Pagans fighting poverty & defending Mother Earth
## PaganAid Annual Report & Financial Statement for the year 1[st] July 2022 - 30[th] June 2023
## **Reference and administrative details**
## **Charity details**
PaganAid is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered by the Charity Commission of England & Wales – registered charity number 1158075.
Its registered address is: Apex House, Thomas Street, Trethomas, Caerphilly, CF83 8DP
## **Trustees**
During 2022/2023, PaganAid had six trustees:
- Dan Coultas (Chair)
- Erica MacGilp
- Paul Pearson
- Sarah Kerr
- Debi Gregory
- Suzanne Joan Dymond-White
Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees for a fixed term of three years, as per our constitution. No trustee may serve more than two consecutive terms of office.
Trustees receive no remuneration.
Ronald Hutton and Samantha Giles are Patrons of Pagan Aid, an honorary position.
## **Staff**
The charity has no paid staff.
## **Membership**
The charity has 21 members.
PaganAid is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered by the Charity Commission of England & Wales – registered charity number 1158075
Registered address: Apex House, Thomas Street, Trethomas, Caerphilly, CF83 8DP, UK
## **Bankers and Auditors**
The charity banks with The Co-operative Bank p.l.c., P.O. Box 101, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 4EP and with www.paypal.com
As the charity’s annual income is currently less than £10,000, the board has agreed not to incur the expense of appointing auditors. The accounts have been prepared by the Treasurer and approved by the Board of Trustees as an accurate record of the charity’s finances.
## **Objectives for the public benefit**
The charitable objects of the CIO are:
- 1) To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by:
a) the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources;
b) the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities;
c) the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.
2) To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large.
_Note that “sustainable development” means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs._
PaganAid fulfils its charitable objectives by raising funds from the public and making grants to suitable projects.
## **Grant making policy**
We will fund projects that help people living in poverty to improve their lives and the environment through living in greater harmony with the natural world. This might involve providing technical or legal support, as well as training and investing in community enterprises. We don’t give hand-outs, but give people a leg up to a better life. Our funds can be a catalyst for change, but it is the communities themselves who will do most of the work.
We will work in partnership with other trusted and experienced organisations who have direct contact with the community projects and who will coordinate and monitor the spending. In this way, we don’t duplicate what already exists and can ensure that our administrative costs and carbon footprint is as low as possible.
We will support communities of any or no faith, providing that they want to live in greater harmony with the natural world. We will not seek to promote pagan religious beliefs through our projects. We will never discriminate on the grounds of religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or (dis)ability.
We encourage our members to suggest suitable projects and fundraise for these once agreed by the Board.
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## **Activities during the year**
## **Membership**
PaganAid commenced a membership scheme in 2018. The aim of the scheme was to encourage small regular, either annual or monthly, donations that cover the running costs of the charity. In return members are encouraged to suggest projects for the charity to raise funds for and they receive an email newsletter. At the 30/6/22 there were 21 members.
## **Fundraising**
PaganAid has received donations from individual supporters and from sympathetic organisations. The trustees wish to express our profound thanks to all who have given us support. We have also expanded our fundraising activities to include merchandise, partner businesses who donate a percentage of their profits and an annual auction of items donated by the community.
## **Grants**
We ran two fundraising campaigns during 2022/2023:
## **Marine Conservation Society**
We ran a campaign focused on protecting seas and waterways around the world and donated the funds raised to the Marine Conservation Society.
## **Habitat for Humanity**
We raised money for the Habitat for Humanity’s Ukraine campaign.
## **Organisational Development**
Due to the global financial crisis this was another quiet reporting period for PaganAid.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.
Dan Coultas (30/04/24)
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**Charity Name PAGAN AID**
**Charity Name No (if any) PAGAN AID 1158075 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/07/2022 30/06/2023
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**623**
**1,572**
**-**
**404**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**50**
**120**
**101**
**21**
**-**
**265**
**33**
**115**
**2,125**
**-**
**2,830**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,830**
**- 231**
**-**
**4,172**
**3,941**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**623**
**1,572**
**-**
**404**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**50**
**120**
**101**
**21**
**-**
**265**
**33**
**115**
**2,125**
**-**
**2,830**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,830**
**- 231**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**623**
**1,572**
**-**
**404**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,599**
**50**
**120**
**101**
**21**
**-**
**265**
**33**
**115**
**2,125**
**-**
**2,830**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,830**
**- 231**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Subscriptions|**623**|||||**591**|
|Donations|**1,572**|||||**891**|
|Crowdfunding|**-**|||||**776**|
|Sales|**404**|||||**430**|
|Refund Crowdfunder fees|**-**|||||**180**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,599**|||||**2,868**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**2,868**|
||||||||
|
Bank Charges/Fees|**50**|||||**47**|
|Mailbox fee|**120**|||||**120**|
|Postage & Carriage|**101**|||||**52**|
|Printing& Stationery|**21**|||||**10**|
|Fund raisingexpenses|**-**|||||**-**|
|Goodspurchased for Resale|**265**|||||**312**|
|Internet: website|**33**|||||**71**|
|VAT|**115**|||||**107**|
|Grants|**2,125**|||||**2,000**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**2,830**|||||**2,719**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||
|**,**|**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**2,719**|
||||||||
||**- 231**|**-**|**-**|**- 231**||**149**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,172**|**-**|**-**|**4,172**||**4,064**|
||**3,941**|**-**|**-**|**3,941**||**4,213**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/07/2023
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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**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
COOP Current Account
PayPal Current Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,938**
**-**
**1,003**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,941**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
22/07/2023
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