Corfu Umbrella Charitable Incorporated Organisation
CorfuUmbrella@icloud.com
Registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales Charity Number 1189739
Annual Report for 6/4/2024 to 5/4/2025
As at 6/4/2024 the Corfu Umbrella CIO (“CU”) had a cash balance of £37,753.
During the year CU received donations of £14,723. We also received £5,501 of Gift Aid. This incudes claims made in the prior reporting period but received this year.
We received some of our donations via PayPal and other “platforms” such as GoFundMe which include some Gift Aid reclaimed on our behalf by the platform operators.
We earned interest of £460 on our deposit account.
In the period CU made donations of £20,915:
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£8,072 to buy food on behalf of The Corfiot Union for Rescuing Animals (“KEPZ”), a Greek registered charity in Central Corfu.
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£6,446 to the Czech registered charity Tlapky Z Korfu Z.S. (“PAWS”) which helps dogs and cats in NW Corfu. This was used to renovate a treatment room for cats, buy food and pay veterinary bills.
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£6,396 to purchase veterinary medicines from Merlinvet, a UK based wholesaler. These were donated in kind to KEPZ and PAWS. Our charitable status allows us to purchase these with zero rate VAT.
During the period we opened at new multi-currency bank account with Wise to facilitate foreign currency payments. This has enabled us to begin making payments in Euros directly, rather than via the personal bank account of one our trustees. We retain our current and savings accounts with Cooperative Bank.
CU’s assets as at 5/4/2025 were £37,522 consisting entirely of our bank account balances. CU has no other assets or liabilities.
We have no employees and the trustees claim no expenses.
Independent Review
Our income for the year did not exceed £25,000. We have not therefore had this report independently reviewed.
Charitable status and objects
CU operates in England And Wales and Greece. It was registered on 01 June 2020 as a Charitable Incorporated Institution (“CIO”).
The object of CU is to advance for the public benefit such charitable purposes as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular but not exclusively on the island of Corfu, Greece.
Reserves Policy
All UK charities must include in their annual report their policy on reserves, stating the level of reserves held and why they are held. Where the charity does not have a reserves policy in place, it should include a statement to that effect.
We are a grant giving charity with no employees or long-term obligations. The trustees have therefore concluded that no reserves policy is currently necessary or appropriate.
| Name | Role | Date of appointment |
Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Edward John Martin |
Chair | 1/6/2020 | None |
| Tobias Paul Anson Jennings |
Trustee | 1/6/2020 | None |
| Peter Willem Krens | Trustee | 1/6/2020 | None |
Trustees’ Contact information
Mark Martin corfuumbrella@icloud.com www.corfuumbrella.org.uk
Signed:
Mark Martin, Chair & Trustee Date: 8/4/2025
| Corfu Umbrella Charitable Incorporated Organisation | Corfu Umbrella Charitable Incorporated Organisation | Corfu Umbrella Charitable Incorporated Organisation | 1189739 | CC16a | ||
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| Receipts and payments accounts | ||||||
| For the period from | 06-Apr-24 | To | 05-Apr-25 | |||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 14,723 5,501 460 - - - 20,685 - - - 20,685 20,915 - - - - - - 20,915 - - - 20,915 (231) - 37,753 37,522 ERROR |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 14,723 5,501 460 - - - - 20,685 - - - 20,685 20,915 - - - - - 20,915 - - - 20,915 (231) - 37,753 37,522 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations received | 14,723 | 40,000 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 5,501 | - | ||||
| Bank credit interest | 460 | 433 | ||||
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| - | - | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 20,685 |
40,433 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 40,433 | ||||||
| Donations paid | 20,915 | 31,868 | ||||
| Bank fees | - | - | ||||
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| Sub total | 20,915 | 31,868 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases | ||||||
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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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| 31,868 | ||||||
| 8,565 | ||||||
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| 29,188 | ||||||
37,753 |
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
08/04/2025
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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 B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details N/A Details Details Details Total cash funds N/A N/A Details N/A Cooperative Bank Current Cooperative Bank Savings Wise Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 9,738 - 20,910 - 6,875 - 37,523 - 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 Mark Martin |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval | |||
| Mark Martin | 08/06/2025 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
08/04/2025
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