How our community's contributions are used
A clear summary of the Parents' Association's finances for 2025, the most recent financial year. Every figure has been reconciled, peso by peso, with the CDP's bank account.
How the Parents' Association is funded
The foundation is the members' annual fee. On top of that come community activities —Craighouse Day, the second-hand uniform shop, the raffle— and the school bus service, which is funded by the fares paid by the families who use it.
funded by the families who use it
Where every peso goes
Most of the spending goes on two things: school transport and the Solidarity Fund bursaries, which support families in our community. Day-to-day administration is a small share of the total.
see note below
office team and professional services — does not include the Board
Board members are not paid
Serving on the CDP Board is voluntary and unpaid: no Board member receives a salary or fees for their work. The “Staff and professional fees” line covers the running of the CDP —the office's administrative team and the professional services that support it— not the people who lead it.
Bus money isn't “spare” money
The bus service accounted for around a third of everything that came in and went out, but it practically pays for itself: in 2025 it received $46.6M from the families using it and cost $48.6M. The CDP contributed just $1.9M. So although it is the largest line, it is not money available for other purposes.
Why the balance rises and falls
Families' contributions arrive mostly at the start of the year, while spending is spread over all twelve months. So the account fills up in autumn —March to May in Chile— and is invested in the community over the rest of the year.
Bank account balance at the end of each month, 2025 (millions of Chilean pesos).
The year's fees come in. The balance reaches its highest point.
Buses, bursaries, activities and the running of the CDP are funded.
The balance returns to a prudent level, ready to cover the summer and the new cycle.
Having a balance in the account is not the same as having money to spend
Much of what passes through the account is already committed: self-funding transport, bursaries, the summer months with no income. That is why we run the CDP looking not only at how much there is, but at how much is genuinely available once commitments are covered. It is how we look after everyone's contributions responsibly.
Unpaid Board — CDP Board members receive no remuneration
Reconciled accounts with the Banco BICE current account, transaction by transaction
Figures for the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2025, rounded for readability. The Parents' Association fee is 1.5 UF per family per year (the UF is Chile's inflation-indexed unit of account). Full details are presented in the Annual Report and at the Annual General Meeting.