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|Reference and administrative||details ofthe School, its Governors|and advisers|1-2|
|Governors'<br>report||||3-15|
|Independent<br>auditors'|report|on the financial statements||16-18|
|Statement offinancial|activities|||19|
|Balance sheet||||20|
|Statement ofcash flows||||21|
|Notes to the financial|statements|||22-37|





|Governors|||Mr E Lunt BA MA|AKC|AKC|AKC|AKC|PGCE NPQH ARSM, Acting Chair|PGCE NPQH ARSM, Acting Chair|PGCE NPQH ARSM, Acting Chair|PGCE NPQH ARSM, Acting Chair|
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||||Ms N Dawes OBE|||||||||
||||The Very Rev'd A||Dorber BA||||MTh||FRSA (resigned 31 March 2023)|
||||The Right Rev'd J||E|Mcfarlane||||(appointed<br>20 July 2023)||
||||Mrs J Mason ABSM|||PGCE||||||
||||Mr R Oakley|||||||||
||||Mr C Rickart BA PGCE|||||||||
||||Mrs N Roy FCCA|||||||||
||||The Rev'd Canon|A Stead MA||||||||
||||Ms C SShaw BEd (resigned||||||14April 2023)|||
||||The Rev'd Canon||Dr G|||Platten||(resigned 23 June 2023)||
||||Mr J Neville|||||||||
||||Mr J Morris (appointed|||||10January|||2023)|
|Company|registered|||||||||||
|number|||07302696|||||||||
|Charity registered||||||||||||
|number|||1137481|||||||||
|Registered||office|The Palace|||||||||
||||The Close|||||||||
||||Lichfield|||||||||
||||Staffordshire|||||||||
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|Bursar|||Mrs P A Sharratt|FCCA||||(resigned|||1 August 2023)|
|Head|||Mrs S E Hannam|BA|||MA PGCE|||||
|Independent||auditors|Bates Weston Audit|||Ltd||||||
||||Statutory Auditors|||||||||
||||Chartered<br>Accountants|||||||||
||||The Mills|||||||||
||||Canal Street|||||||||
||||Derby|||||||||
||||DE1 2RJ|||||||||
|Bankers|||Santander<br>Corporate||||Banking|||||
||||1 Cornwall<br>Street|||||||||
||||Birmingham|||||||||
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||||National<br>Westminster||||Bank Pic|||||
||||47 Market Street|||||||||
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|||||funds|funds|funds|funds|
|||||2023|2023|2023|2022|
||||Note|||E||
|Income from:||||||||
|Donations<br>and|legacies|||33,215||33,215|85, '/00|
|Charitable<br>activities||||83,393|7,036,720|7,120,113|6,246,303|
|investments|||||42,903|42,903|4,810|
|Total Income||||116,608|7,079,623|7,196,231|6,336,213|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||63,452|7,023,240|7,086,692|6,026,784|
|Total expenditure||||63,452|7,023,240|7,086,692|6,026,784|
|Net movement|in funds|||53,156|56,383|109,539|309,429|
|Reconciliation|offunds:|||||||
|Total funds brought||forward||98,156|1,859,478|1,957,634|1,648,205|
|Net movement|in funds|||53,156|56,383|109,539|309,429|
|Total funds carried forward||||151,312|1,915,861|2,067,173|1,957,634|





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|Fixed assets||||||||
|Tangible assets|||||2,315,304||2,345,224|
||||||2,315,304||2,345,224|
|Current assets||||||||
|Debtors|||10|2,102,784||1,847,681||
|Cash at bank and|in hand|||1,978,974||2,170,349||
|||||4,081,758||4,018,030||
|Creditors: amounts|falling|due within one||||||
|year|||11|(3,341,281)||(3,312,796)||
|Net current assets|||||740,477||705,234|
|Total assets less|current|liabilities|||3,055,781||3,050,458|
|Creditors: amounts|falling|due after more||||||
|than one year|||12||(988,608)||(1,092,824)|
|Total net assets|||||2,067,173||1,957,634|
|Charity funds||||||||
|Restricted<br>funds|||13||151,312||98,156|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||13||1,915,861||1,859,478|
|Total funds|||||2,067,173||1,957,634|





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|Cash flows from operating|activities|||||
|Net cash used<br>in operating|activities|||7,139|727,765|
|Cash flows from investing|activities|||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets||||(87,595)|(21,690)|
|Investment<br>income||||42,903|4,810|
|Net cash used in investing|activities|||(44,692)|(16,880)|
|Cash flows from financing|activities|||||
|Repayments<br>of borrowing||||(102,938)|(7'/, 357)|
|Bank and loan interest<br>paid||||(50,884)|(30,883)|
|Net cash used in financing|activities|||(153,822)|(102,240)|
|Change<br>in cash and cash|equivalents<br>in|the year||(191,375)|608,645|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the beginning|ofthe year||2,170,349|1,561,704|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the end of|the year|17|1,978,974|2,170,349|
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|Donations|33,215|33,215|85,100|
|Total 2022|85,100|85,100||



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|||2023|2023|2023|2022|
|||||F||
|Fees receivable|||6,483,235|6,483,235|5,812,149|
|Other educational|income|83,393|553,485|636,8'78|434,154|
|||83,393|7,036,720|7,120,113|6,246,303|
|Total 2022||40,467|6,205,836|6,246,303||
|||||2023|2022|
|School Fees Receivable||||||
|Fees receivable||||7,470,820|6,751,163|
|Less: Remissions||||(995,921)|(939,014)|
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|||2023|2023|2023|2022|
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|Teaching costs|||4,104,227|4,104,227|3,610,538|
|Welfare|||669,962|669,962|558,440|
|Premises|||963,833|963,833|906,425|
|Support costs ofschooling||63,452|1,235,692|1,299,144|905,925|
|Governance|costs||49,526|49,526|45,456|
|||63,452|7,023,240|7,086,692|6,026,784|
|Total 2022||55,813|5,970,971|6,026,784||



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|||2023|2023|2023|2023|2022|
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|Teaching costs||3,633,052||471,175|4,104,227|3,610,538|
|Welfare||92,020||577,942|669,962|558,440|
|Premises||230,536|64,783|668,514|963,833|906,425|
|Support costs ofschooling||729,736|52,732|516,676|1,299,144|905,925|
|Governance|costs|||49,526|49,526|45,456|
|||4,685,344|117,515|2,283,833|7,086,692|6,026,784|
|Total 2022||4,051,770|115,433|1,859,581|6,026,784||





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|Fees payable|to the School's auditor||for the audit ofthe School's annual|||
|accounts||||4,725|4,500|
|Fees payable|to the School's auditor||in respect of:|||
|All non-audit|services not included|above||1,125|1,075|



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|Wages and|salaries|||3,781,767|3,223,138|
|Social security costs||||362,209|304,862|
|Contribution|to defined|contribution|pension schemes|608,348|523,770|
|||||4,752,324|4,051,770|



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|Welfare and maintenance|19|20|
|Bursary and administration|29|26|
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||Freehold|leasehold|leasehold|Motor|and||
||property|property|property|vehicles|fittings|Total|
||||F|E|||
|Cost or valuation|||||||
|At 1 September 2022|1,504,409|1,439,033|139,894|10,350|1,099,008|4,192,694|
|Additions|||||87,595|87,595|
|At 31August 2023|1,504,409|1,439,033|139,894|10,350|1,186,603|4,280,289|
|Depreciation|||||||
|At 1 September 2022|284,262|499,639|109,802|10,350|943,417|1,847,470|
|Charge for the year|25,088|28,781|10,914|-|52,732|117,515|
|At 31 August 2023|309,350|528,420|120,716|10,350|996,149|1,964,985|
|Net book value|||||||
|At 31August 2023|1,195,059|910,613|19,178||190,454|2,315,304|
|At 31August 2022|1,220,147|939,394|30,092||155,591|2,345,224|





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|Due within|one year|||
|Outstanding|fees|1,915,067|1,751,660|
|Other debtors||54,607|408|
|Prepayments|and accrued income|133,110|95,613|
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|Creditors: Amounts|||falling due|within one year|||
||||||2023|2022|
||||||E||
|Bank loans|||||111,631|110,353|
|Pupil deposits|||||155,300|169,810|
|Trade creditors|||||147,035|57,287|
|Other taxation and|social security||||94,571|87,364|
|Other creditors|||||167,143|159,670|
|Accruals and deferred|||income||2,665,601|2,728,312|
||||||3,341,281|3,312,796|
||||||2023|2022|
|Deferred<br>income at||1|September|2022|2,253,717|1,958,354|
|Resources deferred||during the year|||2,511,873|2,253,717|
|Amounts<br>released|from previous|||periods|(2,253,717)|(1,958,354)|
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|||September|||31August|
|||2022|Income|Expenditure|2023|
|||F||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General Funds - all funds||1,859,478|7,079,623|(7,023,240)|1,915,861|
|Restricted funds||||||
|Head's Strategic Fund||2,589|||2,589|
|Chorister<br>Fund||896|||896|
|Hardship<br>Bursary Fund||8,081|||8,081|
|Arts Council funding||13,421|25,239|(28,095)|10,565|
|Tim Henman<br>funding||2,094|||2,094|
|Friends of LCS||(14,025)|27,462|(9,845)|3,592|
|Prizes - Organ fund||100|200||300|
|John Heath Musical Endowment||85,000|21,250|(15,588)|90,662|
|Ukrainian<br>Music|||938|(750)|188|
|Jane Holmes restricted|funds||41,519|(9,174)|32,345|
|||98,156|116,608|(63,452)|151,312|
|Totaloffunds||1,957,634|7,196,231|(7,086,692)|2,067,173|





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|Statement offunds - prior year|||||
||Balance at|||Balance at|
||1September|||31August|
||2021|Income|Expenditure|2022|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||
|General<br>Funds - all funds|1,619,803|6,210,646|(5,970,971)|1,859,478|
|Restricted funds|||||
|Head's Strategic Fund|2,589|||2,589|
|Chorister<br>Fund|896|||896|
|Hardship<br>Bursary Fund|8,081|||8,081|
|MUGA Project|5,833||(5,833)||
|Arts Council funding|6,532|37,685|(30,796)|13,421|
|Tim Henman<br>funding|5,251|2,782|(5,939)|2,094|
|Friends of LCS|(780)||(13,245)|(14,025)|
|Prizes - Organ fund||'/00||100|
|John Heath Musical Endowment||85,000||85,000|
||28,402|'/25, 567|(55,813)|98,156|
|Total offunds|1,648,205|6,336,213|(6,026,784)|1,957,634|





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||September|||31August|
||2022|Income|Expenditure|2023|
|General funds|1,859,478|7,079,623|(7,023,240)|1,915,861|
|Restricted funds|98,156|116,608|(63,452)|151,312|
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|||1September|||31August|
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|General funds||1,619,803|6,210,646|(5,970,971)|1,859,478|
|Restricted|funds|28,402|125,567|(55,813)|98,156|
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||||funds|funds|funds|
||||2023|2023|2023|
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|Tangible|fixed|assets||2,315,304|2,315,304|
|Current|assets||151,312|3,930,446|4,081,758|
|Creditors|due|within one year||(3,341,281)|(3,341,281)|
|Creditors|due|in more than one year||(988,608)|(988,608)|
|Total|||151,312|1,915,861|2,067,173|
|Analysis|of net assets between funds - prior year|||||
||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|
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||||2022|2022|2022|
|Tangible|fixed|assets||2,345,224|2,345,224|
|Current|assets||98,156|3,919,874|4,018,030|
|Creditors|due|within one year||(3,312,796)|(3,312,796)|
|Creditors|due|in more than one year||(1,092,824)|(1,092,824)|
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||Adjustments<br>for:|||||||
||Depreciation<br>charges|||||117,515|117,505|
||Increase<br>in debtors|||||(255,103)|(320,740)|
||Increase<br>in creditors|||||27,207|595,498|
||Bank interest received|||||(42,903)|(4,810)|
||Bank and loan interest|paid||||50,884|30,883|
||Net cash provided<br>by operating||activities|||7,139|727,765|
|17.|Analysis<br>ofcash and|cash equivalents||||||
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||Cash<br>in hand|||||1,978,974|2,170,349|
||Total cash and cash equivalents|||||1,978,974|2,170,349|
|18.|Analysis<br>ofchanges|In net debt||||||
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||Cash at bank and<br>in hand||||2,170,349|(191,375)|1,978,974|
||Debt due within<br>1 year||||(110,353)|(1,278)|(111,631)|
||Debt due after 1 year||||(1,092,824)|104,216|(988,608)|
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|Later than|1 year and not later than 5years||560,454|427,250|
|Later than|5years||2,773,988|2,650,552|
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