## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **ACCOUNTS**
## **31ST MARCH 2021**
**Registered Charity Number: 1092515**
**Donohue Smith & Hartwell Ltd 43 Fisherton Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7SU**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Contents**
## **For the year ended 31[st] March 2021**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees Report|1-2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|3|
|Receipts and Payments Account|4|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6|
**Page 1**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Trustees Report**
## **For the year ended 31st March 2021**
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2021.
## **Objectives and Constitution**
The Group was established by a Trust Deed dated 28th April 2002, with the objects to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of Great Bustard birds, and registered with the Charity Commission on 19th June 2002, charity registration number 1092515.
## **Trustees**
The following acted as Trustees during the period:
Paul Goriup John Browning David Bond Kevin Duncan
The Trustees are empowered to appoint new Trustees.
## **Registered Address**
1 Down Barn Close Winterbourne Gunner Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 6JP
## **Review of Activities**
The Charity was established to promote the preservation of the species of bird known as The Great Bustard. Birds have been reintroduced to the UK each year beginning in 2004 and a small population now lives in the Salisbury Plain area. An area of land is rented on Salisbury Plain and this was fenced off in 2004 to provide a safe and secure release site for the birds each year. The Great Bustard Group is also working with other Great Bustard projects throughout the world to help safeguard this iconic species.
## **Financial Review**
The accounts have been prepared on an accruals basis and comply with the relevant provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005) and comply with statutory requirements.
**Page 2**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Trustees Report**
**For the year ended 31st March 2021**
National Westminster Bank Plc 48 Blue Boar Row Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 1DF
Independent Examiner
Mrs C Smith FCCA Donohue Smith & Hartwell Ltd Suite 1a 43 Fisherton Street Salisbury Wiltshire SP2 7SU
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
………………………………………… …………………………………………
**Page 3**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
I report on the accounts of the Great Bustard Group for the year ended 31st March 2021, which are set out on pages 4 to 6. **For the year ended 31st March 2019**
As the Charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s trustees 31ST MARCH 2019 consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 28(5) of the Charities Act (the 2006 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts (under section 28(4) (a) of the 2006 Act);
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 28 of the 2006 Act); and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with the Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mrs C Smith FCCA Donohue Smith & Hartwell Ltd Suite 1a 43 Fisherton Street Salisbury Wiltshire SP2 7SU
**Page 4**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
## **For the year ended 31[st] March 2021**
|Donations and gift aid tax credit
Membership fees
Grants –CJRS
Other income
Operating activities to generate funds
Sales of cards, ties, booklets and events
Disposal of asset
**Payments**
Cost of sales including charitable activities
Project costs (including egg collecting in
Site construction and upkeep
Project salaries
Publicity and website
Travel
Office costs
Depreciation
**Management and Administration**
Group admistration work
Independent examiners and accountancy fee
Total resources expended
Net receipts/(payments)
Movement between Reserves
Reserves at 1st April 2020
Reserves at 31st March 2021|**2020**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
73,502
-
73,502
68,292
14,143
-
14,143
11,011
20,675
-
20,675
-
183
-
183
-|
|---|---|
||108,503
-
108,503
79,303
600
-
600
14,020
9,563
-
9,563
4,307
2,000
-
2,000
550|
||120,666
-
120,666
98,180|
||1,363
-
1,363
2,356
30,899
30,899
44,161
-
-
-
52,883
52,883
61,528
537
537
-
-
-
-
1,187
-
1,187
736
2,281
-
2,281
2,909|
||89,150
-
89,150
111,690
-
-
-
877
-
877
745|
||877
-
877
745
90,027
-
90,027
112,435|
||30,639
-
30,639
14,255
-
8,559
8,559
22,814|
||39,198
-
39,198
8,559|
**Page 5**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
|**Notes**
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed Assets**
**4**
6,316
**Current Assets**
Debtors
27,729
229
Cash at bank
11,825
2,315
39,554
2,544
**Current Liabilities**
Paye/NIC
1,910
Accruals & Other Creditors
6,672
672
6,672
2,582
32,882
**Net assets**
39,198
**General funds**
39,198
**Restricted funds**
-
39,198
**For the year ended 31st March 2021**|**£**
8,597
38
-|
|---|---|
||8,559|
||8,559
-|
||8,559|
**Page 6**
## **THE GREAT BUSTARD GROUP**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **For the year ended 31[st] March 2021**
## **1. Accounting policies**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective 2005) on an accruals basis; income and expenditure is included if receivable or payable within the period.
## **2. Transactions with Trustees**
There were no transactions with the Trustees during the year.
## **3. Independent Examination**
The cost of the independent examination totalled £672 (2020- £672)
## **4. Fixed Assets**
Depreciation is charged at the following rates with the aim of writing off the costs of fixed assets over their useful lives:
|Plant and machinery
Motor vehicles
Plant and
machinery
Cost
At 1st April 2020
40,884
Additions
Disposals
2,000
At 31st March 2021
38,884
Depreciation
At 1st April 2020
36,557
Charge for the year
1,213
Disposals
2,000
At 31st March 2021
35,770
Net book values
At 31st March 2021
3,114
At 1st April 2020
4,327|10% straight line
25% reducing balance
Motor
Total
Vehicles
13,600
54,484
0
2,000
13,600
52,484
9,330
45,887
1,068
2,281
2,000
10,398
46,168
3,202
6,316
4,270
8,597|10% straight line
25% reducing balance
Motor
Total
Vehicles
13,600
54,484
0
2,000
13,600
52,484
9,330
45,887
1,068
2,281
2,000
10,398
46,168
3,202
6,316
4,270
8,597|
|---|---|---|
|||52,484|
|||45,887
2,281
2,000|
|||46,168|
|||6,316|
|||8,597|