## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/07/2023 Period start date To 30/06/2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name:The Tritatna Buddhist Community (Colchester)**
## **Charity registration number:1046724**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Advancement of the buddhist religion by**
**encouraging members and others to live in**
**accordance with the teaching of the**
**Buddha and by supporting the teaching**
**work of Order Members of the Triratna**
**Buddhist Order and other duly ordained**
**buddhists**|
|Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|**Teaching meditation and buddhism at**
**public classes 4 times a week and**
**running/supporting outreach groups.**
**Training members and others towards**
**ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order.**
**Providing facilities for Buddhist worship.**
**Organising weekend retreats for women**
**(twice a year), for men (once a year) and for**
**joint groups (twice a year).**|
|Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have paid due regard to the**
**Charity Commission guidance on public**
**benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
||Para 1.38|**The centre is run by volunteers and all ALL**
**All teaching activity is carried out on a**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers||**volunteer basis.**|
|---|---|---|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|**Our weekly open classes offer training in**
**meditation and education in the priniciples**
**of leading a buddhist life, enabling people**
**work with their life situations in a postive**
**and constructive way.**
**For those who wish to go deeper into the**
**Buddha's teaching we offer a pathway that**
**can lead to Ordination in the Triratna**
**Buddhist Order.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in a sound financial position**
**with annual income continuing to exceed**
**expenditure.**|
|Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|**The policy on reserves is to hold sufficient**
**funds to meet any likely expenses falling**
**due in the event of the charity having to**
**wind up its affairs.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**2500**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties about the ability**
**of the charity to continue operating.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Voluntary donation**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The charity relies on voluntary donations**
**and so is at risk to a general downturn in**
**economic circumstances that would affect**
**people’s ability to make donations.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are elected by members of the**
**charity**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Triratna Buddhist Community (Colchester)|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1046724|
|Charity’s principal address|2 Portland Road
Colchester
Essex CO2 7EH|
|||
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Names of the charity trustees who**
**manage the charity**||
|---|---|---|
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|
|1|Raymond Force|Chair|
|2|Caroline Bond|Treasurer|
|3|Rakish Rose|Trustee|
|4|Robert Diamond|Trustee|
|5|Michael Mills|Safeguarding trustee|
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|6|||
|7|||
|8|||
|9|||
|10|||
|11|||
|12|||
|13|||
|14|||
|15|||
|16|||
|17|||
|18|||
|19|||
|20|||
## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
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 held
in this capacity|n/a|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|n/a|
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name** Raymond Lawrence Force **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 30/06/24
## **Section B Balance sheet**
|Guidance Notes
**Fixed assets**
**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
B01
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
B02
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
B03
**Investments (Note 17)**
B04
**_Total fixed assets_**
B05
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
B06
**Debtors (Note 19)**
B07
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
B08
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
B09
**_Total current assets_**
B10
B11
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B12
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B13
B14
**Provisions for liabilities**
B15
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
B16
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
B17
B18
**Unrestricted funds**
B19
**Revaluation reserve**
B20
**_Total funds_**
B21
signed
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year (Note 20)**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year (Note 20)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|Guidance Notes
**Fixed assets**
**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
B01
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
B02
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
B03
**Investments (Note 17)**
B04
**_Total fixed assets_**
B05
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
B06
**Debtors (Note 19)**
B07
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
B08
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
B09
**_Total current assets_**
B10
B11
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B12
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B13
B14
**Provisions for liabilities**
B15
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
B16
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
B17
B18
**Unrestricted funds**
B19
**Revaluation reserve**
B20
**_Total funds_**
B21
signed
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year (Note 20)**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year (Note 20)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|**£**
**£**
F01
F02
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**|**£**
**£**
F01
F02
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**|**£**
F03
**Endowment**
**funds**|**£**
F04
**Total this**
**year**|**£**
F05
**Total last**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||258,092|-|-|258,092|258,092|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||258,092|-|-|258,092|258,092|
||||||||
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||5,762|-|-|5,762|5,925|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||22,642|-|-|22,642|16,279|
|||28,404|-|-|28,404|22,204|
||||||||
|||20,591|-|-|20,591|24,680|
||||||||
|||7,813|-|-|7,813|-2,476|
||||||||
|||265,905|-|**-**|265,905|255,616|
||||||||
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
||||||||
|||265,905|-|-|265,905|255,616|
||||||||
|||-|||-
-
265,905
-|-|
||||-|-||-|
|||265,905||||255,616|
||||||||
|||265,905|-|-|265,905|255,616|
||||||||
|||Signature||Print|Name|Date of
approval
dd/mm/yyyy|
||signed|||Raymond Force||17/01/25|
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
_**This section should be completed by all charities** ._
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
- the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities
- • and with* x preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
- • and with* x the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) • and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*
- -Tick as appropriate
## **1.2 Going concern**
_**If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:**_
An explanation as to those factors that support _**not applicable**_ the conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the _**not applicable**_ going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going _**not applicable**_ concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.
## **1.3 Change of accounting policy**
The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note { }.
|Yes*
No*|x|~~*~~-Tick as appropriate|
|---|---|---|
||||
## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy; (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS 102 SORP.**_
## **1.4 Changes to accounting estimates**
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).
|Yes*
No*||~~*~~-Tick as appropriate|
|---|---|---|
||x||
## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of any changes;**_
_**(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and**_
- _**(iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.**_
## **1.5 Material prior year errors**
No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).
|Yes*
No*||~~*~~-Tick as appropriate|
|---|---|---|
||x||
## _**Please disclose:**_
## _**(i) the nature of the prior period error;**_
- _**(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and**_
_**(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.**_
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts**
## **Note 2 Accounting policies**
_Please complete this note when first reporting under FRS2102. Section 35 of FRS102, requires 3 reconciliations to be presented, if all are applicable._
## **2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE**
|**PRACTICE**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Please provide a description**|||
|**of the nature of each change**|**not applicable**||
|**in accounting policy**|||
|**_Reconcilation of funds per previous GAAP to_**||**_funds determined under FRS 102_**|
||**Start of**|**End of**|
||**period**|**period**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Fund balances as previously**|||
|**stated**|||
|**_Adjustments:_**|||
|**Fund balance as restated**|||
|**_Reconcilation of net income/(net expenditure)_**||**_per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102_**|
|||**End of**|
|||**£**
**period**|
|**Net income/(expenditure) as previously**|||
|**stated**|||
|**_Adjustments:_**|||
|**Previous period net income/(expenditure) as**|||
|**restated**|||
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services**
|**Seconded staff**
**Use of property**
**Other**|**Thisyear**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||n/a|n/a|
|||n/a|n/a|
|||n/a|n/a|
|||-|-|
|||||
|||**Lastyear**||
|**Please provide details of the**
**accounting policy for the recognition**
**and valuation of donated goods,**
**facilities and services.**||||
|**Please provide details of any unfulfilled**
**conditions and other contingencies**
**attaching to resources from donated**
**goods and services not recognised in**
**income.**
**Please give details of other forms of**
**other donated goods and services not**
**recognised in the accounts, eg**
**contribution of unpaid volunteers.**||||
|||||
|||||
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
**Note 11 Paid employees** _**Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.**_
## **11.1 Staff Costs**
|**Salaries and wages**
**Social security costs**
**Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)**
**Other employee benefits**
**Total staff costs**
**This year:**
**Last year:**
**Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the**
**charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party**
**Please provide details of expenditure on staff working for the**
**charity whose contracts are with and are paid by a related party**|**This year**
**£**|**Last year**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
||4,576|11,843|
||-|-|
||||
||-|-|
||
4,576|11,843|
||||
||nil||
||||
||nil||
_**Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
|**No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer**
**pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000**|**correct**|**correct**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|**Band**|**Number of employees**||
||**This year**
-|**Last year**
-|
|**£60,000 to £69,999**|||
|**£70,000 to £79,999**|-|-|
|**£80,000 to £89,999**|-|-|
|**£90,000 to £99,999**|-|-|
|**£100,000 to £109,999**|-|-|
||||
|**Please provide the total amount paid to key management**
**personnel (includes trustees and senior management) for their**
**services to the charity. For specific amounts paid to trustees, see**
**Note 28.**|||
||**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
||**£**|**£**|
||nil
|nil|
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## **11.2 Average head count in the year The parts of the charity in which the employees work**
||**This year**
**Number**|**Last year**
**Number**|
|---|---|---|
|**Fundraising**|-|-|
|**Charitable Activities**|1|1|
|**Governance**|-|-|
|**Other**|-|-|
|**Total**|
1|1|
## **11.3 Ex-gratia payments to employees and others (excluding trustees)** _**Please complete if an ex-gratia payment is made.**_
**Please explain the nature of the payment**
**This year** nil **Last year** nil
**Please state the legal authority or reason for making the payment**
**This year** n/a **Last year** n/a
|**Please state the amount of the payment (or value of any waiver of**
**a right to an asset)**|**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**
nil|**£**
nil|
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## **11.4 Redundancy payments**
## _**Please complete if any redundancy or termination payment is made in the period.**_
|**Total amount of payment**
**The extent of redundancy funding at the balance sheet date**
**The nature of the payment (cash, asset**
**etc.)**
**Please state the accounting policy for any redundancy or**
**termination payments**|**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**
nil|**£**
nil|
||||
||||
||||
||**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
||**£**
-|**£**
-|
||||
||||
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 17 Investment assets**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.**_
## **17.1 Fixed assets investments (please provide for each class of investment)**
|**Less: impairments**
**Add: Reversal of impairments**
Carrying (fair) value at end of year
Carrying (fair) value at beginning of
period
**Add:**additions to investments during
period*
**Less:**disposals at carrying value
**Add/(deduct):**transfer in/(out) in the
period
**Add/(deduct):**net gain/(loss) on
revaluation|**Cash & cash**
**equivalents**|
**Listed**
**investments**|**Investment**
**properties**|**Social**
**investments**|**Other**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|-|
||-|-|
-|-|-|nil|
***Please specify additions resulting from acquisitions through business combinations, if any.**
_**Please note that Fair Value in this context is the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between knowlegable and willing parties in an arm's length transaction. For traded securities, the fair value is the value of the security quoted on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List or equivalent. For other assets where there is no market price on a traded market, it is the trustees' or valuers' best estimate of fair value.**_
## **17.2 Please provide a breakdown of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B04 differentiating between those held at fair value and those held at cost less impairment.**
## **This year: Analysis of investments**
|
**Analysis of investments**
**Cash or cash equivalents**
**Listed investments**
**Investment properties**
**Social investments**
**Total**
**Grand total (Fair value at year end+Cost less impairment)**
**Other investments**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Fair value at year end**|**Cost less impairment**||
||**£**|**£**||
||-|-||
||-|-||
||-|-||
||-|-||
||-|-||
||nil|nil||
||nil|||
## **Last year: Analysis of investments**
|**Analysis of investments**
**Cash or cash equivalents**
**Listed investments**
**Investment properties**
**Social investments**
**Total**
**Grand total (Fair value at year end+Cost less impairment)**|||
|---|---|---|
||**Fair value at year end**|**Cost less impairment**|
||**£**|**£**|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||nil|nil|
||nil||
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## **17.3 If your charity holds investment properties, please complete the following note:**
|**(i) Explain the methods and significant assumptions in**
**determining the fair value of investment property held by the**
**charity**
**(ii) Name or independent valuer, if applicable, and relevant**
**qualifications**
**(iii) Provide details of any restrictions on the ability to realise**
**investment property or on the remittance of income or**
**disposal proceeds**
**(iv) Explain any contractual obligations for the purchase,**
**construction or development of investment property or for**
**repairs, maintenance or enhancements**|**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
||||
||||
## **17.4 Please provide a breakdown of current asset investments, if applicable, agreeing with the balance sheet.**
|**Analysis of current asset investments**
**Cash or cash equivalents**
**Listed investments**
**Investment properties**
**Social investments**
**Total**|**This year**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||nil|nil|
## **17.5 Guarantees**
|**Please explain how the guarantee furthers the charity's aims**
**Please provide details and amount of any guarantee made to**
**or on behalf of a third party**
**Name of the entity or entities benefitting from those**
**guarantees**|**Thisyear**|**Lastyear**|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
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## **17.6 Concessionary loans**
|
**Amounts payable within 1 year**
**Amounts payable after more than 1 year**
**Amounts receivable within 1 year**
**Amounts receivable after more than 1 year**
**17.7 Additional information**
**Amount of concessionary loans made (****_Multiple_**
**_loans made may be disclosed in aggregate provided_**
**_that such aggregation does not obsure significant_**
**_information_).**
**Amount of concessionary loans received****_(Multiple_**
**_loans received may be disclosed in aggregate_**
**_provided that such aggregation does not obsure_**
**_significant information)._**
**Terms and conditions eg interest rate, security**
**provided**
**Value of any concessionary loans which have**
**been committed but not taken up at the reporting**
**date**
**Please provide information about the significance**
**of investments to the charity's financial position**
**or performance eg. terms and conditions of loans**
**or the use of hedging to manage financial risk.**
**For all investments measured at fair value, the**
**basis for determining the value, including any**
**assumptions applied when using a valuation**
**technique.**
**Where a charity has provided financial assets as a**
**form of security, the carrying amount of the**
**financial asset pledged as security and the terms**
**and conditions relating to its pledge.**|**_Description_**|**_Description_**|**This year £**|**Last year £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
||**_Total_**||nil|nil|
||||||
||**_Description_**
||**This year £**|**Last year £**|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
||||-|-|
||**_Total_**||nil|nil|
||||||
||**This year**||**Last year**||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||**Thisyear**||**Lastyear**||
||
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## **Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties**
_**If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.**_
## **28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits**
## **This year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
**TRUE**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
|**Name of trustee**|**Legal authority (eg**
**order, governing**
**document)**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Remuneration**|**Pension**
**contribution**|**Redundancy**
**(including**
**loss of**
**office)/ex**
**gratia**|**Other**|**TOTAL**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**n/a**||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
_**Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.**_
_**Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.**_
## **Last year**
**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity (True or False)**
**TRUE**
_**In the period the charity has paid trustees remuneration and benefits. Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.**_
|**Name of trustee**|**Legal authority (eg**
**order, governing**
**document)**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Remuneration**|**Pension**
**contribution**|**Redundancy**
**(including**
**loss of**
**office)/ex**
**gratia**|**Other**|**TOTAL**|
|||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**n/a**||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
|||-|-|-|-|**-**|
_**Please give details of why remuneration or other employment benefits were paid.**_
_**Where an ex gratia payment has been made to a trustee, provide an explanation of the nature of the payment.**_
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## **28.2 Trustees' expenses**
_**If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".**_
|**_enter "False"._**|||
|---|---|---|
|**No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False)**||**_TRUE_**|
||||
|**Type of expenses reimbursed**|**This year**|**Last year**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Travel**|-|
-|
|**Subsistence**|-|
-|
|**Accommodation**|-|
-|
|**Other (please specify):**|-|
-|
||-|
-|
|**TOTAL**|-|-|
**Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who had expenses paid by the charity**
## **28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties**
_**Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
## **This year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
_**TRUE**_
|**Name of the trustee or**
**related party**|
**Relationship**
**to charity**|**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**|**Amount**|**Balance at**
**period end**|**Provision for bad debts**
**at period end**|
**Amounts**
**written off**
**during**
**reporting**
**period**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||||||||
||||||||
||||||||
||||||||
_**In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.**_
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
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## **Last year**
**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False)**
_**TRUE**_
|**Name of the trustee or**
**related party**|
**Relationship**
**to charity**|**Description of the**
**transaction(s)**|**Amount**|**Balance at**
**period end**|**Provision for bad debts**
**at period end**|
**Amounts**
**written off**
**during**
**reporting**
**period**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||||||||
||||||||
||||||||
||||||||
_**In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be provided in settlement.**_
_**For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.**_
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 29 Additional Disclosures**
**The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.**
None
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# **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ~~a~~ **Report to the trustees/ Triratna Buddhist Community (Colchester) members of**
06/30/24 **1046724 On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)** ~~ee ee~~ **Set out on pages** 1&2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~SP~~ I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2024.
**Responsibilities and basis of** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the **report** preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
1* accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 2* the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** C D Petts **25/01/2025 Date:** ~~Po~~ **Name:** Christopher Donald Petts
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:**
7 Delamere Road Colchester Essex CO4 0NH
**October 2018**
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any** None **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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