17/10/2021, 18:30 Print annual return | Charity Commission (https://www.gov.uk) ## Charity Commission Annual Return 2020 Charity registration number: 01/01/2020 31/12/2020 £ 85,033 £ 65,495 https://portal.update-charity-details.service.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2020/print 1/4 17/10/2021, 18:30 Print annual return | Charity Commission No No No No No No £ No https://portal.update-charity-details.service.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2020/print 2/4 17/10/2021, 18:30 Print annual return | Charity Commission No No No £ 0 12 Yes https://portal.update-charity-details.service.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2020/print 3/4 17/10/2021, 18:30 Print annual return | Charity Commission https://portal.update-charity-details.service.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2020/print 4/4 REGISTERbD CHARITY NUMBER: 282018 Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial St*tements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020 for Designer Bookblnders Bullimores LLP Chartered A¢countanls Old Printers Yard 156 South Street Dorking Suttey RH4 214F De8lgner Bookbinders Contents of the Fin#nei¥l Statements for the Year Ended 31 Deeember 2020 Page Report of the Trustees I to J Independent Examiner's Report Stalement of Financial Activltles Balance Shcct Notes to the Financial Statements 7 to 13 Detailed Statement ol Flnxneial Activities 14 ￿ 15 Deslgner Bookbinders Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020 Th¢ twstees preseni their report with the flnancial statetnenls of the Charity for the y&qr Ct￿ed 31 Decembcr 2020. The ustees have adopted the piovisions of Accounting ond Reporting by Charitie5.. Statement of Reconjmended Practice applicable to charities preparing rh¢ir accoutlts in accordance wilh the Financial Reporting SthtKlard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ir¢land (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). 0￿ECTIVEs ATr4D ACTivrrtES Objective8 and #ims The Society is devoted to the prescryation and improvement of the art, de$ign and craft of contemp)rary bookbinding through the encoutagemertt. exer¢i8¢ and maintenance of standards. and the promotioD of public interest in the ary design and craft of Gontemporary bookbinding. Publi¢ benefit In planning our activities for tbe year we kept in mind the Charity Corntni&8ion guidance on public benefit at our tn]stce alld cornrnittee meetings. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable actlvitles The So¢icty published its a1￿U81 edition of 'The New tJ¢x)kbiThdel journal. and each quarter a newsletter (2 printed 8Jid 2 electronic versions), was sent to all members. 3 Masterclasses took plaGe prior to April. No further tuition was possiblc duc to Covid restrictio￿8. Two bursaries of £lQO each were awarded. A virtual exhibition of DB Fellows, and Li¢entiaies' worK titled 'ABC', was on show via the DB website during the Sutnmer, and was hi¥hly successlul. The DB UK Compelition and the Inter[]atiOn￿ Competition were postponed until 2021. The six Booker bindings, produced by six DB Fellowg for each shortlisted author, w¢re completed in October. The bindings were on virlual display on thc DB and Booker websitos. The Transferring Design project held thr¢¢ workshops in Februarylmarch and one tn Novemhcr FINANCIAL REVIEW FitiancRai positlon A surplus of £19,538 Wds made aud will contribute to the Unrestricted Reserves figure. Reserves pollcy The ¢harity has no set policy on reserves althou￿] uttstlockted reserves equivalent to one yearfs subscription income is deemed prudent. The International Cotnpetition Fund will be treated as allocated funds. to be wed io admini8ter the next Enternatiottal Competition and tour. The Clothworkers, Company a[￿U￿1 dowatioll is restyiGted in the sum of £750 towards the prize in ihe DB UK Compctition and £1,250 for bursari¢s awarded during the year. Pag¢ I De5igTrer Bookbinders Report of the Trustees for the Yexr Ended 31 December 2020 FINANCIAL REVlbW Going Concern The Trustees are satisfied that the Charity is viable as a going concern in (he foreseeable fitttwe. Bud JLI4 The exeknuiive committee norn)ally tneets four till￿S a year and at each me¢ting the Treasurer gives a full Mat￿gemen1 report. ID 2020 however, due to Covid. on¢ tn¢eling was held in January followed by one Zoom meeting in sep￿rnber where a financial report was given. All projects have their own budget which ts closely monitored. and then the actual expendi￿re 18 analysed after tlie prnject is at an end. Any interim requests for expenditure are not sart¢tioned wiihout the agreemcnt of both thc Treasurer and the Executive Committee via email. STRUCI'URE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEIYT Coverning documellt Th¢ charity is CQAtrolled by its governing do¢umenl, a deed of tNsL and ¢onstithtes an unin¢0￿orated charity. De¥ign¢r B(Trokbinders is a regist¢red ¢haritable twsl (number 282018), and is constituted by the trust deed dated 3 May 1969 (amended 24 April 1999, 6 January 2017). The Executive Committee is res￿nSible for the execution of the policy al￿ aciAVities of the Society. Recruitment appointment of oew trustees lThe Exeeutive Ctstnmittee shall be COEnposed of a Pre8idellt and eight others who sh&ll be electcd from and by Fellows, Licentiates and Ass()cialc8 of thc Socicty for a two ycar t¢rni of office and for additional tcrnis Wit1￿Ut restriction. Exclllding the president, four seats on the Executive Committee shall be tilled by f.ellows ot'the Society and fiour seats shall be filled by Associates and Licentiates, WAth a minirnum of one Associate and one Licentiate, and two others from the membershtp including Honorary Fellows at the time of electioll. Members of the Executive Conllnittee are deemed to be the TTU$tees of the Society. REFERENCE AND AJ)MINISTRATIVE DETAILS Reglstered Charlty number 282018 Prin¢ip#l addre 10 Pattison Road IA>ndon NW2 2HH Pagc 2 Designer Bookbinders Report of the Trustee$ ror the Year Ended JI December 2020 Trustees Stephen Paul Conway (appointed 14.9.20) M$ Jeanette Koch (T¢8igned 14.9.20) Ms Lois Lorraille Sauer Miss Angela Jamcs Mrs Rachel W8rd-S&le P¢ter Jones Mr8 Julia Dummett (resigned 14.9.20) Richard Beadsmoore Jo Bird (resigned 14.9.20) Nesta Davies Sarah Burnett-moore {appointed 14.9.20) Troy Moore (appointed 14.9.20) Independent Examiner Bullimores LLP Chartered Arxountants Old Printers Yard 156 South Street Dorking Surrey RH4 2HF Approved by order of the board of trustees on.......... . and signed on its behalf by. Mrs Rachel Ward-Sale- Trustee Page 3 Independent Exvdmlner's Report to the Trustees of Deslgner Bookbinders l￿dependent examlner'8 report to the tr￿ste¢S of Designer Bookblnders I report to the charity tnL8te¢s on my examination of the accounL% of Dcsigner Bookbind¢rb Ithc Trust) for the year endejj 31 December 2020. Responsibllitle8 and b#%is of report As the eharity trnstecs of the Tn￿l you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts accordan¢e with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the ACVI. I report in re$pe¢t olmy examittation of the Trust's ac¢ovnts carried ¢)ut under section 145 of th¢ A¢t and in wrying out my examination I have followEd all applioable Directions given by the Charily Cotnmission under Section 145(5)(b) of ihe Act. Independent exan)Iner'8 St#t¢meDt I have completed my examination. I cotthrni that no tnatcriaj matters have come to my attention in ¢omiection with the examinalion giving tne cause ￿ believe that in anymaterial respect.. accounting records were not kept in re8pect of the TNst as requsred by section 130 of thc Act. or the accounts do nol accord wilh those iecord%; or the accounts do not eomply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and conteTht olaccounts set out in the Ch￿itIeS (Acxounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremeni that thE accounts give a true and fair view which is not a tnatter considered as part of an independent eKaminatiotL I have no concerns and have come across no other tnatters in ¢onne¢iion with the examinatiott to which atten¢ion should be drawn in thrs report in order to enable a proper understandin&> of the accountg to be r¢a¢hed. Nichola8 Booi FCA Bullimores LLP Chartcred Aceoulltants Old Piinters Yard 156 South Street Dorkmg Surrey RH4 2HF Date.. Page 4 Designer BookblDders Statement of Flnancial Activlties for the Year Ended 31 Decembor 2020 31.12.20 Total 3l.12.19 Total funds Unrestricted nds Re81ricted Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMEL¥TS FROM Donations alld subscriptions 51,323 51,323 45,147 Charltable 4¢tivitles Charitabl¢ Activities 30,918 30,918 39,701 Investment income 2,792 2,792 68 Total 85.033 85,033 84,916 EXPENDrruRE ON Charitable #etlvities Charitable Activities 41.374 41,374 42.730 Other 24.121 24.121 27,313 Total 65,495 65,495 70,043 NET INCOME 19,538 19,538 14.873 CONCILIATION OF FUNDS TotAI funds brought fornard 40251 3.000 43,251 28,378 TOTAL FUNDS CARIUED FORWARD 59,789 3,000 62,789 43,251 The notes forni part of these financial statements Page 5 Designer Bookblnders BAlanndon NW2 2HH Pagc 2 Designer Bookbinders Report of the Trustee$ ror the Year Ended JI December 2020 Trustees Stephen Paul Conway (appointed 14.9.20) M$ Jeanette Koch (T¢8igned 14.9.20) Ms Lois Lorraille Sauer Miss Angela Jamcs Mrs Rachel W8rd-S&le P¢ter Jones Mr8 Julia Dummett (resigned 14.9.20) Richard Beadsmoore Jo Bird (resigned 14.9.20) Nesta Davies Sarah Burnett-moore {appointed 14.9.20) Troy Moore (appointed 14.9.20) Independent Examiner Bullimores LLP Chartered Arxountants Old Printers Yard 156 South Street Dorking Surrey RH4 2HF Approved by order of the board of trustees on.......... . and signed on its behalf by. Mrs Rachel Ward-Sale- Trustee Page 3 Independent Exvdmlner's Report to the Trustees of Deslgner Bookbinders l￿dependent examlner'8 report to the tr￿ste¢S of Designer Bookblnders I report to the charity tnL8te¢s on my examination of the accounL% of Dcsigner Bookbind¢rb Ithc Trust) for the year endejj 31 December 2020. Responsibllitle8 and b#%is of report As the eharity trnstecs of the Tn￿l you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts accordan¢e with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the ACVI. I report in re$pe¢t olmy examittation of the Trust's ac¢ovnts carried ¢)ut under section 145 of th¢ A¢t and in wrying out my examination I have followEd all applioable Directions given by the Charily Cotnmission under Section 145(5)(b) of ihe Act. Independent exan)Iner'8 St#t¢meDt I have completed my examination. I cotthrni that no tnatcriaj matters have come to my attention in ¢omiection with the examinalion giving tne cause ￿ believe that in anymaterial respect.. accounting records were not kept in re8pect of the TNst as requsred by section 130 of thc Act. or the accounts do nol accord wilh those iecord%; or the accounts do not eomply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and conteTht olaccounts set out in the Ch￿itIeS (Acxounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremeni that thE accounts give a true and fair view which is not a tnatter considered as part of an independent eKaminatiotL I have no concerns and have come across no other tnatters in ¢onne¢iion with the examinatiott to which atten¢ion should be drawn in thrs report in order to enable a proper understandin&> of the accountg to be r¢a¢hed. Nichola8 Booi FCA Bullimores LLP Chartcred Aceoulltants Old Piinters Yard 156 South Street Dorkmg Surrey RH4 2HF Date.. Page 4 Designer BookblDders Statement of Flnancial Activlties for the Year Ended 31 Decembor 2020 31.12.20 Total 3l.12.19 Total funds Unrestricted nds Re81ricted Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMEL¥TS FROM Donations alld subscriptions 51,323 51,323 45,147 Charltable 4¢tivitles Charitabl¢ Activities 30,918 30,918 39,701 Investment income 2,792 2,792 68 Total 85.033 85,033 84,916 EXPENDrruRE ON Charitable #etlvities Charitable Activities 41.374 41,374 42.730 Other 24.121 24.121 27,313 Total 65,495 65,495 70,043 NET INCOME 19,538 19,538 14.873 CONCILIATION OF FUNDS TotAI funds brought fornard 40251 3.000 43,251 28,378 TOTAL FUNDS CARIUED FORWARD 59,789 3,000 62,789 43,251 The notes forni part of these financial statements Page 5 Designer Bookblnders BAlan