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'THÉ KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
GOVERNORS, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
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THE. KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
'L'EGAL AND At)MINiSTRATIVE iP4F(iRMATION
Vlsltor
Lord Bth!p of Gh>u￿$t#
IGovernors
Ihe"- ￿￿1. Njthy {ex-off￿0)
MrA.T. Brett
Mr P. DarKey ((ts'M￿ of G0veffw)￿j
M. ￿￿￿11
Th8 R•4erw*J Ca￿n.1iJA I￿￿ffIc￿?.)
I1￿￿red
.Mts S. Lthis
~Mr M: Dunkl
Mr IA_ Watson
Mr S.
am￿v. Is
D. kne5.TLrriM
r P. Gordon
MrA. Mtic
Rev8r8TrJ Cwn fir. A BBdd¢¢k18X-olfwl
(Rtired 81tr Jar#Jary 3)231
Mr Fis. DhalA
i$s FL Jackson
lapriowtta122 ￿V8mber.2O2
R*TwerbJ'C8non R. Lk*yd I￿￿f$clO￿
lappotnt¢d 30th Crlober ￿22)
Th8 R￿erend Cwon A. lex<+fficioJ
l¥ppoirit•d ?yd Apnl 20231

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER.
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Officws
'The ￿MaSter
Mr D.Qk Morton. B.A.. P.G.C.E.
Th• Deputy Heads
Mr. A. Smith. Ai.Ed.- B.￿. P.G.C.E.. ISeThor Doputy &.
Ac&lemtcl
Mr5 M. Ptyltsps BA.. P.G.C.E..(Pa5toTall.
J. Collirns. BA IFbr&X P.G.C.É. {Staf!)
A. B. Prim.Èd.
H8ad'of Juroor Sclhjol
'The BU￿ and Compwy *r64ary Mr L Griffrths MEro.. CETrJ.. FNéclE.
Charfty n￿Mb•r.
"C¢impany n￿bIl
Pylndpal aiidress
pitt Str8
GIO￿9$fBr
Registered office
"Pitt Street
.Gk)tt¢est
"GL1 2BG
Aijditor
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.Solldtors
Harrison Rickerby5 Ltd.
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THE KING'S SCH.QOL. GLOUCESTER
CONTENTS
Annual R•port ¢fthg
Dlr•¢tors.' Rep
Stratagic Report
Inde￿Il.dent Audltorf$ Poptsrt
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Coiwlldated Stateffl•hl ol FInand￿ ￿ti￿*￿*S
15
Balaiice. Sheets
16
c￿ls011d￿￿tt Cash Aow Stat•meiit
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THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REP¢IRT OF THE GOVERNORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
The fflerrtsers of The Klng's Sct¥>ol. GkIw￿$ler prE5enl thelr Report forthe year enLled 31 July 202 3
uThJef thé Chariknes Act 2011 •Trd Comp*xes Acl %J)6. irKltJJing the Oirecto￿. Report aTrJ StsatgJlc
Report the 2006 Act. tog*lwTAith •Aiied fIna￿la stal￿ert$ lor the yw.
DIRECTORS, REPORT
stath•s and Admlnlstr*lofi
The King's School. GJoTxestervras establish￿ by Heryy Wll byststute in 1541 follDwNJ the dissohjh.on oftr
rnonast8ri85. The School had ori91r￿ly COr￿liEuted as 8 chawity (r￿. 3117451 ￿￿jer a scherne framed by
the Board of Educalion underthe ETrJowed Sclw)ol Acts. 1869. 1873 IB74. The scheme was appl0v￿ by
His Me4esty Kirg Geooe V by way ot Order of COUrr￿ dated J￿Y 1928.
The School Is a charfty IrKJ. 108W11 aThJ was irtorporkni as a limited corypany byguarantee (no. 038348411
on 26 August 1999. The 855et$ an(1 Uabllltiès of the old ch*"ty Iitre Iransfened lo Ihe charity on 1
Septernbw 2LW. ￿ Resirid¢d F￿ld5 to a Ilnk&J chty. Kmg's SclKJoI Pil22 and
SchoQ8rship Fund {charity no. 1080641_11 aryl indudad *7trun the School financi￿ statEffient$ as a
r•stJicled luryj.
The Govemors. %•kn are also dire¢tots for pttypo$e5 of compary I￿. knt#) serv&J dlrrirg ￿ year We￿..
The RevereThJ Canon Arthy"
A. T. B¥ett'
M. Hurrdl -
K.Wyrnan•'#
The ReVe￿d Cwn biJA. Mitchdl-
M. Dunkley #
S. Lews-
. Watsgn-
S. MerKlei • '
D. Innes-Tumill
P. Gordon '
A. Mitchell -
Fi -
H. Jackson"
The Reverend CartrM R. Lloyd
The Reverg)d CaTh)n Dr. A Br&iYock
The ReverwHI C￿n A.
' Member of Finance & Gen￿￿ PU￿0585 Comnytlee
# Member of the Strttegie IAarketir#J & D￿dopfflent Cornmittee
A Member of NDminatr)ns Cornmittee
- m￿ts•r of the EdL￿tiOn & Comp1Kr￿¢ Commili¢¢
+ Réttrtd by rotation and re-appoithj at Amud Ger*rnl Meeliro
Struc￿r& Goveman¢e Managernenl
The Sohc*oI1$ 9ovemed by Its merroTaw￿Urn aTrJ ArliGl8s of A8SOGk4tio7. last aM￿Jed on 20 November 21hf.
Ihe G0vem0￿. a￿ also taguirgj wwjer Arttle5 to seThe as members of thè Selwl. We e*ted at
lull GovemoF5 rnaetiryj on th? b¥15 gf rnminah"on5

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNORS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
The GovemSng Body $haN not be less than 12 ènd nol rn0￿ than 21 ￿ is comprfsod of r￿tMOr•thaft 6 •x-
offlao G0veN￿lS.￿ho$hall be the Dean OftheGbLWterCatt￿dra] aThJ ￿lt more than 5 Residenliary Canons
or the Cathedrnl. ex-offitso GoverrxY5 s￿1 hold ottti by Virt￿ ol tsw"r R$P￿tive office5.
The baianG¢ of the f*vethrvJ 3ody comprfses of G0vem￿. one4trird of *l)ith rt11￿ at thè s¢￿01.$ AnThJal
GwEral Meding. A retiring GovttTh)r is eligible to sland for re-electigrL
The Govermrs meet as a Boanj at 18ast thee tirnes a yw 10 dat&MI￿ the ger*rnl policy of theschool ar(1
to revlew Its overall rnarogemenl aNI ojntroi. for ltsy a￿ responsible. Th&E t¢ur key 5ub-
comrnitteesto the Governing Body, Ih•firsi of fv5e comft*ttees as listed bdow meetat least thrEe tirnes
a year, pr￿edIng Ihe 8oad ol GovenTh)rs rneetiws. to rwc*rt to Ihe Go¥erroThJ Body..
The FiTwce & G*itAI Purposès Cornmhtee scruliThses levèl￿. the bLAlget, C￿lta1 expendltLKe aTrJ
monitols ts eststés dweknprwwt prOg￿mMe and gen￿￿ rna￿￿ance VK)rks. This Committee also
supervises arml finalses the fina￿1¥1 statemarts anrwjal report f¢rapp￿Val by the Sjvemiry
Body.
The strat•9￿ MaFketiry ￿ Dev*thprrth C•mfflittee the Ove￿ markdirvj r*ads of th•
Schoolto In5W? thai StrategE5 *e in plxe lorpLpI r&rUitrne￿ retention. The Committeè also
considars propOs￿S for capita developrn￿t monitots capita buadiftg projecis.
The Edwation aThJ compl1w￿8 thrnmiltee cons*Jer5 rn*r5 Tel￿n9 to the School's a¢aJemic.
curri¢ular Past¢*￿ prD¥ision togell*r *ith a mO￿lO[lryJ and tt)•oidinaiing lola relating b)
eompfiance VAth rÈgu18tory staThlard$ *d othw legislalNe requKernerts.
The NomÈnations Committee CO￿￿1*S skils TAthwi ts ￿¥eMIlY4 Body and actwe
seeks to r¢cnJit nvw Govemots ¢0 the Sch)oL
Tho d8y to day njrmirfj of tr• Sth)ol is ddwed lo the supportgj by ￿ Senior MarHggm8nt
Tèam. The Headmaster and Bursar atter¥J all meetings.
Remurwdt*)n Is set by Board follo￿￿ by FknaKE Cormiittee lo en5￿8 thal an
4)proprfate salary 5c* 15 in p*e. This I￿1{￿Je5 comparison afbd lo any thant b￿ChMa[king
d Stlary surveys aw￿lable lorthe sectorlo enswe the S¢￿￿01 rem*ns sensitiveto b￿aderi$s￿e$ of pay
and ernploym￿t corn¥￿"0n$ dseA*we.
The Kkng's st￿01 al￿￿ lo recNrt h.gh caltbre staff to defN8r a wlde y￿ed CUry￿￿1￿m to ￿1 our pupli >
Delivery ot ts Schoofs c￿ltable Objects￿ is depeThJerrt on ow man&Jem&rt positi.ons.
Govemoys a￿ appoirLtFd at a rnEElirvJ of ￿l￿be[S on Ehe basis of ￿m￿at￿n5 received from Gov¢mor5 arKI
tha Head of ￿ K¥y's School. Gloucastw. foIbMi￿ ag￿ed specificatws con¢emir¥J dvJfoilty. person
compeience, spetsa1tstSk￿ls aTrJ local avajiasfjity. The prncess is by the Nomlnattorts Committee.
¥Y t>)¥¢rr¥Jrs *orkipJs Ofitssd￿or. ar#1 I1*Comp￿Y * a rtyister8d charfty. indudrffj
Board Poli¢y and Procedu￿ by aTrJ BLWW. 0￿￿LSe rey￿ar strateg￿ a￿1 trLks¢¢e4rairyng
wortshops lor am &)¥emors.
SIn￿ttl￿ 8rAI
Serto Ent￿riSeS ￿mit*d isa Yhjlty rYJn<h•itab￿ tralirg sthsidr4ry ofTre King's School. Gloucesler,
QS8 ￿tiV>ties ￿ the Drgan¥sirg ￿ markebn9 of ewerrts at The KirrfJ's Se￿01. &tsucè5￿.
lting's Sctr*)ol Gbu¢•stw Prlze arwj SC￿larS￿￿ FuTrY is a I￿1 of Thè King's SchoDI. Gloucester.
*th05e objects are lo further the educat￿￿ of pwils atte￿ing School pJticLdarfy Ibut not ￿clUSive1y) by
the pro¥isw)n of prizes arby scholarships. Tr ReStr￿ted F￿1$ ¥e i1￿￿￿•d **ithn se￿01 fi￿[#￿81
state5p￿t¥ * a restricted furnj.

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNORS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2023
The King's S¢ho¢l. &oU￿tsr ts a Head5 Confwerce {FNCI S￿01.. +thIC extsls to serye support ts
members, to Fepfe5ent thwr to eX￿P1rfY exG81wKe ir¢ ￿￿at•oft. k ts 4so a rnernber of the Cholr
Sctr¥Jols Assoaationwtsth is agr0￿ of schoo&attact*dto catwrals. ct4Jrches coilegechapels ar0￿1
th8 Colmtry enablry ch)iisl*s to IAve ljnfth￿j access to a fwst-class sc￿011ng M￿lca training. giv*
thorn ￿ oxcg11ont start in life. Thg SC￿*0[ is Iso a mwr*er of the kndepeThYent Associationol Prep S¢hocl
IIAPSI, a body %vhi¢h exists to r4)rns￿t leattiw prnp SCI￿01$ in thÈ LK arAI ovetseas and supports t￿rn in
achtevirKJ excdlence in e￿￿¢[￿n and care.
Objectlve4 and ktlyities
ble Ob ect
The School's Objects. as set OLrt in tts tsf Associ￿10￿. arethe a8v¥￿eMent of edu¢ation of
PLknlic. ￿thIn thg rI￿arIng 01 EThJlL%h la44. *e based on Cthurth of Er¥Jland principles. to provide such
pupils V+ith spiritual. rnoral. mertsl 8r*l physcal training. wttl￿n Ihese th]￿ts. the School also has to create
and adrniThster sclK)larships. exh"bitions bU￿arles.
BenÈfit Ai
Intended
In meetSng these obpcis. the SC￿oI.s PLblic ben8fit avn is to provijè a first class iTrJepeThYert educatiar
boih Itffough strong **em¢c tLutN)n. aTrJ Ihrough dwttopiro vjider sporting. arttstic and social skius in all its
pupils. Ths is intend88 to provide enVtronm￿I ¥I￿re each pupil can develop and fulfil hs orhw pol4ntk
thus help to b¢Jild sell-¢oirf¥Jefice aTrJ inr4JGatE desi￿ to contribute to tt* wder commLmlly.
In FUrt1￿[arKe of these ain5 the GoVer￿r$. as ¢kwity govemors.havè Complied vAth duty in s.17. of Ihe
ritkes Act 2011 lo havg due rwJard lo the Clwrity Commiss￿￿.$ prtjlisw gereral arA relevart sub 4ector
guidance con¢emiTrJ the upwation of Pth1￿ Benefit wuirem&* u￿erthe Aet.
Thts year. the value ol s¢holar5h"ps arKI cthw a￿5 to Ihe SGh)ol's pup￿$ OLrtol tsnrestricie&J funds tolallgJ
£1.554,442 (2Q22.. £1.420,388). The GoverThJ￿. policy. in line knilh that of olher Indep￿derrt Scl*Jols. is b
make I￿se &Yards on the basi5 of the ind￿Idual,$ ￿Uc8t￿)nJ potentk￿. As a CtrniTSchool a furthw £205.3J2
f2022' £188,725) was awafttÈd in Se￿)1a¥s>￿pS by ￿ &)¥e￿[S to support Ihe education of Ihe Choristw¥ of
Gloucester CathedRI.
Further awards of £622.717 12022. £517.925) in bwsaies rnèse from wwes1rl￿ed ILryls, whre the aim
is to rEheve h*$lip or provKle fFnWcI￿ support forthe pw)H's e￿￿11￿￿ 8rKI futu￿ pffjspe¢ts.
The availablllty of ai such awards fOrfe￿sSi51arce. togettrw ¥￿th the toms aKI coTrlition5 of exh kiTrd of
award. is adverbsed on our website at VAW4.tt*iTrJssthool.¢o.uk.
ST ATEMENT OF GOVERNORS, RESPONSIBIL ￿lEs
The Govemor5 (￿￿1 ore abo direclors of The KiryJ's Sch)ol. GlowEsterforthe purposas of CLynp*y lawl ar8
rEsponsible for preparing the Gov¢ynor%' AfinL￿ Report arKI the si*ements rn accort5ance wilh
appli¢able law ar*1 Uniled KiThJdom Gener4ty Accepted Accowthrg Procti¢e (United Kingdom Accowtirq
Stsndards).
Company law B]uires ihe Govemots to prepare I￿arrI* st8lernerts forexh financial y¥r. lthdgr compary
law Govemor5 must r￿t approvethe fina￿¥31 st*emÈnts they arv satisf￿d that they gwe a tnJ8
and fa4rvi￿OI thèstaie of affaits ofthe chantabkcompany ar¢J fv gr0￿P ar4J of the incomiro resources artl
appI￿atbofi of resour¢8s. incl￿￿￿￿J tr* income and expenditwe. of ttE ¢harit*le gFOUP for that p￿100. In
preparing th•s• financial Statements, the Govwnor5 are rqtwpd to:
select suitable 8ccountir¥3 poI￿leS appfy thèm CO￿ls1e￿.
obseNe methods #nd prin¢ipl•s in Its• Chariiies SOI*:
make judgements aThd estimates that a￿ reasorthlE pruden(
stale lthether applKable LA< &co￿tir0 star¥Jart15 kwe been folltswtd, sthjectto arby malerial departures
di5cID5ed and explained In tho finartial staternerts:

THE.KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPORT (xe THE GOVERNORS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
prep*è thelinanciat stalen￿S on tsgolry corrnn ba515 il is irHppsPPtioie to presthme th* Ihe
charitable ¢ompwty VAII Gorknr¥Je iri bUsi￿S.
The Govemors are ￿SpOr￿86b1ef0fke8Plr¥j￿￿u￿e xcowrtlThJ ￿￿O￿$that 5￿ficI8nttostrthy￿￿ explain
.thé charitable company's twsactior6. dS¢lose￿Ith rewnablg accur&y at ary tirne thè financAI posbliinof
the charitabje company arwj e￿Ole them to e￿￿1* thal finaKi* stateM￿ts ¢ornply CL*mpanles
Act 2006 the pwov1s1o￿ tsl ¢￿￿$ eonstitutN)n. Ttw a￿ 81$0 responsib￿f¢r$afegUerdlng the assds
.of chathty the gro￿ aThJ fortakirg reaSo￿lIe SW$ lorthe pre¥￿tion aKI d*ctK)n ol frauj
and othw ￿le9￿1th'eS.
.So' faras tr* G)verrots are"aYare. th•p $ no r81￿￿11 inform#b)n of th• Cjwily's *tyiitors are
unaviare. The Gov*Trors havè each faktn all ol thèsteps thalme ougm to have taken as Go¥emtsrs in orrler
to make owsdves aware of any ￿levant audit i￿o￿nation and to tstajlish thaL charttablè eompanys
,a￿litorS we awarg of that infonnaliorL
In accordance Section 385 of ￿ Companies.AGt 2tTh.-.a resol(iitin pfoposing re4ppo&rtment of
Cmwe U.K. LLP as aLhlitor to scknol to g•wal m981ing.

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPQRT OF THE GOVERNORS ICONTWUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY2023
STRATEGIC REPORT
The School *•9 oftgirdty est8bli3l*d a5 a bowdÈrvJ aThJ day sch)olforboys. Prior to September 198& the
School admiited iunior gids up to Ihe age of 11. •￿th eff￿1 from Sopt•mber 1985. the Gove￿￿ votfd to
admit 9lds thTDugh)th ts entire raThJe of 3to 18 year5 oneducationa. soG6818rd fIn￿￿1 grounds. Bo•¢iro
ha5 row bw phased out: as s￿h the SclK•iiI is [￿W a co41￿8119￿1 day SCI￿01 for puplls a9￿ 3 to 18.
Tho focus thi5 year, like tho pwous year. ha5 been tha ¢￿￿ti￿￿j delNery on the $trate9i¢ plon as laid out by
the Hèadmastw. Thè School, Ilke mary in sector. coth"rn*d to fxe P￿ssUre from inflation•ry pric•
increases. Despite t￿$, ￿ have manag&Y lo marrtain OLf of at>Yemic Lxcdlertè. OLtstandirg
pastoral care arwj a variety ol ¢Orycurricthr opportLri￿e￿. The $￿p1 has to invest in it5 fxiliti
during the yw. eornpleting worfKs to genert¢ a rw scie￿￿ dassroom. with an extwtsion belng added to t
existing sciance buikjlng. Further commentsd to refU￿lSh the basem￿1 of the main Senior Schoc4
bu1￿[ng and Improve the environmertal pn)perfies of Ih8 Juniof School b￿dIThj by aYdirvJ instyla1￿n * part
of a repla¢¢m￿r se
St
Thè stthool'¥ ¥trate9y is rlivtded irrto Sthf￿ maw) a￿a$.
Pastord: To n7aintwn the scI￿orS feputstionfor<Jefv*tr¥ 0￿sta￿SIr￿j pastorJ care. atways fo¢usro
'on ihe ￿lIbe￿ ot &%h ind￿ldU￿ PLPiI.
Acadernic.. To sthfjve for irspiralion •¥J excdlwre learriTrJ. Wing fyach pupil
achieve Iheir full potentia.
co-cuff￿L￿r. To offtra bffj*J ry￿e of ¢Qry¢uniculor opporfurMt*5 b8yor*J tlp c185s￿orn. alk)%Jir¥J
parti¢ipalion and excellerKe lor all pwils.
Slaff.. To ¥ecrL4t the most suitabty qu￿￿[ed staf aB"comnutted to the et￿$
aspiratiorts of Ihe schjol.
Operdtions: To rn￿nt￿n grow resources aThJ Ir£ome In oryler lo that ts Ngl*st qU￿ty ot
facilities are prr)vk4ed.
Admk85ior6 8TrJ markety"ng: To rec[￿ pupiL8 fmm a TrrvJe of b￿k9￿v￿Js ￿711 play a ful(
suc¢es$ful part in the lrfe C•f the school.
Four*Jatitin'. To davdop ? Kry's Cornmur￿ty of formw pupiLs. parerts and statf vall m*rtyn
contact. relish ¢ont￿￿e￿ and support lh8 futwe ¢Jevdoprnert of the Sc￿01.
Revsew ofAcllvlttes fv£hl•¥•mfnts
Pupil numbers rtthiro the year thre￿ed 722 0)22.' 689). We betheve Ihat the Cofrtinued Investrnents the
S¢hgolhas made. notjust in facilitie8 arKI techTr)109ybut dso in $1¥ff. sigrwricar*tycontr￿tsthd lot￿scOntiN￿j
growth in pupil nunbws.
A Re9ul*ory CompliaKe. Educational (knlity Mai¥iai Ctwffje knspeclion tK&s caryi•d out n Seplemb•r
2022. The Independwrt Schools. kn$￿toTal6 ryort slataj Ihat tlE s￿01 rnei every stsI￿ry
achIeV￿ the big￿1 possible 9r8dirvJ of '8xcelknt' in all a￿$.
I￿r r•sult$ wr• w￿$ eamed by PLpil$ ovtt a chall￿￿ pernd of sCFuJO￿ *t4ch HNolved 3 yéars ¢
disnjplion Wih the p*Jemi¢. The med4? dise[￿Sed mwh abo￿ ttms ygarfs rebjm to 2019 grddin9: il
pleasing to see that KirKJ's &lNeved better results tlwn In 3)19 that our upwth t￿r*￿ of acl¥evement
¢ontinued.
At A-lovel, over a quarter ol fesdts at A"IA. wth o¥erl*K of al gr&Je$ btyng A'4. There Wds a 1c￿%
'.pass Trte overall. In BIEC. al pupil$ ¥chi￿￿j D￿ll￿tion0r stwed DistIn￿lOn in part of Ihe cowie.
14ch equates to al A'IA g￿deS af A Levd.

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNORS'(CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY.2023
Yrns pleasiry to see P￿lIS cunlinwJ to 5￿cee￿ w088 vAle raYJe ol arAdèmi¢ $ubj•cts Off•￿1
at K*)9'S, V4ith 27 sthiects on offer.
The varied umetsty destinations p¢4Jds readyy Exercise Sports Scim at Exetv. Gwgraphy
* Loughbomugh: 8iologtc* Sciences at Wamlck.. MUS￿ at..SoLrtharnplon: and Psychology * Cardrff..,In
ditian. this year of ovr ptpils r*eiv&l offws ot pTrsti9iOts inttmaiional wbvors1￿es. Ihe highly souylrt
aftèr Vass8rQJllè3• ￿ the USA MCG￿1 Ur¥vwsity In Canada.
GCSE resLdt5 we outstanding and contirNJ&J the up?*ard treThi of resulis over the pasl lew yea15:.KirwJ
pupfjs produced one of our best ever sèt ¢if I*￿ts. A.rrfth of all grades werE grade 9. four lime5 the notN)nal
average, ￿1th one in thrnè rBsdt$ at 9rad•9 or8. An equdty p05itrvo S1% of resitts ach￿￿ grade¥ 9-
7 {equNalent lo the old A--Al
N 15 Important lo sèe beyoTrJ Ilie5è ststi5tts c¢insider lyiw m￿h trne. effort energy the Fiupils. v*ith
the support of t￿rt￿he￿, w*0 acfveviThJ 11*se leSL￿ts. KÈry's has a repulaiion forprodwmg $¢rong *l-
undors ￿th go31 charxtw Wfk hard."oulsid8 tho d85sfDOrn a5 as inside It. AmorrfJst tho pypi&
celebrating 9￿1 res￿tS * tIE sch)ol were a $ev*dl 9rw mLL%iclans formèr ¢￿rf$I*rs, some InC￿(lIble
musicrans,"firsldasssPOrt8 menand *Y>men (W￿udiNj a strorKJ gro￿ at (Jo￿ester RugbyAcadomyl sLq)wb
artists 2nd mwy more.
At King's. acadern￿ excelFence 9oe5 hawxy V*ith s￿h as kiThYnass and compassi)n lor o¢Jr
cornrnwity. Even in Ihe m¢dst of a cost of kving ¢risis.thi5 yeargroup raised £6,116 to b? sha￿d betwn thi5
yearfs ¢hc¢seri House charibes ￿ L&Jkaeinia and trrteri$ive Cherr￿lt1p￿Y Fynd: Gloucest¢r Feed the
F￿ngry.. Gk)ueestw Dèaf Assoeiationl trbjusè a¢tivib"* S￿￿.3$ non-uniiotTh days. aso
raised £9,000 for our Part￿ S￿01 ￿ Doiriakal. kndra thrO￿h Ell￿tY days."a conceit and an ir¥J ivklua!
eampir#J chaienge. We also SLPPQrt*J other bjcal ctrArities vAth sponsorship in the GIoLxester 11X and thè
Run Runw3y Clbgllenge. A large rwmbw.of pupils have la￿￿ p¥t in ts G￿u￿ler W P￿lect ovw th?
StThmer ￿d we had excellent p￿t and support al a Clffislmas event held at school fordisadvanta•J
pupll5 V4ithin the bcal ¢ornmui*ty.
.Our pvpils perfoTh&Y in thescliool prodtKtiorts of'S¢M)d of Rock. and The Brothers Grimm SpeetacLiat￿￿'.
took part n a Sport Tour to PortLKJal arxl ￿aged With adtura tours io York. Qjsta Rka, Pair5 ar¥J the
A20re5. We had many PLyi1s or9arusing their own vol￿teerry placemerrts ￿ Ihe Junior School, local gchoo
aThJ Read Me prograft￿t. bur we also h#d bts of pupibwb)Svol￿IÈertd with thè Gktrucester CAty
bliday Ath"vity aTrJ Food IHAFI Programrriè.
The JurHor Schjol. along *ith the EYFS at LitJJe Kw¥J's, e¥pwi￿ed a ywflMed*lth grothand d8velopm8nt
Ident in our excdient ISI i￿pectiOn report. Key focd poirts durirKJ thi5 year waE celebrab.ny diversity.
a(1d￿ssIng erNironmental concems. and wioiilisrng th8 of both p￿11$ and staff. Th pupils WEre
motW8led to erfjage iritheir studlèsthro￿h critical thinkitrwi. sélF4lire¢ted leamire. an enlhu5iastic attitiKle
lowards avery facthol thowoducational jtsLuney. TniB miThJs8tv￿s promlnent ev￿ ￿Or& ouryoungest pupils.
We wer• deeply proud of theirsin9LrfaraAd joint ￿COmplISh1nenls P8￿c￿ladY in tern￿ of supptyrtlng ourloca,
region81 and intwnaltonal CDmiriunities...wtrieh er￿MpaSs￿ efforts likettre GI0￿e$l¥ Food Bank City
Mission. Gloucestersh5￿ BuThJles, th'ldrnn in Neetl and our pwtnercornffl￿Ity in Domakat . India..'In additio
warded Eco Schools Gr￿ Fl4 *ilh dlstlncbon.
Finandal Rw%ow and R•wrtts fry th• Y
Stkvjol ¢onimuos to ben8fit from an e¥w4n¢r￿In9 PLpII roll. Mgth hicreas• of 46 pupils Year￿n-
y8ar. This has hdped to compensweforcost ar*s vthh have advétsdy inpacted by irrfL81ion. such
cat8rirg. D•$pite these chzllwq96. th• sc￿01 has 9*wra￿j a surpts of£221.087 I2￿22." surplLL% £144.2323.
The Sch)ol also conb'nues to rei*"n 5trvryJ cash g￿er&s0￿. view to $i￿rgI￿ its liquidity positir
orderto meet ext￿8[ flnartwwJ m*uiity d*e5.
Thè outlook for thè r￿t 12 morihs for the S¢hool cont1rA￿s to be positNe, w¥aeh 15 8viderr¢d by fLKther
grvvth In ow pupil roll.iThe iecert r&UrbiShnier￿ of ihe 0￿¥￿t0￿ Sth Forirt cerrt￿.'rerna1n5 a strong seilirwd
polni. The steady wJ9rad& of existirvJ f￿a￿lIes. bothto improve thè overall putJil'erNlronrrient ar#1 to i￿rease

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNORS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
apacty. 15 a clear sign tfAt scr￿0[ is planrNwJ for Ihe f￿￿e ¥￿th conlideJKe, despite Ihe le53 certain
politscaloutlook. The Schoolis also lindir•J tt* re¢ruthent thtion of ligh44ualtystslf In certan t8achir¥J
Op￿tt.0n￿ areas to ￿ fjrtre8siNJly ehaleryiro.
The School does vlgdart of trefinncial iisks that VB may b? $￿ceptrO￿to over 12 months.
specmieaily Inflation*y pressLwes suffothdry ￿￿J. lightiry and catering. We aso recognise ￿ potenlial
Impactthat a ehange of goverrment may have and the associated iisk of the applicabonof VATtoschoolfeeg.
The School of ￿ c￿lIe￿8 to pw**al affO￿abilItytI￿$ creat& arKI as such It is looking
drive further efficiencies to M￿lm15e the im￿1 on sGkJol fees luture ye•5.
In¥
The School has absolLrte pov4W to itwest any moiutts of the Sctr*)ol r#)t immedotdy wuffed forlts puoose
or upon 5UGh investments. 5ecwilks or prDp¢rly of *th*oever nat￿e a5 may be I￿￿￿h1 fitaTrJ to vary tl*
investm8nl thereof in such manw as may, fom tirne to time. be delerrniwf.
rnvesimenls ** ¢urr¥rtty a COIF CharftEs trNesthTrerrt Fur￿1 wtsre it p￿v￿)uS￿ i>)ked to supportt
prtTr aThY Scttolarshlp FWMJ. wth a lo xhiwwvJ an above•ernge di¥kJ•d, rdatiV8 to UK
8quit185. to enable th8 prDvision of piizes and scnoLwsh"ps. The investmerts rnwkel value at the year end
dato %Yas £91,703 (2022" £93,551).
Inve
mtn¢ Perfomiè
The investment perfOn￿anCe for1￿ yw yidded a tow reithm 011%. h¥estTnents are made lo maximise the
total rètum and generate investrnemt forthe gwliry of prizes arkl scl¥Jlarslip$. The inv*stnwt p•rforman¢•
for the year lJas generated aft ￿nUal divtdÈnd Y￿k1 of 2.8%.
The School's poltcy is lo irNest in its factltltes to SLVPOrt the ed￿ational l￿d b￿lnesS needs of the SehooL
Thrs inestment is SLA)je¢t to •4alability of f￿￿5 to 5￿pOrt the day to ¢Jay Opernli¢J￿I needs and b
maintain adeqL01e ￿$OuT¢￿S to me8t any c0ntirvJ￿C18s. Ary Tnaior investrnert in bLuldiThas be finaneed
by thase fLnds and necess3ry by borTO*gng5 or fU￿￿r￿sI￿￿. The level of borrohirgs wdl not exceed a
levd svFych GoVerW￿ are corfklent can be S￿iCed by the prudeth projeciitin of futtsTè tncorne and
expendilurt and assuciated cash fbows."
The School's iotJ reswves of £5.58rn" r2tr22.' ￿.35rn) atthe year eThJ comprisiThJ £17k f2022 £17kJ rÈstriGted
funds and £5.56m (2022." £5.34mJ unrestricted resery¢s. £8.73m (2022.. £a 73m) rrfjresenied the net book
valL* of fixed 35sets. The G0VeTrJ￿ corsiderthal 9iven the 5trW￿th of the School balance sheet, the stable
h Ilowfrorn the stLKJenl roll and ￿ ongoiwJ pop￿aF]1Y oftheSth)ol. that Ss no need to bulla up È frea
resawe.
All fundraisirvj a¢ti¥itles forthe Scfvjol we carned by hioNy professior41 Sth)ol staff hith assistaneèfrt
t1￿ parent$ and pupils. The s￿￿01 do85 ￿1 Use ext￿nal p￿fesSiOnal fundraiser5 or have any cornmerc
participants. All fuThJI￿tsj scbvities 8re m8no9ed by It￿ Healmastw, wthh oversobt by the member5 of the
Govaming 8ody.
ND cOrnpla￿t5 rBlating to IwhJraslrnJ actNSttes h&Tg receiv￿ by ihg SthK*I durir¥J thg linanrAal p￿10￿.
Fh)wei, the SthJolha% in pl<e prOc&JU￿t￿9t %Y)dd be follovBJ knlhe•v•* ofacomplaintbling received.
Th¢ Sthoofs Complairts Policy arvj p￿t&SurE IS on the v*bslte.
SctrKJoI does not sth>s¢iibe to any specttlt fuThJTri5ry sky￿ardS or schariies for fund￿1[￿j
regulation but considers Ihat it has set apP￿prI8le standards for the operatV2ns and mawement of
fuThlraising xtNities. In particular. the Scl¥)ol consider5 that its pffjcesses and ¢ontmls ¢nsurE Ihal
vulnerable people otw memb*5 of the public are pvotected f￿rn any unwsonable intwsion on
petson's privacy and that no fuTrJrising xliviti¢s kntJUd be unreasonably pwsi5t8nt or place Und￿ pr8ssure
n a person to donate rn0￿ or prop•.
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THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNCXIS {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Princi
ert*nt
The Governts le9￿￿Y revtew the effecliv•xss ofcumtplar6 sttsteg1￿ foridentifwrfjaThJ m3r4giro
all rnaJDr risk5. GoverThJr5 have previol￿lY a55e5sgJ the rnaioriisks to the School L8 exposed, arKI
are $ab'sf¥wJ ttwt systems in plx¢ to tr￿￿98 exposure io the rn2Jor rtsk$.
Oetsiled eonsideratp)n of risk i5 delegaled to th8 Finance aThJ G￿Tal Purposès Comm*tee. reports
fO￿n8[(¥ to Go¥emTh¥J 8ody. generic corrfrnls by the Sth)ol tL) mtnimise risk IrKI￿le".
Detajed terns of refe1￿ce fom)al Wa￿a5 for Coftknittee * Bowd meetings..
Strategk d￿et0pMert a￿llY by Ihe Govwring Body:
Compreher£ivÈ budgeth￿ abj rnarlager1￿t ¥cOts)t¢￿.
Esiablisl*d orgarusatknnal stnKtuBs and I'nes of reporttr*J"
Forn81 ￿ttert Poli￿eS T￿￿dir￿J dear aut￿nSatIon ar¥J appffjval Iwefs,.
Veitirs ¢*mc•Jures as requir¢d by knvto tha vukw*le.
The Governo￿ have carTied O¢A an a$￿sme￿ of ihe ktyffisks aNt llnr￿ait￿ fxirKJ tr*School those
identified prirnarily rdate to ￿lde¥ ￿0￿*mY, Ihek*ro letrn mwknt dwn•J forpthes atthèS¢hool and the
impad ol ext*rnal lactr1￿ on Schotsl's devdoprnont plars.
Wiihin the localtty thwe aFe granwnar scFDols s￿er￿ irKlep￿Iertt schjols. ThroLub
ovtstandlNJ pasirol care. prudert sinKtuAro of th? wi¢￿um. thèprovi5ionof knspiring teachir*J, a Mde rdryJ¢
of co<ury¢uLw autivittes and enh￿Ced facifit￿. Governo￿ aim lo outperform k*cal state wd independenl
schoots such tIHt th& reputation of K¥wJ's ¢Or￿n￿e9 to be v*orted.
Th? pty51cal locatKJn of the School Provides constrants on the eXp￿￿>Th aThY development of the se￿01
ith"n its current boundaries. This is mitigated by the en¥iTrrment arKJ history associated wilh th? Scnool
location.
FUts￿e Plans
The ￿dM￿ter twd prod[￿Éa the ￿1&2023 Sli¥t•3K Devdopmont Plan {SDPI. thbs ha¥
been fLdflll8J arad a r*w Str*4lc 0￿￿0pment Plan has be￿ pIDI￿rt forthe perfod thrrjugh to 2028.
Ihi5 Annual report was appTrved by the 8owJ of GoveffbJf5 of The KI￿,$ S￿01. gowksler on 21JL
Nbvember 20ZJ irthing. in their capacty as cornpany dweetorn. appmvin9 Diwt¢y5' Strat4ic
Reports eontanÈd thwein. $igngJ on 115 bthaf by:
Mr P Danwl
ljavrnan ot Go¥￿￿

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
INDEPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLCLICESTER
Oplnlon
Wé have audited the finanoal Stat￿entS of The lfjwJ'$ Sch)ol Gloucestw I'the th￿table comparfl and its
subsldlary fthe group'l for the yw ended 31 JLrfy 2￿3 cornprise Coftsolidated Staernent of
Financial A¢twities.Balance Sheets, Consoli¢Ja￿ Cash F]owStalement ar¥J ￿teSt0 I1￿cial stalernertt?.
i￿lUdir￿j signrfi¢ant accountir¥J policie5. The fIr*￿￿la wortWb3 framewrjrk that h35 been 3pplied in thar
preparotion 15 aPpI￿able law and lthill￿ KiTrJdom Accountirg Sta-dafds. induding Flnanciai Reportw
StaTh#ard 102 ￿ Financi￿ ReporttTrJ Sla¥Jard appWle UK Rep(t•lK of IrdoTrJ Iurmtod KingdLxn
Gefter￿ly Accepted Acco￿1[￿j P￿tIce1
our opirmon th• firAnckql 5ts1ernents:
91ve a tnje and fairview of the state of the 9roLp's and Ihe chontsble Comp￿￿.$ affaws as at31 July 2023
and ol lh8 9roup'6 incorng and oxpenditure. fort￿ year Ilw thjed.,
have beEnproperlyprepwe¢ In Unit8J KirsdomG¥*rally Accepted Accourting Practic
have prepared in accord¥te with of ttke Companies Acf 20L%.
Bas1$ for oplnion
We conducted our audtt in kntematK)nal StarKl•ds on Auditing {UKI IISAS IUKII and
appli¢ablelaw. Our resPo￿lb1h.Ies under tkn$¢ $taThJwdsare fIrt￿Id+S¢￿bed in thgAL¥Jilorfsr8sponsibillb"
(orthe audit of the fina￿la1 stat￿eTrts seclion ol our worL We a￿ independent of the group in accofdanc8
h the ethi¢al r4uirements that rdevw to our aryjrt of Sta1￿￿ts in ttr￿ UK. Ind￿￿1Thg the
FRC'5 Ethic* Star￿ard. ￿ we have fthfillwj our other ethra respO￿lb￿l￿es in accordarKè wlh thes•
wèquirtments. We bdieve that the 8￿j11 ewderv v* have obtsred is SL*lici•it*m8 appropriate to pwvide a
basis for our opirllon.
Conclusions rnlatiry to going concern
audltiMJ thè flnancial statements, ¥￿ have ¢Onc1￿￿e£r that the Iwsl*'s use of goir¥J concem basis of
accounting in the prepaati)n of the fInar￿￿￿ si*wnts Is appmpri*¢.
Based on the wowk ￿ have perfonned. ￿ have rw)l I￿￿￿d any mthial unG*wrties to evenls or
conditions that. 1ndNid￿lY or ¢ollectivdy, rnay Gast SgnJfi¢art doubt on the chao"tthle Gompany's or the
group's ability to contiftLte as a going fL)ra period of at least twelvè morths from when the tinancial
stataments are 8￿hOtse￿ for Issue.
Our responslbililies the ￿pOrts￿n￿leS of ￿l￿￿te&s ￿SpeCt to goin9 con¢wn are de5c¥lbed in thè
levant sect5Lins ol thls report.
Othèr 1n￿nnatIOft
The Irustees a￿ resportsibleforthe other inl(>rrnationConi￿￿s￿ wiilyn anftual report.Th? other lrforrnatth
eomprises the inf0ml￿on Included in the anr¥A Feport. other bkn fiYWci￿ slatem•nts and our auditorfs
report Ihereon. opinion on IITe fironc1￿ Statem&¢￿ does r￿t covertl* otl*r Information a￿1. except to tlÈ
extenl Dther¥%ise expliciuy statay in our report. do mt express aiy lomi of assLYance cDr*lusion ther*on.
Our responsibility is to Rad the other irrfomiat￿n aKI. in éoir¥J so. consider *4Jether Its other irf0rn8t¢on Is
matefrally S￿OnsIstanI wlh the fir￿18[ stat&nents or our k￿￿ledge obl•￿￿ in the au(Sit or othwwse
appears to be maten.elly rThsst8ted. *Jentify s￿h Mat￿la} lrtonsiste￿les or ￿pa￿￿t mateNal
missiaternents, vm are to detemiine wthether thi5 gives ii5e to amataial misstalement in tha rFnancial
slatements tlwnselves. ff. based on thè havè perform•J. ￿ CO￿1￿18 that th•re i% a material
missiatem•nt of ttis other lnf0rrnat￿ry ￿ we ￿UlTrd to w•ort Ihat facL
We havè to rèport in Ihis R9wd.
Oplnlon$ on othw matt•rs Pr￿￿1b*d by the CompanIes kt 20(
hi our opinion based on thè underta(en in ts cOu￿e of OLY audtt
the infomiation givsx in tnJstee5' repor4 *thi¢h i￿1￿￿e$ (he directors. WSOrt arKI the slrat&Ji¢ report
preparèd lor purposes of company ￿. for th? finX￿ year for the financial statements a
propared Is CO￿lStant vAlh the fin*￿4 stat￿e￿.
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THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
INDEPENDENT AUDttOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KING'S SCHOOL GLIXICESTER
the stTrleglc wort aN1 thg directors, report Aitrin the IpJstees' wiort have been prepared in
accordance with applitAble legd rg]wments.
Mattars on twhi¢h we are rtqulred to report by u¢epti¢n
IlgN of th8 kmwled9e aThl under5kndry of the 9r0￿ chwilable company and tr*"r envin)nment
obt8ir*d in the of theaudit. hw• rot id￿￿1•¢j mtsia miss14t•m￿S fft thB strate9icxeport or th9
directot5' r•port in¢ludèJ vJltrMn the trustees, r
We hav¢ mtling to r£port in r#p8¢t ol the follo*iro nwllws in rdaiort to vthth the comp￿18$ Act 2rJ)6
requirns ¢Js to report to yots rf. in our opiraon".
adequate ￿lj proper ac¢oLntiTrJ re￿￿$ rnt been kept . or
finattial Stat￿entS Th)t in agreement ￿1th the 8CCOLw*sry recO￿S returns: or
certain disGIoSWE5 of tA￿tee5, rernurwtion spe¢ilied by l&v are r￿1 madv. or
have Trjt rxavod all th& Inlormalion explana¢hJrk* ￿ rtquirè for ow audlt
R8sponsibilttle5 01 trusts
As explained ￿re I￿Y in Ihe tnjstees. resport%iti14tk8s ststerwl set oth on pwje 6. the trustees Ivtho ar8 ￿50
the d¥ectots of the chaAtable ¢ownpany fort1* PUT*o$es of corrpany l*vl are responsible forlJ)e pwaration
of finanoal statements and for beir8 satssfied that giva a tnjè far vI8w. aTra for such iniemal
coniml as the tNstees detemiir* is necess￿ to erAb￿ thè prepa*"on of ftrArtial statwnerts that fret
fffjm material ￿￿$StateMent. knfielher due to frdvd or eryor.
tn preparing the f￿￿1?1 statenwls. I￿tee5 ao ffesponsts* for assessw the cha￿table comparrys
ability to c<*ntirnk a5 a gOir#J COr￿ern. disdo￿ng. as 4)plicable. mattus rel*ed to going con¢em artd vsiwJ
the going ¢onc*n basis ol accoLmbrvJ untes$ ts In￿le8$ fftloKI to liouidate the Ghatitable company or
to ceas8 operttions, or have ro wfistic ￿ts￿l1¥e ttui to do so.
AuditDf s rèsponsibilities for tr* audlt otthÈ financia sfatements
Ow obiec*Nes are to obtain w$Onab￿ assurdrKe abo￿ ￿ther the fIn￿la1 st*ernents as a wb)le a¥8 Iree
frorn material misstÈtemen( bthether to frdud or erTor. aNJ to Issue ￿ *AYitorf5 IEPOrt that includès our
opirion. Reasonable aSsur3r￿e is a I￿gh kvel of assLfdnce. byt is rrfjt a guar•rtee that an audit conducted in
CDrfan¢ewth ISAS IUKI VAII alwzys dete¢t a matwial misslaèment iiwsts. Misstaternents can artse
from fraud tsr ewor arnl ar8 cons#lered rnatenal rf. iftdivh1ua1￿ or ￿ the aggregate. Ihey cO￿d rnasonably be
expected to Influen￿ the economt¢ decisKJr* of us*$ tak•n on Ihe ba515 of thes¢ linarKial StateM￿ts.
Oet*ls of the extent to th¢ ￿dI1 consIde￿d capable of dètÉxtirrfJ ITr3￿¥11￿"e$. ￿￿￿dir¥j fraud arn1
noTrcompliance wth la￿4 and regthaiK)r￿ set oul bejow.
A fLother dsscrfpiknn of ourresponsibllkies forthe aLhdit of Ihe linw•)al Stat￿￿ents i3 located on the AnwKial
R4)ortiryJ Couwfs webElte at..
.LWaudit
. Thrs d￿riptiOn lonr* part of o
auditors report.
Extsnt to wttlch the audlt was consldwed cwble of detecllng Irregul*itie* inLluthng fraud
Irregulaiities. includmg frydud. are ￿81¥￿e$ of ThJn-CompS￿e lakns aThJ rtrJutab"ons. We kjenllfieil
assessed Ihe riskstsf n)ateria mis$tst8mentof the1tr￿￿k￿ ststemw15 f￿rn irTwJl&iiiès. V•t*ther due to frwd
or ￿Tjr. *)d d￿￿SSad thBse bemeen ow team members. We tlw de5hJned and pejforrned audit
Proc￿urES ￿sPor$1¥etO tl¥Js8risks. i￿1￿￿1￿ obtairllrg •>Sit widertè sufficiertand apprnpiiatèto provKle
a basis for OLW opinKJn.
W$ Obtai￿ an ￿￿erStand1r9 of the ltyal frame*orks *ltNn Ihe charfIab￿ compary
and group operates. focusing on those and regulattons that havo a dirnci off￿t on the determinilion of
malwa ￿ouNts anj disdosityÈs wi the finwcial stateffent>. The regL4atsorts consbjered in IWIS
context w8r• th¢ comp￿9$ Act 2CK16. ts¥atKJn legislalitin. together*ith ts I￿￿)11e5 so￿ (FRS 102). We
assessgj the r8quod ¢omplK*e wth Itw I￿ le9￿allonS as pwt of our audit procedurns on the
rolatsd fin￿cl￿ ¥tatwmont itwns.
In addlion. cortsKIw8d provisiorts of otlw ar*1 regulaiions that do rt•t have a di￿1 ￿l*¢tOn
finncial statements bul cornpliarfe ￿1th tA4ich migFt be fuThlamenta5 to the chwtabl• eompary's and th•
group's ability to operate or to wold a Mat￿la1 pwdty. ￿ 4$0 cor&id•rtd the opport￿rt￿ incentiv¢s
13

THE KING'S S.CHOOL, GLOUCESTER
INDEPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPOIiT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
that may exhI￿￿1n C￿rit￿lIe cornpany * th¢ gro￿ forlraud. The and regulation5 ￿ consideTtsY
In thls context lor UK opw*w)ns *re fv EdueaK>n Ihdep*)J£nt S¢1￿￿1 Starnlardsl RegLdatsons 2014.
Auditing staThJards the Nuired aL#Iit proc*Juw lo *Jwttily Mn<orrpliarrR Mryth these and
gulalion5 to enq￿ry of thè T￿$t￿ abxl ottr* v$p￿tk*n of regulalory aid 18gal
c0fté5pondencq M ary.
We identrfiedthe greatest rtskof hMp*tontr*lxwKid statemerts frurnh7e9￿fflIeS. t￿lL￿ding fra￿S,
¢0 be w4th tthe ov*iide of ¢ontrols by mwern￿l. audtt pfftrcedsjrps to respond to Ihese rf5ks included
ef4uiriés of marogem8nt. and th• Firwce and P￿pose$ thmmittee, about their own idertificattin
and a5$￿$men1 of the dsk5 01 Irwtharit*. $•nple iesbng on the pogting of iouma15. reviewing accountirg
estirnates for bHses. desigrriTrJ audit pro¢edLres over ￿Tr4ee >nc?me. ￿vieW1￿J le9￿atory COr￿Spond￿
vAth the Charity Comrni$sion. fndepeThJent S¢Ph)ols hspetlornl•, ￿$ted and rnadirg M￿utes of meetings of
those charged V•ilh governance.
ch￿n9 to the i￿￿eTht limitations of an athliL there is ￿ Lx*void*ler¢k that m3y rw)t hwe detected so
rnaterial mtS51atements in the fin￿1￿ statements. evem though * have properfy pjartned and perfonn8d our
audit in aCCOfdancewth auditir#J siandards. For 8xafflp￿, ihe fwlher r￿n0Ved non-compl￿nCe 7hqlh laws and
regulations lirroJul*itses} is froffi the ev￿￿$ trdnsactKJns reflected in the financial statements, t*a less
likety the inherenuy limit￿ procedwes reqLirtd by StarrtlaTds would identify it. In èdditson, asvwlh any
audit. there rernaned 3 hMJ￿r risk of non4Jetection ol irrÈgularitEs. as these may irsvofv? collusioa. forgery,
intenlional omissions. mislep￿tatI¢+fft$. or the override of Intw*l cortrDls. Wo are not re5pon5ible fr
prov•nb"ng non-compli￿¢* and Garrnl be expected lo detect ￿n-￿mPli￿Ge au laws al￿ regulakn"ons.
Use pf our rnpwt
This report is mwje soldy to ch3n"table cornpaww's member5. as a body. in ￿Coldance ￿ Chapttr 3 of
Part 16 of th8 Compafues ACÈ 20C6. Chjr a￿lIt ha5 been ￿j£rt￿eD so tha¢ we st*e to I
charitable compwy's M￿be¥S ihosg mattws are r8qLpred to $￿e tu tr%m in w a￿lItD￿S report aThJ for
no other pthpose. To the fullesl exienl p￿mitted by law. 7Ae do nol a¢ceptorasS￿lle responsibilty to anyone
olher than th¢ charilable company WKJ C￿￿[table Comp￿,5 members as a body. for our#udit woth, for
tlws roport. ot for the opirmons fonne(l.
Guy Blggln
Sen￿r Statutory Auditor
For an(1 on behaw ol
Crowe U.K LLP
statutory Auditor
Fourth Roor
St Jam8$ fr*)us6
St James Squar¥
Cheltenham
GLSO 3PR
Date: 17 December 2023
14

THE KING'S SCHOOL GLOUCESTER
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Totsl
Tot
2022
Funds
Funds
Income and endgwmerts from:
Charitable adivities
Sthtstsl lees
AnC￿lary Iradirg
Other IAdlng *ivities
10.938.777
1.254.923
10,938,7TT
1.254.923
9,835, 752
689.410
Olhw incomi￿a resources
Trading l￿ver- Sa10 Enlwpdses
Invesknents
Invsslrngnt income
Voluntary sources
Voluntary Sncome
21.040
96.65
52.391
¥OS7
24i)$7
8,867
7.314
14,077
25312
Total Incoming rnsourc•s
12.342.218
7.314
1 1349.532
10.656. 128
Expendlture on:
.Raislng fjJnd$
S¢rfo Entery)rises cost5
.Fundrais4ng costs- othEr
F￿art¢e costs
Total deductlble c95ts
48.442
12,035
110.28S
170,762
21261
9.061
107.162
138,484
11035
110.285
170.762
Charftabla acllvltl•s
Education gr8rrt maktNJ costs
Total ￿PendItu1•
Net incom1n￿10Utgoin8j fund5 from 0￿101
before transfers and inveslmert gains
2a790
145
222.935
145.268
Trartsfè
(Lossesygains on invastments
1,036
ni4)vement In funds br the y
220,942
145
144.￿2
Fund lkne8 as at l August 2T22
5.210,364
Fund balances as al 31 July 2023
17
5.354.%6
The noles on pages 18 to 34 fomi pwl of tl*se statern￿.
15

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 03834841
BALANCE SHEETS
AS AT 31 JULY 2023
oup
School
2023
2023
.2022
Flxed assets
Tangible assets
Investment&
4731,638
91.703
823.341
ardT.770
93.551
&821,321
a 731,638
91. 70S
&823.344
8,727.no
93.SS4
&821.324
12
Current ass#ts
Stocks
Debto
Cash at bank and in ho￿1
1&612
.14.145
705,414
1.448.708
11￿265
1&611
14,145
7A5.379
13
1.415,985
2.226.641
1.343.422
Z21a039
2.164. 793
Crèditors: amourts tslling diie
wAthin one ye8r
040.759
204.462
N8t currpnt ass8ts i IllaNiltigs)
17Q062
&88n
177.280
,669J
Totsl assets less curr￿1 assets i
Iliab111ti*81
9.1￿￿.403
8.781434
9.LXXJ.624
&781.
,Credits)rs: *wiounts falling due
424720
427.
425.T20
,437.838
Net'assets
5.575.683
5.354,596.
&574.904
5.353.817
In¢ome funds
R85tsicled fuThJs
iQ763
14908
16, T63
Ggneral
4551775
A337,￿3
&557.996
5.337,054
17
The foftle ye¥ deat wfh h? the Statements of the par•tt clwity was a surpl
of £221.OB7 12022." stwplus 044.232).
Th¢ linan¢bi statenients ¥proved arnl sUtt￿lIsed for by Board on
and sVJ￿d on Ils by:
illr P Dan¢8y
Chair of Gov•mtsrs
The notès on pages 18 to 34 fonh part ol thes• fir*k81 statvn*ts.
16

THE KING'S.SCHOOU GLOUCESTER
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
2023
2022
Net usll inflow from operations
Nèt cash prrivk4éd by opwabrMJ
424571
".T70,64fj
Cash flov4s used in investirvj acliviti•
Investmenl incomè and bank interest reGeN*Jle
Paymert for tangible fixed assets
(493.706)
r28287
Net casb used In Invesfjng xttvllies
74.
Cash flows froin fiR￿CIng ¥tiwlts"ès:
Rèc"élpis from new èJvaf¢ce fee ￿ntr￿ts
Amowls utllised
Fir¢nce costs paid
Bank If)￿ repaid
Bank lo￿￿
771,573
f340.048)
(110.285)
77.823)
356.064
(187.355)
(109.942J
{694,567J
Il•t e•sh used Ilnvfrom fifiancin9 acliTalles
13.417
Change in Casii and.cash equ4valenis In Ihe r•portin9 p•rl•d
721)
.(139,162)
Cash WKI cash equivalents at lh8 begirr#vJ of the"period
1.44Q706
1.585.868
Cash and ¢ash equiv#l•nts at th• •nd 0*tho rop￿￿n5.￿l9d ￿986
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATÈMENT
R•condliztion.pf ntt in¢om• ts net cash"li¢iw from 0￿ralIn9 athtiè5
2022
Net irtonmng iesourres for thg yè
Elimin*ion ol Th)rFopwats'r#J cash fb)wts."
trwestrnent ifvme baw* intetst
FironciTrJ costs
.Lo¥¥ on di%poseJ of fixed assds
'.Deprecialion of targible fixed assets.
..(ktraaseV¢J￿lea5e In stocks
.Ilrcrea8eVdecrease in debiors
I[￿re&Sel(dec[￿asel..In cre(iitcirs
.222,935
144268
4.057)
110.285
37,027
,452810
12.405)
(88,S30)
P82.394)
f4867J
419.g61
14362
(1￿.7281
192.488
Ikt Gash Infiow from ¢peratlon$
425 511
.Anatysls ot Ch￿t$ In net
t I AtPJUSt
2022
At 31 Jtsly
2023
Ca6h ai bar
1.446.706
(30.ni)
1.41S.985
The Th)tes on pages 18 ￿ 34 forn pwt of fiwwl staem￿lS.

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
A¢￿UnI5Dg polldes
The. flnancl* statements have be8n prepa￿d In acCOrdarKes￿th the FirwKi* Repo￿￿ Slwdard 3pplicab
In tbg UK 8rMI Republic of Irdand (FRS1021. CompaTMes Act 20C6 Statement of RecommeThgwJ
Prdctice applicable to charitres preparir*J ther fIrW￿l￿ statements acco￿an¢t wth tl* Finanrid Reporting
St8ndarrJ appliGabte m the im< aNJ Repl￿1￿ of (FRS 102)- effective l Jwry ￿19.
The fLnGti¢na cuw¢r¢y of th8 S¢lK>olts ¢0rt8JdertyJ to be GBP beca￿ that is the euff•rcy of primay
eCor￿mI¢ •nwYrJrmert In S¢knol opwat89.
The finarKial stateft￿ts are drdT•f up on the listorfca c0stba5isofxc0￿tl￿j.8SModrfied by the r•v&lJalion
of irwestment propertie5 and otl*r nvestmwts.
The Charttsble Qjmpwy has ￿ken advantage of t￿exeMPl10n avail*)18to a quaiffylng ￿lIty ￿der FRS 102
fromthe r•qUI￿￿t lo p￿Sert acharity orty Cash FIowSlatement *ith It￿ Consolldat￿fit￿￿Ial stalwnents.
Hwirg fe¥ieknEd fL¥￿irS fwlit• av•labl8 to fv se￿01 togellv*ith t￿* txpect•g oNJoin9 d•xand fol
pkce5 aThJ the School's futwe pnJ1￿1￿j cash flovLs. the (knerTrJrs have a rtasonablo expectatDn that tho
Sehotsl has ￿80￿ceS to conlinue its activtW foiV* lortseeable luttwe and cortsider that thep 3re
no malerial uncertainties ovuthe Scmol'sfifyg￿4￿ viabrfity. A¢¢onlrrMJty, ty ￿$0 ¢ontinuB lo adoptthe goiry
Concem basis in P￿pariN￿ the linancia statwnents as Othlir*d in Stat&M¢ of Governo￿. Re5pDn5ibilf(
on pwJ8 6.
The I￿ancIal stal#￿ants present Ihe corsolAlated Statem￿ of activities ISOFAI. the consolidabj
cash flow ststenwt and the ¢ortsol*Jatecl and (Jority slwBlS cofFyrisiro thg CO￿01￿￿19n of
Schoolwth its whc*By ovmed 5ubsidwy Serfo Elllerprses Lknited. No separate SOFA ha5 been present8d for
School alone. as pem)itted by S•¢tion 408 01 thg Comp￿1¢$ Acii(*. The Schog1'5 swplus 9enerdtion
tor the year l*d5 £221.087 f2022.' £144.232).
Tha School is a Publi¢ Benefit Entity ffgJtstertd as a ¢knty in ErnJlaThJ ayj Waks a)d a eompaty limited by
guarantee. tt was in¢orpoRte¢ on 26 Awust {¢ompany n￿ber. 038348411 arAI registetsd as * cknty
on 9 May 20￿ (charity nurnb￿. 1c￿11.
Crltical a¢countlng Judg•ments and kty sotJr¢es of esllmation uncerf31nty
In the applKation of the accoLrtfrng pofkne5. Go¥wTh)ts • ￿Vired lo mak• jLKlgern•rt$. estknat•5. ar¥J
assumptions aboth the ¢wrying vaue of a55ets liab￿ltieS that not readily 8ppargnt fffjm Othersou￿es.
The estlmates and undertyirg ￿s￿￿¥th)n$ are based on listoiical &xperfence otFEr factoB Ihat
cortsider•J to be rei8Y8nt. Act￿1 may drffer fwom these estNn*es.
The 8$1im8tes and underlywNJ assLKnpiiorts are rEv*Aed on ￿ oryoirg basis. Revislons lo a¢countirwJ
•stim•tes art recognised ￿ the period h 7*hKh ille e5tirnale is Wi5ed if the wision affects ontythat pèriod,
oi the perfod of the rèvision ￿ future p*iods il tP* ￿1$￿?￿ affecied cunent arKI fLrtwe pwiods.
h the of the &Jv8nbJrs. rK) assumption5 corrnwir¥J the fkn or esImat￿n u￿ertarty affeciiNJ ass
or liab115Ua$ at the baSarre sheel dale Ikdyto w85￿1 in o *JJ￿tr￿rt to thtw caThying ￿UnIS In
the next financd year.
The follohiNJ acco￿try policies been ¥pThed corotStertJyin deatwwJ ¥Alh Itwns WE Cor￿lI1er￿l
m*erfa in fylaiion to Scltsofs financia staemenls.
18

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023,
Ar¢o￿lI1n9 polici•s leon11n￿dI
In¢¢ming re8our¢
Donatti)ns. legacies other lonns of voluntary incorne •E aC¢OLK*ed foras arnl %*En entillemenl
S￿. ￿ amowrt can be ￿￿eblY quèrtifled ￿ the ecoM)rn￿ benelit to ts School Is ConsTrd￿ej
P￿babl￿.
Fees r￿l¥able and Ghar9es forseNKes are ￿oUnted forin the year invthieh the ser¥tce is provides.
Fees rec￿￿ foredLKation to be provlded h futwè callbed lo￿￿4 as del¥￿￿ I[￿Me in
b￿alte sheet.
F¢es ￿¢t1¥able staed orterdeductiF¥J alts7hww, sdKslwstrJip$ and oll*r [thss￿n$ granted
the Sctrool. ithe cort11b￿loTr$ from mstiicLwJ fwxls for srh)latships. blasa￿s ar
9raTrts.
*v•rffmtnt granls we recogThsed basèd ontr£ accDA rrodd we measLtr•I at Iho f01rv4￿
asset or rec¢ivabk.
12
Resour￿$ expended
ExpeTrJiturg ts ￿c￿ed as sooThes a ￿8bUIty is CO￿lder￿j probabl6. dsscotnted to Prn58nt Val￿ for
Jer4emb liabilities. ExpenditL¥e 15 XCOLmied foron an accnjals basi$ arKI is summ•i5ed under
1￿ctiOnal he*liThJs on e direcl Cost basis or, forov•theads. apportio￿0 a¢cording to man89wnent
eslirnat88. irrecoveT*)le eiwfi￿t Ejf VATIS Y¢1￿Jed *iih the It￿ of expeTrJiture.
Gtsvem*xe ¢o$ts ￿Mprise¢0sts tsl the Sc￿01. advtè and ai eostsof complyrg
fjth eonstitutnnal arKJ stst￿ory requm)erts.
costs inclL*J? costs associated *th tlp pknrry arxl oryanigtion o[fur￿l?15I￿ ￿15
and the costs of the tr￿1￿ sub5kJiary.
Tanglbl• fixed ass¢ts and depredation
Tan9ible fixed as$et$ other thon frEehDld l￿d a￿ $tsted at eOSt less depre¢lation. Depreciation 15
provid&d at rntes caculated to vmte off t￿c0st ￿$S estrnat￿ r*S￿￿¥aUe based on eLrnt maket
prf¢e$ of e&h asset over its Usel￿ econorni¢ fife. &s folkn*s'.
Fw8ehold land is TrJt depreciated
Freemld w¥J loryJ leasehofd buftdiftgs
Fixtu￿.. ftiliThJs ar¥J eqLllprn￿t
Volor vd)Kles
CoMputer￿￿pm&
TA stratgtsr
10% straigN lire
strai91rt li
33°A straight lin8
Assets under constry￿1￿ are r￿t d•preciat&J ￿*15 aval￿ble for ￿¢.
Le85elKJkl impmvemerts lo b￿rdI1¥s ￿ on sl¥)rt le￿ b•as•s ar• d•prn¢iatod remaiTrng
of slx)rt lerm lease I[￿UrI￿d.
coEting Ivss £5￿ gre off as an exp￿& fththen ocqurEd.
Clwatlng lease commllments
Rentst5 ￿t$ ae ctrwyed on a stMght4ine b￿￿3 the lea8e tern. even if the
paymgnls are notmade on s￿h a basFS. Benefts r8c•Yed aNJ as an w)centN8 to sign an
op¢ratirK4 lease art 5inularfy spmd on a strarJht4ine basi5 over Ihe lease term.
Investm•nts
FIx8d as$et invoslmerts *• stated atrn•ket Value atthe balance streettjate. Change5 inthgvaluation
ol Investmenls tJLrriro thÈyear are as wweaiswj gwrts or k)sses in the Con591idatèd Staternent
ol FirN¥K*l Actbvilies. knve8tmerts in sth5hIi￿1eS ¢ost le55 p￿¥$5￿￿ forimpaimiert.
19

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
countin9 polides (coThOnu￿)
Stock
Stock 15 vauwj * the low of cost arKI nel r¢418￿19 v*ue.
Taxalion
School ¢5 8 wistwoJ ch¥fty aryj as s￿h is to lax ff%emptio￿ onall ts I￿orne aryf gains
propetty 8pplied for its chaitable pu¢pos8s.
Pensions
The School pwticipated in Ihe Tea¢hw5' Pen$H)n Defined Benefits S¢twne wtil 31 August 2021. f¢x
its teacFlng st*t. * ratès set by the Scl*me ActLW alvised to the Selbjol by the Scheme
Administrator. The Schwn8 15 a Multi-￿knYeF perLsion Sc￿me and t 1$ rK*l possible to idertTrfy
8S8etS 8nd liabilitie8 of tre Scheme that are attribthble to the School. AceordlThJly. ￿rter FRS 102
S28.11. the Schwme i$acc¢wrted foras ifit *tre a deli￿1 contribuil0nsschw*￿d the contsibufior
¥0 aceoLvrtod for advised as due by ￿ Schwno AdnwThstr&tor.
The scr￿01 also contn"bute5 to a defined c0rtrlbLrt￿n pensron sGhem8 f0rr0n4￿hin9 Slam. From 1
Septernber 2021 all teaclyry 513ff also rn0¥￿ 10 the schaffla. Employer$ pension ¢ostd we
charged in ths p•K)d in *tiiEh the salarie5 lo wlich ty rdate a￿ payabfe.
iknrestrlcled funds
The Gernral ¢orwiis¢ tr* acCurnIat￿ swpk*. As s￿h Governo￿ Cor￿Ide1th¢S¢ funds
to b8 uroEstn"ct•J tLnds Thithin the defifyt￿rs eoJtair*d inthè Charilies Act in ttst tW ¥8 fLsnds ov
ich they have complete dK8cr8iKsn as to tsir [￿e.
Restricieil fi•nd$
Restrict￿ funds We subject to specific condilions by dontsTS as to h(Trw be ￿8d. Tho
PLNP058$ and uses ol th8 r&stricted f￿lS set otst in fv NJte5 to stateme￿.
1.11
R•cts9nllon of liabllitie5
Liabilities a￿ ￿tOgnIsed once tl*e Is a legal oreon51nKtive oblwationthal commts the C**￿b
CDmpany lo th8 oblNJation.
1.q2
Financial Instruments
Basic finar¢ial instnJm&)ts a￿ iiwti* reeogntsed att￿$￿tiOnVa￿ subje0￿Trtty measured ai
amortised cost. exc8p¢ion ol Irwestments￿"Cha￿ hetd at fa6rvauÈ. ￿nanCIal assets held at
4mortts8d cost comprisecash at bank aThJ in kn￿d. togeflw t￿e aid olher debtOf5. AspecNk
provision is made for debts for %%txch recovwability is i) doubt.
Finanei¥ 14abli ities l￿bj at anortised cost comprisa al credttorJ excopl 50ual security ot￿r tax•5
a￿1 fees in •Jvart•.
1.13 Redundancy paym•nts
Redtjntlwcy payments absOl￿elY necéssary ￿ a￿ xcowled foronsn b85iS
en th8 commktmffrt to iumirwle a post on the grvLTrJs of red￿JanCY has be￿ mado.
20

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
.vol￿1*Y Incom•
..2023
2022
Donabons. - Restricted
Donatitins . UrbT8Strictg
7.314
fj.763
12.094
13.218
2022
Fees rÈceiTAble coKsisi tttr.
GfOSS fee5
Lèsi. Total bwsari8s, g￿ts allowarvs
13,321.238
P.382,461)
11.794.840
fz 127.038)
10,938,777
9.6S7.802.
Add back.. Bursaries arnl ottwawwds pad Tor by
by reSt￿ted furnls
157.950
70.938.777
9.835.752
Trading Incorne
2023
2022
Tumo
Operating expths85
96,658
S2391
2261
•l•t profit frorn tr•Jing
pl￿¥? $8e Notti 12 for further
21

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Inv8sknént Incomg
2023
W22
knteresl weivzb¥p frw)rn rNestment
oilw Inwri¢
2022
Oth•r aftcillary actl¥itie5
t3r¢e ¢lwms
Afler. school ho￿dty and brè*fasl dLrt>s
MUS￿ rfxome
Tuilion ir¢orne
Trip incorne
tr￿port irtome
Fee exlras irwme
Summer ball
29.310
20.051
74136>
23.4B9
473.266
325.296
.223
34.919
5.438
21,190
101,112
26.416
169.000
156.200
16&374
39.680
1.254.923
689.410
Oth•r ir¥eoming resources
13,266
Govemment gror5ts
sceU8rwus receApts
5.887
15, 1&3
29,915
Flnaneo and othgr ￿$tr
2022
Loan inle￿1
Bank chay8S
fL16. 138
4. 147
103.554
110.285
107 162
21

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 JULY2023
Analysls c1expendl￿r•
Totsl
2023
Total
2Q22
Costs
Charflabl• ex￿dItUTè.
School operaiing ¢osts-.
Tea¢hMy ¢osl¥
W￿1•￿ ¢ost$
Supwt costs
Cèt8iing
Ptwnises
4799,483
18&
1.79&627
7.595.110
186.
1.504.675
833.087
1,736,224
7.206
92,873
11.955.&15
6.425.457
125.746
1,308.340
694.278
1.5fj2,566
180,533
7S.456
10,3T2.376
831087
754615
44810
Goveman¢e costs
91
4.097.216
7.405.￿9
451￿0
Costs olgenerafing funds..
Furtdralsing Costs
S¢hcol flnanciro tost$
School
TTrdry costs
12,035
110.285
12,078,1S5
48.442
9.061
107.162
10.488,599
22,261
11Q285
4.219.536
15,111
7.404809
31331
451810
Grnup
12 126 597
10 510 860
G)vemarKe cosls ir<lude payrn￿ts to the a*litots of £20.040 ra￿. £17.7￿} forwdit servtes other
P￿leSs1Onal fees iot4lltsJ £72,883 (2022." E57.696J.
¢>ants. awzvds and wizes
2023
2022
From Rostsict￿ Funds:
ies & S¢lY*l¥ships
167.9SO
7,169
10.357
7.169
178,307
From Un¥•strlthd Fund¥:
01￿91￿1$ avths
2.226
7,206
18Q.533
23

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THÉ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.JULY.2023
'Slaff Costs
2022
Wagès salarfes
Socia secunty costs
COntsib￿OnS
6.488. 759
581.429
,5.841.869
531.359
36&952
3T8,597
7,439. 140
6.T51,825
Aggregat$ innuneraion arkd bwfits of ts 8 f2022 9) key pwsonnd tot*"d £753.f￿9 (aVZ'
97,731}. This to the Headmaster, DeFiuty Pkad IAc•Jwnic). Oeputy Hoad (P86toTrll. Bursar. He
ol Junitir Sckjol. Deputy HeaJ (Stafl). Assistsni Deputy Pkad CO-Qrri¢U￿ and the Assistant He￿1 of Sixth
Form.
Temiination.payinerts of tB.(I)) (2022.. E12.462) VrnE rnèd• duriroj the year.
The aver8ye rnonthty rnmybtr ol I￿1 Dm• •Juvalènt *npknye& dwing the yewvAs'.
2023
2022
and 5UPPOrt stay
165
The avernJe n[¥￿er ol employ￿ year c*ulat8d on avwag• I￿1 count was 213 fa122" 205J.
Ihe numbw of e(rployees wt#)se Isalay other layabie benefits) £60.OJO Of
23
2022
£60.￿1 -£70,fP)Q
rro.007 - £80.000
£80,001 _£￿.000
£90,001 - £1W.O(Y)
£100,001 - £110.IX
£110.001 - £120.C(
£120.th)1 - £130.IxKI
Durlng th8 yw confribuliors arnourti￿ to (2022. L7.153) m*Je fort￿ trughEr pad Empbyees
the Teacheffs .p￿SKIn Sckne.
10. Governots
The GoVem0￿ r￿eNe{l reffiunerat#)n orother ben*fitsdurfr¥J the year. aid £nil expewLxes wtre reimbuts&
to Govemots (2022. £nN of8xpw>ses RJrnbtttE8d lo Govenw).

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER.
NOTES TO THE,FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ÈNDED.31 JULY 2023
11&
T*blg Flxed Assets
(¥oup and School
FJxlur85.
ffitllngs &
equlpmem
Uiid•r
olor
vehicles
buildings
Total
At f Awt
Additions
TraAsfèrs
Oisposals
.lQ765.t95
212.818
J71,525
1131,376)
171.525
103,
1171.5251
1,487.128
150,594
IZ&25
26.394
12,436,673
493.706
1131,3761
At 31 July 2022
11.018.162
104900
1.637.n2
..L)eprecialion-
Z893,742
802.337
190.248
11825
.5.Zlg
3,708,904
452.810
194.3491
Charge for ttie.yw
Dispos￿5
(94.349)
At 31 July 2023
1056.676
991515
18.104
4067.365
.Nel book valug
.At 31 July 20
7,961.486
103.900
645,137
21.115
8.731,638
At 31 Jity 2tr22.
25

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
11b.
Freehold and I￿Sehold property
Group and School
A¢cumul*ed
Valuv
2023
Froehold
014 Bishop'$ Palace
Arcloyeacon VAadow
Sports Wl
Design and T￿h￿lOgY B￿ld¥¥j
Sci￿￿ Lab
ission Ha
550.802
1.440,474
16110.856
59,998
SW099
341,73S
t49.482
1.034. 109
2030.227
23.613
509,643
308.517
4.05&582
Long leasettold fjxprovemert5 to larKJ and bLrildirwJ$ lea58d
from ihe C￿ter ol &ouw%ler G4h&Jrd..
Jurwor School B￿ld￿S on P*ldo¢k L
Ivor Gumey Hall
Gouda Way
1011.494
681714
71242
1767,450
1,184. 103
574,907
1, 759.010
sI￿rt leas¢hold imPfD¥emerts to Iwj aTrJ bulhji￿S leased
f￿rn the Clwpter of ￿ouC8st￿ C4tl*dra other parti85.'
Finches H￿1
Kry's School Ho￿e
Litye Qoister House
War¢le
Paddock Tr￿￿e-S Pltt Stre
Coach HoL￿e
Dufverton House {e¥dLKJirg fLrnitue *KI littiros)
Paddo¢k Cor pa￿ Dev*)p￿t
Music Roorn- 3 & 4 pitt Street
7 College Green
29.160
97.747
17.037
145.72Q
13.988
29.682
1.85QS
141,271
61,797
19.647
1811648
11.121062
24,*95
80.567
4.489
qOi.889
81.039
20,3T3
1,733.822
728,853
5&620
19,647
2,25Q.794
8.065.386
The tota cost of tha Dthverton Fbjuse f¢de¥e￿Prn￿E ￿¢￿dIfig fixturgs ar￿ fitknrrfJ$. wa6
,226.005.
The lea5ehokJ p￿pety Is I￿sEd from Chapter of Glow*siwCatl*dra rtnw&Jlg
20 year leases. Ihe lease cOrnM￿cl￿) on 1 January 2014. terns pmvldefor ILkl
repa￿r9 liability and at MIS Endep￿&4￿ revi8*JJ at 5 yearty intervals. The rental vdutr of
tt*s rene￿0 lease is setat £1￿,775. Foyrrnemb•s of the board of Governorsv￿￿ on behalf
of Ch•lw of GI0￿ester Cat￿ra.
ri
The Sctrool occwjses Paddock LaTrJ is owwj by Chapter of Gloucest
Cathedid. Thè Selwl Iw ￿ted bihkjings themn the lattrf$ consent. The Chapter
of GIoLfeStw Cat￿￿ Iws grdwled 8 125 ye¥ kase. •xpiriw¥J on 31 December 2134.
lavour of the school_
Tho r•rt payable LUKler Ihe le88e was £19.￿ pera¥Mrn for tF* pwnd (l JarnJ8ry 2014) to
31 C*8mo*r 2018. increasiry to £21.414 per anrun farthe perfod to 31 December 2023.
The $¢hool aL50 oC￿P￿e$ Yart a 13 year lease frvm the Chapler of Gloucestw
26

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
CatMdral. Tr* wlèr thi5 18as• is £8.764 pw arYK
12
Fixéd Ass•t In¥estrnents
2023
2022
Quoted irr4eslments at mJket 1 AL¥JusI Z)22
Unr8alised Uossygain
93,551
94.587
Quot￿ i￿eStm¥￿S at m*ket ￿ue 31 Juty 2023
91.7Q3
93,557
Cost
10.4fyJ
10,400
Jctea irNostm8rts at m*•t vatuè l AUg￿t >)22
Unfealised Oossygwn
93.S51
94,587
in¥•stm*its at ¥4tL* 31 July 3)23
91.703
93.551
Slwes ￿ subsidiary tradirq corhV•ry. at ¢o$t
Co
Th6 Sehool of the ordinary $lwes kn tts S￿1$1dl￿Y S￿0 Enterpii5ts LÈmited. company
JmbeT I)29389)4 Tncotporaled in Er*JlaThl. t*knich is a tr>Jing ¢ornpary sdlir¥J $8rvic85 and go*>Js
lating io the SclKJol. 15 pthtipal place of bu$[r￿S 15 The lfjr¥J's School GIoL￿es1¥, Piti Strpet.
Gloucester, GL1 28G. It covenants its tax*le P￿fitS1O th? Schjol. Is trddin9 res￿, extracted
its a￿lit￿l firAncial statemerts *ere.'
2023
2022
Tumover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Admink8tratson exp￿eS
96.658
4,134
92.524
144,3081
52,391
48.701
(18.571)
Oper*"ryJ prDfll
48.216
Grrjss tttveront to Kk4'$ Sehjol. Gtouc•stw
4V161
(30. 130)
RefaM*d p￿fit for ihe y
27

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
D•btors
Group
Sel￿01
2022
2023
2022
Trnde debtors
Other debtors
Prepaym8rrts ancl (rtome
ArnoLKts owed try grnup comparmes
364.592
41995
.296.827
374,837
54.361
336.038
92. no
352.261
43.995
296.827
S4.361
14.
CredltDrs: amoub)ts falling due Tmthin t)ne
Group
Scho
2023
Z022
2rJ22
Bank loan
Other loans
TBJ& Credito
Taxes and so¢ial sKurity ro$ts
Pension costs
RefuTrJable fee deposits
Adv￿Ce fee payriients
Fees r￿e1Ved in adva
er creditor5
Accruals deferred [r￿orne
23S442
231.421
23&442
237.421
160.989
157.188
80.383
Zl8.836
231.754
14a943
71
274.118
197.597
478.&59
722&5
16Q989
f57. 188
80.383
27&836
396.896
33&922
29.331
362 172
231. 754
148,943
274. 118
197,597
478,559
77,605
338,922
370.591
1&
CrEditois: anounts falllng due after rnore Ihan one year
Group and School
2023
2022
8ank loan
Bond
Olhw iogns
Advance fee payments
1.fj31526
1,519.300
1.267.870
1.519.300
142
.1427.838
The bank SeG￿￿ by IT￿ of a lirsi bjal cwe dat*f 26 October2001 over the f￿hobI
laTrd énd b￿{dIr95 atthe S¢hJol playir@ fidds, Ar¢l¥Jeacon MeadDw. Sl Oswal¢Js Road. GIDucesler.
15 aL80 a legJ CA￿¢ dat￿ 26 October 2W1 over the fRe￿Id land ￿ b￿ld￿￿JS at ord
8ishops's Paac8. Pill Street, &owMter.
The bank dso have a tN"rtl loJal ¢harg& dat￿ 30 April 2019 over frethDld prop•ty kno￿ as
Mission Part( Strt Gloucester.
28

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS,(CONTINUED)
.FOR THE YEAR ENDÈD 31 JULY 2023
.Th9re Is a fourth Jegal clwg• dalel 26 Jarwary 2021. Is.a flo¥ing clba.rge ovw all
property Or￿￿OrtakI￿ of.th8 COrriP¥ry.
1&
Credttors: aniou￿ ￿llIng (kn al*r.rnoTe than one year Iconttnuedl
Th• ScIts￿l Is5￿1 thffj￿h tre intwrr*"Jw ofAllk8So¢ia trnp*t knvèstments" Li￿￿ted. a b"orKI totslliro
£1.519.300 payirrfj a yldd of M%. Thp bond is rnpayab]e on 27 Febnury 2027.
(Jhèr to￿ are'due to a SclKJol TNste& k*wt'is clmrgéd at 3%..The kj￿ 4va5 rek)*l In the ye*.
Mabjrity of loans
Group School
¥Jlthln one year
Bank low
C*her loan
24442
231,421
èank
• wlthin tt¥o to fr*• >
Bank lo
Bon¢Y
Du¢ in mort tr4n ffiv¢ >*ars
Bank Jo
220.328
235,442
300.210
1.519.300"
338,718
512.988
693.710
1,519.3
In8.26B
,3.G96,091
1&
"Ath7anc• Fqe Pawnents
.'PaFErts may enter uilo a ¢ontTXtto pay th? eqLllvaent of at least yews, ttitson fges n adv￿
The rnoroy may be rEtUfned SL**j&rl to spe¢rfic conditions oft the .r¢c•pt of orw t•rni's
Assunlw pupi15 ￿?11 rernan In the school. adv￿Ce fees WUI be applied as follow5..
2023
2022
Gr•ater' 5 yea
Witth 2 to 5 y03
Willxn I to 2 years
129.241
3S9.046
152. 381
640, 668
197.597
345.166
871894
.396.896
Wilhln 1 year
1.261790
Tl* bakn¢erepreserAs accn¥d liablityw•Jtt the contrxts.Tr* movemerts durry tt*yè* ￿e.
BalaKè at 1 Awus12tr22
4 payrnEnts
Arnowrts accru￿ to cortr* a5 debt4*￿ing co$ts
838.265
1,sn
30,343
1.640.181
16,078)
364,313
Amotrts rdur#Jed
AmoLrtS Lrtilis•d in paymèrt of lees
Balane• at 31 July 2023
29

THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
17.
Anal￿1$ ol N¢t Assets Brfw¢en Fund%- CyTht y
Unresthcw
fvnds
fvnds
Total
Group
Tangible fixed assets
tnvestffjent5
In1.638
91.743
161.154
4TJ1.638
91.703
178.062
720
16,908
LorvJ t8rrn llability.es
Unrestrlct¢d R•strIc￿d
fvnds
lunds
Totsl
School
Twvjible lixed asstts
In¥estmerrt5
CUtrT#nl 355ets
LorvJ tern liabilities
731.638
91.700
160.372
r442S7201
8.n1,638
91,706
1TI,280
13.425,7201
16,908
Analysis of Net Ass•ts PAt*#•n Funds - Prityry
UnrBstric*d ReS￿¢t¢d
fvnds
fvnds
Total
oup
Tangible fixed assfjts
Inveslmerts
Nol CWTert assèts
Lory term liabilities
4577,629
93.551
94.491
rJ.427.838)
8,577.629
93,S51
111.254
(1427,838)
16.763
nds
tund$
Tofal
S¢hool
Tangibl$ fixed a55ets
vestrn•)ts - restated
Net currenL assèts
Long term liabilities
a577.629
8.577.629
93.554
110.472
(1427.8381
11763
f4427.838)
5.337,054
16. 763
5,353.817
30

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Rostrleted Fund&. in thè Y•ar
G¥ins o
Investrnentsll
ransfers
Balanc• BS
at 31 July
2023
ar l Augitst
2022
Incomo E¥peThlith
Pdze & S¢￿$1￿￿hlp fLTh1
Bursary fund
Sports fund
Computer Science
Equipmont
Annual Fund
Art Scholar5 Furyl
Alum￿ E*tronlG ArcNve
Art fund
E-Reade
Classroom Accessories
Wardle Fbu5e Gaff
S¢hool
and
restrActed frJnds
325
3.363
278
1.080
41
41
335
256
335
T.478
V,3221
121TJ
1.025
1200
270
226
51
270
187
176
4271
14.2321
Grow
7.314
908
The Prfft S¢holw51Np is forthe prov￿10￿ of prize5 s¢￿)18r$I￿.p9 forpwik5 at Sch¢)ol.
GI￿￿￿ v•ittrrin this tl* Srt£ed charity. ltirg's School Proe and SC￿larShIp FLth)J. Dtyin9 the year
tha sclb)l*ship dwnent of tr*f￿d had be￿ fully 8Kper6ed, ard thereforo going fo￿ this fur*J will be
amed Tr PrEe FuTrJ".
The Bsnay Fund is lorthe provisY)nof financsal assi5￿e foithose psjpls at School, or due to start
Ihe SC￿01.￿￿￿)$efamI1Ies fafienon drff1cu1tbmesor*v￿d0Ikn1?se tse unable toxfford theeducatir
the SGh)ol.
The Sports fuTrl is from dondor6 to improve Sports fxilibes ar0￿1 the Sclwjol.
The Computw SciwL Equipmthtt fuThJ Is l¥om dI)nat￿n5 IovRTds ￿MPUter Scler￿ wulpmw
The Amual Fur4 1$ ￿ aymjal fthdrni5irrfJ aetivity ior specrfic pwses.
Thg Art Scholars fund is to ￿1p fatilitat8 eost of Art resou￿ to albwstthlonls to be as creative as
th8y desir*. vhu15t also funding visits fTOrn irn5piring art￿ts at the School.
The Aumni El￿tIDI￿¢ Arcli¥efuThl 1510 be used forthe el8Ctrordearhfvfjr& ol previti￿ Sthool yewboovs,
The Art l￿d 15 frDm donolioTrs trj be io Fir* Art dasses. In marory ol John Mastets.
The E-Read￿5 fwxl isfromdonatiorswlth Ihepurposesof prowdiro 8l•ctrorllc rBading aidsforclassroowo.
The ClassroDm Acce550ri0s fund is from donations to abj in tts purchase of mat￿lat$ to er4wn¢e the
leaming Èxptiie￿￿ ai Klng's.
The Wardlg Hou50 Gwden Is fmm tJor&**)rs with puposè of existir¥J plants V4itlun
the Wdrdle gfDundJ.

THE KING'S SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE.YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
18a Rethct•d Funtts: lJlo¥emÈnts in thè Year {eOntin￿oI .
Restrlcted Fund& Iltsvements in thg Prior y￿.
8alan¢* gs
at 1Aowt
2021
Gains on
Bal•n¢e as
4t 31 July
2022
transfvrs
Prfz8 & Scho1*5hp furKI
Burnary fufyj
Sports fund
Computer Sc*nce
Equiprnert
Annual fuTr
Wardlè House fittid
Art Scholars F￿d
.UuJic fund
Art fund
E4eaders
Qassroom Accessoiies
Ouldoor Lewning
Wardle House G*den
School
and
Group
r•siridÈd lu"nd$
159.921
11.605
4410
1.051
{156,525)
111.67T)
11.8921
11.036)
.4411
{4410
41
4.193
41
5fj5
.{4.212}
(39.3381
.7.478":
$621
&2
5.2QO
270
1.787
1.134.
417
{1,600)
{1,1341
(2411
176
23
18b.
Unre¥ldctsd Funds: IAo¥*ments in the Y
8alwKe as
8tIAwt
20Zd
as•t31
J￿lY 20Z3
Exp￿dI1Ure
TraTrsfÈrs
G•n•ral fvnds
School fvnds
Non charttabl¢
l￿din9 lund$
4337.OS4.
4337.054
11245,
1124SSfy)
11024 618
(11024.618)
5.55r.996
455r,996
196.6581.
12 121 276
Unrestrlcted Funds: •Aovem•nts in th• Prlar Year
Balance a8
at l Aug4kSt
X121
Balanc•
as at31
Transfers thjly 2022
Incom•
General funds
School lunds
Non charitablè
trading funds
4.976.613
4.976.613
1{1.￿1.643
10,$91.643
110.280,162
' {10,2811.1621 ￿9fjo
5.337,054
5,337.0
$1391
$13911
Group
io
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THE KING'S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
.FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Penslon S¢hwn•
Ckn 31 Ats3USt 2021 the School opted to ¥AtXjr￿ Imm Ihe Teachw5' Pwffjion sther￿ fthe TrS"I
and $0 going lO￿ard, corknibthions wll ro lor¥Jer be payab￿ to t￿ TPS. The pwtsion chargè lor the
year inckjdes ￿n￿'bu￿or￿ Payab￿ to the IPS of £M'I ￿￿22." £￿370). From Seplunber 2021 the
sc￿01 mcsved to an AVIVA scheme, for boih r¥)Trteachiro staff and tsachw5. Employ
contribulions to tlxs scheme the year tolaled £367.557. At the of the year £80.383 wa5
accrued In respect of JLty'5 payrul.
20.
Oporatlng Lease Comrnifments
At 31 Juty2023. the Schoolw futL¥B ￿nImItin￿tsWth)￿ Mfvcanceliable operatbN kases
as follokns..
2022
Other
Exp￿ng wthin one year
Expilng between one afvj fNe years
Tot
94833
297.433
393.266
97,897
209.828
307. f25
21.
In 2022, ScTrK>oI charged É33.331 r21722 £1 1.731) lo Serfo Errterpiises Limitad fortlE provisi)nof
staf and &lministi3tNe savices. The lo￿ School at 31 JLdy 2023 wa5 £92.7TO
(20Z2: £52283).
The spouse of a govemr ￿ved a sa¥y of £1&117 rn722' £21,87W for I￿r employment ts
t98ch8r by the sthool.
fin￿￿21 Sdxjol w¥J<took thefolloMFytrwwcti0r￿1Il￿￿e a Goyemr, oia cb
relabon to the Gov8FrL)r. 15 *0 as a DI￿tOr of the compary:
Debbie In￿. £1(KJ lor safegLtarrting cor£uknty wvi¢es.
rles Dunkley, £1.W clwg&l by sY￿X Ud. a compwy LnJer lis contwl. forpln badg*
A rnmber of9overm￿We aso trwsteos 01￿Chap1# of Gbuuslgr Cathedra a￿1 the Schoolenlers
Into a ol ams i￿th trarSxtso￿ ￿th thè Cattalrzl.
8ond options a￿ still retair￿ by Govemots S&Mor IAanagernpA to&illing a value 01 £521.300,
generatirtg inte￿1 payable ol E5.￿. of *tiich £4.838 has been grftql back ¢0 the SCI￿OL
Additionalty. a sepa¥ale of £17.￿ fortr* OLfverton Trdevelopment Imth a &Iver￿r had been
s￿ted duriTrJ yw. trHS lo￿ gknr*d Q131 p¥yablo durirvJ the year. tlis was settl&J
at ts poTrnt of redemption.
Capital ¢ommilm•nt
At 31 Juty 2023 tho SCI￿1 h•J othslandl￿ *rthowi5•J 0)rtra￿L*l cornmbtrnen¢s In ￿pecI of capit*
prolg¢ts toialliry £301,3$2 f￿22. £7￿. 784).
33

THE KING:S SCHOOL. GLOUCESTER
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Comp•alive SOFA
Total
2022
Funds
Funds
Income and wdowments from:
Charitabl* arttvities
Scmol fees
Ancillary tr*rThJ
Othw tradlng a¢livlttes
other inwmiry resoL5rce5
Tftdiny tLwrK)ver- Stho Enl￿tseS
Inveslments
Invesimtnt irteome
Voluntsry" ￿￿r￿s
Voluntary ir￿orne
9.835.752
689.410
9.83&752
689,410
44.396
5Z391
51391
8.867
4867
13.218
120g4
2&312
Tolal incoming resources
10.6H.034
12094
la65&128
E4Jèndb￿r8 on:
Raising fvnds
Serfo Ent6YPri58S tr•JityJ G05ts
FuNJrnIs￿9 cost5 - Ot￿r
Finance costs
Total dedudiblè Costs
22261
9,061
IOT. 162
138,484
107. Y62
138.484
Charitabl• actlvlties
Education and grant making costs
1Q194.tE9
178.X17
Iq37Z376
Total expenditure
lo￿2
17a307
IQS10.860
Net incomlng Yunds from ¢peiatiOn5 bef￿¢
transfe￿ and Invesknerf ￿n$
311.481
(76&213)
144268
Translw5
(48.960)
G•in5 on inveslmerts
Nat rnovem•nt In ffijnds for th¢ y
360.441
144.232
Ftn"d baL4)eds as at 1 A￿V$t 2021
4.97T.392
232,972
&2fO.364
Fund balances as at 31 July 3)22
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