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|Trustees'<br>and strategic||report||||3-18|
|Statement oftrustees'||responsibilities||||19|
|Independent|auditor's|report to the trustees||and meinbers ofBRETrust||20-22|
|Consolidated|statement|offinancial|activities||||
|(incorporating|the company<br>income||and expenditure||account)|23|
|Consolidated|and company<br>balance||sheets|||24|
|Consolidated|cash flow statement|||||25|
|Notes to the|financial|statements||||26-47|





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|Registered|off|ce:|Bucknalls Lane|
|---|---|---|
|||Garston|
|||Watford|
|||Hertfordshire|
|||WD25 9XX|
|Bankers:||Barclays Bank PLC|
|||I Churchill<br>Place|
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|Independent|Auditors:|Crowe U.K.LLP|
|||Fourth Floor|
|||StJames House|
|||StJames Square|
|||Cheltenham|
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|Philip Wilbraham,|Chairman|7 June 2018||
|Sir James Wates CBE||6May 2010|2 June 2021|
|Sarah Beale||18January 2019|31 December 2021|
|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<br>Rickard||3 June 2019||
|Company<br>Secretary||||
|Dr Paul Conroy||24 January 2022||
|Waterstone<br>Company|Secretaries Ltd|1 July 2020|31 December 2021|



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|Philip Wilbraham|NED (Chair)|1 April 2022||
|Piers White|NED|1 November 2019;|31 March 2022|
|Gillian Charlesworth|CEO|21 May 2019||
|Andrew<br>Herbert|CFO|9 August 2019||
|Paul Hetherington|NED|16May 2022||
|Darran Messem|NED|8 July 2019|6 April 2022|
|Malathy<br>Sivapunniyan|NED|5 October 2020|15July 2022|
|Ashley Wheaton|NED|11 July 2016|31 December 2021|



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|Total unrestricted|funds||3,073|(16,059)|
|Add: Pension<br>liabili|||31,587|41 767|
|Net unrestricted|funds||34,660|25,708|
|Less: Unrestricted|fixed assets||18468|20 131|
|Total free reserves<br>Re resented b:|||16 192|5,577|
|Net current<br>and intan||ible assets|11,995|7456|
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|||management<br>plans.||The<br>pension<br>recovery|||||plan||
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|||economy).||and procedures<br>are in|||line||with||
|||Monthly<br>forecasting<br>with detailed<br>analysis||the prior|year.||||||
|||ofchanges against prior month.||Monthly|forecasting|||||is|
|||Maintenance<br>of<br>overdraft<br>facility<br>as||improving|with<br>more|||insight|||
|||mitigation<br>to risk in downturn.||from<br>the|teams<br>which|||is|also||
|||Regular<br>dialogue<br>with<br>pension<br>trustees<br>to||improving||cashflow|||||
|||maintain<br>options<br>with<br>Escrow funding<br>or||forecasting.|||||||
|||reduced<br>ension<br>a ments.|||||||||
|Cyber security||Next generation<br>firewalls<br>and Anti-virus,|~|This is a|continuous|threat||||that|
|||Anti Malware<br>systems<br>in place.||is<br>ever|changing|and||needs|||
|||Web application<br>and secure email gateway||constant|mitigation|as|this|||risk|
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|||Security<br>information<br>and<br>event||methods|of<br>attack|||||and|
|||management<br>system<br>which<br>collects||increased|regulation.||||||
|||information<br>from all key IT infrastructure|||||||||
|||and is monitored<br>24/7.|||||||||
|||Annual<br>penetration<br>testing<br>and|||||||||
|||maintenance<br>of Cyber<br>Essentials<br>Plus|||||||||
|||certification.|||||||||
|||Annual<br>training<br>requirement<br>for<br>all|||||||||
|||colleagues<br>on cybersecurity<br>and phishing.|||||||||
|||Requirement<br>for third party IT suppliers<br>to|||||||||
|||have<br>formal<br>certification<br>such<br>as<br>ISO|||||||||
|||27001 or CREST.|||||||||
|||Dual<br>server<br>centres<br>in<br>place<br>with|||||||||
|||independent<br>internet<br>connectivity|||||||||
|||replicating<br>data to provide resilience across|||||||||
|||the network.|||||||||
|Ineffective|talent|A Wellbeing<br>offering is in place to support|~|The<br>Covid<br>pandemic||||||has|
|attraction/retention||colleagues<br>with<br>mental,<br>physical<br>and||resulted|in<br>risks|associated|||||
|||financial<br>wellbeing.||with<br>talent<br>attraction||||||and|
|||Biannual<br>Sustainable<br>Engagement<br>Index.||retention.|We are continuing|||||to|
|||Colleague<br>Forum<br>established<br>to enhance||monitor|and||improve||||
|||communication.||employee|engagement||as||well||
|||Formation<br>and regular ineetings ofthe EDI||as employee<br>wellbeing||||given|||
|||group.||the impact<br>Covid-19|||has|||had|
|||Key people<br>and skills are identified<br>with<br>opportunities<br>to upskill<br>employees.||on all our colleagues.<br>introduced<br>flexible|||We have<br>working||||
|||Flexible<br>and<br>remote<br>working<br>options<br>available<br>where circunistaiices<br>allow.||arrangements<br>where<br>appropriate<br>and<br>established<br>a|||||||
|||Timely<br>and<br>focussed<br>recruitment,<br>with||colleague|forum.||||||
|||bench-marking<br>pay<br>using<br>external|||||||||
|||resources as well as against industry<br>norms.|||||||||
|||Improved<br>engagement<br>with<br>employees|||||||||
|||including<br>implementation<br>ofJob Families,|||||||||
|||regular<br>Performance<br>and<br>Development|||||||||
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|||Independent<br>Quality<br>and<br>Compliance||established||this||year.||||||
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|||Independent<br>Risk<br>and<br>Internal<br>Audit||project is||underway||||which|||will|
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|||Legislation<br>register<br>in place.||environment|||for||the||Group|||
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|||departments<br>to ensure<br>we maintain<br>close||||||||||||
|||working<br>relationships<br>and<br>are<br>able<br>to||||||||||||
|||identify potential<br>changes<br>in policy ahead of||||||||||||
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|||Formal<br>'innovation<br>to market'<br>assessment||to|improve|||BRE's|||market|||
|||process<br>and<br>Product<br>Management||position||is|progressing||||||well|
|||Methodology.||with|benefits||already|||been|||seen|
|||Customer<br>focus<br>through<br>relationship||within<br>the||||Academy|||||and|
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|||Establishment<br>of both<br>a corporate<br>affairs||||||||||||
|||team<br>and<br>innovation<br>team<br>working<br>with||||||||||||
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|Reputation|and|Constant<br>press<br>monitoring<br>by Director of|~|We|are|continuing||||to||apply||
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|||corporate affairs and the press office.||||||||||||
|||All scientific output follows a clear internal||||||||||||
|||review process before issue with follow up||||||||||||
|||process to include'lessons<br>learned.||||||||||||
|||Speaking<br>up policy<br>in place and reviewed||||||||||||
|||annually.||||||||||||
|||Grenfell<br>inquiry<br>proceedings<br>are monitored||||||||||||
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||||Department<br>established.||Compliance|Department||was|
||||Project<br>delivery<br>pipeline<br>tracking<br>and||established|this year.|||
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||||analysing<br>productivity<br>and<br>performance||utilisation|process<br>established|||
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||||serve<br>customers<br>timescales<br>and<br>ca'pacity||complaints|process||and|
||||needs.||tracking|methodology||was|
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||||Revised<br>effective<br>customer<br>complaints/||||||
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||||f.'000|f'000|f'000|f.'000|f'000|K'000|
|Income from|||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||8,067|49,665|57,732|7,635|41,871|49,506|
|Other trading||||1,897|1,897||2,782|2,782|
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|Total|||8,067|51,572|59,639|7,635|44,657|52,292|
|Expenditure<br>on|||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||4|(5,876)|(44,916)|(50,792)|(7,915)|(41,789)|(49,704)|
|Net income<br>before|||2,191|6,656|8,847|(280)|2,868|2,588|
|tax|||||||||
|Taxation||||(717)|(717)||(383)|(383)|
|Net income|||2,191|5,939|8,130|(280)|2,485|2,205|
|Transfers<br>between||||||277|(277)||
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|pension<br>scheme||19||8,495|8,495||(10,570)|(10,570)|
|Net movement|in||2,191|19,132|21,323|(3)|(8,362)|(8,365)|
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|Total funds/(deficit)||16|1,301|(16,059)|(14,758)|1,304|(7,697)|(6,393)|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Intangible<br>assets||||||9|930|1,268|||
|Tangible<br>assets||||||10|21,560|21,210|||
|Investments||||||11|6,400||5,000|5,000|
||||||||28,890|22,478|5,000|5,000|
|Current<br>assets|||||||||||
|Debtors||||||13|19,441|13,496|1|3|
|Cash|||||||10,710|9,103|825|731|
|Creditors: amounts|falling due within||||one year|14|(18,686)|(16,189)|(542)|(601)|
|Net current assets|||||||11,465|6,410|284|133|
|Total assets less current||liabilities|||||40,355|28,888|5,284|5,133|
|Provisions<br>for liabilities||||||15|(2,203)|(1,879)|||
|Net assets excluding|pensions||liabilities||||38,152|27,009|5,284|5,133|
|Defined benefit pension||scheme liability||||19|(31,587)|(41,767)|||
|Net assets<br>/ (liabilities)||including||pension liabilities|||6,565|(14,758)|5,284|5,133|
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|Revaluation<br>reserve||||||16|14,955|10,257|||
|Pension reserve||||||16|(31,587)|(41,767)|||
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|Capital reserve||||||16|3,083|1,070|||
|Income fund||||||16|400|222|138|138|
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|Net cash from operating|activities||||17|5,755|6,332|
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|Acquisition<br>oftangible<br>fixed assets|||||10|(3,617)|(247)|
|Acquisition ofintangible<br>fixed assets||||||(541)|(1,478)|
|Net cash used by investing<br>activities||||||(4,148)|(1,721)|
|Increase in cash and cash|equivalents|in the|year||18|1,607|4,611|
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|Advisory|services|on building||performance,||construction|and fire safety|12,524|14,199|
|Provision|ofthird-party||assurance||services|||37,652|27,607|
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|---|---|---|---|
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|Other rental|income|1,028|1,006|
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||||||||Activities||Services|Assurance|Government|Total|Total|
||||||||f,'000||f,'000|X'000|K'000|K'000|X'000|
|Activities|||undertaken||directly|||763|14,338|]3,189|5,231|33,521|34,547|
|Grant|funding ofactivities||||||||(146)|||(146)|611|
|Support||costs||||||398|7,406|6,883|2,730|17,417|14,546|
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||||||||Activities||Services|Assurance|Government|Total|Total|
||||||||X'000||K'000|f.'000|S'000|K'000|K'000|
|Legal|and||professional|||||131|2,430|2,259|896|5,716|4,296|
|||||||||49|908|844|335|2,136|1,308|
|||||||||24|446|414|164|1,048|798|
|Marketing||||||||38|710|660|262|1,670|881|
|Facilities||||||||68|1,261|],172|465|2,966|2,302|
|Other||||||||88|1,651|1,534|608|3,881|4,961|
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|||||||||||||X'000|E'000|
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|Amounts|||receivable by|||auditor and associates in|||respect of:|||||
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||||E'000|K'000|
|Group staff costs during|the period ainounted|to:|||
|Wages and salaries|||22,988|22,542|
|Social security costs|||2,374|2,211|
|Other pension costs|||3,645|3,577|
|Operating<br>costs ofthe defined benefit pension||scheme|654|449|
||||29,661|28,779|



|he averag|e number ofemployees<br>(including<br>director|s) during<br>the year was as follows:||
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|Research|staff|482|506|
|Support|staff|66|52|
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|f100,000 - Z109,999||||
|f110,000 - f.119,999||||
|E,120,000-f,129,999||||
|K130,000 - K139,999||||
|Z140,000 - K149,999||||
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|Expected return on pension scheme assets|1,906|2,276|
|Interest on pension scheme liabilities|(2,756)|(3,096)|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Current|tax||||||
|UK corporation|||tax on profit for|the year|663|362|
|Adjustment||in|respect ofprevious|year|54|21|
||||||717|383|





## 

## 

|Taxation (cont.)|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022|2021|
||||f.'000|K'000|
|Tax reconciliation|||||
|Profit on ordinary<br>activities before tax|||8,847|2,588|
|Tax using the UK corporation||tax rate of19%(2021:19%)|1,681|492|
|Effects of:|||||
|Expenses not deductible|for tax purposes||125|147|
|R&D expenditure<br>credits|||(85)|(86)|
|Consolidation<br>adjustments|||(309)|301|
|Adjustment<br>in respect of|prior|periods|54||
|Deferred tax not recognised|||(749)|(471)|
|Total tax charge|||717|383|



## 

|Intangible<br>fixed assets|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Group|Software|Assets under|Other|Total|
|||construction|Intangibles||
||X'000|K'000|f,'000|X'000|
|Cost|||||
|At I April 2021|5,907||497|6,404|
|Additions|51|490||541|
|At 31 March 2022|5,958|490|497|6,945|
|Amortisation|||||
|At I April 2021|4,639||497|5,136|
|Charge for the year|879|||879|
|At 31 March 2022|5,518||497|6,015|
|Net book value|||||
|At 31 March 2022|440|490||930|
|At 31 March 2021|1 268|||I 268|





## 

## 

## 

|Group||Freehold|Assets under|Plant and|Fixtures|Motor|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Land and|construction|Machinery|and|Vehicles||
|||Buildings|||' Fittings|||
|||X'000|X'000|K'000|f'000|K'000|K'000|
|Cost||||||||
|At<br>1 April 2021||27,391||10,618|1,213|54|39,276|
|Additions||358|2,539|522|159|39|3,617|
|Disposals||||||(26)|(26)|
|Reclassification|to|(6,833)|||||(6,833)|
|investment<br>properties||||||||
|Revaluation||4,698|||||4,698|
|At 31 March 2022||25,614|2,539|11 140|1,372|67|40,732|
|||f.'000|X'000|f'000|K'000|X'000|6'000|
|Depreciation||||||||
|At<br>1 April 2021||8,652||8,505|855|54|18,066|
|Charge for year||604||847|109||1,565|
|On Disposals||||||(26)|(26)|
|Reclassification|to|(433)|||||(433)|
|investment<br>properties||||||||
|At 31 March 2022||8,823||9 352|964|33|19 172|
|Net Book Value||||||||
|At 31 March 2022||]6,791|2,539|1,788|408|34|21,560|
|At 31 March 2021||18,739||2 113|358||21 210|





|11Fixed asset investments|11Fixed asset investments||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Group||Charity|
|||Investment|Interest|in subsidiary|
|||Properties||undertakings|
|||5'000||f.'000|
|At 1 April 2021|||||
|||||5,000|
|Reclassification|from &eehold land and||||
|buildings||6,400|||
|At 31 March 2022||6,400||5,000|





## 

## 

## 

## 

|he trading<br>results ofthe|operating<br>subsidiar|ies<br>ofthe G|roup are:||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Building|BRE|Constructing|Ceequal|BRE|BRE|
||Research|Global|Excellence|Limited|China|Ireland|
||Establishment|Limited|Limited||||
||Limited||||||
||2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|
|Summary<br>profit and<br>Turnover|X'000|X'000|K'000|K'000|K'000|X'000|
|loss account|||||||
||19,490|36,771|270|122|511|328|
|Operating<br>costs|(33,273)|(34,231)|(131)|(159)|(650)|(337)|
|Other operating|18,853|19||||87|
|income|||||||
|Operating<br>profit/(loss)|5,070|2,559|139|(37)|(139)|78|
|Other finance costs|(908)||||||
|Actuarial<br>gain/(loss)|8,495||||||
|on defined benefit|||||||
|pension|||||||
|Revaluation<br>ofland|4,698||||||
|Net result|17,355|2,559|139|(37)|(139)|78|
|Taxation|(623)|(4)|||||
|Retained<br>in the|16,732|2,555|139|(37)|(139)|78|
|subsidiary|||||||
|Assets and liabilities|||||||
|ofthe subsidiary|||||||
|Fixed assets|29,240|632|||||
|Current assets|20,857|26,699|313|1,022|658|391|
|Creditors<br>falling due|(31,102)|(6,895)|(43)|(106)|(1,354)|(526)|
|within one year|||||||
|Net assets/(liabilities)|18,995|20,436|270|916|(696)|(135)|
|Provision<br>for liabilities|(2,203)||||||
|Pension scheme|(31,587)||||||
|liabilities|||||||
|Deferred capital grant|(1,710)||||||
|Total funds|(16,505)|20,436|270|916|(696)|(135)|





## 

|||Interest<br>in|Activity|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||ordinary||||||||||
|||share capital||||||||||
|Trading Companies:||||||||||||
|BREGroup Limited (02704081)||100%|Management|||of|subsidiary||company|||
|Building Research Establishment|Limited|100%|operations|||||||||
|(03319324)'|||Advisory||services||and|information|||on|
|||100%|building|||||||||
|BREGlobal Limited (08961297)"|||performance,|||construction||and|fire|safety||
||||Testing|and||certification||of materials|||and|
||||products,||and|certification||ofpersonnel,||||
||||Buildings,||process,||systems||and|supply||
||||chains|||||||||
|Building Research Establishment||100%|Sustainability|||and training||||||
|Shenzhen<br>Limited (91440300358776938Y)~||||||||||||
|Ceequal Limited (04568928)'||100%|Methodologies|||for sustainable|||infrastructure|||
||||projects|||||||||
|Constructing<br>Excellence<br>(04641522)~'|Limited|N/A|Co-ordination<br>improvement|||of member<br>network||led|performance|||
|BREGlobal Assurance<br>(Ireland)|Limited|100%|Testing|and||certification||of materials|||and|
|(602123)'|||products,||and|certification||ofpersonnel,||||
||||Buildings,||process,||systems||and|supply||
||||chains|||||||||
|Non-Trading<br>Companies:||||||||||||
|BRECertification (03548352)' ~||100%||||||||||
|BREInternational<br>Limited (01915620)*"||100%||||||||||
|BRECanada Inc (2279888)~"||100%||||||||||
|EFSGLimited (02971676) ~~||N/A||||||||||
|The Loss Prevention<br>Certification|Board|100%||||||||||
|Limited (01907862)~ "||||||||||||
|Building Performance<br>Group Limited<br>(01573939)*~||100%||||||||||
|BREAmerica Holdings<br>Inc (5984258)*"||100%|Holding|company||||||||





## 

## 

## 

|||||||2022|2022|2021|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||f.'000|f'000|X'000|K'000|
|||||||Group|Charity|Group|Charity|
|Trade debtors||||||9,308||6,965||
|Amounts|recoverable|||on contracts||3,254||1,442||
|Other debtors||||||5,416||3,100||
|Social security||and other taxes||||755||862||
|Prepayments||||||708||1,127||
|||||||19,441||13,496||
|14Creditors: amounts|||||falling due within one year|||||
|||||||2022|2022|2021|2021|
|||||||X'000|K'000|K'000|K'000|
|||||||Group|Charity|Group|Charity|
|Deferred|income|||||7,812||7,193||
|Trade creditors||||||4,760|12|3,330|17|
|Amounts|due to||group||undertakings||489||125|
|Social security||and other taxes||||1,611||1,741||
|Corporation<br>tax||||||573||362||
|Other creditors||||||766||728|2|
|Accruals||||||3,164|41|2,835|457|
|||||||18,686|542|16,189|601|
|Deferred|income||movement:|||||||
|||||||||Group|Charity|
|||||||||f,'000|2'000|
|Balance|at 1 April 2021|||||||7, 193||
|Amount|released||in the||year|||(6,199)||
|Amount|deferred||in the||year|||6,818||
|Balance|at 31 March 2022|||||||7,812||





## 

## 

## 

|Future amounts|payable|relating to:|Former||Post retirement|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Directors'||future||
||||Future liabilities|Restructuring|liabilities||
||||K'000|K'000|X'000|K'000|
|Group:<br>'|||||||
|At I April 2021|||113|16|1,750|1,879|
|Utilised<br>in the year|||(11)|(16)|(121)|(148)|
|Charge to the Statement||ofFinancial|101||371|472|
|Activities|||||||
|At 31 March 2022|||203||2,000|2,203|



## 

|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|Z'000|K'000|E'000|K'000|X'000|K'000|S'000|f.'000|
|At<br>1 April|15,451|(41,767)|10,257|(16,059)||1,070|222|1,301|
|2021|||||||||
|Net income|4,254|1,685||5,939||2,013|178|2,191|
|for the year|||||||||
|Gain on|||||||||
|revaluation|||4,698|4,698|||||
|oftangible|||||||||
|fixed assets|||||||||
|Actuarial|||||||||
|gain|||||||||
|recognised||8,495||8,495|||||
|in defined|||||||||
|bcncfit|||||||||
|pension|||||||||
|At 31 March|19,705|(31,587)|14,955|3,073|9|3,083|400|3,492|
|2022|||||||||





## 

## 

## 

|6Reserves (c|ont.)|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||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|f.'000|X'000|X'000|f.'000|X'000|E'000||f.'000|K'000|
|At 1 April|14,860|(32,814)|10,257|(7,697)||1,040||255|1,304|
|2020||||||||||
|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 31 March|15,451|(41,767)|10,257|(16,059)|9|1,070||222|1,301|
|2021||||||||||



|Charity|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|
||K'000|f'000|K'000|
|At<br>1 April 2021|4,995|138|5, 133|
|Net funds for the year|151||151|
|At 31 March 2022|5,146|138|5,284|
|Charity|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|
||K'000|K'000|K'000|
|At<br>1 April 2020|5,606|138|5,744|
|Net deficit for the year|(611)||(611)|
|At 31 March 2021|4,995|138|5, 133|





## 

## 

|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||
|||2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|2022|
|||f.'000|K'000|K'000|2'000|X'000|Z'000|X'000|
|Intangible||930||||||930|
|Tangible||3,513||14,955||3,083||21,560|
|Investments||6,400||||||6,400|
|Net current assets||11,065|||||400|11,465|
|Provisions||(2,203)||||||(2,203)|
|Pension scheme|liability||(31,587)|||||(31,587)|
|||19,705|(31,587)|14,955||3,083|400|6,565|
|2021 Coinparative|||||||||
|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|
|||f,'000|X'000|K'000|X'000|Z'000|K'000|E'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)|||||(4],767)|
|||15,451|(41,767)|10,257||1,070|222|(14,758)|





## 

## 

## 

|7Cash flows from ope|rat|ing<br>activities|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2022|2021|
||||K'000|X'000|
|Net income before tax|||8,847|2,588|
|Adjustments for:|||||
|Interest receivable|||(10)|(4)|
|Depreciation,<br>amortisation||and impairment|2,444|2,495|
|Loss on disposal offixed||assets||25|
|Taxation|||(717)|(383)|
|Pension and other finance||costs|908|914|
|Pension deficit funding|contributions||(2,593)|(2,531)|
|Movement<br>in working|capital:||||
|(Increase) / decrease<br>in|debtors||(5,945)|1,430|
|Increase in creditors|||2,497|1,452|
|Increase<br>in provisions|||324|352|
|Taxation received/(paid)||||(6)|
|Net cash from operating|activities||5,755|6,332|



||||At|Cash flow|At|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||1 April 2021||31 March 2022|
||||K'000|K'000|K'000|
|Cash||at bank|9,103|1,607|10,710|
||t|||||
|Cash||and cash equivalents|9,103|1,607|10,710|



## 



## 

## 




## 

## 

|over long years and th|us inherentl|y<br>uncert|ain,<br>were:|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2022|2021|
|||||X'000|K'000|
|Present value offunded defined||benefit|obligations|(125,010)|(133,459)|
|Fair value ofassets||||93,423|91,692|
|Net deficit||||(31,587)|(41,767)|
|Movements<br>in present|value ofdefined benefit obligation|||2022|2021|
|||||f,'000|K'000|
|At 1 April||||133,459|121,187|
|Interest on obligation||||2,756|3,096|
|Actuarial<br>(gain) / loss||||(6,803)|13,316|
|Benefits paid||||(4,460)|(4,234)|
|Past service cost (incl. curtailments)||||58|94|
|At 31 March||||125,010|133,459|
|Movements<br>in fair value ofassets||||2022|2021|
|||||f'000|X'000|
|At I April||||91,692|88,373|
|Expected return on assets||||1,906|2,276|
|Actuarial<br>gain||||1,692|2,746|
|Contributions<br>by employer||||2,593|2,531|
|Benefits paid||||(4,460)|(4,234)|
|At 31 March||||93,423|91,692|
|Amounts<br>recognised|in the Consolidated||Statement ofFinancial Activities|||
|||||2022|2021|
|||||f.'000|f.'000|
|Interest on defined benefit obligations||||(2,756)|(3,096)|
|Expected return on assets||||1,906|2,276|
|Past service cost (incl. curtailments)||||(58)|(94)|
|Resources expended|(included|in other finance costs)||(908)|(914)|





## 

## 

|||||||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||E'000|K'000|
|Actual return||less expected return||on assets||1,692|2,746|
|Experience gain on liabilities||||||732|4,014|
|Change|in assumptions||underlying|the present|value ofthe liabilities|6,071|(17,330)|
|Actuarial|gain|/ (loss)||||8,495|(10,570)|
|Assets||||||||



||||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||X'000|K'000|
|Return|on assets excluding|interest|1,692|2,746|
|Interest|income on assets||1,906|2,276|
|Actual|return on scheme assts||3,598|5,022|



## 

|uring the year 5286<br>2021:f3711&)|k was recognised<br>as an expense<br>in the Statement|ofFinancial<br>Activities<br>in respe|ct ofopera|
|---|---|---|---|
|||2022|2021|
|Plant and machinery|expiring:|K'000|5,'000|
|Not later than one year||26|72|
|Later than one year|and not later than five years|4|54|
|||30|126|





## 

## 

## 

|||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|
|Land and Buildings|expiring:|Z'000|K'000|
|Not later than one year||209|220|
|Later than one year|but not later than five years|691|555|
|Later than five years||325|335|
|||1,225|1,110|
|At 31 March 2022 the|Group had expected future minimum|lease receipts under non-cancellable<br>operating|leases as follows:|
|Future anticipated<br>Lessor income||2022|2021|
|||K'000|X'000|
|Not later than one year||592|774|
|Later than one year|and not later than five years|511|1,004|
|Later than five years||170|198|
|||1,273|1,976|



## 

