THE FRIENDS OF HIGH BEECHES

Registered charity 297518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOHBS, FRIENDS OF HIGH BEECHES SCHOOL (FOHBS)

Providing extra facilities for children within school. All money earned goes to enhancing their school lives.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: CATCHMENT AREA OF THE 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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £20,907 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in free reserves of £40,785. The trustees report that there are no debts to the charity and it holds no funds as a custodian trustee. 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

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FOHBS (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gemma Paula Bell
• James Alister Harwood
• James Mayo
• Jane Louise Riley
• Jonathan Walker
• Katherine Louise Taqvi
• Stephanie Shewbridge

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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