Circularity Foundation Trustees Annual Report for the period 6[th] April 2020 - 5[th] April 2021
Name: Circularity Foundation
Charity Commission Registration Number: 1185507
Date Registered: 26[th] September 2019
Registered Address: 25 The Birchlands, Forest Town, Mansfield NG19 0ER
Trustee Names (and Roles): Ian Richard Hammond (Chair); Rosie Kushner Dowen (Treasurer); Neil Roy Pitcairn (Trustee); & Dr John Murdo MacLeod Webb (Trustee)
Organisation Type: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Management / Governance: The charity is governed by the Trustees and managed in conjunction with Only Solutions LLP in accordance with the CIO's constitution (dated 26[th] September 2019).
Charitable Object: The object of the CIO is to advance education for the public benefit in the circular economy and related topics of sustainable and prudent resource use, in particular but not exclusively through workshops, conferences, seminars, lectures and undertaking and disseminating research.
Use of the term 'Circular Economy': For the purposes of the CIO's charitable object, the 'circular economy' means an alternative to the traditional linear economy ('make, use, dispose') where resources are kept in use for as long as possible, with the maximum value extracted whilst in use, and products and materials recovered and regenerated at the end of each service life.
What the charity does: Provides education including through designing, delivering, learning from, and disseminating the learning from workshops, conferences, seminars, lectures and research associated with the circular economy and related topics such as sustainability and prudent resource use.
Who the charity helps: Other charities and voluntary bodies, and the general public
How the charity helps: Provides services; provides advocacy, advice, and information; sponsors and/or undertakes research; and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
Where the charity operates: Throughout England
Achievements during the period covered by this Trustees Annual Report (TAR): Progress with organisational development was slowed due to Covid restrictions. The Circularity Foundation reached out to potential project partners and potential funders. This resulted in the charity securing a number of funding agreements, although the funds did not reach the charity's bank account until after the period covered by this TAR. The charity's first Annual General Meeting was held on 13[th] January 2021.
Financial Review:
During the period 6[th] September 2020 - 5[th] April 2021:
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The charity received no donations or income of any kind.
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The only expense incurred by charity was £84 in bank charges.
The charity has yet to formulate a reserves policy.
Note: None of the charity's funds are held as a custodian trustee on behalf of others.
Charity Name No (if any) Circularity Foundation 1185507 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period start date Period end For the period from To date 6[th] April 2020 5[th] April 2021
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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| Donations | - | - | |||
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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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- Sub total - Total receipts -
| A3 Payments | 84 - - - - - - - - 84 - - - |
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| Bank charges | 84 | - | |||
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| 84 | - | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Sub total | - | - | |||
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| Total payments | 84 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
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| Net of receipts/(payments) | 916 | - | - | 916 | - | ||||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | |||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | |||||||||||||
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| Cash funds this year end | 916 | - | - | 916 | - |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
| f assets and liabilities at the end of | theperiod | ||
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| Details Bank account balance Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 916 - - 916 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
Details
Details
| Fund to which **asset belongs ** |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
Current value (optional) |
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| Fund to which **asset belongs ** |
Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - |
Current value (optional) |
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B5 Liabilities
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Fund to which Amount due When due (optional) Details liability relates (optional) - - - - -
Signature
Print Name Date of approval Rosie Dowen 4[th] November 2021