## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date 01/09/2021 to Period end date 31/08/2022**
**Charity name: LA RECRE**
## **Charity registration number: 1174400**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|“The object of the CIO is to enable French
speaking children in Southampton and the
neighbouring area to use and further develop
their linguistic capabilities as well as
knowledge of French language and culture in
an extracurricular environment. The children
will be able to complement the education
they receive in English Schools, by following
a programme based on the guidelines
established by the French Education Ministry
(Ministère de l’éducation nationale) for
teaching French as a mother tongue. The
supplementary education is aimed at
children aged 18 months to 18 years old.
The CIO also aims to be a meeting point and
sharing environment for French speaking
families through the provision of various
activities”.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|La Récré was founded in May 2015 as a
community group, started its activities in
June 2015 and became a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in August
2017 (registration number 1174400). This
report concludes the 5th year as a charity.
The Charity has continued to operate with
both volunteers and self-employed members
of staff.
This year, sessions were held in person at
Bitterne Park Secondary school.
Bitterne Park Secondary school is very
accommodating, however, they did not allow
us to rent other rooms (theatre, the sports
hall and the drama studio) due to the
Government’s restrictions. As a result and
with the uncertainties due to the COVID-19
situation, we were unable to organise other
activities such as theatre shows or sport
sessions.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm the trustees have had regard to
the Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefit and taken into account when making
any decision it is relevant to.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Non Applicable|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|- All staff are DBS checked and/or we check
their French ‘extrait de casier judiciaire’ if
they have been in the UK for less than 1
year.
- To facilitate the integration of new staff, we
provide an induction process, covering the
ethos of our charity, the structure, the
procedures and expectations.
- La Récré continues its membership of
Parapluie FLAM (Français Langue
Maternelle or French as a mother tongue).
This network enables us to exchange ideas
and processes and provides training courses
for the board, the teaching staff and
administration staff.
- All members of the education,
administration and board teams undertook
safeguarding training also organised by the
FLAM network.
- All staff are invited to attend FLAM
meetings if interested and La Récré covers
the session fee and expenses if applicable.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|La Récré has many volunteers ready to help
and to support when needed, covering
during the absence of other staff and helping
at the school library.|
|Other|||
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|La Récré maintained a steady number (60)
of pupils registered in September 2021, with
numbers slightly increasing compared to the
end of the previous year. At this time, La
Récré was run by a team of 11 teachers and
assistants.
For the fourth year, La Récré continued to
partially subsidise fortnightly two extra
classes to prepare for three “Diplôme
d'études en langue française” (DELF),
namely DELF A2 Primaire, DELF B1 Junior
and DELF B2 Junior.
Since its creation La Récré has maintained
an efficient running of the organisation and
provides quality lessons to children by
qualified and enthusiastic staff.
This has not always been an easy task due
to staff turnover and difficulties in
recruitment.
La Récré’s vision still remains to expose
children to the French language and culture
whilst having fun and making friends.
Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, we feel this
goal has still been achieved in the past year,
thanks to our teaching team who continued
to provide online sessions during the
COVID-19 restrictions.|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|In July 2022, we sent out a satisfaction
survey to which 36 members of La Récré
responded. 32 respondents were satisfied
with the sessions, 1 was dissatisfied and 3
had no opinion.
32 respondents noticed significant progress
in French mainly in enthusiasm, speaking
and vocabulary abilities.
High praises were given by all participants to
our teaching team for their continuous
enthusiasm and devotion.
The respondents were also unanimously
satisfied with how La Récré is run.
Overall this survey shows that La Récré
continues to achieve its goals mainly by
supporting and improving children’s learning
of the French Language and their curiosity
for French language and culture. We believe
inanengaging andrelaxed environmentin|
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||||small classes, managed by enthusiastic||
||||teachers and assistants and this is our key to||
||||this success which we are keen to maintain.||
||||No fundraising activities were organised.||
||Performance of fundraising||||
||activities against objectives|Para 1.41|||
||set||||
||||Not applicable||
||Investment performance|Para 1.41|||
||against objectives||||
||||LaRécréwas awarded a Community Chest||
||Other||Grant of £2,153.07 from the City of||
||||Southampton to support the return to||
||||face-to-face teaching for 2021-2022.||
||||La Récré also received £200 compensation||
||||from Natwest due to lack of services with||
||||regards to change of mandate which took||
||||over 1 year.||
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|For the academic year 2021/2022, La Récré
had fairly balanced accounts thanks to the
Community Chest Grant, leaving a net
balance of £1188 for the year as surplus. La
Récré is slowly building its member numbers
back to pre pandemic levels and with it a
much stronger financial position. Revenues
and expenses are much higher than the
previous year due to sessions back in
person (higher student fees but also higher
rents and teaching staff).
Without the grant, the charity would have
made a loss, even though we reduced the
class numbers in an attempt to balance the
budget.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The small reserve accumulated will be used
in case of hardship related to increased
running costs for example. It could also be
used to organise special events such as
theatre production or thematic sessions,
perhaps in the future.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of August 2022, we
had£3829left in reserve.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds were materially in deficit.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The main difficulties and uncertainties are
still related to the recruitment of suitable
teachers. However we are lucky to have
some volunteers ready to step in, allowing us
to maintain teaching quality and cover during
the absence of other staff. The increase in
running costs due to inflation and high
energy costs (mainly rooms renting) is a
concern and should the increase in rents not
be sustainable, LaRécréshall look for
alternative and cheaper spaces to rent.|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funds are
membership and fees from participants|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any||Not applicable|
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||social investment policy|Para 1.46|||
||adopted||||
||||With Brexit, we faced a reduction of the||
||A description of the principal|Para 1.46|number of French families and students,||
||risks facing the charity||being potential members, teachers or||
||||assistants. Moreover, with COVID, we had||
||||faced a reduction in members and not all||
||||came back once sessions were back in||
||||person. Numbers are now slowly increasing||
||||again, but have not reached||
||||pre-COVID/Brexit levels.||
||||We also face an increase in running costs||
||||due to the current inflation.||
||Other||||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of
charity’s trusts:||||
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|Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO||
|
Trustee selection
methods including
details of any
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or
name of any
person or body
entitled to appoint
one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected at the AGM by the members. Or appointed by
Trustees until the next AGM||
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|A guidance document on the roles & duties
is provided to all new trustees, in accordance
with Charity Commission guidelines.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|La Récré works closely with Bitterne Park
School in Southampton. La Récré rents the
premises as the lessons are held in the 6th
form building of Bitterne Park School.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|La Récré is part of the UK FLAM (Français
Langue Maternelle) network which regroups
about 50 FLAM schools in the United
Kingdom. This network is recognised and
supported by the French Agency for the
Teaching of French Language abroad.|
|Other||Risks:
●
Considered by all board members
●
Regular policy review process
●
Particular attention is given to the
safeguarding policy and its
implementation.|
|●|With the increase of members and of|
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||responsibilities, the board continues|
||to hold a trustee’s insurance.|
|●|La Récré risk assessment for|
||Covid19 was updated regularly and|
||followed the Government’s guidance.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|La Récré||
|---|---|---|
|Other name the
charity uses|La Récré Southampton||
|Registered
charity number|1174400||
|Charity’s
principal
address|36 Salisbury Street
Fordingbridge,
Hampshire SP6 1AF||
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1|Jeanne-Francoise
Williamson|Chair||Members|
||2|Sandrine Morawek|Secretary||Members|
||3|Vincent Jurdic|Trustee|upto 05/22|Members|
||4|Caryl Takvorian|Trustee||Members|
||5|NellyPayne|Trustee||Members|
||6|Christine Costanza|Trustee||Members|
||7|Sandra Vado|Trustee||Members|
||8|Maggie Adams|Treasurer||Members|
||9|Lina Rebaine|Trustee|from 06/22|Appointed by
Board|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sandrine Morawek
Sandra Vado
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
SECRETARY/TRUSTEE
TRUSTEE|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sandrine Morawek
Sandra Vado
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
SECRETARY/TRUSTEE
TRUSTEE|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sandrine Morawek
Sandra Vado
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
SECRETARY/TRUSTEE
TRUSTEE|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sandrine Morawek
Sandra Vado
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
SECRETARY/TRUSTEE
TRUSTEE|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sandrine Morawek
Sandra Vado
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
SECRETARY/TRUSTEE
TRUSTEE|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Signature(s)**|||||
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|**Full name(s)**||Sandrine Morawek||Sandra Vado|
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|**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**|SECRETARY/TRUSTEE||TRUSTEE||
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|**Date**|04/11/2022||04/11/2022||
||**La Récré**|**La Récré**|**La Récré**|**La Récré**|**La Récré**|**No 1174400**|**No 1174400**||**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**||1/9/2021|||31/8/2022||||
||
**from**||||**To**|||||
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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 £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Membership (all members)|**500**||**-**||**-**||**500**||**-**|
|Student Fees|**16,092**||**-**||**-**||**16,092**||**7,292**|
|Interest|**1**||**-**||**-**||**1**||**1**|
|Donation|**200**||**-**||**-**||**200**|||
|Grant|**2,153**||**-**||**-**||**2,153**|||
|||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**18,946**||**-**||**-**||**18,946**||**7,293**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|
**18,946**||**-**||**-**||**18,946**||**7,293**|
|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Hire of rooms|**3,722**||**-**||**-**||**3,722**||**660**|
|Stationary and Teaching ressources|**175**||**-**||**-**||**175**|||
|DELF Exam fee|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**315**|
|Teaching Staff|**9,664**||**-**||**-**||**9,664**||**8,480**|
|Insurance|**983**||**-**||**-**||**983**||**616**|
|Adminstration Staff|**2,322**||**-**||**-**||**2,322**||**2,347**|
|Training|**12**||**-**||**-**||**12**||**6**|
|Heath and Safety|**179**||**-**||**-**||**179**||**372**|
|Marketing & Com|**409**||**-**||**-**||**409**||**14**|
|FLAM membership|**35**||**-**||**-**||**35**|||
|Events|**257**||**-**||**-**||**257**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**17,758**||**-**||**-**||**17,758**||**12,810**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **|
**17,758**||**-**||**-**||**17,758**||**12,810**|
|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|
**1,188**||**-**||**-**||**1,188**||**-**
**5,517**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|||**-**||**-**||||**-**|
||**2,641**||**-**||**-**||||**8,158**|
||
**3,829**||**-**||**-**||**Cross Add**
||**2,641**|
||||||||**E**|||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Saving Accounts||||**2,802**||**-**||**-**|
||Accounts||||**527**||**-**||**-**|
||metro||||**500**||**-**||**-**|
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||**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**||**3,829**||**-**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||OK||OK|
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
||||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Treasurer /TRUSTEE||||TRUSTEE||||Date of
approval|
||M ADAMS||||||||22/02/23|
||Maggied Adams||||Sandra Vado|||||
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