## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1st January, 2020 - period start date To: 31[st] December, 2020 - period end date** ## **Charity name: Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society CIO** **Charity registration number: 1179324** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The advancement of education for the**
**public benefit by promoting, sustaining**
**and increasing individual and collective**
**knowledge of the works and ideals of**
**Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (1165-1240 CE), and**
**those people who have perpetuated**
**them, by such means as the trustees**
**think fit, but including study, research,**
**publication, translation and**
**communication of his written works.**| |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 Society’s 2-day symposium,**
**planned for May 2020 in London, had to**
**be cancelled due to the pandemic.**
**The society launched a series of online**
**talks entitled ‘Ibn Arabi and the**
**Geometry of Reality. These were held**
**fortnightly from May to December, 2020.**
**The Society appointed an Educational**
**Director to specifically develop this**
**aspect of the Society’s activities.**
**The Society launched an education**
**programme. The 2020 programme,**
**commencing in May, comprised 2**
**courses of 10 weeks duration and 1**
**course of 7 weeks.**
**The Society’s Senior Research Fellows**
**took part in a number of radio interviews**
**with a view to promoting knowledge of**
**Ibn Arabi. They also gave presentations**
**to online events hosted in Australia and**
**for the Spanish-speaking world (Spain,**
**Italy, Portugal and South America).**
**The Society appointed a Public**
**Relations and Outreach coordinator to**
**develop relations, cultivate contacts and**
**promote dialogue about Ibn Arabi in**| |||**existing and new environments.**
**The Society continued to help fund the**
**on- going work of translating Ibn Arabi’s**
**_Futuhat al- Makkiyyah._**
**Organised the sale of publications**
**(books and sets of journals).**
**Completed a major re-design of the**
**Society’s website making it more user-**
**friendly.**
**The period saw the publication of**
**Volumes 67 and 68 of the Society’s**
**journal.**
**2 trustees completed training organised**
**by the National Council for Voluntary**
**Organisations (NCVO) covering the**
**following:**
**Session 1: Role and responsibilities of**
**trustees**
**Session 2: Achieving good governance**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Society has considered the**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit, specifically that concerning the**
**advancement of education.**| **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|**During the 2020 pandemic the Society’s**
**series of online talks reached a world-**
**wide audience. This online presence**
**enabled us to involve an audience far**
**larger than in the past, particularly**
**during the ‘questions and answers’**
**which followed each talk.**
**Feedback indicates that this series**
**made a significant and positive**
**difference to our supporters during a**
**challenging year.**
**The Society’s education programme has**
**sought to introduce Ibn Arabi to those**
**less familiar with his work and ideas.**
**Under the guidance of our newly**
**appointed Director of Education, the**
**courses have developed new ways of**
**studying Ibn Arabi, such as through**
**hermeneutics and creative participation.**
**The courses have provided a forum for**
**in-depth discussion and the exchange of**
**ideas whereby students are able to**
**develop their understanding of Ibn Arabi**
**in a supportive and guided environment.**
**Videos and podcasts have continued to**
**play an important part in the Society’s**
**outreach. All the online talks were**
**recorded and posted on the Society’s**
**YouTube channel, where they have been**
**viewed by large numbers, thus**
**extending the audience for the talks**
**even further.**
**The period has seen a significant**
**increase in membership.**
**The Society’s journal became peer-**
**reviewed, with the intention of extending**
**its reach among contributors, academic**
**institutions and the public in general.**| ## **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
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Total receipts in 2020 amounted to**
**£42,900. Of this, £23,302 consisted of**
**donations received for specific**
**purposes (called Restricted funds),**
**which may only be spent for those**
**purposes. Its general (Unrestricted)**
**income was £19,599 and total**
**expenditure was £19,139 so its**
**Unrestricted funds were £460 greater at**
**the end of 2020 than they had been at**
**the end of 2019.**
**The Society had no financial debt. Its**
**main financial commitments, such as**
**production of the Journal for**
**subscribers, do not extend beyond one**
**year, and are covered by its Unrestricted**
**funds.**
**Its accounts for the 12 months of 2020**
**represent the second accounting period**
**for the Society as a CIO. The first**
**accounting period covered nearly 18**
**months, and included the one-off**
**transfer of funds from the**
**unincorporated Society. These two**
**factors mean that comparisons between**
**the two periods are not straightforward.**| |---|---|---| |||**But overall its income and expenditure**
**in 2020 (apart from donations) was in**
**line with 2019, although there was some**
**adaptation of its activities in response**
**to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as the**
**replacement of the planned symposium**
**in London with a series of online events.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Society’s cash assets are divided**
**into Unrestricted funds of £26,735**
**(which can be spent on the Society’s**
**general activities, such as producing the**
**Journal and running events) and**
**Restricted funds of £51,980 (donated for**
**specific purposes, such as the**
**Manuscript Archive project, which may**
**only be spent for those purposes).**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At the end of 2020 the Society had total**
**cash assets of £78,715 and no debt. Its**
**total assets increased by £16,568 over**
**the year.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No fund is in deficit.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable.**| ## **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|**The Society’s principal sources of funds**
**were Membership subscriptions (£7,307)**
**and the sale of Journals (£4,797) and**
**Books (£3,355), Online events and**
**courses (£3,163) and general Donations**
**(£938).**
**In 2020 the Society received donations**
**of £23,302 given for specific purposes**
**(called Restricted funds). Money is**
**transferred to Unrestricted funds when**
**payments on projects covered by the**
**Restricted funds are required, and**
**becomes part of the Society’s regular**
**expenditure. The total spent from**
**Restricted funds in 2020 was £7,194.**
**The income from donations is**
**unpredictable.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The Society’s cash assets are all held in**
**Bank accounts and at this level are are**
**covered against failure of the bank by**
**the current Financial Services**
**Compensation Scheme (up to £85,000).**| |A description of the principal|Para 1.46|**This is a time of potentially unstable**
**economic conditions in the United**
**Kingdom and beyond. This could impact**| |risks facing the charity||**the Society’s income from Membership**
**and sale of Journals.**| |---|---|---| |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 – Foundation formed on 25 July**
**2018**| |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|**Election of trustees is by a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees, as detailed in the**
**Society’s Constitution, clauses: 9; 10; 12**
**and 13.**| ## **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 following policies, which comply**
**with Gov.UK guidance for charities, have**
**been written and ratified by the Board:**
**Finance, Complaints, Conflict of Interest,**
**Risk Management, GDPR, Safeguarding**
**and Volunteers.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society CIO**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1179324**| |Charity’s principal address|**P O Box 892**
**Oxford**
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**whole year**| |---|---|---|---| ||L D Barratt||Appointed 25 July
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28thOctober 2020| ||M E Cass||Appointed 25 July
2018| ||G Collins||Appointed 25 July
2018| ||M Notcutt||Appointed 25 July
2018| ||C Twinch||Appointed 25 July
2018| ||R W Twinch||Appointed 25 July
2018| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – 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 adviser Name Address 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** DeclaTh2tions they have approved the trustees. report above. Slgned on behalf of the oharlty's trustees Slgnaturn(s) Full name(s) LLW Diana Barratt Postllon (og Secretary, Chalr, Truslee 1+ 0* 2DLI **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the**
**period**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**
**Independent**
**examiner's statement**|**Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society CIO**|**Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society CIO**|**Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society CIO**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||Year ended 31 December 2020|**Charity no**|1179324| ||||| ||Attached Receipts and Payments accounts||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2020.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of
ICAEW_._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:||| - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - • the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**Address:**|I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:**
14/06/2021|I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:**
14/06/2021| |---|---|---| |||14/06/2021| |||| ||B K Silva,|| |||| ||ACA (Chartered Accountant)|| |||| ||MHA MacIntyre Hudson, Abbey Place, 24-28 Easton Street, High Wycombe,
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Muhylddin Ibn ArabI Society ClO No . 1179324
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/01/20 31/12/20
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Last year
Total funds
funds funds funds (18 months)
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donated from unincorporated Society - - - - 29,843
Donations 938 23,302 - 24,240 42,553
Subscriptions 7,307 - - 7,307 6,843
Journal 4,797 - - 4,797 4,844
Books 3,355 - - 3,355 3,091
Interest 39 - - 39 82
Symposium - - - - 4,751
Online events 1,783 - - 1,783 -
Courses 1,380 - - 1,380 -
Sub total (Gross income for
19,599 23,302 - 42,900 92,007
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 19,599 23,302 - 42,900 92,007
A3 Payments
Symposium 435 - - 435 5,818
Journal 9,229 - - 9,229 7,289
Online events 702 - - 702 -
Courses 968 - - 968 -
Archive Project - 820 - 820 4,326
Junior Research Fellowship Fund - - - - 210
Scholarly Grants 1,050 1,302 - 2,352 2,264
Website 100 4,827 - 4,927 2,922
Books 2,107 - - 2,107 1,996
Library 16 - - 16 197
Accounting & Insurance 2,161 - - 2,161 1,358
Bank charges 519 245 - 765 715
Recoverable payment 89 - - 89 -
Office, postage, internet 1,762 - - 1,762 2,765
Sub total [ 19,139 ] 7,194 - 26,333 29,860
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - 0
Total payments 19,139 7,194 - 26,333 29,860
Net of receipts/(payments) 460 16,108 - 16,568 62,147
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - 0
A6 Cash funds last year end 26,275 35,872 - 62,147 0
Cash funds this year end 26,735 51,980 - 78,715 62,147
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