Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date 01 09 Period end date 31 08 From 2023 To 2024 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Czech School & Community Manchester Other names charity 5s known by Czech School Manchester Registered charity number (if any) 1170346 Charity's principal address 4 Brindley Road Old Trafford Manchester Postcode M169HQ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates act8d If not for wholo ear Trustee name Offlce (Sf any) Name of person (or body) èntltlgd toa olnt trustee Ifan Tereza Kokocinska Board of Trustees Lenka Halova Sydney Bailey Petr Prause Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Petra Travnickova Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Constitution Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation IVY. IIUbL, d>)VbSdllV15, UiJIIIV¢lllyJ Trustee selection methods (eg. apDr)inled by, eleclpd IJYI Appointed by the charity trustees, members of our community are always welcome and invited to step forward to become trustees Additional governance issues (Optional information) TAR March 2012 You may choose to include additional information, where relevant. about: The organisation has adopted all required policies: Health and Safety Policy Privacy Notice Safe Recruitment Policy Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Fees policy 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. The trustees meet on a regular basis and manage all activities of the charity in accordance with the constitution. Mrs Pavla Mataskova is employed as the Headteacher and Managing director of the charity. The charity also has another part-time employee managing the Czech Community Centre. Both also teach at the Saturday Supplementary School. The charity also employs 6 teachers and 2 teaching assistants for the Saturday supplementary school. The school cooperates with other Czech and Slovak Schools in the UK and is a member of the Association of Czech and Slovak Schools in the UK. The charity also works closely with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London and the Consulate General in Manchester. The trustees identified as the major risk to our activities frequent lack or limited number of suitably qualified teaching staff, so we are on a constant look-out for new collea ues. Section C Ob"ectives and activities To advance education for the public benefit in particular but not exclusively in the language, history, geography, the arts, culture and heritage of the Czech Republic by: . teaching the Czech language and Czech history and geography to children and young people., teaching the Czech language to adults; promoting and organising events that support Czech culture, art and folklore; and organising educational trips for children and young people Summary of the objects of the charity set out In its governing document The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among people who are nationals of the Czech Republic settling in the North West region of England who are or feel they are socially excluded by providing: education and training in the English language. support and general advice; and social and recreational facilities and events involving the local community. excluded" means bein 'Sociall excluded from societ or art of societ TAR March 2012 In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. The main focus of our activities was on the education of classes for Czech speaking school-age children (Year 1- 9 plus a class for children who learn Czech as a foreign language), and 3 pre-school classes for children age 3 - 5 years. In total, we had 58 children enrolled. We open the class for the smallest children (1.5 - 3 years) with their parents. All children lessons were held at St Teresa's RC Primary School in Old Trafford, Manchester on Saturdays term-time only, in total 36 sessions of 3 hours each. 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) For the whole Czech community. we organise a number of expats events, for children, whole families as well as Czech adult population. We've been able to renew our traditional events such as Cimbalom music evening, Saint Nicolas day for kids on December, Costume party before the Lent period or Czech is fun (theme educational games). We also organize some new events and make nice tradition of Easter eggs decoration or Christmas wreath making. In the end of the school year we had BBQ when we provided certificates to our kids. We also run the Czech Community Centre in Manchester, where we provide evening adult courses. more workshops for children and families, cultural events for both children and adults, run our holiday club-like Czech language learning clubs for children, as well as provide the school with a solid base that would support the high quality of teaching and learning we are endeavouring to provide. Additional details of objectlves and activities (Optional information) Volunteers participation on the planning, management and execution of our events is still below the level we would have liked. All our events as well as main activities are run by the trustees and two main employees. It is our current aim to try to involve more our community in the everyday running of the organisation. That said, we are very grateful to the parents of the children enrolled at the school who support our events with contributions to our food stalls or raffle and who help with some of our events. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking; policy programme related investment. contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance We have successfully completed first full year of running the Czech Community Centre which fulfils our charity objectives of Promoting and organising Czech culture, art, and folklore events and Providing support and general advice to nationals of the Czech Republic and Slovakia settling in the North West region of England. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year Through careful financial management we have also almost doubled our net profit. stabilising thus the organisation in the post-covid environment. TAR March 2012 Section E Financial review Although we do not 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, such as rent and teachers, payments. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Not applicable Further financlal review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant aboLJt'. 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. Main income of the 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 raffle, 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. Following the contractual agreement with the Department of Education we will also be recipients of a regular subsidy based on number of pupils, teaching costs and a coefficient as set up by the DofE of the Czech Republic. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the Gharity's trustees Signature(s) Full name{s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Lenka Halova Petr Prause Trustee Trustee Date 2810612024 TAR March 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from To 0110912023 3110812024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds to th• n8aro•t Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to th• n•ar•8t £ to the ne¥r••t £ to tho n?arg•t £ to th• n•arg•t £ A1 Recelpts Charitable activities- Fees Donations Grants Fundraisin 19,944 1,248 46.554 8,434 19,944 1.248 46,554 19,174 3,049 51,050 5,532 events Sub total (Gross income for AR) 76,180 76,180 78,80J A2 Asset and Investment salo8, (see table). Sub total Total receipts 76,180 78,180 78,805 A3Pa ents Teaching salanès Manag$menl and administr81ion$ Rent her services Isloragè, web, postage, t•l8phono. Inlemet. prinllng, staff irainirrtJl 17,575 21,255 25,985 17,575 21,255 25.988 19,002 12,150 27,962 4,308 6,229 2,231 425 352 39 78,399 4,308 6,229 2.231 42S 352 39 78,399 5,210 3,164 1,640 657 352 960 71.097 Consumables and general exponsgs Travel 8xpens85 Btsoks and matenals Insuranc• Other Sub total A4 Assot and Investment purcha805, see tablo Sub total Total payments 78,399 78,399 71,097 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 2,219 2,219 7,708 33,688 31,469 33,688 31,469 21,433 29.141 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2810612025 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to n•ar•st £ Restricted funds to n8arost £ Endowment funds to n8ar¢Jt £ Categories Dclail¥ 81 Cash funds Bank accovnt 29,213 Pelly cash 1.381 Total cash funds 30.594 (agree balance$ with ro¢eipt$ bnd payments accourtlsll Agrfjfjmfrnt ENor Unrestrlcted funds lo ngorg¥t £ OK Reslrlcted funds to noare•t £ QK Endowment funds to nearest £ Dotails Fund to whlch a•8•t b•lon Curront valu• tlon•l Dotails Cost loptlon•ll Fund to whleh ao•ot bolon Currgnl valug tlonal Details Cost loptlonall 84 A88et8 retalned for the charlty'8 own use I rii- Fund to whlch rèlat•8 Amgunt due o tlonal When due tlonal Detai18 B5 Liabilitles Signed by one or ￿ trustees on behalf of all the Iruslees Date of roval Signature Print Name Lenk8 Hèlova Petr Prause CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2810612025 **----- Start of picture text -----**
NA) CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
mR e portmbers to theof trustees/ etCzech Schoolcecum& Community Manchester 9 |
On accounts for the year | 31/08/2024 Charity no | 1170346
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (‘the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 08 / 2024.
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”).
| 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, |
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent | have completed my examination. | 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:
e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
e 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.
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