BULGARIAN FOLK, TRADITIONS AND CULTURE

Charity number: 1177972
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The main purpose of the charity is to preserve Bulgarian folk dances, songs, costumes and other allied traditional activities, to make them known and to encourage the practice them in their original forms. To advance the education of the public in Bulgarian folk dances, songs, costumes and traditions by demonstrations, festivals and other suitable methods. It operates in London and UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £4,091
Total expenditure: £4,548

People

3 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Enfield
  • Haringey

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 April 2018: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BULGARIAN FOLK AND TRADITIONS CHARITY (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MARINA YOTOVA IVANOVA Chair 01 March 2017
None on record
MARIYA RADEVA-DIMITROVA Trustee 01 March 2017
None on record
NIKOLAY GEORGIEV VALEV Trustee 01 March 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.43k £505 £0 £3.98k £4.09k
Total expenditure £2.55k £470 £1.06k £4.47k £4.55k
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 N/A

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 March 2024 21 April 2025 80 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 21 April 2025 446 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 26 March 2023 54 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2022 361 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not required
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 MAR 2017 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 APR 2018

Charitable objects

2.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC’S APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN BULGARIAN ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE BY MEANS OF TEACHING, DEMONSTRATIONS, FESTIVALS AND OTHER SUITABLE METHODS TO PRESENT BULGARIAN FOLK DANCES, SONGS, COSTUMES AND OTHER ALLIED TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO MAKE THEM KNOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE OF THEM IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS. 2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CHARITABLE" OR THE WORDS "CHARITABLE PURPOSES" IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Contact information

Address:
103 CROFTON WAY
ENFIELD
EN2 8HR
Phone:
07846370255
Email:
marinaivanova@bftcharity.com
Website:

https://www.bftcharity.com/ Open in new window