## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 June 2023 Period start date To 31 May 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Italian Cultural Centre Wales** ## **Charity registration number: 1176343** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Advancement of education in the Italian**
**language and literature and**
**advancement of Italian art and culture**
**through cross-cultural experiences**
**which are of value to the public.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit during this year consisted**
**of screenings with introduction and**
**Q&A of Italian Films in collaboration**
**with Chapter Arts Centre; as well as**
**active book club activities; events**
**around Italian culture (wine) and a**
**special book club event during Black**
**History Month with author and**
**performer Anna Maria Gheney aka**
**Karima G2 in partnership with Cardiff**
**University. Here are the details:**
**Thursday 1stJune: Bookclub**
discussion of_Le otto montagne_(2018)
di Paolo Cognetti @Calabrisella
Gelateria, Cardiff.
**Monday 15th June:** **Bookclub La**
**Stagione in Giallo**Leonardo Sciascia's
_Il giorno della civetta_(1960)
@Calabrisella Gelateria, Cardiff.
**Thursday, 27th July:** **Bookclub La**
**Stagione in Giallo**Gianrico Carofiglio's
lI passato è una terra straniera (2004)
@Wines and vines, Cardiff
**Wednesday 18th October: Bookclub**
Celebrating Black History Month:
Italian author and performer Anna
Maria Gehnyei aka Karima 2G
presented her book_Corpi Neri_(2023),| |||Black Italian Identities in collaboration
with Cardiff University.
**Thursday 19th October**Anna Maria
Gehnyei**lecture at Cardiff University**
on Italian Identities for 3rdyear BA
students at MLANG.
**Tuesday 14th May** **Film screening**of_La_
_Chimera_(2023) by Alice Rohrwacher
with Introduction and Q&A in
partnership with Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, the trustees can confirm that they**
**have had regard to the guidance issued**
**by the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The frequency of ICCW’s events**
**decreased during the second half of**
**this financial year due to the**
**resignation of Dr. Luca Paci, one of the**
**Trustees and an active event organiser.**
**However, regular events resumed in**
**May 2024 with a newly formed**
**organising team.**
**We continue having a solid presence in**
**Wales and we keep on raising**
**awareness of the importance of Italian**
**culture and language learning in Wales.**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We raised the sum of 200.00.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Financial position of the charity**
**reviewed at the period end shows**
**sufficient realisable assets to meet the**
**charity’s liabilities as they become due.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held in order to finance the**
**activities of the charity whenever new**
**funds from fundraising events are**
**insufficient to meet running expenses**
**and to pursue the charity’s objectives.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3235.00**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties regarding the**
**charity continuing as a going concern.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Apart from the first two trustees, the**
**“founders”, every trustee is appointed**
**for a term of 1 year by a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Italian Cultural Centre Wales| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|ICCW| |Registered charity number|1176343| |Charity’s principal address|10, Penllyn Road,
Cardiff,
CF51NW| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Luisa Pèrcopo|||| ||Mr Robin Lyons|||| ||Ms Helen Ramonde Vallis|||| ||Mr Ben Rive|||| ||Mr Brett Robinson|||| ||Prof. Bella Dicks|||| ||Dr Luca Paci||Until 01 November 2023|| ||Mr John PhilipPratt|||| ||Mr Enrico Varchetta|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets 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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Luisa Pèrcopo|| ||
Trustee|| ||27 March 2025|| ||27 March 2025|| ||**Italian Cultural Centre Wales**|**Italian Cultural Centre Wales**|**Italian Cultural Centre Wales**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For**|**the period**
**from**|01/06/2023
Period start date|**To**|31/05/2024
Period end date||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**312**
**159**
**13**
**146**
**6**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**636**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**636**
**- 436**
**-**
**3,671**
**3,235**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**312**
**159**
**13**
**146**
**6**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**636**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**636**
**- 436**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Snowcat Cinema|**-**|||||**71**| |Memberships|**-**|||||**150**| |Books|**200**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**200**|||||**221**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**221**| |||||||| |**Website & Internet**|**312**|||||**241**| |**Subsistence**|**159**|||||**343**| |**Travel**|**13**|||||**2**| |**Books**|**146**|||||**-**| |**Bank charges**|**6**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**636**|||||**586**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**586**| |||||||| ||**- 436**|**-**|**-**|**- 436**||**- 365**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**3,671**|**-**|**-**|**3,671**||**-**| ||**3,235**|**-**|**-**|**3,235**||**- 365**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 25/03/2025 1 ## **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Cash at bank
Cash on hand
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,070**
**-**
**165**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,235**
**-**
OK
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
Enrico Varchetta|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Enrico Varchetta|25/03/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 25/03/2025 2