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|Governors|Governors||Mrs JToben MloD, MCIOF (Chair)|Mrs JToben MloD, MCIOF (Chair)|Mrs JToben MloD, MCIOF (Chair)|||
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||||Mrs G Des Moulins|||||
||||Ms C Wickham|BAHons, MA. R.C.A.||||
||||Mr A Walker MA|NPQH||||
||||Mrs M Stebbing|||||
||||Mr R Kantaria|||(Appointed|11 July 2023)|
|Headteacher|||Mrs C Stamos|||||
|Charity|number||307005|||||
|Company||number|01078648|||||
|Registered||office|Newhaven<br>Road|||||
||||Rodmell|||||
||||Lewes|||||
||||East Sussex|||||
||||BN7 3EY|||||
|Auditor|||Knill James LLP|||||
||||One Bell Lane|||||
||||Lewes|||||
||||East Sussex|||||
||||BN7 1JU|||||
|Bankers|||Lloyds Bank pic|||||
||||8 High Street|||||
||||Lewes|||||
||||East Sussex|||||
||||BN7 2AD|||||
||||Charity Bank Limited|||||
||||Fosse House|||||
||||182 High Street|||||
||||Tonbridge|||||
||||Kent|||||
||||TN9 1BE|||||
|Solicitors|||Sherrards<br>Employment||Law Solicitors|||
||||4Albourne<br>Court|||||
||||Henfield<br>Road|||||
||||Albo urne|||||
||||West Sussex|||||
||||BN6 9FF|||||





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|Statement|of Governors'<br>responsibilities|||
|Independent|auditor's|report|10-13|
|Statement|offinancial|activities|14-15|
|Balance sheet|||16|
|Statement|ofcash flows||17|
|Notes to the financial||statements|18-35|





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|||||2023|2023|2023|2023|2022|
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|Donations<br>and legacies||||||325|325|7,405|
|Charitable<br>activities||||2,839,352|||2,839,352|2,605,256|
|Fundraising<br>projects||||2,642|||2,642|1,300|
|Investments||||1,451|||1,451|47|
|Other income||||116,980|||116,980|89,645|
|Total income||||2,960,425||325|2,960,750|2,703,653|
|x endi<br>re on:|||||||||
|Raising funds|||8|531|||531|1,413|
|Charitable<br>activities|||9|2,685,893|52,524|953|2,739,370|2,511,345|
|Total expenditure||||2,686,424|52,524|953|2,739,901|2,512,758|
|Net incoming/(outgoing)|resources||before||||||
|transfers||||274,001|(52,524)|(628)|220,849|190,895|
|Gross transfers<br>between|funds|||(42,087)|42,087||||
|Net income/(expenditure)|for|the year/|||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||231,914|(10,437)|(628)|220,849|190,895|
|Fund balances<br>at 1 September||2022||39,773|1,516,416|783|1,556,972|1,366,077|
|Fund balances at 31August||2023||271,687|1,505,979|155|1,777,821|1,556,972|





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|||||2022|2022|2022|2022|
||||Notes||E|E|F|
|m<br>d endowments|from:|||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||||7,405|7,405|
|Charitable<br>activities||||2,605,256|||2,605,256|
|Fundraising<br>projects||||1,300|||1,300|
|Investments||||47|||47|
|Other income||||89,645|||89,645|
|Total income||||2,696,248||7,405|2,703,653|
|Ex enditure<br>on||||||||
|Raising funds||||1,413|||1,413|
|Charitable<br>activities||||2,453,648|50,396|7,301|2,511,345|
|Total expenditure||||2,455,061|50,396|7,301|2,512,758|
|Net incoming/(outgoing)|resources|before|transfers|241,187|(50,396)|104|190,895|
|Gross transfers<br>between|funds|||(83,456)|88,896|(5,440)||
|Net income/(expenditure)|for the year/|||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||||157,731|38,500|(5,336)|190,895|
|Fund balances at 1 September 2021||||(117,958)|1,477,916|6,119|1,366,077|
|Fund balances at 31August 2022||||39,773|1,516,416|783|1,556,972|





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|Tangible assets||||16||1,557,943||1.,555,840|
|Current assets|||||||||
|Debtors||||17|948,918||749,705||
|Cash at bank and|in|hand|||663,719||816,013||
||||||1,612,637||1,565,718||
|Creditors: amounts||falling due within|||||||
|one year|||||(1,008,5'l 6)||(1,163,721)||
|Net current assets||||||604,121||401,997|
|Total assets less|current||liabilities|||2,162,064||1,957,837|
|Creditors: amounts||falling|due after||||||
|more than one year||||20||(384,243)||(400,865)|
|Net assets||||||1,777,821||1,556,972|
|Income funds|||||||||
|Restricted funds||||24||155||783|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|—designated|||23||1,505,979||1,516,416|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|-|general||||271,687||39,773|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Cash flows from operating|||activities|||||||
|Cash (absorbed<br>by)/generated|||from||27|||||
|operations|||||||(24,444)||533,490|
|Investing|activities|||||||||
|Purchase|of tangible<br>fixed|assets||||(70,389)||(97,644)||
|Proceeds|from disposal of|tangible||fixed||||||
|assets||||||||(3,450)||
|Investment|income received|||||1,451||47||
|Net cash|used<br>in investing||activities||||(68,938)||(101,047)|
|Financing|activities|||||||||
|Repayment|of bank loans|||||(58,912)||(9,135)||
|Net cash|used<br>in financing||activities||||(58,912)||(9,135)|
|Net (decrease)/increase||in|cash and cash|||||||
|equivalents|||||||(152,294)||423,308|
|Cash and|cash equivalents|at beginning|||ofyear||816,013||392,705|
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|Computer|hardware|8 software|3years straight<br>line||
|Fixtures,|fittings<br>&|equipment|15%straight<br>line||
|Motor vehicles|||25% straight<br>line||





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|Donations|and grants||||||325|7,405|
|Charitable|activities||||||||
|||School fees|Other school|Total School fees|||Other school|Total|
||||income||||income||
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|||F|F||||E||
|Gross fees||2,825,141|16,521|2,841,662|2,585,472||22,094|2,607,566|
|Less: Bursaries|||||||||
|and discounts||(2,310)||(2,310)||(2,310)||(2,310)|
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||||||general|general|
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|Net (loss)/gain||on disposal|oftangible|fixed assets||(3,450)|
|Rent and letting||fees|||2,988|2,988|
|Registration|fees and miscellaneous|||income|113,992|90,107|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||general|general|
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|Staging fundraising||events|531|1,413|
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||||Teaching|Welfare|Support and|Premises|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||and|costs|administration|costs|||
||||educational||costs||||
||||costs||||||
||||2023|2023|2023|2023|2023|2022|
|||||E||E||F|
|Staff costs|||1,696,583|139,699|274,407||2,110,689|1,888,214|
|Depreciation||and|||||||
|impairment||||10,644|5,118|52,524|68,286|63,004|
|Other costs|||57,463|48,499|209,328|195,813|511,103|525,710|
||||1,754,046|198,842|488,853|248,337|2,690,078|2,476,928|
|Share ofgovernance|||||||||
|costs (see|note 11)||49,292||||49,292|34,417|
||||1,803,338|198,842|488,853|248,337|2,739,370|2,511,345|
|Analysis|by|fund|||||||
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|general|||1,803,338|198,842|487,900|195,813|2,685,893|2,453,648|
|Unrestricted||funds-|||||||
|designated||||||52,524|52,524|50,396|
|Restricted|funds||||953||953|7,301|
||||1,803,338|198,842|488,853|248,337|2,739,370|2,511,345|





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|||||and|costs|administration|costs||
|||||educational||costs|||
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|||||2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|
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|Staff costs||||1,515,586|112,642|259,986||1,888,214|
|Depreciation||and impairment|||9,753|2,855|50,396|63,004|
|Other costs||||47,028|42,643|246,731|189,308|525,710|
|||||1,562,614|165,038|509,572|239,704|2,476,928|
|Share of|governance||costs (see note||||||
|11)||||34,417||||34,417|
|||||1,597,031|165,038|509,572|239,704|2,511,345|
|Analysis|by|fund|||||||
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|Unrestricted||—designated|||||50,396|50,396|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other costs relating to teaching|and educational|costs|2023|2022|
|comprise:|||||
|Educational<br>equipment|||21,418|30,265|
|Professional<br>development|||21,091|5,530|
|Specialist fees (exams)|||12,279|9,216|
|Tuck shop expenses|||2,675|2,017|
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|Catering<br>supplies||||45,318|42,593|
|Catering<br>hospitality||||3,181|50|
|||||48,499|42,643|
|Other costs relating|to premises costs comprise:|||2023|2022|
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|Council tax 8 water||||13,226|8,268|
|Insurance||||37,248|30,821|
|Fuel & light||||71,522|56,887|
|Health<br>&safety||||10,362|6,185|
|Buildings<br>maintenance||||32,402|55,944|
|Grounds<br>maintenance||||8,035|4,277|
|Household<br>expenses||||10,452|26,632|
|Swimming<br>pool expenses||||12,566|294|
|||||195,813|189,308|
|Other costs relating|to support|and administration|costs for schooling|2023|2022|
|comprise:||||||
|Stationery<br>& printing||||15,968|14,618|
|Postage||||349|302|
|Telephone||||9,825|20,243|
|Television,<br>film &cameras||||159|159|
|Legal & professional||||3,731|16,169|
|Recruitment<br>costs||||2,020|7,378|
|Travelling<br>8 motor||||3,301|5,074|
|Marketing<br>8 promotion|||||1,039|
|Maintenance<br>of equipment||||19,409|27,933|
|ITdevelopment<br>& support||||70,120|64,795|
|Bad debts||||(1,800)|(2,950)|
|Miscellaneous||||9,826|3,098|
|Subscriptions<br>8 licences||||14,936|15,991|
|Outsourcing||||50,709|64,693|
|Licences||||10,775|8,189|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2023|2022|
|||||E|E|
|Audit fees||||11,340|10,380|
|Accountancy||||2,250|210|
|Legal and professional||||4,310|3,904|
|Bank charges||||864|1,041|
|Clerking costs||||1,419|1,543|
|Loan interest||||29,109|17,339|
|||||49,292|34,417|
|Analysed<br>between||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||49,292|34,417|
|Auditor's<br>remuneration||||||
|Fees payable to the|charity's|auditor and associates:||2023|2022|
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|For audit services||||||
|Audit ofthe financial|statements||ofthe charity|11,340|10,380|



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|---|---|---|---|
|||2023|2022|
|||Number|Number|
|||62|56|
|Employment|costs|2023|2022|
||||E|
|Wages and salaries||1,763,486|1,556,605|
|Social security costs||139,270|129,018|
|Other pension costs||197,479|202,591|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||Freehold|Computer|Fixtures,|Motor|Total|
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|At 1 September 2022|||3,165,404|18,823|32,418|34,450|3,251,095|
|Additions|||42,087||28,302||70,389|
|At 31 August|2023||3,207,491|18,823|60,720|34,450|3,321,484|
|Depreciation|and impairment|||||||
|At 1 September 2022|||1,648,988|5,360|19,122|21,785|1,695,255|
|Depreciation|charged|in the year|52,524|6,274|5,118|4,370|68,286|
|At 31 August|2023||1,701,512|11,634|24,240|26,155|1,763,541|
|Carrying<br>amount||||||||
|At 31August|2023||1,505,979|7,189|36,480|8,295|1,557,943|
|At 31 August|2022||1,516,416|13,463|13,296|12,665|1,555,840|





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|Amounts<br>falling due within one year:||f.||
|Trade debtors||914,533|705,210|
|Prepayments|and accrued income|34,385|44,495|
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|Payable|within one year|7,710|50,000|
|Payable|after one year|384,243|400,865|



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|||||2023|2022|
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|Bank loans|||18|7,710|50,000|
|Other taxation|and social security|||29,883|32,232|
|Deferred<br>income|||21|914,533|1,015,797|
|Trade creditors||||23,066|27,955|
|Other creditors||||24,819|27,357|
|Accruals<br>and deferred||income||8,505|10,380|
|||||1,008,516|1,163,721|
|Creditors: amounts||falling due after more than one year||||
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|Arising<br>from Fees in advance|||914,533|1,015,797|
|Deferred income is included|in the financial statements|as follows:|||
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|Deferred income is included|within:||||
|Current<br>liabilities|||914,533|1,015,797|
|Movements<br>in the year:|||||
|Deferred income at 1 September 2022|||1,015,797|911,107|
|Released<br>from previous<br>periods|||(1,015,797)|(911,107)|
|Resources deferred<br>in the year|||914,533|1,015,797|
|Deferred income at 31August 2023|||914,533|1,015,797|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||funds|funds|funds||
||||general|designated|||
||||2023|2023|2023|2023|
|||||||E|
|Fund balances at 31August 2023||are represented|by:||||
|Tangible|assets||51,964|1,505,979||1,557,943|
|Current|assets/(liabilities)||603,966||155|604,121|
|Long term liabilities|||(384,243)|||(384,243)|
||||271,687|1,505,979|155|1,777,821|
|||Unrestricted||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||||funds|funds|funds||
||||general|designated|||
||||2022|2022|2022|2022|
||||E||E||
|Fund balances at 31August 2022||are represented|by:||||
|Tangible|assets||39,424|1,516,416||1,555,840|
|Current|assets/(liabilities)||401,214||783|401,997|
|Long term liabilities|||(400,865)|||(400,865)|
||||39,773|1,516,416|783|1,556,972|



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||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|
|||F|
|Within one year|4,102|4,102|
|Between two and five years|3,076|7,178|
||7,178|11,280|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|27|Cash generated<br>from|operatio|ns||||||2023|2022|
|||||||||||F|
||Surplus<br>for the year||||||||220,849|190,895|
||Adjustments<br>for:||||||||||
||Investment<br>income recognised||in|statement||of financial|activities||(1,451)|(47)|
||(Gain)/loss<br>on disposal|oftangible||fixed|assets|||||3,450|
||Depreciation<br>and impairment<br>of tangible||||fixed assets||||68,286|63,004|
||Movements<br>in working|capital:|||||||||
||(Increase)/decrease<br>in|debtors|||||||(199,213)|206,055|
||(Decrease)<br>in creditors||||||||(11,651)|(34,557)|
||(Decrease)/increase<br>in|deferred|income||||||(101,264)|104,690|
||Cash (absorbed<br>by)/generated|||from operations|||||(24,444)|533,490|
|28|Analysis<br>ofchanges|in net funds|||||||||
|||||||||At 1|Cash flows|At 31August|
|||||||||September||2023|
|||||||||2022|||
||Cash at bank and in hand|||||||816,013|(152,294)|663,719|
||Loans falling due within|one year||||||(50,000)|42,290|(7,710)|
||Loans falling due after|more than||one year||||(400,865)|16,622|(384,243)|
|||||||||365,148|(93,382)|271,766|



