Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From April 1[st] 2020 To March 31[st] 2021
Charity name: PAPER REPUBLIC
Charity registration number: 1182259
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | 3. Objects The objects of the CIO are restricted specifically for the public benefit to promote the art of Chinese literature in English translation and to advance education in such literature, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of: 3.1 translated literature 3.2 information and educational resources; 3.3 advice, training and mentoring for translators of Chinese literature into English; 3.4 public events. In this clause “Chinese literature” means literature written in Chinese, irrespective of the author’s country of origin or residence. |
| 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 |
Activities For Readers (relates to 3.1 and 3.2 above) • We produced our annual Roll Call of Chinese fiction and poetry in translation, 2021. • We revived and rejuvenated our fortnightly Newsletter with news, reviews and events in the world of Chinese authors and their translators and publishers. • We continued to work on the preparation of the Paper Republic Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature, with a view to publication in early 2022. For Translators (relates to 3.3) • We ran a Sunday Sentence online translation game, a practice exercise for emerging translators. • We ran a translation slam event for emerging translators in partnership with Aberdeen University Confucius Institute. • We partnered with Translation Exchange at Queen’s College Oxford and with the Stephen Spender Trust to provide translation materials for school children. |
| Public-facing events (relates to 3.4) We gave a variety of public talks online introducing Chinese literature in translation. |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The trustees, in making decisions about the activities of Paper Republic, have had due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. |
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | The management team at Paper Republic work as volunteers. Additionally, we recruited three volunteers to help with editing the Paper Republic Guide to Chinese Literature, and seven volunteers who contributed author biographies for the Guide. |
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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 | Activities for Readers • The Paper Republic Newsletter saw a new lease of life this year and has become a regular round- up of all events, news and reviews of Chinese translated literature. It is available free on our website, on social media, and now also via subscription to anyone interested.Benefits to the wider public: it presents an eclectic mix of literary news, and has been praised by our trustees as particularly interesting and well- designed. • The Paper Republic Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature is a 320 page book consisting of essays on aspects of Chinese fiction combined with biographies of contemporary writers. UK- resident writer and film-maker Xiaolu Guo has written an introduction. Editing and proof-reading was completed during 2020-2021 and publication (in print and in e-pub format) is planned for 2021- 2022.Benefits to the wider public: this guide has been assembled by writers, translators and experts in the field and provides a unique overview for would-be readers of Chinese literature in translation. For Translators • We reported on our Read Paper Republic Epidemic stories series in our Annual Report 2019-20. We also reported on our partnership with Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing to run the Give-it-a-go translation project (GIAG), as a result of which a total of 124 emerging and would-be literary translators from twenty countries and five continents participated in four lively online workshops run by the Paper Republic team over one weekend. The resulting collaborative translation, ‘Forty Days in Quarantine: How a month in isolation brought me closer to my parents’ became number five in the Read Paper Republic: Epidemic series, published for general readers on our website in May 2020.Benefits to literary translators: these workshops proved that online tutorials and debates can work, even with large numbers of participants, and can inspire those interested in starting, or keen to improve the quality of their literary translation from Chinese. • As a follow-up, we ran theSunday Sentence online translation game,in which we posted on the PR website and social medias (Twitter & Facebook) a sentence taken from a Chinese literary work that poses particular challenges in translation. Translators of all levels are invited to contribute a translation in the comment section and discuss the particular difficulties or interesting elements of the translation process. Ran weekly for eight weeks.Benefits to |
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literary translators: Regularly attracted between 15 and 45 enthusiastic participants and lively debates. • Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators. We contracted with the Queen’s College Translation Exchange to provide Chinese-language teaching materials for UK schools, and to administer and judge a translation competition in 2021. The agreement covers two broad areas: 1) producing translation-based language lessons for four successive grades of Chinese students, the first of which is already delivered; 2) setting up a translation competition for the four grades, and judging the entries. This project lasted through May of 2021, and the plan is to continue to develop our partnership through 2021 and 2022. Benefits to translators: this whole project has succeeded in introducing young languagelearners across a range of languages, including Chinese, to the enjoyment and importance of literary translation. • Online Events with Aberdeen University and Confucius Institute: we ran a translation slam – a collective online translation workshop run over one evening, with students of Chinese and presented a seminar on the short story form in Chinese literature. The success of the both events was such that we were booked to support them in running a complete translation summer school during the summer of 2021. In the words of the organizers: “Our experience of working with Paper Republic on this short seminar series was overwhelmingly positive. It was our first venture into online events and we were very pleasantly surprised by how popular and successful they were.” • Public-facing events: We ran our first zoominar with Julia Lovell to introduce her new translation of Journey to the West for members of the public, and two members of the Paper Republic team gave a talk at a Warwickshire Women’s Institute.
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| 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 | In this period, the charity’s income was TO BE ADDED |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | It is the policy of the charity to hold sufficient reserves to protect the future operations of the charity, to cover: a period of low income while remedial action is taken an unexpected loss on a project unforeseen expenditure items any related costs should the trustees ever seektomerge orwind up the charity. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £1,000 minimum |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | none |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | none |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Grants and donations |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
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| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
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Structure, Governance and Management
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Constitution | |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 |
CIO |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 |
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee has been appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. |
| 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 |
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In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees have had regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | This is a new charity. Before they were appointed, all the trustees were informed of the charity’s objectives, its planned activities and its financial situation, and were given the Charity Commission guidance for trustees, as well as a copy of the Paper Republic governing document. |
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| 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 | |
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Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Paper Republic |
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| Other name the charity uses |
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| Registered charity number |
1182259 |
Charity’s principal 25 Park Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 2AB address
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Nicola Harman | |||
| Emily Jones | |||
| Eric Abrahamsen | Chair of Trustees | ||
| Robina Pelham Burn |
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| Wangzhen Ni | |||
| Xinna Wang | Treasurer from February 2021 |
– 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
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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
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
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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 |
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XINNA WANG |
ERIC ABRAHAMSEN | |
TRUSTEE AND TREASURER |
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES | |
| 18THJANUARY 2022 | ||
| 18THJANUARY 2022 |
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Receipts and payments acco
For the period Period start date
To
from 01/04/2020
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Voluntary receipts 1,340 1,000 -
Charitable activities 1,750 -
Bank interest - - -
- - -
- - -
Sub total [ 3,090 ] 1,000 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
etc
Total receipts 3,090 1,000 -
A3 Payments
Costs of charitable activities 1,063 - -
Costs of generating voluntary receipts - - -
Governance costs 624 - -
Bank interest and charges 29 - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Sub total 1,716 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments 1,716 - -
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,374 1,000 -
A5 Transfers between funds -
A6 Cash funds last year end 4,585 - -
Cash funds this year end 5,959 1,000 -
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of
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account(s)) OK
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B2 Other monetary assets
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Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £
2,340 6,339
1,750 5,162
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4,090 11,506
4,090 11,506
1,063 4,733
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624 1,800
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2,374 4,585
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hamsen 16.01.2022
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