## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1.4.2022 Period start date To 31.3.2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Daughters of St Francis de Sales Charitable Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1129384**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1. To advance the Catholic faith
for the beneft of the public in
accordance with the spiritual
principles in the constitution of
the society known as the
Daughters of St Francis de
Sales by any charitable means
that the trustees think ft;
2. To advance the Christian
education of youth through the
provision of grants and
bursaries to groups or
individuals and by any other
charitable means that the
trustees from time to time
determine;
3. To relieve fnancial hardship,
either generally or individually,
of people living in the areas of
the world where the Daughters
of St Francis de Sales carry out
their charitable works through
grants or through paying for
the provision of services, items
and facilities;
4. To relieve sickness and physical
and mental distress of people
living in the areas of the world
where the Daughters of St
Francis de Sales carry out their
charitable works, through
grants or through paying for
the provision of services, items
and facilities.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit,inparticular,the|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Trustees have continued to raise
funds through personal donations and
other small scale fundraising activities
andtoresearch theneedsfor funds|
|activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.||in the various communities across the
world where the Congregation of
Sisters (the Daughters of St Francis
De Sales) are active in charitable
works.
During this year funds have been
transferred to support the work of the
communities in India, specifcally to
help in the development of a new care
facility in the Mammood area.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confrm that they have
paid due regard to the Charity
Commission guidance on public
beneft in deciding what activities the
charity should undertake and making
plans for distribution of funds in the
future.|
## **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|During the year the Trust has been
able to send £50,000 to support the
charitable activities of the order of
the Daughters of St Francis de Sales
in India.
The trustees have kept in touch with
the order, so as to assess the needs
for funds and agree with the superiors
of the order the priorities for the use
of the charitable funds.
There are agreed priorities for the
transfer of further funds, which will
take place as the needs of the care
facility development requires.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|A balance of donations is held at the
year end, the top priority for this
money is to support the continued
development and building of a care
home which will be run by the sisters.
These needs will be kept under review
during the coming year and grants
made as and when needed.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|There are no ongoing commitments
and the Charity employs no staf,
there is therefore no need to retain a
level of reserves for the Charity. Note
istake on the prevailingrates of|
|||exchange in order to maximise the
value of transfers of funds abroad and
this may infuence the timing of funds
being transferred as will the needs of
the various projects.|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|£60,837at the yearend.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|There are a mix of lay people and
sisters from the order of the
Daughters of St Francis de Sales who
are resident in England.
Currently 2 sisters are Trustees both
the Chairman and Treasurer are lay
people who have relevant
competence and experience and a
knowledge of the work of the DSFS in
its various locations across the world|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Daughters ofSt Francis de Sales CharitableTrust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1129384|
|Charity’s principal address|36, Greenbush Drive,
Halesowen,
West Midlands
B63 3TL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||David Clarke|Chairman|||
||Jane Clarke|Treasurer|||
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||Sr MaryGrace||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A 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 for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Jane Helen Clarke **Full name(s)** David Anthony James Clarke **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
10.1.24
||**Charity Name**
**DAUGHTERS OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES CHARITABLE TRUST**
|**Charity Name**
**DAUGHTERS OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES CHARITABLE TRUST**
|**Charity Name**
**DAUGHTERS OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES CHARITABLE TRUST**
|**No (if any)**
**1129384**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1.4.22|**To**|Period end date
31.3.23||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**
DONATIONS
**100,426**
HMRC GIFT AID
**4,117**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,543**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 104,543**
**A3 Payments**
GRANTS
**50,000**
COST OF TRANSFERS
**33**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 50,033**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 50,033**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 54,510**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**6,327**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 60,837**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**100,426**
**4,117**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,543**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**104,543**
**50,000**
**33**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,033**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,033**
**54,510**
**-**
**6,327**
**60,837**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||||**-**|**100,426**|**408**|
||||**-**|**4,117**||
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**104,543**|**408**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**104,543**|**408**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**50,000**|**7,000**|
||||**-**|**33**|**35**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**50,033**|**7,035**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**50,033**|**7,035**|
|||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**54,510**|**- 6,627**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**6,327**|**12,954**|
|||**-**|**-**|**60,837**|**6,327**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**60,837**
**-**
**-**
**60,837**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature|Print Name
DAVID CLARKE
JANE CLARKE|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|
|||**4.1.24**|
|||**4.1.24**|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
DAUGFrrERS OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES CHARITABLE TRUST
On accounts fortho yoar
ST
31 MARCH 2023
Charity no
(if any)
1129384
Set out on 993
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abov8
charty (Ihe Twsf) for the year ended 3110312023.
Ruponsibilities and As the chanty trustees ofthe Trust, you are responsible for the preparatn
basis of r•port of the aczounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chariti8s Act
2011 {Ihe Acr).
I report in fesped of my examinat#)n of the Trusfs accounts carTied out
under sectK)n 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I
have followed the appIable Directions given by the Charity Comm1881on
under sectw)n 145(5Mbl of the Act.
I have completed my examin*1. I confimi Ihal materlal matters have
come to my attention in conne¢ts"¢)n vthh the examination vthich gives me
cause to beIve that in. any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accwlance with section 130 of
the Act or
the a¢unt$ do nrA &xord with the accounting records
Indopendent
oxaminerfs Statement
I have no concerns and hav8 com8 across no other matters in connection
with the examination to whth attenllon should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts lo be reaGhed.
Slgned:
21 JANUARY 2024
Name:
GRAHAM JONES
Relevant profgssional
qualrflcation(s) or body
(rf any):
Addre.
7 ALBION STItEET
BRIERLEY HILL
DY5 3EE
IER
October 2018