Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 December 2020 EAQUALS (Evaluation & Accreditation of Quality Language Services) A company limited by guarantee Trustees report and financial statements Year ended 31 December 2020 Company registration number (England & Wales): 7727406 Charity registration number (England & Wales): 1143547 www.eaquals.org Email: [email protected] Postal address: PO Box 1202/95 Budapest H-1380 Hungary CONTENTS Trustees Report 1-18 Reference information 1 Eaquals membership 3 Introduction 7 Inspection and accreditation 8 Membership 10 Conferences & Events 12 Eaquals Response to Covid19 Pandemic 14 Eaquals development & projects 15 Partnerships 16 Report on Strategy 19-22 Specific achievements in 2020 19 Reserves, risk management 20 Structure & governance 21 Statement of trustees’ responsibilities 21 Independent examiner’s report 23 Statement of financial activities 24 Balance sheet 25 Cash flow statement 26 Notes to the financial statement 26-30 REFERENCE INFORMATION Trustees Justin Quinn (Chair) | Centre of English Studies, Ireland Thom Kiddle (Vice Chair, re-elected 9 July 2020) | Norwich Institute for Language Education, England Adam Donoghue (Treasurer) | Freelance Peter Brown (Founder Chair) | British School of Trieste, Italy Susanna Dammann | Freelance Nergis Uyan | Ozyegin University, Turkey Chris Moore | Specialist Language Courses, England Beata Schmid | EF International Language Centers Julie Wallis (elected 9 July 2020) | The London School, Italy Accreditation Panel Sarah Aitken Ute Arnold Martyn Ellis John Haagensen Elzbieta Jarosz Galya Mateva Sue Sheerin Angela Signorastri Justin Vollmer Associate Membership Committee Peter Brown (Chair) Michael Carrier Valerie Clochard Frank Heyworth Galya Mateva Eaquals Ombudsman Ingrid Koester Eaquals Staff Lou McLaughlin | Executive Director Ludka Kotarska | Director of Accreditation and Consultancy Anna Andor | Services Manager Vivi Koszegi | Administrative Assistant Jenny Rush | Communications Officer (until April 2020) 1 Registered Office 29/30 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6LQ, England. Secretariat PO Box 1202/95, Budapest H-1380, Hungary Website www.eaquals.org Company registration 7727406, incorporated on 3 August 2011 (England & Wales) Charity registration 1143547 (England & Wales) Independent examiner Julian Flitter FCA Goodman Jones LLP, Chartered Accountants, 29/30 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6LQ, England. Solicitors Russell-Cooke 2 Putney Hill, Putney, London SW15 6AB, England. Bankers Barclays Bank 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, E14 5HP, England. 2 EAQUALS MEMBERSHIP IS Aix-en-Provence Accredited Members Germany Founder F | Joined 2020* | Joined 2021 to date# ALPADIA Language Schools, Berlin Algeria ALPADIA Language Schools, Freiburg In-tuition did deutsch-institut Berlin Belgium did deutsch-institut Frankfurt CLL Centres des Langues asb did deutsch-institut Hamburg Bosnia and Herzegovina did deutsch-institut Munchen International University of Sarajevo English EF Internationale Sprachschule Berlin Language School EF Internationale Sprachschule Munchen Bulgaria GLS Campus Berlin – International House AVO Language and Examination Centre Greece China Doukas School, The Department of Foreign Donghua University International Cultural Languages Exchange School (Shanghai) Ireland Croatia ACET (Cork Language Centre International) KEZELE – School of Foreign Languages & Business Communication Active Language Learning Linguapax Language School Twin English Centre Dublin (formerly Alpha College of English) Skola stranih jezika – Ziger Apollo Language Centre Cyprus (North) ATC Language School Girne American University Foundation English School Atlantic Language Dublin Czech Republic Atlantic Language Galway AKCENT International House Prague Atlas Language Centre Threshold Training Associates s.r.o. and Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre Language and Training Castel International Education Estonia Centre of English Studies, Dublin The Language School in Down-Town Cork English College France Dorset College ALPADIA Lyon Emerald Cultural Institute, Dublin Alpha.b Institut Linguistique Future Learning Language School Centre International d’Antibes Galway Cultural Institute EF Ecole Internacionale de Francais-Nice International House Dublin EF Ecole Internacionale de Francais-Paris SEDA College ILA (Institut Linguistique Adenet)/Easy Swan Training Institute French 3 ULearn Oxford Centar International Language Centre Italy Poland Alpha beta Piccadilly Language Centre Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum British School of Trieste Gama College of English CLM-Bell Language Centre of Krakow University of CLUSS-Centro Linguistico Universita per Economics Stranieri di Siena Lodz University of Technology Language Di.L.It. International House Centre EF Centro Linguistico, Rome The Language Centre Jagiellonian University Lord Byron College Portugal The Language Grid CIAL Centro de Linguas The London School Qatar Japan Qatar International Academic for Security EF International Language Centres, Tokyo Studies Language School Hokkaido Japanese Language School Romania Kazakhstan Alpha Centre of Modern Languages and Department of Romanian Language, Culture & InterPress International House Almaty Civilisation, Babes-Bolyai University Kosovo Britanica Learning Centre New Age School International House Bucharest Kuwait Russia Australian College of Kuwait Derzhavin Institute Latvia Liden & Denz Language Centre, Moscow Education Centre DURBE Liden & Denz Language Centre, St Petersburg Libya Saudi Arabia International House Libya Yanbu English Language Institute, Royal Commission Colleges and Institutes Luxembourg King Faisal Air Academy PROLINGUA Language Centre Serbia MALTA Tom & Emma School of English ACE English, Malta Slovakia EF International Language Centres, Malta The Bridge School* European School of English, Malta South Africa International House Malta-Gozo EC English Cape Town Maltalingua School of English EF International Language School Cape Town NSTS English Language Institute Good Hope Studies Montenegro 4 Oxford English Academy Eton Institute (Dubai & Abu Dhabi) South Korea United Kingdom EF International Language Campuses Bloomsbury International Spain British Study Centres Edinburgh British Institute of Seville British Study Centres English for Juniors EF Centro Internacional de Idiomas, Malaga British Study Centres London Hampstead EF Centro Internacional de Idiomas, British Study Centres Manchester Barcelona British Study Centres York Hispania, escuela de español Centre of English Studies Leeds O’Clock Idiomas Centre of English Studies Wimbledon International House Madrid Centre of English Studies Worthing Lacunza, International House San Sebastian EF International Language Centre Cambridge Lenguas Vivas English in Action Malaca Instituto International House London Oxford House (Oxford TEFL SL) International House Newcastle Switzerland NILE Norwich Institute for Language ALPADIA Montreux Education Alpha Sprachwelt Torquay International School Bell Switzerland SA LSI Switzerland AG TLC International House Zurich-Baden Associate Members Turkey Austria Adana Gundogdu College CEBS Center fur berufsbezogene Sprachen Isik University School of Foreign Languages Bulgaria Ozyegin University School of Languages OPTIMA The Bulgarian Association of Quality Language Services Private Sinav Schools-Ankara Canada Terakki Foundation School EduNova Co-operative Ltd Sabanci University School of Languages# Croatia School of Foreign Languages, Karabuk University CAFL The Association for Foreign Languages at the Croatian Chamber of Economy Yuce Schools Czech Republic Ukraine Asociace jazykovych skol NOVAMOVA International Language School Republic of Macedonia Odessa Language Study Centre MAQS Macedonian Association for Quality United Arab Emirates Languages Services 5 Germany Cambridge Assessment English g.a.s.t. TestDaF-Institut Educational Software Products Goethe Institut HQ Euroexam International telc GmbH Guided e-Learning Greece LanguageCert ESOL Qualifications QLS Panhellenic Association of Accredited Macmillan Education Quality Language Schools Oxford University Press Ireland Pearson Education Quality & Qualifications Ireland Trinity College London Marketing English in Ireland Worldwide Italy Altissia AISLi, the Italian Association of Quality Language Schools International House World Organisation ASILS, Association of Schools of Italian as a Second Language Project Partners Netherlands Italy Educational Testing Service Global BV CVCL Universita per Stranieri di Perugia Portugal Switzerland Camoes Instituto da Cooperacao e da Lingua Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund Romania Turkey Romanian Association for Quality Language Sabanci University School of Languages Services (QUEST) Serbia Association of Language Schools of Serbia (YALS) Slovakia TrackTest Spain Asociación de Centros de Lenguas en la Ensenanza Superior (ACLES) Instituto Cervantes FEDELE Sweden The Swedish Association of Accredited Language Training providers United Kingdom British Council 6 INTRODUCTION The members of the board of trustees, who are the directors of the company (“the association”) for the purposes of UK company law and trustees for the purposes of UK charity law, present their statutory annual report which includes the information set out on pages 1 to 6 and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on pages