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|`IndependentAuditors’Reportonthefinancialstatements`|`12-15`|
|`ConsolidatedStatementofFinancialActivities`|`16`|
|`ConsolidatedBalanceSheet`|`17-18`|
|`CompanyBalanceSheet`|`19`<br>`—20`|
|`ConsolidatedStatementofCashFlow`|`21`|
|`NotestotheFinancialStatements`|`22`<br>`-40`|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Funds`|`Funds`|`2023`|||`2022`||
|||||`£`|||`£`||
|`INCOMEFROM:`|||||||||
|`IncomefromCharitableActivities`|||||||||
|`Schoolfeesreceivable`|`4`|`-`|`8,810,653`|`8,810,653`||`*`|`7,647,893`||
|`Ancillarytradingincome`|`5`|`-`|`546,975`|`546,975`|||`319,855`||
|`Donationsandgrants`||`62,000“ `|`25,749`|`87,749`||`~`|`22,380`|`«`|
|`OtherTradingActivities:`|||||||||
|`Tradingincome`|`6`|`-`|`439,558`|`439,558`||`.`|`246,389`||
|`Otherincome`|`7`|`-`|`50,000`|`50,000`||`-`|`1,060`||
|`ProfitondisposalofAssets`|`7`|`-`|`978,142`|`978,142`|||`-`||
|`TOTALINCOME`||`—`<br>`62,000`|`_10,851,077`|`10,913,077`||`»`|`_8,237,577`||
|`EXPENDITUREON:`|||||||||
|`Raisingfunds`|`8`|`-`|`236,936`|`236,936`|||`145,068`||
|`Charitableactivities:`|||||||||
|`Charitableactivities`|`8`|`6,223`|`9,280,024`|`9,286,247`||`>`|`7,833,982`||
|`Financecosts`|`8`|`-`|`54,908`|`54,908`|||`154,998`||
|`TOTALEXPENDITURE`|`8`|`—6,223`|`_9,571,868`|`§_9,578,091`|||`—8.134,048`||
|`NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`|`9`|`55,777`|`1,279,209`|`1,334,986`|`"`||`103,529`||
|`OTHERRECOGNISEDGAINS/(LOSSES):`|||||||||
|`Actuarialgains/(losses)ondefinedbenefit`|||||||||
|`pensionschemes`|`23`|`-`|`-`||`-`||`60,000`||
|`NETMOVEMENTINFUNDS:`||`55,777`|`1,279,209`|`1,334,986`|||`163,529`||
|`RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS:`|||||||||
|`Totalfundsbroughtforward`||`-`|`9,528443`|`9,528,443`|||`9,364,914`||
|`TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD`||`——55,777`|`==_10,807,652`|`10,863,429`|||`—9,528,443`||





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||||`2023`|`2023`||`2022`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`Notes`|`£`||`£`|`£`||`£`|
|`FIXEDASSETS`||||||||
|`Tangiblefixedassets`|`13`|||`12,413,374`|||`12,488,202`|
|`CURRENTASSETS`||||||||
|`Stock`||`44,128`|||`24,301`|||
|`Debtors`|`15`|`549,989`|<br>`-`||`581,741`|||
|`Cashatbankandinhand`||`963,089`|<br>`«-`||`981,982`|||
|||`1,557,206`|||`1,588,024`|||
|`CREDITORS:Amountsfalling`||||||||
|`duewithinoneyear`|`16`|`(2,788,891).`|||`(4,191,846)`|||
|`NETCURRENTLIABILITIES`||||`(1,231,685)`|||`(2,603,822)`|
|`TOTALASSETSLESS`||||||||
|`CURRENTLIABILITIES`|||`*`|<br>`11,181,689`|||`9,884,380`|
|`CREDITORS:Amountsfalling`||||||||
|`dueaftermorethanoneyear`||||`(318,260)`|||`(355,937)`|
|`NETASSETSEXCLUDING`||||||||
|`PENSIONLIABILITY`||||`10,863,429`|||`9,528,443`|
|`Definedbenefitpensionscheme`||||||||
|`liability`|`23`|||||||
|`TOTALNETASSETS`||||`_10,863,429`|||`9,528,443`|
|`CHARITYFUNDS`||||||||
|`Restrictedfunds`|`20`|||`55,777`|||`-`|
|`Unrestrictedfunds`||||||||
|`Unrestrictedfundsexclpension`|`20`|`10,807,652`|||`9,528,443`|||
|`Pensionreserve`|`20`|||||||
|`Totalunrestricted funds`|`20`|||`10,807,652`|||`9,528,443`|
|`TOTALFUNDS`||||`10,863,429`|||`9,528,443`|





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||||`2023`||`2022`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`Notes`|`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`FIXEDASSETS`||||||
|`Tangiblefixedassets`|`13`||`12,410,694`||`12,484,479`|
|`Investments`|`14`||`10,001`||`10,001`|
||||`12,420,695`||`12,494,480`|
|`CURRENTASSETS`||||||
|`Stock`||`42,101`||`23,003`||
|`Debtors`|`15`|`494,962`||`598,610`||
|`Cashatbankandinhand`||`708,519`||`819,119`||
|||`1,245,582`||`1,440,732`||
|`CREDITORS:Amountsfallingdue`||||||
|`withinone year`|`16`|`(2,699,132)`||`(4,165,429)`||
|`NETCURRENTLIABILITIES`|||`(1,453,550)`||`(2,724,697)`|
|`TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENT`||||||
|`LIABILITIES`|||`10,967,145`||`9,769,783`|
|`CREDITORS:Amountsfalling`||||||
|`dueaftermorethanoneyear`|`17`||`(318,260)`||`(355,937)`|
|`NETASSETSEXCLUDING`||||||
|`PENSIONLIABILITY`|||`10,648,885`||`9,413,846`|
|`Definedbenefitpensionscheme`||||||
|`liability`|`23`||`-`||`-`|
|`TOTALNETASSETS`|||`10,648,885`||`9,413,846`|
|`CHARITYFUNDS`||||||
|`Restrictedfunds`|||`55,777`||`-`|
|`Unrestrictedfunds`||||||
|`Unrestrictedfundsexclpensionasset`||`10,593,108`||`9,413,846`||
|`Pensionreserve`||`=`||`____= `||
|`Totalunrestrictedfunds`|||`10,593,108`||`_9,413,846`|
|`TOTALFUNDS`|||`10,648,885`||`9,413,846`|





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||`Note`|`2023`<br>`£`|`2022`<br>`£`|
|---|---|---|---|
|`Cashflowsfromoperatingactivities`||||
|`Netcashprovidedby/(usedin)operatingactivities`|`21`|`854,272`|`535,877`|
|`Cashflowsfrominvestingactivities`<br>`Proceedsfromthesaleoftangiblefixedassets`<br>`Purchaseoftangiblefixedassets`||`990,369`<br>`(406,806)`|`1,060`<br>`(362,177)`|
|`Netcash(usedin)/providedbyinvestingactivities`||`583,563`|`(361,117)`|
|`Cashflowsfromfinancingactivities`<br>`Cashinflowsfromnewborrowing`<br>`Repaymentsofborrowing`||`55,165`<br>`(1,210,282)`|`-`<br>`(332,758)`|
|`Netcash(usedin)financingactivities`||`(1,155,117)`|`(332,758)`|
|`Cashflowsfromadvancedfeescheme`<br>`Advancefeesreceived`<br>`Advancefeesutilised`||`375,018`<br>`_(676,629)`|`455,591`<br>`(569,619)`|
|`Cash(usedin)/providedbyadvancefees`||`(301,611)`|`(114,028)`|
|`Changeincashandcashequivalentsintheyear`||`(18,893)`|`(272,026)`|
|`Cashandcashequivalentsatthebeginningoftheyear`||`981,982`|`1,254,008`|
|`Cashandcash equivalentsattheendoftheyear`||`963,089`|`981,982`|





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|`Grossfees`|`11,412,556`|`10,504,954`|
|`Lessscholarshipandbursaries`|`(2,742,057)`|`(2,915,801)`|
||`8,670,499`|`7,589,153`|
|`Registrationfeesandforfeiteddeposits`|`140,154`|`58,740`|
||`8,810,653`|`_7,647,893`|



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|---|---|---|
||`Funds`|`funds`|
||`2023`|`2022`|
||`£`|`£`|
|`Externalcourseandsportstuition`|`225,774`|`181,957`|
|`Trips`|`227,856`|`96,932`|
|`Exams`|`738`|`3,519`|
|`Digitaldeviceincome`|`23,529`|`-`|
|`Miscellaneousincome`|`67,918`|`33,652`|
|`Schoolfeesprotectioninsurance`|`1,160`|`3,795`|
||`546,975`|`319,855`|





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|---|---|---|
||`£`|`£`|
|`Turnover`|`439,558`|`246,389`|
|`Costofsales`|`(115,049)`|`(62,219)`|
|`Grossprofit`|`324,509`|`184,170`|
|`Admincosts`|`(121,887)`|`(82,849)`|
|`Operatingprofit`|`202,622`|`101,321`|
|`GiftAidPaid`|`(102,675)`|`(51,015)`|
|`Profittransferredtoreserves`|`—__99,947`|`50,306`|
|`Netassets`|`—__224,543`|`124,596`|





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|`ther`|`incomingresources`||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|||`funds`|`Funds`|`funds`|
|||`2023`|`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Other`|`Income`|`50,000`|`50,000`|`-`|
|`Profit`|`ondisposaloffixedassets`|`978,142`|`978,142`|`1,060`|
|||`1,028,142`|`_1,028,142`|`1,060`|



||`Staff`||||`Other`|`Depreciation`|`Total`|`Total`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`Costs`||||`costs`|`costs`|`Funds`|`funds`|
||`2023`||||`2023`|`2023`|`2023`|`2022`|
||`£`||||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Costofraisingfunds`|||||||||
|`Teachingcosts`|`3,468,245`||||`926,212`|`40,249`|`4,434,706`|`3,815,816`|
|`Welfare`|`929,327`||||`521,954`|`1,403`|`1,452,684`|`1,239,190`|
|`Premises`|`456,051`||||`1,128,985`|`426,711`|`2,011,747`|`1,708,097`|
|`Governance`|`-`||||`46,250`|`.`|`46,250`|`32,355`|
|`DigitalDevice`|`-`||||`25,549`|`=`|`25,549`|`-`|
|`Support& othercosts`|`735,240`||||`580,071`|`-`|`1,315,311`|`1,038,524`|
|`Finance`||`-`|||`54,908`|`-`|`54,908`|`154,998`|
|`Charitableactivities`|`5,588,863`||`-`||`3,283,929`|`468,363`|`9,341,155`|`7,988,980`|
|`Trading`|`7,087`||||`228,806`|`1,043`|`236,936`|`145,068`|
|`Total2023`|`-5,595,950`|||`©`|`_3,512,735`|`_469.406`|`_9,578,091`|`_8,134,.048`|
|`Total2022`|`4,971,581`||||`2,728,560`|`433,907`|`8,134,048`||



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|---|---|---|
||`2023`|`2022`|
||`£`|`£`|
|`Depreciation`|`469,406`|`433,907`|
|`FeespayabletotheCompany'sauditorinrespectof:`|||
|`Audit fees`|`18,720`|`18,000`|
|`Otherservices`|`3,275`|`1,250`|





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|---|---|---|---|---|
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||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Wagesandsalaries`|`4,689,440`|`4,130,773`|`4,682,353`|`4,123,921`|
|`Socialsecuritycosts`|`422,499`|`396,848`|`422,499`|`396,848`|
|`Pensioncontributions`|`484,011`|`443,960`|`484,011`|`443,960`|
||`5,595,950`|`_4,971,581`|`_5,588,863`|`_4,964,729`|



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|`EducationalStaff`|`75`|`68`|
|`DomesticsandMatron`|`25`|`27`|
|`Administrative`|`35`|`35`|
|`MaintenanceandGrounds`|`13`|`13`|
||`148`|`143`|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`buildings`|||`improvements`|`equipment`|`Total`|||
|||`£`|||`£`|`£`|`£`|||
|`Costorvaluation`||||||||||
|`At1 September2022`||`19,172,626`|||`5,598,168`|`4,025,259-`|`28,796,053`|`~`||
|`Additions`||`-`|||`217,484`|`189,322`|`406,806`|||
|`Disposals`||`(64,803)`|||`=`|`(62,619)`|`(127,422)`|||
|`At31August2023`|`.`|`19,107,823`|||`5,815,652`|`(4,151,962`|`29,075,437`||`.`|
|`Depreciation`||||||||||
|`At1 September2022`||`7,222,829`||`|`|`5,206,492`|`3,878,530`|`16,307,851`|||
|`Chargefortheyear`||`393,332`|||`13,051`|`63,023`|`469,406`|||
|`Ondisposals`||`(64,803)`|||`:`|`(50,391)`|`(115,194)`|||
|`At31August2023`||`7,551,358`|||`5,219,543`|`3,891,162`|`16,662,063`|||
|`Netbookvalue`||||||||||
|`At31August2023`||`11,556,465`|||`_596,109`|`_260,800`|`12,413,374`|||
|`At 31August2022`||`11,949,797`|||`391,676`|`146,729`|`12,488,202`|||
|`Company`||`Landand`|||`Building`|`Plantand`||||
|||`buildings`|||`improvements`|`equipment`|`Total`|||
|||`£`|||`£`|`£`|`£`|||
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|`At1 September2022`||`19,172,626`|||`5,598,168`|`3,949,222`|`28,720,016`|||
|`Additions`|||`-`||`217,484`|`189,322`|`406,806`|||
|`Disposals`||`(64,803)`|||`:`|`(62,619)`|`(127,422)`|||
|`At31August2023`||`19,107,823`|||`5,815,652`|`4,075,925`|`28,999,400`|||
|`Depreciation`||||||||||
|`At1 September2022`||`7,222,829`|||`5,206,492`|`3,806,216`|`16,235,537`|||
|`Chargefortheyear`||`393,332`|||`13,051`|`61,980`|`468,363`|||
|`Ondisposals`||`(64,803)`|||`=`|`(50,391)`|`(115,194)`|||
|`At31August2023`||`7,551,358`|||`5,219,543`|`3,817,805`|`16,588,706`|||
|`Netbookvalue`||||||||||
|`At31August2023`||`11,556,465`|||`_596,109`|`_258,120`|`12,410,694`|||
|`At 31August2022`||`11,949,797`|||`391,676`|`143,006`|`12,484,479`|||





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|`CostofInvestment`||
|`At1 September2022`|`10,001`|
|`At31August2023`|`10,001`|
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|`At 31August2023`|`10,001`|
|`At31August2022`|`10,001`|



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|||`number`|`ofshares`|`Holding`|`consolidation`|
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|`Oratory`|`TradingLimited`|`02441508`|`Ordinary`|`100%`|`Yes`|
|`Academy`|`CateringLimited`|`02743407`|`Ordinary`|`100%`|`Yes`|



|||`Income`||`Expenditure`|`Operating`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||`Profitfor`||
||||||`theyear`||
|||`£`||`£.`|`£`||
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|`Oratory`|`TradingLimited`|`439,558`||`236,936`|`202,622`|`224,543`|
|`Academy`|`CateringLimited`||`-`|`-`||`10,000`|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`2023`||`2022`||`2023`||`2022`|
|||`£`||`£`||`£`||`£`|
|`Tradedebtors`|<br>`-`|`368,404`||`393,002`||`164,932`|<br>`-`|`268,813`|
|`Amountsowed`|`bygroupundertakings`||`-`||`-`|`149,335`|<br>`©`|`141,666`|
|`Otherdebtors`||`81,096`||`74,566`||`81,096`|`..`|`74,566`|
|`Prepayments`|`andaccruedincome`|`100,489`||`114,173`||`99,599`|`«`|`113,565`|
|||`—_549,989`||`581,741`||`494,962`||`598,610`|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
||`2023`|`2022`|`2023`|`2022`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Bankandotherloans`|`30,617`|`1,193,388`|`30,617`|`1,193,388`|
|`Deposits`|`703,293`|`907,752`|`703,293`|`907,752`|
|`Schoolfeesreceivedinadvance`|`986,279`|`939,649`|`986,279`|`939,649`|
|`Advancefeescheme(seenote19)`|`316,075`|`572,355`|`316,075`|`572,355`|
|`Tradecreditors`|`368,163`|`124,011`|`299,349`|`121,723`|
|`Othertaxationandsocialsecurity`|`120,865`|`101,224`|`107,749`|`97,163`|
|`Othercreditors`|`78,732`|`81,807`|`78,732`|`81,808`|
|`Accrualsanddeferredincome`|`184,867`|`271,660`|`177,038`|`251,591`|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`2023`|`2022`|`2023`|`2022`||
||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`||
|`Advancefeescheme(see note19)`|<br>`110,606`|`155,937`|`110,606`|`155,937`||
|`Otherloans`|`207,654`|`200,000`|`207,654`|`200,000`||
||`__`<br>`318,260`|`_355,937`|`__318,260`|`355,937`||
|`oanMaturity`||||||
||||`2023`|`2022`||
||||`£`|`£`||
|`Lessthanoneyear:`|||`30,617`|`1,193,388`||
|`Morethanoneyearbutlessthantwoyears:`|||`7,654`|`200,000`||
|`Morethantwoyearsbut lessthanfiveyears:`|||`100,000`||`-`|
|`After5 years:`|||`100,000`||`-`|
|`Balanceat31August2023`|||`238,271`|`1,393,388`||



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|`nalysisofadvancefeescheme`|||
|---|---|---|
||`2023`|`2022`|
|`Due:`|`£`|`£`|
|`Betweentwotofiveyears`|`110,606`|`155,937`|
|`Duewithinoneyear`|`316,075`|`572,355`|
|`Balanceat31August2023`|`426,681`|`728,292`|
|`Thebalancerepresentstheaccruedliabilityunderthecontracts.`|||
|`Themovementsduringtheyearwere:`|||
||`2023`|`2022`|
||`£`|`£`|
|`Balanceat1 September2022`|`728,292`|`842,320`|
|`Newcontracts`|`375,018`|`455,591`|
|`Amountsutilisedinthepaymentoffees`|`(676,629)`|`(569,619)`|
|`Balanceat31August2023`|`426,681`|`728,292`|





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||`Balanceat1 `|`Income`||`Expenditure`|`Gains/`|||`Transfers`|`Balance`|`at`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`September`||||`(losses)`||||`31August`||
||`2022`||||||||`2023`||
||`£`|`£`||`£`|`£`|||`£`|`£`||
|`Unrestricted`<br>`Funds`|`9,528,443`|`10,851,077`||`(9,571,868)`||`-`||`-`|`10,807,652`||
|`Pensionreserve`|`-`||`-`|`>`||`-`||`-`||`-`|
|`Total`<br>`Unrestricted`<br>`Funds`|`_9,528.443`|`10,851,077`||`_(9,571,868)`||`-`||`-`|`10,807,652_ `||
|`RestrictedFunds`|||||||||||
|`HaroldHood`|`-`|`7,000`||`(1,223)`|||`-`|`-`|`5,777`||
|`Othergrants`<br>`Allweatherpitch`|`-`<br>`-`|`5,000`<br>`50,000`||`(5,000)`<br>`-`|||`-`<br>`-`|`-`<br>`-`|`-`<br>`50,000`|<br>|
|`Total`<br>`Restricted`|`-`|`62,000`||`(6,223)`|||`-`|`-`|`55,777`||
|`Funds`|||||||||||
|`Totaloffunds`|`9.528.443`|`10,913,077`||`_(9,578,091)`|||`:`|`=`|`10,863,429`||





## 

## 

||`Balanceat1 `|`Income`|`Expenditure`|`Gains/`<br>`Transfers`<br>`Balanceat`|`Gains/`<br>`Transfers`<br>`Balanceat`|`Gains/`<br>`Transfers`<br>`Balanceat`|`Gains/`<br>`Transfers`<br>`Balanceat`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||`September`|||`(losses)`||`31`|`August`|
||`2021`||||||`2022`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`||`£`|`£`|
|`Unrestrictedfunds`||||||||
|`GeneralFunds— `||||||||
|`allfunds`<br>`Pensionreserve`|`9,412,964`<br>`(82,000)`|`8,237,577`<br>`-`|`(8,134,048)`<br>`-`|<br>`-`<br>`60,000`||`11,950`<br>`9,528,443`<br>`22,000`<br>`-`||
||`9,330,964`|`8,237,577`|`(8,134,048)`|`60,000`||`33,950`<br>`_9,528,443`||
|`Restrictedfunds`||||||||
|`Resurfacingof`||||||||
|`tenniscourts`<br>`appeal`|`25,000`|`-`|`-`||`-`|`(25,000)`|`-`|
|`Shrineappeal`|`8,950`|`-`|`-`||`-`|`(8,950)`|`-`|
||`33,950`|`:`|`:`||`“`|`(33,950)`|`s`|
|`Totaloffunds`|`9,364,914`|`8,237,577`|`(8,134,048)`|`60,000`||`-`<br>`_9,528,443`||
|`econciliationofnetmovementin`||`fundstonet`|`cashflowfrom`|`operatingactivities`||||
||||||`Group`|`Group`||
||||||`2023`|`2022`||
||||||`£`|`£`||
|`Netincome/expenditurefortheyear`|||||`1,334,986`|`103,529`||
|`Adjustmentsfor:`||||||||
|`Depreciationcharges`|||||`469,406`|`433,907`||
|`Profitonsaleoffixedassets`|||||`(978,142)`|<br>`(1,060)`||
|`(Increase)/decreasein`|`stocks`||||`(19,827)`|<br>`10,075`||
|`Decrease/(increase)in`|`debtors`||||`31,752`|`(261,810)`||
|`Increaseincreditors`|||||`16,097`|`273,236`||
|`PensionFRS102adjustment`|||||`-`|`(22,000)`||
|`Netcashprovidedbyoperatingactivities`||||`—`|`854,272`|`935,877`||





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## 

|`nalysisofchangesinnetdebt`||||
|---|---|---|---|
||`At1 `||`At31`|
||`September`|`Cash`|`August`|
||`2022`|`flows`|`2023`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Cashatbankandinhand`<br>`Loans`<br>`Advancefees`|`981,982`<br>`(1,393,388)`<br>`(728,292)`|`(18,893)`<br>`1,155,117`<br>`301,611`|`963,089`<br>`(238,271)`<br>`(426,681)`|
|`Closingnetdebt`|`(1,139,698)`|`1,437,835`|`298,137`|



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|||`At31`|`At31`|
|---|---|---|---|
|||`August`|`August`|
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`%`|`%`|
|`Discountrate`<br>`Inflation(RPI)`<br>`Inflation(CPI)`||`5.35`<br>`3.35`<br>`2.65`|`4.30`<br>`3.50`<br>`2.70`|
|||`At31`|`At31`|
|||`August`|`August`|
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`Years`|`Years`|
|`Mortalityrates(inyears)`||||
|`-formaleaged65now`<br>`-at65formale aged45now`<br>`-fora femaleaged65now`<br>`-at65fora femaleaged45now`|`—`|`21.4`<br>`22.7`<br>`23.3`<br> <br>`24.8`|`20.8`<br>`22.1`<br>`22.6`<br>`24.1`|





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|`23.`|`Pensioncommitments(continued)`|||
|---|---|---|---|
||`TheGroup’sshareoftheassetsintheschemewas:`|||
|||`At31`|`At31`|
|||`August`|`August`|
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`With-profitspolicies`|||
|||`213,000`|`213,000`|
||`Theactualreturnonschemeassetswas(£24,000)(2022:- £29,000).`|||
||`TheamountsrecognisedintheConsolidatedstatementoffinancialactivitiesareasfollows:`|||
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Netinterestcharge`|`-`|`(1,000)`|
||`TotalamountrecognisedintheConsolidatedstatementof`|||
||`financialactivities`|`-`|`(1,000)`|
||`Definedbenefitasset`|`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Fairvalueofplanassets`<br>`Presentvalueoffundedobligations`|`213,000`<br>`(138,000)`|`213,000`<br>`(154,000)`|
|||`75,000`|`59,000`|
||`Impactofassetceiling`|`(75,000)`|`(59,000)`|
||`Netdefinedbenefitasset/(liability)`|`:`|`=`|
||`Movementsinthepresentvalueofthedefinedbenefitobligationwereasfollows:`|||
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Openingdefinedbenefitobligation`<br>`Interestcost`<br>`Actuarialgains`|`154,000`<br>`7,000`<br>`(23,000)`|`243,000`<br>`4,000`<br>`(93,000)`|
||`Closingdefinedbenefitobligation`|`__138,000`|`154,000`|
||`MovementsinthefairvalueoftheGroup'sshareofschemeassetswereasfollows:`|||
|||`2023`|`2022`|
|||`£`|`£`|
||`Openingfairvalueofschemeassets`<br>`Expectedreturnonassets`<br>`Actuarial(losses)/gains`<br>`Employercontributions`|`213,000`<br>`10,000`<br>`(34,000)`<br>`24,000`|`161,000`<br>`3,000`<br>`26,000`<br>`23,000`|
||`Closingfairvalueofschemeassets`|`—_213,000`|`213,000`|





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||||||`Group`|`Group`|`Company`|`Company`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||`2023`|`2022`|`2023`|`2022`|
||||||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|
|`Notlaterthan`<br>`Laterthan`<br>`1`<br>`years`||`1year`<br>`yearand`|`notlaterthan`|`5`|`53,022`<br>`42,986`|`113,015`<br>`49,225`|`46,760`<br>`39,063`|`89,040`<br>`39,040`|
||||||`96,008`|`_162.240`|`_85,823`|`128,080`|