## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1 September 2024       To: 31 August 2025** 

## **Charity name: Rickmansworth School Foundation** 

## **Charity registration number: 1081161** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To further the education of students**<br>**attending Rickmansworth school including**<br>**the provision of capital sums for premises**<br>**and equipment, plus other financial**<br>**assistance as required.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The main activity undertaken by the**<br>**Foundation is the collection of donations**<br>**from parents of current and former students**<br>**of Rickmansworth School.  Donations are**<br>**made either as one off payments or regular**<br>**gifts by parents.**<br>**The donations received are then used to**<br>**improve the school setting in accordance**<br>**with the objectives of the Foundation.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity Commission**<br>**on public benefit.**|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**During the year, the Foundation received**<br>**standing order donations totalling £32,241**<br>**and was able to supplement this through the**<br>**application of Gift Aid on eligible donations**<br>**of £5,569.**<br>**During the year the Foundation was able to**<br>**assist with capital projects through the**<br>**award of a grant of £85,000.**|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The closing bank balance at 31 August**<br>**2025 was £11,059.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Foundation continues to hold an**<br>**amount which will be used towards future**<br>**projects as identified by the School and be**<br>**in a position to assist with said requests.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Foundation has total reserves carried**<br>**forward as at 31 August 2025 of £11,059.**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties about the charity**<br>**continuing as a going concern.**|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected to reflect and support**<br>**the objectives of the Trust and formal links**<br>**with Rickmansworth School.  They are**<br>**appointed on recommendation of the chair**<br>**and agreement of existing trustees.**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|RICKMANSWORTH SCHOOL FOUNDATION|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1081161|
|Charity’s principal address|Rickmansworth School<br>Scots Hill<br>Rickmansworth<br>Herts<br>WD3 3AQ|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4 <br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Mr H.A.F. Collyer||||
||Mr J. de Braux||||
||Mr A. Walker|Chair|||
||Mr S.P. White||||
||Mr M. Fletcher||||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name None** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**None**||||
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|**Funds held as custodian trustees**||**on behalf of others**||
|Description of the assets held in<br>this capacity|Not applicable|||
|Name and objects of the charity<br>on whose behalf the assets are<br>held and how this falls within the<br>custodian charity’s objects||||
|Details of arrangements for safe<br>custody and segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s own<br>assets||||



**Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser Accountants** Howard Wilson 36 Crown Rise, Watford, WD25 0NE ~~a~~ **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~Ce~~ **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**1081161**<br>**Rickmansworth School Foundation**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>01/09/2024<br>31/08/2025<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee~~|**CC16a**<br>~~-~~||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**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|**32,241**||**-**||**-**||**32,241**|**26,415**||
|Gift Aid|**5,569**||**-**||**-**||**5,569**|**6,096**||
|Grants|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**2,500**||
|Interest|**56**||**-**||**-**||**56**|**76**||
|Other donations|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**4,239**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_<br>**37,866**||**-**||**-**||**37,866**|**39,326**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**37,866**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**37,866**<br>**39,326**<br>~~S555~~||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|General Expenses|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**30**||
|Rickmansworth School|**85,000**||**-**||**-**||**85,000**|**2,500**||
|Amounts received in error|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**1,941**||
|Independent Examiners Fee|**258**||**-**||**-**||**258**|**258**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**85,258**||**-**||**-**||**85,258**|**4,729**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**85,258**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**85,258**<br>**4,729**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**-                47,392**<br>**-**<br>**-   -                47,392**<br>**34,597**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**58,451**<br>**-                            -**<br>**58,451**<br>**23,854**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**11,059**<br>**-**<br>**-                    11,059**<br>**58,451**<br>~~—S555=~~<br>~~SS]4]~~||||||||||



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

09/10/2025 

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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**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**<br>**funds**||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**4,943**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,116**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,059**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Bank account<br>Deposit account<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~SS~~||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||
||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>~~—_——~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~a~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~tee~~||||
|||**Fund to which**<br>**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**|**liability relates**<br>**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>Print Name<br>Mr A Walker<br>Signature<br>2<br>09/10/2025<br>23/01/26<br>~~———~~||||



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

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

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**|Charity Name<br>RICKMANSWORTH SCHOOL FOUNDATION||
|---|---|---|
||||
|**On accounts for the year**|31 AUGUST 2025<br>**Charity no**|1081161|
|**ended**|**(if any)**||
||||
|**Set out on pages**|Trustee Annual Report (pages 1-6), Receipts and Payment Accounts (pages 1 and||
||2)||
||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above||
||charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended**31 / 08 / 2025**.||
|**Responsibilities and**|As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation||
|**basis of report**|of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act|of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act|
||2011 (“the Act”).||



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

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

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

|||*_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._|_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._|_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._|_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**JOHN WILSON<br>~~Campbell Wilson~~<br>~~PO~~<br>~~CP~~||**Date:**|**Date:**<br>23/01/26<br>~~[|~~||
|**Relevant professional**|**Relevant professional**|FCA ATII||||
|**qualification(s) or body**|**qualification(s) or body**|||||
|**(if any):**|**(if any):**|||||
|||||||
|**Address:**|**Address:**|36 Crown Rise||||
|||Watford||||
|||Hertfordshire. WD25 0NE||||



1 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

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

**Give here brief details of** None **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

## Receipts and Payments Account 2025 

Final Audit Report 

2026-01-23 

Created: 2026-01-23 By: Campbell Wilson (campbell@howardwilson.co.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAA2VGobtOHQyuRpRJCiW8iuCIkY9s50HJ9 

## "Receipts and Payments Account 2025" History 

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