## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1.11.2022 Period start date To Period end date** ## **31.10.2023** ## **Charity name: London Go Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 1178675** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Promoting Go**| |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|**Go tournaments, teaching, lectures and**
**public provision of lecture and teaching**
**material**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We give free places for children and**
**discounted places to students in full time**
**education to tournaments and all**
**educational material is freely available**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **Currently we do not make grants** Policy on grant making Para 1.38 **n/a** Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment **Volunteers help us run events** Contribution made by Para 1.38 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|**Tournaments and club meetings, lectures**
**teaching beginners.**
**.**
**Added around 20 videos to our public**
**channel. Over one year our lectures were**
**viewed more than 14,000 times, for a total**
**of over 2200 hours and indications of**
**public support are shown indirectly by an**
**increase in subscribers to our video**
**service to over 1,400.**
**Our video introducing the game to a**
**wider audience, promoted by a Japanese**
**cultural organisation, has received an**
**additional 700 views over the year.**
**Our Twitter (“X”) account used for**
**publicising our activities has also**
**increased its following to over 920**
**followers.**| ## **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 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other ## **Financial Review** Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 **LGC is solvent and financially sound.** financial position at the end |of the period||| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**In the course of the year we completed**
**part ownership of the London Mindsports**
**Centre with liability for approximately**
**15% of the repairs.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Just over £40,000 ignoring the building.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is 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 Para 1.46 adopted 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|**Association document**| |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|**There are four trustees, with one standing**
**down or standing for re-election every**
**year. The British Go Association has an**
**unexercised right to propose a trustee.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the Para 1.51 charity works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|London Go Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1178675| |Charity’s principal address|21 Dalling Road, London W6 0JD| ||| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Gerard Paul
Gavigan|||| ||Alexander Rix|||| ||Richard Wheeldon|||| ||Jonathan Turner|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name none** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**none**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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)** Gerard Paul Gavigan **Full name(s)** Alexander Spencer Christopher Rix **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 03 Mar 2024 12 Mar 2024 **London Go Centre** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** 01/11/2022 31/10/2023 **To from** ## **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** |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Tournament entryfees||**4,868**||||**-**||||**-**||||**4,868**||||**-**|| |Board fees||**953**||||**-**||||**-**||||**953**||||**-**|| |Membershipfees||**700**||||**-**||||**-**||||**700**||||**-**|| |Sponsorshipand donations||**32,640**||||**-**||||**-**||||**32,640**||||**-**|| |MPL loan note interest||**10,000**||||**-**||||**-**||||**10,000**||||**-**|| |Bank interest||**391**||||**-**||||**-**||||**391**||||**-**|| |Other income||**9**||||**-**||||**-**||||**9**||||**-**|| |||||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**49,561**
||||**-**||||**-**||||**49,561**||||**-**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**49,561**||||**-**||||**-**||||**49,561**||||**-**|| ## **A3 Payments** |Rent|**8,000**||**-**||**-**||**8,000**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Tournamentprizes|**2,398**||**-**||**-**||**2,398**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/12/2024 1 |Go professional and other teaching costs|**2,285**||**-**||**-**||**2,285**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Office supplies|**161**||**-**||**-**||**161**||**-**| |Donation to David Wardprize fund|**2,600**||**-**||**-**||**2,600**||**-**| |Contribution to defibrilllator|**100**||**-**||**-**||**100**||**-**| |Web hostingcosts|**179**||**-**||**-**||**179**||**-**| |Go equipment|**255**||**-**||**-**||**255**||**-**| |Other costs|**227**||**-**||**-**||**227**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**16,205**||**-**||**-**||**16,205**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Investmentpurchases||**1,500**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**1,500**||||||| |Fixed Assets||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**1,500**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**1,500**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**17,705**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**17,705**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**31,856**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**31,856**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**7,221**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**7,221**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**39,077**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**39,077**||||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Cash at bank
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**39,077**
**-**
**-**
**39,077**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**39,077**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**39,077**|**-**|**-**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/12/2024 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** ## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**
Prepaid rent
Prepaid public liability insurance
Accrued MPL loan interest
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK
**to nearest £**
**1,333**
**47**
**8,333**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|OK| |---|---|---|---| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |Prepaid rent|**1,333**|**-**|**-**| |Prepaid public liability insurance|**47**|**-**|**-**| |Accrued MPL loan interest|**8,333**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**Details**
Loan notes in MPL
**Details**
Library cabinets
Webcam and tripod
Tables
Storage boxes
Go boards
Shares in MPL, owner of 21-23 Dalling
Road, London W6 OJD|Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**227,000**
**200,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**285**
**105**
**167**
**62**
**335**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |Library cabinets|Unrestricted|**285**|**-**| |Webcam and tripod|Unrestricted|**105**|**-**| |Tables|Unrestricted|**167**|**-**| |Storage boxes|Unrestricted|**62**|**-**| |Go boards|Unrestricted|**335**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 03/12/2024 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees **Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional)** Accrued income Unrestricted **697 - - - -** Date of Signature Print Name approval Gerry Gavigan **12/11/2023** Alexander Rix **05/11/2023** CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 03/12/2024 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of London Go Centre On accounts for the year ended 3111012023 Charity no Ilf any) 1178675 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the aGcounls of the above charily I'lhe Trusl") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basis of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I"Ihe A¢l"l. I report in respect of my examination of the Twst's accounts carried out under seGtion 145 of the 2011 AGt and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 145{5llb) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I conflrm that no material mallors have com8 lo my attention in connection with Ihe examlnalion whlch gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with s8clion 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with Ihe examlnatlon lo which atlentlon should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 18 /01 /202+ Name: Rhian Slansfield Relevant profassional qualifi¢atlon{s) or body Ilf any): CA Addrèss: 10 Prioress Road London SE27 ONW IER October 2018 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. direGtions and guidance for examiners). None Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018