**Charity number:  1089991** 

## **Beverley Schools Christian Trust** 

**Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 5 April 2025** 

## **Beverley Schools Christian Trust** 

## **Annual Report:  6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025** 

**Charity:** Beverley Schools Christian Trust **Address:** Beverley Schools Christian Trust c/o 85 Hambling Drive Beverley HU17 9GD **Registered Number:** 1089991 **Financial Year:** 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025 **Governing Document:** Trust Deed dated 29 January 2001, amended by supplemental deeds dated 14 November 2001 **Charitable Objects:** The promotion of the Christian Religion in particular but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing by working with children and young people in schools, youth centres and other places where numbers of children or young people meet, to encourage a greater understanding of Christianity. 

**Bankers:** CAF Bank Ltd., 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ 

**Independent Examiner:** Volodymyr Malyshev 

**Advisers and** Beverley Schools Christian Trust works in association with **Associated Charity:** Scripture Union in Schools. 

**Appointment of Trustees:** By resolution of the existing Trustees passed at a Special Trustees Meeting. 

**Trustees:** Mrs Sue Holmes BSc (Hons), PGCE - Chair Mrs Tina Grant BA (Hons) with QTS Rev Dr Timothy Kelly Mr Trevor Green 

**Honorary Finance Officer:** Julia Peplow BA (Hons), FCCA 

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**Annual Report:** 

The twenty-third annual report covers the year from 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025.  Regular donations currently enable BSCT to fund just 7 hours per week on a permanent basis, as some long-term church sponsorship was withdrawn in 2024.  BSCT has now adopted a strategy of spending unrestricted reserves to support additional staff hours. 

Whilst  our regular  committed  income  has decreased  again this  year, the demand for the Trust’s work has increased considerably over the last few years, and especially since COVID in 2020, as reported in previous annual reports.  After a protracted application process, BSCT secured funding from the  Ann  Watson  Trust, who  kindly  agreed  to  fund  16  hours  emotional wellbeing work each week, in both Primary and Secondary phases, for 3 years from September 2024.  That has enabled Cathy Beynon, BSCT’s long-serving Primary School Co-ordinator, to take up work within the pastoral team at Beverley Secondary Schools. 

BSCT has also been able to advertise for a new part-time Primary role to sustain the lunchtime clubs that the trust has run over many years.  Though that  appointment  was  unavoidably  delayed,  in  February  we  appointed  a Schools Support Worker on a fixed term contract for Summer Term 2025. Cathy  has  continued  to  oversee  the  Primary  School  work  of  her  new colleague. 

Cathy is still undertaking ongoing counselling courses for various age groups, conveniently taking her work placements in local schools.  The trustees have ensured she has clinical supervision for her new wellbeing work and there has also  been  some  bereavement  support  work.   Our  perception  is  that  the Beverley Secondary Schools have become more open to working with BSCT in recent years and it is pleasing that we can now better fulfil some of that expectation, working with more Secondary students, as used to be the case when the trust was founded in 2001. 

There are now only a handful of BSCT volunteers, and the trustees are well aware that more are needed, so local churches have been approached and encouraged  to  recruit  potential  volunteers  for  the  Primary  lunch  clubs. Recruitment has, despite all such local efforts, become increasingly difficult. 

The annual summer transition programme of lessons and assemblies - linking Primary  and  Secondary  Schools  across  the  Beverley  catchment  -  has continued, and all local schools are offered the opportunity of such input if they choose, together with the promise of an _It’s Your Move_ book (Scripture Union) for every student.  BSCT remains a Scripture Union associated trust and is thereby able to access help and support from SU staff. 

BSCT  regularly  reports  to  Churches  Together  Beverley  (CTB) meetings, ensuring  that  our  work  remains  recognised  as  an  important  part  of  the Christian work in the town.  Workers and trustees are sometimes invited to make presentations and update church communities on our work with local young people, but we are aware that we’ll need to do much more organised promotion in order to enlist more voluntary support. 

The Chair acknowledges again with gratitude, the ongoing collaboration and commitment of her fellow trustees over the past year, and the invaluable work of our Finance Officer, Julia Peplow and independent examiner of accounts, Mr Volodymyr Malyshev. 

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**Acknowledgements:** 

## **Accounts:** 

Beverley Schools Christian Trust is particularly grateful for the support of the following charitable bodies in the past year:The Reverend James Graves Charity The Joseph and Annie Cattle Trust The Ann Watson Trust The Churches of Beverley Individual private donors 

An authorised copy of the accounts for the financial year 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025 is attached. 

## **Signed:** 

Sue Holmes [Chair] 

**Date:** 

27/06/25 

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**Beverley Schools Christian Trust 109991 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 06/04/2024 05/04/2025 **To from** ~~ee ee ee ee~~ 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds - AWT**||**Restricted**<br>**funds -**<br>**Primary**<br>**Schools Work**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Support from BeverleyChurches|**6,483**||**-**||**-**||**6,483**||**7,118**|
|Personal donations :|**1,964**||**-**||**-**||**1,964**||**1,884**|
|Ann Watson Trust Grant|**-**||**14,856**||**-**||**14,856**||**-**|
|Other Grants|**3,432**||**-**||**-**||**3,432**||**3,100**|
|Church donations specific to Primary<br>Project|**-**||**-**||**480**||**480**||**1,080**|
|EasyFundraising|**17**||**-**||**-**||**17**||**22**|
|Interest received|**52**||||||**52**||**51**|
|Coffee morningreceipts|**245**||**-**||**-**||**245**||**-**|
|Gift Aid Refund|**335**||**-**||**-**||**335**||**403**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**12,528**||**14,856**||**480**||**27,864**||**13,658**|
|||||||||||
|**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>~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|**-**<br>~~——_————~~|
|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|**27,864**<br>~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>~~——_————~~|**12,528**<br>~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|**14,856**<br>~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|**480**<br>~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~||~~——_————~~|**13,658**<br>~~——_————~~|
|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|~~——_————~~|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|SecondarySchools SalaryCosts|**1,977**||**-**||**-**||**1,977**||**3,736**|
|PrimarySchools SalaryCosts|**5,911**||**-**||**480**||**6,391**||**13,446**|
|Ministryexpenses|**645**||**-**||**-**||**645**||**495**|
|PrimarySchools expenses|**543**||**-**||**-**||**543**||**2,137**|
|Ann Watson Trust SalaryCosts|**-**||**7,658**||**-**||**7,658**||**-**|
|Ann Watson Trust Resources|**-**||**437**||**-**||**437**||**-**|
|Admin Costs(Bank charges & website)|**463**||**-**||**-**||**463**||**90**|
|SU annual donation|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**|
|Insurance|**349**||**-**||**-**||**349**||**320**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,888**||**8,095**||**480**||**18,463**||**20,724**|
|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**_Sub total_ **<br>~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**_Totalpayments_ **<br>~~——————~~|**9,888**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**8,095**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**480**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**18,463**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**20,724**<br>~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~===>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~>~~|~~——————~~<br>~~>~~|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>~~===>~~|**2,640**<br>~~===>~~|**640**<br>~~===>~~|**6,761**<br>~~===>~~|**761**<br>~~===>~~|**-                    9**<br>~~===>~~|**-                    9**<br>~~===>~~|**-                    9,401**<br>~~===>~~|**401**<br>~~>~~|**-              7,066**<br>~~>~~|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**(Overhead Charge to AWT)**<br>~~===>~~|**421**<br>~~===>~~|**421**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  421**<br>~~===>~~|**421**<br>~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~>~~|**-**<br>~~>~~|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**<br>~~===>~~|**22,833**<br>~~===>~~|**833**<br>~~===>~~|**-                         -**<br>~~===>~~|**-                         -**<br>~~===>~~|**-                         -**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**22,833**<br>~~===>~~|~~>~~|**-**<br>~~>~~|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**<br>~~===>~~|**25,894**<br>~~===>~~|**894**<br>~~===>~~|**6,340**<br>~~===>~~|**340**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  32**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  32**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  32,234**<br>~~===>~~|~~>~~|**-              7,066**<br>~~>~~|
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