Sponne Parents’& Friends’ Association Sponne School Brackley Road Towcester Northamptonshire NN12 6DJ 10/05/2026 ## **PFA trustees annual report for 2024/2025** PFA (Parent’s & Friend’s Association) is a registered charity (number 285714) with the sole aim to raise funds for activities and equipment to enhance the learning experience of the students at Sponne School. Sponne is a comprehensive secondary school in Towcester -Northamptonshire. The charity constitutes of a group of teachers and parents who organise various events and activities during the school year to raise funds. All the charity trustees and members are volunteers; the charity does not own premises or any generating income assets. All our charity work is local to the school area and the charity mostly benefits from the generosity of local trades and community. During 2024/2025 financial year, PFA main income came from the time spent volunteering during Silverstone Grand Prix car park event. PFA organised a Treasure Trove competition, tickets were sold in Sept/Oct time and the winner of £30 was drawn every month for the rest of the financial year. PFA organised Christmas and Easter raffles with donated prizes. Sponne Parents and Friends Association, Brackley Road, Towcester, Northants, NN12 6DJ Tel: 01327 350284 Email: sponnepfa2@gmail.com Registered Charity No 285714 PFA provided refreshments during school events like Christmas and Easter concerts (bar income). PFA also organised a successful event: the Christmas cards and bauble decorating night just before Christmas 2024. PFA also benefitted from donations from Tesco, Co-op , Drax, Northamptonshire community fund and from Greens Norton village trust fund. We also benefitted from Easyfundraising website donations. PFA also sold tickets to students, parents, friends and carers for Sponne musical and drama events, these incomes are donated directly to music and drama department respectively. All the PFA profits go directly to Sponne school. During 2024/2025 financial year PFA worked to raise funds towards a new school minibus, PFA only aims to keep a minimum of £2000 in the charity current account and to donate any surplus to Sponne school. Paola Goracci PFA treasurer 11, Calvert Close Greens Norton NN12 8DE Northamptonshire **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Anne Clare Ward PFA secretary 43, West End Silverstone NN12 8UY Northamptonshire Elizabeth Jane Francis PFA trustee 121, Alchester Court Towcester NN12 6RN Northamptonshire Catherine Underwood PFA trustee 12, Forsythia Close Bicester OX26 3GA Oxfordshire Sponne Parents and Friends Association, Brackley Road, Towcester, Northants, NN12 6DJ Tel: 01327 350284 Email: sponnepfa2@gmail.com Registered Charity No 285714 **The Sponne School Parents and No. 285714 Friends Association Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 9/1/2024 8/31/2025 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Treasure Trove
**1,011**
Raffles & Duck Race
**4,360**
Bar
**831**
Donations
**13,645**
Events
**440**
Fundraising
**567**
Silverstone Car Park
**3,108**
Bank Interest
Ticket Sales
**4,699**
**28,662**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 28,662**
**A3 Payments**
Treasure Trove
**240**
Licencing& Duck Race
**62**
Membership
**162**
Events
**307**
Gifts
**41**
Music Donation
**4,699**
Donations
**20,625**
Sundry (Events)
**280**
Bank Charges
**-**
**_Sub total_ 26,416**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 26,416**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,245**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**2,165**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 4,410**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,011**
**4,360**
**831**
**13,645**
**440**
**567**
**3,108**
**4,699**
**28,662**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,662**
**240**
**62**
**162**
**307**
**41**
**4,699**
**20,625**
**280**
**-**
**26,416**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,416**
**2,245**
**-**
**2,165**
**4,410**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,011**|**1,524**| ||||**4,360**|**3,604**| ||||**831**|**2,684**| ||||**13,645**|**1,698**| ||||**440**|**2,056**| ||||**567**|**458**| ||||**3,108**|**4,000**| |||||| ||||**4,699**|**15,068**| ||||**28,662**|**31,092**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**28,662**|**31,092**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**240**|**460**| ||||**62**|**139**| ||||**162**|**153**| ||||**307**|**1,589**| ||||**41**|**19**| ||||**4,699**|**15,489**| ||||**20,625**|**22,500**| ||||**280**|**74**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**26,416**|**40,423**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**26,416**|**40,423**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,245**|**- 9,331**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**2,165**|**11,496**| ||**-**||**4,410**|**2,165**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank
Petty Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,261**
**-**
**150**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,411**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Paola Goracci
Anne Clare Ward
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Paola Goracci|6/6/2026| |||Anne Clare Ward|6/6/2026| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Sponne School Parents. and Friends, Association On accounts for the year ended 31" August 2025 Charity no , 285714 {if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harlty {Ihe Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in reS￿cl of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Diredions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51{b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attenlion in connection with the examination which gtves me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records V￿re not kept in accordance wilh section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records", or the accounts do not comply wth the applicable requirements Con￿rning the fomi and contents of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a rnatter considered as part of an independent examination. Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply Signed: S H,58Lo/ SuZpfNj￿ c FISH& Date: Iblts126 Name: Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): Addr85S: loLoCrsTR IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charrty accounts.. directions and glJidan￿ for examiners)_ Give here brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. IER October 2018