FRIENDS OF BOWES PTA

Registered charity 292487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BOWES

The Friends of Bowes PTA is a PTA organisation at a community primary school. We hold fundraising activities throughout the school year to raise money to assist with school equipment, funding school trips and engendering community activity within the school.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF BOWES JUNIOR SCHOOL, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY).

Area of benefit: CATCHMENT AREA OF BOWES JUNIOR 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total fundraising income was £28,391 against total expenditure of £31,799, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £17,825.43, which the trustees note are held to enable unforeseen payments and bills to be paid. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties or risks to the charity continuing as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Clarke
• Emily Giselle Plosker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graeme Bruce Barker
• Jane Louise de Lozey
• Michael Pownall
• Parminder Rogers

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

Operates in: Enfield

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