2023-09-30-accounts

Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2023

BREAKSPEARE SCHOOL PARENT STAFF ASSOCIATION

Charity registration number: 292432

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Financial period

Financial period start date

01/10/2022

Financial period end date

30/09/2023

Income and spending

Income £

£43,295

Spending £

£41,948

Number of contracts from government

How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

0

Number of grants from government

How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

0

Income breakdown

Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)

£40,300

Charitable activities

£0

Other trading activities

£0

Investments

£0

Other

£2,995

Grantmaking

Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?

No

Recipients of grants

Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals

£0

Other charities

£0

Other organisations that are not charities

£0

Trustee payments

Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?

⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid

Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?

No

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom

Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

No

Trading subsidiaries

Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?

No

Charity contact details correct

Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?

Yes

Charity headquarters details correct

Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?

Yes

Charity contact address

BREAKSPEARE SCHOOL

GALLOWS HILL LANE

ABBOTS LANGLEY WD5 0BU

Charity Headquarters address

BREAKSPEARE SCHOOL

GALLOWS HILL LANE

ABBOTS LANGLEY

WD5 0BU

Property

Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return? No

Membership type

Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?

no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure

Employment contract types

People were permanently employed by your charity

0

People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity

0

Self-employed people were working for your charity

0

Governance policies

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Not applicable

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Not applicable

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Not applicable

Complaints policy and procedures

Not applicable

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Not applicable

Internal risk management policy and procedures

Not applicable

Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Not applicable

Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Not applicable

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Not applicable

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Not applicable

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Not applicable

Social media policy and procedures

Not applicable

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Not applicable

Safeguarding

Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period

of the return?

No

Serious Incidents

Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?

There were no incidents to report

External risk and impact

Donations,

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - grants

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - contracts

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - investment

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Expenditure on charitable activities

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Expenditure on overheads

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of volunteers

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of employees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of trustees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Fundraising activities

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Capacity to deliver services

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Total service demand

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Volunteers

Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?

5

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):

⊠Other
Given names	Eliza
Family name	Barlow
Telephone	07427671097
number
Email	[e-mail]
Date submitted	29/07/2024

It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.

Trnstees, annual rnport for th• pèrlod Period start date Dal 1011111 Year ',01 io 12022 Perlod end dale Day To 30 Year 2023 Fn>m 09 Charfty name 8rnakspeare School Parent staff As50¢iats'on Other namos charlty Is known by Friends At 8rnakspear8- FA8 Reglsterqd charfty number (If any) 292432 Charlty'$ prlnclpal address 8rnakSp&a￿ School Galk>ws Lane. Abbots Langley. Hertlorfshlre Postcode WD5 OBU Naffles of the charlty trustsos vtho manage the charity T￿stee name Office (If any} Datss acted If not for whol• yoar Name of person (or bodyl entltled to appolnt trnste• {If any} Mawarnt Camemn Eliza Bartow Halley Tanner Ghair Trnasurnr SO¢￿tary N•mes of tho trustee8 for the charlty, If any. (for examplé, any custodlan trust88s Name Dales actod If not for whole year Naffl￿ and addmses of advl8ors (Optlonal Infomiatlon) TY￿ of advlsor Name Address Namo of Chlef executlve or names of Sonlor staff m8mbero Ioptlonal Infonnation)

Structure, governance and management Descrlption of the charlty tNsts Constitullon adopled November2019 Type of goveming d(Kument ,ed. How the charlty is constituted log ifLisI Bssocialion. coillpany,, Unincon)ornled association Trustee selection method$ leg. appoii)led l)y. elecied by) Trnstees a￿ appointed 0rrn8pp￿"nte￿ annually at the Annual General Meeling in autumn school tenn Addltlonal gov•mance issues {Optlonal Infomiation) You may choose lo Include addltional inf0m￿tiOn. where levant. about.. PoI￿leS and procedures adopted for the induction training of trustees The charity's organisalional Structure and any wider network with whi¢ th8 charity works Relationship with ￿ related parbe$ Truslee$' consideratl¢Jfb of mapr risks and the system and procedures to manage them

Objectives aiid activities The objectives of Ihe Associafyon a￿ to advan￿ the education of the pupls of the 8rnakSpea￿ School by providing or8ssisling in the prowsion, of facililies at the School notnonnaitypmvid8d by the Ed￿allOn Authority. The alxive may in¢lud8." - fostertng extended relationships behen the slaff, parnnts, and othe asso¢lated ¥vith the School (Friends) - engaging in actiwlies thatsupport the School and advance the educallon and wpll-being of the puplts att8ndlng it Summary ofthe obiecls oftho charity setout In its g0￿mIng document The Covid19 pandemic Is sLrll hgving a strong Impact on fvndrnising abililies and donations aGmss th8 chaiity sector. However we have ufrlized exisling funds and rnstriGted fvnds to.. pmvide maintenance forschool vehicles. demo of an OmniW￿ta ffoorpmjeGtorto pmvide sensory enrichment, support staffs mental welkbeing by pmvidng access to counselling, pmvide eniichments forschool such as drdma thernpy 8nd a mobile fam7 visit, pmvide food bank support forstaff andpuwllan7ifves that8 stwggling finanoally. These aclivibes supported thé school Infrastn￿1U￿, cuniculum enrichment, and the welkbwng of thè pupits andschoolstaff attenth'ng it. maln Summary of tho actlvltles undèrtakon for the publi¢ bonefft about these objects Additional d•tails of objectives and actlvltles (Optional Infomiatlon) You may choose to include further slalements. where relev￿t, about: Policy on grantmaking Poli¢y programme reled investment Contributlon made by Volunteers Surnmary of the maln achlevements of the charlty during the year. We a￿ verygratefvl for the donations we rnceived fmm the public, specn7cally the donation of £38K that allowed us to pmwde wtal support during the difficult bme of the post-pandemic period for the staff and the students. In particular we arp very pmud that we had the funds available to support the vulnernble school comn7unty and mental well-being of its membern, as weN as start exciting extracumcularaclivities such as drnma and music therdpy.

Fiiiaiicial review Total cash at ckising FY2023 was £170K. This consists of£85K in Nahvest B8nk and £86K heky in COIF deposts. The main financial risk to the charity is rnduced donations and fvndrnising ac￿v￿85 due to Covidt9. The charity has no opeftbonal costs other Ihan the public liabilily insurdnce of £1￿ per annuum. Hence. il is pmtected from immediate 17sk. Thern is a sm811 income that the charity incurs every year fmm the COIF deposit interest (inteTrst rntes vary). Interest retained during FY2023 is £3K. The charity rnsfricts its fvnds to maintain certain pmvisions. includi vehicle and sports hall maintenance. and therapies and enrichment lor students and staff. Brlef statement of the charttyb policy on reserv•s Details of any funds materlally In deftlt Not applicable Further Ilnancial roview detalls: (Opllonal infomiatlon) You may choose to InCl￿e additional infomiation. where relevant about: The tharity's principal sources of funds (induding any fundrai$lng)- How expendi￿re has supported the key objective$ of the charity. Investment policy and objectives induding ethical investsrnnt poli ad￿ted. Other optional 11)forniatio rshort mi future - Continue fr) support to schoolconvnunifys mental wel&being. - Continue to prnwde enrichment forsttKfents andstaff. rm uman - Resume fundraising aciivlties andiTrpetson ac11v￿e$ s￿h as Summaror Christmas Fayrns, Eastsregg hunts. etc... to rdise fvnds - Rewew how ID salety lacihtata Glass outings in the comnwnty lorpu￿1S and stsff post-pandemic. - PU￿haSe an additionalAcheeva bed ft)rthe school. - Purchase an Omnivista ffoorpmiector to pmvide sensory eniiGhment. - PU￿has0 a new swlng ft>rthe sensory Gi￿U Declaration The tru5tses declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Slgnod on bohalf of the charlty* trustees Slgnaturol81 Full namels) Margarei Cameron Posltlonlog secretary, chalr, etcl Chalr Dats 0111012023