Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From April 1[st] 2022 To
March 31[st] 2023
Charity name: PAPER REPUBLIC
Charity registration number: 1182259
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document
SORP reference 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 Para 1.17 and 1.19 activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.
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Activities for Readers 1. We worked to promote our Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature, published just before the beginning of this reporting period.
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We continued our Read Paper Republic series – complete, free-to-read pieces of fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
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We began collaboration with Open University on a series of online book clubs.
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We produced our popular annual Roll Call of new translations of Chinese literature.
Activities for Translators
- We continued our work with the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators.
6. Aberdeen University and Confucius Institute. This was a series of events which we planned and worked on in the last reporting period and which happened during this reporting period.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees, in making decisions about the whether the trustees have activities of Paper Republic, have had due regard had regard to the guidance to the commission’s public benefit guidance issued by the Charity when exercising any powers or duties to which Commission on public the guidance is relevant. benefit
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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. Inevitably there are times when some volunteers have to step back, due to work and other pressures. However, during this period we have had an average of six members of the management team.. |
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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 | The GuideThis reporting period begins shortly after the publication of our Paper Republic Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature, an omnibus survey of contemporary authors and important works, featuring a collection of thematic essays by authors and scholars in the field. As one of our most important reader-oriented projects of recent years, we put particular effort into promotional events for the Guide: including an online conversation between Guo Xiaolu (author of the Introduction) and publisher James Tookey. The Guide was reviewed in publications such as The Asian Review of Books, Asian Books Blog, Lit Showcase and NuVoices. In addition to being sold directly from our website and as an ebook via Amazon, the Guide is now stocked in all copyright libraries in the UK and a large number of university libraries in the |
UK, US, and Europe.
Read Paper Republic: A Month of Women Poets. The Read Paper Republic online publication series continued this year, with the editorial participation of outside translator and writer Alice Xiang. For the month of August, designated Women in Translation month, we planned a series of poetry translations by four women poets.
During this reporting period we also began planning for the next series, themed around “Food”. Following the steady popularity of the Read Paper Republic series, and because of successful fundraising in previous financial years, we have been able to fund the commissioning of translators and external editors, as well as commissioning custom illustrations to promote the series. The last few months of this reporting period were spent on calls for submission, and initial editing of pieces.
Open University Book Club. One welcome new development this year was the beginning of a new long-term partnership with Open University, organizing a series of online “Book Club” meetings. Paper Republic members select stories and contact participants – often the translators – to join a lively conversation that involves readers.
This period encompassed three book club events, for which Paper Republic was paid an organizational fee. Benefits to the reading public : free, easy access to high quality translations, with the participatory benefit of group discussion and questions posed to expert translators.
Attendance and feedback has been excellent, with participants (on average 50 per session) logging from both the UK and China. We plan to continue this series.
Newsletter . Our newsletter continued to pick up new subscribers over the course of this period. Towards the end of the year we found that the workload involved in producing the newsletter on a regular schedule exceeded the capacity of the current management team, and have paused it while we attempt to recruit new team members. However we hope to restart it, as we feel it’s one of our most effective programmes.
Annual Roll Call of new translations of Chinese literature. This series continues to
result in high reader engagement, and many community contributions. We extended it to include starred reviews and prize winners.
Activities for Translators
OCCT Oxford Event
In mid-June, the Oxford University Comparative Criticism and Translation Centre (OCCT) held a panel-discussion among translators and organization involved in innovative independent publishing collectives and platforms. Paper Republic participated in the panel, introducing our public-facing projects and the Guide to Contemporary Literature in particular
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators This year we continued our work on the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, in conjunction with the Queen’s College Translation Exchange, helping Chinese-language school programs around the country engage their students in Chinese and introduce them to the practice of translation. As part of this collaboration, we selected competition texts for four grades, and judging entries from all over the country. This year’s judging was completed by June, and we had a follow-on feedback meeting in September with teachers and administrators, with the aim of more closely tailoring competition texts to students’ skill levels and interests.
Aberdeen University and Confucius Institute.
This was a series of events which we planned and worked on in the last reporting period and which happened during this reporting period: 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 Paper Republic (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. All PR team members who ran events donated their fees to Paper Republic; external facilitators were paid per session. Other translation-focussed promotional activities Additionally, Paper Republic management team members participated in events as individuals in which they were able to talk about the work of Paper Republic, for instance the Leicester University online Roundtable on Chinese Popular Culture in Translation and Transmission on July 21st 2022, in which Nicky Harman and team member Jack Hargreaves gave keynote presentations.
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| Achievements against objectives set | Para 1.41 | |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | In this period, the charity’s income was £4,946, with cash funds of £11,351 available at year end. |
| 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 or wind up the charity. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £1,000 minimum |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
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| 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 |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Earned income and donations The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
Structure, Governance and Management
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| 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 |
| 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 | 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. 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 Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Paper Republic |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1182259 |
| Charity’s principal address | 25 Park Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 2AB |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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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 |
– 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)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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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
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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Xinna Wang | Eric Abrahamsen | |
Trustee and Treasurer |
Chair of Trustees | |
| 22ndJanuary 2024 | ||
| 22ndJanuary 2024 |
Charity Name No (if any) Paper Republic 1182259 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01.04.2022 31.03.2023
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 519 4,427 - - - - - - 4,946 - - - 4,946 1,082 522 - 15 - - - - - 1,619 - - - 1,619 3,327 - 8,024 11,351 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 519 4,427 - - - - - - 4,946 - - - 4,946 1,082 522 - 15 - - - - - 1,619 - - - 1,619 3,327 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 519 4,427 - - - - - - 4,946 - - - 4,946 1,082 522 - 15 - - - - - 1,619 - - - 1,619 3,327 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Voluntaryreceipts | 519 | 525 | ||||
| Charitable activities | 4,427 | 10,751 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
4,946 | 11,276 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| Cost of charitable activities | 1,082 | 2,608 | ||||
| Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts | 522 | 606 | ||||
| Governance costs | - | - | ||||
| Bank interest and charges | 15 | 38 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1,619 | 3,252 | ||||
| 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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| 3,252 | ||||||
| 3,327 | - | - | 3,327 | 8,024 | ||
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| 8,024 | - | - | 8,024 | - | ||
| 11,351 | - | - | 11,351 | 8,024 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| 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 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Signature Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details ~~2~~ |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 11,351 - - - - - 11,351 - 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 Eric Abrahamsen |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| 22.01.2024 | |||
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| ~~26/01/2024~~ |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)