
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  01/09/2022    Period start date   To 31/08/2023             Period end date Charity name: Les Petites Voiles** 

**Charity registration number:** 1196130 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is to advance the<br>education of the public in particular but not<br>exclusively children issued from francophone<br>families and living in the area covered by<br>Southend on Sea Borough Council by:<br>a. Teaching French language as an<br>extracurricular activity, and;<br>b. Organising cultural events to<br>develop understanding of<br>francophone cultures and traditions.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities undertaken for the public<br>benefits are, depending of the children level:<br>•<br>Teaching of French diagraphs and<br>intonation required to read texts in<br>French<br>•<br>Providing a forum to improve<br>understanding of French<br>•<br>Build up French Vocabulary to progress<br>to conversation<br>•<br>Teaching basic principle of conjugaison<br>and tenses<br>•<br>Construct sentences in French<br>•<br>Express feeling, understanding around<br>various subjects<br>•<br>Learn about customs, geography and<br>history<br>All allowing children to understand their roots,<br>their partial heritage to help progress toward a<br>resilient adulthood, respectful of cultural<br>differences.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|We hereby declare that the trustees have had<br>regard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|





Commission on public benefit 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The main achievements of the charity has been<br>to:<br>* Gather a number of families in similar<br>situation, support them with skills, tools and<br>forum and provide opportunity to provide a<br>tailored local service which was not available in<br>Southend.<br>* Bring confidence in Children in speaking<br>French and recognise their strengthts<br>*  Set up the base of an administrative<br>structure which can support further expansion,<br>creating the ability to apply for grant in future<br>years<br>* Provide access to French culture by various<br>ways|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set 



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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Carried out by treasurer|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has been operating simply based<br>on cost against revenue and supported with<br>large amount of volunteering to make the<br>service well above market price for the<br>participating families. Physical reserves have<br>been made in terms of material, and remaining<br>cashflow what used to pay the deposit of the<br>teaching place for the nextyear.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|It is the charity policy that the families<br>contributions remain as low as possible, and<br>any spare revenue is refunded to participating<br>families.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No deficit|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|na|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Charity principal source of funds is from<br>families membership and a grant obtained<br>from the AEFE (Agency to teach French<br>abroad).|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||3 trustees|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed (by default)|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Voluntary - trustees|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Les Petites Voiles|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1196130|
|Charity’s principal address|37 avenue Road<br>SS07PJ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

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|Helene Bataille|13.03.2024||
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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<br>held in this capacity|na|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|na|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|na|



## **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)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Anne Charlotte Hanford **Full name(s)** Helene Bataille **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 13.03.2023 Text 14th April 2024 




**Charity Name No (if any) Les Petites Voiles 1196130** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.09.2022 31.08.2023 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|<br>Children subscriptions|**3,655**||**-**||**-**||**3,655**||**-**|
|Donations|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Fundraising|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Raffle|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Grant(AEFE)|**3,307**||**-**||**-**||**3,307**||**-**|
|Refund|**0.05**||**-**||**-**||**0**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**6,962**||**-**||**-**||**6,962**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|<br>Wages Education|**3,573**||**-**||**-**||**3,573**||**-**|
|Volunteer compensation|**1,290**||**-**||**-**||**1,290**||**-**|
|Classroom hire|**1,305**||**-**||**-**||**1,305**||**-**|
|Insurance|**167**||**-**||**-**||**167**||**-**|
|Internet|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Website service|||||||**-**|||
|Fundraisingcost|||||||**-**|||
|Trainingcost|**17**||||||**17**|||
|Flam membership|**35**||||||**35**|||
|Advertisment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|School books|**218**||**-**||**-**||**218**||**-**|
|School supplycraft|**321**||**-**||**-**||**321**||**-**|
|DBS|**36**||**-**||**-**||**36**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**6,962**||**-**||**-**||**6,962**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|1<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**||||||
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