Engage Woking Schools
St Andrews Church Centre
Bampton Way
Goldsworth Park
Woking
Surrey
GU213LG
ACCOUNTS
31st March 2025
Reglstered Charity Number: 1156005

Engage Woking Schools
CONTENTS
Page
Trustees, Annual Report
Director of Schools Report
3-4
Independent Examiner's Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balan￿ Sheet
Notes to the Accounts

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Engage Woking Schools
Trustees Report
The Trustees present their report for the year erKled 31 St March 2025. During the year the following serrfed as
Trustees:
Carolyn Dickins {resigned 20.11.2024)
Vicky Henry { resigned 17.07.2024)
Cologero Vullo
Shirley Morris
Simon Pearce
Elizabeth Funnell (resigned 20.11.2024}
Paul Kingston {appointed 22.05.2024)
Rev Jonathan Thomas {appointed 22.05.2024)
Joanne Birkby (appointed 22.05.2024) (resigned 29.01.2025)
Jon Hills (appointed 20.11 .2024)
Sandra Bayliss {appointed 20.11.2024)
Constltution and name
The charity was established by the constitution of a charitsble incorporated organisation dated 27th February
2014, and registered with the Charity Commission on 4th March 2014- charty number 1156005. Engage
Woking Schools, will undertake the work previously carried out by the Woking Schools Christian Assembly
Trust - charity number 1060489
There must be at least 3 Trustees who are appointed by the existing Trustees.
Alms
The Trust promotes the advancement of Christianty in Woking and the surrounding areas, and amongst
children and young people in schools and colleges.
Review of Activities
Engage's mission of taking the Christian message into schools has continued to flourish during this financial
year. We continue to re￿1ve positive feedback during the delivery of our face-to-face assemblies in the lo￿1
primary schools. which has been followed up by the distribution of video versions of the assemblies across a
larger number of primary schools.
We continue to hold prayer spaces in some local primary schools, arranged and run after school clubs and
have provided mentoring in one primary school. As per usual, we carried out 'it's your Move. sessions at a
number of schools last summer. for students moving from Year 6 to secondary schools. The Christian Union
meetings have seen continued growth in attendees, and we have also provided much needed mentoring
sessions.
A major focus of the year. in partnership with the local churches in Woking. vrds to organise and hold an
evening event called 'Encounterf for young people in years 7-13. The evening offered a range of activities
including worship, sport and prayer and was attended by over 60 young people from the Woking area.
Following the encouraging feedback from the young people and parents. another 'Encounterf event will be
held in April 2025.
Engage Woking Schools conlinues to be supported financially mainly by local churches. and we are
extremely grateful for their continued support. We are also grateful for our Individual Supporters, including
one very significant and generous one-off donation, and the new supporteTS who have signed to our '100-1'
fundraising project over the last year. In addition. we are very graleful to the Joseph Rank foundation for their
support Ihis year, which has enabled us to expand some of our activities.

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Engage Woking Schools
Trustees Report
Financlal review
Income was signifiG9ntly higher in this reporting period compared to the 12 months up to March
2024. Donations from Individuals increased from £ 7,913 to £ 19,600 as compared with 2024. and
we are especially grateful for the generous donation from one individual during this period. We are
also thankful for the continued support from Churches in the Woking and local area, and this year
we are also grateful for the support from the Joseph Rank Trust. Overall, our Income has increased
from £ 43,329 to £ 68.725,
Our expenses have increased slightly in the year from £ 50,064 to £ 50,286, an increase of 0.50/0,the
increase in payroll costs of 2.7 % were offset by the reduction in office costs of 14.4 % .
The previous year saw an increased expenditure in new project costs and improvements to the
website, which were not incurred during this period.
The reserves for Engage Woking Schools, at the end of this financial year are £ 41,564, an increase
from £ 23,125 in the previous reporting period.
We calculate our reserves by including our unrestricted funds (less the value of any fixed assets).
We would wish to carry reserves as low as is possible, as the charity is funded substantially by the
churches in Woking and if funds were to fall to below the level necessary to maintain the charity, the
Trustees would expect to be able to call upon the support of local churches.
Insurance has been taken out to cover the insurable risks. The Trustees review risk each year to
ensure that this is minimised.
The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis in accordance with the Statement of
Recommended Practice, Financial Reporting Standard FRS102, using the exemptions available to
smaller charities. As the income of the charity is less than £1,000,000 the accounts have been
subject to an independent examination rather than an audit.
Organisations
Bankers- CAF Bank Limited, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ
Independent Examiner- R. Pashley FCA, 137a Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey KT16 OLG
Jon Hills
signed on behalf of the Trustees
28th January 2026

Director of Schools Work Report
Engage exists to provide schools ministry on behalf of and in partnership with local
churches to young people in primary and secondary schools, as well as Woking
College. This involves nurturing, inspiring and empowering them through sharing the
Christian message and values in an ac￿Ssible and relatable way. helping young
people to be the best they can be.
This involves leading, delivering. and coordinating visits to sthools to support and
provide collective VI￿rShIp. supporting RE lessons, group mentoring. enrichmenl
clubs. pastoral support for staff, PSHE support. whole school assemblies and
wellbeing spaces.
2024-2025 has been a busy year, and we continued to find that our services are in
demand. Our group mentoring workshops and wellbeing spaces are having a
positive impact on the whole school community.
That said. Engage has and continues to be faced with the challenge of a reduced
amount of financial support from a drop in individual and church giving. Although this
financial year, the charity was blessed vlith a generous donation from a private donor
and the funding that was received through Joseph Rank Trust.
Highllghts
Assemblies have been delivered to over 30 schools face-to-face, and we have
continued with the digital version. enabling Engage lo reach schools further
afield. We continue to produce a recorded version of the assembly to ensure
all children. parents and our supporters can see it. It has also become a
resour￿ that churches and schools can use to support their curriculum.
Engaging with school communities through new initiatives such as prayer
clubs.
Christian unions and extemal speaker events at secondary school and college
continue to well attended and have seen growth.
Encounter, youth event continues to be successful and attended by young
people from Woking Schools, college and churches, but also from a wider
regional area. It has been run twice a year and has settled into a pattern
where young people are expectsnt.

Successfully delivering Year 6 transition lessons to Primary Schools in
Woking.
These testimonies share the impact of our work is having.
"Loved the workshop and the friendship part because it helps a lot,: Thank you so
very much. - Woking High School Student Feedback on Mentoring
"We really appreciated the sessions that you shared with us. We would love futu
visits as the children gained greatly from the experience. One saying how it made
her feel happy. We also followed up talking about forgiveness in Glass,: Teacher
feedback from a reflection space
Looking Forward
It is our aim and vision to continue to serve the local education communities in
Woking. Working in partnership with young people, schools, churches, and the
community to help all young people be the best they can be.
We are excited to see what the next year holds.
Shelley Blunden

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Engage Woking Schools.
report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Engage Woking Schools (Charitable
Incorporated Organisation) on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025, as set out on pages 6
to9.
Responsibilities and basis of reporL
As the trustees of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation you are responsible for the preparation of
the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('TheAct')
I report in respect of my examination of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable
Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's ststement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with my examination giving me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation as
required by section 130 of the Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those record5,' or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of
the accounts, as set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 other than any
requirement that the accounts give a 'tiue and fair, view which is not matter considered as part of
an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Roger Pashley FCA
1372 Brox Road, Ottershaw, Surrey KT16 OLG
28th January 2026

ENGAGE YIOKING SCHOOLS
Stat•rnont of Flrwnclal Actlvltl•6
Forth• p•rlod •ndod 318t Mar¢h 2025
IAar4025
M8r4024
Incom•
Tot41
Dona¢ion8
G1ft8 from IThJ￿k1￿0l$
19.600
7.913
fjrft AKI Tax
4,375
1.816
GThls Ircrn clxwcl
27,838
Gffts from Tru818
10.IXX)
Gffts from SC￿1
88,256
42,747
473
467
QTr￿r IrKome
Total In¢ome
43.329
Exp•nditur•
Expanditur• on Charit4bl8 AdlvlU•
Staff co518
44.710
43,547
5,576
6.517
T*)ts1 Expondlkn•
50.286
50.
N•t Incom•1 l Exp•ndituN I
18.439
8.735
¥J,125
8•1•￿• ¢•rrl•d forward ￿ i131it Maich 2025
41.564
23.125

ENGAGE WOKING SCHOOLS
Balan¢e Sheet
At 318t March 2025
Mar-2025
Mar-2024
Fixod Assets
Current Assets
Cash al bank and in hand
169
1.805
Short-temi deposits
Debtors
36,500
21,000
4,895
520
41.564
23.125
CU￿nt Llabilitie5
Cr&litors- Due wthin 1 Year
Net Current A￿tS
41,564
23,125
Net Assets
41,564
23,125
RepTesentsd by..
Unrestricted fund$
General fuNJs
41.564
23,125

Engage Woking Schools
Notes to the Accounts for the Year to 31st March 2025
Accounting Pollcles
General
These Accounts have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with
applicable accounting stsndards, and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting
and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005).
Gifts are accounted for when received. Tax receivable under Gift Aid is included in respecl of
gifts received in the year.
Flxed assets and depreciatlon
Depreciation is charged to write off the cost of fixed assets over their useful lives. Assets costing
less than £500 are not capitalised but written off in the year of purchase. The charge is
calculated on a straight line basis to write off the cost, less residual value.
Fixed Assets
Computer
equipment
Cost
Additions
Disposals
At 315t March 2025
Depreclation
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 31st March 2025
Net Book Values
31 St March 2025

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ENGAGE WOKING SCHOOLS
For the Year ended 31st March 2025
Stsff costs
Mar¢h
March
2025
2024
Salaries
43,108
41,905
Pension Costs
860
872
National Insurance
Payroll ProcessirrtJ Fees
742
770
44,710
43,547
Offlce and Support Costs
March
March
2025
2024
Travel Expenses
Promotional material
573
657
1,561
2,680
otfice costs
3,442
3.180
5,576
6.517
Trustee Remuneratlon
No remuneration or expenses were paid lo any Iruslees