Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK Registered Charity, No: 1184536
Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity for the period 1[st] January 2021 – 31[st] December 2021
Trustees
Justas Bugnevičius Rusnė Didžiulytė Gabrielius Glemža Domantas Jankauskas Adomas Paltanavičius
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Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity
for the period 1[st] January 2021 – 31[st] December 2021
Contents
| Contents | Contents | ||
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| 1 | Reference and Administration Details | 3 | |
| 1.1 | Charity Name & Registration | 3 | |
| 1.2 | Charity’s Address | 3 | |
| 1.3 | Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity | 3 | |
| 1.4 | Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff | 3 | |
| 1.5 | Bank | 3 | |
| 2 | Structure, Governance & Management | 3 | |
| 2.1 | Constitution and Type of Governing Document | 3 | |
| 2.2 | Charitable Objects | 4 | |
| 2.3 | Trustee Selection Methods | 4 | |
| 3 | Activities | 4 | |
| 3.1 | Statutory Declaration | 4 | |
| 4 | Achievements & Performance | 4 | |
| 4.1 | Outputs and Outcomes for the Charity’s Beneficiaries | 4 | |
| 4.2 | How the Public Have Benefitted. | 4 | |
| 4.3 | Contributing to Activities Run by Other Organisations | 4 | |
| 4.4 | Trustee Development | 4 | |
| 5 | Financial Review | 4 | |
| 5.1 | Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit | 4 | |
| 5.2 | Policy on Reserves | 5 | |
| 5.3 | Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings | 5 | |
| 5.4 | Remuneration of Trustees | 5 | |
| 5.5 | Financial Status | 5 | |
| 5.6 | Statutory Statements on Liabilities | 5 |
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for the period 1[rt] January 2021 – 31[st] December 2021
Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity
1 Reference and Administration Details
1.1 Charity Name & Registration
Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK (VLAAUK)
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration no: 1184536, registered with the Charity Commission on 23[rd] July 2019.
The charity is registered with HM Revenue & Customs.
1.2 Charity’s Address
2 Woodrush Close, London, SE14 6DJ
e-mail: vlaauk@licejausalumni.lt
website: http://licejausalumni.lt/vlaauk
1.3 Names of the Trustees Who Manage the Charity
| Name | Role | Appointed1 | Resigned1 |
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| Domantas Jankauskas | Chair | ||
| Justas Bugnevičius | Trustee | ||
| Rusnė Didžiulytė | Trustee | ||
| Gabrielius Glemža | Trustee | ||
| Adomas Paltanavičius | Trustee |
1.4 Names of Advisors & Senior Members of Staff
None
1.5 Bank
Wise, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ, United Kingdom
2 Structure, Governance & Management
2.1 Constitution and Type of Governing Document
The charity is constituted as a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation).
1 If not provided, Trustee acted for the whole of the reporting period.
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Charity’s governing document is its Constitution – based on the Charity Commission’s model governing document for Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisations, i.e., where the Trustees are the only Members of the charity. The Constitution is dated/was last amended on 11[th] July 2019.
2.2 Charitable Objects
As defined in VLAAUK’s Constitution (Governing Document):
The Objects of the CIO are:
'For the public benefit to advance the education of students and alumni of Vilniaus licėjus
(Vilnius Lyceum) school including, but not limited to the awarding of scholarships, the
provision of maintenance allowances and grants and providing and assisting the provision of facilities for education at the school.'
2.3 Trustee Selection Methods
There must be at least three charity Trustees. There is no maximum number of charity Trustees that can be appointed to the CIO.
In accordance with the Constitution, Trustees are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity Trustees.
In selecting the individuals for appointment as charity Trustees, the charity Trustees give regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
3 Activities & Performance
3.1 Statutory Declaration
The Trustees of VLAAUK confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
3.2 Outcomes for the Charity’s Beneficiaries
During this period the Trustees of the VLAAUK, acting in accordance with charity’s objects, awarded four scholarships to the alumni of Vilniaus licėjus (Vilnius Lyceum)[2] :
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£9,057 towards the cost of tuition of an MSc in Foreign Service degree at the Georgetown University;
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£7,924 towards the cost of tuition of a Dual Bachelor of Arts degree between Columbia University and Sciences Po;
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£4,301 towards the cost of tuition of an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science degree at the University of Cambridge; and
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£3,245 towards the cost of living expenses while studying for a Medicine degree at the Ruprecht-Karls Heidelberg University
Apart from the above scholarships, during the reporting period the charity incurred foreign currency exchange loss of £373. The charity had incurred no further material expenses during the reporting period.
2 GBPEUR exchange rate used to report the size of EUR-denominated scholarships: ~€1.179
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3.3 How the Public Have Benefitted
All Trustees have read the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission and have considered this guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance was relevant.
As outlined in 4.1, scholarships were awarded with an aim to advance education and personal development of alumni of Vilniaus licėjus (Vilnius Lyceum).
3.4 Contributing to Activities Run by Other Organisations
During the reporting period VLAAUK worked in close alignment with Licėjaus Alumni association (LA), a non-profit organisation registered in Lithuania (registration no. 300678192) and based in Vilnius, Lithuania whose objects are closely aligned with those of VLAAUK. VLAAUK leverages and contributes to LA’s process for identification and selection of scholarship candidates.
4 Financial Review
4.1 Policy on Reserves
The VLAAUK Reserves Policy was approved by the Trustees and came into effect on 10th June 2021.
The Charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient:
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to preserve the financial viability of the Charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances precipitate a short-term fall in its income combined with emergence of unexpected expenses;
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to enable the Charity, in the interests of meeting its objectives, to undertake from time to time the setting up of new and innovative initiatives on a pilot basis to demonstrate the viability and potential benefits of such activities as a precursor to securing the external funding necessary to maintain such initiatives on an on-going basis.
For these purposes and taking into account the range and type of activities undertaken by the Charity as well as the size of Charity’s financial obligations, the Trustees will endeavour to generate and maintain reserves which are at least £500.
4.2 Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings
During the reporting period the charity raised £31,948 in unrestricted funds from voluntary receipts. Since our gross annual income was between £25,000 and £250,000, we’ve had our annual accounts independently examined by Mr Andrius Briedis (ICAEW, ACA, membership number 3478658). The examiner’s report is attached to this annual report.
4.3 Remuneration of Trustees
All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity.
Out-of-pocket expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by Trustees in promoting the purposes of the Charity are reimbursed at cost. During this reporting period expenses incurred and reimbursed to Trustees were £nil.
4.4 Financial Status & Controls
VLAAUK does not have any material governance/administrative costs or other financial obligations. Scholarships awarded by the Charity are fully pre-funded by unrestricted funds
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accumulated up to the date at which the commitment to award scholarships is made. As such, Charity’s resources from unrestricted resources are sufficient to meet its outgoings.
4.5 Statutory Statements on Liabilities
The Trustees declare that:
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✔ The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement;
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✔ The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO;
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf,
Domantas Jankauskas The Chair of the Board of Trustees
8th October 2022
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| Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK |
Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK |
Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK |
Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK |
Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK |
No 1184536 | No 1184536 | CC16a | |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Voluntary Receipts | - 31,948- |
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- 21,020- |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
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- 21,020- |
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| Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - 31,948- |
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- 21,020- |
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| Costs of charitable activities | - 24,527- |
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- 24,527- |
- 10,160- |
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| Foreign exchange loss | - 373- |
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| **Sub total ** | - 24,900- |
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- 10,181- |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Sub total 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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| - 24,900- |
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- 10,181- |
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- 10,839- |
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| - 17,887- |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds |
Details | Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Bank Account | - 17,887- |
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| B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Details Signature |
- 17,887- |
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| 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 Justas Bugnevicius Adomas Paltanavicius |
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| Date of approval |
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| Justas Bugnevicius | 21/7/22 | ||||||
| Adomas Paltanavicius | 16/7/22 |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association UK On accounts for the year ended 31 Dec 2021 Charity no (If any} Set out on pages I rep)rt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above Gharity {"the Trust") for the year endèd 31 Dec 2021. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for thè preparation of basis of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 rthe Acf,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. l Gonfimi that no material matter5 have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in. any material respect" accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not acrd with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examinalion to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 08-09-2022 Namo: Andrius Briedis Relevant professional qualification(s) or body lif any): ICAEW. ACA Membership number: 3478658 Address: 61 Artillery Mansions, 75 Victoria Street, London, SW1 H OHY