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Shrimp Welfare Project Trustee Annual Report

Charity registration number: 1204414 Company number: 14013279

Shrimp Welfare Project

Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Shrimp Welfare Project Trustee Annual Report

Index

Index
Page
Trustees' report 1
Independent auditors' report 6
Statement of financial activities 10
Balance sheet 11
Statement of cash flows 12
Notes to the accounts 13

Shrimp Welfare Project Trustee Annual Report

Trustee Annual Report

For the year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

1. Reference and Administrative Details

Charity name: Shrimp Welfare Project

Charity registration number: 1204414

Company number: 14013279

Registered address: 52 Old Castle Street, London, E1 7AJ

Trustees: Aaron Boddy, Andrés Guillermo Jiménez Zorrilla, Vicky Cox, James Ozden, Karolina Sarek

Co-Executive Directors: Aaron Boddy & Andrés Guillermo Jiménez Zorrilla

Auditors: Goldwins Limited, 75 Maygrove Road, London, West hampstead, NW6 2EG

2. Structure, Governance and Management

The Shrimp Welfare Project is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Trustee recruitment and appointment: In December 2023, we interviewed candidates for the Board of Directors, with 19 applicants reviewed. This process continued into early 2024 as part of our effort to professionalize the Board.

Organisational structure: The charity is led by Co-Executive Directors, supported by a team of specialists in research, operations, and communications.

Shrimp Welfare Project maintains the following key internal policies:

Conflict Management Policy: Established in December 2023 to address internal and external conflicts, featuring structured resolution processes and non-retaliation protections

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Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy: Outlines complaint procedures, team member support, and external advisor provisions for leadership-related cases

Equal Opportunities Policy: Prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics while promoting merit-based evaluation

Risk Management Framework: Uses a risk register to identify and mitigate organizational risks

Reserves Policy: Maintains adequate free reserves for financial stability during unforeseen circumstances

3. Objectives and Activities

Charity's aims: To promote humane behaviour towards shrimps in shrimp farming and promote sustainable options for aquaculture.

Main activities undertaken to further the charity's purposes for public benefit:

4. Achievements and Performance

Corporate Engagement:

Small-holding farmer engagement:

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Research and Publications:

Outreach and Communication:

Organisational Development:

Expected Shrimps Helped:

5. Financial Review

Reserves policy and level of reserves: Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) maintains a reserves policy to ensure financial stability, protect against unforeseen challenges, and support the organization's mission. The policy sets a target of unrestricted reserves equivalent to 6 months of core operating costs, reviewed annually to reflect financial needs and risks.

Access to reserves requires Board approval, and plans are in place to replenish reserves if they fall below the target level. Reserves are monitored quarterly and reported annually in financial statements to ensure transparency and accountability.

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The charity received grants and donations during the year of £1,465,443. The total expenditure for the year was £380,784. The total funds carried forward at the year-end were £1,467,381. They are all unrestricted funds. The total free reserves of the charity that are not tied up in tangible fixed assets were £1,273,814.

6. Plans for Future Periods

7. Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

Trustees (who are also directors of Shrimp Welfare Project for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and the group, and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

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Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

This report was approved by the Board of Directors and Trustees on 12 December 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

..........................................................

Andres Guillermo Jimenez Zorrilla Trustee

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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees of Shrimp Welfare Project

Opinion

We have audited th e financial statements of Shrimp Welfare Project (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the fin ancial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRCʼs Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financ ial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditorʼs report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trusteesʼ re sponsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as ap plicable, matters related to

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going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorʼs report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are set out below.

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Councilʼs website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditorʼs report.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Date: 13 December 2024

………………………………………………….

Anthony Epton (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Goldwins Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 75 Maygrove Road West Hampstead London NW6 2EG

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

(incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Note
Income from:
Donations
3
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4
Total expenditure
5
Other recognised gains/(losses):
Other gains/(losses)
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
12
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net income for the year
Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
1,465,443
1,465,443
380,784
380,784
1,084,659
(5,023)
1,079,636
387,745
1,467,381
Restricted
funds
2024
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
funds
2024
£
1,465,443
1,465,443
380,784
380,784
1,084,659
(5,023)
1,079,636
387,745
1,467,381
Restated
Total
funds
2023
£
534,386
534,386
147,963
147,963
386,423
1,322
387,745
-
387,745

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. The attached notes form part of these financial statements.

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2024

Note
Fixed assets:
8
Current assets:
Debtors
9
Liabilities:
10
12
Total unrestricted funds
Unrestricted funds:
Restricted funds
General funds
Funds
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total net assets
Tangible assets
Total funds
2024
£
9,966
1,269,848
Restated
2024
2023
£
£
193,567
-
365,650
365,650
-
1,273,814
1,467,381
-
387,745
1,467,381
1,467,381
Restated
2023
£
22,095
365,650
1,279,814
(6,000)
1,467,381
387,745
-
387,745
387,745

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the trustees on 12 December 2024 and signed ontheir behalf by:

Andres Guillermo Jimenez Zorrilla

Company registration number: 14013279

The attached notes form part of the financial statements.

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS For the year ended 31 March 2024

Note
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
13
Cash flows from investing activities:
Sale/ (purchase) of fixed assets
Cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
14
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange
rate movements
2024
£
(219,864)
2024
2023
2023
£
£
£
1,129,085
386,423
(22,095)
(219,864)
(22,095)
909,221
364,328
365,650
-
(5,023)
1,322
1,269,848
365,650

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2024

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 (Charities SORP FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. Income received in advance for the provision of specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is a treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Donations of gifts, services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item or received the service, any conditions associated with the donation have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), volunteer time is not recognised so refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

On receipt, donated gifts, professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2024

1 Accounting policies (continued) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the Trusts artistic programmes and activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 6.

Operating leases

Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £1,000. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Plant and machinery

25% reducing balance method

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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2
Detailed comparatives for the statement of financial activities (restated)
2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
£
Income from:
Donations
534,386
-
Total income
534,386
-
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
147,963
-
Total expenditure
147,963
-
Net income
386,423
-
Other recognised gains/(losses):
Other gains/(losses)
1,322
-
Net movement in funds
387,745
-
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
-
-
Total funds carried forward
387,745
-
3
Income from donations
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
Donations
1,465,443
-
1,465,443
1,465,443
-
1,465,443
Restricted
2023
Total
£
534,386
534,386
147,963
147,963
386,423
1,322
387,745
-
387,745
2023
Total
£
534,386
534,386

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2024

4 Analysis of expenditure

Freelancers and contractors
Bank charges
General administrative expenses
Depreciation
Audit fee
Support costs
Governance costs
Total expenditure 2024
Total expenditure 2023
Charitable
activities
Support
costs
Governance
costs
2024
Total
2023
Total
£
£
£
£
282,402
39,728
322,130
143,903
-
1,458
1,458
411
-
2,804
2,804
3,649
48,392
-
48,392
-
-
-
6,000
6,000
-
330,794
43,990
6,000
380,784
147,963
43,990
(43,990)
-
-
6,000
-
(6,000)
-
380,784
-
-
380,784
147,963
-
-
147,963

Of the total expenditure, £380,784 (2023: £147,963) was unrestricted and £0 (2023: £0) was restricted.

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2024

5 Net income / (expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging / (crediting):
Auditor's remuneration:
Audit fees
2024
£
5,000
2023
£
-

6 Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel

There was no staff employed by the charity (2023: none).

Dr Aaron Boddy, one of the trustees (resigned on 25 July 2024) received £45,596 for the provision of services to the charity as the chief impact officer.

Andres Guillermo Jimenez Zorrilla, one of the trustees received £61,278 for the provision of services as the chief executive officer of the charity.

No other charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity.

7 Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

8 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At the start of the year
Additions in year
At the end of the year
Depreciation
At the start of the year
Charge for the year
At the end of the year
Net book value
At the end of the year
At the start of the year
All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes.
Debtors
Other debtors
Plant and
Machinery
£
22,095
219,864


Total
£
22,095
219,864
241,959 241,959
-
48,392
-
48,392
48,392 48,392
193,567 193,567
22,095 22,095
2024
£
9,966
2023
£
-
9,966 -

9 Debtors

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10 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Accruals
11 Analysis of net assets between funds 2024
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
Analysis of net assets between funds 2023
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
12 Movements in funds 2024
£
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
387,745
Total Unrestricted funds
387,745
Total Restricted funds
-
Total funds
387,745
Movements in funds 2023
At 1 April
2022
£
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
-
Total Unrestricted funds
-
Total Restricted funds
-
Total funds
-
At 1 April
2023
Accruals
11 Analysis of net assets between funds 2024
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
Analysis of net assets between funds 2023
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
12 Movements in funds 2024
£
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
387,745
Total Unrestricted funds
387,745
Total Restricted funds
-
Total funds
387,745
Movements in funds 2023
At 1 April
2022
£
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
-
Total Unrestricted funds
-
Total Restricted funds
-
Total funds
-
At 1 April
2023
£
1,465,443

Income and
gains
Unrestricted
funds
£
193,567
1,273,814
2024
£
6,000
2023
£
-
6,000 -
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
Total funds
£
193,567
1,273,814
1,467,381 - 1,467,381
Unrestricted
funds
£
22,095
365,650
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
Total funds
£
22,095
365,650
387,745 - 387,745
£
(385,807)

Expenditure
and losses
Transfers
£
-
£
1,467,381
At 31 Mar
2024
387,745 1,465,443 (385,807) - 1,467,381
- - - - -
387,745 1,465,443 (385,807) - 1,467,381
At 1 April
2022
£
-

Income and
gains
£
535,708

Expenditure
and losses
£
(147,963)

Transfers
£
-
At 31 Mar
2023
£
387,745
- 535,708 (147,963) - 387,745
- - - - -
- 535,708 (147,963) - 387,745

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Shrimp Welfare Project Ltd. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2024

13 Reconciliation of net income / (expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income / (expenditure) for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation
(Increase)/ decrease in debtors
Increase/ (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
2024
£
1,084,659
48,392
(9,966)
6,000
2023
£
386,423
-
-
-
1,129,085 386,423

14 Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Total cash and cash equivalents
£
365,650
At 1 April
2023
Cash flows
£
904,198
£
-
Other
changes
£
1,269,848

At 31 March
2024
365,650 904,198 - 1,269,848

15 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Each member is liable to contribute a sum not exceeding £10 in the event of the charity being wound up.

16 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the year (2023: none) other than disclosed under note 6.

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