Charlty reglstr&tlDn nDmb¢r 5181176
Conwally Y¢glstradon number lJ2•59659 (EnE]attd Wal￿}
LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMKNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023

LUCTON PIERREPOLYT SCHOOL II DUCATIONAL TRUST
t￿GALA1¥1D ADMINISTRATIVE IIYFORMATIOI¥4
P Bu&8
AKhaD
The Rcvcrcnd Pr¢b¢ndtry M J K￿¢￿
RJ Stattrrsfield
Head Teatber
Mrs D J M&rte
Charlty number
518076
Company rtU￿ber
Ir2059659
Prlndpal address
Luctoll School
Leominsttr
Hvr#fordfy'bire
HR6 9PN
Rich¥￿ Place DobEon SrrvicE5 Limited
Gtvund Floor
1- 7 Statioll Road
Crawley
Wcst Sussex
RIIIITr IHT
Banker
Lloyd8 TSB Bank Pl
Aricl HoL*e
2138 Covew Road
Sheldo
B26 3JW
Solldtor8
HEwi8on Clark Rickcrby8 Solicito
Thor￿ Hou
29 Broad Str¢¢t
Hcrcford
HR4 9AK

LucfoN PIERKEPOIYT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
CONT[1 NTS
PAg6
Statementof trustees WDwibilities
t]￿ep￿￿te￿e &wtitoVs report
Statem￿tof fjllattclal activitie8
Baianee 5hcct
io
Stateme]rt of c&8h tlows
Notes to the ritW￿la1 statements
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LUCTON PIEIUIEPONT SCHOOL KDUCATIONAL TRUST
TRusfEES REPORT UNCLUDING DIRECTORSt REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
Th¢ pr¢s￿t th¢ir qllnufjlreport fin8ncial Stat¢thr￿ts forthE yc4r ended 31 August2023,
The fit￿￿14[ strat¢m¢nts have been prepared IL aC￿rd￿¢¢ with the wounting poli¢ie8 sot out in notc I to th¢ finattcial
8ttttem¢nts and comply WAth the $¢hwl's ￿￿￿0[andu￿ and arti¢le& of u550ciatioll, the Conwies Act 2006 and "A¢eounting
and k¢￿rtillg by Charities.. Statement of Kecomnjwded Prnctice applicable to charities preparing their 4¢¢0unts a¢eordance
with the Finattcial ￿e￿rtstig Sta￿d￿￿ applicoble in the UKand Republic of freland (FRS 102). lefft¢tiv¢ l J4nuary2019).
Obl¢¢tlves #¢llvttks
To prDmots and pmide for advanttmetst of thratlon of cbildr¢JJ iu th¢ Uttited Klngdom and clswherc, ￿ educaiion to be
desi￿d t£) give & 80und reii8ious and mornl by3is to all pupil
Beyond the t¢a¢biag of traditional academic subie¢ts and SOTne vocatioThal qu8Jifi¢Ations. pupil¥ ar¢ Wie¢t￿ to develop in the
broadest ¢du¢atioMI scnsc. prcwrin8 them for adult life in an ev¢rTh¢hBn8ing wotld. In addition to aGthi¢ and C4￿lfri(u1ar
exr¥IlN￿, school seeks tt) prtsvide aware4￿sS of te£knologi¢d advall¢¢mcnt and enviroJJm¢ntsl i&8ucs. thereby equipping
pupils all incroasingly 8lob•l sdting 5 thcy tr￿s￿li￿tt on 2dMlthood.
The stratsEies employed to a¢hiev¢ the ¢horiVs aim5 alldobjeetive8 attd to $upw¢ lony¢m goals aTE Io:
Provide actllent t￿hin8 tbrough thc ￿c￿ltMellt atld tytention of higb-qua]ity classr￿￿ practitioners at all age
Tang
AdoptaI￿proMole bigh stand￿th of iKh8viour amongstlhE pupils.
IDculeAte a euli¥r¢ of intsgtation between local and0￿rS￿5 8ttTdents.
Enh8ttce the nur5try provision to provid¢ h¢althy muniKrs entering the school ￿ ¢he ug¥ 415.
(nY¢st in the staff and support self-iinprovement by providing iDs¢t trasnithg and ￿tidillg EXterJMI courses.
Improve the facilities offtratthe sch(K>l.
CoAgorve and impruve th¢ building of the s¢1￿01.
IDtroducc the benefits of the 8chool to a8 wide au aud1¢w￿ as pos811)le. incLlldins over5W tDthts those in the
UKwho mightnotb¢ able to afford WJ irtdepondetst school ethi¢atsoD.
Bith¢r directly, or through ccrtain Mem￿[6 of Staff, the school hold$ memb¢rship orth¢ association of Goveming BudieB of
Ind¢p¢nd6nt School8 IAGBIS), th¢ Independent School CowJ¢il IISC). The Indcpcndcnt 8choo18 AsBociation (18A).T
Boarding Schoo18 A$$o¢iation (BSA). The JttdepBx￿eTrl Schools Bw%ars' A860¢iation ItSBAI and through the H¢ad of the Prep
Sch￿)1, tlLe ILdepend¢ntA5sociation of Pw Scbo(bls {IAPSI. providin¥ 8¢¢es¥ to mally and CPD opporttwities for
staff, Colle¢tiv¢ly, these orgallisation8provid¢ im[￿￿0 wport, from ¢ouwto policy guidancc and aw[￿1¢ raft of advi¢¢
Success is me&%ured through external &cadeAnic results, piHGe5 secured at ulliveKsiti48 attd oth¢r hisher edu¢atlOll IlJstitution$.
alongside othEr1¥&5 ]n¢tsic 4spects. p￿tiCularlY w¢114)¢ing*
Public b6nrfit is athieved through the provision of subsidisp41 and fi￿[ plHcB awards to pupi18 oth¢rwi$¢ un8bl¢ to att¢Dd the
schwL alollgsidr ptUVi5ion uf th6 aBsets of th¢ 8¢lK>ol for local primary SCI￿oIS atkd the wid¢r ¢tsmmunity* primtirily
achieved spirts facilities.
Th¢ Dir¢ctOTS of the CompAny present thcir allnual wrt for th¢ y¢Er ¢Nled 31st AuEU8t 2021. togetb¢r with the fiD￿ClaI
staten￿nts for the yettr, whi¢h hav6 beett prepa￿d in a¢¢ordanc¢ with Conwany tthw atknl xll comp]iwe¢ with Chatities SOBF
(FRS 102}.
The trustees I￿ve paid du¢ r¢gonl to guidatLce issued by th¢ Clwity con￿￿]￿10￿ in deGidiDg what Èctiviti&¥ tbE School should
AeblcY¢mo#ts #ttd perform#nte
DUE to the pH551ll8 of the he&dt¢fych¢r, w¢ unabl¢ Éo providc ￿ up(lat¢d achievcmetts and perfm10ll￿ for th¢ y¢ar. the
activiti¢s of the ￿h0o1 llre t¢fie¢ted in thc fllwicial staternents iKIow.
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LUCTON PIERREPONf SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
TRUSTEES REpoRf (INCLiJDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 31 AUGUST2023
Thian¢lal r¢vl¢w
The unreEtri¢ted fimds of the School ore &t n¢gti¢ivB £1,911,559 (2￿22. Nesotive of £845.538) with restricted standiug Ht
£11.07712022: £11,077).
Goingconcern
The trustees ￿ satisficd that the 5thwls' operating c89b thw8, ¢Xternal faciliti&q and agr¢em¢nt with Alpha sch￿18
Ire suffici&itto ￿￿tthe $¢hotsl8 day to day working ¢Apitsl wuir¢m¢nts.
R&yernagpollcy
The resewe$ poli¢yi5 to suslaittfuodittgl)¢twe6A r¢8erYe8 held debttts ettsure the ongoing xtiViti￿ of th# ¢hority.
MoJorTrtskf
The board of t￿￿tee8 is r&y>JJsible for the management of th¢ risk5 fml by the gr0￿p. DetaileA ¢on$id¢TAtion$ of risk are
thIegat￿ to the Senior Monag¢m¢nt of the school. Risks are identified, 88Be8sed and I￿)nt￿)[S estFblithrd throughout the yew.
The trustees have A t15k managcmenl strat¢gy which compris¢8'.
- w antwal review of thc risks the charity may face.
-the establishment of $y$t¢m$ and procedures tomitigats those risks idcntificd in the plan,. and
- the impleD)ent4tion of prLKedur¢8 desigt)ed to minimis¢ pOt￿)tial impact on th¢ ¢lMrÉty uhouldthos¢ riBk8rnatthiaJise.
The Senior M8TJ8¥tm¢nt Te8￿1 ensur¢8 that th¢ ochool ¢ompile8 with atl r¢levaTLt Icgislation. Thi8 procoqs Is also n￿)nitOred by
the tT￿￿te￿ through termly repots provided by the Head Teach¢r aT)d the Bursar. a8 well a8 throu8b individua] Trust¢C8 taking
P)D8ibi]ity for thin key areas. Tn]8tec subcomtJ]ittffs alBQ el￿ thot th¢ areas within th6ir r¢mSt niaint&in IWI
compliajhce
The mo8t *ignific&Mtiisks Identified ￿ as follows;
l. Th¢ ollgoillg impact of the Elobal p8nd¢xni¢ in both ed￿￿tional alld fiTwicial tenu&
2. Fcs affordability* Particuldriy forpartll?ts b￿ed ill th¢ lo¢al catshm¢llt ar¢4L
3. Thc ability to attract pupils frmn overse￿8 wbi18t trav¢1 r¢Btrictions colllinue to be impts*L
4 Continuing finan¢i41 pr¢8sure being appli￿ tbrough ¢¢ntral sovcrnment poliry and1056 of clMritabIeb￿lnesS rat¢ rauetions.
Tbrougkn thc risk mana8ebLelltproce55ey ¢stsblished for th¢ s¢hoDI, and thc groupi the Trnstees are satisfied tbat the major tisk$
ideJLtifiedhave been ad¢quatsly mitigate4J where n￿e&S&ry.
for future periods
AS Luclun SL'hovl Shan8hai pass￿ the thr¢¢-figurt piipil roll ill 2020121, Tntstees look *￿ead to the op¢nin8 of Lu¢ti)n School
ChDttgqing in g¢ptcmber 2(r22, providuw ¢v¢ll stronger links with (%illH, as well as generatillg 8dditionAI r¢v¢nues to 8iiPPDrt
th¢ ch￿ttY in the UL A]ph& S¢knoDI'5 connections in China and Hong Kon8 wJl aim to bring gr¢atGr bcn¢fits from thi8
¢sthbli8JKd Joittt y￿(￿￿¢ projec¢.
A￿hth S¢hoa15 workit]g with the Heod have th¢ followio8pl8ns in placE.'
- Alph&kave aIready ij]ve5ted £55Ok of its OWD mon¢y into the School to keep it open. This Shows hu8e ¢ommitrll¢nt atxi b¢li¢f
to thc School.
- By w¢ttittg Lucton'8 Cost b&fe attd twtUfAI wa8thgc, as well L8 the redundatw of thinistrutive roles (now cov¢r¢d by the
Alpha Centr￿ support team), step5 hyvr fjlreadybeen in improving Lucton and developing finan¢iol stability.
- lft ordcr to improve Lllcton's it is necegjary to ¢onsAd6r a nJulti-faceted approach that iitilisey the exiBting assd8 alld
thngtbs of th¢ school.
Wlth th&qe IA mittd.Alpha's aims forLUCto￿ are:
l. To Incre￿ pupil numbers in cl•&5￿..
2. To Amprovetbe 8ehTrJl's FFE (Full Tim¢Fee Equivalent) percentage
3. To improv¢ bowrding jwtnbers. by duubli]]g thesc in three y¢arp¢riod
Thtst¢eB I￿k gknead to th¢ opening of I￿￿¢0￿ Scbool, Chongqing in 86ptembcr2(Y22, providittg evtn liuks with Chin&,
well as gen¢ratillg additional revenu¢6 to support the ¢harity in the UK. Alpha S¢hool'8 con1￿￿10￿5 in China Hong Kong
WAII &im to bring 8rea*r beL¢fits frojn this tstablithedjointventtwe proje¢L
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
TRUSTEES REPORT (IIYCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
Strllckng goverDaDC¢ alld m8nAgemettt
Lucton PieAf¢pDnt Educational TiuBt Limitd 1$ & ¢ompany linited by 8uar&ntee SO￿L￿ed by its Memornndum and
Articl¢8 of AB8ociation dated 11 July l986, revised in 2013 alld on Nov¢tllber 29th 2021. It 18 a r¢gi8t¢r¢d ¢harity with the
Charity Comn)i85101L
The tmst¢e¥ who are also the directorn for the purpo8¢ of Company law, w]w served d￿]ng the yw alld up to the date of
signature of th¢ fLThanci￿ stHt¢ments wff¢'.
P Bus8
Th¢ Rcv¢rendPrebendary M J Kneen
R S Sh¢rrey
RJ Ststtetyficld
OiNi8nrd 8 OctDbtr 21Y23)
Recrultmén¢ ffjdoppoinlmentofirwie
Tkne appointrtt¢ntofth¢ InTStees is mwage41 by thclx>aTd kn m4iftt&ina strong alld ¢ffe¢¢iv¢ blend of
profession41 And lay skills to ensure robust and informcd governance. From N0Ven￿er 29th 2021, when the
school became part of the Alpha SGkools Clroup, Trn8tee llumb¢r8 were redu¢¢d kn ninc to fivw with ihr¢¢ Alpha nomTnated
Gov¢rnor8 joining two retsiyheil ¢XiBting tAth S¢hool Gov¢rnors io Fomi th¢ board.
Th¢ chairn￿n or o noinittthd substiiule WAIL be the trys[￿$, r¢pr¢sQDtativa8 with AGBIS, tlLeAs8ociation of Govern1￿g Bodies
of IndepeJ)d¢ut S¢hool& alld will be trspon￿￿1e forke¢pillg up to date witb bpxt pt¥ti¢o and cascadiJJ8 th¢ knowledge (lown to
f¢llow tTuth&%.
OrydnisorlonttlfylrKclu
The fLdl board (euDly and ther¢ are thre¢ Su1￿0￿MIttee￿, on¢ ¢overlTrg Educatio14 one cov¢r6 Woll Beit)g & HR and the
third 15 Thc Restsur¢￿ Coinmitl¢¢, which includes all fjnanrial lljatters. The tYuste¢s appoint a Headteacher to
ana8e the dAy-t(thy operatioJ$ of the School. To f&ililat¢ etyective operations, the l.Ieadteacher has delegllt¢il authority,
within tsrn)$ of delegation appTvv¢d by th¢ tllL%t￿, for op¢ratioJJal nvLtt¢i% illrluding fiJMnK anploytnenl atmt academic
performance rclatcd activity. I￿￿tr¢S orth¢ school are also Directors of the sub5idi&ry entities.
udltor
Ill accordatKe with the companvs artic1¢5, a r￿Olutiott prop08iThg that Richard Plar¢ D(bbson Servicos Lllnited IK re4ppointed
auditDr uf thf [￿Ywill be put ot a Gen<￿] Me¢ting.
Dffi8elosyr¢ of Infonllatffion t• Alldltor
Each of th¥ itUSt£¢s has cofftfinlled that th¢r6 is R)0 illfomwtion of which thry ar¢ awa￿ which is relev8n¢ to the audiL but of
which th¢ guditor is uttawar¢. Th¢y bav6 ¢ur(h¢r ¢onfirJn¢d tbaL they hw¢ tak¢n approprAate 8tsps to identify such relcv3Dt
information a￿1 io establi$h that the auditDr is 4war¢ of such infomjation.
Small Conq￿lES, rK¢n]ptions have be¢th applieA whenprepArtng thiB Dir¢ctorf8 Re￿.
Th¢ trustees re￿rt was wproved by the Board of Tnute&8.
PBus8
ThTStee
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LUCTON PtERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR TBE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
The truste¢&, who also th¢ dittctors of Lucton Pierr¢tKknt Sthool Edu¢ational Tru8t for th¢ purw)se of ¢ompAfty law, ar
)upibl¢ for preparing the Trustres Report alld the fiDanci81 $tat6m¢llts in accordance with applicable l&w a￿1 Unitcd
KI0gdo￿AC¢Oullkng st￿￿j￿rds (United King(knm (iellernllyAcc¢pted Ac&ountillg PracticE).
Compatty Law requi￿ the tsugtees to pw fIt￿￿claI styknn¢nts f￿. eacb fi￿anCial year whicli give a true and fait view of the
Btate of Aff*ir8 of the school and of the Incoming rtsourc¢s and applicatton of rGgouth. illcludin8 the inLome attd ¢xperLdxtur¢,
of th¢ charitablc company for that year.
In prepariL8 these fllLEttcial statem¢Jty the trLTBtCes are requird to:
- select 8Uitabl¢ accounting poliri¢6 and the￿ apply them co￿￿18tentIy,.
- observe the n￿th(th And prtnciples in th¢ CIMitie5 SORP.
. jwJ8wnents ¥nd cstimates th&t areTeasothle Wy1￿￿denl and
- w¢pare the fInatici81 stat¢m¢JLts on the going ¢on¢ern b&%is wn1￿$ 1¢ is inappropriste to pre$utne that the sch¢)ol wiIl ctsntinue
ID O￿latIOn.
The trvsts ar6 re5PO]]8ibl¢ for ke¢pitig adequat¢ a¢¢ouThLtiw recorth tha¢ dis¢los¢ with r¢asonable 8cwwy at olly time the
fitwncial positioll of the 8chool and ellable them Lu ensur¢ that the rmo￿la1 st•tsELents cojnply with the Compttllies Act 21X)6.
Tii¢y al80 fC8poDsibI¢ for saf6gLwrdin8 th¢ ￿5¢ts of th schixbl athl henG6 for takiDg re&8i>n#blE ¥ty for the prevention
d¢t¢¢tion of fraud and oth¢rirregU1￿Jti¢&
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITORIS REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
1)1sdAlmer of Oythlon
We were ens&8¢d tts audit the fmallci￿ itAtsmellts of Lurton Piett¢wnt Education Th]st (the Charitable CompaThy), whith
compri8e the 8tst¢meAt of fJn8n¢ial 4dviti¢B, the balaDc¢ sheet *nd th¢ Cash flow Etatements )8 a¢ 31 August 2023. and notw to
the finEm¢ial statemcnts, inclllding a Bumw of ssgllific&Tht *¢Co[￿till8 policies.
Wc do not ¢xpr¢u ￿ opiniott on the r4¢¢0mpHnyillg finan¢i41 $1ot¢m¢nts of thB Charitsble Compony. Because of thr
8igllifLcatt¢¢ of th¢ matt¢r5 dcsc¥ll￿d iTh th¢ 11gsis for DistIaimer of Opinion section of our ityurt, w¢ h8V¢ Ilot been able to
obi#in suifi¢iETrt appropriate avdit ¢vid¢ncc toprovide a b48is for an Nudit Oplliion on thaqe ststements
Bws14 for Dlsthlm¢r of Oplnlon
Wc were not appoinied auditors of th¢ Cba¥itabl¢ Company until Lft¢r 31 August 2023. This fa¢t tos¢th¢r wi¢b th¢ death of
thc hc8dmgster, ¢hllng¢5 iu pet8oDllel and the iequiremeJ]t to get bGcount8 coinpleled for has meont wr havc b¢¢ll unAbl¢
to Satisfy ours¢lvc8 as to the compkten¢s$, exiBtencc alld valuation of k6y balallces in the fJnan¢ial st#t¢n]¢nts. As a resul¢ of
th¢$¢ nMttei& ￿ were uJJable tu dtst¢Kfftino whether ally r*djUst￿¢11ts might have beeA] fou￿1 n¢ces$&ry in re5lKCt ofrccord¢d or
utsre￿d￿ bal8rKc5. attd the cl¢m￿ts making up th¢ 814t¢m¢￿t of fInatt¢iaJ acliviti¢s, al￿ $tHtwn¢Lt of cash flows.
MAttrlg1 Un¢ert*lnty related to golng ¢on¢trn
We drf4W att¢tition tti note 1.2 ill the fm#ncial statallÈnts, which indi¢ot¢s that at 31 AU8￿St 2023 tbc Charitabl¢ Company IMI
nei liabiliti08 of £1,900,482 aod nwdt 4 deficit fot the year tJKts ended of £1,066.021. As stated in not¢ I, these ev¢nts or
conditions, inth'cats that a Ajjaterial unr¢rtainty exists that rni¥y Cast sigDIfic￿t doubt on th¢ ¢ompaDy's ability to continu¢ as a
goitsg ronctrn. Our opioion 1$ notmodifiod ill rttpect of this ￿￿tt¢r
In auditio8 thc fitwiciul statallo w¢ bav¢ conclud6d that tlLe diT¢¢tors' use of th¢ going concern basis of a￿0￿￿ting ia the
pr¢parntion of th¢ fllIa]￿1al statetnents is approprifite.
Our ¢va]iiation of the di￿10￿, assessment of the ¢ntity'8 abiiiiy to contittue to adopt the going coDcem basis of accounting
includcd confjrmittg that banking faci]tts¢s remAiLed place for at least 12 from the dat¢ of si8nittg th¢ financial
st¥itements aod r¢¢¢iving confiTmati0tt8 from # ¢onncctcd paty that they would continue to 5UPiX)rt th¢ ¢h￿￿tabl¢ company in
p&yiJJg all of it5 debts as they fall due.
Our rcspon8ibAlitie8 at)d tb¢ r¢Bponsibilities of the d]r￿rS witb respc¢l to 8OillB (X}￿¢￿ ar¢ described ill th¢ r¢lev#mt Ecctiofys
of this irport.
Othtrlnfnrrnation
The otb¢r ittfoTJnation coftJpri8eB the inform￿J0￿ It)c￿ded in th¢ anlluRI T¢￿t other than the fitwn¢ial statcmcnts &nd our
auditoV$ reykrt thcrcon. Thc tttJstee4 4r¢ Tespons1ble fot th¢ oth¢r information cotttttiftyd within th¢ allnual report. ODr opinion
on thB financiaj statem¢nts d0¢5 not (x>ver the other infomthtion wc do ttot expre95 any forni of concl￿rOn
there4fft. Ollr r¢8pon8ibility 1$ to read th¥ (rthttr information wid, in doing so, consider whether the other iDforotstion i$
materi8Ily jJi¢on8i8t¢nt with the fjnanciai statsments or our knowledg¢ obtained in tho ci)urse vf Ih¢ audit, or otherwi8e app￿S
to be materially misstated. If w¢ idcntify such nmterial in¢ong15tcDci￿ ot appomit mknrial Ini55tat￿llellts. we twe required to
whether thi8 8LV¢S rise to a material mis8tut¢ment in th¢ fjnancial statements thcm8elveé. I£ b&sed on the WO￿ wc
have perforjned, w¢ ¢onclude that tthere i% &m%terial Flli55tatetnent of this oth¢r ittfotmatl0￿ we requited tD r¢port that fa¢L
We Ixvenuthing to re￿)rti￿thiS regar
{￿terS on whlch we are requlred tstr riwthrt by exceptlon
Wc have Mthing to wort in reS￿t of th¢ following matters in ￿latiOrt to Ythich the Chatitiw {A￿o￿nts tULd Repokts)
Regulation$ 2(K)8 twuir¢us to teportto you rf, in our opinion..
the information giv¢D in tht fithancial stutrmcllts is inconsi$t¢at in ally mat£rlal te8￿ with the tm$te¢s report or
sufficientaecouniiLg r¢¢ords have not b¢¢n knpt,. or
th¢ f]llancial slat¢m¢nts ar¢not in agreem¢nt with thc ar￿Until}8 records. or
we have not received all the ittformalion and explandtions we requi￿ for ouraudiL
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITORIS RFPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE TRUSTII ES OF LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Responjlbllltles of tr￿￿e1
As cxplained more fvlly Ill tILe Statement of trustees rewts5ibilities, the tsv8t¢es, who alBO the direciors of the 8¢tkn)ul for tl
pwpoge of Company law, are resp0ti8ible for the prcpttrntiots of the r]natt¢ial 8tat¢m¢nts for beiThg Èatisfiryd thal they giv¢ a
ttue and f￿'r view, and for suLh internaj control as Ihc trustees detstmin¢ 1$ necc&wy to enable the prepaTatioll of finan¢ial
tem¢Jts that arc free frtsm nThteria] mi5$tat¢m¢llL whether due to frnud or error. In pr¢pwing the firhancial Stat￿nents, thc
are responsible for &￿sSIDS th¢ 8¢1￿01,$ ability to ¢Ontin￿ 45 a going ¢oty¢¢m, di8¢105ing* as applicable, matter4
rvlated to goiDg coJJ¢¢m alld using concern basis of accouTktillg uJJles8 th¢ 1rn5ttts cithcr Antend to liquidate th¢
C￿￿1t￿ble ¢ompany or to ccase operationE4, or haveno realisti¢ a]tcrnative but to dv so.
Audhor's resp>nslbllltle& forthe the Illlanda] StAte￿ellts
We have been appointeAI as wditor under 8editn 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the A¢t 8nd
rel¢v&tLtregulations OT having effect thereuttder.
Our responsibility is to condu¢t w wudit of the aJwitgbl¢ Company's fin￿￿1￿1 slatements in accordw with Inte￿tio1MI
Stsndwrds otLAuditing and to i8su¢ Ill auditor'$ ryiyt. However, becau￿ of th¢ m&ttcrs dc8cribed in the forDisclaimcr or
Opinion section of our r¢poKL we W￿E not wble to obtaitt suifI¢i¢nt appropriate audit ¢videnc¢ to provide 8 bL8is for an audit
opinion ott th￿¢ fi]]allciaJ Btatements. WE are independent of the Clwitabl¢ Con]pany in accordattce with the ethical
requir¢ments that are Iclevant to ow Audit of thc fu￿￿1￿1 Statements in the United Kingdom. alld we have fulfilled our oth¢r
ethieal respJttsibilitie8 in ac¢ordDttc¢ with these r¢quirem¢nts.
The exteDtto which ourpTo¢edure8 wable of detecting iyreguJaritie4 including ftaui is dctailed below.
We have enquiriEs of ￿￿￿￿emen( and directors, regardti￿ the wocedures r¢lating to id¢ntifyin& evaluatllW &TLd
¢omplyingwith
laws and r¢gulations and whett]¢r they were awar¢ of any instancts of I￿)n-￿MplianCW.
2. dthiing and r¢8wJding to the risk8 of frAud and wh¢th¢r thry bave knowLedge of any actual, 5Uspe¢tcd or alleged
3. the illternal controls #thlislled to mitig&ts ri8k8 related to fraud QT non-wrnpliallce with laws and r6gulatiolls'
Disc￿](￿ amon8 the eJJgR8emcnt regardiDg how wh¢r¢ fraud might occur in the fin￿la1 stat¢ll￿￿LS and SLY
potentiAI Indi￿t018 tsf fraud.A8 Part of thiB dl8cUB8iO￿ we ithntificdpotentiAI sigtiifii¥ntK£sks forfmmi its th¢ foll(Fwing anx8.'
l. Management ov¢rride of the controls iti place
The a￿dit eng4g¢ment tealn iderLtified th¢ risk of management oveftide of control$ 49 the area where the fina￿la1 slatcments
were tnogt SU￿¢ptIble to mat¢riaL miutat¢ment due to ft&ud. Auditpro¢¢dutts planned Incl￿ted, but wetr not lirnitcd to testittg
tThanual journal entrie$ attd other adiustments ¢valuating th¢ busine* Fationale ITL re14tiott ¢0 any $igDifjcanC wM5ual
transactions aDd trnst￿tIOns oftÉer￿ into outsid¢ of the ]ll)rn)￿ ¢ours¢ of ￿81￿￿8.
2. R¢v¢tsu¢r￿g￿itiOAL
Audit pro¢¢d￿ planned inGlud¢d, but w¢re not limited to performing walk thr￿ tcsts kn identify th¢ COJLtml prOc￿l￿re8 ID
placc and once an uDd¢rStan￿ of the pupil fee income recognitJon p￿￿e$S WAS obt4intAI. subsfalltive pro¢edur¢s to b¢ carried

LUCTofi PILRREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
INDEPKNDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTANUED)
TO THE TRUSTEES OF LucfoN PJERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
3. 130iDg conc¢rn
Anoth¢r sigrtifjeallt wk identifi¢d by th¢ audit ett8agemellt team WA9 going concen), as a rnult of failing pupil ttumbets and
Ti8itJg c05ts.. In order to wt th￿ the accounts b¢sng pr¢pgxed on the going cvnceni basis was ¢orr¢ct the following testtilg was
piwJt￿I.. Obtaill and T￿l¢w txshflow foreC￿ts aDd budgets for a period through to 5uly 202S. Obtsin ond rev16w m&nagcmcrJt
ounts for futur¢ p¢iAiJds up to the datc of si8ning orth¢ Iwunts to teview ￿lin$t bwigets and id¢ntify any further fimdiD8
i5SU¢S,' t¢view correswnthnG¢ with th¢ bat)k regarding th¢ir willitt8ne88 to continue providing banking facilitics., Obthining a
letter of 8uppor4 up (o date monag¢m¢nt attd yeaL 6nd accounts from Alphr4 S¢hry)18 to collfjrm lli¢ir Willin8[￿58 and
ability to contiTru¢ to 5UPPOrt the sth￿L
4. t4WB and regulations
The audit ¢nBagett￿nt team Id¢￿tifIed law8 And r¢gulations as & signifL¢aiLt risk lo orthr to teBt that th¢ finaK¢ial statements
were not Tyjaterially misstatcd through fraud or ¢rror arssing from a br¢Kli of laws and regulations, thB lollowing testing
pro¢edure8 w¢rE pl$m￿d. A review of w rw6nt re8uIts is8ued by ISI (Tndependent School8 Inspcctoratsl; review of
Ctsryespondence from legal advi8W£ to look for evid¢llGe of bre8che4 rcview of bo8rd to identify aThy brea¢h¢$ itt laws
alld rcgulations.
5. Valuation of property
The a￿tt engage￿¢llt team o1$0 identified the vaEuatioJ] of wopety as a $18Difi¢ont risk. tn ordrr to test that the valuation of
pn)tKrty pcr thc acciwnts 18 Valu￿ teasonably* th¢ following proc¢dures w¢r¢ pl4[￿￿,. a visit to th¢ sGhool premis¢s to ￿lY￿e
indRL¥¢ion$ of irnp&irmettt,' r¢vi¢w di)￿li0￿ to any piof¢ssioJJal Yaluation Analyse property mBtht to ideL(ify
poteotial indicAtioos ol'impaiTmEIIt of the $¢hool prorKty.
A furtber dcscription of ¢)wr¢8ponsJ7)ilitse8 IS 8vailabl6 on th¢ Fin8nciai Reporting Counthl'8 website ai: httP8Jlwww.fftr.org.ukl
auditorsre$pon3ibilities. This d6soLipti(It) foMJJ8 partof our auditoi's reporL
iJ5e I￿r report
This rwrt is made sokly to thr charity's tr￿te¢s, a¥ a b(rfly. in Accordanc6 with port 4 of tbe aLariti￿ (Accoullts at)d R¢port8)
RwiLation$ 2008. Our audit work has been imdcrtakcll so tIMt we might State to th¢ ¢haritys trustee5 rnalte￿ we are
requircd to st&t¢ to them in auditovs wort and forno other purpv%. fu the fullest Ext¢nt perniitted by llw, we do not sccept
or z&8urne rtsponsibilily tsi llttyone other than thc ¢b9rily and the clwity's tr￿te£S a8 &IMMJy* for ow &udit wort forthis rcp
or for the opillions wt h&ve fomtrAI.
3 December 2024
Rlch9rd Place Dobsom S¢rvl¢eJ Linthed
Chartered AeefyUnt￿t$
Grollnd Iloor
1-7 StatioTh
CrgTvI¢y
West Sussex
Date
RHJII IHT
Richard Place DobsoTh Services Limitd 1$ ¢lisible appoint￿Ent as a￿ditOr of the 8¢hooi by virth¢ Df its ¢li8ibiliry for
appointn￿￿tAs auditurofa CoMp￿Y l￿d¢r8e¢lI0n 1212 of tIL6 Lompani¢sA¢t 21K)6.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOLEDUCATIONAL TRUST
STATEMEIYT OF FINANCIALACTIVitTIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
Currnit tknAnolaly¢ar
U￿r￿trIC￿d
fund¥
2023
RestrIot¢d
fund8
2023
Tofil
Total
20LI
2022
tntomt frorn:
DonatioN and 1¢8a¢i¢s
bl¢ ac
36
36
54,974
2.635,546
2SI220
2,635.546
251,220
3,065,897
31)7.485
Othcr educwtional income
Other trading activitie4
TtyV6Sttn￿ts
14,472
14,472
28,603
117
Totalkncome
2,901274
2.￿1274
3,457,076
Expelldlture on..
Raising
C]Jarit4bk activities
TakeaVw￿laÈ￿ expeD$e8
17,198
3950.097
17,198
3,950.097
75251
4,055,696
Totsl expendIture
3,967.295
3,967295
4,262,758
Nrtexpendliure mov¢meMt kn hnd8
{I,(h56,iY21)
(l,(￿6,021)
(805.682)
ReconclU¥tivTh of funds:
Fund balalle￿ at I September2022
(845,538)
11,077
(834,461)
(28.779)
Fund halances at 31 AyKu5t 2013
{1,911,559)
11,077
(1,900.482)
(834,461}
The Stat￿llent of fin￿da1 aetivititt iD¢luda8 all gain8 and 108ges recognised in the Y￿r. All ityttAJtne atsd expendityr¢ dcrivo
)ni coJ)tiTLUillg activiti¢s.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOLEDUCATIONAL TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTivrrIES (CONTINUED)
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 31 AUGUST2023
Prlor fln*DeiAI yeAr
Unrestrlcted
fund$
2022
R￿trAct¢￿
fiLnd8
2022
Total
2022
In¢omo fmm..
Donauon8 attd le￿1(￿$
arita
Fres
Oth￿ ¢thcational in¢¢)me
54,974
54,974
3,065.897
307.485
3.065,897
307,485
Othertradtng activitie8
Investm¢nts
28,603
E17
28,603
117
3,457,076
3,457.076
Expendllmre on:
Raising fund
Charitabk a¢tiviti¢4
Trk¢overre]8￿I ¢xpeDS¢S
75,251
4.035.696
131,811
75251
4,055.696
131,811
Totsl tXpendI￿re
4261758
4,262,758
Net theomo thovement IM fulld$
(805,682)
1805,682)
RocoJL¢illatloD of thlld¥:
Fulld bajanccs at I Sept¢rnbor 2021
(39,856)
11,077
(28.779)
Fund bal4Dce¥ at31 August 2022
(845,538)
11,077
{834.461}
PH8¢ 9

LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
BALANCE SHKET
ASAT31AUGUST2023
21n3
Notos
Flxed a55¢t$
T￿ibl¢ as#¢ts
I￿V￿(j￿ents
14
15
3,239,039
166,743
3,317950
166.743
5,405,782
3.484,693
Current A5￿t5
Debtors
Cash &t bankADd inh&lld
16
316,157
672,267
24
316,157
672291
Cr¢dltor8: fgjllllg due wlthln OME
year
18
14.628,150)
(3.807,974)
Nét chirreDt ll#bSlllleg
{4311,993)
(3,135.683)
Total assets Iw8 crnt IIAbllllles
(906,211)
349,010
Crelitor8: amounts hlllng after ￿ore
thali ono year
19
(994,271)
(1,183.471)
Net 118bllltks
(l,9￿,482)
{834,4611
Th* funds of the srhoDI
R¢¥tritikd it)cotn¢ fimd$
Urw¢strictedfuThds
21
11,077
{1.911,559)
11,077
1845,538)
{1,900,482}
(834.461)
The company IB etttiti¢d to t￿e exemption from the audit rcquir¢m¢tst colltained ill 8￿ti￿ll 477 of thc Companies Act 2006, fi>r
the year eNl&l 31 August 2023, 41though an auditkn% betn carria out under section 144 of th¢ CharitiesAGt2011.
The directots acI(twleJ8¢ their rewn8ibiliti¢s for cotuplyitsg with th¢ r¢quirements of tho Companie¥ A¢t 2006 with re8￿t
to accountit]g￿ord¥ aAdth¢ pr¢paratiollof fuja￿la1 stalem￿.
The tn¢mheTh hAV¢ not r¢qUir￿ th¢ ¢ompaDy to obthill an audit of its financial st8tements urndcr tb¢ rquirem¢nts of th¢
Compallie8Act 2(K16, for the y￿r in qut8ti()n in acL0rdai￿C with section 476.
These finHttoial statemeTht8 have be¢n pryared in aCcoTdat￿£ ￿1th th¢ provssions appli¢2ble to coInpmi¢8 fjUbj￿t to the 8rnall
Companies r¢gim¢.
Th¢ fiThanrial 5tatrnts w¢r¢ approved by the tNstc¢s on........
P Bu&8
Trustee
C￿Y tY8istratlon numlxr tr2059659 {EnglaThd andwales)
pttge 10

LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
STATEMENf OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YE4REJVDED 31 AUGUST2023
2023
2022
Noteg
CA5h flows from optr*tlng 4ctlvltles
Cash s¢tt￿￿d from OPEr#Lions
29
I05.089
155,525
Inve$thhg aedvltlcj
Purcha5¢ of tongible fixcd
lkncecds fromdiswal of tangiNc fixed 928¢ts
lllv¢stsnent r¢r¢iv¢d
{3.145}
576
731
117
Net {Nsed knVg*nerated from Investtng
aedvItle8
(2.569)
w¢tlvfitLe8
RqMyrn¢llt of bgJ)k loan8
Payment of fi1jarncelea￿ obli88ti¢)
(41,IM)
(210.037)
(64,8461
(36,530)
Net used irt f￿4￿Cl￿g actlvltl¢s
(251,181)
(101 J76)
N¢t (deer¢a8¢)Ilwr¢a5¢ In ¢ash Alld cash eqU￿lent¥
(148,661)
54,9
Cash wd cash ¢qUTvakThts 8tbe8iDniJJg of y¢&r
(318,702)
{373,699}
Cigh and equlvY41ents It end of ye4r
(467,363)
1318,702)
RelatI￿g to:
Cash atlAnkand inhand
Bank overdr&fts included in ¢rcditors payable
witILiO one year
24
{467,363)
1318,720
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THC, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR kNDLD 31 AUGUST2023
Aetountlni p•]Idei
Charity infnrmAtI*
Lu¢l¢m Pi•r¢poni S¢hool Edu¢atiwal Tryst is a privat¢ ¢omplllly limited by gDaralltee incotpoTrtod in EDglarnd and
W&leA. Th&reB]St¢￿i r>ffi¢e is IA￿0￿ ScJLCrt)I, IAWtoJJ, Leominst¢r, H¢r¢fordshir4 HR6 9PN.
1.1 Aceouotlni conveDtIo
The finallcial slattmcnts have beon prepared iD xcordance with th¢ $cb(Kbl's M¢Jnorandwn and Arii¢les of AssociatiM,
the Cojrpanies Act 2006, FRS 102 Financial Reporting Standard applic&blc ill the UIC and Liepubli¢ of Ir¢land"
("FRS 102,) and the Ch8riÉi# SORP "Accounting 2nd Reportios by Charitiss.. Statomcnt of ReCOll￿nded PThctice
aypli¢abl¢ to Gharltiespr6Pating th¢ir ac¢outhts ill i¢¢ordan¢ewith th¢ FinAn¢i￿ R¢poitin8 Stand￿1 applicablo the IJK
and Rybli¢ of Zr¢land (FRS 102)" <eff￿live l Jalluary 2019). The s¢hool i$ 8 Public Benefit Entity as def]ned by FRS
102.
Th¢ fiThoncial stat¢m¢nts are prwred in Sterling, which 18 the f￿￿tional curyen¢y (rf th¢ 8¢hwl. Mollttsry 8]￿unts llL
these finthcial 8tatem¢nts 8rcround¢d to th6neares¢£.
Th¢ fi￿￿1a1 st&tements knve b¢en pr¢pAred wyler th¢ hi$tori¢ol ¢o$t conventioth). modified to inchNle th¢ r6vBluation of
fte¢lioldpKoperties at fair vAlu& The prin¢ipai 8C¢OUDtin8 poli¢ies adopt¢dllre set outbelow,
BA8i8 0(eon8olldathon
These Accounts are for Lucton Pierrepont School Educ¥4tional Trn5t and (kl not includc thB trjults of its subsidi4ti¢5 on
the b03l$ tba¢ th¢ 8ulrtidiaries hweTr)t tr&ded dutyttgthe year and are no¢ material to the group.
1.2
Thcs¢ fitLAllGial statemcnts arc pr¢par¢d on th¢ going con¢¢rn b•si8. The trost¢¢s hav¢ a r¢wonable expecthtion tha¢ the
school will Conti￿￿¢ in Operation￿ existenct for thc foresceable futur¢. howev¢r, th¢ truJtee3 w¢ aware ot certain
nThtcrial Uncert￿nti￿Which may causo doubt on thc Charitys ability to contiDUC as a goSrtg con¢erJL
With fimding tequircm¢nts reachittg levels b¢yoMI that whi¢b th¢ would 8upwrL ThL$tee8 acted proactively to
5ftfeguard the long.term future of the %knl. coIniDellGing DEgotiationy WAth 8lt¢m&tiv¢ fimd¢r9. Baok support has bee
extended to allow due process, aD apprO￿h rewarM by intcrvcntion of Alpha S¢h(rt)Is, a n&ti(mai eduixtion group,
pmvilling gr¢ater certainty for th¢ School 9￿d it8 leAder8. Alpha Schools have agreed to continue 8uppwting th¢ school
forthe fore8eeabl¢ thture.
Th¢ Tru5toes have reviewed forn¢agt8 Vttpfi￿d by monagement which hove sensitised to reflect p￿17)le
downside sce]]arAOS as a r￿Ult of reduced pupil nuEnb￿S and income levels. 'LhBse demDnstrat¢ that additional (xth
ini¢cti(xJs are required by Alph& S¢lwo]s but with thi$, ttie school is able to meet its Obligatio￿ 98 they fall due for
p¢riud of at l¢asL 12 month8 from th¢ Ilat¢ of $igJJing fin8n¢i41 slat¢ments. As swh, the Insstees are satisfied that ihe
SchLKII has ad¢quat¢ te50uNes to COJLtillue to OP6rafr forth¢ for¢sr•ble futwe. For tbis reason they continuo to Adopt ihe
goillg Collcerll b￿18 for the preparation of these f￿anCial sthteEll¢llts.
1.3 CILArltable
UnrtstriGted funds ate f4v&ilabl¢ for at tbe discr￿10￿ ofth¢ tI￿ters ill further￿￿¢ of their charitable ObJ￿tiV￿8.
Restricted funds are subject to s￿lse cottditiOJJ5 by donors or grantors as to how th¢y Tmy b¢ us¢J. The PLTryMh563 and
we8 of tbe restricted funds are get out in the notes to the fijmttcial statements.
Fees r￿1Vable ar¢ st&t¢d aft¢r dedu¢tiThg allowattces. 8cholat8hips other ron)issioll8 granted by th6 BchooL but
include conttibutiuD¥ tw¢ived fro]ll Re8tiicled Fun¢J¥ for S¢holatshiw Burwies. Where are paid advance, tbe
income i8 deferred ulltil the terni to which it relates. The￿ d¢f¢￿ed amounts gTC 5hDwD OT] the Balante ghe&
creditors.
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LUCTOIY PIERREPONT SCHOOL KDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTKS TO THE FINANCIAL sfATKMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THLI YEAR ENDED 31AUGUST2023
AccoutstlDg pollele8
(Conthiutd)
C&sh do￿tiL)Ds are ]tW8lli$ed on rcceipt. Other doLations ￿ w￿￿lsea once th¢ 8¢hool b¢en t￿tIfied of th6
doThatioty unles8 perfomJanGe co1￿ltiOnS rcquir¢ d¢f¢rrAI of (Jie amnunt. tXhCOmC tsx r¢¢overable ill ￿￿￿tion to thTrnatioJJs
r￿Cl¥¢d under GiftAtd ordrcd6 Df ¢ov¢llant is re¢ognis¢d at tbe tim¢ of lh¢ (kn&tion.
Qrants. In¢l￿1n8 8ovetllm¢nt grsttt4 ￿ includ¢d in th¢ statenwt of fi￿Cial activiti¢8 ott a y￿1v&ble basis. The
b￿anCe of It￿￿¢ receiv¢d for 5pECif￿ purpo8ts but not expended during the peri¢)d is shown in th6 rclGYant funds on
the Bala￿6 Sh¢¢L Where incom¢ 15 ￿¢1yed in adV￿Ce of entithmentof re¢¢ipL its r¢co8llitiikD is deferred inoluded
ift Q￿dItorS as d8f¢tted in¢orne. Whero cktitl¢m¢nt w¢ursbefoK IDE￿￿tt is rcttiYe4 the income 18 ac¢med.
IS ExpErtdltllre
EKp¢Dditure is reco8ni8¢d once there is a legal or ¢onstNcliv¢ obligation to trallsf¢r ¢¢onomic b¢tLEtlt to 8 third party, it is
ptobabl¢ that a lTrnrf¢r t)f ¢wnomic bcncfits will b¢ required in s#tll¢n￿DL and th¢ ithitsunt of th¢ obligatioll be
Measur￿ reli&bly.
Bxp¢ndibJre is da55ified by activity. Th¥ costs of each activity are made up of th¢ total of dtrect ¢o$ts end sha￿d c05t4
including support G05ts involv¢d ill U￿dertakIng each activity. Direct wsts attributable to a 8Éngle activity allocated
dir¢¢L.ly Lo that activity. Shared ¢osts whicb ¢oDtribute to more th8n one Klivity atMI support costs wbicb axe not
aUributabl¢ ttr a Sillgk activity or¢ appOrtiOll￿ b¢twwi Ih(k%c activities on 6 basi8 ¢Oll8iStent with the of wsources.
Celltral ￿$t$ arc allocated the bgsis of tLill¢ Bpent, and deweciation charges ulloc&*d on th¢ POTtion rf the
8&8et'5 iLS¢.
1.6 Tanglble (fxed a¥sets
Tangibl¢ fix¢d ass¢ts are illitialty mea5ur&l at COEt and sthbaequently a¢ wst or valuation, net of depre¢iatson
d any iD]ptimwnt10&8e&
Depreciatton L5 tr¢wig¢d so 93 to vnit¢ off the cost orvaltthtionof ￿etS le&s th¢irr¢sidual valw their useful IivcB
on the followillg basis..
Frccbold laod andbuiidings
Plant SLttd equipm¢Tht
Fixttlres andfrttings
Motor ￿h1¢]
IYo- 2Yo Straight lin¢ on cost
2Yfj- 5Yo str8i8ht line on cost
On and 200/9 OAre(iwing balance
250A reducingb￿an
Freehold l￿d not dtpreciatrd.
Th¢ gain or arising on the di8pos&I of an osset is deteTn]ined Lg the diff¢r¢n¢e between th¢ 5al¢ proceeds and th¢
caTryln8 value of th¢ a55ei and is reco8Oi8r4J in the statementoffLTwi¢i#I &ctivitiei.
1.7 Flxe41 #w¢t Inv￿tMents
lttvestsn￿ts im subsidiaries are all held &t cos¢ Iwo impairm¢]
A 5ubBidiary 18 an entity eoThtroll¢d by ihe school. Conknl is the pow¢r to govem tbE finmcial alld O￿atIng poli¢ie8 of
the entity Sts ￿ to obtain benefits fiw its a¢tiviti¢8.
1.8 Impalrmerttof flxed a88ets
At wh reporting end dat¢, the school rcvicws tbe ¢wittg Amounts of its tsogible ass¢ts to determinc whetlw tb¢r¢ ig
ny lAdi￿tionth8¢ those a38¢ts hav¢ suff¢r¢d att Ampairuwit loss. If such indication exists, the rccovctable #mount of
the &wt 18 estlmated in order to detcrmitte the ext¢ttt of the IM￿irnlent IoB8 {if any).
If thc [¢￿V¢￿ble of asset is wtimated to b¢ less than its carrying attx>unt. th6 ¢myitt8 all￿Ullt of the &8$¢¢ 18
rcduceA to itg recoveri)ble atnoiinL An impairmentlos5 is rewgniscd inhrnediately in the inc0ind¢x￿odItyllE for the year,
unle8s the relevaiit oset is carried at ta rev8Ju¢d all￿￿llL in which ¢&8e the irya1rn￿￿t loss 15 tr¢utsd a8 a revaluation
PAge 13

LUCTON PtERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 AUGUST2023
Accountkng pl￿5¢1
(coDtI￿lled)
1.9 Ca•TrA eask eqllfval¢nts
Cash d cth ¢quivalents include cash inhend, deposits held at Cojl with bank8. other shDrtrl¢nn liquid investments with
Origind TnaknitieB of thr¢¢ month4 or l&%s, and bank ovudraft8. Bank ov¢rdraJts ar¢ 8hovrn withln borfowings in ¢urrefLt
liabiliti¢5.
1.10 l0%trn￿ellts
The sch￿1 ha8 tlec*d to apply provlslons of Section 11 'Ba8ic Fin￿181 In8ttwnents' Al￿ Section 12 '0th¢r
Fit)wKia] Jnatrumcntg 188ueB' of FRS 102 to &ll of it& fiJwwia] irL8tt7rnts.
Finallcial I￿%trUM¢nts are rcwglli8ed in the s¢hool's bal¥￿e 8he¢t whEn th¢ school 1￿MeS pxty to tILe ¢onts*etu¥J
Provisions of the i1￿tru￿¢￿t.
FiD8n¢isI assets liabilities ar¢ offseL with the net 8mounts prcscntcd ill the fJnaoGial 6tst¢m¢nt5, when thetr is a
legally entorceabieKi8ht to set off recoun1¥￿ amounts and ther¢ is an int¢ntioD to 5Cttle Oll a ba8t$ or to r¢alise the
a55etand settle th¢ liabllity 5irnultsneoll$ly.
Ba8ic f1tt4n¢ia] 4s5¢ts, wbich include debtors cash batsk balan￿, are initially measured at traDsactiOll PTiG¢
iwludiL8 tran8aCtion costs and w¢ Subse(￿entlY c8ni¢d #¢ amortised cost using the eff¢¢tiv¢ inler¢st mcthod uDLts8 the
2ryoos¢ni¢nt con8titute8 a fJnanGing transaction. whet¢ th¢ transaction is meAsuT¥d ut th¢ present Yalue of th¢ future
receipts di8COUllted at a marketrate of ittt¢resL Flnancial a&￿ts cla&sifiEd TeC6ivable within one y¢ar ar¢ not attLOrtised.
Bttslell#4ttdollwébilil¢
Basic fjnaneial liabi]ities. ittluding ¢[￿lt￿r& alld bank loan$ are iThitiaJly reco8ni8ed at trItt￿tIon pice unles8 the
aM￿￿tillent wnstitutes a fjnwitsg txansaction, wher¢ Ibe thbt in5tnunwrt 18 me8suryl at the pr¢6ent valu¢ of the thturc
)ym¢nts di5GOUllted at a tyrk¢t rate of int¢r¢8L ¥iDHuC1￿ liabiliti&% tl&s$ifi￿I fjs payabl¢ within one yetr not
amort15ed.
Debt IJ)strwll¢nts SUbs￿lle￿IlY ¢anied at amortisdctsgt, USlJl8 the effec4ive inlerest rat¢ metho
Trade creditors obligati0tt5 to pay for goods or serYicc4 that bave been acquir&l in th¢ ordinary course of operntio]Js
from Suppli￿S. Atnounts ￿Y4b1¢ are classified a$ currcnt liabilities ifp4yrn¢nL is within one yw or I￿. If llo¢ th¢y
aro presented zs non-curr￿t liabiJiti&%. Ttade cr¢ditors arc r¢Wgnls￿ Initi￿lY at transsctioti pri¢e and subsquentty
Me￿￿￿ed &t twrtis¢d cost Ilsing the effwtiv¢ interest method.
Derecoxn￿lWi offittrfNrit711thbUI￿¢s
Fillancilll liabilities &r¢ d¢r¢¢ogllised wben the schuol's ¢oJ)tractyal obknsations expirc or discharyed or cott¢ell¢
1.11 Taxat1•
The s¢hool 1$ ¢Kempt fro￿¢0￿)0rtttiots tax on its ch8ritabl¢ 8¢liviti¢s.
1.12 Emp]oyet benellts
Th6 cost of ally unused Iw)liday ¢ntitlemeTht 18 wgllisod ID thep¢riod in whi¢h th¢ ¢mploye¢'s service8 are rec¢iv¢d.
Tem11t￿tIott b¢n¢fkts aTe reco8nis¢d itnmediutoly as an exp¢JJse wh6n thc school 18 domoJJstrably ￿n]￿lItted to
the employDwts of all en)ploy¢e tsrto provide tsrmin&tion beathts.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO TIIE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR TIIE YEAR EIVDED 3JAUGUST2023
AeeoundDg pollde5
(Continued)
1.13 Retlremtnt b¢n¢llts
T¢¥chtng it9ff
The School ¢ontribute8 to the Teach<￿, P¢ngiurn Scheme at the adYi8¢d rates at)d aJ80 makes contributi0118 to A'mon¢y
purchase, 8chm¢ for $iipm staff. As It IB not possiblc Éo gLyarat¢ly identify the a%GF8 liabilities of th¢ Tea¢b¢ts'
Pengion AgGnGy S¢heme, it j8 ￿coUnted for &8 if it wer¢ a defined contiikn1ti￿ 8Ghetne under FRS 102. Th¢ 8¢liools'
contributions tothe scILen￿ ￿ Gharged in he fuwi¢ial stat¢tn¢nts ag tlw aGGTue. For fiLLthcr illfoTmati¢m se6 ￿0t¢ XXX.
Support itiff
Tho School op¢rnt¢s a p¢nsion Schen￿ for its 8Wrt staff. a defill¢d GontributioJL8 sch¢mc. Contributions payable to the
Sthool's defimd contributiQll6 &d￿rne are ch￿ged to the sty1ten￿￿t ofFillHnGial A¢tivities.
1.14 Lex
l*a8¢8 Classificd fmartee lea8￿ whenever tbe trrn]s oethe 1¢98¢ tra08fer subatantially all th¢ risks rewards of
ownership to tb¢ le&8¢¢s. All other lease$ are ¢lwifi¢d as operatittg l¢as¢s.
Assets beldullder finanre leos¢$ are re£ogDis¢d gs ll5￿1% at the lower of th6 09s¢ts &ir valuc at lh¢ dat¢ of inception 9Th1
ihe p￿Sent valuc of thc minimum leo8e paytnents. Thc r¢lit¢d li8bi]ity AS incluthd in the balallc¢ ghe¢L as a finallce le&8e
oblig&UOA. Lease payments ar¢ trE4trd as consisting of capital aKd intemt el&n¢nl%. Thc intcreyt is charged to net
Inco￿£/(¢XptndltsW¢) for th¢ y¢ar 80 to prducc a constallt p¢riiK1i¢ rate of Int£￿31 on th¢ remaiDiTLg bidync¢ of thB
liability.
kn¢ts obtained under IAir¢ purchase ctrntracts or financr le4w are capitalL5¢d in th¢ Balance Sh¢¢t. Tknse held under
hi￿ p￿r¢￿￿e Contracts ar¢ dEp￿G￿￿ted over their estimY4ted usefvl live&. Th￿¢ h¢ld WLd¢r fJnollc¢ Iwe5 arc depreciated
ovor their e8tin&ted u8eful Iivcs or tknc14*S¢ terni whichevcr 15 5borter.
The intere81 d¢m¢nt of the4¢ obli8atiotss is ¢harged to the Staternellt of Fillw¢id Acttvitics the rclcvaotperi(Nl Th¢
ewitsl elenKnt of tILC futur¢ payments is treated as a li&bility.
Rentats p&id under oper8tiDg le&w ¢bat8ed to the Statcm¢TLt of Fituncial A￿1vitie4 IXJ slraight-lille b￿19 ov¢r th¢
period of th¢ Iras
In the application of th¢ school's accoullting pt>li¢ieE. ikn trustees kwe r¢qutied to mak¢ jud8cnxcnts. estiii)•tts ￿K1
ssu]npti0118 alM)Ut th¢ rwtryfft8 amoimt of asy¢ts ond liabilili￿ that arc not readily appar6llt from other sources. The
¢StiTnat&4 And Assotsiatcd assurnpti¢)tya ￿ based on histori￿1 rxwi¢fftce other [￿lOrS that ar¢ co1￿ldered to be
releVant.AC￿al r¢sults may differ from these eÉtinJale8.
The estimatC8 and undeAyit)g 4ssuE)wtioJJs ar¢ r¢vi¢w¢d on an ongoiThg bA9i$. Revisions to a¢¢ountiog estimatcs are
¥ecogThi%rxl in thc pcriod its whi¢lk the estimate is r¢viseiE where the revision Hfftcts ottly that PEri¢i or in th¢ period of
th6 r6viyion and thture peri￿5 whwr the reviBiOll affects knttl ¢utt¢nl and fvttir¢wiod8.
Crftluljudgements
U8efxl ecollomi¢ IiYe$ Ibf trdnglble ￿5¥ets
The aD]wai (t¢yTwi4tion chaxges for th¢ tangible a88ets are seDsitiv¢ to challg&8 IL the e8timated usefvl ￿OnoMIC li￿6
d residual Valu￿ of the assets. The economi¢ lives r¢sithfftl valucs are reA8$essed ￿￿￿u&lly. They arc
#m¢￿d￿ wbe]k nec￿ary to ttfle¢t ￿￿re[￿t cstimatrs, bwd on Lthlogical a(fvancemenL ecouomic utilisation. and the
phyii¢al¢onditton of the a56ets.
Iwp41nllentof debto
The ￿h0o1 makes an thimAt¢ of the recovwRbl¢ vdue of fee debtors, trAd¢ and othcr d¢btor8. When aSB¢55ing the
itnpairmenl of debtora, managelnrnt con8ider8 factorn inrSudiD8 the current ¢ttdit rating of th6 d6btor, the ageing proflle
of the deblors historical cxpori¢n¢e.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL KDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THK FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {COIYIINUED}
FOR THE FEAR ENDIID 31AUGUST2023
Crltital Aceountlng e#timate5 and JlldgemÈnts
{Cojhtl￿lled)
Impglrm¢Jrt of a&%ets And tlw #I$￿￿ent of property vgluatlonl
The schotsl has a market valu8tsoD txrformed tvtry tbree yeBrs ajjd thatthe catrying vilue of their assets remain8
low¢r than thc fair vftlue of tho 85S¢ts on thc open m*rkeL and therefore that their is Tho in]paiTm¢nt. Betwe￿1 thr
viluatLOllS, managemenl 14 required to review the as8¢ts forin]painneni and thuef¢r¢ ihis remiiti3 anam of jud8emffl
As$essment of penjion IIRblMty
school 1$ provided with a liability by the pension8 provider, payNbk over the next 7 yeora. The atrtouDt 18
materid 8Nt thcrefi>rc must be diicountd to net present value using appropriate discount rnt£. h1&￿gET￿ent have
de¢id¢d tha¢ the most appropriat¢ di6COUlltrate is 2.IY¢, th¢ 6aToe Tatc as thcir curr¢nt borrowings.
lllcome from doD8¢lon¥ legacl¢s
Unttytrleted
funds
2023
UJwestrl¢ted
21122
DonattoJ]$ 8nd8ifts
36
10,989
43,985
30
54974
Grants
Kickstart Schem¢
43985
43,985
In¢om¥ from Charltable a¢dvldes
UureBtrl¢ttd
funda
2023
Unrestjlrted
Cunds
2022
Fee8
Gross fees
tKss.' bursaries and oth¢raJlowattca
3,334.862
(699J161
3,744,8tr2
{678,9051
Other ed￿￿tional In¢ome
Music. datKe & dram4 school outiD8a and clubs
Exami￿tionS and extr& le88on8
Hi>￿e Tidit)8 Hnd stable f¢es
Transi
Utiifonw aud Other1t￿
147,429
7.107
l.R53
52.303
42,528
104,825
37.736
25.904
73.079
65.941
2,886.766
3,373J82
PaEe 16

LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUKD)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
from other tradlng i¢tlvlll¢*
Ullr&strl¢ted UnTrTstrlct¢
nsts
2023
21)22
Retstal io¢om¢
14.472
28,603
Intome from Investme4)1¥
UDrestrktsd Unr£8trl¢ted
f￿￿8
funds
2023
2022
Intcrcdtr¢¢¢ivable
117
ExpendlturE funds
Unre5trfelwl Ul￿estrI¢t¢d
rund$
2023
2022
Fundrthkng pubmdty
Costof raising fvnds
17,198
75251
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANc￿L STATEMEiYfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YE4R E]VDED 31 AUGUST2023
Expendlture on ¢h8rltRbk Adfvltles
Teaclthig
2013
wdrar¢
2023
Pr¢ml8e5
Tot
2023
Dire¢t ¢4)sts
Staff eogts
Dwtr¢iation xlld iLW)ainnent
Ots costs
2341588
84,875
61,860
508,975
2,326,463
81,480
965.805
19,620
338.441
118.389
2,359,977
358.061
655,710
3,373,748
Share of Jypport goYerll4nce c￿ts (see 9)
Support
(3overnance
341.374
61,789
51,794
9375
488,017
88,332
17,168
2,763.140
419,230
767.727
3,950,OYI
2.763.140
4L9230
767.727
3,950,097
Tt#ehln%
2122
Welfaye
2022
Premlses
Totsl
2022
2022
Dlrect ￿sts
Staff costs
Depr¢¢iation 8LdimpairneJLt
OttLer costs
2,508,150
94,968
8Q060
415,651
2,603,118
107,315
844,403
212S5
247,005
181,747
2,689,8￿[
268,260
596.679
3,554.836
Grant funding of activities l$¢eth)te )
Sbatt of support and g￿yern￿ce costs (see Y)
Swpport
337.931
41.063
33,701
4.095
74,961
9,109
446,593
54,267
3,068,891
306,056
680,749
4.055.696
Ath•1￿1• by fund
Unt¢¥tsi¢td funds
3,068.891
306.056
680,749
4.055,696
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EM)ED 31 AUGUST2023
Support eoits 4110¢4ted tu aetlvltl¢s
2023
2•22
Sthff costs
oih¢rsupportcosts
(lovernaA¢¢ C08ts
151,614
336,403
88,332
169,644
276.949
54.267
576,349
500,860
ANaly8ed betweell:
T¢abhing
W¢lfor¢
403,163
61.169
114017
378,994
37,796
84.070
576,349
500,860
2•23
2022
GoverMan¢e eosts comprffille:
Auditfees
A¢¢outtsncy
Leg81 o1￿ profrs8ion81
21,346
23.421
3,827
26.985
34
66,986
88,332
54267
Govem8D¢¢ Costs include8 p8yments to the auditor of £21.346 (2022.. £27,248) for the preparntion audit of the
school'8 onnua] accounts.
10 Net movement in
2021
The n¢trnovcmenl in fuTLd8 is stated aft¢r£h￿￿llgUCraitith$).
Fe¢$ VF)y•bl¢ for the auditof the charity's fmollGial statsments
Depreciatiott of ovrncd tatt&ibl¢ fix¢d assets
21.346
81,480
23.421
107,315
Non¢ of th¢ tsnstees {or ally p¢t#>llS Col￿tEd with tkn) ￿e[v￿ any re￿￿eration or i%llefjts from th¢ s¢hoo1 duTing
tkn year.
During th¢ yAr, EID expens￿ w¢rr rciml)ursed Or￿la directly to any of th¢ trustees12Q21.. £34 tts l knJstee>.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (COLYTINUED)
FOR THE FEAR E]YDED 31 AUGUST2023
12 Employees
Tb¢ averaEe monthly nullth¢r of ¢￿p10ye¢S durin8thgyearFas:
21123
Nuthbor
2Q22
NumI￿r
Twhin
Support and ancill
70
31
73
33
Tot81
101
106
Employment costs
2023
1022
Wllgeé alld sa]ati
So¢ia] $e¢urity ¢08ts
OtherpBn&ion costs
2.119,567
193.831
164,679
2355.818
216,422
2￿,522
2,478,077
2,7T2,762
Th¢ numlxr of employeeB wh05¢ annuHL tattuneralioll was rnor¢ £60.￿0 is
follow8..
2023
Nmmber
2022
Nurnber
£80,{K￿. £90,000
£ioo,ooi- £1 io,Ix
£110,001- £120.000
Rel￿￿￿￿¥thIn of key mAnagement personnel
Th¢ ￿[Mu[¢￿tIon ofkey managellLent pusoxjnel wtt% Ls folLows.'
2023
A88re8at¢ compeD8atits
136,529
219.466
Key Inanagen￿￿tperSOnJeI compri8cd thr Headt¢fyG]w and tbe Bursar.
13 Tr%atlo
The charity 51 ex¢￿￿1 from taxatioll 011 Lts activiti¢sb#8us¢ all ffits inc•Jn¢ is 4pplicd forcbaritable pwe&
pBg¢20

LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE FEAR ENJ)ED 31AUGUST2023
14 T4nElblo tlxed AS*tts
FTeeWd IAMd
a￿d
FlxlurE5 MfjtDrYqhld¢
ulp]ncnt
Cos¢
At I Sept¢mb¢r2022
AdditioJJs
DiS￿s&I8
2.842J70
416210
1,088203
3,145
(576)
388.869
4,735.852
3,145
{5761
At 31 Augu5t2023
2.842570
410,210
1,090,T32
388,869
4,738,421
D¢precIatIo￿ Alld ffimp*trM￿t
At I September 2022
Dopreciation charged in the ycar
81383
29,460
60200
16,320
942.426
16.080
333.893
19.620
1,417,902
81.480
At 31 AUg￿t 2(r23
110,843
76,520
958,506
353,513
1,499,382
CHrrylng amount
At 31 August 2023
1731,727
339,690
132266
35,356
3,239,039
At 31 August 2022
2.761,187
356,010
143,777
$4,976
3 J17.950
15 FIKed a4sd Investments
(hher
IDYe8tments
Cost or
At l 8eptemb¢r 2022 & 31 August 2023
l66,743
C•rrylng
At 31 Augu￿ 2023
166.743
At 31 AuEvst 2022
166.743
2123
2022
Notes
ILv¢5tmeThts ID sub8idiars¢8
166,743
166,743
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINAIYCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR E]VDED 31 AUGUST2023
16 Debto
2111
2022
Amounts f•lllng dM¢ wlthln on• yeAr.
Trad¢ debtots
ATnounts owd by f¢llow 8roup Wmlertaknigs
Otherde￿or$
Pr¢p&YM￿ts a¢¢nwl in¢ome
270,844
20.000
587,814
22,83D
19,251
42.372
25,313
316,157
672.267
I￿ludedwith1￿trad¢ debtors Is # provi8ioll for b￿ld¢b*S toialliThg £43,697 (2022.. £20,995)
17 LO*￿% and overdrAtts
2023
2022
Bank ov¢rth&ft8
BaDk loalls
467.363
1,051,543
318,726
1,092,687
IJ18,906
1,411,413
Payablt witlllnonc y¢ar
Payable after one ye4r
524,635
994271
374,463
1,036,950
lttluded witbin baok loBJJs ille:
A bank I￿rt with Lloyd8 Bank on l May 2019* rq)&yabl¢ by monthty in8talm¢nts. Th¢ int¢r¢st ￿te on the
loan is fix¢d at 2.IOA aktyve the base ratc.
A Boutt¢e Ba¢k lom of £so,(K￿ C¢)MmeD¢i￿ on 7 May 2020, repay4bl¢ by T2 monthly repaymL4nts at 2.50/0 fixed
These loans were securedbythe following..
AfJr8t le8al clwge ov¢r th¢ fr¢¢holdproperty oethe 8dMNFI.
Afjrst legal ¢hArge over th¢ ¢qu¢strim lami Owned by tb¢ subsAdiary.
An unlimit¢d d¢benttre from th¢ 5¢hool.
All unli]nited debenture fromLucton School Limited.
An unlimitcd all nM>nies guarantee trorn the subsidiary.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL KDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTFg TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (CONTINUED)
FOR TRE YE4R ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
18 Crethtor8: arAouThts fallln¥ due wlthln om¢ yo
2023
21122
Bank loaNs at)d ov¢rdrth
ObliwAOTh$ urnd¢rfJnance leascB
Other taxation and Soci￿ security
Def¢r[￿ ittcon
Trade creditors
Othcr creditors
Awruals
17
524,635
374,463
63,516
95,167
914,544
235,224
2,074.066
J54,738
988.410
325,820
2.634.547
4,628,150
3,807974
19 CTedlt•r#: 4moNnts fglllng due After more than one yur
21￿3
2022
Bank loalls
Obligations utth finanrL IcRs
17
994,271
1,036.950
146.521
994,271
1,183,471
2• Deferred In¢oD
21U3
2022
Arisin8frorn school fee& def￿red
988,410
914,544
D¢ferreJ incomo is inCl￿ded itt the finan¢ial ststements as follts
2023
2022
Deferred in¢om¢ is induded within..
Current liabilitie4
988.410
914544
Movement8 in the y¢ar:
Defe￿￿ ill¢OJlle at I September 2ff22
Relewd from pr¢vious PKIL
Resourc&8 d¢f¢r￿j irttbe year
914.544
(914,544)
988,410
596,671
{596,671}
914,544
Dcferred ill¢om¢ at 31 August 2023
988,410
914.544
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL KDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUKD)
FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
21 R&strlcted full
Th¢ restrictEd fi]nd8 of the ch￿lty eA)mpri8e the ￿eXp¢￿ded balan¢es of donatioDs and grants h¢ld on tr￿l subject to
spcciflc cO￿lt10n$ bydonor8 as to ILOW th¢y may be u8e(L
At l 8tptemb¢r At 31 Augu51
2•22
2023
Portraitof the foundu dottat&l to sclwol
11,077
11.077
Prevlolls year:
At I At31 August
202A
2022
Poitrail of thc found¢r doTw¢dto sclMM)I
11,077
11.077
Th¢ puTpos¢ of the restricted fulld of £11,077 IB to hold and maitttsin tiic Pithit trf Ihe Founder for the thturc bwtfjt of
the schopl. rf%iriction was KDwos¢d by th¢ Charity CoTll]nission whcn thc ch￿lty a¢qllired the portrait from th¢
¢haritablt or8aDisationpreviously rcspon8ible for the SCI￿01.
Umrestrleted fllllds
The unrestrictEd fundK of the charity comNise the uttxpended balanc￿ of donations and grants which are not 8ubj¢¢¢to
ifi¢ conditiot]8 by dollors and as to how they may be used. These include desigllAtsd fimds which h•v¢ been
s¢t asid¢ outof unreétsiGi¢d fvnds bythe tswste&s for spwific purpose&
At I Septernbtr
I￿¢￿MI￿g
R¢sollrces At 31 AM#u$¢
expemd¢d
Rcvaluationreserye
G¢n¢Tal funds
387,828
{1233,366)
387,828
{3,967,295) (1299,387)
2,901274
{845,538)
2,901,274
(3,9672951
(1,911.5591
Prewlou•y¢4r:
At I Septemb¢r
2021
IDcomittg
res•urces
Re*Our￿ At31 August
expended
R¢vlltua¢ion re4¢rY¢
Geaetal fiwd$
414,101
(453.957)
(26273)
387.828
(4,236,485) (1.233J661
3,457,076
(39.856)
3,457.076
4,262,758
1845.538}
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LUCTON PIERREI powr SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIYJ)ED 31 AUG'UST2023
of#et asvts b¢tw¢ell funds
Unrestrl¢ted
Restrlcted
fund*
2023
Totsl
2023
At31 Augult 21123:
Tangiblc
Inveslrnt￿tB
Current aSSe￿(lIabilItieS}
tA)Dg tsrni ]i8bililieB
3.227,962
166,743
14.311,993)
(994.271)
11,077
3,239,039
166.743
(4,311,993)
1994.271)
11911.559)
11.91K>.482)
Ullrestrkted
Restrlc¢ed
fnnd8
2012
2122
2022
At 31 Augwt 2022..
Tangiblr a&8ets
ILv¢8lm¢nts
Cutyent a55¢ts1(liabiliti￿)
Long term ItabiliiieB
3,306.873
166,743
(3,l35,683)
(1.183,471)
11,077
3317.950
166,743
{3.13S,683)
{1.183,471)
1845,538}
11,077
(834,461)
24 Pettslisthtomml¢meth•
The School p￿tiCIpate￿ in IhE T¢acbers' Petision Sch¢me {"the TPS") for its teaching 8tsff. Th¢ pension charge for th¢
year itJ¢ludts ¢oJJtributioti& payable to the ITS of £264.585 (2022.. £392,051) atxl * th¢ Ye￿ elld £15,619 was wued in
re¥p¢ct Df contributioti8 to this gcheme.
The TPS 1$ unfi]nded tnulti-¢￿p1oYer d¢fjned b￿erits peJJsion 8ekneme gover￿{ by th¢ Trachers, Pensions
ReguJ4tion$ 2010 (as am¢ndedl a￿d The Tea¢herB' Pcnsiott Schem¢ Tegulatioll5 2014 (a8 mknded). Members contribute
oil &'pay as you 80, basis with Colltributiou from menthcr8 ond the ¢Tnployer beittg ￿ed￿tea to tb6 Exchequ¥r. Rdirement
lld otherpellsiou ￿rits are paid by public funds provided by Parliamenl
Tho empluw colltiibutiots rAts i5 set by th¢ Seiyetary of Ststs following schejne valuation8 ulld¢rtaken by the
GoverntnentActhary's D¢partsnellt. The tnu$t Tec¢nt actuarial valuatioTh of the TPS was pr¢pgr¢d a8 at 31 Mardl 2016
the Valuatioll Rq)ort, whi¢h was pllbliSh￿ iii March 2019, ¢DllfLllncd thai IhB ttmpkiy￿ contribution rJt¢ foT the TPS
would inctYab¢ from 16.40A to 23.60A from I SeptembGr 2019. En]ploYE￿ are also wuired to pay a scheme
admiDistsxtion l¢vy of O.OWo gtvitsg a total t￿plOYeE cojjtributionrnle of 23.68¢/0.
Th¢ 31 hlarch 2016 Valti&tion Reix)rt VTJ5 prepared in A¢¢ordAllce with tke betxefitS S¢t out An the 8¢]U￿¢ regulations and
under the approach SPLxified in the Directions. as they applicd &t 5 Marth 2019. Howev¢r, tts¢ 1wu￿p1lonS WE
collsidcred #nrf 8Bt by the DepAtimet]t for Educitioj) prior to th¢ rnling its thc 'McCloudlSerg¢4ttt c￿.. This has
r¢qiiirel thc wurts t¥> tonsid¢r ca￿S r¢8ardiug thc inwlem¢ntatton of the 2015 refortu¥ to tho PubliG S¢rvi¢¢ P¢tL8ions
including theTe¥h¢rs' Pen5j(Ml$.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMKNfs (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YL4R ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
Pemshn rommitinents
(Co¢)thiued)
orn 27 June 2019 the 8uprnne Court dcnicd thc govtmx)Jent p¢nnission to app¢&l the Court of App¢&i's judB6ment that
transi¢ion&l provisions introduced to the refornied pen5iOD sth¢mes 2015 gav¢ lis¢ to unlv4wfi]l ag¢ diRcrimination. The
8ovemTn¢nt is rc¥ptctiJJg thc Courvs de¢isioK •nd h88 s&id it will eiigage fijlly with th¢ Employment Tribunal •s well a8
employ¢r and metnbcr rtprcscAtativ¢s to a￿¢£ bow the dI￿riMinatIOnS will ￿ remedaed. thB yov¢mm¢nt a￿1￿11¢¢4 on
4 February 2021 that it int¢nd8 to proceed with a defrrrd choice underpin Under which mmhers will bc able to Choose
either legacy or r¢fom)¢d Scheme benefits in r6SPE¢t of their servicc during the period bctwe¢n l April 2015 31
MaToh 2022 at the point theybE¢om¢ payabl¢.
The TPS is subj¢¢t t¢ 8 W8t cap rnechaDiSm which wa5 Put in place to protrt¢ toxpayers WtiL5t unforueen chpthge s 111
srhEme costs. The Chief S¢¢retory to the Treasury, having in 2018 aDnounc¢d that there would be a r¢view of tbis cost
GRp mechanism, irl January 20I9 aJ)twunc¢d apaus¢ to th¢ cost m¢chat]i5m folluwirtE the Court of Appe￿'S nlling in
the McCloud1￿¢&￿t case ￿}d and until there is certainty about value of peDSiQnS to employc£s from April 2015
onwatd5. The p4U6e was lifted July 2020, at]d R consultation was lam￿hed on 24 ju￿ oh propos￿1 Chang￿ lu th¢ c05t
Gottttol mechanism toUowiD8 a review by tiic Gov¢rt]m¢nt A¢tyary. FollowLU8 th¢ public COTtsultotiO￿ the g0ven￿￿ent
acreptcd three key propE>sals r¢¢omm¢ndeAI by thc Gov¢Mm￿t Aduary, alld aimitt8 to implem¢nt tlwe changes in
tim¢ for tb¢ 2020 valuations.
In viow of th¢ above rnlinES and d￿1910￿8 the &K4umptions used irl the 31 2016 Actuarial Valuation rnay become
Inappropriate. In this wjariffj tt valwdtion prepa￿d IL A¢¢ord8ttce with r¢viB¢d benefits and suitabk revised ￿SumptiO￿￿
wouldyield different r¢5Utts those cOn￿ned in thtActiWY￿ ValuatioD.
Until tkn cost ¢ap revision 15 ￿Mpleted it is not P05sib16 to mcludc on any fin8n¢ial impact or fuLwr
¢hNng¢s to tlie contribution ratcs of the TPD. Ac<ordingly Jo provisioll for ally additiw￿l pas¢ Ixtyefit pEn8iO￿ Cost is
in¢luded in these financiHI slLtemettts.
Nott-TriehI￿% Sta(r
Ccrtain uon-Academic staff ar¢ m¢mb¢Th of Th¢ tndependent Sch{￿15, Pensson Sch￿¢ GSPENI. Ihis is industy-wide
ffi)r￿ed d¢firtd bgnefils scheme. As a r¢ÈulL it is not Possible or approptmte to i(lontify th¢ assets and liabilitie6 of tht
Scheme wliich to the school.
The lagt fornMI valuatioll of th¢ sch¢Ttt¢ was performed as at 30 September 2014 by 4 profeS8iOTJally qualifJed a¢tuary.
The Tnarket value of the scbcme's ￿tt$ at th¢ v￿￿atiOn dat¢ w&% £110 rnillion. The valuation r￿al¢d a 8bortfall of
assets Lx>mpwtd with th¢ valuc of liabilities of £37 njiljion, equivalent to apast service fvnd1l￿ level of 75•/0.
A[￿￿al updates of th¢ 8chem¢ ￿¢ carrAed out usiD8 8ppri)xim&te acttwriai ts¢httique8 rather than memb¢r by
n￿llber ¢a]oui&iiDtt8 and will tknfi>r¢ not pr(Klu¢e the sam¢ results a8 acluarial Vdluation. However. th¢y will
provide a gwd indiL*tiotJ of thc financial progress of th¢ schsnK sincc th¢1oSt thll valuation. thc following noteB rclNt¢
to thg fo￿￿1 actuarial val￿10￿ a6 at 30 Sepknbet 2014.
The financi41 a8sttinptions undcr1yitsgthe10stv￿￿Lti0￿as at 30 Sq)t¢mb¢r 2014 were as follows:
InveBLm¢lltreturnprtrr¢tircmcnt
Inv¢5tm¢ntretum post retire]n¢nt- nojkpensioner
Jnv¢$tswitre(urn poytrtirem¢nl- pensioner
3.3•
3.3V
Rate of pEn5jOli i]icreBses
RPI
CPI
22'A
The oJy8OXt)g futhre s2rvic6 wntributions bcen ass￿ ond if the Yaluation are borne out in practic
this patt¢rn of cotrtri￿tiOn5 Should b¢ $ufYici¢tttto elsmittttte the p4St servAC¢ defi¢itby 31 Au8USt2029.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED}
FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 31 AUGUST2023
24 Penslon cornmftments
(Cotsthllued)
The pensiott charge for tbc year rcprts¢nts thr Schwl's contributions payabl¢ to the sche￿e of £24.071 {2022.. £26.469)
and &t th¢ y¢Hr end £17,438 was acGLu¢d in r¢8PeCt of coJJknl)utions to this scheme. tAcludcd io tbis is tt fixed mollthly
amowit of £1.829. beitt8 £1.018 in respcct of defIcil amouiits 4nd £117 in respect of 4dmi"Di$tr&tiv¢ ¢xp¢ns¢5. From I
S¢ptrnther 2021 the fixed mOAthly ¥mount has itt¢rewd to £1572 being £lJ38 in r¢sp¢￿ of d¢fiGit 4rty)unts QEMI £152
in respect of admini5trativr ¢xpeD5es.
accordan¢e with FRS 102 the school ha8 recognised a liknility in relation to the defi¢iÈ m¢asur¢d at amortis¢d ¢ost and
inGILuledwRthin other ¢reditorb.
25 Operatlng It￿t commltments
Ltsste
At the repoiting end dat¢ thc 5Ghool had outstamdllw committnents ts fi]tllre minimwn lessc ullder non-
¢en¢ell8ble op¢r&ting which f￿1 du¢ foIlows.'
2•23
21122
Within one year
925
Events afterthe reportkng dAte
After the batsnL% the¢¢ dat4 the Head Teacher of the 8¢kn001 sadly passed away. Th¢ 8¢hwl 8r¢ oThtiy going through
the proces$ of r¢¢ruititig arKw HcgdTeacher.
27 Rd#ted p#rty tr4nu¢tIon$
DuriJJ8th¢ yearthe school entered inlo the followin85 transactions with r¢latedp￿rt1ss.'
DuriDg the Ye￿ purchas¢8 of £23,030 (2022.. £28,676) w¢r¢ tnade from Markham GaragcE Limited, t compally in which
Elryan Markham, & Dir¢¢tor of Lucton School LiMit¥d who r¢51￿￿ on 9tb Septemb¢r 2021, has a ¢ontrolbllg iThtetr81.
There is an amount owcd to Mad(Iwn G8rageÈ Limited of £1.70412W.. ￿,781) in¢lud¢d in trad¢ creditoTr &t the y¢ur
The ch]Idten of 8t&ff and frustrcs may attend the schoDI. I]] such ¢aseB tru8tees p&y s¢hool fe¢s ot the sta]Mkn x*¢8
available to all par￿t$ but 8taffm¢mb¢rs may rrf¢iv¢ a fec remi&8ion at on 88reedrAt¢.
During the y￿￿ ended 31 Awt 2023, no expenses were reimbuwd or paid dir￿tlY to ally of the txustsxs (2022: £34
wa& rcIDthU￿d to I tnbst¢esJ
TtstcrcoTnpany bglances at the y¢llr ¢nd wete £llil (2022: £15201) owed by Lu¢ton Sch￿1 Limited £nil (2ff22..
£7,628) OW￿ by Lucton tnlenJatioThil Limited
At the ycar end, Ihe sch(Kkl ow¢d £l,896320 (2022.. £1,240,380) to Alpha Schools Holdin88 LimiteAL
Th¢ s¢]h)ol was owe4J £20,WO fromTPS Realisation$ 2024. ￿ aswitit¢d ¢ompany, at the balance sheet date.
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (COIYTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023
Det&i1s of the 8clu)01'5 sub5idiari¢5 at 31 August2023 or¢ a8 follow$'.
Na￿¢ of lln&rt8klnE
Regbtered
of b￿￿Ne
Class or
sbaTe5 beld
Yo Held
Dlrect Indlr¢¢t
LuctioL School Limited
Lu¢t4)n S¢hool. E(lu¢4tion
Lucton,
Leominster,
Her¢fordshire.
HR6 9PN
l.u¢ton IttterLAtioMI S¢]￿￿ LuctoD School,
Limited
Lu¢too,
Otdilmry
shat¢s
loo.00
Eth]catiOn
Ordinary
100.00
Herefordshir
HR6 9PN
Thc aggr¢8ate capitsl andr¢8¢rvrs and th¢ resuI¢ for th¢ yurof subsid1￿1¢3 cxclud¢d fl￿ ￿$011dation wa5 aB follow8:
N*Fne of und¢rt•l(bhg
Profitl(L05$)
Capltal and
Re5erY
Luction ScFtt)ol Limited
Lucton Illtcrnatiot￿I S¢hoDIs
Limit¢d
108.167
(671}
29 Cash generated from operatlo
2023
2022
Deficit forthe y¢ar
(1,066,021)
(805.682)
AdjustllKnts for:
tDV¢5trD¢nt in¢oty¢ recognised iti sialement of flnancid a¢tiviti¢S
Depttxiation aknd itLp4irmentof langible fixed a&8¢ts
(1171
107,315
81,480
Mov¢ineAt8 ill working capital..
(Inue&s¢ydecr¢&8c in sto¢ks
D¢crcaS¢l(illo¢￿e) in debk)rs
lftrr¢&qt ith thEditOTÉ
Ill¢re￿ in d¢ferred
39.730
(495,354)
991,760
317.873
356,110
659.654
73.866
C￿h g¢n¢rfit¢O frornoperathTrn#
105,089
l55525
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LUCTON PIERREPONT SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
NOTES TO THEI FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31A UGUST2023
31 Analys15 of chxllges Ill net (debtyfund8
Atl S•pt¢mbeT
2Tr22
Ilows At31 Aw8w5t2O2J
Cash at bank and ill knd
Bank ovrrdr
(24)
{148,637)
(318,726)
1467,363)
(318.702)
1148,(01)
1467,363>
Inan$ fallin8 withitt one y¢hr
Loan8 folling due afrrmor¢ thatt oneye&r
Obligations undcr fiJJallcc Icascs
(55.737)
{1,036.9501
(210,0371
{1,535)
42,679
210.037
157272)
(994271)
(1,621.426)
101520
(1,518,906)
g¢29