2021-12-31-accounts - The Primordial Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1 1 2021 To 31 12 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Primordial Foundation

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) CIO: 1151187 Charity's principal address 25 South Road Twickenham Postcode TW2 5NU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Mark Osborne
2 Thomas Gray
3 Elizabeth Richie
4 Edwina Macbeth
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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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

The Primordial Foundation is a Charitable Incorporation Type of governing document Organisation (CIO), registered on 11th March 2013. The CIO was established under a Foundation Constitution dated 2nd March (eg. trust deed, constitution) 2013.

Charitable Incorporation Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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 CIO’s objects as set out in its constitution are: “To advance the education of the public in the spiritual and philosophical traditions underlying western civilisation as embodied especially Summary of the objects in the teaching of the key pre-Socratic Greek philosophers and of the charity set out in spiritual teachers Pythagoras, Parmenides and Empedocles”. its governing document

Throughout 2021 our aim has been to further our primary objective of promoting the teachings of the pre-Socratics to a far broader and more diverse audience than has hitherto been possible.

Following the publication of Peter Kingsley’s groundbreaking two-volume work ‘Catafalque’ in 2018, the preservation of Dr Kingsley’s legacy has been one of our highest priorities. In addition to the production of various audio and video recordings centring on the legacy of the pre-Socratics, Dr Kingsley published a new work in 2021; A Book of Life, which Summary of the main was well received. He also published a paperback edition of activities undertaken for Catafalque and he continues to work on a further book. the public benefit in Additionally, a team continues to work on transcribing past relation to these objects lectures and workshops with a view to creating an extra series (include within this of books and booklets for distribution both to college students section the statutory and to members of the wider public. 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 achievements of the charity during the year

Throughout 2021 our aim has been to further our primary objective of promoting the teachings of the pre-Socratics to a far broader and more diverse audience than has hitherto been possible.

Following the publication of Peter Kingsley’s groundbreaking two-volume work ‘Catafalque’ in 2018, the preservation of Dr Kingsley’s legacy has been one of our highest priorities. In addition to the production of various audio and video recordings centring on the legacy of the pre-Socratics, Dr Kingsley published a new work in 2021; A Book of Life, which was well received. He also published a paperback edition of Catafalque and he continues to work on a further book. Additionally, a team continues to work on transcribing past lectures and workshops with a view to creating an extra series of books and booklets for distribution both to college students and to members of the wider public.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We have a small amount of unrestricted funds available at the end of the reporting period, currently this is £6622. This should be more than sufficient to support The Primordial Foundations planned objectives in 2022.We continue to seek for additional sources of funding.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No funds are materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

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) Full name(s) Dr Mark J Osborne Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 4/10/22

March 2012

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THE PRIMORDIAL FOUNDATION 1151187
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 1/1/2021 12/31/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - - - -
A3 Payments
Computer and accessories 591 - - 591
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 591 ] - - 591
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 591 - - 591
Net of receipts/(payments) - 591 - - - 591
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,213 - - 7,213
Cash funds this year end 6,622 - - 6,622
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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 B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details to nearest £ to nearest £ Cash funds at end of the period 6,622 - - - - - 6,622 - OK OK Details to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Cost (optional) - - - - - Details Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Details - - - - - Signature Print Name Mark Osborne Unrestricted funds Restricted funds *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	Details to nearest £ to nearest £ Cash funds at end of the period 6,622 - - - - - 6,622 - OK OK Details to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Cost (optional) - - - - - Details Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Details - - - - - Signature Print Name Mark Osborne Unrestricted funds Restricted funds *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)
		Mark Osborne

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Last year

to the nearest £

Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - -

Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval

10/4/2022