Friends of Pittville School (FoPS)
Treasurers Report and accounts for the year end 31[st] August 2023
Starting Balance as of 01/09/2022 £10,094.84
Closing Balance as of 31/08/2023 £17,082.26
School Bids
As a result of the funding efforts this year, we have been able to support the school with a number of projects, equipment, rewards and trips to the value of £6987.42
These have included funding a 3D printer for the DT department, 5 x DSR Cameras for the Art departments, The annual reward trip to Drayton Manor, Prom tickets, Yr 11 Revision Packs, Mural for the Drama department, equipment for outdoor club and lunch time play.
Donations
We’ve seen our most successful year to date in terms of donations. A number of teachers and children collected donations from the race goers at the annual local town event, raising £2026.22 over the 4 days of racing. We’ve also seen huge success from our donated second
hand uniform sales: £924.02 for the year, alongside our usual lottery, easy fundraising and Karadoo regular donations.
Highlights of Events Held
The Autumn Year 7 & 8 Discos were successful in terms of profits and giving the students a fun night, raising £928.83 in total, made possible with generous donation from DJ Sparky who came and played one of the Discos for free.
The Christmas Fair raised a total of £690.71. Huge thanks to members of the PTA who collected and created raffle prizes and donations for selling on the afternoon and for supporting the event itself.
The Festive season was drawn to a close with the PTA supporting the annual School Drama production ‘Matilda’. Over 3 nights of the production, refreshments were sold raising a total of £864.03.
The largest event this year was the Summer Festival held on Saturday 8[th] July, which brought together the communities of Pittville School, the FCA and three other local primary schools. All 3 PTA’s and the FCA collaborated to put on this wonderful event raising £1558.70 for each of the schools involved. As the lead school the treasury was carried out by FoPS, and therefore £5620.94 was held in funds as at year end that were to be distributed to the 3 primary schools. These funds were paid out during the 23/24 financial year.
Results
In summary, it has been a very successful year for the charity, with £13,361.92 net funds raised (after expenses). £5620.94 of which was held funds to be paid out to the respective primary schools from the summer event, and £6374.50 of funds going back into school for the various projects, resulting in £1,366.48 of profit to be added to the retained funds.