The Wilberforce Society
26 Cotswold Gardens London NW2 1QU United Kingdom
Website: thewilberforcesociety.co.uk Registered Charity No: 1169450 Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2020
The Wilberforce Society
The Wilberforce Society (“ TWS ”) is a registered charity, governed by its Trustees. The Trustees hereby submit TWS’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020.
Trustees
George Bangham (Chairman) Alison Andrew Jemima Baar (appointed April 2020)
Rose Beale Michael Campbell Nick Crawford Laura Grunberg John Kwan Anna Stansbury Benjamin Watts (resigned November 2020) Chia Jeng Yang
Trustees’ Responsibilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Accounts in accordance with applicable charity law. The trustees have given consideration to the major risks to which the charity is exposed and satisfied themselves that appropriate procedures are in place to manage those risks.
Objects
The governing instrument is the Constitution, which came into effect in July 2015. The object of The Wilberforce Society is to advance the education of students and of the public more generally for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively by:
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1) promoting the discussion, the consideration of, and research into matters of public life or importance;
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2) publishing results of research and discussion on matters of public life or importance;
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3) hosting educational events including, but not limited to, conferences and lectures on topics of public life or importance; and
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4) providing opportunities to encourage the exchange of ideas.
The Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance and are satisfied that each of the activities detailed in this Annual Report and Accounts meet the public benefit requirement in advancing the education of students and of the public at large.
| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||||
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| THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY | 1169450 | ||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||||
| For the period from |
Period start date Sep-19 |
To | Period end date Aug-20 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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Grants |
1,515 | - | - | 1,515 | 1,900 | ||||
| Paypal Memberships | 1,121 | - | - | 1,121 | 1,186 | ||||
| Manual Memberships | 110 | - | - | 110 | 172 | ||||
| Event Income | 416 | - | - | 416 | 362 | ||||
| Interest | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| CUDAR Donations | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Misc | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Stash Payments | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 3,162 | - | - | 3,162 | 3,620 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 3,620 | |||||||||
Room Bookings |
39 | 505 | |||||||
| Speaker Costs | - | - | |||||||
| Equipment/Subscriptions | 14 | - | |||||||
| Admin/Insurance | 29 | 3 | |||||||
| Entertainment | 786 | 1,051 | |||||||
| Travel | 295 | 318 | |||||||
| Publicity | 93 | - | |||||||
| Misc. | 100 | - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | 111 | ||||||||
| 1,356 | 1,988 | ||||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 1,988 | |||||||||
| 1,806 | 1,632 | ||||||||
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| 4,842 | 3,211 | ||||||||
| 6,648 | 4,843 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank Account Paypal Balance Details Details Details Signature GeorgeBangham |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,162 - 2,483 - - - 6,646 - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - Print Name GeorgeBangham |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval | |||
| GeorgeBangham | GeorgeBangham | 20-Jul-22 | |