2023-03-31-accounts - Lords Preparatory School

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2022 To 31 03 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lords Preparatory School CIO Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1158127

Charity's principal address Brooklyn Green Lane Bolton Postcode BL3 2EF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Anne Ainsworth		N/A



















	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)

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

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.

All Child Protection policies must be in place and a DSO appointed to oversee all child protection issues.

The Charity will provide a wide curriculum, taught by experienced teachers, in order to provide an education for children aged 7 to 11 years who otherwise would not benefit due to financial issues by wholly or partially funding this education.

The Charity will also provide a safe environment for said children who suffer from conditions that would otherwise prevent them from accessing a full education e.g. suffering from anxiety. PAD, Autism etc by allowing them to be educated in a small, safe environment with a conducive atmosphere.

No trustees to be related, in any way, to any beneficiaries.

All policies for safeguarding, Health and Safety, Risk Assessments must be in place.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance the education of children aged 7 years to 11 years within the Prep school who are unable to access education in other ways by providing a small, safe environment where they feel at ease and able to learn.

To provide free training places for adults in the education sector in the areas of teaching and teaching assistants which will benefit both the children and adults.

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The charity has assisted children who have been referred by parents, the local authority and Camhs for mental and physical health issues or behavioural issues.

We have maintained contact with several organisations that share our ethos of providing for the above children and work in collaboration with these organisations who continue to recommend the school for its ability to assist these children.

We continue to assist the children already in the school who develop improved mental health which is allowing them to move forward into their secondary education.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The policy on grant making is for the benefit of the children who are in need only and is decided on an individual basis of need: either financial or medical.

No investments to be made other than the investment in equipment necessary for the education and comfort of the children.

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

Contribution by volunteers to be mainly by volunteer teaching/ teaching assistants. All volunteers to be DBS checked in line with education policy.

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

Some of the children who have been referred to us have now moved on to further their education in line with their age groups and have grown in confidence enough to make this possible.

Peer relationships have been formed and friendship circle / support has proved effective.

Children have returned to education who were school refusers due to the relaxed, small environment.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity does not keep any reserves but has a policy that, at no point, will it go into debt of any kind.

If necessary the charity has the backing of the senior and junior school and has called on this when needed.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

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);

The charity’s principal funding is from fund raising (when available) or fees received which are use to pay teaching staff, rent and rates when possible. The majority of staff are seconded from the senior school.

Due to the nature of the charity no fundraising has taken place this financial year but support has been received from the senior school.

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) Anne Ainsworth Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 15/01/2025

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