**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 4 2022 **To** 31 3 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165696 **Charity's principal address** 25C Claughton Road Plaistow London **Postcode E13 9PN** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Tze Wei Siow|Chair||| ||Guat Faung Eyu|Trustee|Acted from 2ndDec 18 to
31/03/23|| ||Wei Kee Ng|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser **
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**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** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** - Policies and Procedures adopted for training of Trustees are as below : - You **may choose** to include additional information, where 1 Trainee Trustee will be assisted by present Trustees and one of the - relevant, about: Volunteer who is an ACCA qualified account will assist the Trainee - • policies and procedures Trustees in preparing the account packs for the foundation. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Structure and network with which the charity work : - • the charity’s organisational 1.All Trustees including One Chair Trustee and all volunteers are unpaid. structure and any wider Regular volunteers who travel from and to the temple during their network with which the charity voluntary duty days will be provided with a prepaid Oyster Card to cover works; their travel cost. - • relationship with any related 2.Free Vegetarian Tasting Event and Vegetarian Cooking Workshops are - parties; hosted and open to public and our community. - • trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system 3. Liaising with local community centres on a regular basis. and procedures to manage them. Relationship with Related Party: Majority Trustees give significant donations to the charity and there is no reimbursement of expenses occurred for this year end. Major Risk and procedures to extenuate it: 1. Cash Donation would be scrutinized regularly by Trustees, review on monthly basis normally would be two volunteers on daily duty. 2. Two signatures would be required on the Day Duty Log Book, CCTV in place wireless connected to chair trustee's phone. Only trained and trustworthy volunteers would have access to cash box. Any cash donation would be deposit right on the next day or the day after into the charity **TAR** March **2012** 2 bank account by duty volunteer apart from cash flow. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** 1-Promoting the teaching, study, practice and practical application of Buddhism and Guan Yin Citta in the UK. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 2-Organising public events and facilitating the public dissemination and interchange of ideas and information about the practice of Buddhism. 3-Promoting activities to foster racial and religious harmony, equality, diversity and peace The charity activities are greater compared to the past two years since the temple relocated to the new location in Plaistow. The new location is more accessible especially for elderly people via public transportation link as parking is difficult. Temple has welcomed more and more visitors on a daily basis and more member of public attending the events hosted by the temple. Both the elderly and members who live nearby or around London can now visit the temple more regular with the ease of travel using public transport link. **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)** Beside hosting online classes, we occasionally running Buddhist teaching classes for the children in the temple, and aim to do so regularly if possible. Vegetarian events for the members and local community sessions to exchange of ideas and information about the practice of Buddhism are hosting regularly. Members who live in further afield may attend these sessions online. Food parcels donation were made near Christmas period to the members of community who were in needs. **TAR** March **2012** 3 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The charity activities are greater compared to the past two years since the temple relocated to the new location in Plaistow. The new location is more accessible especially for elderly people via public transportation link as parking is difficult. Temple has welcomed more and more visitors on a daily basis and more member of public attending the events hosted by the temple. Temple had hosted the following events in the past year : 17/07/2022 Vegetarian event on Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment Day 14/10/2022 Vegetarian event on Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Renunciation Day 16/12/2022 Food parcels donation to the members of local community who were in need. 30/12/2022 Vegetarian event on La-Ba Festival 22/01/2023 Vegetarian event on Chinese New Year Day 05/02/2023 Vegetarian event on Shakyamuni Buddha’s Nirvana Day The Foundation also have made a contribution of £4000 to UNICEF UK in the past year. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** Healthy financial position is being maintained. **Brief statement of the** Some members of the foundation set up a standing order with their bank **charity’s policy on reserves** for regular donations. The foundation receives cash donations from the volunteers, members and public when they come to visit the temple and attend vegetarian events. There is no loan or debt taken in the year and we have no intention to do so in the next 12 months. None of the Trustees were reimbursed out of pocket expenses and 2 Trustees donated a total of £812 over the financial year. £4,768 deficit this financial year. Most expenses were used to host vegetarian events over the year and expenditures on utilities and the maintenance of the temple. **Details of any funds materially** The foundation also made a donation of £4000 to UNICEF UK last year. **in deficit** We are aiming for a better financial position next year, in hope to avoid any deficit. The Foundation is currently looking into Gift Aid option for members who donate regularly. ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** - The Foundation does not receive any government Grant and is mainly - You **may choose** to include relied on Donations from members and public. - additional information, where we would only have expected people to donate after they have benefited - relevant about: from our help and Buddhism teaching promoted, hence no street raising - • the charity’s principal fund events have ever been held. sources of funds (including any fundraising); Main Expenditures: Our major expenditure is the rental of the temple. - • Other regular expenses such as telephone and broadband, utilities bill, how expenditure has liabilities insurance and other miscellaneous will remain the usage. All - supported the key objectives these decisions and expenses will be strictly reviewed and scrutinized by - of the charity; the trustees. - • investment policy and objectives including any No Investments can be made from Donations. ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** March **2012** 6 **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Wei Kee NG **Full name(s)** Tzi Wei Siow **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 10/01/2024 **TAR** March **2012** 7 ## **Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the attached accounts of UK Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door Buddhist Charity Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2022. This report is made solely to the trustees, as a body, in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the trustees matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the trustees for my independent examination work, for this report, or for the statement I have given below. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: - •1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Simon Erskine FCA FCIE DChA** 61 Mortimer Road London NW10 5QR Date: 26 January 2024 ||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**UK GUAN YIN CITTA DHARMA DOOR BUDDHIST**
**CHARITY FOUNDATION**
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|||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||| ||||01/04/2022||||31/03/2023||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
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**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Donations|**31,882**||**-**||**-**||**31,882**||**31,402**| |Old rent deposit repaid|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,423**| |Bank interest received|**81**||**-**||**-**||**81**||**3**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**31,963**||**-**||**-**||**31,963**||**32,828**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**31,963**||**-**||**-**||**31,963**||**32,828**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Rent|**23,441**||**-**||**-**||**23,441**||**18,775**| |Donations paid|**4,050**||**-**||**-**||**4,050**||**-**| |Independent examination fee|**750**||**-**||**-**||**750**||**435**| |Other professional fees|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,730**| |Telephone & broadband|**641**||**-**||**-**||**641**||**368**| |Utilities, repairs and maintenance|**2,504**||**-**||**-**||**2,504**||**7,015**| |Office administration and cost of events|**3,113**||**-**||**-**||**3,113**||**317**| |Bank charges|**24**||**-**||**-**||**24**||**26**| |Insurance|**504**||**-**||**-**||**504**||**473**| |Website hosting|**-**||||||**-**||**767**| |Security System|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**216**| |Equipment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**811**| |Miscellaneous|**1,704**||**-**||**-**||**1,704**||**1,445**| |**_Sub total_ **|**36,731**||**-**||**-**||**36,731**||**34,377**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Totalpayments_**|**36,731**||**-**||**-**||**36,731**||**34,377**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 4,768**||**-**||**-**||**- 4,768**||**- 1,549**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**43,566**||**-**||**-**||**43,566**||**45,115**| |**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**38,798**||**-**||**-**||**38,798**||**43,566**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| 1 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 05/09/2021 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
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**funds**| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|NatWest Current Account||||**8,204**||**-**||**-**| ||NatWest Savings Account||||**30,081**||**-**||**-**| ||Cash||||**513**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**38,798**||**-**||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||||OK| ||||||**Unrestricted**
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**funds**| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|Rent Deposit||||**3,125**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due (optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|Independent examination fee||||Unrestricted||**900**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalfofallthe trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval| ||||||Wei Kee Ng||||25/1/24| ||||||||||| 2 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/09/2021