Middle Street School Fund
Middle Street Primary School Middle Street, Brighton East Sussex, BN1 1AL Charity Number: 1176330
ANNUAL REPORT Middle Street School Fund 6[th] Dec 2023 – 5[th] Dec 2024
Middle Street School Fund – Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 5[th] December 2024
Report of the trustees for the year ended 5[th] December 2024
The trustees of Middle Street School Fund present their annual report for the year ended 5[th] December 2024. This report and associated financial accounts have been prepared in line with the Charity Commission guidance Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials November 2016 (CC15d) .
Reference and administrative details
| Charity Name | Middle Street School Fund | Middle Street School Fund | Middle Street School Fund | |
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| Charity Number | 1176330 | |||
| Principle Office Address | Middle Street Primary School, Middle Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AL |
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| Trustees | Trustees who served for all or part of this year: | |||
| Oliver Sharpe | Chair | |||
| Mark Juba | ||||
| Ray Williams | Treasurer | |||
| Robin Manuell | ||||
| Hannah Jefferies | ||||
Structure, governance and management
Middle Street School Fund (MSS Fund) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a constitution based on the Charity Commission’s ‘Foundation’ model constitution. The constitution was approved by the initial set of trustees of the charity on 5[th] December 2017 and then the charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 18[th] December 2017.
The most notable change from the model constitution is in section 10.(2) which specifies how the Governing Board of Middle Street School may appoint five charity trustees. This is the only formal link between the CIO and the school. Trustees can also be appointed by the existing trustees of the CIO.
Although the constitution does not require this, the trustees have adopted the convention of appointing a Chair and a Treasurer.
As the charity is currently very small and simple in its operations and is not delivering any services directly to any children or parents or carers, therefore no additional policies or procedures have been adopted by the CIO.
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Middle Street School Fund – Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 5[th] December 2024
Objectives and activities
The objects of the CIO as laid out in its constitution are:
The object of the CIO shall be to advance the education of the pupils at Middle Street School by providing or assisting in the provision of educational, recreational, sporting and other charitable services, equipment or facilities in augmentation of such services, equipment and facilities financed by the Local Education Authority or the Department of Education and Employment (DFEE).
In order to meet these objectives the focus of the CIO is to raise funds which can then be donated to Middle Street School in order that the school can directly deliver the services to the children at the school. The CIO does not deliver services directly to children.
The charity did not undertake many activities during this reporting year. In particular, it was felt many families would have other priorities during yet another complex year and so no letters or donation cards were sent out to parents and carers over this year.
In this context the main activities were:
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To continue to collect donations via the standing orders that parents and carers had already set up.
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No Gift Aid was applied for during this year as the gift aid approval forms were lost when the previous school business manager left.
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The Fund also agreed to make a disbursement to support the core budget of Middle Street School of £15,000.00 due to the significant pressures on the school budget.
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These activities were undertaken with due regard by the trustees to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Achievements and performance
During this year the charity had the following notable achievements:
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By the year end 7 standing orders were contributing a total monthly contribution of £210 to the MSS Fund. (This is a slight decrease from last year when we had 10 standing orders for a total of £260 per month)
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The yearly total from such standing orders was: £3,060
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The total raised through Easy Fundraising was: £272.14
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There were also two one off donations totaling: £1,100
Therefore the total Middle Street School Fund raised this year was: £4,432.14
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Middle Street School Fund – Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 5[th] December 2024
Financial Review
MSS Fund prepares its accounts as receipts and payments accounts in line with the Charity Commission guidance Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials November 2016 (CC15d). The accounts are prepared as a separate document to this report using the template from the Charity Commission called Template for Receipts and Payments Accounts - CC16a-revisions_190417.xls .
The MSS Fund set up its bank account with Metro Bank in January 2018.
On 5[th] December 2024 the bank account of MSS Fund held £24,915.79 cash.
MSS Fund does not have a policy on holding reserves as it currently does not have any ongoing expenses.
Approval by the Trustees
This report and associated accounts were approved by the trustees of MSS Fund on 26[th] November 2024 and signed on their behalf by Oliver Sharpe, Chair of Trustees and Ray Williams, Treasurer.
Signed: ……… …………………..…… Date: …….…… 26/11/2025 ….…………..…… Chair of Middle Street School Fund
Signed: …… R A Williams (by email) …….… Date: ……… 26/11/2025 …..………… Treasurer of Middle Street School Fund
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Middle Street School Fund 1176330
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
6th Dec 2023 To 5th Dec 2024
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
- - - - -
Standing Orders 3,060 - - 3,060 3,120
One Off Donations 1,100 - - 1,100 -
Online Fundraising Methods 272 - - 272 459
Erroneous Duplicate Standing Orders - - - - -
Gift Aid - - - - 8,093
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) [ 4,432 ] - - 4,432 11,672
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
(none) - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 4,432 - - 4,432 11,672
A3 Payments
- - - - -
Disbursements to Middle Street School 15,000 - - 15,000 22,592
Repayment of Erroneous SOs - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 15,000 ] - - 15,000 22,592
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
(none) - - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 15,000 - - 15,000 22,592
Net of receipts/(payments) - 10,568 - - - 10,568 - 10,920
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 35,484 - - 35,484 46,404
Cash funds this year end 24,916 - - 24,916 35,484
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
28/11/2025
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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 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Cash in bank Details R A Williams (by email) Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 24,915.79 - - - - - 24,916 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Oli Sharpe Ray Williams |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 26/11/2025 26/11/2025 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
28/11/2025
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