Financial Statements
The Pilgrims, School
For the Year Ended 31 August 2020
Company No. 4296085

Tho Pilgrlms. School
Finan¢lal statement5 for the year ended 31 August 2020
Index to the financial statements
Report of the Governlng Body
Independent Auditorf5 fOPOrt
9- 11
Principal accounting poll¢le$
12- 15
Statemtnt of financial activities
16
Balance 5h••t
17
Cash flow 5t¥t•m•nt
18
Notes to tho flnanclal statements
19-27

The Pilgrim5' School
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2020
Report of the Governing Body
The TnL5tees (hereafter ffferred to as Ihe Govemot5 or GoVern￿g Bodl. present the￿ annu21 repon for
the lear ended 31 AugLLS1 2020 under the ComPan￿S Act 2W6, Eogeiher Trith the audited fmanciai
statements forthe ￿3￿, and cOnf￿￿that d￿lattercomPlYTrlththe requi￿rnents of the Act, the Trust Deed
aJ]d Ihe a￿l[leS SORP IFRS 102).
Summary of ovorall performance
The School has con[￿Ued to rknive 2nd floutish in rern]s of ac2demic, musical and sporttng &￿ellen￿.
Ho￿¢ver, the itnpact of the CoronavLllLS pandemic resuiied ￿ losses ￿ the ￿ar, due Plin￿llyto diScoL￿r5
given on School fees during the SuMn￿rTe￿I The imp2Ct of C(Jvid-19 ￿ 2020 is add￿ssed on page 6.
Ref•renc• and admlnlstration informatlon
The PIigti￿, School ￿ fOl￿ded in 1931 Js a Preparaioryschool forthe W￿CheStercalhedts1 Choiistets
but opened 21so for entrance byother pupils as Commoners. In 1966 arrangemenrs There made with
W￿cheSter College forthe QUir￿te￿ (the Qjllege Chapel aLoir Bois) to lo￿ and theytake part fullyin the
life of the School.
The School provides a lllgh level of educaiion for pupils betTrren the ages of 4 and 13 either as
b0Vde￿ or darb0￿. The Scliool seeks 10 enabk each Pl1￿][n 10 find 2nd develop his basic talenis ￿ Ihe
fnin]ework of a d￿CiPlined 2nd caring COMMU￿￿. Our y￿10n, taken fron] d]e Straiegic Plan revised and
approved in 2016, is 10 be 'a School Ihat enables boys 10 be the best theycan, a School boys live
nor jusi forrheThelves but for Othe￿,. We aun 10 ensure that pupiIs Atta￿the highes[ academic levek B&iLst
alloviing them to benefit frorn nuny extra-cunicuiar act￿l[￿S, especially ￿ Ihe provision of facilities and
tLlltion to develop their mwical t8Jents. ethos has been n]ade clear through a legally devised Parent-
School Agreement. The tenn5 2nd conditions of this agree￿￿nt have been provided to all parents.
The School operates ￿ an independent comp8￿Y11[nired byguarantee under the ovmership of The Chapter
of WmchesterC2thedtJ. The Pdgrllns'school reg￿[ered ￿ a private limited comp2nywiththe Registrar
of Compatues for England 2nd Wales, company number 4296085, oll 28 September 2001. The P]Igrllns'
SchooL registered number 1091579, was enEeTed ￿ the C£ntraI Register of (Jwities Trith effect from
IOApri12002. A fom]al kase was signed betTrren the School 2nd (hapter on I SeptemEtr2002.
Governing Body
The Governo￿ of the School {who 2re also directo￿ of the company for the pu￿OseS of Ihe Companies
ACL) Trho served ar allyiime during Ihe lear ThEre:
The VeryRevd C Ogle- Chair
Mr M Bnice
Mt3 M Ch￿.w0]f
Dr D LucketE
ca￿On G Medd
Mr C Rid]ey- re[￿ed hLirch 2020
The Revd Canon A Trerner- appointed November 2019
Dr J Websier
Prof M Ixlheeler
MrNWd
Mrm Wdson
Mr S Woods

The Pllgri¥ns' School
Flnan¢l*l stAt•m•thts loi the year end•4 31 Auyust 2020
Report of the Governing Body
Key petsonnel attd pmfe8sional advieets
The Fkad
Dr S J Essex- apw)inted 7Awtst 2020
Mr TWBur&ll- rn￿d &$ Fka&))&￿r 31 Aw 2020
K Dennett- app)itred l May2ff20
Mr CHUrt￿y{l￿errn Butsa4 - appointed l Novemkr2019, JEsigned
30 Apiyl 2020
MrWR Walker- as Butsar 31 Cttober2019
Ihe Pl￿1￿￿. Scknl
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The Pilgrtms. School
Financial statements for the year ended 31 Augu$l 2020
Report of the Governing Body
Poll¢y
The Governo￿ deternjine the strategLC direction of the School. The d2yto day tnallagernent of the School
is delegated 10 the Head and Director of Fin8llce & Resources.
structur•i govarnan¢e and mana9em•nt
Governing document
The School ￿ governed by its Articles of Lssoc￿[lOn. These There updared in June 2016 ￿lit￿Y to reflecr
recenr changes in legisl￿10n and to ll￿re￿e the size 9lld Iherefore wenLse and experience of the
Governing Body.
Governing Body
The Governtng Body con¥￿e5 lip to 14 members.. 2 are ex officio and 7 2re appointed by excemal
appoll]tll]g bodies (5 by the Dean and Thapier of W￿CheS[e[ Cathedral and 2 bythe Warden and Fellows
of Wfftchesier College). The ren]2ining Governo￿ are elected at a meerlng of the Board on the basis of
no￿￿tior￿ received from Bqihin Ihe Board. All aPpO￿t￿￿nts take inio considerntion pe￿onal
competence, specialisi sltills 2nd hcai 3vai]abiiiryRnd followthe procedures for good govern3￿ce est8bI￿hed
by the Governance aod Non]￿arIonS Committee. The tern] of office for GovemotE appointed by the
external appOint￿g bodies ￿ ar the d￿cretion of th￿e bodies {and ￿ nonnally 5 It￿5), Governo
appointed bythe Board Serve for 2 tem of five le￿5 but, if eligible. they may be re-eletted. Related parry
Telaiionships ￿d trins2Ctions are disclosed in Note 22 EO Ihe accounts. No Governor WLS elected during
the lear. The Revd CatLnon Andy Trenier, Precenior and SacIist ol W￿Ckler Cathedral 2ppoinied
Govemor in November 2019 and Mr &par Ridley rel￿ed ￿ a Govemor ￿ March 2020. Subsequent to
the ￿ar end, ll] Noven]ber 2020, Mr J Brouth and E Boumer have 2]50 been appoittted as Governo￿.
Ttustee training
NewGovemors canyoui an induciion session Trith the Clerkto the Governing Bodyand receive briefings
fromthe (hairnwj, Head and DirecrorofFinance &Resources a5 necessary. AllGOvernO￿ are encouraged
to carry0l￿ Irainmg provtded byEhe Association of GovernLng Bo<lies of Independent Schoo]s {AGBIS).
Otganisational management
The G0vem0￿ meei as aBoard at least thtEe lunes a iearto deternllne the generJJ policyof School and
review lis overall managemeni and control, for which they are legally responsible. The Head and Ihe
Director of FUL￿Ce & Resources also attend meetings in an Advisory capaciry. The work of implementing
nDst of the Board s policies Js carried out byihe folloTring Standing Q)mmittees that meet 2t le￿t once a
lenn pnorro each Meeting of the Governing Body.
The Governance and NO[n￿l[lOnS CDrnmittee
The Finance and GenerRL Purposes Conunittee
The Academic and Pastoral Qirnmirree
The dayio dayrnanagernent and rutullng of the School Js delegatedto the Head 2nd the Directorof Finance
& Resources, SiiPEX)rted by other Mefflbe￿ of the Senior Matwnrnt Tegjn s￿d staff.

Th• Pllgrlms. S¢hool
Fin#nclAI stat•ments for thè y•ar end•d 31 A￿9￿st 2020
Report of the Governing Body
Remunetatiots of the Governing Body
Memb￿3 of the Governing Bcmty do not ￿ceive aty for their services. Detads of the
munerationfortbe Head alldtheDirectorof FI￿￿e &Resourcts are cotyainedioiykne 3 to the financial
OrgaDi8ational sttucthte attd telationship8
The Sch￿1 ig m artive memkrr of the JAM&pen&nt knociation of P￿p khook, tbe ￿01r Schwk,
Associatio￿ the Boarding Schools, A8sociatioll and the IdepeThkn SdMx)k' Butsat5 knociarion forthe
pron]otion aDd of school statth ge￿rally.
Ch2ritsble objectives attd aiths
The School's prArKwJJ objertive is to provide 2hEh level of ed￿￿tIont0 its pupik, Ixxh ill academic tenns
by encouraging then] to be￿fit FftDm many extr*LI]ni¢th %¢rvnRs, esp￿iallYthOse develop
their ￿￿1c31 Eaiellrs.
The Sch(K)l ako cTrowates n)2nylocal chartits in our ongoit]g e￿e*you￿ to widen Publ￿ acce5S to
our scbooli4 to optimize the ￿ of our CultW￿ and Sporti￿ £aci]itLes and io awaktn in our pupils all
awareness OE the social context of the edwatK)lltheY￿Lve ar the SchooL
Further &tJiLs of the Scbool's CjJarti2b￿ xt[Yit￿ 2tE provi(kd in the Report below.
lttspectioo Repotts
The School was kt i￿￿tted byd￿ In(k￿n(￿nI ScbwLs' Ins￿rate (tSD for tTgukntorycomp]iauce in
Januuy2019. Ibe ReEx)rt confllnrd School all the ￿￿ed Catego￿ of cow]i3nc£.
The School rn]Mins st￿nglyCOMrnl(￿ ro safegWdi￿ pronxxiDg tbe th of pupils. The report
&5cribed F&fLorai c8Je as fxcelkn in all patts of sdKK>l' and 'wtihin an exceEKiollally fLiendly and
Calngcomllll￿I. It was conrlln￿tb3tthe Schix)lDreTS allthe ￿ry￿qUirell￿￿ forthe￿llbell
health and safetyof pupib.
InAugust 2020,the ScboolcomD]lssio￿ JanP￿]deS OBE 2fKI CatDline Rees to ull(kn21r a genera] review
of safeguar&￿ at the School to he]p and infomi the Ihi5 i￿]U(￿d with Govemots,
staff and pupik andaThiewof various to fLdlyundetst2ndthe Safeg￿￿]ng Ex)licies> proceduffs
2nd practi￿ ￿thin the Schwl. Their Trpott5 COllStwive Ilcom￿ndItio￿ 2Te Ixing Anw]en￿)ted by
the Fkad and Deputy Safewding It3d and •￿1 ensu￿ tlut School a&r&s to knt PT2cuce in th
Jmwrtanr are&
Fu¢￿t4181tig
In viewof the relattyelylowkyel of ILS Xtivtiy, the Sch(x)Ihas not trgistered theFun&2isingReguIator
bur does supportthe Stan(￿ forfundraisiDgset outinthe Code ofFutthJsingPrnetir£. To irs kwwltdge,
the Schix)I has complied wtih those pl1￿CiP￿S WNI has tEcetYed no cotnplait)ts aLK)Ut its fUlld￿lt
activities. OpportUnL￿ for fundraising ￿d￿ed itl the Jrar due to tbe Coronavints pandemic,
hoiAEver, sonr funds Mttr rai8ed as a resdt of vimJal fulldrdising xtivicies. Donations for Lhe 3ear
amountedio£2,397 rntsed bythe pi1gnn￿'P￿E[￿s ASS{￿]￿ri0nartd£2,42s from otherdoDatAons. Afurther
£3,CU of ￿sti￿ted fun(k wag domredto the Gavin Ro3￿ a￿liSterBu￿aryFlllld iti 2019/20.

The Pilgrlm$' S¢hool
Flnanclal statements lor the year •nd8d 31 August 2020
Report of the Governing Body
Strategic and Operatlonal R•port
Review of achievements and performance for the yeat
Dunng d]e Icar Ihe School i]25 been siJghtlybelowm3ximum C¥aCity￿[h the following numbets:
alo￿te￿.
21
Qu￿Sters.
15
￿)rn￿￿ner Boarde￿.
58
Con]tnoner DayBois: 132
Pre-P￿p'.
40
Toia]:
266 (Average number of pupils for 2019/20)
The School Com￿lleS to rlllive and 2chievement has flourished in its three njain are￿ of academic, musical,
and sporting excellence. The leave￿ from Year 8 achieved excelleni results in their f]nal examinauon5. Ihe
over2ll nun]ber of aw￿ was 17 rhis {20 kn£t ￿ar1. Five academic schoknhips alld one exhibition
Ere won. Two bo￿ ga￿ed scholat5hips at WmchesierG)llege, one at Eion lour fI￿r King's Scho]ar since
2014), one at Radley, another at Qurford, and an Exhibition ai ShertK)rne. This 9￿0[her excelleni lear
lor ￿l￿1c. One boy achteved a full music schOla￿hIP to Eton and a further six Music ExhibLfLons There
awarded: two at Eton, rwo at Wmchester Q)llege and othe￿ at Shed)ome and Magdalen Q)Ilege. Two
Exhibiiiolls were achieved for Spon (￿￿Chester 2nd RadieO and one boy gyined )n kn Ethibition at
Canford. Otherbois ob[￿lled eniryto the above schools, as Beda]es, Bradfield, The Swe School
a]gnerhouse, George Abbot School, FLUTOW, King's School w￿Chester, Lord Wa￿(￿WOrth College,
Marlborough, Portsmouth GrarnLror School a￿d Tonbridge.
Charitable Objects
The School Js of guidance issued byihe thariry Q)nM￿S1On under the (]￿tille5 Act in reiarLon
to Public Benefit and the Governo￿, The Head and Director of Finance & Resources are mindful of their
obligJEion to have rewd Ihereto. All are confident thaE the School's activities are ￿ pu￿uLt of its objects
and are delivering public benefir. is achieved both byd￿ prov￿10￿ of education forthe thonstet¥ and
the Qu￿te￿ and school bU￿wieS s￿d ￿SiStance to fundthe education of non-choraLpupds whose parents
would not nonnaIlybe ￿ a position to send the￿ boi5 to the school.
During 2019120, 31 Pupi￿ received 50n]e fomi of butSJry 5uppon' this ￿presellted 12 % of the pupi]
P0PLdati0￿ Of these, 20 received financial support totalling £143,115 (2018/19.. £195,036) from the
School's Bll￿ary FL￿d and 7 received support totalling £48,20912018/19: £67,872) from Ihe R2ymond
FrelE Award Funds. An additional £58,146 {2018/19.. £66,087) wLs provided fron] exrenuI sources, of
ich £ 17,733 catne from w￿Chester Cathedtsl ￿ rhe current ￿ar. The maximum bu￿a￿PrOvided to a
single pupll 870kn of 2 tOEal fee. The tot21 provision of £249,47012018/19: £328,995) eqiutes to 5.20k
{2018/19.. 6.4°A)) of gross fee income. Year0nYe￿figureS have reducedas feTrEr bu￿ary£undS FEre rreded
to supporr boys due to the discounied fees in the Sumtner Temi as a result of the Coronavirus pandernic.
In addiiion to but52ries, the School's attiviiies have reached out iwo the local community and given
Solutes free or for rnin1￿ charges, to help othe￿. In particJ2r, the folloTring have been ll￿dertake￿.
The School continued 10 support a choraj outreach proiect combined with w￿Chester Caihedr21
Music Department
As part of the School's object ￿ a Chow School, a strong musical ethos is nJJintained throwout
the School 3nd Ihis ￿ extended inro Ihe local comtnunitybyproviding:
Pr2Ctice faciiiiies for severa] local and visiting chollS

The Pllgrims. School
Flnan¢l•l statem•nts iby the y•¥ eftdBd 31 August 2020
Report of the Governing Body
Facilw for Lternal allLSiC kssDtLs and for1￿1 chadrni
o Sthool choir I￿￿orn￿￿￿eS 3t other kn[
aY)rnL Mjrkhops forthe Di(K£san Sch(x)k I￿Ve￿ ServKes
the S¢b(M)I
Unckrthe object of the adv3￿￿￿nt of the (hrittrn ￿lIgIO￿ the khool plxiE a full part in the
life of Wmchester c2[hed￿ and the S(h(K)I has C(K)￿￿d manysndt vrdys With the missAon
OE the Cathedd I￿the £￿e provision ofthescbool's kiltrs for& (hdLeddCommw
The Schoolp#rttcip&es inthe WJiKhester Fknage (4)en Dais event
UnFortunately, m2tLy of the aboye that the Sch(x)I wualtyP2Ttripates in pl46icallyhave
been cancelted or ￿$tricted due to the COM￿vi[￿S It 1% hoped t]ut ollce bcld)wrtg Irf¢ and
social diSt￿l￿g ndes th full p3rt*ipation in st￿b evenLS vriIL Et able to rasu￿.
The School Con)m￿l￿al50 CODti[L￿$ to Conu]b￿ gewYMlYthro￿ou¢ the )tarto wiy national and
charllable cawes; dur1￿ this funds raised to sw)wrt ch￿rt*S such as aic S2rgent, Norrh
Hampslytr med￿￿1 WthterBasic (fiKKt) bank Ant￿BullyDg Alli9nce and Flands [4).
We have trfenEdto the (ThwiryConJmissioD's 8ereTal gui&llce oo public benefir miewing ourainL
and obiecuves and in pIat)nll4 f￿￿e activities.
FitiancAal Perfotmance
The School's finatxial perforn]ance in the 2019/20 )rarwas imP￿d bythe Cott)llavIn￿ pan&mia With
thanks to the woAt of the Scb(x>l t￿￿ferred (wrkly to a vimjal kning
ellvirontw fn)m Matrh 2020, onlychtklrell of ky ￿)￿r5 ￿]llg ed￿ted on slte. From 1st June,
n line with Govemnw Guidejlll￿, ReceptK)D and Yean l atd 6 to ScknL Tr Sch(x)I
the (lecision to bting rn0￿ bo￿ back on site (Yew5 3, 5 and 8} fmm lith June. Ar San￿ ttmc, the
i%ion made to offer a sch(x)I fee discoum itL tbe Sumnler TentL in onaer to support and
recognise that the School could not ofEer EK)2rd1￿ facilitk%. thi5 arrM)ullted to a total discount 0£ £512k
This w&$ off5er byllXOTh receivedfroMd￿ C(>r0￿1rus Job I1£te￿￿OnSchen* of £183E as staff trrmbe
who yrre uthle to wform thetr roles put on the Govemnrrrt furlough schen*. There Thrre atso
other one-off costs of £70kin 2J19/20 re1th￿ to 1rcrniti￿￿ of the ￿WHead and D1￿ctOr0E Fin#J￿e &
Resouwes. Before 3llov*ing forthe net costs o£the p2tthw (£329k) and one-off reCnJ1tn￿llt Costs (£7010
otrlined above, it is encouraging to see that rhe SCI￿*)1 delivered an un&rlyillgoperatjotdsuyl￿ 01£131k
The School's reserve p)IKy ￿qu￿rS it to maintaill Suff￿￿nt rcserves to enable it to nrrt its short.telm
fiD2ncial obiettitres in the event of an ut*wc¢ed Metl￿ sliortfail or emewnce of an th￿xpeCted
jiability. Totsj fw￿ of the khool at the pr-elld an￿un[edtO£421Ik(20I9. £4,479W, of MI￿£4,125k
(2019.. £4J92k) are COrLSide￿d aFai]abk tEserves. The FinatKe alld Generat Purposes Conm]it*e ha%
condLtrd a revThof the fituucul risk f%iDg the knL Aftert21ong thtse into *coutrt and ENtru]ady
the r￿kS vthich have en￿￿ed ill ITs￿Ct of the ill1p￿ of Covi&19, the Commtitee CO￿l￿edth3tthls level
of reserves i£ appropri*e.
Cash balances atthe Ivar.endtoraUed£833k4ainsT a piior)ear b2]a1￿ of £1157k This ￿duCtionw￿ in
P2rL due to the Urt￿CEed costs of the pan(kmic (£32910 but also d￿ to timing of suppllerpayn￿lts and
fee iuvoÈcing arowKI the lear en(L
The Governing Body Ltgubrty revie￿5 the School's fllunces agJin5t bty toget[￿r Trith a casb flow
anaty$￿ as pan of the effecLiTe steBpr{bh￿) of the SchooL It colls1(k￿ that given the s[ren￿b of its balance

The Pllgrlms. School
Flnanclal sl*t•monts lor the year •nded 31 Aygllst 2020
Report of the Governing Body
she￿ Positio￿ the generate4 the p)pukniryof the School and its FLscaI colltrob. the resenos
hekl adequate to its ￿quitE￿ts 2tMI so ir is 9ppn)pIiate w Prepa￿ the Schwl's fin#ncial
sta￿n￿[L8 as a going concenL
SignifKant vA)rk has been￿￿ert￿n¢0 improve & estgte andgrounds of t￿ Sch(x>L ind￿]ng upgrn
nranylights to LETr, paintllE & exteriorof the Lmaillschool buiMing atKI extell5ive ￿}gradeS to fire safety.
The Governing Body retnain • to the P9JEllts A$S(￿J0￿ wbo conttnue ro generO￿lY
siipporL sorne of this va)rk
Post Bal4nce Sheet Events
The CDMnaVir￿ pandemic ha5 Contin￿1 to affe(x dayto dayoFtratKllls of the SCI￿01 since the le￿ ell
Ihe countryexperienced a se£olld wave of the P9ndern￿ in the Autum of 2020. CLthiw in another
locldown king atllKpunced bythePI?nr on 4 January2021. Ls a ￿su￿ of rh￿ annOU￿e￿￿the
SthIK)I returned or￿e aggin to avirttuL karnll¥ ellvironn￿t. Ourstaff tD2tTraged a fant*ii¢ transition in a
veryshott titlle, building on their experiences from tbe Sumnrr Terni in 202C. The School kn lYen able
to offer bo￿ a full PrO£rat￿ of Jessolls, tutor growls, assen)bl*s alld J])usic lessolls, Thryrb pa￿llts once
again ￿l￿g verysupwrttye. During this t[n￿ tk ScEKX)11]25 Son￿ 5avillgs on catering c05rs and IELS
again ittili%edthe Governnrnt's G)mtravinLS Job RetentK)n sd￿￿￿ ]Irse Savi￿ given tt> parents
85 a reb3te on the sUmn￿reMI.$ fee invoKe.
RK8k Management
The Governo￿ ￿Viewan￿￿1ydy a￿￿$ of the School¥ qxrations and coAsidered the nuN)r rigks faced
each of these areas. The princiE)al iisk xkrnifd ar C4tU￿ in the Seh(x)l RiskR£gister, ￿$0 ￿VIeThEd
and contaiw followi
incLEases in ch34es forteachet5' F￿L0￿$ and other additK>Dal et[Jploy￿r costs
The itrjpact on the Sch(x)I's 0￿ratioNS and of aFan(kmic a% Q)vi&19
Effeaive govemallce atKI sound nMweDrnt
Sound fina[Lcj￿ rnawllt
A fall itk pupil to support CU￿ stnthTh alld k)ng tennp]atLS
The following aèo itKlu&d Thrythin the Sd￿)1's BUsi￿S G>ntinuityDtsasterREcoveryPIwL'
Imp%t ofnmjor i￿]dents Ltsuknllg ft7)m fi￿, s￿10￿ iniwy, loss of th (poTrwa￿l wate4. and
IT swiry. data recovery2nd contimllty.
Inthe opiDionof the Governo￿, the khiKTrI h28 the rw]18i￿ ll￿n￿Or1ng aDdreViews)Stell￿ alldI]as acws
the necessary resources and s]aiLs whKh, ull&r wmTrai cl￿VE￿I81￿e$, shouId aibw these ith to be
mirEated to an xcept¥l>k level ill Its dayt<>dayo￿ra[10Ths.
Futslte plans
The Hea(L Dr Sarth Esse4 srarted at the SchcM)l ia ty 2020. Her p]gns for the School thi8
on]ing year are to focus fitsdy on continuing to grow ￿adem￿ c￿elle￿ and excellewe acn)ss the
Sclwol's bmd and deep cunKututtL 3txl QFcutXLdit￿s to nmxiw the progrt%s of au boF;

The Pilgrims. School
Flnan¢(al statements for the year ended 31 August 2020
Report of the Governing Body
enliance p25tord care through lis foity pilLus - the venic31 rutor sisten4 pa%tod leade￿hip? srfeguarding,
and tlie School's The]1-be￿g departmeni; thLrdly? to opiiinise operntiorLf and processes For coIitinued
cost n]an.Igement and fleyibdiry to enslire that bois and siaff atf 52fe and thnve d]rougli the cont￿lled
uncerta￿ly0f the COVID.19 pandemic and beiond.
Gov•rnlng Bod￿$ responsibilitl•s tor the financial statements
The Governo￿ (tho atr ako directots of The Pi]gLims' School for the putposes of cotnpany ]aTr) are
responsible for preparing the Report of the Governing Body and the financiaI siaiements in accordance
with applicable lawand regulations.
Company law requires the G0vem0￿ to prepare financtal staternenrs for each fingllciai ie2r. Under that
]3W the Governo￿ have elected to Prepa￿ Ihe financial staiemenrs m accordance with Utllied Kingdotn
Generally Accepied Accounting Pracrice {UniEed Kingdorn Accounting Srandards and 2pplicable law).
Companylaw3150 pmhibits the G0vem0￿ from approvingthe fuwicidstaternents unless Ihey2re satisfied
that they give a true and v￿W of the state of aff￿￿ of the School and of irlcoming resources and
application of resources. including the ￿￿orne 2nd expendirure, for Ihat petio
In prepwv)g these financial sratements. the Governo￿ are required to:
selett suitable account￿g policies and then 2pplydTrm consistendy>
observe Ihe md principles in the Ckniries SORP.
ndte judgments 2nd accounting e5riIrJates that are reasonable and prudent"
state theEher applicable UK Accounting Standards have been folloThrd subjec[ to any nvteIiai
departures d￿ClOSed and exPla￿ed ￿ the financial staien]enrs'
prep2re the financial staren*nts on the going concern basis unless it LS ll]appropriate to presume that
the Schi)ol wiiL continue in business.
The Governo￿ JJT respowible for keeping adequate accouniing trcords that sufficient to show and
explain the School's [rJ￿a￿10ll5 and disclose re&onable accuracyat anytime the fllwiciai posiuon of
the con]pany2nd enable them to ensure that the financial siatements complyviiih the Q)mpanie5 Act 2006.
They are 3]so responsible for safeguarding Ihe assets of the SchiK)l and hence for t3Jong re￿Onable sieps
for Ihe prevention 2nd deteuioll of fraud and other llTegularities.
In so far 35 the Govemors Jre aware..
there is no relevant audii infomwion of Trhich the School's audiior ￿ unaware. and
Governo￿ have iaken all steps that they ought 10 have taken to make then￿elVeS awa￿ of 2ny
relevant audit information 3nd to estab]ish thai auditor is aware OE that infonnaiion.
The Govemots are r￿POnsible forihe m2intenance #nd mtegLiryof anycotporate 2nd financi31 infornution
cluded on Ihe companls website. LegLslarion in the Uniied Kmgdom governit]g the preparation 2nd
dissen]ination of financiaL S￿en￿￿r5 may d&fer fron] ￿g￿latiOn ￿ otherjurisdittlo￿.
The Govern￿g Body approved Ihis report, including dr strategic ￿Port, at its meeting on 20 March 2021.
Signed on its behalf by.
Cog
air of Governors

Tho Prjgrlms. School
Flftancjal statements for year ond•d 31 August 2020
Independent Auditor's report to the Members of The Pilgrims,
School
Opinion
We have auditedthe fiDaxialstatelltDts ofTrPi1grin￿, Sch(x)l (&'chartiA forthe Iparended 31 Augu
2Q20 which comprjse the St*enrJJt of FiDanciai ActiFts, Bala￿e SW Ca%hflowStatenrDt alld notes
to the financial s[atell￿ts, inchxlillg a sumw of signo￿t accounting wlici￿. The fmaucial
framewA£ that has been applied in their prparatK)n i5 app]icable law and Lnited KiDgdom Accountit¥
Standards, induding FRS 102 "The Fin￿12[ Reporti￿ Standard applic2b]e in the UK aTKI Republtc of
Ithd. (United l(ingdom cetmllyAcCe￿d Accounting Practre).
In our Opinio￿ tbe fillancial statellEnts:
give atrue 3JKI fair v*wof tbe stare of tbe cknitls affaits a$ at 31 Awt 2020 and of iLS income
and expenditLTre forthe iearthen edel.
have been proper1yprepa￿d in xcoTh4a￿ UDit8J Ki￿OM GetrrallyAccepted
Accounting Pr*￿. aE
have Eten ptEP2red in the ofThe CQn4>all￿ Act 2(Th.
Basis for opinio
We Cond￿ our audti ill acCorda￿e Trith It]ten]atiotul Standards on Ad￿n& (UK) USAS (UK)) and
applicable law. Our re5powibiIiue5 urxler those standa￿ are furt￿ (kscnhd in the A￿lE0￿S
respowibiltues for the a￿1[ of rhe fim￿l21 srate￿llts section of our rep)￿ We are independent of the
chJrityin accordance TridL the ethical reqUitEn￿n[S tEut are ￿leVant to our audn of the fin￿￿]81 statrrnents
in the UK, ll]clu<ling the FRCS Ethical Stallda￿ and ￿ haye fulfilled our other ethKg1 ￿spons￿lI1t*S in
accordan￿ with th(se requ1￿Men[S. We Hieve that th£ evi&nce T￿ luve obtsined is suffwtt 9nd
appropriate to pLDvide a basi5 for our opinio
Cooclu8iOn8 telating to going ￿￿cern
We luve nothing to LEEK)rt in of the followi￿ nuttds in ￿lat￿)n to vhich ￿ ISAS (UK) require
us to to YDU whe￿.
the goyernots use ol the EOit¥ concern basis of g£couming in the preparation of the knig1
statell￿ts is not apptopriate. or
the governo￿ have not di%d05ed in the financial s¢atru￿￿ts any identtfied Ull￿nainI]Cs
that nkny cast s¥nificant doubt alx)ut tbe charitys abi]ityto collrinue to adopt the going concern
is of accounLit]g for a wi(Kl of at t￿￿ve llK)llths fmm the date kn the fmanciaL
Statru￿r5 2uthoii5ed for i￿U
Othet infotmation
The govemots are reS￿nSIble forthe otherinfotinatiotL Ihe otherirrformatiollcon]pises the inFontution
JrKluded m the anmjai LEEK)rt, other thao the F￿anCIal and our a￿lt0￿S ffport thereon. Our
opinion on the fitwoalstatemeffls do&$ D￿coverthe (therI]rfOLi￿10n atyl excepttoiheexrentotbeThuse
explicitlysTaTrd in our repoffj R do not expLfSS atwfomi of assurance conclusx)n theTro
In connection our audit of the fll]ancial $taten￿￿rs, our tYsw)nsibilityis to read the other inforn]auon
anl in doing so, consider whether the Od￿ iDfomxttiDll is ￿￿tel}￿Y ijKortststeDt with the fiugncial

Tho Pllgrlms. School
Fln8nclal statomants l¢K th• yoar endod 31 Augugt 2020
10
Independent Auditor's report to the Members of The Pilgrims,
School
statements or our IqK)wIedge obr2ined in the a￿lt or odrrw￿e appea￿ to ￿ matrttilly mi5Stated If
idenrify such materiat inconsisiencies or apyJJEnt nwiaL miSsr￿n15, atr LEquired to dthrn]i
M41etherthere is a material missratenrnt in the finallctJJ staren￿￿ ora m&wial mi55r2tement of the other
infornurioo If, kned on the FA>rk VE have F*rforrred cordu& that is a material ￿&￿Staren￿r
of this od￿r 1nfomuti0￿ att to report djat fxL
We have nothll]g to tew)rt ill thts
Opittlons on othet mauern ptesetibed by the Cothpatiies Act 21Mb6
In ow opitjion, based on the 74vA£ underraken in the coutse of the audtt:
the information given in the IleEK)n ol the Governing B(Aythich incl￿eS the Strategic Re￿tt
the Directon. ReEK)rt prepwrd for the pwposes of con]pgJry Jaw, for the financi￿ Ivar for
&ich the financial statemcnts are p￿Pared 1% eoo8LStellr ￿ry[h th* filTra￿l91 Staten￿llts. and
(he Stiategic Rew)rt andthe Direc￿, RqM iwlu(kd Thithin tbc B£port of the Governing Bcty
has Ixen pwd in %conlatKe widL appltcab]e leg31 reqUI￿n￿mS.
Mattet8 on which we ate tequired to rtport by exception
Ill light of the IuK>* and understanding of the clmity and its e￿V￿￿[De￿[ obtained in the coune of
the audi4 have not identified ntstrtial misst2reDfDts in the Sttategic Report or the DirecrwE' Rtport
iwluded Thrhtn the Re￿tt of Govemiog B(dy.
We have nothing to ￿pOrt in tEspect of the fojlowitig ttutter5 infflationto vknh the Con)pani￿ Acr 2
requires ￿ to report to y)u rf, in our opinioJL"
adequate andpro￿r￿counLing t￿OrdS h3ve not Ixen Or￿t￿M% forour have
not been ￿Ce[￿ed fron] brJllches Dot viSi￿d byus. or
certain discloswes of govenM)J¥' ttrnuner￿n SFtcifr by]aWa￿ not or
bave not received all ￿ infomution and e4)lanatiom requi￿ for our audit.
Re8potssAbilitie8 of govemor8
As explained nK)tt fuUyiD Governing Botys ￿$￿)lL$]￿lI1trS Statellrnr set out on page 8, the governo
(who aLso tbe di￿torS of the ckniiabIe comFYanyforthe puwes of cornpanylTh) resw)nsible for
the pffparauon of the fi￿ncial statellEnrs arul for Eeing Satisf￿ tha( Tlygive atn¢ and fairview, wd for
swh intemal conrml as the governo￿ detern￿ is ￿essary to eD2bk the prepamion of fuDnciaL
statements that are free froD] llwetial [ni%sraten￿ll4 whether to fraudoreAror.
In p￿P￿]ng the financd st2tellr￿, the sovernO￿ a￿ ￿s￿)lIS￿b￿ for assÈssing the chwrls abi]ity tt>
continue as a going cow disdosillg as ￿p1th￿, mattets Trlared to going cojxem gnd ￿Ing the going
concern bas￿ of accounting unless the govenw5 either inrLndtL) Imwidatethe d]aLiryorto cease 0￿r￿lonS,
or have no tE3listic alrernatiye but to do so.

Stephen MillsStephen Mills (Mar 22, 2021 15:27 GMT) 

Mar 22, 2021 



The Pilgrims. School
Financial 5tatem8nts for the yoaT ended 31 August 2020
12
Accounting policies
Company status
The PiIgtin￿, School is an independeni company lin]ited by guat￿lee. The only member of Ihe company
is the Chapter of Winchester CaihedrnI. In the event of the eniitybeing wound up. the liabiknryin respect of
the guarantee is limited to £ l.
Ba51s ol preparatlon
The [￿ancIal starernents have been Pffp￿d m 2ccordance with Accounting 2nd Repotting by Ch￿TEles..
Statement of Recomtnended Practice applicable ro chirities preparLng their acCou[￿S in accordance Trith the
FLnanci21 Reporting Srandvd 2pplicable ￿ the UK and Republic of Ire12nd (FILS 102) (Chanries SOBP
(F￿ 102)), d]e Fu￿￿(131 Reporting St3ndard applicable in the UK and Republic of I￿la[ld (FRS 102) 2nd
the Companies Act 2006.
The Pi]grims' School n]eets the definition of a public benefit entiryunder ￿ 102. Assets and liabiliiies are
initiallyrecognjsed at histoncal cost or trattsaction va]ue unless otherwjse stated in Ihe rekvant accouming
policy.
The financ13J siatenrnts gJE presented in Srerling (£).
The prmcipai 3ccouniLng policies of the School are set out below.
Going concern
The f￿anCIal statemenis have been prepaLEd on the basis that the School is a going concern. The GovemotS
consider that d￿re are no ntsreri21 uncertaitllies on the School's abiliry to con[￿ue its activitie5 for the
foreseeable future. Theyhave approved a deEailed inconr and expendirLUt blidget for 2020/21, the School
regular srTr2m of Incon￿ from the schoo]s' pupik Rnd its reserves policYn￿ar]S that li be able to
meei ils obligations and have sufficient time to mitigate agaI￿t any unforeseen Circu￿rances.
The Governo￿ have revies%¢d the13test forecasts #Ad consideTrd the period 12 nx)nths from the date of
apprOV￿g these f￿anCial staiemenis. Pupil numbery for 2020/21 are son]eThliai gnd there are
continued incre￿ed cosrs Lssociated wilh coronav￿￿, e.g. cleaning. HoBever, thi]st these are having a
negaiive llnpact on Ihe cutreni IEarfs finances, the extent of available reserves and cash balances ensure the
School's longer tenn future. The G0vem0￿ are sawfied the School 2 going conce
Fund accountlng
Genend funds JJE unrestriCEed futh whicli are av3iiable for use ar the di5creiion of the Governo￿ in
funherance of the general objectives of the School and sthich have noi been de5ign2ted for 0d￿rpU4)0Ses.
Designated fun& cornpJise unrestricted fiuds thai have been set &ide by Ihe G0ven￿￿ for patticuI#r
pU￿05e5. The aiJn and use of each designared fund is set out in the notes to the financial siarernents.
Reslricted fwMI5 are funds which are to be used in accordance wilh specific restriction% unposed bydonos5
or Tthich h1ve been raLsed by the School for particular putposes. The costs of ￿Ing and admintsieiing
such fl￿d$ are charged agai￿1 the specific funcL The aim and use of each re5tiiCted fund is sei oui in Ihe
notes 10 financial statemenis.

The Pllgrlms. S¢hool
Flnanclal statements tor the year onded 31 Au9USt 2020
13
Accounting policies
In¢oming resources
Fees tecetvable consJ5rs of Cha￿e$ forthe academic Irar 2019120 less aibwances and buLSaLies of the
School's designated funds but ￿cludeS contributiom received from restricted funds for but3arie5.
Otherschool income COllSLSlS of optional services provided to the pupik, ￿ Thtll as income for iniu
regisirarion of and deposits forfeiEed for piipils.
Payments to the School from the Government's Coronav￿Ls Job Reteniion Scheme 2tr ￿CogniSed TA&en
receivable and ckssrfied ￿ other incotne ]n the SOF
Expendlturo
Expenditure is recognised once Ihere is a legal or consirnaive obligation ro Irat]sfer economic benefit to a
third pRry, It ￿ probable that 2 tiansferof economic benefiis TAryiL be required ￿ settlement 2nd the amount
of the obIigarion can be n]e15L￿ed reliably. Expenditure is ciassified by activity. The costs of each activiry
are n]2de up of the tot31 of direci costs and shared costs, including support costs involved ￿ undertalgng
each aciiviry. D￿ect costs arrnbutable to a single activity are allocated directlyto d]2t activity. Sha￿d costs
TAthich contribute 10 tnore than one activtyand support Costs sthich are not atcribuEabie 10 a single aciivity
are apportLoned beThEen those activitie5 on 2 basis consisieni the use of resources.
Charitable activities 2tr costs U]Cu￿d in connection with the running of SchooL ￿ClUding mges,
equipmeni 10 support teaching and other admirwtration expenses.
Govemance costs are Ihose inCu￿ed in connection V￿[h admi￿￿tration of the Sd]ool and compliance with
constitutional and Sta[L￿Ory reqiurements. These costs include audii, legal advice for Governots and the
costs 35sociaied Tr4Qth meeting cot]siiniiional and suiuiory requi￿rnents such a5 the cos1 of Governo￿,
meetings and the preparaiion of statuioryaccounts.
Q)sts of general￿g fund5 are costs incurred in atttatt]ng volurjrary income, s￿d those inCu￿ed Jn trading
activities that rJise funik.
FLU](ti?istng costs ￿ Those incurred in seeking voluntary coninbutions and do not include the costs of
dIssen]￿al￿g infonnation in support of ch￿ilable activities. F￿2￿C￿g costs include ￿terest on loarjs
and other sources of fll]ance.
All resouJEes expended 2re inclusive of I￿0verable VAT.
Tan9lble fixed assets and depreciatlon
Expenditure on improven]entS 2nd modern￿atIon Tthich enhances the bng-temi cap2biitty of the School
is capitalised and depreciated ￿ line the policy for freehold buildings. Expendirure on repaiLS and
general mainienance ll￿llrred on a regular b&is, along individual itens c05ting less than £ I,CQO, are
Ch￿ed to the Statement of FU￿￿claI Aciivities ￿ incurred
A review for impaThni of a fixed asset is cwied out if events or changes ￿ circumstances indicate dial
the carrying value of anyf]xed asset may nor be recoveuble. ShortfaU5 betseen Ihe cany1￿ value of fiyed
assets and the￿ recovernble amounts are recogntsed as Impalm￿n[s. Irnp2innent losses ￿e recognised
Ihe Statement of F]tMnciai ActLviiies.

The Pllgrlm5' School
Flnancial 5tatemÈnts for the year ended 31 August 2020
14
Accounting policies
Tanglble fixed a55ets and depreelatlon {contlnu•d
DepreciRiion LS provided on all tangible fixed ￿Sets in ￿e, oiher IhaTL long leasehold properry, ai raies
calculated 10 write off the cost less est]nuied residu3J vajue ol each asset over its expetted ]ife as follolls:
School buiEdings - freehold and long le￿ehOld
Equipment
Moior vehicles
10-20Q/o
10-25/0
Operatlng leas•s
Rentals under operating leases Ch￿ed to Ihe Statement of Financial Activiues on J straight line basis
over the le￿e ternL
Stocks
Stocks, Ththich compwe school unifonns, Rre valued ai the IoTrErof cost and nei realisable VaLl￿ after maliing
due allowance for obsoleie and sloTrtnoving stocks. G)st includes all d1￿ct costs and an appropnate
proportion of f]xed and vanable overheads.
No accoLint ￿ taken at the iear-end of stock8 of provisions, stationery, fuel and household requisites. In
rhe Opullon of the Governing Bodythis does not represent a n]ateiiaL depatture from standard accounting
practice.
Interest recelv¥bl•
Interesi on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount c2n be rneasu￿d re]iably by
the School., this ￿ nomdiy upon notification of the interest paid or payable bythe B2nlL
Debtors
Tnde and oiher debt0￿ ￿ recogtllsed ai the 5ertlen]ent a￿oU￿1 after any nade discount offered. The
Goveming BodyregularlyrevteThs &brO￿ and provision is made against anydebts conSide￿d inEcoverable.
Cash at bank and In hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term higldy liquid investments with a short matilliry of
three months or less frorn Ihe dare of acq￿l[lon or oPen￿g of the deposir or similar 2ccount.
Llabllltles and provisions
Liabilities are recognised when there is a legal or constructive obligation ai Ihe ba]ance sheet date as a resuk
of a p25t event, it ￿ probable d)ar R rrans£er of econornic benefit be required in setdement. and the
an]ount of the serrlement can be estimated reliably. L￿bILitIeS are recogll￿ed ai Ihe 3Jnount thar the entiry
anticipates it ￿ pay to settle the debt or the amount it has ￿CeiVed as advanced payments for the good
or services it provide. Provisions are measured at best estimate of amounts required to settk
the obligaiion. Where the effect of the time value of moneyis tnaien8J, the pro￿lOn LS ￿ed onthe present
ue of those amounts, discounted at the pre-t&T discouni rate that reflects the risk8 spec&ic to the liabiiiry.
The llnTrrynding of the discount ￿ recognised Thothin interest payable and similar dutEes.

The Pilyrlms. School
Financlal $tatem8nts for the yoar ended 31 August 2020
15
Accounting policies
Financial instNments
The enriryonlyhas f￿ancial2$stts and £￿anCIal liabilities ofa Igndthat quaiifyas basic f]nanci21 instrutnents.
B2sic financial ￿￿tru￿ents ￿e lllliially recognised ai Era￿aCtiOn value and subsequently rne￿Ured at Iheir
seulemenr v21ue with the excepiion of bank IoatL% thich are subsequentlyllE￿Ured at atnorrised cost using
the effecEive interest nrthod
Penslons
Retiremenr benefirs 10 teaching staff of Ihe School are provided bythe Teache￿, Pension Scheme ('TPS?.
This is a defined benefit scheme and the assets are held separatelyfron]those of rhe School.
1ke TPS is unfunded scherne 2nd coninburions are caicuIated so ￿ to spread Ihe cost of pensions over
etnploiees, worlong lives with the School in such 3 way that the pension cost ￿ a substatllially level
perceniage of current and future pensionable pairoll. The C0ntnbi￿IOnS are deremiined bythe Govemmem
Actuary on the basis of quinquennial valuatio￿ using a prospective benefii med]od. As siared in Note 20,
the Tl)S Js a multI-emploier scheme and the School is unable 10 identifyits shwt of tjnderlying *sets
and liabilities of dLe scheme on a constsreni and reasonable bas￿. The TPS ￿ therefoTr Ireated as a defined
coninbiirion scheffle and the conrnbutions are recognised ￿ theyare paid each Icar.
The School also operates de£￿ed contribution schemes for non-teaching ststf. ConrributLOllS are Ch￿ed
the SOFA as theybecome pa>2ble.
Judgem•nts In applylng accountlng poll¢l•s and key sour¢os of estlmation uncertalnty
In d]e P￿paratIon of the 2020 fmanciai staiements it Js the responsibiiityof bOthd￿ Governo￿ and Office
to make iufonned judgements and esiim2tes ￿ the provlsion of Labiiiues and expenses.
The Pil￿1[￿5, Sd)ool acknowledges the ￿qU￿en1ents of d￿$ dTrsclosure. As such, the Governo￿ and
office￿ of the School have n]ade the following judgements a￿d estimatiolls That have the m05r signtticant
effea on the atnounis ￿cognised in the fll]2ncial siaien]ents.
Theyhave conSide￿d Ed)erherthere are allyindicaiiow that Irade debiots mayhave 5ufEered llnpairment
at the reporting dare as required byFRS102. The Dutcror of FU￿nCe & ResoU￿e$ regularly reviesvs those
baIances thai are overdue. CnnSide￿[l0n is b￿ed upon credit ter￿￿ 2nd £ll￿ncial status of the parents
rh provjsions bemg rnade against those there a n]2retyal uncert2inty e￿s[S that the amounrs n]2y not be
recovered.
The School building been accounted in line Mth FRS 102 on Ihe judgen]ent that the le3se Trill be
extended beyond the current lease rernL The Governo￿ Co￿lder thi5 judgement to be appropriate based
on Irs ongoing d￿C￿sSIOnS ihe Thapier of Wll]chester Qthedtal and their ￿tention to agree the
ellensio

Tho Pllyrlms. School
Flnanclal statements tho y•ar wdod 31 Au9USt 2020
16
Statement of financial activities
UorestrACted
nds
2020
Re8trieted
funds
2020
Total
fijtsds
Totsj
Funds
2019
Note
Incoming re8ource8
Income from charJ't&￿le acttFybe8
Fees Trceivable
Other S&ool income
JTrcumefromgenet3tedfund8
Grants and donations
4,68L012
227J77
4.68L012
227JTI
4,935,665
70250
4,822
7022
92,512
Ftre of ptrrnises
Bank Illte￿ ￿ceIV#bk
4,856
13,525
19 J82
L664
Total iticotnitig tesource8
4,920,653
4,925J17
5,131,334
Re8QUtce8 expended
ChaThtabJe ACtiFitie$
School operating costs
Costs ofgetseiAtingAmdB
Fulldwing forvoluntaryi￿jll
School financing costs
Tot41 tesoutces expended
5J38.045
£796
5,14l841
4J57,592
39,694
10.743
39,694
10,743
5,193,278
76886
14 J92
4,848￿70
5.188,482
<796
Net iticoming/(outgoitig)
re50Utces
Transfe15 bet￿ fun(k
(267,829)
(]32)
(267,961)
282,464
Net movement in futtds fot the year
(267,829)
(132)
(267,961)
282,464
Balatt￿$ brought foLwanl
ar I September 2019
Balartre8 cattied forward
at 31 Augu8t 2020
4J9¥57
4479,187
4,196J23
4,124￿28
86.698
4,21L226
4,479,187

The Pllgrlms. School (Regl$lwed number 4296085)
FEnanclaf stat•mants lor tho yo•r ondod 31 August 2020
17
Balance sheet
Note
2020
2019
Fixed a55ets
TangAbEe assets
3,986,772
4,033,453
Current a88ets
Sti
DebtotS
Cash at ballkgnd in hand
846
727J95
883,11
6,619
1,604J32
1756,602
3?67,953
io
2.615J41
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net cuttent ￿￿ets
11 (2.109,761) (2,474205)
SO5￿80
893348
4,927201
Total assets less current liabilities
492J52
Creditot8: Amounts fauing due aftet more otte yewt
Net ￿Sets
(28L126) (H8,014)
4,21L226
4,479,187
Funds
13
14
4,124,528
86,698
4,392J57
86030
4,479,187
Rtstiicted fun&
4,211.226
The fMan¢ial5raten￿r5 approved alld aurhorised fori$s￿ by￿ Govemittg B¢xlyaThl sig
on their I￿h2]E by.
The VeryRevd C Ogle
atsir of Governo
Lkne: 20 March 2021
The acconwaniqng accounting poJKx% and ￿ forn] an itxegrai part of due fjnarcial st￿ten￿nts.

Thg Pllgrlms. School
Flnanclal gtat•monts for tho yw onded 31 Aiyist 2020
18
Cash flow statement
2020
2019
Cash tIow8 froth opetating activitie8
Net n￿Ven]ellt in fund5
Adjustments fot:
Depreciation of ralwble wsets
Interest paieble
Interest receivabk
Illc￿ase in debto
DecrvJse ill 5￿Ck¥
IDectr38e)/Inurase in C￿1][0
Loss on S￿ of fixed a55elS
1267,961)
282,464
175,645
11,915
(19?82)
(124,648)
4,070
261,115
2.CQ2
7,872
(£250)
(122,663)
L773
(368,445)
Net Cg8b (absotbed by)/8ener4ted
from opemting a¢tivitie8
(566,098)
593,181
Cash flow5 from inyestittg activitie$
Puwhase of tangible &sets
InteArst tEceived
Proceeds from sak of fiEed asseLS
(140,895)
(212,694)
19J82
2,687
Net ca8h outtlow from Inve$tiDg
Activitit8
(]36,645)
(190,625)
Ca8h tlows from fiftanci-og actiFitie8
RepaYll￿llt ol b9ffjk loatLS
Interest tllid
(162,887)
(7,872)
(159,555)
(11,915)
Net cash outfiow ftom finaneitig
activities
(170,759)
(171,470)
Net (decreaBe}/increase iti cash •t bat
Éwd io hand
Cash at bank and in h2nd * the Ixgin
of Irar
(SV3.502)
231,086
L756,602
1525.516
Cash at battk and in haod
883,1
1,756,602
Net cash
Cash at baDkoAd in hand
Bank loatLE due wffhin Jear
Ballkk)￿ due afterone Irar
883.1
(165,ll4)
(281,
1356,602
(161,113)
(448,014)
1,147,475

The Pilgrlm$' School
Flnan¢lal statements for the yeaf end￿ 31 August 2020
19
Fees receivable
2020
2019
Daybois
Boarde
Pre-Prep
o￿terS
iirtste
Swidry fee income
Gross fees receivable
Less:
BU￿arleS
2,360,996
1,272,434
402,000
445,105
337,288
1,220
2,478,658
1,213,178
542,822
493,899
389,280
7,895
4,819,043
5,125,732
(143,115)
4,675,928
324
76
(195,036)
4,930,696
513
103
DiSbu￿ernen[s (net)
Fees rem￿s1On scheme commi5510n
4,676,328
4,684
4,93L312
4,353
Add: Bu￿alle$ from tEstncted fund5
4,681,012
4.935,665
other School Incomo
2020
2019
CoronaVin￿ Job B£tention Scheme
Leaming support
Holidayspotts coutles
Choir tllne and expenses recharged
Registmion fees
Deposits forfeited
M￿lC facility charge
si￿dry income
182,857
16,860
8,655
7,050
8,105
1,850
301
L699
27,327
19,024
9,838
9,400
500
2,495
1,666
227,377
70,250
The accompan)ing accounting policies and notes fomi an ￿tegra1 part of these financial statements.

The PIIyTim$' School
Flnanclal statements for the year ended 31 August 2020
20
staff Costs
2020
2019
Wages salaries
Socid secwity cosis
Pension coninbutiorjs
2,742,191
269,858
409,243
2,674,455
250,683
268,309
3,421,292
3,193,447
The Jverage number of emploiees in d]e lear was:
2020
Numbet
2019
Number
Teaching
Domestic1v￿]E#re
Adn]iIllStration
58
35
io
57
33
103
99
The emoluments of hItsr-P￿d employEes, excluding exceptional staff costs, fell wirhsn the folloThing
ranges. Where Jppropnate. the comparatives have been atnended to be consistent with the cu￿ent lear
disclosu￿S.
2020
2019
Nutnber
Numbet
£60,001 to £70,000
£70,00110 £80,0
£ 100.00110 £ 110,000
Q)ntributions totalling £39,335 (2019.. £J4,419) Bere made to defjned benefit pe￿10￿ schemes in respect
of the higher p￿d etnplO￿es.
The keymanagerneni Pe￿Onnel ofthe chanrycomprise the Head atdthe Director ofFll]2nce eiResources.
The iotal emploiee benefits for these pe￿onnel Thdich includes empbTrer pension glld NI contributL0￿,
Trtre £?73,8311?019.. £231,441). The prior Irar comparative figure excludes £85,000 of COmpe￿all0n p3Jd
to d]e But5Jr following ￿SIgnatIon as a result of the re5tnrr￿ of the School's Se￿Or mjnagement
support team at the end OE that fM8￿CIal Trtar.
The Govemots received no remuneration durjng the year. Travel expenses of £461 ThEre reimbussed to
Governo￿ dwi[¥ the Irar (2019: £594.
The 3ccompan?ing accounting policies and notes fomi an integR2L part of these financial statements.

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The Pilgrims. School
Financlal statements lor the year ended 31 Auyust 2020
Governanc? costs
2020
2019
Audito￿, remuner3tLon: Statutory auiknt services
Other professional fee5
Liabiliry }￿uranCe
9,702
138,224
10,997
158,923
11,382
51,051
13.846
76279
Orher professional fees include £92,585 in ffspect of legal and profession31 fees, associated Thryth a reTrryew
0£ the School's s3fegu2rding pmcesses and£31,865 of Legal fees for enwloiqnent and propertyadvice inthe
Icar. In the pnoryear, other professional fees included£31,165 ￿ respect of legaL costs ￿SocIaled v/iththe
restructuting of Ihe School's senior ￿L￿agemenT support ieanL
School financlng costs
2020
2019
11,915
2,477
14,392
Bank loan interest
Other inteffsi and similar chwEes pl￿￿e
7,872
2,871
10,743
Analysls of total re50ur¢os expendod
2019
Staff costs
Other
2020
Staff costs
Other
ChAritable
'activities
School
operating co$￿.
Teaching
costs
Welfare cos
Premises
Support costs
of 5choolir¥
2,468,07J
366,888
230,063
356,268
186,137
251,861
895,580
224,152
2,654,310
618,749
1,125,643
580,420
2,180,458
335,456
232.582
444,951
225,916
270,615
826.367
160,493
2,406J74
606,071
1,058,951
605,444
4,796
4,796
4,473
4,473
and piizes
Governance
cosrs
158,923
158,9
76,279
76279
3,42L292
1,72L549
5,142,841
3.193.447
1.564.145
4,757,592
Costs Qf
generating
funds
Fundraisins
cosis
Fi￿￿1¢e costs
39,694
10,743
39,694
10,743
5,193,278
76,886
14,392
76,886
14,392
4,848,870
3,42L292
The accompanying accounting policies notes fonn m inregrai part of ihese financi￿ siaten]ents.
1,77L986
3,193,447
1,655,423

The Pllgrlms. S¢hool
Financial statements for the year endod 31 August 2020
22
Net Incoming r•$ources
Tlys is Stated after ch84in¥.
2020
2019
Cnsts of Coronavirus pandernic
RestructurLng costs, see Note 3 and Nore 4
Loss on sale of f￿ed assets
Depreciation of tangible fjxed assets
Alldilo￿ remuneration- Judit services
Operating lease rentls - land and buildi
2L274
116,185
2,002
175,645
11,382
169.953
187,576
9,702
209,711
Tanglble fixed assets
Long
leasehold
property Equipment
School
buildings
Motor
vehicle8
Total
Cost
At I September 2019
AdditiOllS
4,882,687
54.600
50.930
1215,992
86,295
1167,9561
1.134,331
70J35
6219,944
140,895
(167,956)
6,192,883
At 31 Aug￿[ 2020
Depreciation
At I September 2019
a]arge for the ￿ar
On disposak
At 31 August 2020
Nei book value at
31 August 2020
Ner book value at
31 August 2019
4,937,287
50,930
70,J35
1?06,671
102,002
818,347
80.312
(167,956)
730,703
61,473
5262
2,186,491
187,576
(167,9561
2206,111
1,408,673
66J35
3,528,614
50,930
403,628
3,600
3,986,772
3.576,016
50,930
397,645
8,862
4,033,453
School buiidiiigs comprise piimarilyrhe cost of improvernents, such ￿ the Millennium Bl(Kl Pre-Prep and
Ihe Wmtoncornplex ￿ClUding[he sThimw pool. Underihe iern)s ofthe School's le￿e V￿[h[he Caihedraj,
these buildings fall within the scope of the lease 21 ieJts 9fterthey￿Ere buiLr and hence become subject
to rental charges. The f￿[, d]e Millennium Blocl ￿ expected 10 lake effett from 2021. the rentat charge is
subject to negoiiaiion alld at this stage it ￿ noi possible 10 quantifythe charge, rf any, sA&ich will ￿lSe.
stocks
2020
2019
Stock of school unifonn%
6,619
The accompanying accOu￿[lng policies and notes fomi 2n integral p3rt of these financi21 statements.

The Pllgrim$' School
Financlal statemonts lor the year endod 31 August 2020
23
10
Debtors
2020
2019
Fees
Othe
L647,(108
80J87
1,581,386
23,346
1,604,732
1,727J95
Creditors: amount5 falllng due within ono year
2020
2019
Bank loan
AmoLU]ts 0￿￿g to Slipplie
Payroll taxes and deductions
Fees invoiced in advance
PupiL deposits
Other credico
Accnu]s
165,114
17,165
70,138
1,521,924
124,558
43,822
167,040
161,113
139,609
60,871
1,671,ICQ
128,156
91.fy)3
221,753
2,474,205
2,109,761
Analysis of deferred Incom•:
2020
2019
Defeffed incorne at I Sepien]ber 2019
ResOL￿ceS defeiTed duting the ￿ar
Amounts rele￿ed from Previo￿ iews
Deferred incon]e ar 31 August 2020
1,671,100
1.556 J19
1,521,924
1,671,ICO
(L671,100) 11,556,319)
1,521,924
1.671,1(
Creditors: amounts falllng due after more than one year
2020
2019
Bat]k103
281,126
448,014
Included within the above gJE amounTS falknng due as follow5:
2020
2019
Bank loan
Bemeen one and
166,848
163,852
BetThEen two arLd five ie3Js
114,278
284,162
The bankloan comn]enced ar(iutdNovember2014 at kne rate plus 0.95°/0 gJ)d is repayabk in 101 monthly
instaknents.
The bankloan i% secured bywiyof a letter of comfott from the Dean of W￿chester.
The accotnpanying accounting policies and notes fomi #n integral part of these financial sr2tements.

The PilgrSms' School
Finan¢lal statem•its for tho year ended 31 August 2020
24
Unrostricted funds
General
tesetve
Ar I September 2019
Incoming resources
ResoU￿e$ expended
At 31 August 2020
4.392,357
4,920,653
15,188,482)
4,124,528
14
Restricted funds
The Ga￿ll Roynon
Chorister Bursary Victor Rose
Fund
Bursaries
Prizes
Fund
Total
At I Sepiember 2019
84232
525
2,073
86,830
Incoming Ee60urces
Donations
Interest received
Resources
expended
But33ries and pnzes
At 31 Augus12020
3,0
1,653
li
1,664
(4,1591
84,726
525
112
1,972
4,796
86,698
The VictorRose ButEaryFund wLs esiablished bydonaiion in 2005/06. The Fund w&$ w)und doTrvn dwing
2019/20.
The Piizes Fund was established bydonarions to fund prizes for achievement.
The Gavin Roynon Fund ws established in 2017/18 by initial donation to provide financial ￿sL￿tanCe
to chorigters.
The accompanjing accounting policies and note5 forni an integrnl patt of these financial 5ratenrnts.

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The Pllgrlm5' School
Financial st#tement5 foy the year ended 31 August 2020
15
AIIoGatlon of not a5set5
Current yeaf
Tangible
fixed
8sets
Current
assets
Cutrent
liabilities
ng-term
liabilities
Total
Genernl fund
Resiricted funds
3,986.772
2,528,643
86,698
{2,1￿,761}
(281,126)
4.124,528
86,698
3,986,772
2,615,341
(2,109,761)
(281,126)
4,211226
Prior year
Tangible
fixed
assets
Current
assets
Current
liabilities
Long-tetm
liabilifie5
Total
General fund
Resiricied funds
4,033,453
3,281.123
86,830
12,474205)
(448,0141
4.392,357
86,830
4,033,453
3,367,953
(2,474,205)
(448,014)
4,479,187
16
Toxation
The School is resistered as a chariry 3nd there is no liabiliryio t)X3tion on its chwitable activities.
17
Capital commitments
There was a capital Conm)i￿nt at 31 Aug￿1 2020 of £nil (31 Aug￿5[ 2019: £tuD.
18
Operatlng lease ¢ommitments
At 31 Aiwt 2020 the School had future minitnum renra]s paiable under non-cJncellable operating
as folloTrs:
Land and buAldings
2020
2019
Non-cancellable lease commitments:
WLthin I lear
Between 2 and 5
After more 5 lears
208,465
672235
178,425
188,765
656,710
333,550
The accon]paniing accounting policies and notes fom] an integd part of t￿e financial statements.

Tho Pilgrlm5' School
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2020
26
19
Contlng•nt liabilities
There There no contingeni liabilities at 31 August 2020 or 31 AugLJSt 2019.
20
P•nslon s¢h•m•s
The School pJxicipates in the Teachets, Pension Scheme (England and Wales) ("the TPS") for its teaching
siaff. The pension charge for the lear includes contribuiiolls piyable 10 the TPS of £374,90612019:
£239,560) and ai the Ivar-end £nii12019: £ni4 was outsta￿ding in respect of contributions to this scheme.
The TPS is an unfl￿ded muki-emploicr def￿ed benefits pension scheme governed by the Teache￿,
Pensions Reguiarion% 2014. mernbe￿ contribute on 3 °pJy as go" basis with contributions from
n]e[nbe￿ and Ihe emploirr being credited to the Exchequer. Retirement 2nd other Pe￿lOn benefits are
paid by public funds provided byParliameni.
sucIL il is not possible or appropnare to Co￿lStentIY identify dLe liabiiitEes of the TPS TA&ich are
attributable 10 Ihe School. req￿￿ed by FPS 102 "Reiiretneni Benefits., the School accounts for this
Sche￿￿ as rf it Trtre a defined contribution scheme.
The etnploiercontiibution rnte ￿ set follosving schenr vaiuattons undertaken bythe Government AcEuarfs
Department. The litest act￿￿1& valuation of rhe TPS wLs prepared at 31 March 2016 2nd the v21uJtion
report, Nd]ich was published in March 2019, conf1m￿d[he eMplo￿rCOn1ribu￿i0n rate forthe TPS of 16.4
would increase to 23.6¥0 frorn I September ?019. Emplo}e￿ are ako ￿qlllred to pay a scheme
admI￿[ration levyol 0.08¥0 giving a tot￿ emploiercontribuiion ￿le of 23.68%.
The 31 March 2016 Valuation Repon was P￿pared ]n aCcord3￿Ce wilh the benefits set oui m the scheme
gu]ations and under the approdi specrfied in the Directions, as they appIied at S March 2019. Fbsstver,
the aSSLLmpiiO￿ We￿ considered and sei by t1￿ Departmeni for Educaiion pnor to the nding in the
'McCloud/Sargeant case,. This case kn required Ihe couffs to co￿]dercaSeS regar(iing Ihe Itnplen￿ntatioll
of the 2015 refOn￿ 10 Public Service Pensio￿ including the Teachets, Pensiow. On 27 June 2019 the
Supietne CourE denied Ihe governmeni pennission 10 appeal the Coun of Appeat's jUdgen￿n[ that
transitional provisiorjs introduced to the refom]ed pe￿ion schemes in 2015 gave Iise to unlaTh&ui age
diSCrLtn￿￿I0n. The governtnent is respecting Ihe Coutt's decLSion atd ha5 s￿d it engage EullyMQth the
Employment Tribunal as Thell as emphier and rnernber ￿preSentatIveS to agree how the disclimi￿n$
ryll be rell￿died.
The TPS is subject to a cost cap mechawm which was put in place to pr￿e¢r Ilwait￿ agau]st u[rfO￿Seen
changes in 5chen]e costs. The thief Secretaryto the Treasury, having in 2018 announced that there would
be a review of Ihis cost cap mechanisni ￿ January 2019 ar￿ounCed a pause to the cost cap mech8JUS
folloThing the Q)urt of Appeal's ruling in the Mcaoud/Sargeant case and u￿[11 Ihere Js certainry about the
value of pensions ro emploiEes from Apiil 2015 onvJar(&.
In viewof rhe 2bove ndings and decisions the 2ssumptions used in the 31 March 2016 Ac[U￿13ll Valuation
may become ￿aPprop11ale. In this scenano, a vaiuaiion prepared ￿ accordance ￿ryth revised benefits atid
suitablyrevised asswnptions wou]d Iqeld different resul￿ tha￿ Ihose coniJined ￿ the Actu￿12[ Valuatio
Until a remedyto the discn[n￿a1ioll conclusion has been detennined bythe Emphyment TribunaL li ts not
possible to conclude on any financial impact or full￿e changes to Ihe coninbution rates of the TPS.
Accordingly, no provjsion for any 2ddition2L past benefit pension cosrs is included in these [￿ancial
statements.
Foi"some non-reaching siatf, Ihe School coniribures to a defined contriburion pension scheme admintstered
by sCott￿h wido￿ on behalf of the Incoryoraied ￿socia[10n of Preparatory Schook for which Ehe
The %compan?ing accounr]ng polic￿5 and notes fom] an integral part of these financial staiernents.

The Pilgrlms. School
Finanelal statements lor the year onded 31 Auyust 2020
27
School s contribuiion Js 5.50k of pensionable salary. AU other eligible Membe￿ of si8fE gjt auto-enrolled to
NEST. The School conEributed£ 11,195 (2019- £8,750) to the Scortjsh WidoThs Scheme and£ 14,92512019..
£10,398} to NEST dl￿￿£ Ihe lear. Tvlo st￿£ rnembet5 have J private scheme to Ihthich the School
contributed a futther£821712019: £9,601).
21
Trading Income and expendlturo
Tlie School does not participate ll] any Inding enterprise other than Occ￿10n￿ smgjl lets and the sgle of
school uniforms.
22
Relalad party transactlons
Tlie School operates as an independent comp?￿YILmited bygu2r2ntee underthe ownetship of The aupter
of WlldiesterCathedr21. The PiigtinL8' School was reg￿teRd a5 a pnvate limitedcompanywithihe Registrar
0£ Compankes for Engl3nd md Wales, companynumber4296085. on 28 Septell]ber 2CQI.
Inclided in preM￿e5 Cost ]5 reni of £155,00012019: £ 126,056) Pa￿ble to Ihe (hapter of WllKhester. The
loan is secured by ￿Yof a letter of comfort from the Dean of Wmchester.
The Chapter has the right to appo￿1 Governo￿ of The Piigrtms, School (litnited by guaraniee). Hostever,
the School's results are not consolidared % the Ch2Pter does nor regard njnning the School as part of the
minisTryof the Cathedttl and anyfinancial SU￿1￿ Js not passed on to the CAthedraL save ￿ the event of a
dissoluiion or aup and oniy2fter all debts and liabilities have been setded
Dwing d]e ￿#r, School fees of £48209 (2018/19: £67.872) Trtre payable bythe Raymond Freke Award
Fund, 0£ thich the D1￿ctOr of Fin2nce & ReSol￿ceS, Head and Ch)1[￿ of the Governing Body are ex
officio Irustees. At the iear-end a balance of £64,11712019.. £20,014 was due frorn the fund
A Governor, Mr M w￿On, is the semor partner of Blake NIo￿an LLP. During the Itar, Blake Morgan
PrO￿ded£51,865l2ol9.. £31,165) of leg￿ services to the School on Jm-length basil.
23
Controlling party
Throughout the year the ellt1ryh￿ been under the cont￿1 of the Governo￿, a of whom Js d￿doSed in
the Governo￿, report.
24
Post bal•neo sheet events
The second wve of the CoronaV￿uS pandemic continued to have an impact on the dayio dayoperations
of the SchooL kner the Goven]ment announcement on 4 Janw 2021 of a third lockdow￿ the School
umed to a virtual Learll￿g env￿On[nenI, onlypupi]s of critical EvDA<eL5 on sire. The G0vem0￿ have
considered the f￿anCial itnpact of Ihis pandemic and have concluded that th￿ nutter ￿ a non-adjusting
posi ba]ance sheet evenT. See the Trost Balance Sheet Evellts, ￿ Ihe Report ofthe Goveming Bodyon page
The accompaniqng accounting policies 2nd notes fomi 2n it￿egra[ pan of these financial statements.