## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date: 1/09/23 to Period end date: 31/08/2024** ## **Charity name: Queenswood Parents Association** ## **Charity registration number:801650** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||~~SORP~~|| |---|---|---| ||~~SORP~~
reference
~~Para 1.17~~|| |Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document|~~Para 1.17~~|The object of the Queenswood
Parents Association (QPA) is to
support the school’s Principal in
achieving the aims and objectives of
Queenswood School, mostly those in
relation to bringing the school
community (girls, parents and
families, teachers and the school). In
furtherance of this object the
Association may:
•
foster more extended relationships
between the Staff and parents;
and
•
engage in activities, including
fundraising, which shall support
the school| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular the activities
projets or services
identified in the
accounts.|•
Para
1.17
and
1.19
~~Para 1.18~~|•
Sports Day Café
•
Queenswood Ball
•
Fireworks display| |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 all
relevant guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ~~GD~~ SORP reference |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Helping out at the events held, such
as sports day café, summer ball
and fireworks display through
running stalls and donations to
fund them. Other includes
donating cakes and such like.| |Other||| |||| ## **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|Bringing the school community
together for social events and to
raise money to subsidise the future
events.
The school community as a whole
benefits from the social activities.
Bringing the girls, parents and school
staff together - building community.
Successfully held, sports day café, the
Queenswood ball and Fireworks held
biannually.
These created a space for an
informal, social and networking
events for everyone. Boosting
relationships between the teachers,
girls and parents.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities Para 1.41 against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of theperiod|~~Para 1.21~~


|Profit of £5,495.00
See accounts at end of this report| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining
the policy for holding
reserves stating why
they are held|~~Para 1.22~~|If any funds are held it is to
use to fund future events, or
to build up a pot to use and
invest in something for the
school| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22

|£14,896.00| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|~~Para 1.22~~
|| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|~~Para 1.24~~
|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
goingconcern|~~Para 1.23~~|None| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds Para 1.47 (including any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the Para 1.46 principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Description of charity’s trusts: ~~Para 1.25~~ Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) ~~Para 1.25~~ How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) ~~Para 1.25~~ 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 **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure Para 1.51 and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Queenswood Parents Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity
uses|| |Registered charity
number|801650| |Charity’s principal
address|Queenswood
Shepherd's Way
Brookmans Park
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 6NS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicola Stella|Co-Chair||| ||Lisa Sharp|Co-Chair||| ||Cheryl Addo|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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**
**wholeyear**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **n/a** held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ## **Type of adviser** **Name Address** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** None ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** ## **Queenswood Parents' Association Accounts for Period Ending 31 August 2023** ## **Statement of Income & Expenses** |**Income for Year**
**Expenditure for Year**
**Net Profit/ (Loss) for the Year**|**Ball**
**Income**
**Sports**
**Day**
**Income**
**2nd**
**hand**
**Uniform**
**Fund-**
**raising**
**Bank**
**Interest**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
20,324
3,033
3,227
101
211
26,896
(20,905)
(496)
(21,401)| |---|---| ||**(580)**
**2,536**
**3,227**
**101**
**211**
**5,495**| ## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities** |Barclays
**Cash at bank**
Debtors
**Current Assets**
Creditors
**Current Liabilities**
**Net Assets**
Reserves b/f
In year profit
**Reserves**|**£**
26,996| |---|---| ||**26,996**
-| ||**26,996**
(12,120)| ||**(18,635)**| ||**14,876**| ||9,381
5,495| ||**14,876**| Independent Examiners Report to the Tru8tee8 of Queenswood Parents Assoclatlon- Year Ended 31 August 2024 I report to the trustee on my examinalion of theanNal accounts of Queen8v41)od Parents Assoclatlon I'the Trust'l for the year ended 31 August 2024. Respon31bllltles and Ba￿3 ottho Roport Tho Charlty Trustees of the Trust are re8ponslble lor the preparatlon ol the accounts in accordance wllh the requlrements of the Chantos Act 2011{'Ihè Aci'}. I report In iespect ol my ex8minatlon of tho Trust's accounts carried out under sectlon 145 ol the 2011 Act. In c8rrylng out my examlnation I have foll(w￿d all 8pplicablo dlrectlons glven bythe Ch8rlty Commlsslon under seci5on 14515Mb) ol the Act. Independentoxamlnerg statement I have cornplet8d my ex8rnin8tion. I confirm th81 no m8ter181 metters h8ve come io 8ttontion In connectlon y￿th the examlnationthat gNO mecause to believe th8t in 8rty materialrespect.. 11 Accountlng records were not kept In respect ot th8 Twst as rgqulred by section 130 ofthe Act; or 21 The accounts do not accord bvilh those records-. or 31 The accounls do not comply V￿th the 8ppIic8ble requlrements ¢on¢emlng ihe torm and content ol the accounts Sgt out In the Charities (Accoums and Report81 Re8ulatlons 2008 lotherth8n ary requlrement that the Bccounts give B *rue 8nd tsir vlew. ￿*[ch Is not a matter consldered 8$ part 018n independent examlnatlon). I havo no concorns Bnd h8ve come across no other m8tters in connecllon vdlh the 8xamination lo which attention should be drawn In ihts report to enable a propor understandlng of tho accounts lo be reached. signoP7 21 Nam•: Ryan Slmmons Qu81ified Chartered Account IACA) Addre••: 51 Tall)ot Streel. Hllchln. Herts SG5 2QU Date: 11 Fe￿￿ary 2025