Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date 01 09 Period end date 31 08 2023 2024 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charlty name Friends of Victoria School Other names charlty Is known by Reglstsred charlty number {If any) 512758 Charity's prlncipal addrnss Victoria School and Specialist Arts College Bell Hill, Northfield Birmingham Postcode B311LD Names ofthe charty trusto08 who manage the charlty Date• •ct•d If not for whol• Trust•• nam• Offico {If any) Nam• of person (or body) •ntitled Int trust•• ifan Mrs C Lane Mrs Sadie Bolton Ms Sara Matthewson Miss Lucy Guppy Mr. Gary Coffey Ms Judi Newman Mrs Pamela Sole Mr Mark Cottam Treasurer Chairperson Secretary President 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charlty. If any, (for example, any custodlan trustees) Name Datss acted If not for whole ear TAR March 2012 Names and addresses of adviser5 (Op￿nal inforniation) o of adviser Name Address Bank Lloyds 798 Bristol Road South, Northfield. Bimingham, B312NP Independent Examiner P&W Socbal 10 Newent Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B312ED Accountants Name of chlef axecutlve or names of senior stsff members (Optional Inforniatlon) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrlptlon of tha charlty's trusts Type of goveming document Constitution adopted 25th November 1998 How the charity is constituted Association Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed annually at the Annual General meeting in November Addltlonal govemance Issues (Optlonal Infonnatlon) You may chooso to indude Each trustee has to sign the code of conduct to ensure.. additional information, where relevant, about: •the organisation is effective, open and accountable; •the highest standards of integrity and stewardship are achieved; •the working relationship with staff and advisers is productive and supportive. The organisation is a member of the Parent Teachers Association UK. {Parentkind) All trustees give their time voluntary and receive no remuneration or other benefits. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the chanty works; relationship wrth any related parties", trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob'ectives and activities 1. To advance the education of the pupils at school by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school not normally provided by the LEA. 2. To promote the children with disabilities at school and in the interests of social welfare and in order to improve their conditions of life to provide recreational facilities for such children. Summary ofthe objects ofthe charty set out in its governing document March 2012 TAR 3. To foster more extended relationships between staff, parents. carers and others assoclated with the school. 4. To engage in activities, which support the school and advan￿ the education and promote the relief of children with disabilities attending it. In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission guidance on public benefits at our trustee meetings. The committee meets to plan fundraising events, lobby on parent and carers behalf s and to discuss ￿h0o1 bids for funding. We approach other charities for money for projects to benefit the pupils in school. We endeavour to ensure that all pupils whatever their age, benefit from the work of Friends of Victoria School. Summary of the maln activltles undertaken for the publlc benefft In relation to these objects (Include wlthln thls sectlon the ststutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guldance 18sued by the Charty Commisslon on publlc benefft) Addltlonal detslls of objectlves and actlvltles (Optlonal Infonnatlonl TAR March 2012 A great contribution is made by member volunteers. We are grateful for the many hourfs volunteers spend fundraising on our behalf. Without this valuable contribution of time, energy and eXPe￿'se we would not have been able to have athieve so much. Volunteers also give of their time to support activities for the children such as setting up the Grotto at Christmas. You may choose to indude further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking; policy programme related investment; • contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012 Section D Summary ofthe main achievements of the charlty during the year Achievements and performance This year has seen the completion of the library project, as well as our usual range of fundraising activities. Autumn Terni 2023 Friends of Victoria Supports the Christmas Market which is held in school every year at the beginning of December. It gives the pupils a lovely Christmas shopping experience and enables them to buy and wrap gifts for their family members. This activity is not aimed at raising funds but at offering the children a learning experience. The aim is to break even. Our Santa Special event was again extremely well supported by our families. This event gives families access to Santa in a very special grotto in an easily accessible environment. Again, our Grotto was created by our willing volunteers over 3 days at the beginning of December. As well as using it at the Santa Special was also used by each class during the last week of term. It provides a multi-sensory environment for the children to visit. Each class was given money for presents largely in the fomi of new equipment for the children. Friends of Victoria also supports the Christmas lunch by providing additional items such as crackers, balloons and chocolate. During the second half of this term work began on the Library and was completed early in 2024. Sprlng Tern 2024 The Spring Temi saw the opening of the new Library in March. This wa3 lovely occasion supported by Friends of Victoria and also many of the Charities who had donated money to the Project. It is now a lovely m¢)dem accessible place for the children to enjoy. We would once again like to thank the following charities who helped make the project possible. The Patrick Trust The Rowlands Trust William Cadbury Trust Eveson Trust Tumer Trust SummorTerni 2024 This term we held our usual Raffle and Summer Fair. The Raffle was extremely well supported and raised over £1500. The Summer Fair was also well supported and the weather was kind to us this year so we could hold it in the grounds of the school. During this temi Friends helped to purchase an eye gaze system for use in the school. This is a very important piece of equipment, as it enables children to be assessed for this way of being able to communicate. Most of the funding came from the Restricted fund for communication. we topped up the balance of 1200 from General funds. We would like to thank the followin Charities for su rtin us this ear: TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Chades Brotherton Trust We are Making a Difference Family Centre Work on the Family Centre has almost been completed with the limited funds that remained for this project. We look f0p￿ard to it finally becoming a useable space. TAR March 2012 Section E Financial review Of the cash we hold at the bank, £5000 is retained to meet unforeseen expenditure. We also hold money in ReSer￿S at this time of year for expenditure on Christmas activities. At our AGM we will give some considerations to projects for the coming ear. Brief ststement ofthe charlty's poIIGy on reserves Dotslls of any funds matsrfalty in deficit Not applicable Further financlal review detslls (Optlonal Information) Fundraising comprises school activities e.g. Summer Fair, Annual Raffle and donations from other charities. We also run a small weekly lottery through Your School Lottery. Funds are used to provide equipment and other benefits for the pupils and projects undertaken by others on behalf of the pupils. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising): how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity., investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustses doclare that they have approvgd the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Signature(s) Full name{s) Posltlon (eg Secretsry, Chair, etc) Dats 13th November 2024 March 2012 TAR CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Frl•ndJJ of Vlclorta Sthool 512758 Receipts and pa ments accounts CC16a For th p•dod trorn To 0110912023 31108r2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•strfctsd fund• R••lrf¢t•d funds Endowm•nt fund• Totsl lun L•s¢ y••r ¢0 lh• n•arut e to th• n•rnt e to nMr•¥l £ A1 R•co1 Donalions Chn8ln598 Mart81 TLC Lc YSL 2.317 7.3•7 10,M7 4.403 230 1.1J4 1,154 P81dc* Tn*i-Iibr8 Florfd• T Arta CAF RO*la￿j8 Rus1 Wllliwn ¢•d si Turmr Truli Da Molhwo D E%*w Tru$1 Swnmgr Fair 324 324 30 iiooo 236 J22 iiooo 009 2,XO 322 Sub tot•l(Gmss income ftlr AR) A2 A•••t and Inv••tm•nt ••l••. 11104 33,230 44134 1DQ,I) Sub tot•1 12,104 31230 49.334 100.096 A3Pa 363 363 943 810 ChnxlmB$ hw si FIofldÈ T 3,$8S 010 MSI CATS I Cofflmwmc Sc $,001 045 QOOl 37N80 435 ￿L￿k*PaU LIB MothBrn D8 F•ihBr¥ D 31.731 31.731 104 104 Sub tot 141M 71.977 23.102 A4 A•¥•l •nd Inw•tmgn¢ urchu••, ••• tsb Sub total 14,166 71.9TT 23,102 Net of r•c•lptslfp•ym•nts) AS Tr•nsf•rs b•tw••n funds ¢￿h lunds ljst year ond Cash lunds thls y•arénd 2.062 30.747 10.000 41.697 19.950 76.994 82.022 fj9.900 130.719 J9.910 76.994 CCXX R18c¢ounts ISS OW1W2024 Addre￿s. P&W Social Accountants 10 Newent Road Birmingham 8312ED Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight material iTatteis ol con￿[￿, (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners) Give here brlef details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. 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