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2025-08-31-accounts

Christ's School PSA Annual Report 2024-25

Prepared by the Officers of the PSA

Contents

Introduction

Christ's Secondary School Parent and Staff Association (“the PSA”) Annual Report for the academic year 2024-25 provides a review of the PSA Committee structure and membership, events throughout the school year, and the financial position. All parents and carers of students at Christ's Secondary School and all members of staff are automatically members of the PSA. All members of the PSA are allowed to vote on all issues should they choose to do so.

The PSA Committee

The PSA Committee (“the Committee”) is composed of the trustees who are full members of the PSA and are elected at the AGM. Committee meetings take place regularly at which the Committee discusses and plans events and activities. After each meeting, Minutes are circulated to the committee and AGM minutes are uploaded to the website.

The Committee members for 2024-25 were as follows:

During the year under consideration, one member resigned, due to other commitments and a new team was proposed and voted in at the AGM (on 10 December 2025) to take on the PSA treasury and trustee roles, as detailed below.

Role Name Parent Trustee Appointed Resigned New Role 2025/26
Treasurer Sophie Boutar Year 8 & 9 Y Sep-24 Sep-25 N/A
N/A Nataliia Netetska Year 7 N Sep-25 Treasurer & Trustee
Trustee Hanna Childs N/A Y Sep-19 Oct-25 N/A

The PSA’s constitution gives voting rights to any member of the Christ's School community who is in attendance at that committee meeting. Major event planning, such as for the fireworks or quiz night, may take place by way of sub-committees of which all the PSA officers are automatically a member.

Fund Raising Highlights

2024-2025

During the reporting year, the Parent Staff Association (PSA) generated total income of £38,741 , consisting of £37,350 from fundraising activities, £1,301 in donations and £90 of bank interest received.

Total expenditure amounted to £46,751 , of which £21,676 related to fundraising and administrative costs, and £25,074 was directed to direct charitable support for the school, resulting in a deficit of £ – £8,010.

At year-end, liabilities of £17,117 were accrued, primarily relating to the Mac Suite contribution (£16,506) and commissions (£611). The invoice for this amount was issued by the school only in December 2025; therefore, the sum has been recognised as an accrued obligation.

Although expenditure exceeded income by £8,010 for the year, the deficit was covered by reserves carried forward from previous years.

Our main fundraising activities this year were the Fireworks night, the Quiz night and the Christmas Fundraising. The Summer Picnic got postponed to September due to low attendance in Summer.

We have also been pleased to see ongoing donations this year through online spending by parents ( £338 through Easy fundraising as well as a parental donation of £964 ).

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Other PSA activities

During the year, in between our 3 main in-person fundraising events, we also supported the school on a variety of occasions by providing refreshments at school and social events. Voluntary donations covered the costs and often also generated a surplus for the PSA.

Income and Expenditure

After fundraising expenses, charitable donations and committed expenditure,the PSA recorded a deficit of £8,010 for the financial year. The PSA ended the year with £32,103 in bank and cash balances and net assets of £18,133 as of the end of August 2025. The PSA did not receive any sponsorship money this year, other than a £964 donation by a parent through match funding.

During 2024–2025 the PSA purchased several items to support its operations, including three gazebos and catering equipment. These items were not capitalized due to their relatively low cost and short useful life.

Reserves, Charitable Donations & Commitments

In 2024/25, the PSA continued the successful roll-out of the Funding Gate initiative, which invites students, parents/carers and staff to propose how they would like funds to be allocated across three cost brackets: up to £500, £500–£2,500 and £2,500–£25,000. Throughout the year, the PSA acted on many of the suggestions received and funded a total of £25,074.48 . This included a 65% contribution towards the school’s new Mac Suite, new library books and language dictionaries, a digital theatre subscription, the procurement and maintenance of musical instruments, and several additional projects.

The PSA commits to hold cash reserves equal to min £5,000, when transferring to a new PSA team (or Chair), to mitigate the impact of the PSA not being able to operate due to lack of volunteers and/or suffering an income loss due to unforeseen circumstances.

Banking Mandate

Also, during the year of 2024, the PSA decided to switch bank accounts from NatWest to Barclays. An analysis was undertaken to decide on the best value-for-money and practical solution. The mandate has been set up, but the transfer has been completed. Operation of the bank account is by way of dual signatories, whilst the debit card will be used on a single signatory basis, to facilitate event organization, by executive team members.

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Trustee Confirmation

The Trustees of the PSA have reviewed the financial information and are content to confirm that the PSA can continue as a going concern.

Conclusion

The Trustees of the PSA believe that we have managed to actively meet our aim of helping to provide the students of Christ's Secondary School with the best environment in which to learn and develop.

We would love to hear from you if you have any fresh ideas, energy and drive to make it happen! With enthusiastic parental help, the PSA can continue to be a thriving and successful community. Please come forward to help if you can, all of us are volunteers.

We welcome local business sponsorship and parents who have contacts with local businesses that might potentially provide equipment, services and other support for our school.

Finally, the PSA would like to thank everyone who helped out this year, contributed a donation, no matter how big or small, and to all those that supported the events by promoting and participating in them.

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Christ's School PSA Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2025.

Notes
Income
Donations
1
Fundraising Activities
2
Bank interest received
Total Incoming resources
Charitable Expenditure
Direct Charitable Expenditure
3
Fundraising Expenses
2
Fundraising equipment and materials for events
Management & Administration
4
Depreciation expense
Total Resources expended
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources
Total funds brought forward as at 1 September 2024
Total funds carried Forward as at 31 August 2025		 2024/2025
£
1,301
37,350
90
38,741
25,074
20,476
458
162
580
46,751
-8,010
26,142
18,133		 2023/2024
£
1,298
29,854
31,152
8,880
20,068
284
153
580
29,965
1,187
24,955
26,142

Christ's School PSA Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

Notes
Fixed Assets
Cost
Accumulated depreciation
Tangible Fixed Assets
5
Current Assets
Stock
6
Prepayments
7
Cash at bank and in transit
8
Current Liabilities
Creditors and accruals
9
Net Assets
Represented by:
Fixed asset funds
10
General unrestricted funds
10
Total Funds
10		 2024/2025
£
2,900
2,320
580
413
2,153
32,103
34,669
17,117
17,117
18,133
580
17,552
18,133
0		 2023/2024
£
2,900
1,740
1,160
393
1,529
23,060
24,982
0
0
26,142
1,160
24,982
26,142
0

Christ's School PSA Notes to the Financial Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024

2024/2025 2023/2024
£ £
1 Donations
Parent donation 964 500
Easy fundraising and amazon 338 798
1,301 1,298
2 Fundraising activities Income Expenditure Surplus Surplus
Fireworks evening 31,218 -17,073 14,145 7,384
Quiz evening 3,316 -1,928 1,389 1,987
Picnic evening 1,668 -998 671 -491
Other events 1,147 -478 669 904
Suspense
37,350 -20,476 16,873 9,786
Fundraising equipment and materials for events -458 -284
3 Direct charitable expenditure
Music department - instrument mantenance, reparrs and Sound equipment -
minor replacements 900 1,254 Music department
KS3 "Drop Everything and Read" (DEAR time) relaunch -
financial contribution towards the relaunch of DEAR time,
involving the procurement of 3 books per year group 2,225
Language dictionaries - financial contribution towards
purchase of new dictionaries to be used in Spanish and
French language classes 875
Allotment - financial contribution towardsd tools, soil, seeds, Jaidee Living/recycling
etc. Full revamp of allotment and shed 500 1,000 bins
Library & Transition
Library - financial contribution towards library books refresh 500 3,485 books
Ukuleles 109
Ukuleles 521
Filament for 3D printer 713
Build-your own drone components 679
Digital Theatre + one year subscription 1,547 1,506 Digital Theatre
MacSuite 65% contribution towards 17 PCs with
screens, peripherals, install., etc 16,506
1,636 VEO Technologies
25,074 8,880

Notes to the Financial Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

2024/2025 2023/2024
4 Management and administration expenditure £ £
Bank charges 0 0
Subscriptions and licenses 162 153
Meeting expenses 0
162 153
5 Tangible fixed assets*
Balance bought forward 1,160 1,740
Depreciation in year -580 -580
Balance carry forward 580 1,160
*Straight line depreciation over 5 years on shipping container cost of £2,900
6 Stock
Year end drinks stock 413.26 303
Other Stock 90
413.26 393
7 Prepayments
Deposit for local toilets hire 132
Fireworks Deposit 2000 1,508
Picnic TENs 21 21
2153 1,529
8 Cash at bank and in hand
Current account 31,898 22,998
Cash in transit 205 61.5
32,103 23,060
9 Creditors and accruals
MacSuite - 65% contribution towards 17 PCs with screens,
peripherals, install etc 16,506 0
Primary school commissions 611
17,117 0
10 Funds Unrestricted Fixed asset Total Total
Funds bought forward 24,982 1,160 26,142 24,955
Incoming resources 38,741 0 38,741 31,152
Outgoing resources -46,171 -580 -46,751 -29,965
Funds carried forward 17,553 580 18,133 26,142

CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Christ's PSA On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charity no lif any) 1158685 Set out on pages ', Annual accounts {p14 including notes), Trustee report Ip5-7) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (kne Trust") for the year ended 31 August 2025. Responsibilities and As the charily trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of Ihe Act_ I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than thal disclosed below "l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe thal in. any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: 16 May 2026 Signed: Name: Eddie Sheow Relevant professional qualification(sl or body lif any): ACA {ICAEW) Address: 20 Pulteney Close. Isleworth, rn7 6PX IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rflhe examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts- directions and guidance lor examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018