mg; pa. Maidstone GraTts￿ SCI￿)] Parents. Association MAIDSTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT5. ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACOUNTS Registered Charity Number. 2￿1750 Principal address= MaKlstore Gramfflar khool 8èrt0• Road MaKlstone Kenr MEIS 7BT Trustees The Trustee5 listed below have, unless r￿ted. all served in Offi￿ 1hrO￿￿rt 2023-2024 Chaim)an Vice Chainnan Secretary Treasurer Senior Staff Representatwe Members Sarah Hudson iSDn Stevens Irene Santineer Stephen BaÉtheky Mhrk Tornkins (Headmaaerl Paul Tassell IResi8ned 160ctober 20231 Executive Committee Members All Trustees also sit on the ExecvtNe Commitree_ AdditK)nal rnembers are.. Te83 Edokp)Ky Julie Gru5. MartJaThis' Befied￿a O MaryGrabham Kl*hèel Ha Ben Grabham MeroÈJxkson Natalie made￿Ine lams. Andreè Mu¥ Gena Melb2tt Laura Mty5an 're5%neddufiw 1023-20241 Bankets.. Lloyds Banking Group 18Week Street Mah4stone Kent ME14 IRW Governonce and monogement Go¥emlnE dO￿ll￿t The charty is regulated by the constitLrtitin and rules adopted atthe General Meeting on 12 October 2009. Management of the tharity The Board ofTru5tees 15 the governing tKMtyof the MaHlstone Grammar School Parenis, Association 1.the AsSOC13tion-l and ion51Sts of the appointed trustees ol the charity. Trustees are elected annually atthe Annual GerSEral Meeting. At ihe AGM on 16 October 2023 the rrf)rnination5 of new and existing trustees were accepted a4)d duly elected. The management ol evenis ar￿ artiwttes is overseen by mernber55eTring on the EKecutwe Committee I"thE Committee-l. which comprises all trustee5 plus othe[me￿be[S of the A550ciation ekrted or co-opted bythe Committee. A cleard15tinction 15 wnade between bu￿ne$S that must be dealt with by tru5tees1such 35 compliance wtth Slalutory requirements) and the day-to-dav rnanagement of the AssociatlOll'5 actiwt* The Commlttee mer twice in 2023-2024. both irb person and virtualty. A Treasurerfs RepDrt was prÈsÈnted at each meetin& Sndicaiing the amount avaiL3￿e to the As50ciatiowi to rnake grants to Maidstone Gramm3r School 1.the kknoS-1. 5ubje(I to lorec351 expenditureand the Association's reserve5 poIKy. The Schtx>l Captain. Wice Captain, or an appointed deptyty. ￿preSentIng the School Council and Khool prefert5. a150 attended some meetings. The Accounts are presented annually to the membetship for appTovalat the AnThual General Meeting. This year the level of inconie requ*res an independÈTht audit and suitatle arrangements will be made forthis to be done by an Independent Examlner. Actffvitie5 of the churity The actiwties of the tharity fall broadty intotwo typEs= tIK)se whith are essentk81￿f￿ndT?lsir£1sUCh as the Fireworks Display, Quiz Evenin& Wreèih rnaksnL Tribute N4ghts. Go￿ Day. Cbthe5 and ink cartridge rec￿11￿& Easy fundraisinEI'. 3Thd those aimed at buildi￿ Telation5hips betWEeTr pupils. L￿t￿Tert parents, and with staff (such as the Theatre Trips, Cross-channel Trips, Se(ond Hard Unifotrn shopl. These fall within the charttaNe oty'ect5 01 Ihe A%sockition. Although some events do noi have a fuNlr3isinE focus. p￿dence requires the A550Cl3tion to weigh the benefits againsr the net costs that may be incurred. COTh5eqUenl￿.Su1h events often run at little or no net ¢ost may 8enerate a 5urplu5. Achievement and performt7n Chatrman's siatemet)t The 2023-2024 acèdernic yearwas our Mrmal calendai of actMiies_ Our thank5 go to all the stsfl, from the Head io the caretakers-none of ourartivities are achievab withaut their help and support. We have a surplus before Erants of £24.079 and d￿ribUted an amount of £249￿t0 the sc￿01. Our fireworks event wasverywell attended and raised a sigrbificant amount of Money for the school- over £8,5001 Our otherannual everits, such as the Christmas Wreaih making evening made £1200, and our BruÉes Trip and Quii Night contributed too, and it W35 so nite lo see everyone enjoy Ihevarietyof events in the school ground5. Our other fundtai5ing adiwtie5 include second hand unrfo￿ shop, whKh 15 so helpful to manyfamilies with the high quality used clothes èvailable. at huge discounrs to new pr￿e$. EaSyfundrai￿ng-3 free to use shoppinE Portal that donate5 money to the school, when you shop online prowding a steady irytotne- but If more parents signed up and used Ihese from time totime. it coukl bp 50 rnuch rTh)rel The recycling of bfanded used ink toner iartridges. aswell as our retycling of unwanted clothes. shoes and household rertiles also help5 With revenve streams. We also are happyto take any loose fore*n currency that 15 no loTrger nEeded. We relyon your supwrt for all of these. 50 thank you. It is very rewardiThg to be inVo￿ed in the MGSPA and to 8Ne so rnuth value to the studentsar thE School. All pèrents of all students at the School are automaticalty mernber5 of MGSPAaTrd I would urge all of you to turn that membership into actjve participaiion. I know that noi everyone can be a Cotnmittee member or lead a PAevent. but l am sure that Irteralty hundred5 of our parents would te prepared to k a helper from time to time. 13m keen that we expand ourgroup and make Sure t￿t we ère open and wekomine towards all members who want to 8et inwfved. P￿ase. please do considerioirMr* OUTteam! Mrs Sarah Hud50n Chalrma ATE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR The following diary dates were discu55ed and agreed ai a meetinE ofthe ExecutNe Committee held on15ne on Tuesday 10 September 2024. The dates may be subject to subsequerlt change as agreEd by the Committee b￿. at present, will all involved please updatE your dianes accordingty. Should any Committee rnember be unaNe to attend any gTh￿n PA Meeting it would bp gfeatty appreciated if a￿lOgIeS for absence could be iofflmuniiated by emall 10 the 5ecreiary as soon as Possible to avoid potential delays to proceediws on the night. PA mEETINGS17.3L￿8.3O￿￿) 10 September 2024 21 October limrnediate￿ folkn¥iry the AGMI 20 January 2025 16 June PA EVENTS 9 November- Fireworks 5peaacular 7 December- 8ru8e5 XrTia5 Markets 9 December- Wreath Making Evening 14 December- Bruges Xmas Markets 7 March 2025- Qui2 Night Possible tribute night. tbc MAIDSTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARE￿5, ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF ASSEtS AND LIABILMES AS AT 31 AUGUST 2024 The A%social￿n holds the funds as shown in the Balarte Sheet below. The A550ciation5 355ets have been fully depfeckHied_ LIABILITIES The A$S￿lat￿n has no liaTrA"litie5. BALANCE SHEET ASAT 31 AUGUST2024 Accurnulated Fund asat i September 2023 £61,848 Deduct Delicrt fo¥ the year li Accumulèted Fund a5 al 31 A￿U$r 2024 Represented bv.. Lh)yds Banking GroupTfeasurers Act￿Trt Lloyds B3nking Group Business Instant l Account Lloyds Banking Group 32 Day Notice Account Lloyds Bènking Group Fixed Term Dewsit Account (ash float £1,369 £39,266 £10.202 £io,o( £i(xi PIDte.' AIITecewtS&***pwwfttsWtlwh thEL*)>Qs freosweryActsyttJt. wthhJ•¥ Th?￿ttres4 .$2J J12BI 27.239 TOts1AftEr**tt￿dE￿* 61.744 54 ).513 1*769 MAIDsfoNE GRAMMAR SCHCM)I PARENTS. ASSOaATh)N IrK£￿e* Expenditure I Septernber2013to 31 August2024 21. ThÈitr•Tnp5 Th￿atr*.G￿%& Th•alr0-A￿l looPI￿ I.￿3 TNbute.ABBA 475WI 12 lJY Mè(elknnEOU5 A¢m¥ 4334 4X I￿7) Yew13b cihernyXElbnèo￿￿prebY0￿yewA 4735 47S9 MAIDSTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PAREPtrs' N550aATKWI Income& ExpeThditurei St￿ember2023t03I August2OZ4 11￿￿MÉ EXPENDryURE 23 P2.21 FU￿￿[￿5 Otsp￿y QuIlE￿ Wreath mak I9￿7& LO.1 5,537 515 IrA17 IS4 7.3$4 L165 S.425 421 241 5hrek TheatreTry5 rell*wJS E*rtS TotslE*nls 117 3U) 1&31B 11147 alp*FUnd￿r¢ 2nd Hand 475Mp￿h puPriieDt 475Aucl 5514 js.ms LS92 T0wAe(Yc￿ r*talOt￿rFu￿d Ra nyi 462 113 BanklnbvE51 SpttCM￿PTryeS BigPAW l262 Gr￿tsOn& 61.744 IQ513 Totalb•lore5ettkdl 24079 27.239 SÈtW B￿5 TrtIlAfter5ettlEdlw 2Q7Y