**Charity registration number 526393 (England and Wales)**
**LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
Cllr Sarah Punshon Cllr B M Cooper Mr K Maunder Mr F Kershaw Mr K D Robinson Dr S P Johnson Mrs J Alexander Ms V J Pearson Rev C L Backhouse Mr T Cross Mr K W Weatherill Ms A Burgana (Appointed 30 September 2025) Cllr G A Kniveton (Appointed 5 June 2025) Rev N L Mann (Appointed 8 April 2025) Mr J N W Walker (Appointed 23 June 2025)
**Charity number (England and Wales)** 526393
**Principal office** Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand LLP Solicitors 16 Castle Park Lancaster Lancashire England LA1 1YG
## **Independent examiner**
T M Preece Dalton House 9 Dalton Square Lancaster Lancashire United Kingdom LA1 1WD
## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement of financial activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the financial statements|7 - 13|
## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)".
## **Objectives and activities**
The Trust originates from a scheme founded by Julia and Thomas Ripley and subsequently combined with a number of smaller schemes in December 1948 to form the present Trust.
The principal remaining objectives of the Trust are, for the public benefit:
1. To make discretionary grants to Ripley St. Thomas Academy and other schools included in the Foundation (as defined in the Trust Deed), to assist with their obligations under the Education Acts.
2. To maintain the Chapel at Ripley St. Thomas Academy.
3. To make discretionary grants to other Church of England Schools in the beneficial area.
4. Within their discretion apply funds to establishments for the moral, spiritual, social and physical education and recreation of young people residing in or near the beneficial area.
5. Apply amounts for the benefit of individual pupils in need of financial assistance to aid their education, training and recreation.
In addition, the Trust Deed requires the Trustees to maintain the Trust property, a principal obligation to schools of the Foundation, a qualified obligation to other aided schools, establishments for youth welfare and necessitous students within the beneficial area, and a discretion to make further benefactions within the limits proscribed.
The beneficial area means an area within 15 miles of St Mary and Parish Church Lancaster and an area within 7 miles of the Cathedral Church of Christ Liverpool.
## _Public benefit_
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission general guidance on Public Benefit when reviewing the trust’s aims and objectives and when deciding on grants.
## _Grantmaking_
In relation to grants, the trustees shall give preference to establishments situated and to candidates residing within 8 miles of the Parish Church of Lancaster.
The trustees may consider grants for the benefit of pupils resident in the beneficial area who satisfy the trustees that they are in need of financial assistance by aiding their education or training, including post graduate study, at a University or other place of learning to enable them to prepare for, or assist their entry into, some profession, trade or calling, and for that purpose may provide them with outfits, clothing, trade tools, instruments or books.
The Trust achieved these objects by issuing grants to make up the shortfall from DfE and LA funded projects. Grants were made to schools within the beneficial area of the trust. The Trust made grants to organisations connected with the education and welfare of young people. Specific details of these grants can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _Significant activities and achievements against objectives_
The Trust has assisted schools with repair works totalling £112,190 (2024 - £78,576) in the year. The Trust has also undertaken repair works to the Ripley Chapel organ totalling £nil (2024 - £202,736).
The Trust made grants totalling £98,225 (2024 - £26,555) to schools in the beneficial area and to individuals.
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **Financial review**
The Trust has free reserves of £1,054,694 (2024 - £1,188,754), but of this £1,021,431 (2024 - £1,061,124) is invested to generate funds to enable the charity to operate, as it does not receive money from donations or fundraising.
## _Reserves policy_
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to approximately twelve months expenditure to cover management and administration costs. The funds at the end of the year were sufficient to meet these expenses but funds have been depleted over the year as a result of significant expenditure on maintenance and repairs at the Foundation schools and on other grant funding.
## _Investment policy_
Investments are principally invested in Charitable funds. The performance of these investments is monitored and, to date, has produced a steady income of around £130,000 a year.
## **Plans for future periods**
In the year 2025/2026 the Trustees will consider and make plans to carry out essential maintenance work on the Chapel at Ripley St Thomas Academy and will also plan for future expenditure on the schools of the Foundation over the following three financial years.
The Trustees will also consider making an application to vary the terms of the Trust to simplify it, adapt to the changing times and to future proof the Deed as much as possible.
## **Structure, governance and management**
Lancaster Ripley Church of England Educational Trust is a registered Charity (number 526393), regulated by a scheme dated 22 December 1948, framed under the Endowed Schools Acts 1869-1874 as applied by an order to the Minister dated 13 August 1948, made under Section 86(1) of the Education Act 1944, as amended by the Education Act 1946.
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Cllr Sarah Punshon
Cllr B M Cooper Mr K Maunder Mr F Kershaw Mr K D Robinson Dr S P Johnson Mrs J Alexander Ms V J Pearson Rev C L Backhouse Mr T Cross Mr K W Weatherill Rev L B Vasey-Saunders Dr A E Carter Mrs J Crouch Mrs G Jenkinson Ms A Burgana Cllr G A Kniveton Rev N L Mann Mr J N W Walker
(Resigned 15 September 2025) (Resigned 18 March 2025) (Resigned 18 April 2024) (Resigned 18 April 2024) (Appointed 30 September 2025) (Appointed 5 June 2025) (Appointed 8 April 2025) (Appointed 23 June 2025)
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
Trustees are appointed by Diocesan Education Committees, various local Parochial Church Councils and Local Authorities. The Vicar of Lancaster is an ex-officio trustee and chairman, and four trustees can be co-opted by the remaining trustees. However, if this position is vacant, a chairman is selected by the remaining trustees for the intervening period.
## _Organisational structure_
The trustees meet quarterly to assess new grant applications and review the charity's finances.
## _Induction and training of trustees_
A new trustee would receive copies of the previous two years' annual report and accounts, the minutes of the last four trustee meetings and a copy of the trust deed.
## _Other matters_
## _Risk Management_
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the charity faces. Systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
The Trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
## Mr K D Robinson
## **Trustee**
15 January 2026
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Lancaster Ripley Church of England Educational Trust (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the relevant version of the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn. I understand that this has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act 2011.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## **T M Preece**
## **FCCA**
Dalton House 9 Dalton Square Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1WD United Kingdom 16 January 2026
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Unrestricted Endowment**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Investments
**3**
134,209
-
**Total income**
134,209
-
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
Education
**4**
228,575
-
Chapel Maintenance
**4**
-
-
**Total charitable**
**expenditure**
228,575
-
**Total expenditure**
228,575
-
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
**10**
(39,694)
(139,888)
**Net income/(expenditure) and**
**movement in funds**
(134,060)
(139,888)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
1,188,754
3,548,288
**Fund balances at 31 March**
**2025**
1,054,694
3,408,400|**Total**
**Unrestricted Endowment**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
134,209
132,334
-
134,209
132,334
-
228,575
111,791
-
-
202,736
-
228,575
314,527
-
228,575
314,527
-
(179,582)
92,215
250,503
(273,948)
(89,978)
250,503
4,737,042
1,278,732
3,297,785
4,463,094
1,188,754
3,548,288|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
132,334|
|---|---|---|
|||132,334|
|||111,791
202,736|
|||314,527|
||||
|||314,527|
|||342,718|
|||160,525
4,576,517|
|||4,737,042|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Investments
**12**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**13**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**14**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**The funds of the charity**
Endowment funds
**15**
Unrestricted funds
**16**|**2025**
**£**
**£**
4,429,832
34,241
3,896
38,137
(4,875)
33,262
4,463,094
3,408,400
1,054,694
4,463,094|**2024**
**£**
**£**
4,609,413
33,712
96,917
130,629
(3,000)
127,629
4,737,042
3,548,288
1,188,754
4,737,042|**2024**
**£**
**£**
4,609,413
33,712
96,917
130,629
(3,000)
127,629
4,737,042
3,548,288
1,188,754
4,737,042|
|---|---|---|---|
||||4,737,042|
||||3,548,288
1,188,754|
||||4,737,042|
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 15 January 2026
Mr K D Robinson **Trustee**
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for fixed asset investments which have been prepared under fair value accounting rules. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **(Continued)**
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Buildings are capitalised where a reliable cost or valuation is available. Where buildings are held for heritage or charitable purposes and a reliable valuation cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost or effort, they are not recognised on the balance sheet. Such assets are disclosed in the notes to the accounts.
## **1.7 Fixed asset investments**
Fixed asset investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred.
- **1.8 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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**LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
## **3 Income from investments**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Income from listed investments|134,209|132,334|
## **4 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Education**
**Education**
**Chapel**
**Maintenance**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Direct costs**
Repairs and maintenance
112,189
78,576
202,736
Grant funding of activities (see note 5)
98,225
26,555
-
**Share of support and governance costs (see note 6)**
Support
18,161
6,660
-
228,575
111,791
202,736
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds
228,575
111,791
202,736|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
281,312
26,555
6,660|
|---|---|
||314,527|
||314,527|
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **5 Grants payable**
|**Grants payable**|||
|---|---|---|
||**Education**|**Education**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Grants to institutions:|||
|Church of England Primary Schools|67,900|15,600|
|Ripley Pastoral Officer|17,500|10,000|
|Morecambe Parish Church|700|500|
|Priory Music Trust|5,000|-|
|Christ Church PCC|3,000|-|
|Amber Bee CIC|1,500|-|
||95,600|26,100|
|Grants to individuals|2,625|455|
||98,225|26,555|
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## **6 Support costs allocated to activities**
|**Education**
**2025**
**£**
Governance
18,161
**2025**
**Governance costs comprise:**
**£**
Accountancy
3,225
Legal and professional
14,600
Insurance
336
18,161
**7**
**Net movement in funds**
**2025**
**£**
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial
statements
3,225|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
6,660|
|---|---|
||**2024**
**£**
3,124
3,200
336|
||6,660|
||**2024**
**£**
3,124|
## **8 Trustees**
None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **9 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|Total|-|-|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **10 Gains and losses on investments**
|**Unrestricted Endowment**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
Gains/(losses) arising on:
**£**
**£**
Revaluation of
investments
(39,694)
(139,888)
Sale of investments
-
-
(39,694)
(139,888)|**Total**
**Unrestricted Endowment**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
(179,582)
92,042
249,136
-
173
1,367
(179,582)
92,215
250,503|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
341,178
1,540|
|---|---|---|
|||342,718|
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## **12 Fixed asset investments**
||**Listed**|
|---|---|
||**investments**|
||**£**|
|**Cost or valuation**||
|At 1 April 2024|4,609,413|
|Valuation changes|(179,581)|
|At 31 March 2025|4,429,832|
|**Carrying amount**||
|At 31 March 2025|4,429,832|
|At 31 March 2024|4,609,413|
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **13 Debtors**
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|**2025**
**£**
33,989
252
34,241
**2025**
**£**
1,650
3,225
4,875|**2024**
**£**
33,460
252|
|---|---|---|
|||33,712|
|||**2024**
**£**
-
3,000|
|||3,000|
## **14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
## **15 Endowment funds**
Endowment funds represent assets which must be held permanently by the charity. Income arising on the endowment funds can be used in accordance with the objects of the charity and is included as unrestricted income. Any capital gains or losses arising on the assets form part of the fund.
|**Permanent endowments**
**Previous year:**
**Permanent endowments**|**At 1 April**
**2024**
**Gains and**
**losses**
**At 31 March**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,548,288
(139,888)
3,408,400
**At 1 April**
**2023**
**Gains and**
**losses**
**At 31 March**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,297,785
250,503
3,548,288|
|---|---|
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## **LANCASTER RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **16 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||**At 1 April**|**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Gains and**|**At 31 March**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**losses**|**2025**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|1,188,754||134,209|(228,575)|(39,694)|1,054,694|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 April**||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Gains and**|**At 31 March**|
|||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**|**losses**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|1,278,732||132,334|(314,527)|92,215|1,188,754|
|**Analysis of net assets between**|**funds**||||||
|||||**Unrestricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|
|||||**funds**|**funds**||
|||||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|
|||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**At 31 March 2025:**|||||||
|Investments||||1,021,432|3,408,400|4,429,832|
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||33,262|-|33,262|
|||||1,054,694|3,408,400|4,463,094|
|||||**Unrestricted**|**Endowment**|**Total**|
|||||**funds**|**funds**||
|||||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
|||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**At 31 March 2024:**|||||||
|Investments||||1,061,125|3,548,288|4,609,413|
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||127,629|-|127,629|
|||||1,188,754|3,548,288|4,737,042|
## **17 Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **18 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).
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