## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/12/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: LATVIAN DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM** ## **Charity registration number: 1206692** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote social inclusion of ethnic**
**Latvian individuals living in the UK,**
**addressing social exclusion linked to**
**their ethnic origin by providing advice,**
**sharing information, cooperating with**
**service-providers; organising citizenship**
**seminars; and offering English-language**
**courses, sports and community activities**
**for the public good.**
**To promote social inclusion further by**
**supporting Latvian cultural integration,**
**including language classes, cultural-**
**awareness events, multicultural**
**gatherings and Latvian cultural events**
**benefiting the wider community.**
**To empower Latvian individuals in the UK**
**who face social exclusion due to their**
**ethnic background by providing access**
**to education, job-placement assistance,**
**career-development support, mentorship**
**and guidance for personal and**
**professional growth.**| |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|**The charity acts as an umbrella /**
**resource body and provides advice,**
**information-sharing and sign-posting**
**services to ethnic Latvian individuals in**
**the UK.**
**It organises and provides community-**
**based activities for the benefit of the**
**Latvian diaspora and the wider public,**
**including cultural events, workshops,**
**language and integration-support**
**activities. For example, their website**
**shows a “Latvian Cultural Day” in**
**Birmingham with folk dance, children’s**
**workshops, craft market and an**
**exhibition of Latvian history in the UK.**| |||**It works to promote social inclusion of**
**ethnic Latvian individuals by "co-**
**operation with service providers,**
**organising citizenship seminars, and**
**offering English language courses,**
**sports and community activities for the**
**public good." as set out in the governing**
**document.**
**It also promotes Latvian cultural**
**integration by staging language classes,**
**cultural awareness events, multicultural**
**gatherings, and Latvian cultural events**
**which benefit the wider community (not**
**just Latvian heritage persons).**
**The charity provides empowerment for**
**Latvian-heritage individuals facing social**
**exclusion due to their ethnic origin by**
**providing access to education, job-**
**placement assistance, career**
**development support, mentorship and**
**guidance for personal and professional**
**growth.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that they have had**
**due regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**
**when exercising their powers and duties**
**and in planning the charity’s activities.**
**The trustees are satisfied that the**
**activities carried out during the reporting**
**period have furthered the charity’s**
**purposes and provided identifiable public**
**benefit.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** - SORP reference **Achievements & Impact** • **The charity organised culturalcommunity events celebrating** - Summary of the main **Latvian heritage, including folk** Para 1.20 - achievements of the charity, **dance, live-music, workshops for** identifying the difference the **children, and inter-community** charity’s work has made to **gatherings. For example, events** the circumstances of its **open to the public featured** beneficiaries and any wider **children’s craft workshops, story-** benefits to society as a **telling, and performances of** whole. **traditional Latvian folk songs and dances.** - **By providing these events, the charity has helped Latvianheritage individuals — especially families and children — maintain connections with their culture and language, strengthening their sense of identity and belonging in the UK.** ||||•
**The events also benefit the wider**
**society by promoting cultural**
**awareness, diversity and**
**integration: non-Latvian members**
**of British communities are able to**
**engage with Latvian culture,**
**helping reduce cultural isolation**
**and fostering mutual respect.**
•
**Through its role as an umbrella or**
**resource body providing advice,**
**information and sign-posting for**
**people of Latvian ethnic origin in**
**the UK, the charity supports social**
**inclusion, helping individuals**
**overcome isolation, build**
**networks and access community**
**services.**
•
**The charity’s governance and**
**registration as a UK-wide charity**
**(operating across England &**
**Wales, Scotland and Northern**
**Ireland) positions it to reach a**
**broad diaspora community and to**
**act as a bridge between Latvian**
**heritage individuals and UK**
**society.**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**Difference Made**
•
**Beneficiaries (Latvian-heritage**
**individuals) have had greater**
**access to culturally-relevant**
**community activities and stronger**
**links to their heritage, helping**
**reduce feelings of isolation and**
**disconnectedness in the UK.**
•
**Families and younger generations**
**are given opportunities to engage**
**with their Latvian roots within a**
**UK context — helping with identity**
**formation, language/cultural**
**retention, and social networks.**
•
**The wider community gains from**
**increased cultural exchange, a**
**stronger multi-cultural fabric, and**
**better understanding of the**
**Latvian diaspora’s contribution to**
**British society.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Charity has accumulated initial start up**
**funds donated by LNPL, as well as**
**received some project grant funding.**
**Some of the projects are ongoing at the**
**time of year end.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**No long term liabilities**| |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**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The charity is a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation (CIO). It is governed by a**
**constitution that sets out the charity’s**
**purposes and the powers and**
**responsibilities of the trustees. The**
**constitution was adopted at the time of**
**registration with the Charity Commission.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (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|•
**Election Process: The charity is a**
**membership organisation. In**
**accordance with Clause 13 of the**
**constitution, the charity trustees**
**are elected by the members at**
**each Annual General Meeting**
**(AGM).**
•
**Term of Office:**
`o`
**Initial appointments are for**
**a term of one year.**
`o`
**Upon re-election, trustees**
**serve for a term of three**
**years.**
`o`
**A trustee who has served**
**nine consecutive terms**
**must take a break of at**
**least three years before**
**being eligible for**
**reappointment (Clause 16).**
•
**Eligibility: To be eligible for**
**election as a trustee, an individual**
**must be a member of the CIO, or a**
**nominated representative of a**
**corporate member, and must be a**| - **natural person aged 16 or over (Clause 12).** - • **Vacancies: Any vacancies arising between AGMs may be filled by a decision of the existing charity trustees, and the appointee will retire at the next AGM** |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The charity trustees are committed to**
**ensuring that all trustees, whether newly**
**appointed or long-standing, are equipped**
**with the knowledge and skills needed to**
**fulfil their roles effectively and in**
**compliance with their legal duties.**
**a) Induction Procedures for New Trustees**
**In accordance with Clause 14 of the**
**constitution, the following induction**
**process is adopted for all new charity**
**trustees:**
•
**Upon election or appointment,**
**each new trustee is provided with**
**a comprehensive Trustee**
**Induction Pack. This pack**
**includes:**
`o`
**A copy of the current CIO**
**Constitution (last amended**
**14 January 2024).**
`o`
**The latest Trustees’ Annual**
**Report and the annual**
**statement of accounts.**
`o`
**Guidance booklets from the**
**Charity Commission,**
**notably "The Essential**
**Trustee" (CC3).**
`o`
**A list of current trustees,**
**officers, and key**
**volunteers.**
`o`
**Copies of key charity**
**policies (e.g., Risk**
**Management, Safeguarding,**
**Conflict of Interest).**
•
**New trustees are required to sign**
**an acknowledgement of their**
**acceptance of the office of charity**
**trustee, as stipulated in Clause**
**12(2)(c).**
•
**An induction meeting is arranged**
**with the Chair and/or other senior**
**trustees to discuss the charity’s**
**strategic aims, current projects,**
**and financial position, and to**
**clarify the new trustee’s roles and**
**responsibilities.**
**b) Ongoing Training and Development**
**The trustees recognise the importance of**
**continuous learning and development.**
**Procedures for ongoing training include:**| |||•
**Briefing on Key Policies: Trustees**
**are regularly updated on the**
**charity’s key operational policies,**
**including Conflicts of Interest**
**(Clause 7), safeguarding, and**
**financial controls.**
•
**Access to External**
**Training: Trustees are encouraged**
**and supported to attend relevant**
**external training courses,**
**webinars, and seminars provided**
**by the Charity Commission,**
**NCVO, or other specialist bodies.**
•
**Internal Knowledge**
**Sharing: Updates on charity law,**
**governance best practice, and**
**sector-specific news are agenda**
**items for discussion at regular**
**trustee meetings.**
**c) Review**
**The effectiveness of the induction**
**process and the ongoing training needs**
**of the trustee board are reviewed**
**annually to ensure they remain fit for**
**purpose.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**a) Organisational Structure**
**The charity is a membership-based**
**organisation, governed by its Board of**
**Trustees who are elected by and from the**
**membership. The operational structure is**
**as follows:**
•
**The Members: The foundation of**
**the CIO, comprising both**
**Individual and Corporate Members**
**as defined in Clause 9 of the**
**constitution. Members hold the**
**ultimate authority at General**
**Meetings.**
•
**The Trustee Board: The elected**
**body of charity trustees (between**
**3 and 9 in number, as per Clause**
**12) responsible for the overall**
**strategic direction, governance,**
**and financial control of the charity.**
**The Board may appoint a Chair,**
**Treasurer, and Secretary from**
**among its members.**
•
**Committees and Volunteers: In**
**accordance with Clause 18, the**
**charity trustees may delegate**
**specific powers or functions to**
**committees. The charity relies**
**significantly on the dedication of**
**volunteers to deliver its activities**
**and events.**
**This structure ensures clear lines of**
**accountability, with the Trustee Board**
**ultimately responsible for all activities**
**and compliance.**| |||**b) Collaborative Networks**
**To effectively deliver its objects and**
**maximise its impact, the charity actively**
**works and collaborates with a wider**
**network of organisations. Key partners**
**and networks include:**
•
**The Embassy of Latvia in the**
**United Kingdom - Collaborating on**
**major cultural events and**
**providing consular guidance to**
**the community.**
•
**Other UK-based Latvian**
**community groups (e.g., local**
**choirs, dance groups, Saturday**
**schools) - Partnering to promote**
**social and cultural events and**
**share resources.**
•
**Local Councils and Community**
**Hubs in areas with high Latvian**
**populations - Working to deliver**
**integration-focused events that**
**involve the wider local community.**
•
**National umbrella bodies, such as**
**the National Council for Voluntary**
**Organisations (NCVO) - Accessing**
**training, resources, and sector-**
**wide best practices.**
**These strategic partnerships are vital for**
**avoiding duplication of services,**
**extending the charity's reach, and**
**ensuring activities are well-attended and**
**beneficial to the Latvian diaspora.**| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The charity's constitution,**
**specifically Clause 6 (Benefits and**
**payments to charity trustees and**
**connected persons) and Clause 7**
**(Conflicts of interest and conflicts of**
**loyalty), sets out clear rules governing**
**transactions with related parties.**
**a) Definition of Related Parties**
**For this charity, related parties include:**
•
**The charity trustees themselves.**
•
**Connected persons, as defined**
**in Clause 30 of the constitution,**
**which includes spouses, civil**
**partners, relatives, and business**
**partners of a trustee.**
•
**Any organisation in which a**
**trustee or connected person has a**
**significant degree of influence or**
**control.**
**b) Policy on Transactions with Related**
**Parties**
**It is the charity's policy that:**
•
**No trustee or connected person**
**may receive any financial benefit**
**from the CIO unless it is expressly**
**permitted by the constitution,**
**authorised by the Charity**| ||**Commission, or by a court.**| |---|---| |•|**Permissible benefits are strictly**| ||**limited and include, for example:**| ||`o`
**Reimbursement of**| ||**reasonable out-of-pocket**| ||**expenses incurred while**| ||**acting on behalf of the CIO**| ||**(Clause 5).**| ||`o`
**Payment for goods**| ||**supplied to the CIO,**| ||**provided the transaction is**| ||**conducted at arm's length**| ||**and the trustee is absent**| ||**from all related discussions**| ||**and votes (Clause 6).**| ||`o`
**Interest on money lent to**| ||**the CIO at a commercially**| ||**reasonable rate (Clause 6).**| |•|**Any potential conflict of interest**| ||**must be declared immediately. The**| ||**trustee concerned must not**| ||**participate in discussions or vote**| ||**on the matter and must not be**| ||**counted in the quorum for that**| ||**decision (Clause 7).**| |**c) Disclosures for the Reporting Period**|| |**During**|**the financial year ended 31**| |**December 2024:**|| |•|**No charity trustees or connected**| ||**persons received any**| ||**remuneration or other financial**| ||**benefits from the charity, with the**| ||**exception of the reimbursement of**| ||**legitimate expenses incurred in**| ||**the performance of their duties.**| |•|**No other related party transactions**| ||**took place.**| |•|**All trustees have confirmed that**| ||**they have complied with their duty**| ||**to declare any potential conflicts**| ||**of interest.**| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**LATVIAN DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES OF THE**
**UNITED KINGDOM**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Latviešu pārstāvniecība Apvienotajā Karalistē (LPAK)| |Registered charity number|1206692| |Charity’s principal address|Catthorpe Manor Estate
Lilbourne Lane
Lutterworth
LE17 6DF| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Vera Antipova|Chair||| ||Elina Beet|Trustee||| ||Lita Temistokleusa|Trustee||| ||Kristine Krauze|Trustee||| ||Kaspars
Miklasevics|Trustee||| ## **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
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Vera Antipova|Elina Beet| ||

Chair|Treasurer| ||31/10/2025|| ||31/10/2025|| ## **Balance Sheet** ## **Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK As at 31 December 2024** |**Balance Sheet**
**Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK**
**As at 31 December 2024**|**Balance Sheet**
**Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK**
**As at 31 December 2024**| |---|---| |**31 DEC 2024**|| |**Current Assets**|| ||**Cash at bank and in hand**| ||LPAK Virgin
37,073.80| ||Petty Cash
20.00| ||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**
**37,093.80**| ||Accounts Receivable
288.83| |**Total Current Assets**
**37,382.63**
**Creditors: amounts falling due withinone year**|| |Accounts Payable
4,858.61|| |**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**4,858.61**|| |**Net Current Assets (Liabilities)**
**32,524.02**|| |**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**
**32,524.02**|| |**Net Assets**
**32,524.02**
**Capital and Reserves**|| |Current Year Earnings
10,641.64|| |Project Funds retained on Year End
17,966.64|| |Retained Funds - Nozare surplus on Year End
3,915.74|| |**Total Capital and Reserves**
**32,524.02**|| 31 Oct 2025 Page 1 of 1 Balance Sheet Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK ## **Profit and Loss** ## **Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK For the 2 years ended 31 December 2024** |**Profit and Loss**
**Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK**
**For the 2 years ended 31 December 2024**|| |---|---| ||**2023-2024**| |**Turnover**|| |Donations - AK Bernu un Jauniesu koris|2,086.38| |Donations - General Donations|12,376.79| |Donations - Kulturas Nozare|7,017.76| |Interest Income|1.31| |Membership fee - Corporate|516.00| |Membership fee - Individual|252.00| |Other Revenue|850.00| |**Total Turnover**|**23,100.24**| |**Cost of Sales**|| |Direct Expenses|271.23| |Expenses - AGM|291.56| |Expenses - AK Bernu un Jauniesu Koris|2,086.38| |Expenses - Kulturas Nozare|1,975.00| |Representative Expenses|15.00| |**Total Cost of Sales**|**4,639.17**| |**Gross Profit**|**18,461.07**| |**Administrative Costs**|| |Advertising & Marketing|98.22| |Audit & Accountancy fees|94.80| |Bank Fees|32.50| |IT Software and Consumables|549.85| |Postage, Freight & Courier|2.60| |Staff Training|106.47| |Subscriptions|40.00| |Travel - International|765.60| |Travel - National|232.00| |**Total Administrative Costs**|**1,922.04**| |**Operating Profit**|**16,539.03**| |**Other Income**|| |1 Project Expenses - Annual Culture Day|(9,435.84)| |1 Project Funds - Annual Culture Day|3,855.00| |2 Project Expenses - Kulturas Nozare|(1,161.34)| |2 Project Funds - Kulturas Nozare|849.42| |3 Project Expenses - ELKS 3|(2,113.68)| |3 Project Funds - ELKS 3|2,113.68| |4 Project Expenses - Izglitibas Nozare|(6,665.35)| |4 Project Funds - Izglitibas nozare|6,660.72| Profit and Loss Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK 31 Oct 2025 Page 1 of 2 Profit and Loss ||**2023-2024**| |---|---| ||| |5 Project Expenses - Children and Youth Choir|(2,500.90)| |5 Project Funds - Children and Youth Choir|2,500.90| |**Total Other Income**|**(5,897.39)**| |**Profit on Ordinary Activities Before Taxation**|**10,641.64**| |**Profit after Taxation**|**10,641.64**| Profit and Loss Latvian Diaspora Representatives in the UK 31 Oct 2025 Page 2 of 2 **The Latvian Diaspora Reprsentatives in the United Kingdom (Latviešu Pārstāvniecība Apvienotā Karalistē (LPAK)** is a registered charity with the Charity Commission, operating under the number 1206692. In my opinion, the financial statements: 1. December Give a true and fair view of the state of the Charity’s affairs as at 31[st] 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended; 2. Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. ## Astrīda Balodis Independent examiner. FCA registered ADB00021 ## Additional observations: 1. It is noted that two trustees of the Charity are also trustees of the Latvian Welfare Trust (LWT). The trustees are reminded that in their dealings with LWT and its connected companies their obligation is to the Charity and all transactions between the Charity and LWT and associated companies should be dealt with at arms length. 2. Apart from personal expenses incurred by the trustees and their representatives from time to time in their work for the Charity, the trustees should, where possible, avoid making personal payments for services and goods. Rather than subsequently seeking reimbursement, payment for these goods and services where possible should be met directly from the Charity account.