## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2023 Period start date To 31 December 2023 Period end date**
**Charity name: The London Society**
**Charity registration number: 206270**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Charity's object is "stimulating
wider concern for the beauty of the
capital city, for the preservation of its
charms and for the careful
consideration for its development".|
|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|In pursuance of its objectives the
Society undertakes, inter alia, the
following activities:-
Organises a programme of
events including, lectures and
discussions, visits walks and
tours, and social and
networking occasions.
Produces and publishes papers
and discussion documents on a
variety of subjects relevant to
London’s development and
quality of life.
Keeps a watching brief on
major planning and
development issues and
encourages constructive
involvement in, and discussion
thereon, among membership
and the public at large.
Issues regular newsletters and
bulletins to membership and
those on the Society’s mailing
list covering coming events and
other current topics.
Maintains liaison with London’s
local amenity associations
through membership of London
Forum of Amenity and Civic
Societies.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission onpublic|Para 1.18|The Trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission's public beneft guidance
and are confdent that they comply.|
benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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 past year the Society has:-
Continued with its fnancial goals to
stabilise fnances
Consolidated the programme of
talks, tours and events.
Published London of the Future
Continued to attract writing talent
via the writing competition called
_Love Letters to London._|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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|||
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Charity's governing document is
its Constitution adopted in 1912 and
lastamended21July2020|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is constituted as an
unincorporated association with
membership open to the public by
subscription|
|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|Trustees who have been duly
nominated and seconded by current
paid up members of the Society are
put forward for approval and adoption
at the Annual General Meetings of the
Society held in June/July each year, or
as soon as possible thereafter.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The London Society|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|206270|
|Charity’s principal address|Mortimer Wheeler House
46 Eagle Wharf Road
London N1 7ED|
|||
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Financial
&
Charities
(Authoris
ed by
HMRC to
submit
accounts
)|Stuart Edwards|Stuart Edwards & Co
Kemp House
152-160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX|
||||
||||
||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Don Brown - Director
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)** Leanne Tritton Alpa Depani **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Hon. Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 30 October 2022
**The London Society**
## **Draft Statements**
**For the year ended 31 December 2023**
**Charity Registration No. 206270**
**StuartEdwards&Co Chartered Accountants 124,CityRoad, LONDON, EC1V 2NX**
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **THE LONDON SOCIETY**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The London Society**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended
31[st ] December 2023 which are set out on pages 3 to 7
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention
should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Stuart Edwards Chartered Accountant 124 City Road, LONDON, EC1V 2NX**
**...........................................................Date.**
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## **The London Society**
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|**Receipts**
**Note**
**2023**
**£**
Subscriptions & Gift Aid Recovered & Legacy
2
31,288
Visits,Events & Lectures
10,649
Corporate Donations & Sponsorships
2
52,068
Investment Income
5,956
Donations
303
Library, tie and sundry income
911
**Total Receipts**
**101,175**
**Payments**
Visits, Events & Lectures
20,712
Project Expenses:
-“Love Letters”
7,046
-“Future of London”
24,268
Journal
-
Printing, Postage, Stationery
354
IT, Website, Telephone
3,062
Equipment
-
Marketing & Publicity
9,178
Subscriptions Refunded
-
Subscriptions
175
Administrative Services
3,563
Staff Costs
34,737
Insurance
157
Accountant’s Fees
700
**Total Payments**
**103,952**
**Net Receipts/ (Payments) From Ordinary Activities**
**(2,777)**
**Reserves Brought Forward**
**141,176**
**Reserves Carried forward**
**3**
**£138,399**|**2022**
**_£_**
25,788
12,980
21,250
5,966
105
305
**66,394**
12,417
6,276
19,100-
9,433
1,137
1,401
-
6,746
-
175
2,888
19,140
157
525
**76,850**
**(10,456)**
**151,632**|**2022**
**_£_**
25,788
12,980
21,250
5,966
105
305
**66,394**
12,417
6,276
19,100-
9,433
1,137
1,401
-
6,746
-
175
2,888
19,140
157
525|**2022**
**_£_**
25,788
12,980
21,250
5,966
105
305
**66,394**
12,417
6,276
19,100-
9,433
1,137
1,401
-
6,746
-
175
2,888
19,140
157
525|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**66,394**|
||||12,417
6,276
19,100-
9,433
1,137
1,401
-
6,746
-
175
2,888
19,140
157
525|
||||**76,850**|
||**£****_141,176_**|||
3
## **The London Society Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2023**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
**Investments at Cost**
4
**Current assets**
Debtors and prepayments
Cash at bank
**Less: Current liabilities**
Creditors and accruals
**Total net assets**
**Reserves:**
General Reserve
3||**£**
-
33,399||**2023**
**£**
-
105,000
33,399
**£138,399**
**138,399**
**£138,399**||**_£_**
-
36_,176_|**_£_**
-
36_,176_|**_2022_**
**_£_**
-
_105,000_
36,176|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||33,399
-||||36_,176_
-|||
||||||||||
|||||||||**£****_141,176_**|
|||||||||**_141,176_**|
|||||||||**£****_141,176_**|
The financial statements on pages 3 to 7 were approved by the Executive Committee of the Society on
….................................................2024 and signed on its behalf by the following: ......................................................... (Typed Name) Executive Committee Member ......................................................... (Typed Name) Executive Committee Member ......................................................... (Typed Name) Secretary
The notes on pages 5 & 7 form part of these accounts.
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## **The London Society**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Accounting Convention**
The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
## **1.2 Subscriptions & Gift Aid Repayments**
These are included in the accounts when received and no amount is carried forward in respect of Life memberships.
## **1.3 Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation**
Equipment purchased is written off in the year of purchase.
## **1.4 Legacies**
Legacies unless otherwise specified by the testator, are included in the accounts in the year they are received.
## **2. Income**
|**Subscriptions , Gift Aid Recovered ,& Legacy**
Subscriptions & memberships
Gift Aid Recovered
Legacy Received|**2023**
**£**
19,456
3,832
8,000
31,288
=====|**_2022_**
**£**
21,411
4,377|
|---|---|---|
|||25,788
=====|
5
## **The London Society Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31st December2023**
## 2 **Income (Continued)**
|2
a
2b|**Corporate Donations/Sponsorship(General)**
Allies and Morrison LLP
Cadogan Estates
EH Smith
Builders
Portman Settled Estates
Space Syntax
Hawkins/Brown
FP Kanda Comunication
Sundry
Michael Hussey
Harbour
Foundation
Total Corporate Donations
Sponsorship (LoFT Crowdfunding/sales)
Crowdfunder UK
Sundry Crowd funded Income
Total Crowdfunder Income
Sponsorship (LoFT)
Alan BaxterFoundation
PLP
Architecture
Harriet Trust
BDP
Hawkins /Brown
Fabix London
Ltd|2023
£
-
1,250
-
1,250
3,000
1,500
2,000
1,549
-
-
10,549
£
12,539
3,980
16,519
£
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
500
1,500
8,000|2022
£
1,250
1,250
2,750
1,250
-
-
1,750
3,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||11,250|
||||£
-
-|
||||-|
||||£
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||||-|
2c Love Letters to London Donations
6
|2d|Almacantar
Stiff & Trevillion
Harriet Trust
ft’work
Total 'Love Letters to London ' Donations
Sponsorship of Pod casts
Earls Court Partnership Ltd
Total Donations/Sponsorship|£
6,000
3,000
3,000
-
12,000
£
5,000|£
5,000
2,500
-
2,500|
|---|---|---|---|
||||10,000|
||||£
-|
|||52,068||
||||21,250|
## **3 Reserve and Investment Policy**
The Trustees believe that the Society needs a significant level of reserves in order to finance plans to develop its range of activities and raise its profile. Central to this is the need to increase membership to a level that renders the Society financially viable, and to reduce the per capita level of costs. The Trustees refine their business plans as each financial year proceeds.
|**4.**|**COIF Charities Investment Fund**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2023**|**_2022_**|
||**Holding: No of Units**|10,931.72|_10,931.72_|
||**Cost**|£105,000|_£105,000_|
||**Market Value (mid-market value)**|£216,940|_£198,683_|
|||=======|========|
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2023 Period start date To 31 December 2023 Period end date**
**Charity name: The London Society**
**Charity registration number: 206270**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Charity's object is "stimulating
wider concern for the beauty of the
capital city, for the preservation of its
charms and for the careful
consideration for its development".|
|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|In pursuance of its objectives the
Society undertakes, inter alia, the
following activities:-
Organises a programme of
events including, lectures and
discussions, visits walks and
tours, and social and
networking occasions.
Produces and publishes papers
and discussion documents on a
variety of subjects relevant to
London’s development and
quality of life.
Keeps a watching brief on
major planning and
development issues and
encourages constructive
involvement in, and discussion
thereon, among membership
and the public at large.
Issues regular newsletters and
bulletins to membership and
those on the Society’s mailing
list covering coming events and
other current topics.
Maintains liaison with London’s
local amenity associations
through membership of London
Forum of Amenity and Civic
Societies.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission onpublic|Para 1.18|The Trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission's public beneft guidance
and are confdent that they comply.|
benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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 past year the Society has:-
Continued with its fnancial goals to
stabilise fnances
Consolidated the programme of
talks, tours and events.
Published London of the Future
Continued to attract writing talent
via the writing competition called
_Love Letters to London._|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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|||
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Charity's governing document is
its Constitution adopted in 1912 and
lastamended21July2020|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is constituted as an
unincorporated association with
membership open to the public by
subscription|
|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|Trustees who have been duly
nominated and seconded by current
paid up members of the Society are
put forward for approval and adoption
at the Annual General Meetings of the
Society held in June/July each year, or
as soon as possible thereafter.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The London Society|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|206270|
|Charity’s principal address|Mortimer Wheeler House
46 Eagle Wharf Road
London N1 7ED|
|||
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Financial
&
Charities
(Authoris
ed by
HMRC to
submit
accounts
)|Stuart Edwards|Stuart Edwards & Co
Kemp House
152-160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX|
||||
||||
||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Don Brown - Director
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)** Leanne Tritton Alpa Depani **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Hon. Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 30 October 2022