TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR ThE YEAR ENOED 31 July 2025 Name of Charitv.. HBh Ash CECornbined School Fund Re8lStered Number-. 1072367 Legal Form: Unincorporated Charitab￿ organi5at*)n Governing Document- Declaration of Trust dated 23 Juty 1998 and Supplementsl Deed dated 16 April 2L¥)7 Address: clo High Ash CE Combined Sthool, Pound Hill, Great Brickhill Mitton Keynes. MK17 9AS Trustees: The charity trustees during the yearended 31Juty 2023 were: Mrs S Boyce Mrsc Goodger Mrssmaher MrsA Northen Head Teacher & Chalrman Deputy Head Teacherrrrustee School GovemorlTrustee School Business ManagerlTru5tee The chartty trustees during the yearended 31 ju￿ 2024 will be.. Mrs C Goodger Artin8 Head TeatherlTrustee Ms Kate Ruddkk School GovemorlTrustee Mrs A Northen School Business Manager/Trustee Mis% Flni4p WhitphpaA KS? I paApr J Tnistpp Officers: As shown above Bankers.. Barday5 8ank pk. MidsummerBoulevard, Mitton Keynes, MK9 3BQ Independent Examiner Objerts: The trustees shall hold the trust fund and r(s income upon trust to app them forthe following oblects l~the Objects").. The advancement of the education of the pupils at High Ash CE School by providing fund5, item5. 5ervice5 and facilities that it is not the obligatKJn of any statutory authorty to provide,. The furtherance of suth other general charrtable purposes as the Trustees may from time to time deade. through the provision of grants. Area of Benefit: The area of benefti is detemiined as Great Brickhill. IGH ASH CE *HOOL FIJND IteOsteredChar*yNo. 1072367 Report of the Trustees on the Artlvltles of the Charlty The Trustees presentthe Receipt5and Payments Accountof the Chartty. in accordance with the adopted accounting policy, for the year ended 31 Juty 2023. For the bulk of the year, the School Fund account was onty used for.- Ongoing receipt of Goverr)ment Childcare Vouchers, for which we receive no payment receipts and are reliant on receipt of bank statements to confirm receipt of funds. Ongoing receipt of cheques that were made out to"Hvgh Ash Schoof and could therefore only be banked into the School Fund account. Ongoing receipt of donatKJns that requi￿ a registered charity bank ac£ount le.g. Bag 2 School,. Easy Fundraisingl. Income for these activities tOtal￿d ££3457155, split as: £30,567.45 Wraparound Income from chikIca￿ vouchers. This money will be transferred to the School Budget account £S¥)J donation from the School by a parents £2,405 final 5nSuran￿ paymentfora teatherfs sickness absence Icheque made out to school rather than the LAI £7￿.10 commission to school. from DSP Photographer. The year began wrth 3 balante of £9,￿7.38 in the account. As of 31 Juty 2023, funds in the School Fund account total £44479.93 The trustees would like to thank all Staff, parents and relations, and the children for the support given thTOUBhout the year. Two of th• trustggs hav• r•si8ned their pn%rftinn dLJring thp year. Two new trustees will be aDDointed from 1st August 2023: HIGH AStrI CE SCHOOL FUND ReOsteredth*tyNo.1072367 Trustees Responsibilities The Trustees are required to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the trust and of the surplus or def for that period. In preparing those Finaticial Statenieiit5, tl)e Trustevs are iegulreLI Iu. l. Select suitable accounting poliaes and then appw them consistentfy. 2. Make judgement5 and estimates that are reasonable and Prudent. 3. State whether applicable accountin8 standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements. 4. Prepare the Financial Statements on the going basis unless it is inappropriate to p￿SUMe that the Trust will continue. The Trustees are responsible for: Keeping proper accounting records whlch disdose with reasonable accuracy at any tlme the financial position of the Trust. Safeguarding the Charit￿5 assets and hence for taking reasonable steps for prevention and detertion of fraud and other irre8ulartties. This report was approved by the Trustees and si8ned on their behaff by: Slgned on behall of Trustee5'. Name.. Date.. HIGH ASH CE SCHLKX FUND Re*sterèdChar*yP&).1072367 RECEIPTS AND PAYMEKfs ACCOUNT FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023 RECEIPTS Income childcare vouchers Wrapar(￿nd Other in¢on Donations for scF¥)ol 1.568 3.105 15,670 10.155 Total re(elpts £34573 PAYMENTS Expendf(ure transferred to sthool bL*Jget 21,813 Total payments £U,813 Net surplus rece￿ ¢werpayments 34,57J Bank balan￿ at l Au8USt 2022 4,911 Bank bal¥n(e a¢ 3lJuly 2023 S'IA'I'LMLN'I. Ub AIYL) LIALIILI'I'ILS A'I. 31 JULY Z112J 8ank balance £44. HIfjH ASH CE SCHOOL FUND Re￿Steredch￿N0.1o72J67 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HIGH ASH CE COMBINED SCHOOL FUND** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of High Ash CE Combined School Fund (the Charity) for the year ended 31 July 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the Charity 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 Charity’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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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. Mr J P Foxwell FCCA FCIE independent-examiner.net 39 Enfield Road, Poole, BH15 3LJ Date: 5 September 2024