FRIENDS OF TREETOPS SCHOOL

Registered charity 1004981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F O T S

FOTS are a PTA run by volunteers to support and raise funds for Treetops School & College for children with special needs. We raise funds for specialist equipment, sensory toys, senior prom and much more. We do this by organising events such as Summer Fete, Xmas Bazaar, Race Night, Tribute Night, Parents Evening etc.

Objects

TO ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF TREETOPS SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AT THE SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: GRAYS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves increased from £25,298.40 to £38,210.59 during the financial year, resulting in a net surplus as income of £116,593.45 exceeded expenditure of £103,681.26. The trustees report that the accounts were independently examined because income exceeded £25,000, and no material matters were identified by the examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Treetops School (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sheri Gibbschair
• Charlotte Davies
• Lisa Davidson
• Paul Victor Smith

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex · Thurrock

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL.

• TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL income £248k
• Four Oaks Primary School Parent Teacher and Friends Association income £121k
• TREETOPS PLAYGROUP income £142k
• Friends of Croftlands Junior, Infant and Nursery School income £111k
• THE PARENT AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE STEINER ACADEMY HEREFORD income £104k
• FRIENDS OF ST STEPHEN'S SCHOOL (SHEPHERDS BUSH) income £216k

Side by side with its peers

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