FRIENDS OF RATHFERN

Registered charity 1086815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RATHFERN SCHOOL PTA

Parents and carers work alongside staff and pupils within the school to organise fundraising events e.g. summer fairs, Ice-cream Fridays sales, cakes sales, Christmas fairs. These events, as well as raising vital funds, assist in building the community within the school and creating links with the local community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:2.1 DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;2.2 ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

Area of benefit: RATHFERN PRIMARY SCHOOL.

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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Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £3,000 in reserves to cover the running costs of the next event. Per the trustees' report, bank balances were in a good position at the year end, with total assets of £34,822.56.

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 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.

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Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Zoe Houghtonchair
ANTONIETTA FRISOLI HESKETH MAAT ACCA · trustee of 1 other charity
Elinor Middleton
Shireen Tawill

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£26k	£18k
31/08/2024	£26k	£14k
31/08/2023	£13k	£9k
31/08/2022	£5k	£2k
31/08/2021	£48	£123

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF RATHFERN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £3,000 in reserves to cover the running costs of the next event. Per the trustees' report, bank balances were in a good position at the year end, with total assets of £34,822.56. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.