## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1 Jan 2024  Period start date   To 31 Dec 2024  Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Coulsdon and District Nursery Fund** 

## **Charity registration number: 1160788** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide equipment for the benefit of**<br>**children and young people up to the age of 18**<br>**with SEND in Coulsdon and District.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**To assist with the education of children and**<br>**young people with Special Needs.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have noted and followed the**<br>**guidance provided.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on grant making|||
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment|||
|including program related|||
|investment|||
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by|||
|volunteers|||
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|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Funds were provided to one Secondary and**<br>**three Primary Schools in the area.  A Grant was**<br>**also provided to a local Disabled Riding Centre.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We are now in a Spend Down situaton.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£607.000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Bank interest on current funds.**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**C.I.O**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**Coulsdon and District Day Nursery Fund**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|**N/A**|
|Registered charity number|**1160788**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Swiss Cottage, Nower Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BX.**|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||ShirleyMatthew|Chair|||
||John White|Treasurer|||
||Elaine Andrews||||
||Chris Wright||||
||Nikhil Shering<br>Thampi||14/2/24|19/10/24|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** _**Elaine Andrews**_ 

**Full name(s) Elaine Andrews** 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair /Secretary Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

**8[th] October 2025** 



|OPENING BALANCES||
|---|---|
|Current account|16,193.26|
|Deposit account|644,085.91|
|Petty cash|169.52|
|INCOME||
|Interest|8902.4|
|SHW Client|2411.54|
|Mor & Co LLP|241.44|
|Total Income|11555.38|
|EXPENDITURE||
|Countryside Accounting|115|
|SHW re  Nursery sale|12,960|
|John Fisher|1900|
|John Fisher|16,154.84|
|Web Page?|80.4|
|Smitham Primary|498.98|
|Purley Oaks Primary|14,354|
|Haynes Primary|3,612.44|
|Diamond Riding Centre|1,012.20|
|Total Expenditure|50687.86|
|CLOSING BALANCES||
|Current account|15,575.40|
|Deposit account|605,641.29|
|Petty Cash|99.52|



