## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 08 2024 31 07 2025 **From** **To** Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** CZECH SCHOOL BERKSHIRE **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1167861 **Charity's principal address** 12 STONEY ROAD **----- Start of picture text -----**
BRACKNELL
Postcode RG42 1XX
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
GABRIELA THOMAS Chairman Board of Trustees
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GABRIELA THOMAS Treasurer Board of Trustees
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JAROMIR BILEK Trustee Board of Trustees
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LUCIE FALLA Trustee & Board of Trustees
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Secretary
PETRA WOODWARD Trustee Board of Trustees
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ZDENKA SVOBODOVA Trustee Board of Trustees
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Yvona Kantorova **TAR** 1 28.5. 2026 ## **Section B Structure, governance, and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution adopted on 23.10.2015 (e.g., trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted CIO (e.g., trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods APPOINTED BY (e.g., appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Our charity has currently 5 Trustees who are responsible for the overall management and control of the charity. The Trustees work closely with its Managing Director, teachers, assistants, and volunteers. The charity employs 8 regular teachers, 2 supply teachers and a Managing Director. Czech School Berkshire has approximately 20 volunteers who play a very important role in our charity. Volunteers contribute greatly during our school operations and cultural events. All employed teachers, Trustees, Managing Director, and volunteers are subject to DBS checks where required/appropriate prior their involvement in our charity. Our charity uses services of an accounting & payroll company and a DBS check agency. New Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity’s governing document by ordinary resolution if the person is willing to act as a Trustee. New Trustees are appointed at our regular trustee’s meetings. New Trustees are welcome to join our charity at any time through the year. As Trustees are involved in all school’s operations and planning of additional events they meet regularly, at least once per 2 months during academic year. Urgent matters are dealt with by email. The charity has adopted the following policies that are reviewed on a yearly basis: Child Protection Policy Health and Safety Policy Volunteers Policy Equality and Diversity Policy GDPR privacy policy Our charity cooperates with other Czech and Slovak schools in United Kingdom and is a member of Association of Czech and Slovak Schools in UK. Our school also closely cooperates with Czech Embassy in London, Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Czech Republic. The Trustees identified major risks to our school as follows: Cost of rental; The possible future impact of Brexit and the decline in new migrants from the Czech Republic to the UK on the number of pupils. **TAR** 2 28.5. 2026 Departure of senior teachers; Successful securing of qualified teaching members of staff; Securing suitable candidates for Trustees to cover all aspects of operations, management, and administrative tasks. Above identified risks were reviewed by Trustees and procedures are being established to manage the risks. The Managing Director's responsibilities include the overall management and supervision of the school's operations, administration of all sections of the organisation, leadership and supervision of all employed staff and volunteers. The Managing Director participates in strategic planning with the Trustees' Board and the implementation of agreed plans and attends and reports to the Trustees' Board as required. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|The primary objective of Czech School Berkshire is to promote and
advance the education of the public in the Czech language, history,
geography, culture, and heritage.| |---|---| ||The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s Guidance on
public benefit and concluded that they fulfilled their duties in the light of
that guidance.
Czech School Berkshire was established on 23.10.2015.
Our school opened its doors for enrolment on the 24.01.2016.
Our first teaching day & playgroup was on 07.02.2016
Official Charity registration status was received on 27.06.2016
Our charity offers following:
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Czech & Slovak Sunday Preschool playgroup for children from 0-
4 years old and their parents.
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Czech Sunday school/online classes for children 4-15 years old
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Czech online tuition classes for adults
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Czech & Slovak cultural events through the year
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Czech children’s library
Our classes and playgroup used separate venues pre-June 2024.
Our teaching classes take place on Sundays, usually twice per month for
2 hours.
Up until May 2024 our classes were held at**The Oakwood Centre**
(Headley Road, Woodley, Reading RG5 4JZ) and at**Woodford Park**
**Leisure Centre**(Haddon Drive, Woodley, Reading RG5 4LY).
From June 2024 until the present, we have been operating from
**Woodley CofE Primary School**, Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading,
Berkshire RG5 4UX.
Classes are open to all children willing to learn Czech language
regardless of their current language abilities. Children need to be enrolled
for the classes and classes schedule operates on school terms basis; the| **TAR** 3 28.5. 2026 number of students is limited by classes’ capacity. The Czech and Slovak playgroup setting is open for children from birth to 4-year-olds and their parents/carers. The playgroup is running at the same time as teaching classes. Up until May 2024 our Playgroup sessions were held at **The Coronation Hall** , Headley Rd, Woodley, Reading RG5 4JB. From June 2024 until the present, the playgroup sessions have been operating from **Woodley CofE Primary School** , Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire RG5 4UX. Our playgroup is open to anyone with children in specified age group and operates on pay as you go system. Our Czech tuition classes for adults are open to any adults wishing to learn Czech as a second language. The number of students is limited by class capacity. Since 2021 the classes only take place online every week. Such an arrangement benefits both students and teachers. During the reporting period there were 4 adult classes available offering range of levels from complete beginners to an advanced level. All our classes are closely connected and are designed to be available at the same time to suit all family members’ needs and very often involve participation of all members of individual families. Older children are studying in our children’s classes, while younger sibling/s is/are with one or both parents in the playgroup setting or alternatively one of the parents is involved as a volunteer at school or playgroup setting during its duration. We believe that attendance of Czech School Berkshire leads to strengthening of children’s bilingual abilities and promotes awareness of their Czech background and roots, which in future might be important for their relationship with their families and the Czech Republic as a country. Czech School Berkshire offers families support in teaching children or adults’ Czech language as a first/second language by providing them with the environment where Czech language can be used, promoted and learnt. The school also provides other culturally rich activities & national celebrations throughout its academic year, as these events provide students and other members of the community with many opportunities to understand the fundamentals of the Czech Republic’s history, geography, and ethnic lifestyle. Summary of activities organised during reporting period: - 17 teaching Sundays for 98 pupils - 33 weekly online classes for 12 adult students - 17 playgroups We organized a range of projects for our school and the wider Czechoslovak community, bringing together families and volunteers to support cultural, educational, and social activities. These initiatives included events, workshops, and community gatherings designed to **TAR** 28.5. 2026 4 strengthen ties, raise funds, and enrich the experiences of children and adults alike. **Project No. 1** – Playgroup for the 2024–2025 school year **Project No. 2** – Czech Children's Library 2024–2025 **Project No. 3** – Brookwood Cemetery memorial event – AUTUMN 2024 **Project No. 4** –Theatre PRIMA CSB 2024–2025 **Project No. 5** – Halloween celebration NOVEMBER 2024 **Project No. 6** – Team building activity SPRING 2025 **Project No. 7** – Coffee for our community 2024 - 2025 **Project No. 8** – St. Nicholas Party DECEMBER 2024 **Project No. 9** – School Anniversary FEBRUARY 2025 **Project No. 10** – Easter APRIL 2025 **Project No. 11** – Children's Day – Fairy Tale Forest JUNE 2025 (moved to September 2025 due to bad weather) **Project No. 12** – Family Camping JULY 2025 **Project No. 13** – End-of-School-Year Celebration JUNE 2025 **TAR** 28.5. 2026 5 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Our volunteers form a very important part of our charity. During the reporting period we had approximately 20 volunteers, who contributed to running of all parts of our charity. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grant making; Our playgroup setting is entirely managed by volunteers. Volunteers also carry out an important role of teaching assistants in the individual classes. Volunteers support our teaching staff in the reception area and supervise safety of our students in the rented premises. Our children’s library is also run by volunteers. Our Trustees appreciate that without support and huge contribution of our volunteers we would not be able to organize any of our cultural events which are attended by large volume of people. - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** During the reporting period our school offered 11 classrooms (present or **achievements of the charity** online) for children with total number of 98 pupils and 4 teaching classes **during the year** for adults with the total number of 12 pupils: - 17 teaching Sundays for 98 pupils - 33 weekly online classes for 12 adult students - 17 playgroups By the end of July 2025, the charity employed 8 regular teachers, 2 supply teachers, and a Managing Director. Trustees believe that through the devotion and energy of all members of school – the trustees, Managing Director, teachers, volunteers, students, and their parents, an outstanding team has been established and maintained. Many students made progress in their learning and continue to strengthen their relationship within the community. Some students sit annual exams in Czech schools in the Czech Republic to prove their knowledge of Czech language and our school helps them achieve their goals. Our management, together with staff and volunteers, are extremely proud that they successfully and smoothly relocated the entire school to the new premises at Woodley CofE Primary School. The careful planning and teamwork shown throughout the move ensured minimal disruption to pupils and programmes and demonstrated our community’s commitment to providing a stable, welcoming learning environment. Our charity also maintains a successful partnership with several **TAR** 6 28.5. 2026 ## Section D Achievements and performance universities in the Czech Republic. In previous years we hosted university students as interns through various undergraduate programmes; currently the internship programme is on hold due to administrative obstacles, but we fully intend to reinstate it when those issues are resolved. ## **Section E Financial review** Trustees did not adopt a formal reserves policy during the period but **Brief statement of the** agreed an informal target to retain reserves equivalent to one school **charity’s policy on reserves** term’s operating costs. **Details of any funds materially** n/a **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. The charity activities for the reporting period were mainly funded from tuition fees collected from its students with small contribution from fundraising activities & small donations. During this reporting period our organisation received restricted grants from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education of Czech Republic. Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the following projects: **Project No. 1** – Playgroup for the 2024–2025 school year **Project No. 2** – Czech Children's Library 2024–2025 **Project No. 3** – Brookwood Cemetery memorial event – AUTUMN 2024 **TAR** 28.5. 2026 7 **Project No. 4** –Theatre PRIMA CSB 2024–2025 **Project No. 5** – Halloween celebration NOVEMBER 2024 **Project No. 6** – Team building activity SPRING 2025 **Project No. 7** – Coffee for our community 2024 - 2025 **Project No. 8** – St. Nicholas Party DECEMBER 2024 **Project No. 9** – School Anniversary FEBRUARY 2025 **Project No. 10** – Easter APRIL 2025 **Project No. 11** – Children's Day – Fairy Tale Forest JUNE 2025 (moved to September 2025 due to bad weather) **Project No. 12** – Family Camping JULY 2025 **Project No. 13** – End-of-School-Year Celebration JUNE 2025 Czech Ministry of Education supported our organisation with a grant for our school section. ## **Section F Other optional information** Future plans: Our classrooms and playgroup will remain together under one roof, fostering greater collaboration among teachers and staff and strengthening our community spirit. The management and trustees will continue to promote our activities and recruit new students—both young children for the playgroup and school, and older children whose parents may not yet be aware of us. The venue is the right size for our needs, so there are no plans to relocate. The Trustees will continue their current strategy, focusing on maintaining and enhancing the quality of education provided. To achieve this, teachers and Trustees will develop structured methods for each class, ensuring the curriculum is tailored to meet the individual needs and levels of all students. To secure the charity’s financial future, the Trustees will keep exploring new funding opportunities and work to attract more volunteers and teaching staff, enabling expansion of services and a broader range of activities for the community. Looking ahead, we will run our popular year-round activities to bring the community together and raise funds for the school. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **TAR** 8 28.5. 2026 **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** GABRIELA THOMAS **Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,** CHAIRMAN & TREASURER **etc) Date** 28.5.2026 **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** LUCIE FALLA **Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE & SECRETARY **etc) Date** 28.5.2026 **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** ZDENKA SVOBODOVA **Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE **etc) Date** 28.5.2026 **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **TAR** 9 28.5. 2026 **Signature(s) Full name(s)** JAROMIR BILEK **Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE **etc) Date** 28.5.2026 ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** PETRA WOODWARD **Position (e.g., Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE **etc) Date** 28.5.2026 **TAR** 10 28.5. 2026 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|**Czech School Berkshire**|**Czech School Berkshire**|**Czech School Berkshire**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31 July 2025|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1167861| ||||| ||3-4||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 July 2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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 (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Signed:** Helen Clarke **Date:** 18 May 2026 **Name:** Helen Clarke, Paragon Accounts Solutions Ltd **Relevant professional** ATT **qualification(s) or body** MICB **(if any): Address:** 104 Straight Road Old Windsor Windsor. SL4 2SB 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER** CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLANO AND WALE Czech School Berkshire 1167861 Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a For thè penod from 0110eJ2024 To 31/0712￿25 Section A Receipts and pa￿nentS Unrestricted funds to neafe Restricte¢J funds Endowmènt Jnds Total funds La5l y8&r tothe neareat É to the neftiest £ to the ne•te•t£ to the neaiest A1 Receipts Chantswe Aciiwtses DOnati￿S FundraBing Even Granl Inc(rfne 21947 497 1.049 22,947 497 1,049 9,149 26.796 287 1,399 8.668 9.149 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 24.493 9.149 33,642 37.151 A2 Assèt and inwstm•nt sal•s. (see table). Sub iotal 24.493 9.149 33,642 37.151 ents ChantaNe Acbvthe8 Staff Costs Premr6es Rent C05tof Fund[ai￿ng Evewrts Mana9ement & Administration Insurance Bank Charge$ Marketng & Promtions 4.614 12.662 1629 407 1,938 4.614 16,311 8.129 407 1,938 5.390 18.510 9.6S9 1.446 3.649 360 196 67 330 67 330 Sub total 2IQ06 9.149 32,156 37.914 A4 Assèt and inwstmènt purchases,1see table) Sub total Total payments 23.006 9,149 32.156 37.914 Net of re¢pipts/(payments) AS Transfvrs ￿tW++n funds A6 Gish furK15 last year end Cash funds thi5 year end 1,486 1.486 763 3.048 3.048 3,811 3,048 4,535 4.535 IER Oct 2018 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted lunds Restricted funds Endovimeni funds Catègorles Detsl to rbe&re•tf io neare•t £ to neare•i E B1 Cash funds Bank Accowt 4,190 Cash Hehl 346 Total Cash lunds 4.535 Unr•strict•d funds to neore•t£ R•stn"ct•d funds io neare•t £ Endowm•nt funds to Mare•i £ Details Fwd to which asset belon Coli (optm￿lI) ¢uTrent val Jnal Details Fund to whith 8¢t belo Current value Detalls Co41 lopiKffla B4 Assèts rètslnèd for the charity's own us• Fund t(b whi due loptionall Details PAYE d (Opt￿￿411 Oclob¢r 2025 B5 Liabilities Ul￿tr¢t 144 Swjned by one (K Iwo trustees behaKof all the tnjstees sI￿at(re Pnnt Name Date of va IER Oct 2018 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|**Czech School Berkshire**|**Czech School Berkshire**|**Czech School Berkshire**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31 July 2025|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1167861| ||||| ||3-4||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 July 2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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 (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Signed:** Helen Clarke **Date:** 18 May 2026 **Name:** Helen Clarke, Paragon Accounts Solutions Ltd **Relevant professional** ATT **qualification(s) or body** MICB **(if any): Address:** 104 Straight Road Old Windsor Windsor. SL4 2SB 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER** CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLANO AND WALE Czech School Berkshire 1167861 Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a For thè penod from 0110eJ2024 To 31/0712￿25 Section A Receipts and pa￿nentS Unrestricted funds to neafe Restricte¢J funds Endowmènt Jnds Total funds La5l y8&r tothe neareat É to the neftiest £ to the ne•te•t£ to the neaiest A1 Receipts Chantswe Aciiwtses DOnati￿S FundraBing Even Granl Inc(rfne 21947 497 1.049 22,947 497 1,049 9,149 26.796 287 1,399 8.668 9.149 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 24.493 9.149 33,642 37.151 A2 Assèt and inwstm•nt sal•s. (see table). Sub iotal 24.493 9.149 33,642 37.151 ents ChantaNe Acbvthe8 Staff Costs Premr6es Rent C05tof Fund[ai￿ng Evewrts Mana9ement & Administration Insurance Bank Charge$ Marketng & Promtions 4.614 12.662 1629 407 1,938 4.614 16,311 8.129 407 1,938 5.390 18.510 9.6S9 1.446 3.649 360 196 67 330 67 330 Sub total 2IQ06 9.149 32,156 37.914 A4 Assèt and inwstmènt purchases,1see table) Sub total Total payments 23.006 9,149 32.156 37.914 Net of re¢pipts/(payments) AS Transfvrs ￿tW++n funds A6 Gish furK15 last year end Cash funds thi5 year end 1,486 1.486 763 3.048 3.048 3,811 3,048 4,535 4.535 IER Oct 2018 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted lunds Restricted funds Endovimeni funds Catègorles Detsl to rbe&re•tf io neare•t £ to neare•i E B1 Cash funds Bank Accowt 4,190 Cash Hehl 346 Total Cash lunds 4.535 Unr•strict•d funds to neore•t£ R•stn"ct•d funds io neare•t £ Endowm•nt funds to Mare•i £ Details Fwd to which asset belon Coli (optm￿lI) ¢uTrent val Jnal Details Fund to whith 8¢t belo Current value Detalls Co41 lopiKffla B4 Assèts rètslnèd for the charity's own us• Fund t(b whi due loptionall Details PAYE d (Opt￿￿411 Oclob¢r 2025 B5 Liabilities Ul￿tr¢t 144 Swjned by one (K Iwo trustees behaKof all the tnjstees sI￿at(re Pnnt Name Date of va IER Oct 2018