## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 JAN 2023 31 DEC 2023
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** RBBA **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 1139654 **Charity's principal address** WILLOWS 44C GLENAVON GARDENS SLOUGH **Postcode SL3 7HN**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Arindam Thakur President
2 Amitav Dasgupta Treasurer
3 Anamica Roy Charity Advisor
Krishnendu Joint Treasurer
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Rakshit
5 Shantanu Nath Secretary
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Shantanu Nath
Probal Majumder
Jyoti Bhattacharya 01/01/2023 to 13/10/2023
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Ujjwal Barman Nirjhar Banerjee
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Name Address**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Association How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Willing founding members became trustees when the constitution was Trustee selection methods adopted. Future trustees will be appointed by the board of trustees. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Full members of RBBA can become trustees when a position is vacant. Members are sent the charity commission’s pdf on becoming a trustee in order to understand the role, for further clarifications they can speak to the charity advisor.
- 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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The Charity’s objects (the Objects) are:
- 1) To promote multi culturalism, Indian art, cultures, heritage and education such as traditional music, dance and drama.
- 2) To organise Hindu festivals by conducting the festivals in the traditional Hindu manner.
- **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its** 3) By its activities to provide a platform through which the
- **governing document** larger community specially the younger generation are exposed to the other Objects.
- 4) To provide financial aid for relief of the poor, sick and children in the world as the trustees see fit.
The main activities undertaken for the public benefit in 2023:
Advancement of Indian Art and Culture – using new and upcoming Bengali artists to come and perform in Slough, Berkshire such as the musician Arko Mukhaerjee and Krosswindz, a Bengali rock/folk-fusion band.
- Advancement of Hindu Religion – a 5-day event in the name of Durga Puja.
**Summary of the main** Providing financial need and relief to charities: **activities undertaken for the** 1. Srijan Charity in India who we assisted in providing medical benefits to **public benefit in relation to** the people in financial distress **these objects (include within** 2. Disasters Emergency Committee for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake **this section the statutory** Appeal **declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** In 2023 we had two cultural events where artists from Bengal came and **achievements of the charity** performed and engaged the crowds. Arko came in April to perform a folk **during the year** event and Krosswindz a band performed in October as part of Dussehra festivals. Our religious event held in the month of October 2023, was held under normal circumstances and ran for 5 days. It incorporated traditional food cooked and served for all; promoted local artists showcasing Indian traditional dance, singing and kids art competitions. We also donated £2,956 to Srijan in India and £1,100 to the DEC Turkey – Syria Earthquake Appeal.
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## **Section E Financial review**
We do not have a policy on reserves. All transactions are conducted **Brief statement of the** through a single current bank account held with HSBC Bank Plc. All **charity’s policy on reserves** reserves are held in this account, details of which are in the receipts and payments accounts (cc16A)
**Details of any funds materially** Currently, there are no material deficits in the organisation. **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
All financial details have been provided in form cc16A.
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **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)**
ANAMICA ROY **Full name(s)** ARINDAM THAKUR **Position (eg Secretary,** PRESIDENT CHARITY ADVISOR **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 17/11/2024
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Charity Name No (if any)
RBBA 1139654
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from Jan-23 Dec-23
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Sponsorship 20,373 - - 20,373 -
HMRC - Gift Aid Payment 10,239 - - 10,239 -
Fundraising for Charity 100 - - 100 -
Membership Donation 5,350 - - 5,350 -
Durga Puja - Donation 19,864 - - 19,864 -
Miscellaneous Income 10,888 - - 10,888 -
Sub total (Gross income for
- - 66,814 -
AR) [ 66,814 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 66,814 - - 66,814 -
A3 Payments
Payments for Charity Event 8,345 - - 8,345 -
Payment to Charity 4,056 - - 4,056 -
Payment for Pujo Event 37,671 - - 37,671 -
Admin and Organisational Charges 1,040 - - 1,040
Monthly Charges 60 - - 60 -
Sub total 51,172 - - 51,172 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments [ 51,172 ] - - 51,172 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 15,642 - - 15,642 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 39,373 - - 39,373 -
Cash funds this year end 55,015 - - 55,015 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Closing Balance on 31st Dec 2023
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**55,015**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**55,015**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Amitava Dasgupta
Arindam Thakur|**Endowment**
**funds**
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Date of
approval
26-Oct-24
26-Oct-24|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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