2021-07-31-accounts - The Prometheus Trust

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The Prometheus Trust Chairman’s Report 2020-21

The Prometheus Trust has had a relatively quiet year as the covid crisis continues to disrupt events and make planning ahead very difficult. However a range of activities have been developed via the use of Zoom and this has certainly extended our reach beyond the confines of the UK.

Publishing

The Trust has ensured that its publications remain available - 3 Thomas Taylor Series volumes have been reprinted with enhancements and updates; 4 other books have been reprinted. One new book has been added to our catalogue: Plato in Late Antiquity - another in our series of anthologies published in association with the International Society of Neoplatonic Studies.

Having typeset in to Word most of the Thomas Taylor Series over the last year, we are now gradually running through the 10 volumes of Aristotle typesetting in Word and inserting Bekker margin markers: once complete we will have all 33 volumes of the Series in a modern format, so that future reprinting will be possible with the minimum of labour.

We hope that the proposed new editorial board will come into operation this year, and lead the way to a major expansion of our catalogue.

Booksales are now at record levels.

Education

All face to face activities were cancelled this year, and we are still not clear as to when these will be resumed. The project to lead a series of Zoom session through the 10 dialogues of the Late Platonic Academies’ “first cycle” of studies begun last year has been completed and we have been encouraged by the number of new contacts made around the world. We expect to build on this with several zoom-based courses planned for the first half of the coming Trust year: a further cause for optimism is that two fine scholars (one from Canada, the other from Finland) have volunteered to help with these.

Conference

Our annual conference was once again cancelled due to covid restrictions. We are planning to resume in the summer of 2022, circumstances permitting.

Public Benefit

The above activities are considered to be of public benefit and pursued in fulfilment of the Trust’s stated purposes: all our zoom courses are offered free of charge, and we price our books to ensure that they are within the reach of ordinary students.

The Trust

The Trust continues to develop good connections with the wider community of those involved with the furtherance of good philosophy, despite the difficulties brought about by the pandemic. In such times the apparent stability of the material world is exposed and the value of the true stability of real being as explored by philosophy is shown in a clearer light.

Tim Addey Chairman 28.8.21

	The Prometheus Trust	The Prometheus Trust	The Prometheus Trust	299648	CC16a
	For the period from	01-Aug-20	To	31-Jul-21

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 2,125 1,799 487 32,149 - 623 1,062 - 38,245 - - - 38,245 17,236 471 2,102 - - - - - - 19,809 725 - 725 20,534 17,711 - 73,234 90,945	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 2,125 1,799 487 32,149 - 623 1,062 -	Last year to the nearest £
Gifts and donations	2,125			2,125	3,494
Deeds of Covenant	1,799			1,799	1,804
Income tax reclaimed	487			487	816
Sales ofpublications	32,149			32,149	18,537
Seminar and conference receipts	-			-	5,337
Bank interest	623			623	843
Sundryincome	1,062			1,062	1,956
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	38,245			38,245	32,787
				- - - 38,245 17,236 471 2,102 - - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					32,787

Printingand distribution	17,236			17,236	10,687
Seminar and conference expenses	471			471	9,892
Management and admin expenses	2,102			2,102	2,850
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	-			-	-
	-			-	-
	-			-	-
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**Sub total **	19,809			19,809	23,429
				725 -
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Asset & investment purchases	725			725	991
Misc	-			-	1,141
**Sub total **	725			725	2,132
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*				20,534 17,711
					25,561

	17,711	-	-	17,711	7,226
	-	-	-	-	-
	73,234	-	-	73,234	66,008
	90,945	-	-	90,945	73,234

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

08/10/2021

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	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 B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Debtors and prepayments Income tax due Bank accounts Cash in hand Details Details Equipment at nbv Stock of publications Details Signature 2	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 90,868 - 77 - - - 90,945 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 27 - 348 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted funds - Unrestricted funds - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Mrs BAF Addey Mr TJ Addey	Endowment funds to nearest £
			73,209
			25
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			73,234
			Agreement Error
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			243
			704
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			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			-
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			Current value (optional)
			925
			41,674
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			Date of approval
			9/10/2021
			9/10/2021
			08/10/2021

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

08/10/2021

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report members of On a¢counts for the year ended 31 Juty 2021 Charity no (rfany) Set out on pages CC16a- pages 1 & 2 I report to th8 trustees on my examinion of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for year ended 3110712021 Responslbllftfes and As the ¢harrty trustees of the Tntsl, you are responsibk for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in aC<x)n1an with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 l Pt in respect of my examination of the Tntsfs accounts Carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have follod the applicab Dire(kn6 given by the Charity Commission under secaion 145(5)(b) of the A I have completed my examination. I confwm that no material matters have come to my atterrtion in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resped: a¢¢ounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Ad or the aCcots do n(rt xcord accourrting records Independent •xaminerfs 8tatam•nt I have no CoremS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention shoukl drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reaGhed. . Please delete the w0S in the brackets rfthey do not appty. Signed: 6 October 2021 Nam•: Jemma Teresa Jones Relevant proftssional qualification{s) or body lrfany): Addross: 22 Cabell Road Frome Somerset 8A114BT Section B Disclosure Only rf the e•nine[ needs to hwJh1ttt matters of conrn (see CC32. Independent examination of tharity a¢wints: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018