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CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION CONTENTS Trustees. rÈpNt 1-19 IndepE￿Je￿I auditor'srewt 20-23 5taiementof financialacii%ities 24 l*rtrsheei 25 51aternentgf ￿5￿ IIow5 26 Notesto t￿fnanck31 ststements 27-45

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 The tluSteesare pleaseoto wesenttheirannual ￿port aThlfthantial stattmentsfortheTrtareThkd 31 L￿nr 2014. The financial 5taternentshave bepnwepaied in￿(0[dar￿e￿th the BEC￿￿ting PL41[￿ Set Dul in nole I to Ihefinancial 5taterneDt5 and tomthy wilh the thèrity's Memoidrdum arKI Artide%of A%sMètion of 1913amÈrKlÈd on I4￿￿[11 2017. the Companie5Att IOC6 "Attounting ènd RèrKrting by Charitiès". StatÈmÈntof RetommÈkd >ratI￿ap￿leaL￿È totharitiÈS preparingthèir accounts in cordènce Wi[￿ the FinaK&al Reportini Standard at￿lta￿At nthe UK (FPS 1021" {effÈthve i jan￿)ry 20191. OtiOe£tiwsand actlvrfies The charity ècts asthe Ed￿t￿n AUth￿IlY lor 1￿church of Erland in the Diocese orc￿ster. in accordance wfth Oiocesan ￿rdS cf EducatlOD Measbre 2crLI. The objettsof twcbanty are". to womote or a$515t inlhe prOr￿l￿n i￿the D￿￿e￿that i￿$￿1e￿t￿tththetaith andpra¢￿￿oftr¢rhur¢h Ot erEland.. tD womote or assist Inthe pror[th￿￿ of rd￿￿uSed￿atiDD arml rEIiWu5wo￿Ip in inthe DiKesE: to promote or as515t inthe prO￿t￿n of Ihurth ￿h0o51￿the D￿￿eSe.. to promoté co￿Pera110￿b¥we@￿It5e￿ ¥hdother petW.5 concemed with in the Diocese. OnE of thE wintipal activiJe5 is thÈ admin15ttatDn Df EranE claims in re5PE(t of b￿1￿l￿g and Thlntenatt￿ work tariied on sthool FIOPErties t(¥ethEr withall other rela.￿ matte[5 whKh prorwte IheeHKienryof. ot otherw￿￿ berEfil. the 5chDD15 In t1￿ Diocese. Thi5 dministraticn h35 berotne 3 Thore centra fe3tur-a5 the8rant futml w15p3xldirEctl¥'tothE )BEford15tnbutiDn. Thp company a15Q Xt5 3S IU5TodiaTh irysree tor a number of 5ppri1￿ ttusls (refe￿ed ro a5 Specific Purpose Fund5 In fv 4itacked The straiegiw ernFlwed io ￿￿k¥ethe(￿aIl1Ws￿Jects￿saetO'. Admin15ter and ath5eon bU1￿1ng￿Ork. part￿UL7￿¥ In scr￿sin ihDtese'. Adv￿￿ and governiwboarrts inwsoftheirro esuchasaDpOintfflen￿ adtVi55KlnS and etrD5.' Suppxtand pr￿￿te qualityrel 8icwe¢wal¥Jn w(W5hipin in the Li(Ke5e.' staff and govcrnoFS tirwgry denfjmirlar￿nal in5pectyw wocedures&a$5iDg wth the C of E<entrally ar￿ ￿er1ryg training adwce.. 5uppv- 5tfond governor5thrcwhtwCV5ted ir5pethonp"w.es5." PrDVTrJe t'ainingopportuni-.1esfNstsftèr￿ gOWThDrs on aSpectS￿￿tIng t0th￿r￿s¢￿(<- PrOvTrJe pastoral ènd ¢thei wFwJit losc￿￿￿e￿0e￿ungdIH￿L1t￿S". Provkje pastoral Support fly chuith sthool leadeis." Prorry>tewellb￿￿1 and wowde oppoiur•ties for pro￿￿￿1 debtl>pment." Facilitate coll3bor3tiOn and stsrp)rt". OfferOPPtrtunitiaS ftrthildren 3nd VDUW ￿￿Èt0 tamèttÈttrwith<thÉrsfrtffj thurthXtF￿S.' AlvÉe and SuFWrt ¥hoob ionvÈrtit4 w¥thnystawg." Wotk with Dther thocE5an Baards of Ed￿at￿ In thEDBE SEnriEe5£fDUPto provide quality￿vIcEstOS[h0O&.. Work with AuihDritie5. aiademy f[u5te￿. the DfE and Rry"onal School thrEnor to sU￿rt educat￿￿ in church 5choD15 airDSSthe DK￿e￿￿.. epreSEntthe Di(eSttsh ¢Omthittees andgroups in￿￿e￿ irtxhuol work.. and Advise and 9Jpport the iNstee5 of eduCa￿￿al endowrnwt5 hew holl¥. or partly foi. or inconDectKbn %%ith. aDychurch school.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 In orderto tratk the Suttrss of thèseobjet[￿. Ihe DgEobstvesa Thum￿￿0[ perfomiarfe Ind￿artS." The uprake of wbstrIp￿trn$tothÈ FaMI￿of sch(m)￿ eM￿rSh.p.. lfjcrease¢ engage￿￿1 Hnd s¥n-upty¥schoDlS10 DBEfaoliied(¥enth)r5ed CPDIL0nrinuingProfe5y￿aI Dewdopmenti Oevelopedand 5trengthencdenga8emen1tysth0￿ leadpr5hipin TrEwrk5 aNlirKlwidua1(￿t￿ withexe(utNe offKers.' Succe55ful 015redand SlAMSit￿pern￿nS." Improved meTht31wdlbeiw 015th￿lIe￿￿@rthr Ip1￿13￿V h83dtethrsl." Thg pngagempnfaf ¢xilsidp th@worko,fhpP￿rrt.' dearlintrswrththp Wofkof the nPF ¥I￿an. Agreateralignmeniofthe DBE'sbiSionafvJ strawwith the wider Thocesan ¥i5vJThand SiTatety. PLYlèrrnanc The 8<Krd'51Y&on 15.. Belns deepty ChrSstlan and lor the Bood. ow S￿￿015 wll be are". LtyAni kn rdauortshlps: Amb6￿0￿5 In a5Pi¥at10Tr5,. In actlm '1 h3vp cornethat theymay Irfe.3￿d ha￿tttDthe￿1I.' {John 10..101 DBE str3ie8yarhd operational 301vit￿ arelnflL￿￿ bVthiswy￿ aThJaie(wNered￿￿￿kry p￿n￿p..re￿tyL￿hIP$. outcomes. impaci. re50urciD& siruciure5 andifusl.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 latlonshl ThÈ B03rd has continued ta Supp0¢3nd dÈvek4) its rdaiionsbips wrth a numbÈrof oryantsatiOThS, primari￿. O￿tsan stth(x)Is and has worked rostien8Ehenthese Ihrou8hwtt￿yParthr￿ha numberofacjvffiek A locu5 on headieachei and senior ￿hd￿thip WellbE1￿ has been ￿a￿age(l=hf￿LBh a w4lbEirg prOB￿rnrnt for headteacher5 which wa5 Inltially 5plIl into two cthort5. for experienced hEhttearher5 ¢)Tre for rh(w in year5 gf headship Headteachpr5 wer@ ￿COUraged to atténd the prograrnme anrt Chairs of EoverntJr5 to 5PdnwJst their leader5 to rt. The prograrnmè ran throuBh Ihe ypar In Spring 70?4 Th￿ (owored ? co￿% fTom 7074 thg rnodel changd to off•r w4glp reflwtiv days for 5ch¢ol leadeis èi all levels. T[aini￿ for eovernors ofiered thi(￿lh￿uI the year to ensure Eovernois were awère of tPEir du￿e5 With ie8ards to wellbng. Indwidual pas￿131 Support wès the rnost impddlul ￿￿k underiaken by execulive officers as they supported leade￿ whoneeded alditional indwidJal 5UPPthI fora differin8rea&oDS. DBE officers continued tc atterKI school dustets. uwn ITh￿￿tatIOn. InpthThg D8E infcrfmatnn ènd SUp￿irE co113boration. WlderOBE triEfing5 weie planned into the CPD offer to engage 5thwba(ro55the DNKEse Term￿ 5ufEeiie5 for Chair5 Qf GcwerTrDrs Continued tD e offered tDSUFWrtthem i￿th￿rro￿and Cr￿￿eth￿t lfvwefeawarEof DBE ￿lItiEs3nd oltr￿r5t3tutDry8Uid8r1Ee. For stafF in schoo15 a nllffl￿r of nEtworks providEd 5U54Xrt and develop rd3T￿nShps With Staff Jpyond headtÉach&rs. far example RE subiecE leadets. dewtyl35y>tJnt ￿e￿I[Pa(hE￿. Ind ￿￿thIp ￿aders. A rith yogramn of CPD has been tsn ofFer t? 5uppof. leader5. Staff. c￿r8¥ aDd 6oYerTrwi IC'Q55 the ￿￿eSe. A be5wke 5￿PPOrt 5e5%0n Wth trust CE05 Headte￿￿er$oD their rde iniheSIAMS proces5 bsaCadern￿￿rdsaknhl Supporr tor the mosi vuknerable ￿th"n the (knse has ccrtinued to be è locus futhe work ol the eoard through the DisJdvantJge, Diversity and SEND ne1V￿rkS aloftgsbye the Boarfs with external garTrrs. These hwe continued io lrnpxt pra￿l¢al work in 5choolstO Support theJe group5 athy a150 the ryole5wMa15asiheYdekpibeirprOv1s￿n bysharingidea5and gwd pra￿lce. A5 part cf thpcommitment tD 5UPPDrt Chvenity. thE Boarc commEn(ed woik devplopitE Rac￿1 JJ5titE a5 a 11055-workstre3m priority, which to bE ￿lIt upon fdloWn¥theSd￿ ￿. kunth ewentin NobmbEr2024. ThÈ Board is irn¥LlvÈd in ¥ar￿u$ paifretshipwtknne both aCwOSS the tegion and nat10ffthl￿ Intludiigthe DiOtÈsan D1￿ctorS of Education e￿Drk. the DKFte5an Governarhte Group IDGGI DM3￿5￿￿ AdMI55K￿ Graup lo￿￿3." REICW YDtthwest Co-ordinators 01 fjrwerDorSthcE% INwc￿$1. CEFCL. These have eTh5￿red ts DBE 15 kept inf(wn of regional and developnwts a￿latso ensured rhe DBE ha5 a ¥￿[e and Infiuence In ihe5eBfoup5. Collaborat￿n with (Trther th0￿5￿￿ Boards of EdUcat￿n ITr tre poptherTr Trrown￿ been over rhe ye4rthrou8h DBE service5 nd the 5harng of good wa(rI￿ an¢ re50urce5 oq 8overnarKe. 4E. C￿lecI￿e Worship. 9AM5. o.her wt5 Qr ihe Board'5 WQtk. Th2 very suicessful Chri£tian Leadership Cour￿ linished st3rtod anoth￿ cohort in Septomker with lar￿031￿5 from CbÈstor startin8. A NDrth-west chocesan Rauèl JustKe ￿en¢ty lorNth to shate best prè¢tice across st￿￿5. actinÉ on the 'From iamentto Artion. 8uidarte. The Board continued to work Wilh its nir Local Authorities pro¥idin$ ￿ptstsrt lor Maintain￿ schools and acaderns wlth ￿ardS to Of5ted and dati outlQm-5 whi15t mairlaining It5 PUILK5E DI 5UPPWtlnE Ihp distinrtive nalaie it5 thurrh 5rhDDls. A numbei Df hoo15 required c105er CDl1a￿ratIanwth tho(￿no[F￿erS. WOtking:(ythei to prtTide suppm with regaids to leadErship and School iMprov￿￿nt The Board akn has re Jre5entatKpn an Lotal Authority Ihiklren and Yaung P￿e k-utiny CommittEes and Standing Adv￿Ory{DL￿[ll5 for Rdwou5 Edu￿7t￿ I￿(REL In order to ￿￿K￿rt rel&v)n5hips betWEen 5choob fvr thildrpTr and pwi15. the Br￿[d ha5 offerej train1r￿ for xhool etho5 Eroups, crKourogcd xhoo15 to undcrtakc &ithbi5hgp5' YouD8 Lcathr5 Awarth 5aPPWtcd sthool Vi51on om&-55aLlorJ WCII D5 briDEin8 church School (hildren roge-.her in the 5iKce55tLI year six leavers semce. Te DrfKe5an appli(atKn 10 engage foul schools to partKipare in the r￿ar￿￿1 plot of the Flourish IniliètTre wa5 successttl. Thi5 15 io Jev¥o? cre3rive worshptyry ¢ornmUnit￿S led in Fartnership with pupi15 and young people o¥er I￿er*￿t￿0vear% The Board supptyted this kwoiect throwh E¥ecutive OFlicer over5itht hils-.the pr4eci itself ts.mana£ed by the Dvxesan Ouueathteam.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 For 5tsff in 5choo15, a numbei of network5havewo¥ided5UtvNiaTrd ￿lpedde¥Cl4>rel￿ti￿5thlPSwth 5t4ff beyond he0dt￿hers, foi e¥ample, RE subiecr le￿￿. deputyla5515tan-. beadt&icher% colleLtNewor5hip 4der5. A r+cb WI￿ramMe0f CPD hasbeen on ot￿r tosupwrt L•aders. sralf.clergy and gowerrw acr05S ihe(krtese ￿$been wel aiiended. gjpport for themostvulnerable ￿t￿nthe Dhxesehas¢oMinued ￿ be afo(¥5for ths. Tjjoik ofih B￿rdthrough IheTr5thani4e group and SEND alongs￿e the Boards IfivcemeTrt with eerrna partW5. I￿￿dIng ihechurth of En8Lynd Ftyjndaiion for Educatior￿1 Le3dership IC&FEL) in kntal poer Support Detwor￿onTra￿ffta Inlormèd Prjcticè.Th￿ ￿ave continuedto Impact prartital ¥YDrk in st￿&tOs￿pw[TthÈsÉ s￿￿and3150 thÈprtrfession3ls as ihtydèvk)pthrpra¥tsH)n b¥S￿rIn81dÈaS3nd I practite. The B(Mrd 15 inYolvEdin Vario￿ partr￿h1p5Wor11￿Eknt￿ ￿t￿th￿reEK)n apd nat￿nalty. induding trEDioce5an DI[ectD￿ of Educbtion network. Ihe Di(Ke53n GDieriatbre G-oup 1￿cl. Diace5an Acr155￿￿ GroLP IDAGI. REadviSe￿. North We57 Cc-ordinatDf50f G￿ernOr5ervlE￿s INWCOGSI. ana CEFEL. These have pnsured DBE 15 In10rr￿d o-. re8ional aTrd natioffl31 d￿veloprneThtSalld also ensured the DBE h35 a ¥(￿ and InflUe￿e in these group5. Collat￿rat￿￿ with otherthoce5an &Jard50f EdurariDTr iDthenorthemkWDVifKe hasien po￿t￿e0¥erts vearthrough DYE spryi(es the sharing of good practKeand resourcesongovernance. RE.S ottvI5pe(ts olthe Boarrf5 wDrk. The verysucce55ful Christian Lea￿hip1OU￿5efinISh￿1è￿d started aDothercDhon 5vp1eTnt￿r￿th eight landth￿sfrDmch￿Sterslartl￿. The ￿rd ccmtinued tOworkV￿th it5nine LotèlAUth0r￿$ry￿dlnts￿[Wt lor maintsined s(1K￿ls3nd with reEards to Of5ted arKJddta aut¢ome5. ￿11%1 mantainiw ilS¢Oie puip) tsIsuppD[b￿ the diSl1)ti￿￿ nature of its thurch sthools. A numbÈi ol hools reouired drJser¢ol aboiationwith DiC￿eSa￿01￿i￿tsWO￿Vt01kn tOSYOwde ￿p￿rt¥￿th re8ardstr>le&lersFipand school ImoiovemenP The iloard also hagrepresentationon Lr￿al Authcffjtychilthen and Yothw Peook Strutinvcommitteesand 5t3ndin8 AdvwryCoLnci15fgr Rdiwou5 EduGltion I￿REL In rydert05UPPQrt rEL3t￿nShIpS between sthoolsforthiwrenand ￿￿l￿ofFered tiaiDiDgf(x 5thtxA &hD5Broup5, encouraged 51hools lo undertake'theArchb sho[￿. Young Le￿erSAWaf￿E atKlsUpp(￿red 5(W￿￿iDn3m￿S5ad(KSa&Well￿5 brinBit¥ chuich S(￿01 chiklren I￿@ther1￿ thesuccessFJlannual yearsrA leaver5'

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Outcoms In addition to OFsted InspÈrtiOIlS. An￿1th￿ churth sch(￿$ utykrgo a demmiilational Inspèttth under the auS0￿és ol thè StalutDry InspecElQn ofAnglKan ar¥J Method15f5thoDl%15￿MS) (rEw4¥of the Edu[ats￿Au￿￿5j. The charity continued t0 5UPPQrt ￿f￿￿e and after dEn(￿l￿OnI1 ins￿￿ and rhe5e providE gfEat beDefir In further eve10￿￿8 the chr￿an foulldar￿ of tr 5cW% as well as olfering a means of F5toral 5UPWrt to senior leader5 khools tor inspection wère Invrted FarspeufK training Inorrter top￿par@theffl fot Ill5wc￿ arwdla5wovidir¥ general trainingthrough fh&CPD FroErarnm@ Arross ?014 nspertod ytyjgrf￿ SIAMS sch@dul@-. ￿1¥ onp schofa In e¥reptinnal ririumsf3nre5 iecved a 12 jLdgeTnentwhKh the BJard ￿￿tinu1￿ to SvJpp)It. Theremainiw h¥enty-fwe schodswete deemed tobe li￿nI upto their fouThdat￿n as Chui¢h schoO￿and e￿a￿1n8 pu￿15 and dJullS EoflouTi5h. Following the publicauon tst the SIAMS annual wrt. Ihe B03rd has enU￿ra8eJ S(￿S to lts)k in wrticular at the effectiveness of governoc rrtonitoring dnd evalu21￿ of Churth 5th￿1 dISlirctD￿￿SS. whi15t CDntinuin£ io devek)p opwrruoiries lor spiritual evelopment. e5peciallYthmuEh the Cal￿ o- worship and ei5ure the on Iu5tKe 15 centiB ¢0 their wprk irpund courageou5 dvocary. aim was thai by the end af the year mJre 5tWs were to articulate th2 lar¥uagE of 5Pllituality and provide more cpportuni'.ies fo- 5pirilwl devEbpment for both ciiwiep and aduh5. SE4DO 5 S4￿ld have 3liO gainec a greatEI under5tandinE Df coura880￿ 3dviJc3cy. in turn 5uppartin8 chiklren ane your¥p￿ e to Identrfy inlL5tice tak8 attion. thu5 Impacring widei 50cIEty Th15 work Ison8oin8 Wrth a number Df s(hooktakingthE alw￿unitYt9 host tspoke t"3inin8 on 5pirrtuJlity by3 Dio(e53n offKeras well a5 attendance at a ￿nferencE on this towc h05tett by L Yewl th￿ese. ThE Axchkn￿p of award5 wa5 resularly hisPli8hled 195thools ar￿ a numberol Sch￿15 h2vets¥enon the prograffln w sUp￿rttheIl ￿￿rageOUS a&Mcac¥work. From January to July. Dineteen Scho￿5 were In(p￿ted und&r the pr&ex 5ring OFSTED trèrnework. With lifteeD judged to be g(￿ or teirer and lour graded as Rl. From Sepremèer onwards an adapied. 1ftr￿m tTamework was ffitrodu¢ed by the DIE which rmtyed headlinegrade& Under the new IrèmeworK nine5c￿$¥Jetei￿Ytt¢dVrith onty onesctsjd recÉwD8an Ouicorne notiud8ed 8OLhYor etter in all arEa5, requir￿£ furthEr yJpwrL A5 Df the ent of 2024. ninety-eryht sch(￿￿ wereiJd62d to k s￿d or t￿tter undETthp Of5ted trampwork. TWenty￿sht 5chDo15 were ihWCtÈd duiitl8 2D24. ThrÈ rÈtèinèd ￿lStard1￿ status. onè ThK)vÈd ftom gotsd to onè movÈd frcm Ourstandin8 tj Éotsd, twel¥È remained good, three nKwed from Atoulr￿ Impro¥etnent IRII to Good. five moved from to Requires Improvemetrt, onÈ goud 5choDI will ￿ iein5petted to See if ihEy ietsir. good ard Iwo spe[￿1 Mea5ure5 51hoDI moved to be graded go￿ A pottern emerged of schods |mprow4g from'RI'. havlr¥ ImpknneDted robu# currkuKI. a5 well a5 c￿￿rIV focuslllg on Impaarul k?der5hip_ khow)15 that moved to 'RI' often h not MOVE￿ a5 Qf a5 guKkty in are￿.. those (emed Inadequate had not f9cL￿￿oni￿p3rI oFleader5hlpor5tandards4ndwerirn￿ had rrrf)re5erw)￿5areaS lorimprobpmeni. Irduding 5afe8uarding. The close wcYkin8 rdiowhip beiween the Boaid O￿ter DKKe5anA(adeffl￿Trv51 ICDAI) Continued ro deveknp lh[M￿)ul the ar. In tfro weviaus ye31 the B￿ard had ￿Npr￿Sed its sl1(￿E pIetsror￿ st4Dds to jaiTr CDAT. This h35 had a PDSitiv impaci on the growth of CDATwith Ihe-rust now bei ThI￿een Sifof8 a numbw OT schtdswailin8 to join. Officers of ihe DBE have worked closèly wth Office￿ of COAT *ith Mth 01￿1￿5a￿l0n5 ¥Yorkiff =08erher to suppot schods across the Oiocese. t4)th In (DAT and LN r(h4int3inec. The DBE aso work on the ¢￿at"0n of a Oloce￿n Trust. Ches=er Diocesan Learning Trust. wilh seven sch￿6 è5 the foundaiiofi. The applKaiiM apwjved ty the Roiornal Athisory Btsxd in (kiobÈi and work is [￿Su111t￿n and [￿ve[s￿.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Impart In (dertoathiÈvethÈ OutcrpmÈseXr￿ctÈd BDard must ￿￿surE rt h&sthe reouiredims)xt. Thp Family ol schoo15 Dtrer Is the main S(￿r(e finatKial wga8ernent Ylrth ￿ In io attend4fi￿ at trainn8 an¢ events. ThE Boar¢ eDcw13ged all xhoo15 wpin ibe Faffli￿ 015chcM>s anj Bttero traini￿ and ewent5 bv p"ovOing akprLyriate ie50urces an SVPPOrt and en5unng a progr&mrDe o training and events thar 5UPPQrteJ sthoDts' Cufteni WM)iiiie5. ThE eoard ￿viewed the offer before the strrt of rhe 4ia¢emK yew j￿I￿e{l the char8E yi8htty10￿WCr co5rga5 well as (torwnB'of ¥orne additional as[￿￿ cDmmitm@nt was also made tor s(iaol to ctjntinue to rec@Ne a from a D8E 0￿￿￿1 as part ol rhis olfer. To ensure th@ Istainihility of this Ihp ngF has rgrnJiied The 5UPPOrt of a ffturnbw of trained 5rW leaders 10 511PPCrt F¥priitNp Qffirws j delivery ol thi5 obJ"ertive. It ha5 the Bo3rd io have Coniact e&h oTre ol il5 5th￿18 thiouth Ihe wsil 35 wdl as helpinE lenLIfy ￿dEr and mole indwidual challen8es LO help infoim future 11 has also.￿Ulted in the abiliLy io link schools t35ed on need and examKAesof good piacthce. ￿1 Ok)cesan sCh￿ASt￿l￿ back ￿10 the Famity of Schoolsofterfor 2024-1025. In èdditlon to tht CPD that IS chèi(eable. rhe eoaid offered a wNle Yaliety of5UP￿ thèt wasnot ttrarged. iTrcludin£ tlJSter groups. tnEfiryg5. training for ￿￿￿ern(￿s. SUPPtKt'or aidE¢J wrfh rcEard5 to work geneial inJivOu4 gyiitsnre in 5UPPOrt. ThE èDard pJbliosES thi5 SUPPOrt thrwh vatiOU5 rnean5 Ir￿1￿11n8 rEguknr ￿lletin5 and media. Schoa& have engaged well with these offers. In order ￿ couragè gipater en8a6emÈht and BDard It￿￿tt. thè over Df mtin8s. briefirw and training In a hibrid ￿￿tI tsf in-per50n wrtual allThved those frorn the exlrerresof thE tsocE5E lo aflend witlvxt the Deed tD travel. 1hi5 ha5 bEeTr well r￿eNed with some 5cioolspreferringio take up the VirtLHI olferand Others preferr￿toatt￿d in per50n." by offerin& knh, the Board has bee a￿e tosupport a widerrJn8eof 5th￿15. As hi8hllghteJ in ihe YAMS anThwl rewrLthe headteather F4sthe8re￿esr irnpaxon the ￿ren￿h ol achurth 5chcol. ThrouKh the year the Boaid. a5 antscipated. wa5 made awa'e ol a number of recyuiinni opW.￿U￿￿1e5 to kadership wilians. DSE Officers have supported re(ruitment of 5tronE church 5th001 by guiding gOVEinins boBrd5 throuEFout appKiintmEnts prDces5 at bDth Headteatherand DeputyHe3dteèther

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 sollr£ii18 Following an È￿en$￿e hn3ncLal re￿eW Its 2021. nèw tÈ￿t￿liSed systÉms WÈIÈ IM￿tmented. o￿lting In an eff￿￿rnt cloud finaDrial recortt n8 and rewrtiTrg 5yMem whKh has had a wwty¥e irnpatt ￿ offKer Wor￿0a￿ and Ihu5 prO￿￿ctIvity. A5 this work ha5 developed and beC¢￿e embedded. hwe becoffle mowe effioeni a5 ￿tkrno¥e5 wholl¥ to the ckwd.ba5e(15ysiem aTrd D8E Officeis become mole larnilkir wrth the sofrwJe_ There has a15(b been the opwrtuniiy w make the experience more effiuEnt for txi¢Yn41 p4rtyer5 thr¢yJ8h the introdutrion of eurnr 5weffl and the atslrty io pay foriraining online. Thi5 h35 a&0 enabled the p'odLKlion ol quartedy fflana8emgnt account510 Board and an irueased I￿e1 of sctutiw and review of thg comp3nv fin3nre5. The r@tirwnpntnf thp 5chot4 Assets olfi.pr re￿￿￿10￿0¥ rhe Ruildingsan¢J Finance Offirei befnrethp pDd E>f th@ ypgr ha meant that these sy5lems￿11 need io berevYrtdardin in li￿ TJith the rlewroks arotynted. Aided schod5 in the Diocese have coniinued todeDKJnstr3te th￿r trust in the charty tsy having Th￿r Oevdved Formula Cbpital IOFCI r￿n￿S held centrally. erabling tr8)ard-.oalbw some 5th￿￿tr}e1￿ m(MywhKh twwil not￿re1¥e until thefolhjwing year. UoluntoryAidEd Khotd5 must gel oeE permis51￿ for QPitslw(xk a5 wel IO¥ pf rhetotal Erant.aided EQ5ts In order tp ensure transparency. the Devolved Formula CaFMt31 IDFCI aTrd schD￿s AlocatKTrn ISCAI monie5 were separated from DBE iential fund5 and in deS￿rèted bankaccount5. Same CCLAillve51-, .en￿ Weretr￿Sferred to ihp£en2ral bank aEcouDt roassist Cash flowfolkJwn8 Ihis SÉPatat￿n. The SCA tnwie5 paiddirettTry tD the 08E. TrE Board conbnup5 to ensure that prLryects are fvrbded based on appropriite prioritie5 Of safeguarding and healrh èqd safety. A further f(Kus has bew èthie¥inB net iero Cartr￿ emiss￿n5 by 2030. A workirÉ party has bee ueated to look at 5trate£ie5 to a(tr￿e¥e t￿15 and It IS also bel￿ introduced as of the deciSvJn.mathE pioce5s Bfound capoal projects. Many sch￿5 benefited Irom bai ding woik arA the 5upwt of 5tsff and consultanis from DBE SÉThce5 Ltd. Prgectswith w￿k OVEr £lcX),￿ included". ComplÉt￿n￿f woiètts b8un in 2023.. Harttord CE High Stho New Buikl & AssctiarÈdWOtks Hartford CE High Mecha￿1￿1 Re￿￿emErt W￿ks. Phase 2 Norron Sl Bertellnes fvlaln EnrranceSafe8uardlng Exteny Sandbach Heh sfJthn'5 k(thTr8Work5 5tockportSI Ge(wge's E#erna BuiWin8 Fabric Repair5 Npw proJen5 In 2024.. Bebingtoffl 5t Andre￿5 Burton B15￿p Wilson Ph3s2 l of M3t R¢ NurseTh Alteiètions uryeri Car park Vlorks Hartford CE High Scho Mechanical Re￿￿eMentwtss. Phase 3 Lo¥ver p￿Ver VIC RelUr￿s￿Ment Oxton St SavKJur'S Mechanical REpa115& Refurbi5hMErtW¢)tks Sale. St AnnE's Partial RE-wre& ￿ghtIng Uperade & FRA Wark5 White8at8CE Re￿aceT￿tQf1￿rny￿ry Dau￿￿(Li55r00 With the Buldings and FinanTr Qftitpi le4ving at the ￿•r. DBE 5etbYes were apwtrted fo ovèr5pe the Caoltal w¢ik for Chester DBE goinEftryiatrt. ina 5irni1arwavthatlk￿()fw0therDtsts inthe n(￿th￿s¢ Human iesource is one ￿the main way5 the Board hoped ro athieve its obieLThve5. By ensuring trained resourced School 5talf and goveinors the eoard Impacts outccrfnes tor thiklreTh wit￿￿ ¢5 5choo15 A5 identtftd earf er. ￿aderShip reCruItr￿n1 15 e55eThiial followed by InduCt￿n aThY 9JPPOrt. B02rd's CPD orog.dmme is deygned to de¥dop le?Oers-rom the start tsl their career on to ader5hip. An extenSiYe Ea oiograrff*. de5ryned to run alorygde the naional iraininL h85 been developed to en5uie leaching Frole55ionals under5tsnd the di5tifKiiveDe55 01 thuich sthojs anc the mpact ha¥e. Tfairing and Sjpk￿l for mildle serior -det5 ha5 cDntillLEd to be provided aWKlpthal ior SO￿￿or5 alld worstr.lp The CPD offer remain5 a central focu5 for thè B￿rd its Impart.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 The retrurtnnt of foundaThDn 8OvertKNS rÈmaiTrS a th-'len$È no: jJSt for the Board but nationally. The Btsard st'll exrÉrts fourwdation 8Dvernors to be regul3- wOrSliprrS but ￿11 eMp￿Y an ahetyètNÈ franework of aPPOiAtmÈill where tiitumstanc￿ ieouire it. The Board has contyDue(I '.0 WDrk Wlih local pan515 and na'.ional LM)die5 to Doth eKwrage Inwlvement rKruit rg schoo15. The [2(ruitrnentof Acthiy Direnor5 aswell asto kyal gownir¥tY)arO5f<A&)wingwai￿I Artth tsaddpd cornplexiiv Lothesituaiion. The Board'5 central tearn of offt¢Yk wpplernenred by a srnall numbwof ￿n￿lIams. ha5 cO￿￿ve￿ to de¥tlop the Boarrf5 offer an national and Io(31 CirC￿n51a￿(9sta eTr5ure DK)tesan 5chook afeequipped and 5UPPOrted in all ￿tuatiOns. In orderto fulfil thp B¢)3rd's lo thp rnea5ur@. a npw iole 3ppoinT8d frcm 5epiembw. th3f of J Di511ncfiw￿%$ and Cnllpcb¥ W015hip current￿ ThrKe5an lliieaat of Edu[al￿n is fulfillingèrn additional iole as inteiim DIDo￿Th Setretsry on a OaTt time Ea&s. The D￿tY ￿leCt￿rha5 Stepped up io fuln the Dirertorfs role on apart4ime. interim basis in this period.whilst also taking on Ihe mantle of acting-CEO of tthe second diocesan trust. To increGse capacity￿￿1￿ tDèm ol officeis ￿St￿tIl¥eneSS and ￿AM5 lead incieased their working hours by an additional day on an interim basis The athrtioral ff￿ed loi capacity was also iecognised o¥ the ueatK)n of a ScWls Ad¥i50r wtrith will c(rfrnMence in J￿Uary 202S. Tre"eti"eryen= o- the ktrool Assets OfTrKer arO resigTration ol the Building5 and Fininie ofrKer at the of the ye4[ ha5 piawded the DBE wth bTr-h a thal enEe In CQVEnrhg their work but a15Q a ppof.unity tD rethink hDW".fre5e 35pects Gf the DBE can ￿ managed. In to thE aPPD￿tment of DBÉ Service& for the capital worl the DÈE'S accountsnfs. Mitchpll CharfeswJrth. were apprDath.ed to provide finawe 5UPPOrt until an èppointment 15 made. A5 Chester thore￿n Board vf Edu(atKID 15 ￿ InrwP￿ted £orTrpa￿Y whith opEratesfinavaalty indepETrdEfitly ¢￿ster DvJre5an Boaid of FinaDcp. rhe oeE doe5 recewe any IDcwre from knal parish thurthes via the parish share %heme. The DBE IS. rhprefLWe. re5pcnslb￿ ljr souicin8 it5 OWTr irKome and, due to IhefiThaDcial stfèiTr5 r41eS￿avity on Income generated by investn)ent5. ividends rental irK¢me from piev oJ5 s<hcol gie5. These ir(thme 50urce5 fvnd Ihe niajofty of =he D8E'5 day io y activii.es to further Its aim5 and charitatle obiertNes. vmth Irhcome trorn Famity ol Schoo¥ rnernber5hlp aré attend2nEe èi training courses èn conlerences 5uppIernenti￿ th[5 SrKLThe. These re50urce5 are rr4na8ed ￿elUllY ￿ the Board i0￿5thre effioenueswhlki siiii inveMin8 fDr impart. stn￿ures The 6oard o, educatlon meets foul as year wjdltlon to an Ar￿ deia4ed work belng underraken ty IWD commlltees. Finarce EsrareslF&EI aTKI Di5rirKiweness. srandardshrKl¢￿￿n(£ IDSGI. The Boaid ha5 held senv)r ofticers ro ac<oJnt for the offer * imparn of the Board ￿ 115 Tr￿￿ee5 ar￿ whyer communirie& Ir ha5 cha11engedwairi￿ &Klen5vre(Itw finarK al oversight th riety￿s. A numberof worknn8 paiEies and ￿&cOMmit[ee5a1sts￿P￿rtthe I¥0￿0￿arAdem￿,￿￿r-￿ÈrO¢￿r￿rt and SEhDDICapital AllttationL Trust In order tv achieve rt5 elm regvrdiTrs relatwJn5biw. outcorne8 impott. anJ5trvclJre& Ihe Boik Ihe Boird has continued to irs sc￿$ ID bel￿ L<Mrrf in ￿e￿t￿J11shIPs". AmtstiOU5 In Aspirat+on5", and Bolc in ActKins.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 sarvQS policy The tharity É almost entirèty dèpÈhdÈnt Ir￿ts￿ ftom IilvestmÈThts ro Support ns %vO.k. Cmsèouentlytr Investmenis Are mainrainel. arbd rhe twees W£￿1¢ onty cons￿r￿mp￿￿11￿c4￿rtal iThexteOlOfwI(a>e& Dp5piierhe contynved w)￿ri1￿Y In natw)nal and world rnarketsthe ie5erve5haverEYnaiTred fairh The Restrioeo Fundsar￿C out of ihf sale ol 5cW propu￿5 whKh wyear5 Carne ynderwrious Edvcatyorhal Endo¥vrtwi trder5 and weie a￿[gaM￿ted Int03 unifarm sta￿￿Qrytr￿ in followiwthg PlOViSKJn5 o[theEd￿3tKYn￿c1 I￿3. ThÈ us@of th￿ fuThd5 rpstfjilpd tDrho alfundln8 the purthase. Orere(￿ Of, 5wroverf￿t￿ enLiigameNof. schod yem1￿ inihe area." bl hjnding mimenancecostsof ielevant int￿ area." or tl funding the co5t5 Df admin15tr3tion pf thetiust ind the co%ts of ￿￿vidIng￿￿e. 8uNlancE and r￿Q￿rreS in (onnEcbon wth any matter rELited tothe rnaTrigert￿t ol. ￿edUCatIon provKl2dat any relevant Ir,t￿lrea. Unre5trirted GÉner31 Funds heldarp hi510tic1u￿￿3￿d used lortheweTal putP05e50fthe knrd in 3chievin8 il5 charrtajle ¢biÈEtiVe5. Free u￿re￿ilCted reser¥e5 at the end of 2024 were £1.951.5TF IZ023- EL.85L7241.Total fesirKted reserves weie £10.908.122 12023- £11.010.0131. Adetailedbreakdo¥vnol restricied re5erye5. aI?ng￿th Doie5 of there5fr￿t￿j￿5 onthese tundsun be fourd in note 2Q of these account& The Board ￿d4 free reS￿￿- restrirted and ￿-eSlr￿d- ot É12.8S9.699 at the end 0. 202L 12023- É12,861.7371 ènd El,202,209 IZ023 £L.178.6381 of ETrdov4meni funds Of tFI5. £11.12558612Q23 £10.847.323115 he￿ n Inve5tmpnts In ordei to prowde sO￿E (apital appreikirion anda flowof 1rhve5-.ment incorne O't4e inve5fTh￿ls. É-.546.85812023. £I.512,2961 are unre5fiir.ed. equiva￿￿1 to overtwo years of expenditure. While th& B03rd has no intention o Iwuid3tiwth￿É investments. il could do so with little di4icuty A5 such rhe 8oa.d C￿s￿￿$ ￿h35 a￿￿te reseT¥e57oenatJe re5wndtochawn8thurcheduc4tw)n need5 and fILKluat￿n5 in ihe eionomicen'lir￿mellt. ThE boards wlicy 15 tohold a minimum of twenty foul montk6 unrE5thrtpd expenditurewithin it) unTL￿￿ttEd re5erve5. and the boa-d5 re5Erve5 adequately cobtr thi5. Re5trittEd fund5 in relal ov to ihe SCA project5 hE'd ir line with the SCA furding received and quirÉd ÈAp8ndltur￿pftyÈ[tsas èuthorised. rÈ5tritted hèidadEquatèlyiOvEI th futurÉ expÈndrturE On thÈ 5tA prtiietts. It 5￿U￿j bp noted th thEse leTrA5 of ieserye5 are path and path r￿tyed through Df Pailiament.. they are nDi hDarced Finance and Eslate5 Comrnitree of the Boar￿ will continue to r￿1￿￿¥ of r@￿et￿5 make th￿1[ findings knovdn to the Bo3rd f Twstpes an¢￿ Re¥￿. Reser¥psand Goini Conrern The Iinancial statemenis have been kyepared in ac￿rdanCe iih AccwThiiry ard Reporring by charit￿." StatemeDi of Recomrnpndpd Practice app￿cat￿e tD charit es preparing in ￿CordanCe ￿th the Finarcial Reportlll8 Starthrd applicable In the UK and Bepublit ot Ireland IFRS 1021 lefl*ctivÈ l JaTruary 2o151-1(traril￿ 50RP IFRS 10111.thÈ Financial RewtinE Siandard applicab￿ in ih UK 3nd Republltol Irdèno IFRS 1021.thÈCdmp3niesACt 2rTh and trhEChan￿S Art 201L The StaterneTr'.of FInanc￿lAC￿vitle5 5hDW5a netdPl￿ILoI É￿).3￿112023- £711.7￿ su1￿U5) a[￿ inve5ttTrEnt gain5 of E301.83412023- £913.1941 to8ether with a 8ain on rÈvaluaDOn tf fixed assets Df £13.571 12023- £nill r￿U￿1￿8 in net moYemÈTht in fund5 Df E21.533 12023- £1,624.9171. The financol statements hase been plep3￿ onthegcing ¢4nctrn b￿9. as the trusiee5 con￿d¥ that the Board ha5 Suffic￿1 reser¥e5 tgcontinue cperauMs.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 INv•Stmnt pO￿V aAdOut(om TD dètermiiÈ whèie thÈ tharffv should invÈsr rtsfiantial as￿ts. the DBE thÈ natsohal Chtsrch of Enoand's Statement of Ethital Investmenr PolK¥. wh￿￿ states Ihat taking account of etmronrnentsi. sKial gOyernan￿ IEY)1155ue5 ￿ an Inirin5lC Wrt of good I￿g.lerTh In¥e5ror. for ￿￿th Whical a￿rI￿Val reaso To ach￿ this. rhe tharity hold5 ( rogeihwTth iThthe Central Boardof Finance ICBFI Chvfth of En8land In%rstfflEni Fund. the (BF Church of GloJal Incorn& Fund. the CBF Churth of =n￿3￿1 Piop?rty Func. and C8F Dy5il Fufid. The is to prnvid@ InrorDp with capial appr￿lat￿￿ to afford k￿E torm agAI￿r valuv. of inYe5tments has fiuctuatsd Oyei the year but 35 always, the DBE-s ie50Dnse to smvi-term inbEStmeni ftucluatsons 15 to focu5 on ihe n8-ierm vil￿11t¥ of theinvestment port1d￿ ofwhKh it 19c￿r￿enL Tr Board hasreviewed its investments held (5SCUSSions ith CCLAto ￿aSsure itsewthat Its monies3￿ maTra8ed in aneth¢al andffteDiWdytotsisure the I(￿ tem ¥Abilityolthetharity. The CBF 8ubrèTrtee that invescments are in at¢ordaTr with the e[h￿al siandards of th ch￿rth ot England. The tru5rees wlll to regul¥r￿ co￿￿￿Er thE pErfofm4nce of 5horE5 LQ erwe that thE ierurn In term5 of c4tital growth and Inrome 15 ppropriate to the long-t2trn needsdthe tharity. Financ? and Esfates totnmittee ill canfinueto keep inv25tiiient w4ityand the InvestTh￿ntSth@M5Q￿5u￿d￿ and Ihe ¢ard of dirELtors InfNffjd. krn4hl8rmEllt The tiuslee5have a risk [nanage￿￿1stratesyW￿th conwy5- ie8ularrevwtsotiherisksthecharity Mayfa￿.. the establish￿Qf5¥SlefflSaThd io rnitwe thoserisk5idenufied inthe ￿an. an the ImpleMentatK>nof Frfoc&luresde5rEd to rniniTrwanypotwtial IMpacr￿ thethrtyshwldttsse ri5k5mat&iali5e. Trustee indemn￿¥ in￿rAntr is in ￿lte. The Board (￿￿derSt￿e maiD ii5kstoi inlWftAlOwi￿ar RlsktolLos50f WtalA)ecreèse invalue OICCLA Invesrments Nat￿Tha1 or 8lobg èvÈnts tèuses schod tarltal prO￿st0 thanyin WiDfity. o￿l￿rIor0y￿Sp￿Thd Chary5 5chod funeing reduonE Vi9￿1￿YOf stTh311 Risein energy bi115 andothei Eost5 Inpa(tonsthDLlsbts leaMT￿leSSreS￿UrEe losupwrtedura￿n3nd dEvEbpment Riskthat DBE bL(etwill be in deficit Char¥e5 to DBE staff that mailea¥e thE 8oard unablEtOfu￿1I3ll of rt5furKt￿TrS LibdjAdvÈrSè mdiatOvÈrage ilc. duÈtohigh profilÈ. natstMk)l Orebbal ￿￿1 MitigaiioD for these ri5ksNe beeTr bkntffj￿d •￿J(on￿￿ll￿tO be ThWJDitLYed. The Board, With k)cal aJtborrfties. contifiknÈS M sup1￿ sthocls m fatilitstin$ di$￿S￿On arotsnd sthcry)l or8anisatlDn and Possible structures tomanège school fund A ke¥ element in ibe mana8erFRni or rinancial risk ts tbe tbrk of the both comminee5 con￿der1r* the detai￿ r15k5 2nd the Board undeisianding rhe higtr risksand thp miti8atsrm5 1<)rthem. 10-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 munratlonof KyMènayment Prsonnol AS DBE em)loye￿ are ￿l11t Èmployees ChesrÈr D￿eS1￿ ￿rd of FinantÈ. the sal3riÈS Dlkey management pèrsDThrtel, al per 311 DBI emplDyee5. 15 Set arcDr4iw io the Lhe5ter OKKe5an 8oarO ol EOui•iK)n pay 5ta as detetrnird by thp HR Comfflittee aDd Ihe FinaDce and scrutiny Ctfflmittee of the DBF. Atw Pay If￿￿ase5 derer￿￿e￿ QUtsKle of Ihe DBF cwrnittee5 are propD5ed by the QBE Board aDd t?<pn to the 08F f{￿aP￿￿￿￿1. SJpplier Paymth)tPaliry The Comp4nWs rurrent ihE payrne￿t oftyry£dftors ts w foll(Mthe Cw's Prompt Paye[sc￿ IcDple5are avaliable frDtn ihpCBI. Centre Poirl. loa Newoxford StreEt. LondDn. WC1A IDUI. The cpThpan￿$Evrre￿t wlyconceining pavmeDt of ttcreditors ￿ to Settle thetetm50f payrrwiwnth 5up￿￿S￿h￿￿￿rwngThete￿￿S0le￿ht"an5￿t￿)￿.' Ensuie thAt suptAie.rs arp awarp ￿ thp tpiin5 of pAwne.nt by ind￿K]r of thp. [P.￿vant tr.rrn% n contrArt and othp.r Iwl obligation5.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Flans FIrtWe Perk '8eingdeepty (Thri5tianand The Board will 5UPW)rt its Schoo￿ tobe cDrnmurhltie5whith are.. in relatywthips.. AmiMbou5 in awratioDs.' Bold in artion5 ID Ihe following Wa￿.. Rekthonshlp5 The Board wll Continue tsinve51 t.me iniothe [dat￿nShIpS it hès ￿th vaiious Oi%anrAtK)f5 Paili¢ulaity it55(￿15. and a5 academy system deveknps. Ihe academy Ifu5ts InwhKh itssthLwJK Sits 11 ¥bill work partuL)ltydDse￿WiIh its DKttsan Trusis, CDAT and CDLT. It will also support other Trust5 that w¥￿ShtO￿r(A¥Orme18e. There Will be a tC4)Iinued fo(us on wdlbeing schod lers through targeted wellbarg supp(rt. govemor training and inlNidual 5UPPQrt. In a ume when pie5wie5 on 5ttrth ￿adff5 are SQ Ereat. thErE E a need-0 5UPPlXt thErn through bTrth prittirjl ar￿ p451oiil ttivit'e5 and the Èa3rd will pr￿rIt"Se this thioJeh the year. 5th￿1 ￿aderS the wdlbeini of Scho￿ childrEnl&tudents. stsff Bnd IDmmunme5and so by5UPPlrtin8thewellbeirgJf ￿a￿e[stil￿shJ￿1d tr￿¥2 h￿Sit￿e Impacfon Th25e rhey 5UPPDrt. Chair5 of 8overhofs in lurn ale a 50urte of suP￿rt for ¥hJoI and da this in a ￿1Utrtary taJacity. Termly Chair of gOvÈrDOr etwo[￿ 4Vill (￿tinuet0 be held to wowoe info-mabDn. aD5wer que5>w5 aDd 5UPWt DEtw(rknn8. TbE BD?Id Will Cont￿Ue to 5UPWrt schools and bxal parish& as they bok ro recruit gthErDWS and the Boafd plaDSto wha￿e its ietstionship5Wth its acwjemy trustsas DBE app(xnteeslleu>mn￿datx>￿s are reciuited toall ￿50f 8OYeinawe in thern. Networks for senior leaders der8¥. thaplain%. RE leaders •id w(￿lp ad5 will cfjntyn￿ io be 5UPPOrted b¥ the Board. These will enable the Boaid io share inlormaiion and under5tsrc ihe<urreni needs ol those invow in church sthcN)K A rich wo6iamme ol CPD will ￿150 be Dn olfei to 5UPPOrt IEade15, 5t3ff and ￿[plet￿or5 ￿r￿ssl DI￿ese. pport for IhÈ most vu r￿ratrAe wrthin D￿￿èSÈ ￿11 contir￿ to ￿ a fotus for thè work ol thè B03rd thmts8h the DisadvaTht38È, Diversity. SEND and newly dÈwek)ped Racial Justite Voup alowdt the Boar￿$ in¥d%￿menT with external partners, %￿h as ChLrth of Englarkl Founthtian lor EdutatKJnal Le￿rship ICEFELI. A5 Part of our focus divergty ano In re5POTr5e io the From iafflent to Action repDfL fa(ial jv5ti(e wll key commitmeni ￿rl￿5 vJorksirehm5and in recruitmeN. forthef¢Ne5eelefvture. Thp B(wrd wll continue lo wort a numberof organ￿10Th5 arKI styare8K partW5. IncI(Klin8 the Departfrbwt lor Education and Ofsted to support its work and thg vmjrk Df DthLY& Vali0￿ partnÈiship is with CEFEL aTrl will cantinuÈ to be involved In 3 numberof aThllrKal netw<xs. Collaborath)n wnh Dther Oiocesan ￿ardS of EdutatN?n Ill the nonhern pirmnce wll tonbnve throuth DBE SeNices and through Ihe sharin8 p'atticeand iesourcès on loveman￿. RE. Wotip. and other 2speds of-.he Board's woth. The Yery cce551ul Chii5tian LeadeI5hip tOUlsE will lun again through Ihe yeaw.Thp Boaid cort1rK￿￿ ID 5UPPUlt thE iarbun net IEro foi Ihe Diocesethraugh CdL4bllrat￿n￿th thE DBF'SEmiron[￿￿1 officei and DBE 5etyite5 ￿thr￿gar&tO Capital work. As the Lind5cape evol￿ the Board ￿171 support rchools ￿kIr8 to manage the roLlte to aEademi status If they thop5Pto d050. OffKer5wiII a￿￿5￿ •d5UPPOrt fjtwemlngB￿iJ5. liaise￿h aQdE[n￿5 the Board prowls In ordcr to SUPPOrt rdatign5hip5 bctWCCn 5th0015 for and PLpiLs, thE Bonrd will cn5urc it5 Qffci of rc50ur￿5 and cveits inclL&kn opportunities trchildreD ard pupil5. 12-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 The 8oard WAI continue tosuppffi xhods In unttersta￿1￿the 9AM5 irweimn wKes5 ba5theaimthat all the sthod5 InSpe￿e throJ8h theyearwill be pJdged as'lmng up10rts loundaiorasa<h¥rchscW'. Working abjngyde Lc<al 14ufhority ard xaYeTr7ycolle3Éues. Ihe 8oard ￿11 s(hcS￿￿￿4 roallowtFern to recruo more di¥er5ety. The 8oard'5central learn of offKers. Su￿P￿ted bya 5fflall nufftberofcon5ultsnts. Will coniinueio develop rhp BC￿r[V5ofrera￿d will res￿ io national and kxal circumllancesio eTrsuve Di(Ke5an 5cW are equippedand svtwffed In 3l15rtuar￿ryS. 13-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Impart In (derto3thiÈVÈthÈ thrtCDMesexr￿Ctd BDard muStenWrÈ rt hasthe reouiredimSXt. Thp Family ol Sth(wJ15 oFer main s(￿r￿ ￿ fi￿ar￿la1 WBa8erneDt with s(trKwJlk ad41it¥Jn to atten￿afi￿ ai trainnE and events. The 8oard will Encourn Df thE government thift5. the nEed for eveTh sch￿1 tD CNb5KIEr a￿adeM￿tic￿ is less of a ptiDtity BDard ￿11 continue tu 5UPPOrt 5thDtsls that wish ttstakè upthis Opt￿￿ dutto I(￿1 tirtumStantÈsand contÈxL Irus ID older tD achleve its alm regard1DBrelai￿jQ*1l￿. Impao andsiruciure% the Board bp iru5ted b¥ all tbose linked to It. The board will eD5ure it 15 traTr5parert. ewel￿g rtfle(tNe'. both wppori¥E challenging to ensure the best curcornesfoT rtsschool5. The Board would thpe to hawe allof it5 scho￿5 en8aBeJwithits Work.ar￿aStar5Q￿leyel laf8enun4>er fullyeng4ged acros5all aycts Df itswork. 14-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Strudur•and8o¥ornaM Cheslor DKKosan Board of EducaDwi5 arwstored d4ritYn￿ s251￿Land 4 crynPa￿ lirnrted ￿gUa￿￿te0 frt>. 8517S. 6tsvÈrnih¥ DDcuMtnt ThE Che5tEr Di0[e￿n br￿rd of Eduation 15 è companw Iirnited by 8u3rantee re￿5VerEd in E￿L￿nd arKI IVale5 and gDvernEd by it5 M?IwJrandum and ￿ld￿s of A5SttLèt￿Tr amended On l January 2013. ￿ is r￿lSteT￿￿ as a tiarity wrth the charity lomffligSiOn. Thè 111 the Th-shop.. IZI ai least ore but not rnorethap ￿rPernIer5 aFWinteé ty the 3pw￿.ed 4ryErfI.. 131 ai le&t5even but notmore than ewr rnembers e￿ed ty lie $Y￿d wio arewwhippng mernber50fr￿e Church of Englard but Theed norihemselves be Mer￿ersof..he r￿oce￿$￿l1"¢￿eCte(1￿￿Der$.}. ol whorn". lal ai ￿￿5[1hree membersshal Le elected Irom each ol iherwo ar¢hYeaconriesof i DiKese. bevw Deople whovth.wor5hiP or reS￿e in ttre arthdeaconr¥fiLW which they are apwinted. and Ibl at leèst one member shall bea derk in holy 0￿e￿￿enefitedO￿l1tert$Èd ifithe t)lots•.' 141 ai leasi two not ttioie ttsThfoJr mÈm￿rstfr0pl@d tythÈeoardthknsb311 bepwsonswith ÈyriÈnce of thurch schods In thè r￿ese Ictropted membe￿￿. Thetiustee% thoare algjthe direcrw5fwthpkWTP05eof Crynpa￿l￿w. aThJ whD5eThYd durin8thEye?r upto thedate of sgD*vre of Ihe finaDcK715tatrri￿tsWcre'. Wefi Dr M Gi bErts￿ (Chair) Rev Drj Arr￿t REvd L 8anno Professor P &)wden IRetsreil 17 JunE20241 (Rets￿d4 PAarth 20241 Rev J Bridgernan Ictroptedl Rev C Corley Ico-ootedl Mrs M Crunon Mi P Gibbwfj ICo.Lyedl Di C fjordon Mr D HÉrmitt Mr5 % Hud50n Mis C Sprcd ICo•pttdl Oi Dwa￿er Iss Prof O Ctsrberland MI P I BosiLW M5 E M Hetnrnings Mrl R Gould-Jone5 15-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Appolntmont of tru%14S AS Sèt Out In t￿e Artitles of A4￿[¢￿￿on thè Chair of is the Btshrl) of Chtster È%tÈptthat, if thty do not desirè to bÈ Chair, the member5 afcei con5￿tatIon Wllhthe &5hop. 514711 apwnr50￿ othwper5m{terhei no% a mernber,. to bechair. The Ven Or M F GIl￿rtSDTh (Archdeacw cf Chesierl wa5 a5 (har. As ￿e￿[be¢ in the Awde5 ofA55waiion. mefflbpr5 Of the DBE are sotheTnEtees¢>f theDBE. When Vacanc￿ occur and 3t the of the terms ol for Board m@rnber5.. rdes are a¢￿ertISed across and pplicafithns This is Io SUPE￿ the thJWilmeni of d)j￿rrIeS ro enc{￿￿T￿gO B w￿￿ Df ￿r￿grOund$ experienceoj the Boaid. All board member¥trUs￿eS arKlcornmittee rfrnbersare¥￿￿nt3ryro￿"thÈ DBEdces TrDt usewlU￿teerS bew)Dd theser0￿. The main Board Is supwrted in urthrtaiw mole detailal scrutiny through rwo comrnittees. F1Than￿ ana Estates IF and El and DistinrtivenE55, S&ndard5 and &wern4nce IOSGI. The5E areffl* upof Oft￿ ￿ard with addibonal coopted metnber5. TWD working partie& have also been es￿blIshed ￿ 3(ad¢rni5atian a￿1 DeEarbDnisat￿￿. made up Df Board mern&er53nd adL4tional pe￿0￿5 invited toart2nd becèuse of theirexwienct_ Trv#ee ￿nd￿ti￿ ¥nd tThinin8 tlew IrJ?tees ére briefed iheir lesal oblt6atiLTrnS uTrdeT thatity (ompany law. thp ￿￿tent of the Mernoiarvjum ￿n￿ Artide5 of Association. the CL)mrnittee and dec1SUD-rna￿ng process4 ihe b￿ne$spI￿n re￿n[ finan(ial performafi￿ of the charity. Tru51ees also meet kei emk4rryee&aDd are encovra8ed to attend appwpriate external training event5 vknere these wi I faoliiate the undertaking cl their role. INstee5'Ststement on pwblicbenefft Chester DI0￿￿￿ BDard of Edu￿r￿ 15 a putAii benEfiI entily. The tru51ee5 [￿firM that they have conylied ￿th the duly in Ihe charit￿5 Act 2011 to hawe di￿ regawd lo thp puwit ￿ne￿rt wxlanie publÉhtd by tharity Cummiwfyn in dEterTninin8 thE aEtivitie5 undèrtakèn by the thar￿. In Btturdantewiththetskn￿nyd>JÉctNEs a55¢toutin thE D￿￿e53n Buard of Educatiw ME35ure 2021. tht BDafdof Ed￿￿tIOn extsts." tD promote or a$5151 Inihe p[Or￿l￿n of I￿the Obxesethai15 CW%￿ent wtththefaifh and prattkeof Ihecburch fo promote or a$5i51 inthe PrOr￿t￿n of rdviwSEd￿at1Oll and rEl￿10￿5V￿r5hIp in S￿￿5 iThihe DKKe5e.' to promote or as5lSt inthe pronKTrtb?n Gtthurth sth(w)Isinthe DKW." ro womore Co￿perall0￿ betw£eniisd' WKloiher petW5 concerffted With in the Di(Ke5e. The Jublic bpnefit of ourw(Kk isseen n trEsu￿rt ard I￿￿riShi￿ ofchurch SChD￿Sthat p-ovth Educat￿￿ forall withifi a Chnsfian etho& The Board of EdutatlDnaknsutwrt5 indevelopin8 I1￿kS wth th￿r knl cammunitie5 to Improve and unifythe5E tommunthe5. Our5UPPIKt for 5Ethd5alSD buiklingsthith be US￿ by Pan5he5 affld tsut50e btsdie5 forthÉ 16-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Quahfyknz iNrd party indemthtpThffjfjon5 tharityGo¥erMnce todt The Board follows the Charity GO¥erfjaTr￿ Code aDtt conDrue5 to review besi praNKe a5 it ains to coDtIffual￿ irnprove. The eoar manageseftective govemanceotlhetharrty In ￿ td4wngway5." OiganisatioTh31 Purpose- The Boaid ensures its woiki5 ￿ lirewth 115 thariiatle objertrsand a150 it5 of b￿n& deeply Christian and forihe common go￿.. and rha-. its5choo15 ¥%ill be coMm￿nIt￿% whKh arelMn8 In rdationstrip5. ambit￿￿5 in asFrfrai￿￿ and bold i artion. Thisviir on continues to be and as4 b￿S fortbe of rhe 8o>rd and its Offic@￿ Tho dioce￿￿ ViSK)n Currèntly bÉin8 Im￿@mÈntÈd and￿11 ImpattfUrth￿Iè•d0￿￿èftI￿fIh￿￿oard of Edutatithl Visic￿. ieader5hip--wO commiXÈÈ5 a 5tronE DvEf51gt Df the work of the OBE. thrDuEh dElailed 5trutiny ard rEt4xnmEnd3t￿nS to Ihe oaid. Additional wol￿n£ help challe￿e and Sup￿rt exe[Ul￿E offJEe15 35 thry 5UPPOrt thE development of DBE 5tratey in are35 such a5 aCademr￿lIUn and deEarboni5ation. Inie8rKty- The Bishop ol Chester ncminates Ihg chair ol the DBE to en$￿ie ihe Board ¢)perate5 Wiihin ¥15ion and value5 of ihe Di￿eSe of thesler and the Churih ol England. The nHjority ol rhe Board is apwnted by Di(Ke5an SynDd tD pnsure the 15 independent In 115 deci%oD mak"ng. A small oumbEr of fflernbers are co.oJred ba5ec the ski115 ihev offer. Cofflmittee5 aEo have ces for (o"opted members whKh help briw a further perspecti￿ loits work. 8oard Is required to report back to rhe Oioce5an Synod to 5harE its prosr￿S In furtheriTv& it5 pur[￿. Detision MdkinL Risk and ContrrA- The risk rty￿er is ieguLirfy tydaied to ensure the is awaie ol. and man4ing ils Current r￿kS. Eath rommittee idenirfies risk5 and kKIs￿bIÈ milvtth. These are theTh brought to the lull BDd. The (lisbntliveness, StandaTds ènd Governance and Finance and Estes tommittees continut to SuprM)rt Boarc In takins contrd of, and r￿pOn￿bility for, Ihe eciSiofrm3kini protessof the tharity. O¢ard EfFe¢ll￿nesS- Btrard diiectorsbriry a divEt rJn8eof 5ki115to Th¢ Board rontynual￿ mwitDrthe of the DBE eiecubve othcer5,' 5crutiniyr¥ oper3Dwal arniyibe5 thro￿ rE￿￿tsng pr(Ke55E5 and rEview of att￿n5. Financial 5Ctvtiny ind ¢ecision m3liTrE is manaEed through Elear financi31 and pro￿dure&. Diversity- The B03-d of direcfijrs 15 3pp(xnted the thoLe53n S¥nod and a5 far as rK>55ible. ar@ nOminat￿t01￿[lude a Wide r2nEe ol kn￿ledge. ski115 and persuert￿e& Wtren occur. or at the end cl the ierm for rhe BDarJ. the foles are advertlsed acr05S the Dic<e5e In order to en¢gJre8e tlLS èrea41h. howeyer. Ihe OBE iniends 10 tgke a more proaciiwe approach io encourage apklicaiions ILY aopointrneni frcm a mNe dNersegroup. ITh partI￿lar wrth feE4rds ID 28e. gender and eihnicilv. The DBE IS CLNrmiiied IDwideniw 115 dIVer￿ty è5 it ￿e$ forward. O￿nn￿$S Accountability- The charilv IS ioand rMke& reports to Diocosan SyTrtsd cnd vari¢￿$ othèr 0￿CeS￿n tommitttrto ensure thatthe BokidiStraWTilltin hrA¥ Itoperates. or83￿￿a￿D￿ ThE Board of tru5tee5 cdmini5tEf5 the charity. The Eoard regularly tryether with Ihe Secretary (the DK)Ee5an thrertor Df Èdutètionl ￿tsma￿È$thèdaY-tt￿3VtyEratItr￿s ofth ttrtsrty. Thp Board rts bu￿￿￿$throu8tt itstwo tommittÉÉS. Financè and Esiaie5 and D15rintsiveness. 5tandard5 Governan￿. are attended by Me￿berS ol rhe execurive te3ffj. To fa£ilit4ie effective operations. the Se(ierary has ￿￿egated abthwitri. vsirhin re￿￿5 of delv&tw by the trusree5. loi operational MattersinclL￿l0gfi￿anCe. ands(W relatedan￿7ueS. 17-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 lat￿ partks ThÈ ttrèrity a c1(￿e relatifm￿hipWrth Ch￿ter￿(￿$brt Board of Fina￿te {a tompany Iimrtèd by8uarantÈè rÈ8tstÈrÈd in En￿arKI IrK&. 7¥261 and 8 [eg￿tered rhanty Ino. 14Wh811 pro¥th(ftKeacUwnmNatv)na￿ p4yrLII. The charity ha5 a rELIuon5hip Wirh thesier DKKe5aTh ka¢emie5 TfU5r ICDAn la limited b¥ guar4Diee regthred in Ensland Ino. 84517871 a￿dan exernwcharitylwhKh ￿estab￿le￿ a5a wwWi-a(a(krnytru5tlll Ihe DKKe5e. Thp charwty jnintly own5 Itd la wTh¥)any limitsd by shares ￿lS1￿red ir Fnglynd al￿ Walgs 55311?31 Pjarkbufll Diocesan BoErd ol Education, Carlisle DHK£sa￿ Board ofFinance, Lfftrp(ol DvJCeSOn Btsrd ol Finance, Manchester Dioce52n 8Dard of EdLKation aNJ York D￿¢￿san ￿rd of Finance. This compbny unttertakÈs Suppoit atiOSS the dioceses and wft4ids any profil tack tOthe￿ 8oards. The tharity £tts ès tusttdian tlu£tee in resp￿[ of funds hdd on behalf of k<al and s￿h spÈtifit wrwge are held in 5egreEated arcount5, SEparate￿ EKcounted for, and do rbrt &PPEar in the finariiil 5taiempnt5. Tey arp Shown in nDte 24 io IhE 3tcount5 ThÈ tompanv al￿ atts 35 cknstodian trbSteÈ In w ol fthd$ tKrt of thÈ sak of scthocl propèrhès whèrè thè funds arè hÈ FaKIIwihe 55ueofan Qrdpror￿￿detPrrninats￿. The Devofved Formula Cèpitalfor aided sthoo15 v hdd ty theCh￿ty35 part ofthesefundk Statement of iruses' resw)blillos ThE tIU5teES are al￿ Ihe dire(iot50f ChEster th(Ke53n Board olEd￿￿tiDTrfD1 the putP05ealcoThwanylaw. arEreSPDn￿￿￿E f(x Freparingthe Trustee5 ￿pOrt and the financial £ètetneits in aE(ordanEewith atv11￿￿Ie Liwand United Kin¥dDmAccountin8 5tandardlUThitÈd K'ngdom GÈnetall¥ACtèptèdAttOJntin8PrarriÈl Company Law require5tPe tIU5tee5tD pre￿re IiTranDalsiatemEnt5 foreathfinancialye31 whKh givea tweand falr¥￿ Df thÈ ststÈ tsf affai15 01 thecharityarKlof the incorniryr£¥ource5 andapPlKat￿OQf resouices. in(4LKIiD8thE Inco￿and eKppndituie. olihech3ritab wmp4nyfwt4at year. In wewrl￿the$e finawal srenws.theiru5w are reQ￿ra110.. -sekn 5Ultable acc￿(rtin￿ PDIKie5 theTraP￿ythern cDn515tenth. -obser¥e methods3nd priTrup￿ inthech3ri1￿￿SOftP.. -makÈ judÈethents and e5t1maiest￿t are ieasorhabk and prude -slate Whether￿PF￿1￿￿t￿￿ UK Ac(ourrtiw Starmlals have W foll￿d.￿￿￿E ￿anY￿ale￿al departur25th5rk)5ed 3ndexpLaIn￿l￿ thefinancial statempnts.. aid -pr￿￿e thtfinaKial statements￿￿￿n8cQrtcern b351su￿￿ itl5 inappr¢txHtewprtsurnethatthetharrty will<otibnue in The tiusteesare respM5kn1e lor keepn8adeouattsaccrwJniiw recordsthaiotsch)se wth reasonableaccuracy at anyiime Ihe Iinancial FOSltioD ol ttre cba'fty aThJ enèblethem to eThsurethbt twlir4rwl State￿IS compty Ihe Companies Act 2L1￿ Thew arealso Sp￿s1b￿fOrSaleÉUard1ng theassa501 heft<e lor 13kiDgieasonabKTh5tep5 lor ihe preveniiv and delec￿￿ of fiaud aid other irye1ularit￿. dknr In accordance with Ectnpany's arncle5. 3 Plitch￿l Char1￿51¥0rth {Audrtl ￿rnited b@ rEappDinted 35 audor f the cotnparywill be put at a General PA8eThn8. 18-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING (XRE￿OR$. REPORT) ICONnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Dlsdoswre of inf¢rmatk)n to Each of thetlU5tee5 hasconfirmed thatthErei5 ￿info￿￿￿ti￿￿Qf￿th￿h thEy•re4wKethich i5relEvanttottEaudit, butof whith tl aujitor is uwware. They havefurrher CoDfirmed¢hartWIw￿laken appr￿riatestePSt0Ilentty￿xh rdevant Information and to e5tèblLsh thartheauditcrf isaware o 5LKh InIcrn￿n. Thetw#*s' report bvthtr ￿rOofT￿$1¢e> Ven Dr M Gilbert￿ ICh3ir) Ckrylr 27 luDe 2025 19-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION OPIn￿rt We haVE3￿ed the financial staterrEn159fChE5ter board of EdUrati￿ lthe'thawivlforthe year 31 De￿rnber 2024 which cornpnsethe statement of finwcial actNits.thp balaKe sheet. t￿ siaternent ofrca5h fiowsaid Dote5to the finanual sr2remen15. Induding 51gnificaTrt a(£ouMng PcA￿e$.The lin3n(ial repwtiw IraTI￿1￿ktr￿l has teen applied iThtheirpreparaiion Is aOicaEle law arKI UDitEd Kit￿0[￿ kcount.WStsndar￿5. FiDarCk314eWrn￿g5tartdard 102 TheFIrtdN7c￿ji￿eport1ft4StQ￿dtsrd opplicobL•ln the VKIUDited Kingdom￿￿1311y￿¢epIed Accwntyrq P1art￿e). In auropinion. t￿e finan031 llaternent5.' give ?true ar￿ lair View ot1tr5tate of thecharitsNecompany'saflairsasat 31 Dttembpr2024 and otits IrKLYning ie50urce5 and aPp1katy￿ )f resources. indud1￿ its knic0￿ and ￿pe￿j11Ure. frof theveaf then ended". have been prop2rtyprep3red ina[cordaTr￿wlth Un GenetaltyAciEPted AcCollntitEPr￿ti[e. and have bepn ￿epar￿ In a(corthn￿ withtherpquirernw5Ofi￿ Crynpan￿￿rt 2( Ea515farwian Wecondvded ouraudit In a((oidave ww¢h InternawalSlandard5on A￿rtInE IUK1',I￿ ILKII ￿appI1(ab￿ law. Our ies[v￿ibIlltles undei thosestsndards a￿ furt￿ deribedin theAuthtOT'S resw>b1lytiesl￿ lhe0￿1t oithe fJJJonc[ol￿oteeftts seciicnof Our reoort. We are iidependent DI lie charilvin acccrdancewlhtroeii ca let￿ rernentsttrat a"e relevant loo￿ auditof the financial statements In thpUK. indJdin8the FRC5 Eth￿al 5tandairt.at￿ we ￿3VE futh1ledo￿r[thei ethK31.e5pan5ibilitie5 In atCDrdancEwith thase requirFmÈnts WE Wièvetiatthèaudrt e￿dent￿ 4ha¥èObtsinèdiSsufhEieir. and approprktyteto prlwth a ba%15 lorour r@Lwtl￿gtogol￿£ ronro In auditingthe financial staiements. WE h￿￿(ardudedthbt lhEtt￿. u5eofthewl￿co￿cerTr ba￿SOf atEountlllB in the Freparation of thefinèno315t3terrert5 15 app[oF￿￿te. Bised on thew￿k we perftsrrr￿. wÈb3vÈlrt atry mater4AI Uncertairt￿ relatingto entS Oiconditiors that. iThdividuallyor iollectively. mayc35t ￿En111(ant￿UbE(￿ Ehe chan￿sabIlIty kn c0Trtin￿e a53 g￿￿10￿￿er￿ fo-a period of atleast r¥velvp rnonrh5 from whpnthefinanC4713ien￿nts aweauthrwised for issue. Our respo￿1￿111e5 4nd the respon9￿1￿￿￿5 of rhetru5ree5With re5pectiogoir¥corKernare described in rhe relevantsecrior60fthi5 OthEriThforrnation The orher inl0rtnaty¢￿ coxnpri5estheinfo'rnior includeil infhEannual EWf4)t￿than ihef"fiancia15raienEn15 and ouraL%litor'5 port th￿￿0Th. T￿truSte@S for1￿0th￿r 1nlctmafi￿CQTrL7in@d Wiltrinlh&arnual.gpof. Ouroynion or tF@finanLial xatements ¢th)esnorco¥ertheo'.herinknrmaliona￿. exceptto T￿e￿I￿r￿herw￿ety￿r￿ in (wr report.we do nor expre55 n¥forffl of a55uraTro thweon. [￿r iesporsibility ￿ lo read lh￿ olher 1nfgtTrhat￿￿ and in d￿ng 50.congdpr whpther rhe cihei inlormati¢)n is Material￿ Irc0￿Stent ￿th thefinantsalstsiementsot Cyr knolbledge obtained In i￿££￿￿$e ofthe a￿11, or ClheThvise appeaysto be rnaTerK31ty Nisstated. If we klentfy material i(KOns¢sten￿or3ppa￿rnt materi31 misstatements. we a yaquired to thtermine Whet￿ th￿￿¥￿Sri$e toè marerKal m5Starementin=bÈfinantièl statement5tbem5ehos. If, based on ￿ work we tr3¥e performed. we condude th there isa matenal miSStètemeDt of thiSOtheriTrformatKJD.we are reQ￿red to rewr that fact. We hgvenothineto report in thi>r¢g>id. Opiilions¢fft othermtets pwesuthdtyUC¢impan￿X￿f 2( In our oplnlon, bèsed ontrs¥orl ￿ndertaken Inrhe tswrse rlovrè￿it." the inlorrnatym8iven In the irusiees. rewnlorthe hro￿O41¥ear￿)r￿h￿htheflnarK1•1sfar￿Tr￿nls prp prepared. which indudes the direcfNs' r@PGrt prep3redfarf￿pUrp0￿&0f corrwny law. istonu5tentth the finanoal 5fatemgnts." and the directors, iewrt includedwithin thetwsiees'r£f¥nhasbeen jiepared in accor¢an￿¥￿￿ applicable ￿SaI rewirements.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ICOPMNUEDI TO THE MEMBERS OF CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION MattersoTrwhlch weare req￿redI0￿eP0rt b¥￿cept￿n In the light ol the knDwledgE bnd untter5t3rvJingofthechaiityaTrd it5en4ir0nt￿t￿tsinuIi￿ thecoyt5e pfthe audit.we have not bleThtified material misstètementsin the directQ15' iepwt incl.Jthl ithirthe tVJnee< repDrt. W& hav8nolhin8to report In re5pectof thefdkjwryg matlers iThreIafi¢￿f0wh￿hth￿CDrnp￿n￿￿ct require5 US to repart foyou In opinun.. adeq￿tE accounting record5 h3¥E llat bEEn kew.orletum5adEq￿f0r Duraudit nDt reteNed fvom b￿r￿he5 not visited by us-. the finanual statements aiefiut inaEfEerrentwith thE4fC(wntsTrgwKord5 retUm5.' certain ¢isdowre5oftru5tres' remunpratioTr S￿le￿ bv lawartrM)t Th.. or we ha'le not recelved all the Snformlcfft￿d e¥plarkar￿nswe require f¢K ourwdf", Of the Trustees werÈnot eitrtled t) rrfepa'ethe finofia Statwents In at=tttsnte w th te smallcom￿oies re8imeAnd take advanta8e Df the Small co[npan￿5 eXernpl￿n5 In preparlrythetrLSt￿. a￿￿omth&WuirernÈ￿t to prÉparE 3 5trate&c reporL AÈspUnthi￿tiPs￿f trusttts As ex￿3￿￿￿d mOrÈfUl￿ in thÈ Stat￿￿ftt of truSteÈs' rÉsp￿&S￿lI"tié$. thè trustees. tho direclorsof thè Char￿¥fol th ¢urF￿ of tompany Liw, a￿ reSpQ￿lbIeforth￿1Ppar￿t￿n0f thtfinantial 5t3tetrEnt5 andforbtrin8gat15fiL4 thatthey8ive atrue and fair view, and for such in-.Ernal (Dlltrd a5 the tiusteE5dvtertTrne nE(e55aryto enabk the preparation of financialststenEnt5that are free frorn mhterial mis&tzternent. %OEthei due to IraudoreThor. In ?-Epaiingthe fina-ua15tatemEnts. thets￿teeS are re5PDnsible fDr 3&5e55in8thEcharry'5 a￿11[Yt0 continue as a8(Xn8 canCetr..J15c￿￿& a5 appI￿￿￿.M￿ttets.e13teC to gtmnE-on￿rn a[￿ using the ¥￿Tr8(an(￿r￿ b3515 of acLauDtiw unle$th￿ttUstes eithEr inteTrd to11q￿dItethe dtrt3NecOrnpJnyortOcaAsè(p8TrtsDn5.Orhave no realotic a￿ernalive bur to do so. ditpr'5 re5ponwbilibesfvthpJudilofthEfinJnriilstrtEw Our objtctives are tts thtain reawab e abrwt whoFei the knntial ststementsas a WI￿￿¥refree[rOth material m￿state￿ent. whEthEr the tofIa￿1￿rer1U. and tOi55ue 3Trauditors re￿￿*that intluts oui opiriDn ReaSUnab￿ a5suiancei5a hi of a55uran£e ￿J1 IS rw)i aguaraNee ihatanaulti accortsTrce With Ns IJKI wll atrway5deiecta marprwl mi55raterneni when rt exst5. ￿￿$1￿1e￿ernIscan an5efTom or errorand are CLWSidered mar2rial it. indiyéualty or aggregare. they could reas0rha￿Y beexFetted rc InNuenietheetorthJmKdeu￿5of userstakenon the ofr1Fwefina￿klI sratement5. The extent to ¥thich our Pr(￿edureS￿recapable0f <etectiwIrreeuLariti￿.. indudin8frall￿ 15dets￿ tse￿w. We identify a55e55 risk5 pf [nate.￿lI Th155tatenK￿t of thefinana31ststernent5.wPethei due tG oierror. d¢sig and perfoimaudit pr(￿edUrES re5POnSlVetotkne ri5k5. indLdinBabta nitE auditevidEnce that ￿SUffI￿entand appropriotetD pfDvK a basis for our Opin￿Tr. 21

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ICOPMNUEDI TO THE MEMBERS OF CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION Id0Mt￿Y[rt8afvd assttslnipotnttsl rkks rdatadto In Ideitifyingènd assessirvA of tn3teii31 M￿state￿Èrtt In-ÈspÈtt olwrÈ8ularitiS Inthli￿8fvaud ￿￿￿Orn￿lIar￿wth la￿and regubrion5. wecon5iOered tbefSWn8.' the natureoltheindustryaTrJ sector. t(mrd t￿l￿eSs￿erfOrThWCe'. • the charitablecornpan5 twin as5eS5merof thÈn5k5th1rWuLirrt￿ nwaccurerthorasa re5ultof fraud or error.. the resuitsol OuieNuIi￿0lMan¥efft￿iènd tlusieesof iheif Own ideThtiIèt￿n and assessment of the itsks ofifregularities," an¥ matterswe identilied ha¥yrrfobtained and rewe￿Ed thar￿%dwrneQtsth￿ of t￿r poliuesand prrKedures relating to-. idenbfyirEi e¥alUgti￿g and wnplwnEwith rec￿31￿)n5￿￿￿ whethertheywere ￿are ofany nstante5?f non-compliince.. • detetting and re5PDndin8tothe Ti&ksoflt3u1andwhElh￿t￿kHvek￿1é￿e0f anyactual.su5pected Drall¥Edfraud.. and thE internal&￿Te5 in fh&lirBncial Slate￿￿ntS.The lavJS and iegulat￿n5Wecon9derEd Inth￿(￿tert I￿l￿edl￿UK Companie5 A(t. theslatwnenro.. omNended Prar.ice- 'Accouniingand ffepoii￿ by Chari'.ies'. In addition, we Cr￿￿￿ett proviSM)n501othef laws and re¢￿￿tiOnS Ihaithj not have o diretteffett on the finGnthèl &tsternents￿l COM￿lance with whKh ffay befundamenral totPe bcaderfsabilitytooperateorioa¥txd a material p¥￿Ity. Thi% i￿l￿deS regulations concerning ￿ta Protection. Audltre5POn5eto rfsksldendffted A5 a re5uli olperformil8iYe above. identified irKome reco8nitsLn o¥err**olconudsaryJathererKeto ￿￿1$and re&JIat￿Tr5 asthe kry audit malter5reLitedtDtne potential ri5kDf113ul.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ICOPMNUEDI TO THE MEMBERS OF CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION Our prOtedU￿ to respond to risks thtifieo Irtdudedthefd￿n8". rpvle,￿in8the financHI Sta1ernenrd￿￿)Wres arKiie5tirv8toS￿P￿t1f￿[￿Xutne￿￿tK)ThtQ￿55e5SC(wnPl1a￿Wlh rdevHnt lav and regulai1onsdes(ribedai￿veaSh￿ylnga￿l￿I effeit onthe financial sra￿mentS.' ewuirin8 of Managemenrandtr￿tee5 CWK¢m1￿￿t￿and pole￿rial lill8￿￿ a￿l￿ain￿.. rfarmin[3n3Iyt￿al proEedurestoh4pntrfyary unuwJlor￿￿￿wj r@lali￿ns￿lpSffiaItTra¥lnAirYI? risk&ol matwial mitststement due ￿11￿￿.. in addressiwtheri5k of fraudthrwh maiwent override of CfJntro15.te￿￿gthe appi(oriateffESS Dfitrjrnal entries and othei adjuSrments". assessinswhethei the jthIge￿enrs rnade In mak1ngaccr￿ntIrvaÈst1mates are indKative otè ￿ent￿lI bias." and evaluatiw I￿￿￿51￿e$S ra￿(￿a￿Of biyRnifi¢affli ￿ansaCt￿)n5￿31are￿UsUaI crf 0￿￿dethe normalco￿r5￿Ct business We3150 communicated r2lLvaTrtidertified LIw5 regUlakn(￿ and potentsal fvaud ri>k&to 311 engagernEnt tearn rnembersand remained al￿t0 any in(kcatiari5 af fraudorm￿[(￿￿p1l3￿￿ewlth LIw5aThl regulati0n5throuBh￿t the audiL A further de￿riptIon of ￿rre￿n￿bIl￿t￿iS avarLItAe on the Finantsal Rewiiwccthtsfs websiteat". httP5./lw4vw.fri.Dig.uklaudiior5fE5PUTr5iJilitiE5. Th15 de5triptiDn forrn5 ￿rt01 our auditor'5 r￿rt. Llso ofourrwrt Thi• r¢POrt 5¢kfytO r¢mPaAW5 m¢mt¢rS. 45Q in ?￿Or￿n[¢￿￿￿￿p1Cr 3oFPart 16 ¢ftsCc¥npont5 Act 2006. Ovr auditwork h15 been urthtaken 5Qth3t we m¥htststet(>thechaiiraWe member5th(w matte[5 we are required to s-.aletD thern In an aLKlitor'sreportand fo-na athei purJDSe.TOthefLlle￿eXrenT￿￿IrrlThed byl£W. we do rot acceptor r@4x)nsibiliryto oth￿thar. the char(taJ￿(0ffjPar,V3nd thÈchatf￿b1Q cornpanW5m@mbersas3 b￿y. foiour3udit work. foi rhi5 rpwrt. orfOrtheown￿Tr5 WE h3vefcrfflEd. RDbertHall {SeniorStstut%xyALthLTI 27Jur2￿5 l(countants tLrtoryNoA4iior 24N40￿. 511eei Ch@sfer CHI 2AU -23-

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CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION BALANCE SHEET ASA T31 DECEM8ER2024 Ffjxed assets Tangl￿￿ assets InVestM￿rtt W0￿rtY Inve5tmEnts 1.302.2(r> 11,12S.$86 1.178.638 10347.323 16 12.331ts29 12,030,765 Debtors 17 148. 3.J14.017 Y,208 3,317,406 35h al bankand in hand 3.L62.917 11.432.848) 3,4LI.6L4 11401.OD41 Credltor5:arn¢MMtslalliryduE Netcurrent assets I.730￿79 2.￿9.6]0 Totalass¢tslksscurrnni I4.[￿1.9)8 14.040,375 Thefund5vlthq tharity Endowment funds- EndQwrnentfv￿ REstricted incamE funds zi 1.202.209 ID.908.122 1,95L577 1.178.638 11.010.013 1351,724 Unre5tiirted lund5 I4.(￿1.9)8 14.040,37S The finanoalstalements¥Jere appro¥ed bythe t￿sEe￿￿on 271￿@ 2025 Vem Oi M GilbÈrtSOn Ichairl Chalr CLNnpany re•sirarKn nUrnber85176lEn￿ènd aryJWa*s1 -25-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Cash labsoybed byllgenerated Irom operèth?DS 1784.6391 154.930 In¥e5tinEactMtiE5 Pjrthaseol iangible fixed a5seis Repayment af loans PrDCEed5frDrn di5PD531 of iTrVE5tmEnts Investment ihCttne reta¥ed 12.9041 85.4101 216.749 455,012 481.731 Netca5hKenEwatedlwomNTh￿IWVl{fTh1￿5 48L260 754,258 Netcash used Inlknandr*rht¢le5 NetldecrvJ5elllnuease eqth 1303.379 9.188 C35h and cash Equrrfalents attrynnin8ofyEar 3.317,4C6 2.408,218 Cathand &3sh @gu￿al￿￿tratefidU1V￿ar 3.014.027 3,217.4L

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Attountini polkles Chartty Information Chester Diocesan Btsard of EduCatiN isa wrrfare (ompany limrfed bybwarèThTe IncNp(aied in En￿artd and The registered olfice isChurthHOuse. 5SW DaÈthryPawi tkresbury. Warrifwth. Ctshire.WA4 4GE. Ll A(coUntI￿ ron%￿110￿ Thefifflanoal 5tst£Ynentshave wepared in accordan￿ with theth4ri¢¥'5 CharitwArt2011. the CompanipsAci 2006. FR5 102 Ihe Fin3n[ial Repwtlr¥Sia￿rdapp1￿alJ1P in the UK" I-FRS 102-1 and thE(ha"Itie5 50RP'Acubuntingaod Reporting by Chari1 es.. Staterneniof AeconYnende4 4pplKabkio th￿riE￿5preParirErhe1rKC0Unts In ac[ord4nie withthe Fin3ll[j ReportirgStand3￿ applicableii itrEUKIFRS IOII" leffearle lJarJary20191. h￿charity153 Publii Entirya5defined by FRS JOI. Thefinana3l5t3l￿nent5aie prepared in 5ted1￿￿?￿th1(h Isthe￿￿trI0￿a1CUrreTrry01 the charity. MDnet.ary amounts in th25e rinanci31 st31eMe[￿ are rO￿￿￿ed to Ihe nÈaresf£. ThefinaDual sts1￿￿e￿tshIwe ￿ wepared under t￿his1Or1ral(o51￿YenlK)n. M￿lfEy to iniludethe revalualw)n Df freehDld propertiesand to ￿Cl￿de Inyestmeniprr4￿LeS and certairtfmaKial in5rnth￿tsarf8irVdUe. The prIn￿paI accouniiDg poli¢1 adopted are set out below. LZ Goiwconcein At thetime of aFyoVi￿the fi￿arK￿l 5fatewt5. thElru5tee5 +￿￿Ea rea5C￿b￿ expectat￿￿ thatthe knharity has ijequate resource5tO CODtinuein operJnoDal e¥L%tencef￿ the rrye5eeableFuture. Th￿Sthe trusieescoDriDue to adWthegoin8concern bay5 of xcountin¢ In preparingthelinavialsraterrhents. La (tharita￿lur UnrE5fritted fvnd>are Bvaiklleforu5e dt5rretign of hE tryeE5 iTrhJrtherante oftheirchintaile pbJErt￿S. R&thrted fundsèrÈ sul4ttltts5petir￿cc￿dlt1tinS bydJnor5tY ÈrantOr5a5to INJwthty mty be used. TttÈ purposesand u5È5 of the reStr￿tEd fund5 3rE5etout in the t￿les1O fitwKial 5tate[tE￿ts_ L4 Incon IncomE is re(08ni5Ed the chanty 15 IEgalty e￿Il￿d ID bl aftEfèny PErfo￿￿3￿ce condiDn5 have I￿￿n tllEt. lh2 amount5 can bÈ rnea￿red rd&4lAy.and it s pr(thbIetha1i￿C0ty￿l1￿ reteThtl. tathcorhatk)n5 are reco8￿15edQn rpceiptotherdonation5are recogn￿onC￿thecharityha5￿ee￿ of thÈ dpnation. un￿5 performan¢e require deferral of iheamwnt. Income recowablein ￿lat￿)ntodonalKn5 re￿id under GiftP4d ordeed5 of coveTrantts recogrised at the tiryoof thed￿al￿Jn. iegaciES are rKwpt or othEtWi5e rf the thaiity ha5 bren of Trpending di5tritwboD. atnDunl 15 knoY4n, and receipt i5ext*Ed. If thE3m(￿nt￿ krrfmn. the ￿aLY strpated wnting2nt a55E¢ fjift aided distrbi utson frDm DEE 5eTvice5 Lrd.tsch4rity ha53n1n1￿ln￿t inO8E servi￿ LtdwhKh providesser¥iEe5tochurth Scho￿5 including insp￿ty￿s. teachiw arMlcurriculutn5UPWLadmln￿tr4tl￿ese￿Ce￿ I￿￿01r8 wNk.pquiwnem and constrJcbon 5UPPQrt. ThEiharity rece ￿81ftaKIEd dfjtriiwioThscn the prDfrt5. Trkedistribut￿D L& iewgni5ed on rE(eipL rantsare incILv￿lin thesiatEmerrtof fi￿r￿la1 on a rele￿ble￿a51s. The baLIDte olinc0nTrP￿￿1ved foi specif puiwe5 bur notexpeDded dLriwihe peri[￿ I55Trm)w￿ in rhe fund5 onihe balarKe5heei. Where Incomp is receNed in adwaw.e ot rneeriw any perfcrrn4rhctr'daied conditi(Wh5 ljveisnot uwondwal enrrtkrnenrto rhe income and t5 rew8nmon is def￿rr￿and Inclu￿11￿ credrtors as4lelerred Incarnountil thÈPrformancwd￿￿d(anIrtIOfi53r￿ rnet. Whore ￿nt￿er￿nT CKCurs before incwrhe ts re￿ived. income IS

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 A(cOunti￿ polirie5 (cont￿￿Ed) The triarityoperate5a support packaEe the TratvE-Che5tei OiDte5an Farnitrrfof sch￿￿. rEferredlD E15ewhEfE in the annual report ènd atctsunts. and-eter•È5 SubstiiptiOfiintortÈa%a iesullknith iSrÈtt8rised anèCtrual%ikSiS Inihèat-.ryJnis. Cunlerence 15 detNedfrutn traiTriTr8 EVe[￿delh￿VedtOSr3tf atChuTthuf E￿L￿nd khadsand Breio8nised on an accw215 bas￿. The tharityrecefves divitteThdsaryJ lniere￿ on a ra•ge ofin¥esirneM&all boldif65 in Churchof En￿andfUndSoPeratedts¥CcLA In¥esineDt Management Lld whKh ale re(ogn¢5ed on receio. The tPiarrt¥also rete￿e$ renta Income rr(thf<￿rfam￿r$￿tl￿th￿h ts¥ÈtoRnisedoThanaccruak ha￿5. L5 Expend￿￿le Expenditure 15 IEcugnised once LI￿re￿a ￿1 ￿ con5t[L￿1¥2 obliEblMJn tOt[a￿sIe[ EcOnDM￿ bEnefft to a third partyi it15 probablethat a transfer ofetorKmI￿ will ￿￿t￿ul￿d In sÉtrfets￿rti andthe amrrtmtof thÈobSgahon can be meASuted Expenjirure isc￿S￿r￿ bythty. Thec0515 Kiwityare up ofthetmal ofdYKtC05ts and5harpd c0515. I￿￿dIng 5UPPQrtCQ5t5 iTrvo4ved in ¥lMty. Diieit COSts attribuutle toa yngle arni¥ity are all￿ated di[￿tlY tD1hat acriwty SFkired c95t5 whKh ((￿rn￿let9 more rhap oreacDwtyand 5LPWrt ￿51$whi(hare nDt atrib￿a￿e￿O a 51ngleairwity are aKwwriionei beTheen-.bose èll.vir￿s0￿ a ccrs"sieni wly Tetsse 0.￿50￿r￿s. cen=ral sraff c05rs ère aiic(èied on rhe ba&5 ol time spent and derrfe"thtth (hèrtrs afeallocèted ￿ the Pth1ionel iPe è55et'S use. Charirable attivptyc05rsaknlTrdude rhewstoladmSnk5refinggraNclaim5 in re5pectof byilLfiraThd maiTrtenarLeworkc3rr OuiO• 5th￿1prOp￿rtI￿, the cost of alminisier1￿gIantS pwb1È3nd Suppwttothe￿herth8rits￿e attivities of the company. GraDts Grants withiTrth4rrlalJk irtwitie5 rewe5eTrtdWPts(￿•ryEr•￿tO lveThw)r5 wSthwbforfinan(ial 45515tarKe towardsto the (<￿t0 5pecit"c. appro¥d 5cW proieLTS. Grants piya￿eare I￿￿￿ed in Statementof Fina￿￿lActIVitie5O￿ the accruèlsba51S.tOlhe e¥tenrtharcoptt"tIo￿t￿p3wenT havebeen rret. All¢XHin of suppcrt C0#5 A5eAglained In the anDval repyr. IhechaiKtysupwtsthe Churchof England scho￿51￿ the Diocese in a whye range Df wa incl￿1￿8&5515tlThgW￿th bu.lairy project5. ￿P￿rtIn8 andtrainin8￿Yer￿s.a￿ wormti￿ reliwous edutation m¢Ye kwdely The allotation bètweèn att￿att$fI￿tu3[ÈSa￿ltÉ$S3ry. L6 Ta￿l￿￿fiXed a55et5 Tan8itlp fixed asser5 are initialym￿Sur￿ atcosi andsubsequenttyM&igJ￿ai costorvaluation, net of thprecrdtlOD ani ImpaiTmEntlDS& DepretiÈtion is fÈc¢gnsed $0 as ttswfite 0[[￿ tost tyvauation of hssÈts less their rhlu•l values tyer iheir useful Iries on Ihe fDlbrynE base5". CrynpvtEYsand officeequipment 25% Redu0￿¢ Bala￿e Thesèin or b)55 ariSir* on the disposal otan asset sdeierrNned asthe dif1w￿(e between ihe 5a￿pr(￿edSand the carywng value of the asseL and isre(08nisett in theststemwi of finarKial -28-

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Attounti￿ polirie5 (cont￿￿Ed) L7 Inve5tmerrt prop Inve5tTb¢ni wopth. whKh i%oi¢wty hedto eam ra￿￿0￿&10rf(ta￿al lplmarK￿.Is in081￿ re¢ogrnised it¢ost, whith InCI￿25th¢ purcha5EC05t3nd dirECtfyaYributskA?expEndituie. knb5eEuEndy It 15 tnE35ured It faivalue attlE reporting end date.Thesurplu5 or dEf￿1t on revaluatson 15 recowwsed in theitaternentdFinaniial Attivtie5. Proceeds from thesale of former schcd ￿0per￿ are normèlty hekl by the<￿rity3S tllstodkin trustee Iln specifit purw)5e fund51 until a rÈk%'ant Eduraiional EDdown￿l Order•r deterMI￿￿on ￿¢55￿&￿. The finèntièl 5ts1ÉWntsupto31st Oe(embÉ IY4Sdid ￿￿1￿lUdeanYVa1ue forlcrfmer sctrH)d prcwiies hehj in the name of the Eharilywhith had notVEt bEEn 5dd. butthESe areda551f￿ a5 inVe5ttTrPnt￿0p￿Tti2S, and have bEei irKluded in 5ubse4uent accDunts. L8 Ffjxed Jssetknvesimnts Fixed a￿et Inveslmnts are In¢Jalty rnea5we¢ tran5K1￿n prKeeXdudingtransaCr￿ cwrs. andare %Ub5egU?Thi￿ rneasuredat rair value ai each rep(wtiw date. Chan8esin fair sqlueare reccnKd in i￿elle￿nd11ure) forthe year. TransèLtKbn c05tS are expensed a5 IfKurred. L9 InwlrmÈfft olfixtd assets Ai eath rep0iinge￿da1e. tharity re¥iew5the orry1￿ a￿unt501 ils rwgible asseis ￿￿ete￿Ninewhetherthere isany Ind1(ar￿n that th￿P assets 5uflerpd an irnoairment105k Warrysuth e¥15ts.thereLy>Yera￿e arnouniof ihea55el 15 estimated In oidei to deierniine trÈexteniof theimpèirmenllosslif anyl. LIO fa5hand&75h Cath and cash equivalents iDclude(a5h in dep05rt5 c4Iviith bank5. Qtlwshort.teiTn I￿U￿j inve5rmentswth DrEinal maruritiesofthree ￿nth5Orkn. ￿￿k￿diaft￿ ba￿ko¥erdraftsares￿ b)ry(Wiiro5incurrentl￿￿lI1ieS. Lll Flnantlalknstrurnents The ch?riryhas 6ecte¢ io aJplythe pro¥tgOn5 of Settiy 11'&5KFinancial ln5trvrnems-a￿ SeLIiQD 12'0ther FinarK￿l Insiruments Issues. ol FRS I02toall ol itsthn•Trcwl ir￿￿￿15. Fittancial in51iurnentsdre iecwi5ed in ihÈ chaiitY'5 bhlatKe5hteiwkn thethritybe¢OffÈ5partytO Ihetontrattual PrOw￿OnS uf the in5trumen'_ Financial assetsarK11&)bilitS3reoftser. w1hthe The1anountsrrfesen￿d in thèlinancial stsrements, ¥then thereisa legally enfoiceable rw8httQ Set aff ￿ re￿snI5Pda￿Wn1sard there 15 an intentian to 5etdeona wtsa515ortD reali5etkE a55et Settle the liability 51mUttaneoy5￿. Basic financKal assets, wh￿h intludedebtor5 cash andbank baL4rKes. are initialty measured at transathon price intltsdin trans￿10￿ c95t5 are sub5eq¢Jenth(arried ￿ta￿m5￿4 wingthe eff.ive iwere5t ttpihtKI unle55 the arritement onsti-.we54 f1rkHrKinEtran54d￿n. *therE thety4n5afbOn IS measured 4tthe we5entvalueof thEfutlllE re(eiptsdi5(Qilll1edat r[￿arket rate olintffe5t. Fin•￿7a1 ￿5¢￿a￿s￿r￿ •5 rereN3ble￿lthln oneyEarar¢ not amrytfjed.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 A(cOunti￿ polirie5 (cont￿￿Ed) Basit firkin¢￿11 iakm ItlES. In￿￿￿1Th￿¢rel￿￿s0rtd bank kJansareihiDalTrrfrewisedattran¥tThM Pfi¢e unlessthe girargement consti-.ute5 a firkar￿inEtr3lls3(t￿n. therE the debt instru￿￿￿t l5rnea￿fed at-.ry2presentyak 01t￿￿rtUrE payrrent5 di5courted at a mètket ratEof int2re5t. Financiil fabilitiesckn& aspay3blevrithin one'iear are not amixt￿Ed. Debt In5trumentsaresvbseqwrty(athe0 atamortise¢ C￿1. u9ngtretffect￿e INere5t rate rneth￿. Trodecieditors alE abl¥at¥Jn5 to pèy fo'Boods LY seTricesihai Faye been acquired in ardinarycoLYse of opeiionsfrom supplie'5. Arwunts payable are clasgfieo è5 current liiliti25 rf p3yneni is duewiihin one￿ar orle5& If not. they are presented as nor<uireni 1k7￿li11e5.-rade ￿ed￿L￿sa￿ reco8ni5&J Initi&1tyattraD5xtK￿ price a￿0 ￿bSequent￿ measured atamortised ro%t LI￿￿& inlprwf rn•fhf￿. FiTrancial Iva￿111￿5are derecogn15edwhenthpthairt￿5￿TrIrac￿al owvi￿se￿I¥re0rar-dIsch￿I8ed or can￿l￿d. L12 Employeebeneffts The c05tol aDy UTrJsed holidayentillemer I5￿08￿15p￿ iTrthe per￿th lTrY4h￿h fhpempW'55eNKe5 are r￿1ved. Termirlatl￿ benefitsare recogni5ed irfned4ltetya5 an expen5ewW tr¢harrty IS deffo75tra￿ycornmltred loterminatethe ÈmpltymÈnt of an errpioyeè ?rto prDVKJ2tEiminatiDr, benEfrt5. L13 AmOUnts¢￿tf￿afft schthil wbmors ThÈ ttiarrty rètè1v￿ fuidin¢on se￿￿￿fromt￿ D@Partn￿rtOf Edutat'o ftsrfunding ￿lIdIngw￿rks arhd othÈr r￿ett5. Thèchary alw m3ke5 paymErtstocontrartor5 07 behalfofthe¥httA5 Inthe MI￿rIty0[t&e5 the governors makt lffA coDiribuiioD torhe (C￿[< ihe proieth.. Ihigofrer ￿a¥e$ amounr pa¥ab￿:0 Ihe cFority L>yihegovernor5 olihe scho￿. ¥ corices5Kin. thech3rltyal￿ school gCve¥DLwstheiime rogaylwr 9￿and durarK)D oft prqe¢(and other.xr0r5.0noc(a￿(￿5 fht8ovemor50f thes[h￿ thevfrrf>le=05t otthe proiecr, lea￿D8the lull amount repayable rorhe cianty. L14 Funthhdd trust The ttiafityacts aSCuStodièn trustee in tespeciotfun¢ hÉ4d on behalf rf&xal thIs￿53nd funds arisiwout of thesale of sthool PIDpertie5whEiefund5 ale hdd pEndirE ihe i55up01￿ Older Dt dE:Eimina1i￿. Funds he d aSCuStQdian trustee Oo Th)t ￿￿￿t￿￿thanfyand 503renot3 tfjmrx)nÈntdthe thariti£sassetS. income or expenjrture Inthe rewrtlnB In theappli¢¥t￿n offv rhanws ¥wutstinÈ trustees are reouired rtymaktj￿ertts. estimatesand¥ssumptity aboutthe Car￿ngam0UTht of assets aNJ lièbi itye5thata￿ readilyapparen-. othe150ui£e5. ThEestirybyte5 and assLKiated as5urrption5are ￿Se￿ on hi510rKal even￿ arwjo1herfa￿Orsth a￿ c(mgJpred tobe le￿a￿L Anual resuh5may differ Irorn Ihe5eesrimes. The e5umaie5 anc uTvJerlyinga55JrnFiwJns are ￿le¥￿ on an <M8Trngt￿S￿. to accwTriingES1"maie5 are reco8niSed In periodswheie I￿reVis￿)n altetts trxyth tufteniènd fuivie pe[1￿

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Unrestrkied Re51rfcted Total un￿51rkled Re5trfrted Total rnd5 fvnd5 2Q23 Donations andwft5 VA5(A Incorne IA769 1fj769 1.843.577 94.1 94,19Q 1.924,280 1.843.577 1,9242&) 16.769 L.S4J.577 1.8fQ.346 94.190 1.924280 2.OIB.470 Gift aided distribuo from DBE 5ervicesLrd 16,769 769 94,190 16.769 L6,769 94.1 94.1 2024 3Q13 Conference incoD Chester Diocesan lamityof sclwls OtheriTKome 51.527 53.698 1.240 49.315 48.￿7 2.730 106.465 I￿.952 Analy5i5byfund Unre5Lrictedfund5 106.465 100.952 31

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 IMomÈfmm InWAsbm￿ts Total funds fvDd5 2024 2023 2013 76.545 92.179 313.wfj 389.552 92.179 58.252 85.720 3Jl.t>40 369.292 85,T20 Renial income 168.725 481.731 143.912 311.040 455.012 Ch¥ltsble actMt5 Char3ble (hxltable 2024 2023 Deweciation and rfnpairm￿I Propert¥cost5 Salaries and recharges EduLdliutialJuvpwi LLls1> OlhereMpense5 Grants Isee wte VASCAcaFital expwKlrture 1.241 17.743 340.D55 38.S71 8.233 L250 2.211.239 1.035 26,769 336,2ts1 49.725 9.653 1.740 1.347.455 2.628.632 1.772.581 Sharèof SupporrcostslsÈ* note 81 84.776 15.42S 75,430 2.728,843 1.862.711 Anaty5isbyfund unre5rrfcredfun05 226.668 2.502.1 227.615 1.635.iB6 ftEStrirted fund5 1,728.843 1.8£2,711 GraThts pa￿ Grantswere madetothe 8OvuTrofs01 Oilw 5chod5 IDtheyearoff 125012023- £L7401.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Suwort<tytslocated to actitt￿5 Totsl Total Z024 20ZJ Salarièsand rechai¢es LÈ8a13nd ￿0f￿Si(￿al fÉs ACCOUnts￿￿fee￿ Bankcharzes (hhwcost5 37.784 l8,0&9 14,444 524 37.3S6 S,261 21,971 13,455 15.43S 10.378 14,7 GOVer￿nce IOD.21I 90.13D 2024 1023 G￿￿￿￿￿9￿ce￿5t5CornI￿Q.. Audit fees 15,435 14.7 15,43S 14,7( NetmmrDErtivfvnds 2024 2023 The net rnovemenfin funds ￿Sta￿d after￿3￿￿￿[£re&il1ryI. Fe￿ ￿¥ableforthÈ auditof charitrfsfinaribl stattwents Depr￿lation of owned tangible fixed a55ets 15,43S 1.241 14.7( 1,035 Trustee5 N¢￿è &f thÈtluttÈès loranypustsrts t*)nnÈLtÈd wrth thÈml iÈtei4fèd 3tyfÈmuneratith)orbonÈfftsftom IhÈtharity d￿rI￿t￿È li Empknyo￿5 The aiÈla8È monthty numbèralémpityÉÉs ttuTif4thÈyÈaiwaS.' 2W4 21J23 Nurnb Total

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Empkyee5 (cont￿￿Ed) There were 8.33 12023- 7.331 full time Equ￿a￿L prnpbweE5 urnbpr Dinl tontracts of emFID¥tnpnt wilh ChE5ter EiDce5an Bwrd of Finattce. TheiremFAoymenttOSts èiÈ borne by ChesierOK)teSar Btsaid of FinÈ¢e and tÈthar8ed io ChÈsiÈr Dtiesan Boèid of The tiustees h￿t handed muth ot ihe day ￿ day marthxemert ol the chariiy to a numLr ol kty manaRemÈnt petsonnel inilwling thv Di￿Ll￿ pF Edurjlion. ThE tfjtJl rost of Empbyee kNyefils li[d￿l￿ emplpwi'5 in5Ul4nie ynplvyEf5 P￿51￿ CQlltribubonsl r43tiry to key managernent pewnnel amoJnted to £186.662 IZ023 . £373.0161 Of this afflgullt £nil balance w3s borne by (hester DIoce5av Board of EdJtat"on The Ten￿lnIn8 baLince wa5 borne b¥ ches.ei )iocesan Board of Finance and récharged. Of t￿￿5￿. the hv¥￿St PaKI was Mr th￿Stophel who reCe￿d IBI.040 12D23- E74.gS51 excludin8 emplwers natlQll¥l Insuran￿. iogether Wilh pension(oniriD￿sQl LI2￿)812025-IIl.248).

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Tamatlon The triarityls exEmpt frumtaxon in(omeatMI gain5 falingwithin 505dthe Taxe5Ad 1988or secti{￿ 252 Df the TaxatK)n of ch3r8eab￿GaIth8ACi 1992 10 e￿eThE Ihat theseèreèpal ed 1otstharitab￿ LJiÈrts. Tan8ibkfi¥ed •5se¢S At I IAnuèry2024 AdttiTron5 6.340 471 Af 31 Decwnber2024 6.811 1.536 1.241 DEprLriation char¥ed in Af 31 Decarber3024 2.777 CarTh4wafflowt At 31 December3024 4,034 At 31 DetembÈr2023 Investment propertv 2Q24 At I lanuèry2024 Net gains or10ssesthrowh laifvalueadjustments 1,178.638 23.571 At 31 December2024 1,202.TrJ Thefairvalueof the irbve5tmefft ryi>perty has beeTrarri¥ed at on tre ba￿Sof avaluatK>Trcarried¢Jut at 315t December 2024 bv For£eProperty Consulr3rnt% èn IndepÈrMlÈ)t. prorèssK￿a1￿QUaIthQd SutvÈyDr. The v3luatN)n was madÈ on art toÈn marketaluÈ ba5 byrÈferÈntÈtomarkÈt evthteol CrènSartiof fftesforsimilar pr(¢Èrthe$3s at the year end datèttf 31 DetembÈr2024. The prDpeitiE5YRre providEd iothE chaiityat nDCOStbyoidei of thESE(relariorstste foT Edutation.Thevalue5 olthe pr￿rtie$atthe titrÈcfreteiptarÈ k￿￿n.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 In¥estment pro (cont￿￿Ed) 2024 2023 Freeh(4 Long Itasehold Short ￿sehD IJ02,209 1.176.638 At I lanuary2024 10.847.311 278.263 12 10347,323 278.￿3 At 31 Deter￿be[ 2024 ILL25574 12 11,125, At 31 Dectmber2024 11.L255i4 12 Ll.125.586 At 31 D￿CeMber 2023 lo.￿731] 12 IOW7.323 2024 2013 Investm￿lSa1 f4irvaluecompvi5e". C8F Investment Fund CBF E4￿￿ty1￿¢¢￿¢ CBF PIDPerty Fund C￿F chaiitk￿ I[￿estMe￿Fur 9.183,542 1.083.402 £07.836 50,794 8.378.418 1.092.935 604.481 49.672 11.125.574 10.150,866

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 17 De￿Or$ Z024 A￿O￿ts fal du￿￿thI￿￿e¥W. Tradedebtors 61.702 80.412 6.786 573)3 33.944 2.761 OthErdebior5 PrepaYn￿t$ and actsued intcme 148,900 94,208 tsedltUWS.' ￿1(￿￿5al￿¥dUp*1tknlTr0Theve ZOZ4 20Z3 Deleried income TradÈÉrèd￿orS 19 39.488 273,705 43,B19 931.960 143.876 43.f62 13,%7 147,987 I.￿8.118 98.8È0 Other DOE and scknA creditors Othercreditors Acuua 1.432.848 1.402.(iH

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Z014 1023 OthErdefprred inc¢Hne 39.488 43.(£2 Deferr￿1￿Come ￿incILthd inthefinancidl 5fatemerits 3SfdkJ￿'. 2024 2023 Deferied inrotne 15 induded with1￿.. 39.488 3.ffi2 Movements iheyear.. Deferred incorne at J january 1024 Released fiorn prewus Per￿t& Re5auTe5 deferred intheyea 43.662 143.6521 39,488 44.733 144.?a31 43, Doferyod income at 31 D￿È￿b￿r 2024 39.488 43.é61 Re5trirted fvnd5 The re5trKtedfynds ofrhE ¢harirvtomorithe urxfftnded ba1ws0fibTri¢￿￿ •thJ ￿rtS Wd subieni¢ srcrfi¢ bydonDrsa5tD hDwtheY be At lJwuary20Z4 GalThsaDd losses At31 Decembew 2024 SCA lurds-alkx¥.ed 586.777 1.021252 9.4¢K).984 1.$43,$77 {2.044.2071 386,147 355.220 S.666,￿5 SCA furds- unallocaied In￿sIDents 113.LK 129).9361 243.701 11.010.013 2.156.583 12502.1751 243.701 lo.￿8.122

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Restrirted fvnd5 (cont￿￿Ed) At lJanuary21)2a Re50W¢E5 I¢￿5￿5 At31 D@￿mber xpendvd 2013 SCA funds-alk)catÈd .692 525.512 859S,071 1.427.540 496.740 IIL040 {L347.4551 586,777 1.022.252 9,400, SCA furd5" unillvted Investren {?87.￿11 782,514 9.627.215 2.235.320 1.635.OY6 782.514 11.010,013 SCAfunds The tPiarity awStS¥d￿ntary3￿kd schoo￿￿ths¢hts)1 ￿lI¢jIng￿ted$aThdth o. IT equipmènt. ThèvASCA IVtdurtbty-Airted Stmtsls Coldit￿n Alk)t¥iNlsystemwaS iThtrth1￿Èd in April 2020and wrteded thÈ LCVAP (Locally CovrdinatEd voluntsry-l￿ed Prowontnejl. U￿til Apr'l 2020. the (hBrityartEd￿ thp aEent ￿ 5rhwl sowerwT5 in helpin6to arrange fJndingthrough rhe tKE L(KalAbihoiityEsanJ In Pavi%prOfe55￿ral feesand buikJingcostS￿ trxhalf ol school governor5 The LDJJIP ncorrand pxpenditurewa5 rtr.ed IntheSrer￿f of Fin￿￿￿11 as rhe chaiiryhad no cantrol ov@rthe fund5 and t￿transacri0￿5￿￿retros￿o1Ih9fd￿lSo￿mor5r3th8rrhall the charity.whth artedas awt. The han8e ir fundin8lrom Apnl 2D2Q give5 ￿￿￿&?￿VItYnate conirclowef ihe app1Kal￿n of:heV15CAyant5 ID specific 5choo15 TherelNe. theVAKA8ranrfuNliryreceThed s recwsed in iheSOFAaknrgith therL4ated expwdiiuie. lThve5knem fvnd5 Fundsansing Oui of the sakèoIsth￿ W¢pert￿ wererec•¥ed in tt pa51years w¢er ¥ariOUS EducaiiDnal [r￿0￿ment Order5 and wsre amaleamaied into a uniforr7 sla1￿￿ 7 1995 l￿￿￿n@the￿r•V￿￿>ns of rtreEducationAct 1993. TThese fund5 are showr, sepèrate yas trU$tfur￿ In th￿fi￿CIal sttten￿tsAnd thtifuse IS rÈStritred tothe foll¢>win8". fundinÉ forthè purtha.orerÈttionof. im[Ktr￿M￿orth1aryÈ￿￿rrttsf, rÈ￿vantSthr￿I We￿￿1n thÈarÈa, funding mainteftaKetost£ of 3ftyre￿ant sthool ill the area, furOingtThe costs tfthÈ administrat￿￿trfthe bust and thEC05ts tsf prLv•NlinEadvitE.guidance.and ￿50￿[te$ in connert￿n any rnatter rdated iothe Ma￿agemEnt DI.￿ eduCati(￿￿O¥10￿d a: any le￿v￿lS[h￿l inthe area. At1￿u￿ 2024 Gli￿and I(￿￿5 At31 D￿￿mber 2024 Propertie5 hd l.178,638 23.571 J.202.A I ZDIJ 6ain5and1055e5 At31 D￿rn￿?1 1013 Propertie5 1,178.618 1,178.638

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Lknrestrfrted fw The unrE5trirted lund5 of the (haiilycotnFri5e'the bakTKe50f iknaliD75 and gtants¥thiih are nDt 5ubje(Ito Specif￿ tonditKin5bydonots ènd 8iantOrSaSto IK>wthtymay ￿ used.These ￿￿Lded2S￿Th3ted funds wh￿h havÈ beÈn set a%dè oth of unfÉ5Tr￿tÉdfU￿dS bythe IruSTÈÈsf￿SpQÉlfft putDM. At LJwuJryZOZ4 Irojrnh Res0￿5 6alThsaDd losse5 At31 Decembew 2024 Generalfunds IA51.724 291.959 1226.6681 34.562 1.951,577 PrEvlovsyeav: At lJwuary2013 Res￿￿5 Galn5and10sse5 At 31 Derem Gerherallund I,[￿￿9.545 339.114 {227.6151 13D,680 1051,724 RestrKted nd5 Z014 1024 At31 DE￿thr 1014". Tan8iN assÈts Investment propert Inve5r￿nIs 4.034 4,034 1,202.203 la.125.586 1.730,079 1,20120 i.458￿1 488,712 9666.75S 1.241,357 Current 355et5111iabilitiesl I.Y5157F 1.202.209 10908.121 14.ffi1. Re#rKted nds 1023 20Z3 At31 Qe¢erterX*29.. TangiNè a￿etS Inve5tnent wow1￿5 Inve5rThnts 1.178.638 a.a78,638 IQA47.323 I.￿9,610 1.512JOY 334.611 9335.014 1.674.999 CurrcDt o55ctsllliobilrtic5} 1.851.724 l.J78.6]8 11 010.013 14.040.375 -41

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 CawTral conwthoibts ca￿ta commitm&)ts reLatingto VAsCAwJiectsatthewrendwas£I￿￿,4I7{2o23-E1392,632).

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Related partytia￿cti0 Chp5ter Diocesan Board of EdU￿tIDn 2(tsa5thpedutaiiDn outhDtityfor Ihe Chuith Df EnEland in thE fDte5e uf Chp5ler. ThE charitydoes not ie4ard the sthrM)Is In DK)tese tlassrfiÈd 3%related Paiies. ContribUt￿n re Jthnt em￿o￿(￿nit0n￿a￿Satsd other ￿r￿pty3￿￿E toThe Chester DKrtesan Boardof Financ¢ an orÈ3rtsat￿n inwlith there3￿a number Jl Ilu￿£eI￿ both boaidstoièlkd E177.83912023- £373,677). The baLènte Utstondi￿In ?-. thEYE?rethJ ￿￿£19.681{2023 £1171. The th.arityowns 16 67% ofth8 (Ydinarythare iapital of DBE Setvxe5 Ltd.an￿ltyWh￿hC0mMellc￿dlrz￿i￿ on 15tJanuary 2ffl6. ThecomparYur￿￿rtakés 5UPPOrt workacr(>ss￿￿ northern ¢￿e5. Ad5tr"bJE￿n ol E16.76912023- [94.1￿} w35 recwved froffl DBE 5et¥ice5 Ltd r￿Year. Che5tr DlOcesanAcadewaesTr￿$t Some olthe trustees o+Che5ter Di¢Ke5an Board& EduCatM)n a￿aLsO trustee5 DIChestei Li0￿5a￿ Academ￿STru5t. tiustees notconslderttraiiwe ￿arferall contrd that WOu￿.e9￿Ire thie chartyto tecon501thted Within t￿￿5eflnaTrc)al statements. Dufingthe year CFegter Dio¢esan AcadthnosTrust received a incthheot£2.92512023- E5.4271 Irom ChesterDIDce52n Board ol EducaTion, and pawl O¥er £8,10712023- £1.875lfoi Serv￿¢5 le￿1¥￿d. th￿r DiocEsanLoxwTriisE Che5tsr DIoce5an Board of Educatioil i$WPWti￿ a nwLYatadetThytruttts becrèatÈd.andha% Ma￿￿&￿alIablefUr￿lItsf £35.a6T 12023-£hill as at 31st fknmbèr2o24t0x￿$tIo thècathknwof thÈ￿￿￿trUst.thl$tsaLanÉÈ is shown as3 tur¢eni è5sei ￿ the balanre sheet to berepa d 01(ethetlU5¢is ful￿￿pe[￿lOna1. FuDd5HeldasOJ5Iod￿TrVS￿e The triafiryac15 aSCU5todiaThtrustee in r￿pe￿o￿￿d5 bthatrotlDc41 Iru5ree54nd 5ych Spec￿ PVfP05efvnds are showr, 5eparare ykom rhe linanoal 5rarements antt roial E215.413512023.E785551.The tharity2150 acts a5CUsiodian trusteein respert of fundsaii5in8 M ofthe Sa￿ ol ihe fund5aie pendin8ihei5sueol an Order LY orher deieiminaiiOn.-.he lunth ale h£4d in5epaiatsaccoun15 roensure ill 5tsffiaenrcustooyaDd 5egi%aI￿ the charity's OW1 assets Woodchwch Htqhsc Total intOMErÈte￿8bIÈfr0mW￿th￿rth of￿1(h LBanntri wasempknyed and Dr DCumbÈrland was directoi wa5 £1.94S12023-£16201. Bowéon CalE Income receivableforthe of5t1￿5JbscrlOloTht0 C ofE 5th0￿. ofbvhKh Mr5 5 Hudsonw35 emTloyed was £1.23512023- £5501. Incotne re￿￿￿tsIe in reloliQnto confererKe inc(xne wa5--1.98812023- £9.7141. TheS•n•r4 Trw51 The amountcharged lor the Famity 01St￿15s￿bI(fI0￿￿TrlOThe S3m3ra Tn￿ was£l.19312023- fl.3231. of fiich Mrss N03k￿ was a tru5-.ee. The WsFv)ps' W￿CO31(01E W S¢hool Income recefvablefor the Famty olS(trwb SJbscriptioThioThe &sbops' Olue Coaicof E HÉ1 Schwl 4vas £l.62012023- £3001. Lourse and CDnfÉrence Incomo af EI2V12024- t2.VIUI wasa150 [E=eNEdfroMl*ha￿. Jf wh￿h Mrs5 NO&k￿5waS a tru5te2. Altlin¢harn Col Eprtmary Sc Total IncomE reieviablefromAltrintharn C ofE himarfj5chool w￿£8.5571201j. e8.Y41. p[wh￿h C Corfev wasa GoveriDr.The BrnDUnt inEurr& foi servitEsreEeNedw35£0{2023- £7I5}.AtthEVear￿￿ É140¥A5duEfrtKn Altriniham C of E Primarytrhnnl l?n21- F2401 Stchadscof E khoc4 Total incomere[e￿ts1efrom$I Chadscol E Schod. ol ¥vhKh Mrscspeed wasemgWas£48512D23. £5￿1.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 Z024 10 Suiplu5forthe¥ear 21,533 1.624.917 Adju51mEnt5far'. Invtwt incomeweco¢niseé 1nStstenntoifinana4adMt￿ FairvaluÈ gains ardIc￿%￿S on thvÈsTrhÈntptopÈrts Fair Value 8ain5 ardlosses cn wlvestmen Deprtsyiation and ¥Dpairmeniol Ca￿1ble liied assets 1481.7311 123.5711 1913,1941 1.035 1.241 Mo¥efflents In worklDgca￿taI'. Ilncieasell¢ecrease In ¢ebtvr5 Incr@è5elldecreasel in cre¢itD IDeciea5el indEfe-red incDrne aOO.244 1201.S1 35.olk 14.1741 Cashlorbkd b¥}18Ailiiat￿f￿￿0￿ 1784,6391 154,930 alyu5 olthy51n net The thiaiilyhad nc mateifdl debt duiifftÉ thÈ yeai.

CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL SIATEMEIITS ICOIrnNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ERX124 so1eTru5edEx￿C￿a￿$.5(￿x4 Tr115ts The bebw charrftE5 areeXeI￿￿l [harit￿% tlwhich thEChE5tEW DK)EE5an BDard EdUrabl￿ 15 sole Iru51pE. In with section 19.13 oltbe CharitiesSORP IFRS 1021 the ￿￿trip1K)nand dass of aSSVafot all oltve btslow a￿thèsthool buildifh8 and land- tr the St1K)￿S. Thère isnotradin8tFroW thesÈÈxwhpt chaitiÈS.theirsde i%tohdd rhe landsand buihlin8S in the form of School VruSts."- d5ton VilychvrchofErEii￿j Piimiry5tW rofflborough ChLrch ol EnEland PitnarySdwlTrust Chelford Church of ￿Tr￿and Primaryktrool Christ Church18irkenh8adl Churth of En￿anC Prmary 5th001 Trust Delamere Church Df Ellgland P'inwry SthoalTnJ5t Frod5ham, Five Churih of Er￿3[￿ PriTr1ry￿(WjlTr￿St Goosirey Ciurch of En8lanO Primaryschod TruSI Great Budworth Churchol England primarysc￿Trn5t Guilden ￿lIa￿chUrChOf èrKJ Pnrrtatyschod Tntst Hocde. ￿1 Saint5 Churchol Engla￿ pr1maryktr￿￿TNSI Hoyhke H￿yT[lnI1¥ ￿ul¢h of EnrarO Primèry SthoolTwuSi ￿￿￿eY ChJich of Engtsnd PnrnaryxhDd Trust • ￿￿tle BDllington chu￿hOf Er￿￿[￿1 PrimaryScTrr(x>lTrust stjahnt￿ Evan¥Eli5t thurthof Er￿3￿ PntwStTrthIT￿$t Ilington Stoswald's church of Ehgland PnrtwkFM)d TrLtst Norkychurch of E￿Land piimarysch0dTr￿t St Bwtpline'5 Church TIv5t Tbe Pr￿rypar15h Chur¢b of Enwanc PrimarySthLV)l Tn151 Sai8hion (hvrch o Er4Lind Primaryschod TnL5r Sl john s Isandbach He3tFI Chur¢hol ErOand PrimarYSthwlTru5r sioclwitsfThoma5 (huich ol Englan4 Primary 5th￿TrUs. TushiqghaM.w Ih-G'iTrYleyChurchof Er%iind PrimaryS(tth Tt115L Upton Heèth thurthof Ewlaid P-ImaryStlNxI Ttust WhartDnChurch of £n￿and PnmaryScbth)l Ttust White£ateCbvrch of Ewthnd PrimaryStWITruSt WinclÈChufch of ErElènd Piimarykh¢dTn WoodcDtk5 Wdl (hurth ofErEkTrd Piitnary kiod Tt Wor1est￿$t OMldiChut¢hof PnM•rySdh¢dTrntyt

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