2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date

Charity name: Larkin100

Charity registration number: 1189969

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance the educaton of the public in the life and work of the poet and librarian, Philip Larkin.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Larkin100 acts as an arms-length co-ordinatng body for planning, organizing, and promotng a range of cultural events that both celebrate the legacy of Philip Larkin during the centenary year of his birth in 2022 and help to generate new creatve and artstc responses to it.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have been constantly vigilant as far as public beneft is concerned: it is the major focus of our actvites which are all open to the public.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	N/A
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The charity has no paid staf. All actvites which involve direct delivery by trustees are undertaken on a voluntary basis.

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	During the year the trustees considered the future of Larkin100, its stated aims having been fulfilled. It was unanimously agreed that prior to disbandment its remaining funds should be donated to The Philip Larkin Society, a charitable organisation whose aims and objectives closely matched those of Larkin100

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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	Larkin100 had secured £3000 in financial support from external organisations
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	1% of overall budget to be held as contingency funding.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£300
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Standard CIO documentation
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	Nominations to or directly from existing directors.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Larkin100
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1189969
Charity’s principal address	5 Flemingate Court Beverley East Yorkshire HU17 0SZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Dr PhilipPullen	Chair
	Professor Graham Chesters
	Victoria Foster
	Dr Sarah Jane Dickenson
	Richard Welton

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name Dr Philip Pullen Professor Graham Chesters Victoria Foster Dr Sarah Jane Dickenson Richard Welton

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the N/A assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and N/A segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

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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) Philip Charles Pullen

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date

29 December 2025

Larkin100 Statement of Accounts 2024-25

Income Expenditure	Income Expenditure
No transactions Nil Nil
Total
Total
Opening Balance 31-3-24 3008-14
Movement 23-24 (00.00) Closing Balance 31-3-25 3008.14

Total
Opening Balance 31-3-24	3008-14
Movement 23-24	(00.00)
Closing Balance 31-3-25	3008.14