CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES ## Trustees' Annual Report for the period From 1[st ] July 2023 Period start date To 30[th ] June 2024 Period end date Charity name:Lao Educational Opportunities Trust Charity registration number:1115944 ## Objectives and Activities ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary Of the purposes Of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of young
disadvantaged students in Laos through
the provision of material assistance or
such other beneficial purposes as the
Trustees decide.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19Rural Prima|Operation of the LEOT School,
providing English Language and IT
courses. Operation of the LEOT
Vocational Sewing School teaching
beginner and intermediate sewing
courses. Building and Repairing
Rural Prima Schools.| |Statement
confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have taken regard to the
Commissions public benefit guidance
when exercising their powers and
duties to which the guidance is
relevant and have complied to its
requirements.| Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|SORP reference| |---|---|---| ||Para 1.38|Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making||| ||||||Para 1.38| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Policy|on|social||| ||investment||including||| ||program||related||| ||investment||||| ||||||Para 1.38| ||Contribution made by||||| ||volunteers||||| ||||||| |Other|||||| ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference
the charity's work has made
to the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1 .20|LEOT School
The school provided classes for over
300 students giving skills to enable
them to access further education, or
vocational training more widely in
ASEAN Countries. It also benefited them
in finding jobs locally or in Vientiane.
LEOT Sewing School
The school provided places for 60
disadvantaged women to learn
tailoring skills. Students have a high
degree of success in obtaining jobs
following their courses. Where
appropriate LEOT provides basic
equipment for women to start micro
businesses in their own homes
Community School Building
During the year LEOT built 2 large
rural
Primary Schools and repaired 5 otheréø
Our programme has benefited
over 3,000 young children with
vastlyim roved school facilities.| ## Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||Para 1.41| |---|---|---| |Achievements against||| |objectives set||| |||Para 1.41| |Performance|of|| |fundraising|activities|| |against objectives set|against objectives set|| |||Para 1.41| |Investment performance||| |against objectives||| |Other||| ## Financial Review |Other
Financial Review||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity's
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1 .21|The charity held cash balances of
E8,131 at the year end with donations
exceeding E21,OOO in July. This is a
time of low activity due to school
holidays and the monsoon season.
Trustees consider funding is adequate
as it is underwritten b the Board.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statin wh the are held|Para 1 .22|Reserves are held to meet short
term requirements. The longer term
is uaranteed b the Trustees.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|E8,131 the LEOT School and
equipment is owned by LEOT.THE
Sewing School is owned by the Lao
government and is used rent free b
LEOT.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |N the Charities budget until
Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1 .24|No deficits or liabilities.| |Explanation
of
any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity is negotiating a new MOU
for a further 3 years together with a
long term partnership agreement with a
large NGO.| Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity's principal|| |---|---| |sources of funds (including|| |any fundraising)|Para 1.47| |Investment policy and|Para 1 .46| |objectives including any|| |social investment policy|| |adopted|| |A description of the|Para 1 .46| |principal risks facing the|| |charity|| |Other|| ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity's|The Charity is a single operational| |---|---| |trusts:|Trust| |Type of governing document
Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |(trust deed,ro al charter|| |How is the charity
constituted?
Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association| |(e.g
unincorporated|| |associetion,CIO|| |Trustee selection methods
Para 1.25|Trustees are selected by the board| |including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of|following interview from suitable
applicants with relevant skilld| |any person or body entitled|| |to appoint one or more|| |trustees|| |Additional information(optional)|| |Charit name
Lao Educational
Other name the charit uses
LEOT
Re istered charit number
1115944
Charity's principal address
Heath Park
House
291 Heath Road
Leighton Buzzard
Beds
~~_~~|Oportunities Trust| You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted
for
the
inducton and training of
trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity's organisatonal
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relatonship with any
related partes|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## Reference and Administrative details |Trustee name|Ofce (if any)|Dates acted if not for
whole ear|Name of person (or body)
enttled toa oint trustee if an| |---|---|---|---| |Kevin Heath|Chair|Whole Year|| |Peter Banwell|Treasurer|Whole Year|| |Janet Conroy|Secretary|Whole Year|| |Jeannete Tyler|School Director|Whole Year|| |Julie Williams||1/7/2023 to 31/7/2023|| |Dianne Di Palma||15/12/2023 to
30/06/2024|Board of Trustees| |Graeme Spedding||15/12/2023 to
30/06/2024|Board of Trustees| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 1 2 3 4 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees — names of the directors at the date the re ort was a roved Director name None ~~oe~~ Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole ear None ~~===~~ Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity ## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ## Exemptions from disclosure Reason %eason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## Other Jther optional information ## Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Lao Educational Opportunities Trust th Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 Lao Educational O counts for the Recei sandPa ortunities Trust ended 30th June 2024 nts 150276 Donatlons Bank Interest 173385 152 173 150428 5051 Scholarships 29361 School Salaries 76 Staff cards 712 School Director Expenses Health Care 268 Electriclty 106 Water 223 Internet Insurances Promotion Small equlpment Bike Repalrs 6638 Repairs & Renewals ioi Building repairs 160 Office Costs Library Books Student Awards Cleaning Consumables Refreshment5 Misc Hospitality and Dream Catcher 2001 School trips 38361 62 4779 3254 327 153 354 328 358 76 238 204 1510 4,043 1838 45 126 67 71 128 217 552 204 183 38 73 891 4334 Teacher tralning expenses 2199 Sewin School 11211 Salaries 6418 Materlals Trainlng Security 2528 Equlp R & R 588 Bulldint Maintenance 217 Offlce Costs Water 184 Cleanlng 115 Consumables 16461 4065 35 3820 961 247 59 74 97 85 Recrultment 1303 Ceremonies 455 Refreshments Hospitality Misc 813 550 195 1130 778 116 106650 Community school building 90966 2842 DOES 1896 Homeland exp 613 Bank Charges Exchange difference Excess of Payments over Receipts 2823 230 531 11358 184925 184925 186345 Balance Sheet as at the 30th June 2024 4031 HSBC 433 BCEL 7345 778 12 BCEL LP CASH 13 15000 Cash in transit RESERVES BIF Less excess of expenditure 19489 11358 19489 8131 8131 Signed Kevin Heath Chair of Trustees Signed Peter Banwell Treasurer kdrtmjl Not (O"fypMI 2015 Restricted Income Scholarshlps ommunity Sewing LEOT School 548 4395 9305 13627 27875 145510 173385 Unrestrfcted Income Restrltted Income t/f Sewlng 4561 Activit Re LEOT School l am thrilled to report another amazing year for LEOT. We are so excited to welcome Childs Dream from Swltzerland as our major sponsor and partner for the LEOT School. They bring significant experience of working with charlties and wlll challenge us to work even harder for the future. LidHAKY C, 14SlrtoMJ Dreamcatcher In5pirotlonol Workshop All our evening classes are well subscrlbed and we continue to offer special classes with Hospitality English and our Dream Catcher development courses. We are dellghted to extend our teachlng week to include weekend English and IT classes with more to come in the future School Director Jeannette continues to be busy with regular Ilbrary classe5 to extend student skills. Jeannette is also keen to support students and very excited to donate a laptop to one of our students preparing for exams. Sadly, the number of students available for daytime classes has reduced to non-viable numbers and in the short term we have closed daytlme teaching. The good news Is that we have increasing demand for weekend classes and we plan to extend the number of weekend classe5 for English. IT and Environmentsl Studies. Life is always exciting at LEOT a5 we look forward to the future and a new MOU. We are proud we are a free school and have places for all disadvantaged students Community School Building LEOT Community Manager Niew has enjoyed another successful year building 2 rural Primary Schools in Pak Ou District and repalring a further 5 schools with new roots and palnting, Inside and out. We have now built 14 primary schools and plan to build more in the next year. The stock of buildings in rural Lao is poor. We are proud of our work to date, li, Hadpang School /(-" Presents Sadly, we are Ilmlted to the funds we have available. Wlth rn0￿ funding we could make a larger dlfference to villages with inadequate schoo15. Please help us with your donations. At the end of every projert, we have a handover event and present every child with a bag of presents. It makes a great deal of dlfference to very poor families and gives children a school uniform, Shoes and books. LEOT Sewing School Il¥ Our Sewing School and Is unlque in caring for dlsadvantaged women. The school has a beginner class and a workroom for advanced students to prattlce garment making and extend their skills to more advanced clothlng production. Our courses run for 5 months and glve students the skills to find a job or stsrt their own workrooms. Our beginner class is for 20 students and teaches the skills of dying, pattern makingi machine sewlng and maklng of handlcraft items for the tourist trdde. Our advanced course is smaller withlo students. They require more space as they spend most of their tirne making orders for customers. Each year we run 4 courses teaching a total of 60 women. We give them life changlng skllls to Improve thelr Ilves. We also give additional help to students setting up their own small workshops, provlding them with essential equipment from sewing machlnes to button hole machines. Our sewing courses are provided free of any charge. Please help us change more Ilves by making donations. I•SI¥WT Grn(luation Dying LEOT Sewing Manager Noy and her team of teachers are doing a wonderful job in thanging lives and teachlng students In a wonderful envlronment. Remember that EDUCATION CHANGES DESTINY Charity Nan-I? Lao Educational Opportunities Trust Report to the trustees On accounts for the year Charity no ended 30[th ] June 2024 (if any) 1115944 1 and 2 Set out on (remember to ;nclucie the page numbers of sheets) pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act basis of report 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 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND Independent examiner's report on the WALES accounts ~~BS~~ Independent Examiner’s Report I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: ® the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or @ the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or @ the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts 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 accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. t\ Signed: Michael John Stuart Rowland Name: Relevant professional A.C.I.B. qualification(s) or body NER 1 Oct 2018 (if any): Address: 153 Marley Fields Leighton Buzzard LU74WT Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018