## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1.4.2024 Period start date To Period end date** ## **31.3.2025** ## **Charity name: Daughters of St Francis de Sales Charitable Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1129384** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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
benefit 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 fit;
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 financial 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, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Trustees have continued to raise funds
through personal donations and other small
scale fundraising activities and to research the
needs for funds 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 continued to be
transferred to support the work of the
communities in India, specifically 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 confirm that they have paid due
regard to the Charity Commission guidance on
public benefit 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 £75,000 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
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** |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 staff, there is therefore no
need to retain a level of reserves for the
Charity. Note is taken of the prevailing rates of
exchange in order to maximise the value of
transfers of funds abroad and this may
influence the timing of funds being transferred
as will the needs of the various projects.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£27,617 at theyear end.| |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 of St Francis de Sales Charitable Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1129384| |Charity’s principal address|36, Greenbush Drive,
Halesowen,
West Midlands
B63 3TL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
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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(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Clarke|Chairman||| ||Jane Clarke|Treasurer||| ||Sr Jossy|||| ||Sr MaryGrace|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||David Anthony James Clarke|Jane Helen Clarke| ||
Chairman|Treasurer| ||08.12.25|| ||08.12.25|| |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**1129384**
**DAUGHTERS OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES CHARITABLE TRUST**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |1.4.24
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|31.3.25
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**60,692**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,692**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,692**
**75,000**
**69**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,069**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,069**
**- 14,377**
**-**
**41,994**
**27,617**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**60,692**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,692**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,692**
**75,000**
**69**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,069**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,069**

**- 14,377**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |DONATIONS|**60,692**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**60,692**||**53,192**| |HMRC GIFT AID||||**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**60,692**|||**60,692**||**53,192**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**60,692**||**53,192**| |||||||| |GRANTS|**75,000**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**75,000**||**72,000**| |COST OF TRANSFERS|**69**|||**69**||**35**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**75,069**|||**75,069**||**72,035**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**75,069**||**72,035**| |||||||| ||**- 14,377**|**-**|**-**|
**- 14,377**||**- 18,843**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**41,994**|**-**||**41,994**||**60,837**| ||**27,617**|**-**|**-**|**27,617**||**41,994**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 06/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**27,617**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,617**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
DAVID CLARKE
JANECLARKE|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||DAVID CLARKE|**8.12.25**| |||JANECLARKE|**8.12.25**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 06/01/2026 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Daughters of St Francis de Sales Charitable Trust **On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 1129384 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 ) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives 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. _._ **Date:** 6[th] January 2026 **Signed:** Mike Weaver **Name:** Michael Patrick Weaver **Relevant professional** Chartered Public Finance Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Nine Acres, Uffmoor Lane, Halesowen, Wet Midlands B63 1DL 1 **October 2018** **IER**