## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 6 April 2022 **To** 5 April 2023 **Charity name:** La Petite Ecole de Liverpool **Charity registration number:** 1167280 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are in accordance
with the charitable purpose for the
advancement of education and aim:
To advance the education of the public
and, in particular but not exclusively,
children educated in local English-speaking
schools and having a knowledge of French
living in Liverpool and surrounding areas
by:
•
Providing teaching services in French
as an extracurricular activity,
•
Organising cultural activities in order to
develop the knowledge of the culture
and history of the francophone world.
Nothing in this constitution shall authorise
an application of the property of the CIO for
the purposes which are not charitable
in accordance with section 7 of the
Charities and Trustee Investment| |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|- Weekly lessons, for 2 hours on a
Saturday, for French-speaking children,
- Weekly lessons for students of Dovedale
school as an extracurricular activity,
- Annual cultural activities: A French
Christmas celebration (December 2022),
Carnaval (February 2023).
- Participation in a competition with
pedagogic goals, related to literature,
- Upgrading the access to library books by
creating an online referencing system.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the guidance
on public benefit as we welcome all people
from all countries who have an interest in
French language and culture to join our
organisation. We have kept the charges to a| Page **1** of **7** minimum despite inflation in order to keep our classes affordable. We also have a policy for those families who cannot afford these costs to have a possibility to contribute in kind negotiated on a one-toone basis **.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|n/a| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|We aim to develop skills for our teachers
and assistants through sending them also
for training, and promoting their
professional development.
We also provide equal access and
opportunities for families who cannot afford
the classes| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The management committee is made of
volunteers, who also happen to be
members (i.e. parents of children
registered). They help organise and run the
classes, fundraise, organise cultural events
and manage the library.| |Other||n/a| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Main achievements:
- Promoting French language and culture
- Providing opportunities for those with
French-speaking parents to be bilingual and
thus have broader opportunities as they
grow up
- To entertain the wider general public in
Liverpool by organising cultural events
- By developing teachers
- By growing the network andconnection of
the French community in Liverpool as well as
their connection to other French-speaking
communities across the UK (through the
network of French schools called ‘Parapluie-
FLAM’)
• Promoting connection between different
languages schools through meetings and| Page **2** of **7** planning joint events with other language schools in Liverpool ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|All objectives achieved| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Our annual fundraising event around
Christmas time has helped to support our
charity.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a| |Other||n/a| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Please see attached financial report**.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|If we have a positive bank balance at the end
of the financial year we will adopt a continuous
cash flow into the next financial year for the
sum to be used to further the aims of the CIO
only.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£4,414 at the end of the 2022/23 financial
year.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| Page **3** of **7** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|- From tuition fees
- From fundraising (once a year)
- From the French government subsidy (AEFE
funding, coming to an end in 2023).| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The risks identified are:
-
Our ability to balance the books,
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Recruit and retain teachers,
-
Recruit and retain volunteers to run
the charity.
All these risks are currently mitigated by the
committee.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|We have a constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (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|In summary, a trustee is selected from its
members (i.e. parents) currently but not
exclusively, selected for 2 years, position can
be renewed for another term.
Trustees are then voted in during the Annual
General Assembly.| Page **4** of **7** |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We have a document for new trustees
which explains what is meant as a trustee,
which refers to the trustee documents on
gov.uk, and which gives specifics about
being a trustee in our CIO.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|As above part of 2 networks:
- Parapluie FLAM: all French
supplementary schools in the UK
- LSSN: Liverpool Supplementary School
Network (LSSN): all children native-
language schools in Liverpool.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|n/a| |Other||n/a| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|**La Petite Ecole de Liverpool**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1176280**| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Anne-Claire Leydier, 18 Mayville Road, L18 0HQ, Liverpool| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Anne-Claire Leydier|Director|01/09/2023|General assembly with
members| ||Florent Alix|Treasurer|29/11/2023|General assembly with
members| ||Dr Fabienne Marret-
Davies|Curriculum advisor||| ||Nadja van Ginneken-
Turtle|||| ||Laurence Payot|Project officer||| |||||| |||||| Page **5** of **7** ## – 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|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|n/a| Page **6** of **7** **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** ## **Other optional information** **n/a** ## **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)** Anne-Claire Leydier **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 03/02/2024 Page **7** of **7** ||**La Petite Ecole de Liverpool**
**Charity Name**|**La Petite Ecole de Liverpool**
**Charity Name**|**La Petite Ecole de Liverpool**
**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|06/04/2022
Period start date|**To**||05/04/2023
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,124**
**110**
**86**
**-**
**2,785**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,105**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,105**
**4,252**
**2,442**
**-**
**191**
**35**
**129**
**101**
**3,842**
**423**
**25**
**120**
**156**
**13**
**67**
**58**
**64**
**11,918**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,918**
**- 3,813**
**-**
**8,227**
**4,414**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,124**
**110**
**86**
**-**
**2,785**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,105**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,105**
**4,252**
**2,442**
**-**
**191**
**35**
**129**
**101**
**-**
**3,842**
**-**
**423**
**25**
**120**
**156**
**13**
**67**
**58**
**-**
**64**
**11,918**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,918**
**- 3,813**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |child subscriptions
Donations
Fundraising
Raffle
Grant
refund|**5,124**||||||**3,145**| ||**110**||||||**-**| ||**86**||||||**288**| ||**-**||||||**4**| ||**2,785**||||||**864**| ||**-**||||||**34**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**8,105**||||||**4,335**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**
Wages
Classroom hire
Hall event hire
Insurance
FLAM fees
Internet
Food and beverage
Fundraising costs
Events costs
training costs
Equipment
Adverts
school books
school furnitures
website
DBS
Zoom subscription for online classes
bank fees
**_Sub total_ **|||||||| ||||||||**4,335**| ||||||||| ||||||||**5,349**| ||||||||**1,836**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**187**| ||||||||**35**| ||||||||**13**| ||||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||||||||**12**| ||||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**165**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**96**| ||||||||**345**| ||||||||| ||||||||**21**| ||||||||**8,059**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**8,059**| ||||||||| ||**- 3,813**|**-**|
**-**||**- 3,813**||**- 3,725**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**8,227**|**-**|**-**||**8,227**||**6,243**| ||**4,414**|**-**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
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**own use**
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