The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Limited
Company Number 00656009 Charity Commission Number 275602
Financial Statements for the 17 month period Ended 31 August 2025
The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Table of Contents For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025
| Charity reference and administrative details | 2 |
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| Trustees’ Annual Report | 3-5 |
| Trustees’ Responsibility Statement | 6 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 7 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 10-14 |
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Charity Reference and Administrative Details For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025
Trustees
The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. The trustees who have served during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Christine Williams Stephanie Jane Wheeler Saikumar Iyer Kul Bhullar (appointed on 3 December 2025) Natasha Doman (appointed on 3 December 2025)
Registered Office
The Lady Eleanor Holles School Hanworth Road Hampton Middlesex TW12 3HF United Kingdom
Independent Examiner
Anne-Marie Botha
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Trustees’ Annual Report For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025
The Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements of the charity for the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019.
The financial statements for the current period cover the 17 months ended 31 August 2025, following a change in the company’s accounting reference date. The comparative figures are for the 12 months ended 5 April 2024. As a result, the figures for the two periods are not directly comparable.
Objectives and activities
The primary objective of The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School (“the Friends” or ”the Charitable Company”) is to advance the education of pupils at the Lady Eleanor Holles School (“the School”) and to promote a public benefit programme by raising funds to:
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enhance the pupils’ academic, moral, emotional, social and cultural development
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fund learning equipment & resources for the School and its public benefit initiatives
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enhance student participation in community outreach
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fund educational talks to support school and local parents
A detailed review of the year’s events and an explanation as to how these activities further the Charitable Company’s purposes for the public benefit is given below.
Public benefit statement
The Friends’ aims and achievements are set out within this report. The activities set out in this report have been undertaken to further the Charitable Company’s purpose for the public benefit. The Trustees have complied with the duty under Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission and the trustees have paid due regard to this guidance in deciding what activities the Charitable Company should undertake.
The Charitable Company is a registered charity and is able to demonstrate its fulfillment of the Public Benefit Criteria though its fundraising and charitable activities through the financial support it provides to enable children and their families to access opportunities at Lady Eleanor Holles School, thereby supporting education and enrichment for young people.
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Achievements and performance
The Friends generate income from membership fees and from hosting events. The following is a summary of incoming resources during the period ended 31 August 2025 and year ended 5 April 2024:
| Membership fees charged Gift aid on membership fees Swim club membership fees Event income Interest income Total incoming resources |
17 month period ended 31/8/2025 17,820 2,811 3,086 50,086 1,050 74,852 |
12 month period ended 5/4/2024 |
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| 18,120 2,945 3,631 35,910 - |
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| 60,606 |
Financial review
Financial position
The following is a summary of key financial metrics for the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025 and year ended 5 April 2024:
| Incoming resources Cost of generating funds Charitable expenditures Administrative expenses Net incoming/(outgoing) resources Unrestricted fund Designated fund Total reserves |
17 month period ended 31/8/2025 74,852 (13,075) (87,311) (2,472) (28,006) 47,515 6,213 53,728 |
12 month period ended 5/4/2024 |
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| 60,606 (12,521) (29,851) (1,035) |
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| 17,199 | ||
| 64,719 17,015 |
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| 81,734 |
Reserves policy
The Friends has unrestricted reserves at the end of the period of £47,515 and designated reserves of £6,213. These reserves are retained to provide future donations the school and to ensure smooth running of upcoming fundraising events. While there is no minimum reserve set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, on 19 April 2021 the council voted to maintain a £5,000 minimum reserve, including any designated funds.
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Plans for future periods
The Friends council intends to continue to support the School to advance the moral, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing and educational experience of the pupils by funding wish list items across a wide range of school departments. It will continue sponsoring parent talks and hosting fundraising and social events that benefit the wider school and local community.
Structure, governance and management
The Friends is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is a registered charity. The Charitable Company was established and is governed under the Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 8 April 1960 and last amended on 30 June 2013. The operational affairs are managed and administered by a Council consisting of trustees and nominated members who give their time freely and receive no remuneration for their role.
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Trustees’ responsibilities
The trustees (who are also directors of The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report (including the Strategic Report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102);
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
Disclosure of information to the Independent Examiner
We, the directors of the charitable company who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements as set out above each confirm, so far as we are aware, that:
- there is no relevant information of which the charitable company’s independent examiner are unaware; and - we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as directors in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the charitable company’s independent examiner are aware of that information.
We approve the Trustees' Annual Report in our capacity as company directors.
On behalf of the board
Christine Williams
Christine Williams, Trustee Date: 7 May 2026
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of The Friends of The Lady Eleanor Holles School (‘the Company’)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charitable Company for the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed by: Anne-Marie Botha
Anne-Marie Botha
_____ Date: 7 May 2026
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Registered Charity No 275602 Company No 656009
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE 17 MONTH PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
| Note INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS Subscriptions and donations 3 Gift Aid 3 Events income 3 Interest income TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds 3 NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES AND CHARITABLE EXPENDITURES Administrative expenses Grants made 8 NET INCOMING RESOURCES RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 9 Total funds carried forward 9 |
Unrestricted Funds Designated Funds 17 Month Period Ended 2025 12 Month Period Ended 2024 £ £ £ £ 17,820 - 17,820 18,120 2,811 - 2,811 2,945 50,085 3,086 53,171 39,541 1,050 - 1,050 - |
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| 71,766 3,086 74,852 60,606 11,605 1,470 13,075 12,521 |
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| 60,161 1,616 61,777 48,084 2,472 - 2,472 1,035 74,893 12,418 87,311 29,851 |
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| (17,205) (10,802) (28,006) 17,199 64,719 17,015 81,734 64,535 47,515 6,213 53,728 81,734 |
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School
Registered Charity No 275602 Company No 656009
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2025 and 5 April 2024
| Note CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 4 Prepayments Bank balances and deposits Total current assets CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors: Amounts falling due within 1 year 7 Total current liabilities NET CURRENT ASSETS RESERVES Unrestricted funds 10 Designated funds 10 Total Funds Balance at 31 August 2025 and 5 April 2024 |
2025 4,396 802 111,434 116,632 62,903 62,903 53,728 47,515 6,213 53,728 |
2024 32,007 - 75,332 |
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| 107,339 25,604 |
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| 25,604 81,735 64,719 17,015 |
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| 81,735 |
The financial statements were approved and authorized for issue by the Board on 7 May 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Christine Williams
Christine Williams, Trustee
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Notes to the financial statements For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025
1. Statutory Information
The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School (“the Charitable Company”) is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The Charitable Company’s registered office address is Hanworth Road, Hampton, TW12 3HF.
2. Accounting policies
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the Charitable Company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under historical cost convention.
There were no material departure from that standard.
The Charitable Company has changed its accounting reference date to 31 August, to align the year end with its annual event cycle, timing of termly council meetings and overall governance structure. Accordingly, the current financial statements have been prepared for a period of 17 months. The corresponding figures for the prior period represent the 12 months ended 5 April 2024 and, therefore, may not be entirely comparable with the current period's figures.
The financial statement impacts resulting from the change in accounting reference date statements are outlined in Note 3.
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below, have been consistently applied within the same accounts and have remained unchanged from the previous year.
Going Concern
The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate (i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Charitable Company to continue as a going concern). The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date the financial statements are approved.
The trustees believe that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Cash flow exemption
The Charitable Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102: the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.
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Accounting policies, continued
Income
All income is recognized in the Statement of Financial Activities once the Charitable Company has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Membership subscriptions are treated as donations rather than as payment for goods or services. Donations do not provide any significant benefit to the donor in return for their payment other than the knowledge that the Charitable Company uses the gift to further its purposes.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognized as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Charitable Company to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and had been classified under appropriate headings. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to specific activities, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Taxation
The Charitable Company is exempt from taxation in respect of income received to the extent that such income applies exclusively to charitable purposes. The Charitable Company is not exempt from Value Added Tax. Irrecoverable Value Added Tax is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Restricted funds relate to amounts received which have been specified for a particular use by the donor.
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charitable Company and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Financial instruments
The Charitable Company has financial assets and liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognized at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
Critical accounting estimated and areas of judgement
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Any estimates or assumptions that have a significant risk of causing material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below in subsequent notes to the financial statements.
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Notes to the financial statements, continued For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025
3. Income from charitable activities and related expenditures
| For the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025 | Generated funds |
Cost of generating funds |
Surplus |
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| £ | £ | £ | |
| Subscriptions and donations | 17,820 | - | 17,820 |
| Gift aid on subscriptions | 2,811 | - | 2,811 |
| Second hand uniform sales | 25,572 | 59 | 25,513 |
| Quiz night | 3,156 | 2,372 | 784 |
| Christmas Bazaar | 11,860 | 1,760 | 10,100 |
| Cinema night | 3,137 | 2,455 | 682 |
| Swim Club | 3,086 | 1,470 | 1,615 |
| Towel sales | 6,360 | 4,959 | 1,501 |
| Interest income | 1,050 | - | 1,050 |
| Net incoming resources before administrative expenses and charitable contributions |
74,852 | 13,075 | 61,777 |
The Charitable Company has changed its accounting reference date to 31 August and accordingly, the current financial statements have been prepared for a period of 17 months. The impact to charitable activities and related expenditures resulting from this change include an additional towel sale and several additional second hand uniform sales taking place in the financial year ended 31 August 2025. The total impact of these events was an additional £13,466 in Generated Funds and an additional £2,557 in the Cost of Generating Funds. These amounts are included in the table above.
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Debtors
Debtors of £4,396 as at 31 August 2025 related to donations, gift aid recoverable from HMRC and event income invoices receivable. Debtors of £32,007 as at 5 April 2024 related to gift aid recoverable from HMRC, subscriptions and swim club membership fees.
5. Prepayments
Prepayments as at 31 August 2025 comprise amounts paid in the financial year relating to an event taking place in the following financial year.
6. Trustees’ remuneration and benefits
There were no trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 5 April 2024.
Expenses paid to the trustees during the period were £nil (2024: £nil).
7. Employees and directors
The average number of employees in the current and prior periods was nil.
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The Friends of the Lady Eleanor Holles School Notes to the financial statements, continued For the 18 month period ended 31 August 2025
8. Creditors
| Item Payable for various educational equipment Income in advance Accounts payable Total creditors |
2025 2024 £ £ 61,318 23,794 1,585 - - 1,811 |
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| 62,903 25,604 |
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9. Analysis of grants
The following table shows the grants made during the 17 month period ended 31 August 2025 and the year ended 5 April 2024. These amounts include both amounts paid during the financial years as well as those that remained payable as at 31 August 2025 and 5 April 2024.
| Item Various educational equipment Funding of school community events Total Grants Made |
2025 2024 £ £ 83,567 28,616 3,745 1,234 |
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| 87,311 29,851 |
10. Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses are comprised of predominantly software and other service fees incurred during the financial period.
11. Reserves
Fund reconciliation:
| Unrestricted Designated - swim club Designated - second hand uniform Total Unrestricted Designated - swim club Designated - second hand uniform Total |
Balance at 6 April 2023 Income |
Cost of generating funds Grants Admin Expenses Balance at 5 April 2024 |
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| 56,209 42,253 8,326 3,631 - 14,722 |
(9,270) (23,438) (1,035) 64,719 (1,155) - - 10,802 (2,097) (6,412) - 6,213 |
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| 64,535 60,606 Balance at 6 April 2024 Income |
(12,521) (29,851) (1,035) 81,735 Cost of generating funds Grants Admin Expenses Balance at 31 August 2025 |
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| 64,719 71,766 10,802 3,086 6,213 - |
(11,605) (74,893) (2,472) 47,515 (1,470) (12,418) - - - - - 6,213 |
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| 81,735 74,852 |
(13,075) (87,311) (2,472) 53,729 |
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Reserves, continued
Fund description
Designated funds:
Swim Club profits include donations received from school parents, students and alumni in exchange for the use of the school’s swimming pool at designated times. The cost of supplying lifeguards for the sessions is covered by these donations and any remaining funds are designated towards grants related to purchase of swim and other sports equipment to enhance pupil engagement in sport.
Second hand uniform funds are monies generated from the sale of used school uniform donated to the Friends for resale and are designated to benefit the School library for the purchase of books, educational resources and general improvements. During the period ended 31 August 2025, the Council voted to discontinue designating second hand uniform profits in order to widen the purposes for which such funds could be used to enhance pupil education. Therefore, all profits from second hand are now allocated to unrestricted funds.
Unrestricted Funds:
All funds remaining after setting aside designated funds are used at the general discretion of the Trustees.
12. Related Party Transactions
The School provides the Charitable Company with limited access to sports facilities, including the pool and tennis courts, free of charge. In turn, the Charitable Company generates fee revenue from school families in exchange for use of these facilities. The net profits from this arrangement form the designated swim club funds mentioned above.
There have been no other related party transactions in the year.
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