THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOIJTrIDATION TRUST
ANIIUAL REPORT AND FINANCL4L STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 SEPTEMBER 2025
R¢8i8wred C]wity l(99362

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR
THE YEARENDED 30 sEPT￿(BER202S
Reportof the Tyurteey
Ind¢pendeth Euminer'j RepDrt
Ststemellt of Fin1D￿£1 Attfvltiej
BqlAnce Sl*•t
Note• to the FlllAlld&l St*t¢meots

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR Et¥DED 30 SEPTEI MBER 2025
The Trustees pr&4¢nt their RcpDrt with the Finallcial S&tetD¢nts of the Charity for the year ended 30
Septembcr 2025. Th¢ T￿￿tee$ have adopted the provisions of Aowunting and Reporting by Clwitia%.'
State]nent of Recothllnended Prnctice Applicable to Chatities preparing their aecounts in ￿cordance with
the FIn￿claI Reporting Standard epplicable in the UK al￿ R¢publi¢ of Ireland (FRS102) (effective I
Jattugry 2019).
The Wyvern School Foundation Thist (thecharily) was regist¢rcd as acharity on10 September2Tr)3. The
registered charity nutnber 1$ 1099362. The Charity operates under the tern$ of a Trust Deed dated 7 July
2003. and its PTincipal objectives to:
fiutherthe education of the pupils at th¢ W￿ern Sohool. Ashford. Kent by providing or
assisting in the provi8ton olspecial bon¢fits that are not nornially fimded ty the Local
Education Authority:
promote IFAe educ41ion of pupils or forn]er rwtls of the schcrt)l uThler the age of ZS whether by
the prowision of scholarships, 8rants or oth¢r 88Si8tance calculated to pron￿te or fi￿tt￿the
education of such persons,. and
fi￿h¢r the edU￿¢tOn of any m¢mber of the public livingwithin th¢ areas from tim¢ to time
covercd by the school.
Tru8tees
The following acted thri)ughout the pryiod under cr)n8id¢ration:
Stuart M Finn Bsc FCA {ChairnMn)
Nieholas Onslow FRES ITThstee)
Penny Bullen ITnJ8tee)
Alison Bri8y (Tnutee-Appointed 6 Decemb￿ 2024)
Nicola Coshall (T￿￿tee￿re83urer￿e￿)
Principal Addr¢g8
The Wyvem School
Buxford, Great Chart Byp&ss
Ashfort Kent. TN23 4ER
Bank
NatiotRI We3tminthrBank
20 High Strcct
Ashford, Kenl TN24 8SH
IDdependettt EX￿er of Accounts (HoDorary)
Barrie W Wright FCA
Mccabe Ford William8
Invicts Business Centr¢
Monum¢nl Way, Orbital Park
A3hfwd. Kenc TN24 OHB
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THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUP4DATION TRUST
Rfi PORT OV THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 (continued)
Review of Activities Achievements •Dd Perform1￿ce
The Charity raises funds principally through 8 COUtLWt with a professional fi)ndraiser - the Rutherford
Fundraising Consultancy. Donations #re also made dircctly to the Charity as a resuil of contacts by
members of the staff of the Wyvem School. As detailed in thc acwrnpanylng futancial stateM￿lts. the
Charity rais¢d net of fee5 and expenses the following towards the specftfLe tLccds of Wyv¢rn School.
Prlmary Seusory Outslde Play Project Restrtcted Reserve
During the year The Rutberford Fundraisittg Consultancy Taised £43,916 (net of fimd raisers fees £6124)
from eight success￿1 rn applications lo various trust comp8nies. these grants were awarded tt> fund the
renovation of our Primary SuLqOry %)utside play areas. the r¢N)vations include four all weatl]er cAtL¢)Pi¢$,
new playground surfaces and sensory play equipjnent across five outside play areas, the total project cost
wa8 £113,000 and was eA)mpl¢tol in September 2025.
iulbuy Regtrleted Resttve
Th¢ Wyvern sch￿1 staff abo Tri$ed fvnds totally £15,500 from local raisirL8 activiti&5. thes¢ ￿ndS
w¢re u8ed to place a depo$it on a new mini bus, the balance of the purchass was generously by
Varity Golf. the ￿hOts1 took delivery of the new mini inDecember 2024. The remaining £920 wlll be
tr8nsfeTTed to the General Reserv
Celltral Reserve
tkning the year Wyvem Stsff raised a fi￿h¢r £7847.47 from local filljd raising activities. tsking thc
G¢nerdl resetve balanc¢ to £8.979.77
M*nqgement and Governance Arrangements
Th¢ charity is colltmll¢d by its governing doollTnent. a dced to t￿$t. The deot provides fora minimutn of
3 and & maximum of 5 trustees. Were there a reouiremettt fornew tn￿ttes. t1￿$¢ would be identified and
appoint￿ by the remaining trustees. The Chairnian of the twstees is responsible for the iTllluction of any
new ttustees which involves awar¢nw of a tn￿tee'S ￿p￿SibIlitie￿ the govp4ning doc2llnent,
administrative proeedur¢s. aud the history and phi1050phical approach of the Charity. A new In￿te¢
rvxived copies of the previou8 year's aDllU￿ report ￿ &C￿ll￿t8 and a oopy of the Charity Commis8iO
leallet'The Essential Trn8t¢¢: lin￿ You Need to Koow..
Annually th¢ trustees xevi¢w the risks tI￿L they fa￿ With DO property. no investments thgn bank
deposits. no employees. and continutty of tn￿tees, risk is assessed to be extremely low. Ind ChaTity
lÉ)surance is not deemed necessary.
Proctdyres •lld Polley for Grant M4klDg
Thc Tn￿l¢eS consider applications for grants from the Wyvern School at their mediTW. The Charity
elves requests for fjjnds for speeific projeets at the Wyvem Sch￿1 and initiates fundraising through its
contracted fundr4is¢r. The Charity requ¢N ￿ld￿t from the Wyvern School that grants Inade ar¢ usod
acquitillg th¢ 4uipm¢nt at¥J oth¢r Mat￿1￿15 for which they were requested
Publi¢ Belleflt
The Trustees ¢oufum that they hav¢ rompli¢d with the duty in se¢tion 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to
have due reB￿d to publie benefit guidance as publishol by th¢ ConunissiotL
IDve5tment Pollcy
The aim of the Trusteu 1$ to donate most of tho fvnds raised to the wYV￿ Sthool within twelvc rnonths
of rec£ipL andit is anticipated that ￿lld$ held inReserves at the end of thereportingperiod will be donated
to the Wyvern School within the tur future ￿ meet identifted ne¢d8. Funds are being held in a no
inkTest4)e&ting bank dysit account awaiting disbursement.
The Tn￿tte8 are ernpowwd by the Tn￿1 Deed to make longer-temi investment decisions shoutd
circumstane¢g dem it appropriate.
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R¢serves Poliry
The Charity's wlicy on Re5¢tves is explained in a note to the aewnjpanyimg flnancial &tst￿eftts.
StAtement of Trnstsei ResponslbUltle8
The Trust￿ are required under tile Charitt¢s Act 2011 to pryaTe fjnancial statements for each finatLeial
period. which give a tNe and fair view of ihe Charity's financial activities during the putod and of its
fin8n¢ial position at the end of ihe period. th prepBring financial statements that pi'esent 8 trne and fair
view, the Trustee5 must comply with the requir¢m¢nts of the Charities SORP ft￿￿..
select suilable accouuting policies and then apply them consistently.
m4ke judgemeuts and estimates tbal reasonable and pnknt..
stale whether applicable ac¢ouo¢ing standard$ and ststements of reconunended practice are subject
to any departuw and disclos¢ and explain the reasons An the financial statement4 ttnd
prepare the fjnancial statements on a going wncem basis UDJe5S It 15 inappropriate to p￿￿me that
the Cknity will contiZLue ill operation.
The Truste¢s aiE responsible for keeping prop¢r accounting records which disclose with
reasonable aC￿raCY at aoy given lime the financial position of the Charity and which enable
them to ensure that the financial statonents comply with the Cbarities Act 2011, th¢ Accounting
and Reporting by Chartties: SORP Applicable to CILarities Preparing their Accounts in
Accordance with FRS 102 and the provision of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Charity and for taking re￿on&ble steps for the prevention and
detections of fraud and other A￿egUlAr1t1¢$.
Approval
This report was approva by the Trustees on ... ...
and signed on th¢ir behalf.
Chalrnan of Tnjstee
SMFinn
Chairnian of Truste¢s

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUIWATION TRUST
]ThDEPETr4DENT EXAMINERYS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 sEpTEL￿BER 2025
I report lo the charity trustecs on my examiDations of acoounts of th¢ Charity for the year eltd￿ 3
September2025.
ReypertiveRegponslbllltles of Truitees and EXAn￿tter
The charity's tn)sttts arc T¢sponsible for the preparation of the Accowits. The charity's t￿￿tee5 cotL8ider
that an Audit is not rcquired for this year (under section 144 (2) of the Ch8riti¢$ Act 2011 (th¢ 2011 A¢t))
and thot an indwend¢nt examination is required.
Having Satisfi￿ mysetf that the charity ts not subject to audit under ¢ompw law and is eLigibl¢ for
independent exarninatio￿ it is my te5ponsibAlity lo:
¢xamine the Accowits und¢r section 145 of the 2011 Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the GeDeral Directions giv¢n by the Chbrity Commission
(undtt s¢¢tion 145 {SXb) of the 2011 Act). and
to &tat¢ wh¢tber particular rnatt¢rs hav¢ ¢ome to my attention.
B89is of Independent Ex#mlner's Report
My examination ¢tirried out in accordanc¢ with the general Di￿tionS giveu by th¢ Ch￿lty
commi￿10￿ An examination illcludes a review of the accounting re¢ords kept by the Chartty aud
cr)mparison of the Accounts presented with those record& It also Includ￿ wnsideration of any unusual
items or dI￿10$Ur¢S in the Accounts and seekittg explallations from you as iTUStccs ¢¢)ncerning any suob
matters. The procedures undertaken do not providc all thc evidence that would be rtswired 8n audit.
and consquently no opinion is given a3 to whether the Accounts Present a 'tnJe al￿ fair view, aDd the
T¢POrt is limit¢d to those matters set out in the statements below.
Independent EXan￿ll¢r,8 Statemeut
Tn COnn￿tIon with my eXan)in￿l0￿ no matter has come to Lny attention:
(l) which gives me r¢asoD8bl¢ cause to believe thaL in any m8teJial resp￿( tbe requirem¢nt8:
to keep accourtinB r#onls in aocordance with section 130 of the 2011 ACL. and
to prepare Accounts which accord with the accounting records 0￿1 comply with the method8
al￿ prin¢iples of tlle A¢￿unting 8nd Reporting by Chwities: Statement of Reeomm¢nd¢d
Prnctice applicable lo ¢h¥ri¢ie5 prep8ring their accounts in accordance with the FinaDcial
Reporting Standard applioble in the UK and Republic of Ir¢land (FRS 102)
have not been met" or
{2) lo which, in my opinion. attention s
a¢
unt5 to b¢ reached
orderto enable a proper understanding of the
e Wright F
Cabe Fordwilliams
uite I Invicta Business C¢nlre
MonumeDt Way
Ashford
Kent
TN24 OHB
Dated..
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THE ￿￿ERN SCHOOL FOiTNDATION TRUST
NOTES TO THE, IIINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
ACCOiJNTING POLICIES
Ba*1$ of prepAring tbe tlnanclal gtfttemeDts
The financial statcments of the Charity have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP
IFRS 102) 'Accounting and Rep)rting by Charities.. Statement of Recomrncnded Practicc applicable
lo charities pwarillg their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRg 102) leffeetive l January 2019).. Financial RekN)rting
StaThlard 102 'The Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and
the Charities Act 2011. They hav¢ a]59 b¢¢n prepared utth the historical cost convention.
Income
Ail in￿rne L9 recognised in the stelem￿t of Fin8n¢ial ActiViti&4 once thc Charity has entitlem¢nl to
the furds, it is probable tha¢ the incom¢ will be receiv￿. and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expe￿dI¢llr¢
Liabilities arc r¢cognisul as soon a5 there is h legal or constructive oblig&tion committing the Chatity
to tIMt expenditure. it is pmbable that a trAnsfer of ￿OnOMIC benefit$ will be required in settlauelll
and the amouth of thc obligation carl be measured reliably. Expenditure is aecounted for on an
accruaIs basis and has been classified under Iwadings Aggregate all costs related to thc category.
Fllnd accounting
Unrestricted fAll]ds Can be used in accordance with the ¢haritable obj¢c¢ives of th¢ Charity Ot thc
di8¢retion of th¢ ttuste&%.
Restiicted funds¢anoniybe used forparticut#rpurposes withilltheobjects of the Clwity. Restricttons
Atise when $p&ified by th¢ donoror when funds are fdi5ed for a p8rticu]ar restii¢t¢dpuTPOSe.
Furthw expl4nalion of the nature and pu￿08¢ of is included in th¢ notes to the financial
Statanents.
RESERVES
tt) The Gcneral Resuve ts Unrestti¢t¢d and is de8ignated by the a￿Stee5 as follows..
Base R&S￿e (£IQO) to provide sufficient Llmds to m¢¢t the anticipated rurthing costs of th¢
Charity for twelve month&
Th¢ balanee (£8879.77) is availableto the tn￿t¢esto mokedonaiions consiSt¢nt with th¢atms of
the Charity as described in the Ttust Deed.
b) The Restricted R¢serveB rnay only be donated by the Charity to the Wyvem School for specifi
purp(Trses Sp￿lfi￿ bythedonors orstated in an appeal, I￿lUding thoseorgant8¢dby the Charitys
fUndraiserRUtherfo￿ Fulldrai8ing Consultancy.
3. TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES
The T￿Ste￿ Tho remuoer&tion orexpens&% in the year.
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