2025-08-31-accounts - Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 Sept 2024 To 31 Aug 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO

Other names charity is known by

	Registered charity number (if any) 1167480 Charity's principal address 92 Catford Hill London Postcode SE6 4PU ~~ee~~	Registered charity number (if any) 1167480 Charity's principal address 92 Catford Hill London Postcode SE6 4PU ~~ee~~	Registered charity number (if any) 1167480 Charity's principal address 92 Catford Hill London Postcode SE6 4PU ~~ee~~	Registered charity number (if any) 1167480 Charity's principal address 92 Catford Hill London Postcode SE6 4PU ~~ee~~
	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1	Simon Pellew	Chair
2	David Muir	Secretary
3	Gordon Cowie	Treasurer
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20	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

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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)

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

(eg. trust, association, company)

appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly Trustee selection methods convened meeting of the charity trustees

(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

To advance the education of the citizens of the Balkans region, and other Summary of the objects of the people with a historical connection to the Balkans, through supporting charity set out in its research and teaching in the field of the historical and current impact of governing document the protestant Christian faith in the Balkans.

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Raising funds & making grants to support education & research work in Albania & providing general support to such work.

It is the view of the Trustees that the Aims, as implemented through the activities detailed above, fall within the descriptions of charitable purposes that are for the public benefit, as set out in the Charities Act 2011.

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)

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.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Grants made by the charity contributed to research work carried out Summary of the main primarily in Albania and to the publication of relevant material in English achievements of the charity & Albanian. during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the The charity has no fixed or regular commitments, so has a simple policy charity’s policy on reserves of having a positive bank balance and keeping all its funds in surplus

Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:  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 ~~a~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Gordon Stuart Cowie Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 12/03/2026 TAR 5 March 2012

Section G Declaration ~~a~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

March 2012

Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-	Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts CC16a 1167480 Balkan Protestant Research Trust CIO 01/09/2024 31/08/2025 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee ee ee ee-
Donations & Grants -	9,140	-	-	-	9,140	9,140	3,990
Gift aid -	147	-	-	-	147	147	210
Interest -	2	-	-	-	2	2	4
Other income -	-	-	-	-	-	-	334
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)-	9,289	-	-	-	9,289	9,289	4,538
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* - 9,289 - 9,289 4,538 A3 Payments Grants - 8,800 - 8,800 3,600 ==—~~——~~
Other payments -	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Sub total -	8,800	-	-	-	8,800	8,800	3,600
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* - 8,800 - 8,800 3,600 *Net of receipts/(payments)* - 489 - 489 938 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 1,010 458 - 1,468 530 *Cash funds this year end* 1,010 947 - 1,957 1,468 =—~~——~~ ——_—>==

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

13/05/2026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Bank account|1,010|947|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |Total cash funds|1,010|947|-| |===| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK|=| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|Gift aid receivable|-|60|-| |Other debtors|-|37|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |——===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |ee| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|-|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |meee| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |Signature|Print Name| |behalf of all the trustees|approval| |Gordon Stuart Cowie|12/03/2026| |—| |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|2|13/05/2026|

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