ComFony registration numtrtt: 07527235
Jap4n Aswiatton In the UK
{A comrony limited by guarantee)
Annual ReiMIrt and Financi81 Stathents
for the Pericd from 01 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
Japanes¢ Financial Solutio￿$ Limit&
Unit 1, 5 Baldwin Street
Lond
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Japan Association In the UK
Contents
fteferen￿ and Administratfve Detslls....................................-............................ ......................................
Trustees, Report..................................................................................................................................
2to3
Independent Examiner's Report................................................................................................................
Statement of Financial Activities................................................................................................................
Balance Sheet.............................................................................................................................................
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements.................................................................................................... 7 to 11
The followin8 page d(w I￿t form part of the statutory fiDan¢ial $tst¢men￿.
Ststement of Flnanclal Actlvities Per Fund..........................................................................................,... 12

Japan Assoeiation in the UK
Refercnce and AdmiDigtr*tive Details
Ch*rity Mme
Japan Association tn th¢ UK
regi¥trathJn number
07527235
Reptertd offic¢
209a Princess Park Manor Rwl Drive,
lA￿dOnNI13Fs
Truste¢s
Noriko OgawA
Y05hio Mjtsuyat￿1
Sachiko Fujits Cho
Naomi Suzuki
Chi￿kO Winter
Minako Hall
Atsuko Sato Whitehouse
Noriyuki Ito ffernJinateA on 15 September 2023)
Hit(Mni Hayokawa (TenniD2t&J on l March 2024)
Tdsuro Hama (AFvointed on 15 septanb￿2O23)
Mibje U¢hida FI￿ (Appointed on 25 October 2024)
Se¢retgry
Chi7Mko Winter

Jap•n AsS￿l￿tiOn in the UK
Trusteu, Report
The ThLs¢ee prcsent their report the year end￿ 30 June 2024 to be read in conjunction with the attathd
Financial Ststements.
The financial statUDe￿ts c4)mply with the Chariti&% ALX 2011. the Companies Act 20CI5. the Memor2ndum and
Articles of Association. and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. stateM￿t of Re£omm¢nded Practice
4)plicable to charities pying their accounts in accordanct with th¢ Financial Reportin8 Standard appli¢able ID
the UK 8nd Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2015).
Strn¢¢wre & Govern•n
The cfrfnpsny was iwratal as a Pri•rnte Company Limited by Guarantee on I l Feb 2011.
Th¢ ciJj&ts of the Company are."-
(l) To promote the benefit of the publi4 i>irticularty Japaoe9e speaking pwple by..
(a) the advancement of education attd trnini
(b) the relief of poverty. sickn￿ and distr¢s8,
{c) the proznotion of g(KxI healtF4' and
(d) the provision of recre￿[0￿1 f4cilities in the tntertsts of social welfare with the obje(i of improving their
conditions of lif4 and
(2) To advance edU￿tIon ofthe public on ail &spth of Jawkse history and culture*
M•th *¢¢ivity and Publ1¢ benefit
The main 4(#ivity is fi1ndi￿ organising8nd promc4ing L*aritable evellts in li￿ wtth the obj&* ofth¢ Comwry.
Rtview of the Y￿r
We had A very Suc￿ful ye8r to inspire our voluntetrs It￿ organise hith profile ¢haritable events.
Flnanelxl RevSev
In¢on)e amounted to £67,727 (LLst year: £65.087). EXp￿ditUre amounied to £73.491 (IAgt year: £58.363). Tr
loss of £5.764 ded￿•￿1 from the R¢5er¥es (IA5t year: suryjlus £6.724). We atr promoting to tstablish a
community centre for Japanese s￿aking people in the UK and received £150. donation fijr the restrict￿ fund
(Last ye8r.' £690).
It is the Trusttts. pJli¢y to secure fi￿d$ for eath yeaT'S activities at an earty st88e and as much 8$ possible. In
additson, thcy aim to maintain $uffici¢m rtswve5 to COV¢Tunfore5een flu¢tiJatic￿s in income and expenditure.
R6gk management
The tr￿tee$ have examined the stsategic and operntional risks which the chllrity face5 and confim that systems
have b¢¢n tstablished to en8ble regular reports to be prod￿ed so that nectssary steps can be taken ty le3￿ t￿¢
Plaths for the fvtwr¢
We intend to gxpand our a¢tivities in line with our ch8ritable objectives.
TTUStees' rnponslbllld¢8 ID rel•tioll to th¢ fiD•n¢i41 st*t¢mtDts
The Charity ttwtees (who Jre also the directors of tbe kns Theatre Tn￿ for the purposes of company law) 8re
reswjnsible for preparing a trust¢e5' annual report and finan¢i81 st8tements ift accord8n¢¢ with applic8bl¢ law and
United Kingd(xn Ac¢ounting Standards (United Kingdom GenoTally Ae¢¢pted AceouJrtin8 Practi￿).
Company law Tcquires the charity tr￿le¢S to prq)are financial statements foreach yearwhich give a true and fair
view ofthe state Oraffai￿ of the clwitsble ￿mPftny 4nd the group and ofthe incorning r¢S(W￿ STKI appli￿tion
of r¢50urcffj including the And expu)dTtwfy of the cFwitable group for thttt p¢ri(Kl. in Preparing th¢
flnanci￿ statem¢nts, the trn￿eS are requI￿d to..
• lelect suitable ac¢owttiD8 pli¢i¢s and then appty thun consi$ie41tIy*
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¢A>serve the tneth(*Js and prÉnciples in Charities SOIiP'
make judgements aTKI estimates that ate reason8bl¢ and prndenL
• state whthr applicable UK accountin8 St8ndard5 have been follow￿, gjbjea to any material
d¢F*rtuY¢s disclosed and explained in the financial statem￿ts.
• prepare the financial ststcments on the 80in8 ¢1￿(￿n basis unless il 15 inapixopri4te to presum¢ th
the charity will continue in business.
The tru#ees gre responsible for keeping proper xcounting reoyds thot disclos¢ with reasonable ac¢ura¢y It any
time t]* financia] positson of the charity and to etwble them to ensure tbat the financial stat¢m¢nts comply with
th¢ Companies A¢t 2006. Thty are a150 r￿p0￿8]ble for safe8uardin8 the assets of the charity and th¢ gro￿
taking ressonable *s for the prevention and detedion of fra￿ and other irregul8ri1i¢s.
The tr￿let$ are responsible forthe maintsnaDce and integrity ofthe ¢orpor8¢e and financial information includ
on the ¢haritable compgny's websit& Legislation the United Kingdom gOVuTrll￿ the preparation and
dissemin8lion of fmancial sratemeJts may differ from legislation in other jurisdid10￿.
ApproveA
th¢ Board on 26 Novembex 2024 and 51gned on its behalf by..
ter
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14depeDdent KxAmln•rfi Rwrt
to ofJ4pu AMoelAdon kn th¢ UK
I w on of th? >wrai¢knJ 30 j￿202* *tiith•• ** i*tton p•8w 5 tp 11.
Thc ￿￿￿￿$(w￿ the forthe kw) Irn fw thtr
Of trrt Ad 2011 (*lr 2011 Acl) •od Wnl￿til￿ Li
CAwF￿ thex£ow08 145 of Ihe 2011
Irn 14513) (b) of the3011 A¢
ofindcwde•t r•[
An exgmhmtlon *mi#w ofthEwwrttD8 keirt by d¥chvity •Jbd • £*4npriYC￿ of
v¢ii Ai to *h¢thw ihc a(¥xxllrtS farvithrf •￿the rEPQrt ia limitsdto thoyE malt¢n Xl in
th¢ btlow.
Vwt 1. 5 Blldwkn So
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Japan Association ID the UK
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Ac¢ount) for the
Period Endcd 30 June 2024
Totsl funds
rtoJO
Jllne 2024
Umrntrktsd
Tothl hwds
ye•r to 30
Note
Ixomlng r¢sourtt8
from genemed fjjnds
Volunlary income
Totsl incomin8
67577
150
67,T27
64397
690
65,087
67￿77
150
67.T27
64J97
65.087
Resources exptndod
Costs of ￿trating
vohmtsry income
Total resources
exrtThJed
73
200
58.363
91
21X)
58563
ReconcS1ilti￿ or
fund5
Totsl fiu)ds ￿rIed
forward
101205
94.002
195207
95,171
93,312
188.483
95,491
93.952
189.443
101205
195207
The no*s on page5 6 to 10 fonn an Inte￿￿1 pBrt of th￿e f￿￿1¢1￿] statements.
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Japan Assoeiation in the UK (Registration number. 07527235)
Balanc¢ Sheet as at 30 June 2024
30 June 2024
30 Jun¢ 2023
Note
Flxed assets
Tan￿1)1¢ as*ts
718
Currettt •8sets
7,256
C&sh at and in hand
188.566
194.9%)
195,822
201.
Creditors". AmoNnts f•llkng due
withiti one ytar
io
N¢t current ￿ets
195
07
*#¢ts
195
The fuDds of ihe cbarity:
Funds
unrestrict￿ income funds
95.491
101205
Tothl charfty f••ds
195
For the finthctal year iti question the ￿[nPartY was entitled to exemNion undu $￿tion 477 ofthe Companies Act
21))6 Telating to Stnall ¢omp4nies.
No memb¢rs have required the comrAny lo obtain 8D 4￿j11 of its accounts for the year in qu&5tion in xcordane¢
with s¢rtion 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The dire¢tots acknowledge their r¢sportsibility for L¥>mptyin8 With the T¢quirements of the Art with to
i¢￿Unt￿8 records and for the preparation of account&
Thes¢ accounts have t*¢n prepared in Xe0rd￿ with the provisions aFplic4ble to comFwniessubjeL# to the small
Approved by the Board on 26 November 2024 $i8ned on its wfby:
Chi
inter
The notcs on pages 6 to 10 forn) an Inte￿￿1 r￿rt of these financial stat¢men
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Japan Assoeiation in the UK
Notes to the FiDaneial Statements for the Period Ended 30 June 2024
Aecomnting w)liriES
B*sii ofprepr*tloH
The financial statements have been prep￿￿ in acco￿ with A¢c¢yJntin8 and Ryrtin8 by Charities:
Ststetnent of Re&)mmended Practice applicable io charities prq)arin8 their accounts in accordance with
the Financial Rwjrting Standard applicabl¢ in the UK and Republic of Ircland (FRS 102) (etrective I
January 2015)- (Charitie5 SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Reoublic of Irc1w￿ (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Arts The&tre Th￿1 meets th¢ definition of a public brnefit entity under FRS I￿. Assets and liabilities are
initialty reco￿15￿ at histwical cost ortransaclion Yalue unles5 ￿ls¢ &ated in the r¢kvant
policy not¢(s).
Fllmd ace0￿￿tIllE yjlley
Unrestricted In￿Me fijnds are general funds that are available for use * the tnute¢s' disLYetion in
furtherance of the obje¢tive5 of thc ¢harity.
Furtherdetails of each fimd are disc105oJ in note 13.
Donations are rec(JgnisoJ where there is entit]•nen4 certainty of ￿(eIpt and th¢ amount can be measured
with sufficient reliabiltty.
Reso¥rees exp¢adod
Li8biliti¢s are ￿e08niSed &$ SO￿ &s thtre is a l¢gal or cons1n￿ve obli8atiCffl ttADmitti08 the charity to
the exFendilure. All exp&Klibr is accounttyj for on an accru￿$ basis and has been classified under
headings that agwte 411 co#s related lo the cat¢gory.
Costs of generntirtg fimds are the costs asso¢i4ted with attrarti￿ voluntsry income.
Fixed asstts
Individual fixed a5sds Costing £250 or mor¢ are inits8lly at ¢osL
Depr¢¢iation
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed 8$8¢ts so 8$ to write offthe cost or Valuatio￿ les84ny estinll
residual valu4 overtheir eX￿ted uSefi￿ cconomi¢ life &$ follows:
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
25Q/o straight line basis
25Yo Strnighi line b&sis
S¢o¢k
Stock 1$ valued at the low¢r of ¢ostathl ne¢ rnltsabl¢ val¥ after due regard for ￿￿)lete and slow moving
StL￿ks. Net redisable value is based on selling price less anti¢ipated ￿sts to completion 4TKI selling cost&
Items donated for r¢sale or distribution art not included in the financial 5rateM￿¢S until they are sold or
diStri￿ted.
Rentals payable under QF¢rntin8 le￿$are ¢haryed in the ststanetrt of financial adivilies c￿ A stratght line
b&sis over the le&8e terni.
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Japan As￿le1￿lIon in the UK
Notes to the Finaneial Statements for the Period Lnded 30 JuDe 2024
conti
Volun¢#ry IDeomt
Restrkled T•t•l Fuods Uirestricted R¢strlcted Totsl Ftynds
Reoeive4J
Fumds
Funds
Rettfved
30j￿￿e 2024
30 June 2023
Funds
D(￿ationS
496
496
1,100
Grnnts- oth¢¥ a8encigs
Subscriptions
Event income
660
(375
16,663
43J83
6.375
6,740
16.803
6.740
16.663
16,803
39.093
Other income
43J83
39,093
R¢stricted income
150
150
69)
690
67577
67,727
64.391
65.087
Th¢ volunlary in¢om¢ of £150 18 restrirted to b¢ speni on exwiditires th esthblish a community centre for
Jgpwese speaking kxx)ple in the UK. (2023: £690)
Gnmts n¢¢ivib]e
UDrtstricted R¢s¢ri¢ted Tol41 Funds UknrrJtrlct¢d Restrlcted Tot•1 Funds
FuBds
Fun
Received
FuDd$
Fund$
Received
30 June 2024
30 Jun¢ 2023
660
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Japan Association ID the UK
Notes to tbe FinY&ncig1 Statements for the Period Ended 30 June 2024
4 Totsl r¢sour¢es expended
Unr¢stricied Restrfeted Totsl Funds
Funds
Funds
Received
30 Jll￿¢ 2024
U￿￿trICted Restricted Totsl Fund$
Funds
Futtds
Recefved
30 June 2023
Dirttt eosts
De￿#1￿1clI of18n8ible fixed es*ts
130
130
Repairs ￿ maintenance
Printin8> POStin8 and stationery
Subscriptions and donations
IT and website operation
Donations
429
429
895
895
7,7(15
7.706
6.610
1,7
6,610
1.707
1,945
,945
6,800
1458
46.543
3,$22
3.958
6.8
Meetin8 room hire
Event costs
2258
46543
2(M)
1.900
.613
44.613
280
Travel gnd subsistoKe
3522
280
3.958
2J58
2J58
58J63
73.291
200
73.491
58J63
Trnstees remllneratlon tipenses
No trustees received any t¢munw&tion during the pffi¢)d.
Net in¢ome
Net ineome is stht¢d aft¢r ¢hargin&
30 Jun¢ 21b24 30 Julle 2023
Depreciation of langibl¢ r￿ed a$5¢ts
130
T*utiOD
The ¢ompany is a registrml charity and i& therefor4 exempt from t￿tIOn.
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Japan Ajsoeiation in the UK
Note8 to tbe FiDaneial Statements for the Period Ended 30 JuDe 2024
Tangible Ilxed *g8¢ts
Flx¢ure
ffttillgs *Dd
¢quipJnent
C￿l
As at 01 July 2023
Acquisition
As at 30 June 2024
Depreel*do
As at 01 July 2023
DeFfeciation for the year
130
As at 30 June 2024
130
Net bwk v*lue
As At 30 June 2024
718
As * 30 June 2if23
Ikbtor4
30 June 30 Jull¢ 2023
Dwits & (Xher rec¢ivables
10 Credl¢on: Amounts faillDg wl¢hin ome year
30 June 2024 30 June 2023
6.783
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Japan knoeiation in the UK
Notes to the FiDanci*l Statements for the Period Ended 30 June 2024
I l. Members, Il#bllhy
The charity is a private com￿1]Y limited by guarant¢e and consequently does not have shwe c4pital. Each
of the mcmb¢rs i5 liable to contribute an atnouni not exceeding £1 towards assets of the charity in the
event of liquidati￿.
12
Related parti
CoutroUi&E entlty
Tr ¢harity t$ Controlled by the trustees who are directors of th¢ o)mpgny.
13
Afftalysis of fvttds
IDtomlng
Reyour¢e8 At 30 j￿￿¢ 2024
eXpe￿￿ed
fomrd
GeD¢rnl Funds
Unr&stricted in¢otne fiuyd
Restricted income fut
Tofal
101205
94.002
195 ?07
67577
150
(73291)
2￿
95,491
93,952
14
assets by ftywd
U•r¢4trktsd Restr￿ Tothl F#Ddi
F•#ds
30 J•Ne 2024
Total PuDds
to
30J4•e 2023
d¥
Tangible assets
Cuttent assets
718
718
101,870
93952
195.822
107.988
94,(K12
201.990
CrcditLY5: Amounts
falling due within one
(7,097)
17.097)
189443
(6.783)
101
05
(6.783)
195
07
Net ass¢ts
The r&striaed fund 15 related to the fjjnd to establish a community Centre forJapane5e spegking wple in the
UK. The ccrfnmunity ￿nts& ¢alled"JA Club.- now stsrted nmin8.
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Statement of finan¢ial aetivltieg per thnd
Restricted itt¢ome
fund
2024
Uirestrieted
ine•m¢ fund
2024
Tol¥l Funds
Received
2024
In¢oming resources from g￿erated
Voluntary income
150
67577
67.727
150
Rrfourfts exwded
Costs of generaling funds
Co*5 of generating voluntsry income
200
200
50
73291
73
91
73,491
RecoTrelll*tlon of fulld5
Tothl fimds brwt fon¥ard
05
195
07
Totsl fund5 Lwried foThv8rd
This page does not fom part of the stalutory financial statements.
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