**Flavour School Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from April 2022 to March 2023**
Charity registration number: 1178048
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**||
|---|---|
|_Summary of the purposes of_
_the charity as set out in its_
_governing document (SORP_
_reference Para 1.17)_|The advancement of sensory education of children and the preservation
and protection of health for the benefit of the public by the promotion of
sensory education and helping people to build a healthy relationship with
food.|
|_Summary of the main_
_activities in relation to those_
_purposes for the public_
_benefit, in particular, the_
_activities, projects or_
_services identified in the_
_accounts (Para 1.17 & 1.19)_|Flavour school promotes and enables sensory food education, through a
simple, fun, accessible and affordable programme of lessons and
activities, designed for UK Early Years and primary school children. We
develop and share teaching materials, offer teacher training, and
promote sensory food education generally, to encourage and enable
schools to carry out the programme.|
|_Statement confirming_
_whether the trustees have_
_had regard to the guidance_
_issued by the Charity_
_Commission on public_
_benefit (Para 1.18)_|The trustees confirm they have had due regard to the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission on Public Benefit.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
|_Summary of the main_
_achievements of the charity,_
_identifying the difference the_
_charity’s work has made to_
_the circumstances of its_
_beneficiaries and any wider_
_benefits to society as a_
_whole (Para 1.20)_|2022/23 was the fifth year of operation for Flavour School as a
registered charity.
1.
**Research**:
In his role as a fellow at the University of Leeds, Flavour School trustee
Dr Nick Wilkinson completed a multi-year research project on the effects
of Flavour School on Reception and Key Stage 1 children. Due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, this research had to be paused in 2020/21. The
study resumed in October 2021, and was completed in October 2022,
with publication of results anticipated in 2024 - at which time the charity
will be able to publicise the findings and insights more widely. In the
immediate, the findings from the completion of the research enabled
improvements to the Reception/Key Stage 1 programme and manual.
2.
**Early Years pilot/programme development**:
Flavour School provided children’s food brand Ella’s Kitchen with
scientific advice and insights on sensory food education, to inform the
development of their Eat. Play. Love campaign promoting sensory food
play for Early Years settings. We attended Ella’s parliamentary event
14/10/2022 to promote sensory food education with policy makers and
educationalists.
We conducted exploratory research sessions in four Early Years settings
in Leeds/Bradford, in partnership with the Early Years Alliance, and one
setting in Woking, Surrey, to develop and test Flavour School resources
for Early Years. On this basis, we developed a draft Flavour School
programme for Early Years, which will be made available free of charge
to Early Years providers from 2024.
Finally, trustee Katie Robertson, in her role as Early Years lead and
teacher at Three Bridges Primary in Ealing, London, tested ways to
embed Flavour School activities in Reception, and delivered training to
teachers and teaching assistants. The next step will be to build on the
insights to embed Flavour School formally into curriculum documents.|
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**3. Dissemination of the Flavour School programme:**
Throughout the year, the teaching manual remained free to download from the Flavour School website and the trustees replied to any requests for further information or guidance coming in via the website from interested potential users.
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|_Review of the charity’s_
_financial position at the end_
_of the period (Para 1.21)_|At the end of the period (31st March 2023), Flavour School had
£11,062.60 in its bank account.|
|_Statement explaining the_
_policy for holding reserves_
_stating why they are held_
_(Para 1.22)_|Flavour School has not formalised a written reserves policy, but the
trustees have agreed that in practice the charity should always retain
sufficient funds to cover its expected essential annual operating
expenses.|
|_Amount of reserves held_
_(Para 1.22)_|n/a – but the Trustees were satisfied that there were sufficient funds in
the account throughout 2022/23 to guarantee ongoing operations for the
year and beyond.|
|_Additional information_|The trustees agreed to pay one trustee for services provided to the
charity in the year 2022/2023. This was approved by the other trustees
in line with Charity Commission guidance (with one trustee removing
herself from the approval process/decision, as a connected person).|
## **Additional information**
|_The charity’s principal_
_sources of funds (including_
_any fundraising) (Para 1.47)_|Flavour School’s principal source of funding in 2022/23 was the
donations in previous years from children’s food brand Ella’s Kitchen,
provided to support the further development of the Flavour School
programme (with a small proportion allocated to covering the charity’s
core costs). We continued to draw on these funds in 2022/23.|
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|_A description of the principal_
_risks facing the charity (Para_
_1.46)_|The principal risk facing Flavour School in 2022/23 was uncertainty
about the longer-term direction of the charity. The trustees devoted time
to considering this question during trustee meetings and in between,
and will continue to assess the potential pathways the charity could
take to best deliver on its mission and deliver public benefit into the
future.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|_Type of governing document_
_(Para 1.25)_|Flavour School has a**Foundation model CIO Constitution**(its only
voting members are its Trustees).|
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|_How is the charity constituted?_
_(Para 1.25)_|Flavour School is a**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**/ CIO.|
|_Trustee selection methods_
_including details of any_
_constitutional provisions e.g._
_election to post or name of_
_any person or body entitled to_
_appoint one or more trustees_
_(Para 1.25)_|As per Flavour School’s constitution, apart from the first charity
trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. The trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the
effective administration of the CIO.|
|**Additional information**||
|_Policies and procedures_
_adopted for the induction and_
_training of trustees (Para 1.51)_|As per Flavour School’s constitution, the charity trustees will make
available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first
appointment: a) a copy of the current version of this constitution; and|
||b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement
of accounts.|
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|_The charity’s organisational_
_structure and any wider_
_network with which the charity_
_works (Para 1.51)_|Flavour School retained the same trustees for the year; Flavour
School had no paid staff.|
|
_Relationship with any related_
_parties (Para 1.51)_|No particular relationships to report.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|_Charity name_|Flavour School|
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|_Other name the charity uses_|None|
|_Registered charity number_|1178048|
|_Charity’s principal address_|3 Park View Court, WokingGU22 7SE|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office**|**Name of person entitled to appoint trustee**|
|---|---|---|
|Geraldine Gilbert|Chair|Foundingtrustee|
|Nicholas Wilkinson||Foundingtrustee|
|Mark Breen||Appointed byG Gilbert and N Wilkinson|
|Kate Morris||Appointed byG Gilbert, N Wilkinson and M Breen|
|Katherine Mitchell||Appointed byG Gilbert, N Wilkinson and M Breen|
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:**
|**Signature**||
|---|---|
|**Full name**|Geraldine Gilbert|
|**Position**|Founding trustee/chair|
|**Date**|31 January 2024|
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Charity Name No (if any)
FLAVOUR SCHOOL 1178048
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date Period end date
For the period from 01/04/2022 To 31/03/2023 CC16a
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 £
A1 Receipts
Paypal charities scheme donation £85 - £85 £10,000
Sub total (Gross income for AR) £85 - £85 £10,000
A2 Asset and investment sales
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts £85 - £85 £10,000
A3 Payments
Website / email address fees £648 - - £648 £463
Banking fees (monthly account charge) £60 - - £60 £15
Trustee travel expenses £49 £49 £0
Grant 1: Cost reimbursements to schools
participating in research, interviews. £440 £440 £3,736
Grant 2: Early years research/pilots - £3,640 £3,640 £0
Sub total £757 £4,080 - £4,837 £4,214
A4 Asset and investment purchases
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments £757 £4,080 - £4,837 £4,214
Net of receipts/(payments) -£672 -£4,080 -£4,752 £5,786
A5 Transfers between funds (to correctly
categorise all remaining Ella's K grant funds as
restricted) -£7,699 £7,699 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end (31 Mar 2022) £10,551 £5,264 - £15,814 £10,028
Cash funds this year end (31 Mar 2023) £2,180 £8,883 - £11,063
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Details Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds
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||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-£672**||**-£4,080**|||||**-£4,752**||**£5,786**||
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||**A5 Transfers between funds**(to correctly
categorise all remaining Ella's K grant funds as
restricted)|**-£7,699**||**£7,699**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||
||**A6 Cash funds last year end (31 Mar 2022)**|**£10,551**||**£5,264**||**-**|||**£15,814**||**£10,028**||
||**_Cash funds this year end (31 Mar 2023)_**|**£2,180**||**£8,883**||**-**|||**£11,063**||||
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||**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||||||
||**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted funds**|||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment funds**||
|||||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
||**B1 Cash funds**|Bank account 31 March 2023||||£2,180|||**£8,883**||||
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|||**_Total cash funds_**||||**£2,180**|||**£8,883**||||
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account(s))|receipts and payments|||OK|||OK||OK||
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|||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**||
||**B3 Investment assets**||||||||**-**||**-**||
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|||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**||
||**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**||||||||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||
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|||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due (optional)**||
||**B5 Liabilities**||||||||**-**||||
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||**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**|Signature||||Print Name|||||Date of approval||
|||Geraldine||Gilbert||Geraldine Gilbert|||||28/01/2024||
|||Nick Wilkinson||||Nick Wilkinson|||||28/01/2024||
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