## CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD ________________________________________________ **Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** **Registered Charity Number: 1162843** **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## CZECH NATIONAL TRUST ABROAD ## ________________________________________________ **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023** **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 2023 to 31 December 2023 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** 2023 was a successful and busy year for the Czech National Trust Abroad (CNTA). We continue to help expand Czech National Trust’s (CNT) 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) through membership of 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. 1. CNTA/INTO concluded in Prague and Libcice n/ Vltavou its support and participation at the two year international Erasmus+ project. The main focus of the project were staff exchanges between 6 European trusts caring for cultural heritage. CNT cooperated successfully in the Czech Republic with its partner ANOPA (Association of non-state monuments open to public). All CNTA trustees participated in the project and its succesful outcome.. 2. CNTA supported CNT and INTO in the development of a set of information tools (Toolkit) aimed at encouraging a wider range of visitors to historic sites. The toolkit is now available free of charge to the general public – see https://www.into.org/broadening-access-toolkit/. It consists of 12 case studies from SEECHT (Staff Exchanges in European Cultural Heritage Trusts) project participants. 3. CNTA supported CNT in hosting INTO Board meeting in Prague & Libcice n/ Vltavou. The INTO Board of Directors started their three-day stay in the Czech Republic as guests of the Czech National Trust and its chairman, Irena Edwards who is also an INTO board member and the Chairman of the CNTA. The annual INTO board meeting brought together all 12 representatives from many different parts of the world. The stay of the foreign guests in the Czech Republic was concluded by a visit to Karlova Koruna and Loučen castles at the invitation of ANOPA . 4. CNTA attended at the invitation of the British Ambassador, a garden party in Prague to mark the birthday of King Charles III and also participated at a working breakfast attended by CNT/NT experts on the topic of climate and its impact on historical monuments, organised by the British Embassy for Czech and international experts. 5. CNTA hosted at the Czech Embassy in London a presentation “Architecture of Memory and Test of War” followed by a panel discussion about the poignant new project of the Czech-Canadian architect Petr Franta and the challenges of bringing the Cairn of Peace, a historic memorial at site of the battle of Slavkov/ Austerlitz in CzR into the 21st century. Well attended event concluded with a reception celebrating 10th anniversary of CNT. 6. CNTA helped to secure further cooperation from a generous private industrialist donor which enabled CNT to substantially progress the internal restoration of its pilot project in Moravia and commenced work on the exterior. CNTA continues to support the project to transform the dilapidated greenhouse into a volunteer, educational and community centre. Its new eco-friendly and elegant design by architect Patrik Hoffman (Atelier Hoffman) will provide both facilities for cultural and other community events and a place to rest for our volunteers, local school children and visiting tourists ## **Trustees’ Responsibility** The trustees are responsible for this annual report and the receipts and payments accounts. Authorised on 27 September 2024 on behalf of the Board Trustees 27 September 2024 **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-23 31-Dec-23** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**800**
Events
**483**
Donations
**445**
Gift Aid Tax Repayment
**36**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,764**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 1,764**
**A3 Payments**
Charitable activities
**1,141**
Grant to Czech National Trust
**-**
Travel costs
**74**
Bank charges
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,215**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,215**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 549**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3,488**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 4,037**
**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 £**
**800**
**483**
**445**
**36**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,764**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,764**
**1,141**
**-**
**74**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,215**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,215**
**549**
**-**
**3,488**
**4,037**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**344**| |||**-**||**43**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**387**| |||||| |||**-**||| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||||| |||**-**||**387**| |||||| |||**-**||**40**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**300**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**340**| |||||| |||**-**||| |||**-**||| |||**-**||**-**| |||||| |||**-**||**340**| |||||| |||**-**||**47**| ||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**3,441**| ||**-**|**-**||**3,488**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/09/2024 1 ## **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 £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| |||**4,037**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**4,037**|**-**| |||OK
**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| |||Irena Edwards|| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/09/2024 2