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Registered charity 1043486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIDESTRAND HALL SCHOOL FUND

Raising funds to enhance the lives of pupils in the school

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £147,077.28, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000. The school fund audit confirmed that internal financial controls are acceptable, although specific weaknesses regarding income record retention and bank reconciliations were identified and require remedial action.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Finance and Business Services Team. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vivien Harringtonchair
• Ashley Hale
• Duncan Mackenzie
• Mary-Beth Grant
• Rev Roger Billings
• Sarah Jones
• Shelley Taylor
• Wendy Forster

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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