
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 04 2022 31 03 2023 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** IYENGAR YOGA CENTRE for ESSEX 

|**Other names charity is known by**<br>**Registered charity number (if any)** <br>**Charity's principal address**|IYCE|IYCE|
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||154 Long Brandocks||
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||Chelmsford||
||**Postcode**|**CM1 3JR**|



**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4 <br>5 <br>6 <br>7 <br>8 <br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Susan Jane Long|Chair|||
||Michael Paul Brown||1.4.22 – 31.7.22||
||Claire Elizabeth<br>Hanrahan||||
||Sharon Murphy|Secretary|||
||Michelle Galliano||||
||Nicola Jane Hollas||||
||Stephannie Percy|Treasurer|||
||Sandra Hitchcock||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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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** 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[FOUNDATION CONSTITUTION] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[CIO] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[ELECTED BY EXISTING TRUSTEES - MUST BE A QUALIFIED AND ] REGISTERED IYENGAR YOGA TEACHER 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include IYCE REMAINED AN AFFILIATED CENTRE TO IYENGAR YOGA (UK), additional information, where THE NATIONAL IYENGAR YOGA ORGANISATION 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 

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parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its governing**<br>**document**<br>**Summary of the main activities**<br>**undertaken for the public**<br>**benefit in relation to these**<br>**objects (include within this**<br>**section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit)**|To advance public education and understanding of the classical teachings<br>of all aspects of Iyengar yoga in Essex including the study and practice of<br>therapeutic effects of yoga as a means of improving physical, mental,<br>emotional and spiritual health.|
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||1) To promote public education<br>Workshops and yoga events designed to provide an opportunity for<br>students of various levels to learn, experience, and deepen their<br>understanding of Iyengar Yoga were limited to online events due to Covid<br>restrictions.<br>General information about Iyengar Yoga for members of the public and<br>information about classes in Essex is available on the IYCE website.<br>Information requested by members of the public was provided by email,<br>text and telephone. It included advising individuals about appropriate<br>classes taking account of their yoga experience, or lack of it, and any<br>health problems they had. Individual students were provided with advice<br>and information by email and telephone.<br>2) Provision of dedicated space<br>During the previous year the Trustees suspended the search for suitable<br>premises where classes, training, therapeutic work and teacher training<br>could be conducted due to Covid-19. In view of the current financial<br>environment and the international changes that have been made to the<br>way teachers are trained the Trustees not to pursue this further.|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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The events organised this year were as follows – 

- A teachers Professional Development Day with Susan Long in September 2022 

- A weekend course with Jayne Orton advanced teacher from Birmingham in October 2022 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

   - Free classes were held in 6 locations throughout Essex to mark National Iyengar Yoga day in January 

   - A Yoga Day with Brenda Booth senior teacher from Kent, March 

- Two students continued to prepare to become teachers through the mentoring programme. 

The Teachers’ Support Group was took place throughout the year. 

- 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** 

- 1 Provision of workshops and yoga events – see above 

- 2 Provision of advice and information about Iyengar Yoga to members of the public – see above 

## **Section E                    Financial review** 

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Opening balance at the start of the financial year £31,262 **Brief statement of the** Balance Financial Year end £33,578 **charity’s policy on reserves** 

Reserves will be used to further charitable objects 

**Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

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

Subscriptions were waived due to Covid-19. Trustees decided to continue without subscriptions for the future. 

- 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)**<br>S J Long<br>S JPercy<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Susan Jane Long<br>Stephannie Percy<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>May 2023|**Signature(s)**<br>S J Long<br>S JPercy<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Susan Jane Long<br>Stephannie Percy<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>May 2023|**Signature(s)**<br>S J Long<br>S JPercy<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Susan Jane Long<br>Stephannie Percy<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>May 2023|
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||Chair|Treasurer|
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