## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 03.07.2020 Period start date To 02.07.2021 Period end date**
**Charity name: Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bon Charity registration number: 1173639**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To advance the education of the
purposes of the charity public in general on the subject of
as set out in its Yungdrung Bon; to promote research
governing document for public benefit into all aspects of
that subject and to publish the
outcomes of such research and
teaching; to ensure the teachings of
Yungdrung Bon are preserved in the
world.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and - Alerted to a natural disaster in
1.19
activities in relation to Dhorpatan, Nepal, by one of our
those purposes for the Trustees, FPYB ran a fundraising
public benefit, in campaign in collaboration with
particular, the activities, Triten Norbutse Monastery
projects or services (Kathmandu) to send food and
identified in the other survival essentials. As the
accounts. first settlement for Bonpos exiled
from Tibet after China’s Cultural
Revolution, Dhorpatan has played
a crucial role in preserving the
teachings and practices of
Yungdrung Bon. Over £5,000 GBP
was raised to purchased hundreds
of bags of lentils, rice and salt as
well as seed potatoes.
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In August we launched a new
page on our website: ‘Short
Teachings’ as a free portal giving
access to recent videos of
Yongdzin Lopon Tenzing Namdak
Rinpoche teaching. The page also
provides transcripts of these
messages in English, as well as
several teachings on key topics,
many with Russian, Spanish and
Japanese translations.
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Together with Drubdra Khenpo
Tenzin Tsultrim, Yongdzin
Rinpoche’s Losar message to the
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international Bon sangha was
translated into English, then
Russian and Chinese.
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Following requests for protective
herbal lockets an cards, FPYB was
once again able to arrange a
delivery from Kathmandu to UK
and dispatch them worldwide.
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One way we seek to preserve the
teachings and traditions of
Yungdrung Bon is by marking
significant anniversaries of great
teachers. FPYB provides brief
articles detailing their life stories.
These are uploaded on the
website, shared on relevant
Facebook pages and sent out to
all those on our email list.
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The publication of a short
compilation of teachings by
Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak
Rinpoche, The Four Samayas of
Dzogchen and the Thirteen Points
of Tantra .
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Two compilations of prayers have
been made freely available.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees hereby confirm that they
whether the trustees have had due regard to the guidance
have had regard to the issued by the Charity Commission on
guidance issued by the public benefit.
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference
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Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
The Foundation is staffed solely by a
Para 1.38 handful of volunteers. Their work
Contribution made by includes translating texts from
volunteers Tibetan to English; translating FPYB
publications from English to other
languages; layout and design of
publications; coordinating fund-raising
campaigns; accounting; managing
social media and FPYB website;
replying to emails; all legal matters,
including ensuring FPYB publications
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are not spread on unsanctioned websites.
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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Over £5,000 raised for people in
Nepal’s remote mountain region,
Dhorpatan, to provide immediate
Summary of the main food relief as well as seed
Para 1.20
achievements of the potatoes for the next season
charity, identifying the following devastating locust
difference the charity’s attacks, floods and landslides.
work has made to the This has impacted immensely on
circumstances of its the lives of the local community,
beneficiaries and any including of those tragically
wider benefits to society orphaned by the floods.
as a whole. - Several articles and teachings on
key tenets and sages of
Yungdrung Bon made freely
available in several languages;
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2 prayer compilations made freely
available, a source of solace and
inspiration in the ongoing troubled
times.
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1 book of study materials for
advanced students published.
There is a lack of serious
materials in English and this book
is an indispensable study aid to
many.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
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other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of this financial period,
financial position at the FPYB funds are up by £437, with £416
end of the period held in FPYB Paypal account and
£4,109 held in FPYB current account.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 FPYB does not have a reserves policy
policy for holding as we are such a small CIO.
reserves stating why
they are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 N/A
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 (from our Constitution)
methods including 10. Appointment of charity
details of any trustees
constitutional provisions
1) Appointed charity trustees
e.g. election to post or
a) Apart from the first
name of any person or
charity trustees, every
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees appointed trustee must
be appointed by a
resolution passed at a
properly convened
meeting of the charity
trustees.
b) In selecting individuals
for appointment as
appointed charity
trustees, the charity
trustees must have
regard to the skills,
knowledge and
experience needed for
the effective
administration of the CIO.
11. Information for new charity
trustees
The charity trustees will make
available to each new charity trustee,
on or before his or her appointment:
a) a copy of the current version of
this constitution; and
b) a copy of the CIO’s latest
Trustees’ Annual Report and
statement of accounts.
12. Retirement and removal of
charity trustees
1) A charity trustee ceases to hold
office if he or she:
a) retires by notifying the
CIO in writing (but only if
enough charity trustees
will remain in office when
the notice of resignation
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takes effect to form a quorum from meetings);
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bon
Other name the charity FPYB
uses
Registered charity 1173639
number
Charity’s principal 3, Low Bishopley Cottage,
address Frosterley,
Bishop Auckland.
County Durham.
DL13 2SR
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Dmitry Ermakov Chair
2 Paola Malatesta
Dominique
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Troulay
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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
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A 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
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## **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)** Dmitry Ermakov
**Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 15/02/2022
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