The oural Pheno ort I the Truytees nd Flnancl State h)ural Phe ontsnts o orthey ne StAte Deeember 2024 Page Clwlty IDf&rmatlon Tru8toe$ Annual Report Independent Exanth￿S Report Recelpts And PAym¢nts Account Statement of Agsets And IAablitieJ Notss lo the ftlnancl41 statemellts The Socle for the Stu of BehavlourAI Ph ChaTity conmthslon nuthber; 1013849 Prlncfipal oddre8$: 32 Willi)ws Rolld Bourno End Bucks gL8 5HG Governlng do¢ument: Con8tltution adopted 20 November 1991 Tru8tee8 & GoY¢rnor8: Prof P Howlin Life PJwid¢nt Prof P de Vries President As8¢ Prof H Heussler ChairpeT80 Dr A Jans¢n Hon. Secretary Dr J Waite Hon, Treasurer Ae¢owitAnts: Hardcastle Burton IIP Chartered Accountanls Lak¢ House Market Hill Royston HertFordshi SG8 9JN BAnker&' HSBC 47 Rye Lalle P¢ckham London SE15 SET for he Stu of Jebavloural Pheno Trustee8 R The Trn8tees submit their arniual report and the finall¢ial statements for the year ended 31 Decenlber 2024. The Society is regi8tsred a8 a charity ITh the UK (No. 1013849). Its objective is the relief of p¢rsons sufftring froth biologt¢dlly deterrnin￿ neurod¢v¢lopm¢lltal disorders. in particular by promoting r¢8wch into tho effect8 and tr¢atsnoM of w¢h di8ord¢rs. Tru8trt8 The tru8tee8 who havo s¢rv¢d during th¢ whole of the p¢riod from l January 2024 to the date of report ar¢ #s follows,. A88c Prof H Heusskr Dr A Jansen Prof P Howlin Dr J Waite of P de Vrie8 was appoin￿1 a& a tru8te¢ a(Iw 31 December 2024 but prior lo the date of this report. Structiire* C0ven￿nce and m￿Ngem¢llt The Society As govemed by a constitution and rnallaged on a day-to.day basi8 by an administrator, an ¢xecutive conwjittee and 5 Tn￿tee8 (a8 listed on page l). Now Tnwte¢s are gppointed and approved by the existing board as wh¢n required, DurAng the year tho So¢ioty votsd to establish the position of Life President as well as having a Pre8idellt. Tho Life President would also be a Trustee of the charity. Publle Beneflt Tho intyt¢es have had due regard for the Clwllty Con)mission's publi8h¢d guidance on publio b¢n¢fiL Trust¢e8' re4)onslbliltles Law applicable to Cbarities in England & Wales rquires the Th￿te¥S to prepare financi816tatementg for ea¢h fjnancial year that smari8e the Qlwitys receipts md paymonts during th¢ y¢ar and its assets aThl liabilities at th¢ eThl of the year. In preparing fina￿1￿1 stat¢ments the Trnstee8 should follow b¢st practice • seleot SUAtable accounting policies and then apply them ￿nSiste￿IlY, . n]ake judgemetts and estii)]ates that ar¢ r¢a8onuble and pTh￿en ' prepare the financial 8tatements on th¢ going concetn ba8is unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operatioJL Th¢ Trnstees att responsibl¢ for ke¢ping accounting record8 which di8cIo8e with reosonable accuracy at any tim0 the fin8llci￿ ￿)sItIon of the Cl7arity and which enable then) to C￿sUre that the finan¢ial stat0mellt8 compty with the Chariti¢s Act 2011, the applicable Chariti¢s (Accounts and Reports) R¢gul&tion4 And the provisions of the Con5ti1ution. They are also r¢sponsible for safeguarding the ￿et5 of th¢ ChArity ard hen¢¢ for taking reasortable sleps for the prevention and detectlon of fraud and other i￿¢gUlarIties. ra Phe Tru8tse& R Objecthres And A¢tlvltles In ord¢r to &¢hiov¢ ¢omplianc¢ with the 8¢atsment of policy? the Society for the s￿dY of Behavioural Phenotypes ha8 Set the following objectives: . to advance knowledge by the promotion and facilitation of re8earch into the behavioural aspects of orgolliG diSOTdeTS of th¢ brain occvrring in early life; * to organtse sclentifio meotijw with the 8pe¢ific objective of brinsillg together a¢tive reseorch workers in th¢ r&n8¢ of disciplines that ¢ontribut¢ to the ainis of the Society. • to foster and 8UPPOrt th06e a8￿¢t8 of the work of other charitable organizations and learned societies that are rel¢vant to the of the SoGi0ty; • to dis8eminate by publications or by other suithbl¢ m¢8n8, infornwtion that shall further the above objective8 and pronxite awaronoss of b¢haVioUr￿ plwiotyp¢s; • to ensure that research pronurted by or reported throuth Society COnforn￿ to the highest ethical stand￿'d8; to raise fi]nd8 and invite rec¢ive contributionB froEn any person or person8 whAt80ever by way of 8ub8criptions and othenvi8e pmvided that the Society shall not undertth permallent traditig activitie8 ill rai8ing fith for th¢ samc objecL A¢hlevements and PerforDwn¢e Tkn accounts hav¢ been prepared on a receipts and payD￿tt8 basis. in Accordance with tho provisions of the Charities Act 2011. Th¢ Trustee'8 ar¢ pleased with th¢ Succe￿ of the 2024 conference in Bali. INhilst it was always oxpectsd that a conference in this location w0￿d not ge]wate aprofiL it wa8 imp)riunt that the SSBP ¢onference$ should be held in different part8 of the worll particularly in are&8 whor¢ lo¢al attende￿ may not otherwise be able to travel io Burope. Valuable conn¢ction8 h&v¢ beon mad¢ with Malaysian and Iftdon¢siall attendees. lllanclal RevAew At 31 December 2024 the Society had £103,106 in asset8. The present &S8ets rwsent a reasonably sLrong sition. This is due to the care￿1 planning and budgeting of the Societ￿8 conf¢r¢nces. Memb¢r$' sulk8crip¢ion8 a180 provide &n importw)t 80uwe of stsady income to the Society, and we lleed to 8U8t&ill or in¢r¢ase thes¢, without losing sight of the Society'8 distinctive family atn￿8pheIQ. Reserve8 Th¢ Chwyws princÉpal sour¢¢ of illcon￿ are fees r￿e1Ved frojn individual8 for attendance at th¢ annual ¢oJJf¢r¢n¢#. The Charity 18 not de￿Idant on the support of any one individual. The Charity aims to generdle sufficient filnds to meet its charitable objectives and expense& Any fijnds generated ia exc¢8s of outgoings will be used to accumulate reserves. The Trusts¢8 b¢liove that the Charitys available re80ur8e8 ar¢ adequate to eThsure that it can continue to achie￿ its aitns alld objective8. The cle for the Stud of Beh* Trust tld... ur ber 2& Pknns for Futur¢ P¢rlods The as8ets reported are ¢o￿lst¢llt with Ibe Reserves Policy agr¢¢d by the Con)n)ittre, to allow the Society to withstand a nMjor108s on & conference and maintain th¢ administration to allow the Society to nK)vnt a suc¢e88ful ¢onference in the following year. Curr¢ntly the Society8 am]ual ￿tentIfiC meeting repr¢s¢nts by far its Wat¢st rocurring fIt￿]cIal outlay. The Committee works closely with the local organisers in developing the budget for th¢ meetin& and the Treasurer Continu￿ to monitor progress. Howev¢r, in the event of unf(nrseen overwexpenditure, the society r¢n)ain8 financiallv exposed. Th¢ Tru8tee8 are extremely grat¢M to Executive COnllnitt￿ m¢mber8 and other8 for vokjntsering tb¢ir till￿ and ¢xpertise to n]aintaill and develop the Society. This r4)ort wa8 am)rov¢d bythe TruBtse8 OJ ... Dr A Jamen (Hon. Secretary) t d of Behavlo ortoftheIn elldent Lx ed3 rydl P eno es I report to the charlty trU8t¢￿ on n]y examination of the 8ccounts of tho charity for the year ended 31st December 2024 which ar¢ set out on pages 5 to 7. Re8poM$lbllltle$ and basls of report As the charity's tru8tee8 you aTe y¢8ponsible for the prepwion of the accoun18 in accordaac¢ with the r¢quiremmts of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examinati(Trn of the ch￿1t3￿S accounts Carri￿ out under 8e¢tion 145 of the Act and in carrying out my ¢Aamination I have followed all the applicabk DirectiOll8 givell by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5Kb) of th¢ A¢t. Independ¢nt exthlner8' 8tstement completsd my gxamination. I confjrm that no tNtstial matters have come to my attention in conne¢tion with the examination giving me cause to believe that io any n)aterial respect: accountit)g records w¢re not kept in respect of th¢ charity as required by section 130 of the ACL, or the accounts do not a¢oord with those ths; or I hav¢ no concemq and h&ve Con￿ acro&8 no other matt¢rs in wnnection with the examination to which attention should be dravm ittthis r¢port in order to ¢nable a propor understanding of the aCcou￿S to be rftached. se Lindsell FCA for and bohalf of Hard¢asllo Burton Chth¢r¢d A¢coulltants Statutory Auditor Market Hill Royston Herts SG8 9JN tud of Behavloural Ph no tsandPA ments er 2024 re .12 YeAr eDde Note8 MembeTship fees 5.734 4,688 DonatioJw ond ronferen¢e fees 32,257 10,830 Deposxt a¢￿Unt int¢rest 2,344 1,574 Other TOTAL RECEIPTS 40.335 17,092 SSBP conference & g¢ll¢rul &dministrators' invoice8 11.720 11.720 Bank charg¢8 & paypal f 493 367 Other 185 97 Travel grants 1.500 Audit & acwwit8nQy 2,394 2,280 W¢b8it¢ 12 583 16292 15.047 CONFERENCE EXPENSES Speaker expenses Bank charges for Speak￿ expen8¢8 Venue and catering Cohf¢r¢nco adn)in c08t8 Conferenc¢ prog ¢t¢ On4ille h08ting exp¢n8e8 BursarAe6, prizes aw￿d8 2J 1.860 150 24,773 3.382 1,130 1,155 410 766 1.594 TOTAL PAYMENTS 49,181 17.378 Exrcs8 payments OV￿ fe¢¢ipts (8,846) (286) Opening cash thndg 111,952 112,238 Closing cash funds 103,106 111,952 for th tud of Behav ndLI filiti at 31 Decembtr 2(r14 ent of CURRENT ASSLTS Bank aocouttts HSBC HSBC PAYPAL Virgin Money D¢p08it 14,522 48,831 2,553 37200 21,915 47,897 6,350 35,790 Deposit Closing cash funds 103,106 111,952 Dr J W&ite (Hon. Treasurer) Assc Prof H Heussler (Chawper80n) The So Stud of Behavloural Phello e Flnancfial 0ts8 Accounllng Pollcle8 l B&slK of Aceollnthig 1.1 These f￿anCIal statements have b¢¢n prepared on a r¢¢¢ipts and payments basis in accordanoe with the provi8ions of th¢ Chariti¢s Act 2011. 2 Recelpts gnd E￿elld1ture 2.1 Conference fee inoome increas￿1 du¢ ts the 2024 ev¢nt b¢ing h¢ld in-per8oL Donations were high¢r as no sponsorship roc¢iv¢d for the virtual event in 2023, 22 Th# oharity a¢¢owits are prepar¢d on & recEipts and payTrent8 basis, the w¢bsite provid¢r only invoioes ev¢ry other year therefore the 2025 accOw￿S will include the website costs for 2024. 23 Confer¢nce rosts Are significantly higher than 2023 as th0 2024 event wa8 held in perdon in Bali, Indonesia. 2023 was & virtual event therefore no venue ¢ost8 were incutred only the ojjline hosting platfonn 3 Trusteejl Expenses The trustce'B received expenses totalling £0 (2023: £0).