- Annual Committee Report Sept 2024 August 2025 Mosspits Lane Primary Parents Association (Charity Number 506313)
Parents Association elected committee members and registered Trustees: Chair - Hannah Robinson (y1 & 3)
Vice-Chair - Peter Morrow (y3) Secretary - Emma Wain (y3)
Ordinary Committee Members (with voting rights 2024/25)
Sofia Dorian (y3) Stephanie Bellis (y2) Toni McLinden (y3) Jan Stroud (y2 & eyfs) Cheryl Mounsey (y3 & 6) Georgina Powell (y2 & eyfs) Sophie Walton (y2) AnnaMarie Newton (y1 & 5)
Overview
2024/25 was a successful year for the PA despite some difficult circumstances. The Chair was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2024 and so received treatment throughout the academic year. The efforts and dedication of the members of the committee has been greatly appreciated, with Hannah Robinson remaining in the Chair position but mainly doing behind the scenes administrative work. Despite this the PA has £8510.25 in the account at the end of the academic year, comprising £4650.97 from 2024/25 and £3859.28 carried over from 2023/24. We are in talks with the senior leadership team to establish how this money can be invested in lasting ways that benefit all the children. This has previously been about school playground improvements, which we are still hoping to achieve despite the huge costs of items in the current climate.
The committee held 3 formal meetings over the last academic year, with the elected committee members meeting on separate occasions with and without the headteacher to discuss plans and accounts. Voting members each attended at least 2 meetings to retain voting rights. Mosspits Lane PA has relevant policies to adhere to as advised by our insuring
organisation - ParentKind - copies of which are available on the PA section of the school website, or by contacting us on pa@mosspits.com
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Conflict of Interest policy
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Complaints procedure
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Equal Opportunities policy
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Risk Assessment policy
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Safeguarding policy
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Social Media policy
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Volunteering policy
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GDPR audit
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Mosspits PA Constitution
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Mosspits PA Code of Conduct
Whilst we do not have a formal Treasurer in post - the three elected members take equal responsibility for financial monitoring and are the signatories on the bank account. As this year we have exceeded the threshold for submitting more detailed account information (due to us receiving the spacehive forest school grant) we will be engaging with an accountant / person with appropriate skills to provide the required information for the charity commission.
Income/Activities
NovemberFest was a huge challenge with last minute national changes to insurance requirements causing us huge pressures to ensure we were covered, with unplanned expenditure and therefore significantly reduced profit compared to the previous year.
The Christmas raffle, 3 termly discos, tuck shops and bake sales continue to be popular fundraising activities and run easily due to well practised planning and execution. Cauliflower Cards (Christmas artwork) also remains popular and will be continued.
Preloved uniform sorting requires a huge amount of time and effort from committee members - this year we took the decision to only accept branded uniform, have donated all excess stock to other charities and have a more organised system in the limited storage area the PA has. We now ask only for branded uniform in excellent condition.
In 2024/25 we trialled a Superwoman and Superman shop based on requests for Mothers Day and Fathers Day gifts. Whilst well received these events took a great deal of planning and time which we don’t feel is sustainable going forwards.
The nationwide Asda Cashpot initiative provided us with a boost in funds of almost £700 - this is paid by the Asda Foundation, based on the amount of money spent by families on their weekly shop over a period of 3 months in the Autumn.
Our summer festival Mossfest, whilst well received and enjoyed by almost 500 people this year, is not sustainable next year as it stands. The event takes months of planning and the committee members involved the last 2 years aren’t able to commit to another event of this size in the coming year due to their own work and family responsibilities.
Initiatives such as school lottery and Easy Fundraising give us additional funds across the year based on number of supporters to each cause - this information needs to be shared again across the school community to gain more support.
Expenditure
We have provided whole school treats across the year, with a Panto, Easter Eggs and a Circus Experience Day for all the children and we made our annual donation towards the Year 6 prom.
We purchased coats for our vulnerable children within the school and approved several PA funding requests from across the school.
The PA has overseen the expenditure of the grants we received from LCC and Merseyside Combined Authority for our Forest School development. This project has been implemented by Fran Disley, a parent experienced in this field, who has planned and delivered the space and sourced the training required for staff to be able to deliver this important and valuable method of learning and development. The forest school area is now being overseen by Mr Toy and hopefully all the children will benefit from accessing the space.
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |
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| Activities/ Income |
Dare to Scare Disco Autumn Bakesale NovemberFest 24 Cauliflower Cards Uniform Shop Christmas Raffle Tuck Shop PA Carol Singers at Christmas performances |
Glitz and Glam Disco Books and Bake Sale Superwoman Shop Asda Cashpot |
Tuck Shop and Plants Sale Summer Rainbow Disco Superman Shop Mossfest |
| Expenditure | PA advertising banner Coats for vulnerable children Kids club equipment Storage boxes for playground sports equipment |
Whole school panto Easter Eggs for all children Lego for all classes Cones for Road Safety on Woolton Road |
Whole school circus experience day Donation to Year 6 prom PA System for the school Subscription to ‘Picture News’ (age appropriate news info) |
Finance Report
| Finance Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising andgrant income | Income | Expenditure | Profit |
| Spacehive - Combined Authority grant | 23376.42 | 23376.42 | |
| Local Councillor Fund - LCC | 1500 | 1500 | |
| Disco's | 2995.9 | 935.81 |
2060.09 |
| Bake /Tuck/Uniform Sales | 1548.30 | 96 |
1452.3 |
| School Lottery | 1068.60 | 1068.60 | |
| NovemberFest | 1194 | ||
| Christmas Raffle | 1372 | 100.74 |
1271.26 |
| Cauliflower Cards | 251.9 | 251.9 | |
| Asda Cashpot | 696.27 | 696.27 | |
| EasyFundraising | 197.71 | 197.71 | |
| Superwoman/Superman Shop | 1023 | 634.6 |
388.4 |
| Mossfest | 2903 | ||
| 34030.10 | 1767.23 |
36359.95 |
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| Expenditure | |||
| Forest School spend | 21105.72 | ||
| Event Supplies | 1767.23 | ||
| PA Advertising | 202.68 | ||
| Coats for vulnerable children | 245.18 | ||
| Whole School Panto | 1085 | ||
| Easter Eggs | 400.25 | ||
| Circus Day | 300 | ||
| Outdoor PA system | 1676 | ||
| Year 6prom | 60 | ||
| SkipHire | 197 | ||
| Playground Markings | 1500 | ||
| Parentkind subscription(insurance) | 162 | ||
| Fundingrequest - storage boxes | 1170.75 | ||
| Fundingrequest - Kids club | 234 | ||
| Fundingrequest - lego | 700 | ||
| Fundingrequest - traffic cones | 183 | ||
| Fundingrequest - Picture News | 180 | ||
| 31168.81 |
| Detail | |
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| total forest schoolgrants | 24876.42 |
| Remainingas end July2025 | 3770.11 | ||
| Difference between income/expend excludingforest school =profit 2024/25 | 1421.03 | ||
| Remainingforest schoolgrant | 3770.11 | ||
| profit 2023/24 carried over | 9454.96 | ||
| TSB bank balance as of end July2025 | 14645.70 | ||
| PA balance(-remainingforest schoolgrant)as of end July2025 | 10875.59 | ||
Mosspits Lane Primary School PA Annual Accounts 2024/25
| Date | Event | Income | Expendit ure |
Proft | |
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| August 2024 |
School Lottery | £120.90 | 120.9 | ||
| EasyFundraising | £37.90 | 37.9 | |||
| September 2024 |
School Lottery | £133.60 | 133.6 | ||
| PA advertising (fag) | £59.38 | ||||
| October 2024 |
Dare2Scare Disco | £1,215.9 0 |
Snacks | £54.90 | |
| DJ | £250.00 | £911 | |||
| Spacehive - Grant money for Forest School |
£23,376. 42 |
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| Local Councillor Fund | £1,500.0 0 |
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| Coats for vulnerable children |
£245.18 | ||||
| Autumn Bakesale | £481.00 | 481 | |||
| School lottery | £13.50 | 13.5 | |||
| Playground Markings (cheque) |
£1,500 | ||||
| SkipHire(cheque) | £197 | ||||
| Panto (January) (cheque £1000, BACS £85) |
£1,085 | ||||
| November 2024 |
Novemberfest | £1,194 | |||
| School Lottery | £79.80 | 79.8 | |||
| Easyfundraising | £97.08 | 97.08 | |||
| PA funding application - storage boxes |
£1,170.75 | ||||
| PA funding application - kids club |
£234.00 | ||||
| PA advertising (banner) | £143.30 | ||||
| Tuck Shop | £147 | £147.00 | |||
| December 2024 |
Christmas Rafe | £1,372 | Tickets | 100.74 | £1,271. 26 |
| School lottery | £105.90 | 105.9 | |||
| Tuck shop | £88 | 88 | |||
| January 2025 |
Parentkind membership | £162 | |||
| School lottery | £96.60 | 96.6 | |||
| Caulifower Cards | £251.90 | 251.9 | |||
| Uniform Shop | £137.10 | 137.1 | |||
| February 2025 |
Glitz and Glam Disco (197 tickets) |
£985 | Snacks | £65 | £695 |
| DJ | £225 | ||||
| School lottery | £78.70 | 78.7 | |||
| £12.30 | 12.3 | ||||
| Easyfundraising Q4 | £27.35 | 27.35 | |||
| PA fundingapplication - | £700 |
| lego | |||||
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| Tuck shop | £104.00 | £69 | £35 | ||
| March 2025 | Books and Bakes Sale | £353.20 | 353.2 | ||
| School lottery | £74.90 | 74.9 | |||
| Asda Cashpot | £696.27 | 696.27 | |||
| Superwoman Shop (168 sold) |
£504.00 | Plants | £183.60 | ||
| Sundries - Amazon card payment 19th March |
£27 |
£293.40 | |||
| Easter Eggs | 400.25 | ||||
| PA funding request - trafc cones |
£183 | ||||
| April 2025 | Tuck Shop and Plants Sale |
£238 | Plants | £27 | £211 |
| School lottery | £76.20 | 76.2 | |||
| May2025 | Summer Rainbow Disco | £795 | Snacks | 73.91 | |
| Decorations | £42 | ||||
| DJ | £225 | 454.09 | |||
| School lottery | £103.60 | 103.6 | |||
| EasyFundraising | 35.38 | 35.38 | |||
| Jun 1 | School lottery | 67.5 | 67.5 | ||
| PA funding request - Picture News |
£180 | ||||
| Superman shop (173 sold) |
519 | Pocket hugs | £200 | 95 | |
| Cups | £165 | ||||
| Bags | £59 | ||||
| PA funding - Circus Experience Day |
Hula Hula | £300 | |||
| Jul 1 | Mossfest | £2,903 | |||
| PA system for school | 1676 | ||||
| Support ofy6prom | 60 | ||||
| School lottery | 105.1 | 105.1 | |||
| Forest school - spacehive spend |
21105.72 | ||||
| £34,029.6 0 |
31168.81 | 11483.5 3 |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Mosspits Lane Primary Parents Association On accounts for the year nded 3110712025 Charity no (rf any) 506313 Set out on pages -.iber -e fiurllce of add.1iThnal shÈetsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abové charty {Yhe Trusf) fort1 year ended . l 10712025. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsibl8 for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in resped 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 the applicable Direclions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records wre not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wilh the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COnmS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 12105126 Name: Aimee Sumner Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 23 Lan Lane Liverpool L15 6TS IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts- directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the 8xaminerwishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018