THE FRIENDS OF THE CHERWELLSCHOOL OXFORD
Registered Charlty 1183779
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 July 2024
The trustees present their Report for the year 1 August 202310 31 July 2024. This Report
should be read in conjunction with the attached financial Slatements for ihe same period.
Legal status
The chartty was established by a Conslitutlon as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
('Foundation' mottei constituts'on) and entered on the Register of Charities by the Charity
Commission for England and Wales on 7 June 2019 with the registered number 1183779.
Reglstered address
Pennwood House
Pound Lane
Cassington
Oxfordshire
OX29 4BN
Bank
The Co-operative Bank plc
PO Box 250
Southway
Skelmersdale
WN86
Independent Examlner
Camerons Accountancy Consultants Ltd
9 Worton Park
Casslngion
Oxfordshire
OX29 4SX

Objects and acllvllles
The objects of the charlty are: To advan￿ Ihe educatlon 01 the students at The Cherwell
School Oxford by providing and assisting in the provislon ol facilities for educaiion and
educational wellbeing at the school.
The charity raises funds through donalions and general lundraising activities in order to
provide grants lo The CheNell School Oxford to help provide facilities for education and
educational wellbeing at the school in all areas of the curriculum, including arts, sciences
and sports.
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is governed and managed by its trustees in accordance with its Conslitution.
The trustees met four limes during the year with an overall attendance level of over 90%.
There are no committees nor sub-committees and in the event of decisions being required
btheen meeiings all trusiees are consulted and involved by group email.
Five trustees seNed throughout the year..
Jo Harris
John Hemingway - Chair
Niall Mcwilliams
Alex Thomas - Secretary
Lucy Wells
During the year Jo Harris retired after three years service and was reappointed as a
trustee for a further three year period on 13 March 2024.
On 28 April 2024 one trustee, Jennifer Ingham, resigned due to pressure from other
commilments. She was warmty thanked for her iour years oi service.
Volunteers
The trustees would like to Ihank Ihe many volunteers al Cherwell School who contlnue to
assisi wilh advice, support and fundraising initiatives, including parents and carers, Stsff
members, and especially Headteacher Chris Price, Operations Manager Hazel Moss, and
Development Manager Claire Starkey. In addition, we would like to thank independent
professional Amy Hemingway for her generous gift-in-kind of time in maintaining our
website and providing promotional design services.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR
This was the lifth year since our launch in 2019. and during the year we passed the major
milestone of generating our tirst quarter of a million pounds in cumulalive income since we
started. We produced another very creditable financial result this year, and owe massive
Ihanks lo all our supporters and donors who made this possible.
Year I
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Y&w5
£10,999
£93.337
£60.995
£44,798
£55,368
TOTAL
£265,497
Throughoul the year we conlinued to build our database of Friends and our ￿pUlatIOn
amongst Chefwell's parenls. staff, alumni and the wider community. The level of
awareness of The Friends, and the impact we are making, contlnued to grow.
To end the academlc year with a smaii bul significant personal Ihank you to our donors,
Ihe Cherwell School Music Department organised °An Evening of Music for Fr￿ndS of
Cherwell"on 23 Juy 2024. All our donors were invited, and a substantial number attended
arKI enjoyed performances from the school's talented musicians with refreshrnenls served
OLrtside on a very memorable summer evening.
The PTA was also atsie to hold some successful social events for parents, students and
*aff during ihe year which raised funds for The Friends. In the main however, our
fundraising was still largely dependenl on electronic methods, and it continues to be a
major advantage that our software enables us to communicate wilh our donors and
potential donors on a regular basis. Many donors make a regular monthly gift to our
annual fund, which provides a bedrock of funding that helps us to plan lor Ihe fulure wrth
greater certainty, and their numbers continued lo grow during the year. Every donation
whether small or large, monthly or one-off. makes a huge difference in helping us to pay
for projects and facilities Ihal simply cannot be funded within the sch¢201's budget.
We also raise funds from other grant awarding bodies and commercial organisations. This
year we owe special thanks to the trustees ol the Doris Field Charitable Trusl for their
generous donation of £1,000 to our Friends, annual fund to help pay for more outdoor
seating and tables, to keep on improving facilities for student wellteing. In addition to our
own fundraising income, our team assisted the school io win grants directly. This resuiied
in a substantial grant Irom Lucy Group to Ihe school of £10.000 lo provide new laser
cutters for DT sluOents- and a grant from the Footbal Foundation of £4.152 to support our
own funds to provide sets ol portable goalposts on South Site. It was especially rewarding
Ico to applaud the success of the ￿h0o1,$ students who successfully applied for a grant
from a Balliol College environmental lund. and the school was awarded £5.000 to support
the environmental garden project on South Site. In total, almost £20.000 went directly to
the school in grants from other bodies, and we thank them all for their very generous
support.
During the year we gave grants lo the school of £54,650 Ilastyear £14,6&1, vthich took
our overall total of grants so far awarded to Chemell to some £160,000. In addition we
committed over £32,000 to support ongoing projects which the school should complete
during our next financial year. All our grants io the school are paid on the successful

completion of projects that fund improvements lo benefit the education and wellbeing of rts
studenls.
We maxlmise the impact of our granls by helping to meet a wide range of needs across
the school on both sites and in all areas Of Ihe curriculum. Examples of experiences we
fun(Jed this year included.. professional coachirKJ for performance workshops (cholrs. stage
combal, Samba drumming),. trophles for all school sports- and through our dedicated
Student Support Fund, supporting any students needing help not available elsewhere for
activities such as studenl Irips or the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Equipment and facilities
that were fully or co-funded by The Friends during the year included.. qualty music slan(Js
for performing arts students, vinyl cutter for DT students. sets of portable goalposts for all
users, Sp)rts Leaders kits, outdoor benches and picnic lables, ongoing improvements to
toilet fac41tlies, new technology for A-V systems in the South Site hall and outdoors. We
were also delighted to help ihe major South Site Ecology Garden gei off the ground by
paying for the vital fencing to create Ihe defined space to enable the project to start.
Looklng Ahead - The Masterplan Vlslon
CheNell School has significant infrastructure shortfalls, and the Ma*erplan involves
replacing its aged single storey buildings with modern mulli-storey facilities, releasing land
for green Spa￿ recreational purposes and establishing a campus environmenl. In
addition, Ihe new facllities will meet the Clty's zero emissions targets by employing a
number of energy saving technologies and building techniques. The proposed
evelopmenl is a modular design to enable a phased building approach that allows
continual operation of the school during improvements.
Phase 1 of Ihe Masterplan was the design and construction of the new all-weather sports
pitch, which was completed five years ago and has been a huge success. It not on
seNes the needs of the school's sports bul also generates a vital stream of income for the
school through lettings every week to external users.
Phase 2 comprises the design and construction of a lafge multi-purpose hall that will
support the school's sports curriculum in addilion to providing an essential large meellng
space to accommodate examinations, pertorming ans, exhibilions and community need5
for a large flexible spa￿. During the year we provided grants to the school lo enable TSH
Architects to continue with development of Ihe designs for this new large mu￿1-pUrpOse
hall and we also began discussions with major conlraclors Morgan Sindall who offered to
undertake a costing exercise free ot charge lo provide a realislic estimate for the budget
needed lo build it.
The proposed hall Is the next key step in the school's overall Masterplan Vislon. Laier
Phases ol the Masterplan Include modifications to the Marston Ferry Road crossing to
significaniiy improve road safety, and the addition of new buildings io accommodate
classrooms, language suile. science laboraiories, arts and pertormance sludios.
appropriate welfare facilities and more.

OUR HNANCES
Our Income
Our total income for Ihe year was jusl under £55.400 (last year £44,800). Donations from
our Friends made up the majority of this at just over £41,500 (last year £32.500). One
hundred per cent of every donation is in turn granted to the school to fund agreed projects
lo benefil the education of its students.
Other sources of income included PTA events that generated a donation lo The Friends of
just over £2,200 (lastyear £2,4001. Our ongoing account with the Easyfundraising online
shopplng scheme generated £1.125 (last year £2, 100, IncludI￿j Income from the since
discontinued Amazon scheme). The long temi investment tond in the Low Carbon Hub
that we inherited from the former charitable Cherwell School PTA generated £180 in
interest. This investsneni produces a small annual income plus a sleady pay-back of the
initial capital over a 25 year period. We run a very efficient system for reclaiming Gift Aid
on eligible donations and this generated over £10,300 (last year £7.60C4 in additional
income thal more Ihan covered all our operatirKJ cosls.
Our Operatlng Costs
Day-to￿aY operation ol the charlty aepen¢Js lotally on volunteer Ilme anrj resources. We
have no paid staff, no premises, no equipment. We operate a website that we pay to host,
but all the ¢Jesign and maintenance is provided free of charge by an independent
professional volunteer. Our software is managed by two trustees, one of whom is a
professional fundraiser with another charilable organisation. Our accounts are managed
by one of the trustees, arKI all our truslees give their lime and expertise in various ways lo
support the charty's operations. Our Independenl Examiner also very kindly provides her
professional seNices without Charge.
Apart from hosting the websile arvj producing occasional promolional materials. our main
costs are Ihe cloud-based fundraising sof￿are that we use and the card processing fees
we pay for online donalions. Our tolal operating costs for the year were £8,025 (last year
£6. 725). We are committed to the principle that all our operating costs should be covered
without charge to donations, and again Ihis year we successfully achieved Ihis.
Balance sheel movements
During the year we received a small repayment of capital 01 £201 (last year £193) on the
long term Investmenl In the Low Carbon Hub.
Tolal granls Of £54.650 were paid 10 the school during the year. Having played catch-up on
awaroing grants for projects that were committed to last year but only cornpleted this year,
our finances al the end ot the year showed a deficit or £7.300 (surplus 18s1 year £20,490.
bLrt our finances are still in a very heallhy position to provi(Je grants in the year ahead. At
the close of the year our total funds stood al £59,530 (last year £66.83a.
Wtth continued thanks to all our Fnends and supporters.

Approved by the trustees on 28 March 2025
Signed on behalf of the trustees
ohn Heming
Chair
Alex Thomas
Secretary
Date: 28 March 2025
Flnanclal Statements
The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the Financial Statements and for
keeping proper accounting records, which disclose the financial Posltion of the Charity.

Tho Frlonds of th• Chorwgll School Oxford
Balance Sheet 31 July 2024
31 July 2024
31 July 20ZJ
no¢•$
Flx•d Ass•ts
Current A8$d•
Bank and c88h
Debtc
Inv8s1ment LcY*4 Carbjn Hub
Total A#s¢ts
Curr•nt Llabllttl•*
Trndo ¢r•dttorn
62,718
10
3,915
4,116
59.529
66,832
Tolal Funds
66,832
Roservos
R6$trl¢tèd Fund$
R•strict•d Fund5 SGhoo15
Total Restrlctod Fund5
Unrestrfct•d brought forward
Surplus for year
Total Res•￿85
ee,632
7,303
59.529
46.341
20,491 |
66,822
The wmpany is gntttbd t9 exemptlon frtm audtt under secllon 477 ofthe Companl8s Act 2W6 forthe acetyjndng
p8rknl end8d 31 Jltly 2￿24
The memb&rB have not requtr8d the cvmpany to t*toln an 91 tho flnan¢Lql $1ot•ments for kn• p￿0￿
ended 31 Juty 2024 In ac¢x)rdakKe wllh 8e¢lon 476 fA the Compan188 Act 2¢)06.
The dlrecttY8 ackncwledge Ihelr res￿￿bIllU¢S Iw.
lal on8urfng that the company kee￿ acccounlhig T•c*rd# vthkh ts)mpty *lth 8•etlon 386 and 387
of the Cornp3ni88 Act 20C6 and
Ibl preparing financL418t8tem8nts whth glve a true and fatr vlew ol the state ol affalrs of the
company a$ at tho end of each finandal year and of rt8 InoJrnlng ro8ourc8S and applk8Uon of
resDurc¥s, induding its intura a¥KI trxpandlture for th8 ffinanaal year in acojrdance with the
requ*rements of Sectlon 394 anol 395 and whlch Othe￿Ise comtyy ¥￿th the r8qulrem8nts of
th? Compan198 A¢12008 reL8tlng to flnckal statements, so far as appllcabb to Ihe cornpany.
These pKcounts have been wepared In aC¢C*dan￿ ￿ the pyo￿61¢n$ applt¢atA• to c4mpanles $ublxt
to th• small eomp8th8' r8glm•
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2208
10.328
1,125
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188
55,368
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62,671
24,307
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20.491

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