## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/08/2022 Period start date To 31/07/2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: StoneWater Zen Centre Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 289863**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote, nurture and develop the
practice and transmission of the Zen
Buddhist tradition through meditation, study,
precepts, Buddhist psychology and
stewardship of a training centre open to all
regardless of gender, race or sexuality.
StoneWater Zen Trust is founded on the
teachings and practice of the Zen tradition
as transmitted through the lineage of
Tenshin Fletcher Roshi, Abbot, Yokoji Zen
Mountain Center and his successors. Its
aims will be realised through a regular
meditation instruction for the local and wider
community.|
|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|●
Supports a teacher in White Plum
lineage, David Keizan Scott Sensei,
who provides support for Zen
Buddhism in UK, both to individuals
& groups, and ensures growth of
Maezumi Roshi’s and Tenshin
Roshi’s lineage in the UK
●
Manages the StoneWater Zen Centre
Liverpool
●
Supports StoneWater Zen Lakes
Centre
●
Provides instruction and advice for
beginners to Zen meditation practice
in Liverpool
and beyond, both personally and by
email
●
Supports and develops the Zen
practice of experienced students from
across the UK, both per- sonally and
byemail.Jukai,Tokoudo and Shusso|
|||Hossin ceremonies are scheduled as
required.
●
Supports Zen groups across UK
including London, West Yorkshire,
Kent, Northamptonshire & Shefeld
●
Brings noted UK & international
teachers to our UK retreats
●
Supports Zen Buddhism in UK (and
beyond) through our website
ofering advice & support to
individuals & groups
●
Makes & provides meditation
equipment e.g. mats & cushions to
associated groups
●
Ofers outreach work including talks
& meditation sessions for school
students & conferences, supports
practitioners working in prisons, and
is developing contacts with local
community projects in Liverpool.
Represents Zen Buddhism at multifaith
events in Merseyside & across UK
During Covid Stonewater Zen Centre set up
a six day a week Zoom schedule of morning
and evening guided meditations , dharma
talks and personal interviews to support our
own community and any other folk wanting
this service and or needing support. It was
very successful and we have continued with
this service post Covid and in parallel to our
normal none virtual schedules and retreat
programmes.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|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|**Regular activities**
**_The following is a list of weekly_**
**_zazen sessions:_**
●
At the Liverpool zendo 6 times per
week
●
At the home of a senior practitioner
in Liverpool once per month
●
In London, West Yorkshire, Kent,
Northamptonshire & Shefeld at
least once per week with additional
sessions organised by local group
leaders
**_In addition:_**
• A monthly 'A Time to Talk' support
group
• Monthly classes for beginner
practitioners in Liverpool • Themed
workshops
• A Whats App sitting group
**_Residential retreats are organised as_**
**_follows:_**
●
Twice yearly retreats at Crosby Hall
for practitioners from across the UK
and beyond, with sub- sidised places
for people on low incomes
●
An annual Rohatsu retreat either in
the Lakes Zendo or the Liverpool
Zendo
●
At least three 'Retreat to the City’
themed events in the Liverpool
Zendo
●
A month long Shusso training retreat
in the Lakes Zendo
**_Other ongoing activities include:_**
●
Maintaining and updating
the StoneWaterZen.org website
including posting practitioners writ-
ten articles relating the their zen
practice in everydaylife|
|||●
Producing a regular themed e-
newsletter
●
Recording and uploading dharma
talks so they are available for the
sangha both in the UK and abroad
●
Developing policies as required
●
Maintainingthe archive|
|---|---|---|
## **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|There was a net cash surplus of £15,080 for
the year and unrestricted reserves at 31
July 2023 of £74,373|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are being built up towards a
deposit to purchase premises|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£74,373|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **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|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|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|**Initially invited by David Scott and Abbot**
**Fletcher**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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|StoneWater Zen Centre Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|289863|
|Charity’s principal address|13 Hope Street
Liverpool
L1 9NQ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Names of the charity trustees who**
**manage the charity**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|
||David Keizan Scott|Chairman||
||Judith Bird|||
||Joanne McMahon|||
||Paul Taylor|||
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## – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers**
**(Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers**
**(Optional information)**|
|---|---|
|**Type of adviser**
**Name**||
|**Spiritual Advisor**|Charles Teshin Fletcher|
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## **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**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** David Keizan Scott
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**
30/05/24
**STONEWATER ZEN CENTRE TRUST 289863 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/08/2022 31/07/2023
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
DONATIONS 118,206 - - 118,206 70,174
RENT 11,322 - - 11,322 1,595
GIFT AID TAX 4,850 - - 4,850 4,403
COVID GRANTS - - - -
- - - - -
134,378 - - 134,378 76,172
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 134,378 - - 134,378 76,172
A3 Payments
SESSHIN EXPENSES 5,434 - - 5,434 10,051
RENT 3,600 - - 3,600 3,850
REPAIRS AND EQUIPMENT 13,675 - - 13,675 5,325
CEREMONIAL EXPENSES - - - -
DONATIONS 2,905 - - 2,905 1,468
WEBSITE EXPENSES 2,094 - - 2,094 885
SUNDRY EXPENSES 227 - - 227 303
TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE 2,383 - - 2,383 6,679
SERVICE CHARGE AND CLEANING 14,640 - - 14,640 12,283
INSURANCE 250 - - 250 254
P P and S 239 - - 239 308
STAFF COSTS 13,200 - - 13,200 16,100
RATES 1,174 - - 1,174 1,152
LEASEHOLD PROPERTY EXPENSES 59,477 59,477 27,956
-
- - - - -
Sub total 119,298 - - 119,298 86,614
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 119,298 - - 119,298 86,614
Net of receipts/(payments) 15,080 - - 15,080 -10,442
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 59,293 - - 59,293 69,735
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Cash funds this year end 74,373 1 - - 74,373 27/05/2024 59,293
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STONEWATER ZEN CENTRE TRUST 289863
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/08/2022 31/07/2023
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/05/2024
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STONEWATER ZEN CENTRE TRUST 289863
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/08/2022 31/07/2023
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
Cash at Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**74,373**
**-**
**-**
**74,373**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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STONEWATER ZEN CENTRE TRUST 289863
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/08/2022 31/07/2023
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
Computer Equipment 1,750 -
P A System 199 -
Altar 139
Fridge 100 -
Ladders 50 -
Dehumidifier 35 -
iPad 514 -
Gazebo 54 -
Speaker 150 -
Bunk Beds 567
Motor Vehicle - Volvo 8,995
Vacuum Cleaner 130 -
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
Creditors
-
-
-
-
Date of
Signature Print Name
approval
David Keizan Scott 30/05/24
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members** Charity Name StoneWater Zen Centre Trust **of On accounts for the year ended** 31/07/23 **Charity no 289683 Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
**Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.
## It is my responsibility to:
- 1* examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- 2* to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- 3* to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
**Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
**IER**
**Independent examiner's** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my **statement** attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
4* to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and 5* to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
1. to which, in my opinion, 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._
**Signed: Date: 31 May 2023**
**Name:** N Hughes
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
ACCA
**Address:**
622 Regus Horton House Exchange Flags Liverpool L2 3PF
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material
problems.(E.g. accounting records have not been kept in accordance with s132 of the Charities’ Act 2011 and those accounts do not comply with the requirements of the 2008 Regulations setting out the form and content of charity accounts; any material expenditure or action which appears not to be in accordance with the trusts of the charity; any failure to be provided with information and explanations by any past or present trustee, officer or employee; and any material consistency between the accounts and the trustees’ annual report.)
**2**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**IER**