2024-03-31-accounts - The Christopher G. Moore Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	01	April	2023		31	March	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Christopher G. Moore Foundation

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any)1161116

Charity's principal address The Christopher G. Moore Foundation 71-75 Shelton Street London Postcode WC2H 9JQ

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)
	Daniel Vaver
	Christopher G. Moore
	Adrienne Loftus Parkins

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

	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
	Daniel Vaver
	Christopher G. Moore
	Adrienne Loftus Parkins

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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) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Trustee selection methods charity trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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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

For the public benefit, to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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(a) monitoring abuses of human rights;
(b) research into human rights issues;
(c) educating the public about human rights;
(d) contributing to the sound administration of human rights law;
(e) commenting on proposed human rights legislation;
(f) raising awareness of human rights issues;

(g) promoting public support for human rights; (h) promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations; (i) international advocacy of human rights; Summary of the main In furtherance of that object but not otherwise, the trustees shall have activities undertaken for the power to engage in political activity provided that the trustees are public benefit in relation to satisfied that the proposed activities will further the purposes of the these objects (include within charity to an extent justified by the resources committed and the activity this section the statutory is not the dominant means by which the charity carries out its objects. declaration that trustees have In order to achieve this, the Foundation will: had regard to the guidance (a) Provide funds to authors of written works (either fiction or non-fiction) issued by the Charity that call attention to instances of clear breaches of human rights. In doing Commission on public so, encourage further research into these and other instances, as well as benefit) creating incentive for writers to continue to monitor any such abuses (b) Educate the public about human rights by organising lectures, debates and seminars, hosted by writers whose work has called attention to such clear breaches. These events will be open to all members of the public, in the interests of raising awareness and promoting public support for human rights.

(c) Comment on proposed human rights legislation, or publicise comments made by others in order to raise awareness and to promote respect for these rights, as well as increasing their popular support. Such comment may also include specific reports of judicial decisions, where available, in order to ensure the sound administration of human rights law.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature was awarded to Dr. Benjamin Black for his book B elly Woman . A Special Prize for Young Authors was awarded to Yeva Skalietska for her book You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Section E Financial review

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We do not currently have a policy on reserves. Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None 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) Daniel Vaver

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date08/01/2025

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Charity Name The Christopher G. Moore Foundation

No (if any) 1161116

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 01/04/23 31/03/24 To from

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations, CG Moore 1,511 Donations, Other 49 Interest 1 - - - - - 1,560 - - Sub total - Total receipts 1,560 A3 Payments Bank fees 85 Prize Award 1,500 Zoom fees - - - - - - - Sub total 1,585 - - Sub total - Total payments 1,585 Net of receipts/(payments) - 25 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 141 Cash funds this year end 116 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
	- - - - - - - - -	-	1,511 49 1 - - - - - 1,560	1,000
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	- - - - - - - - - -	-	85 1,500 - - - - - - - 1,585	87
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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 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 Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 116 - - - - - 116 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Daniel Vaver Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Daniel Vaver	10/12/24