## **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.
- _**Activities for Readers**_ 1. We worked to promote our Guide to Contemporary Chinese Literature, published just before the beginning of this reporting period.
2. We continued our Read Paper Republic series – complete, free-to-read pieces of fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
3. We began collaboration with Open University on a series of online book clubs.
4. We produced our popular annual Roll Call of new translations of Chinese literature.
## _**Activities for Translators**_
5. 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:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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. 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..|
|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|**The Guide**This 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.
## **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**
|**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 £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|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|
## **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**
|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|
|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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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|
|---|---|
|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**
|1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Nicola Harman||||
||Emily Jones||||
||Eric Abrahamsen|Chair of Trustees|||
||Robina Pelham
Burn||||
||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)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **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**|||
|---|---|---|
||Xinna Wang|Eric Abrahamsen|
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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 £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Voluntaryreceipts|**519**|||||**525**|
|Charitable activities|**4,427**|||||**10,751**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**4,946**|||||**11,276**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**
|||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**11,276**|
||||||||
|Cost of charitable activities|**1,082**|||||**2,608**|
|Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts|**522**|||||**606**|
|Governance costs|**-**|||||**-**|
|Bank interest and charges|**15**|||||**38**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,619**|||||**3,252**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**3,252**|
||||||||
||**3,327**|**-**|**-**|**3,327**||**8,024**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**8,024**|**-**|**-**|**8,024**||**-**|
||**11,351**|**-**|**-**|**11,351**||**8,024**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
26/01/2024
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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 £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||||22.01.2024|
||||22.01.2024
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||||~~26/01/2024~~|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)