2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 JAN 2024 31 DEC 2024

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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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Arindam Thakur	President
	Amitav Dagupta	Treasurer
	Anamica Roy	CharityAdvisor
	Krishnendu Rakshit	Joint Treasurer
	Shantanu Nath	Secretary

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

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Atanu Dutta
Probal Majumder	01/01/2024 to 10/09/2024
Bhaskar Chatterjee	From 22/04/2024

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Nirjhar Banerjee
Sumit Shome	22/04/2024 to 07/10/2024
Neelashish Banerjee	From 20/05/2024

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (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 are 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.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

• 2) To organise Hindu festivals by conducting the festivals in the traditional Hindu manner.

• 3) By its activities to provide a platform through which the 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 2024:

• 1) Rishi Panda Musical Event in March

• 2) Durga Puja Event in October

Rishi Panda is a famous Indian singer and song writer. This concert supported our objective of promoting Indian culture through traditional music.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the The 5-day Durga Puja event fulfilled our objectives of Advancement of public benefit in relation to Hindu religious values amongst people of Berkshire and surrounding these objects (include within counties. It also provided a platform for the larger community and this section the statutory especially the younger generation to participate and learn about Indian declaration that trustees have culture and values. 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 achievements of the charity during the year

The Rishi Panda cultural event was held on 16[th] March 2024 in Slough. He is a talented singer from Bengal who sang traditional folk songs and other popular numbers. This was a sellout event and this helped in promoting Indian art and music to the local community. Our religious event – Durga Puja took place from 9[th] to 13th October 2024 in Slough. This event is open to the entire community – here traditional Hindu ceremonies are performed throughout the 5 days and this allows all the visitors to participate and get exposed to the rich cultural facets and religious values of India. We also provided traditional food cooked by RBBA and served to all; promoted local artists showcasing Indian traditional dance, singing and kids art competitions.

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Section E Financial review ~~SS~~

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.

~~OO—SSCSCSCs~~ Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration ~~SS~~ 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 ~~ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, PRESIDENT etc) ~~ee~~ Date 24-OCT-2025 ~~|~~

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Charity Name No (if any) CC16a RBBA 1139654 Receipts andpayments accounts For the period from Period start date To Period end date Jan-24 Dec-24 > ~~ae~~
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Sponsorship 14,512 - - 14,512 - HMRC - Gift Aid Payment 6,323 - - 6,323 - Fundraisingfor Charity 2,873 - - 2,873 - MembershipDonation 4,500 - - 4,500 - Durga Puja - Donation 18,945 - - 18,945 - Miscellaneous Income 200 - - 200 - Sub total(Gross income for AR)47,353 - - 47,353 - ~~—= == _=~~
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 47,353 - - 47,353 - ~~————~~
A3 Payments
Payments for CharityEvent 2,574 - - 2,574 - Payment to Charity - - - - - Payment for Pujo Event 44,923 - - 44,923 - Admin and Organisational Charges 1,296 - - 1,296 MonthlyCharges 60 - - 60 - Sub total 48,852 - - 48,852 - ~~——_S=~~
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 48,852 - - 48,852 - Net of receipts/(payments) (1499) - - (1499) - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 55,015 - - 55,015 - Cash funds this year end 53,516 - - 53,516 - ~~SS 5—~~ ~~eS~~ ~~554~~	- - - -

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
		Unrestricted Restricted		Endowment
Categories	Details	funds funds		funds
		to nearest £ to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	53,516 - - - - - - - - 53,516 - - Closing Balance on 31st Dec 2024 Total cash funds ~~SSS~~
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))	OK OK		OK
		Unrestricted Restricted		Endowment
		funds funds		funds
	Details	to nearest £ to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~——_==~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~ee~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~mie~~
		Fund to which Amount due		When due
	Details	liability relates (optional)		(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities	- - - - - Date of approval 24-Oct-25 24-Oct-25 Signature Print Name Amitava Dasgupta Arindam Thakur ~~——=~~
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	2			27/10/2025

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S UNQUALIFIED REPORT (FOR A NON-COMPANY CHARITY) Independent examlner's report to the trustees of RBBA I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31, December 2024, which are set out on pages below. Respectlve responslbTlltles of trustees and examiner The charity'5 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(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act to state whether particular matters have come to my attention Basls of Independent examlner's report My examlnation was carried out in accordance wlth the general Dlrections glven by the Charity Commlssion. An examination includes a revlew 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 disc105ures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as 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 next statement. Independent examlner's statement The trustees have prepared recelpts and payments accounts, and the accounts show cash received in the year 2024 as £47,353. Bank receipt for the period matches the amount. Sufficient records have been kept to trace the donations received and deposited to the bank. The receipt books with cheques are comparable with the bank dep05itS. Invoices or email communication or minutes of the committee meetings evidenced majority of the payment5. Some of the expenditure were made in cash and bank transfers to members against the expense claim form in relation to the events. Cheque payments and bank transfers can be traced back to payment details and nothing unusual has come to my notice. It is advised that all financial information and documents kept during the 2024 financial year are maintained as far as possible in the system during the next financial year. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting record5 in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and

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