Friends of St John's Highbury Vale School Association ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31st August 2024 Charity Commission Registration No: 274172 CONTENTS PAGE Legal and Administr*ive Information Report of the Trustees Independent Examiner's report tothe Trustees Statement of Receipts and Payn*t Statement of Assets and ￿abIlitIeS Notes to the Accounts I. lEGALA￿ ADMINIThTIVE INFORMATION Charity Number 2741n Other Names ThèFrientsof StjOtr￿'S HighbLryVJle ScPml IFOSJI Friends of Stjohn's Highburyvale Daysdwl A5$0dation {Pr￿louS namel Start of Fln•nclal Year Oi ￿ptember 2023 End of Financial Year 31AwJst 2024 Trvstees at 31" Au￿st 2024 Mrs H Khan (President) B Minsende (Chairl A Morgan ISe¢retaryl J Carsen IGovernorTfUSteel Ms. K Docherty ITrusteel Tntsltes reslined after er#J of finatwJ•l y.. J Carsen Iresvxned IV ju￿ 20251 The HeadTeadw b In exthits memberofthe Committee 0fTr￿tee$ aNI President ofthe Association. One parent 8overnor one olhergovefnor member shall be arvointed annulty bythe sd￿01 Go￿rning body at their first meetingofthe AutumnTèrm. Upto slx other members from Pwent bodyare electedannualty at the Ass¢xlation AGM. The Chair. Vlce2.5tlmes FOSJ'S £30,CIXI budget f￿ curriculum materlal5. Apwoved bytheTrustees on the 11 AW2025aThl sip￿d on thelr behalf Mr5. H Khan (Presldentl INDEpENDEP￿ExAM&YER'S REA￿oNT￿E ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 Report to the tfUStee5lmembers of Friends of Stjohn's HEhbury va￿ Association onthe accounts for thè year ended 31st August 2024. The charity's trustees are respO￿lbIE forthe preparation ofthe a¢wunts. Thecharity's trustees consider thai an audit is not required for ifvs year under sectron 144 of the (harlI￿s Act 2011 Ithe Charities Act) and that an indepermlent examination is needed. It is my Tesponsibilityto.. examinethe accounts uThJersedMM 145 of the Chartties Act, tofollow the pr￿edureS laid down in the general Direction$8N*n ty thecharty Commisslon (under section 14SISllbl of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters ha4* come to myattentlt)n Myexamlnatlon wès urried out in accordance wrlh gerbefal dirertions given bythe Charity Commission. An examination includes a review ofthe accountin8 records kept by the charity and comparlson of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in theaccounts and seekin8 explanat￿n5 from the trustees Con￿rning anysuch matters. The piocedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and ¢onseqsJently no opinion isgivtn as towhether the accounts present a'true and fairf ￿ew, and the report i$1Smited to those matters 5etout in the statement below. In connection with my eyamination, Thejune 2025 Trustee meetirq minutes were provided. No other matter hascome to myattention which &ves me rea50nablècauseto belwethat in, anymaterial respe¢t, the requirements: to keep accountin8 records inaC￿rdance with section 130 of the Charities Art- and to prep3r• accountswhich accord withthe actour¢tin8 recordsandcomptywith the accountin8 rèquirements of the Charities Act have not met; or 2. towhich, in rnyopinKJn, attenlion sh)uld be drawn, in order toenable a woper understanditw of Ihe accounts to be reached. Anna Coote Gilroy and Brooke5 accountsnts Ltd Svtte IS, The Enterpr￿ Centre Coxbridgè Business Park. Farnham Surrey GUIO SEH Date: IU0812025 Friends of St th)hn's Highbury Vak Sthool As9)oation Annual Receipts ar￿ Payments A(0￿nts 1•tS•pknknr2f123b)31•¢W 2024 Charity number. 274172 Rec410s 8nd Payments Rec•ipts.al unr•strKt•d Fut¥Jrn*r*J 1&n3 19.418 37,285 41,674 P•ym•nt• 16,8111 GMt*to SlJrkn's S* 14S,L￿}I 119,4451 (2211 1S2.0321 ftytr•y 16.910 C•h 81.153 84.237 rA•h fvrdl Ihl statem￿01*%80￿ a￿1 at 31st AugLnt 2024 C••h a131 Auwmt R•w•••nt•J ¢uh at Li*4'1rt The financial statements wTre apyo*d by the trustee8 on the 11 W2025 aTrJ signed their behaff by Mrn. H Khan IPre5iJert} 6. NOTESTOTHEAccoupifs Basi5 of Act￿ntIl The accounts have been prepared undèr the"Receipts and Pa￿nts. basis a5 prescribed by the CharityComm￿oners and they meet the appropriate legal requirements. Restricted Funds Thecharity held no r•Jtrthd fvnds &Jri￿t￿5 ¢xthe pmious ffinancialyear. Apart from the reiml)ursement of charitable expenthture Incurred on bèhallof the charlty, no other payments were made to Tnstees. No payments were made totrusttts or any persor& COn￿ted wlth them ￿rIrtg t￿5 financial peficrfl. No other material iransaction took pl￿e be￿een the organisation and a trustee orarry person connerted with them.12023124.Nonel Rlsk Assessment The trustees actlvely le￿eW the major risks whkh thecharityfaces on a regular basls and bellev¢ that malntaining the Iree reserves stated, combined with the annual review of financial controls wlll provide suffldent resources in the eventof atherse COndrt￿n$. Thetrustees have also examined other operational and business risks whith they face and confiTm that they have established system5 to rn￿11ate the slgnlfi¢ant risks. Reserves Pollcy The trustees have considered the level of Teserves theywish to retsin, approprlate to the charTrty's needs. Thi$ is based on the charity's siie and the level of finarrial commitments hekl. The trustees alm to ensure the charity ￿11 be able to continue to fvlfil its charitable objectives even If there is a tem￿￿ary shL¥tfall in income or Untxk￿ted eXrend1￿re. The tnstees wll endeawur not to Set aside funds unnecessarity.The trustee5 we of the Mew thatthe tharity should rttsln reserves within a ran8è of 1.5-2.5 Ilmesthe •nnual budget for Curr￿Ul￿M rnateTials. This is in orderto ensure thatthe school Is ableto integrate this expenditure into its medium.term finanoal plans. Public Benefrt The chadtya(krwywled8es wuireTh*nt t0deMo￿trate dèaty that il must have charitalle purp05&4 or'aims, that arèfor the public benefit. Details of how the charty has achieved this are provided in the Trustees Report. The trustees confirm that have paid due regard to the Charity Comml$4on guidance on public ber*fit before de¢ldingvh￿tacI1¥l1leS the dwrityshoukl undertake. GDPR Poli Friends ofStJ0hn￿ rd*son the s eX￿￿e pdicbes with respecttoGDPK A5 a small charity. FOSJ ￿ a.data contfolieff. FOSJ collects personal data through its donations and 8fftaid fomis. FOSJ destrtys perso1￿1 data once the child leavesstjohn's H￿tr￿ry Vale. ¥lll. Safeguardiro Polky Friendsof Stjohn'srdies onthe 5dth's eywti5e arbj S￿lICieS with resk*rt to softguarding. Ajltrustware required to a certificate frorn the DBS IfXsc*)sure and Barr1r￿ Se￿￿). Tras page (hxs notform ofthe statutory finabxral stat￿ents