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|Structure, Governance|and Management|20|
|Charity Information||23|
|Statutory<br>Information||24|
|Our Thanks||26|
|Independent<br>Auditors Report||27|
|Consolidated<br>Statement|offinancial activity|31|
|Consolidated<br>Balance Sheets||32|
|Charity Balance Sheets||34|
|Consolidated<br>Cash flow||36|
|Summary<br>ofFixed Assets||37|
|Notes to the Financial Statements||38|





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|The Wildlife Trust for|Bedfordshire,|Bedfordshire,|Cambridgeshire|and Northamptonshire|and Northamptonshire||||
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|Consolidated<br>statement offinancial||activities incorporating||the income and expenditure||account for the year|||
|ended 31 March 2022|||||||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total||Total|
||||Funds|Funds|||||
|||||||2022||2021|
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|Income and endowments|from:||||||||
|Voluntary<br>Income||3|3,837,288|126,412||3,963,700|1,984,213||
|Charitable<br>activities||4|1,279,725|1,814,439||3,094,164|3,189,482||
|Interest<br>& Investments||6|75,022|41||75,063||63,608|
|Government<br>Grant||5|3,935|||3,935||162,254|
||||5,195,970|1,940,892||7,136,862|5,399,557||
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||||
|Raising Funds|||1,077,556|||1,077,556||702,187|
|Charitable<br>activities|||3,018,443|1,741,956||4,760,399|4,325,587||
|Total||7|4,095,999|1,741,956||5,837,955|5,027,774||
|Profit/(loss)<br>on disposal offixed|||||||||
|assets|||1,000|||1,000||4,000|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||1,100,971|198,936||1,299,907||375,783|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds||19129|521 942|~521,942|||||
|Net Incoming resources before|||||||||
|other recognised<br>gains or|||||||||
|losses|||1,622,913|(323,006)||1,299,907||375,783|
|Other recognised|||||||||
|gains/(losses):|||||||||
|Unrealised<br>gain/(loss)<br>on|||68,828|||68,828||314,884|
|investments|||||||||
|Actuarial gains on defined benefit|||62,316|||62,316||34,547|
|pension scheme|||||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||1,754,057|(323,006)||1,431,051||725,214|
|Reconciliation offunds:|||||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||5,898,149|18,328,003|24,226,152||23,500,938||
|Total funds carried forward||21|7,652,206|18,004,997|25,657,203||24,226,152||





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|||||2022||2021||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Notes||||||
|Fixed Assets||||||||
|Tangible aSSetS (Page 37)||||4,324,819|||4,157,603|
|Heritage assets||11||14,065,414|||14,043,269|
|Intangible<br>assets||12||59,894|||76,074|
|Total fixed assets||||18,450,127|||18,276,946|
|Current assets||||||||
|Stocks||13|70,126||57,792|||
|Debtors||14|3,089,348||2,539,414|||
|Investments||15|3,550,402||3,482,841|||
|Cash at bank and in||||||||
|hand|||1,622,497||1,324,744|||
|Total current assets|||8,332,373||7,404,791|||
|Liabilities||||||||
|Creditors:||||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due||||||||
|within one year||16|~676.412||792,849|||
|Net current assets||||7,655,961|||6,611,942|
|Creditors:||||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due after||||||||
|one year||17||(396,163)|||(468,719)|
|Provisions<br>for liabilities||||||||
|and charges||18||(52,722)|||(131,701)|
|Net assets or liabilities||||||||
|before pension<br>provision||||25,657,203|||24,288,468|
|Pension provision||18|||||(62,316)|
|Total net assets||||25,657,203|||24,226,152|
|The funds ofthe||||||||
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|General funds||||3,927,637|||4,113,503|
|Designated<br>funds||||3,724,569|||1 766643|
|Total unrestricted|funds|20||7,652,206|||5,898,146|
|Restricted income|funds|19||18,004,997|||18,328,006|
|Total funds||21||25,657,203|||24,226,152|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Fixed Assets|||||||
|Tangible assets (Page 37)||||4,324,819||4,157,603|
|Heritage assets||11||14,065,414||14,043,269|
|Intangible assets||12||59,894||76,074|
|Investments<br>unquoted||||1||1|
|Total fixed assets||||18,450,128||18,276,947|
|Current assets|||||||
|Stocks||13|43,801||38,754||
|Debtors||14|3,034,762||2,539,164||
|Intercompany<br>Debtor|||86,524||77,762||
|Loan to subsidiary|||30,000||30,000||
|Investments||15|3,550,402||3,482,841||
|Cash at bank and|in hand||1,604,996||1,274,095||
|Total current assets|||8,350,485||7,442,616||
|Liabilities|||||||
|Creditors:|||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within<br>one year||16|~661.522||778,257||
|Net current assets||||7,688,963||6,664,359|
|Creditors:|||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due after|||||||
|one year||17||(396,163)||(468,719)|
|Provisions<br>for liabilities|||||||
|and charges||18||(52,722)||(131,701)|
|Net assets or liabilities||||25,690,206|||
|before pension<br>provision||||||24,340,886|
|Pension<br>provision||18||||(62,316)|
|Total net assets||||25,690,206||24,278,570|
|The funds ofthe|charity||||||
|General Funds||||3,960,640||4,163,921|
|Designated<br>Funds||||3,724,569||1,786,643|
|Total Unrestricted|Funds|20||7,685,209||5,950,564|
|Restricted<br>income|funds|19||18,004,997||18,328,006|
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|||Notes|2022||2021||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cash flows from operating|||||||
|activities:|||||||
|Net cash provided<br>by/(used|||||||
|in) operating<br>activities||27|586,841|||876,503|
|Cash flows from investing|||||||
|activities:|||||||
|Dividends,<br>interest and rents|||||||
|from investments|||75,063|63,608|||
|Investments<br>(purchased)/<br>sale|||1,267|(497,852)|||
|Investments<br>balance- non cash|||||||
|transaction|||||||
|Interest element of hire|||||||
|purchase<br>contracts<br>Purchase of property,<br>plant|and|||(1,014)|||
|equipment|||(357,935)|(164,294)|||
|Loan to Associated<br>Organisation|||||||
|Purchase of intangible assets—|||||||
|BPSentitlements<br>Sale of Fixed Assets|||(3,750)<br>1,000|(24,450)<br>4,000|||
|Net cash provided<br>by/(used|||||||
|in) investing<br>activities|||(284,355)|||(620,002)|
|Cash flows from financing<br>activities<br>Capital element of hire purchase<br>contracts|||~4733.|~11.366|||
|Net cash used in financing|||||||
|activities|||(4,733)|||(11,360)|
|Change<br>in cash and cash|||||||
|equivalents<br>in the reporting|||||||
|period|||297,753|||245,141|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at||||||
|the beginning<br>ofthe reporting|||||||
|period|||1,324,744|||1,079,603|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at||||||
|the end ofthe reporting|||||||
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|Donations|and|sponsorships|139,943|74,899|214,842|334,069|
|Legacies|||2,138,417|25,000|2,163,417|163,444|
|Subscriptions||and GIR Aid|1,488,170||1,488,170|1,357,199|
|Grants received ofa general<br>nature|||70,303||70,303|58,962|
|Appeals|||455|26,513|26,968|70,539|
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|RPA Grants received for a specific purpose|558,557||558,557|518,827|
|Grants received for a specific purpose||587,597|587,597|1,105,142|
|Service level agreements|120,926|885,562|1,006,488|752,639|
|Landfill tax credits||34,395|34,395|26,931|
|Other income|600,242|306,885|907,127|785,943|
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|Bank Interest received|2,534||2,534|3,972|
|Income from Investments|72,488|41|72,529|59,636|
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|7.<br>Total expenditure|7.<br>Total expenditure||||||
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|Fundraising|423,406|400,424|240,690|13,036|1,077,556|702,187|
|Nature reserve|||||||
|management|877,441|1,220,074|498,793|27,015|2,623,323|2,553,416|
|Wider countryside|348,726|257,939|198,238|10,737|815,640|607,909|
|Partnership|||||||
|projects|327,994|53,523|186,453|10,098|578,068|591,199|
|Education<br>&|||||||
|Community|361,193|120,969|205,325|11,120|698,607|538,400|
|Rushden<br>Lakes|||||||
|Visitor Centre||42,739|(1,029)|3,051|44,761|34,663|
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|Auditors<br>remuneration<br>-|||audit||||19,700|19,550|
||||unrecovered||VAT||1,953|1937|
||||other assurance|||services|2,040||
|Depreciation|offixed assets||||||168,574|150,159|
|Amortisation|of intangible|assets|||||19,931|21,565|
|Profit/(loss)|on sale offixed||assets||||(1,000)|4,000|
|Amounts<br>payable<br>under operating||||leases|||19,132|19,488|





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|The movement<br>in the year|is after charging:|||
|Salaries and wages||2,719,272|2,624,736|
|Social security costs||235,787|221,412|
|Other pension costs||135,837|131,913|
|||3,090,896|2,978,061|
|Employees<br>and volunteers||||
|Headcount<br>average<br>number|ofemployees:|121|117|
|The F.T.E.average number|ofemployees,|||
|analysed<br>by function was:||||
|Nature reserve management||28|27|
|Wider countryside||15|12|
|Partnership<br>projects||4|4|
|Education<br>and Outreach||19|16|
|Central support services||10|9|
|Fundraising<br>and donor development||7|8|
|Marketing<br>and membership|services|5|4|
|Monitoring<br>and Research||12|12|
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|Discount rate|||||2.65|1.95|
|Expected rate of increase|of|pensions|in|payment*|||
|Fixed 5%pa|||||5.00|5.00|
|RPI max 5%pa|||||3.35|3.20|
|Future increases to deferred||pensions|||2.85|2.65|
|Inflation - RPI|||||3.65|3.45|
|Inflation - CPI|||||2.85|2.65|
|Mortality assumptions|||||2022|2021|
|Assumed<br>life expectations|on|retirement||at age 65:|Years|Years|
|Retiring today|||||||
|- Males|||||22.4|22.7|
|-Females|||||24.9|25.0|
|Retiring<br>in 20years|||||||
|- Males|||||23.7|24.0|
|-Females|||||26.3|26.4|





## 

## 

|Cash commutation|Cash commutation|Cash commutation|||||Members assumed|Members assumed|Members assumed|to|Members assumed|Members assumed|Members assumed|to|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||take 25%oftheir||||take 25%of||their||
||||||||pension|as tax free|||pension|as tax-free|||
||||||||cash, subject||to||cash, subject to||||
||||||||HMRC restrictions,||||HMRC restdictions,||||
||||||||using cash||||using cash||||
||||||||commutation||factors||commutation||factors||
||||||||currently|in force.|||currently|in force.|||
||||||||||||2022||||
|Amounts|recognisedin||the|statement offinancial activities|||||||K||||
|Interest|on net|defined benefit|||liability||||||918||||
|Administration<br>expenses|||||||||||7,303||||
|Total recognised<br>in the statement||||||offinancial|activities||||8,221||||
||||||||||||2022||||
|Amounts|taken|to other|recognised|||gains/losses|||||K||||
|Actual return on scheme|||assets —gains and||||(losses)||||34,938||||
|Less: amounts||included|in net||interest on the||net defined<br>benefit||||(15,097)||||
|Return on scheme assets excluding<br>interest|||||||income||||19,841||||
|Actuarial|return|on scheme||assets||—gains and (losses)|||||83,079||||
|Re-measurement||gain/(loss)||recognised|||||||102,920||||





## 

|(continued)|||
|---|---|---|
||2022f|2021<br>h|
|Fair value of Scheme assets|812,624|770,728|
|Present value ofdefined benefit obligations|(742,396)|(833,045)|
|Defined benefit asset/(liability)|70,228|(62,316)|



||||||2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Movements in the present<br>value||ofdefined|benefit obligations|||
|Present value ofdefined<br>benefit||obligation|at beginning|ofperiod|833,045|
|Benefits paid including|expenses||||(30,888)|
|Actuarial<br>gains and losses|||||(83,079)|
|Administration<br>costs|||||7,303|
|Interest cost|||||16,015|
|Present value ofdefined<br>benefit||obligation|at end of period||742,396|
||||||2022|
|Movements<br>in the fair|value ofplan assets||||h|
|Fair value ofassets at|beginning|of period|||770,728|
|Interest income|||||15,097|
|Return on plan assets|(excluding|amounts|included<br>in|net interest)|19,841|
|Benefits paid including|expenses||||(30,888)|
|Contributions<br>by the employer|||||37,846|
|Fair value ofassets at|end of period||||812,624|





## 

||||||||2022||2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|UK Equities|||||||4.7||4.3|
|Overseas<br>Equities|||||||31.5||29.9|
|Diversified<br>Growth Funds|||||||23.0||23.5|
|UK Government<br>Fixed||Interest|Bonds||||12.5||14.3|
|UK Government|Index|Linked|Bonds||||15.3||14.7|
|UK Corporate|Bonds||||||8.6||9.7|
|Property|||||||2.5||2.1|
|Cash|||||||1.9||1.5|
||||||||100.0||100.0|
|||||||||2023||
|Projected total|expense|recognisedin|||the statement offinancial activities|||||
|Interest on net|defined|benefit|liability|||||(2,279)||
|Administration|expenses|||||||7,303||
|Total recognised<br>in the||statement||offinancial||activities||5,024||





## 

## 

|Five yea|r sum|mary<br>ofheritage|asset transact|ions|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||2022|2021|2020|2019|2018|
|||||||K|
|Cost brought<br>forward||14,043,269|13,956,559|13,906,559|13,433,519|13,411,394|
|Purchases<br>year|in|22,145|86,710|50,000|473,039|22,125|
|Gifts in year|||||||
|Transfer from|||||||
|land<br>in tenure|||||||
|and freehold|||||||
|property|||||||
|Disposals|||||||
|Cost carried|||||||
|forward||14,065,414|14,043,269|13,956,559|13,906,559|13,433,519|



## 

## 

|Intangible as|sets|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2022|2021|
|Intangible assets as at 1 April 2021||||76,074|73,189|
|Entitlements<br>to <br>Fair Value)|Basic Payments|Scheme purchased|(at|3,751|24,450|
|Amortisation<br>of|Basic Payments|Scheme Entitlements||(19,931)|(21,565)|
|Total intangible|assets as at 31|March 2022||59,894|76,074|





## 

||||||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Consolidated||||||
||Stock as at|1||April b/fwd|57,792|64,169|
||Movements|in year Increase/(decrease)|||12,334|(6,377)|
||Total as at|31||March 2022|70,126|57,792|
||Charity||||||
||Stock as at|1|April b/fwd||38,754|40,878|
||Movements|in||year Increase/(decrease)|5,047|(2,124)|
||Total as at 31|||March 2022|43,801|38,754|
|14.|Debtors||||||
||||||2022|2021|
||Group||||||
||Trade debtors||||617,238|204,004|
||Prepayments||and accrued income||2,467,548|2,330,492|
||Other Debtors||||4,562|4,918|
||||||3,089,348|2,539,414|
||Charity||||||
||Trade debtors||||617,238|203,970|
||Prepayments||and accrued income||2,412,962|2,330,492|
||Other Debtors||||4,562|4,702|
||||||3,034,762|2,539,164|





## 

|Group||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022||2021|
|Quoted Investments||||||
|Market Value at 1 April||2021|2,779,020||1,465,256|
|Additions|||||1,000,000|
|Disposals||||||
|Unrealised<br>gain/(loss)||on investments<br>68,350|||313,764|
|Market value|at 31 March 2022||2,847,370||2,779,020|
|All investments<br>are held primarily|||to provide an investment<br>return|for the charity.||
|Geographical|Analysis||2022||2021|
|North America|||1,044,985||944,867|
|United<br>Kingdom|||1,042,137||1,089,376|
|Europe Ex-UK|||304,669||327,924|
|Global|||293,279||188,973|
|Pacific Basin|Ex-Japan||74,032||72,255|
|Japan|||45,558||55,580|
|Emerging<br>Markets|||42,710||100,045|
||||2,847,370||2,779,020|
|Total Investment|||2022||2021|
||||||E|
|Quoted<br>Investments|||2,847,370||2,779,020|
|Liquid Assets|||703,032||703,821|
|Investments|at 31 March 2022||3,550,402||3,482,841|
|Charity||||||
||||Equities|Subsidiary|Total|
|||||undertaking||
||||||6|
|Balance at 1|April 2021||2,779,020|1|2,779,021|
|Additions||||||
|Gain/(losses)|during year||68,350||68,350|
|Cash on deposit||||||
|Market value|at 31 March 2022||2,847,370|1|2,847,371|





|Notes|to the financial<br>statements<br>(cont. for the<br>ear ended 31 March 2022|to the financial<br>statements<br>(cont. for the<br>ear ended 31 March 2022|to the financial<br>statements<br>(cont. for the<br>ear ended 31 March 2022|to the financial<br>statements<br>(cont. for the<br>ear ended 31 March 2022|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|16.|Creditors: Amounts<br>falling due within one year||||||
||||||2022|2021|
||Group||||||
||Trade creditors||||390,260|448,864|
||Taxation and social security||||114,384|94,037|
||Other creditors||||30,354|38,980|
||Obligations<br>under|hire|purchase|agreements||4,733|
||Accruals and deferred||income||141,414|206,235|
||||||676,412|792,849|
||Charity||||||
||Trade creditors||||377,538|446,472|
||Taxation and social security||||116,566|94,037|
||Other creditors||||30,354|38,980|
||Obligations<br>under|hire|purchase|agreements||4,733|
||Accruals and deferred<br>income||||137,064|194,035|
||||||661,522|778,257|
|17.|Creditors: Amounts<br>falling due|||after more than one year|||
||||||2022|2021f|
||Group||||||
||Deferred income|(Luton Guided||Busway)|353,382|392,645|
||Deferred income|(BPSEntitlements)|||42,781|76,074|
||Obligations<br>under|hire|purchase|agreements|||
||||||396,163|468,719|
||Charity||||||
||Deferred income|(Luton Guided||Busway)|353,382|392,645|
||Deferred income|(BPSEntitlements)|||42,781|76,074|
||Obligations<br>under|hire|purchase|agreements|||
||||||396,163|468,719|
||Group Deferred|income analysis|||||
||In more than one|year|but not more than two years||49,599|51,463|
||In more than two|years|but not more than five years||114,710|120,163|
||In more than five|years|||231,854|297,093|
||||||396,163|468,719|





## 




## 

|||||Balance at|In-|Out-|Transfers|Gains/|Balance at|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||31 March|comings|goings|(to)/from|losses &|31 March|
|||||2021f||6|Restricted<br>8|Transfers<br>8|2022|
|Group||||||||||
|General Funds||||4,111,504|3,696,970|(3,891,607)|521,942|(511,172)|3,927,637|
|Designated|Funds:|||||||||
|Land purchase||and||908,063||(61,274)|||846,789|
|improvement||||||||||
|Education||||431,087||(28,042)|||403,045|
|New Projects||||447,495||(3,778)|||443,717|
|Sustainability||||||||290,000|290,000|
|Wild about|inclusion|||||(10,000)||290,000|280,000|
|Resilience|Fund||||1,400,000|(38,982)|||1,361,018|
|Inflationary|pressure||on||100,000||||100,000|
|Restricted|projects|||||||||
|||||1,786,645|1,500,000|(142,076)||580,000|3,724,569|
|||||5,898,149|5,196,970|4,033,683|521,942|68,828|7,652,206|
|Charity||||||||||
|General Funds||||4,163,922|3,632,795|(3,846,847)|521,942|(511,172)|3,960,640|
|Designated|Funds:|||||||||
|Land purchase||and||908,063||(61,274)|||846,789|
|improvement||||||||||
|Education||||431,087||(28,042)|||403,045|
|New Projects||||447,495||(3,778)|||443,717|
|Sustainability||||||||290,000|290,000|
|Wild about|inclusion|||||(10,000)||290,000|280,000|
|Resilience|Fund||||1,400,000|(38,982)|||1,361,018|
|Inflationary|pressure||on||100,000||||100,000|
|Restricted|projects|||||||||
|||||1,786,645|1,500,000|(142,076)||580,000|3,724,569|
|||||5,950,567|5,132,795|3,988,923|521,942|68,828|7,685,209|





## 



|21.|Analysis of net assets|between<br>funds||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Funds|Restricted<br>Fund:|Total Funds|
|Group||General<br>Designated||||
|||8|||8|
|Freehold|Property|1,045,397|||1,045,397|
|Land in|Tenure|||2,169,148|2,169,148|
|Other fixed assets||191,364|229,282|689,628|1,110,274|
|Heritage|assets|685,306|22,145|13,357,963|14,065,414|
|Intangible<br>fixed assets||59,894|||59,894|
|Loan to|associated organisation:|||||
|Stock and work<br>in progress||70,126|||70,126|
|Debtors||818,517|1,502,995|767,836|3,089,348|
|Quoted|Investments|870,082|1,977,288||2,847,370|
|Cash at <br>including|bank and in hand<br>short-term<br>investments|661,905||1,663,624|2,325,529|
|Current|liabilities|(379,451)|(7,141)|(289,820)|(676,412)|
|Creditors|due after more than|||||
|one year||(42,781)||(353,382)|(396,163)|
|Provision|for liabilities and|||||
|charges||(52,722)|||(52,722)|
|Total net assets||3,927,637|3,724,569|18,004,997|25,657,203|
|||Unrestricted|Funds|Restricted<br>Fund:|Total Funds|
|||General<br>Designated||||
|Charity||8|8||6|
|Freehold|Property|1,045,397|||1,045,397|
|Land in Tenure||||2,169,148|2,169,148|
|Other fixed assets||191,365|229,282|689,628|1,110,275|
|Heritage|assets|685,306|22,145|13,357,963|14,065,414|
|Intangible|fixed assets|59,894|||59,894|
|Loan to associated organisation. '||30,000|||30,000|
|Stock and work<br>in progress||43,801|||43,801|
|Debtors||763,931|1,502,995|767,836|3,034,762|
|Intercompany<br>Debtor||86,524|||86,524|
|Quoted<br>Investments||870,082|1,977,288||2,847,370|
|Cash at bank and in hand<br>including<br>short-term<br>investments||644,404||1,663,624|2,308,028|
|Current<br>liabilities||(364,561)|(7,141)|(289,820)|(661,522)|
|Creditors <br>one year|due after more than|(42,781)||(353,382)|(396,163)|
|Provision|for liabilities and|||||
|charges||(52,722)|||(52,722)|
|Total net|assets|3,960,640|3,724,569|18,004,997|25,690,206|





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## 

## 

## 

|Reconciliation<br>ofnet income/(exp|enditu|re)<br>to net|cash flow from operat|ing<br>activities|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022|2021|
||||E|6|
|Net income/(expenditure)<br>for the reporting|||||
|period (as per the statement<br>offinancial<br>activities before interest 8 investment|||1,224,844|346,722|
|income)|||||
|Depreciation<br>oftangible assets|||168,574|150,159|
|Amortisation<br>of intangible assets|||19,931|21,565|
|Luton Guided Busway|||(39,263)|(43,629)|
|Basic Payments<br>Scheme|||(33,293)|7,886|
|Interest Element offinance leases||||1,014|
|(Profit)/loss<br>on disposal oftangible assets<br>reclassification<br>to investing<br>activities|||(1,000)|(4,000)|
|(Increase)/Decrease<br>in stock|||(12,334)|6,377|
|(Increase)/Decrease<br>in debtors|||(549,934)|(57,950)|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors<br>within||1 year|(111,705)|399,309|
|(Decrease)/increase<br>in Provision<br>for liabilities<br>and charges|||(78,979)|49,050|
|Net cash inflow from operating|activity||586,841|876,503|
|Analysis ofcash and cash equivalents|||||
||||2022|2021|
|Cash<br>in hand|||185,215|142,462|
|Deposits on less than 3month<br>notice|||1,437,282|1,182,282|
||||1,622,497|1,324,744|





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## 

## 

## 

|Analysis of Debt/|Funds|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Analysis ofnet||||||
|(debtjfunds)||||||
|||1 April|Cash flow|Other non-cash|31 March|
|||2021||changes|2022|
|Net cash:||||||
|Cash at bank and|in hand|1,324,744|297,753||1,622,497|
|Add: Liquid resources||||||
|Current asset investments||3,482,841|(1,267)|68,828|3,550,402|
|||4,807,585|296,486|68,828|5,172,899|
|Less: Debt||||||
|Debts falling due|within|(6,187)|6,187|||
|one year||||||
|Debts falling due|after one|||||
|year||||||
|||(6,187)|6,187|||
|Net funds||4,801,398|302,673|68,828|5,172,899|





|Notes to the financial st|atements<br>(cont|. for the<br>ear ended 3I Marc|. for the<br>ear ended 3I Marc|h 2022|h 2022||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|32.<br>Comparative|Information|—Statement ofFinancial||Activities (incorporating<br>the||income and|
|expenditure|account) FOR THE YEAR ENDED||31|MARCH 2021|||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|Total|
|||Funds||Funds|||
||||||2021|2020|
||||||K|g|
|Income and endowments|from:||||||
|Voluntary<br>Income||1,779,304||204,909|1,984,213|3,603,434|
|Charitable<br>activities||967,781||2,221,701|3,189,482|3,144,189|
|Interest & Investments||62,687||921|63,608|16,486|
|Government<br>Grant||134,392||27,862|162,254|1,881|
|||2,944,164||2,455,393|5,399,557|6,765,990|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising Funds||702,187|||702,187|985,107|
|Charitable<br>activities||2,804,231||1,521,356|4,325,587|4,247,227|
|Total||3,506,418||1,521,356|5,027,774|5,232,334|
|Profit/(loss)<br>on disposal of <br>assets<br>Net income/(expenditure)|fixed|4,000<br>~558,254||934,D37|4,DDD <br>375,783|~5,183<br>1.528.473|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds||450,622||(450,622)|||
|Net Incoming resources|before other||||||
|recognised<br>gains or losses||(107,632)||483,415|375,783|1,528,473|
|Other recognised<br>gains/(losses):|||||||
|Unrealised<br>gain/(loss)<br>on investments||314,884|||314,884|(96,982)|
|Exceptional<br>item: actuarial|gain on|||||125,144|
|defined<br>benefit pension scheme|||||||
|Actuarial<br>gains on defined|benefit|34,547|||34,547|26,907|
|pension scheme|||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||241,799||483,415|725,214|1,583,542|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds:|||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward||5,656,347|17,844,591||23,500,938|21,917,396|
|Total funds carried forward||5,898,146|18,328,006||24,226,152|23,500,938|





|33.<br>Comparative|33.<br>Comparative|33.<br>Comparative||Information|Information|-Total|expenditure|expenditure|FOR|THE YEAR|ENDED 31 MARCH|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Staff||Other||Support|Governance||2021|2020|
|||||costs||direct|||||||
|||||||costs|||||||
||||||||E|||||E|
|Fundraising||||362,493||118,971||210,590||10,133|702,187|985,107|
|Nature reserve|||||||||||||
|management||||908,847||1,091,166||527,997||25,406|2,553,416|2,213,155|
|Wider countryside||||327,960||80,252||190,529||9,168|607,909|623,427|
|Partnership|||||||||||||
|projects||||322,513||72,307||187,363||9,016|591,199|759,338|
|Education<br>&|||||||||||||
|Community||||264,999||112,041||153,952||7,408|538,400|544,884|
|Rushden<br>Lakes|||||||||||||
|Visitor Centre||||||16,911||4,958||12,794|34,663|106,423|
||||2,186,812|||1,491,648||1,275,389||73,925|5,027,774|5,232,334|
|||||||||||2021||2020|
|Total resources|||expended||are||||||||
|stated after||charging:|||||||||||
|Auditors|Remuneration<br>-audit|||||||||21,487|17,892||
|Depreciation||of|fixed assets|||||||150,159|158,665||
|Amortisation||of|intangible assets|||||||21,565|18,204||
|Profit/(loss)||on sale offixed|||assets|||||4,000|(5,183)||
|Amounts|payable|||under operating|||||||||
|leases||||||||||19,488|19,488||



