## **The Romshed Charitable Trust** 


## **Trustees’ Annual Report** 

**2022-23** 



## **Registered charity number 1189051** 

## **Section A:** 

## **Administration Details** 

This report covers the period from 1st April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023 (the end of its financial year). 

The Charity was established on the 14[th] April 2020 with charity number 1189051 and its registered address is Romshed Courtyard, Underriver, Nr Sevenoaks, and Kent TN15 0SD. It is not known by any other name. 

Trustees : 

Martin Weston Fidelity Weston Lucian Weston 

## **Section B:** 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The Charity is governed by its constitution and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation the only voting members of which are its charity trustees. The Trustees are all appointed for an initial term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 

The Charity is managed and run by the Trustees and there are no paid or voluntary staff members. 

## **Section C:** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

To fund and support purposes which are wholly and exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales. 

## **Section D:** 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

Funding of the Charity during this period was provided by the filming of the Second Series of “The Larkins” at Romshed Farm (referred to in the Trustees’ Annual Report 2020-21) in the sum of £120,000.   Donations were received from companies controlled by the Trustees: Headland Weald Freehold Ltd £721,361 (referred to in the Trustees’ Annual Report 2021-22) and Readystart Associates Ltd £5,521.  Interest of £3,769 was received. 



Donations were made to 8 registered charities totalling £29,700. 

## **Section E:** 

## **Financial Review** 

As at 31[st] March 2023, the Charity had reserves of £891,239 (2022 - £109,647) and a liability of  NIL (2022 - £39,280). 

In the period under review, the Trustees invested £878,000 in Money Market funds through LGT Wealth Management UK LLP. 

## **Section F:** 

## **Other Optional Information** 

None 

## **Section G:** 

## **Declaration** 

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above. 

Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees: 

Signature: 

Full name: Martin Wynell Lee Weston 

Position: Chairman of the Trustees 

Date: 



||**Goudhurst & Kilndown PTFA**<br>**Summary Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023**|**Goudhurst & Kilndown PTFA**<br>**Summary Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023**|**Goudhurst & Kilndown PTFA**<br>**Summary Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023**|**Goudhurst & Kilndown PTFA**<br>**Summary Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Opening Balance**<br>**Income:**<br>**Annual Events:**<br>Christmas Market<br>London to Brighton Challenge<br>Christmas Trees<br>Dance-a-Thon<br>Dragon Boat Racing & fundraiser<br>Refreshments at Pantastic - KS2<br>* JOINT FETE *<br>Big Barn Bash<br>Grow your £1<br>Quiz Night<br>Sports Day<br>KS2 Production<br>Arts Festival<br>Village Fete June 2023<br>Village Fete September 2022<br>**Ongoing Events:**<br>Eco Kidz / Recycling Initiatives/ E<br>Amazon Smile<br>Cake/Ice Cream Sales<br>Year 6 Leavers Fund<br>Xmas Jumper / coat swop<br>Uniform Sales<br>**One of Events:**<br>Donation from the Star & Eagle -<br>School Disco<br>Kalmora Spa<br>Class Photo donation from Ali Tus<br>Grant from the Johnson Family fo|**£20,426.88**<br>**Net raised**<br>**Fundraising**<br>**Total**<br>**Expenses**<br>**Income**<br>£4,039.46<br>£1,479.39<br>£5,518.85<br>£5,857.46<br>£6,073.99<br>£11,931.45<br>£375.50<br>£1,178.50<br>£1,554.00<br>£0.00<br>for play equipment from Paypal<br>£1,059.94<br>£848.00<br>£1,907.94<br>Production<br>£452.06<br>£201.50<br>£653.56<br>£827.50<br>£827.50<br>£679.18<br>£1,488.59<br>£2,167.77<br>£0.00<br>£1,695.32<br>£672.28<br>£2,367.60<br>£451.38<br>£385.49<br>£836.87<br>£0.00<br>£135.40<br>£166.58<br>£301.98<br>£4,105.35<br>£1,260.06<br>£5,365.41<br>£1,376.36<br>£429.10<br>£1,805.46<br>**£21,054.91**<br>**£14,183.48**<br>**£35,238.39**<br>asy Fundraising / Waitrose<br>£507.20<br>£0.00<br>£507.20<br>£156.68<br>£0.00<br>£156.68<br>£2,420.48<br>£0.00<br>£2,420.48<br>£476.97<br>£0.00<br>£476.97<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£35.00<br>£0.00<br>£35.00<br>**£3,596.33**<br>**£0.00**<br>**£3,596.33**<br>Christmas Rafe<br>£708.00<br>£708.00<br>£27.41<br>£319.69<br>£347.10<br>£0.00<br>on<br>£154.92<br>£154.92<br>r play equipment<br>£3,000.00<br>£3,000.00<br>**£3,890.33**<br>**£319.69**<br>**£4,210.02**||||
|**Total Fundraising this year**|**£28,541.57**|**£14,503.17**|**£43,044.74**|**£43,044.74**|
||**Total income**||||
|**EXPENDITURE:**<br>Play Equipment Contribution<br>Traverse Climbing Wall & playgro<br>Contribution to Power Maths|**General Expenses**<br>£10,000.00<br>und markings<br>£9,427.00<br>£1,506.00||||
|Trip Contributions 2022<br>Trip Contributions 2023|£1,400.00<br>£1,400.00||||
|Y6 Leavers Party (Dragons den m<br>sale)|£1,568.37<br>oney raised by year 6 and match funding of £126.02 for donut||||
|End of year party (cupcakes)|£1,157.62||||
|Accelerated Reader - 50% contrib|ution<br>£820.00||||
|Aladdin Pantomine 2022|£665.00||||
|Minibus (fuel and maintenance)<br>Coronation Coins<br>Library Table Acrylic<br>Mothers Day Flowers / Fathers Da<br>Splats - Entertainer for Coronatio<br>Y2 Cake Sale - Temper, Temper c<br>Tarp for forest school<br>Whole School Christmas party, pl<br>Picnic rugs for Forest School<br>Prizes and gifts (Christmas and e|£660.42<br>£444.38<br>£406.79<br>y Chocolate<br>£401.11<br>n party<br>£375.00<br>hocolate<br>£296.53<br>£238.89<br>us chocolate & ginger bread men for whole school<br>£236.50<br>£230.80<br>nd of school year)<br>£365.74||||
|Cake Sale Year 1 - Kent Life visit|£218.17||||
|Y3 Cake Sale - Books & Floor cus<br>Weeks Bakery - lunch for training<br>Y5 Cake Sale - Herstmonceux<br>Whole school christmas lunch (cr|hions<br>£180.57<br>day<br>£173.50<br>£172.36<br>ackers & table covering)<br>£154.36||||
|Cake Sale Year R - Blackberry Far|m<br>£141.12||||
|Parentkind subscription & PTFA in|surance<br>£140.00||||
|Cake Sale Year 4 - Accelerated R|eader Books<br>£126.78||||
|Pantomine Contribution & ice cre<br>Buddy Magician<br>Easter Chocolate<br>KS2 Production Expense<br>Y5 Cake Sale - York Trust virtual<br>Cake Sale Year R - watering can /|ams<br>£114.80<br>£110.00<br>£109.99<br>£103.17<br>session<br>£85.00<br>tuf tray grass / spades<br>£82.97||||
|Cake Sale Year 6 - Books x 30|£80.25||||
|Y4 Cake Sale - History Heroes Ca<br>Y3 Cake Sale - A4 File holder and<br>Cake Sale Year 6 - Storage Baske<br>Clip Boards<br>Games for Puzzle club|rds<br>£79.90<br>cupboard lights<br>£56.32<br>ts<br>£40.65<br>£37.90<br>£31.51||||
|Cake Sale Year 6 - ice creams for<br>Cake Sale Year 6 - ice creams for|YR r & YR6<br>£24.90<br>YR r & YR6<br>£17.80||||
|Pump for events<br>Y4 - Second Hand books<br>PTFA folder<br>Tile Painting<br>Face Painting stencils|£10.46<br>£9.00<br>£5.99<br>£0.00<br>£0.00||||
|Cake Sale Year 5 - Fishing nets fo|r the production<br>£0.00||||
|Staf end of year consumables (from stafroom fund)<br>£0.00<br>Disco's<br>£0.00<br>PTFA Supplies (hot chocolate/Cofee/xmas lights/cash boxes)<br>£0.00<br>Contribution to Accelerated Reader Programme<br>£0.00<br>Christmas Gifts for Staf & Prizes<br>£0.00<br>Staf room expenses from money raised by the teachers - lunch for training day<br>£0.00<br>Community Harvest Lunch for 22 people<br>£0.00|||||
|Cake Sale Year 5 - End of year treat - Ice cream Parlour<br>£0.00|||||
|Contribution to class trips - £200 per class<br>£0.00|||||





||End of Year Party|£0.00||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Dragon Boat Race Deposit for September 2018|£0.00||||
||YR & Y6 Tile Painting|£0.00||||
||PTFA Membership|£0.00||||
||Nativity – community lunch before watching KS1 nativity|£0.00||||
||**Total General Expenditure**||**£33,907.62**|**£48,410.79**||
|||||**Total expenses**||
||**RECONCILIATION**|||**£15,060.83**||
||Bank Balance|||£17,281.67||
||Uncleared Cheques (1048 & 1052)|||£3,301.84||
||Uncleared Bankings - (£40 historic to be written of)|||£1,081.00||
||Cash|||||
||**Balance Check**|||**£15,060.83**||
||Check|||£0.00||






## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

## **Report to the trustees** 

Charity Name Goudhurst & Kilndown PTFA 

## **On accounts for the year ended** 

31[st] August 2023 

**Charity no (if any)** 

## **Set out on pages** 

(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2023 

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed:** 

**Date:** 

25[th] March 2024 

**Name:** 

Henrietta Mason FCCA 

**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 

1 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 



**Address:** 

Grey Cube Accounting Limited 

Broad Oak Farm, Horden, Cranbrook 

Kent, TN17 2NJ 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 

