**SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHARITY Charitable Incorporated Organization; Registered Charity No: 1185489 Founded by Edna Mathieson** ## **REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** ## **REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHARITY** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022** |**CONTENTS**|**Page**| |---|---| |Officers and advisers|3| |Trustees’ Report|4| |Independent Examiner’s Report|7| |Statement of financial activities|8| |Balance sheet|9| |Notes to the financial statements|10| 2 ## **SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHARITY OFFICERS AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** |**Status**
|Charitable Incorporated Organization| |---|---| ||Charity No 1185489| ||registered September 2019| ||(Formerly Southwark Community Education Council, Registered Charity No| ||1003405)| |**Trustees**
|Ms Alexandra Cambouris, Chair (Co-opted)| ||Mrs Jane Lunnon, Vice Chair (Alleyn’s designee)| ||Dr Cameron Pyke, Hon. Secretary (Dulwich College designee)| ||Ms Pauline Simpson, Hon. Treasurer (Co-opted)| ||Mr Neil Green (Alleyn’s designee)| ||Dr Toby Griffiths, Safeguarding Trustee (Dulwich College designee)| ||Ms Helen Ingham (Co-opted)| ||Ms Rhona Muir (JAGS designee)| ||Ms Susanne Saullo (Co-opted)| ||Ms Kerri-Anne Bannon (JAGS designee)| |**Schemes co-ordinator**
|Ms Laura Balzanella| |**Y3 Literacy scheme co-ordinator**
|Ms Kerri-Anne Bannon| |**Y5 Mathematics scheme co-ordinator**|Mr Neil Green| |**Y5 Saturday Science co-ordinators**
|Ms Alexis Lacheze-Beer & Ms Dina Dawit| |**Y5 Creative Arts co-ordinator**
|Finley Way| |**Address**|c/o Dulwich College| ||Dulwich Common| ||London SE21 7LD| |**Bankers**|HSBC Bank plc| ||28 Borough High Street| ||London| ||SE1 1YB| |**Independent Examiner**|Mr S A Lewcock FCCA| 3 ## **SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHARITY** ## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** **Southwark Community Education Charity** is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organization (Charity number 1185489) registered with the Charity Commission in September 2019. Founded by Edna Mathieson as Southwark Community Education Council, it was registered as with the Charity Commission in October 1992. The charity is sponsored by three independent schools in Southwark – Dulwich College, Alleyn’s and the James Allen Girl’s School (JAGS). **The Object of the Charity** is the advancement of education within the London Borough of Southwark and the neighbouring boroughs of Lambeth and Lewisham through the operation of a scheme or series of schemes of enrichment lessons for children of primary age to promote learning, motivation and confidence. ## **Public Benefit** Currently, SCEC offers enrichment programmes to local state primary school pupils in service of its mission. The charity runs a number of schemes on Saturday mornings for children from the following maintained and aided primary schools in the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham: Bellenden Primary School SE15 4JP; Bessemer Grange Primary School SE5 8HP; Dog Kennel Hill Primary School SE22 8AB; Dulwich Wood Primary School SE21 8NS; Elm Wood Primary School SE27 9RR; Fenstanton Primary School SW2 3PW; Heber Primary School SE22 9LA; Hitherfield SW16 2JQ; Holy Trinity CE Primary School SW16 2JQ; Holy Trinity CE Primary School SE23 3HZ; Hollydale School SE15 2AR; Ivydale Primary School SE15 3BU; Jubilee Primary School SW2 2JE; Kelvin Grove SE26 6BB; Rye Oak Primary School SE15 3PD; Pilgrims’ Way Primary School SE15 1EF; Rye Oak Primary School SE15 3PD; St Anthony's RC Primary School SE22 0LA; St Francesca Cabrini RC Primary School SE23 3LE; St George’s CE Primary School SE23 2NE; St George’s CE Primary School SE5 7TF; St John's & St Clement's CE Primary School SE15 4DY; St John’s RC Primary School SE16 6SO; St Joseph's RC Primary School SE16 4UP; St Jude's CE Primary; Streatham Wells Primary School SW2 3NJ. The charity is greatly assisted in this by the three schools of the Dulwich Foundation, Alleyn's School, Dulwich College and James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), who provide various facilities and services _pro bono_ including making their premises available free of charge and contributing towards the teaching salaries. Features of the charity’s schemes which emphasise the public benefit of its activities are: - Attendance on the schemes is free of charge - Approximately 170 children from local primary schools benefit annually - Approximately 50 Year 3 children who find reading and writing a challenge benefit from one-to-one tuition in literacy skills. - Approximately 50 Year 5 children with above-average mathematical skills follow an enriching curriculum designed to supplement and expand their mathematical experience - Approximately 50 Year 5 children attend enrichment sessions in laboratory science activities - Approximately 20 Year 5 children attend a term of creative arts activities ## **Governance** SCEC is governed by a Constitution which provides that the Board must have a minimum of 6 trustees and a maximum of 11. The Board is currently comprised of 10 trustees. Each of the three sponsor schools, Dulwich College, Alleyn’s and JAGS, have the right to nominate two trustees to the Board. 4 ## **Trustees’ Meetings** The business of the charity is conducted by the Trustees who meet four times annually together with the schemes co-ordinator. As part of their fundamental responsibilities, the trustees continued to work to ensure that the charity is complying with all statutory requirements and is being run efficiently. The trustees are committed to discharging their duties in line with the Charity Commission’s Guidance on public benefit The safeguarding policy was constantly under review with the definitive version - accessible for public inspection on the charity’s website (https://scec uk.org). During the year the board commenced a multi-year process to review the strategy and governance structure of the charity. ## **Operations** ## **The Primary School Schemes** - A Literacy Scheme for children in Year 3 (aged 7-8) who are finding reading and writing challenging but who have not been statemented. They are taught by primary school/ LDD (Learning Difficulties and/ or Disabilities) specialists in classes of up to fifteen children. Each child is assigned a mentor, a senior girl from JAGS, who works alongside her/him week by week providing one-to-one supervision. - A Mathematics Scheme for children in Year 5 (aged 9-10) identified as being above average at the subject. They are taught in four classes by graduate mathematicians with experience of teaching at secondary, further and higher education levels. Teams of GCSE Mathematics students from Alleyn's School act as mentors in each of the classes to provide a high level of individual supervision. - A Laboratory Science Scheme provides children in Year 5 with specialist tuition in the three sciences, biology, chemistry and physics, in the modern science building at Dulwich College. The children are taught in three classes of 20 and are selected by the primary schools as being well motivated. Year 12 & 13 students from Dulwich College and Sydenham High School for Girls act as mentors and laboratory assistants. - A Creative Arts Scheme introduces children in Year 5 to core artistic processes and concepts. Most sessions are handson, taught by art and DT teachers from Dulwich College assisted by senior students from the College who act as mentors and buddies. Also included are visits to galleries and participation in ‘meet the artist’ Q & A sessions. ## **Teaching Staff** The charity is fortunate in continuing to be able to recruit and retain well-qualified staff, most of whom live locally. ## **Child Protection; Health and Safety** In keeping with the charity’s commitment to safeguard the welfare of children in its care, its Recruitment, Child Protection and Health and Safety policies are reviewed regularly. ## **Funding** The charity relies on the generosity of grant-giving trusts and other bodies for funding its running expenses (in particular the salaries of its teachers) and is most grateful to the Angus Lawson Memorial Trust for its support. In addition, the charity acknowledges with grateful thanks the generous in-kind support from the three host independent schools, Alleyn’s School, Dulwich College and James Allen’s Girls’ School which includes help with administration, rent-free accommodation and running the payroll. During the course of 2019-20, the three schools agreed a rolling 5-year funding plan to cover fifty per cent of the cost of staff salaries for which the trustees are most grateful. In 2022-23, SCEC received a generous bequest from the estate of the late Miss Kathleen Francis, the founding chair of the charity in the amount of £118,500. The trustees hope that they may be able to use all or part of the bequest to establish an endowment fund the income from which would be used for teaching salaries and the enhancement of strategic and operational support for the charity. ## **Financial Review** Total income for the year rose from £112,900 to £172,587. Net incoming resources were £115,987 (2022: – £58,241). The surplus for the year was added to reserves brought forward from previous years. The trustees are conscious of the need to maintain the charity’s reserves however no formal reserves policy was adopted in 2022-23 due to uncertainty regarding the amount of income the charity was due to receive from bequests as well as the timing of those bequests. Given the material change in the Charity’s financial position, Trustees will consider formally adopting a reserves policy in the coming financial year. Net assets at 31 August 2023 were £192,381, (2022: £74,092). The trustees are most grateful to Mr Simon Lewcock FCCA, the independent examiner, for his work in examining the accounts and preparing his report. 5 ## **Reserves Policy** The Trustees are mindful of the necessity to maintain sufficient reserves to allow the three schemes to be run efficiently. ## **Risk Management** The Board of Trustees continues to review the major risks which the charity faces and introduces changes to procedures where appropriate to mitigate perceived risk. The Risk Management Policy is reviewed annually. The Charity is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office. ## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities** The Trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of results of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the project will continue to operate. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees confirm that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the charity’s governing document and the requirements of SORP. ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Alexandra Cambouris Chair 19 March 2024 (date) ……………………………………………………. 6 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SOUTHWARK COPJJMUNITY EDUCATION CHARITY I report on t1￿ ac(x)unts oflh8 thartty kn th8 y8aF erK￿l 31 August 2023. are s8t out attached to the rewrL This report is made sow to chantys trustee5. as a bth. in ac0Ydan￿ the Charities Act 2011. My independent exarnin8b.on has tjeen undertaken so that I might slate to the thartW5 trust￿ those rnatter51 am required to state to them in an independent examinerfs ￿pOrt and for no other purpose. To the fus￿91 exient pemrtted by law. I do not accept or assurne r8sponsibility to anyone other than the charity and the chantys trustees as a bc** for my indwndènt examinerfs worf(, for this ￿￿rt or for the statement I hav8 gwen. ReSpec￿V• r•sponsibFliti•s of the trustee¥ and independent Examlner The Charitls trustees are responsible for the preparation ofthe accounts." the charibes trust￿ consider that an audr( is not required for this year under Secti1￿ 144121 of the 2011 Charitw Act lihe 2011 Actl aThJ that an independent ex8minalion is It is my tssponsibility to- - examine the accounts under section 145 01 the 2011 Act - foSlow the procedur85 laKI dovffl in General Direcims given by the Charity C¢Jnmission under ser￿on 145(SMbl of the 2011 Act.. an - state whether p8rtioJlar matter5 have to my attenbon. Basis of independent examinerfs r•port My examination Vfds Carried out in act£1rdan￿ y￿th the G8nèf81 Direi*ons gtven by the Chanty CoMrni￿on. That examination includes a rew*w of the acujuntiro re￿￿ kept by the tharrty and a romparison ol the accounts presented ith those records. It also indudes consideralion of any unusual it￿)$ or disdosures in the acwunts. ancl seeking explanations from you as trustees con￿mIng any such matters. The proc&Yures undertaken do not provKle all the evidence that would ￿ required in an audrt. ￿ (onseouenty no opinion s given vthether the ac(rJunts p￿sent a'tru8 and lair wew, and the ￿port is limrted to thos8 matter5 set out in the statement bekvw. Independent examin•rfs statsment In connecty'on with my examinat￿. no matter has cc*r* to my 3ttenb"on". 111 which gives rne ￿asOnab￿ cause to belEve that in any matenal resrect the requ1￿Ments.. to keep ac£ounting records in accordan￿ wth seclion 130 of the 2011 Act". and to prepare acLounts whith accord wth the ar￿Un￿r0 feo)rds and to compty wth actountitvJ requiremènts ol the 2011 Act have not been met", 121 to wh#*. in my OpinN￿. att￿tion shoukl be drawn. in ordw to enab￿ a prcw uThYer5tandirvJ of the actounts to be reached. S.A. Lewcod( FCCA Windsor Lodge Millliekl Road Hounslow Middlesex TW4 5PN f9 November 2023 SOUTHWARK COMMUNThY EDUCATION CHARir STATEMENTOF FINANCIALAcnvmES FOR THE YEAA ENDED 31ST AUGUST2023 Unrestritted Restrirted Fund Fund Total 2023 2022 Note INCOMING RESOURCES Grants and d(￿￿tiOnS receiv 9.245 118.SQ) 44.470 372 7.708 16,953 118.SlX) 44.470 372 16.539 60.361 43.499 Legacy Other income Bank interest TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 172.587 7.708 180.295 120,399 RESOURCES EXPENDED Tutorfees payJble Office expenses Gifts in kin Projett expense5 linSUf ance otc) Ind•p•nd•fttax•rnin•r'51•• 10.946 4.814 15.760 16.484 44,470 1.051 133 .470 1.576 43.499 1.512 2(X) 525 67 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 56.6(K) 62.LX)6 61.695 Net lntomln￿l0UtpIn1} resourcés before transfer5 115.987 2.302 118.289 $8.704 Tr•nsf•r5 b•rwvn fvnds Fund balances brouzhtforwafd at I September 2022 72,463 1,629 74.092 15.388 Fund balances carried forward at 31 Auw5t 2023 188.450 3.931 192.381 74.092 SOUTHWARK COMMUNITh EDUCATION CHARITY B￿NCE SHE SAT 31 AUGUST2023 2023 2022 r4ot• CURRENT ASSEf5 Cash Jt Bonk 192,581 74,292 LESS: CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry creditors -2 -2(X) NET CURRENT ASSETS 192,381 74,092 NEf ASSErs 192.381 74.092 REPRESENTED BY Furbds: Unrestricted 188,450 1.629 3.931 72,463 R•strict•d TOTAL FUNDS 192.381 74.092 o¥ed by the Tru5tee5 Jnd signed their behalf TnJ5t•• 19 March 2024 Alexandra Cambouris SOUThWPRX CCIMMUNITY EDLunoN CHAR ￿y NOTESTOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR ThEYUR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 I ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accounts are prepared underthe historical cost convention ar￿ in arnmend•d pr•rtic• for ChifityAccounu, published by th• Ch•rity Comrni55ion. Income is accounted for oft a receivable basis. Gifts in kind are included in income and expenditur• t • vilu• wuiv•l•nt toth• low•r of rn•rk•t v•lue ind vilue in use to th• ch•rity. E*pendittsre is iccounted for Dn accruals basis. All costs are charpd in the Staternent af Financiil ktivitie5 direttly tothe coteKOry towhich they relate. Unrestricted fvnd5 Jre funds which are iviilJble for use •t the discretion of the trustees in fvrther•nc• the iener•l objertives of the ch•riry •nd which h•ve not been desiin•ted forother PLbrpoMs. A•strict•d fund5 •r• furKIs which •r• u5•d in iccor(l•nc• with th• 5p•cific in5truaions imp05•d by th• donors or which have been ral￿d by th• charityfor particular PUfl)OSQS. 2 R£STrICTED FUNDS Incorninq R•50urceJ 8alance R*sourc•s Exp•nd•d Jprss Lit•rncy Sch•m• 7.708 2.302 3 UNRESTrICTED FUNDS Incofflini R&souf£eS Balanc• R•wJrc•i Expend•d Soturday School Family Litèracy Scherne Math•matiC5 Sch•m• 58.812 -22.931 35,881 57,288 -13,728 43,560 56.487 -19.940 36.547 172.587 -56.599 115,988 4 NEf*ssEfsBY FUND Curr•nt Curr•fit N•t A55ers LlabilitSès Assèrs R•5tricted Unre5trirt 3,998 188,583 -67 3,931 -133 188.450 Tot•1 •s •t 31 Auiust 2023 192.581 .21x1 192.381 S GPANTSAND DONATIONS RECEIVED Grnnts don4tTron5 were recefved from: Th• L•wson M•fflori•l Trust IALMTI Dulwich Coll* Jam•s ￿1•￿,5 Girls'school leyn's kh¢x*l 6 OTHEA INCOMÉ Leycy received from the emte of Kothleen FrJnci5, first chJirL*trustee5 Other incorne includes £44.47012022". £43,499) olintafiiible income_ An equivalent amount has been included in Grfts in kind. Ir r•pre5ent5 ttrè volut olthe free us• of the pr*mise5 Ottht thr*e ind*pend*nt schoo15 t￿etherWIth administrative and payroll support ro5ts in tonn•ction with runTringth• 5rh•me5. 7 TRUStEES' EXPENSES Notru5te• rec•rv•d arry •xp•n5e5 rotmburs•d durinith•y•ar.