Walmley Junior School Parents And Friends Association
Charity 1030756
Overview
Summary
Walmley Junior School Parents And Friends Association appears to be a school-linked fundraising body whose role is to convert parent and teacher participation into additional resources for Walmley Junior School. Its formal purpose is tightly focused on advancing pupils’ education, suggesting a complementary rather than independent role within the local education ecosystem. The available evidence indicates an organisation defined more by its relationship to one institution than by a broad public-facing service offer.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Sutton Walmley and Minworth
Confidence: medium
Direct evidence identifies the association as a parent/teacher association raising funds for Walmley Junior School and advancing the education of that school's pupils. The council directory identifies the school as being in Sutton Walmley & Minworth ward. This supports a neighbourhood-scale operational focus at and around the school, although the charity's most recent available financial information is for the year ending 31 August 2021 and its Charity Commission reporting is overdue.
- Supplied organisation record
The association states: "We are a Parent/Teacher Association who raise funds for Walmley junior School." Its object is "TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL", and its correspondence address is c/o Walmley Junior School. - Birmingham City Council — Walmley Junior School directory entry
The council records Walmley Junior School in the Sutton Walmley & Minworth ward. - Charity Commission register — charity 1030756 contact information
The register lists the charity's address as c/o Walmley Junior School, while noting that charity reporting is overdue.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence does not show whether the association currently holds events or fundraising activities at venues beyond Walmley Junior School.
- The school is explicitly a care-of correspondence address in the Charity Commission record; it is strong evidence of the association's connection to the school but does not by itself prove that every activity takes place there.
- No evidence was found of partnerships, projects or grant-making that materially extend the association's operational reach into other Birmingham wards.
- The association may support pupils whose homes are outside the ward, but beneficiary residence is not evidence that the association operates in those areas.
- The latest supplied financial year ends on 31 August 2021, and the Charity Commission record indicates overdue reporting, reducing certainty about its present level of activity.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' annual report or accounts confirming activities and venues after 31 August 2021.
- Current PTA communications, school newsletters or event listings identifying where fundraising and school-support activities are taking place.
- Evidence of any formal delivery, funding or venue partnerships outside Walmley Junior School.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A focused support organisation for one school community
The association appears to exist primarily to strengthen the educational experience of pupils at Walmley Junior School, rather than to deliver wider community education services.
Why it matters
This clarifies that its local value may lie in enhancing a specific school community and responding to needs identified around that school, rather than operating as a general youth charity.
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“TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL”
Source:Charity Commission“We are a Parent/Teacher Association who raise funds for Walmley junior School.”
Source:Organisation
Its operating model may turn relationships into resources
As a Parent/Teacher Association, the organisation may rely on the relationships between families and school staff to mobilise fundraising and channel funds back into the school.
Why it matters
This suggests that its distinctive capability is not simply grant-making, but convening people connected to the school. Its effectiveness may therefore depend on participation, trust and inclusion within the school community.
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“We are a Parent/Teacher Association who raise funds for Walmley junior School.”
Source:Organisation“Makes Grants To Organisations”
Source:Charity Commission
A potentially narrow beneficiary pathway
Although the charity is recorded as helping children and young people, the available evidence suggests that benefits may reach them indirectly through grants or resources provided to the school or related organisations.
Why it matters
This distinction matters when assessing whose needs are heard and how funding decisions affect pupils: the association may influence educational provision without directly delivering activities to children.
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“Children/young People”
Source:Charity Commission“Makes Grants To Organisations”
Source:Charity Commission
- What the association funds, and whether grants go only to the school.
- Which pupils, families or school priorities are most represented in its fundraising decisions.
- How it recruits volunteers and whether participation is accessible across the school community.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or fundraising accounts showing income, spending and grant recipients.
- Information on funded projects, governance, volunteer participation and links with the school.
- Evidence of how pupils and families influence priorities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
We are a Parent/Teacher Association who raise funds for Walmley junior School.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL