Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From April 1[st] 2021 To March 31[st] 2022
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 countryof 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) (1) _We published the Paper Republic Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature in March 2022. (2) We produced our annual Roll Call of Chinese fiction and poetry in translation, 2021, including a selection of star reviews of new publications. (3) We ran one Read Paper Republic series, where we partnered with PAHA magazine in the Philippines, and planned a further one on Women Poets for August 2022. (4) We continued to run our Newsletter with news, reviews, prizes and events in the world of Chinese authors and their translators and publishers, issued monthly over this period. _For Translators (relates to 3.3) We ran a Sunday Sentence online translation game, a practice exercise for emerging translators, including one for school children learning Chinese. Aberdeen University and Confucius Institute ran a summer Festival of |
| Translation, with Paper Republic as their main partner. We continued to partner with Translation Exchange at Queen’s College Oxford 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 |
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| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | The management team at Paper Republic work as volunteers. Some volunteers had to step back during this period, due to work and other pressures. We have successfully recruited two further volunteers who have undertaken responsibility for specific projects. |
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Achievements and Performance
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| 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 Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature, a 320 page book consisting of essays on aspects of Chinese fiction combined with biographies of contemporary writers, was published in March 2022. We were very grateful for help with copy-editing from writer, lecturer and former BBC China correspondent Duncan Hewitt.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. Events to promote the guide: 1. With China Exchange in London’s Chinatown we planned a launch with James Tookey of Peirene Press and UK-resident writer and film-maker Xiaolu Guo, who wrote the Guide introduction. Unfortunately this was cancelled at the last moment but we turned this to our advantage by recording a zoominar with a discussion between the two panellists, chaired by one of our volunteers and Trustees, Emily Jones. The recording is available on our website. 2. During this reporting period, we planned a number of other events to take place during the summer of 2022, in order to promote the Guide. 3. The Guide has largely been self-funded but we received some funds towards it from The Nanjing Literary Centre, Nanjing. Read Paper Republic (RPR) series of free-to- view short fiction or poetry. We successfully completed one new series during this reporting period, and planned one further one which falls outside this reporting period: 1. We partnered with the Manila-based journal Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, PAHA in January 2022. They commissioned a collection of translated Chinese short stories for their print journal and asked us to publish them online. We called it RPR: Figures in a Landscape. We joined the PAHA online launch. 2. We planned RPR: A Month of Women Poets, curated by new volunteer, US-based Alice Xiang, for August 2022. The Paper Republic Newsletter continues to be 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 |
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| public: it | presents an eclectic | presents an eclectic | presents an eclectic | presents an eclectic | presents an eclectic | mix of literary | mix of literary | mix of literary | |
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| news, and | has been praised by our readers as | ||||||||
| particularly | interesting and well-designed. In | ||||||||
| response to | popular demand we created a | ||||||||
| subscribers’ list. | |||||||||
| For Translators | |||||||||
| | As part of | a | series of events run by | ||||||
| independent publishers and bookshops | |||||||||
| around International Translation Day | |||||||||
| (September | 30 2021), a management team | ||||||||
| member conducted an online | International | ||||||||
| Translation Day Poetry Translation | |||||||||
| workshop. This was open to | anyone (no | ||||||||
| Chinese necessary), it was sold out, and post- | |||||||||
| event feedback was excellent. | |||||||||
| | We continued the previous year’s series of | ||||||||
| Sunday Sentence online translation games, | |||||||||
| in which we posted on the PR website | and | ||||||||
| social media | (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. We were particularly pleased | that we | ||||||||
| could run | one for children, with the Mandarin | ||||||||
| Excellence Programme, although the effects | |||||||||
| of Covid-lockdowns and the need to catch up | |||||||||
| on core teaching meant that teachers were | |||||||||
| less able to devote time to this than | they | ||||||||
| would have | liked.Benefits to | literary | |||||||
| translators: | Regularly attracted between 15 | ||||||||
| and 45 enthusiastic participants and lively | |||||||||
| debates. | |||||||||
| | Anthea Bell | Prize for Young Translators. | |||||||
| We continued to work 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 | ||||||||
| translation | competition for the four | grades | |||||||
| and judging | the entries, in particular, falls | ||||||||
| within this period. The number and | quality of | ||||||||
| submissions from all over the | UK was | ||||||||
| gratifyingly | high and Translation Exchange | ||||||||
| was very pleased with the collaboration, | |||||||||
| which we plan to continue during the year | |||||||||
| 2022-23. | Benefits to translators:this | whole | |||||||
| project has succeeded in introducing young | |||||||||
| language-learners across a range of | |||||||||
| languages, including Chinese, to the | |||||||||
| enjoyment | and importance of | literary | |||||||
| translation. | |||||||||
| | Online Events |
- Gwyl Haf Online Literary Festival, October. One Trustee and one friend of PR presented a discussion about Chinese children’s literature in translation. 2. Aberdeen University and Confucius Institute : we partnered with the latter in running an online Festival of Translation June 7 -- July 3, 2022. Specifically, we organised a schedule of six workshops and two talks/ presentations. Four of the workshops were run by PR team members, and two by PR friends/ collaborators; they covered literary translation, poetry translation, children's literature, brands and marketing translation, and academic translation. The talks/presentations were a translation slam (a debate between translators producing competing translations of the same text), and a talk on Being a Literary Translator.
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| Achievements against objectives set |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
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| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of theperiod |
Para 1.21 | In this period, the charity’s income was £11276 |
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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 seek to merge orwind upthe 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 goingconcern |
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 | |
| Other |
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 |
Para 1.25 | 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 |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
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| Relationship with any related parties |
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Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | Paper Republic |
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| Other name the charityuses | |
| Registered charitynumber | 1182259 |
| Charity’s principal address | 25 Park Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 2AB |
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 (ifany) |
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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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| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) |
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 | |
8THJANUARY 2023 |
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8THJANUARY 2023 |
Paper Republic 1182259
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period 01/04/2021 31/03/2022 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 525 7,076 - - - - - - 7,601 - - - 7,601 2,608 606 - 38 - - - - - 3,252 - - - 3,252 4,349 - - 4,349 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 3,675 - - - - - - 3,675 - - - 3,675 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,675 - - 3,675 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 525 10,751 - - - - - - 11,276 - - - 11,276 2,608 606 - 38 - - - - - 3,252 - - - 3,252 8,024 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 525 10,751 - - - - - - 11,276 - - - 11,276 2,608 606 - 38 - - - - - 3,252 - - - 3,252 8,024 |
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| Voluntaryreceipts | 525 | 2,340 | ||||
| Charitable activities | 7,076 | 1,750 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| Cost of charitable activities | 2,608 | 1,063 | ||||
| Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts | 606 | - | ||||
| Governance costs | - | 624 | ||||
| Bank interest and charges | 38 | 29 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 3,252 | 1,716 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 4,349 | 3,675 | - | 8,024 | 2,374 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
08/01/2023
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| 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 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,349 3,675 - - - - 4,349 3,675 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Xinna Wang EmilyJones |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Xinna Wang | 08/01/2023 | ||
| EmilyJones | 08/01/2023 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
08/01/2023
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