## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 May 2022 To 30 April 2023 Charity name: London Potters**
**Charity registration number: 1086355**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The Society’s Objects (‘the Objects’) are to
•
Help members to grow their skills,
knowledge and awareness of clay and
its opportunities.
•
Provide members with the opportunity to
expand and promote their work in clay
through exhibitions, selling events,
magazine, website gallery and social media
•
Subsidise events, where possible, so they
are accessible to all members.
•
Expand members knowledge and
appreciation of clay through educational
workshops, talks, and demonstrations.
•
Be a community of members, networking
and exchanging ideas and techniques
through social meetings, studio & gallery
visits and talks.
•
Encourage appreciation of ceramics to the
world by reaching out through our
alliances, social media, website and
arranging opportunities for the public to see
potters’ work on display
•
To provide and promote diversity and
inclusion such that; the organising will not
discriminate based on race sex, disability,
sexuality, age or based on political,
religious or other opinions
•
Engage volunteers and staff in our mission.|
|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|LP has achieved its Objectives as stated by
performing the following activities:
• Expanding our membership, its reach and
diversity,
by
understanding
the
membership demographics
• Increasing revenue to provide resources to
support
expansion
(donations,|
|||fundraising, membership, shop etc)
• Engaging diverse resources to support
council and delivery of the objectives
• Building a community and network of
people interested in clay at all levels
(engage with other associations)
• Expanding member opportunities and
education
through
training
events,
workshops, lectures and demonstrations,
in person and online and exhibitions.
• Providing an annual program of events.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|The LP Trustees have regard to the
commission’s public benefit guidance, all
trustees are:
• fully aware of the guidance
• have taken it into account when making a
decision to which the guidance is
relevant
• have not departed from the guidance
All activities have been reported at bi-
monthly council meetings and duly minuted
to assure adherence.|
**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**
||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|In the year LP has developed and delivered:
•
a full calendar of events – providing
education in the areas of technique,
sustainability, and health and safety to
its members
•
exhibitions forums – enabling members
to display and sell and interact with
other members and the public.
•
Increased its social media presence –
providing promotion and awareness of
ceramics.
•
Worked with and provided grants to its
aligned charity project Firedup4|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|Income: £41,711.01
Expenditure: £27,938.6
Net income: £13,772.35
Total Funds at YE: £42,300.26|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves held are used to fund events
and exhibition outlay.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£42,300.26|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **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||
|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||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution, reviewed and updated every
three years.
Defined roles and responsibilities.
Induction document for all new Trustees.|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|LP is an 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|Election carried out at the Annual AGM by
all present members. 15/10/22
Each candidate is forwarded and seconded
by a member and elected by membership
vote.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|London Potters|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity
uses|LP|
|Registered charity number|1086355|
|Charity’s principal address|85 Great Portland Street , First floor, London W1W 7LT|
|||
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Lindy Barletta|Chair||LP members|
||Sarah Hill|Management
Secretary/
Membership
Secretary||LP members|
||Mary-Clare
Goodwin|Treasurer|Co-opted: 01/02/2023
Officially voted in at
AGM: 14/10/23|LP members|
||Nikki Scott-Taylor|Magazine Editor||LP members|
||Carolyn Tripp|Publicity
Coordinator||LP members|
||Helen Ridgway|Exhibitions||LP members|
||Janet White|Events coordinator||LP members|
||Mari Balsama
Wilson|Digital Coordinator||LP Members|
||||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
## **Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **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)** Sarah Hill **Full name(s)** Lindy Barletta **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Management Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 16/10/2023
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## **LONDON POTTERS**
## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER for the year ended 30 April 2023**
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention to indicate:
- that accounting records have not been kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006;
- that the accounts do not accord with such records;
- any matter which the examiner believes should be drawn to the attention of the reader to gain a proper understanding of the accounts.
## J D Blythe FCA
206 Upper Richmond Road West London SW14 8AH
7 September 2023