The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation |
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Directors Report |
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for the Period Ended 31 July 2024 |
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The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the |
period ended 31 July 2024 |
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Principal activities |
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The principal activity of the company in the period under review was |
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the advancement of education by awarding grants to students of the Arts University Bournemouth. |
Directors |
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The director(s) shown below have held office during the whole of the period |
Professor Paul Gough |
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Simon Gorham |
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Dorothy Mackenzie |
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The director(s) shown were appointed during/after the period |
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Felicity Irwin |
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on |
2024-02-16 |
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Paul Kinvig |
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2024-05-01 |
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Disclosure of information to auditors |
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To the knowledge and belief of the director(s), there is no relevant information that the company's auditors are not aware of, and the director(s) have taken all the steps necessary to ensure the director is aware of any relevant information, and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of the information. |
Small Company Provisions |
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These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to |
companies subject to the small companies regime. |
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This report was approved by the board of directors on |
2024-11-28 |
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and signed on behalf of the board by |
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Professor Paul Gough |
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Status |
Director |
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The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation |
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Auditors' Report |
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for the Period Ended 31 July 2024 |
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Independent auditors' report |
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We have audited the financial statements of The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation for the year ended 31 July 2024 |
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which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. These financial |
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statements have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein. |
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This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
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Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors |
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The directors' responsibilities for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) are set out in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities. Our responsibility is to audit the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. We also report to you whether in our opinion the information given in the Directors' Report is consistent with the financial statements. In addition we report to you if, in our opinion, the company has not kept proper accounting records, if we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit, or if information specified by law regarding directors' remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed. We read the Directors' Report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements within it. |
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Basis of audit opinion |
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We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the |
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Auditing Practices Board An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts |
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and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and |
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judgments made by the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting |
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policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed. |
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We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered |
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necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial |
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statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In |
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forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial |
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statements. |
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Opinion |
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In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view, in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 July 2024 and of its profit for the period then ended, the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, and the information given in the Directors' Report is consistent with the financial statements. |
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Diccon Thornely |
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Sedulo Audit Limited |
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Registered Auditor |
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London EC1V 9DD |
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Date |
2024-12-05 |
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The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation |
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Balance Sheet |
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for the Period Ended 31 July 2024 |
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These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. |
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on |
2024-11-28 |
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SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD BY |
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Professor Paul Gough |
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Trustee |
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The notes form part of these financial statements |
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Average number of employees during period |
0 |
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