Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 1 July 2023 To 30 June 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name WB YEATS BEDFORD PARK PROJECT
Other names charity is known by
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| 1 Rev. Kevin Morris | Chair | ||
| 2 PollyDevlin OBE | 1/7/2023-14/02/2024 | ||
| 3 Cahal Dallat | Hon. Secretary | ||
| 4 Torin Douglas | 14/02/2024-30/06/2024 | ||
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
No staff
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
New trustees to be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly Trustee selection methods convened meeting
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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i. To advance art and to advance education in the works of WB Yeats and the history and heritage of Bedford Park for the benefit of the public by the provision of a public artwork in commemoration of the life and works of the Nobel-prizewinning Irish poet and dramatist WB Yeats.
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ii. To promote the enhancement and improvement of the area of Bedford Park for the public benefit by the provision of a public artwork.
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The main activity to be undertaken for public benefit is the provision of the artwork as set out in the organisation’s objects and the provision, medium term and longer-term, of publicity and educational information associated with the artwork about WB Yeats and the history and heritage of Bedford Park. The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
The advancement of education has been significantly developed in the year 2022-2023 and ongoing.
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:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Artwork & Visitor Experience:
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Artwork now in care and maintenance mode where the project insures and maintains (regular cleaning etc) the artwork pending proposed takeover of care and maintenance by local authority.
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The smartphone tour available free to visitors by clicking on a QR code on the information signage by the artwork will be maintained in perpetuity by St Michael and All Angels Church.
Education:
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Dec 2023: First inaugural lecture delivered by R.F. Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL, (former Carroll Professor at Hertford College, Oxford and author, as Yeats’s official biographer, of the twovolume WB Yeats, A Life — The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914 and The Arch Poet 1915-1939) to celebrate the centenary of Yeats’s Nobel Prize award in Stockholm;
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Oct 2023: Article in Wm Morris Society magazine, The Yeatses, Morris and Kelmscott House, based on our June 2023 lecture.
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We continue to run Yeats/Bedford-Park walks for the project and in conjunction with Bedford Park Festival , The Shaw Society and Coffee-House Poetry in addition to the free/open-24/7 smartphone tour.
Events:
- We celebrated Yeats’s birthday with a (13[th] June 2024) poetry evening at the Yeats family’s former parish church, St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, on Yeats’s birthday with, as special guest, broadcaster and Yeats-enthusiast, Jeremy Vin, with readings from London and local poets.
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Section E Financial review With a commitment from the local church to host the web-based
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Brief statement of the smartphone application in perpetuity along with the charity’s info web- charity’s policy on reserves pages and from London Borough of Hounslow to maintain and insure the artwork the charity will have no long-term need of reserves.
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Details of any funds materially None
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in deficit
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• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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Section F Other optional information ~~_~~
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Section G Declaration
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~~___~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Cahal Dallat Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Hon. Secretary etc)
Date 28/03/2025
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|Charity Name|No (if any)|
|WB Yeats Bedford Park Project|1172224|
|Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a|
|For the period|Period start date|Period end date|
|To|
|from|01/07/2023|30/06/2024|
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|Section A Receipts and payments|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|Total funds|Last year|
|funds|funds|funds|
|to the nearest|
|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|£|
|A1 Receipts|-|-|
|Tabard Donation vioa G McGregor|£|250.00|250|-|
|Donation via PayPal|£|24.13|24|-|
|Funds from Troubadour Poetry Prize|£|521.38|521|-|
|Proceeds - Shylock Event - SMAAA|£|518.62|519|-|
|Funds from Troubadour Poetry Prize|£|276.00|276|-|
|Funds from Troubadour Poetry Prize|£|177.73|178|-|
|Addl Grant LB Hounslow-601118-2036|£|23,037.00|23,037|-|
|Funds from Troubadour Poetry Prize|£|3,024.89|3,025|-|
|Donation via PayPal|£|98.40|98|-|
|Procceds - Inaugural Lecture SMAAA 1|£|2,496.00|2,496|-|
|Funds from Troubadour Poetry Prize|£|300.00|300|-|
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|Sub total|(Gross income for|
|£30,724.15|-|-|30,724|-|
|AR)|
|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
|(see table).|
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|Sub total|-|-|-|-|-|
|Total receipts|30,724|-|-|30,724|-|
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|A3 Payments|
|42 M AND P LIMITED Inv 1604160|£|2,800.80|2,801|-|
|LAB 99 i221213 dallat|£|750.00|750|-|
|David Geer 176 YeatsBedfordPk|£|528.33|528|-|
|LAB 99 i221213 dallat 2nd|£|850.00|850|-|
|POLLY DEVLIN REPAY LOAN 1/2|£|5,000.00|5,000|-|
|CAHAL DALLAT REPAY LOAN 1/2|£|5,000.00|5,000|-|
|David Geer 185 YeatsBedfordPk (CD E|£|3,964.00|3,964|-|
|3CD Visa Exp Zurich Insurance Nov 22|£|2,255.76|2,256|-|
|LAB99 Hosting 23 (CD Exp)|£|120.00|120|
|Mailchimp 2023 (via CD Exp)|£|397.01|397|
|CD Exp Amazon - Warning Signs|£|67.45|67|
|CD Exp Amazon - CCTV Signs|£|25.96|26|
|CD Visa Exp Zurich Insurance Nov 22|£|2,117.02|2,117|
|POLLY DEVLIN REPAY LOAN 2/2|£|5,000.00|5,000|
|CAHAL DALLAT REPAY LOAN 2/2|£|5,000.00|5,000|
|CAHAL DALLAT EXP MAILCHIMP JAN£|54.00|54|
|Sub total|£33,930.33|-|-|33,930|-|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases, (see table)|
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|Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|-|
|Total payments|————|33,930|-|-|33,930|-|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|- 3,206|-|- - 3,206|-|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|3,294|- -|3,294|-|
|Cash funds this year end|===|88|-|- 88|==>|-|
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|1|27/03/2025|
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ~~ee~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ~~ee~~ |
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| Unrestricted Restricted Endowment |
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| to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ |
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| B1 Cash funds | 88 - - 88 - - OK OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Metro Bank Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ~~ee~~ |
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - |
| Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Details |
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| B3 Investment assets | - - |
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) When due (optional) Date of approval 31/03/2025 Print Name Cahal Dallat Signature Details Details —— Fe [J] J] J EE ee |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/03/2025
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WB YEATS BEDFORD PARK PROJECT 1172224 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT for the year ended 30° June 2024 I report on the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2024 The Charlty's Trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 rthe 2011 Act.) and that an independent examination is needed. The chariws gross income has not exceeded f250.(X. and I am qualified to undertake tr examination by virtue of bel a qualified nrnber of the Institute of Chartered Accountsnts in England & Wales. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to an audit under company law and is eligible for independent examinalion. it is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under sertlon 145{5Xb) of the 2011 Act," and - to state wtrther particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of the Independent Examins RePt My examination was carried out in accordance with the Generdl Direct?ons given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the company, and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such rnatters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and limited to those matters set out in the ststement below. In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that. in any material respect, the requiremeTts a) to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 38G of the Companies Act 21X)6, and b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirernents of Section 396 of the Companies Act 2(X)6 and the methods and principles of the Ststement of Recomrnended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have not been met, or 21 to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed ..Richard Norris DATE ... .1...2025 Independent Examiner ICAEW Referen 4628445 Chiswick, London W4