FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD SCHOOL

Registered charity 803131 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FETCHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL FRIENDS, FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL

THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD SCHOOL IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL BY A) HELPING TO DEVELOP LINKS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOLB) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILSC) PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT THE ASSOCIATION MAY:- A) HELP TO DEVELOP LINKS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL; B) ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS ATTENDING IT; C) PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED FOR BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION 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.

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Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£17k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £62,165, which the trustees state are maintained to contribute towards a major Arts and Wellbeing Centre project, with a minimum of £5,000 held for regular commitments. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no current liabilities and total funds closing at £65,552. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: A minimum of £5,000 is being held for regular commitments to support educational enrichment at the school for the following academic year (reserves figure: £62k)

“A minimum of £5,000 is being held for regular commitments to support educational enrichment at the school for the following academic year” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures

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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 50
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 50
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 3% of the £32,159 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Aimee Rebecca Nelson
Lorraine Faulkner
Natasha Sofia Agnes Allwood

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£33k	£17k
31/08/2024	£35k	£24k
31/08/2023	£32k	£19k
31/08/2022	£41k	£27k
31/08/2021	£5k	£2k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £62,165, which the trustees state are maintained to contribute towards a major Arts and Wellbeing Centre project, with a minimum of £5,000 held for regular commitments. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no current liabilities and total funds closing at £65,552. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WINDSOR LIONS CLUB CHARITY TRUST FUND	FY2023	Unverified read£1k	Donations paid to charitable organisations

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£477

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL FRIENDS ASSOCIATION.

SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL FRIENDS ASSOCIATION income £25k
OAKFIELD ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS income £37k
FRIENDS OF HIGHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL WINCHMORE HILL income £28k
FRIENDS OF BRACKENFIELD SCHOOL income £27k
FRIENDS OF PRESTFELDE income £42k
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHERWELL SCHOOL OXFORD income £64k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD SCHOOL	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OAKFIELD ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF HIGHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL WINCHMORE HILL FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BRACKENFIELD SCHOOL FY2025	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PRESTFELDE FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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