CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Registered Charity Number: 1162843
CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
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 2022 to 31 December 2022 were as follows:
Dr Irena Edwards Catherine Leonard
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
2022 was a successful and busy year for the Czech National Trust Abroad (CNTA). We helped to expand Czech National Trust’s (CNT) internal and international reach and educational prowess, especially by connecting much better on a practical level to the National Trust of England through the Erasmus+ project, as well as to the INTO (International National Trusts Organisation) membership through the INTO Places programme. The continued help of our supporters enabled us to carry on with our work in support of CNT and Czech heritage.
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CNTA/ INTO played a key part in the implementation of the Erasmus+ project in the Czech Republic. CNT coordinated an educational exchange programme between 5 European National Trusts (NT). The grant of 73,000 Euros continued to be administered by the CNT with CNTA/INTO’s support from London. CNTA/INTO hosted the “kick off" meeting in Surrey, UK in June and the international exchanges/secondments of twelve heritage experts into six EU countries in the autumn. We helped formulate the programme of a fourteen-day secondment of two heritage experts from English and Scottish NT to the Czech Republic and two Czechs to the English NT and the Italian NT (FAI).
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CNTA negotiated the selection of CNT as a part of INTO’s global membership programme INTO Places and helped to launch it in the Czech Republic. The INTO Places programme allows CNT members/supporters to visit more than 1,100 historic sites in 31 countries (incl. Czech Republic) for free or at a significant discount.
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CNTA supported CNT in the presentation of its successful project “Ticket to the New World” at the Bohemian National Hall in New York and two other venues. Programme included an exhibition, lectures and a book launch.
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CNTA continues to support CNT’s campaign to return the nationally revered monumental statue of the Winged Arrow by the famous Czech sculptor Otto Gutfreund, to its original location on the roof of the Skoda Palace in the centre of Prague.
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We helped to secure a further donation from a generous private industrialist donor which enabled CNT to restore the front terrace of its pilot project in Moravia.
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CNTA helped to forge a relationship with a new organisation of private chateau owners ANOPA leading to the signing of a Memorandum of co-operation. ANOPA represents 36 Czech privately owned and municipal chateaux. CNTA negotiated ANOPA’s participation in CNT’s Erasmus+ project.
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CNTA continues to represent CNT on the Board of INTO.
Trustees’ Responsibility
The trustees are responsible for this annual report and the receipts and payments accounts.
Authorised on 16 October 2023 to sign on behalf of the Board Trustees
16 October 2023
Czech National Trust Abroad Charity Number 1162843 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Jan-22 31-Dec-22
Section A Receipts and payments
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| A1 Receipts Grants - Events - Donations 344 Gift Aid Tax Repayment 43 - - - - 387 - - Sub total - Total receipts 387 A3 Payments Charitable activities 40 Grant to Czech National Trust - Travel costs 300 Bank charges - - - - - Sub total 340 - - Sub total - Total payments 340 Net of receipts/(payments) 47 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 3,441 Cash funds this year end 3,488 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 £ - - 344 43 - - - - 387 - - - 387 40 - 300 - - - - - - 340 - - - 340 47 - 3,441 3,488 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| - | 3,288 | |||
| - | - | 3,441 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
17/10/2023
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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 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 £ 3,488 - - - - - 3,488 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Irena Edwards 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 |
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| Irena Edwards | 16.10.2023 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
17/10/2023
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