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 2022
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 2022.
Trustees
George Bangham (Chairman) Alison Andrew Jemima Baar Rose Beale Michael Campbell Nick Crawford John Kwan Moni Owoade (appointed 8 December 2021) Anna Stansbury (resigned 28 September 2022) George Stokes (appointed 20 June 2022)
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.
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| THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY | 1169450 | ||||
| Receipts and | payments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from |
Period start date Sep-21 |
Period end date To Aug-22 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - 843 153 451 - 94 150 18 1,709 - - 1,709 - 396 186 - 402 568 80 4 - 54 1,691 20 - 20 1,711 - 2 - 8,005 8,003 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 843 153 451 - 94 150 18 1,709 - - - 1,709 - 396 186 - 402 568 80 4 - 54 - 1,691 20 - 20 1,711 - 2 |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 843 153 451 - 94 150 18 1,709 - - - 1,709 - 396 186 - 402 568 80 4 - 54 - 1,691 20 - 20 1,711 - 2 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Grants | - | - | ||||
| Paypal Memberships | 843 | 1,106 | ||||
| Manual Memberships | 153 | - | ||||
| Event Income | 451 | 213 | ||||
| Interest | - | - | ||||
| CUDAR Donations | 94 | - | ||||
| Misc | 150 | - | ||||
| Stash Payments | 18 | 309 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
1,709 | 1,628 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 1,628 | ||||||
| Room Bookings | - | - | ||||
| Speaker Costs | 396 | - | ||||
| Subscriptions | 186 | 256 | ||||
| Admin/Insurance | - | - | ||||
| Entertainment | 402 | - | ||||
| Stash Payments | 568 | - | ||||
| Publicity | 80 | - | ||||
| Event Refund | 4 | - | ||||
| MembershipRefund | - | 15 | ||||
| Misc | 54 | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | - | |||||
| 1,691 | 271 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Purchase of fixed asset | 20 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 20 | - | ||||
| 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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| 271 | ||||||
| - 2 | - | - | - 2 | 1,357 | ||
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| 8,005 | - | - | 8,005 | 6,648 | ||
| 8,003 | - | - | 8,003 | 8,005 |
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)) Physical Cash Paypal Balance Details Details Sum Up Machine Details Signature George Bangham |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 3,594 - 4,404 - - - 7,998 - 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) unrestricted - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - Print Name George Bangham |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| George Bangham | George Bangham | 01-Oct-23 | |