THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUIYDATION TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCLIL sTATETh￿NTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 SEpfEMBER 2024
R¢￿St¢rea Charity 1099362

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOiINDATIOF4 TRUST
COI¥TENfs OF THE Fll¥4ANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR
TllE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEKBER 2024
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Report of the Trutheg
Independent Examiner'y Report
Statement of FIn￿e1￿ A¢tirfle$
Iyottt to the FIn￿ellI Statements

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
The TnJstc¢s prcscnt tbeir Report with the Fil￿]cIal Statements of the Charity for the ended 30
Seplemb¢r 2024. The Tn￿le¢S have adopta the prowisi0U8 of Accounting and Reporting by Ch￿ltieS.
Statement of Recommcndcd P￿Ctice Applicable to Charities Prep￿ing their accounts in accordance with
the Financial Reporting Standard applicablc ITh the UK and Republic of Jr¢iand (FRS102) (effcctive I
January 2019).
The Wyvern S¢lLooI FoundationTrust (tbe Ckwity) was registered as a charity on 10 September 2003. The
regi8tered ch￿lty number is 1099362. The Chayity operates under the tern￿ of a Ttust Deal dated 7 July
2003. alld its piincipal objectives are to..
the education of the pupils at the Wyv¢rn Sthool, Ashforl Kent by providjng or
assisting in the provision of special b¢nefit$ tbat are not nornmlly finded by the [￿Cal
Education Authority.
promote the rducation of pupils or fornjer pupils of the School under the age of 25 whether by
th¢ provision of scholat8bips. grants QT other assi8Lue calculated to pronwte or fi￿ber the
education of suchp¢r8ODS' atLd
fiuthcr the education of any member of the public jiving within tbe areas from time to time
covered by th¢ sthooL
Trustses
Thc following acted throu2bout th¢ peLiod under consideration:
Stuth M Finn Bsc FCA (Chairn]an)
Beverley Smith ACA (fre&8urtt/S¢•)- resigned 11.1223
Nicholas Onslow FRES (Tn￿¢¢)
Penny Bullen (rn￿tee)
Nicola Coshall (TTeasurerfSeeret8ry)
Principal Addre98
The W)vern Scbwl
Buxfort Great Chart Bypa8S
Ashford. Keth, TN23 4ER
Bank
Natio1￿1 WcAtiDinsteT Bank
20 High Street
ford. K¢nt, TN24 8SH
Independent ExaJJJJner of Aeeounts (Honorary)
BaJrie W Wright FCA
McCab¢ Ford Williams
Invicta Business Centre
Monument Way. Orbital P
Ashfor¢ KenL Tr124 OHB
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THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOIJNDATION TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2024 (eontlDued)
Review olActivities, Aehievements and PerfOrn￿nce
The Cbarity raises fi￿d$ piincipally through a contract with a profdsgional ￿￿oraiSer - thc Rutherford
Fundraising Consultgncy. Dot)ations aTe atso made dire£tly to the Charity as a result of contacts by
members of the staff of the Wyvern School. As detailed in the a¢cotllP8llyiDg financial slateDThts, the
CharLty raised net of fees and exp¢J￿¢S the following towards the specific needs of Wyvern School.
Prl]Dary Sensory Oulslde PIAY Project Restricted Reserve
Duringthe year The Ru¢herford Fundraising Ci>asuitancy raiwl £37.815.25 (net of fimd rdisers f￿) from
seven successful 8fdnt applications to various trnst compatiies, tbese grdnts were awarded to fi￿d the
renovation of our Prijjwy S¢nsory outside play areas. tELe rcnovations include four all weather canopies.
ngw playground surfacc8 and sensory play equipment Aeross fiv¢ outside play ems. the total pmject o)st
is expected ix £113,000 with completion expe¢teA April 2025.
Minibus Restrleted Reserye
The Wyvern scl)ool staff also rnised funds totslly £3,032.30 from local fjjtyl Taising activiti¢s alld two
familics of the school doDated a tot&1 of £4,000, generating income totally £7,032.30. £6.000 of these
funds have been rdtsed to fLll￿ a deposit Oll a llew n)inibus. The remai￿ £1.032.30 will b¢ beld on
Management and Governance Arrnigements
The cbarity is CODtrolled by its gov¢rnillg document, a deed to trust. The deed providc8 for a n)ini￿ of
3 and a maxinw of 5 tllLStees. Were thcrc a rcquircment for ll¢w trustees. these would be idethifL¢d and
app)inted by the remaining trnstees. The Cha]rn￿ of the trusttts is responsible for the inductson of Ally
new thIst￿ which involves awarensss of a lrnstee's responsLThiliti&q. t￿ governing docu5n¢nt.
administrative proced￿CS, and the history and phitosophical approach of the Charity. A new tnjstee
re¢eived copiu of the previous year's annual report and accounts and a copy of tbe Charity Commissions
leafiet'The E&qcntial T￿￿t¢¢.. What You Need lo Know..
A￿M￿llY th¢ In￿tC¢& rcview the risks that they fAce. With no propety, no investments other than bank
deposits, no employees, ynd continuity of tNstK8, risk is assessed to be extremely low. and CTr￿￿ty
Procedures and Policy for Grant MxkiDg
Th¢ TTLL8tec8 considtt applications for grants from the Wyycrn School Èt their meetings. The Ch￿lty
receives requests for futLds for spKific pioj¢ds at th¢ Wyv¢rn School and Initiat￿ fijlldrn￿Ing through its
contracteAI fLmdr&iscr. The Clwity requires evidence frojn th¢ WyY¢rn School that lljade are usryj
acquiring the equipment and 0tTrL￿ matekials for wbichthey were requested
Public Benefit
The Trustees confinn that they have Complied with the duty in s¢¢tion 17{5) of the Cbariti¢s Act 2011 to
have due regard lo public benefit guidancc as published by the Con)mission.
Illvesttnent Policy
The aim of the Trustees is to donate most of the fi￿d5 raisd to the Wyvern School within twdve months
of receipt. and it is anticipatedthat fundsheld inReserv&s at ttle end of the r¢port1ngpui￿ will b¢ donated
to th¢ Wyvern S¢hool within the near future to meet idelltified needs. Fllnd8 are being ILeld in a non-
ithter&8t.b¢aritig barjk deposit account awaiting disbursemenL
The Tn￿te¢S are euww¢r¢d by th¢ Trnst Deed to mak¢ longer-tern] investtnent d¢cisioJs should
c1rcurnstanc￿ dccm it appropriat¢.
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Reservej Poliey
The Charity's policy on R&serve& is explained ill a note to th¢ ac<ompanyius fjllawial statcment&
Statement of Trustees Respon8lbAJitles
Thc Tn￿teeS are required ulld¢r th¢ Charities Act 201 I to prepare fuwicial statcm¢llts for ¢aclk financial
perio￿ which give a tru¢ and fair view of th¢ Cljarity's financial acti￿ti￿ during the period and of its
fllwicial position at the eJKI of thc pcriod. Jn prepaTing financial statet)nits that pr&8ent a true and fair
view. the Tn￿te£S must comply with the requirements of the Clwities SORP and:
select suAtable aewul￿ poli¢i¢5 and then apply them consistentlyj
n)ak¢ Judgall￿ts atLd estimates that are reasonabl¢ ajjd prudent"
8tate whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice are subject
to any deparMrc8 and disclose explain the reasons in thc financial statcmcnts.. ¥md
prepare th¢ fJJwicial ststements on a going ¢on¢¢m basis it is inappTopIiat¢ to presum¢ that
the Charity will continue in operation.
The Trnstees Are responsible for keeping proper a¢countTng reo)r(Ls which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any given time the financial position of the Charity and which cnable
them to ensure that the finartciai statements comply with the ffities Act 2011, the Accounting
and RqKJrting by Charities: SORP Applicable to CkLaTiti¢s Pr¢paring their A¢¢J)unts in
Accordance with FRS 102 and the provision of the Tnvdt Deed. They are also rcsponsible for
safeguarding the as5¢ts of the ch￿ltY glld for taking re&8onable steps for the prevention and
detections of fraud and other i￿egularLties.
Approval
This report was approved by the Tntstecs on
. and signed on their behalf.
Chalnnan of Trustces
SMFinn
Chairman of Tn￿e¢S
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THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
INDEPEI¥DENT EXAMllYER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 SEFfEIKBER 2024
I r¢port to the charity trustees on my ex8Jnin8tions of the accounts of th¢ Charity for the year cnded 30
Semember 2024.
Regpective Re5pDnsibiRities of Trnstse5 and Exajniller
Th¢ cl]aLiIy'8 ITr￿1¢¢5 are responsible for the preparatiQll of tbe Accoullts. The clwity's tstees consid¢r
that an audit is not requiral for tbis yeBr (under section 144 (2) of the Clwities Act 2011 (th¢ 2011 Act))
and that an Inde￿￿ent exalljination is required.
Having satisfied myself tbat the ch8Jity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for
indq)¢ndcnt Cxaminatio￿ it 18 my respon￿7)llity to..
xaujinc thc Accoullts Und￿ se£tion 145 of the 2011 Act"
to follow the pr(￿ureS laid down it) the General Directions given by the CIMrity Commlssion
(under s￿tIOn 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act).. and
to state wh&her particular matters havc come to my attuttion.
Basls of Independent Examiner's Rqmbrt
My cxamination was carried out in accordance with the geneTrt Directi(ms ￿V¢ll by the ChArity
cOn￿lS&10n. An exan)l￿tIOn includes a review of the accounting re£ords kept by the Ch￿lty ￿ a
comparison of th¢ Accounts presented with th0￿ records. It also includes ¢oJsideration of any unusual
it¢ms or dAs¢losure8 in the Accoullts and seeking explanations from you as tn￿￿$ concerning any such
mattcrs. Thc procedures undertaken do not provide all the eYAdence that would be required in an audii
and ConS￿ue￿tIY no opinion is given as to wbether the Accounts present a 'true aud fair view. and the
report is limited io those mattas s¢t out in statennits below.
Indepelldent ExAmlller's Statemellt
In COn￿tiOn with my exan)ination. no matt¥ ba8 come to my attentio
(l) which gives mc rcasonable caus¢ to believe that. in any rllateriai respeci the requiretnents."
to keep accouTLting records in a￿OrdanCe with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
to prepare Accounts wbith accord with th¢ arKoiintiiig records and coll¥ly with ttLe ￿0d8
and principles of the Accounting and Repotting by Clw]ti￿'. Ststetnent of Recommended
PLzeti¢e appli¢ablc to dLarities preparing their a¢couDts in ￿OrdanCe with the Financi
Rewrtillg Standard applicabl¢ in the UK and Rwublic of Irdatsd (FRS 102)
have not been met. or
(2) to whid¥ in my opinion, attention should b¢ drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
unts to be reached.
MCC
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Suite I Invicts Business Centre
Monun]eDt Way
TN24 OHB
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THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
NOTES TO THE Fll¥ANCIAL STATEMEiYfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTElkt8ER 2024
ACCOUNfn¥G POLICIES
Ba$As of preparing the fiD*ndal stAtements
The financial statements of thc Charlty hav¢ becn prcpared ill accordallce with tbe Charities SORP
(FRS 102) "A¢rounting and Reporting by C&￿Itt&￿. Statement of R￿0Mm￿ed Practice applicable
to charitie8 preparing their accounts in a(xx)rthce with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and R4)ublic of treland IFRS 102) (efftctivc l Januory 2019) Fijwicial Reporting
Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard appliGabl¢ in the UK and R¢public of treland" and
thc Clwities A¢t 2011. They have also been prepored underthe historical cost convention.
Income
All income is re¢ogDi8ed ID th¢ stat￿ll￿t of Fittallclal Activities once the Charity has entitlemeJLt to
the fwth. it is probable that the income will be rtteiveA, and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expendi￿re
Liabilities are recognised as swn as tbere is a legal or constnjctive oblisation committing thc Chatity
to that expenditure. it is Probable that a transfer of ¢¢oJomic benefits will be required in settlement
And the atnount of tlje obligation can be mea8ured reliably. Expcnditure is ￿Oll￿ted for on an
aCcn￿lS basis and has been dassified undcr bcadings that aggregate all cost$ related to the ¢8tegory.
Fulld ￿cOunting
Unrestrictcd fut)d8 can be used in accordance with tbe clwitable obje£ti￿ of the ClJaTity at the
discrction of thetr￿Stc¢s.
R¢stricted fw]ds ¢anorJly beused forpartIa￿puTposcsWith1nthe objects of tbe Charity. RestrictiOll8
ise when sP￿16¢a by the donor or whcn fi￿d8 are rdised for a particularrestricted puryose.
Furtber ¢xplanation of the nature 8tsd purpose of fimds is indud¢d in th¢ notcs to the firLancial
statelnents.
RESERVES
a) The General Reserve is Unrestricted attd is d¢signatcd by the In￿teeS as follows:
Bas¢ R¢S￿Ve (£100) to provlde sufficient funds to med the allticipated n￿)￿1￿ costs of the
Charity for twelve months.
The balance (£1,032.30) is available to the t￿￿te¢S to make donations consist¢nt with the aiu
of the Clwity as describ¢d in the Trust DeeAL
b) The Re5tTiCted Reserves tttsy only be donat¢d by thc C￿lty to the Wyvern SCI￿01 for specific
purpos&8 specifiedbythe donots or stated in an appeal, inoluding tlwse Organis￿ by the Clwity's
futidTaiscr Rutherfo￿ Fundr￿Ill2 CoL8ultanoy.
3. TRUSTEES REMUNERATIOI¥ AND EXPENSES
The Trustees received Do Ternuneralion or exp¢￿￿5 in the year.
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