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

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2022 31 12 2022 

**From** 

## 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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||LesleyBleakley|Chair|||
||Laurinda Da Silva|Treasurer|||
||Sophia Cliff|FundraisingDirector|||
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## **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: 

- 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 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 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; 

- (b) providing children living on the street or out of their familial homes with suitable accommodation; 

- (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)** 

You **may choose** to includefurther statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- 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. 

- 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) 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)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/01/2022|**To**|31/12/2022|



**CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**1,915**<br>**18,032**<br>**8,790**<br>**30,876**<br>**29,742**<br>**71**<br>**663**<br>**-**<br> <br> **90,089**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**90,089**<br>**77,140**<br>**65**<br>**40**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **77,345**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**77,345**<br>**12,744**<br>**-**<br>**39,033**<br>**51,777**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,915**<br>**18,032**<br>**8,790**<br>**30,876**<br>**29,742**<br>**71**<br>**663**<br>**-**<br>**90,089**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**90,089**<br>**77,140**<br>**65**<br>**40**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**77,345**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**77,345**<br>**12,744**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|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**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **90,089**|||||**61,371**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**61,371**|
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|<br>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**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**77,345**|||||**43,184**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**43,184**|
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||**12,744**|**-**|**-**|**12,744**||**18,187**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**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**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**51,777**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**51,777**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>LAURINDA DA SILVA|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||LAURINDA DA SILVA|28/10/2023|
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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: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- 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:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**|**Date:**||
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||Eugenio Edgar Contarini||
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||Institute of Financial Accountants||
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||Flat 42 Heathcroft||
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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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