## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2024 Period start date To Period end date** ## **31/08/2025** ## **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 and neighbouring**
**boroughs..**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In 2024-25, the Charity has provided**
**more than 350 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)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**While the Charity does not rely on the**
**help of volunteers to achieve its primary**
**objectives, it relies on them to offer the**
**following activities:**
**-**
**Run the library**
**-**
**Run the coffee stand**
**-**
**Provide additional reading support**
**for the children who need it**| |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|**Our charity remained popular with**
**parents, and continued to function at**
**capacity, providing lessons for 350**
**children.**
**12 children obtained the DELF B1, and 7**
**the DELF B2, in oddition to great**
**success at GCSE and A-Levels.**
**On top of our French classes, other**
**cultural activities such as musical,**
**artistic, theatre workshops have been**
**organised for our pupils:**
**-**
**Theatre representations or**
**activities (21 classes)**
**-**
**Biodiversity activity (GCSE**
**preparation – 3 classes)**
**-**
**Workshops on the values of**
**Sport (4 classes)**
**-**
**Art workshops around the book**
**“le petit prince” (7 classes)**
**-**
**Sport day for the entire school**
**We have also organised French classes**
**for the parents who don’t speak French**| **as a mother tongue. The charity also helped the French speaking families living in London to develop a network by organising cultural events and networking activities. We have also put in place more support for SEND children such as one to one support. We have also provided SEND training for teachers, assistants and volunteers. This year we introduced a new initiative offering work experience to our former pupils—those who have completed their studies at our school but have not yet left the area for university. Building on last year's successful pilot with a single student, we welcomed eight former pupils, who were taken on to assist across the school wherever support was needed, particularly with reading in the CP, CE1 and CE2 classes. It's a genuine win-win, giving them valuable experience while offering real support to the Charity.** ## **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.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have achieved our fundraising**
**activities against our objectives.**| |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 high increase in rent and**
**payments made to our teachers we**
**managed to have a positive financial**
**position. This was achieved by**
**increasing the subscription fee, which**
**we have kept to the minimum required.**| |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) £ 64,085**
**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, which are set**
**to the minimum amount required to**
**allow the Charity to achieve its primary**
**objectives.**| |---|---|---| |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)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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 procedures in**
**place and training provided by the**
**charity “Parapluie FLAM”.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity is part of the network**
**maintained by “Parapluie FLAM”, an**
**association of French supplementary**
**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. Augustne's Priory
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||THOMAS
DESODT|CHAIRMAN||| ||BAMBI SIDIBE-
CISSE|DEPUTY||| ||SARAH
CAUCHOIS|TRUSTEE||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** Thomas Desodt **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR OF TRUSTEES **Chair, etc)** **Date** 30/06/2026 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGiANO AND WALES Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a For th• period 0110m4 To 31fi)8r2U25 Section A Receipts and payments Endowment fund• lund• Total fund Last year A1 Recel S(thl Fees SrK181 Event + Fund r•i¥ Gfan In￿StmentIr£f 143,374 128,541 2.432 5.4r2 603 AR) 131.866 *n • t•ble . rotai rncdpts A3Pa Rent Prof888¥Jno1 Iw• & •Ymn 41050 37.747 03,301 328 856 J,B20 1,081 4128 67 Insura Admin Costs I￿h1n ITr&nin Fundmisln Other Co$ls Bank ch8 Mi8call8ntrJa 2,37S 2.370 Sub (otal 188,nJ t88,78Y 131,320 A4 Amot and Inv¢¥tm•rt Sub fotal 150.783 106,783 131,325 Not ofro¢dpts/Cpaym￿) A5 Trnngf•rs lJ•tween funds A6 Cash funds ia#t year end Cash funds thls year•nd 2.326 341 138. 138.384 67.344 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endowment funds to Mawo8t £ Cat¢gories funds to ¢wrnst£ lund8 r•r••t É 81 C￿h funds 757 Total cash funds 138.384 Unrn•trlct•d R••trfct•d lunds Endowmont furid8 rb*•rg4te Details to M•rg•t£ to Furyl to whlcb ••1 b•10 Curr•ni valu• rJn•l Details Colt lop1k)r￿) FyNltrJf*l*h Details Cost lopUoMD B4 A•••ts r•tsln•d lor th• ¢harlty'8 own us• Futhdto¥thlch *Jnourt du• du• Details B6 Llabllltlos S*n6d by onè or ￿0 IrLL8tees on b8haff of all the trustses Swjnalure Pfint Name D*e ol roval Chantsl 2910612W28 CCXX R2 atxwnts ISSI 281(W2026 2810612026. 16..55 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Sectton A Independeiit Exatniner s Report Report to th• tru¥ts PETifc cLoI_c L.?. ￿_AL.1￿ [:. On account8 forth• year •nd•d Charity no ltt any) Srt out on p•ges I rewfft to thg trustees ￿ my eXammat￿n afthB ac¢yJunts of above charity I￿0 Tnmf) anded Rg$pon8lbllltte# •nd ba•1• of r•wt As Ihe charrV$ truslees, you are reskM)nsitle for ts prep8rn1ion of lh& ac(Y￿nts In ao)ydarth ¥•ith the wi¥r￿ts of the Charlies Act 2011 Ad"). I reptyt kn r68pxI d my exomnakn of th• Trust's ac£oLmts carried wl undor 145 cl the 2011 Ad in ¢*r￿ txjt my &¥2minakn"on. I hav¢ frdkiwed all the apF4icabie OYe(*ons gNen by the Charity Commiss￿n under sechon 145(5Xbl A Ind•pondent Ch￿￿5 mcorm exLwdgd £250,1￿ arKI l am qual￿￿ to •xafflln•rfs Statement undertake the examinakn by berffJ a qualrf*d member d linsert namo of arolicAbl8 listed t#xly]]. Delete [ l rfn￿ 49ppIKth. I have c(¥nplgted my examinatiw. I confimi that no materlal mattèrs have clxne lo my atteftl￿ in COn￿tic￿ with th8 examlnalion loth8r than that be￿.) **lch glws mg Ca￿ ￿ boknt thal in, any matartal the a0￿￿￿"1¥￿ records not W in 88caKin 130 thé CharlU88 Ad. or tho accounts dvj ￿nplY ¥￿th Ihe apKth8blg rg4uir8mgnts the I￿7 and o)nlent ofaoxxjnts set out in the Chèrttle8 {AcccoJnts and RepNtsI Regulaknons 2C#)8 other than any requirement Ihat thè acoymts give a and fairf view which is rn)t a mattfjr ¢￿s￿lered as Port of an indewident ex8mlnatkn. I Th) Ca)n(￿ aTrJ h•Tr o)me ac¥oss ￿ other mattern in conneclion wilh th8 examinalion lo wthich attention sfv)uld L* dra¥*fi In thls rekKsrt In Ixder to enab￿ a ￿per understarKliNJ of the aco)urts to be reached. Slgnod: Narn•: R•I￿ant prof0s￿Onal qualltlcallonls) or body hhT Q..I,j. I IER Oct 2018 281C612026. 16..54 SC￿_3)26{*)zl Rl.p¥J Of any): 144 rr￿1* Lc fyJlJC Section B Disc105ure Orly rnmplele rf the examiner needs lo h¥Jhfghl material matters of COr￿ern {5ee CC32. Independenl exams￿IlDN of charty ?￿oUnts.. directy)ns and guklance for examiners). Glvo horn brlol d•t•ll• of any l¢•ms that the •xamlner wl•hM Io dlsclo8•. IER Oct 2018