## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 01/04/2024 To: 31/03/2025** ## **Charity name: The Bar and Mooting Society of King’s College London** ## **Charity registration number: 1168665** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Provide
vocational
training,
including
advocacy training, workshops, and support
with job applications. Equip students with the
information necessary to make informed
career choices and raise awareness of
professional
opportunities
in
the
legal
profession
and
beyond.
Facilitate
opportunities for students to meet and learn
from
the
college's
alumni
and
other
experienced professionals.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Advance the education of students at King's
College
London
by
providing
mooting
training
and
workshops,
mooting
competitions,
advocacy
training,
and
educational events aimed at informing
students
about
access
to
the
legal
profession in England, Wales, and beyond.
Organise networking events with barristers
and judges to bridge the gap between
university and legal practice for the charity's
members.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In compliance with the requirements of
section 17(5) of the Charities Act, the
trustees have always taken into account the
guidance on public benefit published by the
Charity Commission when exercising their
powers and duties.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grants are awarded solely in accordance
with the donor's wishes. All grants aim to
support and advance the education of King's
College London students pursuing a career
at the Bar of England and Wales.| |||| Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The
Society
established
sponsorship
agreements with barristers' chambers, Inns
of Court, and educational organisations in
London to support vocational training and
facilitate networking opportunities with legal
professionals.
It organised a range of online and in-person
events,
workshops,
and
networking
sessions, enabling students to engage with
legal professionals from various practice
areas and explore different pathways to the
Bar.
Additionally, the Society hosted mooting
competitions, providing students with the
opportunity to develop their oral advocacy
skills in a legal setting while networking with
legal professionals and academics.
As a result of these efforts, the Society has
been recognised by LawCareers.Net as the
Best Society for Aspiring Barristers 2025 in
the United Kingdom.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set |||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|In accordance with the Society's governing
documents, the trustees are required to
maintain a minimum reserve of £5,000 in a
savings account under the Society's name.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of the period, the Society
maintained a reserve of £5,000 in a savings
account under its name.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Rising operational costs have made it more
financially
challenging
to
maintain
the
current standard of services and activities.
This has been compounded by a reduction
in the number of sponsors and donors, and
by lower average contribution levels that
have not increased in line with costs.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the outgoing
trustees in accordance with the Society's
governing documents.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Bar and Mooting Society of King’s College London| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|King’s College London Bar and Mooting Society (KCLBMS)| |Registered charity number|1168665| |Charity’s principal address|King’s College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lok Yin HillaryYue|President(Trustee)|04/06/2025-present|| ||Julia Beatrice
Eleana Liao|Treasurer (Trustee)|04/06/2025-present|| ||Han Yi Xie|Trustee|04/06/2024-present|| ||OktayVatan Yener|Trustee|04/06/2024-present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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) Full name(s)** Lok Yin Hillary Yue Oktay Vatan Yener ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** President (Trustee) Trustee **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 27 January 2026 ~~a~~ ||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**The Bar and Mooting Society of King's Colle**||||**'s College London**|**1168665**|||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**||| ||**For the period**
**from**
~~a ~~|**For the period**
|01/04/2024
Period start date
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~~ee~~||31/03/2025
Period end date
~~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 £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Sponsorships,Donations,and Grants|**5 350**||**-**||**-**||**5 350**||**-**|**-**|| |MembershipFees|**3 935**||**-**||**-**||**3 935**||**-**|**-**|| |Event Ticket Sales|**8 656**||**-**||**-**||**8 656**||**-**|**-**|| |Interest Payments|**57**||**-**||**-**||**57**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**17 998**||**-**||**-**||**17 998**||**-**|**-**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total receipts_ 17 998**
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**17 998**
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~~——_———~~|||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Event Expenses|**14 936**||**-**||**-**||**14 936**||**-**|**-**|| |Grants Payable|**2 000**||**-**||**-**||**2 000**||**-**|**-**|| |Subscriptions|**317**||**-**||**-**||**317**||**-**|**-**|| |Reimbursements (Event Expenses, Third-|||||||||||| |PartyServices etc.)|**1 554**||**-**||**-**||**1 554**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**18 808**||**-**||**-**||**18 808**||**-**|**-**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total payments_**
**18 808**
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**18 808**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 810**
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**- - 810**
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**8 339**
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**7 529**
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**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**500**
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**7 029**
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**7 529**
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Cash (Bank Account)
Cash Reserve (Bank Account)
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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**
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Date of
approval
27-Jan-26
Print Name
Oktay Vatan Yener
Signature
2
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