CPA CHARITABLE FUNDS

Charity Number: 263147
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To help achieve its objectives, the CPA includes in its activities: Benchmarking workshops on Democratic Legislatures; Technical Assistance Programmes; Roadshow Workshops; Commonwealth Day Observation; Commonwealth Day Youth Activities; Publications and Communications; Regional Conferences; Women Parliamentarians Activities; Parliamentary Codes Workshops; and Post Election Seminars

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£3,106,893

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Donations and legacies £0
Charitable activities £2.79m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £306.10k
Other £6.36k

Total expenditure:
£3,214,698

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Raising funds £49.09k
Charitable activities £3.17m
Other £0

£253,976 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £68,143 from 2 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £49.09k
Charitable expenditure £3.17m

People

22 Employee(s)

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 4
£70k to £80k 1
£90k to £100k 1
£110k to £120k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua And Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Montserrat
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Vincent
  • Samoa
  • Scotland
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Kitts And Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • Tanzania
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Turks And Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 October 1971: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • C P A (Working name)
  • COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Hon Syed Naveed Qamar Trustee 08 November 2024
None on record
Dr Keshava Sudhakar MP Trustee 08 November 2024
None on record
Lyndon Sean Trott Hon Trustee 08 November 2024
None on record
Hon Joy Marie Burch Trustee 08 November 2024
None on record
Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu MP Trustee 08 November 2024
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £2.84m £2.64m £2.61m £2.79m £3.11m
Total expenditure £3.58m £1.55m £1.83m £2.97m £3.21m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A £68.14k
Income - Donations and legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £2.59m £2.44m £2.47m £2.59m £2.79m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £244.33k £196.69k £140.85k £188.51k £306.10k
Income - Other £243 £329 £1.58k £6.30k £6.36k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.53m £1.50m £1.78m £2.91m £3.17m
Expenditure - Raising funds £51.67k £49.73k £52.76k £54.51k £49.09k
Expenditure - Governance £629.02k £128.11k £38.21k £90.49k £94.86k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £51.67k £49.73k £52.76k £54.51k £49.09k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £7.43m £127.33k £77.00k £38.95k £19.33k
Long-term investments £0 £7.28m £8.23m £7.17m £7.37m
Other assets £3.02m £3.96m £4.52m £4.16m £3.59m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £1.35m £1.05m £1.05m £871.40k £334.30k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 20 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 20 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 23 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 23 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 29 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 29 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 JAN 1961 AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1967 AS AMENDED ON 01 JAN 1968 AS AMENDED ON 15 SEP 1971 AS AMENDED ON 23 SEP 1977 AS AMENDED ON 04 OCT 1984 AS AMENDED ON 29 SEP 1986 AS AMENDED ON 23 SEP 1988 AS AMENDED ON 13 OCT 1989 AS AMENDED ON 01 MAR 1991 AS AMENDED ON 06 SEP 1993 AS AMENDED ON 19 OCT 1998 AS AMENDED ON 07 SEP 2004 AS AMENDED ON 28 SEP 2007 AS AMENDED ON 18 SEP 2010 AS AMENDED ON 05 SEP 2013 AS AMENDED ON 16 DEC 2016 as amended on 07 Nov 2024

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE SYSTEMS WITHIN A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRATIC FRAMEWORK WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS AND TO COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE COMMONWEALTH HAVING CLOSE HISTORICAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATIONS WITH IT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SEE OBJECTS

Contact information

Address:
CPA HQ Secretariat
Richmond House
Houses of Parliament
London
SW1A 0AA
Phone:
02077991460
Email:
hq.sec@cpahq.org
Website:

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