REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 01772963 (E￿nd wd Wal•sl
REGISTERED CHARifY NUM8ER.. 287182
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR ThE YEAR EIIDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
THE RINGING WORLD UMTTED
{UMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
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THE RINGING
RLD LNITED
LIMITED BY GUARAPITEE
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEIABER 2023
Ringi1￿ acbvitTes remained stsble throughout 2￿23 %%ilh 3.829 pe* 16.519 quarter Feals Nng durfng Iho ye?r. Thls
en8bbd the Boaol to tetter ￿derStand revenue streams and e>yndiiure. Th8 sur¥8y coTrJuct&d in thg aaty part of th
y8ar ga￿ u6 infofflwtion on the appebte forthaTrJ&.
Th8r8 Is dearty hkJh regard lorthew88kty publtc3lton t¥Jt there Is akn trrtere5t h a monthty publ￿at￿ and a dbJital, online
fomaL On this basis V￿ stsrt&Y owld these foffi￿ts alorss*Je th& weekly PL￿liCation
needs to rBmain as our fiag8hip wDYuct. (Xjr first brainstC￿1r￿ Se&￿ was hdd in Andover and some progress was
modo but we al80 rpali8ed hthv difficum Ihkg appY(￿h is gotrMJ to te. This W￿1 rBmain a5 a in progres< Into 2024.
Thanks to OW 9xcdent t8wn and Pyrnmtd Press I￿re abl8 to ccffltlnue to WDdLKe a high qualTri
magazlne throughout 2023. Roy81 Mail's perfrmnce, 811hough sliTh irh))nsisten( Vas inwoved on Ihe prevKJus year.
P•rnonn•l
At the 2023 AGM In Ip9•Ach we very rAea*l to ￿kOM￿ Gareth t)avth to Ihe Boarf. G*efh bmgs a wealth of
kn￿￿¢th￿Q and exp8rnnca bcrfh In b8UrfryifYJ bLrt as a bwE88.
There I￿re ￿ 8laff chaThJes (knrry 2￿23 ar#a &xlunatO to 8n eyrnlkntteam by Will
BowKfth.
We are also very gra1￿1 to ar¥o￿nI08rS [￿rt thlth s(rflware dovdopnwrt 8nd dat￿p888t￿rwj
corrections. l %w)uld ￿ke to tharth Rthrd Smith and Bll Hl)bsrt for their on BolI￿r￿ arKI a&fw8tgd 8<)thY8re. Ph
IknyBe and Nigel Herr¥)tt fortheir tiffle resw)rylng lo BeMBoard corredw and user querigs and t)OLWJ Davis for
Flnanco
The ￿MpanIeS flnanLXS he*J up Ihe yaaras the I￿[ of donallons was b(￿e￿ by Inu888ed rfnglng octmty
8rDund rDyal everts. No incrpase was made to amual SU￿1pti￿ rate5 in 2023 aTrJ a rrtsJ8st incteas8 took 6ffect from
the &art of 2tr24. Postage rates i￿reas&￿ by app￿Mat* 10% 2￿24 aThJ have alreaty t£en noUfied of an
in(xg889 ofover 11% fr(￿n 1 ￿￿ary 2025.
8•llBoard do￿lopM￿￿
In the first halloflhe ywwas foojsed the hwe a￿Unt ofrirvJNu ￿TeS￿r￿J BellBoard actiwty eypected
for th6 Coronation. S8var81 charvJ85 to the thnt syst￿￿ US to da8srfy events as ol putlic knterest, enable muNI-
botch ￿ wional typeselllng. armytsth printed sn abb￿at¢￿ fom. e4>8nded set of perfomarte11ags
gnablett tra¢kn"ng of pgrforman¢es of inlwest for varKXts f&W)ns. We nknwj lo the OSTKknt systvn to man&Je Sncomlng
BellBoard mlls as a team. Al of Ihis Sna￿*d this C(xUr￿t￿￿ to FYrKee(I wth 8 hvJh level of user engager￿nt
and wHhout any kJSS (rf se￿. atk1 small team fInall￿ a 92-￿e wwemnt of p8rfomanc6s arourKI ten day8 after
the CorC￿ation. 30,(X)O COro￿kn p8rfoThnar￿ cerllfy￿tss **rè ¢*A￿lOaded by th& ofsoPtwn￿r.
We developed new PByPo1 ntryr¥tion lo rerN)ve aThJ W￿lUc• paym8nl 18g. There werè varfou8 small
Improvements to Ihe ty. Athwli4ng 1$ ncmf IYKYO oUtom*d. voth mulbplg 8nd t¥nod desiJn8
enabl&J', this is a growth area.
Photograph hosUThJ was ax) iwoved. in part to enablo a ccl￿bcKa￿0n vAth the Central Cou￿1,$ ngw P801 board
database. vthich also iryroves 8811Board r8cordk88txrKJ. Th• r818as8 of th•'Flrst Y•arn' US8 Incl￿
Lon9er-term prctyects in prc*Jress kndude an overall tl the dlary arNJ everts sytsm, rfrvJar IDS, and r9$1wthrfrvJ Indt*JSrg
3 8eries ol low4evel IlJrarles to t*)Ih Eb)ve's Guide and 8elBowd and te u￿[VI for other comparatle riThJing
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THE
Tho rn*r wtAWon was Tr Volce crf the C#xwth: 88PA aKJ bolhlrvJw8 of th• Chur¢h of England. In
collabora1t￿ with Guld ol Cleric81 Rirws This thort brlume ￿lIten by bgllriwwjirva dwyy 6xpknres riTrJiNJ's history,
row¥ol8 end ofthe year wè la￿)&3 th¢'Fts* HuTrJred Yews. USB. Tep4aang th¢ DVDS tlthkh have boon
organiwj ty the Centr31 CtyJrkil fix year& We t*Jan lo sal annual issJe trfThJer
An agraement whh the Slwp8 TA￿[ ha8 fed to us s•lSrvJ r¢mal￿￿ stLx* of iho l)ell trfy)ks &)r 8avoral
Junties under wr'Herrtage p￿I￿Ations. kne. ￿￿*￿Ing a markoL
rknging kn Cartts*?. and Th8 Littte Rlr&*¥J &x4(.
alw
Man￿rat4￿ event for all Ins￿%￿J. Ttr49 year 25 pwts3pat•J. wlth 8 teams c￿tir¥j rityJlTrJ methods 8nd 17
ruTrJ ty w220 yfAVVJ rfTrJer5 thr(xffjlwt thg day.
Attendeès en￿1 a fill day a¢b¥*06. in an a¥Yards (*r8M￿ * thg &wand MettMyJl* Hall
of pozas.
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THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
REPORT OF THE TrUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEIABER 2023
The trustees or8 also dlrectors of the Ch￿ for the pur[￿ ofthe c￿np￿rIeS Ac* 2W6. preBerrt their re￿1 with
thg flnandal stateThnts oftha chwty for the yw ondod 31 Decemt*r 2023. The Iwstees hav8 aJopt&J the provis1￿8 of
AccountYwJ ReporOrKJ by Chwibes.. Statemenl of R9))Mn￿d￿y Pry￿ti￿ app1Kab￿ to wepamg the
occounts in acoj1d￿ the Flnandal RepNbThJ apFIKat* in th8 UK Republk of [r￿and {FRS 1021
lthctiv8 1 January 20191.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVMES
Objectlves and ActlvStles
The obl￿ts for 4thSch the Go¥ryany WBS estsbftshed are lo womote and knter the art, anL1 histthy of b8118 8txI b811
ringing to b8lkingers and the general publ￿. particxlar by pUbl￿tr￿￿ ed￿￿11(￿1 m8terial 8nd higtorical wrhives.
The main activrbes for Ihe year have contwiu&J to be Ihe wrJJuc4ion of Th& Riwing w￿￿, The Flnglrrfj INthld Dlary
The RJrrfJlThJ wo￿￿ Calandw, also OFeithn ¢JevelOpry￿t ofBeRx)anJ *¥J The National Y¢JJth ContesL
Publlc BOn￿lt
The prir￿ipa beneffts offer&l by the Ccrfnpany
1. Suppwxt ￿ and ofts of Wls of a magaang dsvotgd to rfrglng
ITh$ Ringing Worfd). sthi¢h a￿1n$ rwrds ofriThJirMJ perfomèrw notiw Of￿￿1￿9S of Mgers much Infomiat*Jn
about bells and ringirYJ and KThJes a k)rum debate on thgiNJ t￿NC*.
2. The regularputr4k*)n In ￿ Rlrykng W(xkl (*a v8rth Ofarti￿ lo asd8t In ofrlrgku. Inclu(lirNJ
1icles on..
. The rewitsM8nt 8nd trai￿n9 ofrw rlwrs.
. EdueAlonal naturn aim*1 to as￿St riry8rs at various stays of ab￿11￿.
. Tho rèstoration. Maintènanc￿ and ￿￿￿e&p of rfngs of belL%'
. Hlstory show prèsent day ￿￿orS are o)nllnulThJ a Irafih)n of rI￿ing a6 8 wiaised forn.
. Legal and g(￿d pracbce i8gJes.
3. The publ￿￿0￿ of a i*ary for riTvJers. Wh￿ C(￿tainS w￿lT￿, a(kn 0)n￿t d*81￿ relatir¥J to the ri￿¥Thg of
church tdL8 as eagty aCC￿￿bIe referer￿6 maknia.
4. Organisation {vthh Str￿ bxal inwrt) ofa bgllrvvJiTrJ oJnteSttsriTh￿ aJ80f18.Th8 NatlonalY(xth ContssL
5. Op8ratSon and d8vd0￿e￿t of Bellb)ard - an wLth8sl¢yt. ￿Ing 8rnJ 8rdy8lng of thging
parfom7anc
Tho benefidarfos are pot￿l￿aty all Ih)se pa￿￿ate In or take an interest n lh8 rirrfjry of church Wl$. p8rfi¢ulorfy
but Th)t exclusivety bells h￿g for rirvJ¥wJ fvl UTcle in the EnGrfith tradthi. AnyThie In reasonab￿ ho*lh ov8r thè age of
10 can seek to beo)me a rir¥Jer. It rs gsbmatsd that thwe arB 25.Cts>30.000 8(*vg ringers. Of￿0M somè 2.3
are sUbsr￿terS to The RIng1￿j Wc¥ld. Bells huTrJ forringirrfj in ￿ Englith tradition ryxurtrThohLMrt Bribsh IS￿
in certain (x)untrieB overseas, esFecldty the USA. Canth, Austr81Kg and zeala￿a.
While the ts)st of 8ubscn'pliong to The R1rrfJTh￿ W¢*ld Is rrtt)dest 8ThJ trK18e on low Incomp8. many vtho are
not subscribers rewj ¢x¥)w pxKch*ed by othets ￿ on t￿*fOltr￿ barmj. c* bgnoft fin thrwayE.
ACHIEVEMEpifAND PERFORMANCE
These Jre in the Ch8vm¥n's Ip•Jo$ 1- 2
FINANCIAL REVIEVI
PrIn￿paI fundlng s￿le
In a¢jd￿On to Ir￿me frcKn Babs ofThe ￿n91[va w￿d. the ￿ary. the C￿e￿IaT aTrJ oth8r prodLLts aTrJ from advertiser8,
thè Company has rec8ived gon8r￿S donatmjns frc¥n reèJersaThJ sp(￿￿ amounti￿ to £67,17312022 .' £54,554)
Inv•stmont pollcy
The majority of the COm￿￿S resevves have been &counts 7*1th Ihe COIF Charltl85 Depr￿ Fuw¥J M&G
Charity Investments and Ihe Unried Trust B￿k at inlerest Tates of around 5%. These ftmds are prote¢te(l und&r the
Finanaal SeNces Compensation Stherr*. In March 2022 ￿ Bo8rtl in¥esbMnts %54th KI&G Illxed Int￿$¢ fiJnd)and
CCLA Ilnveslment fund) th6 am of oaming a hTrJher rglum k09rkna rtsk 89 1(M 88 wsgblg. Thg Board
thése 88 lory temi i)¥esbTrÉnts 8nd ar8 N)t to bè r8alts8d In th8 short tami.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DECEMBER 2023
FINANCIAL REVIEW
R¢8erv•$ poll¢y
ArisiThJ from S￿￿U$ thg Income and ExK*xliiuTr A(￿Lrt th& resew at £224.737 8ftor alkxvan¢e of£135.&)1
has been made for cred5th' ¥r￿UnIS faUtr& due *lthln ona ￿r. Thè mah dernnt of th18 allowance Is for prfrpal
The reserves Of¢ywa$ rethd in 2015 and K8 rKMtrJ be *Ae atanytkne to C0￿Cl an or(lety shutdown ofth8 busine88
W￿￿Out Tecouw to Ihe pledged mem￿[S, fi￿S to dea *ilh Si￿lfiCant co*. Thg Direclors do not
en￿Sage any ￿TC[l￿stsnCeS vthereby have to be sfvjt dcthn with less than 3 n￿nIhs, no11￿. Based c
Gr￿Serva￿"Ve recalcuLilon of detailgj shut d(Mm cosls. the t¢Ard salyed on a M￿InN￿l resarvas lev81 of £110k for 2016.
In partthis refflected the off￿e lease Ca￿dIati￿ costs. The office kase Ims been ren&A*d wlth shorter break periods. The
rnlnimum reservgs level need to be ￿1cL￿al￿￿ twjt il Is unlkety to m*e a matertal dItrer8￿o. Ev8n afterth8 )In8￿[91
defK>ts ofthe past yeaTr, the resoms remain sUfft￿t to cover this minimum l&v81.
FUTURE PLANS
Se8 Chaimi8n'$ RèrorL
srRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MhJ4AGEMENT
Govemlng docun*nt
The oryanisation 18 a chwitslje company Irrthl by guarwkne. as defmed by ts CoThpanles AL* 2006, IncorF*Jrdted on
12 May 1983 and registeffjd as a c*aiity on 21 Jurn8 1983. The company was esta￿ls￿ed under 8 Memorandum of
AssorAalion which 8stsblishwJ the obieth of thB c*wltabl8 company and is gov8m&J under its Artides of
A$s￿￿81￿)n. The Memcrandwn of A880ciation was last rpwsed ￿ 7 September 2019 to amend the Charrvs objects to
promote and fo8terthe art. saenco anil IN&oryof be11s8nd b811 riNJing to bdlr¥w5 arnlthegenaral pUb￿c, and in partlojlar
by publi%hing edu¢8tion81 mat8ri31 htsknri¢al 8rthrvg8, fa(ilit8tirg corrrnurycalron, 8rwur￿j￿9 putrAic interest ar
unlory the wiThJing o)Th¥nunty. The ￿tiCle30fASXrtj8￿n werp revi*J in 2(M)4. In the eventofts company *￿Und
up mgmbws are rgquirgd to ¢onlribLrtg an arrKKrt not ex(wJiThJ £10 e8th.
The dir8Ctots of the company arè akn charfty tfust8•s for thè of ch* L*¥. Undèr wuir8m8nis of tho
Memorandum and Attrles of one-third of thg TnJ8tee¥ e8th year and may offer th8m88lve8 fr)r re-
9cthn.
Paul Jopp and Graham Lay retre by rrrtakn and s09k r￿o￿thI.
The TN6tees are £1￿￿ by members of the conw at th8 anrnMI n￿lI￿J. Nclnr￿S arg normany w8ctigro b81
ringers. Efforts a￿ m￿e to engjre that those ￿MOnthd havo suth skjlls as are rgqulwj to mggt
any Identrfied skill short&Jes. The Trustees may appoint pwsoTh8 to be twslees on an interrim basr6 to fdl va￿leS.
Oryanisational slnKture
The Board of Director5 meets al knl knjr tiThs a year aTrJ Is re¥￿nSIble for Ihe dI[￿tiOn and of th8
charity. There are ￿rren0y 81¥ directors from a variety ol professtonal bac*wrKls relevant to the of the charity.
Day to day respOn￿lity lor the woduction of The RingiTrJ Wortd. The FlrrfJiThJ ￿c￿d Otary and The Flnging Worfd
Calernsar rests vath an Editor, reports to Ihe chaI￿nan. He super¥ise5 other staff aKI erwres that tlw cononue to
develrys their 8kills and w(Ykry line WTth 9>)J p￿IKe.
Inductit)n #nd tr￿nIng ol rbthv tru•t•
Naw twstgès are n(mlly rB8d8r8 of WKJ Sub￿l￿r8 to The RlrvJtry Wortl. MosL L￿t Th)t all. are OT wpre m8mber8 of
the C¢)mpany and, as s(Kh. are tsmiliar %biU) Its Companys 8(*v11￿. As £th)n as rrt)ssb￿ aftwapkX)intment new ITUStees
slt the Company's offices to meet the ￿aff and to leam atr￿t the prtKesses invofved in prOd￿tIOn ofThe RinglwYJ Wodd.
Th8 Ringing Workl Llary arKI The fvrKJirwJ Wixf(J Calendar. They 3180 rnegt %siih th8 Chwrm3n and (thei tru*ee8 a
rdelrdnt to dtscuss the 8xtsnt and nalLN8 of lh￿"r mlè. The Company Sècretary rKw4 n￿￿rt(*S ￿ Chaiity COMMIS￿On
website and its Alertiro Faolty to keep up to date vAth chalty char@&s and pa8se$ the Inf￿rnalI0n on rgJul8rty.
If it is felt approprfate. extsmal traSnfvJ In ts role and iesportslbllues of a charfty tritste& V+lll be made avaIlab￿.
Relat•d partS•9
The Company works dogety wilh the Central C￿nCIl of Bell RKw8 (￿iStered ctharity ￿. 2700361. Th
mernbers of the Conwany a￿ those rn8mber5 of the Cethl have iThScated a w111￿ne$s to b8 Company
mambers. The F￿l￿rIg WrKkJ is used to the *ork ofthe Central c￿￿n￿. The ￿￿d￿nt ofthe Central Coundl
is kept Infonned ofvhwt The Rfvj￿J Wortd Is dc4Th3 ixrt ￿ kywatterbts Bc4rd rn￿s.

THE RINGING WORLD LIM
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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATWE D￿AlL$
Regl•tsrod Company numbor
01722963 {England and Wales)
R•gl8tsred Charlty numb•r
287182
R•91st•r￿ office
358 Hlgh Street
H8mp8hlr8
SPI0 1LJ
Trust•88
MrGRDLay
Mr R D Crfghton
Ms E R Ains*YJrth
Mr P Jopp
Mr G M Bradshaw
Mr G Dav￿ {appoTrtt&J 2 Seoember 2023)
Company S•u•tOry
Mrs M Bone
Inthwthnt Eumlner
Matlhew Smith
ACCA
Torr W8tsrfdd
Chartered A￿o￿tants
Park Hou89
37 Claren(* Street
Lekest
LE13RW
S•nlor manag•m•nt tsam
W. T. BosKor1h- Edltor

THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
LIMITED BY GUAFtANTE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILMES
The tnJsiee5 (who a￿ also th2 di￿1015 of Tr RiThJir*J Lintyj forthe purptses of ujmpany lawl respDn5ib
for prepariThJ the Annual Report the ffinanoal Slatements im &cordatKe vthh 8FsrfKabk law and Unrted Kingdom
Acc4Junlmg StsTrJards IUnit8d ￿n9dcffi Gerwalty Acc*&Y Accounb"ng P￿cO"cel
Comp8ny law the truslee5 to weparo fmar￿1 staknnenfs for each fmancial >￿r￿h1￿ give a tnE and faw view
of the stste of affair5 of the charitsNe wnpany and of the irw71ing resources and app&'cabon of ￿sources. Induding the
incLxm6 expenililure. of the charTtatrJe company for that Pe￿d. In weparing thcffje finaTh￿￿ state￿nts. Ihe tru5tee5
aTr r8quired to
seknt suitable a¢country wllcie5 and tr*n apply th￿ co￿8*,
c4)$8r¥e the meih(Kls prinupks in ￿ Chonty SORP.,
make judgements estimate5 that a￿ reasonab￿ arKI pnhyent
prepam the financial ststements ￿ the gc¥r*J ts￿￿rn bas￿ Urtess rt Ys in8ppnwrfa* to presumè that chorith
tompany will conts.nue In bJsrw.
The trustees are TEsponsbkn fw kewng PWDFer accounting which thsdc68 wsonth a￿(aCY at any lknè
the financial posrtfion of the oynparty and to en*)18 them to ensure Jhal Ihe finarKAal ststements Comply with th•
CompaThe5 Act 2(Th. They are abo for safeguarding the assets of the (*8[Ttab￿ c(xnpany anrl honce
t&king reasonabk st8F6 for Ihe pre%*ntv)n arK1 delwlK)n ijffraud and other ryuTr8rib85.
Thts r8P¢Yt has been prepared in ¥￿h ts Sp80￿ pmvtsth$ of Part 15 ofthe 2Cth rekits.ng to
small ctrmpan*s
ApproThJ by order olthè board of on 30 ￿24 and s*JrW w its tshaf by..
Mrs M Bonè. Secretsry
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INDEPEPIDENT
THE RINGIIIG WORLD LIMITED
Ind•p•ndent •xamln•rf8 r•port to th• trust•o• ofTh• Rlffjlng Worfd Untsd fth•
Resp(￿sIbIl11l￿ and baBl¥ of
As the charitys trustees of1he CC￿panY (and it¥ Fwrposes of(￿￿nY lawl we resp￿￿ble
Havlng sat15tsJ mysewthat th8 acu)unts ofthe ComF•)y affj not wulr&J to be audited Part 16 ofthe 2006Ad orKI
are ejp31￿0 for indepeThJert examirolix, I feKxyI in 194)e¢t cl my gxamlnallon of yow cL)nyan￿6 as c¥rri8d rAJI
undgr¥ection 145 ofts Charts3A(a 2011 2011 ACVI. In caffyiry mya¥anlnakn I have ftthwad the Thrnciion8
giv￿ ty th8 Charity Commi85ion LWKlgr8eclw)n 145(Sl Ib) ofth$ 2011
IndependBnt•XaMlno￿ •l•t•n*nt
Since cc¥np8n￿s gross In¢offe exc•&le(1 £2￿.[mXl swexamlner must be a memb8r ofa t¢•*118twJ In 8eckn 145
of the 2011 Act. I i¥n (x)nfrtm thAt l am qualT￿ to ￿dart￿ the &Yamlnatlon b8wse I 8 rog8tw•J M￿bOr of
Institute ofthrt8￿ P¢¢ountsnts In Ergknj and Waks one ofthe lis￿ bc#J*.
occ¥wnts do not Cor￿ viti Ihe ￿)ur￿J of 396 of the 2006 Act other than any
requlremerrt that the ￿￿mts giwti 8 In* *MI falr nota a8 PArtofan indep8Thlenl
examlnakn.. or
the aC￿L￿ts have ncrt been wepared in ￿)rfal￿e vAth th8 m•1￿MIS ￿￿1 winciptes crf the Stslernent of
R9￿mM￿ded Pr￿alc? for arkj ￿￿￿￿1]I¥J by ¢hanligs lo ¢hoJlt* prepa￿r￿ thelr accounts
in acCc￿￿a￿ *qth the Finar￿481 RwtiTr3 Stwxjard the UK and Repubk ofltsknd (FRS 10211.
be draw￿ in thi8 re￿rt In tsrtsrb) eroble • UntsrntW￿lr￿J offv to be
ACCA
Toff WateffieKI
Chartered Ac￿￿ntsTrts
Park Housa.
37 claren￿ Street
LE13RW
30 Juty 2￿4

THE RINGING WORLD LIPArrED
IMITED BY GUARANTEE
TATEMEKr
FINAN
ANIN
TIN
EAND
2023
Unrg•trlctod
fund
2022
Total
funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROPA
[k)n811(￿S and re￿￿5
67,173
54,554
Charita>l• actlvltS0s
The Rlroiry World
Tho RyvJi￿J Wortd Diary
194.805
18A31
198,557
14,448
Cthrtr8diThJ aclmbes
Imstsnènt ints)
44.073
2,020
4.879
Total
341,353
313,652
EXPEMDITURE ON
Rai￿ng fijnds
786
37,163
Charftabl• actl¥lil•s
The RiThJiro Wortd
The RingiThJ Wc¥ld D*
255.139
6,876
240.229
314801
284.340
Nèt gain81 (los￿) on Inv•otm•
7.587
2,987
NEf INCOME
34,139
26,325
RECONCIUATKIN OF FUNDS
Totsl fund• brought forwwd
190.
164.273
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
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THE RINGI
WORLD LI
UMtrED BY GUARA14TEE
BER
2023
2022
Totsl
funds
fund
FIXED ASSETS
T8ngibl& 888ets
Invethents
12
77.013
S4,t￿2
77.015
CURRENT ASSETS
st￿ks
Debtor8
Ca** 8t bank and in harKI
13
14
12.887
14,002
249.077
12.559
11.895
214 139
275.966
238,593
CREDITORS
ounts falliro due ￿1n one year
15
1135M311
1125,010)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UABIUTV
224,n7
1￿•.598
NET ASSErs
r24.n7
1￿.598
FUNDS
Unrestric*&J fijnds
16
190,598
TOTAL FUNDS
224.737
190.5P8
The Chan13b￿ company is wUll•1 to s￿tA)n 477 d the Cryanies 21￿6 for tha ygar
ended 31 D￿ember 2023.
The members have Th)t r8quired th8 coffpany trj obtain 8n aLK* of its finand81 staterwts for the year ended
31 De￿rnber 2tr23 In accordance vthh S8¢kn 476 ofthe C(xnparigs 2006.
The trusteos ackn￿￿0 thok resp)n&blit￿
{a)
suiing that the charitat4e keeps reo>ts that c*ynrty ¥41th and 387 of the
Companles Act 2006 and
preparing financaal strt￿ents gNe a b)Je and fair of the state of ofthe charitabb company as
at the end of each finarKial year and of ils (x (kftlt for each f6nancial year in aC(a)rdar￿ wilh tha
requirernents of 394 and 395 aThJ %%thith 01h8Th￿ Comp￿ with th& r8qUWgmgnts of Ihe C(xnpani95
(bl
These financlal strtsmerts been prepared in ￿1rdance V*ith the F*OV￿ appliatAe to choril&41è u)mp8nN
Subi￿t to thg small compatii8s ￿lMe.
finantial 8tstsments 8PtYoved by the Board of TnJBt88s arbj aullK¢W for 30 Juty 2024 wer8
gn8d w its baha￿ by:
£1*4 -
MrG M Brad8haw-Tn
The Th)t8s f(*m t*rt ofthe8a fin￿481 *aternents
Pag8 9

THE RINGING WORLD LIMrrED
UMITED BY GIJARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEl￿P￿s
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
ACCOUNllMG POUaES
Basss of pr•parlng th• flnandal Stat•M￿lS
The finarKial statemerrts of the CharItsb￿ Com￿ry. is a b￿Offl ontsty undor FRS 102. have bsen
prepargd n ￿)rrfanGe vitth the Charfll95 SORP (FRS 1LY21,A0￿￿rrt1r$ a￿1 Reportjng ty Charftses.. Statement of
Recommended Practice aFVIKa￿a to charl￿S preparing their a££o￿ts in ￿TIh thty Financial Rgporbng
Standard applut4e UK and Republ￿ of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffecfve 1 JAnU￿ 20191,. Flnandal Rewitib
Stsndard 102 The Flnandal R8F*m StaTrJard appI￿ab￿ in th9 UK W Republ￿ of Ir9knd' and thg Cc*npanlgS
Ad 2CQ6. The fi￿¢￿1 statements have been prepared under the l¥sknital ccLst conventftjn.
The finanrAal statern￿ are &Yes￿ted in Stthu. is also th8 f￿ndkn￿l cwrancy ￿the ¢>)mpany.
The finan(¥al statements have b8Bn pl￿red a gdng 0)￿8M as thg In*t99s beljgvo that no matgrfal
un¢ertainlies exist. The trustees have COn￿dered the levd of funds hekl and the expeded ￿Ve1 of Inu)me and
expenditure fw 12 rnonlhs aubknrisir¥J ih888 financ4al slatemenl& The IrKonw aThl 8XPondlture18
>A￿C￿nt wrth th8 levd of￿8r¥e5 forthe thaiityto c(￿tinue as a gouvJ cc￿ffl.
Inwrr
All Is re￿gnl5ed In the stsle1r￿t of Hnancial Adith 0￿e the charity has ent[ll￿ to the is
probatde Ihat the ￿(£¥ne wll bg the wnounl can be meawr&J reliabty.
Don8t[c￿8 8ThJ IwJade8 In¢x)m6 IS￿1¥8￿ by way ofthjnakn and Is Irthled in in th8 stae[￿ntOfFlnal￿[aI
r￿1¥￿ is deferreil each year.
Other tradlro aclSth kncom& Is r￿e1ved by way ofadthslNJ. n(rfi￿ arnl methndise 8Tra is induded in in
the Statement OfFIna￿lat Acbvibes then I￿¥&￿e.
Expendltur•
Liabilities are rwised aseXP￿dtt￿eaS asltw b a l&yl ¢0￿mItbr¥￿the chadty
to that eXpendI￿re. h Is pmbable that a transf8rofKon¢ynt t￿￿$￿111 be rewirnd in settlement and the anounl
of the obligation can ￿ mgasur*J rgliabty. Is acoxmted kn on An 8(xyuals b886 and tr￿8 b88n
classffied under he•Jings that ag9reWe ￿ cost reLa￿ to thè catogory. Wtrwv (x)sb ¢xnnot L* 8ttribulgd
to pathular headiros tsy have been anocated to actsvrbes ￿ a bask8 conslstent ¥￿th the use of resouff*s.
Expendtture on funds cnmprise the ojsls aS￿dated *llh altractkng and 8wrkn9
Ivertlsements and nollc85.
ExpenditWB on charitable lkne {*￿tsInC￿lr￿j ty th& tharlty ￿e￿ryof Ms atKJ
Gov9rnan¢x costs no kjrwjer shown as a separate expertse category io thB charfty. The eyThJlture Is shown
88 a support cost and betv*en the atove eypense cakgoiies on a basis dwed to rellect the of
the resource. The wN)ar8tiv8 fvJurn$ 8Tr 8djLthd accordNv*.
JI cost8 arg olkxoted betswn the eyp8rWJi￿r8 of th8 Statem￿t ot Finandal AL*wtie8 on a basi8
dasgnad to rèfl￿t thè use of thg Ipsou￿￿. Costs to a parbuJL8r acknty are alh)cated directly. other5 are
8pW)rt￿ed ￿ an aw)mptlale bads. s￿ ￿)Sts Jt¢ated by the cunpany. on ts basis of a reasonab
9sUmats uslNJ Ikw areas. staff tmg an¢J tw. SupFX)rt ¢XJ6ts ar¥ no kwer 8N(K*d to governanc* ￿St& as a
category expense. Supsx¥l cc￿lS thot mere alkx8l￿ ID govmrtè ¢x)* hw bsen fyallocated to
xpendllur8 cfft r8tslr¥J funds orKI eXpW￿l1ur9 The c£¥nparatNe ffigur88 are adjusted
cordiroty.
Tanglblo flx•d aM•ts
Depreciation is provided al the follcMrg anThJal rates in othlo write off eath assd (w ealmateil weful ￿fe.
PaJe 10
Cononu￿...

THE RINGING WORLD LIMrrED
UMrrED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FIP4ANCIAL STATEIIENTS. ¢frfnu•d
FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 310ECEM8ER 2023
AccoupillNG POUCES. contIn￿d
Tanglble flxed as8•ts
Fixed assets we stst8Y a ccist Tho rJ)stsof¥PKXt Irfp a58els. i1￿1￿￿r￿a infornat*)n
technology wuipmrt arwj minor a(hj[￿nS are rKJt Gaprtaltsed. ttpreuation is cakAJlateiJ ￿ the straight-￿nè
basis so as lo ￿te off the cost ofeach asset over its exp￿ bfv. in all ¢xses IB ethmated at 5 years.
In¥e•tments
Investments are reo)Jniged iiibalty at fairvalue 15 ncrfmalty Ihe transxlion Pr￿ w¢lUdr￿ tr￿￿tion
CO8ts. Subsequentty, they are measured at fatrvalug ￿ ¢harvJes r￿88(1 n'rnt gains I IlosBes) c
inv83ts￿. in the SOFA rf the shares ar8 wblrdy or th04r falr Y￿u• can othorwisg bg rngasurBd rdkbty.
St¢¢k•
Stock fis valued 8t the kmr ofit*t and nBt r&￿isable vakn and ccrf*18ts of vathAB Worfd m8rchandi88.
Thèrè is rm) stttk (*rriwJ foThvard for the Diary and CaleTrJar as th888 are not acUv81y math•tod after 1 Jwwary.
Tax•tF
Fund accwntlng
Unrestrfcted fiJn(Js Can be wed li ￿))r￿a￿e the thaiitable atthe dwebon oftre trnj8t￿.
Reslrthd fvnds ￿ cfflly be ￿ed frjr partkuLgr restr*￿ pur[*￿ the objects ofthe charity. Restricuons
adso vknon S￿￿ll￿d by the (* funts are rawj fr){ Part￿uL￿r reStsirt￿ pu￿C￿eS.
Furtrw explonaticrf) of th8 nolure 8nd purp08e of fund IB kn the rhjtes to the finonctal Blatem8nts.
Fornlgn currencSe6
Assets and liaknlities In for8bn cuffwKles are tsar￿a10a ￿t0 $1ot1iwJ at the rdtes ofexchange rullThJ atthe baknc8
Sheet dale. Transacltons in fwn ¢Lwwiesart ITansl8W into bterfing atthe rate 0fexC￿ge njing atthe date
oftransaction. Exclwde drfferBrtt$ are taken Into accirtvtt n arfvrg at Iho wr8ting r68uIt.
Hlr• purcha•• •nd1&78Sng commSlm•nts
Rentsls paid under oper* knes arn charggd ￿ tho Stat8m¥l of Fina￿481 Adivilies on a strawJhtJ4ne basLs
over Ihe perlod ofthe lease.
The tharitsble compwry operates a defined ccmtsibJtion pen%on ContrlxrtK￿$ p&￿atrI9 to Ihg charftable
¢ompanYs stherr* are charged to ts Statenwrt ofFtnarKlal Advltsgs In the to %%*uch they reLgts.
Trad• d•bl<ys
Trade and olherdebtorn are meaSUr￿j at traraaraK￿ Va￿ le$S￿Y impaimwt h>8￿ for bad and doLthI debts.
Cuh and ¢a•h •qulval•nts
Cash and cash 8(wlwalents WnKMiS8 ¢8th 8MI hbhly I￿￿ bank
Trade and oth•rcr•dltors
Trade and othw credltors arg mgawrFd ot value.
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2023
2￿22
C¥)nalions and le£￿
11
continu&J...

THE RINGING WORLD LIMrrED
UMITED BY GUARAI4TE
NOTES TO THE FIPIANCiAL STATEME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE
EMBER 2
2023
2022
nglrKJ Wortd Caler
Adverlisernents arKI nDti¢
Sundry receipts
misc81lar￿uS prc*Juctsalos
5.769
9,950
1.￿0
26.854
13.629
1.514
36.832
INVESTMEKf IllCOME
2023
2022
INCOME FROM CHARrrABLE ACTMTES
The priKWI source for th& charitsble 8cbvrbes the subxrylKffi inccffie fDT The RirvJiThJ Workj which
sparKs the year 9￿9. An apprrwle ofthis inccffie is ¢*frrred e￿ year report&J In rK*te 15.
SUPPORT COSTS
Infc¥mat*)n
tec*nokxJy
Human
resources
1093
584
12,576
Thg RtngiNJ Wortrj
20.934
100.613
costs
Totsl$
Othertrdding ￿ts￿treS
Th8 FlTring Wcrfld
213
1.20S
1.258
17.309
120718
2.341
138 025
Actlvlty to b• allcKat•d
Management
Infcrfmatlon tec￿￿(￿￿
Human rosources
Misce1￿￿OUS
Staff eX[￿Se8
Govemanc• costs
Costs allocation on thi* ba*iA
Iroor areas. #aff timè. usw otc
floor areas. #aff
Staff
Fknf arg8S
P*)0 12
continued...

THE RINGING WORLD LNITED
LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NO
TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
SUPPORT COSTS. contlnu•d
Support costs. in the atwM. ¥e as fo*m:
2023
2￿22
tradlrvJ
Ringing
Wc
Totsl
adivilieg
Totsl
aclivTbes
Rent and seThKes
Telephone
Post￿6 and staticffl8ry
1.514
122
13,621
1.101
1,878
15,135
15,192
1,337
1.428
1,583
2,087
L 1111
481
83,537
1,786
1,534
1.030
3.075
774
3.750
12.096
258
84.671
1.810
1,556
1.205
98.787
Social $8cuiity
Pensons
Mlscellarwus
Stsff gxpenses
Trustee5' e￿n
AcC￿nt￿￿ arm1 I￿jaI fees
I,TT8
1.418
2.926
213
585
326
138 025
NET INCOME
Net Ir￿ 16 ststed 8ftw clwgiW(xeththJl:
2Q23
2022
Other oper8Ung ￿8¥e8
A(￿un￿nCY
11568
2.950
12.568
3.550
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFrrs
Th8r8 W8fe by) trustees, rem￿er81M)n ￿ othèr the year ended 31 D￿ernbel 2023 nor fix the ye
on￿1 31 D￿nb￿2022.
Try•te￿. expen•e•
2023
2022
TT4
Travol costs aTrJ dthr¥wn￿ts aTrwuntir¥J to £1,632 (2￿￿. £7741 rnhrtMJr*d to 5 truste8s {2022. 4)
STAFF COSTS
2023
WaJes and saa
Soual ￿Urity costs
Other pensiC￿ CO
83.537
1.786
1.534
2,068
1.778
100 013
The 8ver898 monU4y ntThb8rol emp￿￿ during the yearvra3 as
2023
2022
Editorial and •j￿nistration
P•J8 13
conllnu&J...

THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
IMITED BY GUARApifE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
I DECEMBER 2023
STAFF COSTS- continu•d
No 18 ￿ld moTr than £60,Cth per￿￿.
10. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FIIIANCIAL ACTlVtnES
11. TANGIBLE FIXED ￿$SEr3
to
Computsr
equipment
Totsl$
COST
At 1 J&)uary 2023 and 31 D￿￿)ber2D23
DEPRECIATION
At l January 2023 and 31 Da(￿ber20ZJ
8.087
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 ￿rntser 2023
At 31 D￿art￿2022
12.
FIXED ASSEf IllVESThEiifs
Lislad
Inv8slm8nts
M*JiKET VALUE
At 1 January 2023
77,013
DisposaLs
Rèvaluatbns
At 31 0￿mber 2023
BOOK VALUE
At 31 Decerrtjer 20Z3
At 310￿en￿er 21Y22
All11St￿l InVestr￿nts are hebj kn urll t￿￿1&
13.
STOCKS
2023
2022
Stock of merchandlse
12.887
14.
DEBTORS: MIOUNTS FALLING DUE ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade d8btL¥8
ft aml lax reca)verab
PrgpayTngnts and accruod Incc¥ne
2,898
5,753
2.214
4.947
4.734
Page 14
tinU8d...

THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
UMITED BY GUARANTE
TEST
THE FINAN
YEAR
OED
TATEMENTS.
15.
2023
2022
14392
4.603
1.171
931
3.747
99,362
VAT
Other ugJi¢ors
SUbs￿P110ns recelved kn athrn
1,652
4,134
100,536
135
125010
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
N8t
At1.123
fundB
31.1223
Unrestricted funds
Generdl fijnd
R8v81u8thx Re8eTre
193.585
(1987}
2QS52
7.587
220.137
4600
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement kn fiThJ8. knc4uttsd h) th& abo¥e a8 fokA￿..
InwniThJ
R88(NJrce8 GaIr￿ and
sses
Movement
in f￿d8
Un¥MtrScted funds
General Fund
Revalualhm Re8eThe
341.353
(314.801)
26,552
7.587
TOTAL FUNDS
314
C¢xryMrnli¥os f¢f nkn•ment in fun
At1.122
in fijnds
31.1222
Unrnslri¢l•d fvnds
G8neral furKI
ReVa￿a￿an rwerve
164.273
29.312
{2,9871
193,5B5
12,9871
TOTAL FUNDS
164.273
26.325
190.598
Comporntive net mo¥enYrt in irKgLx18d In th8 atove atB a8 foknvs:
funds
Unmtrlct•d fundB
Generdl
313,852
1284J40)
29,312
TOTAL FUNDS
Page 15
c￿bnued...

THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
UMITED BY GUARANTE
hlOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
17.
TLItsI fuiuro finan081 coffmthnts. gU¥rant￿ ar¥1 (xJthFvJww a￿ T￿t indu￿￿ in tho bakn¢x sheèt
amount to £10.250 (2¢Y22.. 20,500). This amount is in wÈl81iM to 0￿rating ¢tyyMnitMèr￿ whi¢h arn p8yable
lh9 ngxt >par.
18.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
Donaltons lotalllng £M {2022: £8801 Ibere from kntstee in restw* of The RingiThJ wo￿1 NaUon81
ULTIIAATE CONTROLLIIIG PARTY
Those M￿nbarS ofthè C￿traI Counol ofchunth 8811 Ri¥J8rs have indi(*W thw%%ill1rKJr￿Io b6 rt￿bers
of the d￿rItable c(xnpa)y eledthè of Dirwjors to a¢1 C￿ th*r b*wlf.
Page 16

THE RINGING WORLD UMrrED
LIMITEO BY GUARANTEE
DET
TATEMENT
EYEAR ENDED
F FINANCIAL
ECEMBER 2
2023
2022
INCOME AND ENDOWMEpirs
Don•tions and legacie•
Donatlons and legactes
67,1n
54,554
Other tr8dlng aCtMII
Ringng W(Mld C8lèndar
8,490
"13.629
1.514
5.769
9.950
Sundry receipts
MI￿11￿$ Wr￿l￿t 8dss
26.854
S8,265
44,073
Invgstrrnnt Incom•
Intsr8st rBceivab
4,879
Ch*rttabl• actlvltl••
Postsl SLts¢rib8rs
Newsagerrts
Sale of drdries
194.289
336
18.431
198221
336
14.448
T￿al Incomlng r••ourc•s
341,353
313,652
EXPENDITURE
other tradlng I￿¥111••
Calendar costs
Promotions
MiscdLgneous prc*Juc* Lxjsts
2.615
10,209
22.652
2,340
6.208
35,476
22,030
Charltabl• actl¥ttl•s
Printing.. The Ringing Worfd
Franking
Composliro
Index pfyparatim (x*ts
Diary costs
Holklay c4)ver
Bank (*aryJes
64802
60.5TT
16,651
9SO
6.876
14.284
950
9.274
141.299
140,￿3
Mana￿ment
Rent and seNce8
Tdepho
Postsga *tTrJnary
Offlce S8￿
15.135
I5,1￿2
1,337
1.428
2,087
20.935
19.540
This pwJ& doe8 notfr)mi ￿of1h8 8labJtoryfjnaMaal ststa1￿
17

THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED
P4trrED BY GUARANTEE
8fATEME
RNANCIAL A
2023
2022
Inftymation technology
Conwter costs
6.481
Wages
Sc￿181 sècurity
Penskjns
96.767
1008
1.778
83,537
1.786
1.534
100.613
86.857
1.418
1,030
Staff •xpon
2.926
3,075
Tru8teoS' gXFenses
Ac¢ountsn¢y aNI ltyal fees
1.632
774
4.524
T{￿21 resources eyperKled
314
1 284.340
N•t In¢orrv& b•ft>r¥ gans I￿
29,312
Unr•alis•d gains I110sso$1 on fix¢d ass•t Inv•sln*
Net Income
26.325
P•Jg 18