## CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

Registered charity number 1137317 (England) Registered company number 07333172 (England and Wales) Registered Office: 63 Jeddo Road, London, W12 9EE 



CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST TRUSTEES* REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

The Trustees present their report and the financial statementsfor the year ended 31 December 2020 1 Reference and Administrative Information whichwhoThe registeredservedCUCTduringcannamebethecontactedofyeartheandcharityisup itstoistheregisteredCatholicdate ofoffice.thisUnionreport Charitable63 Jeddowere Road,Trust London,Limited (CUCT).W12 SEE.TheTheaddress trusteesat James Bogle (Chairman) 

Christopher Colven Michael Henderson Thomas Martin Sarah Nagle Robert Rigby Priscilla Sharp 

## Bernard Waddingham 

None of the Trustees has any beneficial interestin CUCT. All the Trusteesare members and Directorsof CUCT and each guarantees to contribute £1 in the event of CUCT being wound up. Structure, Governance and Management CUCT was was registered as a company as a company company limited by guarantee, number 07333172, 07333172, on 2 August 2010 and with the Charities Commission for England and Wales as a charity, number 1137317, on 6 August 2010. CUCT is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association which were adopted on 2 August 2010. New Trustees are appointed Trustees are appointed are appointed appointed by existing Trustees. The Trustees have given consideration to the risks to which CUCT is exposed and satisfied themselves that systems or procedures are in place to manage those risks. Withinthat review, the Trustees reviewed the adequacy of CUCT's internal controls. 

- 2 Structure, Governance and Management CUCT was was registered as a company as a company company limited by guarantee, number 07333172, 07333172, on 2 August 2010 and with the Charities Commission for England and Wales as a charity, number 1137317, on 6 August 2010. CUCT is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association which were adopted on 2 August 2010. New Trustees are appointed Trustees are appointed are appointed appointed by existing Trustees. 

## 3 Objects and Activities 

- CUCT's objects are the advancement of the Catholic religion for the public benefit by advancing Catholic moral and spiritual principles by holding educational seminars and conferences and other appropnate means. The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to public benefit guidance produced by the Charity Commission. 

Funds are raised by appeals to individuals and charities. 

## 4 Achievments and Performance 

Standing order donations were £23,700, a little lower than those of the previous year (£25,600). No oneoff donations were received (2019: £9,000). Most donations except those from charities are eligible for gift aid and £5,200 was received (2019: £6.700). 

Activities during the year were very limited because of the restrictions imposed in relation to coronavirus, although three lectures were broadcast online. During the year, £500 (2019: £1,500) was spent on lectures, £400 (2019: £300) on the Catholic Young Writers Award, £1,300 (2019: £1,300) on an Awareness Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London. There were no expensesfor the Lord’s Prayer Project (2019: £100). 

The impact and benefit of the charitable activities which CUCT funds are very clear for those we engage with and reach, even in the difficult context of the Covid-19 pandemic, 

The funding for the CUCT Catholic Young Writers Award provided students in Catholic Secondary Schools with the opportunity to considmore d **e** eplyr particular aspects of their Catholic faith, whilst at the same time developing their creative writing skills 

The on-line lectures hosted this year by CUCT have been able to prova d **i** stinctlyde Catholicinput into the wider debates concerning religion and politics. They included the annual Craigmyle lecture given this year by Sir James Macmillan CBE, in which he reflected on the deep relationship between the arts, culture and Catholicism. The two other lectures presented online were on Christian Art and on Anificial Intelligence. 



## CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

## TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

## 5 Financial Review 

Donations£5,200 (2019;received£6,700),duringinvestmentthe yearincomewere of£23,700 £1,000(2019:(2019:£34,600).£nil) and interestThis wasof £100augmented(2019: by£200),giftgivingaid of total income of £30,000 (2019: £41,500). Expenditure on charitable activities, including allocated expenditure, amounted to £18,700 (2019 £17,400). Administration and governance costs were £5,000 (2019: £4,500). Fund-raising expenditure was £6,800 (2019: £5,900). Total expenses were £30,600 9(2019: £27,800). These amounts included £24,400 (2019: £20,600) incurred by charges from The Catholic Union of Great Britain (CUGB) for services provided by its staff. Before gains on investments, expenditure exceed income by £600 (2019: surplus £13,700). During82,417 the year, the Trustees decided that some of the funds available should be invested and, in May, was £1,000.units inThe the marke Rathbone Incomvalue of **t** h **e** andinvestme Growth atFuthe **n** dts wereend of acquirthe y **e** ard. wasIncome £113,563, received a gain duringof £13,563. the year The charity's net assets increased during the year from £125,500 to £138,439 of which £113,563 is held in 

## 6 Independent Examiner 

Richardson Watson & Co has merged with Moorgate Chartered Accountants and has therefore resigned as independent Examiners of the Charity. Moorgate is a trading name of Moorgate Accountancy Limited whichIndependentis a registeredExaminersstatutory of the Charity’sTrustees'auditor. The TrusteesReporthave and FinancialappointedStatements.Moorgate Accountancy Limited as Reserves Policy The Trusteeswill build up reserves so that, at the end of any financial year, there are sufficient reserves to carry out the proposed activitiesfor the following year. 

## 7 Reserves Policy 

Approved by the Trusteeson 11 March 2021 

Thomas J Martin Trustee and Secretary 



INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages5 to 8. 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

As the trustees of the charity company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, | report in respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination, | have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## Independent examiner's report 

the| have completedmy examination. | confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with examination giving me cause to believe: (1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or (2) the financial statements do not accord with those accounting records; or (3) the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or (4) the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities. attention| have no concernsand have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. 

## Peter Seed FCA 

Moorgate Accountancy Ltd Chartered Accountants Moorgate House 7b Station Road West Oxted 



CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 


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|2020|2019|
|Note|£|£|
|Income|
|Donations|Standing|orders|23,692|25,601|
|One-off|-|9,050|
|Gift aid|5,172|6,667|
|Investment income|1,037|-|
|Interest|70|175|
|Total|income|29,971|41,493|
|Expenditure on|charitable|activities|4|(18,715)|(17,423)|
|Total|charitable|expenditure|(18,715)|(17 423)|
|Fundraising|expenditure|<|(6,847)|(5,928)|
|Administration|costs|~|(4,109)|(3,557)|
|Govemance|costs|-|independent examination|fee|(870)|(870)|
|Total|expenditure|(30,541)|(27,778)|
|—_—_—--|ene|
|Net (expenditure)/income|for the year|
|before gains on|investments|(570)|13,715|
|Unrealised|gains on|revaluation|of investments|13,563|-|
|Net movement|in funds|12,993|13,715|
|Reconciliation|of funds|
|Total|funds brought forward|125,496|111,781|
|Total funds carried forward|138,489|125,496|

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The Statementof Financial Activities complies with the requirements under the CompaniesAct 2006 for an Income and Expenditure Account 



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CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

## BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020 

|||||Note|2020<br>£||2019<br>£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Investments||||||||
|RathboneIncome<br>andGrowthFund|82,417units||Cost<br>Revaluation||100,000<br>13,563||-<br>-|
|Office<br>equipment<br>Fixedassets||||5|113,563<br>0<br>113,563||-<br>145<br>145|
|||||———_—_—__———————__||||
|Current assets|Debtors<br>Prepayments<br>Cashatbank|-deposit<br>-Current|||-<br>618<br>21,448<br>3,790||175<br>623<br>4,105<br>121,378|
|Liabilities|||||25,856||126,281|
|Creditorsfallingduewithinoneyear<br>Netcurrentassets||||(930)<br>24,926<br>OOO——S———==__—_||(930)<br>125,351<br>——S———==__—_||
|Netassets||||138,489<br>—L——EE||125,496<br>==="||
|Thefundsofthecharity||||||||
|Unrestrictedfunds<br>Totalcharityfunds||||138,489<br>138,489<br>———_—_—_———=|||125 496<br>125,496<br>4|



The company is exempt under the Companies Acts from the requirement for an audit 

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 11 March 2021 

James Bogle Chairman 

B. J. Waddingham Trustee and Treasurer 



## CATHOLIC UNION CHARITABLE TRUST 

## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 

- 1 Trustees’ responsibilities 

The Directors, who are also the Trustees, are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statementsfor each financial year which givea true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the balance sheet date and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, for that year. 

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are required to - select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistentiy; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the Memorandum and Antcles of Association. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the comoany and for takina reasonable steos for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irreaularities. 

## 2 Accounting policies 

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation of uncertainty in the preparation of these financial statements are as follows. 

## 3 Basis of preparation 

These Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011. 

The company ts entitled to exemption for the year ended 31 December 2019 from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. No memberof the company has deposited a notice pursuantto section 476 of that Act requiring an audit of these financial statements. 

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 



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## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020 (continued) 

## 4 Analysis of Expenditure 

The trustees have determined that the charity's expenditure other than direct charitable expenditure and govemance administrationcosts should becosts.allocated to charitable expenditure (60%) and fundraising (25%) with the remaining 15% being 

||Charitableexpenditure|Direct<br>Allocated||2020<br>£<br>2,282<br>16,433|2019<br>£<br>3,195<br>14,228|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||18,715<br>ao|17,423<br>——_—_<br>—_—_|
||Fundraising expenditure|Allocated||2020<br>£<br>6,847<br>———|2019<br>£<br>5,928<br>">=|
||Administrationexpenditure|Administration<br>(incl. depreciation£145(2019:£148))<br>Less allocated to||2020<br>£<br>27,389|2019<br>£<br>23,713|
|||Charitableexpenditure(60%)<br>Fundraisingexpenditure(25%)<br>Balancetoadministrationcosts(15%)||(16,433)<br>(6,847)<br>4,109<br>—_—_—_——|(14,228)<br>(5,928)<br>3,557<br>——_ -_|
|5 <br>6|Fixed assets<br>Trustees|Officeequipment<br>At<br>1 January2019<br>Chargefortheyear(25%straightline)<br>At<br>31 December2019<br>Chargefortheyear(25%straightline)<br>At<br>31 December2020|Cost<br>Depreciation<br>Net<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>589<br>(296)<br>293<br>-<br>(148)<br>(148)<br>i LLL<br>589<br>(4es)<br>145<br>-<br>(145)<br>(145)<br>|S<br>589<br>(589)<br>-<br>———OO<br>—_—rr_|||



6 Trustees 

none).Noneof the trustees OF any Person connected with them received any remuneration during the year (2019- 

7 Employees There were no employees during the year (2019: none)