# **Christian resources for Primary Schools Trust Registration number 1053115** 

# **Trustees Annual Report Year Ending 31[st] March 2025** 



Trust Deed Dated 6[th] February 1996 

Trustees 

Mr Philip Dormer 

Mr John Sweetnam 

Mr Gordon Short 

## Activities 

CHRISTIAN RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS TRUST (ALSO KNOWN AS DISCOVERY) MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDERTAKING WORK IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.  THE CHARITY ALSO PURCHASES CHRISTIAN RESOURCES FOR USE IN LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS 

## Charitable objects 

TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO PARTICULARLY AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SAID AREA AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. 

The charity operates to support the work of Mr Andrew Masters who provides a resource to local primary schools. This includes leading school assemblies, supporting school clubs assisting teaching staff with RE lessons and as a liaison between schools and local church congregations. The area of activity is within the Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead) area of Hertfordshire. 

Over the reporting period Andrew has been supporting thirty local primary schools and nurseries, maintaining a relationship that in many cases has continued for over twenty years. Andrew’s input has been widely welcomed by local heads, teachers, governors and has been acknowledged positively in OFSTED inspections. 

In the forthcoming year, the Trustees intend to meet periodically with Andrew to provide support where necessary. The Trustees intend to review and update where applicable its safeguarding policy. The trustees plan to review its Data Protection policy. The Trustees will continue to monitor the charities financial income and expenditure. 



||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Christian Resources for Primary Schools Trust**|||||**1053115**|||||
||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|**For the period**|01-Apr-24<br>Period start date||**To**||31-Mar-25<br>Period end date||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Donations|**19,903**||**1,250**||**-**||**21,153**||**17,214**||
|Gift Aid reclaim|**8,420**||**-**||**-**||**8,420**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**28,323**||**1,250**||**-**||**29,573**||**17,214**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||
|**etc.**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**|**28,322.84**|**28,322.84**|**1,250**|**1,250**|**-**|**-**|**29,573**|**29,573**|**17,214**|**17,214**|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Payments to A Masters<br>**24,900**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,900**<br>**23,925**<br>Payments to Bibles for Children Charity<br>**1,578**<br>**-**<br>**1,578**<br>Payments for Bibles to Andrew Masters<br>**-**<br>**940**<br>**-**<br>**940**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                     24,900**<br>**2,518**<br>**-**<br>**27,418**<br>**23,925**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, etc.**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**24,900**<br>**2,518**<br>**-**<br>**27,418**<br>**23,925**<br>~~=~~|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**3,423**|**3,423**|**-                 1,268**|**-                 1,268**|**-                     2,155**|**-                     2,155**|**-                     2,155**||**-                6,711**|**-                6,711**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-                           -**|**-                           -**|**-                           -**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**7,680**|**7,680**|**519**|**519**|**-**||**8,198**||**15,157**|**15,157**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**11,102**|**11,102**|**-                    749**|**-                    749**|**-                   10,353**|**-                   10,353**|**-                   10,353**||**8,446**|**8,446**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

21/01/2026 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

||||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**<br>**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**11,102**<br>**-                        749**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,102**<br>**-                    749**<br>**-**<br>Virgin Money<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>~~===>~~|||||
||account(s))||OK<br>OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**<br>**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~—_==~~|||||
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Details**<br>~~oe~~|||||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Details**<br>~~mee~~|||||
||||**Fund to which**<br>**Amount due**||**When due**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**|**liability relates**<br>**(optional)**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>Print Name<br>Signature<br>**Details**<br>~~====~~|||||
||||John Sweetnam||**17/12/2025**|
|CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|2||||21/01/2026|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 



INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CHRISTIAN RESOURCES
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS TRusr
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity C'the charity,?
for the 12 months ended 31& March 2025.
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner
As the charities trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
requirements of the Charities Act 2011 C'the ACV?.
I report in respect of my examination of your charity accounts are carried out under section 145 of the
Charities Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. Respective responsibilities of Trust￿5 and
examiner.
Independent examiners statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection
with the examination giving me cause to believe:
l. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Charities
Act
2. the accounts do not accord with the* records: or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements of concerning the form and content of
accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a ' true and fairf view which is not a matter considered under an independent
examination.
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and princlples of the
ststement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS102)
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 understsnding of the
accounts to be reached.
Michael Robinson ACMA
Meadowcroft, Durnford Drove
Langton Matravers
Swanage, BH19 3HG
Signed
Dated
Loz