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2022-03-31-accounts

Company no. 3277032 Charity no. 1076346

mySociety Report and Audited Financial Statements 31 March 2022

mySociety

Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Company number 3277032
Charity number 1076346
Registered office and 483 Green Lanes
operational address London
N13 4BS
Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during
the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
A Adewunmi appointed 1 April 2021
A Brown
C Brown
A J H Burton
J P I Flowers resigned 2 December 2021
T Hunt resigned 9 December 2021
J A F Keutgen
R E Rank
C Ross appointed 1 April 2021
S Skelton appointed 1 April 2021
Bankers Lloyds Bank
27-31 White Hart Street
High Wycombe
HP11 2HL
Auditors Godfrey Wilson Limited
Chartered accountants and statutory auditors
5th Floor Mariner House
62 Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4QD

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Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective from January 2019).

Structure, governance and management

mySociety is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee under a Memorandum & Articles of Association, and is registered as a charity in England and Wales (registered charity no. 1076346).

mySociety is governed by a board of volunteer trustees. Trustees serve four-year terms, and may be reappointed for one further four-year term after completion of their first. Trustees are generally recruited through an open call for applications, or may occasionally be directly appointed following a period of service as an observer of one of the board’s committees. Following their appointment trustees participate in a series of briefings with key staff and fellow trustees as part of their induction; which includes briefings on financial procedures, our priority areas of work, ongoing strategy and organisational setup.

mySociety operates a number of civic and democratic websites, and has a wholly owned commercial subsidiary, SocietyWorks Ltd, governed by its own board of directors comprising a combination of trustees from mySociety, executive directors and independent non-executive directors. Trustees and non-executive directors are not remunerated.

Day-to-day management of mySociety and its subsidiaries is delegated to the Chief Executive except for the following matters which are reserved to the trustees:

At any one time, mySociety typically employs around 30 permanent members of staff and a small additional number on temporary contracts. SocietyWorks Ltd employs no staff directly, but buys in labour as required from mySociety.

There is an annual review of pay for all staff members, encompassing two elements:

The Chief Executive makes recommendations to the board of trustees based on performance, affordability and the financial health of mySociety, and changes in averages of salaries for comparable roles (particularly for technical roles), except for the Chief Executive’s own pay which is discussed by the board of trustees alone. The board of trustees either accepts or amends the recommendations, and makes the revised pay offer to the staff.

Salary ranges for new roles are set using both industry benchmarks and salaries of staff members already employed by the organisation in similar roles.

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Objectives and activities

Aims and goals

The objectives of mySociety are “to conduct and promote research into the use and effects of information and communication technologies in the context of the operation of any body or bodies which has or have an electorate, and to disseminate the useful results of such research for the benefit of the public”.

mySociety uses its UK websites and the international websites it supports to undertake active research to explore what is effective in delivering on this mission.

In November 2021 we launched our new strategy, all about the shifts we need to make in how we work, and why we think that, as a society, we need to repower democracy. As part of this thinking, we defined our why , how and what :

Why : We believe people can and want to work together to build a fairer society – the web can help do this at scale.

How : Our role is to repower democracy: using our digital and data skills to put more power in more people’s hands.

What : We work in partnership with people, communities and institutions to harness digital technology in service of civic participation.

In order to do this, over the next several years we will:

Public benefit

We have referred to the guidance in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.

Social investment policies

mySociety's ongoing provision of services via its subsidiary trading company, SocietyWorks Ltd, represents a social investment; projects are chosen based on alignment with the charity’s purposes, as well as with the aim of achieving a financial return.

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Achievements and performance

Our work is organised under four interlinked practice areas, all underpinned by research and sectorbuilding:

Our communications, fundraising, events and administrative personnel support the activities of these practice areas.

In 2021/22, mySociety’s 31 permanent UK staff continued to help citizens in the UK and around the world to meaningfully engage with their government and within their communities - through the running of our services FixMyStreet.com, TheyWorkForYou.com, WhatDoTheyKnow.com and the Climate Action Plan Explorer; by supporting the work of local organisations in over 40 countries worldwide; and by researching the efficacy and impact of digital tools on government accountability, transparency and citizen engagement.

Democracy

Our UK parliament monitoring site TheyWorkForYou saw over 7.5 million visits in 2021/22. Peaks in traffic reflected major news events, including the murder of David Amess MP on 15th October, and the debate and vote on MP Standards (including Owen Paterson MP’s conduct) on 4th November. WriteToThem saw over 2.7 million visits, and over 183,000 emails sent. The highest daily numbers of visits similarly coincided with big events in the news: the start of COP26, where Boris Johnson sat next to Sir David Attenborough and didn’t wear a face mask (3rd November), and the end of COP26 and the taxi explosion outside Liverpool Women’s hospital (15th November).

To inform our ongoing work around TheyWorkForYou, we worked with Opinium to ask the public some questions. The polling showed that 62% of the public think parties should be public with how they instruct their MPs to vote; 55% of the public think MPs are personally responsible for their vote, regardless of party instruction; and most people are undecided on whether the fact that an MP was elected on a party manifesto means they should follow party instructions.

Transparency

Our Freedom of Information (FOI) platform WhatDoTheyKnow.com makes it easier for people to access information from public authorities in the UK. In 2021/22 around 105,000 FOI requests were sent via the site - a 17% increase on the previous year. We launched two new FOI tools: support for users to challenge a refused FOI request (with support from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust), and the Projects feature that enables journalists, researchers and campaigners gathering large quantities of data though FOI requests to use volunteers to crowdsource the extraction of data. In an effort to make our own work more transparent, we published our first WhatDoTheyKnow moderation report, detailing the requests reported for admin attention, the actions taken - such as removing or hiding requests - and the reasons why.

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Working with local partners, and with support from Adessium Foundation and Swedish Postcode Foundation, we launched three new FOI platforms - arthro5a.gr, iastatullaintrebari.ro and askgov.ge - giving online access to information for the citizens of Greece, Romania and Georgia respectively. We added the Pro package (for professional FOI users such as journalists) to the imamopravoznati.org platform in Croatia and kimittud.atlatszo.hu in Hungary. A great example of this growing network of FOI platforms being put to good use is the Lost in Europe continent-wide investigation into young migrants who go missing at the border, which involved submitting FOI requests to authorities across Europe via the platforms.

mySociety’s research team has presented evidence-based arguments for improving the way FOI is handled in the UK, including in our Reforming Freedom of Information report launched in April 2021, our submission to the PACAC inquiry into the Cabinet Office’s FOI ‘clearing house’, and our response to the government’s plans for a new data protection framework. We argued that high quality FOI oversight is a cost-effective way of strengthening anti-corruption and good policymaking approaches: FOI regulators should be independent from government, have specialist knowledge of FOI, have the power to compel compliance, and have good quality statistics on the full workings of the FOI system.

Climate

With support from Quadrature Climate Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund, we’re working to help local councils and communities better tackle the climate emergency. In collaboration with Climate Emergency UK, we made significant improvements to the Climate Action Plan Explorer (CAPE) service at data.climateemergency.uk: the first site to collect UK council climate action plans in a single database. By extracting the headline pledges and carbon zero target dates from councils' websites and plans, the site now enables users to compare councils' climate plans with their promises. We’ve dramatically improved the display of emissions data, to help people understand which sectors are responsible for the most emissions, and added information to help users understand which councils are responsible for what sort of climate action.

We also provided technical support to Climate Emergency UK for their Council Climate Plan Scorecards project, launched in January 2022, which assesses every UK council’s climate action plan against several criteria of excellence. This is a significant step forward in terms of structured, accessible and comparative information on what councils are doing well, and where there is room for improvement. The CAPE and Scorecards sites are already proving to be valuable tools both for citizens and campaigners, and for councils seeking to use the data to learn from other councils and improve their planned climate action.

The Climate team participated in and presented at a range of events to raise awareness among the people and groups who could benefit from our work. This included events at the COP26 Climate Law and Governance Day and the People’s Summit for Climate Justice hosted by the COP26 Coalition.

Community

In 2021 we completed work on the FixMyBlock website, which had been enabled by a grant from the Legal Education Foundation, and handed over the site’s ongoing operation to information and advocacy group Tower Blocks UK. Under their stewardship, the site will continue to help social housing tenants get problems resolved, and provide advice and tools for advocacy and activism around fire safety and disrepair.

We did not receive any new funding for work in our Community practice area.

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TICTeC

While health and travel restrictions meant that we were again unable to hold our annual TICTeC conference in person, throughout 2021 mySociety hosted a number of short and lively Show & Tell events. The topics covered ranged from lessons learned from online deliberation projects, to empowering communities using geospatial technology, to an exploration of the use and impacts of FOI across Europe.

In 2021/22 we launched the new TICTeC Labs programme, with support from the National Endowment for Democracy. The programme convenes the global civic tech sector in a series of ‘surgeries’ to identify challenges facing the sector and discuss potential steps forward. Working groups are then created to commission solutions, with grant funding available for those who build the identified solutions. So far, we’ve explored how civic tech can work effectively with public and private institutions; how to ensure civic tech is accessible; and how to overcome barriers to accessing good data.

Financial review

Total Group income in 2021/22 was £1.864m, a decrease of 5% from the £1.966m received in 2020/21. Significantly, the profile of grant income changed, with £0.805m income received from restricted grants, 93% increase on the £0.417m received in 2020/21; and £0.033m unrestricted grant income received in 2021/22 (2020/21: £0.422m). This is reflective of the changing landscape of grant funding, with unrestricted grant funding proving more difficult to secure.

Income from other trading activities decreased by 6% to £0.955m (2020/21: £1.016m). Underlying these figures is £0.955m income from core product sales, an increase of 17% against the prior year (2020/21: £0.813m); and negligible income from one-off work for hire contracts (2020/21: £0.203m).

Total expenditure in 2021/22 was £2.116m, an increase of 42% from £1.487m in 2020/21. This increase represents significant investment in additional staff roles on the funded climate programme; as well as additional investment in marketing, account management, and finance and commercial resourcing to support a period of organisational stabilisation, and enable future growth.

2021/22 saw a net deficit outturn of £0.253m, a decrease on the £0.480m surplus reported in 2020/21. The significant reduction in year-on-year net income represents the combination of the increase in investment in staff roles across our climate funded programme, as well as investment in roles to support stabilisation and future growth; as well as not securing unrestricted grant income in the charity, and the change of income profile in the trading subsidiary with the strategic decision to move away from work for hire projects to focus mainly on core product sales and delivery. The deficit outturn for the financial year was funded through reserves. Our closing reserves at the year end totalled £0.434m made up of unrestricted reserves of £0.400m and restricted reserves of £0.034m.

mySociety’s major charitable supporters in 2021/22 have included:

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A number of other funders supported specific projects which mySociety would otherwise have been unable to undertake. These include:

We are also grateful to all the individuals and small private foundations who provide one-off or recurring donations to support mySociety’s work.

mySociety’s commercial subsidiary, SocietyWorks Ltd, provides sustainable commercial income streams within each of our practice areas, building on and related to the work we do charitably. In particular, our FixMyStreet Pro business brings in substantial commercial income aligned with our overall mySociety mission and work with local government, and generates profits that are passed on to the charity as unrestricted income.

In 2021/22, SocietyWorks Ltd generated a net profit of £0.021m (2020/21: £0.346m) which has contributed to reducing the net deficit of mySociety for the year. In spite of an increase in core product income in the 2021/22, the reduction in year-on-year net profit is explained by a number of factors: exceptional work for hire income projects in 2020/21; the impact of accounting recognition of intangible assets, with investment in capitalised development work more significant in 2021/22; and increased investment in 2021/22 in relation to additional staff roles, marketing and advertising to enable future business growth.

Going concern

The trustees consider that the charity will continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved for the following reasons:

The trustees therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation of the accounts, as detailed in note 1(c) to the financial statements.

Risk management

The key risks (and their mitigations) for the organisation are as follows:

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Mitigation: Legal mailing list exists to discuss and address any issues raised. A Service Manager was appointed in 2021/22 to support tracking of and escalation of specific risky issues and deadlines.

Mitigation: Developing strategy and opportunities around democracy and climate change as an area of positive contribution.

Mitigation: We tested DR process for FMS in Q4 2019. We have a broad plan in place that can be followed. We are currently reviewing these plans in order to make them more effective. The server migration work that was completed in Q1 2022/23 should make this work easier.

Reserves policy

mySociety aims to have sufficient free, unrestricted cash to cover three to six months of the group’s unrestricted operational costs.

At 31 March 2022, three to six months unrestricted operational costs are estimated at £0.395m£0.790m. Unrestricted reserves held at the year end totalled £0.400m, which is within the parameters of the reserves policy.

mySociety has established a separate designated reserves fund which represents a cash fund to be used if a worst case scenario emerged and the charity had to be closed down. These funds would be used to support an orderly close down in this event. These monies are set aside in a ring-fenced bank account, requiring trustee approval to use. At the end of the financial year this designated reserves fund stood at £0.240m (2020/21: £0.180m).

Plans for future periods

In November 2021 we launched our new strategy, all about the shifts we need to make in how we work, and why we think that, as a society, we need to repower democracy. We have identified high level aims (see page 3) that will be developed over the next year into a set of tangible objectives and outcomes, alongside a robust theory of change. We recognise that our strategic positioning is critical in the current environmental context, where we are living in a time of overlapping crises: a crisis of the climate, fuelled by a crisis of democracy.

In the next financial year, we will be revisiting the strategic direction of the commercial subsidiary, SocietyWorks Ltd. 2022/23 will be a year that focuses on consolidation and strengthening of organisational foundations to ensure we have a secure base to enable business growth as well as alignment with the charitable purposes for greater impact in future years.

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Fundraising

mySociety solicits donations from the public only via its website, and does not engage in any followup activity with individual donors unless consent has been given for further contact. We do not employ outside fundraisers, and are not bound by any voluntary scheme for regulating fundraising, but will keep this under review as our fundraising work develops. No complaints have been received about our fundraising activity.

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the group and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity and the group for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and the group and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

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Auditors

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as auditors to the group and parent charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 22 September 2022 and signed on their behalf by

A manda Brown

catherine brown

A. Brown C. Brown Trustee Chair

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

mySociety

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of mySociety (the 'parent charity') and its subsidiary (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the consolidated statement of financial activities, consolidated and parent charity balance sheets, consolidated statement of cash flows and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and parent charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the group and parent charity financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the group and parent charity financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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Independent auditors' report

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mySociety

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent charity and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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mySociety

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below:

(1) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, and assessed the risk of non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Throughout the audit, we remained alert to possible indications of non-compliance.

(2) We reviewed the charity’s policies and procedures in relation to:

(3) We inspected the minutes of trustee meetings.

(4) We enquired about any non-routine communication with regulators and reviewed any reports made to them.

(5) We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and assessed their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

(6) We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions or balances that may indicate a risk of material fraud or error.

(7) We assessed the risk of fraud through management override of controls and carried out procedures to address this risk. Our procedures included:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

mySociety

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charityʼs members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charityʼs members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charityʼs members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Alison Godfrey

Date: 26 September 2022

Alison Godfrey FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of:

GODFREY WILSON LIMITED

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Consolidated statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Restricted
Unrestricted
Note
£
£
Income from:
Donations
3
805,284
74,364
Charitable activities
4
-
29,172
Other trading activities
5
-
954,720
Investments
-
70
Other
-
-
Total income
805,284
1,058,326
Expenditure on:
Raising funds: raising charitable donations
-
90,281
Raising funds: trading activity
-
933,456
Charitable activities
827,167
265,254
Total expenditure
7
827,167
1,288,991
9
(21,883)
(230,665)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
55,744
630,836
Total funds carried forward
33,861
400,171
Net income / (expenditure) and net
movement in funds		 2022
2021
Total
Total
£
£
879,648
883,106
29,172
65,529
954,720
1,016,050
70
82
-
1,428
1,863,610
1,966,195
90,281
84,050
933,456
670,501
1,092,421
732,040
2,116,158
1,486,591
(252,548)
479,604
686,580
206,976
434,032
686,580

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 21 to the accounts.

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Consolidated balance sheets

As at 31 March 2022

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
Intangible assets
13
Investments
14
Current assets
Debtors
17
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year 18
Net current assets
Net assets
20
Funds
21
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Total charity funds		 The group
2022
£
22,304
105,880
-
128,184
220,291
602,469
822,760
(516,912)
305,848
434,032
33,861
240,021
160,150
434,032		 The group The charity
2021
2022
£
£
8,262
22,304
94,498
-
-
1
102,760
22,305
241,670
110,835
699,865
438,877
941,535
549,712
(357,715)
(140,740)
583,820
408,972
686,580
431,277
55,744
33,861
180,004
240,021
450,832
157,395
686,580
431,277		 The charity
2021
£
8,262
-
1
8,263
374,053
317,423
691,476
(15,913)
675,563
683,825
55,744
180,004
448,077
683,825

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

Approved by the trustees on 22 September 2022 and signed on their behalf by

A manda Brown

catherine brown

A. Brown C. Brown Trustee Chair

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mySociety

Consolidated statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Cash used in operating activities:
Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Amortisation charges
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Loss / (profit) on the sale of fixed assets
Decrease / (increase) in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Recognition of intangible fixed assets
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year		 2022
£
(252,548)
4,901
34,022
(70)
1,968
21,379
159,197
(31,151)
70
84
(20,995)
(45,404)
(66,245)
(97,396)
699,865
602,469		 2021
£
479,604
3,389
-
(82)
-
(988)
66,057
547,980
82
-
(7,183)
(94,498)
(101,599)
446,381
253,484
699,865

The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financing arrangements.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

mySociety meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b) Group accounts

These financial statements consolidate the results of the charitable company and its whollyowned (controlled) subsidiary on a line by line basis. Transactions and balances between the charitable company and its subsidiary have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements. Balances between the two companies are disclosed in the notes of the charitable company's balance sheet. A separate statement of financial activities, or income and expenditure account, for the charitable company itself is not presented because the charitable company has taken advantage of the exemptions afforded by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006.

c) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern. The trustees have considered the charitable company’s current and future financial position and the level of unrestricted, general reserves held at 31 March 2022. The charity also has significant confirmed unrestricted funding for the year ended 31 March 2023. Given the above, the trustees consider that the charitable company has sufficient cash reserves to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.

d) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of provision of invoiced consultancy and software services is deferred until criteria for income recognition are met.

Recharges of staff costs between the charitable company and its subsidiary SocietyWorks Ltd have not been recognised as income in the charitable company's statement of financial activities, and are instead netted off against expenditure. This has no impact upon the consolidated figures, in which intercompany transactions are eliminated.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued)

e) Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable and the economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

f) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

g) Funds accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

h) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

i) Grants payable

Grants payable are recognised as expenditure on the earlier of a) when the charity has a present obligation to transfer resources; and b) when the charity ceases to control the resource (e.g. via transfering funds to the grant recipient).

j) Allocation of support and governance costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on the basis of direct costs, as follows:

2022 2021
Raising funds: raising charitable donations 7.6% 10.3%
Charitable activities 92.4% 89.7%

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued)

k) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Computer equipment

3 - 5 years straight line basis

l) Intangible fixed assets

Product development expenditure is capitalised only if the expenditure can be measured reliably, the product or process is technically feasible, future economic benefits are probable and the company intends to and has sufficient resources to complete development and to use or sell the asset. Otherwise, it is recognised in the profit and loss account as incurred. Subsequent to initial recognition, product development is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Amortisation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of intangible assets over the estimated period that economic benefit attributable to the asset is expected to flow to the company. The amortisation rates in use are as follows:

Software development

3 years straight line basis

m) Investments

Investments in subsidiaries are held at cost less impairment.

n) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

o) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

p) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where there is a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

q) Financial instruments

The charitable company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

r) Pension costs

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued) s) Foreign currency transactions

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at rates prevailing at the date of the transaction. Balances denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing at the year end.

t) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below.

Depreciation

As described in note 1k to the financial statements, depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life.

Amortisation

As described in note 1l to the financial statements, amortisation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life.

Work in progress

Work in progress is calculated by comparing progress on a project against the budgeted cost. The work in progress element of trade debtors in these accounts in relation to the group figures is £12,089 (2021: £3,075).

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities

Income from:
Donations
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Other income
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds: raising charitable donations
Raising funds: trading activity
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) and net
movement in funds		 Restricted
£
£
417,143
465,963
-
65,529
-
1,016,050
-
82
-
1,428
417,143
1,549,052
-
84,050
-
670,501
432,829
299,211
432,829
1,053,762
(15,686)
495,290
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
883,106
65,529
1,016,050
82
1,428
1,966,195
84,050
670,501
732,040
1,486,591
479,604

3. Income from donations

Quadrature
Swedish Postcode Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund
Columbia University
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Adessium Foundation
National Endowment for Democracy
J and H Cross
Other donations
Total income from donations		 2022
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
367,000
33,000
400,000
116,679
-
116,679
88,552
-
88,552
78,064
-
78,064
50,000
-
50,000
42,046
-
42,046
37,943
-
37,943
25,000
-
25,000
-
41,364
41,364
805,284
74,364
879,648
Unrestricted

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

3. Income from donations (continued) Prior period comparative

Adessium Foundation
Columbia University
The Legal Education Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Nesta Future News Fund
The Paragon Trust
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Other donations
Total income from donations
Income from charitable activities
Charitable consultancy
Total income from charitable activities		 Restricted
£
£
157,880
-
71,703
-
90,000
-
56,560
-
41,000
-
-
733
-
100,000
-
320,892
-
44,338
417,143
465,963
2022
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
-
29,172
29,172
-
29,172
29,172
Unrestricted
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
157,880
71,703
90,000
56,560
41,000
733
100,000
320,892
44,338
883,106
2021
Total
£
65,529
65,529

4. Income from charitable activities

All income from charitable activities in the prior period was unrestricted.

5. Income from other trading activities

Income from other trading activities
Sale of software and IT consultancy
Total other trading activities		 Restricted
£
£
-
954,720
-
954,720
Unrestricted		 2022
Total
£
954,720
954,720		 2021
Total
£
1,016,050
1,016,050

All income from other trading activities in the prior period was unrestricted.

6. Government grants

The charitable company receives a government grant, defined as funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the year ending 31 March 2022 was £88,552 (2021: £Nil). There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants in the current or prior year.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

7. Total expenditure

Total expenditure
£
£
Staff costs (note 10)
68,047
796,815
Servers and subscriptions
-
31,638
Team meetings and retreats
-
10,806
Legal, financial and insurance
-
9,490
General administration costs
-
4,363
Recruitment
-
-
Partner payments (note 8)
-
-
UK travel and subsistence
-
4,290
Desk rentals and meeting rooms
-
5,093
Amortisation
-
34,022
Depreciation
-
-
Training
-
-
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
-
-
Marketing
2,176
36,939
Sub-total
70,223
933,456
20,058
-
Total expenditure
90,281
933,456
Prior period comparative:
£
£
Staff costs (note 10)
68,714
617,909
Servers and subscriptions
-
24,493
Team meetings and retreats
-
3,391
Legal, financial and insurance
-
7,479
General administration costs
-
1,691
Partner payments (note 8)
-
-
TICTeC and TICTeC local events
-
-
UK travel and subsistence
-
99
Desk rentals and meeting rooms
-
3,957
Depreciation
-
-
Training
-
-
Marketing
-
11,482
Sub-total
68,714
670,501
15,336
-
Total expenditure
84,050
670,501
Raising funds:
trading activity
Raising funds:
trading activity
Allocation of support and
governance costs
Allocation of support and
governance costs
Raising
funds: raising
charitable
donations
Raising
funds: raising
charitable
donations		 Charitable
activities
£
749,148
32,573
-
-
-
-
67,995
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
849,716
242,705
1,092,421
Charitable
activities
£
517,458
21,621
-
-
-
63,013
(3,620)
-
-
-
-
-
598,472
133,568
732,040		 Support and
governance
costs
£
171,063
-
11,962
18,931
13,091
29,395
-
-
5,377
-
4,901
6,075
1,968
-
262,763
(262,763)
-
Support and
governance
costs
£
113,400
-
3,391
12,156
6,786
-
-
98
3,957
3,389
5,727
-
148,904
(148,904)
-		 2022 Total
£
1,785,073
64,211
22,768
28,421
17,454
29,395
67,995
4,290
10,470
34,022
4,901
6,075
1,968
39,115
2,116,158
-
2,116,158
2021 Total
£
1,317,481
46,114
6,782
19,635
8,477
63,013
(3,620)
197
7,914
3,389
5,727
11,482
1,486,591
-
1,486,591

Total governance costs were £10,440 (2021: £9,660).

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

8. Grants payable

Included within 'partner payments' in note 7 are sub-grant 'partner payments' made to the following institutions:

Climate Emergency UK Ltd
Vouliwatch
GES Savjetovanje d.o.o
Shift Foundation
Association Open Knowledge Foundation France ('OKF France')
Informace pro Všechny, o.s.
Orrudden Konsult AB
Liset Hamming
Other grants payable <£1,000		 2022
£
56,000
4,783
1,000
-
-
-
-
-
6,212
67,995		 2021
£
-
-
-
50,010
4,048
2,273
1,883
1,500
3,299
63,013

No grants were paid to individuals in the current or prior period, and no support costs have been allocated to grant-making activities.

9.
Net movement in funds
This is stated after charging:
Amortisation
Depreciation
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Foreign exchange gains / (losses)
Auditors' remuneration:
▪Statutory audit (including VAT)
▪Other services (including VAT)		 2022
£
34,022
4,901
Nil
367
-
9,720
720		 2021
£
-
3,389
Nil
Nil
1,428
9,360
300

Trustees' reimbursed expenses comprised payments to 3 trustees for travel costs.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

10.
Staff costs and numbers
Staff costs were as follows:
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs
Contractors
Less: capitalised product development within SocietyWorks Ltd		 2022
£
1,583,345
177,560
32,330
37,242
(45,404)
1,785,073		 2021
£
1,232,511
145,665
25,936
7,867
(94,498)
1,317,481

The number of employees whose annual emoluments were £60,000 or more were:

2022 2021
No. No.
£60,001 to £65,000 3 1
£65,001 to £70,000 2 2
£70,001 to £75,000 1 2
£75,001 to £80,000 1 -
£80,001 to £85,000 1 -
£85,001 to £90,000 1 1
£145,001 to £150,000 1 -

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the Trustees and the Chief Executive Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £151,064 (2021: 99,765).

Average number of employees (full-time equivalent) 2022
No.
31		 2021
No.
25

Redundancy and termination payments relating to three employees amount to £35,473 for the year. Payments of £13,250 were made during the year with a further amount of £22,223 owed as of 31 March 2022.

11. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes. The charity's trading subsidiary, SocietyWorks Ltd, has gift aided its available profits to the charity.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

12. Tangible fixed assets

12. Tangible fixed assets
Computer
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 April 2021 14,844
Additions in year 20,995
Disposals in year (4,687)
At 31 March 2022 31,152
Depreciation
At 1 April 2021 6,582
Charge for the year 4,901
On disposal (2,635)
At 31 March 2022 8,848
Net book value
At 31 March 2022 22,304
At 31 March 2021 8,262
13. Intangible fixed assets
Software
development
£
Cost
At 1 April 2021 94,498
Additions in year 45,404
At 31 March 2022 139,902
Amortisation
At 1 April 2021 -
Charge for the year 34,022
At 31 March 2022 34,022
Net book value
At 31 March 2022 105,880
At 31 March 2021 94,498

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

14. Investments

Investment in subsidiary company 2022
2021
£
£
-
-
The group		 2022
2021
£
£
1
1
The charity

The investment represents 100% of the ordinary share capital of SocietyWorks Ltd, whose principal activity is to carry out trading activities in support of the charity. A summary of the financial results and position of SocietyWorks Ltd is given below (see note 15).

15. Subsidiary undertakings

SocietyWorks Ltd

SocietyWorks Ltd (company number 05798215) is a wholly owned trading subsidiary of mySociety. It trades in software and IT consultancy.

Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Administrative expenses
Profit on ordinary activities
Corporation tax
Profit for financial year after taxation
Changes in equity
Total retained profit brought forward
Total comprehensive income for the year
Gift aid distribution to parent charity
Total retained profit carried forward
The aggregate of the assets, liabilities and funds was:
Assets
Liabilities
Funds		 2022
£
954,720
(691,410)
263,310
(242,046)
21,264
-
21,264
2,755
21,264
(21,264)
2,755
2022
£
459,021
(456,265)
2,756		 Restated
2021
£
1,016,050
(520,188)
495,862
(150,313)
345,549
-
345,549
2,755
345,549
(345,549)
2,755
2021
£
709,741
(706,985)
2,756

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

16. Parent charity

The parent charity's gross income and results for the year are disclosed as follows:

Gross income
Results for the year
17.
Debtors
Trade debtors
Accrued Income
Prepayments
Amounts owing by group undertakings
Other debtors
18.
Creditors : amounts due within 1 year
Trade creditors
Accruals
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Deferred income (see note 19)
19.
Deferred income
At 1 April 2021
Deferred during the year
Released during the year
At 31 March 2022		 2022
2021
£
£
185,140
229,725
12,089
3,075
14,211
4,782
-
-
8,851
4,088
220,291
241,670
2022
2021
£
£
8,845
-
70,166
9,180
106,562
75,199
9,913
7,721
321,426
265,615
516,912
357,715
2022
2021
£
£
265,615
212,204
321,426
265,615
(265,615)
(212,204)
321,426
265,615
The group
The group
The group		 2022
2021
£
£
930,154
1,295,693
(252,548)
479,604
2022
2021
£
£
16,000
-
-
-
5,891
4,782
80,093
365,183
8,851
4,088
110,835
374,053
2022
2021
£
£
8,845
-
66,416
6,780
55,566
1,412
9,913
7,721
-
-
140,740
15,913
2022
2021
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
The charity
The charity
The charity		 2021
£
1,295,693
479,604
-

Deferred income relates to contract income invoiced by SocietyWorks Ltd in advance of provision of services.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

20.
Analysis of group net assets between funds
£
Tangible fixed assets
-
Intangible fixed assets
-
Current assets
41,361
Current liabilities
(7,500)
Net assets at 31 March 2022
33,861
Prior period comparative:
£
Tangible fixed assets
-
Intangible fixed assets
-
Current assets
55,744
Current liabilities
-
Net assets at 31 March 2021
55,744
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds		 Designated
funds
£
-
-
240,021
-
240,021
Designated
funds
£
-
-
180,004
-
180,004		 £
22,304
105,880
541,378
(509,412)
160,150
£
8,262
94,498
705,787
(357,715)
450,832
General
funds
General
funds		 Total
funds
£
22,304
105,880
822,760
(516,912)
434,032
Total
funds
£
8,262
94,498
941,535
(357,715)
686,580

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

21. Movements in funds

Restricted funds
Alaveteli
BEIS
Columbia University
The Legal Education Foundation
National Endowment for Democracy
Total restricted funds
_Designated fund:_Reserve fund
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Adessium Foundation / Swedish
Postcode Foundation
Unrestricted funds
Quadrature / National Lottery
Community Foundation		 At 1 April
2021
£
44,460
-
-
-
11,284
-
-
55,744
180,004
450,832
630,836
686,580		 Income
£
158,725
25,000
50,000
78,064
-
37,943
455,552
805,284
-
1,058,326
1,058,326
1,863,610		 £
(203,185)
-
(50,000)
(77,835)
(11,284)
(39,503)
(445,360)
(827,167)
-
(1,288,991)
(1,288,991)
(2,116,158)
Expenditure		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
60,017
(60,017)
-
-
Transfers
between
funds		 £
-
25,000
-
229
-
(1,560)
10,192
At 31
March
2022
33,861
240,021
160,150
400,171
434,032

Purposes of restricted funds

Adessium Foundation / Swedish Postcode Foundation

Grant to launch new FOI services across Europe, and provide support to investigative journalists to use FOI in their stories. Also funds the general administration and support of our UK FOI service WhatDoTheyKnow.com.

Alaveteli

Fund restricted to work on the open-source software for making freedom of information requests to public bodies.

BEIS Grant to enable the development of the council climate action plans service with a focus on the needs of councils and government stakeholders, resulting in a substantially improved service for these user groups.

Columbia University Grant to cover the costs of a seconded employee.

The Legal Education Grant to fund collaboration with advocacy group Tower Blocks UK on an Foundation online tool to help residents address safety and maintenance concerns in their buildings. National Endowment Grant to promote learning, knowledge exchange, and collaboration among for Democracy civic technology organisations to undertake effective, evidence-based, impactful work enhancing public participation, transparency, and accountability worldwide via TICTeC Surgeries and Action Labs.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

21. Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Quadrature / National Grants to accelerate local climate action through data and digital services. Lottery Community Foundation

Funds in deficit

The deficit arising on the National Endowment for Democracy restricted fund represents a recoverable overspend on the first installment of an 18-month grant.

Purposes of designated funds

Reserve fund

A target level of unrestricted funds to enable mySociety to: cover emergency cash flow shortfalls; respond to an extraordinary event, campaign or project; or wind down the organisation in an orderly fashion should this become necessary.

Prior period comparative
At 1 April
2020
£
Restricted funds
41,893
Columbia University
7,939
The Legal Education Foundation
-
Nesta Future News Fund
-
Power to Change Trust
21,598
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
-
Total restricted funds
71,430
_Designated fund:_Reserve fund
-
General funds
135,546
Total unrestricted funds
135,546
Total funds
206,976
Adessium Foundation / Swedish
Postcode Foundation
Unrestricted funds		 Income
£
157,880
71,703
90,000
41,000
-
56,560
417,143
-
1,549,052
1,549,052
1,966,195		 £
(155,313)
(79,642)
(78,716)
(41,000)
(21,598)
(56,560)
(432,829)
-
(1,053,762)
(1,053,762)
(1,486,591)
Expenditure		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
180,004
(180,004)
-
-
Transfers
between
funds		 £
44,460
-
11,284
-
-
-
At 31
March
2021
55,744
180,004
450,832
630,836
686,580

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

22. Operating lease commitments

The group and charity had operating leases at the year end with total future minimum lease payments as follows:

as follows:
Amount falling due:
Within 1 year
Within 1 - 5 years		 2022
£
-
-
-		 2021
£
360
-
360

23. Related party transactions

mySociety has a wholly owned subsidiary SocietyWorks Ltd, a company limited by shares (company no. 05798215). At 31 March 2022, SocietyWorks Ltd owed mySociety £80,093 (2021: £365,183).

There were no other related party transactions in the current or prior reporting period.

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