## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2022 Period start date To 31/08/2023 Period end date** **Charity name: LA PETITE ECOLE D’EALING** **Charity registration number:** 1162966 ## **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 children**
**with an existing knowledge of French by**
**providing teaching and group activities**
**in the French language, French culture**
**and in the study of the language,**
**literature, history and culture of the**
**francophone world.**| |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|**- To advance the education of children**
**by enabling those children who are**
**being educated in local English-**
**speaking schools, to practice French as**
**an extra-curricular activity and to extend**
**their linguistic skills (both written and**
**spoken).**
**- To advance the education of children,**
**by promoting the learning of the diverse**
**cultures of the francophone world, to**
**bilingual children within the local**
**community of Ealing.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In 2022-23, the Charity has provided**
**more than 300 pupils the possibility of**
**practise French during 3 hours for 30**
**Saturdays.**
**Children from 3 to 18 years old were**
**able to learn French and the French**
**culture.**
**The Charity has also provided French**
**Class for English speaking parents.**
**A library is organised at every session**
**to give access to the pupils to French**
**Books depending of their age.**
**We confirm the trustees have had**
**regard to the Charity Commission’s**
**Guidance on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **n/a** 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|**On top of our French classes , other**
**cultural activities such as musical,**
**artistic, theatre workshops have been**
**organised for our pupils.**
**We have also organised French classes**
**for the parents who don’t speak French**
**as a mother tongue.**
**The charity also help the French**
**speaking families living in London to**
**develop a network by organising**
**cultural events and networking activities**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We have achieved our main objectives.**| |---|---|---| |||**We have achieved our fundraising**
**activities against our objectives.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Despite the increase high increase in**
**rent and payments made to our teachers**
**we managed to have a positive financial**
**position. This is due to an increase of**
**our charitable activities.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We intend to maintain our reserves at a**
**level which is at least equivalent to a**
**rental deposit of six month’s rent plus**
**one term’s operational expenditure. This**
**is to mitigate against our principal risks**
**of fluctuating pupil numbers and in the**
**eventuality of having to find new rental**
**premises. The Charity maintains a**
**rigorous budgeting procedure every**
**year and forecasts are reviewed termly**
**to ensure our expenditure remains in**
**line with budget and that reserves are**
**adequate to fulfil our continuing**
**obligations.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Charity’s current reserves position**
**is as follows:**
**Unrestricted funds (reserves) £ 33,304**
**Our reserves result from accumulated**
**unrestricted surpluses.**| |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**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principal source of funds are the**
**fees paid by the parents so their**
**children can learn French.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**We have a deposit account.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation with voting**
**members other than its charity trustees**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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|**Elected at the Annual General Meeting**
**by members of the Association**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**We have policies and procedure in place**
**and training provided par parapluie**
**FLAM where a number of similar**
**charities can have training.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is part of the parapluie**
**FLAM an association of French**
**Saturday and provision schools based**
**in the UK .**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Other||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**We have policies and procedure in place**
**and training provided par parapluie**
**FLAM where a number of similar**
**charities can have training.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is part of the parapluie**
**FLAM an association of French**
**Saturday and provision schools based**
**in the UK .**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**LA PETITE ECOLE D’EALING**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1162966| |Charity’s principal address|c/o St. Augustine's Priory
Hillcrest Road
London, Ealing**W5 2JL**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||THOMAS
DESODT|CHAIRMAN||| ||BAMBI CISSE|DEPUTY||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Thomas Desodt|| ||
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES|| ||29/06/2024|| ||29/06/2024|| **Petite Ecole d'Ealing 1162966 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/09/2022 31/08/2023 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**121,189**
**2,218**
**603**
**334**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**124,344**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**124,344**
**33,564**
**77,331**
**312**
**3,905**
**1,626**
**934**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**121,189**
**2,218**
**603**
**334**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**124,344**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**124,344**
**33,564**
**77,331**
**312**
**3,905**
**1,626**
**934**
**4,212**
**66**
**-**
**121,949**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**121,949**

**2,395**
**-**
**64,608**
**67,003**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |School Fees|**121,189**|||||||**122,883**| |Social Event + Fund raising|**2,218**|||||||**1,502**| |Grants|**603**|||||||**1,065**| |Investment income|**334**|||||||**12**| |||||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**124,344**|||||||**125,462**| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||| ||**-**|||||||| ||**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||| |||||||||**125,462**| |||||||||| |
Rent|**33,564**||**-**||**-**||**33,564**|**28,355**| |Salaries|**77,331**||**-**||**-**||**77,331**|**79,254**| |Insurance|**312**||**-**||**-**||**312**|**343**| |Admin Costs|**3,905**||**-**||**-**||**3,905**|**1,193**| |Teaching/ Trainingcosts|**1,626**||**-**||**-**||**1,626**|**2,793**| |Fundraising|**934**||**-**||**-**||**934**|**539**| |Other Costs|**4,212**||**-**||**-**||**4,212**|**3,112**| |Bank charges|**66**||**-**||**-**||**66**|**43**| |Miscellanous|||**-**||**-**||**-**|**0**| |**_Sub total_ **|**121,949**||**-**||**-**||**121,949**|**115,633**| |||||||||| |**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_**||||||||| |||||||||**115,633**| |||||||||| ||**2,395**||||||
**2,395**|**9,829**| ||**-**||||||**-**|| ||**64,608**||||||**64,608**|**54,778**| ||**67,003**||||||**67,003**|**64,608**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/06/2024 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**|deferred income
Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Current Account
Deposit Account
Petty Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**50,020**
**33,304**
**- 16,495**
**174**
**-**
**67,003**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**asset belongs**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 29/06/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho tru$t On a¢counts for the year etKlgd Charity no Ilf any) 11É2166 S•t out on pag•s I report to th6 trustees on my examination of the a¢t4YJrtts of abovè charity (Yhe TnJ3fi f(x th¥ y••r endafj Responslblllt1￿ and ba$ls of report As the chariws tnjstees, you are respons¢)le for the preparats.on of the accounts tn accordance with the req(tir¢rT*nts ol the Charrties Aci 2011 Ilhe A(Yl. I rerth in r*sp&ct of my examinthon ol the Tru$l's a¢Laiunts Carri￿ OLrt uThatrr sedion 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carryng out my examinatton, I have followed all the appli¢8blo DireCt￿S gNen by the Charity Conmnission uTrdgr sed1￿ 14515Xbl crfthe Act. Independent tThe charrty's gr06$ incom• éxe•èd8d £250,000 and l am qualrfied to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualrfied member of linsert name of applicable li8led bodyll. Delate I l rfnot applK8ble. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have corrE to my 8ttention in connectK)n wth ttte examination lother than that disc1058d b&low"I gives me cause to bèliovè that in. any material the a¢¢ounb"n9 rec£Jrd5 were not keFI in accordanc4 $8ctson 130 ofthe Charities Art., c the ac(x)unts did not accord vAth the ac¢*)untll¥J f•cords." or the accounts did not comply ￿th the applicable requirements concerning the fi*m and contènt of accounts set out in the Charrt IAc£ount5 and Reportsl Regulal'ons 2008 other than any Nuirèmont that the accounts give a Irue and fair view which is Mt a matter considered as part rf afi independent examination. I have no conctrms and have come across no othermatter5 in connec*¥)n th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to en￿￿e a t￿per understanding of the acujunts to L* reached. ' Pkase clelele the words in th8 br8ckets rfthey ￿ not appty. Slgned: 24 N•m•: R•l8vant professlonal qualmlcatlonlsl or body IER Oct 2018 Ilf any).. Addr•ss". Lnu LO￿￿0 Wl ?DC Se¢tion Dis¢losure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight materkgj rnalters of ¢on¢ern lsee CC32, Independent examinab.on of chanty aco)Lbnts". directions and guidance lorexaminersl. GI￿ h•r• br￿1 d•talls ol any Stems that the examlner wlsheg to diselos•. IER Oct 2018