## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **ACCOUNTS** **YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Registered Charity Number 310621** ## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **INDEX TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **Page** - 1 General Information - 2 Trustees’ Report - 4 Independent Examiner’s Report - 5 Income and Expenditure Account - 6 Balance Sheet ## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **GENERAL INFORMATION** **Trustees and Officers** David Atkinson – President and Trustee Delia McMeekin – Chair and Trustee Dominic Harter – Treasurer and Trustee ## **Charitable Status** The Friends of Dr. Challoner’s Grammar School is an unincorporated association, which is registered with the Charity Commission. Charity Number 310621. ## **Objects** The object of the Association is to advance the education of the pupils at Dr. Challoner’s Grammar School by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school not normally provided by the LEA. ## **Registered Address** Dr. Challoners School Chesham Road Amersham Bucks HP6 5HA ## **Bankers** Barclays Bank PLC 4 Sycamore Road Amersham HP6 5DT Page 1 ## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT – for the year ended 31 August 2023** The Trustees present their Annual Report, together with the accounts of the Friends of Dr. Challoner's Grammar School for the year ended 31 August 2023. ## **Background and Scope** The Friends is an unincorporated association, which is registered with the Charity Commission, Charity Number 310621. The Friends provide financial assistance with the cost of the educational facilities provided by Dr. Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham. ## **Financial Review of the Year** The financial activities are summarised on page 5 of the accounts. During the year the income of the Friends was £33,944 all of which was generated by fundraising activities and donations. ## **Future Plans** The Friends will continue to raise funds for the school and assist with the cost of capital projects. ## **Organisation** All decisions affecting the management of the Friends are taken by the Committee, who meet on a regular basis. ## **Appointment of Trustees** All members of the Committee are Trustees of the charity and have control of the Friends, its property and funds. Committee members/Trustees shall be elected at the AGM and shall hold office until the next AGM. All committee members/Trustees, except those who are co-opted, must be members of the Friends. Committee members/Trustees shall have the power to co-opt committee members/Trustees at any time, and co-opted committee members/Trustees shall serve until the date of the next AGM. The number of co-opted committee members/Trustees must not be more than 50% of the total number of committee members/Trustees. Page 2 ## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT – for the year ended 31 August 2023 (continued)** ## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts for each financial year which show the charity's incoming resources and application of resources during the year and of its state of affairs at the end of the year. In preparing those accounts, the Trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether recommended practice has been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; - and prepare the accounts on the going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 1993 as amended by the Charities Act 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the charity's assets and hence, for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: Signed : ________________ Signed : _______________ **Delia McMeekin** Trustee **Dominic Harter** Trustee Date of approval : 18[th] January 2024 Page 3 ## **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - for the year ended 31 August 2023** |Events
Challoner's Lottery
**Accumulated Funds at 31 August**
**Income**
Profits from:
Donations received
**Expenditure**
Administration and general expenditure
Donations to the school
**Surplus/(Deficit) for the year**
Funds brought forward at 1 September|**£**
**£**
32,807
32,807
33,944
-240
-21,557
-21,797
12,147
10,746
**22,893**
**2023**
1,137
|**£**
**£**
32,807
32,807
33,944
-240
-21,557
-21,797
12,147
10,746
**22,893**
**2023**
1,137
| |---|---|---| |||| |||32,807
1,137| |||33,944
-21,797| |||| |||12,147
10,746| |||**22,893**| Page 4 **FRIENDS OF DR. CHALLONER'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL** ## **BALANCE SHEET - at 31 August 2023** |**BALANCE SHEET Year End**
Debtors
Prepayments
Cash on hand
Cash at Bank
**Events Float**
Creditors and Accruals
**Net Current Assets**
**Accumulated Funds at 31 August**
Represented by:
**Current Assets**
**Stock**
**Less: Current Liabilities**|**2023**
**£**
**22,893**
Page 5
0
-919
644
23,006
22,731
503
200
-541
**22,893**|**2022**
**£**
**11,003**| |---|---|---| |||Page 5
0
0
1688.4
12,132| |||13,821
522
200
-3,540| |||**11,003**| Page 5 Dr. Challoners School Chesham Road Amersham Bucks HP6 5HA Page 6