## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/10/2023 Period start date To 30/09/2024 Period end date Charity name: LINH-SON BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity registration number: 287922** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Principal aim of advancing the Buddhist
religion.| |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|The objectives are fulfilled through the
dissemination of publications on the
teachings of Buddha and associated spiritual
literature on the establishment and
maintenance of a Place of Worship.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, the trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public 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|The charity continued in its aim of advancing
the Buddhist religion.| |**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||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity had a good financial position at
the end of the period. The net balance sheet
balance were a very healthy £ 602,939| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves are held to ensure sufficient
funds remain with the charity to advance its
purpose| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£48300| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Association| |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|Annual election by members of association| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|LINH-SON BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|287922| |Charity’s principal address|76 Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood
London SE19 3EW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Thi Than Do|Chair||| ||Son Hoang Huu
Phan|Trustee||| ||Lola Bean|Trustee||| ||THI NHAN
NGUYEN|Trustee||| ||HUE BICH DIEP|Trustee||| ||VENERABLE AN
THANH TRAN|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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 Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## |**LINH-SON BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION**|**No 287922**|| |---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||**CC16a**| |01/10/2023
**For the period**
**from**|30/09/2024
**To**|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**80,228**
**724**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**84,835**
**20,380**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**- 24,263**
**-**
**72,562**
**48,299**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**80,228**
**724**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**84,835**
**20,380**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**- 24,263**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**80,228**
**724**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,952**
**84,835**
**20,380**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**105,215**
**- 24,263**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**80,228**|||||**18,250**| |Bank Int|**724**|||||**378**| |Activities forgeneratingfunds|**-**|||||**42,614**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**80,952**|||||**61,242**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**61,242**| |||||||| |Charitable Activities|**84,835**|||||**14,733**| |Governance costs|**20,380**|||||**12,392**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**105,215**|||||**27,125**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**27,125**| |||||||| ||**- 24,263**|**-**|**-**|**- 24,263**||**34,117**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**72,562**|**-**|**-**|**72,562**||**38,445**| ||**48,299**|**-**|**-**|**48,299**||**72,562**| R&P Accounts Page 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Other
**Details**
**Details**
Fixed assets
Cash in bank & hand
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Investmens|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**48,299**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**48,299**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**11000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
569566
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
25926
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Mrs Hue Bich Diep|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Mrs Hue Bich Diep|26/08/2025| ||||| R&P Accounts Page 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** LINH-SON BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION **members of On accounts for the year** 30/09/2024 **Charity no** 287922 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **30 / 09 / 2024** - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ ~~Ak ubair~~ **Signed:** ~~z~~ **Name:** A K Zubair **Date:** 26/08/2025 **Relevant professional** ICPA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** P O BOX 137, RUISLIP, HA4 9YS ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 1 **October 2018** **IER**