Company number. 10685375 Charty numbor: 1177022 ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGUE { A Company Limited by Guarenteèl TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For The Year Ended 31 March 2024 *￿TyXl9D. 1010112025 COMPANIES HOUSE A11 #13 ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGUE TRUSTEE'S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For The Year Ended 31 March 2024 Contents P•g•s Rewrt of the Trustees 14 Independent Examinerfs report to the Tnjstees Statement of finanoal actiwtes Balance Sheet Notes to the Financial Statements 8-12 AC*DEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGUE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For Th• Y•ar End•d 31 March 2024 The Twstees prwnt Ih&ir r¢wl and thg financial slatements for the year ended 31 March 2024. The Trustee$, vtho are also directors lor Ihe pwp)ses of company law ¥MJ duriThJ the ￿al and up to Ihe date of this réport, afe set below. 1. Lgg¥l and administratiw inf0m￿10Th Academy of PrOfesshy￿1 DialTrJue was Ir￿OrE￿aled on 22 Marth 2017. Thg Chanty is a Company Limited by Guarantee and ts register8t1 ihe Charities Commission. Accountants Re9lst•r•d Offi Wiggin 051K•me Fuifewbve 95 The Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HH Stavèrton Court Stsvert Cheltenham GL51 AUX Bankers Nat West Bank 31 Roth•r Streét Stratford-upon.A¥on Wamckshire CV37 8ZS 2. Governance and mantyement Govemlng docurnent The Chawiws goverrbiNJ do¢umert is th* Chawity CtYMiwion¥ modèl MenJ)rnndum & Articles of Associatron. Thè Trustees t￿riM that Ihey have ojnplied *ith the requirements of sectK>n 4 of Ihe Charilies Acl 201110 have due regard to th¥ puts1￿ b¢nefft 9uidance pU￿ished by the Charity comrrM￿0n for EThJland and Wales. TNste•s Th? tsust•tt sthNin9 during the year and sir￿& the end *eTe as fol¢ykns'. Mr P GaN•tt Mr L Almqvist Ms J Ball Mr T Kottner Hafold Clarke {appoinied 3rd October 2023) nhafd Fièbo H(4tr￿1 (appointed 1st Odober 2024) CompanyS•¢rètary Mr P Garrett The procedures for the appointment and reThKwal of truslees are set oul in the ctsitys Artides ofAs5￿1￿l*￿. ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGUE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES ICOIfflNUED) ForThe Ywr Ended 31 klar¢h 2024 2. Govemance ar￿ maliag•m￿ {coTrtinu•dl Organisational structyre Thè charivs affairs art managed by a Boafd of Tmstè8s th apprwate professional and bu51rie35 backgrounds frf￿￿ thè UK. Argenkn"na and Swedèn. Day-tW resFx)nsibility for th• optrakn of the charity 1$ ¢Jelegaled to Peier Garrett and Jare Ball wh) are re$￿ent in the UK. Rlsk management The trustses have a duly to identify and revièw the risks to *thich the charity is exposed and io ensure appropriate controls arè in ￿ace lo providè rèasonable assurance against ffaud and error. The truslees havg imfvnented and maints1￿ an acti￿ risk ragistèr. 3. Pflnclp41 athfy afftd obA•¢tlv Obie¢tive¥ and •irns The otry'eciNes ofth& charity are fof ihe benefil ar*J advancement of educalion I￿lUdIng by promotion and provi¢Ying educakn.on and training in professional dialogue and undertaking and publi5hin9 thg useful results of studies and resèafeh M)rk in wdess1c￿aTr dialoJue aThJ ￿lated sutiects. 4. ￿•W of aellvltles Chalrnian's report Pyrpos• The Academy is a n¢Trprofrt edUCats￿al charity that was founded to mak¢ Pff4¢ssional th"alogue available for the benefit of the society. We have devebpe(l an Inie9rated Dialcgue ￿rri￿lUM, along with a range ol educatsonal ctsjrses an(J acC￿ltatiOn programmes that can be delivered by Accredited Prolessional Dialogue Practitionets. We are committed to ￿searCh. and a￿ supporting an Internat*￿al dialogic r¢sèarch project to take Professional Dialogue into the primary school classroom. Our primary outreath activity is our annual ¢onfèrÈnc* to Pfomote th• use of *Jiak)gue in people's wofessKxial work and publish the public8tKJn of the pr(Keeding5. EdU￿tIon ONUNE p￿TFOR CEATIHCATION ¢OUASES BVSINtsS AC¢REOITATI¢W The Academy has an online platfom for the public and Members, various c?rtifirAtion courses. business practices and several accredilatlOD programmes. Thè introductory six-month acGreditats"on programme 1100 hrsl Galled A Different Way of Wort(ing is now in its fourth year. WCOSTE or.4LO61C- *MBEAS LOG 08￿oN.¥A￿I¥ ¥£ryrs PIALDG pAAcrKZS VIORi(ING r)IrtOGUFS riESEAkCkt L￿LE￿￿E7 ACADEMY OF PROFESSIOMAL DIALOGUE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) For Th• Y••r End¢d 31 March 2024 4. Revlew of •¢tivili•s l¢onllnu•d) Chalmian'$ report (c¢￿tinU*d) Education (contlnu•dl During 2024 it was deliverÈd onlinè by tha10gL￿ A$s(￿￿S and iTrpeTson by Ihe Endless P8th of tJia109ue in Tehran. Graduales of this programme are entitlÈd to us• the post-nominal initials APOP IAccred¢ted Professional DrdlogLSe Practittonerl and are authorise(I to ddtver thè Academy's various certifjcated courses cluding ￿01¢￿$¢ Engagement. L)ialwc DecIs￿￿￿a￿.ng. DialtyJue as a Pra¢ti¢8 and Why Dialogue? There afe now SO APDPS at the heart of the Acaderny (from Ar9￿￿"na, Belgium, Canada. Germany, Iran, SoLrth Afri¢8. The Nethedands, UK and USA). Scholarships offered by the Acadèmy fwe proven part￿tallY effective 1 supporling tt* Ihiiving diac*Ju& in Iran. under the guidance of Parveen Daeipour. The PSA8 IProfessional Standards and Accredstrtion Board) is a sub-ccxnmittee of the 8oard of Trustees thot mana9eS the prolessional standards for the Academy. and the oThJ¢yng development and codffication of the Academy's prolessional Gurriculurn. It is Chai￿ by Harold Clarte supw)rt from Jane Ball, Pèler Gariett. Glenna Gerrard. Tzofnat Peleg-Baker and Jim Tebbe. In Apn"l the PSAB ccmpleted its third oinsullation, to elermine crileria lor Otalogic InteNention (drafted by Jim TebbB. Jane Ball. Bill Isaacs, Lars-Ake Almqvist and Pèter Garrettl. That led to the first intermediate aGryedilath?n Pr￿rd[nrne ijalogic Intefventw. delivered by Dialogue A550Gi8ies in the UK in September 2024. The PSA8 has recently initialed its fwrlh consultation to etemiine Profe55ional Stsndard$ fty the Academy. The prirnary outrea¢h activity to engage the put4ic is the Academls intematitinal online conference. reinforced by publishing. prwJGasts and a research programme. The series of annual conferenos ¢arry the trtle Your Organization Ne8ds ￿alogUe1 The 2023 ￿feren¢t them• Your Organization Needs Dialoguel was ft)IlowÈd by th8 sèventh annual intemational o)Trfew￿ in 2024 Ywr Tearn Needs Dialogual The ￿ght Case Studies in 2024 lealured Professional Dialtsjue ￿￿rk undertaken duriThJ the past couple of years by kGr*dile¢J Professional Dialogue Pracliboners IAPDPs}. and thefe were 22 Partiapalory Dialogues co-fa¢ililated by th APDPS as well as plenary sess1￿5 each day hosted by Bill Isaacs. Jane Ball. Peler Garrett and Harold Clarke. All sessions In Ihis yearfs *EeK-hJng conferen(% We￿ tsolitstsd by APDPS or senior Associates of the Academy. The mosl recenl publicalion Th¢ Wothl Neods Dialoyuel &x." Your off9antiat￿ Needs Dialogue (covering last yearfs ¢￿)Iefence proceedings) was published by Dial(*Jue Publirathons on secoThJ day of the conference. The volum& was ediled by Peter Garreit wth support Irom Helena Wagener. On the last day of Ih conference APDPS Jane Ball (UK). ANlrèa Oumas IArgenb"nal, Parvin Daeipour Ilianl. Falemah Sadr Ilr8n} and Helena Wagener (S¢￿th Africa) were iclned by teav•mb•r 2024 ACADEIIY OF PROFESSIONAL OIALOGUE INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OM THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS For Th• Y•ar End•d 31 IAarch 2024 I report lo thè Charity tnjstees on my ey2mination of fin8roal Slaten￿lS of Academy of Prolesslonal Dialogue for the year ended 31 March 2024, wthich comwise ihe stalefflenl of finanaal activities. the balance $￿et an¢J the rdaled rLJles. These ffin8noal ststements have been prepargj under Ihe hi8torica cost C￿vent￿ and the accounbrMJ Folicies set ¢yJt theren. As the Charilys Trustees of th& Ccffipany are also ts Dire¢ttys of the conwony for the purposes of company lawl. you are resFowWe for Weparath￿ of the fin￿claI siatenwts in acoydan¢e wilh the quirements of the C(ryarties Act 2(￿ rihe 2(rt￿ Acr). Having satisfied that the financial stalemerts of the Ccrfnparry are not req￿red to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2C(6 Act and are digi￿* for independent txamination. I report in ￿pect of my ex2minat#)n of your Charl￿S finanoal Stste￿nts as Car￿ wt under Sect￿￿ 145 of the Charities Act 2011 1.the 2011 Act'l. In Carr￿rg out my examination. I have folkA%*d the DirectThs given by the Charity Crynrnissb￿ {under seclion 145(Sllb}of th0 2011 Ad). Independ•nt Examin¢rfs slattmènt I have CLYnpleted my examinati￿. I confinn Ihat no material rnatters have come to my attention whth gNe5 rne cause to b91i¢ve that acc£*Jnting reL￿d$ Were r¥A kept in *>xYdaTKe *ilh 366 of tr* Companies Act 2006: Cr the finanual ststemenrs do not accord ￿lti such records.. c thè finarrial slaternÈnts do not comply tAith ielèvant acLovnting wvKements under saction 396 of Ihe Companies Ad 2Ci16 other than any requirement thai the finanryal slatements 9ive a'lwue 8nd fair view %thich is not a matter considered as part of an indeFendent examinaticffl.. the finanoal 5tsternenlS have noi been prepared in accothnce the meth¢#Js and principles of tho Charities SORP IFRS1021. I have no c￿nCemS and have come across matters in con1￿ the examination to which attentj.on should be dravm in tIM"s lep￿ in order to a prcyer ￿dersta￿￿1r￿ of Ihe financial statements to be reached. IO/IL/zozfr SIMOM JAMES GILL- FCCA WIGGIN OSBORNE FULLERLOVE 95 THE PROMENADE CHELETNHAM GLSO 1MH ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGUE STATEMENT OF HIIANCIAL ACTivrrES 1￿CORPORATING INCOME AMD EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTI Fw Th• Y•ar End•d 31 March 2024 Tolal 2024 Totsl 2023 Funds Funds IIKOIAE AND EXPENDITURE Incamlng Resources Charifable acivities 47.816 47.816 40.770 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 47.816 47.816 40.770 CharitatAe actywties $6.427 1.543 57.970 110.582 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPANDED 56.427 1.$43 57.970 110.582 Net {￿tgO￿Y1￿>fflry r•scwc¢s 18.611) {1.5431 {10,154) (69.8121 Nel fflOVem￿t in tuThJ5 {1.5431 {10.1541 169.8121 ACCUMULATED FUND BROUGHT FORWARO AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 28.027 97.839 ACCUMULATED FUND CARRED FORWARO AT END OF YEAR 17.873 17.873 28.027 The statwntnt of financial #ch￿.￿.￿S *1 goirKs *xl loss•s in thtr ywr ar¥J ¥ separats I the 8t#)ve •Th)Ur￿ rdttle 10 ¢Onbnuiffj ofthè (y)mpanl5 #Clivibes a(4uired c disconbnued duriThJ this financial ￿. ACADEIAY OF PROFESSIONAL I>IALOGVE BALAMCE SHEET As At 31. 2024 Total 2024 Total 2023 Fun CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bar￿ and in haTh 21.912 31,977 Creditors Due wrt￿n year 4,039 4.039 3,950 NET CURRENT ASSETS 17.873 .28,027 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABIUTIES 17.873 17.873 28.027 NET ASSETS 17.873 17,8n 28,027 REPRESENTED BY Accumulated I￿￿ 17.873 17,8n 28.027 Trus¢¢¢$' Statsmonts r•qulr•d by Stttlon 475 In aprmiro these financial Stateme￿ as Tn￿leeS of tt* eLwwy, the Trustees hereby ¢ththmi'.. {al For the year lo 31 March 2024. the cx)mpany was enliued to exwybon from audrt undèr s•cléon 477 of the Companies A¢t 20C6 relating to small companies: (bl The members)￿e not required the clmnpwry lo cthin an audit in 8c£tydan¢e *fjth S¥¢tion 476 of.the Cunpanies Act 2OJ6. (cl The dire¢tots a¢kr￿8￿98 their responsibilty f￿ complying W•th the requirements of ihe Actvth respect These finanrial $tstements have ba•n yepared in aC(￿dar￿e *ilh the Prov￿ applicatle to companies sutp.cl lo the small c(rfbwan￿ regme. 10.12.2024 and $19Th￿ on Its b•half by.. Apw*v•d by th• Trustees and authtyl￿ for issue M .. . Mr P Garrett N(rt•s to th• Ffnancl•l St*•m•nts FOrT￿ Year Ended 31 Mafch 2D24 1. Aceountlng Polkl•s B•sis of w•par•tion and ass•ssnwnt ￿ go•ng concern The financial statements have been prepare¢J ￿ xcordance ￿th Am￿n11n9 aThJ R¢porbng by Charities.. Statement of Recrynmended Pwtice aNAicable io charilies weparin9 their fina￿la1 statements in accordan￿ with the Financial Rep)rting Siandard applic*e in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021- (Charities SORP IFRS 102}l. Ihe Fin8ndal RepNtyng Standard aOicat49 ￿ the UK arKI Reput4c ol Ireland IFRS 102) and tho Compani85 Act 2006. Thè pr•s•ntstional currerLy ol t￿ finartial ststements 15 UK£, bwng thè fUn￿lon81 currency of the primary economic envirenmtnt in whth the company cwatÈs. in Ihw financK#l statements are roynded to the nearest £. Ac&Jemyol Pmf•ssional DialcxJue m••is lh8 dtrfinilth of a benéfft 8nlrty uThJer FRS102. Assets and liabili1￿ ar? inilialty recognised at hiskwical rmt vabJ• oth•[w￿* stated the rglevant ar&oUn￿g poli¢y nole(s1. Injslees cowder that Ihere are ￿ materi* uncertainttes al￿t fv c4xnpaWs ats.lty lo conts.nue as a goiTrJ concem. Cash Flow The Charity ttas taken advanlage of the exurtptth in FRS102 trom thè r¥U*em￿l to 8 cash flow statement because il is a small Charity. Iming Donations, gifts and Wes wesent omourts rec￿ed the ￿*r, *th•r with any asso￿#18￿ lax rèfund. Gifts in kind for LLse by the charity a￿ rec4wised as incomiNJ resourtes when rec•wat4è at a r•asonabb8 estimat¢ of their value. Assels given f(¥ distr1t￿l￿ a￿ c¥iby recognised T*hen distritxrt&J. Grants r8c8ivatAe lor specrfic Wr￿GeS are crediled io the ststernent offinanrial aclkvities in Ihe ￿ar to which they ￿late as soon as conditions lof rèceipi havè baen rntt. Unspent bak1n￿5 are wted f(xward to subsequent >Ears within res¢ricted nds. Grants ts immethate s￿p￿t lx receNed against ¢)xtS F¥•VK￿sty irturred ar• r8co9nised imm•diataty in th? Siatemenl of Fnancral ActNities. Vrjunlary 11K￿e is sh¢ywn gross befc￿e ded￿t￿ offund-raising •xp8ndibJr¢. R￿¥1¢4￿ Expended l èxpenditurè is ae4J￿nled fry under orlxuals 9)ncept. The wreo)¥ernble elernenl of Value Added Tax is induded within the item ofex￿n$t it rd4t•s. Funds Ganefal unr8strict8d lunds com5xisè aecwnulaw suwpluses and general act1vrtl￿. Theyare aValab￿ for use at th• discrekn.on of the trustèès in frJrthèrart• of thÈ eompanY$ cAJjedives. RÈstri¢ted ftjnds a￿ funds Wh￿ are ¢0 be used in accordancé v•ith spetific r•strict*M impjsèd bythè thrrf)r or INst deed. There 1$ a single restricled ftjnd, which is restricled f¢N use in th• Criminal $8Ctor. ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DIALOGLE Notès to tho Flftanelal Slai•m•nts l¢ontlnu¢dl ForTh• Y•ar Ended 31 Al¥¢h 1014 l. ￿cOuntIng pollrl•s {eontlnu8dl Taxallon Thè Charitls acIN1t￿9 fall wihin Ihe exemptron5 afforded by the wvtsion of the Income and Corporation Tax•s Act 1988. A¢¢ordingly. there is tayat•Jn charge in fina￿1￿ StateM￿ts. The company 15 registered for VAT. Golng conc•rn Trustees havè rewewed Ihe finances and befE¥e tsy have Jjwuate reserves for the current level of aclNitkgs. The Twstees havÈ txktn steps kn manage the reserves of the charity, by redU￿￿j costs Sin￿ thè year end. On Ihis basis. it wll be able to C￿￿n￿e as a 9t￿¥j (xjncem for at least Ihe rext ￿ve months and they have theref(*e prepared the financAal statements ￿ IIE goiwwj basis. 2. In¢gme fmrn chariiabl• adivil*s Tot•1 2024 Tot•1 2023 Funds Funds Member5hrp lees Conltrenee f8ès Education pre4Jrnmmes 8.102 12,114 27.6thJ 8,102 12.114 27,600 12,FA)7 22,170 5.993 Of thtr incomo ro¢0iv80 of £48,363 kn 2024 {2023.' £40.m). £48.363 *s uNestrKt•d funds12023: £39.082) and £nil 12023.. £1.fj881 w•$ r¢strthd fuNts. 3. Charii*bl• actlvlil•s Total 2024 Total 2023 Funds F¥nd• Legal an(1 professional fee5 Websitè dèv84)pm8ni coTrpuler c 7T6 S,363 1,416 776 6.906 1.416 5,926 9,339 3,093 Bank ¢*arge$ Prints"ng and stsDonery Conference expens85 Con$ultarry fae5 Bursaries for education ¢tsv•kwent p￿r￿me 812 5,343 57,784 27,￿0 3,343 414.831 3.343 44,831 1.543 Ofthe expeThJl￿￿ of £58.517 in 2024 {a)23.. £110.5821. £56.974 wa5 uwestsicted lund812023.. £ 94.2781 and £1.543 12023.. £16,304) was restricted ACADEMY OF PRO￿$s1oN￿ DIALOGUE 14ot•s to Flnandal stston￿ (￿n11n￿ld) ForThe Year ErKled 31 March 2024 3. Charltsble adl¥11￿ I￿n￿n￿ed) Gr*$ p￿abl¢ In ofth• charW5 obJectrd•slorth• publlc bon•fft Total 2024 Total 2023 Durin9 the ￿. En￿(2023.. £27,800) of ￿yrnents **re made lo Diakngue A5xoate5 Limited In r8SFeCt of BuT5aries ¢0 asslst indivKluals ￿ be to attend e¢u¢*"￿ d8¥8lownont programmes. Th8 trAMSari8s wer8 forthe ben8fft of individuals. 4. Taxatlon The company dces nol trade for profft thereth oytvakn tsx ￿￿blI￿ar￿e5 on its ￿suIts. S. Creditors In less thw one y￿r Total 2Q24 Total 2023 4.039 2,700 1.250 Dgf•rr•d intt>m• 6. Cornpany limit•d by gu*ant•• ad•myol Prof•ssKwl Di￿09￿ ts a Ls)fiwany lited by and acWdI￿ty does not a share ￿pital. 7. Trust￿. •xp•ns•s Dwing Iho yoar£nil12023.. Ih rdalon lo bursw*s poH1 to Diow Asso¢iales Lin*d. a c4xnpany controlled by Mr P GaFrett a￿j M5 J Bdl Ilntsieesl. TW Ihe rjwitrts ￿￿ted Forty P?￿r￿￿ prrK¢s8 approved by the Boar¥J ol TnJ51ee5. During lh8 y88r £nil12023.. £nill in relthn lo educati￿ prwamme devdopment CA)sts and arryort9iN4 ¢he annual confew¢e wa$ P8id to Dialogue AsKKiates Limiled. a company CoDtrd￿d by Mr P G￿811 and IAS J Ball Itru51eesl. These payments ￿tre subject lo Ihe charitys related pwty p8yThents prD255 aThJ aFs¥md ty ihe 803ry1 of TnJs*s. 10 ACADEAIY OF PROFESSION¥lL DIALOGUE NO1￿ to tho FlfftaA¢lal Stat•m•fits l¢ontlnu•d) FOT Th• Y•ar Ended 31 IAarch 2024 8. Analysls of n•t •wts bèlwwn lundlng Urnstrl¢i•d Restrirted Fund Funds Total Funds Fund balawKe5 at 31 March 2024 as 1•K￿ented by 17.8n 17.873 cu￿8Nt 8SS8ts Curyent lialy'lityes 21.912 4,039 21.912 14,0391 g. Anal5ryls of umstrlcted furnl Tran 1 Aprll 2023 31 March 2024 IncgTh Exp•nthturn rngtrlded General Fwd 56.427 Comparntfv• Infor1￿￿0￿ Transfer from 31 March 2023 2022 G￿r￿1 94,278 11 ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL OIALOGUE Nol•• to tho Flnandal Stat•m•nts {w￿l￿u•d} Th• Y•ar Ended 31 IlJ•rch 2Q24 10. A￿1>$1$ of uM•strict•d fund mown Trnnsfer At 31 March 2024 2023 In¢¢m• Expendlluwe rnstrl¢ted Fund 1 CIMn￿al Juslieo S•L Fund 2 1st Gen•ratr Fund 3 US Ac4demy 1.543 1.543 Fund4 South Afn'can fv&*emy Transfer from v•$trlct•d At 31 March 2023 1 April 2022 Inc¢)m• EXP￿dI1￿￿ Fund 1 Cn"minal Justice S8Ltr Fund 2 1st Generaimy) 15.(m 115.iXKI} Fund 3 US A¢•Jomy IS881 1.543 Fund 4 South African A(ademy 716 716 16.304 Fund 1 Donated bythe Tntstees of Pr￿ClI Dialw to promote the Ltse of Profess•)￿1 DthJu¢ M) the uiminal ju$ti¢e se¢tor. Fund 2 To esta>lish an educal*Jnal ￿C9ra￿C￿rr￿IUrn foracTredi18d ProfesS*￿al Dialcwaue PrnL*ts.or￿ts, and to provide bursari&s Fund 3 50% of n￿berSh￿ fees p•d by memb￿$ the US is ￿￿4erted tr￿$1¥ to tre US Academy of Pffjlesgonal 0i8lrsue_ Furtd 4 Ir#x)me gewaied through acbths in S¢th Afvica k) supr#M W* deveww of Profes%onal Diaky in Souih Africa. 12