## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] September 2024 Period start date To 31[st] August 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Babington House School Friends’ Association** ## **Charity registration number: 1161086** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the charity is to advance
the education of the pupils at Babington
House School by:
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Developing solid effective
relationships with the school staff,
parents and others involved with the
school;
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Engaging in activities and / or
providing facilities or equipment
which support the advancement and
development of pupils who attend
Babington House School.| |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|For the year ended 31 August 2025, the
charity has continued to look at ways to
raise money towards its purpose. These
included the Summer Fair and Christmas
Fair. The school shop continued to operate
in the year, selling second-hand school
uniforms.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|As a registered charity, all the Trustees
were aware of their responsibility. They
familiarised themselves with the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission. The
guidance was considered and referred to
throughout the year when considering
activities and donations.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|During the academic year, a meeting is
held to identify possible projects and/or
equipment for the Association to fund with
teacher representation. All are considered
for their appropriateness and viability; and
assessed against the objectives of the
Associations Constitution.
Once assessed, the Trustees approve the
proposal(s) for funding.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|n/a| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|There are no paid employees of the
Association. All Trustees, members and
helpers provide their time for free. All the
fundraising events, including the running of
the school shop, are reliant upon the
contribution of volunteers, as well as, the
support of the school and families of the
pupils.
For large events, a sub-committee is
created and it is this group who work to
arrange these events.| |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 income this year was higher than
recent years due to running larger events
for the Playground project.
The Christmas Fair and Summer Fair were
the biggest events for the year raising
£9,406 and £2,353, respectively.
The school shop continued to trade during
the year by selling second hand uniform.
The sales totalled £4116, which is a
similar amount to the previous year.
The association was able to continue to
obtain some funds from Quiz Night, Bingo
Night and Christmas cards.
During the year, the Association continued
to pay for the rental of a school minibus at
a cost of £5,772.
In the previous year, we had an accrued
liability of £48,444, reserved for the
Playground project. This was paid off in
current year with an additional £10,590
approved for a subsequent phase of the
project. In addition, £25,000 was
contributed to Tiered Seating at the school.
The playground project and tiered seating
have made a big difference to the school,
and it has been a great achievement of the
charity to commit funds to these projects.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The completion of the Playground project
and tiered seat were the main highlights of
the year. All the events held were
successful and helped in raising funds.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The activities carried out in the year
performed successfully against the
objectives.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not Applicable| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the year the Association had
funds totalling £15,252.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Association should hold a minimum
sum in reserve at the start of each school
year to ensure that the costs to deliver the
main fundraising events during the year are
covered before any income is received
from these events.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000 minimum| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|The Association principal source of funding
is from the selling of donated second-hand
school uniforms, donations from the parents
of the children who attend the school and
events / activities organised by the
Association.
BHSFA also receives a subscription
payment from parents which is part of the
school fee.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The Association does not invest, and any
interest earned is as result of money held in
bank accounts.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk facing the charity is
limited volunteering support from the school
and from the parents/guardians/carers of
the school. The success of the Association
is dependent on the individuals who
volunteer their time to attend meetings, run
events, and manage the Association.| |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|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|All members of the Committee are elected
by the members of the Association at the
Annual General Meeting, which is held at
the start of every school year.| ## **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|On average, members of the governing
committee serve for more than one
academic year and therefore have
experience in the position. When new
members are elected, a full handover is
carried out with the person vacating the
position.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Association is managed by an elected
committee, consisting of Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson, Treasurer and a Secretary.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The Association works closely with
Babington House School and the staff who
work at the school. There are a number of
Association committee meetings held each
year, and the school is represented at
these meetings at least termly by at least
one member of staff.
The meetings are also attended by Form
Representatives and other parent
volunteers, where required.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Babington House School Friends Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Babington House PTA, BHSFA| |Registered charity number|1161086| Charity’s principal address Babington House School Grange Drive Chislehurst BR7 5ES ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Shannon Lee|Chair|Appointed Sep2024|| ||LindsayJackson|Vice-Chair|Appointed Sep2024|| ||Ruth Mead-
Wellings|Secretary|Appointed Sep 2024|| ||Vivek Gupta|Treasurer|Appointed Sep2024|| ||Viktorija Issac|Trustee|Appointed Sep2024|| ||Claire Tyler|Trustee|Appointed Sep2024|| ||Julia Taylor|Trustee|Appointed Sep2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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
held in this capacity|Not applicable| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |**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)** Vivek Gupta **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 8-May-2026 ||**Babington House Friends Association**|**Babington House Friends Association**|**Babington House Friends Association**|**Babington House Friends Association**|**Babington House Friends Association**|**1161086**|**1161086**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/09/2024||**To**||31/08/2025||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Donations including School
Subscription|**16,144**||**-**||**-**||**16,144**||**20,078**| |Interest on Accounts|**528**||**-**||**-**||**528**||**924**| |Fundraisingactivities|**24,746**||**-**||**-**||**24,746**||**43,106**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**41,418**||**-**||**-**||**41,418**||**64,109**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**41,418**||**-**||**-**||**41,418**||**64,109**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Cost of Goods for Fundraising|**6,762**||**-**||**-**||**6,762**||**1,328**| |OperatingExpenses for Fundraising|**30,124**||**-**||**-**||**30,124**||**22,117**| |Separate Material Expense Item|**25,000**||**-**||**-**||**25,000**||**48,444**| |Other|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**671**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**61,886**||**-**||**-**||**61,886**||**72,560**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_**|**61,886**||**-**||**-**||**61,886**||**72,560**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 20,468**||**-**||**-**||**- 20,468**||**- 8,451**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**35,720**||**-**||**-**||**35,720**||**44,171**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**15,252**||**-**||**-**||**15,252**||**35,720**| ||||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Business Accounts||||**14,972**||**-**||**-**| ||Treasurer Cash on Hand||||**180**||**-**||**-**| ||Cash Account||||**100**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**15,252**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances w ith receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|Due from School||||**1,131**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval| ||||||Vivek Gupta||||08-May-26| |||||||||||