## **Friends of Wallands School** 

Financial Statement and Trustees Report for the year ended 31st July 2025 

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## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31st July 2025** 

**Charity Name:** Friends of Wallands School 

## **Charity Registration Number:** 288187 

**Address:** Lewes Wallands CP School, Gundreda Road, LEWES  BN7 1PU 

## **Trustees:** 

The trustees as at the AGM held on 7th October 2025 are: 

Bryony Harrison-Miller (Co-Chair) Ruth Sohn-Rendell (Co-Chair) Paul Miller (Treasurer) Emma Goodwin (Secretary) Claire Driver (Trustee) Petter Skramstad (Trustee) Katherine Gillard (Trustee) 

## **Objectives and activities:** 

The objective of the Friends of Wallands School (“FoW”) is to advance the education of the pupils at the school by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school not normally provided by the local education authority. The FoW provides funding for extracurricular arts activities for all year groups and helps support the school in other areas. The FoW engage in activities such as fundraising, social functions and school events. The Trustees keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in planning activities for the year. Surplus funds are used for the benefit of the school in response to funding requests from the school and from the FoW’s committee. 

The FoW is entirely dependent on volunteers. The trustees would like to thank all of the volunteers who have helped in any way throughout the year as well as the parents, carers, children and their extended families who have supported and attended events. This contribution allows us to pass on vital funds to the school 

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**Achievements and performance:** 

## _**Fundraising**_ 

The FoW have generated a surplus of £23,107 from fundraising activities and a further £3,756 from donations and grants during the year. The fundraisers have included: 

Wallandsfest 

Wallands Wonders 

Wonderland Doorstep Fair Disco Halloween Mix Tape (Spring) Mix Tape (Autumn) Wassail Quiz Night Patina Wreath Making Easter Event Xmas Cards Ice Cream Sales Other Sales Uniform Sales 

## _**Donations to the School:**_ 

The FoW were pleased to contribute £10,347 to the school to enhance learning opportunities and facilities. This included: 

Patina OPAL equipment School trips Artist visit Author visits Hands on history Maths week Puppet making workshops Storyteller visit SATS breakfast Leavers hoodies Ukulele lessons 

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## **Financial review:** 

At the end of the year, there were total reserves of £39,446 held as cash at the bank and in hand. It was decided at meetings that a reserve of £8,000 is to be held at all times to cover the essential costs for one year. 

Given the strong financial position and ongoing support of the parent body, the Trustees are confident that the charity continues to be a going concern. 

## **Structure, governance and management:** 

The FOW is an unincorporated charity governed by its constitution. Trustees are nominated and elected by the members at the AGM annually. 

## **Declaration:** 

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: 

Name: Bryony Harrison Miller Position: Co-Chair 

Date: 


Name: Paul Miller Position: Treasurer 

Date: 


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**Friends of Wallands** 

**Financial report 1st August 2024 - 31st July 2025** 

## _**Income and expenditure:**_ 

||**Credit**|**Debit**|**Balance**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Donations & Grants**||||
|CAFGYE|1,010|0|1,010|
|Other Donations|880|-1|879|
|Gift Aid|908|0|908|
|Council Grant for garden|0|0|0|
|Benevity|762|0|762|
|Easy Fundraising|197|0|197|
|**Total Donations and Grants**|||**3,756**|



|**Fund Raising Activities**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|50-50 club|24|0|24|
|Disco Halloween|2,035|-911|1,124|
|Easter Event|368|-46|322|
|Mix Tape (Autumn)|621|-268|353|
|Mix Tape (Spring)|533|-400|133|
|Other Sales|380|-114|266|
|Patina|1,034|-27|1,007|
|Plant Sale|1,939|0|1,939|
|Quiz Night|1,458|-331|1,128|
|Uniform Sales|60|0|60|
|Victoria's Marathon|850|-25|825|
|Wallands Wonders|4,488|-172|4,316|
|Wallandsfest|9,337|-3,818|5,519|
|Wassail|2,098|-1,354|744|
|Wonderland|10,629|-5,661|4,968|
|Xmas Cards|248|0|248|
|Xmas Trees|610|-478|132|
|**Total Fundraising**|**36,711**|**-13,605**|**23,107**|



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|**Operational Costs**|**Credit**|**Debit**||
|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Charges|0|-480|480|
|Equipment|0|-69|69|
|First Aid Lessons|0|0|0|
|Parentkind Insurance|0|-162|162|
|**Total Operational Costs**|||**710**|



|**School Funding**||
|---|---|
|Nursery C Frame|842|
|Sound Dampening|2,000|
|Outdoor Classroom|6,000|
|Peace Garden|1,198|
|School Trips|1,950|
|Maths equipment|1,040|
|Forest School|4,275|
|Artist Visit|800|
|Ukulele|169|
|Storyteller|435|
|Yr 5/6 Chef|400|
|Patina Costs|1,229|
|Other|427|
|SATS Breakfast|70|
|Yr 6 Hoodies|265|
|Yr6 T Shirts|780|
|**Total School Expenditure**|**21,881**|



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## **Reconciliation of cash balances:** 

**Balances 1st August 2024 - 31st July 2025** 

|**Opening cash balance 1st August 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
|Bank||£34,980|
|Petty Cash||£193|
||**Total**|**£35,174**|
|**Revenue**|||
|Donations||£3,756|
|Grants||£0|
|Fund Raising Activities||£36,711|
||**Total**|**£40,468**|
|**Expenses**|||
|Operational Costs||-£710|
|Fund Raising Activities||-£13,605|
|School Funding||-£21,880|
||**Total**|**-£36,196**|
|**Closing cash balance 31st July 2024**|||
|Bank||£39,314|
|Petty Cash||£132|
||**Total**|**£39,446**|
|_Cash movement in the period_||_£4,272_|



End of annual report and financial statement. 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report
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Name:
Ms Karen Wicks LLB FCA
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October 2018

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