## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
Charity number 1180223
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 July 2021
## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 July 2021
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service**
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## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 July 2021
**Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position** Juan Miguel Avila Zaragoza Chairman Yolanda Perez Fernandez Secretary Anna De Bolos Prat Treasurer
## **Charity number**
The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1180223, on 8 October 2018.
## **Principal address**
## **Bankers**
Century House Barclays Bank 1275 Century Way 1 Churchill Place Thorpe Park London Leeds England LS15 8ZB E14 5HP
## **Accountants**
## **West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 8 October 2018.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To advance the education of the public in Leeds and the surrounding areas in the Spanish language, culture and traditions by providing Spanish language classes and organising activities and events to educate the public in the culture and traditions of Spain and Spanish speaking countries.
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## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 July 2021
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
## **The charity's main activities**
To advance the education of the public in Leeds and surrounding areas in the Spanish language, culture and traditions.
We have managed to do that by running a Spanish supplementary school every week for children up to 18 years old.
We provide Spanish Language classes and organising activities and events to educate the public in the culture and traditions of Spain and Spanish speaking countries.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education.
## **Achievements and performance**
We have managed to carry on with on-line activity during the Covid19 pandemic and keep providing classes for our community.
We have also managed to support families with financial difficulties to receive Spanish language classes for their children.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £5,072 on unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £6,403. There is no reserves policy.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 6/2/2022
Anna De Bolos Prat (Trustee)
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## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 31 July 2021
|Notes
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
Student fees
Discounted student fees
Membership fees
Fundraising
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Freelance staff
Rent and rates
Insurance
Material
Training
Refreshments
Phone and internet
DBS
Transport
Accountancy
Subscriptions
**Total payments**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**
**Net receipts / (payments)**|2021
Total
funds
£
1,533
2,990
5,343
1,090
20
10,976
13,171
-
118
52
2,150
-
194
-
-
198
166
16,048
(5,072)
11,475
6,403|2020
Total
funds
£
2,525
5,498
10,828
1,950
2,186
22,987
10,893
3,930
117
1,256
573
452
175
187
17
270
-
17,871
5,116
6,359
11,475|
|---|---|---|
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## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 July 2021
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**|2021
Total
£
6,403
6,403|2020
Total
£
11,475
11,475|
|---|---|---|
**Assets retained for the charity's own use** Laptop Books for teachers and children Digital camera
|**Liabilities**|£|
|---|---|
|Accountancy|198|
## **Approval of the accounts**
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 6/2/2022
Anna De Bolos Prat (Trustee)
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## Nuestra Escuela Leeds
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 July 2021
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
|**Grants and donations**
Leeds City Council (LCC)
Donations|2021
Total
funds
£
1,500
33
1,533|2020
Total
funds
£
2,500
25
2,525|
|---|---|---|
## **2 Grants and donations**
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