## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025** **Charity name: Flax Bourton School Association** ## **Charity registration number: 293218** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Association are to
advance the education of the pupils of the
School by providing and assisting in the
provision of facilities for the education at the
School.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Association arranges and undertakes
events at the school throughout the year
designed to help enrich the pupils learning
and provide an inclusive school community.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees and other committee members
have always kept in mind the guidance
issued by the charity commission on public
benefit. Activities and fundraising ideas have
this in mind.| |||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We rely heavily on volunteers to run our
fundraising events and are extremely
grateful for the huge collective number of
hours that many people spend helping us.
They donate time, ideas, and enthusiasm.
It would not be possible without them.| 1 ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During the year, the charity supported the
school through a number of fundraising and
community activities. These included a
Fireworks Event, Danceathon, Wealth
Making activities and a Christmas Fair, all of
which generated funds to support the
charity’s objectives while encouraging
participation from pupils, families and the
wider community.
The charity also made a financial
contribution towards the development of the
Maple Class garden. This has provided an
improved outdoor space to support learning
and wellbeing for pupils who use the area.
Match funding was provided by the Lloyds
Foundation.
Overall, the charity’s activities have helped
to enhance school facilities and resources,
benefiting pupils directly and contributing
positively to the wider school community**.**| 2 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During the year the charities income was
£34,385 with expenditure of £42.413 and a
deficit for the year of £8,028| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The remaining funds are held to cover
expenditure at school over the academic
year. This spending is agreed during the
year by the committee.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the year end reserves are £32,511 which
are all free reserves held in cash| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Currently there are no concerns the charity
is not a going concern| |||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charities principal funding sources are
through donations and surplus from events
ran during the year.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Any surplus reserves are held in the
charities deposit account earning interest.
Due to the nature of size of the charity the
trustees deem this acceptable.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Costs of running fundraising events are ever
increasing and the margin of profit on these
events are therefore being squeezed. We
are
also, conscious that the school community
are being hit by rising costs of living and do
not want to increase ticket sale prices for
events that we run**.**Volunteers time is critical
to the charity as there are no paid staff.| 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution adoptedNovember2019| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed or reappointed
annually at the Annual General Meeting
held in November.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The core committee members currently
consist of a chair, vice-chair, treasurer
and two secretaries.
As per the constitution parents and
guardians of all children attending the
school are deemed to be members of the
association.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|As per our constitution we work
alongside and to provide assistance to,
Flax Bourton Primary School.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Flax Bourton School Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FBSA| |Registered charity number|293218| |Charity’s principal address|Flax Bourton Primary School
Station Road
Flax Bourton
BS48 1 UA| 4 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||EmilyGazey|||| ||Emma Ghent|||| ||Abigail Henderson|||| ||Mark Francis|||| ||Laura Aitken|||| ||Fiona Furzeland|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 5 |**Flax Bourton School Association**|**Flax Bourton School Association**|**293218**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|9/1/2024
**To**|8/31/2025|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**10,284**
Grants
**2,956**
Fundraisingfor Events
**20,841**
Interest Received
**304**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,385**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 34,385**
**A3 Payments**
Operating Expenses
**455**
Costs of Fundrasing Events
**41,958**
Benefits to school
**-**
Carbon Offsetting
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 42,413**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 42,413**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 8,028**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**40,539**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 32,511**
**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 £**
**10,284**
**2,956**
**20,841**
**304**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,385**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,385**
**455**
**41,958**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,413**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**42,413**
**- 8,028**
**-**
**40,539**
**32,511**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**10,284**|**31,589**| ||||**2,956**|**-**| ||||**20,841**|**-**| ||||**304**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**34,385**|**31,589**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**34,385**|**31,589**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**455**|**-**| ||||**41,958**|**5,944**| ||||**-**|**5,434**| ||||**-**|**83**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**42,413**|**11,461**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**42,413**|**11,461**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 8,028**|**20,128**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**40,539**|**-**| ||**-**||**32,511**|**20,128**| ## **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**|**Details**
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**32,511**
**-**
**-**
**32,511**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Date of Signature Print Name approval ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **Report to the trustees Flax Bourton School Association** **On accounts for the year ended** 31[st] August 2025 **Charity no (if any)** 293218 **Set out on pages** ## 8 and 9 ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/08/2025** . As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 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:** **Date:** 3 February 2026 6 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Name:** Lisa Anthoney **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** ATT, CIOT/CTA, SRA **Address:** 79 Clevedon Road, Failand, Bristol BS8 3UL ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **Oct 2018** 7 **IER**