**Flavour School Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from April 2024 to March 2025** Charity registration number: 1178048 ## **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)_|2024/25 was the seventh year of operation for Flavour School as a
registered charity.
**Research**: In his role as a fellow at the University of Leeds, Flavour
School trustee Dr Nick Wilkinson had completed a multi-year research
project on the effects of Flavour School on Reception and Key Stage 1
children in October 2022. Dr Wilkinson completed the paper reporting this
study with his co-authors during 2023-24, and the**study was published**
**in the journal Appetite in January 2025:**
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107756.
**Dissemination of the Flavour School programme and approach:**
Throughout the year, the teaching manual remained free to download
from the Flavour School website and the trustees replied to requests for
further information or guidance coming in via the website from interested
potential users.| |---|---| ## **Financial Review** |_Review of the charity’s_
_financial position at the end of_
_the period (Para 1.21)_|At the end of the period (31stMarch 2025), Flavour School had £7,531 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 2024/25 to guarantee ongoing operations for the
year and beyond.| ## **Additional information** |_The charity’s principal sources_
_of funds (including any_
_fundraising) (Para 1.47)_|Flavour School’s principal source of funding in 2024/25 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 2024/25.| |---|---| |_A description of the principal_
_risks facing the charity (Para_
_1.46)_|The principal risk facing Flavour School in 2024/25 was uncertainty about
the longer-term direction of the charity. The trustees devoted time to
considering this question during and beyond the annual trustee meeting,
and 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).| |---|---| |_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.| |---|---| |_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| |---|---| |_Other name the charity uses_|None| |_Registered charity number_|1178048| |_Charity’sprincipal address_|148 ValleyRoad, London, SW16 2XR| **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 Robertson
nee Mitchell||Appointed by G 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**|26 January 2026| |||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||**CC16a**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**FLAVOUR SCHOOL**||||||1178048|||| |||||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||| |||**For the period from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date|||| |||||01/04/2024||||31/03/2025|||| ||||||||||||| ||**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**||||||||||| ||None|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||**_Sub total (Gross income for AR)_**|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_A2 Asset and investment sales_**||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||**_Sub total_**|**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_£0_**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_**|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||| ||Website / email address fees|**£284**||**-**||**-**||**£284**||**£399**|| ||Banking fees (monthly account charge)|**£60**||**-**||**-**||**£60**||**£60**|| ||Trustee travel expenses|**£0**||||||**£0**||**£0**|| ||Grant 1: Cost reimbursements to schools
participating in research, interviews.|**£0**||**£0**||||**£0**||**£0**|| ||Grant 2: Early years research/pilots|**£0**||||||||**£2,730**|| ||**_Sub total_**|**£344**||**£0**||**-**||**£344**||**£3,189**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_A4 Asset and investment purchases_**||||||||||| ||**_Sub total_**|**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_**|**£344**||**£0**||**-**||**£344**||**£3,189**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-£344**||**£0**||||**-£344**||**-£3,189**|| ||**A5 Transfers between funds**|**£0**||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**A6 Cash funds last year end (31 Mar 2024)**|**£1,722**||**£6,153**||**-**||**£7,875**||**£11,063**|| ||**_Cash funds this year end (31 Mar 2025)_**|**£1,378**||**£6,153**||**-**||**£7,531**|||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||**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 2025||||**£1,378**||**£6,153**|||| |||||||**-**||**-**|||| |||**_Total cash funds_**||||**£1,378**||**£6,153**|||| |||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||OK||OK|| ||||||||||||| |||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
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**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| ||**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due (optional)**|| ||**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||| ||||||||||||| ||**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|| |||Geraldine Gilbert||||Geraldine Gilbert||||24/01/2026|| |||Nick Wilkinson||||Nick Wilkinson||||24/01/2026|| ||||||||||||| |||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||**CC16a**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**FLAVOUR SCHOOL**||||||1178048|||| |||||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||| |||**For the period from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date|||| |||||01/04/2024||||31/03/2025|||| ||||||||||||| ||**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**||||||||||| ||None|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||**_Sub total (Gross income for AR)_**|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_A2 Asset and investment sales_**||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||**_Sub total_**|**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_£0_**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_**|||||**-**||**£0**||**£0**|| ||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||| ||Website / email address fees|**£284**||**-**||**-**||**£284**||**£399**|| ||Banking fees (monthly account charge)|**£60**||**-**||**-**||**£60**||**£60**|| ||Trustee travel expenses|**£0**||||||**£0**||**£0**|| ||Grant 1: Cost reimbursements to schools
participating in research, interviews.|**£0**||**£0**||||**£0**||**£0**|| ||Grant 2: Early years research/pilots|**£0**||||||||**£2,730**|| ||**_Sub total_**|**£344**||**£0**||**-**||**£344**||**£3,189**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_A4 Asset and investment purchases_**||||||||||| ||**_Sub total_**|**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**||**_-_**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_**|**£344**||**£0**||**-**||**£344**||**£3,189**|| ||||||||||||| ||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-£344**||**£0**||||**-£344**||**-£3,189**|| ||**A5 Transfers between funds**|**£0**||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**A6 Cash funds last year end (31 Mar 2024)**|**£1,722**||**£6,153**||**-**||**£7,875**||**£11,063**|| ||**_Cash funds this year end (31 Mar 2025)_**|**£1,378**||**£6,153**||**-**||**£7,531**|||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||**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 2025||||**£1,378**||**£6,153**|||| |||||||**-**||**-**|||| |||**_Total cash funds_**||||**£1,378**||**£6,153**|||| |||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||OK||OK|| ||||||||||||| |||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
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**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
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**own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due (optional)**|| ||**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||| ||||||||||||| ||**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|| |||Geraldine Gilbert||||Geraldine Gilbert||||24/01/2026|| |||Nick Wilkinson||||Nick Wilkinson||||24/01/2026|| |||||||||||||