WOOD END SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1055324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Friends of Wood End, WOOD END SCHOOL

The object of the association is to advance the education of the children at the school through the improvement of their educational environment.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL

Area of benefit: HARPENDEN

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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Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£76k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £64,100 were held at year-end, significantly exceeding the Committee's stated policy target of £5,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £19,092 for the year, with total incoming resources of £76,416 generated primarily through fundraising activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £5,000 (reserves figure: £64k)

“it is the Committee’s opinion that the charity should hold unrestricted reserves of £5,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Frost
Kat Copsey
Kate Garrod
Mark Watkins
Natalie Moore
Victoria Felgate

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£76k	£57k
31/08/2024	£50k	£81k
31/08/2023	£72k	£65k
31/08/2022	£56k	£12k
31/08/2021	£23k	£30k

Common questions

Is WOOD END SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £64,100 were held at year-end, significantly exceeding the Committee's stated policy target of £5,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £19,092 for the year, with total incoming resources of £76,416 generated primarily through fundraising activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOOD END SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOOD END SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE HARPENDEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPENDEN TRUST	FY2023	£14k	Community Fund grant

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODFORD WELLS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION.

WOODFORD WELLS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £29k
Wood Green School Parent Teacher Association income £26k
FIELDING PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION income £75k
TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £28k
ALDERSBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £62k
SHERINGDALE PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION income £42k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOOD END SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD WELLS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Wood Green School Parent Teacher Association FY2025	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FIELDING PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TUNBRIDGE WELLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDERSBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£62k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.