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The notes form part of these financial statements
The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 August 2025
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This year we have continued to successfully support and make a positive impact on local, regional, and national communities, as well as becoming the ‘go to’ service provider for people and organisations across the UK supporting people working outside of the education system to acquire accreditations in both arts and academic subjects. This year we welcomed His Royal Highness The Price Edward, Duke of Edinburgh to our centre to celebrate the work of our young people in their creative and academic endeavours. 150 people were involved in the event. This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work of our students many of whom had faced learning challenges on both their creative and academic journey. It was a fabulous occasion and a testament to the work of the company, our volunteers and members of our team. The occasion provided a unique opportunity to celebrate homeschooled/educated young people and their parents/carers. The event was about celebrating the learning pathway as opposed to the final grade, or academic outcome. All in attendance received a certificate and had an opportunity to speak with the Duke of Edinburgh. Some young people who had experienced significant challenges during their lifetime were able to relay some of the issues they had faced and how they had overcome them. During the event members of our performing arts team provided entertainment in the form of a heritage performance that focussed on mining and local heritage. In addition the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh provided an opportunity for our local community to come together. We invited 250 pupils from a local primary school to provide a meet and greet reception. Some local residents were presented to the Duke and had an opportunity to have a chat. This was the first time a member of the Royal family had visited our town and the whole event boosted the local area. This unique event will live in the memory of all who were in attendance for a long time. In April we supported an important exhibition at Etherley Methodist Church which was attended by hundreds of people. The event showcased an array of textile banners from the Deo Gloria Trust collection created by Devon-based artist Jacqui Parkinson. The banners are usually traditionally only hung in cathedrals, so this was a very special exhibition. The banners had two distinct themes – the journey and the servant king. Ten of the banners represented the four stations of the cross with the other ten representing the hymn The Servant King by Graham Kendrick. We agreed to provide free technical services to support the event and to raise funds for a local charity. Our company and members of our technical team created the lighting plan, provided technical equipment and professionally lit the tapestries during the exhibition. Hundreds of people attended the event. At Christmas we ran our free festive event for local children. We revived our Letters to Santa theme and were delighted when hundreds of local children wrote to Santa Claus. All children received a personalised letter back. We also built an immersive North Pole post office (set design) in our centre. This was designed to enable the children to visit our centre and step into a magical immersive world featuring a magical talking post-box, Christmas puppets and magical elves. There was a small Christmas performance and children received free gifts. Our Christmas events are free events designed to ensure that families who may lack expendable income and are unable to access costly commercial festive experiences can still provide a magical Christmas experience for their children. This year we once again ran face to face examinations in two discrete examination series (Summer 25 and Autumn 2025), in line with awarding bodies and government regulation. We supported 800 people via our exam centre services and examination programmes. Many of our exam candidates are regarded as vulnerable persons. Many are educated outside of the traditional state system. This year, we have once again seen an increase in need regarding young people requiring our examination support services due to issues related to school/college bullying, SEND requirements and high level anxiety and mental health issues. We continue to be proud to support NEET candidates. Many of whom (without our services would not be able to acquire qualifications) many have experienced rejection from other exam centres. This year, we continued to support internal candidates and private candidates. In addition, we continued to support students from Ireland, Scotland who travel to our exam centre because of the environment we offer which they find supportive and welcoming. In addition this year we have also started to support more mature students who after retirement have decided to study a language, or creative subject as a hobby. Our oldest candidate this year was 80 years of age. We aim to continue to develop this area of work as this type of service is not only about encouraging continuing learning, but also about delivering community driven local projects and providing environments offering variety and true and safe social connection. We have extended our exam service support to more local education authorities across the UK. We remain one of very few exam centres in the United Kingdom who continue to offer support (where we have the physical, financial and human resources to do so) for young people who require access arrangements when sitting formal examinations. This year our facilitation visit provision (for young people who are suffering from high levels of anxiety) has worked well and ensured that those who would ordinarily not step over the door of a working exam centre are able to do so. We have worked hard to create a homely environment with soft furnishings and this has been hugely successful at putting private candidates at ease with a home from home feel. As a result many young people were able to sit national accreditations helping them to move forward with their learning, or vocational pathways. We continued to broaden access to qualifications for those on DLP programmes and hired local venues to facilitate this which also had the effect of providing income for other local service providers. These services also resulted in increased footfall to the area and greater use of local hotels, shops and leisure facilities. Our creative team provided free performance services to the Festival of Remembrance at Durham Cathedral which saw us devise specific performance extracts on a given theme. Our performers delivered songs and dramatic excerpts which were utilised to punctuate the Remembrance service. This event is attended by 1000 people and is a very important event in the Remembrance calendar. We work hard to support this event every year and we were once again proud to be part of the November 2024 event. All of our team volunteered their time and equipment and contributed to the funds raised to support the Amy Benevolent Fund. We have continued to build and maintain our community garden throughout the year for the local community providing a safe space for them to sit, converse and enjoy the outside environment. Our garden continues to provide a safe external environment which encourages social interaction. Not only does this provide an environment which reduces a sense of isolation and increased physical and mental well-being, but also provides a visual lift for the local community. Passers-by always comment on how the garden makes them smile and feel better about their local area and themselves. We have continued to invest in seasonal plants and decorative items to brighten the area. We have continued to deliver our GCSE Art study and to provide low cost sessions for young people wishing to study the Arts Award programme. These programmes continue to facilitate young people’s self-expression, creativity, self-esteem, as well as personal and career development. We have offered free, or low cost online guidance sessions for parents of home educated young people to help them understand the examination system. We have also offered support to LEA personnel who need to gain an understanding of how to support external SEND students who wish to sit nationally scheduled examinations. We have continued to engage volunteers ensuing they receive regular free training and work experience opportunities across the local area. Our company has maintained a programme of upgrading our centre to ensure it meets the needs of the users providing a comfortable and non-threatening setting in which to undertake academic programmes and take a final examination. We have recognised that our services are being accessed by a wider range of cultures.
Residents and visitors to the Four Together Partnership Area/South County Durham Local Education Authorities - Nationwide Elective Home Education Providers Home schooling and Independent Learners Distance Learning Providers Young people and associated parents/carers Local councils, councillors, and Area Action Partnership Local and National Businesses Local Volunteers and organisations Funding Bodies Older residents We regularly consult with all our stakeholders. Data from our evaluations is consistently utilised to inform the direction of new projects and service development. Evaluations take the form of comprehensive evaluation reports, suggestion boxes, vox pops, video, online comments, informal conversations with the public.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
26 May 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Andrea Flynn
Status: Director