Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Period start date Period end date 1 April 2024 31 March 2025 To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name New Romney Old School Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1049893 Charity's principal address New Romney Old School Church Lane New Romney Kent TN28 8ER ~~——~~
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Paul Thomas | Chair | ||
| Patricia Goodsell | Vice-Chair | ||
| Adrian Goodsell | Treasurer | ||
| Ann Stark | |||
| Ann Bidwell | |||
| Claire Martin | |||
| Rae Bark | |||
| Elizabeth Lindsey | |||
| SallyJones | |||
| Alison Jeffery | |||
| Michael Shannon | From 22 May2025 | ||
| Jennifer Brill | From 22 May2025 | ||
| ~~oo~~ | ~~oo~~ | ~~oo~~ | ~~oo~~ |
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by existing Trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The object of the CIO is to refurbish, maintain and utilise the Old School, New Romney and such other property as the CIO may acquire in Trust for the communal use by the residents of and visitors to New Romney for a meeting place, provision of facilities for study and exhibition, a library, museum and any other use having a purpose beneficial to the whole or part of the community of New Romney and its surrounding areas.
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The Old School provides the local community with a venue to meet for educational, social and entertainment purposes. A variety of local groups hire rooms in the School. This income allows the Trust to maintain the building to a good standard. It also funds maintenance of the School’s garden, which is an attractive asset to the New Romney townscape.
The School is also open to the public on a regular basis throughout the year, when the Trust’s local history collection of documents, photographs, artifacts and other media may be viewed and studied.
The three priorities in the collection, in priority order are:
- the building’s previous use as a junior school,
Summary of the main - the local history of the town of New Romney and, activities undertaken for the - the local history of Romny Marsh. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within The Trust owns the Old School building and has a long-term lease on the this section the statutory adjoining garden. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
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The Trust continued to provide a venue for use by the local community for educational, social and entertainment purposes. The groups hiring rooms in the Old School included Art Appreciation and Spanish classes, Leisure Painters, the Sunflower Dementia Café, New Romney History Society, Romney Marsh Poetry Society, Sunday Sewing, Country Mice Needlecraft Club, the Romney Marsh Archaeology Society, Carers Support Group, and Kent & Medway Health and Social Care Partnership.
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The Old School also hosted a number of one-off bookings and various fund-raising events, including several lantern making sessions for the annual “Light Up New Romey” event.
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The Trust’s collection of local history documents, photographs and artifacts was open to the public on two Saturday mornings each month.
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The Trust are now the custodians and owners of the Edit Nesbit Archives. The collection was donated by the Edith Nesbit Society in February 2025, and selected items are now on public display in the Old School. E Nesbit is the author of “The Railway Children” and many other books for children and adults. She also published several books of her poems. She spent many summers in Dymchurch and in her final years bought a property in St May’s Bay and is buried in St Mary in the Marsh.
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Section E Financial review The Trust does not have Allocated Reserves. Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Our Unallocated Reserves are used for running costs. These include insurance, cleaning, and utilities. In addition, there are maintenance costs for the Fire and Intruder Alarm systems, the Gas Boiler, grass-cutting, a part-time gardener, and for rubbish collection. Building repairs and redecoration, both internal and external, are required every few years. Details of any funds materially in deficit ~~—~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~_~~ Section F Other optional information ~~__~~ Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Adrian Goodsell Position Treasurer Date 15 September 2025 TAR 5 March 2012
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Charity Name No (if any) New Romney Old School Trust 1049893 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 ~~ee ee ee ee~~ Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
| Room Hire | 8,649 | - | - | 8,649 | 8,945 | ||||||
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| Donations | 277 | - | - | 277 | 1,320 | ||||||
| Fundraising | 1,487 | - | - | 1,487 | 3,102 | ||||||
| Gift Aid | 316 | - | - | 316 | 527 | ||||||
| Interest | 1,385 | - | - | 1,385 | 883 | ||||||
| Sales | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) |
12,113 | - | - | 12,113 | 14,777 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 12,113 - - 12,113 14,777 ~~—_————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||||
| Insurance | 3,157 | - | - | 3,157 | 2,389 | ||||||
| Cleaning | 2,245 | - | - | 2,245 | 2,229 | ||||||
| Utilities | 2,083 | - | - | 2,083 | 1,599 | ||||||
| Administration | 101 | - | - | 101 | 162 | ||||||
| Heritage Collection | 1,412 | - | - | 1,412 | 119 | ||||||
| Repairs/Maintenance | 8,313 | - | - | 8,313 | 5,783 | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 17,310 | - | - | 17,310 | 12,281 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 17,310 - - 17,310 12,281 ~~—__————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
- 5,197 - - - 5,197 2,496 - - - - - 66,828 - - 66,828 64,332 61,631 - - 61,631 66,828 ~~SSS$]~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||
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| Unrestricted Restricted |
Endowment | |||
| Categories | Details | funds funds |
funds | |
| to nearest £ to nearest £ |
to nearest £ | |||
| B1 Cash funds | 5,064 - - 20,077 - - Petty Cash 67 36,424 - - 61,631 - - Total cash funds NatWest Current Account NatWest Deposit Account Charity Bank Investment Account ~~===~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||
| account(s)) | OK OK |
OK | ||
| Unrestricted Restricted |
Endowment | |||
| funds funds |
funds | |||
| 4 | to nearest £ to nearest £ |
to nearest £ | ||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~————~~ |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details Details ~~==~~ |
Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) ~~==~~ |
~~==~~ | Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) ~~===~~ |
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
269,822 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Old School Building ~~a~~ |
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| Fund to which Amount due |
When due | |||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - - Date of approval 15/09/2025 Details Print Name Adrian Goodsell Signature 2 15/09/2025 ~~=e~~ |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)