Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

FRIENDS OF TREETOPS SCHOOL

FOTS are a PTA run by volunteers to support and raise funds for Treetops School & College for children with special needs. We raise funds for specialist equipment, sensory toys, senior prom and much more. We do this by organising events such as Summer Fete, Xmas Bazaar, Race Night, Tribute Night, Parents Evening etc.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£15	£73	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/07/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/21	*	£68	£0	£68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/07/20		£2	£2	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/19		£13	£17	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/07/18	*	£13	£18	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17		£18	£30	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16		£20	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15	*	£24	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14		£20	£14	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13	*	£12	£31	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12	*	£15	£21	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11	*	£15	£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10		£11	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09	*	£12	£9	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/08		£9	£7	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/07?	*	£7	£1	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/04	*	£5	£2	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 33 years

sslade@treetops.thurrock.sch.uk

01375 372723

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

School support organisations

How it operates

Provides other finance

Where it operates

Essex, Thurrock,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	25/06/2021	To build a new sports hall for people with disabilities at Treetops School and for community groups in Essex
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Friends of Treetops School
£20,000	02/02/2021	build a new building for a charity supporting pupils with disabilities in Essex

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHARLOTTE DAVIES Appointed: 2023

LISA AKINJAYEJU Appointed: 2023

PAUL VICTOR SMITH Appointed: 2021

SANDRA SLADE Appointed: 2020

SARAH TAPPIN Appointed: 2023

SHERI GIBBS (Chair) Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/1991, number: 1004981

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR21: 171 days late, AR18: 341 days late, AR15: 8 days late, AR13: 23 days late, AR12: 75 days late, AR11: 49 days late, AR09: 255 days late, AR07: 300 days late, AR04: 39 days late,

Main office

Treetops School
Buxton Road
Grays
RM16 2WU

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF TREETOPS SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AT THE SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GRAYS

Data Sources