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

## **From 1 Apr 2024 Period start date to 31 Mar 2025 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Reigate Priory School Charity** 

## **Charity registration number: 1182206** 

## **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 advance the education of the children<br>of Reigate Priory Junior School in Reigate<br>for the public beneft by providing and<br>assisting in the provision of facilities and<br>resources, determined at the sole<br>discretion of the trustees, for education<br>at the school and not required to be<br>provided by the local education authority.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Beneft to the children of the school, as<br>well as their parents. Also benefts the<br>wider Reigate area.|
|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 confrm that they have<br>referred to the Charity Commission’s<br>guidance on public beneft, including the<br>guidance ‘public beneft: running a<br>charity (PB2)’, when reviewing the<br>charity’s aims and objectives, planning<br>future activities and setting the grant<br>making policy for the year. The Trustees<br>are confdent that the charity’s activities<br>are fully in line with public beneft<br>requirements.|





## **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|During the period £3,275 was received in<br>donations, due to the generosity of the<br>parent body of The Reigate Priory Junior<br>School.<br>In addition, £38 was received as bank<br>interest income.<br>Administration costs relate primarily to<br>monthly banking charges and payment<br>charges relating to the receipt of parental<br>donations.<br>Trustees were delighted to make three<br>grants during the year, all to the Reigate<br>Priory Junior School. A donation of £7,529<br>was made for the purchase of VR<br>Headsets. These have proven a great hit<br>with the children and are really<br>supporting the school’s aim of ‘bringing<br>learning to life’ . £3,693 was donated to<br>purchase maths equipment, and £827<br>was donated for ParentApp, which is<br>beneftting all children through closer<br>communicationswith the parentalbody.|





## **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|At the period end the Charity held funds<br>of £19,232.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the charity to maintain<br>unrestricted income funds, which are the<br>free reserves of the charity, at a level that<br>is sufcient to cover a minimum of six<br>months unrestricted expenditure.  This<br>provides sufcient funds to cover<br>administration costs that are estimated to<br>be no more than £150. The unrestricted<br>income funds balance as at 31 March<br>2025 was £9,232. £10,000 is currently<br>held as restricted funds, recognising the<br>specifc usage request from the<br>benefactorconcerned.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£19,232|
|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|The Trustees note that the charity does<br>not have any expenditure commitments<br>beyond the administration costs<br>mentioned above and are therefore of the<br>view that the charityis a going concern.|



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|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>The principal source of funds is the<br>parental body of The Reigate Priory Junior<br>School.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Available funds have to date been held on<br>deposit with our bankers. The charity<br>does not invest in longer term<br>investments as the charity’s policy is to<br>donate funds raised to the cause for<br>which they were raised without delay.<br>Under the Foundation Model Constitution,<br>the charity has the power to make any<br>investment which theTrustees seeft.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Trustees have considered the major<br>strategic and operational risks that the<br>charity faces, and systems have been<br>established to mitigate these risks. These<br>risks are identifed as theft of the<br>donations received and fraud on the part<br>of recipients of the charity’s grants.<br>To mitigate risks the Trustees have put in<br>place relevant controls, the most notable<br>of which are:<br>- Segregation of duties between<br>individuals accounting for income &<br>expenditure and staf banking cash and<br>making payments from the charity’s bank<br>account.<br>-  Payment authorisation: payments are<br>onlyauthorised after review byaquorum|





|||of Trustees<br>written approval by the charity’s<br>secretary. Payments cannot be made<br>from the bank account without the online<br>approval of two Trustees.<br>- Regular reporting and monitoring of the<br>level of cash received from donations.<br>-  All Charity Trustees also sit on the main<br>Board of Governors of The Reigate Priory<br>Junior School. This enabled the Trustees<br>to ensure a close working relationship<br>with the school to ensure any funds<br>donated will be used to meet the<br>objectives of the charity.<br>The Trustees have also considered risks<br>external to the charity, in particular how a<br>global or UK economic slowdown may<br>adversely afect the level of donations<br>received.|
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|Other||Cost of living increases have negatively<br>impacted parental donations. Trustees<br>continue to work with the school to<br>publicise the charity and remain grateful<br>to both Reigate Priory Junior School and<br>the parental body for their continuing<br>support.|





## **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|Foundation Model Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Institution|
|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|Trustees will be appointed at Trustee<br>meetings.|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>The charity trustees will make available<br>to each new charity trustee, on or before<br>his or her frst appointment:<br>(1) a copy of the current version of this<br>constitution; and<br>(2) a copy of the CIO’s latest<br>Trustees’ Annual Report and<br>statement of Accounts.|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity works with The Reigate Priory<br>Junior School.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|n/a|
|Other||n/a|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Reigate PriorySchool Charity|
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|Registered charity number|1192206|
|Charity’s principal address|Bell Street<br>Reigate<br>Surrey<br>RH2 7RL|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Andrew Robert<br>Hessey|Trustee|n/a|n/a|
||Pamela Jane<br>Hutchinson|Trustee|n/a|n/a|
||Helen Jane Boddy|Trustee|n/a|n/a|
||Jason Daniel Perftt|Trustee|n/a|n/a|
||Thomas Lines|Trustee|From 1 July 2024|n/a|



Trustees’ three year terms completed on 26 February 2025 after which all were extended for a further three-year period 

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** n/a 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Declarations** 

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

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

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**|||
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||Andrew Hessey|Pamela Hutchison|
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||Trustee|Trustee|



**Date** 23/10/2025 



**Annual Accounts** 

## **Reigate Priory School Charity No. 1182206** 

|**Income Statement**<br>**For the year ended 31 March 2025**<br>Income<br>- From Parental Donatons<br>- Loan bequest<br>- Interest received<br>- Transfer of funds received in error<br>Costs:<br>- Bank account fees<br>- DD Global Payment Charges<br>- Donaton to RPS - VR Headsets<br>- Donaton to RPS - Maths Equipment<br>- Donaton to RPS - ParentApp<br>**Net income for the year**|**Balance Sheet**<br>**As at 31 March 2025**<br>**1-Apr-24**<br>**31-Mar-25**<br>**£**<br>Assets<br>3,274.88<br>- Bank balance<br>37.90<br>3,312.78<br>Liabilites<br>- Loan from School<br>(50.00)<br>- DD Global Payment Charges<br>(44.19)<br>(7,529.00)<br>(3,693.28)<br>(826.88)<br>**Net Assets**<br>(12,143.35)<br>**(8,830.57)**<br>Reserves<br>- Unrestricted funds<br>- Restricted funds<br>(8,830.57)<br>**Total Reserves**<br>-<br>Dif|**As at**<br>**31-Mar-25**<br>**£**<br>19,232.19|
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|Check: Sum of all transactons<br>to 31 March 2025<br>Dif / check||10,000.00|
|||**19,232.19**|
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|**Bank Balance as at 31 March 2025**|**28,062.76**|
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|**Bank Balance as at 31 March 2024**|19,232.19|
|Movement|(8,830.57)|



