## JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK
Report and Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2023
Registered Charity No: 1152133
## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK Report and accounts Contents**
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|Report of the Trustees|1-3|
|Report of the Independent examiners|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7-8|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|9|
## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2023**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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 UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Organise social activities for children and adults,
To promote and enables members and their families in participating and contributing to the Bengali culture, heritage, music and other educational and charitable activities to the wider community,
Providing a local group that encourages and enables members of the Hindu-Bengali community to participate more effectively with the wider community,
Advancing education and providing opportunities for members of the Hindu-Bengali community to better integrate in their community in the UK etc.
Jagannath Hall Alumni Association UK is a UK based registered charity organization established in 2013 with the aim of organizing and promoting Bengali culture, heritage and music to the wider community in UK. The organisation currently has 22 Trustee board members. The Trustees are elected and operate in accordance with the Trust Deed and Governing constitution of the charity. The trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The trustees are required to maintain adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy of the charity's financial transactions.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Charity No: 1152133**
## **Registered office**
Sterling House Suite 310E East Wing Loughton IG10 3TS
## **Trustees**
The following individuals served as trustees during the year:
Mr Adhir Ranjan Das Mr Krishna Dhan Saha Mr Sukumar Saha Mr Ajit Kumar Saha Mr Mihir Knati Sarkar Mr Swapan Nandi Mr Tapan Kumar Saha Mr Dhirendra Nath Halder Mr Monoj Kumar Talukder Mr Uttam Kumar Dey Mr Kamol Chandra Saha Mr Shyamal Modak Mr Rakhal Saha Mr Ratan Das Mr Babu Majumder
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## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK**
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **for the Year Ended 31 December 2023**
Mr Sanjoy Kumar Ghosh Mr Milton Saha Mr Jyotirmoy Saha Mr Bivash Biswash Mr Shyamal Roy Mr Kamolesh Halder Mr Sanjib Saha
## **TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 February 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Uttam Dey Chair Board of Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees of JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Jagannath Hall Alumni Association UK**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Jagannath Hall Alumni Association UK for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of
the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report. in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Taxcare Accountancy Chartered Certified Accountants 103 Cranbrook Road Ilford Essex IG1 4PU
Date : ………………………………………..
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## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|||||**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**£**|**£**|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||**Notes**|||||
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||||
|Donations|3|27,004|-|27,004|24,872|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||||
|**Charitable activities**||||||
|Donations paid||1,650|-|1,650|3,002|
|Social & cultural activities||17,423|-|17,423|20,865|
|Other||5,249|-|5,249|3,763|
|**Total**||24,322|-|24,322|27,630|
|Interest receivable||62||62|5|
|**NET INCOME / (EXPENDITURE)**||2,744|-|2,744|(2,753)|
|**RECONCILITION OF FUNDS**||||||
|**Total funds brought forward**||8,768|1,733|10,501|13,254|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||**11,512**|**1,733**|**13,245**|**10,501**|
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## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023**
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
13,245
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Funds**
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Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**Total funds**|**2023**
**£**
10,501
13,245
13,245
11,512
1,733
13,245|**2022**
**£**
10,501
10,501
8,768
1,733
10,501|
|---|---|---|
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to charitable small companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 18 February 2024 and were signed on its behalf by
Uttam Dey Chair Board of Trustees
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**JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## _**Fund Accounting**_
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes
## **3 Income & Endowments**
|**Income from donationtions**
Total Receipts
Total Incoming resources
**4**
**Movement in funds**
Unrestricted funds
Total Receipts
Total expended
**Total**
Fund as at 01 Jan 2021 b/f
Net Movement during the year
Fund as at 31 Dec 2022 c/f|Unrestricted
27,004
27,004
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
27,004
**27,004**
Unrestricted
**£**
8,768
2,744
**11,512**|Restricted
-
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(24,322)
**(24,322)**
Restricted
**£**
1,733
-
**1,733**|**2023**
**£**
**Total**
27,004
**27,004**
**Movement**
**in funds**
**£**
**2,682**
**2,682**
**Total**
**£**
**10,501**
**2,744**
**13,245**|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **JAGANNATH HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UK Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
Subscription Fees
Donations Receipts
**Total Incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Donations Paid
**Support Cost**
Food & Dinner
Music & Cultural Activities
Decorations and Banners
Event Items Cost
Venue Hire Cost
Transport Cost
**Premises costs:**
Storage
**Other**
Raffle Draw & Gifts
Stationery and Cutleries
Printing & Publications
Web & Domain
Sundry Expenses
**Legal & Professional**
Advertising and PR
Other Legal & Professional|**2023**
**£**
2,841
24,163
27,004
1,650
1,650
5,669
3,018
1,175
1,290
6,071
200
17,423
1,140
1,140
175
463
195
360
1,646
2,839
145
1,125
1,270
5,249|**2022**
**£**
2,355
22,517
24,872
3,002
3,002
5,978
7,913
920
-
6,054
-
20,865
1,140
1,140
-
-
792
604
-
1,396
1,227
-
1,227
3,763|
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