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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 02850118 (England and
Wales)REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1038170
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
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**`UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` 2023** **`FOR`** 

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THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND
MEDICINE
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Mr G D Jones 29 Marble Hall Road Milford Haven Pembrokeshire SA73 2PD 



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`CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

||`Page`|`Page`|`Page`|
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|`Report of the Trustees`|1|to|3|
|`Independent Examiner's Report`||4||
|`Statement of Financial Activities`||5||
|`Balance Sheet`||6||
|`Notes to the Financial Statements`|7|to|11|
|`Detailed Statement of Financial Activities`||12||





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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES` 

`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## `OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES` 

## `Objectives and aims` 

The Darwin Centre for Biology and Medicine is a Pembrokeshire charity established in 1994, it aims to engage and enthuse young people, families, and communities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). There are two elements to the charity: The Education Programme known as the Darwin Experience, and the Research and Engagement Programme. The Darwin Experience continues to form the core of the activities delivered by the charity. 

## `Significant activities` 

The education programme has been funded by Dragon LNG since September 2005. Dragon LNG are the core sponsors of the programme with a contribution from Pembrokeshire County Council to support our work with secondary school pupils.  The programme works with every school in the county of Pembrokeshire on a 3-year cycle, offering a range of field trips and workshops to complement the curriculum for Wales.  Alongside our schools’ programme we delivered sessions for local families, home school groups and the Scouting Association. 

All of the events including transport are free to the participating schools, the cost is covered through the core sponsorship from Dragon LNG with additional support this year from Floventis Energy and a Local Giving grant, supporting specific sessions.  A grant from the Royal Astronomical Society has been used to cover the associated costs of solar system workshops.  This grant will be awarded in January 2024 upon completion of 20 workshops. 

## `Research and Engagement Programme:` 

Dr Valerie Morse, who led the research and engagement programme has now retired, the laboratory in Milford Haven has been vacated and there were no events delivered during the 2022/23 academic year. 

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## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

## ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE - CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 

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## Number of events: 178 

## Number of participants: 5,566 

## School group activities: 

- Rock pooling 

- - Marine Biology days 

- - Beach cleans (ocean plastics & plankton) 

- - Pond dipping 

- Kick sampling 

- Mini beast hunts 

- Solar system workshops 

- - Forces workshops 

- Floating offshore wind - design challenge (Floventis Energy) 

Home school group activities: 

Rock pooling & netting 

## Public/family events: 

- Marine Biology Day with Scouting Association groups 

- Rock pooling & netting with families 

- Family fossil hunt 

- Minibeast hunts & microscopes with school holiday clubs 

- Public lecture and a science show from the Royal Institution 

## `FINANCIAL REVIEW` 

## `Reserves policy` 

It is the policy of the trustees to ensure that there are sufficient funds in order to continue the company's charitable activities. 

The financial activity for the year is shown in the annexed accounts. The charity's funds as at the end of the period totalled £97,003 (2021 - £97,505), and will be utilised for the purpose of funding the 2023/2024 Darwin Experience and other related activities. 

## `STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT` 

## `Governing document` 

The Charity is controlled by its governing document, its memorandum and articles of association,and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. 

## `Recruitment and appointment of new trustees` 

The existing trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new trustees. When selecting new trustees we attempt to identify people who are able to add relevant expertise to the board and are willing to volunteer to help us with our objectives. 

## `REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS` 

## `Registered Company number` 

02850118 (England and Wales) 

## `Registered Charity number` 

1038170 

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`THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE` 

## `REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES` 

`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

`Registered office` Pembrokeshire College Merlins Bridge Haverfordwest Dyfed SA61 1SZ 

`Trustees` Professor A K Campbell Mr D O J S Lort-Phillips Dr S B Matthews Mr R J Packman Mr A E Sangster Dr B N Walters Dr K T Wann Cllr N P Harries Mrs G C Flatter Dr V M Jones Mrs V Stoddart 

`Independent Examiner` Mr G D Jones 29 Marble Hall Road Milford Haven Pembrokeshire SA73 2PD 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on Wednesday 10th April 2024 and signed on its behalf by: 

Mr A E Sangster - Trustee 

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`INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE` 

`Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Darwin Centre for Biology And Medicine ('the Company')` 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2023. 

## `Responsibilities and basis of report` 

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. 

## `Independent examiner's statement` 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)). 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Mr G D Jones 29 Marble Hall Road Milford Haven Pembrokeshire SA73 2PD 

Date: Wednesday 10th April 2024. 

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THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023 

|Unrestricted<br>fund<br>Notes<br>£<br>INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM<br>Donations and legacies<br>Other trading activities<br>2<br>Investment income<br>3<br>Other income<br>-<br>-<br>8<br>Total<br>8<br>EXPENDITURE ON<br>Charitable activities<br>Lectures & events<br>Other<br>-<br>-<br>Total<br>NET INCOME<br>8<br>RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS<br>Total funds brought forward<br>5,512<br>TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD<br>5,520|Restricted<br>fund<br>£<br>7,000<br>83,890<br>-<br>90,890<br>15,553<br>75,847<br>91,400<br>(511)<br>86,474<br>85,965|2023<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>7,000<br>83,890<br>8<br>-<br>90,898<br>15,553<br>75,847<br>91,400<br>(501)<br>91,986<br>91,485|2022<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>7,000<br>70,470<br>8<br>-<br>77,478<br>24,715<br>77,521<br>102,237<br>(24,766)<br>116,752<br>91,986|
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The notes form part of these financial statements 

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`THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE` 

## `BALANCE SHEET 31 JULY` **2023** 

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|||Unrestricted||Restricted||Total|Total|
|||fund||fund||funds|funds|
||Notes|£||£||£|£|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||||
|Cash at bank||5,520||97,004||97,505|97,505|
|CREDITORS||||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|8||-||-|-|-|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||5,520||97,004||97,505|97,505|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT||||||||
|LIABILITIES||5,520||97,004||97,505|97,505|
|NET ASSETS||5,520||97,004||97,505|97,505|
|FUNDS|9|||||||
|Unrestricted funds||||||5,520|5,519|
|Restricted funds||||||97,004|91,985|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||102,524|97,505|



The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 July  2023. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for 

- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and 

- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on Wednesday 10th April 2024 and were signed on its behalf by: 

Mr A E Sangster - Trustee 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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`NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

## `1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES` 

## `Basis of preparing the financial statements` 

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

## `Income` 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

## `Expenditure` 

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

## `Tangible fixed assets` 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

Office equipment - Straight line over 3 years 

## `Taxation` 

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. 

## `Fund accounting` 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## `2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES` 

|`OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES`|||
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||2023|2022|
||£|£|
|Sponsorships|79,560|68,410|



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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2022** 

## `3. INVESTMENT INCOME` 

Deposit account interest 

|2023|2022|
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|£|£|
|8|8|



## **4.** `TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS` 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 July 2023 nor for the year ended 31 July 2022. 

## `Trustees' expenses` 

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 July 2023 nor for the year ended 31 July 2022. 

## **5.** `STAFF COSTS` 

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: 

|Full Time<br>Part Time<br>No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.<br>`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`<br>Unrestricted<br>fund<br>£<br>`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM`<br>Donations and legacies<br>Other trading activities<br>-<br>-<br>Investment income<br>8<br>Other income<br>`Total`<br>8<br>`EXPENDITURE ON`<br>`Charitable activities`<br>Lectures & events<br>Other<br>-<br>-<br>`Total`<br>-<br>`NET INCOME`<br>8<br>`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`<br>`Total funds brought forward`<br>5,520|2023<br>2<br>1<br>3<br>Restricted<br>fund<br>£<br>7,000<br>83,891<br>-<br>90,890<br>15,533<br>75,866<br>91,399<br>(509)<br>91,985|2022<br>2<br>1<br>3<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>7,000<br>89,899<br>8<br>-|
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|||90,898<br>15,553<br>75,866|
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## `6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES` 

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|`6.`|`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`|`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`|`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`|`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`|`- continued`|||
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|||`Unrestricted`|||`Restricted`|`Total`||
||||`fund`||`fund`|`funds`||
||||`£`||`£`|`£`||
||`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`||`5,5`28||91,476|97,004||
|`7.`|`TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS`|||||||
|||||||`Office`||
|||||||`equipment`||
|||||||`£`||
||`COST`|||||||
||`At 1 August`2022`and 31 July`2023|||||`15,081`||
||`DEPRECIATION`|||||||
||`At 1 August`2022`and 31 July`2023|||||`15,081`||
||`NET BOOK VALUE`|||||||
||`At 31 July`2023||||||`-`|
||`At 31 July`2022||||||`-`|
|`8.`|`CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR`|||||||
||||||`202`2|`202`1||
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||`Accruals and deferred income`||||`-`|-||
|`9.`|`MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`|||||||
||||||`Net`|||
||||||`movement`|`At`||
|||`At`|`1.8.2`2||`in funds`|`31.7.2`3||
||||`£`||`£`|`£`||
||`Unrestricted funds`|||||||
||`General fund`|`5,5`20|||8|`5,5`28||
||`Restricted funds`|||||||
||`Restricted funds`|91,985|||(509)|91,476||
||`TOTAL FUNDS`|97,505|||(501)|97,004||
||`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`|||||||
|||`Incoming`|||`Resources`|`Movement`||
|||`resources`|||`expended`|`in funds`||
||||`£`||`£`|`£`||
||`Unrestricted funds`|||||||
||`General fund`|||8|`-`||8|
||`Restricted funds`|||||||
||`Restricted funds`|90,890|||`(`91,400)|(510)||
||`TOTAL FUNDS`|90,898|||`(`91,400)|(502||



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## `NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY` **2023** 

## `9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued` 

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||||Net||
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||At 1.8.21||in funds|31.7.22|
|||£|£|£|
|`Unrestricted funds`|||||
|General fund||5,512|8|5,520|
|`Restricted funds`|||||
|Restricted funds|116,751||(24,758)|91,993|
|`TOTAL FUNDS`|122,263||(24,750)|97,513|



Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
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|`Unrestricted funds`||||
|General fund|9|-|9|
|`Restricted funds`||||
|Restricted funds|109,054|(99,295)|9,759|
|`TOTAL FUNDS`|109,063|(99,295)|9,768|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: 

|`Unrestricted funds`<br>General fund<br>`Restricted funds`<br>Restricted funds<br>`TOTAL FUNDS`|At 1.8.20<br>£<br>9<br>109,054<br>109,063|Net<br>movement<br>in funds<br>£<br>-<br>(99,295)<br>(99,295)|At<br>31.7.21<br>£<br>9<br>9,759|
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## `9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued` 

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

|`Unrestricted funds`<br>General fund<br>`Restricted funds`<br>Restricted funds<br>`TOTAL FUNDS`|Incoming<br>resources<br>£<br>11<br>168,365<br>168,376|Resources<br><br>expended<br>£<br>-<br>(193,635)<br>(193,535|Movement<br>in funds<br>£<br>11<br>(25,270)<br>(25,259)|
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## **10.** `RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES` 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 July 2023 

## **11.** `ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY` 

The charity was under the control of the trustees, as detailed on page 1, throughout the current year. 

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