Confidential ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date – 01/09/21 To Period end date – 31/08/22** **Charity name: Great Meols Primary School PTA** ## **Charity registration number: 508030** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of pupils in**
**Great Meols Primary 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|**By engaging in activities e.g. discos and**
**fayres in order to provide facilities and**
**equipment which support the school and**
**advance the education of the pupils e.g.**
**PHSE lessons and literacy resources.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit. We also ensure that all**
**year groups benefit from the funded**
**activities each year. Decisions for how**
**funds are allocated are made at PTA**
**meetings in the presence of the**
**Headteacher and Deputy Head Teacher.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The only monetary contribution**
**volunteers make is for costs incurred for**
**supplies which are reimbursed upon**
**production of a receipt.**| |Other||**N/A**| Confidential ## **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|**We funded a library refurbishment project**
**and purchased diversity books to**
**support the school’s reading initiative as**
**well as paying for the BUG Club**
**subscription (an online reading resource**
**for all pupils). The Headteacher**
**confirmed the success of these projects,**
**commenting on how the children’s**
**enthusiasm for books and authors had**
**grown immensely.**
**We also paid for the Life Education**
**Caravan to visit the school providing**
**health education and safety advice in a**
**fun environment.**
**By funding the coaches for the Christmas**
**Pantomime in New Brighton we were able**
**to reduce the cost of this visit ensuring it**
**was more affordable for pupils to attend.**
**The Headteacher commented about how**
**the sales of preloved uniform supported**
**the culture of the MAT Academy. And**
**that the sale of treats on a Friday**
**afternoon had become a positive addition**
**to the school’s routine to mark the end of**
**the week.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| Confidential ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**£16,499.79 raised**
**Closing balance £10,464.67**
**Which is sufficient to cover the next 12**
**months of financial commitments.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To have enough in the bank to cover**
**regular commitments and any up front**
**costs for large events e.g. fayres.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3,500**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|•
**Fayres**
•
**Discos**
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**Refreshment sales**
•
**Christmas cards & gifts sales**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| Confidential **Structure, Governance and** **Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**PTA UK Member Model Constitution**
**(without change)**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|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|**Election to the post of Chair, Treasurer**
**and Secretary at the AGM**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Great Meols Primary School PTA| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|508030| |Charity’s principal address|Great Meols Primary School
Elwyn Road
Meols
Wirral
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nyree Fairbairn|Secretary|N/A|PTA Committee| ||Sarah Holmes|Chair|N/A|PTA Committee| ||Emma Cotgrave|Treasurer|N/A|PTA Committee| ||Caroline Webb|Committee member|N/A|PTA Committee| ||Elizabeth Edgerton|Committee member|19/10/2022(Appointed)|PTA Committee| ||Vanessa Eyres|Committee member|19/10/2022(Appointed)|PTA Committee| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Confidential |||Confidential|Confidential| |---|---|---|---| |**Funds held as custodian**|||| |Description of the
assets held in this
capacity|N/A||| |Name and
objects of the
charity on whose
behalf the assets
are held and how
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assets|N/A||| ## **trustees on behalf of others** ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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Secretary|Treasurer| |||| |||| 4XJJO É t L44•JI L L7Xn A4 C LaV.U A• 4W75 J• 11$7S4 •7 Confidential ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Great Meols Primary school PTA** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Great Meols Primary school PTA for the year ended 31/8/2022. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirement of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusts accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the application 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 examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect@ 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no oncers 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: Name: Elaine Karema Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): N/A Address: 25 Wynstay road, Meols, CH47 5AR Date: 19/06/2023