FRIENDS OF PRIESTLEY SMITH SCHOOL

Registered charity 513612 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF PRIESTLEY SMITH SCHOOL

To raise funds to support the education and enhance the social life of the pupils of Priestley Smith. To act as a conduit for donations and gifts of equipment to benefit the pupils.

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. SEE CONSTITUTION FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £4,869.47 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a closing bank balance of £16,244.04. The charity holds reserves of £16,244, which exceeds its stated policy target of a minimum of £4,000. The filing confirms there are no uncertainties about 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

Accounts audited by Birmingham City Council, Schools Financial Services, Finance and Governance Directorate. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Hannington
• Joanna Garvey
• Kerry Mellor
• Rev John Garvey
• Terri Ann Bent

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).