
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1-Aug-2020 Period start date   To 31-Jul-2021  Period end date** 

## **Charity name: BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION MOIATA AZBUKA** 

## **Charity registration number: 1181694** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit, to advance the<br>education of the public, in particular (but<br>not exclusively) children up to the age of 18<br>of Bulgarian origin and their families, in the<br>subject of Bulgarian language, geography,<br>history, culture and heritage, primarily (but<br>not exclusively) through the provision of<br>supplementary education services.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|For children:<br>•<br>Provision of Bulgarian language<br>classes<br>•<br>Provision of Bulgarian History &<br>Geography classes<br>•<br>Provision of traditional folk dance<br>and singing<br>•<br>For children & adults, and for<br>general public/local community<br>(non-members)<br>•<br>Preparation and Celebration of<br>“Survakari” festival<br>•<br>Preparation and Celebration of<br>famous heritage festival “Kukerite”<br>•<br>Preparation and Celebration of<br>Bulgarian Traditional day called<br>“Baba Marta” & “Martenitza<br>•<br>Preparation and Celebration of the<br>Day of Cyrillic Alphabet<br>•<br>Celebration of important to Bulgaria<br>historically related days<br>•<br>Additional celebrations, such as<br>Christmas, Orthodox Easter, St<br>George’s Day, Mothers’ Day,<br>Fathers’ Day|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|Trustees had due regard to Charity<br>Commission public benefit guidance when<br>they are planning each of these activities.|





Commission on public benefit 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|As ever, the understanding, support and<br>contribution by volunteers, parents and<br>carers make our impact greater and wider.|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Our organisation further expanded in the 4<br>London boroughs where many children<br>between age of 5 and 14, their families and<br>carers have been impacted by the<br>activities, celebrations and festivals<br>provided and organised by the association.<br>In the challenging circumstances of the<br>2020-2021 second lockdown the<br>association extended the hours of<br>connection and services via remote online<br>link.<br>From 8 March 2021 half of the School went<br>back to normal face to face lessons. More<br>people, family members participated in our<br>remote connections during the lockdown<br>compared to the first part of the reported<br>period. No challenge can put us down.|



**Additional information (optional)** 



|You may choose to include further statements|You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Other||N/A|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Despite the challenges of the second<br>lockdown in 2020-2021, we didn’t stop our<br>operations and services to communities.<br>We made every effort to keep the<br>connection with every member and non-<br>member via online remote link. Although<br>we had more regular participation, better<br>coverage and our service and impact was<br>better received, but everyone was so happy<br>to return to normal school activity in March<br>2021.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We held some reserves with hopes that<br>when the lockdown ended, we would have<br>funds to put deposits on new lease<br>agreements|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3100.00**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
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|You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|• Registration fees<br>• Grant from Bulgarian Ministry of<br>Education<br>• donations|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
|Other||N/A|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Nominated and elected by the members|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

N/A Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees N/A The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works N/A Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties N/A Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Bulgarian Educational and Cultural Association Moiata<br>Azbuka|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Bulgarian School Moiata Azbuka|
|Registered charity number|1181694|
|Charity’s principal address|4 Booth House<br>High Street<br>Bretford<br>Middlesex<br>TW8 8LL|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Iliana Lazarova||||
||DessyTsolova||||
||Daniela Petkova||||
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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 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 

N/A 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Daniela Petkova||
||<br>Trustee & CEO||
||29 Jun 2022||
||29 Jun 2022||






**Charity Name No (if any) BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 1181694 ASSOCIATION MOIATA AZBUKA** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Aug-20 31-Jul-21 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**19,876**<br>**1,682**<br>**-**<br>**974**<br>**-**<br>**985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **23,517**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**23,517**<br>**4,415**<br>**2,889**<br>**7,304**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**27,932**<br>**19,876**<br>**1,682**<br>**-**<br>**974**<br>**-**<br>**985**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**23,517**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**23,517**<br> <br>**4,415**<br>**-                 5,720**<br>**11,761**<br> <br>**10,456**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Donations|**-**||||**658**|
|School Fees|**27,932**||||**21,310**|
|Grants|**-**||||**6,379**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**27,932**||||**28,347**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
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|<br>School expenses|**19,876**||||**18,495**|
|<br>Premises Expenses|**1,682**||||**3,571**|
|<br>Travel Expenses|**-**||||**295**|
|<br>Supplies & Equipment|**974**||||**1,632**|
|<br>Professional services|**-**||||**900**|
|Other expenses|**985**||||**565**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**23,517**||||**25,458**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**||||||
|**,**|**-**|||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||||||**25,458**|
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||**4,415**|**-**|**-**|<br>**4,415**|**2,889**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-                 5,720**|**-**|
||**2,889**|**-**|**-**|**11,761**|**-**|
||**7,304**|**-**|**-**|<br>**10,456**|**2,889**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

04/07/2022 

1 



|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Metro Bank<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**7,304**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,304**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Daniela Petkova|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Daniela Petkova|04/07/2022|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

04/07/2022 

2 




## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**<br>**Responsibilties and**<br>**basis of report**<br>**Independent**<br>**examiner's statement**|BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION MOIATA<br>AZBUKA|BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION MOIATA<br>AZBUKA|BULGARIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION MOIATA<br>AZBUKA|
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||31/07/2021|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|1181694|
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||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above<br>charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended**31 / 07 / 2021**.<br>As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the<br>accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011<br>(“the Act”).<br>I report in respect of my examination of  the Trust’s accounts carried out<br>under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I<br>have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission<br>under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.<br>The charity’s gross income was £27,932 and I am qualified to undertake the<br>examination by being a qualified member of Institute of Certified<br>Bookkeepers<br>I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have<br>come to my attention in connection with the examination<br>I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection<br>with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in<br>order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.|||



|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body**<br>**(if any):**<br>**Address:**|**Date:**||
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||ANDREJS SVIRSKIS||
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||FICB Pm Dip<br>Practice Number 11515<br>Medway Bookkeeping Ltd||
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||Regus Admirals Park, Victory Way||
||Dartford, Kent||
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**Oct 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**Oct 2018** 

2 

**IER** 

