## **ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST** **(Working as “Insight”)** ## **ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS** **For the year ended 31[ST] MARCH 2025** 1 **ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31[ST] MARCH 2025** The ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST (Insight) is a registered charity no. 801025 and is constituted by Deed of Trust. Its address is 41 King Charles Road, Surbiton, KT5 8PF. Its bankers are CAF bank. ## **Committee** The charity is administered by a General Committee which is composed of delegates of sponsoring churches who meet 4 times per year. The following served as committee members in the year ended 31 March 2025: Pim Piers Chairman Soon Bee Ong Hon Treasurer Paul Simpson Peter Wilkins Isobel Moreland Dean Dryden Raymond James Maria James Philip Cooper Roderick Braine Anne Underwood Ruth Burkinshaw John Waters The Trustees of the Charity during the year ended 31 March 2025 comprised: Pim Piers (appointed on 15 August 2024) Chairman Paul Simpson (appointed on 15 August 2024) Maria James Raymond James Soon Bee Ong (appointed on 4 November 2024) Treasurer Anne Underwood Dean Dryden (resigned on 15 August 2024) Peter Wilkins (resigned 1 November 2024) Subsequent to the financial year, Anne Underwood resigned as Trustee of the Charity on 11 August 2025, and Scott Maclean was appointed as Trustee of the Charity on 30 September 2025. New trustees are appointed by resolution of a meeting of the existing trustees and would normally be members of the general committee. 2 ## **Objectives and Activities** The object of the charity is the furthering of Christian Educational work in and around the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (including the Richmond Borough) particularly in primary and secondary schools. When planning the Trust’s activities for the year, the trustees, committee members and workers have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. The public benefit requirement has been complied with by the provision, free of charge, to schools and other educational bodies who utilise our services, of both our staff who hold qualified teaching status, and the resources and volunteer support which accompany our activities and services. As at the date of the report, the charity employs the equivalent of one full-time and three part-time staff to visit local schools. There is also administrative and school support given by volunteers. The charity is affiliated with the national Scripture Union organisation. ## **Staffing and Committee** Roderick Braine and Peter Wilkins were succeeded in their respective roles as Acting and Honorary Treasurer with Soon Bee Ong, who has taken on the role of Treasurer. Insight staffing levels fluctuated during this period: - Claire Sims resigned and left her employment at Insight in October 2024 - There were no other changes to the staff team in the year under review. ## **Achievements and Performance** During the reporting period, Insight has worked with over 25 schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the Royal Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Schools work across both boroughs included RE/PSHE/Citizenship lessons, lessons of Christian viewpoints on topical and ethical issues, discussion groups together as well as support for secondary school Christian Unions and primary school Bible Clubs. ## **Office** Insight’s office continued to be located at The Berrylands Christian Centre, Surbiton. ## **Finances** As the Trust’s gross income for the year is less than £250,000, the accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments, or cash basis. The Trust finished the year with a reported cash balance carried forward for the year of £165,588, with a cash deficit of (£17,797) in the General Fund, a cash deficit of (£7,621) in the Restricted Fund set up for the Richmond work, and a cash surplus in the Designated Fund of £191,006. The Designated Fund is intended to support the ongoing work of the Charity and also for future projects, and this Fund can be freely transferred to the General Fund and /or the Restricted Fund to support the ongoing work. Funding comes from local churches and individuals. Donations into the General Fund during the financial year totalled £93,296 compared to £88,597 last year. Net income for the General Fund was a deficit of £40,362 compared to a deficit of £21,978 last year. 3 It is the policy of the Trust to ensure that the total of our cash reserves are sufficient to cover at least two months of expenditure. Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: Signed: .................................................... Mr. Pim Piers Chair Date: 8th January 2026 4 ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Royal Borough of Kingston Schools Christian Worker Trust I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Royal Borough of Kingston Schools Christian Worker Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 and 7. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (*the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: • accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or • the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Andrew J Whelan BSc FCA Address:32 Parkside Crescent Surbiton Surrey KTS 9HT Date "I JANUARY 2026 5 ## **ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST** **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31[st] March 2025** ||**General**||**Restricted**|**Designated**|**Total**|**General**|**Restricted**|**Designated**|**Total**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Fund**||**Fund**|**Fund**||**Fund**|**Fund**|**Fund**||| ||**2025**||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|_YoY_| |||||||||||_Variance_| |**RECEIPTS**|||||**£**||||**£**|_£_| |**From voluntary sources**||||||||||| |Sponsoring Churches|63,825||21,725|0|**85,550**|62,094|12,100|0|**74,194**|_11,356_| |Annual Thanksgiving Service Collection||0|0|0|**0**|0|0|0|**0**|_0_| |Donations Not Gift Aided|13,337||1,200|16,006|**30,543**|10,920|1,850|0|**12,770**|_17,773_| |Donations Gift Aided|13,615||1,180|0|**14,795**|13,511|120|0|**13,631**|_1,164_| |Gift Aid/ Tax reclaimed|2,519||23|0|**2,542**|1,969|15|0|**1,984**|_558_| |Your Move booklets - contributions||0|0|0|**0**|0|0|0|**0**|_0_| |Events - Income||0|0|0|**0**|103|0|0|**103**|_(103)_| |Grant (not Gift Aided)||0|0|20,000|**20,000**|0|0|0|**0**|_20,000_| ||93,296||24,128|36,006|**153,430**|88,597|14,085|0|**102,682**|| |**From Assets**||||||||||| |Deposit interest|3,482||0|0|**3,482**|3,192|0|0|**3,192**|_290_| |**Total Receipts**|96,778||24,128|36,006|**156,912**|91,789|14,085|0|**105,874**|| |**PAYMENTS**||||||||||| |**Activities directly relating to the work of the**||||||||||| |**Trust**||||||||||| |Staff Costs|120,874||40,291|0|**161,165**|99,230|35,895|0|**135,125**|_(26,040)_| |Travel expenses
Costs of ministry
Christian Unions
Resources
Your Move booklets - Costs|2,669
292
486
1,666
0||927
109
41
20
0|0
0
0
0
0|**3,596**
**401**
**527**
**1,686**
**0**|1,616
672
256
2,028
0|732
10
131
140
0|0
0
0
0
0|**2,348**
**682**
**387**
**2,168**
**0**|_(1,248)_
_281_
_(140)_
_482_
_0_| |Events - Costs
Professional Development
Subscriptions|2,543
1,397
120||521
468
0|0
0
0|**3,064**
**1,865**
**120**|1,729
1,789
0|58
383
0|0
0
0|**1,787**
**2,172**
**0**|_(1,277)_
_307_
_(120)_| ||130,047||42,377|0|**172,424**|107,320|37,349|0|**144,669**|| |**Other Expenditure**||||||||||| |Telephone, postage & internet
Insurance
Publicity
Office equipment
Printing & Stationery
Miscellaneous administrative costs
Rent
Bank charges|471
506
343
627
1,565
1,083
2,438
60||158
0
414
0
16
0
813
0|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|**629**
**506**
**757**
**627**
**1,581**
**1,083**
**3,251**
**60**|439
502
1,643
296
1,195
1,187
1,125
60|164
0
114
32
0
0
375
0|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|**603**
**502**
**1,757**
**328**
**1,195**
**1,187**
**1,500**
**60**|_(26)_
_(4)_
_1,000_
_(299)_
_(386)_
_104_
_(1,751)_
_0_| ||7,093||1,401|0|**8,494**|6,447|685|0|**7,132**|| |**Total Payments**|137,140||43,778|0|**180,918**|113,767|38,034|0|**151,801**|| |||||||||||| |**Net Receipts/(Payments) for the Year**|(40,362)||(19,650)|36,006|**(24,006)**|(21,978)|(23,949)|-|**(45,927)**|| |Cash at bank at 31st March|(17,797)||(7,621)|191,006|**165,588**|22,565|12,029|155,000|**189,594**|| 6 **ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORKER TRUST** ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31[st] March 2025** ||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**| |**MONETARY ASSETS**||| |Bank current accounts|**5,062**|**165,295**| |Bank deposit accounts|**160,526**|**24,299**| |**Total Assets & Liabilities**|**165,588**|**189,594**| ## **NOTES** The movement on restricted funds in the year were: ||Balance b/f|Receipts|Payments|Balance c/f| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Richmond school work fund**|12,029|24,128|(43,778)|(7,621)| ## **Agreed by the Trustees on 8 January 2026 and signed on their behalf by:** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pim Piers Soon Bee Ong Chair Treasurer Pim Piers Chair 7