2025 and resigned 13 October 2025)|
|E Lipscombe|(Appointed 2 July 2025)|
|E Gilbert|(Appointed 1 January 2026)|
|E Bradford|(Appointed 1 January 2026)|
|MCooper|(Resigned31December2025)|



Objectives and activities The charity's objects are to advance the education of all the pupils in the school by: 1) developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school; and 2) engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils. 

The trustees regularly review the charity's activities and keep in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, ensuring that projects and services deliver meaningful improvements for the school community. 

The trustees confirm that they have had full regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising their powers and duties. 

## Achievements and performance 

Over the past year, the charity has run a varied and successful programme of fundraising activities, bringing together pupils, parents and the wider school community. 

Highlights include the Summer fair, cake sale and Halloween Disco fundraising events undertaken during the year. 

Ongoing income was generated by the sale of water bottles, T-Shirt and preloved uniform sales, and the recycling of clothes, CDs and DVDs. 

As in previous years, the charity also continued to provide a committed level of funding to the school spread across the academic year which the school uses to enhance curriculum delivery and the school library, enhancing both the quality of learning and the richness of the wider educational environment. 

These achievements reflect the commitment of the trustees, parents and community to ensure that every child at the school benefits from opportunities and resources that go beyond what statutory funding alone can provide. 

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## Friends of Vale School 

## Trustees’ report (continued) For the year ended 31 July 2025 

## Financial review 

The charity raised funds from the various activities carried out and generated a gross income of £27,688. The charity spent £5,750 of its unrestricted funds on donations to the school for books, and tree planting and a further £1,659 in welcoming new pupils to the school by way of the provision of new starter books and supplies together with funding an Easter Egg hunt. 

The unrestricted funds of the charity at the year end available for use towards future projects amounted to £48,347. The trustees consider the charity to be in sound financial position, with sufficient resources to meet its short-term commitments and to respond promptly to suitable funding opportunities for the benefit of the school. The financial position is reviewed regularly to ensure funds are used efficiently and effectively in line with the charity's objectives. 

The trustees have also reviewed the level of cash reserves required by the charity and in their opinion the bulk of cash held should be applied to the development of the school as soon as an appropriate project arises. As the charity relies on income from fundraising activities, a minimum reserve is maintained to ensure that ongoing commitments to the school can be met. Furthermore, the trustees will only authorise expenditure if sufficient funds are available. 

During the year, the charity did not hold funds in deficit, either during the financial period or at the balance sheet date. There are no uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 

On behalf of the board of trustees 

N A Williams TrusteeDated: LEME_ / IG 

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## Friends of Vale School 

## Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Friends of Vale School 

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2025, which are set out on pages4 to 7. 

## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

- It is my responsibility to: (i) | examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; (ii) to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and 

- (iii) | to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## Basis of independent examiner's report 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

- In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

- (a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: (i) | to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and (ii) | to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act; 

have not been met; or 

- (b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the NOreached. 

## Andrew Dalglish FCCA 

Ayres Bright Vickers Limited 

Bishopstone 

36 Crescent Road 

Worthing 

West Sussex BN11 1RL 

## Dated: 22 APR 2026 

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## Friends of Vale School 

## Statement of financial activities including income and expenditure account 

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|||2025|2024|
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||Notes|£|£|
|Incoming resourcesfrom generatedfunds||||
|Fundraising activities|3|23,183|21,831|
|Donations received|2|4,505|1,150|
|Total incoming resources||27,688|22,981|
|Resources expended||||
|Costs of generatingfunds<br>Cost offundraising activities|3|11,594|8,829|
|Netincoming resources available||16,094|14,152|
|Charitable activities||||
|Grants toVale School|4|7,409|7,547|
|Governance costs||1,952|800|
|Total resourcesexpended||20,955|17,176|
|Net income for the year/||||
|Netmovement infunds||6,733|5,805|
|Fund balances at 1 August 2024||41,614|35,809|
|Fundbalancesat31July2025||48,347|41,614|



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## Friends of Vale School 

## Balance sheet 

## As at 31 July 2025 

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|||2025||2024||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|Current assets||||||
|Stocks|7|350||-||
|Cash atbankand in hand||48,897||42,214||
|||49,247||42,214||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within||||||
|oneyear|8|(900)||(600)||
|Total assets lesscurrent liabilities|||48,347||41,614|
|Income funds||||||
|Unrestrictedfunds|||48,347||41,614|
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## Friends of Vale School 

## Notes to the accounts 

## For the year ended 31 July 2025 

- 1 Accounting policies 

1.1 Basis of preparation The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005 and the Charities Act 2011. 

- 1.2 Stock 

Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. 

## 2 _ Donations received 

|||2025|
|---|---|---|
|||£|
|Match|Funding / Event Sponsor|4,505|
|Total|Donations|4,505|



- 3 Income and expenditure relating to fundraising activities, including sponsored event and match - funded donations 

||||Match|Net|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Income|Expenditure|Funding /|Receipts|
||||Event||
||||Sponsor||
||£|£|£|£|
|Cake Sales|2,169|(21)|-|2,148|
|Christmas Cards|359|-|-|359|
|Christmas Fair|2,894|(2,749)|-|145|
|Halloween Disco|3,636|(1,524)|-|2,112|
|Preloved Uniform Sales|652|(350)|-|302|
|Recycling|109|-|-|109|
|SummerFair|12,926|(6,600)|4,505|10,831|
|Sunflowerand DonutSale|438|(350)|-|88|
||23,183|(11,594)|4,505|16,094|



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## Friends of Vale School 

## Notes to the accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 July 2025 

## 4 Grants to Vale School 

|Grants to Vale School||
|---|---|
||Payments|
||£|
|School books|3,500|
|Trees|2,250|
|New starterbooks and supplies|910|
|EasterEggs|749|
||7,409|



## 5 __ Trustees 

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year. 

## 6 Employees 

There were no employees during the year. 

## 7 Stocks 

The replacement cost of finished goods, comprising T-Shirts as at 31 July 2025 is estimated at £350 (31 July 2024: Enil). 

|8|Creditors:|amounts|falling|due|within|oneyear|2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||£|£|
||Accruals||||||900|600|



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