The Celine Educational Trust
Report and Financial Statements
Year ended 28[th] April 2025
Charity no: 1189270
Reference and administrative information
Trustees
J Boddy, Chair of Trustees R Day, Treasurer P Rundle K Emmett
Registered Office
Longbourne, The Warren, Ashtead, KT21 2SG
Charity Number: 1189270
Bankers
Metro Bank, 19a High Street, Epsom, KT19 8DR
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 28[th] April 2025
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 28[th] April 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s trust deed, the Charities Act 1993 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities published in 2005.
Structure, governance and management
The Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission, number 1189270, and is constituted under a trust deed dated 29 April 2020. The trust was established by an initial gift from Julia Boddy, and has received an endowment from her to the charity together with ongoing gifts. While the trust has received donations from other parties also, to date, the Trust has not actively fundraised.
Julia Boddy currently acts as Chair of Trustees, and is a trustee without limit of time. The three other inaugural trustees, have generously extended their service for a further three years, expiring in 2026. These trustees were selected on their expertise of the secondary and tertiary education system, or longterm experience of the business world. The Trust deeds provide for a minimum of three Trustees with no maximum number specified.
Trustee meetings are held when necessary, to agree broad strategy and areas of specific activity of the Trust, including procedures for publicising, interviewing and awarding bursaries to students commencing an undergraduate university degree. The day-to-day administration of bursaries and school liaising is delegated to the Charity founder, who is Chair of Trustees.
All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year, nor were any trustee expenses claimed. The Chair of Trustees would like to take this opportunity to thank her fellow trustees for their ongoing generous commitment of time, effort and wise counsel. The charity has
continued to progress this year and could not have achieved this progress without the enthusiasm, energy, and expertise of the Trustees.
Objectives and activities for the public benefit
The objectives of the trust are the promotion of university education for young people by providing bursaries to students in need of financial assistance to help support them in their tertiary studies. The Trust also provides mentoring, both practical and financial, to bursary recipients, as and when requested. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in setting the Trust’s bursary award policy for the future year.
Bursary Award Policy
The Trust has established its bursary award policy to achieve its objects for the public benefit to improve educational opportunities for students disadvantaged financially, or in other ways, which prevent them from embarking on a tertiary education course. Many such students currently drop out of the education system and accept low paid employment due to a lack of qualifications. It is the Trust’s belief that supporting them to gain an undergraduate degree provides these students with better employment opportunities and hence the chance to provide a benefit to the public good through their work, tax contributions and enhanced situation in society.
How our bursary awards delivered public benefit: A review of our activities and performance
The benefit of the Trust’s work is the education of disadvantaged students to provide an opportunity to become gainfully employed in challenging careers that provide a high level of job satisfaction, and, hence, enable them in the future to be active participants in society, contributing to their communities. Currently the bursary is offered to students, resident in the greater Epsom area. The small pockets of extreme hardship in the area are overlooked by many larger organisations, including universities, due to the area’s affluent reputation. The trustees are pleased that the achievements and performance of the Trust, as set out below, demonstrate concrete progress.
Publicity about the bursaries and bursary application forms were circulated to all four state schools in the greater Epsom area that offer a wide range of academic A-Levels. The schools are now familiar with the charity, and actively promote the bursary to their students. In July 2024, following a very strong shortlist and interview process, and by unanimous agreement of the trustees, two applicants were awarded an annual bursary of £8,500 each for the entirety of their three year undergraduate degrees. These students commenced their studies in September 2024, and combined with our four existing bursary recipients, the Trust is now supporting six students through university. The latter had their bursary raised from £8,000 to £8,500 for the new academic year to reflect the increase in inflation. In all cases, the bursary provided the recipients with sufficient financial independence to allow them to focus on their studies to achieve their academic potential. For several bursary recipients, the bursary allowed them to live in a safe place, distanced from a difficult home environment.
In addition to the annual bursaries, the Trust provided one-off grants of a total of £2,250 to students who met all the bursary criteria and greatly impressed the Trustees, but who narrowly missed being awarded a bursary.
The Trustees have been monitoring the bursary recipients’ progress since their commencement at university, to ensure their successful participation and ultimate graduation. The bursary recipients have taken advantage of the Trust’s mentoring and support program to address a wide range of issues such as whether to change degree subject, how best to revise and who to talk to regarding a problem at their university. Given the difficult home environment of some bursary recipients, this advice was found by our students to be extremely valuable.
The Trust is delighted to report that by June 2025, five bursary recipients will have successfully graduated. One is now working in the financial sector, while the others are pursuing further specialist education courses. The terms of the bursary allow for the Trustees to withdraw the bursary should the students not continue their studies or fail to complete an academic year. To date no such withdrawal has been necessary.
Financial review
This year the Trust’s work was primarily dependent on donations from the Trust’s founder. These donations together with reclaimed gift aid from HMRC provided sufficient funding to meet the financial outgoings of the Trust. The Trust’s costs were minimal due to the ongoing generous voluntary work of the Trustees. This year the Trust received £51,144 in donations, investment income and gift aid. £50,700 has been awarded to our six students to fund their studies, £2,250 has been awarded to students as one time grants with £11,573 remaining on account towards future bursary commitments.
The Trust continues to hold its assets and loan in the Cazenove Charity Responsible Multi-Asset Fund Income. The revenue from the Income units was £23,398 this year, which provided a major contribution to the Trust to fund its activities this year. The Trust’s founder elected to convert £110,000 of the existing loan to be an expendable endowment to the Trust. The interest free loan now stands at £257,500. It is anticipated that this loan will be gradually written off in favour of the Trust as the Trust continues to flourish.
Plans for the future
The Trust will continue to strengthen links with local schools, increasing the cognizance of the bursary opportunity. By working closely with key staff in schools, we can ensure that publicity is circulated to all eligible candidates. The Trustees are looking to reach out to further secondary schools in the wider Epsom area, to offer the bursary opportunity to a wider student population.
The Trust intends to award a further two bursaries to students commencing undergraduate degrees in Autumn 2025. The Trustees will adjust the value of the bursary for all students in future years to reflect the rising cost of living.
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to financial statements
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for the
financial year. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence take all reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and irregularities. The appointment of an Independent Examiner is required to ensure their accuracy. Bowdon Accounting Limited have been appointed to undergo this examination.
Approved by the trustees on 27 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by
Julia Boddy
J Boddy Chair of Trustees
| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Celine Educational Trust | 1189270 | ||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||
| 29/04/2024 Period start date For the period from |
28/04/2025 Period end date To |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 17,746 - 23,398 10,000 - - - - 51,144 - - - 51,144 2,660 4,220 15,620 14,520 13,680 2,250 226 - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - 110,000 - - - - - - 110,000 - - - 110,000 - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 17,746 110,000 23,398 10,000 - - - - 161,144 - - - 161,144 2,660 4,220 15,620 14,520 13,680 2,250 226 - - 53,176 110,000 - 110,000 163,176 - 2,032 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| HMRC Gift Aid | 17,746 | 30,720 | |||||||
| Unrestricted Endowment Gift | - | 105,000 | |||||||
| Investment Dividend | 23,398 | 23,262 | |||||||
| Donations | 10,000 | - | |||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
51,144 |
158,982 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
|||||||||
| - | |||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| ~~Sub total~~ | - | - | |||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 158,982 | |||||||||
| BursaryGrants to Students 2020 entry | 2,660 | - | - | 2,660 | 10,340 | ||||
| BursaryGrants to Students 2021 entry | 4,220 | - | - | 4,220 | 15,740 | ||||
| BursaryGrants to Students 2022 entry | 15,620 | - | - | 15,620 | 14,700 | ||||
| BursaryGrants to Students 2023 entry | 14,520 | - | - | 14,520 | 12,880 | ||||
| BursaryGrants to Students 2024 entry | 13,680 | - | - | 13,680 | - | ||||
| Student Grants | 2,250 | - | - | 2,250 | 900 | ||||
| Accountants fees for 23/24 report | 226 | - | - | 226 | 420 | ||||
| Interview Hall Hire | - | - | - | - | 51 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 53,176 | - | - | 53,176 | 55,031 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Loan Repaid to J Boddy | - | 105,000 | |||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | 105,000 | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 160,031 | |||||||||
| - 2,032 | - 2,032 |
- 1,049 | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| 13,605 | 13,605 | 14,654 | |||||||
| 11,573 | 11,573 | 13,605 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
29/10/2025
1
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Signature Julia Boddy Bursary Grants by 2028 Loan from J Boddy Bursary Grants by Aug 2025 Bursary Grants by 2026 Bursary Grants by 2027 Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Cazenove Charity Sustainable MA Fund ~~2~~ |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 11,573 - - - - - 11,573 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Endowment 600,000 - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Endowment 257,500 14,520 60,500 27,300 14,000 Print Name Julia Fiona Boddy |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
|||
| 557,515 | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| 01 October 2031 | |||
| 01 September 2025 | |||
| 01 September 2026 | |||
| 01 September 2027 | |||
| 01 September 2028 | |||
| Date of approval | |||
| Julia Boddy | Julia Fiona Boddy | 03/10/2025 | |
| ~~2~~ | ~~29/10/2025~~ |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
The Celine Educational Trust |
|---|---|
| 28/04/2025 Charity no (if any) 1189270 |
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| 1-2 |
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 28/04/2025.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
Date: | 28/10/2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Adeel Sahi | ||
| ACCA | ||
| Bowdon Accounting Services Ltd | ||
| Bartle House, Oxford Court | ||
| Manchester M2 3WQ |
1
October 2018
IER
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
N/A
2
October 2018
IER