REGISTERED CHARrrY NUMBER: 1198212
REPORTOF THE TRusfEES AND
FINAIICIAL STATEMENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023
THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES
Harvey Fowler LLP
(harter8J Accwntants
Pamlhjn
19 N￿1 Roaj
Brvjhts
East Susse<
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CoNTETr￿s OF THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Report of the Trustees
I to 6
Independent Examlmvs Rep(
ststement of fiftantiol Artivitses
Notss tts the Flnancial Statements
10 to 15
Oetslled Statem¢nt of Fina￿la1 Activities
16 to 17

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The trustees present thelr rwt wlth the financial stat8?￿ts of the charity for Ihe year ended 31 Detrmtr£r 2023. The
trustees have adopted the provlkn of Accounting aThJ Rewxbng ￿ Chaths,. Ststema)t cl R￿nrnended Practke
a￿l¢able to chartiies preparkng th&r ac(Dunts in accordano the fir$ar￿1 ReF*Nting Standard aFvIr¥b￿ in the UK
and Republ'c of Ireland (FRS 102) {dfectNe l January 2019) and t1￿ Charit￿ Act 2011.
obJ¢rtI￿ and aims
7he oblertives of the Trust are to prowde faCI￿S for and to adminithr regdential and non-residential courses in
emwronmental studies for pasons of all backgrouThJs atNJ frtyn all parts of the United ￿ngdOM, with a ￿eW to aO￿anckng
ucation In and promotiig awaraw of the natural enwIronr￿t in wch aThJ to prornots rewKh Into the
fvrth￿an￿ rf envwonmentrdl Stud￿ in the
I￿ng these obJth¢s engjres that the Tn& a￿1￿1￿85 to de￿￿ on ts prknary d)aritaNe obiKtive of proVid￿g
falllibes for dellvering high quality en￿￿)M￿tal thcathThl vl&ts to schcds atMI colege5 and other ￿￿￿p$,
Including those who have already vigted and ￿]ng%
As an indepenthnt ￿an1$3￿n regi*ered v41th the tharity Cornm￿0n, the Ed￿tI￿n Tr￿t i5 d&wmlneJ to Increase
sodal knpatt and make a real IIIfferen￿. Through 2023, thry have wekom8J many chi￿￿n, young peO￿e and adults
who mlght Othe￿ fa￿ barrie¥s to stending tsrre outs*Je. The Trust is particuw proul of the hxal pathership5 they
have created through 2023, many of whom wue dI￿0ve￿ing the Trust for the time. The three charitable
pregramme5 fwis on schc4)l yts*s, chiltkn kn the conwnunty and alutts with knming dlsaiN"lit*s or neurological
cTh)drtknns.
Measures ysed to assess success during thi5 repjthg indude p￿c￿ge {%) of those patklpating elvJltle for
benefits-tested free xhcKJl meaL8 and with SFedal du(atK)nal needs
The main wOgraMn￿ through this repjting were:
- pro￿dIng farm ￿Sits
. Offwing Forest kh(M)l {wo)thnd based
. SuFpJfjng the thmatwe knvi%on wogranme for at risk d ￿n9 ￿t￿KIe4 or exduded, fmm mèlnstream
schoolts)g.
The short-ttsrn oblettlves for ￿ Trust are to..
. Understand and, where p￿.￿4e, ad(ke&s twrriws to partic4Ml￿n.
- Wi(kn external path￿thipS to ￿rOnMents1 e￿￿￿t￿}￿al OPFQrtuTriiies offer8J by the Trust
- Grow external fundlng to support di5advantagaY chddra) in West SUS￿ partKulaty those not In rnalThaream
educational s&Ung&
- Enaue adult groups (those th ￿rn1Thj or Ilfe4iniiing coThlib.￿tsI to fmm what the Trnst can offer.
Soclal Investments
The Trust doe5 not urKlertake sothl knsethnt Ls Th)t a matalal part Ofthethartab￿
Grnntmakiny
The Trust does not und&tsk£ grant making WKI it Is a materkl part the dwtstAe
Volunteers
The Tw5tdoes not oJrra)ty use vthntE£r&

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REPORT OF THE TRvsfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitsble actlvlties
School
59 schiK>ls have vi5*ed for Fam) WL8its, bringing 1,795 d)ik1￿. 12.9% of wexe elijible for F￿e ￿h0o7 Meals
IFSMI, while 11.25(Yo have s￿la1 Educatml Needs. One cl the chikJrEn de￿Tr￿d it as 'My Best Day Ever.. The Tru
wouW like to Increw the FSM figure to 15%. Of these, 25 were frtt das5 Vis￿5 for 692 chikjren, from ￿hoolS In
iji%&vanta9aJ areas, with high nUM￿rS of children dwJiLle ￿ Fr* sd￿ MeaLs, thMren with Spechl EducaVoTral
Needs, aTKI children wtth English as an Addit¥)nal Language. (rf these 692, 19.97% were eligi￿e for Free Schwl Meals
whlle 22.25% had Speckil Educat￿37 Need& Further free visits will Off￿￿1 ￿ 2024. 5 dasses rthtd suppfmt for
coach travd, one of the b￿jgeSt barriers sdKK)i% fa￿ to tskng chik1￿ outAkM)rs. fpjure wlll increase In 2024.
The Io(21 g*oal Schcd and the k<al Unit of the ststthry AJLwnative tknL5k)n Colgje t*ing W￿￿Y group5 to Fr)rest
SthIK)I, all year mund, we ran 68 sessK)n& The Trust vRnts to ¥YekL¥ne rrK)re reguLyr groups.
178 chiklren enjoyd a T￿rIf￿ Trees work4w. while g) th￿reTr tc<* part in a knFe Art Parknerthip with the
South tknvns Nati￿?4 Park al￿ the F44allt Pk)￿ Ga￿.
The Trust host￿ 5 reythtial trips, for 5 W& SusYK maintained xhoo15, trfirrfJir4J 158 chIk￿. Of these, 3lrTh)st 16%
were digible for Free thol MeaLs (atK)ve the West s￿ avwage) and afmost 20% have Spedal Educauonal Needs.
200 secondary sch￿1 11 xh¢x45 atterthj the w-tvpular Cw-9j￿￿￿ sfEM S￿[na￿ as part of the
Festfval of Speed, gNlng *udents an insp3ht into the worw of t￿ign from ￿1r￿j I￿U51ry experts. One teacher ￿ttl,
We're so gratefld for this amaziTrJ Op[￿Unty for ￿r *Lhder*g.
Communlty
For the first tkne, the T￿st was a the HAF2023 pnJgTrmme (Fk)fthy. Athlty I￿1 Food) for thiktren elpjibte
for Free School Meals, to ￿JOY holhjay aThJ a hot c£¥)kaJ bjnch. ILN of bcokej In the flrst 3 weeks,
for Tl chlklm. Thls expanded in 2024.
31N chiklren took part in For&t ￿NEntureS thr(Ktgh the West holh*ys.
The Trust ks delivwing Farnfy Days for the charity for th￿reD audsm and thek fan￿l￿S and stbllngs, on
6 weekends through autwnn and winter. At the first ￿on, stsff sa￿, Tc*Jay Is aLK¥Jt (x)mmurMty and tmjilding
frleTKlshlps'
Young Carers are chlkjren a(krIl￿al caring re5FornsIMlitr& The Trust has a day of woodland attwities to
alk)w the children lo pky, to spend wlh new fr￿ndS and to have a break from t￿r caring r¢￿￿bIli￿eS. The organlser
s*, had a great dayi even in the wet weather and hjve to CONE again orE dav. This wil be fuTrded again in
2024.
The Sussex Snowdmp Trust Ls a wlal kKal charty. 9JprKJrts"ThJ familles with Ch￿dren wth a I￿e limthg or termlnal
¢0[¥J￿0Th. The Trust ho*d a woodland day for famiks to s[￿d titne towheT in n8￿re. The organlser sakl, 'For the
pa￿nts, it kyas a ￿me to rdax and tslk wlth each other seaThJ thefir chlkj eniwing tlawng. The wh)le team made us fed
very relaxed and there was a natural flow to the dav.
The Trust Initkited, c(FdÈ£kJned arKI part-fun￿￿ an Aft&Sth(KA for PACSO (htWs'.IIpa￿￿rg.u￿} a Ixal charty
5upportin9 Childr￿ wf(h Learning Disa￿l￿e$. This ran for 10 weeks through the gjmmer.
Adu
The Trust welcomed two groups of adults with LeamTrng D￿tIl￿$, 60 in totsl. Both groups returned for a 5ub5equwt
gt. One leader saKI. '[ woukj like to thank you w mwh for our ￿lt to your Ed￿3￿"on Centre, that attend&1
had a fantastlc dav.
The T￿￿t funday 9 Forest kniure sessK)Ths for Fec* Imng with a o)rnmuntation dISa￿lIty. The sessions
were co-deslgn&J and delvered with ca￿l￿e t￿gg￿5 Forest Schod. he￿ a SIrr￿ survivor. One partlup3nt sakl.
'[ have a lovely Ume Wh￿ l am here. The trees and the Nrds are knvev.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAK E14DED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Trust invbted ThinkOLrt Communlty sUpp￿ts yourwJ aduks lÈaming dISa￿l￿ ts) the Fam. As
a resul¢ the young adults wlll now LE Underta￿n9 ￿jUlar vOlUnts￿ng on the Estste, ￿p￿)rtaI by the Forestry Team,
to make a meanI￿rUI wrtoseful <￿trIbUtion to their Ixal ￿MMunity and environftEnt through coppKing and habitat
(Teat*)n.
Dementia SUp￿rE {SwJe H(￿, Tangn*re) ts the Gc*)dWc￿ Estste Chaity of the Year. The Trust f￿ded aThJ hostsj
three S￿lOnS for twple Imng with demenba, carws ar¥J Male Carets. The in￿ra￿onal setting provKles
rfert backdrop. pa￿apant dementoa said, '1 cant tdl you how rn￿h I thls aftern(K)n'.
The Trust Is a rrwlxr of CEVAS. an Ed¢Jcator ￿￿rnber ￿ LEAF (Lknkjrbg Ed￿tkIn and Familng) a Forest School
Asg)uation Recogni*d For* >J)¢yA Pro￿er.
Fundralsing adivltles
The Tnjst did not set itself any fuTrYraJgng obMtNes thJriThJ thLs rewjrtry ￿￿mI. materf& exp￿￿1￿￿ was tncunEd
to rdise Income In the fvture.
FINANaAL REVIEW
Flnancial ptisitlon
The results for the yew are In the Ststrt of Ffjnandal Acimtles on Page 8.
Asset cover for Funds
The Trustees consder that the assels of the Charity are 5ufFK*nt to rrt the Chartys otAyations on a fund ty fund
basb.
Surplus fvnds ￿ ftc￿ nomial acbkn are on a day to day basis at the bhnk In an Intertst tearing Lijrrent
account.
The charlty not hohj Mattr￿1 thanaal Inv¢sbne
There are no wbs¢fiary urKlertakngs d the tharity.
The prfnctpal risks fadng the tharity have been I￿[el￿d the Trusteek Tlwe are In pts￿ to manage 1dentfft￿l
sks, whlch Indu¢* dIverS￿Trg income Streams to (x)ver onwing OFerab"onayf￿l costs as wdl as ident
S￿la1 projerts, through securing external grant athi(at(on% the CountJySKle Stewardsh¥) Funding and *knng
OtV)rtunltEs to seajre contracts wth extemal providers to ddwer Kryt3mmes ts> djlldren and young peop￿ with
p*Kular r￿ed5. The Trustees have r*Jt any factors whKlh are liw to aff￿t the finan(3al p&fOmian￿ or
P05thn going forward.
There Is no matsrial ￿5[On lia1￿￿ alslng.
The charty (k*5 not ho￿ matertal ftrwKial trwestments.
Princlpal Funding Sources
The prinapal funding source5 of the tharity thring thL% We￿rtI[￿j ￿lod were:
. An anThual dcffjation from The Goodby￿ Ethte C£ffip3ny timlted;
- Grants from Trusts and Foundab"ons:
- Agreements with West Sussex County and de&very L* foryoung Fe)ple;
- SurtAus Income from xhfy)I vi%ts and reshkntial tri￿.
- Attendance at Events (provs￿)n of famity fri￿dty na￿re-bawj act¥1￿).
. Tradir¥J Income from Fore* kniure holSday prcgrdmme.
Investment policy and obiertives
The Trustees rnay invest rnonies of the (tharity not TrThned1O￿ requlred for Is PUTP)se In or utwjn such Investments.
SeCurbt￿s or FKoperty as thought ￿ ￿Jb￿ to condthns {rf any) Irnr￿￿ or re(pJired by law and conditions
hexeinafter promded.

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REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
ReseNes poli
The total funds the charlty hok15 èt the the wrtknj year Is £430,626 as the baL￿￿e sheet.
There are no Ma￿￿1 Jmounts dsgnated at the ald (rf the repwbng year.
The fun(b that (zn onty reali￿ by disp)sing of laThJitk r￿j assets s £323.087.
The availatrAe reserves at the erhd of the of the rewlmig ￿Myj are £l(YJ,754. reprtsentlrKJ the cash less
lia￿l￿e$,
The Trustees consKkr an arr￿U￿t equal to 6 mnths of 0￿raIn9 eN￿ndIture to ￿ suffthTht to hdd ni reserves. Thls
would I￿ equal to £60,0￿. Th$ Prwdes the charity with an a<klitK)nai £40,754 li 9JWus cath will be invested in
the strdtegK rKograrnrrE to dellver on the thaFitstle a*ns throLwJh 2024.
FUTURE PLANS
The amtibons for 2024 are:
Ensure that the Trust continues to ddNer on *s wimary <A)￿tiVe of prtividing f￿llItIeS for and ¢ddfverlng high
quality envirofirnental educational trj and oAkge5 and other grou￿, inthding those who have already
vlslted and new setbrvJ&
Social IMW: kncrease alk￿ted fundiry alld dforts to I￿￿751)n for children iwthirvJ frorn Free *hool
Me*, those notej wf(h &Kial. EDWth)nal arKI Mentsl Health {SEMH). and those at tsk of exdusk>n.
Understsnd ￿d, ￿ble, a*J￿$s baryiers tt> partKipalI￿.
Tejl the Trust's story more wfdety about the impart seen throu9h fe8Yb3cK not • numt*r& mea￿Te Su￿sS In
meanlngful ways ty I￿ning to chitdren and through impatt evaluathjn.
Widen external partner5hip5 to eXt￿d the ￿¥S￿onMental 8j(Ka￿al op[￿t￿Tr￿S offer&J ty the TrLtst.
The Trustees perspeth of the future dir&11￿ of d￿rity 15 reflECted in the aim5 atKI obiertwes. In particular, a
strong and renewed focus on woal ift￿1￿ and reathlng those who might thwwLse fa￿ barriers to wNJing tlme In
nature, and securfng external fun(ting to make thls haFyw).
RucfuRI GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Status of the tharfty
The charity Is contrdby ty its go¥erniig dcajmert and consbttrtes an unUK0￿￿t￿j tharity.
Chjrity tonstitutiort
The Trust 6 a a)aritstrAe Inccwporated i￿nisat￿)n rè)stw8J with the ￿ailty ConynÈslon on 10 March 2022
(Registered NumL*r 1198212). The Trust Is conSti￿ted.
Trustee5
The BoaTd of Try￿e￿ must <x)nsst of at knt 5 Trustee
The p)wei of aptoiDting replacell￿t Trust￿ rEsts with the ao. ND Tn&ee shall hokl off￿e for kjnger than 3 years
fn)m the date of his aF￿Sintm￿t afvwhth tly seek repk%￿ the ao,
On lolning the tcard, rw4 TnL*ees are furni￿￿ vith ￿[fi¢￿t information and ajrrent docu1r￿ts to
enaNe them to discharge their dut
Organlsational structure
Trustee meebngs are at leasi orKe a year and at such cther ljmes that the Trustees d￿kIe. A quorum of 3 Trustees
is requird at meetings and matters are ¢fjdermined by majority voting. The Education Trust a snlyl team to
further the owtives of the Trust, Induding plannirrfj, ma￿ets"ng and dehverirvj courses W5￿ng thildren and adults,
and most of the general a(knini&rnt¥)n clthe TrusL TheTrust Marw r￿￿￿ts ￿nuaty to theTrustees.
Wider netwot*
The charity s not part of any wits nd￿Jr

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STRUcwR￿ GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Risk management
The Trustees have examln8J the ￿nCIFe1 atEas crf the Charws ok￿a￿n5 (￿￿Id￿j the maJor rtsks fac￿ and
ems have been esiat4ish8J to manage those rlsk
REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATIVE D￿All5
Registered Charity numbe
1198212
Prlndpal address
Home Farm
GorMlwcKJd
Chichester
West gJsse<
P018 OQF
Tru5tee$
tljke of RKhmond and Gurth
L Mth411
R Palkhorpe
B TrJfforil
J Hunt
P Wagstaff (re5I3ned 3016123}
Independent Examiner
Danlel Chawnan FCA cfA
Ha￿￿eY Fowler LLP
artered Accountsnts
Pa￿110n View
19 New Ro
Brighton
BNI IEY
The Tnjst Manager is Caththne
The Trust hokjs a oJThent ￿)unt wth CAF Banl 25 KJrvJs Hil Avenue, Kkngs Hill. We# Malling. Kent ME19 4JQ.
Legal support ts prO￿(￿d wtrlx)no The Eslate Ctyi4)any Ltd.
srATEMENT OF TRusfEES' RESPONSIBILfnES
The trustee5 are restK)nsibk for prepariw the Repjrt of the Trustee5 and the fi￿ar￿jaI statements in ￿cOrdan￿ wlth
aprAicatAe arKI Uniteil ￿ngdorn knnyng Standards (un￿￿ ￿n￿kiM f￿ne￿Ity Accqtsj Acc￿Jnun9 Practice).
The law applicable to Char￿e5 in England and Wales. the Act 2011, tharity Ikcounts arwj Rwrts) Regulations
2008 and the of the trust deed requiies the trustees to financial statem￿t5 for each financial year
hich give a tnje and fair view of the stsie of affairs of the charty and of the incomlng reX)Ur￿ and awlKation of
resour￿, IndudlThJ the Income e4)a)dknwe, cl the d)arity for that p&NJl. In preparing th¢Jse financial *atanents,
the tnjstees are requlred to
. sekn ￿1￿LIe acctyjnthig and then aptAy them
ob*rve the methods and prillciplts in the Charity S(MiP.
make judgements and e5tirnates that are reaxTrnalk arKi ￿tht.
prepare the finantial staterrEnts on the g)ing corKern bass Un￿ it i5 irwpropriate to F¥esume that the charfty wlll
continue in bu&nes&

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REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
ATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILrnES- continued
The trustees are resp)nsiNe for keeimng prn￿r acLounting rea)rds whKh dixbse ￿sOna￿Ae atturacy at Bny time
the financlal posNJon of the charty and to enable theJn to ensure that the finandal statements comKty with the CharitEs
Act 2011, the Charfty (Accounts Re￿rts) R￿ul1t￿)r￿S 21X)8 and the pmi%ons of the trust deed. They a￿ a
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the d￿rity and hen￿ for tskng reaSonaL￿e #eps for the prevwth)n and
detectx)n of fraud aThJ other IrreJularltks.
O.g.-..p..%.' ...l..*...... aThJ slgnal on rts Ixtha￿ by:
Apwoved by order of the of trLtstees on ....... . .. .. .
CfvILvJ -
L McNeill- Tru*ee

INDEPENDENf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES
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Iwlepertdent examiner's reportto the intgtees of The West Sussex Countryslde Studles Trust
I report to the chanty trustees on my e¥amination of the accounts of Tr West Sussex Countryskle stUd￿s Tnjst (the
Trust) for the year ended 31 Lknmter 2023.
Responslbllltles and basls of report
As the charty trustees of the Trust yrju are reswJngNe for the of the aCC￿nts tn accordance wlth the
requirements of the Charities Att 2011 ('the P£¥).
I rq)(rft in re4)Kt of my ofthe Trusvs acoyjts out undwwion 145 ofthe Act and kn catyng c¥Jt
my examlnatsjn I have folbwed all aFfdKat4e ￿reC￿$ given by the (harity under 5￿tknn 145(5Xb) of the
Inde￿ndent examlnevs sL)tement
I have completed my examination. I CCN)fimi that Th) matthl maitws have ccw b) my aiturtion in tortnedi￿ vAth the
examination gmng cause to Lthe that in any mataial IB5Fett:
a(Kounting records were rK)t kert in resk*tt of the Tnjst as wulr￿1 130 of the ALt, or
the accounts Ilo not ￿)rd with tlv)se r￿d5' or
the accounts do not COrnp￿ with the a￿l¢alle r4u*ements cOrK￿ning the form and content of a[￿Ounts *t
out in the Charities {Accounts arKI Re￿￿ts) Regulathjns 2¢JJ8 othw than any requtrement that tl* aecwnts g
a true and lalr is not a matter consK1er&J as part of an Indep￿dent exam￿all0￿.
I have no coThcems and have corne across IK) otlw mattvs In wth the ￿MinatIOn to whkh attentbn shoukl
drawn kn thls rel￿ In to ena￿ a prrw undw*nthng of the ￿CoUnts to be reached.
Danlel FCA cfA
Fkrdey FoW￿r LLP
Chartered knuntants
Pawlion View
19 New Road
Brighton
East Sus
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Date: ...........................................

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ATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Perbd
1715122
Year Ended
31112123
Totsl
furKIs
31112122
Total
UnrestrfC￿ Restri(tsl
fur
as fEStated
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donat￿￿5 and bJa(*s
78.280
83,280
439.622
other thdlng actsvlbes
Investrnent incorne
Other Income
61.194
61,194
258
49,763
131
11,545
Totsl
139.732
144,732
501,061
EXpEND￿URE ON
Charftsble activltles
ExtKndthre on d￿ritatIe acbvit￿s
0,622
130,622
76,158
5.616
5.616
2,771
Total
136.238
136.238
78,929
NET INCOME
3.494
8,494
422,132
RECONCILIATION OF FVNDS
Total funds brovght fobward
422.132
422,132
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
425.626
430,626
422,132

THE WEsf SUSSEX coufiTrYsJDE STUDIES
TRUST
BALANCE SHE
31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
Total
ds
2022
Total
funds
as re*at
Unre5tiict8J Restrirt
Tangible assets
io
323.087
323,087
330,517
aiRRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at bank a￿1 in hand
li
4,665
110,553
4.685
115,553
6.289
160,056
115.238
120.238
166J45
CREDITORS
thounts falling due wthln year
12
(12.699)
{12,699)
(74,730)
102.539
107,539
9L,615
425.626
s.oc
430,626
422,132
NET ASSErs
425,626
5,0(￿7
430,626
422,132
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restritted funds
13
425,626
S,￿10
422,132
TOTAL FUNDS
430,626
422.132
The ftnanclal statern￿ts lry the &)ard and Jjthorw for ISS￿ on
.. and St9n￿ its bthay by:
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TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of prnparlng tht financial slatem•nts
The financkil statements of the charity, whth 15 a Charit3iAe In(xxpora￿I Org6nLsatK)n {(JO) utxler FFLS 102.
have been twred kn accordan￿ th the CharitEs SORP (FRS 102) 'Acu￿n￿ng and RewJrbrYJ by charit￿5.
5tstyn￿t of Recomn*n(kd Pra(tre ap￿1¢￿t￿e to charitrs twrirKJ their accourrts in a(£ordance with the
Financial RewJrbrvJ Standard ap[￿l01* in the UK ReputAK of Ireknd {FRS 102) (effective l January 20191,.
Financial Re￿￿tiNj Standard 102 The Finanual Re￿ting Standard atwicable in the UK and Republlt of Ireland,
and the Charities Pts 2011. Tr fThrMial s*atgMts ha¥e prepar&1 urKler ts hL5trical co# conv￿t￿)n,
Monetary amounts in t￿ finaMSd staten*nts are round￿ to ttr* of £1. ojrrency Is £
Sterling.
Income
All incorne is reciKJnised in the 5tatsnent of Finanoal ActMi*s 0[￿ the Cto ha5 Whtitknnt to the fund4 it is
probabk that the Intome r￿￿1 arKI the arTK>unt ￿ i* [￿sUr￿l
All volunw inc(Mne and SUb￿Pt￿nS we irKkJd& in incowo receipL
Donath)ns under of coven￿￿ the a￿lat8￿ irKome tax are recognised a5 incorne
when the donayon 15 recewj.
The #icome fn)m funthi%rvJ ventures is thown gyrffjs. with the co*s Ind￿ in fundraising
expeThJiture.
other I￿oMe ts account6J on a Y￿able bas
Exp*Kllture
Lialmlibes a￿ recognfised as e%pendIkn￿ as as a ￿1 or ConS￿¢￿ve olAvJaVon committing the ao
to that extE[￿rture, it is WgbalAe that a trall￿er of economic I￿le￿5 will be required in sduement and the
a￿K)ullt of the obllgauon (Jn [T￿sur￿l reliatty. Eyndthre 15 KCOUn￿ for on an ac(Tuals bogs and has
been ths$￿ed undw headin95 that wJgregate all cost rekiteAI to the category. Where costs cannot be diredy
attributed to partrular headings ty have Ixen alkxJted to athilies on a basis consstent ¥￿th the use of
EX￿￿dthre indudes all Itenis, whKh been pahj, w are Pafdtle at the year end.
TaNJlbl• fixed aS￿ts
t*Weda￿On b provwjed at the folknwing annual rates In ord¥ to write off ès*t Ks usefvl
Bulldlngs
Plant and machinery
2% o)st
25% cost
Taxation
The charrty ￿ exunrt from tax on ts thartitk
Pension costs and other post-retirement beneffts
The charity operates a defined cOntri￿b0￿ pension thme. Conth"t￿li)n5 payBt* to the tharws ￿n￿)n
scheme are charg8J to the Statement cl Ananclal ActMlI￿ kn the to whlch ty ￿lat&
Debtors and credttors receivablelpayable withln one year
Debtors and creditors no statal int￿eSt rate and recewab￿5 or payables within one are recorikd at
tran*ttion PfKe. Any ￿)5￿ ari&ng from Impairment are r￿ni￿ in the t￿Offt a￿1 k)ss account In other
admini5tfalNe eX￿L￿.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEMENTs- contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEQMBER 2023
DONATZONS AND LEGACIES
Perbd
1715122
to
31112122
as restated
Year Ended
31112123
Donations
439,622
OThER TRADING AcTIv￿IE5
1715122
Year ETh
31112123
31112122
as restat
Accomodatk)n and taterirty
Educadon v￿ts
Fo¥est school
Hlre of Seeky ￿>￿e
13,822
25,840
20,062
1,470
17.435
18.476
13.272
61,194
49,763
114VESTMeNT DKOME
Perfod
1715122
Year Ended
31112123
31112122
DeKwt a￿oUrt intere
258
131
SUPPORT COSTS
G(Neman
manag￿n￿t Hnarte
Totals
Expendf(vre on Charitab￿
172
6.100
6.332
TRUStEES' REMVNWTION AND BEIIEFITS
There were no tr￿stee￿ remuneratbn or othw Ixnefts the year 31 2023 nor for the Feriod
e￿￿e￿ 31 DeLember 2022.
Trustees. expenses
There were no trustees, ex￿L￿eS paKI for the year 31 2023 for the ￿￿C¥1 ended
31 December 2022.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEtirs- contiNed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The CIO does eJnpk*y ￿aff d11￿y. Siaff are empw The Estste Company ￿mited, and there
Ls a formal Secon(Ir￿t agrert to stsff to the (JO. StsffiJyJ cttsts are recoTrclieJ te￿een the
COMPAPATIVES FOR THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACllVTTiES
Unre5tiirt8Y Resbicted
fund
fund
Total
funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMEIITS Fiiom
Donations kgat*s
439,622
439,622
crther tra(kng KbvitE5
Investment income
Other incorne
49.763
131
11,545
49,763
131
11,545
Total
501,061
501,061
EXPENDrruRE ON
Charftable artlvltles
Expenditure on charltsble acdvljes
76,158
76.15B
2,771
2,771
Trtal
78,929
78,929
NET INCOME
421132
422,132
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
422.132
422,132
PIUOR YEAR ADJusfMENT
Management have rfftwed the das&ficatw)n ￿ expenditute Mthin the stat￿nent of Rnanaal ActiwtEs and have
detemilned that rc Is appropriate to cLas• al exwditure as rdab.ng to Charitstle Actiwties, wth no expendi￿re
shown as rdating to Raising Funds. ￿ a rtsult of this rw4, for the ￿K)d 31 ￿eMt￿ 2022, a totsS of
£67,811 of exwdthre has ￿￿en r￿Jassif￿ from E%￿dItuTe on Ra￿ng Funds to Expendknre on ￿ari￿tle
AC￿eS in the Stater￿t of Hnancial ActNfti

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs- contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs
Hant arKI
mad)ir
JIldi￿J$
Totsls
cosr
At l January 2023 and 31 fkcembw 2023
332,429
3,123
33S,552
DEPRECIATION
At l January 2023
Charge for year
4,289
6.649
746
781
5,035
7,430
At 31 Lkcemi*r 2023
10,938
1,527
12,465
NEf BOOKVALUE
At 3L Decernber 2023
321,491
1,596
323,087
At 31 December 2022
328,140
2,377
330,517
11. DEBTORS.. Amouiifs FALLING DUE wIfHDI ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Debtor for Invok￿ acUvltks
Accru￿1 Incc¥r
2,164
4,125
4,685
6.289
IZ CREDThORS: AMovKfs FALUNG DUE wifHtN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
as restated
Trade crolitoTS
Other credf(or5
9.099
3,E￿o
69,489
5,241
12,699
74,730
13.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
mov&n￿t
In fiJNts
At
31112123
At 111123
ilnrestrlcted funds
General furKI
422,132
425,626
Restrlcted f￿d$
Fami
TOTAL FUNDS
422,132
8,494
430,626

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs- contlnued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
13. ￿lOVEmENT IN FUNDS. C¢Mttinued
Net movemt in fvrKts. i￿&[de￿ in the are as fo*)ws:
IrNy)mSry Rey)ur￿ Movement
resour￿ ￿p￿ed In funds
Unrestricted fwKIs
Gweral
139,T32
{136,238)
3.49q
R¢strlrted fund5
Farm
5,000
TOTAL FUNDS
144,732
1136,238)
8.494
Comparatives for movement in fvnds
Net
At
31112122
In funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
422,132
422,132
TOTAL FUNDS
422,132
422,132
Compardtve net [r￿e￿t ln fvnts. Wid￿ In the alm arE as f0kn￿:
Irth￿l￿3 Re9)Ur￿ Movement
in ftjnds
UnrestrScted funds
General fund
S01,1￿1
178,9291
422,132
TOTAL FUNDS
501,061
(78,9291
422,132
R&$tritt￿l furKis are for use fcf frdmi v&ts.

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Trusr
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEiifs- continu
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 20Z3
14. RELATED PARTY DISQOSURES
DU￿ng the Fencxl £46,905 (2022: £63,996) was to entitEs over of the tnJ5tees had a swb5tantial
Interest and &gnrfKant Sftfiuen￿, for the prov￿n of an elucatK)n offK£r, accom¢xtatbn, otering, Ilght and heat
and othei e%￿diture. At the end ￿ the year £9,099 (2022.. É69,4891 was OW￿ to one of these enlibes.
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THE WEST SUSSEX COUPrniYSIDE sfuDIES
TRUST
DEfAILED STATEMEfrif OF FINANCIAL AcrIvIriES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1715122
Year ErKknI
31112123
3V12122
INCOME AND ENDOWME1￿$
Donations and legacies
Donabons
83,280
439,622
other trading activrties
Accomodatb)n and catering
Education
Fore* school
Hlre of Se*y Cop
13.822
25,840
2D,062
1,470
17,435
18,476
13,272
580
61,194
49.763
Investment Income
Deposfc account Snterest
258
131
other income
Other intome
11,545
Totsl ino)miny rex>urces
144,732
501,061
EXPENDrnIRE
Charltable actlvltles
Tour & gumde fee
Educatb)n material
Education offtcer cost
Repairs and re)ewaL%
Subscription
Motor eynse
Sundr
Accomodation & catering co
DewedatK)n of iwildings
DetKeciatK)n of (Aant & machlThery
64,795
7,405
20,124
4,380
387
1,300
5,484
12,985
6,649
781
32,021
1.694
20.137
5,468
8,924
4,289
746
124,290
73,279
Other
Ught & heat
Cleaning
1,000
1,771
3,717
5,616
2,771
Support costs
Management
Telephone
172
338
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DETAILED STATEMEfff OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1715122
Year Endgj
31112123
31112122
Managejnent
Finan
Bank charge5
41
Governance costs
IndeFeThJert exam fee
6,100
2,500
Totsl ￿)￿CeS e4ended
136,238
78,929
Net Income
8,494
422,132
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