## **Charity Name: St. Colmcilles PTA (ref NIC 100389) Trustees Annual Report** 

## **Financial Year from 01 September 2015 to 31 August 2016** 

## **Summary of Main Activities and Achievements** 

St. Colmcilles PTA was very active in the financial period with regular fundraising activities carried out. These included: 

- The monthly draw in Terms 1 & 2 with a £10 donation per entry and six monthly prizes of £100 to a winner drawn during school assembley. 

- Organising the Christmas Craft Fair with donations received from partcipating stall holders and from tea & coffee sold during the event. 

- Collection of £1 donations from childen for a Non-Uniform Day prior to Christmas. 

- Organising the Easter Raffle with a collection of donated prizes being offered. 

- Selling tea, coffee, water, donated traybakes and candyfloss during Sports Day. 

- Organising a "Smarties Challenge" where the school children were given a tube of Smarties and asked to fill the empty tube with as many 20p coins as they could save. The main achievement in the period was accruing sufficient funds to cover the cost of purchasing 30 iPads as a donation to the school. These were the first iPads available to the children and have been widely used by all class groups since. 

The PTA were also glad to assist with the purchase, for the first time this year, of a set of sports day medals for distribution at the annual Sports Day. 

It is hereby confirmed that the Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's Public benefit requirement statutory guidance. 

## **Financial Position** 

The PTA have depleted funds this year given the purchase of a significant number of iPads - which has been a long term goal over the past few years. The policy of the PTA is to avoid any debt and to "live within our means". 

## **Address:** 

St. Colmcilles PTA (Parent Teacher Association), St. Colmcilles Primary School, Cullybackey Road, Ballymena BT43 5DW 

Names of all Charity Trustees on the date of report approval: Brendan McKenna, Diarmuid Murray, Diarmuid O'Loan Names of all Charity Trustees during the year: Brendan McKenna, Diarmuid Murray, Diarmuid O'Loan 

## **Purpose:** 

St. Colmcilles PTA's purpose is to advance education & training for 5-13 year olds. 

We as a PTA of St. Colmcille's raise funds to buy educational resources, academic and non academic to further advance the children in our care. We are helping our children to be equipped to face the world. 

At school we also organise different social events where parents, extended family, school staff and member of the local community can come together. 

Signed and Dated by Diarmuid O'Loan, Treasurer on 30th June 2017