
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 01/08/2022 **Period start date   To** 31/07/2023 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** PSO ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HILLINGDON **Charity registration number:** 1190136 

## **Objectives and Activities** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the purposes of  Para 1.17   PSO ACS Hillingdon's object is to advance<br>the charity as set out in its  the education of pupils at the ACS<br>governing document  International School Hillingdon, in<br>particular:<br> Developing effective relationships between<br>staff, parents, and others associated with<br>the school.<br> Engaging in activities or providing facilities<br>or equipment which support the school<br>and advance the education of the pupils.<br>Summary of the main  Para 1.17 and  PSO ACS Hillingdon fulfils its objectives by:<br>1.19<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public  Enriching activities:  International celebrations,<br>benefit, in particular, the  themed celebrations, and parties (e.g., Kick Off BBQ,<br>activities, projects or  International Family Day)<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.  Integrating and supporting parents:  Cultural<br>activities (book and lunch clubs), Blue Badge<br>outings, art and pub tours, social events (also<br>fundraisers)<br>Developing philanthropic sense:  Working with non-<br>profit organizations (e.g., Holidays-Tea for senior<br>residents)<br>Making financial grants:  Senior merit awards, Gifts<br>(Give Incentive for Teachers and Students) program<br>Supporting the arts:  Hillington's Got Talent,<br>providing snacks for performers and the audience at<br>school plays, concerts, etc.<br>Creating and selling spirit wear merchandise<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18  The trustees confirm they have had regard to the<br>whether the trustees have  Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit<br>had regard to the guidance  while carrying out these activities.<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The process for selecting recipients of Senior Merit<br>Awards and GIFTs (Gift Incentive) program grants<br>includes an application to be filled out followed by a<br>presentation which is then required to be reviewed<br>and voted on by panel of selected parents to award<br>the Senior Merit Awards.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|PSO ACS Hillingdon does not currently have a social<br>investment policy.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|There is a significant contribution of volunteers<br>(parents, teachers, students) in organizing activities,<br>selling merchandise, managing finances,<br>fundraising, communication, welcoming<br>newcomers, etc.|
|Other||N/A|



## **Achievements and Performance** 


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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|International celebrations expose students to<br>diverse cultures, fostering tolerance and global<br>citizenship. Parent-oriented activities, on the other<br>hand, help break the ice for newcomers, promote<br>cultural exchange, and build a supportive network<br>for all families. These combined efforts enrich the<br>school experience by creating a more inclusive and<br>vibrant community.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|For the first time we undertook a large fundraising<br>event which was completedto raise funds for school<br>initiatives.|
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Family Fun Days, BBQ events, Welcome events,<br>Social activities as well as student driven events<br>resulted in fundraising targets being met.<br>These activities align with our goals (enriching<br>student experience, fostering communication). It<br>highlight’s successes like increased student<br>participation and positive feedback.<br>Fundraising activities align with the objective of<br>developing a philanthropic sense in the school<br>Performance of fundraising  community<br>activities against objectives  Para 1.41<br>set<br>PSO ACS Hillingdon does not have an investment<br>objective as it holds funds in a bank account with<br>Investment performance  Para 1.41  minimal interest.<br>against objectives<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|£387|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees have discussed holding a year’s budget<br>worth of reserves to ensure budget is available<br>should there not be enough raised through various<br>events|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£14,413|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None identified|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|<br>Annual grant from ACS International School<br>Hillingdon<br><br>Social Activity fundraising<br><br>Event fundraising<br><br>Parent Donations<br><br>Donations from student councils' initiatives|
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These funds directly support the charity's key<br>objectives by:<br> Providing resources for activities that<br>enrich the student experience<br>(international celebrations, grants) and<br>strengthen the school community (parent-<br>oriented activities).<br> Funding programs that develop a sense of<br>philanthropy within the school (Senior<br>Merit Awards, Gifts program).<br>PSO ACS Hillingdon does not currently have a formal<br>investment policy. Funds are held in some<br>Investment policy and  maintenance fees. There are no material financial<br>objectives including any  Para 1.46  investments to report on.<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>Cancellation of Planned Events: Unforeseen<br>circumstances (weather, illness outbreaks) could<br>A description of the principal  Para 1.46  force the cancellation of fundraising events (e.g.<br>risks facing the charity   social events). This could lead to a shortfall in<br>funding for planned activities.<br>Mitigation Strategies:<br> Maintain a reserve fund to cover<br>unexpected expenses or shortfalls.<br> Develop contingency plans for events, such<br>as rain dates for outdoor activities.<br> Explore alternative fundraising methods to<br>lessen reliance on single events.<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Unincorporated association|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution and Bylaws|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled|Para 1.25|The charity is run by a board of Eight trustees:<br>President, Vice President, Treasurer,<br>Communications, Upper School Liaison, Middle<br>School Liaison, Lower School Liaison and Secretary.<br>These positions are filled through an election held<br>duringthe annualgeneral meeting (AGM)in May.|





to appoint one or more trustees 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The PSO ACS Hillingdon trustees and committee<br>members share information through a Google Drive.<br>This online repository is organised with folders for<br>specific areas of work and trustee positions. It<br>stores all essential information, policies, and<br>procedures. New trustees and committee members<br>receive access to this drive to ensure a smooth<br>handover and easy access to historical information.<br>Similarly, all email addresses are created and<br>managed on a single platform (one.com) for<br>continuity. This system ensures consistent<br>communication and knowledge sharing within the<br>organization.|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**Structure:**<br><br>Overseen by a board of Eight Trustees<br>(President, Vice president, Treasurer,<br>Communications, Upper School Liaison,<br>Middle School Liaison, Lower School Liaison<br>and Secretary).<br><br>Trustees are elected annually at the AGM<br>(Annual General Meeting) in May.<br><br>Supported by a network of volunteers for<br>activities and events.<br>**Wider Network:**<br><br>Collaborates with ACS International School<br>Hillingdon leadership.<br><br>Student council, social groups and parents<br>play a role in fundraising initiatives.<br><br>ParentKind|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|None|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

Charity name PSO ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HILLINGDON Other name the charity uses PSO ACS HILLINGDON Registered charity number 1190136 



Charity’s principal address ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HILLINGDON 108 VINE LANE UXBRIDGE UB10 0BE 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Name of person (or<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)  body) entitled to<br>whole year<br>appoint trustee (if any)<br>Silver Klajnscek   President   Aug 1 2022 - May 2023  N/A<br>1<br>Muneera Baig May 23- March 24<br>Britte Zlatanova  Vice President   Aug 1 2022 - May 2023  N/A<br>2<br>Kristyn Harrell  June 2023 - present<br>3 [Virginia Alemamdi  ] Treasurer   Aug 1 2022 - May 2023  N/A<br>Susan McCulley  Secretary   Aug 1 2022 - May 2023  N/A<br>4<br>Tanya D'Albis  May 2023 - present<br>6 [Michelle Lazkani  ] Upper School Liaison  August 1 2022 - present  N/A<br>Amelia Brame   Middle School Liaison  Aug 1 2022 - May 2023  N/A<br>7<br>Cynthia Lane Hand   May 2023 - present<br>8 [Micha d Koning ] Lower School Liaison  Aug 1 2022 - present  N/A<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets 



from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 

N/A 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**g**  <br>**Signature(s)** <br>**Full name(s)** <br> **Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|**y**|
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||<br>Daljit Verma<br>Kristyn Harrell|
||<br>Treasurer<br>Vice President|
||<br>21/05/2024|
||<br>21/05/2024|






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PSO ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HILLINGDON 1190136<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  01/08/2022 31/07/2023<br>To<br>from<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>FINANCIAL                            77                              -                                -                               77                            -<br>FUNDRAISING                          285                              -                                -                             285                            -<br>GRANTS                       8,610                              -                                -                          8,610                            -<br>DONATIONS                       3,679                              -                                -                          3,679                            -<br>SOCIAL                     10,598                              -                                -                        10,598                            -<br>GALA                     52,920                              -                                -                        52,920                            -<br>INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FUN DAY                       4,874                              -                                -                          4,874<br>FINE ARTS                       2,473                              -                                -                          2,473<br>TRANSITION TEAM                       6,193                              -                                -                          6,193<br>SPIRIT WEAR                       4,139                              -                                -                          4,139<br>AD HOC INCOME                       9,769                              -                                -                          9,769                            -<br>SERVICE                       3,121                              -                                -                          3,121                            -<br>TRANSFERS                               -                        1,279                              -                          1,279                            -<br>                  106,738                        1,279                              -                      108,017                            -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>AR)<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).                               -                                -                                -                              -                                -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -                                -<br>Sub total                106,738                    1,279                           -                    108,017                          -<br>Total receipts<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>A3 Payments                               -                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>HIGH SCHOOL                     16,562                              -                                -                        16,562                            -<br>MIDDLE SCHOOL                       5,263                              -                                -                          5,263                            -<br>LOWER SCHOOL                       2,595                              -                                -                          2,595                            -<br>SOCIAL                       9,605                              -                                -                          9,605                            -<br>PSO GENERAL                       5,432                              -                                -                          5,432                            -<br>FINE ARTS                          951                              -                                -                             951                            -<br>TRANSITION TEAM                       5,424                              -                                -                          5,424<br>MULTICULTURAL                          311                              -                                -                             311<br>LIABILITIES                          773                              -                                -                             773<br>SERVICE                       3,121                              -                                -                          3,121<br>GALA                     25,920                              -                                -                        25,920<br>PROJECT SHINE                     27,000                      27,000<br>SPIRIT WEAR                       2,816                              -                                -                          2,816<br>INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FUN DAY                       2,631                              -                                -                          2,631<br>                 108,404                             -                               -                     108,404                           -<br>Sub total<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)                               -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -                                -<br>Sub total [               108,404 ]                           -                            -                    108,404                           -<br>Total payments -                 1,666                     1,279                          -    -                    387                        -<br>                         -                         -                          -                               -                          -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                          -                         -                          -                           -                          -<br>A5 Transfers between funds -                 1,666                    1,279                         -   -                    387                        -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## _**Cash funds this year end**_ 

|**Section B Statement of**<br>**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**Details**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>HSBC Current account<br>HSBC Savings Account<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**387**<br>**-**<br>**14,413**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,800**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Daljit Verma<br>Kristyn Harrell|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|||
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|||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>21/05/2024<br>21/05/2024|



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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 1
Independent examiner's report on
the accounts
SKtlon A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustws
PSO ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HILLINGDON
On accounts for tho y￿r 2022 - 2023
end8d
Charity no i 1190136
(if any)
Set out on pages , NIA
I report to the trustees on my examinalion ol the aco)unts of the abo
charity {"the Trust") for the year ended
Responslbllities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for Ihe preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requ1￿MentS of the Charitses Acl 2011 (Ihe
Act.).
I report in respecl of my examination of the Trust's w)unts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinab'on, I have
followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under
seclion 14515llb) of the Act.
Independent
examinerfs statement I have ￿Mple1ed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection WTth the examinats.on {other than that
disdosed below'l which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in acca)rdan￿ wtlh sedion 130
of the Charities Act: or
the accounts did not accord wtth the aoxunting records", or
the accounts did not ￿m[￿Y wtth the appliCa￿e rg]uirements
concerning the form and o)ntent of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair. *•ie￿ which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no con￿M$ and have come across no other matters in ￿nneL#lon
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this feport in
order to enable a proper undetslanding ol the accounts to be re&hed.
' Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Slgn8d:
May 15. 2024

Nam•: Jeffrey Vilkun
Relevant professlonal
quallflcatlonlsl or body ,
Ilf any):
Addres•: Flat 24 South Lodge
Circus Road
London NW8 9ES
Section B
Disclosurè
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material mallers of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity aco)unts'. directions and
guidance for examiners).