FRIENDS OF NETTLEBED SCHOOL

Registered charity 1091177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FONS, NETTLEBED COMMUNITY FUND

Friends of Nettlebed School (FONS) works with the teachers to enhance each child's experience of school. Whether it be through assistance in the classroom, school outings or financially - purchasing extra equipment/facilities and by financing visits to the school by professional musicians and authors etc.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY1. DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;2. ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS;

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE. NETTLEBED COMMUNITY SCHOOL

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with £36,916 in unrestricted funds, exceeding its stated reserves policy target of £7,500. The charity generated a surplus of £8,197 for the year, funded primarily by charitable activities and donations, with no disclosed liabilities or material uncertainties affecting its financial health.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gemma Shaylor
• Harriet Estelle Sutton
• Katie Howe
• Laura Oxley
• Vanessa Rosemary Hoare

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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