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2023-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 FOR EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST

Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited Statutory Auditor 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171

EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07852922)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

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Report of the Trustees 1 to 34
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 35
Report of the Independent Auditors 36 to 39
Statement of Financial Activities 40
Balance Sheet 41 to 42
Cash Flow Statement 43
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 44
Notes to the Financial Statements 45 to 62

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171

EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07852922) REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities'.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

During the reporting period, the Charity continued to fulfil its objects by providing a range of services within its area of benefit to fulfil its charitable aims: advance education and increase educational attainment by supporting pupils, their families and communities within some of the most deprived areas in England. These education-based services have been developed to meet the needs of the beneficiaries, with the Charity ensuring that delivery takes place in the heart of the local community. Throughout the year, the Charity has had due regard to the commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties.

The Charity has worked with children, young people, families and vulnerable adults in Hastings, Rye and the surrounding area, focusing primarily in areas of deprivation within Hastings or where families and children have identified need.

Renovation of The Firs site on Elphinstone Road as a suitable location for service delivery, has continued throughout the year with a focus on clearance, drainage and building foundations for the planned structures. Planning permission for the site was acquired in the previous financial year, so during this year, the focus of the charity was to meet the planning conditions. These complex conditions have slowed the process, but the Charity has worked relentlessly in order to meet them, whilst continuing with delivery throughout the year..

Use of the grounds at The Firs has helped meet the aims and objectives of the Charity by providing the space to deliver a wide range of provision. The ability to manage the facilities and establish processes to keep people safe, enabled staff to offer outdoor learning in line with the charitable purpose. Children and adults tell us that The Firs provides them with a safe place and that they value the opportunity to access the grounds.

The arrival of the new buildings, funded through CHART, has enabled the Charity to plan the delivery of additional services, whilst meeting the aims of the project.

The different areas of the site - football pitch, multi-games area, wooded space, Secret Garden - provided a range of options for the delivery of courses and 1-1 work. Throughout the period, the volunteer workforce was

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able to work safely in the grounds, and resulted in an increase in the volunteer numbers. Accessing provision at The Firs provided service users with a safe space and the opportunity to improve their mental well-being and to re-engage with the local community.

Use of the Community Learning Centre (formerly West St Leonards Children’s Centre) on Bexhill Road continued throughout the year. Negotiations with East Sussex County Council over the building repairs to the building continue, but the remainder of the site has been significantly improved over the year to provide the Charity with much needed space and a venue for the early years Comic Relief project. The Charity’s maintenance team has been able to build on the previous year’s work by Veolia and Optivo.

The Community Café, The Drift, at Hastings Contemporary Gallery has provided free meals and access to the gallery for some of the town’s families in need. Additionally, The Drift has continued to provide training opportunities and work experience for young people and vulnerable adults.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Overview

During the year, the Charity applied for and acquired resources from a range of sources to continue its work. We would like to thank our funders for their support over the year. Funding has been received from:

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The Charity received benefit through pro-bono support or donations of goods from:

The legal input from Mayer Brown International LLP has enabled the charity to investigate the legal aspects of the planning and development for The Firs. Throughout the year, Mayer Brown International staff have been unwavering in their high quality, intensive support to the Charity. Without their input the Charity would have struggled to have achieved the progress towards planning and in managing the planning conditions

Tesco has continued to supply high quality daily food donations for the food hampers, with 2 local stores ensuring that families have access to fresh bread and vegetables. Aldi and Co-operative have continued to make donations of consumables to support projects and local families, especially throughout the pandemic.

Financial support has been received from Constance Private Asset Management (Virginia and Robert Millington) for the delivery in schools of

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the storytelling programme, Tales from the Tipi. This programme is popular in schools as the outcomes in improving reading for children who normally do not enjoy books has been significant.

The B and L Leach Family Trust made donations to support the core costs of the Charity. At a time when funding is becoming increasingly tight following the pandemic, these donations have made a difference to the Charity’s ability to deliver the core services as the following case study demonstrates.

Case study: Tales from the Tipi

Tales from the Tipi is a storytelling programme, linked to the outdoors, that aims to increase children’s access and engagement with reading materials. These sessions are immersive reading experiences, which use a broad range of key texts to spark children’s imagination and encourage them to enjoy reading in a natural setting. Sessions take place in the schools’ outdoor classrooms or one of Education Futures Trust’s tipis.

By December 2022, 6 storytelling courses were delivered, supporting 72 children from reception classes, year 1 and year 2 across 4 Hastings’ primary schools. All children referred were identified as reluctant readers who had limited exposure to books and reading at home. 78% of the children who attended live in the top 30% most deprived wards in Hastings. By the final session, compared to the first session:

The funding provided by the local company has had significant impact on the learning outcomes for the children involved, as well as delivering fun and an enjoyment of reading.

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Charitable Activity

As a result of the continuing need posed by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, the Charity continued to provide services to relieve the issues faced by the most vulnerable families and individuals. Areas of the office were adapted to enable additional practical support and indoor cover to be offered throughout the period, whilst also maintaining and expanding the outdoor services and those offered in other venues.

Food Hamper Project

Additional funding was acquired to continue delivering food hampers from April until July 2022 when it was identified that need remained. This period was funded by TE Connect, East Sussex County Council, Hastings Food Action and charitable donations. For a short period between August and October 2022 the Charity reduced the service, but maintained a limited offer using charitable funding for the most vulnerable, whilst families and households were referred to specialist food providers.

By November 2022 this limited service was insufficient for the need, and the project secured funding from East Sussex County Council’s Vulnerable Household Support Fund as the lead provider in partnership bid with Fellowship of St Nicholas, Hastings Foodbank and ETC Sussex. This enabled the delivery of food hampers to households where there were vulnerable adults until the end of March 2023. Referrals came from other agencies, whilst the self-referral process helped remove barriers for those requiring access to emergency food.

Hampers included fresh vegetables, fruit, bread and eggs. Donations from Tesco, the Co-op, Aldi, Sainsburys and FareShare supplemented the weekly supermarket deliveries and ensured that the hamper contents were varied and matched need. Feedback indicated that the quality of food was valued, especially the fresh produce;

‘There is fresh bread, eggs and uht milk that is desperately needed in my house. Without the food parcel, we would have struggled…’

The Charity’s nutritionist produced easy to cook, healthy and affordable recipes made up entirely from the contents of hampers so those in receipt of hampers would not need to purchase additional items. Recipes were tailored to be cooked in different ways, so that those without easy access to kitchen utilities would be able to prepare the food. One recipient commented that she cooked the recipes every week and they inspired her with new ideas for meals.

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Additional funding, and use of food donations, enabled the expansion of the delivery to include the setup of a food hub in one local primary school, Christ Church, where hampers were packed by the Charity’s staff and then distributed on a weekly basis to families identified by the school keyworker as being in need.

Partnership working with six other local primary and secondary schools from November 2021 to March 2022 enabled the expansion of this system to other families requiring support. During holiday periods, Tesco vouchers were distributed to families who were ineligible for the Household Support Fund: our thanks go to those whose donations facilitated this work.

Outcomes and Impact

Education Futures Trust distributed hampers to 285 new households in this period, equating to 24,330 meals overall . 2794 individuals benefitted during this period. 233 vouchers were given out to families during the Christmas Holiday and half-term period. Of those we delivered food to during this period, 62% lived in the 10% of most deprived areas and 85.74% lived in the 30% of most deprived areas.

Case studies: food hampers

  1. Female aged 67 applied for pension credit but was receiving £1.45 in her pension above the qualifying threshold . She was attending an EFT women’s DIY course and disclosed she was surviving on chickpeas, falafel, and houmous. The course leader referred her to the food hamper project.

She fed back that we offered fresh food and staple food for her cupboard and she felt “overwhelmed by our support”.

During a conversation, she discovered she qualified for housing benefit which improved her financial situation, so she no longer required regular hampers.

  1. Male, aged 46, referred by their early help keyworker. He was in receipt of Universal Credit and suffered from long time physical and mental health issues.. When he receives his monthly Universal Credit he visits Iceland at the end of his road, walking there and getting a taxi back due to back problems. Iceland stock few tins.

As a full-time single dad, he shared that he was able to stock his cupboard with staple ambient goods that enabled him to provide for his son. As a result of discussions, he attended a food on a budget course with his son, who was interested in cooking. Both followed the healthy recipes which have inspired the son’s interest and learning in cooking.

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  1. A family of 2 adults and 2 children were referred via a healthcare worker. They came from Southern India because their families did not approve of their cross inter-faith marriage, and they submitted an asylum seekers’ claim. Whilst waiting for an outcome they had no right to work or earn a living.

The father shared that without support his family “would struggle to eat”. A good quantity of fresh vegetables was provided for making curries. The hamper arrived on a Thursday, and he said the Saturday and the Sunday after they received the hamper were “the best two days for their family with what they eat” with nothing being wasted as anything left over was frozen.

Therapeutic coach and keywork delivery in schools

Work was delivered in 4 schools in this year with key target groups including:

Class teachers identified children and families based on the schools’ referral criteria and following 1-1 meetings with SENDCos. Parents/carers gave consent prior to the meeting with the child. Initial data was gathered to enable the impact of the work to be measured.

Keywork involved supporting the whole family, and lasted for a minimum of 12 weeks. The production of an action plan with family members would identify the required support, which would often include referrals to other agencies.

6 children were referred to the HOA Keyworker: these referrals were focused

Quotations from those benefitting from keywork .

Children:

“I am way more confident and my self-belief is better”

“It feels good to be able to talk about things I needed to talk about” “Being able to talk about how I feel has helped my relationship with my brother”

Teachers:

“A has really turned things around and embraced change”

“Much more positive attitude to school”

“H’s confidence has improved greatly. He talks to me much more and joins in with class discussions”

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“I can think of very few instances where A has recently struggled. She has really strong friendships in class now”

Parents:

“Thank you for all the bits (of food), you guys are truly amazing”

Case study: School 1

A total of 20 children were supported through 1:1 keywork. All the children received 1-1 support, using a variety of activities to suit their individual needs, and the keyworker liaised regularly with other agencies to ensure the right support was accessed for the children and families.

As a result:

In addition:

Additional support

79 children were supported for a variety of needs through the mental health drop-in service provided by the keyworker. 79% of these children were from the lowest deprivation areas.

Group work

Activities were focused around building confidence, reducing anxiety, recognising when to make positive choices and celebrating achievements. Overall, there were 181 sessions.

As a result of this support:

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Additional outputs for those attending groups :

Parent support

66 parents/carers were supported for differing needs through home visits, school meetings and phone calls. Practical support and advice followed for many including:

Early Years

Comic Relief funded the services of an Early Years Coach from September 2020 through Building Foundations Together, a project aimed at addressing socioeconomic difficulties for the long term developmental benefit of local children under 3 years of age. Relationships were built with local Health Teams, Early Help Services and Children’s Centres. By the close of the project (September 2024) the target is to reach 220 children.

This project is well supported and valued by the local Health Visitor teams, who provided 95% of referrals.

The main outcomes of the project this year have been:

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Supporting educational attainment and engagement through literacy and play based programmes for parents and children has been a great success and seen the transition into nursery supported, with upskilled parents and ready children.

The project is so valued due to the 1:1 tailored support, especially after the loss of level 2 keywork locally. This nurturing intervention has been the real success with families reporting, that “they like our non -judgmental approach”.

The SEN support was recognised by East Sussex’s ISEND team, who now request direct support from the project for referrals to the Integrated Therapy Services.

Local Authority has recognised the impact Comic Relief funding has had on the early years community with the 1:1 home based support and families were offered direct access to the ESCC Household Support Fund, resulting in 48% of children accessing financial stability funding during the accounting year.

There has been an increase in families residing in inappropriate homes; including temporary, over- crowded and/or in states of disrepair. Play and literacy has been delivered using a tipi in the garden of a temporary home for young mums.

Delivery was adapted and delivered in a manner that ensured that barriers were removed for children, and they had access to quality developmental opportunities. Financial stability was resolved by ensuring SEN children and parents have increased funding through the Household Support Fund, DLA and PIP claims, as well as reporting disrepair and chasing service timelines.

The year 2022-2023 saw:

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Ensuring families:

will be the project legacy during the final year of funding.

Early Years Family Learning at the Community Learning Centre (CLC)

A range of courses have been delivered at the CLC, funded through the ESCC family learning contract.

The activity at the Centre delivered consistent quality provision that removed barriers to free play-based learning. Stay and Play sessions have continued between the cycles of family learning, funded by Comic Relief.

Families returned week on week to engage in the early years activities. Whilst the children explored developmentally appropriate experiences, the adults were supported to engage and build an understanding of the role of play and interaction in their child’s long-term outcomes.

  1. Growing Together, 2 cycles. Total attendees 26.

Children and families accessed experiences for developmental growth. Physical play, motor skills, sensory experiences and imaginative exploratory play, in line with development matters and the pre-school journey.

  1. Busy Bodies, 2 cycles. Total attendees 34. Physical themes for well-being around movement, routines and nutritional well-being. Food based activities; Play resources for keeping active and healthy, and preparing for school readiness with self -care skills.

  2. Little Literacy Bugs, 3 cycles. Total attendees 40.

This was also delivered at a temporary housing facility called Tales from the Tipi.

  1. Communication and language theme, 3 cycles. Total attendees 25.

A focus on building song repertoires, storytelling and participation, vocabulary building through sensory experiences and phase 1 letters and sounds, alongside craft and play. With offered books and resources to continue learning at home.

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The Dolly Parton Imagination Library

During the accounting year, the Charity was asked to take on responsibility for this programme The partnership built resources and the skills for long term outcomes, through the delivery of a book to each child, each month until their 5th birthday. Feedback has been incredibly positive as shown by the following comment:

‘We love getting interesting post and the books have been great! Alphabet ice cream is her favourite so far she’s just about to be 2 and loves turning the pages and pointing things out for me to name or if I ask her where things are. She likes to open them when they arrive. Really wonderful!’

Beyond its importance as part of the right to education, literacy improves lives by expanding capabilities which in turn reduces poverty, increases social participation and has a positive effect on health and sustainable development.

Outdoor Learning

Background

Outdoor learning sits at the heart of the Charity, and is used to support good mental health and well-being, physical health and learning. The outdoor learning courses run throughout the year for all age groups. Experienced practitioners supported participants in gaining new skills, sharing existing ones, and taking risks in safe, supported, and comprehensively risk-assessed environments.

During this period, we have used social media to recruit adult participants who self-referred to the projects. Several people encouraged others to take part, and word-of-mouth became a secondary source of referrals.

Projects for children and young people were variously commissioned and populated by schools and academy trusts. In the case of funded courses the schools promoted the offers via their newsletters. Family Support Keyworkers also referred and signposted to after-school clubs and holiday offers.

Programmes

Since the beginning of April 2022 and until 31[st] March 2023, the outdoor learning team at EFT delivered 36 distinct courses. These fall roughly into 4 groups:

Adult offer

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Without Walls

Without Walls is, on the surface, a conservation course, with a ‘survival’ element that goes deeper. The groups met weekly to work together to maintain an area of local parkland in the morning, moving on to develop outdoor skills in the afternoon. Social time was spent in an informal seating circle, which was returned to throughout the day. The significance of this ‘base’ as a place of safety supported open communication and sharing. This course is also designed to improve confidence, communication and community connection for adults managing complex health challenges.

The tutors worked with the participants to identify possible volunteering or further educational opportunities to continue when the courses ended. Any barriers to these were addressed, with support provided where needed: it was found that participants found completing the forms a particular challenge.

Participants commented:

'When I go to Without Walls it's a real escape from the world and all of the issues, all of the technology, that gets inside my head. I find that it brings me peace, happiness, laughter, a place where I can talk to people and learn about nature and all of its beauty.

The team at Education Futures Trust are so friendly, welcoming, fun to be around and very approachable. It’s a truly special and scenic environment to be in. It’s a place you can go to and be yourself, a place where you can make your tea with the Kelly kettles, create butterfly feeders, sit by the fire and embrace nature's wonders in the sky or on the ground.'

Advanced without Walls

After completing Without Walls may participants wanted to return and repeat the course. For those we created Advanced without Walls. The course was designed to explore the themes from the previous course but also use the skills gain to support EFT with site development. In this respect participants felt they were giving back but also developing a community spirit. This course ran throughout the accounting period.

Women’s DIY

We held an event to celebrate International Women's Day and invited the local community, past and present course attendees. During the event, we asked for suggestions for courses that we could run. A number of women suggested that we run a DIY course, just for women. They wanted to feel confident to do things around the home so that they weren’t reliant on others.

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Women’s DIY has successfully run throughout this period. The course was designed to build confidence and build basic skills to complete simple DIY tasks at home.

One participant stated: It's so lovely to get to use a drill as I have one at home but I've never been brave enough to use it. I feel a lot more confident. It's so lovely to have something for myself!

Another stated: I just want to build my confidence so i can try to do a bit of DIY at home. I’d never touched my husband's work tools before and would have been scared too. The leader made me feel confident and happy to use them. I can’t wait to have a go at home.

Family offers

A range of courses for parents and carers were offered, mainly as a result of the acquisition of the ESCC Family Learning contract. These included:

Forest Fun

This offer aimed to support parents and caregivers to develop their ability to offer play opportunities to their children under the age of 5. It used familiar and well-loved children’s books as a starting point for learning, which was extended with a variety of activities that were modelled and facilitated by the tutor. The groups met weekly during term-time in an outdoor setting, and sessions included ‘journeying’ from the garden to the Forest School area to undertake bug hunts, exploration and to play games.

Feedback included.

‘This group is lovely, really great to feel welcomed. I had to travel a long way before to find a group suitable for my daughters, its great that this group is so close. I hove that it is different each week. We are all learning so much.'

Shore Academy

This outdoor learning offers supporting parents and caregivers to play with and read to their young children, the Shore Academy utilised the beach and seaside environment to engage. Themed books were again at centre of the sessions, and the reading of them gave an opportunity to bring the group together before a series of linked activities were simultaneously available.

Learning Through Art

This was a 3 x 3hr course designed to inspire creativity through a view from the window of our lovely seaside town. The course demonstrated how literacy and maths can be applied to everyday life, including art, with a focus on, line, shape, and pattern.

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The course also encouraged participants to use their senses and adjectives to paint/draw and create poetry to build confidence in order to support their child/ren’s learning.

Participant’s commented;

‘Learning through art has provided us with some great ideas that we can apply at home. When it’s broken down into chunks like looking at the lines and the shape, it doesn’t seem so scary, so I feel I have the confidence to help my child now, that I didn’t have before!’

‘We loved today’s course, especially the poetry demonstration, using a choice of adjectives from the view. It also helped my daughter understand that poetry doesn’t always have to rhyme. It got us both thinking about our senses, not just about what we can see.’

Cookery Tasters

During this financial period, we were funded to run four cookery taster sessions for local parents, carers and grandparents through Family Learning funding from ESCC. 2 x 3hr sessions for Cost Effective Cookery and 2 x 3hr sessions for Taste of Food for Families.

The funding did not provide childcare and we found recruitment of eight participants per taster quite difficult. A few adults attended the first two rounds of each course and gave positive feedback from them with regards to the learning and budgeting tips they received. They also made delicious microwave spring veg risotto, carrot soup and scones.

In a bid to gain more participants, the course was re-evaluated and some changes were made following the feedback, including the opportunity for parents, carers, grandparents and children to participate. Using the new Enterprise Hub it was possible to create a play area for the children, or colouring/drawing for older children, so that alongside the learning we could have discussions with the adults and all joined together for cooking. Parents made pizza in a variety of shapes; hearts, dinosaurs, snakes and faces, as well as pasta ravioli in the shape of stars, people, penguins and elephants. The children loved kneading the pizza dough and using the pasta machine and all gave great full star evaluations. The parents fed back that they hadn’t tried cooking with the children as they thought they would get bored and leave a mess to clear up, but they would definitely be doing more in future. They enjoyed sharing tips on family cooking, hearing other people’s ideas of how to help implement a healthy diet and they all went home with recipe cards to cook again at home.

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‘I never thought my child would stay still long enough to do this, but she has, I will definitely be doing more cooking with her now’

‘We will be making this again, I didn’t realise pizza was so easy to make!’

‘I thought my youngest (under 2) would just watch but he has been helping with my mum. Both boys have loved turning the pasta machine handles and cutting out the shapes’

Mum’s Fit

Mum’s Fit was funded by Lloyd’s from April to October 2022 and ESCC Family Learning, November 2022 to March 2023. This funding has ensured that mums can continue to engage in a social class with exercise, which has been recognized as a great preventative measure for post-natal depression.

These free classes have been especially important as the mums were often living on a lower income during their maternity leave, which impacted on their ability to undertake paid for fitness sessions, especially during a cost-ofliving crisis. Mums felt that their needs came second to their child’s.

Mums enjoyed a workout whilst the children enjoyed fresh air, exercise and learning with the play worker. Additionally, mums were role modelling healthy lifestyles to their children. They were improving their cardiovascular fitness and strength, with body weight exercises, kettlebells, and functional fitness equipment.

The funding from Lloyds saw 33 mums access the project through a circuits class at The Firs and a bespoke kettle bells class at Turner House, a mother and baby unit in St. Leonards. The funding from ESCC welcomed 22 mums to take part in circuits classes and family learning covering exercise, posture, balance, coordination, nutrition, stress, anxiety and the five ways to wellbeing.

Some mums shared that they would have struggled without something like this to attend. Several built friendships and attended other classes together, met for walks or spread the word at other baby events in the group WhatsApp chat. Of the mums attending:

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One participant, who lost two stone in weight shared she was:

“…losing weight, getting grown-up chat and meeting new people. Exercise was medicine, Mum’s Fit was the start of everything for me, diet, running and I’ve joined another (non-child, evening) fitness group, I wouldn’t have done that before!”

Delivery for schools

Literacy and Speech, Language and Communication

West St Leonards Primary Academy (WSLPA): April - July 2022 (terms 5 & 6)

From April 2022 to July 2023, morning interventions were dedicated to running Read Write Inc. phonics groups, 1:1 phonics and EAL catch up groups. Afternoon interventions consisted of Speech, Language and Communication assessments, 1:1 and small group interventions.

Pupil premium students in year 1 and year 2 were also supported with one, one half an hour storytelling lunch club a week for each year group.

Read Write Inc. Phonics:

The charity supported the introduction of Read Write Inc., and delivered to various mixed groups of reception, year 1 and year 2 students in addition to providing PPA cover and occasional cover for teachers and TAs who were absent. The staff’s prior knowledge of the phonics programme was utilized to advise and initiate the introduction of review lessons. These sessions served to offer challenge to students and embed learning by introducing polysyllabic words, whilst support staff were assisted to locate lesson plans, story words and multisyllabic words on the RWI website.

Phonics groups throughout the year were fluid. All students, however, made progress throughout the year. The school’s phonics screening results were at 72%.

Lunchtime Storytelling Club

Six year 2 and seven year 1 pupil premium students attended Helicopter Stories during one lunchtime a week from March to July 2022. Attendance was high and children’s confidence and ability to create stories orally increased dramatically over the year’s course.

Case study1: Student

1-1 phonics support was offered to an English as an additional language student. At the beginning of the intervention, the student knew 10 of the initial 31 letter/sound patterns. By the end of the intervention, he was secure

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in all of the initial 31 letter/sound patterns and 8 of the 12 set 2 letter/sound patterns.

Case study 2: Group

West St Leonards’ Speech, Language and Communication SLCN support consisted of eleven KS2 and KS3 students. 4 of the 11 students had persistent language difficulties and were referred for Speech and Language Therapist assessments. 7 of the 11 students made good progress moving from severe to moderate initial assessment scores to within normal range post assessment (64%).

West St Leonards Primary Academy: Sept 2022 – March 2023 (terms 1 – 4) West St Leonards Primary Academy Speech, Language and Communication Support took place two days a week. Mornings consisted of 1:1 support for students in the school’s facility (6 students) and reception classes (6 students), with 1:1 and small group mainstream students supported in the afternoons (8 students). All children in reception were assessed for Speech and Language Link in terms 1 and 2.

Progress and Attainment

86% of the overall caseload at WSLPA made good progress.

100% of the reception caseload at WSLPA who were reassessed, improved their language skills compared to initial assessment.

80% progressed from moderate or mild Language Link results in January to within normal range in July.

67% of the year 1 and year 2 caseload at WSLPA had improved language skills compared to January 2023. The remaining 33% have complex needs and/or EAL and will be referred to specialist Speech and Language Therapy in September.

Hollington Primary Academy: Sept 2022 – March 2023 (terms 1 – 4)

Hollington’s Speech, Language and Communication Support took place one day a week from September 2022 – July 2023. All children in year 1 and 2 were assessed using Language Link in Term 1. All year 4 children were assessed in term 2 and both reception classes were assessed in term 3. Small group and 1:1 Language Link interventions ran from term 2 – term 6 for year 1and year 2, and from term 3 – term 6 for Reception classes.

Progress and Attainment

92% of the reception caseload (13 students) at Hollington made significant progress in receptive language skills, moving from severe, moderate or mild Language Link results, to within the normal range when reassessed using Language Link’s supplemental post assessment in July.

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100% of the year 1 caseload (8 students) at Hollington progressed from severe, moderate or mild Language Link results in September to within the normal range in July.

Forest School

This was delivered at West St Leonards Primary Academy for groups of 10 pupils throughout the reporting period in ten-week blocks to a different year group each afternoon.

Sessions had a clear focus and scaffolded learning, starting with an introduction to the group and the setting, finding out more about insects, birds and trees, using tools, lighting and cooking on fire safely and woodland wide games. All sessions were designed to engage and promote a love of nature and care for the environment at the same time as developing soft skills. These included confidence, communication, personal risk assessment and resilience.

Children were asked about the sessions made to them, with comments such as:

‘Forest School is my favourite lesson of the week.’

Field School

Hollington Primary Academy commissioned this piece of work to address some of the social issues some pupils were experiencing because of the impact of the pandemic. The work continued throughout the reporting period.

The school has large grassy areas and outdoor hard surfaces, with only one tree. Forest School principles were applied to the design of the sessions, with activities reflecting a focus on empathy, caretaking, working as a team and communication. The groups agreed to work within a framework of values which included kindness and respect, safety and determination.

Shore Academy

Dudley Primary Academy commissioned this work. Sessions had a clear focus and scaffolded learning, starting with an introduction to the group and the setting, finding out more about the world around us , focussing on the unique area around Rock-A-Nore. Children were encouraged to safely explore the shore. All activities were designed to engage and promote a love of nature and care for the environment at the same time as developing soft skills. Participants were encouraged to take risks through appropriately challenging, yet achievable tasks. A high adult-to-child ratio allowed children to feel more confident to explore.

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SWISH in Schools

‘SWISH’ delivered a relationship-based, child-focused programme of activities, that children told us that they enjoyed. This programme was initially piloted and developed through a Youth Endowment grant, which allowed the charity to consult with participants and develop an effective programme. Children were offered sports and ‘wide’ games that taught new skills and engaged them in positive behaviours. Through this funding from Magdalen and Lasher, staff delivered outdoor courses to children who were involved in, or at risk of, crime or antisocial behaviour.

A quick topic discussion was led each week on important areas such as teamwork and communication, healthy lifestyles and nutrition, exercise and fitness and managing emotions. This enabled the participants to maximise their learning potential offering chances to discuss their present knowledge and how the topics relate to them.

217 participants (119 males, 98 females) with an age range of 7-16 years were involved in the courses and of the 217 participants. 93% of them lived in deprivation.

Through a pre-course evaluation 43% were highlighted as having low selfesteem or confidence. Attendance was positive showing an average of 89%.

“I always look forward to SWISH it is my favourite part of the school week.”

“I like how we learn different facts each week, like the benefits of exercise on our mood.”

Outcomes and Impact for Outdoor Learning

The impact of the outdoor learning experience on the participant is assessed using a pre-and post-course scaling exercise and a feedback form. The views of parents and caregivers as well as school staff are additionally sought. Planning is then adapted to reflect suggested adaptations where possible, and the focus of offers reconsidered.

One-to-one alternative provision

The 1:1 provision continued to grow during this period. Individuals were referred by either a school or the Virtual School for Children in Care.

A total of 138 half day sessions were offered to 9 students across the reporting period. Meetings were held to ensure the provision and coach were matched to the needs of the young person. The coaches used a variety of accessible activities to engage the young person. Activities

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included sports, outdoor skills, board and card games, gardening, DIY, and conservation.

Targets were agreed between the commissioner, participant, and coach and were reported upon after every session. Sessions lasted for 2 hours, at least once a week. Initially, the participants attended for a block of 6 weeks, but this was extended for a number of participants following reviews. A focus on reintegration and raising aspiration was the aim of the work overall.

Holiday and after school delivery

Holidays, Activities and Food (HAF)

During this period we continued to provide HAF activities across all main holidays (Summer, Christmas and Easter). The Charity has continued to provide 3 different sessions: Sports, Forest School and Arts and Crafts. We have learnt about what works from previous years and developed the provision and communication based on feedback.

Through our forest school and sports provision we aim to offer 60 minutes of physical activity as recommended by the Chief Medical Officer for children and young people aged 5 – 18. Alongside this, sports enabled the children to work in teams, taking instruction whilst learning to re-socialise outside of a school environment. The size of The Firs site supported a variety of different sports including football, rounders, dodgeball, hockey, and cricket.

During the forest delivery, children were encouraged to learn more about the world around them through ‘hands-on’ activities which included using tools and making natural artifacts.

An under 7’s group focusing on arts and crafts was led by the keywork team: this was a relaxing and therapeutic activity that allowed the team to talk with each child whilst they learned new skills and made itrms to take home. During this session keyworkers could identify children and families that needed further support.

Each day children received 3 – 4 hours of activity and were given a takehome pack that included a 1-hour home-based activity and information about healthy eating and activities based on the provision. A healthy hot meal was provided for each child, and shared mealtimes provided staff with the opportunity to encourage children to try unfamiliar foods.

Alongside the provision at The Firs the Charity also ran art HAF sessions at Hastings Contemporary Gallery. A variety of art skills and techniques were taught across 3 days with a home learning pack to support and extend the

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participants. The local area (fishing community) and exhibitions were used to inspire the work that the children created.

Sports Provision

EFT provided courses for local children and young people aged between 6 and 14 years, giving them the opportunity to access and partake in several sports and games sessions. Funded by Active Sussex, each session was tailormade to focus on the development of participants confidence, self-esteem, as well as social and functional skills. In addition, sessions highlighted the importance of physical activity and sport in benefitting physical and mental health to the youth of Hastings. Two projects that ran during this period were SPORTS4U and Football @TheFirs.

These projects

The projects focused on Hollington and North-East Hastings because of the levels of deprivation and challenges faced by children and young people. Local intelligence indicated that county lines, drug-related activity and crime were on the increase in both Hollington and North-East Hastings, and these influences were negatively affecting the children who lived in these areas. These were the children who also did not attend positive enrichment activities, but who were often left to play on the streets and so are more likely to be drawn into anti-social behaviours. The aim was to prevent the children from becoming involved in the negative influences that they faced.

Impact

Recruitment for courses is always a challenge, particularly in the areas we targeted but both courses grew in popularity and increased in attendees over time. Word of mouth and EFT visibility in the community was a powerful tool in the recruitment process. We had children literally ‘turn up on the doorstep’ of the community centre, at the heart of the community to see what was going on. They joined a week later with their completed enrolment forms. All courses were over-subscribed, so delivery increased to address this. Also, due to the popularity of the courses we secured additional funding from Barclays and Sport England to ensure that they continued beyond the reporting period.

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Across both programmes, 73% of the children and young people that attended were from the top 30% of deprived areas in England. 100% demonstrated increased activity levels over time, with 74% reporting that they felt more comfortable challenging themselves and stepping outside of their comfort zone. For those who still felt uncomfortable being active and challenging themselves, we gave them a ‘young leader’ role. This included helping set up and lead games. Without knowing it and by taking the focus off being active, these young people became more active.

Aspirations

This broadening horizons project ran for terms 1 and 2 (2022/2023) and was delivered by staff from Education Futures Trust with the aim of raising children’s aspirations.

During this project, the Charity worked with 32 children in year 5. Out of the 32 children, all came from a disadvantaged background. Pupils received 6 one-hour sessions over the course of a term. Some of these sessions were personalised to the needs of the individuals and other sessions included guest speakers matched to group interests.

Within sessions participants:

Impact

The impact of the programme has varied for different groups of pupils based on their confidence levels, prior knowledge and individual needs. All pupils gained a greater understanding of future education pathways and career opportunities. Children were introduced to careers they didn’t know existed and were ‘amazed’ that you could turn a hobby (forest school leader or personal trainer) into a career.

Over 50% of children wanted to be a YouTuber/Influencer at the start of the sessions. These are their role models and what they aspire to be. This was unpicked throughout, and attitudes and aspirations changed. At the end of the sessions, approximately 10% still had these aspirations but also realised that they needed a backup plan.

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The cost of living crisis featured strongly in children’s discussions we added a money management element to the sessions.

Group engagement with the programme was poor, mainly due to the behaviour of pupils. Warm-up and self-esteem activities were planned to address this. Some improvement was seen but these sessions were a challenge to deliver.

Much learning was taken from these sessions and used to form the basis for our ‘Aspirations – See it to be it’ project due to start in April 2023.

Literacy

Storytelling

Tales from the Tipi (school sessions)

Tales from the Tipi is a storytelling programme, linked to the outdoors, that aims to increase children’s access and engagement with reading materials. The sessions in the reporting period were immersive reading experiences, which used a broad range of key texts to spark children’s imagination and encouraged them to enjoy reading in a natural setting. The extracts and stories for all year groups were read aloud to the students, allowing them the opportunity to enjoy and understand texts not necessarily within their current independent reading level. Children listened to the stories in a relaxed, informal setting and were able to connect more easily with the story and characters (especially those set in nature) while also benefiting from strong improvements within mental health.

Each session included a craft activity in which the children are encouraged to take part in order to extend their learning and understanding of the themes within the text. Children were allowed time and space to use imagination and creativity; to work collaboratively with their peers and to explore, investigate and discover their own extended ideas from the text. Use of instruments (drums, shakers) as part of the circle time activities, helped students feel connected to the group, contribute their ideas and express their feelings.

Weather permitting, storytelling sessions took place in the schools’ outdoor classrooms or one of Education Futures Trust’s tipis.

From April 2022 – March 2023, 22 Tales from the Tipi storytelling courses, funded by Virginia and Robert Millington, were delivered to 11 primary schools to a total of 175 children. Of the children attending the course:

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Attendance was high at 89% and all students stated that the sessions had been enjoyable and a positive experience.

Feedback:

The Drift Community Café

During this reporting period, The Drift entered its second year of trading. The café is situated on the first floor of Hastings Contemporary Gallery. The café is open to members of the gallery and those who pay to visit. There continues to be no free access to the café for the public. However, we negotiated with the gallery to offer free entry to our keywork caseload families and hamper project users. This initiative offered free membership to the gallery for 12 months and free meals in the café for 2 adults and up to 4 children. 13 families used this provision, with one family using it every day during the Christmas holidays as they had been housed in temporary accommodation and had no access to cooking facilities.

During this reporting period, we have seen an average of 1,260 member and non-member transactions per month. This was a 100% increase on last year which saw an average of 617 transactions per month.

The cost-of-living crisis had a significant impact on spending and even though the number of transactions increased the average spend decreased from £9.17 to £6.17. Staff reported customers were requesting water with meals instead of buying a drink or just having a hot drink and not a cake. We attempted to address this by introducing a mini menu with smaller portions at a reduced cost.

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The Drift Trainees and Volunteers

This period The Drift supported 3 trainees. The trainees came through a variety of routes including local schools and the government’s Kickstart programme. The Kickstart trainee completed her training and was employed by the charity.

We have had three volunteers, two volunteered to gain experience in working in a catering environment and one wanted to remain in a voluntary role and has volunteered for over a year. On average our volunteers give 52 hours of their time per month.

‘I feel part of the team here, I have volunteered in other places and I get treated differently. That doesn’t happen here.’ Volunteer

‘My milkshake idea is on the menu. I am proud of that, it tastes really good too.’ School trainee

‘Since starting my training my confidence has grown. I now train volunteers and new members of staff. I have also started leading shifts and running the kitchen. I couldn’t imagine that last year.’ Kickstart trainee/staff member

All of our trainees live within Hastings and are aged between 15 and 50.

Volunteering at EFT

Across the year the Charity received help from 63 regular volunteers; helping with courses run by the Trust, the Drift Café, holiday clubs and local events. The year saw volunteers build their confidence, self-esteem and move forward through encouragement to work on new projects. We received 38 new applications and were able to place and work with 33 of those who applied.

Four volunteers, who were previously unemployed, have moved into paid employment, including two within the Trust. One volunteer with high SEN returned to education, undertaking a live-in catering offer after gaining experience and confidence through volunteering at our Drift Café. Some volunteers have also started voluntary positions within the local area for other charities undertaking lead volunteering roles and helping with the setup of new volunteers due to experience they gained within their time at the Trust. A further volunteer has continued in higher education after taking a work placement with EFT, and has returned to volunteer on our holiday clubs, even after the birth of a second child.

Volunteers were a huge part of the planting of the Queen’s Jubilee tree, with 12 volunteers helping to ready the area for planting, supporting our

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forest school activities for local children and dignitaries during the event and taking professional photos to remember the occasion.

Those volunteers who helped in sports, forest school and in catering for the Holiday Activities and Food club in the summer, were invited to take part in an art exhibition where 360-degree photos were taken and they were printed in 3D to be part of a ‘People of Hastings’ exhibition in the old Observer Building.

Six volunteers achieved their Bronze Volunteer Awards, four achieved Silver and three Gold Awards. Several volunteers are now working towards their Platinum Award.

Through several local events with DWP, Mind, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, staff were able to network and promote opportunities within the Trust, including supporting those who are not working or struggling with mental health.

The Charity held two volunteer social events; a summer BBQ funded by the Muffin Club, attended by 28 and Christmas dinner attended by 20. Both events were held at The Firs.

Several staff attended the funeral of a volunteer, who asked for donations in her memory for the Trust.

At the beginning of this period many volunteers were still feeling the effects of the pandemic, so during the summer we were able to organise ‘meet ups’ for conservation work at The Firs and over winter they were able to access the Warm Space, funded by Sussex Community Foundation, and were provided with a free hot home cooked lunch.

Two of the volunteers were nominated for the Volunteer of the Year Award with HVA. They were invited to attend the award ceremony where both were presented with certificates for all their efforts.

The volunteer information for the new website was redesigned to allow potential volunteers to learn about our opportunities and apply online. A new monthly volunteer newsletter was also implemented to ensure current volunteers and staff learn about:

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Volunteer feedback:

‘EFT turned my life around. I now see prospects that weren’t there before. I never would have had the confidence to start another group, or push to be a lead volunteer without EFT’

‘If I didn’t have EFT, I wouldn’t have anywhere to go.’

‘Feel much better! Feel like I could work here now, I’m here 5 days a week, I’d work the weekends if I could.’

‘I love making the veg boxes and helping others make the veg boxes in Women’s DIY and also transferring those skills into assisting with making the mud kitchens. I had never really had the confidence to do any of that before.’

‘I enjoy it, it gives me something to get up for. It’s made me realise the job I wanted to do.’

‘Life was hard because I never went out and had bad anxiety leaving the house ……. I now enjoy being outdoors in nature……I love making and helping. I had never really had the confidence to do any of that before. It ’ has helped me too not be so isolated.

Hastings Youth Council

During this reporting period, the Hastings Youth Council has gone through a transitional time. Long-standing council members have left to attend university and there have been several changes of staff however, they have continued to work towards their manifesto.

Time was spent with a local elected member to develop skills in hosting/chairing a meeting and supporting work on the manifesto to ensure that there was a focus to the meetings and work that the Youth Council does.

Recruitment has been a focus of this reporting period with new members being appointed following a campaign in schools and with local groups. During this period the council has completed a number of visits to ensure that the voice of the young people of Hastings is heard. This has included:

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talk and HYC volunteered with Groundwork South to complete some conservation work in Hastings Country Park

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial Review

The Trust received income of £1,045,320 throughout the year. Grants and commissions totalled £859,344. The remaining income was made up from donations, general fundraising and investment income.

Expenditure throughout the year amounted to £929,410 and after deducting this from the income the result was a net surplus of £115,910 to enable the Charity to deliver activities where a need is identified and external funding is not available.

As at 31 March 2023 the Charity held total reserves of £1,040,233 of which £908,877 were unrestricted funds. These reserves are held in line with the Charity's reserves policy which is amended annually. Currently the reserves are being held to support the development of The Firs grounds which will enable the charity to secure its future and continue to meet its charitable aims.

Reserves policy

It is the policy of Education Futures Trust to maintain in adequate reserves, to cover the costs that have been identified to ensure the sustainability of the organisation. Reserves will be used as follows.

Removed from reserves for use in 2023-2024.

-£25,000 will be used for building and site repairs, including improved access. After 10 years of use, areas are in need of improvement and repair especially the flat roof, the entrance to the building and the pathways around the site.

-£33,697 will be used from reserves to fund the Business Development Manager to provide project delivery support.

-£25,000 will be moved into the budget for 2023-2024 to cover the additional costs linked to planning.

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In addition, reserves will allocated :

The reserves policy is reviewed annually. The statement of financial activities reflects the level of reserves as at 31st March 2023 and their purpose.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANACE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

The Charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The Charity is a not-for profit company with charitable status. The memorandum of articles provides the structure and underpins all work undertaken by the Charity.

Organisational structure

The Board of Trustees meets on a monthly basis. Agendas are approved by the Chair of the Board and papers are issued to trustees the week prior to the meeting. Decisions made by the Trustees provide strategic steer and direction, with the authority delegated to the Chief Executive and other staff members clarified in the Delegated Powers Policy.

Induction and training of new Trustees

Induction processes are in place for new trustees, who are appointed in line with the Appointment of Trustees Policy which is available upon request. All trustees undertake enhanced CRB/DBS checks.

Staff

During the reporting period the Charity employed 44 staff across the year, all of whom held enhanced DBS checks, and used the services of 63 regular volunteers. Staff numbers did fluctuate across the year as staff learned new skills following the pandemic and moved in different directions whilst new programmes were introduced.

The office remained open throughout the year to provide services to families and vulnerable household in the borough. It closed on only 2 occasions (Christmas week and 2 days in August) in order to give staff a break.

At the end of the period of reporting, the Trust employed 18.11 full time equivalent staff, which consisted of 26 staff members, a slight dip from 18.52 full time equivalents last year and 27 staff members.

Partnership

The Trust values the opportunity to work in partnership. In particular the work with schools is fundamental to its core purpose and charitable aims. Additionally, developing relationships with partners and local organisations is key to ensuring that residents' needs are met, and that the best available support is provided. With this in mind, the Chief Executive attends local and

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county meetings to develop and extend partnership work.

During the year, the Chief Executive stepped down from the role of Chair of the Local Strategic Partnership, having completed the term of office. She continued to Chair the Hastings Community Network Executive Group and, in addition, alongside Graham Peters, a leading figure on the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, the Chief Executive co-Chaired the Town Deal board.

Representation this year has continued with the Hastings Opportunity Board, the CHART Local Action Group and acting as Vice-chair of the local Skills and Learning in the Community charity which enables working collaboratively with other adult skills sector partners to strengthen the local adult offer.

The Charity has continued its involvement in local events and conferences, through presentations and representation in order to raise the profile of the Charity and to advocate for improved outcomes for children, families and vulnerable adults

The Charity continued to facilitate communication and partnership activity with schools by providing the Joint Headteachers' and Principals’ Forum, a termly network for headteachers and principals. The face-to-face meetings resumed at The Drift, with visits in the year from Hastings Borough Council the local MP, Sally-Ann Hart, and from the Head of Education: Participation and Planning for East Sussex County Council, Jessica Stubbings. This year continued to focus on the impact of the pandemic on education and learning, and on the mental health of both children and staff.

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number 07852922 (England and Wales) Registered Charity number 1146171 Registered office The Firs Elphinstone Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 2AX Trustees A M Baines Trustee - Chair A Waterhouse Trustee (appointed 13/10/2022) A M Reed Trustee (appointed 13/10/2022) C S Galbraith Trustee G M Burt Trustee (resigned 27/04/2023) H M Brookshaw Trustee (appointed 12/09/2022) J D Hopkins Trustee (appointed 29/06/2023) K J Sinfield Trustee (resigned 08/04/2022) M Yeandle Trustee (resigned 14/04/2022) P W Ashenden Trustee (resigned 27/04/2023) R E Ashenden Trustee (resigned 27/04/2023) S G Hubbard Trustee S J Manwaring Trustee

Auditors

Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited, Statutory Auditor 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP

Solicitors and Legal Advisers

Tim Baines Michelle Prowse Surinder Atkar Mayer Brown International LLP 201 Bishopsgate London EC2A 2ED

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Banks

The Co-operative Bank PO Box 101 1 Bolton Street Manchester M60 4EP Virgin Money Jubilee House Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4PL CAF 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ COIF Charities Deposit Account Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET

COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

The trust was incorporated on 18 November 2011 and has provided services from January 2012.

EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR

Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements.

AUDITORS

The auditors, Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited, will be proposed for reappointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 January 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

A M Baines – Trustee

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

The trustees (who are also the directors of Education Futures Trust for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland"

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Education Futures Trust (‘the charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 21 to the financial statements, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, including the trustees’ report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.

The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07852922)

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 35, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

During the planning stage of this audit we considered the likelihood of irregularities around laws and regulations relevant to the charitable company, including enquiry of management and those charged with governance. These were also discussed during the audit planning meeting held by the team. We reviewed the charitable company's systems and controls in place, and formed an assessment as to their operational effectiveness.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the entity and determined that the most significant are those that relate to:

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Based on the results of our risk assessment we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations identified above.

During the course of this audit the team discussed this area with senior members of the charitable company's staff, including trustees, and also carried out a review of legal expenses for evidence of any issues.

We considered the risk of fraud through management override and, in response, we incorporated testing of manual journal entries into our audit approach.

We are therefore of the opinion that given the risk level identified, our procedures planned and undertaken, are adequate for detecting irregularities.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mr S R Sampson BFP FCA FCIE DChA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited Statutory Auditor 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP

Date: 31January 2024

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

31.3.23 31.3.22
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
fund funds funds funds
Notes
£		 £ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 3 32,244 - 32,244 34,458
Charitable activities 7
Operation of charitable services 750,204 190,350 940,554 752,093
Other trading activities 4 67,573 - 67,573 58,793
Investment income 5 4,949 - 4,949 1,635
Other income 6 - - - 1,078
Total 854,970 190,350 1,045,320 848,057
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 13,549 - 13,549 12,381
Charitable activities 8
Operation of charitable services 739,833 176,028 915,861 780,388
753,382 176,028 929,410 792,769
NET INCOME 101,588 14,322 115,910 55,288
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 820,175 104,148 924,323 869,035
Transfers between funds (12,886) 12,886 - -
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 908,877 131,356 1,040,233 924,323

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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171 EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07852922)

BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2023

31.3.23 31.3.22
Unrestricted Restricted
Total		 Total
fund funds funds funds
Notes
£		 £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 15 411,776 47,583 459,359 -
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors: amounts falling due 16 131,147 - 131,147 121,547
within one year
Cash at bank and in hand 613,450 83,773 697,223 928,070
744,597 83,773 828,370 1,049,617
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one 17 (247,496) - (247,496) (125,294)
year
NET CURRENT ASSETS 497,101 83,773 580,874 924,323
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 908,877 131,356 1,040,233 924,323
NET ASSETS 908,877 131,356 1,040,233 924,323
FUNDS 19
Unrestricted funds 908,877 820,175
Restricted funds 131,356 104,148
TOTAL FUNDS 1,040,233 924,323

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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171 EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07852922)

BALANCE SHEET - continued 31 MARCH 2023

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 18 January 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:

A M Baines - Trustee

S G Hubbard - Trustee

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CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

31.3.23 31.3.22
Notes £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from 1 246,099 131,603
operations
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating 246,099 131,603
activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (481,895) -
Interest received 4,949 1,635
Net cash provided by investing activities (476,946) 1,635
Change in cash and cash
equivalents in the reporting (230,847) 133,238
period
Cash and cash equivalents at
the beginning of the reporting 928,070 794,832
period
Cash and cash equivalents at
the end of the reporting period 697,223 928,070

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NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Net income for the reporting period (as per the
Statement of Financial Activities) 115,910 55,288
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge 22,536 -
Interest received (4,949) (1,635)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors (9,600) (28,937)
(Decrease)/increase in creditors 122,202 106,887
Net cash provided by/(used in) operations 246,099 131,603

2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.22 Cash flow At 31.3.23
£ £ £
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 928,070 (230,847) 697,223
Total 928,070 (230,847) 697,223

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Education Futures Trust is an incorporated charity, limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales. The charity's registered number and registered office address can be found in the Report of the Trustees.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to make an assessment of the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees have prepared a cash flow forecast for the charity which covers the 12 month period from the date of signing these financial statements.

On the basis of these forecasts and the fact that the charity has substantial net current assets and net assets, the trustees are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. As a result of the above, the trustees have concluded that it remains appropriate to adopt a going concern basis of preparation in these financial statements.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income is deferred in relation to income for services / projects provided after the reporting period.

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Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Computer equipment - 33% on cost Plant and machinery - 20% on reducing balance basis Improvements to property - Over term of lease

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charity operates a money purchase scheme, administered by the Pension Trust Co, which is also open to all employees. The charity has agreed to match an employee's contributions, within the range of minimum 6% to a maximum 8% when they identify their own pension scheme. Staff will be encouraged to contribute, but will be able to opt out if they wish.

Government Grants

In accordance with s24 of FRS 102 these are treated using the accruals model and so are recognised in income on a systematic basis over the periods in which the charity recognises the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate.

3.
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
31.3.23
£
Gift aid and donations
32,244
4.
OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
31.3.23
£
Fundraising events and cafe
67,573
5.
INVESTMENT INCOME
31.3.23
£
Interest receivable - trading
4,949
6.
OTHER INCOME
The entity has received the following from the UK government in
respect of COVID 19 grants and reliefs:
31.3.23
£
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
-
-		 31.3.22
£
34,458
31.3.22
£
58,793
31.3.22
£
1,635
31.3.22
£
1,078
1,078

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

7. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Year Year
Ended Ended
31.03.23 31.03.22
£ £
Grants and services invoiced 859,344 740,464
Other income 81,210 11,629
940,554 752,093
8. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Direct Support
Costs (see costs (see
note 9) note 10) Totals
£ £ £
Operation of charitable services 912,261 3,600 915,861
9. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
31.3.23 31.3.22
£ £
Staff costs 519,248 477,460
Establishment costs 50,382 19,771
Staff travel and training 2,408 5,363
Office running costs 65,301 33,509
Projects & courses 252,385 237,265
Depreciation 22,537 -
912,261 773,368

10. SUPPORT COSTS

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular activities they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of the resources.

Overheads have been allocated on the basis of allocation.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

11. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Auditors' remuneration 3,600 3,600
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work - 3,420

12. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2023 nor for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2023 nor for the year ended 31 March 2022.

13. STAFF COSTS

STAFF COSTS
31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Wages and salaries 469,414 433,896
Social security costs 30,895 26,102
Other pension costs 18,939 17,462
519,248 477,460
31.3.23 31.3.22
The average monthly number of employees during the
31
31
year was:
The average number of full time equivalent employees 18
19
during the year was:

Emoluments paid to one employee fell in the band of £60,000 - £69,999.

Key management roles

Total employee benefit under FRS102: £174,015

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

14. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
£ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and Legacies
34,458		 - 34,458
Charitable activities
Operation of charitable services 588,969 163,124 752,093
Other trading activities 58,793 - 58,793
Investment income 1,635 - 1,635
Other income 1,078 - 1,078
Total 684,933 163,124 848,057
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 12,381 - 12,381
Charitable activities
Operation of charitable services 591,879 188,509 780,388
NET INCOME 80,673 (25,385) 55,288
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 740,011 129,024 869,035
Transfers between funds (509) 509 -
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 820,175 104,148 924,323

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

15. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Computer Improvements Improvements Plant &
Equipment to Property Machinery Total
£ £ £ £
COST
At 1 April 2022 1,415 - - 1,415
Additions - 477,804 4,091 481,895
At 31 March 2023 1,415 477,804 4,091 483,310
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2022 1,415 - - 1,415
Charge for year - 21,718 818 22,536
At 31 March 2023 1,415 21,718 818 23,951
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2023 - 456,086 3,273 459,359
At 31 March 2022 - - - -
16. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Trade debtors 51,025 57,147
Accrued income 41,636 61,179
Other Debtors 600 -
Prepayments 37,886 3,221
131,147 121,547
17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Trade creditors 124,494 14,992
Other creditors 10,915 20,866
Social security and other taxes 5,809 6,756
Deferred income 94,484 55,846
Accrued expenses 11,794 26,834
247,496 125,294

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18. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

31.3.23
31.3.22
£ £
Within one year 14,500 9,000
Between one and five years 60,000 39,500
In more than five years 175,000 170,000
249,500 218,500

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
General fund (see below breakdown)
Designated funds
Restricted funds
BBC Children in Need
CXK
Comic Relief Core
National Lottery Covid Support
Nationwide
CHART (see below breakdown)
Comic Relief
Live Work Thrive
National Lottery Community Fund
This Girl Can
Firs Fest – Virgin Media
Children in Need – Money Heroes
Sussex Community Foundation
Police and Crime Commissioners
TOTAL FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund – Current Assets
General fund – Tangible Assets
Restricted funds
CHART – Current Assets
CHART – Tangible Assets		 Net
movement
At
At 1.4.22
in funds
31.3.23
£
£
£
820,175
-
88,702
-
908,877
-
55,082
(21,851)
33,231
6,991
(6,991)
-
-
90
43,599
(37,258)
15,105
7,760
7,680
-
-
(10,651)
100,262
(15,105)
(7,760)
(7,680)
-
90
32,948
63,004
-
-
-
3,483
(3,480)
3
616
(90)
526
1,000
(1,000)
-

-
-
-
-
1,554
1,554
104,148
27,208
131,356
924,323
115,910
1,040,233
At
1.4.22
Net
movement
in funds
At
31.3.23
£
£
£
820,175
(323,074)
497,101
-
411,776
411,776
820,175
88,702
908,877
(37,258)
52,679
15,421
-
47,583
47,583
(37,258)
100,262
63,004		 Net
movement
At
At 1.4.22
in funds
31.3.23
£
£
£
820,175
-
88,702
-
908,877
-
55,082
(21,851)
33,231
6,991
(6,991)
-
-
90
43,599
(37,258)
15,105
7,760
7,680
-
-
(10,651)
100,262
(15,105)
(7,760)
(7,680)
-
90
32,948
63,004
-
-
-
3,483
(3,480)
3
616
(90)
526
1,000
(1,000)
-

-
-
-
-
1,554
1,554
104,148
27,208
131,356
924,323
115,910
1,040,233
At
1.4.22
Net
movement
in funds
At
31.3.23
£
£
£
820,175
(323,074)
497,101
-
411,776
411,776
820,175
88,702
908,877
(37,258)
52,679
15,421
-
47,583
47,583
(37,258)
100,262
63,004
908,877
15,421
47,583
63,004

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19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
Restricted funds
BBC Children in Need
CXK
Comic Relief – Core
National Lottery Covid
Support
Nationwide
CHART
Comic Relief
Live Work Thrive
National Lottery
Community Fund
This Girl Can
Firs Fest – Virgin Media
Children in Need –
Money Heroes
Sussex Community
Foundation
Police and Crime
Commissioners Fund
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
854,970
-
396
-
-
-
-
140,385
19,049
21,527
-
-
-
-
8,993
-
190,350
1,045,320		 Resources
expended
£
(753,382)

-
(22,247)
(6,991)
-
-
(10,651)
(40,123)
(42,117)
(29,287)
(7,680)
(3,480)
(90)
(1,000)
(8,993)
(3,369)
(176,028)
(929,410)		 Transfers

£
(12,886)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,963
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,923
12,886
-		 Movement
in funds
£
88,702
-
(21,851)
(6,991)
-
-
(10,651)
100,262
(15,105)
(7,760)
(7,680)
(3,480)
(90)
(1,000)
-
1,554
27,208
115,910

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19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Comparatives for movement in funds
Net
movement
At 1.4.21
in funds		 At 31.3.22
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 722,166 98,009 820,175
Designated funds 17,845 (17,845) -
Restricted funds
Magdalen & Lasher 13 (13) -
Lloyds Bank Investment Trust 11,746 (11,746) -
UK Youth – Go Wild (397) 397 -
BBC Children in Need 57,443 (2,361) 55,082
CXK 2,140 4,851 6,991
Defra (36) 36 -
BBC Children in Need Booster 43 (43) -
Comic Relief – Core 7,934 (7,934) -
YEF (1,261) 1,261 -
Lloyds Covid Support (76) 76 -
National Lottery Covid Support 1,568 (1,478) 90
Nationwide 49,934 (6,335) 43,599
CHART (18,629) (18,629) (37,258)
Comic Relief 3,831 11,274 15,105
Live Work Thrive 4,776 2,984 7,760
National Lottery Community Fund 9,995 (2,315) 7,680
Didymus - - -
This Girl Can - 3,483 3,483
Firs Fest – Virgin Media - 616 616
Children in Need – Money Heroes - 1,000 1,000
129,024 (24,876) 104,148
TOTAL FUNDS 869,035 55,288 924,323

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19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Magdalen & Lasher
Lloyds Bank Investment
Trust
UK Youth – Go Wild
BBC Children in Need
CXK
Defra
BBC Children in Need
Booster
Comic Relief – Core
YEF
Lloyds Covid Support
National Lottery Covid
Support
Nationwide
CHART
Comic Relief
Live Work Thrive
National Lottery
Community Fund
Didymus
This Girl Can
Firs Fest – Virgin Media
Children in Need		 Incoming
resources
£
684,933
-
-
-
-
35,005
4,873
-
-
-
20,091
-
-
-
-
57,109
29,458
-
5,000
9,588
1,000
1,000
163,124

848,057		 Resources
expended

£
(604,260)
-
(13)
(11,746)
-
(37,366)
(22)
-
(43)
(7,934)
(18,830)
-
(1,478)
(6,335)
(18,629)
(45,835)
(26,474)
(2,315)
(5,000)
(6,105)
(384)
-
(188,509)

(792,769)		 Transfers
£
17,336
(17,845)
-
-
397
-
36
-
-
-
76
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
509

-		 Movement
in funds
£
98,009
(17,845)
(13)
(11,746)
397
(2,361)
4,851
36
(43)
(7,934)
1,261
76
(1,478)
(6,335)
(18,629)
11,274
2,984
(2,315)
-
3,483
616
1,000
(24,876)
55,288

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Magdalen & Lasher
Lloyds Bank Investment Trust
UK Youth – Go Wild
BBC Children in Need
CXK
Defra
BBC Children in Need Booster
Comic Relief – Core
YEF
Lloyds Covid Support
National Lottery Covid Support
Nationwide
CHART
Comic Relief
Live Work Thrive
National Lottery Community Fund
Didymus
This Girl Can
Firs Fest – Virgin Media
Children in Need – Money Heroes
Sussex Community Foundation
Police & Crime Commissioners
TOTAL FUNDS		 Net movement
At
At 1.4.21
in funds
31.3.23
£
£
£
722,166
17,845
186,711
(17,845)
908,877
-
13
(13)
-
11,746
(397)
57,443
2,140
(36)
43
7,934
(1,261)
(76)
1,568
49,934
(11,746)
397
(24,212)
(2,140)
36
(43)
(7,934)
1,261
76
(1,478)
(16,986)
-
-
33,231
-
-
-
-
-
-
90
32,948
(18,629)
81,633
63,004
3,831
(3,831)
-
4,776
(4,776)
-
9,995
(9,995)
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
-
526
526
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,554
-
1,554
129,024
2,332
131,356
869,035
171,198
1,040,233

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
1,539,903
Designated funds
-
Restricted funds
Magdalen & Lasher
-
Lloyds Bank Investment Trust
-
UK Youth – Go Wild
-
BBC Children in Need
35,401
CXK
4,873
Defra
-
BBC Children in Need Booster
-
Comic Relief Core
-
YEF
20,091
Lloyds Covid Support
-
National Lottery COVID
Support
-
Nationwide
-
CHART
140,385
Comic Relief
76,158
Live Work Thrive
50,985
National Lottery Community
Fund
-
Didymus
5,000
This Girl Can
9,588
Firs Fest – Virgin Media
1,000
Children in Need – Money
Heroes
1,000
Sussex Community
Foundation
8,993
Police & Crime
Commissioners
-
353,474

1,893,377		 Resources
expended
£
(1,357,642)
-
(13)
(11,746)
-
(59,613)
(7,013)
-
(43)
(7,934)
(18,830)
-
(1,478)
(16,986)
(58,752)
(87,952)
(55,761)
(9,995)
(5,000)
(9,585)
(474)
(1,000)
(8,993)
(3,369)
(364,537)

(1,722,179)		 Transfers
£

4,450
(17,845)
-
-
397
-
-
36
-
-
-
76
-
-
-
7,963
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,923
13,395

-		 Movement
in funds
£
186,711
(17,845)
(13)
(11,746)
397
(24,212)
(2,140)
36
(43)
(7,934)
1,261
76
(1,478)
(16,986)
81,633
(3,831)
(4,776)
(9,995)
-
3
526
-
-
1,554
2,332
171,198

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20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Steve Manwaring (Trustee) is the CEO of Hastings Voluntary Action an infrastructure organisation which has supported the Charity since its inception. During the year the charity received a grant of £4,996 from Hastings Voluntary Action. He serves as a board member of the Town Deal Board to which the Charity has applied for funding. A detailed conflict of interest policy has been adopted by EFT and the Town Deal board. Steve sits on the Local Action Group of the Community Led Local Development (CLLD) programme. This has funded a project (Skills and Learning in the Community) in which EFT is a delivery partner. In its infrastructure role HVA also used resources it holds to match fund this initiative to enable its delivery under the terms of a funding agreement with the Lead Partner.

Kevin Sinfield (Trustee) is the Director of A4 Architecture (UK) Limited that has offered consultancy services for the Planning Application and Support Services for the Firs Project.

Clive Galbraith serves as a board member of the Town Deal Board to which the Charity has applied for funding. He is also a Trustee at The Magdalen & Lasher Charity, to whom EFT make bids for grants.

All trustees are required to declare any interest at the beginning of any trustee meetings, along with abstaining from any decision relating to the organisations to which they are linked.

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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07852922 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1146171

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21. FRC ETHICAL STANDARD - PROVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR SMALL ENTITIES

In common with many other businesses of our size and nature we use our auditors to prepare and submit returns to the tax authorities and assist with the preparation of the financial statements.

22. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

Work on The Firs will continue to bring about additional expenditure for the Charity. Reserves funding has been identified to support this development. Additional funding bids have been submitted to support the development.

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23. RESERVES

As at 31 March 2023 the Charity held total reserves of £1,040,233 of which £908,877 were unrestricted funds. These reserves are held in line with the Charity's reserves policy which is amended annually. Currently the reserves are being held to support the development of The Firs grounds which will enable the charity to secure its future and continue to meet its charitable aims.

Reserves policy

It is the policy of Education Futures Trust to maintain in adequate reserves, to cover the costs that have been identified to ensure the sustainability of the organisation. Reserves will be used as follows.

Removed from reserves for use in 2023-2024.

-£25,000 will be used for building and site repairs, including improved access. After 10 years of use, areas are in need of improvement and repair especially the flat roof, the entrance to the building and the pathways around the site.

-£33,697 will be used from reserves to fund the Business Development Manager to provide project delivery support.

-£25,000 will be moved into the budget for 2022-2023 to cover the additional costs linked to planning.

In addition, reserves will allocated :

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23. RESERVES – continued

The reserves policy is reviewed annually. The statement of financial activities reflects the level of reserves as at 31st March 2023 and their purpose.

24. PENSIONS

Over the year, Education Futures Trust contributed to a Deferred Contribution Scheme with the People's Pension Fund for a total of 31 staff.

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