Anglo-Peruvian Society London
Registered charity no 262046
Unit 21097, PO Box 6945, London W1A 6US Tel: 07557 405800 www.angloperuviansociety.com
Report for the year beginning 1 January 2022 and ending 31 December 2022
The Society is an unincorporated association governed by articles of association, whose objectives are to promote, in the United Kingdom, knowledge of Peru, its people, land, history, and culture; and thereby attempt to contribute, by its endeavours, to mutual Anglo-Peruvian understanding and to the alleviation of poverty and of its attendant hazards in Peru. [SORP 1.17, 1.25]
The Society pursues its objectives by organising a variety of fund-raising social and other events, such as lectures, exhibitions, meals in common, and excursions, as well as supporting occasional one-off appeals for specific causes such as disaster relief. [SORP 1.19]
Membership of the Society is by subscription and open to all interested parties.
In 2022 as in previous years, the Society has been managed, and its activities have been organised, by a volunteer executive committee of its members, who were elected at the annual general meeting and whose honorary president is, ex officio , the serving ambassador of the republic of Peru in London. [SORP 1.25]
In conducting the business of the Society, the committee have had due regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission [SORP 1.18]; and likewise to appropriate insurance cover for its activities.
The Society’s income is derived from membership subscriptions, event-ticket sales and other fund-raising activities, and occasional donations and legacies. Aside from the maintenance of working balances and from the operating costs that arise in the organisation and delivery of events, the bulk of the Society’s expenditure, or outflow of its funds, consists of grants and donations to the causes which it supports in or concerning Peru. Against the eventuality of emergency contributions to local disaster-distress assistance, the committee aim to hold working balances of the order of half-a-year to one full year’s outlays. Because of lagged readjustment to post-pandemic conditions in disbursements, this aim was overshot by about 50 % in 2022. [SORP 1.22]
The year 2022 represented partial recovery of the Society’s in-person activities after their retrenchment to online-only during the fifteen months of intermittent lock-downs associated with the covid-19 pandemic. Following accrual of an important legacy during 2021, in addition to its usual sources of income in 2022 the Society received £8,000 in six single one-off donations., so that its total income rose to £40,000. In the same year the Society made £15,600 in grants to charities in Peru (principally for beneficial charitable activities in environmental and child-health support) and, after operating costs, the Society thus increased its net assets by £10,500 to £52,100. [SORP 1.20]
The Society does not hold third-party funds in custody for any purpose and at the end of 2022 its only explicit financial liability (£333) arose from two monthly stipendiary payments to its secretary that remained in arrears because of a change in the Society’s secretary. However, in terms of its net assets, and in this case on account of a change in the Society’s treasurer, the Society was at the end of 2022 behind in its Gift Aid claims on certain receipts from individuals;
and, moreover, the committee have also been aware that at end-2022 the Society’s net assets were in excess of its working balance needs. [SORP 1.22]
The scope for alleviation of poverty and for amelioration in the challenges that its people face has continued to be conspicuous in Peru. Aside from those already noted, the Society’s own main challenges are to maintain and, if possible, expand the scope and interest of its activities and thereby maintain and expand its membership base; and hence likewise increase the scale of the focussed support that it provides in accord with its objects.
Submitted by the treasurer on behalf of the Executive Committee by
Miguel J. Kuczynski Godard, treasurer London, 22 March 2023
London
1. Income and expenditure
Anglo-Peruvian Society
Registered charity no 262046
Statement of financial activities for the year ending 31 December 2022 (in pounds sterling)
Incoming resources
| 2021 Members’ subscriptions, donations received, event sales receipts, and other in-payments not otherwise specified below 9,183.80 Charities Aid Foundation; Gift Aid reimbursement HMRC; legacies; and noteworthy gifts0 8,642.45 Total incoming resources 17,826.25 Outgoing resources Operating expenses Communications and payment services1 Stipends2 Insurance3 Other 579.66 2,000.04 58.80 2.88 Other outgoing resources including grants and refunds4 3,812.04 _of which_Grants to charities in Peru4 Total outgoing resources n.a. 6,453.42 Surplus/deficit for the year5 11,372.83 |
2022 31,731.95 8230.07 39,962.02 1,158.37 1,667.00 158.01 0.00 26,105.97 15,590.98 6,453.42 10,872.67 |
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Outgoing resources
Notes
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In 2021 this item includes a major legacy, while in 2022 the item includes six single transfers / gifts totalling £ 8,030; United Kingdom Gift Aid reimbursements for 2022, which are pending, are not shown as outstanding debt in the balance sheet.
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Includes fees for Vodafone, Zoom, Squarespace, GoDaddy, PayPal and iZettle services.
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Two monthly stipendiary payments by standing-order are deemed pending.
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Insurance was suspended in 2021 from June to December and cover was increased in 2022.
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These are not zero and yet are not shown separately for 2021; for 2022 they include Sense International and EcoSwell.
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Current liabilities reduce the surplus to £ 10,539.27 (kindly see balance sheet note 1).
Approved by the committee of the Society
London, 22 March 20
Anglo-Peruvian Society London
2. Balance sheet
Registered charity no 262046
Balance-sheet as at 31 December 2022 (in pounds sterling)
| Current Assets Lloyds Bank Treasurer’s Account PayPal Account Other1 total _Current Liabilities_2 Net Assets |
2021 32,220.92 8,439.33 943.68 41,603.93 0.00 41,603.93 |
2022 27,872.31 23,802.16 802.13 52,476.60 333.40 52,143.20 |
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Note
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1 Refers to office-equipment and inventory-in-storage valued at end-2022 after an estimated 15 % depreciation over 2021-22. Pending reimbursement of United Kingdom Gift Aid for 2021-22 is not shown as a current asset.
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2 See note 2 of the Statement of Financial Activities for the year 2022, above.
Approved by the committee of the Society
London, 22 March 2023
Registered charity no 262046
Anglo-Peruvian Society London
Following consultation with the Charity Commission on 23 September 2024, this notice is being submitted by the treasurer of the AngloPeruvian Society ahead of the independent examiner’s report. The purpose of the notice is to state that an independent examiner is currently being asked to examine and report on the Society’s statement of accounts and balance sheet for 2022; and that this examiner’s report will be submitted to the Charity Commission as soon as it is available; whereupon, it accordance with the guidance received, a “change filing date” request will immediately be sent to the Charity Commission by the treasurer.
Miguel J. Kuczynski Godard Treasurer miguel.kuczynski@gmail.com treasurer@angloperuviansociety.org 29 September 2024