
## **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** 

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



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During the year the trustees considered the<br>future of Larkin100, its stated aims having<br>been fulfilled. It was unanimously agreed<br>that prior to disbandment its remaining<br>funds should be donated to The Philip<br>Larkin Society, a charitable organisation<br>whose aims and objectives closely<br>matched those of Larkin100|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Larkin100 had secured £3000 in financial<br>support from external organisations|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|1% of overall budget to be held as<br>contingency funding.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£300|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Standard CIO documentation|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Nominations to or directly from existing<br>directors.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Larkin100|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1189969|
|Charity’s principal address|5 Flemingate Court<br>Beverley<br>East Yorkshire<br>HU17 0SZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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

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## **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 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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## **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** 

## **Other optional information** 



## **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**<br>**Expenditure**|**Income**<br>**Expenditure**|
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|No transactions<br>Nil<br>Nil||
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|**Total**||
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|**Opening Balance 31-3-24**<br>**3008-14**||
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|**Movement 23-24                                                         (00.00)**<br>**Closing Balance 31-3-25**<br>**3008.14**||



|**Total**||
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|**Opening Balance 31-3-24**|**3008-14**|
|**Movement 23-24**|**(00.00)**|
|**Closing Balance 31-3-25**<br>|**3008.14**|



