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2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees. Annual Report for the period PeiN)d start date Peri(MJ end dale ',ff From April 2023 0 5 April 2024 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name i The Dragonfly Schools FourKlalion other names Gharity is known by I None RegiSte￿d charity number (if arty) 1171J)21 CharIt￿$ principal address Stonecroft, Main Street, Yearsley, Bra￿lsbY. York Posicode i Y0614SL Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for Name of person (or bcrfly) entitled whole perithj of this rewrt to aF)point trustee rrf any) Trustee nan lif any) Caroline Mytum Chairperson Data Protethon 2 Alan ￿'tchen Treasurer 3 BethanRalcirffe Secretary 4 Ruth Dan Child Protection 5 Margaret Kitchen 6 Peter Wse 7 Sam Brewin Loth'e Ru Easey 10 11 12 13 14 TAR June2018

15 Names of the trustees for the charity. rf any. (for example, any custodian trustees) ', Name Dates acted rf not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional iDfomiation) Type of adviser Name Address 146. c￿eY Str￿[ Yorf( Y019NQ Bank Name of chief executive or names of senior SL￿ members {CVional inforniation) . Sue Brethertffl - F￿jnder and Director (Lmpaid) lan Bretherton - Founder Director (wpaid) Section B Structure,governance and management Description of the tharity's trusts Type of goveming d(￿rnent Consbtution adopted at first meets'ng of trustees on 20111116. It was most recenlly amwthd at AGM (x) 15K1￿20. How the charity is c(mslituted ',, CIO Trustee Selectic￿ methods i Trustees are a￿￿Inted by resolution at a prqHly convened meeting of Additional governance issues (Optional infomiation) TAR June2018

You may choose to Ind￿ye additional information, wtr￿re relevant,about: policies and procedures adopted for the ind￿tiOn training of trustees. the charity's organiSati(X￿l structure and any wider ne￿OrK with which the chanty All trustees (xjr tvKJ foundersldirectors continue to give their time voluntarily artd receive no remunerab'on, expenses or other beneffts. We c￿tinue to maintain formal partnerships with f￿r NGOS working in Pushkar Ajmer, throLNJh which we cary (xrt our objects. providing education and Vocats.￿al training. These partnerships are esta￿1shed arKJ monitored via ￿Itten agreements which set cxrt the roles and responsibilities of each parts￿r. The Trust￿$ have wen Consideratif￿ to the m4(K risks to which the ch￿lty is exposed - pa￿'CUlarlY those arising through the safeguarding of children and vulnerable teenager5. the handling of dats and the management of ￿r finances - and have satisfied themselves that Syst￿ or ￿OcedureS are in place to manage risks, including.. lationship wrth any relatedparties" trustees, consideration of maJor risks and the system and procedures to manage them. A Child Protection policy a￿1 trainirvJ A Finanaal Management Fdic A Due Diliger￿e policy A Dats Privacy F￿lIcY (compliant with GDPR 20161679) A Risk Management policy This report has been prepared in accordan￿ with Charity Commission d<xumenl 'ch￿tty ￿pOrt1[￿j and accountirKJ' the essentials March 2015 CC15c'. Section C Objectives and activities The obj.ect of the CIO is 'the ￿tra￿eMent of education. for the public benefit, by the pmvision of schools. teachrf￿. sponsorship and vwabonal tffiining for the ￿￿Elop￿￿nt of the mental, phy&'cal and Summary of the objects of the ' moral capaly"lilies. and 1mprnven￿nt of the p￿￿peCts for charity set out in its governing employnEnt arxy a￿sS to Further and Higher Education, of those document , cluldTrn arxl adOle￿ntS living in lTrYia, who do not ac￿SS educab.on ., or ttsining for any ￿aSOn, Incl￿￿ poberty. wlect, leaming or other de￿0pmental (fftulties. ("satslty. low caste status or the absence of fami'ly nEmbers or ca￿ts., TAR June2018

The main activities urKlertaken for Ihe public benefft in relation to the atX)ve object are as folkyws: Organisation and ￿Sti[￿j of a range of furKlraisir¥J events induding talks wesent&'ons to scfM)ols, organisations arKI charitable b(xJies. sales and events iTKludirNJ a Chrisknas Coffee Moming atKI an annual Dance. Submission of applicati(￿S to grant-mak5rKJ trusts for ￿nding. Communicall(￿ of our ottyectives and thievements through ￿r website blcg, regular newsletters and. when Fx)ssible, the media. Generation of tmjth reg￿ar (Standing Order) and one ¢￿￿ts"Ons in aid of our WCK Summary of the main activities . undertaken for the public benefrt in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance 155ued by the Chaiity Commission on public benefrt) I Develowient by threctors trustees of p)lioes and plans which enable our to cary out its work and to act4eve its ot4'ecb'ves effectively. efficiently ¥KI safely. AMLAI visits to Pushkar by ￿￿lerS to monitor and evaluate our proJ"ects. The last visit was during Feb￿￿ry 2024 when we were accompanied by our Chair of Trustees. All visits are made entirely at Our personal expense, including all travel. accommcKlab"on. food and all living expenses. In al*Jits￿ to the above, maintaiftirKJ dose ccmtact by email, Zoom, Skype and tele￿￿e with Our four partner NGOS in Pushkar in order to continue to tnonitor and evaluate our projects. This indudes the submission of pr(y3ress reports and supporb've eVIder￿ by our Parts￿S a 6-monthly basis. In planning the actNrties the year. the trustees kept in mind and | applied the Charity Commission's guidan￿ on public benefft dufirKJ | f￿xtra1slng presentati￿￿ aKI meets'ngs of trustees. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional infornlation) TAR June2018

Our fundraising activities, as well as the organisational structure and govemance of our tharty. rely entirely UFX)n our trustees. founder&l directors and supporters. all of whom give their b.me arKI skills voluntsrily and we are enonnously grateful to them for their generosty. The trustees and foundersldirectors are aware of the requirements in Charities Act 2016 regarding protection of the public, including vulnerable people. from unreasonably intrusive c* persistent furKlraising apwoaches and undue pressure to donate. You may choose to indude further statements, where relevanl,about'. policy on grantsnaking: policy programme related investrnen( contribution made bYvolunt￿rs. No commercial participators ￿ professional fundraisers have been used by TDSF, and there have been no registered fundraising ccxnplaints. TAR June2018

Section D Achievements and performan Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year The main achievements of The Dragonfly Schools Foundats"on during the ', year from &h April 2023 to 5th Awil 2024 a￿ summansed in the wints i ￿ have provided educab'on for approximately 150 thildren through: Funthng of fn and prt teachers al ¢)ur three partnership schcK)Is. Additior￿1 furKling of flt specialist Special Needs teacfErs and a flt physiotherapis( sp*ch therapist and teacher of the deaf at our partnership speual needs school. Funding for registrab.on of pupils at Our partnership desert camp school to sit the Rajasthan State Education Board Annual Examifiatii)ns. F￿dIng of premises rental costs utilities and wifi costs for two of our partrwship schools. F￿l￿ng of teaching resources for our partnership schoc4s. F￿￿ling for 5 flv&year sponsorships for child￿n to attend mainstream schooling. Funding fcy Wnter sweaters for pu￿lS during the cold season. Funding of 3 three-year vocational Animal Care traineeships for teenagers at an award-winning arimal hospital in Ajmer. Stre￿then1￿ of existing relationships and development of new CKies to enharl￿ and improve the effethveness of our projects and explore new avenues for achievirrfJ our aims and objects'ves. Section E Financial review Brief statement of the chaiity's policy on reserves , A policy on maintaining a minimum £5,CKIO reserve was agreed at the 109104117 Trustees meeting. 1 £310 of the funds held in the account at the eTrJ of the financial year was restricted. Details of any funds materially in deficit TAR June2018

Further financial review details (Optional inforniation) You may choose to indude additional infofmation. where | The￿ ￿e Th) funds held as a custothan trustee ￿ behalf of others. relevant about" Our main sourr£ of futKJs this year has been frorn individual donations on the chanty's prinapal line and at events. have also had furKlirKJ fr￿) The Fulmer sources of ftmds {iricSuding Chaiitsble Trust, K Home Eng"neering and York Vikings Rotary Club. any futMlraisirNJ): These funds have allowed US to commit to expenditure on the projects how expendrture has descnbed in thi.s repo supported the key objeclives | ￿ndIture this year has been for providing funding t(￿ our partners of the charity, (Vikas ProjecL TOLFA, Pushkar Child￿n Trust and Jyotsrgamay Seva investment policy aTh I Sansthan). In addth'on. we have also funded charity's website objectives including any ethical investment policy , management arKI e8ay sh)p fees. adopted. Income this financial year has allthved us to maintsin last yearfs l increase in c￿r fvJrKling of thjr partner charities in India. This allowed wr mth'ng to exparKI beyorKI teachers, salaries to other support staff salaries. rent & util￿.es and children's dothing as well as incxeasmg the number of pupils and trainees sponsored by Tr ￿onflY Schcxss Foundats"on. Section F Other optional information The coming year will see the conb"rKJation of our formal partnetships with TOLFA, Vikas Project. Pushkar Children Trusl and Jyotirgamay Seva Sansthan. The accounts have b&n prepared on a receipts afmj payments basis. with fina￿la1 accounting period being from 6th April 2023 to 5th April 2024. Due to the gross income for last finanoal year being below £250.0(KJ and with assets less than £3,26m the￿ is no legal requirement for (xjr chanty's accounts to be audited. Even though the ￿0$S annual income is less than £25.CKIO we decided to again have an independent examination of the accounts. Nthich has been carried out- s& the signed dedarabon below. The bank account is managed by the T￿aSurer with another trustee and the I￿f￿r￿erS/direCtors having online access to view transactions only. 44•4 l th I h•1 all And ￿p￿￿1¥￿' nk,. I ti li the 1.41 l)th Ird Jul 0.4 TAR June2018

Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees Signature Full name | Caroline mY￿rn Position (eg Secretary. Chairy ri Chair of Trustees etc) lotL Oclbg<S loz TAR Jun&2018

Charity Name No (if any) The Dragonfly Schools Foundation 1170021 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 06/04/23 05/04/24

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Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted
funds
Restricted funds Endowment
funds
Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations
15,849
2,510
Fundraising
-
-
Gift Aid receipts
1,526
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Sales
77
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Collections
-
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Interest
670
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)18,122
2,510
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510
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18,359
20,666
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449
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1,526
1,495
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77
865
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670
215
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20,632
23,690
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A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
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Total receipts 18,122
2,510
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20,632
23,690
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23,690
A3 Payments
Donations to Vikas School 7,315 315 2 2,000 000 - - - 9 9,315 315 3,608
TOLFA apprentices 3,640 640 - - - - - - 3 3,640 640 3,007
Donations to JSS(previouslyRicha)school 7,100 100 - - - - - - 7 7,100 100 6,390
PCT sponsorships and after school classes 2,125 125 510 510 510 - - - 2 2,635 635 3,117
Website&eBayfees 274 274 - - - - - - 274 274 274 318
Purchases in India 405 405 - - - - - - 405 405 405 -
Laptopfor Chanda 429 429 - - - - - - 429 429 429 -
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**Sub total ** 21,288 21,288 2,510 2,510 2,510 - - - 23,798 23,798 23,798 16,440

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~————~~ 21,288 2,510 - 23,798 16,440 Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,166 - - - 3,166 7,250 A5 Transfers between funds - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 39,646 310 - 39,956 32,706 Cash funds this year end 36,480 310 - 36,790 39,956 ~~— S355~~ Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash at bank (current account) 9,546 310 - Cash at bank (savings account) 26,934 - - - - - Total cash funds 36,480 310 - ~~——~~ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK

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Unrestricted
Restricted funds
Restricted funds Endowment
funds funds
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to nearest £
to nearest £
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Paypal end of financial year balance from on
line sales and donations
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belongs
Cost (optional)
Current value
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When due
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
B5 Liabilities
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Date of approval
06/07/24
Print Name
A J Kitchen
Treasurer
Signature
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