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FRIENDS OF GIBSIDE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1202003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

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.

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

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £16,787 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total cash funds of £33,128. The trustees consider the unrestricted reserves of £13,128 to be prudent and view the charity's immediate future as secure, confirming its status as a going concern. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Our Reserves Policy is reviewed annually. (reserves figure: £13k)
“Our Reserves Policy is reviewed annually.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 9

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£31k£14k
31/03/2024£0£0

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF GIBSIDE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £16,787 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total cash funds of £33,128. The trustees consider the unrestricted reserves of £13,128 to be prudent and view the charity's immediate future as secure, confirming its status as a going concern. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF GIBSIDE SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF GIBSIDE SCHOOL as a grant recipient include WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£682Minor Awards - Benefidary organisations of Match funding not otherwise listed above