THE HEIGHTS PTFA

Registered charity 1164551 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF THE HEIGHTS PRIMARY

The Heights Primary Parent, Teachers & Friends association

Objects

(1) 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.(2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £11,594 from total gross income of £40,557 against total expenditure of £28,963. Unrestricted cash reserves stood at £43,340 at the end of the period, with a stated policy to deploy these funds toward large-scale capital improvements. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Unrestricted cash reserve stood at £43,340, to be deployed toward large-scale capital improvements, like refurbishing the playground for EYFS/KS1 (reserves figure: £43k)

“Unrestricted cash reserve stood at £43,340, to be deployed toward large-scale capital improvements, like refurbishing the playground for EYFS/KS1” — page 2

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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: 15

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

Volunteers: 15

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 20/10/2023, 112 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Heights PTFA (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Corey Garvey
Eleanor McSweeney
Emily Hale
Grace Atherton
Rachel Zani

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£41k	£29k
31/08/2024	£36k	£26k
31/08/2023	£38k	£38k
31/08/2022	£43k	£55k
31/08/2021	£23k	£20k

Common questions

Is THE HEIGHTS PTFA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £11,594 from total gross income of £40,557 against total expenditure of £28,963. Unrestricted cash reserves stood at £43,340 at the end of the period, with a stated policy to deploy these funds toward large-scale capital improvements. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HEIGHTS PTFA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HEIGHTS PTFA as a grant recipient include THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PARENTS AT THE HILL SCHOOL.

THE PARENTS AT THE HILL SCHOOL income £41k
GORSLEY GOFFS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION - PTFA income £26k
GREAT TOTHAM PTFA income £46k
BARROW HEDGES PRIMARY SCHOOL PTFA income £34k
UPTON HEATH PTA income £40k
DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS PARENT,TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HEIGHTS PTFA	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PARENTS AT THE HILL SCHOOL FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GORSLEY GOFFS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION - PTFA FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT TOTHAM PTFA FY2025	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARROW HEDGES PRIMARY SCHOOL PTFA FY2026	£34k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UPTON HEATH PTA FY2025	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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