**Chevening Primary School Voluntary and Governor Funds (1194701)** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report 2023-24** ## **Objectives and Activities** The charity’s purpose is to advance the education of the pupils of Chevening (St Botolph’s) CE(VA) Primary School by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school (Not normally provided by the LEA) The main activities this year included - Providing clubs and trips to the pupils, and collecting donations to fund these - Receiving income from Combe Bank Education Trust to be used towards refurbishing the school kitchen. - Collecting donations towards the school swimming season, and providing funding to the school to cover the season costs. The trustees have considered the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, ensuring there is an identifiable benefit to the school, and they are committed to enable all pupils as possible to access trips and clubs. ## **Achievements and Performance** The charity has utilised funding towards the new kitchen, which will have a wide benefit to the current pupils of the school, and for many years to come. Benefits will also be seen by other members of the Chevening School Community. The donations received by the charity have enabled all pupils to attend relevant school trips during the school year 2023-24. ## **Financial Review** The charity has a carried forward accounts balance of £20,240, of which £9,269 is committed and will be allocated in 2024-25. This leaves uncommitted reserves of £10,971 ## Reserves Policy The charity has no regular operational costs, and all commitments are made on the basis of available funds. To ensure there are no short-term deficits due to spend becoming due before income is received, the trustees agree that a minimum of £5,000 should be kept in reserves. There are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Charity is an unincorporated association and is governed by the constitution agreed on 12.11.2020. The constitution states that trustees are appointed from members of the School Governors Resources committee, along with the School Bursar and Clerk. Trustee meetings are held 3 times per year. ## **Reference and Administrative details** The Registered public address of the charity is: Chevening (St Botolph’s) VA Primary School Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2SA The Charity Trustees (as at 12.03.25) are: Francis Simon - Chair Cathy Thewlis - Secretary Kirsty Hallissey _(from 10/10/23)_ - Treasurer Mike Hollis _(from 02/02/24)_ Karen Minnis Nigel Williams James Woodman _(from 12/03/25) Nicolas Chard (retired 11/11/24) Alan Leaman (retired 17/11/24)_ This Trustees’ Annual report was approved by the Trustees at the AGM meeting on 12[th] March 2025 Signed on their behalf by: Frank Simon, Chair …………………….………………………………. >4 KWTY Ithu￿£ ISlii121 St Owikng BAlanoo bwht foNwd 01mJJ23 DonaU( £415.(KJ £315.(X) £O.(K) Cloalng Balanca ¢xffl•d forw*rf 31.OU124 49&Y4 Tr89surer 1Y H PflL£S Audtt CertMc*A: I hav8 the accumts ￿ th8 In a(¥ThIa￿ KCC Nckn8 of Guld8nc8 to A￿￿110￿. In my op]nlon lI￿e h88 re￿n￿le M￿agernent of the F￿¢¥9) aid the althe S￿lm￿Y of A￿*){￿1￿ a true r4)r￿talk￿ rf the 6tat6 of Fu￿1,8 th a8 at21st￿￿u8t 2024 and Its aa*ts at that data V•Va to meet 81 ￿ UIIUes ofthe fund s￿nature of Alxlttor FIn￿ttl81 Q￿ll￿tiCK￿Expwth FLA Dale )6-Kk*￿. l ¢))nfinn that l Am famIlar￿th the (a￿￿13 ofts Sthool Vi*Jtsry Fund Guidg1irTre9 hathk tlwt the audliwj gurnmsry of ￿)Unts weserthl trj th&B(Hrd And l am sa115ft￿l 19 [611112¥ Y HAIU)*Y K£ >4 KWTY Ithu￿£ ISlii121 St Owikng BAlanoo bwht foNwd 01mJJ23 DonaU( £415.(KJ £315.(X) £O.(K) Cloalng Balanca ¢xffl•d forw*rf 31.OU124 49&Y4 Tr89surer 1Y H PflL£S Audtt CertMc*A: I hav8 the accumts ￿ th8 In a(¥ThIa￿ KCC Nckn8 of Guld8nc8 to A￿￿110￿. In my op]nlon lI￿e h88 re￿n￿le M￿agernent of the F￿¢¥9) aid the althe S￿lm￿Y of A￿*){￿1￿ a true r4)r￿talk￿ rf the 6tat6 of Fu￿1,8 th a8 at21st￿￿u8t 2024 and Its aa*ts at that data V•Va to meet 81 ￿ UIIUes ofthe fund s￿nature of Alxlttor FIn￿ttl81 Q￿ll￿tiCK￿Expwth FLA Dale )6-Kk*￿. l ¢))nfinn that l Am famIlar￿th the (a￿￿13 ofts Sthool Vi*Jtsry Fund Guidg1irTre9 hathk tlwt the audliwj gurnmsry of ￿)Unts weserthl trj th&B(Hrd And l am sa115ft￿l 19 [611112¥ Y HAIU)*Y K£