FRIENDS OF COBHAM FREE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1152171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOCFS

The charity is engaged in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support Cobham Free School (CFS). Activities include fundraising events such as summer fairs, Christmas fairs, movie nights and school discos held on school premises as well as events for parents and staff such as barn dances, race nights and summer balls held at various local venues. All funds raised are for to CFS.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:1) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE 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.

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 accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £14,369, bringing total reserves to £43,944. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records, with no matters causing concern. The charity's cash at bank increased to £42,911, indicating adequate liquidity.

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 3 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew James Royston Dow
• Clare Taylor
• Donne Dow
• Donne Dow
• Jennyfer Lopez
• Victoria Moon

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

Operates in: Surrey

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