**BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CEMETERIES IN SOUTH ASIA**
## **ANNUAL REPORT 2022**
Front cover illustration: the tomb of Dr James Anderson (1809), founder of the Botanic Garden, Madras. St Mary’s on the island Cemetery, Madras. _Courtesy of Mr Ravindra Gundurao_
## **PRESIDENT’S LETTER**
After the political whirlwinds in the UK in the second half of 2022, we may all be forgiven for approaching 2023 in a more sober and reflective mood. For BACSA, I believe the time has come to re-focus how we go about achieving our core purpose of helping to conserve cemeteries and monuments in South Asia. This re-appraisal, with which the Executive Committee is in broad agreement, has been prompted by three considerations.
The first is that the number of deserving sites in the Indian sub-continent is far beyond the capacity of BACSA to help on any continuing basis. Although one-off grants will always be considered if they will prevent irrevocable decline of a cemetery or monument, BACSA’s preference is to provide solutions which will last in the medium or longer term. This means coupling major works with a maintenance plan undertaken by interested parties in the locality. BACSA’s financial resources, now and in the future, will only ever be able to provide ongoing support for a limited number of locations. So, we need to identify a manageable number of “flagship cemeteries” for which we can expect to be able to provide help on a continuing basis. And in the future, we should concentrate our major conservation efforts on these cemeteries.
The second consideration, inextricably linked to the first, is cost. The countries of South Asia are not immune to the resurgence of the inflation we are experiencing in Western economies. But even before inflation reared its head again in the UK, it had taken hold in India. Projects that would have cost BACSA a few hundred pounds sterling 10 years ago are now being priced in the thousands of pounds. We are being quoted six figure sums in sterling for major conservations such as in the cemetery of St Mary’s on the Island in Chennai. The GST (Goods & Services Tax) in India does not help. It adds 12% or 18% to every invoice we receive. The rising cost of projects is forcing BACSA to limit those sites where we can give long-term support and it means we must choose those sites with greater care.
The third consideration is political. It has always been difficult to persuade government and local authorities in South Asia, of the worth of restoring cemeteries and monuments which may be seen as relics of a colonial past and are Christian in origin. Our projects need to bring added value to local communities if they are to be embraced by them with any enthusiasm and viewed with favour by government agencies. Moreover, a restored cemetery that provides an attractive green space in a crowded urban environment or which can be used for recreational purposes is also one that is more likely to be maintained and cared for by the community than left to deteriorate once again. In short there is a compelling case for giving priority to major projects that do public good. An example of such a project is the conservation of the Scottish Cemetery in Kolkata by the Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust (see www.bacsa.org.uk/lord-bruce). We can learn a great deal from how the Trust engaged the neighbourhood in this project and raised funds on the strength of its benefit to the community. It is an inspiring story.
Engendering local support for projects is not easy, and it adds to the expense of projects if we have to employ professionals not only to supervise the conservation work but to work with the local community and bring them on board. So, if this re-fresh of BACSA’s objectives is to be a success, we are going to need more money.
There are three things I should like to share with you about that. The first is that the Executive Committee is actively considering new ways in which to raise funds from corporate and other sponsors. A number of individuals and private trusts have been, and continue to be, very generous in their financial support of our work but we feel that we must cast the net wider.
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You may recall that we have asked the membership for Additional Voluntary Contributions on a number of past occasions. We believe a somewhat similar scheme should be introduced to boost the projects fund; we aim to report further later in the year. Meanwhile included in this mailing is a Gift Aid form which we should be grateful if you would all complete and return in the enclosed envelope, as it will boost funds at no cost to members. Full details can be found on the reverse of the form. Projects such as the Hyderabad Residency and St Mary’s would not have been possible without the support of donors who were not members. I believe the first call should be on the membership. If you can afford to give BACSA a little more than your annual subscription or the amount of the Life Membership subscription you may have paid many years ago, I ask you to do so.
Second, the Executive Committee has discussed the possible benefits of creating a fundraising post to be filled by someone with fundraising experience. If you think you might be such person, or know someone who is, please get in touch with me or the Chairman or the Honorary Secretary.
Third and importantly, I should like to remind you that a bequest to BACSA in your Will is also tax-efficient and it will make a real difference to the work we can do in the future.
As we look forward to what the new year holds in store, I have one sad piece of news. Marion Tijsseling, who took over the post of Treasurer last spring, has tendered her resignation for reasons of ill-health. We wish Marion a speedy and complete recovery. In the meantime, our Chairman, Paul Dean, who was managing BACSA’s finances before Marion took over, has volunteered to continue in that role. I am most grateful to him since it means that, for once, I do not have to include head-hunting in this Letter!
I close by wishing all members and supporters of BACSA a safe, healthy and prosperous
2023.
Mark Havelock-Allan
January 2023
Old Civil Cemetery on Maqbool Alam Road, Benares _Courtesy of Mr Charles Greig_
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## **REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2022**
**Structure, Governance and Management:** Established in 1976, BACSA has an Executive Committee (ExCo) that meets five times a year. Its members are the trustees of BACSA who are guided and supported by the President and Vice-Presidents. BACSA is governed by its Constitution and Rules. Two general meetings are held each year. The BACSA Archives are in the British Library and are open to the public. BACSA has no paid staff and no office; all work is by volunteers both in the UK and South Asia. It has a website - www.bacsa.org.uk – and a Facebook page.
**Objects and Activities:** BACSA is an institution for the recording, preservation and conservation of former European cemeteries, isolated graves and monuments in South Asia created before 1947. It promotes education in the history of all places associated with European residence in the area from the Red Sea to the China coast – wherever the East India Company set foot. **Public Benefit:** BACSA is the only established organisation helping to care for an historic part of South Asia’s and the United Kingdom’s built heritage in South Asia. It guides the public into researching and increasing its understanding of European lives and deaths in South Asia before 1947 through specialist help from BACSA members and others.
**Achievements and performance** : The world-wide Coronavirus pandemic and associated government restrictions continued to have an impact on BACSA’s activities. Work on conservation projects was limited; suggestions for new projects were few in number. Members visited the Chelsea Physic Garden and Brookwood Cemetery. The latter contains the graves of Muslims, Parsees and Europeans who were part of the political and cultural life of British India: Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, a translator of the Koran; Allan Octavian Hume, a founder of the Indian National Congress; Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, Chief Engineer of Jaipur and pioneer of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture; Mary Frere who published a collection of Indian fairy tales.
The last talks in the lecture series were given in the summer.
Grants totalling £28,567 were made for projects (details are in the Projects Report). Sales of second-hand books donated by generous members and non-members raised £2,342, a valued contribution towards financing conservation projects.
Cemeteries in the subcontinent remain at risk from encroachment, undesirable elements, socalled land-grabbers and others attracted by the potential value of land in built-up areas. The Cemetery Records Officer (CRO) continued to upload to the website burial records in BACSA’s archive in the British Library and other Monumental Inscriptions (MI).
The Executive Committee published a BACSA bookmark for inclusion with second-hand book and publications purchases. Members may order it from the Honorary Secretary to publicise BACSA amongst family and friends.
The Executive Committee met throughout the year at the Royal Asiatic Society in London. An average of 55 members attended each of the two general meetings.
The website continued to facilitate the joining process and management of subscriptions and resulted in continuing healthy sales of publications.
The Executive Committee continued to explore raising project funds from the membership and keeping under review the potential benefit of professional fundraising and its likely demands on the association’s human and financial resources.
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The website received a monthly average of 800 visits; the leading countries of origin were the UK, India and the USA. 20 news items were posted on the site. Membership remained steady at about 1,000.
**Plans:** Introduce a scheme inviting the membership to support the projects fund. To continue to build on the interest in cemetery conservation increasingly shown by local people in India and Pakistan (see the Donations section on page 9). To raise awareness in India’s travel trade of the value to tourism of India’s European cemeteries and monuments. To publish a handbook on bringing together cemeteries and their neighbourhoods and communities.
**Financial Review:** The situation began to return to normal during 2022 after the dislocation of the pandemic. The most obvious measure of this was in the return of BACSA events. In 2021 the cost of these was £67 for a couple of Executive Committee meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society, whereas in 2022 it was £7,324 after a full and highly enjoyable series of outings and lectures. Less was spent on projects than in 2021 (£28,567 as against £31,407) but the effect of Covid 19 in the subcontinent has led to delay in the initiation of schemes, whereas in 2021 we were concluding schemes already underway at its outbreak. There are a number in the pipeline.
The main project was the work to the cantonment cemetery wall in Ambala, Haryana State, which cost £20,002 with fees of £1,867 to the surveyor appointed by BACSA to report to us on the work. In addition, a grant was made to the Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust in the sum of £5,000. There were a number of more modest grants.
Other expenses were £2,690 on the website. This was significantly less than in 2021 (£5,659), but the latter included the final tranche of the capital cost of the new website. Annual costs in future are likely to run at a similar level, increasing no doubt for the usual reasons. The cost of producing Chowkidar was £2,327 and the cost of mailing it and general meeting-related materials was £2,378. Miscellaneous expenses, including trustees’ insurance, the costs of the Independent Examiner and the BACSA bookmark were £1,971, giving a total for outgoings of £48,941 (£44,790 in 2021).
As to income, donations showed a healthy increase from £9,412 in 2021 to £40,773 in 2022. This was largely attributable to generous donations of £20,000 from the M St J Way Charitable Trust and £5,000 from the Richard Broyd Trust, as well as legacies of £10,000 from the Estate of Ella Whitehead and of £3,000 from the Estate of William Tracy.
Subscriptions increased modestly from £6,158 in 2021 to £6,352 in 2022 while dividends did rather better (£10,108 in 2022 against £9,267 in 2021). Website sales doubled from £665 in 2021 to £1,348 this year, suggesting the potential for a decent return on our investment. Secondhand book sales were down from £7,597 in 2021 to £2,342 but this was a year of transition from one post holder to another _._
Last, but not least, after several years of hard and patient work and despite the obfuscation and obstruction of countless bank officials, BACSA, supported by the British Deputy High Commissioner, recovered the sum of £5,074 which had been languishing for 20-odd years in the vaults of the Chennai branch of the Standard Chartered Bank. That produced a total income for the year of £72,645 against £38,098 in 2021 which, on any view, looks reasonably healthy. The Financial Statements for the year to 31 December 2022 are to be found elsewhere in this report.
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Cantonment Cemetery, Ambala _Courtesy of Father C Antony_
## **PROJECTS REPORT ON ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH ASIA 2022**
## Area Representative’s (AR) name in brackets.
Activity continued to remain low compared with pre-Covid years. **PAKISTAN** (Rosemary Raza)
## Punjab, Chillianwala
The major project to conserve the graves of the 24[th] Foot was completed. The peripheral walls of two enclosures have been restored, and commemorative plaques, one recording the contribution of BACSA, have been attached. The third enclosure, beyond saving due to the depredations of wild animals, was not restored. The work was ably supervised by Major General Ali Hamid.
## Punjab, Gujrat
A number of graves below the level of the surrounding area require renovation and overhead protection from the weather. We will consider possible conservation in consultation with Major General Hamid.
## Dera Ismail Khan
We have been in contact with Dr Qaisar Bhatti, who is currently researching those buried in the New Cemetery under the remit of St. Thomas’ Church, and assisting with his enquires. **INDIA**
## Haryana, Ambala Cantonment Cemetery (William Crawley)
A substantial part of the boundary wall has been rebuilt along the two main thoroughfares around the cemetery. BACSA’s grant of £20,000 has so far allowed for the raising and strengthening of one long side backing on to a residential area. The wall on either side of the main entrance was rebuilt by the local municipal authorities, a tribute to the active engagement of the cemetery committee with its local community.
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## West Bengal, Kolkata, Scottish Cemetery
The Executive Committee agreed a new grant of £5,000 for the conservation of graves, which will be carried out in 2023.
Tamil Nadu, Chennai, St. Mary’s Cemetery on the island (William Pettigrew, succeeded by Ravindra Gundurao)
With the help of Mr. Gundurao and the contractors who were employed on phase 1, a new work plan and estimate have been developed for a phase 2, which is likely to cover the reinstatement of the old pathways around this large cemetery and conservation of its most striking monument, the grave of James Anderson, founder of the Madras Botanic Garden. A new member, Professor Vayu Naidu, has visited the site and is working on ideas for local involvement in keeping it well maintained. The Executive Committee will consider how to take this project forward in 2023. Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram, Pollilur Obelisks (Ravindra Gundurao)
Our AR has recently visited this pair of small obelisks commemorating two officers, Col George Brown and Capt James Hislop, who fell during the second Anglo-Mysore War. He reported that they remain in good condition.
## Annual maintenance in India
Cemeteries in Agra, Calcutta, Kotah, Meerut and Salem received grants from the East India Charitable Trust, Kolkata. BACSA supported the Cantonment Cemetery in Jhansi, the Nicholson (Kashmir Gate) Cemetery, Delhi and the Residency Cemetery, Hyderabad.
**Plans** Make progress with the project in Chennai. Consider a comprehensive conservation of St. George’s Cemetery in Hyderabad in collaboration with the Deccan Heritage Foundation. We hope that new projects will emerge in Ferozepore, Punjab, and Bhuj, Gujarat as a result of interest from local contacts. Continue to promote the conservation of ‘Colombo Sahib’s’ tomb in Dhaka.
**AREA REPRESENTATIVES** The Executive Committee is grateful for the support of our volunteer area representatives. Mr Ravindra Gundurao took over responsibility for Tamil Nadu outside the Nilgiris and for South Karnataka and Ms Valerie Haye did so for the Uttarakhand Hill Stations & Dehra Dun.
Gateway of the Nicholson (Kashmir Gate) Cemetery, Delhi _Courtesy of the Delhi Cemeteries Committee_
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## **BACSA’s CEMETERY RECORDS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY**
The Cemetery Records Officer made three visits to the British Library during which he photographed monumental inscription (MI) details in more than 19 files on cemeteries in Burma, India and Pakistan. In 2023, he will concentrate on creating Excel spreadsheets, to enable further MIs to be added to the BACSA and FIBIS website data bases. Brigadier Rees is grateful for the help given by members and others in 2022 and looks forward to continuing to receive such support for this important transcription work. Email at **CRO@bacsa.org.uk.**
## **DONATIONS IN 2022**
BACSA receives generous donations, both financial and in kind from members and nonmembers. We receive reports and photographs of cemeteries visited. Each issue of Chowkidar carries reviews of books, some of whose authors or publishers have donated amounts to BACSA for every copy of their book sold. Some donations are in kind, where people have given their time to do a task for the Association, for example reviewing a book for Chowkidar. Although not all donors can be listed, every donation is received with gratitude to further BACSA’s work. Among the donors in 2022 were:
## **Financial**
The Inchcape Foundation Estate of the late Mr William Bryant Tracy Richard Broyd Trust **Second-hand books** Mrs Penny Carson Lady Wade-Gery Mr Andrew Ward
The M StJ Way Charitable Trust Estate of Ella Whitehead
**Cemetery visit reports, photographs & MIs**
Mrs C Turner Mr Charles Greig Mr Calvin Ashok Kumar Mr Gurpreet Singh Anand Mr Sovon Dutta Mr Paul Joseph Betha Mr Nilesh Narayan Mr Syed Faizan Raza Mr Shivnath Kandi Dr Qaisar Abbas Bhatti Mr Anirban Bhadra
Mr Mohan Pal Singh Sidhu Mr Tim Willasey-Wilsey Mrs Cynthia Versaci-Lloyd Mr Alick John Singh Mr B Thomas Mr Ravinder Kumar Singal Mr B Sudarshan Mr & Mrs Alan Lane Ms Saloni Prasad Miss K Owen
**Bric-a-brac**
Mrs Sally Orman Mrs Carol Turner Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones Mrs Una Rankin
Mr Martin Rimmer Ms Marion Tijsseling Lady Wade-Gery
## **Donations in kind**
Mr John Randall Major General (Retd) Syed Ali Hamid
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Miss Caroline Whitehead Book reviewers for _Chowkidar_ Chandigarh British Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai
British Deputy High Commissioner,
Summary of the illustrated talk by Clare Jenkins and Stephen McClarence at the General Meeting on 20 October 2022
Journalists and BACSA members Clare Jenkins and Stephen McClarence spoke about the Anglo-Indian community of Jhansi, Madhya Pradesh.
_Teatime at Peggy’s: A Taste of Anglo-India_ followed on from a Radio 4 programme Clare made in 2015 about the redoubtable Peggy Cantem. With BACSA’s support, Peggy oversaw the care of Jhansi’s Cantonment cemetery and its 3,000 graves until her death, aged 92, in 2016.
Clare - a radio producer and oral historian – and Stephen, an award-winning travel writer for _The Times_ and _Telegraph,_ spent 15 years visiting Peggy and her childhood friend Captain Royston (Roy) Abbott, who was possibly the last British zamindar, or landowner, in India (he died in 2017). They recorded interviews and conversations with them and their friends and acquaintances, resulting in a wealth of material which they have now turned into a book.
The conversations usually took place over tea, cakes and other small eats. And they ranged widely over Anglo-Indian culture, house-styles, dances, fashions and food, the good looks of the girls and the role of the Railway Institute – Jhansi is an important railway hub, said to be the inspiration behind John Masters’ classic 1950s novel, _Bhowani Junction_ . People talked nostalgically about “the good old days” of May Queen and Monsoon Toad Balls (“They always picked the most heaviest-looking, hideous-looking men that they could find. The ladies had to be their judges!”), spoke warmly of the British
Royal Family, proudly displayed their British souvenirs, and recalled dancing to Victor Sylvester gramophone records out in the jungle around nearby Orchha.
Initially designated an ‘Other Backward Caste’ by the Indian Government after Independence, the country’s Anglo-Indians are now classified as a ‘Minorities Caste’, and rapidly dwindling as people emigrate or marry outside the community. In 1947, there were half a million Anglo-Indians in India. Today it’s estimated at between 130,000 and 300,000. In Jhansi over that same period, it has reduced from 5,000 to just 30 families. So, as Clare and Stephen argued in this talk, their memories and testimonies deserve to be recorded.
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BRtYISH ASSOCIAT1014 FOR CEMETRIES IN soufH
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Y¢¥r En
31112122
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3V12121
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6.193
43¥7
6,202
9,412
6,764
2.645
914
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9.450
2.891
6*14
Totsl Inrorning Resources
37.364
Eywnditure
CharitableArtThity
Cemeteryworks in SJthA5i
Grants
Retord boOaTrI Chowkidor
TranslatKll Costs
Website Costs
Website Depreciat
Adminj5tsaljon Co51$
Bfokers Fees
Printin& stationeryarmj p05tragetowanlM5
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subscriptn5
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Miscellaneous admlnlstraiknAcosts
GoYeman¢e Costs
Indèpèndent Examinerfs Fee
Meetiry
EXeCUte Expenses
31318
22
2327
1691
1,158
4*73
3,498
2.378
231
63
7.165
67
1.112
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55.376
47,642
Net IOutgThr¥llirKominE RerreS
79
110.2781
Other RÈtt*nised Galnss Losses
Reali5ed 8ains/lbssesl on Investment a5ts
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137.5481
1110121
35.664
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132WII
427.774
2S,386
402,388
Total FunOsCarwiEd Fov*ard
394.893
427.774
BRITISH ASSOUATION FOR CEMEfERIES IN SOUTH ASIA
Balan(eSheeta5at31 Dot•nber2022
2021
Tangible Aets
InvE5tment at marketluE
4.836
358.176
Z97.651
CUrreTrtAets
Cash and Bankaccount
Accrued 1me
97J28
914
98W2
66,062
Curt•tt Uawlllles
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NetCurreMAsse
97.241
64.762
35493
427.774
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394x3
427,774
Total Funds
394m3
427.774
The Flnancial statemerts were awroved theTru5tees on
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Hon Se¢retsry
HonTreasurer
## **PRESIDENT**
Sir Mark Havelock-Allan Bt KC
## **VICE-PRESIDENTS**
Sir Michael Davies KCB Mr David Mahoney Lady Wade-Gery
Msgr Dr Michael Nazir-Ali
## **OFFICERS**
Mr Paul Dean Mr Peter Boon Mr Paul Dean Mr Christopher Carnaghan
Chairman Honorary Secretary & FHF liaison Acting Honorary Treasurer Honorary Membership Secretary & ICSA liaison
## **EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE**
Dr Richard Bingle Charles Greig Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE
Ms Denise Love Dr Rosemary Raza Brigadier Ian Rees
Ms Valmay Young
Mr Yasin Zargar
Records, BL archives, UK MIs & church Mr matters Editor of ‘Chowkidar’, publications & second-hand book sales Projects Coordinator General Meetings & Events Officer Cemetery Records Officer, cemetery maps & directions & military liaison Website Manager; Facebook & Twitter Editor South Asia Adviser
## **AREA REPRESENTATIVES & other posts**
Mr David Barnabas, Bangalore & suburbs Mr N P Chekkutty, Kerala Mr Peter D’Cruz, Poona Mr Adam Foucar, Burma Mr Ravindra Gundurao, South Karnataka & Tamil Nadu Mr John L Harding, Malacca Ms Valerie Haye, Uttarakhand Hill Stations & Dehra Dun Mr Anthony Hulton, Sri Lanka Mr Mark Whitehouse, Afghanistan Mr Leslie James, Penang Mr Waqar A Khan, Bangladesh
Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Lucknow Mr David Mahoney, Hong Kong & China Karnataka & Goa Mrs Phillida Purvis, Seringapatam & Nilgiris Mr Michael Rawlinson, Malaysia Dr Rosemary Raza, Pakistan Mrs Valerie Robinson, Gwalior & Shivpuri Mr Trevor Rosemeyer, Agra & District & Mathura
Mr Tom Inglis, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & South East Odisha
Mr David Blake OBE, British Library archive support
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Sir Michael Davies KCB, Publications Distributor
## **Honorary Secretary**
Mr Peter Boon Barn End London Road Blewbury Didcot OX11 9PB
## **Acting Honorary Treasurer**
Mr Paul Dean 97 Verulam Road St Alban’s AL3 4DL
Tel: 01727 845229 Email: treasurer@bacsa.org.uk
Tel: 01235 850410 Email: secretary@bacsa.org.uk
## **Honorary Membership Secretary**
Mr Christopher Carnaghan 42 Rectory Lane Kings Langley Herts WD4 8EY Tel: 01923 267458 Email: membership@bacsa.org.uk
## **Notes to Members**
- Members’ postal and email addresses will not be given out. If wishing to contact a fellow member, please send the letter or the email c/o the Honorary Secretary who will forward it. It is at the member’s discretion whether to reply or not.
- When writing to the Honorary Secretary and expecting a reply, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
Registered charity No 273422
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- ‘Colombo Sahib’s’ tomb, Dhaka _Courtesy of Mr D Andrews_
Obelisk to George Cherry, Resident, and others, 1799, in the Old Civil Cemetery on Maqbool Alam Road, Benares _Courtesy of Mr Charles Greig_
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Dera Ismail Khan cemetery, Pakistan _Courtesy of Dr Qaisar Bhatti_
Old English Cemetery Surat, Gujarat _Courtesy Ms Saloni Prasad_ Printed by Joshua Horgan, Witney
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BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CEMETRIES IN SOUTH ASIA
Statement of Flnancial Activities Year to 31 December 2022
Note
Year Ended
31112122
Totsl Funds
Year Ended
31112121
Total Funds
Incoming resources
From Voluntary Sources
Subscriptions
Donations and legacies
Net Sales of donated second-hand books
Tax claims- Gift Aid
From Assets
Dividends on investments
From Charitsble Activity
Net sales of publications
Meetings and Events
6.193
43.847
1,915
914
6,202
9,412
6,764
2,645
10.913
9.450
1,259
6,814
2,891
Total Incomlng Resources
71,855
37,364
Expenditure
Charitable Activity
Cemetery works in South Asia
Grants
Record books and Chowkidor
Translation Costs
Website Costs
Website Depreciation
Adrninistration Costs
Brokers Fees
Printing, stationery and wstage to members
Insurance
Subscriptions
Bank Charges
Misce113neous administration costs
Governance Costs
Independent Examinerfs fee
Meeting5
Executive Expense5
28,568
500
2.522
31,218
2,327
2,691
4,836
1,158
4,873
4,005
2,683
502
Z5
231
3,498
2,378
448
63
600
7.165
500
67
1,112
Totsl Resources Expended
55,376
47,642
Net IOutgoing)Ilncoming Resources
16.479
110,2781
Other Recognised Gains & Losses
Realised gainslllossesl on investment assets
Unrealised gains1llossesl on investment assets
137,548}
111,812
35,664
Net Movement In Funds
Total funds brought fonvard
132.881)
427,774
25,386
402,388
Total Funds Carried Forward
39493
427,774
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CEMETERIES IN SOUTH ASIA
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022
Notes
2022
2021
Investment Assets
Tangible Assets
Investment at market value
4.836
358,176
297,651
Current Assets
Cash arbd Bank account
Accrued Income
97,928
914
9841
66,062
66,062
Current Liablllties
Accruals
Net Current Assets
1.300
97242
64.762
Net Assets
394,893
427,774
Charity Funds
Re5trirted funds
Unrestrirted funds
394,893
427,774
Totsl Funds
394,893
427,774
The Financial statements were approved by the Trustees on
behalf bv:
and signed on their
Hon Secretary
Hon Treasurer
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CEMER1E5 IN soimi ASIA
Acwunts for the year to 31 December 2022
Independent Examinerfs Reportto the Trustees
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Respeclive responsibililie5 of try#ees and examlner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The chariws trustees
consider thèt an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charitie5 Act 20111"the
Charities Act") and that an independent examination 15 needed.
It Is my responsibility to=
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charitie5 Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission
(under section 1451Sllbl of the Charities Act, and
to state whether matters have come to my 3ttention
Basls of Independent examinerfs report
My examination was carried OLrt in accordan with general dirertions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charrty and a
comparison of the accounts presented wtth those records. It also includes consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trtjstees concerning
any 5u¢h rnatters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evbdence that would be
required in an audit, and consequently no opinKJn is given as to whether the accounts present
'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examinerfs statement
In connertion with my examination, no material matters have Come to my attention which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect=
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with sertkon 130 of the Chartties Act,. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fomi and
content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other
than any reqvirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I hève 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 understandir)g of the accounts to be
reached.
Jane Baker FCCA
Accountancy Services
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Biighton
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2023
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