Friends of Croftlands Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Registered charity 1197791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF CROFTLANDS JUNIOR SCHOOL, FRIENDS OF CROFTLANDS JUNIOR SCHOOL PTFA

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Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION (THE OBJECTS) IS 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 SCHOOL2.2 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus contribution to reserves of £1,624, bringing total unrestricted funds to £5,756. The trustees report that the financial position remains strong and that current net assets are considered sufficient to meet short to medium-term expenditure obligations. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: enough in reserves to cover our annual subscriptions for parentkind and the lottery licence as well as a number of other incidental fundraising events (held: £6k)

“Since inception we have always worked on the principle that we would have enough in reserves to cover our annual subscriptions for parentkind and the lottery licence as well as a number of other incidental fundraising events” — page 3

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
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

JULIE PEEL · trustee of 1 other charity
Julia Hardisty
June Benson
Kathryn Elizabeth Currie

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£111k	£109k
31/10/2024	£120k	£118k
31/10/2023	£106k	£105k
31/10/2022	£86k	£84k

Common questions

Is Friends of Croftlands Junior, Infant and Nursery School financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus contribution to reserves of £1,624, bringing total unrestricted funds to £5,756. The trustees report that the financial position remains strong and that current net assets are considered sufficient to meet short to medium-term expenditure obligations. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing. 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
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£70

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CROFT PRE-SCHOOL HASLINGTON.

THE CROFT PRE-SCHOOL HASLINGTON income £102k
CROSFIELDS SCHOOL income £13.8m
CREATED: CHURCH income £315k
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA income £450k
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL income £206k
HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £265k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Friends of Croftlands Junior, Infant and Nursery School	£111k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CROFT PRE-SCHOOL HASLINGTON FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROSFIELDS SCHOOL FY2025	£13.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025	£315k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA FY2025	£450k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£206k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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