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| Trustees' and strategic |
report | 3-1S | ||
| Statement oftrustees' | responsibilities | 19 | ||
| Independent | auditor's | report to the trustees and members ofBRETrust | 20-22 | |
| Consolidated | statement | offinancial activities | ||
| (incorporating | the company income and expenditure | account) | ||
| Consolidated | and company balance sheets | 24 | ||
| Consolidated | cash flow statement | 25 | ||
| Notes to the | financial | statements | 26-49 |
| Registered | office: | Bucknalls Lane |
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| Bankers: | Barclays Bank PLC | |
| 1 Churchill Place |
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| Solicitors: | Bates Wells | |
| 10Queen Street | ||
| London | ||
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| Independent | Auditors: | Crowe U.K.LLP |
| Fourth Floor | ||
| St James House | ||
| StJames Square | ||
| Cheltenham | ||
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| ofthe Trust on the same day. The selection process was managed by the BRETrust Nominations Committee an the appointment ofPhilip Wilbraham was confirmed at the meeting ofthe Trustees on the 24 March 2021. |
ofthe Trust on the same day. The selection process was managed by the BRETrust Nominations Committee an the appointment ofPhilip Wilbraham was confirmed at the meeting ofthe Trustees on the 24 March 2021. |
ofthe Trust on the same day. The selection process was managed by the BRETrust Nominations Committee an the appointment ofPhilip Wilbraham was confirmed at the meeting ofthe Trustees on the 24 March 2021. |
ofthe Trust on the same day. The selection process was managed by the BRETrust Nominations Committee an the appointment ofPhilip Wilbraham was confirmed at the meeting ofthe Trustees on the 24 March 2021. |
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| The Trustees and Officers serving during the year and up to the time ofsigning these accounts were as follows: | |||
| Trustees | Appointed | Resigned | |
| Philip Wilbraham. | 7June 2018 | ||
| Chairman | appointed | as Chair 24 March 2021 | |
| Sir James Wates CBE | 6May 2010 | 2 June 2021 | |
| June Barnes | 7 September 2016 | 29July 2020 | |
| Sarah Beale | 18January 2019 | ||
| Francesca Berriman MBE | 1 August 2015 | 2 June 2021 | |
| Paul Hetherington | 3 June 2019 | ||
| Ashley Hook | 18March 2020 | ||
| Prof. Vicky Pope | 3 June 2019 | ||
| Jonathan Rickard | 3 June 2019 |
| s at 31March 20 | 21 the tenure and diversity o | fthe Trust board was a | s follows: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenure | Gender Diversity | ||
| & 1Year | 0% | Female | 37.5% |
| 1-3Years | 75% | Male | 62.5% |
| 3-6Years | 12.5% | ||
| 6-9Years | 0% | ||
| 9-12Years | 12.5% |
| he Board ofDirectors o | fBREGroup is mad | e up as foll | ows: | |
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| Director | Position | Appointed | Resigned | |
| Piers White | NED (Chair) | 1 November 2019; | ||
| appointed | as Chair 26 November 2019 | |||
| Gillian Charlesworth | CEO | 21 May 2019 | ||
| Andrew Herbert |
CFO | 9August 2019 | ||
| Darran Messem | NED | 8 July 2019 | ||
| Ashley Wheaton | NED | 11July 2016 | ||
| Malathy Sivapunniyan |
NED | 5 October 2020 | ||
| Brigid Sutcliff | NED | 11July 2016 | 9January 2021 |
| 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||||
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| Emissions Sco e | Source | tCOz | MWh | tCO2 | ||||
| Scope 1 | Natural | Gas and business | travel (company | 3,190 | 587 | 3,948 | 726 | |
| cars | ||||||||
| Sco e2 | Electrici | 2,393 | 606 | 3,957 | 1,011 | |||
| Scope 3 | Business | travel | and electricity transmission | 157 | 84 | 736 | 258 | |
| and distribution | losses | |||||||
| Total sco e 1&2 | 5,584 | 1,193 | 7,905 | 1,738 | ||||
| Total sco e 1,2&3 | 5,740 | 1,277 | 8,641 | 1,996 |
| Total unrestricted funds |
Total unrestricted funds |
(16,059) | (7,697) |
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| Add: Pension liabili | 41,767 | 32,814 | |
| Net unrestricted funds |
25,708 | 25,117 | |
| Less: Unrestricted fixed assets |
20,131 | 21,458 | |
| Total free reserves Re resented b: |
5,577 | 3,659 | |
| Net current and intan | ible assets | 7,456 | 5,186 |
| Provisions | 1,879 | 1,527 | |
| Total free reserves | 5,577 | 3,659 |
| Financial | stability | ~ | Detailed | business planning extended to a |
business planning extended to a |
Business planning continues to |
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| three-year | time horizon | with a bottom up |
improve and although we have |
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| approach | to ensure realistic targets are put | been impacted by Covid-19 |
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| in place | and managers |
own the budget |
forecasting has improved over |
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| figures. | the year and continues to |
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| Renewal | ofthe existing | overdraft facility to | improve with regular |
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| provide | sufficient working capital over the |
monitoring ofresults across the | ||||||
| next 12months to meet | obligations as they |
organisation. | ||||||
| fall due. | The existing overdraft facility |
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| Delivery | of pension recovery plan of a |
was renewed this year at alevel | ||||||
| realistic | timescale to eliminate the pension |
sufficient for the business. | ||||||
| deficit. | The pension recovery plan |
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| Shareholder and board oversight clear with |
remains on track with the |
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| agreed policies and procedures in place and |
investment strategy hedging |
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| on-gong | review to |
ensure they are |
risks appropriately. | |||||
| appropriate and enforced. |
Policies and procedures are in |
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| line withthe rior ear. |
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| Talent retention | Key people and skills |
are identified with |
~ | There are still risks with |
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| and acquisition | opportunities to upskill |
employees. | employee retention and |
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| Flexible | and remote |
working options |
acquisition partly because of |
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| available | where circumstances allow. |
our proximity to London but |
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| Timely | and focussed |
recruitment, with |
also as a consequence of the |
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| bench-marking pay |
using external |
pandemic. We are continuing |
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| resources | as well as against industry norms. |
to monitor and improve |
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| Improved | engagement | with employees |
employee engagement as well |
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| including | implementation | ofJob Families, | as employee wellbeing given |
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| regular | Performance | and Development |
the impact Covid-19 has had |
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| Reviews | and management oversight |
on all our colleagues. We have |
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| (further | detail below). | reviewed options for working |
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| arrangements and will be |
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| introducing flexible working |
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| arrangements where |
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| a ro riate. |
| Cyber | security | security | Continuous employee training, including |
~ | This risk continues to grow |
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| risks including | loss | mandatory courses covering policies and |
with new methods of attack |
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| of data and | breach | procedures, best practice and lessons |
and increased regulation. We |
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| ofregulations. | learned. | continue to invest in our cyber | |||||
| On-going attack and resilience testing, |
security controls, training, and |
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| continuous systems improvements and |
testing to mitigate this |
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| Cyber Essentials Plus was renewed in the |
heightened risk. During |
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| year. | 2020/21 we were audited for |
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| Dual server centres in place with |
Cyber Essentials Plus and |
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| independent internet connectivity |
retained this external |
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| replicating data to provide resilience across |
benchmark. | ||||||
| the network. | |||||||
| Reputation | and | ~ | Integrity is integral to BRE Code of |
We are continuing to apply |
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| brand | Conduct and the way we work. | significant resources on |
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| All scientific output follows aclear internal | assisting the Grenfell inquiry |
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| review process before issue with follow up | including reviewing all |
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| process to include lessons learned. | historical documentation in |
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| Speaking up policy in place and reviewed |
connection with our |
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| annually. | government work. |
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| Grenfell inquiry proceedings are monitored |
We have professionalised and |
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| closely and BREhas provided a significant | centralised our media handling |
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| volume ofinformation to assist the inquiry |
and reputation management |
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| and continues to do so. | through our Corporate Affairs |
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| Teain. | |||||||
| Regulatory | BRE Global Assurance (Ireland) Limited |
BRE Global Assurance |
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| changes | including | established to provide services to the |
(Ireland) Limited has now been | ||||
| Brexit | and | European market. | fully established and is |
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| government | policy | Improved engagement with government |
developing new opportunities |
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| departments to ensure we maintain close |
within Europe. | ||||||
| working relationships and are able to |
The risks with UK |
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| identify potential changes in policy ahead of | Government policy changes |
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| implementation. | have been mitigated through |
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| The Construction Innovation Hub |
regular communications with |
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| programme is designed to put us in a good |
government departments and |
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| position to be recognised as a test and |
industry bodies. |
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| certification provider for modern methods |
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| ofconstruction. | |||||||
| Competition | and | Current change programme is now focused |
~ | The internal transformation |
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| market relevance | on the conclusions &om the review of |
programme and new leadership |
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| purpose and identifying relevant products, |
to improve BRE's market |
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| services within geographic regions offered |
position is progressing well |
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| by BRE Group. | with benefits already been seen | ||||||
| The programme aims to identify where |
within the Academy and |
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| improvements can be made with the BRE |
Building Performance Services |
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| operating model to increase our advantage |
with further work on-going |
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| over competitors but also identify |
within Assurance Services. |
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| declinin markets. |
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| Economic— | ~ | Already planned cost reduction exercise |
~ | We have continued to adapt |
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| prolonged | global | implemented quickly, use of government |
our working methods, |
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| recession | brought | support mechanisms, constant forecasting |
including working &om home |
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| about by Covid-19 | to ensure impact of Covid-19 clearly |
where appropriate. We have |
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| understood, maintain cost flexibility and |
managed our costs carefully |
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| agile response to new opportunities |
but continue to monitor the |
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| including additional government work. |
changing economic |
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| environment. |
| Note | Restricted | Unrestricted | Total | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| (restated) | ||||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |||||
| Income from | ||||||||
| Charitable activities |
7,635 | 41,871 | 49,506 | 52,853 | ||||
| Other trading activities | 2,782 | 2,782 | 1,078 | |||||
| Interest receivable | ||||||||
| Total | 7,635 | 44,657 | 52,292 | 53,936 | ||||
| Expenditure on |
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| Charitable activities |
4 | (7,915) | (41,789) | (49,704) | (50,547) | |||
| Net (expenditure) | / income | before tax | (280) | 2,868 | 2,588 | 3,389 | ||
| Taxation | (383) | (3S3) | (6) | |||||
| Net (expenditure) | / income | (280) | 2,485 | 2,205 | 3,383 | |||
| Transfers between |
funds | 277 | (277) | |||||
| Other recognised | gains/(losses) | |||||||
| Actuarial (losses) / | gains on | defined benefit | ||||||
| pension scheme | (10,570) | (10,570) | 14,773 | |||||
| Net movement in |
funds | (3) | (8,362) | (8,365) | 18,156 | |||
| Reconciliation offunds | ||||||||
| Total funds/(deficit) | brought | forward | 16 | 1,304 | (7,697) | (6,393) | (24,549) | |
| Total funds/(deficit) | carried forward | 1,301 | (16,059) | (14,758) | (6,393) |
| Note | Group | Group | Charity | Charity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| (restated) | |||||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | ||||||
| Fixed assets | |||||||||
| Intangible assets |
9 | 1,268 | 663 | ||||||
| Tangible assets | 10 | 21,210 | 22,610 | ||||||
| Investments | 11 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| 22,478 | 23,273 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Current assets | |||||||||
| Debtors | 13,496 | 14,926 | 3 | 455 | |||||
| Cash | 9,103 | 4,492 | 731 | 742 | |||||
| Creditors: amounts | falling due within one year | 14 | (16,189) | (14,743) | (601) | (453) | |||
| Net current assets | 6,410 | 4,675 | 133 | 744 | |||||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 28,888 | 27,948 | 5,133 | 5,744 | |||||
| Provisions for liabilities |
15 | (1,879) | (1,527) | ||||||
| Net assets excluding | pensions | liabilities | 27,009 | 26,421 | 5,133 | 5,744 | |||
| Defined benefit | pension scheme liability | 19 | (41,767) | (32,814) | |||||
| Net (habilities) | / assets including | pension liabilities | (14,758) | (6,393) | 5,133 | 5,744 | |||
| Funds ofthe Group | |||||||||
| Unrestricted funds: |
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| General fund | 16 | 15,451 | 14,860 | 4,995 | 5,606 | ||||
| Revaluation reserve |
16 | 10,257 | 10,257 | ||||||
| Pension reserve | 16 | (41,767) | (32,814) | ||||||
| Restricted funds: | |||||||||
| Other reserve | 16 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Capital reserve | 16 | 1,070 | 1,040 | ||||||
| Income fund | 16 | 222 | 255 | 138 | 138 | ||||
| Total funds/(deficit) | (14,758) | (6,393) | 5,133 | 5,744 |
| Note | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (restated) | |||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | ||||||
| Net cash from operating activities |
17 | 6,332 | 5,007 | ||||
| Cash flows from investing | activities | ||||||
| Interest received | |||||||
| Acquisition oftangible fixed assets | 10 | (247) | (1,395) | ||||
| Acquisition ofintangible fixed assets |
(1,478) | (418) | |||||
| Net cash used by investing | activities | (1,721) | (1,808) | ||||
| Increase in cash and cash | equivalents | in the | year | 18 | 4,611 | 3,199 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | at the beginning | ofthe reporting | 4,492 | 1,293 | |||
| period | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | at the end | ofthe | reporting | period | 9,103 | 4,492 |
| Leasehold Improvements | 8 years |
|---|---|
| Freehold buildings | 5-20 years |
| Plant and machinery | 3-10years |
| Fixtures and fittings | 7years |
| Motor vehicles | 3-10years |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (restated) | ||||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||||||
| Advisory | services on building | performance, | construction | and fire safety | 14,199 | 17,823 | ||
| Provision | ofthird-party | assurance | services | 27,607 | 28,708 | |||
| Services | delivered to government | 7,700 | 6,322 | |||||
| 49,506 | 52,853 |
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Other rental | income | 1,006 | 1,078 |
| Other trading | income | 153 | |
| Government | grant income | 1,171 | |
| Tax credits | 452 | ||
| 2,782 | 1,078 |
| Charitable | activities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Advisory | Third | Party | Services to | 2021 | 2020 | |||
| Activities | Services | Assurance | Government | Total | Total | ||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | ||||
| Activities | undertaken | directly | 786 | 14,776 | 13,593 | 5,392 | 34,547 | 34,078 | |
| Grant funding ofactivities | 611 | 611 | 657 | ||||||
| Support costs | 325 | 6,366 | 5,624 | 2,231 | 14,546 | 15,812 | |||
| 21,753 | 19,217 | 7,623 | 49,704 | 50,547 | |||||
| Analysis ofsupport costs | |||||||||
| Commercial | Advisory | I'hird | Party | Services to | 2021 | 2020 | |||
| Activities | Services | Assurance | Government | Total | Total | ||||
| K'000 | E'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | ||||
| Legal and | professional | 96 | 1,880 | 1,661 | 659 | 4,296 | 4,672 | ||
| 29 | 572 | 506 | 201 | 1,308 | 1,492 | ||||
| 18 | 349 | 309 | 122 | 798 | 1,070 | ||||
| Marketing | 20 | 386 | 340 | 135 | 881 | 1,011 | |||
| Facilities | 51 | 1,008 | 890 | 2,302 | 3,002 | ||||
| Other | 2,171 | 1,918 | 761 | 4,961 | 4,565 | ||||
| 325 | 6,366 | 5,624 | 2,231 | 14,546 | 15,812 |
| Included within Support costs are the fo | llowing governance costs |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Auditor 's remuneration: | |||
| Audit ofGroup and subsidiary financial |
statements | 71 | 62 |
| Amounts receivable by auditor and associates in respect of: |
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| Services relating to taxation | 12 | 10 | |
| Additional fees relating to prior year audit |
28 | 35 | |
| Other services | 3 | 11 |
| Staff costs and numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| K'000 | K'000 | |
| Group staff costs during the period amounted to: | ||
| Wages and salaries | 22,542 | 24,302 |
| Social security costs | 2,211 | 2,440 |
| Other pension costs | 3,577 | 3,546 |
| Operating costs ofthe defined benefit pension scheme |
449 | 481 |
| 28,779 | 30,769 |
| he averag | e number ofemployees (including director |
s) during the year was as follows: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| Research | staff | 506 | 539 |
| Support | staff | 52 | 56 |
| 558 | 595 |
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary band | |||
| f60,000 | -f69,999 | 22 | 24 |
| f70,000 | -f79,999 | 8 | 18 |
| f80,000 | -f89,999 | 8 | 7 |
| f90,000 | -f99,999 | 4 | 6 |
| f100,000 | -f109,999 | 2 | 3 |
| f110,000 | -f119,999 | 4 | 4 |
| f130,000 | -f139,999 | 1 | |
| f140,000 | -f149,999 | ||
| f160,000 | -f.169,999 | ||
| f170,000 | -f179,999 |
| Other finance | costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Expected return | on pension scheme assets | 2,276 | 2,024 |
| Interest on pension scheme liabilities | (3,096) | (3,191) | |
| Administration | expenses | (94) | |
| Past service cost (incl. curtailments) | |||
| (914) | (1,167) |
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (restated) | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Current tax | |||
| UK corporation tax on profit for the year | 362 | ||
| Adjustment in respect ofprevious year |
21 | ||
| Tax reconciliation | |||
| Profit on ordinary activities before tax |
2,588 | 3,389 | |
| Tax using the UK corporation tax rate of19%(2020: 19%) | 492 | 644 | |
| Effects of: | |||
| Expenses not deductible | for tax purposes | 147 | 144 |
| R&D expenditure credits |
(86) | (32) | |
| Consolidation adjustments |
301 | 58 | |
| Deferred tax not recognised | (471) | (808) | |
| Total tax charge | 383 |
| Intangible fixed assets |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Software | Other | Total |
| Intangibles | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |
| Cost | |||
| At I April 2020 | 4,454 | 497 | 4,951 |
| Additions | 1,478 | 1,478 | |
| Disposals | (25) | (25) | |
| At 31March 2021 | 5,907 | 497 | 6,404 |
| Amortisation | |||
| At I April 2020 | 3,849 | 439 | 4,288 |
| Charge for the year | 790 | 58 | 848 |
| Eliminated on disposal |
|||
| At 31March 2021 | 4,639 | 497 | 5,136 |
| Net book value | |||
| At 31March 2021 | 1,268 | 1,268 | |
| At 31March 2020 | 605 | 58 | 663 |
| 0Tangible fixed assets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Freehold | Plant and | Fixtures | Motor | Total |
| Land and | Machinery | and | Vehicles | ||
| Buildings | Fittings | ||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |
| Cost | |||||
| At 1 April 2020 | 27,339 | 10,456 | 1,180 | 54 | 39,029 |
| Additions | 52 | 162 | 247 | ||
| At 31March 2021 | 27,391 | 10,618 | 1,213 | 54 | 39,276 |
| Depreciation | |||||
| At 1 April 2020 | 8,029 | 7,591 | 746 | 53 | 16,419 |
| Charge for year | 623 | 914 | 109 | 1 | 1,647 |
| At 31March 2021 | 8,652 | 8,505 | 855 | 54 | 18,066 |
| Net Book Value | |||||
| At 31March 2021 | 18,739 | 2,113 | 358 | 21,210 | |
| At 31March 2020 | 19,310 | 2,865 | 434 | 1 | 22,610 |
| Charity | Interest in | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subsidiary | ||||||
| undertakings | ||||||
| K'000 | ||||||
| Net BookValue | ||||||
| At 1 April 2020 and 31March 2021 | 5,000 | |||||
| he trading results ofthe operating subsidiaries |
ofthe Group are: | |||||
| Building | BRE | Constructing | Ceequal | BRE | BRE | |
| Research | Global | Excellence | Limited | China | Ireland | |
| Establishment | Limited | Limited¹ | ||||
| Limited | ||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Summary profit and |
K'000 | E'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 |
| loss account | ||||||
| Turnover | 21,278 | 28,617 | 199 | 94 | 503 | 385 |
| Operating costs |
(33,106) | (28,566) | (91) | (119) | (613) | (273) |
| Other operating | 16,745 | 37 | ||||
| income | ||||||
| Operating profit/(loss) |
4,917 | 88 | 108 | (25) | (110) | 112 |
| Other finance costs | (914) | |||||
| Actuarial loss on |
(10,570) | |||||
| defined benefit pension | ||||||
| Net result | (6,567) | 88 | 108 | (25) | (110) | 112 |
| Taxation | (362) | (21) | ||||
| Retained in the | (6,929) | 67 | 108 | (25) | (110) | 112 |
| subsidiary | ||||||
| Assets and liabilities | ||||||
| ofthe subsidiary | ||||||
| Fixed assets | 22,827 | 632 | 1 | |||
| Current assets | 15,104 | 23,145 | 262 | 1,091 | 526 | 275 |
| Creditors falling due |
(27,245) | (5,896) | (43) | (13S) | (1,113) | (488) |
| within one year | ||||||
| Net assets/(liabilities) | 10,686 | 17,881 | 219 | 953 | (586) | (213) |
| Provision for liabilities | (1,879) | |||||
| Pension scheme | (41,767) | |||||
| liabilities | ||||||
| Deferred grant | (277) | |||||
| Total funds | (33,237) | 17,881 | 219 | 953 | (586) | (213) |
| Interest in | Activity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old111ary | |||||||||
| share capital | |||||||||
| Trading Companies: | |||||||||
| BREGroup Limited (02704081) | 100% | Management | ofsubsidiary | company | operations | ||||
| Building Research Establishment | Limited | 100% | Advisory services and information |
on building | |||||
| (03319324)¹¹ | performance, | construction | and fire safety | ||||||
| 100% | Testing and certification ofmaterials | and | |||||||
| BREGlobal Limited (08961297)¹¹ | products, and |
certification | ofpersonnel, | ||||||
| Buildings, process, systems | and supply chains | ||||||||
| Building Research Establishment | 100% | Sustainability | and training | ||||||
| Shenzhen Limited (91440300358776938Y)* |
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| Ceequal Limited (04568928)' | 100% | Methodologies | for sustainable | inf'rastructure | |||||
| projects | |||||||||
| BREAmerica Holdings Inc (5984258) BREAmerica LLC(201607410163)¹ |
100% 100% |
Holding company Assessment ofdevelopments |
under | BREEAM | |||||
| process | |||||||||
| Buildingwise LLC (200716410151) |
100% | Assessment ofdevelopments | under | LEED and | |||||
| BREEAM process | |||||||||
| Constructing Excellence Limited(04641522)*' |
N/A | Co-ordination | ofmember | led | performance | ||||
| improvement | network | ||||||||
| BREGlobal Assurance (Ireland) |
Limited | 100% | Testing and certification ofmaterials | and | |||||
| (602123) | products, and |
certification | ofpersonnel, | ||||||
| Buildings, process, systems | and supply chains | ||||||||
| Non-Trading Companies: | |||||||||
| BRECertification Limited (03548352)' BREInternational Limited (01915620)*¹ |
100% 100% |
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| BRECanada Inc (819246000) EFSGLimited (02971676) "' |
100% N/A |
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| The Loss Prevention Certification Limited (01907862)*" |
Board | 100% | |||||||
| Building Performance Group Limited (01573939)*" |
100% |
| 3Debtors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | ||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Group | Charity | Group | Charity | ||
| Trade debtors | 6,965 | 7,939 | |||
| Amounts recoverable |
on contracts | 1,442 | 1,335 | ||
| Amounts due &om group undertakings |
441 | ||||
| Other debtors | 3,100 | 3,298 | 2 | ||
| Social security and other taxes | 862 | ||||
| Prepayments | 1,127 | 2,354 | |||
| 13,496 | 14,926 | 455 |
| 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (restated) | ||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |
| Group | Charity | Group | Charity | |
| Deferred income | 7,193 | 6,721 | ||
| Trade creditors | 3,330 | 17 | 3,111 | 34 |
| Amounts due to group undertakings |
125 | |||
| Social security and other taxes | 1,741 | 1,554 | ||
| Corporation tax |
362 | (1) | ||
| Other creditors | 728 | 2 | 1,190 | |
| Accruals | 2,835 | 457 | 2,168 | 419 |
| 16,189 | 601 | 14,743 | 453 | |
| Deferred income movement: | ||||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Group | Charity | |||
| Balance at 1 April 2020 (restated) | 6,721 | |||
| Amount released in the year |
(7,514) | |||
| Amount deferred in the year |
7,986 | |||
| Balance at 31March 2021 | 7,193 |
| 5Provision for | liabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future amounts | payable relating to: | Former | Post | Litigation | Total | |
| Directors' | retirement | |||||
| Future | future | |||||
| liabilities | Restructuring | liabilities | ||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | ||
| Group: | ||||||
| At I April 2020 | 112 | 280 | 855 | 280 | 1,527 | |
| Utilised in the year | (264) | (123) | (280) | (667) | ||
| Charge to the Statement of | 1,018 | 1,019 | ||||
| Financial Activities | ||||||
| At 31March 2021 | 113 | 16 | 1,750 | 1,879 |
| 6Reserves | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Pension | Revaluation | Total | Other | Capital | Income | Total | |
| Fund | Reserve | Reserve | Unrestricted | Reserves | Reserves | Reserve | Restricted | |
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Reserves | Restricted | Restricted | Restricted | Reserves | |
| Group | K'000 | K'000 | E'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 |
| At I April | 14,860 | (32,814) | 10,257 | (7,697) | 1,040 | 255 | 1,304 | |
| 2020 | ||||||||
| (restated) | ||||||||
| Net income | 868 | 1,617 | 2,485 | (247) | (33) | (280) | ||
| for the year | ||||||||
| Actuarial | ||||||||
| (loss) | (10,570) | (10,570) | ||||||
| recognised | ||||||||
| in defined | ||||||||
| benefit | ||||||||
| pension | ||||||||
| Transfer | (277) | (277) | 277 | 277 | ||||
| between | ||||||||
| funds | ||||||||
| At 31March | 15,451 | (41,767) | 10,257 | (16,059) | 9 | 1,070 | 222 | 1,301 |
| 2021 |
| General | Pension | Revaluation | Total | Other | Capital | Income | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | Reserve | Reserve | Unrestricted | Reserve | Reserves | Reserve | Restricted | |
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Reserves | Restricted | Restricted | Restricted | Reserves | |
| Group | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 |
| At I April | 13,809 | (48,899) | 10,257 | (24,833) | 275 | 284 | ||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| Net income | 1,051 | 1,312 | 2,363 | 1,040 | (20) | 1,020 | ||
| for the year | ||||||||
| Actuarial | ||||||||
| gain | 14,773 | 14,773 | ||||||
| recognised | ||||||||
| in defined | ||||||||
| benefit | ||||||||
| pension | ||||||||
| At 31March | 14,860 | (32,814) | 10,257 | (7,697) | 9 | 1,040 | 255 | 1,304 |
| 2020 |
| Charity | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |
| At I April 2020 | 5,606 | 138 | 5,744 |
| Net deficit for the year | (611) | (611) | |
| At 31March 2021 | 4,995 | 138 | 5,133 |
| Charity | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
| Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |
| At I April 2019 | 6,414 | 138 | 6,552 |
| Net deficit for the year | (808) | (808) | |
| At 31March 2020 | 5,606 | 138 | 5,744 |
| Analysis ofGroup net | Analysis ofGroup net | Analysis ofGroup net | General | Pension | Revaluation | Other | Capital | Income | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| assets between | funds | Fund | Reserve | Reserve | Restricted | Restricted | Restricted | ||
| Reserve | Reserve | Reserves | |||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Intangible | 1,268 | 1,268 | |||||||
| Tangible | 9,874 | 10,257 | 1,070 | 21,210 | |||||
| Net current assets | 6,188 | 222 | 6,410 | ||||||
| Provisions | (1,879) | (1,879) | |||||||
| Pension scheme | liability | (41,767) | (41,767) | ||||||
| 15,451 | (41,767) | 10,257 | 1,070 | 222 | (14,758) | ||||
| 2020 Comparative | (restated) | ||||||||
| Analysis ofGroup net | General | Pension | Revaluation | Other | Capital | Income | Total | ||
| assets between | funds | Fund | Reserve | Reserve | Reserve | Restricted | Restricted | ||
| Reserve | Reserves | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Intangible | 663 | 663 | |||||||
| Tangible | 11,201 | 10,257 | 1,040 | 22,507 | |||||
| Net current assets | 4,523 | 255 | 4,778 | ||||||
| Provisions | (1,527) | (1,527) | |||||||
| Pension scheme | liability | (32,814) | (32,814) | ||||||
| 14,860 | (32,814) | 10,257 | 1,040 | 255 | (6,393) |
| 7Cash flows from ope | ra | t | ing activities |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
| (restated) | |||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | ||||||
| Net income | 2,588 | 3,389 | |||||
| Ajdustments for: | |||||||
| Interest receivable | (4) | (5) | |||||
| Depreciation, amortisation |
and impairment | 2,495 | 1,890 | ||||
| Loss on disposal offixed | assets | 25 | 28 | ||||
| Taxation | (383) | (6) | |||||
| Pension and other finance | costs | 914 | 1,167 | ||||
| Pension deficit funding | contributions | (2,531) | (2,479) | ||||
| Movement in working |
capital: | ||||||
| Decrease / (increase) in | debtors | 1,430 | (939) | ||||
| Increase in creditors | 1,452 | 2,264 | |||||
| Increase / (decrease) in |
provisions | 352 | (242) | ||||
| Taxation received/(paid) | (6) | (60) | |||||
| Net cash &om operating | activities | 6,332 | 5,007 | ||||
| SAnalysis ofchange in | net funds | ||||||
| At | Cash flow | At | |||||
| 1 April 2020 | 31March 2021 | ||||||
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |||||
| Cash at bank | 4,658 | 4,445 | 9,103 | ||||
| Overdraft | (166) | 166 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,492 | 4,611 | 9,103 |
| Combined | Combined | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme | Scheme | Scheme | |
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| %pa | %pa | %pa | |
| Rate ofincrease in salaries | 2.40 | 1.90 | 2.10 |
| Discount rate for calculation | |||
| ofbenefits | 2.10 | 2.60 | 2.45 |
| Inflation (RPI) | 3.10 | 2.50 | 3.15 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 2.40 | 1.90 | 2.10 |
| f'rom cash flow project | ions over long years | and thus inherently uncertain, were: |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Present value offunded defined benefit obligations | (133,459) | (121,187) | ||
| Fair value ofassets | 91,692 | 88,373 | ||
| Net deficit | (41,767) | (32,814) | ||
| Movements in present |
value ofdefined benefit obligation | 2021 | 2020 | |
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| At 1 April | 121,187 | 132,554 | ||
| Interest on obligation | 3,096 | 3,191 | ||
| Actuarial loss / (gain) |
13,316 | (9,948) | ||
| Benefits paid | (4,234) | (4,610) | ||
| Past service cost (incl. curtailments) | 94 | |||
| At 31March | 133,459 | 121,187 | ||
| Movements in fair value ofassets |
2021 | 2020 | ||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| At 1 April | 88,373 | 83,655 | ||
| Expected return on assets | 2,276 | 2,024 | ||
| Actuarial (loss)/gain |
2,746 | 4,825 | ||
| Contributions by employer |
2,531 | 2,479 | ||
| Benefits paid | (4,234) | (4,610) | ||
| At 31March | 91,692 | 88,373 | ||
| Amounts recognised |
in the Consolidated | Statement ofFinancial Activities | ||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Interest on defined benefit obligations | (3,096) | (3,191) | ||
| Expected return on assets | 2,276 | 2,024 | ||
| Past service cost (incl. curtailments) | (94) | |||
| Resources expended | (included in other finance costs) |
(914) | (1,167) |
| 9Pensions (continued) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Actual return less expected return | on assets | 2,746 | 4,825 | |
| Experience gain on liabilities | 4,014 | 63 | ||
| Change in assumptions | underlying | the present value ofthe liabilities | (17,330) | 9,885 |
| Actuarial (loss) / gain | (10,570) | 14,773 |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Return | on assets excluding | interest | 2,746 | 4,825 |
| Interest | income on assets | 2,276 | 2,024 | |
| Actual | return on scheme assts | 5,022 | 6,849 |
| 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | K'000 | |||
| Group | Charity | Group | Charity | |||
| Financial | assets that | are debt instruments | ||||
| measured | at amortised cost | 20,605 | 734 | 17,064 | 1,188 | |
| Financial | liabilities | measure at amortised | ||||
| cost | 6,893 | 474 | 6,469 | 453 |
| perating leases (202 |
0:K442k) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| Plant and machinery | expiring: | K'000 | K'000 |
| Not later than one year | 72 | 80 | |
| Later than one year | and not later than five years | 54 | 80 |
| 126 | 160 | ||
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| Land and Buildings | expiring: | K'000 | K'000 |
| Not later than one year | 220 | 208 | |
| Later than one year | but not later than five years | 555 | 456 |
| Later than five years | 335 | 417 | |
| 1,110 | 1,081 |
| At 31March 2021 the Group had expected future minimum | lease receipts under non-cancellable operating |
leases |
|---|---|---|
| as follows: | ||
| Future anticipated Lessor income |
2021 | 2020 |
| K'000 | K'000 | |
| Not later than one year | 774 | 848 |
| Later than one year and not later than five years | 1,004 | 1,43S |
| Later than five years | 198 | 221 |
| 1,976 | 2,507 |
| 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'000 | ||||
| Restricted Reserves at 31March 2020 (as previously | stated) | 255 | ||
| Release ofincome previously deferred relating to year |
ended 31March 2020 | 1,040 | ||
| Reallocation | with unrestricted reserves |
9 | ||
| Restricted reserves at 31March 2020 as restated | 1,304 | |||
| 2020 | ||||
| K'000 | ||||
| Unrestricted | Reserves at 31March 2020 (as previously | stated) | (7,688) | |
| Reallocation | with restricted reserves | (9) | ||
| Unrestricted | reserves at 31March 2020 as restated | (7,697) |
| 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'000 | ||||
| Total creditors at 31March 2020 (as previously | stated) | (15,783) | ||
| Release ofincome previously | deferred at 31March 2020 | 1,040 | ||
| Total creditors at 31March 2020 as restated | (14,743) | |||
| 2020 | ||||
| K'000 | ||||
| Total restricted loss for the year ended 31March | 2020 (as previously | stated) | (20) | |
| Release ofincome previously | deferred at 31March 2020 | 1,040 | ||
| Total restricted income for the | year ended 31March 2020 as restated | 1,020 |