2020-08-31-accounts - Czech School & Community Manchester

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Trustees. Annual Report for the perlod Period start date Period end date From 01 09 2019 To 31 08 2020 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Czech School & Community Manchester other names charlty Is known by Czech School & Community Manchester Registered charlty number (If any} 1170346 Charlty's princlpal address clo St Bede's College Manchester Alexandra Park Manchester Postcode M16 8HX Nam•s of tho charlty trustéos who managg th• charity Dates acted If not for whole •ar Tru$tee n?me Oflice Irf anyl Name of person lor body} entitled toa oint trustee If an Trustees themselves Trustees themselves Pavla Mataskova Chair & treasurer Tereza Kokocinska Secretary Secretary Lenka Halov8 Trustees themselves Helena Wall Sydney Bailey Ivana Slajnarova Marek Nemec Trustees thèmsolves Trustees themselves Trustees themselves Trustees themselves Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrlptlon of the charlty's trusts Constitution Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods Appointed by the charity trustees, members of our community are always welcome and invited to step forward lo become trustees Additional governanco Issues {Optional information} TAR March 2012

You may choose to include additional infomiation, where relevant, aboLrt'. The organisation has adopted all"required policies. The Injstees meet on a regular basis and manage all adivilies of the charity in accordan with the conslrtution. The charity employs 10 teacher5 and 3150 cooperate5 With universi*ies in the Czech Republic. providing teacher training via the Erasmus programme. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and tralnlng of trustees; the charity's organisational struclura. and any wider netWOTk w.ith which the cha'rity works", retationship with any related parties". trustees, consid&ralion of major risk5 the systern .and proGgdures to manage them. The school cooperates other Czech and Slovak Sehools in thg UK and is a mèmberof the Assooiab'on of Czech and Slovak Schools in the UK. The chadty also works closely wllh the Embassy of the Czech Republlc in London and the'Con5ulate General in Manchester. The trustees identifled as the major risk to our activities frequent lack or limited number of 5Uitably qualified teaching staff, 50 we are on a constant look-out for nevi colleaguos. sectio.n C .Ob'ectives .and. activ.ities To advan edUcatn for the publlc LEnefit In partlcular but not exdu5ively In the language. history. geography, the arts. cultureand herage of the C?ch Republlc by., teachlrvJ the cZh kinguage and Ch history and geography to c.hildren and I young people,. • teaching the C2ech tanguage to adults,, promotlng and organising events that SUPFOrt Qech culture. art and folklo., Summary of the objects ot the harity sgt out in its governlng document Orn151ng educational trips for children and young people, The promotKJn of soaal indusion for the publlc among 0p[e who are natlonals of the Czech Republlc settling in the North West region of England who are or feel they are sodally exclLMled by providing.. eduiation and tiaining in the English tanguage. 5UPPOrt and general advi,. and social arKI recreaknoinal facilities and event5 involving the lool community. excludéxl" means bein exduded from SDEI or rt OF societ "Socoll TAR March 201.2

In planning our activities for Ihe year w8 kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our twstee meetings. The rnain foGus of our activib8s was on the education8 7 classes for I Czech speaking school-age children (Year 1- 7 plu5 a class for children | who leam Czech as a foreign languag8}, and 2 pre-sch¢x)I cla6ses for I chIldn age 1.5- 5 years. In total, we had 65 chlléren enrolled. All children lessons were held at st Bede's College Manchester on Saturdays term-time only, in total 35 sessions of 3 hgurs eaGh. Summary of the maln actmtles undertaken tor the publlc beneflt In relatlon to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration Ihat trustees have had regard to the guldan¢£ Issued by the Charlty Commisslon tsn public benefit) ht our lessons and other activities wg SUPPOrted free of charge one foster famlly with a chlld of Czech orSgins. For the whole Czech and Slovak community, we organised a number of expats events, for children, whole familiè8 as well a8 Czech adult populatlon. To name but 8 few there were quiz nlgms, Érips to the surrounding countryside to introduce new locations lo people who have not yet had a Chan to explore the UK, tradltlonal folk events and a number of cultural events. Additsonal details of obj¢¢tives and activities (Optional Information) Volunleers participation on the planning, management and execution of our events is still below the level we would have Ilked. All our events as well as main actlvltleg are run by the trustees. 11 is cur current alm to ty to involve more ourcommunity in the everyday running ofthe organisation. That said, we are very grateful to the parents of the children j enfolled al the school who support our event5 With mntributtons to our l fr)od 8t8lls or tombolas and who help w(Ih somo of our @vents. You may choo$o io InGlude further statements, whore rglavant, about.. 'policy on grantmaking. policy programme related investment- contribution made by volunteers. TAR Mar(* 2012

Section D. Summary of the main achievem8nt6 of the charity durlng the year During Ihe 2019120 academic year conlinued our parinership with a dulclmer muslc band, a popular evenl on our calendar that has meanwhlle establlshed itself as one of the regular ones. In December we hosted the annual St Nicholas Party for approx 80 children, which also included a Iheatre performartce for the Ghildren and organlsed an indoor Czech Chrtstrnas tnat*eL In Febrtiary we celebrated 8th anniversary of.the scho()l opening in,the beautiful hall of our host home. The evenl was very well received and representatives of the Czech Consulate Gen8ral in London aD.d visited the school. Unfortunately, due to the Covid restrictions 8nd'the lockdown we were unable to hold all our events planned for spring ané summer 2020. The teaching of the school continued online. TAR March 2012

Section E Financial review Although we do nol have an official policy on reserves, we monitor our cash flow very carefully and always have funds to cover the vitals costs during the year, sucn as rent and teachers, payments. Brief slatement of the harity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Not applicable Further financial review details Ioptional inlormationl You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about.. the charity s principal sources of funds (including any fundraisingl., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity, investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Main income ofthe school is from the school fees. We keep them to the bare minimum as we want the school to be affordable to the widest possible community The fees have remained on the same level since the school opened in February 2011. The fees are supplemented by our fundraising activities during our events, such as tombolas, food donations to our food stalls, etc. We are also recipients of grants from the Czech Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Section F Other optional information The trustees endeavour to continue the successful management of the school, which has grown significantly since its foundation and has established itself as a major Czech communily in the North West. However, due to several practical and financial reasons the Irustees first decided that from 1 September 2019, the school formally separated and the newly established Slovak School and Community Manchester is now separate from the Czech School and Community Manchester. Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustees Signaturels) Full namels} Position leg Secretsry, Chair, etcl Lenka Halova Tereza Kokocinska Secretary Secretary Date 25 June 2021 TAR March 2012

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Czech School and Community Manchester
Income and expenditure report for y/e 31.8.2020
Income from: GBP Expenditure on: GBP Difference
Detail Cash Bank TOTAL Detail Cash Bank TOTAL
Charitable activities/school fees 561,00 6800,00 7361,00 Teaching/staff cost 508,00 5820,00 6328,00
Grant income ① 0,00 6786,77 6786,77 Services ⑤ 370,00 3495,20 3865,20
Fundraising events/entry ② 190,60 1692,13 1882,73 Rent (school) 0,00 2640,00 2640,00
Donations③ 1583,80 14,79 1598,59 Books + materials 9,18 495,66 504,84
Other ④ 0,00 842,50 842,50 Insurance 0,00 283,82 283,82
Web 0,00 80,34 80,34
Postage 0,00 12,17 12,17
Mileage + travelling 43,40 222,04 265,44
Representation + marketing 32,00 168,34 200,34
Bank fees 0,00 0,94 0,94
Charitable activities/events ⑥ 593,58 2018,46 2612,04
Total 2335,40 16136,19 18471,59 Total 1556,16 15236,97 16793,13 1678,46
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Notes:

3518,00 3268,77 6786,77	3518,00 3268,77 6786,77	2400,00 690,00 468,00 200,00 107,20 3865,20
190,60 1642,13 50,00 1882,73
		450,00 100,00 1515,00 484,79 41,25 21,00 2612,04
1583,80 14,79 1598,59

	180,00 662,50 842,50