Charity Information for the year ended 31 December 2024 TRUSTEES
TRUSTEES Anna Hull Beverley Savage Alex Rothery PRINCIPAL ADDRESS Woodlands Meed School Chanctonbury Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9EY REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 306356 COMMITTEE Chair Anna Hull Treasurer Alex Rothery Secretary Beverley Savage Members Sarah Overall Dawn Fahy
Friends of Woodlands Meed
Treasurer's Report for the year ending 31 December 2024
In summary we started the year with a working balance of £62448 During the year we funded £ 18970 of activities and ended the year with a balance of £67992, of which £46454 has already been earmarked or restricted.
Receipts:
Receipts - this year's total is a fantastic £29125. This is made up of generous donations and sponsored activities as detailed on our 2024 Activites page. The Friends of Woodlands Meed were delighted to join with local disability charity 'Kangaroos' again this year to be able to put on the 'KanagFriends' Festive Fair, this made each charity £2717 profit. FOWM has also benefitted from generous donations from sponsored activities via JustGiving, the Tomathon and Emus running the London Marathon was an amazing fundraising event for us and involved everyone at Woodlands Meed getting active - thank you Tom for all your efforts and Yasmine for starting the Aerobathon ! We are extrememly grateful to the local community groups that continue to support us so generously, Burgess Hill Lions, Choir & Ko, The Weald Theatre Group, NGS Hassocks and local businesses, Hunters and Embarr Developments have continued to support the work of FOWM very generously. Thank you to everyone who has helped make our Fundriaising such a success this year, inparticular our parents, staff, supporters and students who help us make a difference at Woodlands Meed.
Payments:
This year we have spent £4816 on Wishlist items for the teachers to have items above and beyound the essential for their classrooms. We have been able to support the set up of the 'Inspire Cafe' at the College site providing funding for their set up costs of coffee grinder, china, equipment and logo and branding set up and Cafe signage. Other activites funded include - supporting the School & College with reward money totalling £3608, the Leavers Prom (£1316), as well as supporting the Meeds Job Club, College Enterprise Group, Woodlands Meed Arts Week and Sports Leaders and the Woodlands Meed Alumni. We also provided fudning for the Elderflower Fields SEND outreach initiative for materials and set up costs to help us reach a wider audience of families.
As our income for the year was above the threshold of £25,000, an independent examination of the accounts will be carried out by Emma Jane Pryor (ACMA) and these Financial Statements will be submitted to The Charity Commission once approved by the committee member of The Friends of Woodlands Meed.
Anna Hull Alex Rothery Chair Treasurer 24th October 2025
Friends of Woodlands Meed
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2024
| Receipts | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Donations over £500 | note 1 | 15839.12 |
| Donations and fundraising under £500 | note 2 | 13285.95 |
| Total Receipts | 29125.07 | |
| Payments | ||
| Purchases over £500 | note 4 | 12712.55 |
| Purchases under £500 | note 5 | 10868.01 |
| Total Payments | 23580.56 | |
| Total Movement in Funds | 5545 | |
| FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD from 2023 | 62448 | |
| Rounding Differential | 1 | |
| FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD to 2025 | 67992 |
Friends of Woodlands Meed
Notes to Financial Statement for the year ending 31 December 2024
| Receipts | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Note | 1 | Donations over £500 | |
| Cuckfield Bonfire | 900 | ||
| Weald theatre | 2500 | ||
| Alan Greenway | 1000 | ||
| Jo, Amy, Kate | 200 Donation was 1050 but 850 was used as cash to pay Prom band | ||
| Choir + Co | 2254.38 | ||
| BH Lions | 500 | ||
| Progressive Design | 500 | ||
| Embarr | 1800 | ||
| Penelope Wish | 6184.74 Donation was 6250 - JG fees | ||
| 15839.12 |
Note 2 Donations and Fundraising under £500
13285.95 TOTAL 29125.07
Note 3 Events and other fundraisers PROFIT - included in above Eastfundraising 174 Christmas lights 217.83 207.83 2023, 10 2024 NGS Hassocks 418.34 Sponsored Walk 821.71 minus JG fees Festive Fair 2717.06 2023 profit from event Mountain on tour 609.22 total 683.07 but 663.20 cash banked in 2025, (expences 73.85) Emus Marathon/Tomathon 5082.03 minus JG fees Aerobathon 657.6 minus JG fees Sports day refreshments -29.49 made 194.93 but expences 224.42
755 minus Just giving fees
Dawn Fahy walk
| Note 4 | Purchases | |
|---|---|---|
| Purchases over £500 | ||
| Wishlist | 4816.67 | |
| Arts week donation | 500 | |
| Murial for Bike shed | 600 | |
| Pupil rewards | 3608.39 | |
| Malvern Shed | 2147.5 | |
| Tufftrays | 1039.99 | |
| Note 5 | Purchases under £500 | 12712.55 |
| 10868.01 | ||
| Total | 23580.56 |
Note 6 Purchases from Restricted Funds and Committed Spend - included in above Restricted Fund Purchases
| College rebuild | 3378.65 |
|---|---|
| MJC | 47 |
| College Cafe | 1033.28 |
| Tomathon | 1147.18 |
| Enterprise | 80.61 |
| Penelope Wish | 160.2 |
| Lions for Raffle | 314.45 |
| 6161.37 | |
| Committed Spend | Purchases |
| Pupil Reward | 3608.39 |
| Xmas cards | 100.9 |
|---|---|
| Sports hoodies | 473 |
| Prom | 1316.86 |
| Alumni | 242.96 |
| Subscriptions | 369 |
| Arts week | 500 |
| STEM | 480 |
| 7091.11 | |
| Total | 13252.48 |
| Note | 7 | Current Restricted Funds at end of 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Re-Build | 1308.35 | ||
| MJC | 198.16 | ||
| College Cafe | 566.72 | ||
| Plowright Donation | 8450.33 | ||
| Digit for coding workshop | 400 | ||
| Karen O Connor Charity Donation | 3754.38 | ||
| ISOC Jem Lee Indep state | 1500 | ||
| Tomathon | 9302.79 | ||
| Jo, Amy + Kate | 1050 | ||
| Enterprise (college) | 319.39 | ||
| Residential | 3820 | ||
| College trips - Penelope Wish | 6089.8 | ||
| BH Lions for Raffle | 185.55 | ||
| 36945.47 |
| Note | 8 | Committed Spend held in reserve for 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Giving | 216 | |||
| Parent Kind Membership (insurance) | 153 | |||
| Lottery License | 20 | |||
| Reserve Policy for unexpected events | 2000 | |||
| Annual Repeat Spends | 7120 | |||
| Including Pupil reward |
4050 | |||
| Arts week | 500 | |||
| College prom | 1200 | |||
| Stem | 500 |
9509 Total Restricted and Commited Funds 46454.47
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| Friends of Woodlands Meed | ||||||
| Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024 | ||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Current Assets - Unrestricted Funds | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Bank Account | 21537 | 27743 | 24367 | |||
| Cash in Hand | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Event Floats Held | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Current Assets - Restricted Funds (see note 7,8) | ||||||
| Bank Account | 46454 | 34705 | 89719 | |||
| Other Debtors | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 67992 | 62448 | 114086 | |||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES | 67992 | 62448 | 114086 |
These financial statements were approved by the members of the committee on 24th October 2025 and are signed on their behalf by
Anna Hull Chair