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

**From  7[th] Dec 2023 to 5[th] April 2025** 

## **Charity name: Friends of Rhydri Primary School** 

## **Charity registration number: 1206114** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Our charitable purpose is:<br>•<br>To develop effective relationships<br>between staff, parents and others<br>associated with the school including the<br>local community of Rhydri and the<br>surrounding areas as part of a<br>community focussed school.<br>•<br>To engage in activities which support<br>and promote the school and to provide<br>facilities or equipment to support the<br>school and advance the education of the<br>pupils while enhancing a community<br>focussed school approach.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|•<br>Fundraising for community events to<br>benefit the local community  such as the<br>Village hall dance night, Christmas<br>wreath workshop and Christmas Fayre,<br>and Sound Bath Journeys,  after school<br>club and the famous bottle hoopla.<br>•<br>Set up a community run after school<br>club to support parents and children, the<br>Rhydri Rascals, in Rudry Village Hall<br>•<br>Supported the Year 6 leavers party and<br>leavers assembly<br>•<br>Paid for the transport for a whole school<br>trip to Noah’s Ark and trips to Llancaiach<br>Fawr, Colliers Farm.<br>•<br>Organised goal posts for the village hall<br>•<br>Paid for Easter Eggs and selection boxes<br>for the whole school<br>•<br>Organised a whole school disco,freezy|






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Fridays and break the rules days<br>• Promoted the school and the events in<br>the surrounding communities<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18  The trustees confirm that they have complied<br>whether the trustees have  with their duty to have due regard to the Charity<br>had regard to the guidance<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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SORP reference<br>Para 1.38<br>Policy on grant making<br>Para 1.38<br>Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment<br>Para 1.38<br>Contribution made by<br>volunteers<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **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|•<br>Raised over £7000 through fundraising<br>including community events including<br>the Village hall dance night, Christmas<br>wreath workshop and Christmas Fayre,<br>and Sound Bath Journeys,  after school<br>club and the famous bottle hoopla.<br>•<br>Set up a community run after school<br>club, the Rhydri Rascals, in Rudry Village<br>Hall<br>•<br>Supported the Year 6 leavers party and<br>leavers assembly<br>•<br>Paid for the transport for a whole school<br>trip to Noah’s Ark<br>•<br>Organised goal posts for the village hall<br>•<br>Paid for Easter Eggs for the whole school<br>•<br>Organised a whole school disco, freezy<br>Fridays and break the rules days<br>•<br>Promoted the school and the events in<br>the surrounding communities|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|•<br>**Income:**£9586<br>•<br>**Expenditure:**£6695<br>•<br>£2891 carried forward into the 2025/26<br>accounting period|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|None held|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None Held|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not required-school closure announced in<br>2025/2026 will mean winding down of charity|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The council notified the community that the<br>school was in consultation for closure and<br>will close in 2025/2026. This means the<br>charity will also need to close in 25/26 year<br>as it is a parent and teacher association<br>connected with the school and will no longer<br>be needed.|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Model Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|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<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Every charity trustee must be a natural<br>person, and either a parent/guardian of a<br>pupil or member of the community in Rudry<br>and surrounding area with an active interest<br>in Rhydri Primary School. Selected through<br>advertisement within the school<br>parent/teacher community|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Friends of Rhydri Primary School|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1206114|
|Charity’s principal address|Rhydri Primary School, Rudry, Caerphilly, CF83 3DF|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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|||Nicola Richards|Treasurer|||||
|||Abigail Wilkinson|Vice-Chair|||||
|||Carolyne Trinick|Secretary|||||
|||Rebecca Johnson||||||
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|||Leona Hopkins||||||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for 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)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Not applicable** 

## **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)** Abigail Wilkinson **Full name(s)** Abigail Wilkinson **Position (eg Secretary,** Vice Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 02/02/26 



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|**Friends of Rhydri Primary**||**1206114**|||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|07-Dec-23<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**|05-Apr-25|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**500**<br>**7,295**<br>**698**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **8,493**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**8,493**<br>**3,580**<br>**203**<br>**234**<br>**16**<br>**706**<br>**863**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **5,602**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**5,602**<br>**2,891**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,891**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,093**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,093**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,093**<br>**-**<br>**1,093**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,093**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,093**<br>**-                         0**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                         0**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,593**<br>**7,295**<br>**698**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,586**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,586**<br>**3,580**<br>**1,296**<br>**234**<br>**16**<br>**706**<br>**863**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,695**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,695**<br>**2,891**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations andgrants|**500**|||||**-**|
|Fundraisingevents egFreezyFriday|**7,295**|||||**-**|
|Charitable activites egafter school club|**698**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **8,493**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|<br>costs of charitable activities|**3,580**|||||**-**|
|costs of fundraisingevents|**203**|||||**-**|
|insurances|**234**|||||**-**|
|bank charges|**16**|||||**-**|
|rent/hire of rooms|**706**|||||**-**|
|printingand stationary|**863**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**5,602**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**2,891**|**-                         0**|**-**|**2,891**||**-**|
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||**2,891**|**-                         0**|**-**|**2,891**||**-**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**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**|Abigail Wilkinson<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**2,891**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,891**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Abigail Wilkinson|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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