The Charnwood Trust
fwthe Ye4rFJ*ltyl 31 Aum 2025
McKellaLS Ltd
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Contents (eonlinued)
2tts5
Stattment ofFiDattial Adivities
8t09
io
12to23

Reference Adminiqtratlve Tkt*i1s
CK Deed
S. Fon)WL
CM. Fay
S. F¢rn
ECVSulliv
A Smith
Cbthty RetlatralloJkNuth 502610
SK44RY
M¢Ke]]e￿8 Ltd
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The Charnwood Trust
Trustees, Report
The truste&% of the Cbarnwotxl Tru￿ (Reg no. 5W2610) pr&sent their aullual report together the fio8ncial
stateme4ts oftbe GEwity the year ended 31 Aw 2025.
charity from day to day.
Objectives
The principal objectives of the Tro%t are sel (HJt ill the Cbarity's trLSt dee4L Our values stem from the Christi8u
belief tF&t every indivi(hthl is uniquety created alld Yah￿¢£ aod that every iDdividua] cbild tan learn 4nd
contrib￿C to SOc￿ety.
The TJi]st aTttES IO".
proll￿1¢ the physi¢aL meDlaL cmotiofft)al attd spirit￿[ welfare of childr
provide help aod sllpr￿ for thetr families
The focu5 of the Tn￿1.$ 1jjclllsK(￿ agenda has always beaE to provide holi5Si¢ sw)port to disadvantsged yow
¢biidren alld ther faroijies. Dssadvallt88d children learn aloDgsi& ￿ pem, and once &g8in it h&5 been
bu￿blI0g to witne&s the caTe &ELd frieD(Lsbip estsbRished ltheell the ¢hildren. Di58dY8llta8ed ehi]dten at
Chamwo(MJ are tbiw witb additional Sk4>PKdt n¢ed8 because of Special Ethjcational NeetLs. o11￿ di5abiliry or
Jnedical cotidÉtiOnS, and other children who are deVe1q)￿e￿lally d¢18yed becallse of social dEsadYa￿￿8e. the
stees 8ntiCiWdie tbat this will contiThue to Ix a major factor fuiiEfE aclivity. Ther¢ is ¢1¢8r tvidence frty
reseArch tbat provkding for pre.school children h&$ a $igoifiixJt impact on itttE>foviD8 schwl a¢hi¢vement
aDd the overall life cha￿ceS of children fri)m less thpantsged ettvironments.
Structhre, Govenmnce aDd M4nagement
The tnL8tees ]neet together a5 8 iK)trd usually each half alld occaSi￿alty for extrd mectiDgs about specifi¢
tssues. In additio￿ indiv1th￿l knL5tees P#rti¢ipatr in various activities projects contributing towards the woEk
of tbe cknity. The tr￿lIteS give their litlle fteety, alld ￿tIVe Do rfxnut￿￿&Th orother thMi¢ial tr*nefits.
D￿ritig the year. A Graystone ttsigTred as tr¥LStee oll 31 Au8USt 2025 and S Ferns appointed as ti]ste¢ on 6
May 2025. D Dsllimorq E (YSullIv￿ aod A Smith were app)illts￿ &$ tn]sÈees on I Septellkber 202) 8lld N
LawTinson resigne(l as tllLsEte 31 De¢emE*r 2025.
Exisiillg tn￿te¢S are re5poDsiI)le for the r¢LThiknelli of ttew thlsteffj 8Dd the present IxJ8rd ittcludes sixn¢ with
¢urrent and past teaching experÈenK some with experÉellee iti the L￿all Authority. faith OT thariry s¢xtor and
diYers¢ profe&sional ba¢kwutuLs (inclding to fmall￿ 8lld &duEi￿￿on). one is & receDt Charnwood parenL
alld othas have been the pasL All are people of faith from a raTS8C of Chri￿10￿ ch￿be4 8nd bave
knowledge and understalldi￿ of the issues faciDg pmts witb ylMEDg cbilfv 8nd an insiJi into the &dded
pres5wes where the￿ is a child witb extra needs. The ffi￿e¢s bave Sou￿1 lo f0rn12]ise and assigll
ecifjc fnL5tee roles attd tt$po￿sTri Itlities knrng the year.
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The Ch*rnw•)od Trust
Trnstee8' R¢port {eonthiued)
of 15L S¢Ve[ll￿ 2024.
July 2025.
They twtiise tI￿t pyb]i¢ p)licy ¢OntIn￿ to t¢ ill ll 513tr of 5igDificallt cb3u8c. ttRir
5uiÉtmlially ju¢r￿s
Fortl*pMYsion of pl￿ for childr¢nwtth st£cJalneeds 5]yJ &dthtio]Jal 8ervicu it proiryth8twnd the
To llthievB its obj#tiV¢4 th¢ Tn￿ d￿cctlY widcs seThi¢u Itsdra￿ sceks to int10￿cE d* No¥i8ioll offered
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The ch￿￿W￿l ThtSt
Trnstees, Report (conthilled)
Jll our llursery s¢ttiD8s. the Tnyt aittt% to suppon the &vEI(ymcnt of each ¢thth1's fi]ll by wovidiD8
b¢ a referettce ￿]￿L ts othesprovideTh. The provision thrwh the Hellton MoorTUllEery this p*st year i]K]u￿
Chsrnwood or at the famity home. Athiti¢s thtriD8 Schr￿ boiidays ajso F*lp fath11i￿ Me for children
¢onti]ll￿d to paru¢ipate ill res¢aT¢h. We ajso pr￿ryde ard for F￿AY Ye￿3 prof¢ssioJJais fro
of the LocalAuthority.
. 'ChlldrnJ lAn￿￿t1hts thJJNrntioMIsÈiithg'
. CommuRity li ai thehEQrtOfCh¢Ym￿'.
tbtugs are don¢ 8ts what llctsjally 18 dotte. Given thc ¢th(* aDd aim5 of thc Tr￿ ￿ tsusteeB are ￿ffiJI to bB
able to report that chiJdTCll 4r¢ rnlly be at ple&*J the aetvice th¢y

The Charnwood Trust
Truste￿, Report (conlinued)
FIna￿tIal Review
Charnw<x)d's net deficii for the ￿ decr￿8￿ from £94,858 to £17.955. The lJus¢ees CODttnue to be acutely
mittdfid of the need to retum to a b8Jattced bw 8ttd take actiffl in tke M￿lUn1 to ￿StOre Cbarnw<y)d's
Total illccAne itiC￿sed ty £1¢￿.124 (12.4Vé) fEOm £855,076 to £9612IM>. Dotia￿ attd legacies ittcome
in¢reL8ed by £26.520 from £28.IKAI 10 £54.580. IA)D￿l0￿5 alld kgacic5 are critical io support nll)ny of the
Oppottullity Groups tlld gelleral wider f8uTrily stwrt
Total Cxpelldtti￿e incrc&8ed by £2922113.1%) £949,934 10 £979.155. The Teawn for this iDUt&se
was a £24,220 (3.4V.) increase in totsl stsff c(bts. This reflects national minimum wage increases ond a
cOm￿titive aod £1￿men81￿8 employm￿ m•ket iti the secur.
iieserve8 Pomry
The tr￿ste¢s consider th8t fut￿ not investtsl in tan￿le fixtsl assets Ir designated for specifi¢
pwK)ses (the free res¢tves) should be ar{￿d 3 of the resou￿ expellded oll a like-for.like ba515, which
equates to approximalcty £240,OW for the yur ezKkd 31 A￿8￿$t 2025. At this level the trt]stees feel that tbey
would be able to ¢oDttnue the ¢UZTellt activities of the charity in the eV¢￿t of a 5i8Dificant drop in fundtllg. Our
fT¢¢ ￿$¢r￿ bave falle￿ to W)4.745 (2024.. £9&615). This [q￿esents a SI￿¥rt￿ against our reg￿Ve&
policy.
We had prtviousty indicated that e(XLsId￿ed it ￿Ight takc & cowjle of ycsrs beF￿￿e L￿Id ￿tOre our fiEe
Teseryes tom¢et policy. We to so &5 SIK>ll p)ssiThIe.
We inlend to ethon¢e our f(w on eX￿Idi￿g Charnwo(¥J's othtr grant￿ doD*ion5 alld le8acies' illci)me
stre8tUS and D]aking it essier f(Y orw1￿￿0￿% and people to p&tDer Fu￿1ClaI￿ with CharnwiKNI We are very
dependent (JD other sowces of it)C(Alle to ¢ffltiDue to delivEr CbarnwtKMI T[￿￿t'S We had a]ready
tsken the diffi(xth d￿l$lOn to renew (￿l￿ti(￿l91 thryy ￿1(% ￿0visiO￿ for the yr4r ending 31 August
2025.
As a resuft of the thtse aud othcr 8nd Iwillg cO￿lder&I forecasts w) lo Auwt 2027. we are
confident that the trllst is a going ¢oo¢
Th¢ annual Iwrl was 8pproved by the tntstees of the charity on 25 June 2026 8nd signed on its beha]f by:
C.H. Deed
Tn￿tee
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The Charnwood Trust
Statsment of Thistees, RwnsibllKtses
applicable Jaw alldre8uiaiioTh8.
obsuve themetbLkts aDd prin¢ipl¢s in the (7sarities SORP.
constitutiOD. Th¢ ar¢ a]w rc4x)nsibl¢ tr 5aftwTdmg the &5s¢ts of the cbarity ar¥J betsce for tsknllg
C.H. Deed
PJF6

IndependeDt Examitter's Report to the trustee¥ of The Charnlvood TrDst
2025.
RespoBslblllde8 b*Jts of report
actOTdance vrith the reqll1rn￿ of IILe CFArit¥cs A¢t 2011 (YhB Ac¢).
Charity cA)mMi￿￿ utukr 8ethioD 145(5Xb} ofthe ACL
Ji#tèJ iti section 145 of thE 2011 ACL I confirtrl that I am quajifityj to unthrth th¢ b￿￿￿$t l am a
m¢mLrr of McKellA8 whith is otteoftr* ii*uilNxJl￿.
McKelleJs Ltd
11 Riveftview
VakRolld
Heaton ML
Stc¢krort
SK4 3GN

The Ch4rnwood TrDst
Statement of Flnanehl A¢dvJthJ for the Ended 31 August 202S
Totsj
2025
In¢owe and ElldowrneDtJ fro
Do[￿tI(￿s alld legacie
33.785
893J52
10,963
1.805
5(Xl
795
54,580
893J52
10963
1,805
51K>
940,405
96R
(ni)
1958,163
(771)
20221
(958934
20221
(979,155)
Net{¢XFthdLtt￿eYIOC0MC
(18,529)
712
574
712
117.955)
(17,817)
{13
(17.955)
ReeontlllAtlon of full
624.651
4.711
629.362
17
611.407
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The ch￿1¥￿1 Trnst
Statement of Ffill•nd81 Arttvitses for the Year Ended 31 Aw8t 2025 (¢onlinued)
2024
2A735
132
9.808
1,076
iO.LXN)
iJ25
28,
806.132
9,808
l.(N6
853.751
iJ25
855,￿10
(549}
948.030
{549)
9.385
{948.579)
(lJ5
949.934
(91.828)
130)
(94,8581
R￿nCilIatIOn of fullds
Totslfith brought f￿￿*d
719,479
4,741
724220
17
624.651
4,71 I
629262
The fjJttd8 breakn*)wn for2024 is 5kb)vm iti notr 17.

(Regtstratlon number: 5(12610}
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025
2fj25
TIn￿ble &4ets
12
511089
526.036
)kbtots
Cth atb8Dk alld ID F•J
13
14
15,327
108.404
121.314
123.731
127.539
15
124.413
213
¢urreD¢ a81¢ts
99J18
103326
Net *Mets
611.4(F7
629
FuAOs ofthe cbaTIty:
4.5n
4,711
Unrntrfdtd 5AtomE f•DdJ
Utsrestri¢tyJ fiwds
024,651
Tot*]
17
611.407
629J62
2026 Rrd yiglled ¢￿the￿I*￿aIrby.'
S.Fa
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The Charnwood Trust
C•8h Flow StAt¢menÉ for the YeAr Ended 31 August 2025
2024
(17955)
194.8581
16287
17J61
1,07
13.473)
(785731
WorklD8 upltal
13
15
(9.102)
111235
1137
27,755
CaJhllow5 lttvtstlDg acdvltlel
Intertstrtteivabl¢ aud simi]ar in¢0
1.805
1.076
3.733
12
Netcasb flowy from inv￿till8 HL*ivities
53
2.65
(12,910)
121J14
25,098
Cash tasb ffjuiva]¢nts at I Septcmixr
96.216
Cash c45h aWiVAJents at 31 A
108.4(
121,314

The Charnwood Trust
Notes to the FIDancial Statements for the Year Ended 31 2025
l Accoulltirt% poll¢k*
st*t￿nI of ￿mPlI1￿ce
Fill8￿]&1 Ststyjatd 8pplicabl¢ in ts UK snd Republi£ of (FRS 102) {eff*tive l Jattuary
20191 . Icbarities SORP (FRS 10211. th¢ RqKxting Stth EroJiLxble in the UK a￿1 Rwub]ic of
Irel8Td (FRS 1021 aTuI the Chatitses Art2011.
Bmts of PT¢p•r¥tion
GoltsE tontern
yeliably Mea￿
sttti¢ment is atLd the 8DM)uoi be rne￿ r¢]igbly. Ali c4)sts are all￿&￿1 kn thE appbc4ble
costs al]L￿tell on th¢ b&sis of tttne sp￿￿ at¥J dtyrtiation tbAf8es Allctatrd on th¢ ￿[r￿n of thc oM's us¢.
Pa8e 12

The CbaTDwood Trust
Notes tsj the Flnan¢lal Statements for the Yur Ended 31 Augus12025 (eonthiued)
Cor its bor&fviaTi¢S. It EA)tIL E¢ allothj diteAiy xtivities athl tknEe Lxth of SD
SuppoTt cog
Taxa¢lo
The charity is cl￿￿¢[¢￿ w kws the t£stS get xll Pryr8ph I s¢h￿]￿le 6 of the FI[￿￿te Act 2010 snd
COVeF&I by Chwer 3 P2rt 1 l of the c[￿￿￿tiOn Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Ta%ation of Cbargeablc
Depredatktn aThoTth•tion
25QA5traigbt ]ine
2% thwbtjtne
tODd and buildings
Trade debtors
¢4tsbli8bed whal tbae is Obj￿1[ye evid￿¢ thllt thc notlK able ty collert Ell ¢kn ￿￿[di￿g w the
on&t￿l terns of tr* receivabl£&
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The Ch*rnwood Trust
NDtes to the FinaDciai Statemellts for the Yexr Ellded31 August 2025 (collthiued)
CaBh tqulvthDts
thw iti val￿.
Trade tredtto
Trade cr¢dutOts ttTe (A>11￿10￿% to w for 8oc¥Js LY suvices ttot t*en wuÉt•J IÈ) the oKdiJwy cowse of
bustrless fro￿ suppjiert Atcoty￿ payable are c￿￿￿fied as ojrrtht liabilities if the dtts tr)t have a
Fund strutthre
the obiectivc& of thedwtty.
¢ootnThutiODS RTe pRid iDto ll ￿ltin fittd the ¢kniry IA8 VJ legal or cOnSt￿tive obli￿10￿ to ￿Y fjmb
the ¢harity afterdethcting all of its lithijiEiW.
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Notey ¢0 the Ftsan¢lal Statements for the Year Elld￿ 31 August 2025 {contiDued)
li&bility is at the WfS¢Dt vahK of fi]twE pw]￿￿ at a matktt Tale of iLth8t fw a
r¢wBTib of ovJL#sh4) of the fiDarKial as8¢1 or c) thaTity. de4)itE havi]Jg Rtsinuj so￿. bth¢ not a]L
or expires.
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to the Flnancial Statements for the Year Elld￿ 31 Augwt 2025 (continued)
2 tseome from doD•¢h3n8 •nd l¢p
nds
Tot•1
2024
2025
28,455
SJ30
28955
5.430
14.860
11.879
190
Gift ald￿laiD￿d
Gt3Dt& illcluding Capital Btall
20.195
20.195
1.125
33.785
20.795
54580
2&060
Total
2025
Tot•1
2024
4,710
368.89)
290,876
1.694
43.047
4.710
368.8
290,876
4232
359.163
244J97
7J28
35.640
12.740
1,925
48,691
33J20
52209
2 Year Old Offtt
43.047
16,875
DEP
NuTSery SesSWJ
62.864
45.603
465lk5
872
62.864
45,603
46,506
872
W(diesFe•
5,976
893J52
893352
S[￿,]32
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to tbe Flnallclal Statements for the Year Emded 31 Augu512025 (conliuued)
T4itsJ
2024
Totsi
2024
5.709
6.653
3.155
10963
10963
9.808
Totsl
2025
Total
2￿24
1.805
1.076
Tots]
2024
Fees
5Th)
10,0
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Not¥ to the Fillonclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Awst 2025 (¢onlinued)
7 ExpeDdltllre •n ¢lwltsble xtlvltl
Totsl
2D25
2024
W48c8 and sai￿1￿￿
710,880
50202
31434
13*09
36347
29,9TI
16.864
21930
19,730
730.610
50,202
31434
13.809
36J47
29.977
16.864
21421
7c￿)￿l
41,
29.947
8.830
41.165
27,176
491
25J30
34J70
othersituilar costs
16287
l7J61
7.433
20221
978J84
949J85
Totsj
2025
Totsl
1.155
A195
1.155
195
83
i.lc
4.231
268
7.433
7.433
5599
?nvolvett)eot with IIK appoiDtztKnt of this Ttmber of Staff bas oDgotDg ij5volvell￿Dt with this ejnployee's
froththe tknity durnigthe ytar.
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The Ch￿￿￿00d Trnst
Notes to the Flllanclal state￿¢llts for th¢ Year Ended 31 August 2025 (eontiDued)
10 Staff trfts
2024
Stxff tosts dlltkng the yujr w
Wa8¢s and saJari¢s
730.610
502ff2
31434
13,809
706JYJ
41.606
29.947
8.830
Pellsio]xcosts
oth￿ Costs
827.055
786.773
ity during the ywFas 5012024: 511.
20ts
2024
Teachiug staff
28
26
30
29
11 T￿**10￿
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The Ch•rnwwd Trust
Note5 to the Fiti*ndal Stst¢mellts for the Yur Ended 31 All￿t 2025 (Continued)
Total
Cort
At I SwknbEr2tr24
Additious
685J58
91.859
777.217
1340
(1298)
1298
At 31 2025
685J58
92.901
77&259
DepTtu*ion
At I Septettttr*r2024
Charye forthc y
EliM￿ated ondisp>s
At 31 A￿8￿t 2025
163377
13.707
87.804
2.580
1298
251.181
16287
1298
177,084
89,086
266.170
bookv*he
At 31 Augwt 2025
SO8274
3.815
512.089
At 31 August 2024
521.981
4.055
526.036
13 Debt•r8
2025
2Q24
Tra& d¢lkn8
8568
5.852
4.￿29
1.214
982
Othrsd¢btors
Pllge 20

Notr& to the Knatte￿I Ststsments for the Yur EDded 31 Allg￿t 21)25 (Continued)
14 eqnivthmts
2Tr25
2024
1275
107.129
3,495
117,819
Ca8hatb
108.404
121,314
15 Credhors: t￿1 due Tlthln omeyear
2024
i.oio
12.514
5.578
8.894
750
5.430
4,5iJ)
3,559
4,491
24,413 ￿13
20
2024
1.565
3.912
14.417
5.477
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Nots5 to the Flttalld￿ Stat¢ments for the Yur Ended 31 August 2025 (tontinued)
17 Fullds
B¥I￿re ati
September
Bthnee at
31 AygNt
21125
2•24
624,651 940.405
712
(lJ6.834
MCF
L4mpligbtr
Arthurfs Futmt
19,820
(19J20)
500
4,073
4.711
100
375
12)
375)
Totsl Rutride41
4.711
12
4.573
961
611,407
B￿nCe at I
B*lknte *t31
2•
719.479
853.751
9¢8579
624.651
Rutricttd
Alt￿￿$ Furd
4741
(230)
4.711
1.125
Totd Rt•trlcted
4.741
1325
lJ55
4,71 I
724220
949934
629.362

Notss to the Financijl Statements for the Yw Ended 31 August 2025 (eonthiued)
Atthtr3 Futxt ts held in of the la* Ardwr CTOS4 the ithyst xTriDB InL*e of the cljarity. Th5s fund is
M¢. TeachM¢ thlltprOvide&f(￿al￿1SWty y(W PC(
Totsi futtds at
fuhd¥
2025
TwJThle fizcd Ess¢rB
511089
119.158
124,413
511089
J23.731
24.413)
Cvtrt Jiabilitie8
Totslnet &uets
.834
4.573
TotslfllDth *t
Celtrai
2024
52&036
121828
24213
526,036
l27.539
(24.213
629.362
4.711
Totsl
624.651
19 Rel*t¢d pxrty trMg*tthb