2024-08-31-accounts - Zenith Education

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 Sep 2023 31 Aug 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Zenith Education Other names charity is known by n/a Registered charity number (if any) 1157788 Charity's principal address 9 March Square Chichester West Sussex Postcode PO19 5AN ~~—~~

Registered charity number (if any) 1157788

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity| |Dates acted if not for whole|Name of person (or body) entitled| |Trustee name|Office (if any)| |year|to|appoint|trustee|(if any)| |Chair| |1|[Benedict Charles ]| |Marsh| |2 Emma Marsh|Trustee| |3| |4| |5| |6| |7| |8| |9| |10| |11| |12| |13| |14| |Ee| |Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)| |Name|Dates acted if not for whole year|

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Articles of Association

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by the trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

For the public benefit to advance the education (including social and physical training) of children in the developing world, in particular but not exclusively, in India, in such ways as the charity trustees think fit. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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Aims & Purpose:

After being established initially to support just one school, Zenith Education now supports twenty schools. This significantly improves the lives and education of the socio-economically impoverished children living in slum conditions. Achievements:

Many children are trapped in the well documented ‘Poverty Cycle’. It is nearly impossible for families to escape this cycle without outside intervention.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to Zenith Education continues to work through its expanding group of these objects (include within schools to provide children with an education. Education is recognised as this section the statutory one of the most important factors in allowing individuals to escape declaration that trustees have poverty. Zenith is also very proud to provide at least one working toilet in had regard to the guidance every school and has been involved with funding construction of toilets, in issued by the Charity schools where none was available. Open-air defecation continues to be a Commission on public huge challenge in India and across the developing world; all Zenith benefit) Group children have access to a toilet and clean water during the school day.

Public Benefit:

The Trustees, when making decisions, have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During this reporting period, the Zenith schools have, for the most part, completed their recovery from Covid. Numbers of students have returned to pre-pandemic levels and in some locations, student numbers are higher. This is because competing schools have not been able to recover or survive and this has resulted in some transition-growth.

Academic standards are also returning to normal, though the full impact on the cohorts affected by two years of remote teaching is not clear at this stage. It may be some years before Covid’s full impact can be qualified.

The Zenith Group continues to operate two clusters of schools – a model which is now proven as successful and sustainable. Cooperation within each cluster and across the two clusters remains strong and positive.

During the last reporting period, we noted early discussions with potential intervention partners. The Trustees are delighted to report that in both cases, these discussions were both positive and successful.

During the reporting period a selection of our key school leaders undertook a nine-month Mentoring program with a consultancy which donated its time pro bono. This allowed our leaders to focus on their own wellness and develop techniques for care of their staff. The program was a huge success and the Trustees recognise the enormous value that investing in leaders represents.

During this period a nine-month character-development program was also launched for the children in four schools. This was led by intervention partners and again provided pro bono. The children not only enjoyed the program, but it provided valuable soft-skills in communities where quality role-modelling is often lacking.

Zenith also continues to work with a Women’s Empowerment program; the Trustees understand that by supporting their mothers, children can be encouraged to attend school.

Zenith has also had the opportunity to expand its operations to two new locations during this reporting period. Zenith was able to help with the construction of a sports centre in rural Nepal. This sports centre not only serves the school and its children, it acts as a local hub for the rural communities who use it for regular district meetings. Zenith also contributed to repair works for a building at the school damaged by flooding and landslides.

During the reporting period, Zenith has also helped with the construction of a small pre-school in rural Sri Lanka. This small project allowed an extra thirty village children to attend pre-school and start their education.

As for every charity, in the post-Covid environment, fundraising remains a constant challenge, but the Trustees remain positive about the future.

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Section E Financial review

Wherever possible, funds are allocated to a specific cost or project; if no Brief statement of the such project is pending, funds are retained by the charity for future use charity’s policy on reserves by the schools. Details of any funds materially n/a in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~|~~ Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration ~~—~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Benedict Charles Marsh Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) 28/04/25 TAR 5 March 2012

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Zenith Education 1157788 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Sep-23 31-Aug-24 To from ~~ee ee ee ee~~

Section A Receipts and payments

	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	12,737			-	12,737	43,434
Interest	2,297		-	-	2,297	10,402
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	(Gross income for AR)15,034		-	-	15,034	53,836
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 15,034 - - 15,034 53,836 ~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Donationspaid	15,363		-	-	15,363	3,553
Cost of charitable activities(incl travel)	9,646			-	9,646	9,937
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**Sub total **	25,009		-	-	25,009	13,490
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 25,009 - - 25,009 13,490 ~~——————~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*	- 9,975 - - - 9,975 40,346 - - - - - 108,972 6,315 - 115,287 74,941 98,997 6,315 - 105,312 115,287 ~~—_—==S=S=>~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

28/04/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
		Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
Categories	Details	funds funds	funds
		to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	108,972 6,315 - - 9,975 - - - 98,997 6,315 - *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments From last year Balance this year Balance this year ~~===>~~
	account(s))	OK	OK
		Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
		funds funds	funds
	Details	to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—===~~
B3 Investment assets	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - - Details ~~ee~~
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Details ~~mee~~
		Fund to which Amount due	When due
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - - Date of approval 31/12/2024 Details Print Name Benedict Charles Marsh Signature 2 28/04/2025 ~~—~~