## Killowen Primary School 


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Parent Teacher Association Charity Number:- NIC103127 

OthTRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT - APRIL 2026 Relates to the year: 1%‘April 2024 - 31st March 2025 

## Contents 

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# Legal and administrative information 2 

# Trustees Annual Report 

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# Signatures on behalf of trustees 5 

Legal and Administrative Information 

Killowen Primary School Parent Teacher Association is a registered charity which operates on behalf of the Parents and Guardians of pupils enrolled at the state school known as Killowen Primary School, together with its teachers and staff. 

Registered as a charity in the name of: KILLOWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL 

## Address: Killowen Primary School 

Shuttle Hill Coleraine 

Co. Londonderry BT51 3BZ 

## Phone Number: 02870342483 

## Email Address:amoon380@c2kni.net 

## Recognised Charity Number: NIC103127 

|||On 315 March 2025 _|Served during 2024/25|
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|Arlene Moon|(Chair)||
|Andrea McFarlane|||
|Nicola Neil|||
|Lynne Caskey|(Treasurer)||
|RobbieMoon|(Secretary)||



## Bankers: - Bank of Ireland The Diamond 

Coleraine 


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## Independent Examiner:-Education Authority 

## Trustees Annual Report 

The Trustees of Killowen Primary School Parent Teacher Association present their report, together with their independently examined financial statements of the Charity for the year ended March 2025. 

## Structure, Governance and Management: 

## Governing Document 

The charity's activities are governed by a Constitution Document approved by the Annual General Meeting. 

## Recruitment and appointment of new trustees 

Any parent or guardian of a pupil at the school is automatically a member of the PTA. Committee membership relies on parents volunteering their services; to date there has been no reason to refuse any support. Killowen Primary School Parent Teacher Association committee membership is promoted at parent information meetings, fundraising events, Seesaw and via the school ‘Monday note’. Committee posts are filled annually and new parents are encouraged to actively stand for election. 

## Induction and training of new trustees 

New committee members are introduced into the workings of the charity and its relationship to the school. Initial meetings describe the work of the charity, the structure of the meetings, the responsibilities of the trustees and members. Office bearers are provided with guidance and support from the previous committee members. 

## Governance 

The charity holds regular meetings during the school year. Subcommittees may be formed to by the committee to work on specific events/ activities and will report back to the committee. Killowen Primary School Parent Teacher Association works closely with the school Principal and also one teaching member of staff, who attends PTA meetings. 

## Risk Management 

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The trustees continue to review the principle areas of the charity's operations in order to identify risks that could affect the day to day operations of the charity. In the opinion of the trustees the charity has established resources and review systems which, under normal conditions, should allow these risks to be mitigated to an acceptable level, in its day to day operations. 

Objectives and Activities 

## Aims and Objectives 

The objection of the charity is to enhance the education of the pupils attending Killowen Primary School. 

In furtherance to this objective, the charity may: 

- Promote close co-operation and communication between parents, teachers 

- and other staff; 

- Engage in activities which enhance or provide facilities or items for education at Killowen Primary School. 

The principle activity for achieving the objective is to hold fundraising events. 

## Statement on Public Benefit 

The trustees have complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission, including public benefit guidance. 

## Achievement and Performance 

## Charitable Activities 

In 2024/25 the charity generated abundant funds, through fundraising activities, these included a Halloween Disco and a School Fete in May. This charity has no assets and liabilities. | 

## Financial Review 

## Financial Results 

The main source of income for the charity is from fundraising activities and donations. 

## Financial Reserves 

The Charity does not have a specific policy on reserves, but the Treasurer aims to maintain enough money in the bank account to fund all forthcoming expenses, such as floats and expenses for events and any commitments to the school. 

## Trustees Responsibilities 

Charity regulations require the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which show the incoming resources and application of the resources of the Charity in the year. 

The Trustees are responsible for keeping power accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.