**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|2024|**To**|31|12|2024|
## **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**|105159|105159|
|---|---|---|
||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
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **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.
There were several public programmes at the centre throughout the year as well as at other venues such as various Hindu Mandirs and for other study groups in the UK. As ever Sunday morning provided an opportunity for members of the public to attend group meditation and talks with the **Summary of the main** facility to join Satsangas, Spiritual Discourses, online now available. The **activities undertaken for the** weekly hatha yoga classes continued throughout the week again mostly **public benefit in relation to** with an online facility, which has proven a successful format since the **these objects (include within** Covid Restrictions. Public talks were also provided at various venues by **this section the statutory** invitation. The annual summer residential retreat was held on the **declaration that trustees have** Purnima, full moon, weekend of July incorporating the Gurupurnima Puja **had regard to the guidance** & celebration. Counselling was available for and to individuals, couples **issued by the Charity** and families as well Hatha Yoga students and Meditation practitioners **Commission on public** and for the general public throughout the year. **benefit)** All trustees are aware of the guidance issued by the Charity Commissioners in relation to the trusts and charities public benefit guidance.
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## **Section D Achievements and performance**
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The Hatha Yoga teachers offered classes on-line, in person on-site and outside programmes. The mediation hall was open for use every day with evening and morning sessions. The online classes enabled students from much further afield to join talks and yoga classes from the comfort of their homes. Various celebrations and public religious worship were held throughout the year as per our usual annual programme including Mahashivaratri, Bhagavatpada Jayanti, Gurupurnima and a Christmas Puja & celebration which was held the Sunday before Christmas and on Christmas day itself. Weekly Sunday morning programmes were held from 10 – 11.30/12 noon.
Throughout the year the ashram’s resident teachers gave spiritual guidance to guests and visitors from around the UK and from abroad covering approximately 850 hours. This was given by phone, online and on site, via the telephone, video calls and in-person. We continue to provide online services after the successful setting up of it during Covid restrictions. The centre offered some 430 days of retreat throughout the year in the form of group retreats and long and short personal retreats. This years’ Spiritual Confluence was attended by participants from around the UK. Regular refurbishment and maintenance works of the centre and its grounds were ongoing throughout the year, with some retreat guests offering Seva, Service, during their stays.
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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)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **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|
||28/10/2025||
||28/10/2025||
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**Charity Name No (if any) UCYL Trust 1051950 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 **To from** ~~ee~~
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||
|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**||
|**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||
|Voluntaryreceipts
**8,251**
**-**
**-**
**8,251**
**7,541**
Activities forgeneratingfunds
**109,238**
**-**
**-**
**109,238**
**135,109**
Charitable activities
**35,714**
**-**
**-**
**35,714**
**32,377**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**153,204**
**-**
**-**
**153,204**
**175,027**
~~———~~||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Loan received from external funder
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**153,204**
**-**
**-**
**153,204**
**175,027**
~~—————~~||
|**A3 Payments**
Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts
**3,398**
**-**
**-**
**3,398**
**4,979**
Fundraisingcost(tradingactivities)
**33,708**
**-**
**-**
**33,708**
**44,511**
Cost of charitable activities
**33,666**
**-**
**-**
**33,666**
**54,114**
Governance cost
**338**
**-**
**-**
**338**
**602**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 71,110**
**-**
**-**
**71,110**
**104,207**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
Loans Repaid
**30,900**
**-**
**30,900**
**35,870**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 30,900**
**-**
**-**
**30,900**
**35,870**
**_Total payments_**
**102,010**
**-**
**-**
**102,010**
**140,076**
~~SS~~
~~=S S =S S =~~
~~—————~~||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**51,194**
**-**
**- 51,194**
**34,950**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**56,241**
**- -**
**56,241**
**21,290**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**107,435**
**-**
**- 107,435**
**56,241**
~~——————~~||
## **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 £**
**107,435**
**107,435**
**-**
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)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Maheshvara Caitanya|Maheshvara Caitanya|28/10/2025|
||Shri Shruti|Shri Shruti|28/10/2025|
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ~~Be~~
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** UCYL TRUST **members of On accounts for the year** 31/12/2024 **ended**
**Charity no** 1051590 **(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 **31/12/2024** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- 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:**[Dean Jones ] **Date:** 10 / 10 / 2025 ~~fF fF~~ **Name:** Dean Jones ~~Po~~ **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 2024.
## 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
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