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

**From 01/04/2021 Period start date   To 31/03/2022   Period end date** 

**Charity name: British Gurkha Nepalese Association** 

## **Charity registration number: 1166791** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1. To promoting social inclusion for the<br>benefit by working with people who are<br>socially excluded to relieve the needs of<br>such people and assist them to integrate<br>into society.<br>2. To relieving poverty among the socially<br>and economically disadvantaged members<br>of the community in the London Borough of<br>Brent, in particular but not exclusively those<br>from minority ethnic backgrounds, by sign<br>posting them to the right donors as well as<br>the provision of small grants of financial<br>assistance where possible.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|To promoting social inclusion, prevent<br>people from becoming socially excluded<br>and help them to integrate into society;<br>BGNA has been successfully organising,<br>running or taking part in a number of<br>activities during this reporting period<br>namely,Virtual Yoga, meetings, VJ Day,<br>RBL Remembrance Day.<br>Due Covid-19 restrictions the Association<br>only manage to undertake limited activities<br>in spring 2021. The government lifted Covid<br>restrictions step by step.<br>During this period closely worked or liaised<br>with local authorities, CVS Brent, Gurkha<br>Welfare Advice Centre, Royal British<br>Legion (Wembley & Sudbury Branch), Air<br>Training Corps, 78 (Wembley), Squadron<br>and, other voluntary organisations and local<br>communities.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have|Para 1.18|BGNA Trustees are responsible for the<br>general control and management of the|





|had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit||administration of the Association. Trustees<br>meet to discuss about the Association’s<br>business, ongoing projects and funding<br>application periodically to ensure it is in line<br>with the Association’s document and the<br>Charity Commission’s guidance.<br>BGNA trustees monitor its activities, and<br>they deal with any issue as they arise. All<br>newly appointed trustees and volunteers<br>receive full induction as per BGNA<br>handover/takeover procedures, which have<br>been prepared in line with their post roles,<br>and will be made aware of Guidance - CC3,<br>PB1, PB2 & PB3 etc.<br>The Association seeks advice from CVS<br>Brent, local authorities, other charity<br>organisations and relevant<br>expertise/departments as and when<br>needed. Trustees meet from time to time to<br>discuss about BGNA businesses in order to<br>allocate resources carefully and mitigate<br>any risks.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The Association needs volunteers from<br>time to time to assist with its activities. The<br>volunteers are recruited and managed<br>according to BGNA policy. Volunteers are<br>not paid staff, but the Association covers<br>their travel, food, and PPE expenses whilst<br>volunteering.<br>If volunteers are involved with children and<br>vulnerable adults, then the DBS check on<br>them will be carried out.|
|Other||**N/A**|



**Achievements and Performance** 



SORP reference 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|•<br>Virtual (Zoom) Nepali New Year<br>celebrated on 14/04/2021. 35 people<br>participated.<br>•<br>Laid a wreath during the VJ Day event<br>on 15/05/2021 at Barham Park,<br>Wembley.<br>•<br>Organised some wellbeing sessions<br>until June 2021.<br>•<br>Virtual meeting on 26/09/2021.<br>•<br>Annual General Meeting was<br>conducted on 27/11/2021.<br>•<br>Virtual Sunday Yoga classes held<br>between April 2021 - January 2022.<br>Beneficiaries included residents living in<br>Brent, members, and others.<br>•<br>A virtual meeting was also held on<br>09/01/2022.<br>•<br>Members joined the annual<br>Remembrance Sunday Parade at<br>Barham Park in Wembley on<br>14/11/2021.<br>•<br>Attended meetings and activities of<br>RBL Sudbury and Wembley branch.<br>•<br>Involved in the poppy appeal in<br>between 30 October - 11November<br>2021.<br>•<br>Executive meetings took place from<br>time to time manage the organisation.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The following were planned and achieved:<br>•<br>Virtual yoga sessions were planned and<br>conducted.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**01/04/ 2021 – 31/03/2022**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|BGNA has developed a reserves policy in<br>order to protect its finances and they are<br>cautiously managed, and its activities are<br>sustainable.<br>Reserves usually exclude tangible fixed<br>assets such as land, building and other<br>assets held for the charity’s use. It also<br>excludes amounts designated for essential<br>future spending.<br>They also exclude funds, which have<br>particular restrictions on how they can be<br>used.<br>BGNA puts some funds aside as a reserve<br>fund to protect itself against drops in<br>income or to take advantage of new<br>opportunities. Trustees should consider for<br>what purpose restricted funds are held and<br>how they are being used in order to identify<br>those resources that are freely available to<br>spend.<br>This policy will explain how reserves are<br>used to manage uncertainty and if reserves<br>are held to fund future purchases or<br>activities, it will explain how and    when the<br>reserves will be spent.<br>While applying for funding some donors<br>require an applicant should contribute up to<br>30% towards cost of the purposed project.<br>Hence, BGNA needs to put some funds<br>aside.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Total BGNA Bank balance is £3263.45<br>including the restricted fund as of 31 March<br>2022.<br>Reserves amount was £1511.72.<br>Total Restricted funds held at the BGNA<br>bank account is £1751.73 as at<br>31/03/2022. This will not be spent on any<br>other purposes than the restricted terms<br>and conditions.<br>Trustees will meet before accessing to the<br>reserves or unrestricted funds to ensure<br>that they are spent on the right agreed<br>cause.|





|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
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|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants from the government at local council<br>levels, public & private sectors. Corporate<br>sponsorships, individual volunteer donors<br>and membership.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Charitable Trust|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|Trust|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Eligibility for trusteeship as per the BGNA<br>constitution.<br>The executive committee will nominate<br>candidates for the trustees who have skills,<br>experience and knowledge required for the<br>Association. However, annual general<br>meeting will elect suitable trustees for<br>BGNA. If there is no AGM due at the time<br>while a vacant post needs to be filled then<br>trustees and the executives will appoint,<br>select and agree on a new trustee.<br>Th selection process will strictly be followed<br>in line with its constitution**.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees meet to discuss its activities,<br>performances and for any new project<br>proposal and funding application<br>periodically. Trustees also monitor closely<br>its activities. All newly appointed trustees<br>and volunteers will receive induction.|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|Executive Committee made up of:<br>Then Executive Committed will be as below:<br>Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary,<br>Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant<br>Treasurer, Funding & Proposal Officers,<br>Legal Adviser, Events and Activities,<br>Coordinator/Yoga, Media/Website Officer,<br>Welfare Benefits, Health & Wellbeing<br>Coordinators. Language Interpreters,<br>Youth Engagement Officers, Ladies<br>Coordinators, and Emergency Crisis<br>Coordinators.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|BGNA maintains relationship with the local<br>council, local authorities, CVS Brent, the<br>Yellow, Wembley & Sudbury RBL branch,<br>Welfare Advice Centre (Salisbury), Friends<br>of Barham Library, local Volunteer<br>Organisations, and Local Communities,|
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Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|British Gurkha Nepalese Association|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1166791|
|Charity’s principal address|50 Lambert Walk<br>Wembley<br>Middlesex<br>HA9 7TS|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Kamal Bahadur Rana||30/11/2019||
||Santa Bahadur Gurung||26/12/2020||
||Rukum Rana||27/11/2021||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Chairman                   -Santa Bahadur Gurung Vice Chairman           -Kanya Gurung Vice Chairman           -Hum Kumari Gurung Secretary                   -Dhan Kaji Gurung Treasurer                   -Basu Dev Bashyal 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** Dhan Kaji Gurung **Full name(s)** Santa Bahadur Gurung **Position (eg** Chairman Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 28/01/2023 



||**British Gurkha Nepalese Association**<br>**Charity Name**|**British Gurkha Nepalese Association**<br>**Charity Name**|**British Gurkha Nepalese Association**<br>**Charity Name**|**1166791**<br>**No (if any)**|**1166791**<br>**No (if any)**|**1166791**<br>**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/04/2021<br>Period start date|**To**||31/03/2022<br>Period end date|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**132**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**275**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **407**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**407**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**303**<br>**310**<br>**250**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **863**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**863**<br>**-                    456**<br>**-**<br>**1,968**<br>**1,512**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**360**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**360**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**360**<br>**-                    360**<br>**-**<br>**2,112**<br>**1,752**|**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>**132**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**275**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**407**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**407**<br>**-**<br>**360**<br>**-**<br>**303**<br>**310**<br>**250**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,223**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,223**<br> <br>**-                    816**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donation and Legacy|**132**||||||**1,041**|
|Charitable Activities|**-**||||||**225**|
|Grant For LIBOR Project|**-**||||||**-**|
|Membership|**275**||||||**50**|
|Sponsor|**-**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**407**||||||**1,316**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**1,316**|
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|<br>Charitable Activities|**-**||||||**1,155**|
|LIBOR Project|**-**||||||**2,055**|
|IE Fees|**-**||||||**400**|
|Insurance|**303**||||||**296**|
|AGM Expenses|**310**||||||**-**|
|AccountancyFees|**250**||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**863**||||||**3,906**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**||||||||
|**,**|**-**|||||||
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|**_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_**||||||||
||||||||**3,906**|
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||**-                    456**|**-                    360**|**-**||<br>**-                    816**||**-                2,590**|
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||**1,968**|**2,112**|**-**||**4,080**||**6,670**|
||**1,512**|**1,752**|**-**||**3,264**||**4,080**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2023 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**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>Cash in hand<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>**1,512**<br>**1,752**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,512**<br>**1,752**<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>Dhan Kaji Gurung<br>Santa Bahadur Gurung|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Santa Bahadur Gurung|**28/01/2023**|
|||Dhan Kaji Gurung|**28/01/2023**|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2023 

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