CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Registered Charity Number: 1162843
CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Charity name Czech National Trust Abroad
Registered charity number 1162843
Charity’s principal address 26, Clarendon Court, Sidmouth Road, London NW2 5HB
Trustees
The Trustees who held office in the year 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 were as follows:
Dr Irena Edwards Catherine Leonard Zuzana Princova
G overnance
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a constitution dated 25 July 2015 that was approved by all three trustees. The charity was entered onto the Register of Charities on 27 July 2015 by the Charity Commission of England and Wales.
Objectives
To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and maintenance of heritage buildings and their contents, gardens and historic landscapes in the Czech Republic in particular, but without limitation, by supporting the Czech National Trust (CNT).
Activities
2020 was a difficult year for our organisation due to the Covid pandemic but also a remarkable one as so many of our friends and supporters have shown us unprecedented support and friendship. It enabled us to carry on with our work in support of the Czech National Trust and Czech heritage. Much of this work has been carried out virtually on Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, by email and through Facebook and our website.
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CNTA supported CNT in cooperation with the Czech Centre in New York in a successful webinar presenting CNT project: “Ticket to the New World”.
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Together with INTO (International National Trusts Organisation) we supported a successful CNT application for an Erasmus grant to coordinate an educational exchange programme between 5 European National Trusts (NT). These are: INTO, NT of Scotland, FAI (NT of Italy), Herita (NT of Belgium) and Slovak NT. The grant of 73 000 Euros will be administered by the CNT with CNTA/INTO’s support from London. The commencement of the project had to be postponed until December 2021 due to the pandemic.
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CNTA successfully applied to INTO for a small grant of £500 payable to CNT to support activities connected with Covid. This was used to produce a short animation film about Maria von Ebner Eschenbach, aimed to publicise CNT’s restoration of the famous writer’s tomb and chapel (CNT’s pilot project) and to gain more public and community support of the project and our fundraising efforts.
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CNTA played a key role in securing a gift of the original 1925 drawings of the monumental statue of nationally revered Skoda Arrow by the famous Czech sculptor Otto Gutfreund, which originally adorned the roof of the Skoda Palace in the centre of Prague. The statue was destroyed during the communist times and the CNT is endeavouring with CNTA support to raise enough money to produce a replica of this statue and return its original location. The drawings will be auctioned at the end of 2021 and money raised will be used to further the project.
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CNTA helps to liaise and build relationship with the Austrian owner of the château neighbouring the CNT pilot project in Moravia and has secured for CNT several generous financial and in kind gifts in support of the project.
Trustees’ Responsibility
The trustees are responsible for this annual report and the receipts and payments accounts.
Authorised on 30 July 2021 to sign on behalf of the Board Trustees
30 July 2021
Trustee – Irena Edwards Date
| Czech National Trust Abroad |
Czech National Trust Abroad |
Czech National Trust Abroad |
Charity Number 1162843 |
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| For the year from | Period start date 01-Jan-20 |
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Period end date 31-Dec-20 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts Grants - Events 42 Donations 191 Gift Aid Tax Repayment 120 - - - - 353 - - Sub total - Total receipts 353 A3 Payments Charitable activities 97 Grant to Czech National Trust - Travel costs - Bank charges - - - - - - Sub total 97 - - Sub total - Total payments 97 Net of receipts/(payments) 256 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 3,032 Cash funds this year end 3,288 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 £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 332 - - - - - - - - 332 - - - 332 (332) - 332 - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 42 191 120 - - - - 353 - - - 353 429 - - - - - - - - 429 - - - 429 (76) - 3,364 3,288 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| - | - | 2437 | |||
| - | 42 | 756 | |||
| - | 191 | 540 | |||
| - | 120 | - | |||
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| - | 353 | 3,733 | |||
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| - | 353 | 3,733 | |||
| - | 429 | 2,297 | |||
| - | - | 200 | |||
| - | - | 192 | |||
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| - | 429 | 2,690 | |||
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| - | 429 | 2,690 | |||
| (332) | - | (76) | 1,043 | ||
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| 332 | - | 3,364 | 2,321 | ||
| - | - | 3,288 | 3,364 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
05/08/2021
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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 |
Details Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 3,288 - - 3,288 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Print Name Irena Edwards |
Date of approval |
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| Irena Edwards | 30.7.2021 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
05/08/2021
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