## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/07/2024 To 30/06/2025** ## **Charity name: Reading Chinese School** ## **Charity registration number: 1163869** ## 1. General information - This year the school has 315 pupils (including 11+ classes) studying in 21 classes. The school have 37 teachers/teaching assistant and one caretaker. - The Safeguarding Policy is in place. DBS checks are carried out for volunteers in line with statutory requirement. - RCS is a member of UK Association for Promoting Chinese Education. - All volunteers and trustees give their time voluntarily and received no-remuneration or other benefits. - RCS’ objects are to advance education for the public benefit in Chinese language and Chinese culture in the Borough of Reading and its neighbouring areas and beyond. - Our main source of funds has been from the school fees for study at RCS. We hold a small fund to help families who would otherwise struggle to pay the fees. - The main cost is the rent for classrooms, parents’ rest areas, teachers’ travel allowances, teachers’ training fees, textbooks, students’ awards etc. ## 2. Teaching & learning - The school continues to implement all the policies & rules related to teaching & learning. - Our staff attended two training sessions organised by the UKAPCE, the school also organised 2 internal training sessions. - In addition to the language teaching, we also have the children and adult dance clubs, calligraphy club, Public Speech club and Classical Chinese club. All were wellattended. - 36 students took part the Chinese Essay Writing Competition and 26 students received awards including the First Prize, Second Prize and Excellency Award. The school would like to thank Ms Zheng and all other teachers who help to organise the writing sessions to improve students’ writing skills. - 23 students took the CIE IGCSE Chinese exam in June 2025, all obtained Grades A* to A. Two students took Edexcel A Level exam！ Many congratulations to all the candidates. Thank LIU Yongqin, JIANG Hongmin, YU Tianchi and GAO Shan for their hard work! - To celebrate the school’s 46th anniversary, ‘RCS got Talent Show’ was held on October. More than 30 students took part. Their performances were excellent. - On 9th February, RCS successfully hosted Year of Snake new year celebration at Reading Town Hall again. It was the second time RCS hosted Dragon Dance and the Lion dance in the Town Hall Square. It was also the first time that RCS hosted a street parade along Reading Broad Street. The street parade attracted large crowds and brought the spirit of Year of the Snake to the people of Reading, showcasing the school’s commitment to cultural bridge-building. In the Town Hall, every class took part in showcasing their talents. The hall was packed with people. The Mayor of Reading and the MP for Earley and Woodley, Ms Yuan Yang, participated and delivered warm speeches. We would like to express our gratitude to all teachers and TAs’ for their dedication in preparing, directing, and organising the show. A special thank you to the PTA volunteers for their hard work in decorating the venue and serving as marshals during the street parade. We also would also like to thank the Queen Anne’s School’s students who performed in the Town Hall. Many thanks also went to staff and parents who ran eight Chinese art workshops in the Town Hall. - QIU Jin and FU Shan received the Excellent Teacher Award in October 2024, we would like to congratulate them again and thank them for their dedication to the School and Chinese Teaching. - Over last year, our students participated in various competitions including Calligraphy, Chinese Cultural, and recital. In the Recital competition, 73 students participated, 22 students managed to enter the UK final, and 8 were chosen to enter the International Final. - In May, RCS successful hosted YCT and HSK exams. More than 42 students were nonRCS. Many thanks to Ms Qiu Jin for organising it. - On 10th May, RCS took part in the Reading Children’s Festival again. Students performed 2 dances and ensemble, which were very well received. Two pandas dressed by two students were the most popular figures in the Forbury Garden! M2A class’ students and the adult dances took part at the ‘One World Family Festival’ in Ashmolean Museum Oxford. Their performance was well received. - Dr Liu thanked all staff and parents again for their continued dedication and support. She said that the school will continue with our Specialisation, Standardisation and Formalisation. We will more actively take part in community events in Reading and surrounding areas to promote understanding and communications with all ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. - Dr Zhang stressed that safety and health are always our most priority. School asks all staff and parents to remind students to take safety seriously. We will review the school rule etc. All adults in school should be alert to prevent any potential incident happening again. Dr Zhang also reminded people to mind the parking issue. 3. School Account - Financial report: The School account has been audited by a professional accountant and attached in this report. ## 4. School Committee: Headteacher - Dr Yan Liu Executive Headteacher - Dr Ganggang Zhang Treasurer - Ms Junling He School Manager - Mrs Erika Wong Academic Lead - Ms Hongmin Jiang Extra-curriculum Lead – Yongqin Liu School Committee Secretary/Safeguarding officer – Jinyan Geng First Aider Lead – Qiuxiang Huang IT Lead – Yanrong Zhang Safeguarding Officer – Lei Zhang PTA Chair – Gigi Kirrane Future: RCS will continue its commitment to specialisation, standardisation and formalisation which align closely with our goals to engage with the wider community and foster cross cultural understanding. We will also continue to improve our teaching and management to become a leading complementary school in the region. Reading Chinese School Chari No Com No Annual accounts for the 1163869 NIA eriod an CC17a Period end ale stArt dat• 0110912024 3110812025 Sectlon A Statem•nt of flnanclal actlvltles (Including summary income and expendlturo account) Rgstricted income fund¥ Unrestrlcted funds Endowment fund5 Prior year fund5 R•¢ommgnd•d c•t•gorl•• by •ctlvlty Total funds Income INote 31 F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Intome •ndowm•nl• from.. 2.200 76,128 2.200 76,128 2,479 75,234 ¢hathble8C*thtdS Cthvr trndir¥J $02 $03 Toral Expendrture (Notes 61 78.328 78,328 Erp•ndrtur• on: Isin9 hin05 72,707 72,707 77,237 S10 Total S12 72.707 72,707 Net inc¢xn•llexp•nditurel before tax for the reporting period ¥yab S13 5,621 5.621 476 S14 Net incomellexpenditurel after tax before investment gainslllossesl S15 5,621 .476 lainsll10s5esl on S16 Net incomthllexpenditurel Extraordinary items Transfern between funds Other recognised gain•lllo•u•l: S17 5.621 ,476 S18 S19 GAins ènj ID5se5 ￿ revaiJabcm of fi￿￿ assets fcrf tr* S20 S21 Plet n￿Vement In lunds 6,821 621 R•conclll•tlon ol lunds.. funds to￿[￿ 823 63 744 69,365 Tot•1 funds c•rrl8d fonyard 63,744. 89,365 63.268 63,744 S24 ea Cornp3 Section B Balance sheet Ro•lrl¢t•d Incom• lund• Unr••trbcl•d lund• Endowm•nt Total th lunds y•ar Totsl la8t year Flxed assets Inlanglble •ss•l• T•nglblè as•èts Hèrit•go ##••ts Inv••tmènts F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Nol• 151 INotè 141 (Not* 161 (Not• 171 Total lts•d •ss•ts •0 Current assets Stocks Dèbtor* InvMlm•nts {14ote 181 INotg 191 {Not• 17.41 cd C•sh at bank •nd In hand INot• 241 Tot*1 curr•nt assets 86.560 86.560 86.039 86.039 io Cr￿lt01￿. amounts f•llSng due wlthln one ye•r (Note 201 811 17.195 17,195 22,295 Nef current •ss•ts/fllabllitles) 812 63.744 Tothl •M•ts hss curnt liabllities BIJ 63,744 Creditorn: amounts falling due after INote 201 Pn>visions for li*bilities B14 B15 Tot•1 nel assets or liabilities Funds of the Charity Endowmtnt lund$ (Note 271 Restricted income funds INot¢ 271 Unrestricted funds Revalu•tion reserve Fair value reserve B16 69,365 69,365 63.744 Bt7 B19 69,365 69,365 63,744 B20 821 Total fvnds B22 65 63,744 The company was entitled to exemption from audit under $477 of the Companies Ac¢ 2006 relating to small companies. The members have nol requlred the company to obtain an audit in ac¢ordan¢e with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The th'rectors acknowledge thelr responsibllities for complying with the requirements of the Companles Aet wlth ￿Sp￿t to •¢coundng records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have b￿n prepared In accordance with the pmvisions appllcable to small companies subject to the small comp¥nle¥ r•glme and In accordance with FRS102 SORP. s￿￿j by Oi hvo trusiee61difecl016 on ol all Ihe trusteesldiioctors Prinl Name Date of roval LILJ CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Reajing ChirEse sch￿ On accounts for the year ended 3110812025 Charity no (if any} 1163869 Set out on pages 34 I report to the trustees on my examination ol the accr)unts of the above charty (llhe Trusv) for the year ended 3110812025. Responslbllltles and basis of report As chanty's trustees: you are responsible for the preparation of the aGcounts in accordance wtlh the requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 [￿he Acr). I report in respect ol tTty examinab'on of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act arTrd in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions gwen by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independent I have completed my examination. l Gonfirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to bdieve that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance wÉth section 130 of the Chariti'es Act" or the accounts dKI not accord with Ihe accounting records. or the accounts did not compiy wtth the applicable requirements concerning the fotm arKI conterrt of accounts set out in the Charilies {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gtve a Inje and fair v&w which is not a matter considered as part of an independent eXamInat￿n. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wtih the examination to which attention should be dlawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 2510312028 Signed: Narne: Charfes Phiri Relevant professional qualification{sl or body (rf any): ACCA Address: 39 Mount P￿a$an[ Reading, RG12TF Section B Disclosure Onty ccwnplete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examinaticm of charty accounts.. directions and guidance f(K examiners). Glve here bri￿ detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose.