2024-08-31-accounts - The Wilberforce Society

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The Wilberforce Society

Website: thewilberforcesociety.co.uk Registered Charity No: 1169450 Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 August 2024

The Wilberforce Society

The Wilberforce Society (“ TWS ”) is a registered charity, governed by its Trustees. The Trustees hereby submit TWS’s Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024.

Trustees

George Bangham (Chair) Jemima Baar Rose Beale (resigned 13 November 2024) Michael Campbell Nicholas Crawford Moni Owoade George Stokes

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:

1) promoting the discussion, the consideration of, and research into matters of public life or importance;
2) publishing results of research and discussion on matters of public life or importance;
3) hosting educational events including, but not limited to, conferences and lectures on topics of public life or importance; and
4) providing opportunities to encourage the exchange of ideas.

The Trustees have given 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.

Trustees’ Report

The Society had a successful year in 2023-24, under the leadership of Eunice Chong and Eliška Hauferova as successive Executive Chairs. A well-attended annual conference was held at the Cambridge Union in February 2024, and policy papers published on topics including sustainable development and asylum inequalities. The society’s successful policy podcast has grown its audience. A collaboration with the international On Think Tanks network has proved fruitful, with TWS sending delegates to an OTT conference in July and collaborating on policy topics including democratic backsliding and the housing crisis. Lastly, the society has made significant progress in building and formalising its alumni network, which now holds regular events in London.

Charity Name THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY

No (if any) 1169450

	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450
	Receipts andpayments accounts
Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments to the nearest £ For the period from Unrestricted funds ~~re ~~	Period start date Sep-23 to the nearest £ Restricted funds ~~ee~~	To to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Period end date Aug-24 Total funds to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Paypal Memberships	-	-	-	-
Manual Memberships	819	-	-	819
Event Income	644	-	-	644
CUDAR(alumni)donations	206	-	-	206
Misc	-	-	-	-
Branded ClothingPayments	240	-	-	240
Grants	2,713	-	-	2,713
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	4,623 (Gross income for AR)	-	-	4,623
(see table).	- - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - Total receipts 4,623 - - 4,623 ~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Speaker Costs		110	-	-	110
Subscriptions(Zoom, Wix, etc.)		501	-	-	501
Entertainment		-	-	-	-
Branded ClothingPayments		383	-	-	383
Publicity		-	-	-	-
Event Refund		1,421	-	-	1,421
Misc		-	-	-	-
Admin(SumUp)		-	-	-	-
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Sub total [ 2][,][414 ] - - 2,414 A4 Asset and investment Purchase of Fixed Asset - Sub total [ - ] - - - ~~SSS~~ Total payments 2,414 - - ~~—~~ 2,414 Net of receipts/(payments) [ 2][,][209 ] - - 2,209 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 8,856 - - 8,856 Cash funds this year end ~~SS~~ [ 11][,][065 ] - - ~~4~~ 11,065

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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	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Current Account Balance PayPal Balance Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 6,719 4,401 - 11,120 Agreement Error to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted Unrestricted funds Fund to which ~~asset belongs~~ Fund to which ~~asset belongs~~ Fund to which ~~li bili~~ ~~l~~	to nearest £ Restricted
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Signature George Bangham	Print Name
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CC16a

Last year to the nearest £

705 355 225 89 123 - - 1,496

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511 - - - 102 25 - 638

638 858 - 7,998 8,856

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Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450

	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450	Charity Name No (if any) THE WILBERFORCE SOCIETY 1169450
	Receipts andpayments accounts
Section A Receipts and payments to the nearest £ For the period from Unrestricted funds ~~re ~~		Period start date Sep-22 to the nearest £ Restricted funds ~~ee~~	To to the nearest £ Endowment funds		Period end date Aug-23 Total funds to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Paypal Memberships	-	-	-		-
Manual Memberships	705	-	-		705
Event Income	355	-	-		355
CUDAR donations	225	-	-		225
Misc	89	-	-		89
Stash Payments	123	-	-		123
Grants	-	-	-		-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	1,496 (Gross income for AR)	-	-		1,496
- - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - Total receipts 1,496 - - 1,496 (see table). ~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Speaker Costs	-	-	-		-
Subscriptions(Zoom, Wix, etc.)	-	-	-		-
Entertainment	511	-	-		511
Stash Payments	-	-	-		-
Publicity	-	-	-		-
Event Refund	-	-	-		-
Misc	102	-	-		102
Admin(SumUp)	25	-	-		25
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**Sub total **	638	-	-		638
Purchase of Fixed Asset - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - Total payments 638 - - 638 A4 Asset and investment ~~SSS—~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end **Cash funds this year end **	858 - - - 7,998 - 8,856 - ~~SS~~		- - - -	858 - 7,998 58 ~~4~~

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Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Current Account Balance PayPal Balance Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 4,452 4,401 - 8,853 Agreement Error to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted Unrestricted funds Fund to which ~~asset belongs~~ Fund to which ~~asset belongs~~ Fund to which ~~li bili~~ ~~l~~	to nearest £ Restricted
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817 153 451 94 150 18 - - 1,684

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396 166 402 568 80 4 54 - - 1,670

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