THE SUPPORTERS OF CASTLEWOOD SCHOOL

Registered charity 1081491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCS

General PTA activities

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR BY :- DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL. ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

Area of benefit: SOUTHWATER.

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£9k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with a closing bank balance of £25,302.64. This balance exceeds the stated reserves policy target of retaining a minimum of £1,500. The charity generated a profit of £17,704.73 from fundraising activities, which were used to fund specific educational projects and accumulate funds for future equipment replacement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of £1,500 (held: £25k)

“Our policy is to retain a minimum of £1,500 in our accounts to fund the cost of staging our larger events.” — 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Carol Forsyth
Elizabeth Shears
Gemma Redford
Lucy Dunn
Paul Robert Helsby

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£26k	£9k
31/12/2024	£25k	£18k
31/12/2023	£18k	£26k
31/12/2022	£14k	£5k
31/12/2021	£14k	£15k

Common questions

Is THE SUPPORTERS OF CASTLEWOOD SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with a closing bank balance of £25,302.64. This balance exceeds the stated reserves policy target of retaining a minimum of £1,500. The charity generated a profit of £17,704.73 from fundraising activities, which were used to fund specific educational projects and accumulate funds for future equipment replacement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SSP FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA.

CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA income £149k
ST PETER'S PREP SCHOOL PTA income £58k
BRANDLEHOW SCHOOL PTA income £41k
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CHIDDINGFOLD PTA income £48k
HARLANDS PTA income £31k
FLITWICK LOWER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SUPPORTERS OF CASTLEWOOD SCHOOL	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHISWICK COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST PETER'S PREP SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£58k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRANDLEHOW SCHOOL PTA FY2025	£41k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S SCHOOL CHIDDINGFOLD PTA FY2025	£48k	—	above	36.1%	no doubt
HARLANDS PTA FY2026	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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