## **Grey Court Education Fund Trustees annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025** The Board of Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 August 2025 under the Companies Act 2014 (updating the Companies Act 2006) and the Charities Act 2022 (updating the Charities Act 2011), together with unaudited financial statements for the year and confirm that the latter comply with the requirements of the Companies Act, the company’s Memorandum & Articles of Association and the Charities SORP 2005. Activities undertaken by the Grey Court Education Fund are also compliant with the English Code of Fundraising Practice, updated November 2025. ## **Objectives and Activities** The charity was established to advance the wider education of pupils at Grey Court School and within the local community by providing or assisting in the provision of educational, recreational and other charitable and enriching facilities that augment such facilities financed by the Department for Education. The Education Fund primarily collects donations from parents, family and alumni of Grey Court School, either as one off or regular donations to provide equipment and resources for the school and community groups that use the school facilities. Additional funding is sourced from grants and those funds are ringfenced and reported on in accordance with individual funder’s criteria. ## **Achievements and activities** Grey Court Education Fund works together with the school and grant awarding bodies to address issues around wider educational enrichment, social mobility, breadth of opportunity, educational infrastructure and equipment. Commitments to existing enrichment projects continued, the most financially significant of which is the commitment to provide internal fit-out funding for the new science lab being constructed on the site of the former school Ingenium. £45,000 was pledged during the 2024-25 financial year. Further funding will be added to this donated total during the 2025-26 financial year, when construction is due to be completed. Further sporting investment was made to the turf sports pitches on Bull Meadow. The area of usable pitch space was increased by removing brambles and growth around the perimeter and laying to turf at a cost of c. £32,000. This enables the school and community sports users to reconfigure the field in the next two seasons with a view to mitigating our increasing wet weather over winter and reducing the number of cancelled sessions while trying also to remove overplay by incorporating additional training grids. Regular educational commitments remain, including the charity’s continued funding of the school’s “Big Read” project, which gifts a novel, chosen by current year 7 pupils, to all incoming pupils at age 11 for around £2,400. Increased investment in the 6th form library has expanded the range of technical research titles available to key stage 5 students. Additionally, the education fund has also retained its commitment to levelling access to opportunity to enrichment items ranging from school trips to the year 11 prom, enabling participation in some of the more memorable aspects of school life, for a number of students who would not otherwise afford to attend. ## **Reserves Policy** Reserves held within the Grey Court Education Fund are at the discretion of the trustees. It was agreed that donations will be made on the basis of donations actually received ## **Risk Management** The assets of the charity comprise a bank account. All payments must be signed by two signatories. ## **Plans for future periods** The charity will continue its commitment as outlined above to furnish the new science lab. It is also going to landscape an outdoor zone within the school grounds to improve drainage and continue improving the sporting and recreational landscape. Commitments to visual arts and creative media remain strong, particularly as a counter to current national trends. REGISTERED NUMBER- 07499941 (England and Wales} Unaudited Financial Statemeits for the Year Ended 30 Au ust 2025 Gre Court Education Fund Gre Court Education Fund Re Isi6￿d number 07499941 Contents of the Financial Slalernents orl e Year nded 3 ust Balance Sheet Gre Court Education Fund Re Isi6￿d number 07499941 8alance Sheet Au usl 30.8 25 30.8.24 CURRENT ASSETS NETCURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 70.406 70,406 70.406 RESERVES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATUTORY INFORMATION Grey Court Education Fund is a private ccnpany, lirnited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number a￿d reglstered office address ale as below.. Re918tered number: 07499941 RegiSter¢d office: Grey Court Schod Ham s￿et Ham Rithmond TW10 7HN AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Th8 8verag8 number of employee5 dunng the year Wds NIL12D24- NILI. The company is entitled to exemption from audit under SectKsn 477 of the Companies Act 2￿6 forthe year ended 30 August 2D25. The members have nDI required the company to cotain an audrt of rts finan￿￿ stalements for the year ended 30 August 2025 in accordance wrth Section 476 of the Cornpanies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for". ensuring that the company keeps ￿Untir￿ records whith comply wrth SectK)ns 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 Ibl preparing financi81 sl8ternents which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company a5 at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or defirit for each finanrial year in accordance with the ￿qUirementS ol Sections 394 and 395 and whith otherwisè comply wrth the requIre￿niS of lh* CoMpan￿S Act 2006 relating to finanoal 8tat8mènis, so far as applicable to the company. The financial statemen15 have been prepared in a(rordance wth Ihe micr0en￿tY provisons and deliver￿1 in accordance with the provisions applicable lo companies subjecl to the small companies regme. Thé financial statements werè approvÈd by thè B(>*d ol Directors and authorised for issuè on 27 May 2028 and wèrè signèd on Its beh41 by.. C Rhodes- Director Pw1 This document was delivered using electronic communications and authenticated in accordance with thc rcgistrar's rulcs rclating to electronic fotm, authcntication and manner of delivery under section 1072 of the Companies Act 2006. Accord. Chartèred Certified Accountants 191-793 High Street Hampton Hill Mlddx TW12 INL T.. 020 8977 4959 E.. info tsaccordaccountants.co.uk www.accordaccountantS.CO.L¢k Grey Court Education Fund Grey Court School Ham Street Ham Richmond TWIO 7HN Our Ref: /GREEYCOURT/ER 25June 2026 Dear Trustees. Please find enclosed a copy of the examiner's report of the accounts for the year ending 31 August 2025. Yours si erely A￿ord Accountants Encs: 'Accord' Is n?rne of Attord AccoyTh%aM>HarfiptoTh Hlll L4th4ted. Compani re£45tered in En£land No. 4394656 Partner5'.CAMIlDérFCCAJI GraisEonAFA Independent examlner's report to the trustees of Grey Court Education Fund I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Grey Court Education Fund Ithe Trustl for the year ended 31 August 2025. Responsibilie5 and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respett of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chartity Commisslon under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those ￿Cords. or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reportsl Regulations 2008 other then any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an indepenent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention Should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: ame= Eleanor Rayner ACCA Professional Body.. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Address- 191-193 High Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex. TW12 INL D3te.' 25 June 2026