Teremok CIO
Annual Report
For the Period 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 Charity N: 1194957
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 25/06/2021 to 31/03/2022
Teremok CIO
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name: Teremok CIO Registered CIO: 1194957
Public Address: 3 Lealholme Court, Howdale Road, Hull, HU8 9FF
Board of Trustees:
Jelena Litosa - Chair Oleg Nikandrovs - Treasurer Sirana Antonyan - Secretary
Management
Vera Vyushina - General Manager
Bankers
HSBC UK BANK, 3-4 Jameson St, Hull, HU1 3JX
Objectives and Activities
The objects of “Teremok CIO”, to be carried out for the public benefits
in Kingston Upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire, are:
-
To advance the education of children and young people in the Russian language, both written and spoken.
-
To advance in life and help the young through:
-
The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;
-
Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities, and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
Key activities include:
-
Providing life-changing learning experiences in the Russian language for children 5-15 years old from Eastern European families living in Hull and surrounding areas.
-
Providing play sessions, art, music, chess, and math lessons for
-
children from multilingual families.
-
Organising parties and celebrations for children involving their families.
-
Organising well-being events for children
Achievements and Performance of Public Benefit
“Teremok CIO” continues to receive excellent feedback from multilingual families and volunteers. Targets on both quantity and quality of activities are routinely surpassed. Christmas celebrations for children and their families from Eastern Europe every year involve more than 60 multilingual children in Hull and Goole.
In 2020 “Teremok CIO” successfully launched and currently continues ‘The Catch-Up Project’ which takes place in the HU4 area of Hull. The purpose of the project is to educate and promote the health and wellbeing of children from low-income families from Eastern Europe living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Children of all ages from lowincome families including Ukrainian located in Hull and surrounding areas benefit from this project which brings families together.
The purpose of the project is to ensure that these children integrate into the local community whilst improving their home life.
Our relationship with the older charity Hull Churches Home from Hospital Services provides a perfect environment for pupils and access to Children’s counsellors and support workers.
During the last 6 years “Teremok CIO” has grown and now teaches 40 children 5-13 years old with 6 qualified tutors in Hull and Goole.
Financial Review
On the 1[st] April 2022 the opening balance in HSBC bank UK was £7,642.91. The principal source of income is fees - £12 per pupil for basic lessons if the family has one child, families with two and more children have a 15-20% discount. The total fees received from parents is £7,617. In December 2022 small grant £500 was get from Howdens Joinery to buy presents for children for Christmas. In January 2023 Teremok CIO got Grant £10,000 from Community Lottery Fund. Total funds from the 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 202 amounted to £25,759.
The spending during the period was £16,969.29 which was spread between rent payments in Hull and Goole, liability insurance, buying food, decorations, and presents for celebrations and activities; paints, brushes, and paper for art; chess, some equipment for classes; payments for tutors and management according to their contracts, and volunteers’ expenses.
At the financial year end, the closing bank balance on the account was £9,499.71. These funds were planned for covering expenses for the following months such as rent, management, teaching, and school activities.
The manager and treasurer regularly review the finances, and budgets and spend against budget together with a monthly cash flow analysis as part of the effective facilities for our pupils.
The trustees and manager are continuing their strategy of deploying all net incoming resources to invest in educational and school development purposes.
As a charity, the parents of our pupils have the assurance that all the income of the school must be applied for educational purposes. As an educational charity we enjoy tax exemption on our educational activities and on our investment income and gains provided these are applied to our charitable aims.
Structure, Governance, and Management
The Charity became a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) on the 25[th] of June 2021, at which point all assets were transferred across.
The first name of our community organization was the Teremok Community Association of Hull.
Recruitment and Appointments of Trustees
The Charity is governed by a Constitution of CIO dated 18.08.2020. As such it is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. New Trustees are selected by the existing Trustees, who try to ensure a balance within the Trustee board. This balance includes appropriate knowledge and skills for the governance and management of the Charity and understanding of the school requirements and cultural peculiarities of multilingual families with low income from Eastern Europe.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Members of the Board of Trustees, who are Trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
Risk Management
Major risks to the Charity have been considered by the Trustees and appropriate procedures put in place to manage them. These include financial procedures to ensure probity and transparency; annual budgeting and regular financial reports at each trustees’ meeting to monitor spending against budget to ensure that cash flow and the overall financial position are managed; regular reporting at Trustees’ meeting of
delivery against any outputs on which funding depends; appropriate personnel policies and procedures and regular supervision of stuff.
All staff and volunteers are fully DBS checked and have to complete mandatory training in Information Governance, Child Safeguarding, Fire Marshal, and First Aid.
The Charity holds personal records of employees’ and children’s data. All information recorded complies with all requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is treated in the strictest confidence. It is held securely in accordance with the GDPR Regulations and Data Protection Act of 2018 and will be disposed of in compliance with the relevant regulation relating to the specific service.
Organizational Structure
“Teremok CIO” employed 6 paid staff (all of them part-time working on Saturdays or Sundays) – 1 manager and 5 tutors. We invited 5 volunteers to help us with Christmas Children’s Celebrations in Hull and Goole.
The Board of Trustees meets together about once every three months, with supplementary meetings when/if issues arise requiring more immediate decisions.
The total number of pupils was 55.
The total number of classes was 7 (5 in Hull and 2 in Goole).
The structure of classes was:
1 class for 5-6 years old children
-
3 classes for 7-9 years old children
-
1 class for 10-13 years old children
-
1 class for Art
-
1 group - Chess Club for children of different age
Additionally, we provided music lessons for all children with professional musician.
The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.
Signature:
Full name: Jelena Litosa
Position: Chair
Date:17.01.2024
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| For the period from |
01.04.2022 | To | 31.03.23 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts Openingcash-bank balance 7,643 school fees 7,617 smallgrant 500 Grant from CommunityLotteryFund 10,000 - - - - 25,760 - - Sub total - Total receipts 25,760 A3 Payments Rent 3,237 LiabilityInsurance 168 Teaching 6,288 Management 4,968 Expences for school activities 1,600 - - - - Sub total 16,261 - - Sub total - Total payments 16,261 Net of receipts/(payments) 9,499 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 9,499 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 7,643 7,617 500 10,000 - - - - 25,760 - - - 25,760 3,237 168 6,288 4,968 1,600 - - - - 16,261 - - - 16,261 9,499 - - 9,499 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| - - - - - - - - - |
7,643 | - | ||
| 7,617 | - | |||
| 500 | - | |||
| 10,000 | - | |||
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| - | - | |||
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| 25,760 | - | |||
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| - | - | |||
| - | 25,760 | - | ||
| - - - - - - - - - - |
3,237 | - | ||
| 168 | - | |||
| 6,288 | - | |||
| 4,968 | - | |||
| 1,600 | - | |||
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| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
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| 16,261 | - | |||
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| - | 16,261 | - | ||
| - | - - - - |
9,499 | - | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| - | 9,499 | - |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| OK | |||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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Teremok CIO
Annual Report
For the Period 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 Charity N: 1194957
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 25/06/2021 to 31/03/2022
Teremok CIO
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name: Teremok CIO Registered CIO: 1194957
Public Address: 3 Lealholme Court, Howdale Road, Hull, HU8 9FF
Board of Trustees:
Jelena Litosa - Chair Oleg Nikandrovs - Treasurer Sirana Antonyan - Secretary
Management
Vera Vyushina - General Manager
Bankers
HSBC UK BANK, 3-4 Jameson St, Hull, HU1 3JX
Objectives and Activities
The objects of “Teremok CIO”, to be carried out for the public benefits
in Kingston Upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire, are:
-
To advance the education of children and young people in the Russian language, both written and spoken.
-
To advance in life and help the young through:
-
The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;
-
Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities, and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
Key activities include:
-
Providing life-changing learning experiences in the Russian language for children 5-15 years old from Eastern European families living in Hull and surrounding areas.
-
Providing play sessions, art, music, chess, and math lessons for
-
children from multilingual families.
-
Organising parties and celebrations for children involving their families.
-
Organising well-being events for children
Achievements and Performance of Public Benefit
“Teremok CIO” continues to receive excellent feedback from multilingual families and volunteers. Targets on both quantity and quality of activities are routinely surpassed. Christmas celebrations for children and their families from Eastern Europe every year involve more than 60 multilingual children in Hull and Goole.
In 2020 “Teremok CIO” successfully launched and currently continues ‘The Catch-Up Project’ which takes place in the HU4 area of Hull. The purpose of the project is to educate and promote the health and wellbeing of children from low-income families from Eastern Europe living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Children of all ages from lowincome families including Ukrainian located in Hull and surrounding areas benefit from this project which brings families together.
The purpose of the project is to ensure that these children integrate into the local community whilst improving their home life.
Our relationship with the older charity Hull Churches Home from Hospital Services provides a perfect environment for pupils and access to Children’s counsellors and support workers.
During the last 6 years “Teremok CIO” has grown and now teaches 40 children 5-13 years old with 6 qualified tutors in Hull and Goole.
Financial Review
On the 1[st] April 2022 the opening balance in HSBC bank UK was £7,642.91. The principal source of income is fees - £12 per pupil for basic lessons if the family has one child, families with two and more children have a 15-20% discount. The total fees received from parents is £7,617. In December 2022 small grant £500 was get from Howdens Joinery to buy presents for children for Christmas. In January 2023 Teremok CIO got Grant £10,000 from Community Lottery Fund. Total funds from the 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 202 amounted to £25,759.
The spending during the period was £16,969.29 which was spread between rent payments in Hull and Goole, liability insurance, buying food, decorations, and presents for celebrations and activities; paints, brushes, and paper for art; chess, some equipment for classes; payments for tutors and management according to their contracts, and volunteers’ expenses.
At the financial year end, the closing bank balance on the account was £9,499.71. These funds were planned for covering expenses for the following months such as rent, management, teaching, and school activities.
The manager and treasurer regularly review the finances, and budgets and spend against budget together with a monthly cash flow analysis as part of the effective facilities for our pupils.
The trustees and manager are continuing their strategy of deploying all net incoming resources to invest in educational and school development purposes.
As a charity, the parents of our pupils have the assurance that all the income of the school must be applied for educational purposes. As an educational charity we enjoy tax exemption on our educational activities and on our investment income and gains provided these are applied to our charitable aims.
Structure, Governance, and Management
The Charity became a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) on the 25[th] of June 2021, at which point all assets were transferred across.
The first name of our community organization was the Teremok Community Association of Hull.
Recruitment and Appointments of Trustees
The Charity is governed by a Constitution of CIO dated 18.08.2020. As such it is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. New Trustees are selected by the existing Trustees, who try to ensure a balance within the Trustee board. This balance includes appropriate knowledge and skills for the governance and management of the Charity and understanding of the school requirements and cultural peculiarities of multilingual families with low income from Eastern Europe.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Members of the Board of Trustees, who are Trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
Risk Management
Major risks to the Charity have been considered by the Trustees and appropriate procedures put in place to manage them. These include financial procedures to ensure probity and transparency; annual budgeting and regular financial reports at each trustees’ meeting to monitor spending against budget to ensure that cash flow and the overall financial position are managed; regular reporting at Trustees’ meeting of
delivery against any outputs on which funding depends; appropriate personnel policies and procedures and regular supervision of stuff.
All staff and volunteers are fully DBS checked and have to complete mandatory training in Information Governance, Child Safeguarding, Fire Marshal, and First Aid.
The Charity holds personal records of employees’ and children’s data. All information recorded complies with all requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is treated in the strictest confidence. It is held securely in accordance with the GDPR Regulations and Data Protection Act of 2018 and will be disposed of in compliance with the relevant regulation relating to the specific service.
Organizational Structure
“Teremok CIO” employed 6 paid staff (all of them part-time working on Saturdays or Sundays) – 1 manager and 5 tutors. We invited 5 volunteers to help us with Christmas Children’s Celebrations in Hull and Goole.
The Board of Trustees meets together about once every three months, with supplementary meetings when/if issues arise requiring more immediate decisions.
The total number of pupils was 55.
The total number of classes was 7 (5 in Hull and 2 in Goole).
The structure of classes was:
1 class for 5-6 years old children
-
3 classes for 7-9 years old children
-
1 class for 10-13 years old children
-
1 class for Art
-
1 group - Chess Club for children of different age
Additionally, we provided music lessons for all children with professional musician.
The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.
Signature:
Full name: Jelena Litosa
Position: Chair
Date:17.01.2024