## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 May 2023 To 30 April 2024 Charity name: London Potters Charity registration number: 1086355**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The LP’s Charity objectives are :
•
To advance the education of
members to grow their skills,
knowledge and awareness of clay
and its opportunities through
workshops, talks and
demonstrations.
•
To provide facilities for members to
promote their work in clay through
exhibitions, selling events,
magazine, website gallery and
social media.
•
To run events at cost in a non-profit
way and where possible subsidise
events so they are affordable and
accessible to our members.
•
To provide the facilities to enable
the building of members’
communities through networking
and exchanging of ideas and
techniques through social meetings,
studio & gallery visits and talks.
•
To promote 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 promote sustainable practices
within the clay community.
•
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.
•
To engage volunteers and staff in
our mission.
•
To assist in such ways as the
charity trustees think fit any charity|
|||whose aims include advancing the
education and awareness of clay.|
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|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 ensure adherence.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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:
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|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**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income: £49,279.69
Expenditure: £40,021.44
Net income: £9,258.25
Total Funds at YE: £51,558.51|
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|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.
There are also some provisions for future
website upgrades and accountancy costs.
Some consideration is being made toward
awarding grants to ceramics colleges /
students to further opportunities for new or
struggling ceramicists.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£51,558.51|
|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)**
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|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.
Each candidate is forwarded and seconded
by a member and elected by membership
vote.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|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|First Floor
85 Great Portland Street
W1W 7LT|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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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**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Melinda Marulli de
Barletta|Chair||LP members|
||Fayde Winter|Vice-Chair||LP members|
||Sarah Hill|Management
Secretary||LP members|
||Nikki Scott-Taylor|Magazine editor||LP members|
||Mari Balsama Wilson|Publicity||LP members|
||Mary-Clare Goodwin|Treasurer||LP members|
||Helen Ridgway|Exhibitions||LP members|
||Janet White|Exhibitions||LP members|
||Christophe Donot|Events Coordinator|From 12/10/24|LP members|
||Nicole Backlund|Events Coordinator|From 12/10/24|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**||
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|**N/A**|||
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**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|N/A|
from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**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)** H J **Full name(s)** Melinda Marulli de Barletta Sarah Hill **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~[Chair ] Management Secretary **Date** 13/10/24 ~~Fo~~
## **LONDON POTTERS**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year up to 30/04/2024**
||**2023/2024**|**2023/2024**|**2022/2023**|**2022/2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Incoming Resources.**|||||
|Donations|£|271.94
£|£|2,286.86
£|
|Money management|£|379.00
£|||
|Members Subscriptions|£|23,588.37
£|£|17,976.58
£|
|Gift Aid|£|2,648.87
£|£|1,533.80
£|
|Activities in furtherance of the Charity's objectives|£|22,391.51
£|£|19,913.77
£|
|**Total incoming resources.**|**£**|**49,279.69**
**£**|**£**|**41,711.01**
**£**|
|**Charitable Expenditure**|||||
|Activities in furtherance of the Charity's objectives|£|33,726.14
£|£|19,987.84
£|
|Management & Administration|£|6,295.30
£|£|6,748.80
£|
|Grants paid to Firedup4|£|-
£|£|1,202.02
£|
|**Total Charitable Expenditure.**|**£**|**40,021.44**
**£**|**£**|**27,938.66**
**£**|
|**Net Incoming Resources.**|£|9,258.25
£|£|13,772.35
£|
|**Net Movement in unrestricted funds.**
Total funds brought forward
Add net incoming resources.|£
£|42,300.26
£
9,258.25
£|£
£|28,527.91
£
13,772.35
£|
|**Total Funds carried forward at**|**£**|**51,558.51**
**£**|**£**|**42,300.26**
**£**|
|**Bank balances**
X Pots
London Potters' Current Account
London Potters' Savings Account|£
£
£|76.83
£
12,191.29
£
39,290.39
£|£
£
£|11.94
£
6,876.93
£
35,411.39
£|
|**Funds per Bank Account**|**£**|**51,558.51**
**£**|**£**|**42,300.26**
**£**|
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|Trustees Expense Claims
Total Trustees' expense claims
Number of Trustees claiming expenses||||£0.00
£0.00
0|
These Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 15/05/24 and are signed on their behalf by :
Melinda Marulli de Barletta ( Chair) Sarah Hill ( Management Secretary)
## **LONDON POTTERS**
## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER for the year ended 30 April 2024**
## **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
17 September 2024