Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
(UK Section) Charitable Trust email: wilpftrust@gmail.com
Trustees: Deirdre Leask; Martha Jean Baker; Maki Kimura, Alexandra Murrell; Maria O’Reilly
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 5[th] APRIL 2024
Registered Charity: 1136098
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM UK CHARITABLE TRUST
Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year ended 5[TH] April 2024
Contents
Constitution, Trustees and Other Information
Report of the Trustees
Financial Review
Financial Statement for the year ended 5 April 2024
WILPF UK CHARITABLE TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
Charity Registration Number: 1136098 Governing Document: Declaration of Trust Deed 22[nd] July 2009 Postal Address: 1325 Project 12 Bishop Street Leicester LE1 6AF Trustees: Chair: Martha Baker Deirdre Leask – Secretary Maria O’Reilly – outgoing Treasurer Maki Kimura – incoming Treasurer Alexandra Murrell Banker: Unity Trust Bank PO Box 7193 Willenhall WV1 9DG
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5[TH] APRIL 2024
The Trustees present their annual report and the accounts of the charity for the year 6[th] April 2023 - 5[TH] April 2024.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The Trust’s governing document is a Constitution, which was approved on 22[nd] July 2009. The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees. Trustees meet four or five times a year, either remotely on ZOOM, or at the home of the Chair, in central London. The Trustees correspond regularly by e-mail and telephone. Nominations for new trustees are agreed at Trust meetings.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The WILPF Charitable Trust exists to ‘promote human rights, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Charter and other subsequent UN Conventions’, including ‘emerging human rights and path to peace, human security, disarmament and the protection of the planet and in particular the rights of women’. As a charity, the Trust must maintain independence from the UK and International Sections of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), although it liaises with the UK section and Trust information is included in UK section communications, such as the website. There is always at least one trustee on the Board of the Trust who is not directly involved in WILPF UK, as is required by the Charity Commission. Through the Trust, Gift Aid can be collected from all donations and WILPF UK can, at times, apply for funding from a broader range of sources, for activities in compliance with charitable purposes. In addition, the Trust can act as a conduit for funding for other, smaller organisations. The Board of the Trust meets at least four times a year, but is able to respond swiftly to requests or applications for funding. The Trust has maintained a small, but steady income over the years and has contributed donated money to a range of relevant causes relating both to WILPF and to other Human Rights organisations.
Key Activities Include:
-
Fundraising
-
Acting as a conduit for funds for small organisations who do not have charitable status, but whose activities comply with the Trust ‘objects’
-
Grant making
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2023/24
-
Ongoing work on function and processes of the Trust. Learning about giving and receiving larger donations and transferring money overseas. Discussions about insurance and safe management.
-
Further development of fundraising tools available for charities – Gift Aid, Give As You Live, PAYPAL Giving. Awareness raising about other online fundraising platforms.
-
Discussions about the relationship with WILPF UK section, ensuring Trust independence, whilst sharing some projects and ideas. Liaison with WILPF UK and International WILPF about ‘branding’ and how this might affect our status both with the Charity Commission and WILPF itself. This is an ongoing discussion.
-
Trustees updated website information for WILPF UK about the Trust and submitted report to WILPF UK’s Annual Report.
-
During this financial period, the Trust made a donation to Days for Girls UK, which enables girls and young women around the world to access sanitary provision and attend school, college and work when they are having a period.
-
The Trust also donated to The Marylebone Project, which provides sanctuary for homeless women and a range of services to enable women to ‘get back on their feet again’.
-
The Trust contributed towards Scottish WILPF Secretary Aine Beattie’s travel to New York, to participate in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Aine sent a report, as required, about her activities there and the work of the meeting. She later presented directly at a Trust meeting.
-
One trustee organized a number of fundraising women’s walks around London in spring and again in autumn. These were interesting, educational, uplifting, good exercise and fun!.
-
The Trust received a generous donation from an individual UK donor and negotiated with International WILPF to provide financial support for Iranian diaspora women and minority groups to keep Iran’s repression of women and minorities on the global agenda and raise concerns with a range of international bodies. This project was challenging and stimulating for the Trust, as it involved risk assessments of funding, funder and expenditure, evidence of money spent, a claim for a relatively large amount of Gift Aid, transfer of funds to Switzerland to International WILPF and consistently transparent processes and accounting. For the first time, trustees had to consider and buy insurance, because of the amount of money in question. Charity Commission Guidance was followed carefully by trustees as they developed the project. The project was successfully completed with a final report submitted by International WILPF in April 2024.
Future plans and challenges
-
Recruitment of new trustees. Trustees are considering inviting inexperienced people to become trustees, as ‘apprentices’, to learn board roles. This might appeal to younger people who are developing skills in the charitable sector. Trust work this year and specifically managing our larger donation helped to build the confidence of trustees in board work.
-
Ensure effective and appropriate fundraising in a constructive relationship with WILPF UK, facilitating some of their fundraising activities.
-
Fundraise as an independent Trust.
-
Firmly establish Gift Aid collection in all fundraising activities
-
Promote opportunities for fundraising through Give As You Live and other fundraising mechanisms available to charitable Trusts.
-
Continue to promote the Trust as a grant-making body and conduit for funding for small organisations, whose activities are compatible with our ‘objects’.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial result for the year, and the financial situation at 5[th] April 2024, which the Board of Trustees considers to be satisfactory, are set out on the following page.
The Board confirms that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the charity's governing document and the requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
REGISTERED CHARITY: 1136098
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
| Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | 113098 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Charitable Trust | ||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | ||||||||||
| CC16a | ||||||||||
| For the period from |
06-Apr-23 | 06-Apr-23 | To | 05-Apr-24 | ||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||
| Unrestricte d funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowmen t funds |
Total funds |
Last year | ||||||
| to the nearest £ |
nearest | to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
|||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
| Unrestricted Donations | Unrestricted Donations | 27,383 | - | - | - 27,383 |
249 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 6,824 | - | - | - 6,824 |
- | |||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 34,207 | - | - | - 34,207 |
249 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments Insurance Charges ~~~~~ |
- - - 34,207 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 34,207 249 ~~SBSE5~~ |
||||||||
| 353 | - | - | 353 | - | ||||||
| Bank charges | ||||||||||
| 96 | - | - | 96 | 72 | ||||||
| Grant to Marylebone project | ||||||||||
| 500 | - | - | 500 | - | ||||||
| Grant to Days for Girls | ||||||||||
| 500 | - | - | 500 | - | ||||||
| Grant to WILPF UK | ||||||||||
| 200 | - | - | 200 | - | ||||||
| Grant to WILPF International | ||||||||||
| 32,231 | - | - | 32,231 | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | ||||||||||
| 33,880 | - | - | - 33,880 |
72 |
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total
- - - - -
Total payments 33,880 - - 33,880 72
Net of receipts/(payments)
327 - - 327 177
A5 Transfers between funds
- - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end
2,518 - - 2,518 2,341
Cash funds this year end
2,846 - - 2,846 2,518
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets |
Details Cash at Bank Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details |
Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ 2,846 - - 2,846 OK Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - |
Endowme nt funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| OK | ||||
| Endowme nt funds to nearest £ |
||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| Current value (optional) |
||||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - |
| - | - | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
||||
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s | |||||||
| own use | - | - | |||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Fund to | Amount | When due | |||||
| which | due | (optional) | |||||
| liability | (optional) | ||||||
| Details | relates | ||||||
| B5 Liabilities | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
||||
| Maki Kimura | Maki | Kimura | 15/01/2025 | ||||
| Alexandra Murrell | Alexandra Murrell | ||||||
| 18/01/2025 |
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
(UK Section) Charitable Trust email: wilpftrust@gmail.com
Trustees: Deirdre Leask; Martha Jean Baker; Maki Kimura, Alexandra Murrell; Maria O’Reilly
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 5[th] APRIL 2024
Registered Charity: 1136098
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM UK CHARITABLE TRUST
Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year ended 5[TH] April 2024
Contents
Constitution, Trustees and Other Information
Report of the Trustees
Financial Review
Financial Statement for the year ended 5 April 2024
WILPF UK CHARITABLE TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
Charity Registration Number: 1136098 Governing Document: Declaration of Trust Deed 22[nd] July 2009 Postal Address: 1325 Project 12 Bishop Street Leicester LE1 6AF Trustees: Chair: Martha Baker Deirdre Leask – Secretary Maria O’Reilly – outgoing Treasurer Maki Kimura – incoming Treasurer Alexandra Murrell Banker: Unity Trust Bank PO Box 7193 Willenhall WV1 9DG
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5[TH] APRIL 2024
The Trustees present their annual report and the accounts of the charity for the year 6[th] April 2023 - 5[TH] April 2024.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The Trust’s governing document is a Constitution, which was approved on 22[nd] July 2009. The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees. Trustees meet four or five times a year, either remotely on ZOOM, or at the home of the Chair, in central London. The Trustees correspond regularly by e-mail and telephone. Nominations for new trustees are agreed at Trust meetings.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The WILPF Charitable Trust exists to ‘promote human rights, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Charter and other subsequent UN Conventions’, including ‘emerging human rights and path to peace, human security, disarmament and the protection of the planet and in particular the rights of women’. As a charity, the Trust must maintain independence from the UK and International Sections of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), although it liaises with the UK section and Trust information is included in UK section communications, such as the website. There is always at least one trustee on the Board of the Trust who is not directly involved in WILPF UK, as is required by the Charity Commission. Through the Trust, Gift Aid can be collected from all donations and WILPF UK can, at times, apply for funding from a broader range of sources, for activities in compliance with charitable purposes. In addition, the Trust can act as a conduit for funding for other, smaller organisations. The Board of the Trust meets at least four times a year, but is able to respond swiftly to requests or applications for funding. The Trust has maintained a small, but steady income over the years and has contributed donated money to a range of relevant causes relating both to WILPF and to other Human Rights organisations.
Key Activities Include:
-
Fundraising
-
Acting as a conduit for funds for small organisations who do not have charitable status, but whose activities comply with the Trust ‘objects’
-
Grant making
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2023/24
-
Ongoing work on function and processes of the Trust. Learning about giving and receiving larger donations and transferring money overseas. Discussions about insurance and safe management.
-
Further development of fundraising tools available for charities – Gift Aid, Give As You Live, PAYPAL Giving. Awareness raising about other online fundraising platforms.
-
Discussions about the relationship with WILPF UK section, ensuring Trust independence, whilst sharing some projects and ideas. Liaison with WILPF UK and International WILPF about ‘branding’ and how this might affect our status both with the Charity Commission and WILPF itself. This is an ongoing discussion.
-
Trustees updated website information for WILPF UK about the Trust and submitted report to WILPF UK’s Annual Report.
-
During this financial period, the Trust made a donation to Days for Girls UK, which enables girls and young women around the world to access sanitary provision and attend school, college and work when they are having a period.
-
The Trust also donated to The Marylebone Project, which provides sanctuary for homeless women and a range of services to enable women to ‘get back on their feet again’.
-
The Trust contributed towards Scottish WILPF Secretary Aine Beattie’s travel to New York, to participate in the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Aine sent a report, as required, about her activities there and the work of the meeting. She later presented directly at a Trust meeting.
-
One trustee organized a number of fundraising women’s walks around London in spring and again in autumn. These were interesting, educational, uplifting, good exercise and fun!.
-
The Trust received a generous donation from an individual UK donor and negotiated with International WILPF to provide financial support for Iranian diaspora women and minority groups to keep Iran’s repression of women and minorities on the global agenda and raise concerns with a range of international bodies. This project was challenging and stimulating for the Trust, as it involved risk assessments of funding, funder and expenditure, evidence of money spent, a claim for a relatively large amount of Gift Aid, transfer of funds to Switzerland to International WILPF and consistently transparent processes and accounting. For the first time, trustees had to consider and buy insurance, because of the amount of money in question. Charity Commission Guidance was followed carefully by trustees as they developed the project. The project was successfully completed with a final report submitted by International WILPF in April 2024.
Future plans and challenges
-
Recruitment of new trustees. Trustees are considering inviting inexperienced people to become trustees, as ‘apprentices’, to learn board roles. This might appeal to younger people who are developing skills in the charitable sector. Trust work this year and specifically managing our larger donation helped to build the confidence of trustees in board work.
-
Ensure effective and appropriate fundraising in a constructive relationship with WILPF UK, facilitating some of their fundraising activities.
-
Fundraise as an independent Trust.
-
Firmly establish Gift Aid collection in all fundraising activities
-
Promote opportunities for fundraising through Give As You Live and other fundraising mechanisms available to charitable Trusts.
-
Continue to promote the Trust as a grant-making body and conduit for funding for small organisations, whose activities are compatible with our ‘objects’.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial result for the year, and the financial situation at 5[th] April 2024, which the Board of Trustees considers to be satisfactory, are set out on the following page.
The Board confirms that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the charity's governing document and the requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
REGISTERED CHARITY: 1136098
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2024
| Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | Women's International League for Peace and | 113098 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Charitable Trust | ||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | ||||||||||
| CC16a | ||||||||||
| For the period from |
06-Apr-23 | 06-Apr-23 | To | 05-Apr-24 | ||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||
| Unrestricte d funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowmen t funds |
Total funds |
Last year | ||||||
| to the nearest £ |
nearest | to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ |
|||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
| Unrestricted Donations | Unrestricted Donations | 27,383 | - | - | - 27,383 |
249 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 6,824 | - | - | - 6,824 |
- | |||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 34,207 | - | - | - 34,207 |
249 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments Insurance Charges ~~~~~ |
- - - 34,207 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 34,207 249 ~~SBSE5~~ |
||||||||
| 353 | - | - | 353 | - | ||||||
| Bank charges | ||||||||||
| 96 | - | - | 96 | 72 | ||||||
| Grant to Marylebone project | ||||||||||
| 500 | - | - | 500 | - | ||||||
| Grant to Days for Girls | ||||||||||
| 500 | - | - | 500 | - | ||||||
| Grant to WILPF UK | ||||||||||
| 200 | - | - | 200 | - | ||||||
| Grant to WILPF International | ||||||||||
| 32,231 | - | - | 32,231 | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | ||||||||||
| 33,880 | - | - | - 33,880 |
72 |
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total
- - - - -
Total payments 33,880 - - 33,880 72
Net of receipts/(payments)
327 - - 327 177
A5 Transfers between funds
- - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end
2,518 - - 2,518 2,341
Cash funds this year end
2,846 - - 2,846 2,518
----- End of picture text -----
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets |
Details Cash at Bank Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details |
Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ 2,846 - - 2,846 OK Unrestricte d funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - |
Endowme nt funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| OK | ||||
| Endowme nt funds to nearest £ |
||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| Current value (optional) |
||||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - |
| - | - | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
||||
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s | |||||||
| own use | - | - | |||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| Fund to | Amount | When due | |||||
| which | due | (optional) | |||||
| liability | (optional) | ||||||
| Details | relates | ||||||
| B5 Liabilities | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
||||
| Maki Kimura | Maki | Kimura | 15/01/2025 | ||||
| Alexandra Murrell | Alexandra Murrell | ||||||
| 18/01/2025 |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
On accounts for the year 5[th] April 2024 Charity no 1136098 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 of the Receipts and Payments accounts provided (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 5[th] April 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 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.
Signed:[Jem Lyons ] Date: 26[th] January 2025 ~~PO [|~~ Name: Jem Lyons ~~Pe~~ Relevant professional Chartered Certified Accountant. (FCCA) qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: 34 Chesterfield Road Bristol BS6 5DL
Section B Disclosure ~~ee~~
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
October 2018
1
IER
Give here brief details of N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
October 2018
2
IER