## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year| |**From **|01|September|2023|**To**|31|August|2024| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** TANDEM MANCHESTER **Other names charity is known by** NUESTRA ESCUELA TANDEM **Registered charity number (if any)** 1186044 **Charity's principal address** 757 Bury Road Breightmet Bolton **Postcode BL2 6PB** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**MARIA DEL**
**PILAR FERRIN**
**SANCHEZ**|||| ||**MARIA CARMEN**
**GADEA GIMENO**|||| ||**BERTA MARIA**
**PEREZ ESTEBAN**|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Section B Structure,governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document **CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION** How the charity is constituted **TEMPLATE CONSTITUTION FOR SPANISH SCHOOL** Trustee selection methods **VOLUNTARILY CHOSEN** **TANDEM MANCHESTER** Trustees Annual Report – 01.09.23/31.08.24 1 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|The object of the association is: To advance the education of the Spanish
speaking public in Manchester 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.| |---|---| ||Weekly lessons imparted for children up to 13 years old enrolled in the
courses.
Culture and language skills improved in all of our students.
First steps to learn formally the language they already understand, with
big improvement on their grammar and oral skills
The school helped to understand better their parents Spanish o Latin
American culture with events such as the visit of the 3 wise men, that
helped to learn some traditions and promote values.
We follow the Manchester Council’s academic year, keeping the same
dates for half terms and holidays (Easter, Christmas and Summer
holidays).
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.| **TANDEM MANCHESTER** Trustees Annual Report – 01.09.23/31.08.24 2 ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The school is promoting the use of Spanish within the pupils and for some this is the first formal step to become more proficient in the language. More Spanish speaking people is getting to know of our existence, and the number of people enquiring about the services is increasing. Links have been created with other Spanish schools in the country, working together with some of them. We organised events that were very popular amongst the Spanish speaking families such as the visit of Reyes Magos (3 wise men). We managed to attract teachers for the different groups, and this has helped us to grow as a school. The experience the teachers gained in the school allowed them to move their careers forward. The school has helped other Spanish networks such as the Council of Residents thanks to the promotion of other organisations in our events. We have managed to organise weekly Spanish language classes for the whole school calendar, growing from 30 students when we reopen to 50 over at the end of the year. After careful consideration and a thorough assessment of the charity´s current capacity, the trustees made the difficult decision to suspend all services as of May 2024. This decision was driven by a combination of factors, including a lack of sustained external support, limited funding, and the increasing challenges faced by trustees who have been providing support far beyond the typical expectations of their role. While the supplementary school has been a valuable and much-needed resource for Spanish-speaking children in the community, it has become unsustainable under current conditions. The trustees are currently in a period of reflection and will determine the future of the charity in the coming months. Should the decision be made to close the organisation, final payments will be made, and any remaining funds will be transferred to a charity offering similar services. **TANDEM MANCHESTER** Trustees Annual Report – 01.09.23/31.08.24 3 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** There is no reserves policy. The charity`s free cash reserves at the period end were £388 **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; The only sources of funding have been the family contributions via annual fees and booking of lessons in blocks of weeks. The funding helped to pay for materials and the teachers that help running the school. Promotion on social media was mainly done using free channels. - The net receipts for the period were £ 388 - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature** MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO **Full name** MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO **Position** Trustee **TANDEM MANCHESTER** Trustees Annual Report – 01.09.23/31.08.24 4 Date 23.06.2024 TANDEM MANCHESTER Trustees Annual Report- 01.09.23131.08.24 ||**TANDEM MANCHESTER**
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**Charity Name**|**TANDEM MANCHESTER**
**Charity Name**|**TANDEM MANCHESTER**
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**from**||01.09.23
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Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3.875**
**8.089**
**192**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12.756**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3.864**
**8.089**
**-**
**192**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12.756**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Bank balance|**3.875**||||||||**-**| |Student fees|**8.089**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| |DBS Return|**192**||||||||**-**| |Donation|**600**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**12.756**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |Freelance staff|**7.069**||||||||**-**| |Insurance|**101**||||||||**-**| |Materials|**402**||||||||**-**| |Refreshments|**233**||||||||**-**| |Marketing|**129**||||||||**-**| |End Party|**577**||||||||**-**| |Rent|**3.485**||||||||**-**| |Communication|**50**||||||||**-**| |DBS fee|**323**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12.368**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**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**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO**
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**MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||**MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO**|**MARIA CARMEN GADEA GIMENO**|**15.06.2025**| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 15/06/2025 2