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2022-12-31-accounts

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 01 2022 To 31 12 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Universal Confluence of Yoga Vedanta Luminary Trust

Other names charity is known by

UCYL Trust, UCYL, Abhedashram, Luminary Publications

Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address

Camlad House Camlad House
Forden
Welshpool
Postcode SY21 8NZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1
2
3
4
5		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Maheshvara
Caitanya		 Trustees themselves
Terrence C Walsh Trustees themselves
Shri Shruti Trustees themselves

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust Deed 1[st] December 1995

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Trust

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by Trustees

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the Trust are to advance education in the practice and study of Yoga and Vedanta and religious education for the benefit of the public.

The Trust offers Yoga classes at its main centre, online and at other hired venues and provides a meditation hall for individual and collective meditation. Meditation classes and spiritual guidance are offered throughout the year as well as during residential weekend programmes, Summary of the main celebrations and public talks, all of which are open to the public. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to All trustees are aware of the guidance issued by the Charity these objects (include within Commissioners in relation to the trusts and charities public benefit this section the statutory guidance. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Classes and teaching at the centre and throughout the country picked up as Covid restrictions fully ended. The Hatha Yoga teachers offered classes on-line, in person on-site and outside programmes. The online classes enabled students from much further afield to join talks and celebrations and yoga classes from the comfort of their homes. The Meditation Hall was still open every day of the year for individual and group meditations. Weekend and longer retreats were offered. Various celebrations and public religious worship took place and spiritual guidance was given both online and on site, via the telephone and inperson. We continue to provide online services after the successful setting up of it during Covid restrictions. In addition to this private spaces was offered to individuals, couples, families or small groups wishing to undertake private and guided retreats on a short term and long-term basis. The centre offered some 95 days of retreat throughout the year in the form of group retreats and long and short personal retreats. Regular refurbishment and maintenance works were undertaken on a continuous basis throughout the year.

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Section E Financial review

The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at Brief statement of the a level which equates to approximately three months of charity’s policy on reserves unrestricted charitable expenditure. The trustees consider that this level will provide sufficient funds to respond to applications for grants and ensure that support and governance costs are covered.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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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(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Date		 Maheshvara Caitanya Shri Shruti
Maheshvara Caitanya Shri Shruti

Trustee		 Trustee
10/10/2023
10/10/2023

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Charity Name No (if any) UCYL Trust 1051950

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 01/01/2022 31/12/2022 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
9,208
59,371
65,907
-


134,487
-
-
134,487
2,104
23,167
21,718
1,504
-
48,492
82,905
82,905
131,398
3,089
18,201
21,290		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
9,208
59,371
65,907
-
134,487
-
-
-
134,487
2,104
23,167
21,718
1,504
-
48,492
82,905
-
82,905
131,398
3,089
-
18,201
21,290		 Last year
to the nearest £
Voluntaryreceipts 9,208 16,239
Activities forgeneratingfunds 59,371 58,495
Charitable activities 65,907 21,998
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)

134,487		 96,733
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Loan received from external funder 29,000
- -
Sub total
Total receipts
A3 Payments		 - 29,000
125,733

Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts		 2,104 1,667
Fundraisingcost(tradingactivities) 23,167 15,799
Cost of charitable activities 21,718 18,340
Governance cost 1,504 913
- -
**Sub total ** 48,492 36,719
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)

Loans Repaid		 82,905 63,055
-
**Sub total ** 82,905 63,055
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
99,774
3,089 - - 3,089 25,959
- - -
18,201 - - 18,201 - 8,780
21,290 - - 21,290 17,179

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Current Account
Savings Account
Details
Shri Shruti
Signature
Maheshvara Caitanya
Details
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
20,917
373
21,290
-
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
Print Name
Maheshvara Caitanya
Shri Shruti		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
Current value
(optional)
Current value
(optional)
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Maheshvara Caitanya Maheshvara Caitanya 27/09/2023
Shri Shruti Shri Shruti 27/09/2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ UCYL TRUST members of On accounts for the year 31/12/2022 Charity no 1051590 ended (if any)

Set out on pages 2

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2020 .

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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement 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:

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.

Signed: Dean Jones

Date: 01/10/2023

Name: Dean Jones

Address: 71 Lon Glanyrafon Vaynor Newtown Powys SY16 1QU

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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 items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of UCYL Trust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the UCYL Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the 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 all 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached

October 2018

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