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Building Peace in 2024/25

The Peace Building Website

Our online Peace Building Museum is the main way in which we take the message that peace is possible to the world. It was created in 2020 by top class website designers but by early 2025 we were feeling that it needed an overhaul. This became a significant project that took over three months to complete.

We started with a thorough review of the user journey and ended by checking through all our website pages to make sure that they show up in people’s searches. Our website team simplified the structure of the website and we also improved the design.

A lot of work went into this process, but it was well worth it, as it has increased our users by an amazing 600%. This is especially important as our Peace Building website is an invaluable source of hope and inspiration for many thousands of peace builders around the world.

thepeacebuilding.org.uk

Building Peace in 2024/25

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Peaceful School Awards

We support hundreds of schools every year with guidance and educational materials. Our Peaceful Schools website reaches hundreds of teachers in schools around the world. In the 2024 summer term we made over 20 Peaceful School awards.

We have started making trophies and banners for the Beacon schools, at the suggestion of a couple of our Beacon Peaceful schools, and we will continue with that. The schools are always thrilled to get their well-deserved awards.

peacefulschools.org.uk

Building Peace in 2024/25

Exhibition and Educational Materials

We were successful in getting a generous grant from the National Lottery Community Fund for our peace building work in East London. We set about making contacts and exploring options for a peace exhibition for young people, by young people. Our networking with schools in the area resulted in a great partnership with Amy Wren, Head of Art and Photography, at Morpeth Secondary School in Bethnal Green.

Morpeth School’s photographic students chose the exhibition title Rising Voices – and spent a school year working Teenagers Focus on Conflict, Peace and Protest towards the exhibition.

At the same time, our peace education team produced Peace Education posters for the exhibition and they provided a colourful counterpart to the students’ black and white photographs. The exhibition launch event on 17 September 2025 at the Four Corners Gallery in Bethnal Green was a great success and the students’ work was hugely admired by many visitors during the two weeks of the exhibition.

Building Peace in 2024/25

Outreach and Links

During the year our trustees visited the Bradford Peace Museum in its new location in Saltaire. Other outreach visits included to the Peace Pledge Union in Camden and several places in the East End including the Nelson Road Synagogue, Kingsley Hall, Oxford House and the Young V&A. We continue to be active members of the Peace Education Network and the International Network of Peace Museums. We network with many peace organisations such as the Alliance for Peace Building and Peace Direct.

In December 2024, Anna Lubelska our Founder gave a talk about peaceful schools at an international conference on peace education, in Paris. In April 2025 Anna spoke and ran a workshop at the ‘Exploring Conflict Resolution and Peace Building’ youth conference for students from 10 London schools. The conference was organised by, and held at, Mulberry Secondary Academy School for girls in Whitechapel, East London.

Building Peace in 2024/25

International Contacts

Thanks to our Peace Building website, we have been able to support Peace Builders in many countries suffering from violent conflict, such as Syria, Uganda, DR Congo and South Sudan.

Future Plans

In 2025/2026 we will build our capacity to lay the foundations for an International Peace Museum in East London.

Key Stakeholders

We are grateful to the following who contribute so much to the charity...

Our Trustees Anna Lubelska, Peter van den Dungen, Sue Sayers and Rhys Davies Morpeth Secondary School Amy Wren, staff and pupils

Accounts and HMRC Reporting Keith Henderson

Website Host Rich Tidmarsh

Website Reviewer Marta Sierra

Creative Team Julia Bakay and Adam Pike

Designer Matthew Banwell

...and our Patrons and Ambassador.

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Charity
registration
number꞉
1189415

THE
PEACE
BUILDING TRUSTEES'
REPORT
AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR
THE
YEAR
ENDED
5
APRIL
2025

CHURCHILL
ACCOUNTING
LTD AICB 40
Churchill
Crescent Headley BORDON Hants GU35
8ND

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Contents

	Page
Trustees'Report	1—2
IndependentExaminer'sReport	3
StatementofFinancialActivities(includingIncomeandExpenditureAccount)	4
BalanceSheet	5
NotestotheFinancialStatements	6—7

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Company
No. Trustees'
Report
For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

The
trustees
present
their
report
and
the
financial
statements
for
the
year
ended
5
April
2025.

Objectives
and
Activities

Aims
and
Objectives

To
advance
public
education
about
all
aspects
of
peace
and
peace
movements
particularly
through
the
establishment
and maintenance
of
peace
museums
and
education
centres.

Reference
and
Administrative
Details

Trustees

Mrs
Anna
Lubelska
‑
Chair Mr
Rhys
Davies Mrs
Susan
Sayers Mr
Peter
van
den
Dungen

Charity
Number

1189415

Principal
Address

Witch
Hazel
Cottage Headley
Down Bordon Hants GU35
8EN

Independent
Examiner

CHURCHILL
ACCOUNTING
LTD
AICB CHURCHILL
ACCOUNTING
LTD AICB 40
Churchill
Crescent Headley BORDON Hants GU35
8ND

Page
1

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Trustees'
Report
(continued) For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

Small
Company
Rules

This
report
has
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
special
provisions
relating
to
companies
subject
to
the
small
companies regime
within
Part
15
of
the
Companies
Act
2006.

The
trustees'
report
was
approved
by
the
board
of
trustees
and
signed
on
its
behalf
by꞉

Mrs
Anna
Lubelska

Trustee 15th
October
2025

Page
2

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Independent
Examiner's
Report
to
the
Trustees
of
THE
PEACE
BUILDING For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

I
report
to
the
charity
trustees
on
my
examination
of
the
accounts
of
the
Company
for
the
year
ended
5
April
2025.

Responsibilities
and
Basis
of
Report

As
the
charity
trustees
of
the
Company
(and
also
its
directors
for
the
purposes
of
company
law),
you
are
responsible
for
the preparation
of
the
accounts
in
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
the
Companies
Act
2006
(“the
2006
Act”).

Having
satisfied
myself
that
the
accounts
of
the
Company
are
not
required
to
be
audited
under
Part
16
of
the
2006
Act
and are
eligible
for
independent
examination,
I
report
in
respect
of
my
examination
of
your
charity’s
accounts
as
carried
out
under section
145
of
the
Charities
Act
2011
(‘the
2011
Act’).
In
carrying
out
my
examination
I
have
followed
the
Directions
given
by the
Charity
Commission
under
section
145(5)
(b)
of
the
2011
Act.

Independent
Examiner's
Statement

I
have
completed
my
examination.
I
confirm
that
no
matters
have
come
to
my
attention
in
connection
with
the
examination giving
me
cause
to
believe꞉

• 1.
accounting
records
were
not
kept
in
respect
of
the
Company
as
required
by
section
386
of
the
2006
Act;
or

• 2.
the
accounts
do
not
accord
with
those
records;
or

• 3.
the
accounts
do
not
comply
with
the
accounting
requirements
of
section
396
of
the
2006
Act
other
than
any requirement
that
the
accounts
give
a
'true
and
fair
view'
which
is
not
a
matter
considered
as
part
of
an
independent examination;
or

• 4.
the
accounts
have
not
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
methods
and
principles
of
the
Statement
of Recommended
Practice
for
accounting
and
reporting
by
charities
applicable
to
charities
preparing
their
accounts
in accordance
with
the
Financial
Reporting
Standard
applicable
in
the
UK
and
Republic
of
Ireland
(FRS
102).

I
have
no
concerns
and
have
come
across
no
other
matters
in
connection
with
the
examination
to
which
attention
should
be drawn
in
this
report
in
order
to
enable
a
proper
understanding
of
the
accounts
to
be
reached.

CHURCHILL
ACCOUNTING
LTD
AICB 14th
October
2025 40
Churchill
Crescent Headley BORDON Hants GU35
8ND

Page
3

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Statement
of
Financial
Activities
(including
Income
and
Expenditure
Account) For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

Notes INCOMEANDENDOWMENTSFROM꞉ Donationsandlegacies 3 EXPENDITUREON꞉ Raisingfunds 4 Charitableactivities꞉ 4 NETEXPENDITURE NETMOVEMENTINFUNDS RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS꞉ Totalfundsbroughtforward TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD 8	2025 Unrestricted funds £ 460
	(7,536)
	(7,076)
	(7,076) 26,748
	19,672

The
notes
on
pages
6
to
7
form
part
of
these
financial
statements.

Page
4

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Balance
Sheet As
At
5
April
2025

Notes CURRENTASSETS Cashatbankandinhand Creditors꞉AmountsFallingDueWithinOneYear 7 NETCURRENTASSETS(LIABILITIES) TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENTLIABILITIES NETASSETS FUNDSOFTHECHARITY UnrestrictedFunds TOTALFUNDS 8	2025 Unrestricted funds £ 19,922
	19,922 (250)
	19,672
	19,672
	19,672
	19,672
	19,672

For
the
year
ending
5
April
2025
the
charitable
company
was
entitled
to
exemption
from
audit
under
section
479a
of
the Companies
Act
2006
relating
to
subsidiary
companies.

The
members
have
not
required
the
charitable
company
to
obtain
an
audit
in
accordance
with
section
476
of
the
Companies Act
2006.

The
trustees
acknowledge
their
responsibilities
for
complying
with
the
requirements
of
the
Act
with
respect
to
accounting records
and
the
preparation
of
accounts.

These
accounts
have
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
applicable
to
companies
subject
to
the
small
companies regime.

On
behalf
of
the
board

Mrs
Anna
Lubelska

Trustee 15th
October
2025

The
notes
on
pages
6
to
7
form
part
of
these
financial
statements.

Page
5

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Notes
to
the
Financial
Statements For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

1. General
Information

THE
PEACE
BUILDING
is
a
company
limited
by
guarantee,
incorporated
in
England
&
Wales,
registered
number
and
registered charity
number
1189415.
The
registered
office
is
Witch
Hazel
Cottage
GU35
8EN

2. Accounting
Policies

2.1. Basis
of
Preparation
of
Financial
Statements

The
financial
statements
have
been
prepared
in
accordance
with
the
Charities
SORP
(FRS
102)
"Accounting
and Reporting
by
Charities꞉
Statement
of
Recommended
Practice
applicable
to
charities
preparing
their
accounts
in accordance
with
the
Financial
Reporting
Standard
applicable
in
the
UK
and
Republic
of
Ireland
(FRS
102)
(effective
1 January
2019)",
Financial
Reporting
Standard
102
"The
Financial
Reporting
Standard
applicable
in
the
UK
and
Republic of
Ireland"
and
the
Companies
Act
2006.

The
charitable
company
is
a
Public
Benefit
Entity
as
defined
by
FRS
102.

3. Income
from
Donations
and
Legacies

. IncomefromDonationsandLegacies
Donationsandgifts . AnalysisofExpenditure Raisingfunds . SupportCosts Generaladministration . AverageNumberofEmployees veragenumberofemployeesduringtheyearwas꞉NIL . Creditors꞉AmountsFallingDueWithinOneYear Accrualsanddeferredincome	Activities undertaken directly £ 402	Support costs (seenote5) £ 7,134	2025 Unrestricted funds £ 460
			2025 Total £ 7,536
			2025 Raising funds £ 7,134
			2025 £ 250

4. Analysis
of
Expenditure

5. Support
Costs

6. Average
Number
of
Employees

Average
number
of
employees
during
the
year
was꞉
NIL

7. Creditors꞉
Amounts
Falling
Due
Within
One
Year

Page
6

THE
PEACE
BUILDING Notes
to
the
Financial
Statements
(continued) For
The
Year
Ended
5
April
2025

1. Movement
in
Funds

. MovementinFunds
Unrestrictedfunds General꞉ Generalunrestrictedfund Totalfunds	Asat6April 2024 £ 26,748	Income £ 460	Expenditure £ (7,536)	Asat5April 2025 £ 19,672
	26,748	460	(7,536)	19,672

9. Transactions
with
Trustees

During
the
year
there
were
no
expenses
reimbursed
to
the
trustees
or
paid
directly
to
third
parties.

2025 £

10. Related
Party
Disclosures

11. Company
limited
by
guarantee

The
company
is
limited
by
guarantee
and
has
no
share
capital.

Every
member
of
the
company
undertakes
to
contribute
to
the
assets
of
the
company,
in
the
event
of
a
winding
up,
such
an amount
as
may
be
required
not
exceeding
£1.

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7