2025-03-31-accounts

Friend5 of To(Ma Trvstees Annual Report The Trusiee5 have ￿easure in pfeseniiryg t￿•r reFXYt and lina￿131 siaternents lor rhe year RefererKe ar4 Admlnl¥lrative InTtKmath)n Ma￿.. Friends of Toowa Charity Status Awarded.. IS Awil 2021 Friends of Toowa Owrrt•ble Purpxe.. To edUCat￿n. rdie¥e FM)werty and promotè thè health and wellbeing ol ihe chi ,11. ottish Charlty: SC050905 Annual Rep¢)rt and Financial Statement. Aoril 2024-March 2025 Tru51ees" Fnenth ot T(￿3 Is a kortish CharitaNe Trust wrth all curnent rfu51ees named In the 2021 Trust Deed (Ap￿ndIX wh)wa. All IrKome Is used to ¥reed proRrts In Toowa thai meets the charitable wip05e and a8rwJ wK)iitie5 of ihe Frnds ol TcM)wa. ar*J The advancement of èthcation h prowdin8 re5(MJrces such as pu￿1 swnsorship. trthks. srlD)I labrK and irainw¥a ai Toowa PiimJry khool ol UaaTrJa.

The pre¥erhlion or relief of trf)1￿rtY through difKt wowsion of to Toowa Primary ￿￿01 andlor 9JPPOrtin8 tffoiects of work within Tc¥)wa to emFMMer peoF4e to ge￿late an ifKome for themselves and/or to reli￿ Ihe impact ol wverty. de4ek)ped wilh HO￿ Christian Hh S(h>ol in Lugazi to proV￿e a means ol accessin8 edu(alwi wFpyted by sw>nsors al a cost of £30 per month. The womoiK)n ol heaknh and wellbthryg ol the thilthen of Tcy)wa Primary Sctr#)ol aCt￿r#r erea A prK)rty 114 lor premises ￿￿elopment was utrflated and ￿11 ￿ the focus foT 813nt and the nÈxl year Dr two to re3115e the arnbbr￿ Tfvs loowa is a small villa8e. Icuted near L¢4aii In U￿ThJa. Wrth a FowbètiL￿ of It￿t peorAè Tcxxfa has a high pgreeniagè of women and thldren. wrth the rnaiorrty knre in FK>verty due partly io ihe current hJ8h leveb of Illiteracy In the [)WL4t￿￿. l￿wa Piimary hwl, lounded s¢yne 21 years try the Luwi Peniecost c￿rrh. aimed to pro￿de kKal lo educat￿￿ for the many knal ch11th￿ to fedLKe The travel Lry fc¥)i loi itr¥)se children attending ￿h0O1$ In neightthlfl￿ areas and 10 fethKe many ￿la1 problern5 arisin8 liom lack of access io educaiK)n. The sclyjol's hurnble t8innin85 sianed ¥yiih pr•schog1 £la55•6 OTr￿ wilh athlilvjnal class•5 aryj iwikth"n85 inlro(hx•d •Kh y•ar. i￿l￿des. l. ￿lIdirrf of a latnne bkxk wrth Washi￿ lacilrties. h1entsl￿d as a prKJnty last year. ground has been Pufchased &rwJ LxJildin8 COMMe￿ed wth fina￿la1 supv ovided ty the Roiary CILkn. 2. Purchase ol 8round and ￿lId1￿ of a Ws ￿lmIl0ry. FurMlr•isI￿ Is YNJerw￿ for this d￿￿k￿nen1 whKh Will be PfO8ressed In 20?sn026. 3 Ellat41shM￿t of a wdl to t￿th wmp wai•r io w¥t@r slora8e contairws and also eftsure water Supp￿ In ihe e¥ent ol elettr￿al faihjre. This work has been corn￿￿ed 4. pa￿laternent ol tlmiound. Tharths io a fundcaiser try a kx)15UPFQrter etyjwment ha5 been procured by the sclbx+l and awaits pur(hase ol some a&J￿￿nal 8wouryJ io wytvn. It had Lwn hoped to place the equiwnent over lh• srte ol ihe ell bji ih15 has been athsed agansi lor Safety ieasons by l(Kal CawJtone Pfoiects Init￿1￿ supp)rEed ihe deve￿prnent ol ToNa Primary klM)ol as one of seweral projects b¢A gwen the 8TOWth in ihe de¥eh)pment ol Toowa. rt was agreed io estatsiish Find5 ol Toowa as a charsty in 2021 with OSCA apwo¥al bwr¥4 8ranted In Awbl 2021. We remain hu8dy 8rateful to all w￿) helwd Tooa Primary to the xalt we as trusiees Inherited in 2021. S. The te(hnKal class commenced In 2023n4 wa5 completed and forrnalty opP￿d irt March 2025. hvo techn￿41 classroorns including a cnmputer room I￿j irtorp)Fatine a 10,(JJ>lrtre walv coNeclK)n tank, which ha58featly 2022025 (hep4 ThLS has iwi a￿ther successful year fty the tha1￿ i¥Ah Iinartully and fi(xn achi￿ment perswtNe. Four Me￿1￿ have bèen ty ihe TftJ￿e@$. Pr¢4ress a￿1n$t agreed pTrJrities Is as fc4l¢x5'. l. ￿5￿1ft key xtNbty. With a Éfowir4 nUrnI￿ of childfen and or601￿ d￿elOpment ol school èstate our L1415on Cwrdinotor is kepl very bjsy, Inarwi￿ ihe delNery Df lore rL4e5 al Primary khwl as well as sUpp)rtI￿ the wvjer cafe and wdlixhir4 ol marty families in Fwty ielated crts&. 2. IrKreise the nuthr ol spwuwed thldren. The number ot chiklren SFonsored Irorn 121 to In April 2024 to 130 in Marth 2025. The Sk￿n50r$hiP scheme has remaiced at E15 month lor CPWId￿n attendin8 Toowa Prirnary hod. [￿dIn8 ihe main Incorne source for Frwrf15 of Tcthva and ihe sole means ol SuPFKrt1￿ ethICat￿fi and W￿eT wdtare yJpp)rt of all the sponsored chilthen. We also seen sorne chihlren supp)rted to wc8ress into secondary schfyjl. While Tothva d￿$ nol have a 5ecoThlary school available yel. a ￿lIal¥)￿all￿ ha5 Len

1. Annual sChTr￿ trlp acC￿51ble to au chMren. A s(Iwl trip hdd on 19th July 2024, suppK)rred financialty by fr￿ndS of Tcthwa, for all P7 was aTr)iher great yxcess. A lurther wiyl by Dentaid was made in (knobef 2024 wilh on80in8 ol i¢)Othbrushes and tth)[hpa￿e fo prorkKlte Offj)I￿ dental hy8ne. Swship￿1h{ liidl+il¢ib•fji¥¥ wiii115￿ vik> IbdV¥ dlw Lei¢ Ulioei Idkeii Ilils ytdi 10 maintain the d￿￿￿k)pMent wofk rK(yare55ed ove¥ the last ? years We are I￿redIbly proud ol the ol the srw estate In the 4 years Ihe chaiily has bee e5ldtdished and r•rnain ever 8iat@ful to •ll wp¢Myters 4nd dC*￿t￿5 whKh has mad? this work L¥Msible OThER.. Bretherton Y￿Jth Gft￿p. Four younB mernbers ol 8retherton Youth GroLtp sd ihem5elve5 a Ko41 of ra154f4 ÉIo,(LK) to thp ￿nital￿n larililip4 wilhbn TrK)v43 Primary thrwgh ih lalrine and bo￿$ dormitvry pro1￿15. A5 al Mafch 2025 their 1uridraisi￿ lotal stood ai an irKiedible £(aM), with a 5elf.lunded trip ￿anned to W5rt Toowa planned for sijrninef 2025. Quite an I￿redible achlevement whKh will leave a lastin8 legacy at Toowa

2. prrwbwjn of support and help In kirrfl e.E dfesses and knittine. s￿la1 thanks to our amaiirE band kDrtor¢ rts)yrttTrptcw ihpir nng01￿ ￿ppOrt. Th15 Ve￿ cardan was ki,,, We were also fortunate errf)u8h to Ixb Pberlemno Primary io te benefactor9 of thf efiterprisè woietl In 2024n025. While thar fun¢aisire was stdl or%oin8 as ai Awil 2025 ihey had alieath run rMJmer(WS kyoléfts ￿l￿dI￿ a 2025 ale￿ar ccprcduccd N%Yth pu*'.' =f". a(rrfa Pinur..

3. ChiL#UI)di P4.'ly. A pany was in 0￿•mber 2024 thanks to ol Cmjr suptrf)rtews. The
4. FUndra￿1n￿. ? alwerk Pdft i• AbÉ".Ippn X Illwalk ￿ June 2024. fl I Il fwiuif A WPFwler too part In ihtr North (yclI￿ evenr kKalty to purchase new play ewIt￿t lor the 5chods ￿anned refuthshed playground. JpFurrs tan a kxal harf Thayat￿)n to wrchase a comwiw for ihe xlKvJI li￿ary.

We werè extremely lortunate to secure a regK)nal Roiary Grant and 3 commiiment ol additwJnal kKal Kirriernuir Rotary wpp)rt tQ 9JkWrt i lat11￿ and tXry'5 dormilLwy woiett5 Woih èn inrtial SLtessful aftern(￿ll Ita Pld trn March 2025 ￿ Kirrmuif Roiary rais1￿ ÉIC(KTr for 01104124- 31m3m24 InstarKe 8Nen Ihe ImFK>rtarKe ot sanrtalion. £isJ• Pnoni¢es we C(￿Id Fffcress TIMS year whKh ￿pe io pl08re￿ capxity alhx are.. £33.275 £SS.1gS £31.317 t54.11J Ésiablish a IKJtYay cbjb io ensure the rnosi wJfnerat4echiklTen receNe f(#Jd and cess ￿lMIleS duwir s(1￿1 clowies tyevelop a business plan lor esiablishmenl ol a secondary scl¥xA fof il chthjren ol Toowa lÉJ411 £17&J £0 £1.788 L¢)Jkin8 to the luture wrth a grO￿￿g scl¥>d roll Te also we ne•J 10 pr￿￿tse. nf addrtK>nal comrxrteis Lknlopmem of a bayihealth clinK SC￿1. The truSTe￿& thlare rhai h&e a￿r0￿￿ ifijsiees, reFX)rt attht Sened on boham of lh• C￿1￿.$ iru5ttrs To yro8re55 Wlth the build ol ihr (knmitvry •nd ￿1￿￿?￿1 w¢ will nytd to èMp•n(I the stlK)ol lootryinl with wrch•se ot aldi1￿n•• l•nd nature: Chjr pr￿rt￿ Ic in 2025.2026 to witw¥Je to mert rned5 ol¢Jur chantsble purptye. •re all lundkn8 and knknltr.. Full 14am l. &Jstsin exjstky aclryty of 5p￿￿0r5hrt IKrèaSFf48 the rwJmber5 of ny)r•J childFen aiiendin8 ¥hx)I If rxissible Posrtxjn." Se(idary Tjfflhkh supm the ht•kh aY•J ol all chlhjren itterth Tc￿￿ Prkn SCW IrKluding dvnldl hygiene. d¥id mee[1￿ Immeth4le hedltkdie needs lur Indivwjual £hilthen Dale.. ulkj the l•tnne bkKk •nd whKh the wrchase of W to •n4tAp Ihil 10 pitwrss Ileln5We plMmuTrJ. 11 Is fv)ped thai y)a£• lor ths will irKIth In ihe ichase w¥ter systhm I￿￿J￿re UV PJrLl￿aI￿n lo lahh aThJ safety Ihe Purcha%e athJrtKwl c¢Mnwt¢rk 4. Continue to supyt an ann￿1 ethKatw)nal tnp fov P7 pJp* afqwKd ty cUrrxu￿rn. 5. CJ)ntinue io supwt a Chrtstmas party at sclM)oI. io

APPENDIX 2 Frl•nd8 ol Toowa R•cel ts and sèo50905 OSCR ments accounts For th• p•rfod fr•m S((11￿11 Charily RegiilAIoi 201 31 Section A Statemenl of receipts and paynients A••t￿t•d fund• Exp•nd•l)l• •ndowTrnl fvndi Tgtsl lund Tthl I￿￿• fund• A1R 042 JO.27 28.413 Gr•nts trryn IwKlr 1(371 492J Grou irnd kncon Iw h¥••￿nI oth•r iltsl •r#J buJ GfO•• t•c•i rom ch•r•t4• Al 3J,275 21.•10 60.1•S 47,211 A2 ft•¢pts frorn 1•￿ i In¥#tm•nt •rJ•• Ml• ol Th•iim•n 33.276 47.391 AJ P•yfixnt• 41) Gro•• tr• Grnn￿ 7•0 4Jrt I Ind•W￿nI AJ S9 J1.)17 .113 47J A4 r•tsilng 10 ••••I PwcNtt•• ol fth•d ••M A4 Sub tot•1 31,317 21700 14.11) 47J•J AO Tr*n•l•r• to l {froffl) fvnd• J41 341 8u•plus Ild•ft¢tt) lorfftr

Fri•nds of Toowa Secl ion B Sl3teinenl ol blilanrp Sco￿905 L)W¥b T•w T•

Frhnd• of Toowa SCO)905 Section C Notes to the Accounts Cl Natur• WKI purp(x• ol lurth Im•y ￿ slated on anatysiJ ol fvndJ thsh•elsJ Th• ¢h•ty t￿9￿ It• •cow• pl S¢hool of £15 • rnonth. Al th• •nd of M•rth 202S, 130 ¢hlkj￿n arn •poMrrf•d (In kncr••ae 017 thkjw IASI yvrl. ￿ld￿n•1 Iw)dkn9 ccffi•• th• lor 8p•¢rtk n••d• of th• th"h¢n •n(I l•rnll•• IIPY IF￿10r. from th)n•iKn• •NI lurwJr•l•ry •dlvh Th• puw of I￿r￿a i• . TM ¥d¥•￿￿Mrl ol by Prov￿ r••(M￿s •• W •pOn•￿¥h￿. to)k•. Ind li Toow PthNry sc1ts￿ ol Ugind• . Th• pr•wnfk)n or I•1￿0( powty IW dkn•￿ pyovlwon of to TrKM• Sch¢d rdlor Wr of Tc4M• Io •Thw￿l lo 9r￿1• •n IT￿m• lty 1fr4m•d¥•8 wwJl¢y to th• bi)p•ct ol POV•ny TM knJhfllu•l of the clthn • unrn￿￿•d •NI c•n b• u•8d lor Ih• pwr¢•M •bov• •• by lh• l••d•r¥lAp l••m Trnl••8 IP• T••cMr •1 th• •clh￿l In U9•rrtl• Occ•••krfwty •pon•or• may rn•• drrnth)n• fty th• ¢hWl•mty th•y •rn Viporl Ih•M •r• Indud•d In r•irl¢t•d 41•m• •• Llk•AIM •om• IndlvkluAI d¢)nibM •Thl ILwth•wno b• unr••trthd tHJl ￿ oth•r occ•Mkn• rn4•on• for +Jn•Yww •nd lundr•l•W¥i tAI b• •uch •• loi th• ol • t•¢hnt•l th••rt>cth. p•¥lrffj •tone• or th• Cth'atrn• p•ny. l ype tsl J¢iivlly 01 yro6£'ci svyponL,d C2 Gfknts 81w Il• C• 14 If r•MUn•rnlh￿ YA•• p•kl durtrvj th• p•rkAI ￿ •ny ¢h•rtty tnMt•• of p•rwn 10 tN4t•• c￿• Ihlj boN loth•rl•• compl•i• ••Cl￿ 3bl ¢4• Twu•t•• •xp•n• V ￿ exp￿ p•kJ lo any ch•th Iru•w• lh• p•rknd ipts•n cm•• èox lolhoThrf•• ¢ompl•t• ••cllon 4bl C4b Tru•i•• •xp•nM•. d•t￿ N&iiire of ielatlnn5hi C5 Tr￿•￿110￿ wlth tru•l• •nd conn•ct•d p•r••) AftTr￿ k<Ml¥ 2024-2s.xhx i Nc4•1 2QJ7

Frl•nd• of Toow• 050905 Additional aiialysis111 X7a• n• JOJTO 2 0rnrt• Fwxtr x• CPrf• 1fd ty Tn#b 11.J17 .iiJ 2￿1

PENDLX2 SC000905 Addition<il .In.Ilysis121 S Brn•kdown ol Ym•trl¢t•rf Totsl T• Don•1 .57T Grnnts IrDrn Gro•• trd bLh1 •Cll¥ 8,047 Sub ithl 21,721 3)37J PFoc••d¥ fvDm ut• ol fi￿$ •¥• Tcthlr•cW• 24.7 13.275 2fj,191 4•J lrndlry In¥••tm•rt mAn•g•ffl•ni co Gr•nt dorwik¥ JO•4 L•gl ¢0• o¥ •nl ol lo•n Tru•h• P• WRC rrt Sub lolthl 3I,J17 31.317 2J,48• Jl.317 541 Surp￿•1[d￿j¢ ftxyw 6•• fvJne•

Frknd• of Tov*• 3COSO•Q5 Additional analy%is131 i•J74 18. 21 21. 341

APPENDIX 3 OSCR (￿l￿v Regiik41or Independent examlner'8 report on the accountb R•port Io th• n•m• tru•t•••lm•mb•f• ol Friends of Toowa R•gl•t•r•d chartty SC 050905 numb•r On th• accounts 01 lh• charlty for th• p•rfod s18rt dale Pertod end da ry 01 04 2024 to 31 8•t out on Pag•• RMp•cUv• r••pon•lbllltkn of truil••• Ind •x•rnln•r T￿ dwtty's trusl••s w• respxMibl• for the preP•r￿lon of Ihe accouiils in ccordancé with the temis ol tha charit￿1 arKI Tw8tee Investrnenl Iscodènd) 2005 Acl 4nd the Chariti•8 Accounts IScoUand} Regulations 2￿J6 ias amended). The ch8rrty trustXS c￿lS1d•1 that the audit requlrem•nl ol ROQU￿11￿ 10(11 (dl ol the A¢ccwnts B8pulatM)n8 does not •pply It b my responslblh'ty lo exarnrbe the acco￿ts u roqulred uthder s•ctl 44(1) <c) of the Act and to sta whetrf parocular rnall￿ h•v• come to mytttentkjn, 8••1• of Ind•p•nd•nt My ex8min8ts￿ is carrbed out in acrA)nJance ￿ RegulatKxi 11 of lh8 2008 Accwnts •xamln•es •lit•m•nt Regulat1￿6 An examknatlon ￿e￿deS a review of Ihe aceounllng rtrArds kelt by Ihe charity 8nd 8 comp•rlson of Ihe acc￿nts presented wlth thoso rwd$ It allo includ8S ¢OnsId•rnt￿n of ￿Y unusual rtems or dlscl¢xuf88 i) the 8ccounts 8nd saeks explanaikns from the truslees conc4rnlnG any Such m8ttiY8. Th• wotyJur81 undort8ken do not PfOVKle •ll the evidence thal would be required in •n audlt and. c not •xpreu an audrt wnkn on the vthi glven by the •ccwnts. uenily, I do Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•f• In the CJJUrnQ of my examination. na matknr h8s cx)me to rny attentk)n tolk￿& glves me reasonable causo to believe that in any mat•flal respecltr requrern8nts" to keep acCA)￿lI79 r•c4yds in ￿￿rdarTh wlth s8ctbn 44(1) (a) of the Regulatb)n 4 01 tho 2006 Acccxmts Rewlalions. and to pr•p8rè 8c£x)unts accord with Ihe a¢c(xmtlng re￿rdS and comoty with Regulalk)n 9 of the 2(th Acaxx)ts Rewlatk)ns 5 Act •rKJ have r￿1 b•ffi m•L or 2. to Tthich. In my opiiion. attentim Should b• drawn in ord4¥ lo enablè a ptopor Slgn•d"": Name.. ft•l•￿nt prof•••lonal qualllkatkn(•) or body 111 •nyl'. Addrts•: 4M8• dth) the lft bi