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SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 REGISTERED NUMBER: 06628631 SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 C O N T E N T S Page Reference and administration details 1 - 4 Governors Annual Report 5 -15 Governance statement 16 - 19 Statement on Regularity, Propriety, and Compliance 20 Statement of Governors’ responsibilities 21 Independent auditor's report to the members 22 - 23 Independent reporting accountant’s assurance 24 - 25 report on regularity to Shirebrook academy trust limited and the Education Funding Agency Statement of financial activities (incorporating the 26 - 27 income and expenditure account) Balance sheet 28 - 29 Cash flow statement 30 Accounting policies 31 - 35 Notes to the financial statements 35 - 54 SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 REGISTERED CHARITY NAME: Shirebrook Academy COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 06628631 (England and Wales) PRINCIPAL OFFICE: Common Lane Shirebrook NG20 8QF REGISTERED OFFICE: Derbyshire County Council County Hall Matlock Derbyshire DE4 3AG THE GOVERNORS: * Members of the Finance Committee Ms J S Bloor (Principal and Accounting Officer)* † Sponsor Governor Mr S West * † (Chairman from 1 September 2013) Mr A P Brickles* † Mr R S Ibbotson † Mr G A Warrener † Mr M Beck* (Co-opted Governor, appointed 25 September 2013, became Sponsor Governor 29 September 2014) † Dr M Mitton (Staff Governor, appointed 10 September 2013, resigned 6 June 2014) (Co-opted governor, appointed 6 October 2014) Ms N J Lightfoot † (Appointed 12 December 2013) Mr S Dale*† (resigned 7 April 2014) Cllr M Stockdale* (Local Authority Governor, resigned 6 June 2014) Mrs D S McBroom (Parent Governor, resigned 6 June 2014) Mr L J Floyd (Co-opted Governor, resigned 6 June 2014) Mrs N J Heathcote (Staff Governor, resigned 6 June 2014) - 1 - SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM: Director of Finance and Support Services Mr D S Plummer Vice Principal Curriculum§ Mr A Gilbert Vice Principal Teaching School§ Ms L Ward Vice Principal Intervention and Standards§ Mr N Stafford Assistant Principal Post 16 Development Mrs R Skelton Assistant Principal Examinations and Rewards Mr G Topham Assistant Principal Support for Learning Mrs E Cartledge (From 1 January 2014) Vice Principal Standards (resigned 31 August 2014) Mr T Croft § Assistant Principal until 31 December 2013 SECRETARY: Mr D Plummer CLERK TO THE GOVERNORS: Mrs J Johnson AUDITORS: ApC Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors 7 St John Street Mansfield Nottinghamshire NG18 1QH - 2 - SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 PRINCIPAL BANKERS: The Cooperative Bank Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP Ipswich Building Society PO Box 547 Suffolk IP3 9WZ Principality Building Society Principality Commercial PO Box 89 Principality Buildings Queen Street Cardiff CF10 1UA Virgin Money Jubilee House Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 4PL Mansfield Building Society Regent House, Regent Street Mansfield NG18 1SS Santander Business Banking Bridle Road Bootle Merseyside L30 4GB (until October 2013) Ulster Bank Ltd 11-16 Donegall Square East Belfast BT1 5UB (until December 2013) Scottish Widows Bank PO Box 12757 67 Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8YJ (until March 2014) NatWest Bolton Customer Services Centre PO Box 2027, Parklands De Havilland Way Horwich, Bolton BL6 4YU (until July 2014) - 3 - SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 INVESTMENT ADVISORS: St James’s Place 1 Tetbury Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1FP - 4 - SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 The Governors, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, have pleasure in presenting their report and the audited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2014. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Constitution The Academy Trust is a Company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity. The Charitable Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association are the primary governing documents of the Academy Trust. The Governors act as the Trustees for the charitable activities of Shirebrook Academy and are also the directors of the Charitable Company for the purposes of company law. Details of Governors who served throughout the year except as noted are included in the Reference and Administrative Details on page 1. Members' liability Each member of the Charitable Company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Charitable Company in the event of it being wound up while he/she is a member, or within one year after he/she ceases to be a member, such amount as may be required, not exceeding £10, for the debts and liabilities contracted before they cease to be a member. Principal Activities The principal activity of Shirebrook Academy is to advance education for the public benefit by establishing and developing a school offering a broad curriculum with a strong emphasis on science and construction. Method of Recruitment and Appointment or Election of Governors The Articles of Association were updated on 6 June 2014. From that date, the Articles of Association state that the following Governors may be appointed: - Up to six sponsor Governors (appointed by the Principal Sponsor, ALLRoads) - Up to 4 Academy Directors may be appointed or elected in accordance with any policy decided by the Directors for that purpose and for any term determined by the Directors. - The Principal - Any number of co-opted directors The Executive Governing Body has determined that two Parent Governors will be appointed to the Local Governing Body and there are therefore no Parent Directors appointed to the Executive Governing Body. The appointment of the Parent Governors to the Local Governing Body is determined by means of an election. - 5 - SHIREBROOK ACADEMY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2014 Except for the Principal Sponsor and the Principal, Governors are subject to retirement after 4 years of service but are eligible for re-appointment or re-election at the meeting at which they retire. Policies and Procedures Adopted for the Induction and Training of Governors All Governors are given the opportunity to attend training sessions. Initial training is offered to new Governors covering the main elements of the position, including the legal framework and Governor responsibilities. Each year all members of the Governing body are offered updates on relevant issues and changes in legislation etc. The topics covered are regularly reviewed to ensure that Governors are kept up to date as far as possible. Organisation The Governing Body is responsible for the strategic direction of the Academy. The Governing Body reviews progress towards educational objectives and results. They also approve major expenditure requests, set the budget for the following year, and set the organisational staffing structure. There are four subcommittees in place to which specific responsibilities are delegated by the main Governing Body: - Finance Committee – this reviews the financial position of the academy, and has limited delegated powers to approve revenue and capital expenditure, disposal of assets and changes to the staffing structure of the Academy. This subcommittee also reviews issues relating to Human Resources, Health and Safety, Premises, and Administration. This subcommittee was known as the Business Operations Committee until September 2014. - Curriculum Subcommittee – this subcommittee reviews the educational progress of the Academy towards its objectives, the content of its curriculum, timetabling, student activities and achievement. - Co-location Subcommittee – this subcommittee is a joint committee with Stubbin Wood School with which Shirebrook Academy shares its new building. It is concerned with finding the best means of fulfilling each governing body’s vision and responsibilities to ensure sound management of the joint/shared facilities which are to be located on the new shared Shirebrook Academy / Stubbin Wood site. - Audit subcommittee – this committee reviews the Academy's internal and external financial statements and reports to ensure that they reflect best practice; considers all relevant reports by the appointed external auditor; reviews the effectiveness of the body's internal control system. The Principal is the designated Accounting Officer of the Academy and has overall responsibility for the day to day financial management of the Charitable Company. The Principal has delegated responsibility for low values of expenditure to specific budget holders who are each responsible for managing their own departments within the constraints of their allocated budgets. A system of financial controls is in place to manage this process. The Principal manages the Academy on a daily basis supported by a Senior Leadership Team. The Senior Leadership Team meets frequently to discuss emerging matters and to help to develop strategies for future development to be put to the Principal and the Governing Body as required for approval. Each member of the Senior Leadership Team has specific responsibilities to assist the Principal to manage certain aspects of the Academy. Please refer to