Trustees, Annual Report for the period Perilxl start date PerKxI end date From April 2024 0 5 April 2025 Section A . Referen￿ and administration details Charity name , The Drapnfiy Schools F￿￿atIOn (Xher names charity is known by I None Registered charity number (rf any) 117￿21 ChariVs principal address '. StoneuoQ Main Streec Yearsley, Brandsby. ' York Postcode | Y0614SL Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Office (rf any) Name of pe￿n (or bcrfty) ertitkd whole period of this res￿ to aP￿int trust￿ (rf ￿y1 Caroline Mytum Chairperson Dala Protection 2 Alan lQtthen TreaSu￿r 3 Bethan Ratdiffe Secfetsry 4 Ruth Da￿e 5 Margaret lQ'tchen 6 Peler V 7 Sam Brewin 8 Lottie Rugg- 10 11 12 13 14 15 TAR June2018 Names of the trustees for the charity, rf any. (for example, any custodian trustees) l Dates acted if not for whole year Name Name5 and addresses of advisers (Optional infonnatbon) Type of adviser Nan Address Virgin Money , Bank 146, Coney stree( Yorf( Y019NQ Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Sue 8retherton - F￿nder and Director (unpaid) lan Bretherton - Founder and Director (unpaid) Section B _ Structure,governance and management Description of the charity's trusts Type of goveming document Constitution adopted at the first meeting of trustees on 20111116. It was most ￿centlY amended at the AGM on 15108120. How the charity is constituted , CIO Trustee seledion methods | Trustees are appointed by resolub'on at a properly convened meetirKJ of j trustees. Additional govemance issues (Optional inforniation) TAR June2018 Yw may choose to indude addit'onal inform*"on. where relevan(about- policies and proc&lures adopted for the induth'on and training of trustees" the char"ty's organisational stsucture and any wider network véith whith the charrty All trustees and our two foufKlersldirectors continue to give their time voluntarily and re￿1ve no remuneration, expenses or other benefits. We contiftue to maintain wr formal partnerships wrth fcmjr NGOS working in Pushkar and Ajmer. through which we carry out our obJ"ects, providing educ*'on and vocational training. These partnerships are establishod and monitored via wntten agre￿ents which set out the roles and responsibilities of each partner. The Trustees have given consideratson to the major risks to which the charity is exposed - particularly those arising through the safeguarding of children and vulnerable teenagers, the handling of data and the management of our finances - and have satsfied themselves that systems or procedures are in place to manage those risks, including: relationship with any relatedparties; trustees, consider*ion of major ftsks and the system and procedures to manage them. A Child Protection policy and trainirYJ A Financial Management policy A Due Diligence policy A Data Pnvacy policy (compliant with GDPR 201 &1679) A Risk Management policy This report has been prepared in accordan￿ with the Charity Commission document 'Charity reFM)rting and accounting: the essents'als March 2015 CC15c'. Section C Objectives and activities The obj.ect of the CIO is 'the adwarLEment of education, for the public ' benefit, by the provision of schools, teaching, sponsorship , vocational *￿InIng for the developmert of the mental, physical and Summary of the objects of the . moral capats"lities. and the improvement of the prospects for charity set out in its goveming employment and aC￿sS to Further and Higher Educats'on, of those document ctsldren and adOles￿ntS living in India, who do not a￿sS education or training for any reason, including poverty, neglect, leaming or other I devdopmental difficultses, thsability. low caste status or the absen￿ of ,, family members or Care￿.. TAR June2018 The main aCts"v￿"eS undertaken for the public benefit in relation to the above obj.ect are as follows: Organisation and ly)sting of a range of fvndraising events Ind￿lIng ialks arKI presentations to schools, organisations and charitable bodies, sales and events inclLKling an annual Christmas Coffee Moming. Submission of applications to grant-making trusts for fvnding. Communication of our obi"ectives and achievements through our website blog, regular newsletters and, when possible, the media. 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) Generation of both regular (StaThJing Order) arKI one-off donab'ons in aid of work. Development by directors and trustees of policies and plans which enable Our charity lo carry out its work and to achieve its obJ"eth"ves effectively, eft￿le￿Y and safely. Annual visrts to Pushkar by our founders to monitor and evaluate our pr(4ects. The last such visit was during Januaryl February 2025. All visits are made entirely at our personal expense. indLKling all travd, accomrnodats'on, fo(xl and all living expenses. In addi*on to the above, maintaining close contact by email. Zoom and telephone with our four partner NGOS in Pushkar in order to conts'nue to Monit￿ and evaluate our projects. This includes the submission of progress reports and supporttve evidence by our partners on a &monthly basis, In planning Ihe aclivities for the year. the trustees kept in mind and applied the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit during fundraising presentations meelings of trustees. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) TAR June2013 , (￿r fundraising activities. as well as ￿ organisational str￿tUre and ', governan￿ of our charity, ￿[Y entirely upon our trust*s, foundersl directors and supporters, all of whom give their b.me and skn'lls ,, voluntarily and we are enormously grateful to them for their generosity. The trustees and foundersldirectots are aware of the requirements in the Charib'es Act 2016 regardiro protection of the public, induding vulnerable people, from unreasonably intrusive or persistent fundraising j approaches and urKlue pressure to donate. | No commercial participators or professional fvndraisers have been used by TDSF, and there have been no registered fundraising complaints. You may choose to irKaude further statements. where relevan(about. policy on grantsnaking; policy programme related investsnent. contribution made byvolunteers. TAR June2018 Section D Achievements and performan￿ Summary ofthe main achievements of the chaiity during the year The main achievements of The Dragonfly Schools Foundation during the year froffl ￿ A￿1 2024 to 5th AFYII 2025 are summarised In the points bel¢y+4. We have provided ed(￿￿[trI for aPF￿0xiMateIY 1 ￿ children tlirwh". Fun(fjng ￿ frt and ￿t teathers at ow three partnership schools. AdditK)nal fundir¥J of fft specialist Speaal Needs teachers and a frt physiotherapist. speech therapist teacher of the deaf at our partnership speaal needs sc*KX)I. Fur￿.ng registration of ￿￿'1S at our partnership desert camp school to srt the Rajasthan State Education Board Annual Examinab"ons. Funding of premises rental costs and utilities and wifi costs for of our pathership sthools. Funthng of teathing reS￿rCeS ts our partnership sctK)oIs. Funthng for 5 five-year sponsorships for children to attend mainstream sctMxAing. Funrfing Wnter sweaters for PJFils during the cdd season. Funding of 3 three-year vctstK)nal Animal Care traineeships for teenagers at an award-winning animal hospital in Ajmer. Streng0￿11Th3 of exists'ng ￿latIOnShipS and development of new <￿eS to enhance and imtxove the effecb"veness of our projects and explore new avenues for achieving our aims and objecttves. •• Section E Financial review Brief sLthment of the | A pdicy on maintaining a minimLrn £5.(KX) reserve was agreed at the charity's policy on reserve5 ' (Yan)4117 Trustees meeting. and has sirKe been retained and secured. £3(Kl of the fvrKls held in the accowrt at ts er￿ of the financial year was restricted. Details of any funds materially ;, Ncme in deficit TAR Junc2018 Further financial review details (Optional inforniation) The￿ are rKJ furKls held as a custodian trustee on behalf of others. You may choose to include additional information. where relevant ab)ut-. Our main source of funds this year has been from individual donations on i the charills principal line and at events. We have also had significant funding from The Fulmer ,; SoUr￿S of funds (induding Charrtable TFUSt, K Home EngIn￿ring and York Rotary Club. Tr￿se funds any fundraising): have allowed us to commit to expendiknre on the projects described in how expenditure has this report. supported the key obJ"ectives li ExperKliture this year has b&n for providing funding for Our parkners of the charity", investment policy and (Vikas Project. TOLFA, Pushkar Children Trust arKI Jyots'rgamay Seva Sansthan) In addib"on, we have also funded our chanty's website objectives including any ethical investment policy management. adopted. Income for this financial year has allowed us to maintain last yearfs i increase in funding of our partner charities in India. This allowed c￿r fvnding to continue to extend beyond teacher's salaries to other supp(% staff salaries, rent & utilities and children's dott)ing. Section F Other optional information The comiThJ year will see the conts"nu*"on of our formal partnerships with TOLFA, Vikas Project Pushkar Children Trust and Jyotirgamay Seva Sansthan. The accounts have been prepared on a receipts arKI payments basis. with the financial accounts'ng period being from 6th April 2024 to 5th April 2025. Due to the gross income for the last financial year being below £250,0(X) and viith assets less than £3.26m there is no legal requirement for Our chanty's accounts to be audited. Even though the gross annual income is less than £25.000 we decided to again have an independent examination of the accounts, which has been carried out- see the signed dedaratson below. The bank account is rnanaged by the T￿aSurer wittTr another trustee and the co-foUr¥Jersldi￿CtOrS having online access to view transathons only. The Draoonni" %chool¥ Foundation A¢￿}UntI¥ for ihe critsd from 614n4- 514,24 St#temcnt bi" Esamincr I c(mfirni Ihat I hai"c examin￿'d all a¥iOUlllS. di)LumLiils dnd %UPWin¥ ¢1 idLIKe proi'idcd io me. afyj in my opinion theN' &7jN'e a tft￿ rcpresLiilaliL)n iifihc financial siliAJII()ii ()t"IlK" Drasponlli. Si'liix)Is Foundatioll for d)e ￿K1(￿l. John IKqiddl¢'lon FI￿1. LknminLY Dalc: ?411) JunL. ?0?5 TAR June2018 Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the chaiity's trustees Signature Full name ' Caroline Myknm Position {eg Secretary. Chair, i Chair of TnAStees etc) Date )1 èk IOZ TAR June2018 **Charity Name No (if any) The Dragonfly Schools Foundation 1170021 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06/04/2024 05/04/2025 ~~es ee ee ee~~ ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |Donations||**16,881**||**320**||**-**|**-**||**17**|**17,201**||**18,359**|| |Fundraising||**1,517**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1**|**1,517**||**-**|| |Gift Aid receipts||**1,505**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1**|**1,505**||**1,526**|| |Sales||**640**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**640**|**640**||**77**|| |Collections||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |Interest||**736**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**736**|**736**||**670**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**21,279**||**320**||**-**|**-**||**21,599**|**21,599**||**20,632**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total receipts_**
**21,279**
**320**
**-**
**21,599**
**20,632**
~~—_————~~|||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |Donations to Vikas School||**6,800**||||**-**|**-**||**6**|**6,800**||**9,315**|| |TOLFA apprentices||**1,175**||||**-**|**-**||**1**|**1,175**||**3,640**|| |Donations to JSS(previouslyRicha)school||**8,021**||||**-**|**-**||**8**|**8,021**||**7,100**|| |PCT sponsorships and after school classes||**1,540**||**310**||**-**|**-**||**1**|**1,850**||**2,635**|| |Website & eBayfees||**395**||||**-**|**-**||**395**|**395**||**274**|| |Purchases(inc in India)||**527**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**527**|**527**||**405**|| |Laptopfor Chanda||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**429**|| |Miscellaneous expenditure||**-**||**20**||**-**|**-**||**20**|**20**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **||**18,458**||**330**||**-**|**-**||**18,788**|**18,788**||**23,798**|| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total payments_**
**18,458**
**330**
**-**
**18,788**
**23,798**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**2,821**
**- 10**
**-**
**2,811**
**- 3,166**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**36,480**
**310**
**-**
**36,790**
**32,706**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**39,301**
**300**
**-**
**39,601**
**29,540**
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
~~——————~~
~~SS] ]S—=~~
~~a~~|||||||||||||**- 3,166**
**-**
**32,706**
**29,540**| |||||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|||**Endowment**|| |**Categories**||**Details**||||**funds**|||**funds**|||**funds**|| |||||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|| |**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**11,631**
**300**
**-**
**27,670**
**-**
**-**
Cash at bank (current account)
Cash at bank (savings account)
~~1~~
2~~3/01/2026~~
~~——~~||||||||||||| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**39,301**|||**300**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||||| ||account(s))||OK||OK|||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**|||**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to**|**nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|Paypal end of financial year balance from
on line sales and donations||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**||||||**-**||**-**| |**charity’s own use**||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||**-**| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|||**When due**| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name||||Date of
approval| ||||A J Kitchen|||||| ||||Treasurer|||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 23/01/2026 2