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← Asociacion De Profesionales Argentinos En El Reino Unido

2025-05-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date To Period end
date
01 06 2024 31 05
Section A Reference and administration
details
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Charity name APARU
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Asociación de Profesionales
Other names charity is known by
id Argentinos en el Reino Unido
Registered charity number (if any) 1106195
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Charity's principal address 65 Brook St. London, England.
United Kingdon
W1K 4AH
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) N/A

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

~~re~~ Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) ~~po~~

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UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are elected by APARU’s Members at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Assembly (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto 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.		 INDUCTION AND TRAINING OF TRUSTEES:
After trustees are elected in the AGM, they must fill and sign the
“Acceptance of the role of member of the Board of Trustee” document. In
it, each trustee confirms their personal details, and capacity to assume the
role, describing their suitability, skills and experience to perform the role.
Then new trustees are asked to familiarise themselves with the following
documents: -The charity’s constitution.-The Essential Trustee
CC3-Charities and Fundraising CC20-Public Benefit: the public benefit
requirement PB1
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The organisation was structured with the following roles: ● Chair ● Vice
Chair ● Treasurer ● Secretary / Operations Lead ● Communications Lead
●Argentine Impact Lead ● Local Impact Lead ● Sports Challenges
Coordinator ● Public Relations Coordinator ● New Members’ Induction
Coordinator ● Website Developer
APARU has got a relationship to the following Argentine-related
organisations in the UK: -Anglo Argentine Society-Embassy of Argentina
in the UK-Canning Club/ Canning House-ARenIN-Globant-CORACE-
Argentina FC among others.
Section C
Objectives and activities		 Section C
Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public
benefit in relation to these
objects (include within this
section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit)
To relieve people who are in need, advance education and preserve and
protect the good health of people living in Argentina and expatriates of
Argentina living in the United Kingdom by any charitable means which the
trustees determine.
APARU organises fundraising events and activities throughout the year as
well as collecting donations which proceeds are sent to two charitable
organisations in Argentina that are selected every two years by the
Executive Committee following a thorough selection process. Additionally,
APARU offers a platform for the Argentine community in the UK to connect
and nurture their personal and professional growth as well as the
networking and feeling of national identity. As per our slogan, “APARU
supports Argentinians at home and abroad”
The charity trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the
guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their
powers or duties. 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)

GRANTMAKING

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

APARU sponsors two projects carried out by Argentine charities all along 2 fiscal years. To do so, the Executive Committee appoints a group of members that: ● Reviews the selection criteria. ● Communicates the opportunity to charities in Argentina ● Receives and processes applications ● Analyses applications ● Calls for members of APARU to participate in different instances of filtering and selection. ● Submits a shortlist of projects to be voted on by the wide group of APARU’s volunteers. ● Presents a final proposal for approval of the Executive Committee. ● Interviews the representative of the 2 winners to clarify expectations and confirms the selection. Every year APARU transfers half of its profits to each of the selected charities in Argentina. At the end of each year, each of them must report the progress made on their projects and explain how the funds had been used.

INVESTMENT: APARU’s Executive Committee decides on what activities and events to invest on, in line with our main focus areas of support for the local community: Argentine topics and celebrations, practical information for and from Argentinians, Sport challenges and general personal/ professional development.

VOLUNTEERS: APARU does not have any paid employees and all its work is performed by trustees and volunteers (unpaid). Volunteers are not expected to make any financial contribution but to contribute with their time. They worked on the organization of events, creation of communication and social media campaigns, selection and implementation of sport related fundraising campaigns, contact with our Sponsored charities as well as internal and administrative work. They also develop relationships with new donors, sponsors, venues and bring to APARU new potential members.

Section D

Achievements and performance

● £15,353 net income generated (charitable activities + donations) Summary ● £8,333 profit made of the main ● +868 participants in our Local Impact events and activities achievements ● 11 events held + 1 together with Canning House of the ● 2 sports challenges ● 1 own raffle Charity ● Funds raised in 2023/2024 and transferred in 20242025: during t ✔ To Cynnal Asociación Civil: Modelling life in Piruaj Bajo: £5,041 Established in he year 2020, the project focuses on developing a circular economy model by nurturing ceramic skills within the indigenous Lule-Vilela community of Piruaj Bajo in Santiago del Estero. With its direct impact on 10 individuals and indirect reach to 12 vulnerable families, the project represents a transformative shift from the sale of charcoal and timber to sustainable ceramics production. It stands as a testament to community empowerment, economic advancement, and environmental stewardship. ✔ Fundación Escolares: Education, settlement and sustainable rural development: £5,041 The project is an initiative aimed at improving the comprehensive and professional education of 795 students and 172 teachers in agro-technical schools in rural areas of the Chaco province. In collaboration with 7 Family Agricultural Schools (EFA), this project aims to refurbish and equip industrial

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Section D Achievements and performance

facilities and educational environments, improve access to safe water, enable industrial facilities and products produced by the schools, and provide financial support for projects that promote the use of digital media in education, playing a vital role in isolated rural communities.

Other achievements:

Section E Financial review

APARU doesn’t have a written policy on reserves but as a practice we Brief statement of the keep 5% of the final net profit as such every year. Reserve at the end of charity’s policy on reserves fiscal year: £9,546 (£512 donated to Bahia Blanca £594 added from this year’s profit) Details of any funds materially none in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

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Performance compared to previous year: You may choose to include 40% net increase in total income additional information, where relevant about:

All subscriptions are charitable fee based (software and applications) Only internal events are not income generated: Away Days and End of the Year party but yet kept to its lowest level possible.

Variable costs are assigned to each corresponding event. Main sources of funds:

~~ae~~ 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) SOFIA TAYLOR Full name(s) MARIA VIRGINIA ALEMANDI ~~ee ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) ~~a~~ CHAIR VICE CHAIR

Date

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ASOCIACION DE PROFESIONALES ARGENTINOS EN EL REINO UNIDO

Charity registration number: 1106195

Address: Argentine Embassy, 65 Brook Street, London. W1K 4AH. United Kingdom FY: 01/06/2024 - 31/05/2025

Receipts 36,815.43
Donations 3,104.81
Fundraising Events 28,685.62
HMRC Gift Aid 25.00
Other Receipts 5,000.00
Payments - 28,482.62
Grants and Donations Paid - 12,605.08
Cost of fundraising events - 14,306.39
Bank Charges - 89.00
Other Expenses - 1,482.15
Net Cash for the Year 8,332.81
Cash Funds BoP 17,418.93
Cash Funds EoP 25,751.74
8,332.81
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages		 Charity Name
APARU - Asociación de Profesionales Argentinos en el Reino Unido		 Charity Name
APARU - Asociación de Profesionales Argentinos en el Reino Unido		 Charity Name
APARU - Asociación de Profesionales Argentinos en el Reino Unido
31-05-2025 Charity no
(if any)		 1106195
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(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charit y (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31-05-2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”) .

I report in respect of my examination of the Tr ust’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.

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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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .

Feb 2026

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