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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2022 31 12 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1165180
BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION UK
Charity's principal address 28 ROWLLS ROAD
KINGSTON UPON THAMES Postcode: KT1 3ET LONDON
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| LesleyBleakley | Chair | |||
| Laurinda Da Silva | Treasurer | |||
| Sophia Cliff | FundraisingDirector | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
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) How the charity is constituted
Constitution
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Election by existing directors Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The objects for which the CIO is established for the public benefit are the relief of those in need by reason of youth, financial hardship or other disadvantage in any part of the world but primarily in Vietnam and in South East Asia generally by:
- (a) providing a safe environment, legal and other support, guidance, healthcare, food and any education or training, which may include
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vocational training, necessary to alleviate a vulnerable child’s or young person’s needs;
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(b) providing children living on the street or out of their familial homes with suitable accommodation;
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(c) providing financial and other assistance to the immediate families of children and young people who require assistance or have been assisted in accordance with paragraphs a and b above; (d) supporting the work of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation International and cooperating and liaising with other entities with similar objectives to raise funds and/or promote awareness of the CIO and the objects of the CIO.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Over the course of 2022, Fundraising actions were also minimal due to Summary of the main the pandemic. BDUK’s activity focused on maintaining visibility of Blue achievements of the charity Dragon in the UK via social media and receiving donations from regular during the year donors via fundraising platforms or directly on the Charity’s bank account.
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Section E Financial review
Blue Dragon UK holds a minimum account balance.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
Blue Dragon UK relies on donations from the public, and from companies wishing to donate as part of their CSR.
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Laurinda Da Silva Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 28/10/20223
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| BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK | BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK | BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION UK | No (if any) |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||
| For the period from |
01/01/2022 | To | 31/12/2022 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,915 18,032 8,790 30,876 29,742 71 663 - 90,089 - - - 90,089 77,140 65 40 - - 100 - - - 77,345 - - - 77,345 12,744 - 39,033 51,777 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,915 18,032 8,790 30,876 29,742 71 663 - 90,089 - - - 90,089 77,140 65 40 - - 100 - - - 77,345 - - - 77,345 12,744 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Kindlink Donation | 1,915 | 7,693 | ||||
| Individual Donor | 18,032 | 15,826 | ||||
| Corporate Donor | 8,790 | 2,947 | ||||
| Stripe | 30,876 | 29,981 | ||||
| HMRC | 29,742 | - | ||||
| Amazon | 71 | 77 | ||||
| Facebook Donations | 663 | 4,847 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
90,089 |
61,371 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| ~~Sub total~~ | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 61,371 | ||||||
BDUK to BDV |
77,140 | 42,667 | ||||
| Charges Blue Dragon Trsf | 65 | 73 | ||||
| Facebook charges | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Giving.com charges | - | 54 | ||||
| Kindlink charges | - | 250 | ||||
| HMRC | 100 | 100 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 77,345 | 43,184 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 43,184 | ||||||
| 12,744 | - | - | 12,744 | 18,187 | ||
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| 39,033 | - | - | 39,033 | 20,846 | ||
| 51,777 | - | - | 51,777 | 39,033 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
28/10/2023
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 51,777 - - - - - 51,777 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name LAURINDA DA SILVA |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| LAURINDA DA SILVA | 28/10/2023 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
28/10/2023
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation UK members of On accounts for the year 31/12/2022 Charity no 1165180 ended (if any) Set out on pages 9 to 16
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
Date: | |
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| 22/10/2023 | ||
| Eugenio Edgar Contarini | ||
| Institute of Financial Accountants | ||
| Flat 42 Heathcroft | ||
| Hampstead Way | ||
| W1W 7HJ, London |
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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