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The Froglife Trust
Leaping forward for amphibian
and reptile conservation
Working together to save the species
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## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS October 2020 - September 2021**
**TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES TRANSFORMING LIVES**
**TRANSFORMING RESEARCH**
## **CONTENTS**
ABOUT FROGLIFE ..........................................................................3 ACHIEVING OUR VISION AND MISSION........................................5 PUBLIC BENEFIT ............................................................................5 HEALTH & SAFETY .........................................................................6 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS .........................................................6 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ......................7 REMUNERATION OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ..............8 TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES .................................................. 10 TRANSFORMING LIVES ................................................................13 TRANSFORMING RESEARCH ...................................................... 19 TRANSFORMING PEOPLE ...........................................................20 TRANSFORMING FROGLIFE ECOLOGICAL SERVICES (FES) ............................................................................23 TRANSFORMING OUR FUTURE ..................................................24 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROLS .....................24 FINANCIAL REVIEW ......................................................................31 STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES ........................33 ACCOUNTS ..................................................................................34
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## **ABOUT FROGLIFE**
The Froglife Trust (known as Froglife) is a national nature conservation charity with a specific focus on reptiles and amphibians and their habitats. Froglife’s vision is a world in which reptile and amphibian populations are flourishing as part of healthy ecosystems. Amphibians are declining globally at a faster rate than birds and mammals, and as they are a crucial part of our ecosystem, it is essential that we work together to address these declines. Due to a lack of data we are less certain about the status of the UK’s reptile species, but we are addressing this through our Discovering Reptiles project. We do have anecdotal evidence of adder declines where they have been lost entirely from counties that once had good populations. At Froglife we believe that we can reverse these declines by raising awareness, enhancing knowledge, restoring and creating habitats, undertaking species condition monitoring and surveying and encouraging as many people as possible from all sectors of society to take action. In order to ensure that our work is sustainable we deliver an extensive volunteer programme, training volunteers across the UK in species and habitat management. We also recognise that our donors want to be reassured that the habitat works that they are funding will remain in optimum condition for the foreseeable future, which of course also fits Froglife’s objectives, in order to ensure this, we have a commitment in our Conservation Strategy to review all works undertaken by Froglife 1,3,5 & 10 years post completion.
Our work is grass roots, applied, evidence based conservation. The habitat work benefits countless species from aquatic invertebrates and plants to
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Our conservation projects enhances the UK’s biodiversity as a whole.
This holistic approach to nature conservation enables us to take individuals on a wildlife journey, whilst also delivering quantifiable results for our reptile and amphibian species.
The strategic direction of Froglife is set by the board of trustees, currently eight trustees, who bring a wide and diverse range of expertise and demographic including younger trustees. Our patrons also represent a wide demographic. During the pandemic the board of trustees started to meet more regularly, they have however now returned to regular quarterly meetings.
The delivery of the strategy and the day-to-day management of the organisation is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who is supported by the Senior Management Team (SMT). The SMT meet regularly usually every 8 weeks and organisational strategy, project delivery and financial management is reviewed at each meeting.
The pandemic did impact on our service delivery, however we have managed to catch up with all projects and we are back on track with delivery. As reported in the last Annual Review as a result of the impact of the pandemic we did undertake an organisational restructure. The restructure was fully implemented at the beginning of 2021 and has proved to be very successful. It has helped us to streamline our management approach which has helped enormously with ensuring that our work got back on track.
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|**CEO**|**Evaluation &**
**Research Manager**
**Business Support**
**Manager**
**(VACANT)**
**Consultant Finance**
**Manager**
**Operations Manager**
**FES Operations**
**Manager**||**Finance & Admin**
**Ofcer**
**London T.O.A.D**
**Project Manager**
**Wild Memories**
**Somerset**
**Project Ofcer**
**Leaping Forward for**
**Dementia London**
**Project Ofcer**
**Come Forth for**
**Wildlife**
**Project Manager**
**Sussex GP**
**Development &**
**Learning Ofcer**
**Scottish GP**
**Development Ofcer**
**Peterborough GP**
**Learning Ofcer**
**Yorkshire T.O.A.D**
**Project Manager**
**Discovering**
**Dewponds**
**Project Manager**
**Come Forth for**
**Wildlife**
**Assistant**
**Come Forth for**
**Wildlife**
**Trainee**
**Scottish GP**
**Learning Ofcer**
**Peterborough GP**
**Sessional Worker**
**Yorkshire T.O.A.D**
**Trainee**
**HNR Conservation**
**Ofcer**
**Discovering Reptiles**
**Project Ofcer**
**Toads on Roads**
**Coordinator**
**Comms Ofcer**
**London T.O.A.D**
**Project Ofcer**|
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## **ACHIEVING OUR VISION AND MISSION**
We achieve our vision and mission through three work streams:
## **PUBLIC BENEFIT**
In carrying out their duties the trustees have had regard to public benefit guidance by the Charity Commission. The trustees note that the charitable activities focus on species conservation and public involvement. The work that the charity undertakes plays an important role in environmentally sustainable development creating more sustainable, resilient communities.
Within urban environments, plants filter pollutants and absorb carbon dioxide from the air, helping to improve air quality.
- Freshwater, such as ponds and lakes, act as carbon sinks.
- Aquatic habitats and plants help to stabilise high temperatures brought about by heat generated by buildings and transport systems.
- Green and blue spaces soften noise in urban environments.
Our work is underpinned through our organisation values:
- Froglife works inclusively but actively engages with those not usually involved in nature conservation.
- Froglife operates to the highest standards with all stakeholders.
- Froglife will have a positive impact on the environment through its activities.
Froglife will foster an environment that encourages innovation and diligence amongst staff, trustees and volunteers.
It is supported by:
- Our Finance Team
- Our facilities and resources
- Our communications and marketing
Froglife believes that it can only address the nature crisis by ensuring that those that engage with Froglife represent the full range of communities/demographics of the UK population. We focus particularly on socioeconomically deprived communities as they are often excluded from benefiting from helping nature. We also focus on communities that for cultural/heritage reasons feel that they are not ‘welcome’ in the sector. This is demonstrated in the current projects that we are delivering and project that are in development.
Our work helps:
- To alleviate stress in busy urban environments.
- To improve mental and physical well-being.
- To build community cohesion.
- To foster environmentally friendly communities.
Our work is underpinned by our volunteer force which includes volunteer groups working on nature reserves managed by Froglife and the Toads on Roads patrollers. This year 569 volunteers helped us contributing a total of 3,984 hours. We continued to see a drop in volunteer days and numbers during the pandemic, however as already stated we are now catching up on targets.
- Freshwater, vegetation and soft ground help to alleviate the risk of flooding.
- Natural green spaces benefit the health and wellbeing of people.
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## **HEALTH & SAFETY**
The Board of Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to the operations, reputation, business and finances of the Froglife Trust and Froglife Ecological Services. The SMT assess and update the likelihood and impact of material risks on a risk management matrix, which is reviewed by the Board on a quarterly basis at trustee meetings. The Organisational Risk Assessment still reflects the actual and potential impacts of the pandemic.
A traffic light system is used to grade the level of the risk. This is reviewed quarterly to reflect the seasonality of the work that is taking place.
Health and safety procedures and generic and project specific risk assessments are reviewed annually in January. Health and Safety reports are a standing item on the quarterly Board agenda. One of our trustees is responsible for monitoring the Health and Safety and is made aware of all incidents, and when necessary, appropriate action is taken. Health and Safety is an important element of staff inductions, and where relevant, training is provided.
All staff working with young people and/or vulnerable adults have a clear DBS. All staff and trustees are obliged to attend a Safeguarding course every three years.
## **ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS**
The Senior Management Team reviewed our Green Policy Action Plan in summer 2021 with all staff. We looked in detail at our utilities data over the past 2 years and reasons for changes in that period, in order to continuously improve our performance. We presented a project case study demonstrating good practice and shared ideas of how to improve performance in our project delivery. The ideas on re-use and new initiatives in the sharing and loaning economy were particularly useful.
Our environmental work was recognised by the National Lottery Heritage Fund when our London Tails of Amphibians Discovery project was shortlisted for the Sustainability Award in spring 2021.
Froglife was one of a few organisations that were selected to run an Exhibition Stall in the Green Zone of the COP26 Climate Change conference on November 1st. The aim of our stall was to highlight the importance of ponds as carbon sinks and biodiversity, and encourage people to take action by creating ponds themselves. We ran a high profile communications campaign in the run up to COP26 which included gathering messages from our supporters and taking them to share at COP26 to help make their voices heard.
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## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
Registered Name: The Froglife Trust operating under the name of Froglife.
Charity Registration Number: 1093372 (England and Wales) SC041854 (Scotland)
Bankers: Barclays Bank Plc, 1 Church Street, Peterborough, PE1 1XE.
Auditors: Saffery Champness, Chartered Accountants, Westpoint, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ.
The trust is a company limited by guarantee and is constituted by its trust deed. The trust has three patrons Mr Jules Howard, Ms Kate Bradbury and Miss Mya-Rose Craig. Together they bring a wealth of wildlife conservation, education, digital technology, broadcasting and writing skills.
The trustees, who are also directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year were:
Inez Smith (Chair)
Professor Roger Downie (Vice Chair)
Mr Richard Donoyou
Mr Frank Clark
Dr Philip Wheeler
Dr Silviu Petrovan
Mr Gordon Maclennan
Appointed on 16th December 2021 Mr Xavier Mahele
The 2018/19 skills audit identified skills and demographic gaps the board has gone some way to
address this through the appointment of Mr Xavier Mahele who brings ethnic diversity and youth (18 year old). In order to ensure that Xavier has a clear understanding of the responsibilities of a trustee he has over the past year been mentored by our Vice Chair, Professor Roger Downie and during the year has attended every trustee meeting as an observer. As we have now reached the number of trustees that we believe is effective we will not appoint any new trustees until a vacancy arises from the existing trustees.
None of the trustees have any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of insolvency.
The Froglife Trust is governed by its Trustee Board which is responsible for setting the objectives and policies of the charity. The trustees ensure that the charity satisfies its legal and contractual obligations. The Board of Trustees meet at a minimum quarterly.
Senior Management Team (The Froglife Trust) consists of:
CEO – Kathy Wormald
Operations Manager – Sheila Gundry
Conservation, Evaluation & Research Manager – Jenny Tse-Leon
Senior Management Team (Froglife Ecology Services) consists of:
CEO – Kathy Wormald
Operations Manager – James McAdie
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## **REMUNERATION OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL**
wide range of organisations and charities including those working within the nature conservation sectors and from the wider charitable sector. Froglife works closely with numerous local and central councils, schools, colleges, universities and corporate partners.
In 2019 the trustees agreed that provided the organisation is in a financial position to honour pay increases, all staff will receive a pay increase in April each year in line with the CPIH measure as of the January of that year. Unfortunately due to the pandemic this increase was not honoured in 2020. Depending on the charities financial situation this decision will be reviewed in December 2021.
We are very active in Scottish Environment LINK (Scot LINK), a network of 30 plus environment, built heritage and nature organisations. Froglife sits on various fora and has over the year commented on many policy papers. We represent the sector on the Natural Scotland Strategical Alliance project group which is seeking ways in which as a sector we can collaborate more closely and inform Scottish Government decision making. After the recent elections with the support of Scot LINK we have recruited new MSPs to support our species and habitats.
Other pay reviews are undertaken on a staff-by-staff basis and are increased if roles have changed and they have moved into the next grade. The CEO’s salary is set and reviewed by the board of trustees on guidance from the chair. The last review was in July 2012 to make the salary comparable to other CEO positions in the sector with a similar level of responsibility, since then the CEO has received the standard annual increase in line with all staff.
We are an Evidence Champion for Conservation Evidence and sit on the Conservation Evidence working group. We are a member of Cambridge Conservation Forum representing conservation organisations worldwide.
Relationships with related parties and any other charities and organisations with which Froglife cooperates in the pursuit of its charitable objectives. Froglife co-operates and works in partnership with a
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Froglife has worked closely with PTES to coordinate an NGO response to proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for species to be listed on the schedules of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) through the current Quinquennial Review (QQR7). An open letter opposing these changes and calling for a formal consultation on the changes was signed by 34 NGOs including RSPB, The Wildlife Trust and RSPCA. As a result NGO stakeholder meeting have been held, the consultation phase has been extended from 1 month to 3 months and its scope expanded to include the eligibility criteria.
We sit on various fundraising, business support, woman leadership, corporate and other groups all of which help to inform our operations but also raised the profile of Froglife.
. We became a member of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS); a diverse coalition of over 60 civil society organisations in Scotland campaigning together on climate change.
## PANDEMIC
The ongoing impact of the pandemic and further lock-downs since our last Annual Review has been challenging. We have taken further advantage of the Government Furlough Scheme for staff where it was impossible to deliver. We tried to keep the number of staff in furlough as low as possible as we believe that it was not ethical to put this burden on tax payers unless it was essential, and if we could deliver in an alternative way then we must do so. At the end of the last lock-down all staff were fully back at work and returned to full delivery.
Sheila Gundry, Operations Manager, was a Fellow of the National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) for much of this period and has written a number of articles for their Journal.
Froglife contributed and is a signatory to a Buglife led Brief to Parliament about light pollution calling for more serious consideration to be given to this issue and the negative impact that light pollution is having on many native species in the new Environment Bill.
We are also pleased to see grant funding coming back on-stream and we would like to extend our gratitude to donors for doing this, it does really help. We feel that things are returning to some level of normality, and look forward to being as impactful as we were prior to the pandemic.
We have remained a crucial partner in the Garden Wildlife Health Forum and have contributed actively through reporting amphibian disease/mortality reports through our email INFO service and social media and have attended regular partnership meetings.
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## **TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES**
## **How we did delivering our key indicators**
As reported in our last Annual Review the pandemic did not impact on the habitat works. This year we have created and restored 255 sites. The amount of ha has also increased to 962. These works have dramatically improved habitats for reptiles and amphibians and a wide range of other wildlife that utilise the sites that we have worked on, including aquatic plants and invertebrates, birds and mammals.
## **Comparing 2019/20 to 2020/21**
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This year we improved 10% of the habitat at Hampton Nature Reserve for great crested newts, grass snakes, adders and bearded stonewort. This is thanks to a CES grant from Natural England. This year we have restored 159 areas on the reserve covering 103 ha.
The toad migration season took place in early spring again this year. Thanks to the toad patrols and their volunteers the number of toads rescued were 81,761 up on 2020. This compares to 71,000 in 2020. Unfortunately the return of traffic to the roads did mean a return of amphibian mortality on the roads.
Come Forth for Wildlife entered its second year and has continued to deliver against the targets often exceeding them. To date the project has improved
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134 sites covering 1,547 ha. . This has provided much needed connectivity between urban areas, nature reserves, and the wider rural environment.
London Tails of Amphibian Discovery entered its final year, however due to delays caused by the pandemic, the project has been extended to March 2022. This year it worked on 73 sites covering 9.7 ha this included working on 13 additional sites than originally planned. Froglife Ecological Services has worked on several London sites and these figures are reported within the FES report, but some relate to London Tails or Amphibian Discovery.
We were delighted to receive a Green Recovery Grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund who are managing this Defra funding. The £247,800 is for our new Yorkshire Tails of Amphibian Discovery. This is an ambitious project that will be creating and restoring habitats on 21 wildlife sites, in total 54 freshwater habitats will benefit and we will be planting 5 wildflower meadows. The fund is for shovel ready projects and as such only has a one year duration with completion by March 2022, which means the Yorkshire team is very busy!
We have been awarded a National Heritage Lottery grant for our Discovering Dewponds (Sussex). The grant of £249,900 will be used to improve the
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biodiversity status of 9 dewponds in the South East Downs. This project will be in full flow later this year and will run for a three year period.
Our Discovering Reptiles project has moved into year two and has been distributing reptile tins to landowners and managers around the country for them to undertake reptile surveys post the reptile training that they have received. We are looking forward to substantially increasing the number of records for reptiles that we have on our Dragon Finder App which will help us enormously with planning future works to benefit reptiles.
Our discussions with Peterborough City Council came to fruition and we are now proud to say that we have a 15 year License to Occupy both Eye Green and Boardwalks Nature Reserves. We do receive a fee for Eye Green Nature Reserve and we use this to leverage further funding to undertake wide scale habitat works on the reserve. Unfortunately Boardwalks Nature Reserve remains unfunded but we believe now that we have a 15 year license it will be easier to raise funds to undertake works on the reserve.
Our volunteer training programme is central to ensuring that our work is sustainable. All of our projects include a strong element of volunteer training and delivering volunteer days. This year we had 569 volunteers giving a total 3,984 hours helping us.
This year we saw high demand for our paid-for training programme. We delivered a total of 28 courses, these included courses attracting individuals and also bespoke courses delivered for companies. We suspect
that the demand was high due to having to cancel all training courses in 2020. We have had excellent feedback from the courses and are pleased that we have upskilled so many people who can now apply these skills when out in the field.
Our Transforming Lives programme has also contributed to our Transforming Landscapes programme improving 83 sites with project participants undertaking works on local allotments, green spaces, parks and community gardens.
Froglife Ecological Services (FES) has also contributed towards our Transforming Landscapes and has over the past year has worked at 229 covering 27 ha. These contracts provide a double win through benefiting biodiversity and also providing much needed unrestricted funding for the trust.
FES has also worked on several Leapfrog Schools improving school grounds for wildlife, this year we have worked at four schools, we have built new ponds, restored existing ponds and included a wide range of wildlife friendly elements including bug hotels, bird boxes and log piles.
The key donor for our Transforming Landscapes work is National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF) and we are enormously grateful to lottery players for supporting this valuable work. We are also grateful to the many other donors that support this work, a total of eighteen other donors have contributed funds to ensure that we can deliver for biodiversity. It goes without saying that without this support we would not have achieved so much.
## **Global Habitat Statistics 2020/21**
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## **TRANSFORMING LIVES**
## **How we did delivering our Key Indicators**
We are reliant on the volunteers that help to support our work, these include those that help on sites, in the back office, attend events, write blogs and articles and support our project in a hybrid of other ways. We are also reliant on the Toads on Roads patrols going out each spring to help save thousands of toads. A huge thank you to every volunteer. Volunteering provides us with much needed additional support which equates to us being able to deliver more on lower budgets. This is a huge financial gain for Froglife. This year we have been supported by 569 volunteers equating to an estimated income of £28,450
This year we have worked directly with 33,045 people, this compares to 15,859 last year when our numbers were severely impacted by the first lock-down.
Our Green Pathways Scheme which is still operating in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Fenlands and Glasgow has also expanded to Sussex where we have spent this year developing a new project for this region. We have also secured a grant from The Robertson Trust to expand the Glasgow Green Pathways Scheme to other regions. To date we have expanded the project to the wider Glasgow area and are developing the project in Fife and Renfrewshire.
Joe used to work as SENCO Primary school teacher and he was impressed by the session he attended. He literally said: ‘Had I been a teacher observing an outdoors classroom lesson given by teachers, I would have rated Briony and Vaughan at least good-to-outstanding. As well as introducing the children to nature and the outdoors, the session was structured so that there were constant learning moments happening across key literacies (communication , language, working collaboratively, basic maths, and science). My overall impression was of children who might not engage with such structured learning in a classroom setting, but clearly did in an outdoor setting.’
The Green Pathways Scheme has this year directly benefited 2,871 vulnerable and/or disadvantaged young and older people.
Our projects supporting people living with dementia has continued to benefit people living in Glasgow, Somerset and London. This year the projects worked with 557 people living with dementia. Projects have improved sites in all of these areas.
“After Louise’s fantastic talks yesterday at our online Girls’ Brigade meetings, Lenzie folk are sending me frog pics and phoning me to tell me where to see them! It ’s a frog frenzy in Lenzie! It was such a fascinating session - Louise is a great asset for your organisation .” (Girls Brigade Organiser)
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## CASE STUDY
The D children were placed into foster care only a few weeks before the initial lockdown last March, moving them from an inner-city environment to a remote country home. The transition for them at first was very challenging, the quiet stillness of the Fens is a huge contrast to the hubbub they were used to. At their old home they had a small unkept garden so the first thing we wanted to do was introduce them to gardening; growing seedlings, nurturing vegetables and maintaining the fruit trees. During that first period of adjustment the garden was the only outlet any of us had. Upon counting at one point we had 26 varieties of food growing much to the amazement of the children and testament to their hard work. Wildlife has also been one of the highlights of their time here, one of the children’s first memories was walking along a footpath in the farmers’ field next to our house and spotting a herd of 14 small deer, they squealed in excitement. The first time their social worker visited they excitedly reeled off all the wild animals they had seen.
It is hard to imagine how these vulnerable children were able to adapt so quickly after being taken from everything and everyone they knew and be thrust into not only a new life but a new world in how to live. The pandemic cast a giant ominous shadow over the first few months of their placement, not only the fear of what Covid-19 could mean for us all but there were also tears when birthdays could not be celebrated and frustration at being in one place all the time.
Their love of all things outdoors has really developed in the last year and joining the Froglife course has only strengthened this, they don’t even realise they are actually learning because they are having so much fun! From not knowing what a pheasant was to being able to identify a common buzzard perching in his nest the children have become little experts in their own right. The variety of activities at Froglife has kept the girls constantly engaged and they always cannot wait until their next session and are always on the lookout for newts and toads.
From a practical standpoint Covid-19 has meant that these foster children have had limited to little access to their social worker apart from skype, disrupted school routine, no real leisure activities in an indoor setting, no social/ sports clubs or after school clubs, limited interactions with people who are not in our bubble, no access to mental health/therapy practitioners. The most immediate concern was the lack of education as they were not in local schools at the start of lockdown as they are originally from out of the area meaning that one of the girls only had access to an online tutor for 2 whole terms.
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London T.O.A.D has been catching up from the missed sessions during the lock-downs and has delivered numerous activities and hosted several events. The Wildlife Tunnel Exhibition has reached over 300,000 people, this is largely thanks to Transport for London that has provided us with free exhibition spaces at seven of London’s busiest stations. The map below shows the spread and impact that the project has had
in London. In total communities in 31 London boroughs have taken part in activities.
During the lock-downs the project continued to deliver through on-line sessions which were extremely well attended and helped parents/carers with home schooling.
Come Forth for Wildlife has created Neighbourhood Wildlife Corridors to date we have worked on two
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neighbourhood corridors. In total the project has benefitted 12,611 people living in the Forth region.
“Excellent, clearly presented content. Very informative but not too in depth for a quick online session . Just right! Thank you! Looking forward to making a hibernacula which I’d never heard of”
“Well presented, clear and enthusiastic. I learned a lot about practical things to do both on the allotment and in our garden where we are building a pond”
“Good to learn more about amphibians. Usually wildlife friendly gardening is for pollinators”
Unfortunately the Veterans March Forth for Wildlife did not get off the ground, this is mainly as a result of the pandemic, but other factors did also impact on the project. At the end of July, after several attempts to engage with veterans, we took the decision, with the support of the donor, National Lottery Awards for All, to close the project and refunded the balance of the grant. We have learnt a lot from this project and lessons learnt will be applied to future projects. We have provided Awards for All with a comprehensive report to help to inform their decision making.
Yorkshire Tails of Amphibian Discovery (T.O.A.D) got off to a good start this year. To date it has reached a total of 2,187 people. This is a quick turnaround project that will end on 31st March 2021. We incorporated a new element into this project with us undertaking a toad audit of all toad patrols in the project locations and where identified we are undertaking interventions to improve conditions for toads and patrollers. In addition to the habitat works, toad patrol audits and volunteer training the project will create 5 Neighbourhood Wildlife Corridors, deliver 50 Wildlife Gardening Workshops and 10 Events at sites that have been improved for wildlife.
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“Great to see the pond created by Mariela in York after our wildlife gardening workshop flourishing. Although only 6 weeks old the pond on her allotment is already home to water boatmen , diving beetles and a frog.”
Our FES Leapfrog Schools programme has provided many schools with outdoor classrooms for teachers and support workers to use to enhance outdoor education for their pupils.
“You helped us to create a pond at our school which attracts lots of frogs. We teacher. therefore have lots of frogspawn!”
We developed a new project to operate in Peterborough and Fenlands and thanks to a grant from the Warwick and Dominey Fund managed by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation it started to deliver school sessions in July 2021. The project is using a very unique approach to raising awareness amongst school children of the inter-dependence of nature and people. It is promoting healthy eating highlighting the essential role that nature plays in providing us with food, and how nature needs us to provide it with wildlife friendly places.
## **Sessions/Workshops/Events & Participants 2021**
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“Thank you so much for yesterday. The Primary 7 teachers said the kids had a ball and really enjoyed it! Thank you for giving them something nice to do in the midst of this hard time! We can’t wait to see the finished result! Thanks again!” Gemma Moore, Principal Teacher, Comely
“He never talks at school , at all . The only thing he has ever done is nod at me” Jess, Teacher at Neale-Wade
“I love this stuff, going out in nature. I have learnt 60 things today. Look there is some bark”
“I look forward to these sessions each week. I learn something new each time, I didn’t know before. I tell my grandson about the things I have learnt ” TA, Stamford College
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## **TRANSFORMING RESEARCH**
Froglife’s under the road tunnel mitigation research continued to generate substantial data over the 2020/21 period. We have a significant dataset of amphibian usage of the tunnels and this has greatly enhanced our understanding of amphibian, reptile and other wildlife use of wildlife tunnels. This year we have been monitoring tunnels in Scotland, France and the Netherlands.
We have a NERC CASE PhD studentship in collaboration with the University of West Scotland. The student is examining the impact of salinity on amphibian populations, and will be volunteering on the Come Forth for Wildlife project.
Thanks to a Grants Plus grant from the Esmèe Fairbairn Foundation we are collaborating with the Open University (OU) on undertaking research of the impact that our Peterborough Green Pathways Scheme has had on participants. The initial research is comparing data collected from groups participating in Green Pathways sessions with that of control groups that have not taken part. OU will write a journal article about the impact and will work with Froglife staff to assist them in improving the way in which we evaluate our social impact.
The University of Exeter approached Froglife to include our Somerset Green Pathways for Life project in a piece of research they are conducting on service provision for people living with dementia. They have carried out an interview with the project team and will be collecting data from project participants over the autumn.
We are working in partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) on their research project modelling the landscape-level benefits and biodiversity consequences of woodland creation. We have shared the data collected by Toads on Roads patrollers to help create a model that will predict where woodlands could be planted to provide the most benefit to toads. This research is also helping us better understand how toad populations are fairing in different areas of the UK following our research published 5 years ago that showed toads were experiencing dramatic declines across the UK.
We contributed to a published paper ‘Encouraging the routine testing of management interventions to improve conservation effectiveness’
Paul Tinsley-Marshall, Harriet Downey, Gilbert Adum, Nida Al-Fulaij, Nigel A. D. Bourn, Peter N.M. Brotherton, Winifred F. Frick, Mark H. Hancock, Josh Hellon, Michael A. Hudson, Kenny Kortland, Kate Mastro, Catherine M. McNicol, Tom McPherson, Simon Mickleburgh, Christopher P. Nichols, David O’Brien18, Nancy Ockendon, Stuart Paterson, Catherine J. Payne, Danni Parks, Stuart L. Pimm, Henry Schofield, Ashley T. Simkins, James Watuwa, Kathy Wormald, John Wilkinson, Jeremy D. Wilson, William J. Sutherland
We have continued with a strong partnership working with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), RSPB and The British Ornithology Trust (BTO) on wildlife garden disease. We act as the public portal for reports of amphibian and reptile diseases and mortality.
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## **TRANSFORMING PEOPLE**
**Trainee Progression 2021**
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Current
Self-Emplyment
Employment
Further Education
Didn't Complete
Trainee 1 Trainee 2 Trainee 3 Trainee 4 Trainee 5 Trainee 6 Trainee 7 Trainee 8 Trainee 9 Trainee 10 Trainee 11 Trainee 12 Totals %
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Trainee 1 Trainee 2 Trainee 3 Trainee 4 Trainee 5 Trainee 6 Trainee 7 Trainee 8 Trainee 9 Trainee 10 Trainee 11
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We are proud of our track record of providing salaried trainee placements. To date we have had 12 one year trainees. All of the new projects that we have in the pipeline include trainee positions and we have developed a project for Peterborough that is focusing exclusively on delivering a salaried training programme for five trainees per year for three years. The project will be ensuring that we increase the diversity of people working within the sector.
opportunity to be out and about again talking to people about our work.
Instead of being out and about giving talks and presentations, like all other organisations we have reverted to on-line. Our staff have given numerous talks arranged by Froglife and also hosted by other organisations. We have also developed a series of online webinars and this year we have delivered 13
webinars covering wildlife mortality on roads, reptile identification and surveying and habitat management.
## **Trainees Employed Within the Sector 2021**
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Other
6
Employed Sector
Employed Froglife
4
2
0
Trainee 1 Trainee 2 Trainee 3 Trainee 4 Trainee 5 Trainee 6 Trainee 7 Totals %
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We have had some very good media coverage including a piece in the Guardian covering the proposed changes to the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) titled “Red squirrels and pine martens could lose protection in UK review, say experts”. Another in Country Life “The secret life
of toads, from frenzied procreation to hunting snakes in the night”. We also have appeared in several BBC TV and radio interviews to talk about our work.
Due to the ongoing pandemic issues we have not had interns or university placements, we have had school work placements which the students have found useful for developing their work experience.
We have ensured that our website has remained updated and fresh and we are now monitoring its usage far more closely so that we can establish the well and less used pages and ensure that our website visitors can land on the pages that they need and find the information they want.
Thanks to our patron Kate Bradbury we had a stand at the Hampton Flower Show, over the week we met and spoke to thousands of people about how to manage their gardens, allotments and other sites for wildlife. As the pandemic has stopped Froglife hosting largescale public events or attending externally hosted events it was fantastic for our staff to be given the
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Our social media followers has continued to climb. This year we started to use Instagram which is proving very popular.
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20000
15000
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Twitter Facebook instagram
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The email enquiry service has continued to be busy and interesting. Our responses quite often prompt donations which is always a nice way to be appreciated and of course helps with our finances. Generally donations, sponsorships, friendships and Corporate Supporters has continued to grow, we now have the most Corporate Supporters we have ever had. Although donations have risen it is disappointing to see our friendships decline year-on-year. In order to try to address this and to ensure that our message is on key for friends, this year we did a survey with our friends by either phone calls or email. It proved very interesting and we learnt a lot about the people who support our work on annual basis.
## Comments:
- Many brought up to love wildlife
- Many had ponds during their childhood
- Many have ponds
- Love of amphibians
- Some love of reptiles
- Landscape Gardener concerned with how sterile gardens have become
- No evidence but most sounded fairly wealthy through general comments.
- Many single people
- Articles too scientific/academic (2x people).
The Friends Survey results:
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Age Range
20-30 7.14%
30-40 14.29%
40-50 21.43%
50-60 21.43%
60-70 21.43%
70-80 14.29%
Why they support Froglife
Transforming 100%
Landscapes
Transforming Lives 0%
Transforming 0%
Research
What encouraged them to support Froglife (tipping
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point)|
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||Conservation/
amphibians/reptiles
71.43%|
||Website search
7.14%|
||Enquiry
14.29%
Toad Patroller
7.14%
Do they support other nature conservation
organisations|
||Yes many
50%|
||Yes some
28.57%|
||No
21.43%
Interests
Nature conservation
71.43%|
||Gardening
7.14%|
||Non-related
21.43%|
||Profession
Business/corporate
42.86%|
||NGO
7.14%|
||Teaching/Support
Workers
28.57%|
||Retired
21.43%
Do we keepin touch sufciently
Yes
78.57%|
||No
21.43%
Do you fnd the information we send useful/
interesting (e-newsletter & Natterchat)|
||Yes
78.57%|
||No
21.43%|
- Articles too long.
- Want to do more to help such as volunteer etc.
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As a result of this survey we decided to develop more connections with our Friends by running a webinar programme, with topics on amphibians, reptiles, pond creation and wildlife gardening. Friends can access these for free and other members of the public pay a small fee. This provides a useful ‘thank you’ to our Friends plus core income for Froglife.
Our Board of Trustees, who are extremely dedicated to the charity, have continued to put in additional time to support the CEO during the pandemic.
We would like to acknowledge the valuable work of all of our trustees, volunteers and staff. We particularly also want to thank the back office staff, they are predominantly out of sight, but without their ongoing work dealing with administration, financial matters and communications we would certainly not have had the enormous achievements we have enjoyed this year. Their efforts have helped us to conserve more reptiles, amphibians and their habitats.
## **Global Statistics Comparing 2019/20 to 2020/21**
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Social Media
People
Sessions
Hours
Volunteers
Hectares
Habitats
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000
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**2020/21 2019/20**
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## **TRANSFORMING FROGLIFE ECOLOGICAL SERVICES (FES)**
FES is back on course after a tricky pandemic year. FES has been finishing off sites as part of the London T.O.A.D. project. It has been working in the Forth Valley undertaking habitats works as part of Come Forth for Wildlife and has started work on the Yorkshire T.O.A.D. sites which will be completed in March 2022. The training programme was back up and running this year and delivered a mammoth amount of training courses with higher numbers than ever in the past. FES has worked on several Leapfrog School sites and has delivered numerous private contracts. FES is now managing the Eye Green and Boardwalks Nature Reserves and will manage grants that will be secured for habitat works at these two reserves.
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## **TRANSFORMING OUR FUTURE**
We have several new projects in the pipeline all of which of course require funding but so far we have had positive input from donors.
Yorkshire: Coalface to Wildspace – working in former Yorkshire coal mining areas to transform coalfaces to wild spaces and engaging the local communities in a range of activities.
Peterborough: Transforming Lives: Froglife Trainees – embracing diversity in the sector by offering five salaried trainees per year to join Froglife’s trainee programme and gain on-the-ground, hands on conservation experience.
London: London Blue Chain – creating blue spaces along the London Green Chain walk and engaging local communities that live along this corridor to get involved in wildlife conservation in their local neighbourhood.
Sussex: Green Pathways Scheme – after the development phase entering into the full delivery phase of a five year Green Pathways Scheme in Sussex.
We have some projects that we have struggled to raise funds for, but because we believe these are good
projects that will yield great benefits for reptiles and amphibians we will keep trying to secure funding:
Cambridgeshire: Thorp Lacu – working in ten Cambridgeshire villages to make their village ponds biodiverse. Ponds in villages have suffered enormous declines with many villages now only having the one village pond. Unfortunately although many of these ponds look aesthetically pleasing they lack diversity of species and are not functioning for biodiversity. This project will enhance these ponds, and promote the historical heritage value of these ponds, many of which were initially created to meet human needs.
Fife: Fife Living Water (Cowdenbeath) – this project will be restoring a non-functioning wetland site through undertaking extensive habitat restoration and creation work and opening up the site so it can once again be enjoyed by the local community. The project will also be working on another site in Cowdenbeath, Swan Pond to provide more habitat mosaic through creating wetland scrapes. In order to address concern of a lack of connectivity between the two sites we will work with the local community on creating a wildlife corridor through Cowdenbeath connecting Swan Pond to Cowdenbeath Wetland.
## **RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL**
## **CONTROLS**
The board of trustees have overall responsibility for the system of internal controls for Froglife and its subsidiary which include ensuring that there are procedures in place for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. However, such a system can only provide reasonable, but not absolute assurance against errors and fraud.
The charity operates a comprehensive annual planning and budgeting process, which is approved by the board. Performance is monitored through the use of activity and financial targets. Reports are made to the board which compare the actual results against activity targets and against phased budget which link to financial performance with resource and activity levels.
The charity has risk management policies and procedures through which risks arising from existing operations and strategic developments are identified and evaluated. Managers are required to identify and analyse risk relevant to their scope of activity, assess them accordingly to the impact on the charity and the likelihood of occurrence; and report on the procedures which are in place, or are being developed or enhanced, to provide assurance that the risk is being monitored. The Risk Register was updated in 2020 to reflect the risks posed by the pandemic with an analysis of impact and the action that the charity is taking to minimise these risks, this is under continual review and updated in line with the latest Government Guidance.
Internal controls are subject to scrutiny by the charity’s Senior Management Team and Finance Team which carry out a programme of cyclical reviews.
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The Risk Register as at September 2021:
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Human Resources
Loss of key staff Medium CEO/SMT: strong lines of communication within SMT Low
and between SMT and Trustees; Ensure that SMT is up
to date on each others work commitments; Ensure that
key work areas can be covered by others; Regular 1-2-1-
meetings between CEO and Chair of Trustees; Regular 1-2-1
meetings between CEO and SMT members; Have in place a
contingency plan for each of the senior roles.
Medium Finance staff: Ensure that the CEO is kept fully informed of Low
all high level financial matters; Finance Manager to be fully
informed of bookkeeper priorities & also have a knowledge
of how to operate finance packages (SAGE, on-line banking
etc.); CEO & Finance Manager must have a record of all
passwords, log-in details etc.
Medium Project Staff: Key project information to be filed centrally; Low
ensure regular 1-2-1 meetings with Line Managers; SMT to
be regularly updated on projects.
Medium Staff leaving organisation with project only have a short Low
duration to still run: ensure that main project outcomes
are delivered prior to the final three months of the project;
as the end of the project approaches ensure that the Line
Manager is fully up to speed with deliverables; ensure that
staff member is kept fully informed of their situation post
the project and fundraising initiatives.
Stress Management Medium Ensure staff are well supported and have regular 1-2-1s with Medium
line managers. Ensure staff are aware that they can raise
concerns and that these will be dealt with efficiently in an
appropriate manner. Staff suffering from severe stress will
be provided with additional support which may include
external support and/or medical advice.
Long-term illness Medium Froglife follows statutory practice with regard to sickness, Low
the process is detailed in the Staff Handbook. In the event
of a staff member going on long-term illness the situation
will be reviewed by the CEO who will liaise with SMT and
if there is going to be a substantial financial impact on the
organisation the CEO will liaise with the Board of Trustees
to make a decision whether Froglife continues with
statutory pay or adopts a different process.
Coronavirus Medium Any symptoms and staff to self-isolate and seek medical Medium
advice. Staff not to go to offices if they have flu like
symptoms. Staff to immediately notify their line manager
who will discuss with the CEO
Medium Returning to offices: put in place stringent health & safety Medium
measures such as regular cleaning of all surfaces; safe
distancing measures etc.
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Medium Delivering activities & habitat works: Action plans have Low
been drafted setting out the actions Froglife will take and
the action we require our partners to undertake. These will
be discussed with all relevant groups/individuals/schools/
contractors etc. With their agreement we will proceed to
deliver activities and undertake habitat works. The Action
Plans will be constantly reviewed and updated with any
new issues.
Emerging Diseases Medium Follow all government/National Health guidance. Constant Medium
monitoring of the situation as events happen and guidance
changes. Allocate one member of the SMT to be in charge
of providing staff with up to date guidance etc.
Repeated stress High Staff who are using computers on a regular daily basis for Medium
injury (RSI) & other long periods of time will be encouraged to take regular
similar issues breaks. Staff who are experiencing RSI or other similar
issues will be encouraged to report these to their line
manager and appropriate action will be taken such as the
purchase of equipment to reduce the stress.
Lack of compliance/ Low Ensure that those responsible for HR keep abreast of new Low
knowledge of legislation, employment rights etc. We currently seek
employment law professional advice when in doubt (ACAS/Trust Law/HMRC).
Ensure that staff handbook is updated with new legislation
and that Line Managers are made aware of changes to
legislation and impact on Froglife procedures and policies;
Ensure that all staff read the staff handbook and refer to it
when they need to.
Demotivated staff Low Good communication strategies in place; regular team Low
building days/activities; supporting personal development;
ensuring everyone feels ownership of own project and
organisation as a whole; non-project staff involved in
projects.
Conflict Low Deal with issues immediately and discuss situations with the Low
relevant people; Take into account different personalities
and working styles; If conflict cannot be resolved then will
need to take appropriate action to separate those involved,
this may lead to terminating employment.
Other offices feeling Low Good communication strategies in place; regular visits Low
isolated between offices/projects; staff meetings & team building
days.
Staff feeling isolated Medium Staff working at home feeling isolated and unsupported Low
Volunteers not Medium Ensure that volunteers receive adequate induction Low
feeling part of to the organisation and are introduced to other staff
Froglife members; Make sure that they receive all general Froglife
communication as well; Encourage Project Managers to
reward regular volunteers this could include periodically
taking a volunteer to lunch, BBQ or similar for nature
reserve volunteers etc. Ensure that suitable volunteers are
given responsibilities and that they know who they are
reporting to.
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Remote Working Medium Review remote working position on a quarterly basis and Low
if there are issues try to resolve them if not resolved by
the next quarterly review action to be taken to remove
remote working and instead member of staff to become
office based. Office location dependent on where the staff
currently operates from.
Financial Management
Unrestricted funding Medium Keep marketing FES and expanding its remit; Keep looking Medium
for every opportunity to raise unrestricted funding through
merchandise, corporate sponsorship, friends, donations,
major donors; Ensure that all projects are contributing
as much as they can; All staff and trustees are aware of a
responsibility to assist with unrestricted fundraising.
Cashflow Medium Ensure that grant claims are submitted regularly and Medium
on time; Ensure that as much expenditure as possible is
put through legitimate project expenditure categories;
Ensure that grant claims are accurate so that they are
paid promptly; Wherever possible try to secure front end
loaded funding; Monitor cashflow on a regular basis and
stage payments in accordance with income and cash flow
pressure.
Investment Policy Low Ensure we do short-term investments so that funds are not Low
tied up for long periods of time
Under-funded Medium Project staff aware of the necessity and willing to Low
projects fundraise; support provided to staff to enable them to
fundraise; Prioritise fundraising for under-funded projects
over developing new proposals.
Accountancy Medium Strong financial procedures in place and adhered to; Medium
procedures Regular spot checks to ensure that the procedures are
being adhered to. Ensure that a reputable accountancy firm
is looking after our financial affairs. Pay for financial advice
from relevant experts when needed.
Fraud etc Low Strong procedures in place - all invoices/chqs/BACs etc Low
approved by CEO/Finance Manager.
Trustees
Knowledge, support, Low Broaden board of trustees to include other specialisms’; Low
numbers involve trustees more directly with project work; properly
induct trustees so that all staff know who the trustees
are, also at staff inductions introduce them to trustees
either physically but if not possible then at least through a
synopsis for each Trustee; ask trustees how they would like
to get involved in the organisation and tailor their interests/
level of engagement to the tasks they are asked to perform
Professional Services
Accountants, Low Ensure that a Provision of Professional Services contract is Low
Solicitors etc in place specifying the exact service requirements
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Consultants Medium Contracts are drafted for each consultant detailing the Low
contract requirements including agreed budget, timeframe
and outputs.
Contractors Medium Provision of Services Contract written by a solicitor with Medium
expertise in this field is in place. All Project Managers are
responsible for ensuring that contracts are signed prior to
work commencing. All contracts are sent to the CEO for
final approval & are filed in a central database
Reputational Damage
Inappropriate Low Staff handbook sets our required conduct with procedures Low
behaviour by in place to address failures in conduct; Professional
trustees/staff/ Indemnity insurance in place.
volunteers
Sites
HNR & Boardwalks Medium HNR no longer in favourable status - high reputational risk. Medium
Financial/Reputation/ Have carried out substantial work at Boardwalks but risk
Long-term that the council will hand-over management to Nene Park
Trust.
Reputational risk Medium Possibility that O&H will hand-over the management of the Low
associated with reserve as part of a package for management of all of their
not managing the green spaces in Peterborough.
reserve
Site Acquisition
Finances etc Low Froglife would not decide to acquire sites unless a full audit Medium
has been carried out which will include looking into all
aspects of site management including financial hence this is
a very low risk
Projects
Child Protection and Medium Ensure that all staff are working to Froglife’s procedures Medium
Vulnerable Adults and policies regarding this matter; All incidents to be
reported immediately to the CEO as the person responsible
for Child Protection and Vulnerable Adults and appropriate
action to be taken immediately
Staff being Low Ensure that staff are working to Froglife’s procedures and Low
endangered policies regarding Lone Working; 1-2-1 working with clients
etc. Staff to take immediate action to remove themselves
from the danger and to report the matter immediately to
the CEO.
Partnerships Low Good reputation for working in partnership; maintain Low
good lines of communication ensuring partners are kept
fully informed and consulted regularly; keep partners fully
engaged in projects - always carefully vet potential new
partners
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Contractors Medium Obtain three quotes for all substantial work; Ensure that Medium
the contract is comprehensive covering all relevant areas
of work/specification/payments/timeframe etc. For new
contractors obtain references and previous work register/
view previous work; Ensure that all contractors are
fully insured and have provided copy of their insurance;
Ensure that equipment used by contractors is maintained/
roadworthy; Ensure that contractor staff are appropriately
trained; Ensure that contractors are supervised by Froglife
staff; Ensure that contractors sign the Provision of Services
Agreements
Data Protection Medium Ensure that all staff are aware and complying with GDPR & Medium
Froglife data protection procedures; Regularly remind staff
and update data protection with new legislation etc.
Events
Reputational risks: Low Ensure that all staff are relaying Froglife’s key messages Low
advice/failure etc at events; Difficult enquiries/situations to be referred to a
senior member of staff.
Press
Incorrect/ Low Ensure that all press releases are proof read by someone Low
Misrepresentation/ with relevant qualifications; Only qualified staff to
incredible stories etc undertake radio etc. interviews.
Website
Inappropriate info/ Low Procedures in place to reduce risks, vigilant monitoring of Medium
sabotage etc website and data input etc
IT Security
IT Consultant Medium IT Consultant no longer manages our IT systems for Medium
whatever reason. We are highly dependent on the
consultant at the moment. We are training up another
member of staff to gain a greater understanding of our IT
systems.
Data protection: Medium IT Consultant keeps abreast of IT risks and ensures that Medium
Server/Cloud etc we are properly protected against cyber attacks etc.
Stringent procedures in place to detect cyber/spam attacks.
Constantly monitored & updated. Thorough evaluation
of the benefits of moving to Cloud has been undertaken.
All staff are aware of the protocols around protecting
passwords an data this becomes even more relevant
because of the direct access the cloud affords to our data.
Once we have moved to cloud all staff will be instructed on
the potential dangers/issues and how to minimise these.
Email: Inappropriate/ Low Everyone cautioned to be vigilant, ensure that if in doubt Low
incorrect/poorly ask someone else to check before sending, never reply
phrased etc when angry/disappointed etc. If relationship is already weak
then ask someone else to respond instead. Report any
concerns immediately to the CEO or in absence to the Chair
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Risk Level Actions Revised Level
Social Media: Low Ensure that all communication is carefully vetted and if Low
Inappropriate/ in doubt seek advice from the CEO; do not respond to
incorrect/poorly negative postings unless absolutely necessary and if so then
phrased etc seek second opinion beforehand.
Publications
Mistakes/incorrect Low Follow style guide; ensure all are proof read by someone Low
etc who has not read the articles before, follow guidelines
Fundraising
Fundraising Low Froglife does not undertake big fundraising appeals or mail- Low
Standards & outs, door-to-door, big event fundraising so risk is low, but
guidance Chair through association with EWT is keeping a watching
brief on behalf of Froglife
Funders: Low All PO’s aware of who their funders are and how they are Low
Overlooked for to be acknowledged; always checked by a third party;
acknowledgement/ most donors only have direct contact with a couple of staff
poor representation members so unlikely for there will be misunderstandings
etc etc.
Inappropriate Low Careful vetting of all potential donors. Low
funding
Charity Commission
Failure to report any Low Chair & CEO to ensure that all major concerns are reported Low
major issues to the Charity Commission
Brexit
Brexit generally Medium Refer to Jan 19 minutes of SMT meeting for strategy Medium
Brexit supplies Medium Difficulty obtaining supplies/materials Medium
Froglife Ecology High Discussion for Trustee meeting regarding changing the EFF Low
Centre Indicators and replacing this Indicator
Froglife Ecological Services (FES)
Great Crested Newt Low Ensure that all staff that require a licence has one; Ensure Low
License that all field workers are working under a licence if they do
not have their own licence.
Training courses Low Poor take up or not properly delivered: courses so far have Low
been well attended and excellent feedback
Supplies/materials High Unable to obtain supplies/materials High
Legal Low Ensure that all legal compliances are adhered to, if in doubt Low
then obtain advice from NE etc
Reputation Medium Follow procedures extremely carefully, if any problems Low
report to CEO/Chair who must take relevant action
immediately to offset any negative impact on Froglife’s
reputation
Financial Medium The Trust not to become too dependent on the Ltd Medium
Company for funding - Ltd Company income to be used
to build up a reserve fund and for ‘luxury’ ‘hard to fund’
expenditure and as far as possible not used to cover staff
costs etc.
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## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The financial statements include the results of both The Froglife Trust and its trading subsidiary Froglife Ltd t/a Froglife Ecological Services (FES) for the 12 months period ending 30th September 2021.
Significant events that have affected the financial performance and the financial position of Froglife during the period are:
Froglife is in receipt of some central and local government funding namely Green Recovery Fund managed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Grow Back Greener managed by the office of the Mayor of London, funding from Fenland and Somerset Councils and the completion of the Biodiversity Challenge Fund grant managed by Natural Scotland. We have also received funding through the Conservation Environmental Scheme (CES) to undertake habitat works at Hampton Nature Reserve, this scheme is managed by Peterborough City Council. This year we entered into a fifteen year Licence to Occupy for Eye Green Nature Reserve and Peterborough City Council is providing funding to manage this reserve.
Froglife has a diverse range of income streams and enjoys the support of a wide range of grant making organisations. Most of this funding is for direct project delivery, however we are very appreciative of the unrestricted grant that we receive from the Esmèe Fairbairn Foundation and to donors who provide a Full Cost Recovery element in their grants. Froglife is very reliant on FES to provide unrestricted funds in the form of gift-aided profits to the charity. These funds help to support the core functions of the charity.
Impact of the pandemic
As reported in the last Annual Review we were fortunate that Froglife’s finances were in a strong position, this coupled with the support of donors and the furlough scheme helped us to weather the initial lock-down. Subsequent lock-downs with projects not being able to deliver has meant that we have had to extend most of our project work. Donors have been very supportive and have approved project extensions, however these extensions have to be funded from our unrestricted funds, which is putting pressure on our reserves position. We have continued to work to address this and currently have a relatively healthy cash-flow meaning that Froglife is viable for the foreseeable future.
During the first lock-down we developed a range of digital activities and these put us in good stead for the other lock-downs when we returned to online delivery. We are pleased to report that all of our projects are now back out delivering in person something that is making our staff and beneficiaries very happy.
Our largest donor has continued to be NLHF who are supporting several of our projects. This year we expanded into Yorkshire thanks to a Green Recovery Grant managed by NLHF. The Yorkshire Tails of Amphibian Discovery (T.O.A.D) is a one year project ending in March 2022. This means that the staff are incredibly busy with all the habitat work taking place over this autumn/winter alongside an extensive programme of public engagement. We have completed the development phase of the Sussex Green Pathways and in September 2021 we submitted our main application to The National Lottery (TNL) Reaching Communities fund for a five year grant.
Unfortunately our application to BBC Children in Need (BBC CiN) for our Peterborough Green Pathways Scheme was not awarded for 2022 onwards. We have been delivering this project, thanks to the BBC CiN for twelve years and it is with a heavy heart that we will be closing this project in March 2022. We did secure a grant from Cambridge Community Foundation, Warwick and Dominey Fund, to start a new project in Cambridgeshire, Nature & Nourishment. We are using this funding to trial the project and then hopefully raise further funding to expand the project.
Grant making organisations have reported a large increase in the number of applications that they are receiving for funding. We think that this will be a result of organisations trying to recover from the impact on their finances as a result of the pandemic. Coupled with the loss of EU and other funding as a result of BREXIT meaning that organisations that were in receipt of overseas funding are now seeking to replace this with grants from UK grant makers. With such intensive competition for funding donors are seeking greater reassurance of evidence of impact and longterm sustainability of projects/organisations. A lot more time is being required when developing funding applications.
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Consolidated income for 12 months is £1,010,091. This is £17,992 down on the previous year mainly due to delayed grant claims as a result of the pandemic.
NLHF grants equates to £443,551.
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Income breakdown
Donations & legacies £53,370
Grants £771,561
Charitable activities £52,569
Income from other trading activities
Coronavirus Job Retention
£37,309
Scheme
Other Income £17,137
Commercial Trading £77,703
Investments £442
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Expenditure breakdown
Raising funds £62,807
Charitable activities £902,291
Charitable activities further breakdown
Conservation of reptiles and
£555,924
amphibians
Education & Training £331,228
Information & Awareness £15,139
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Unrestricted reserves position is £394,071, which equates to 14 months.
Restricted reserves of £159,907
## **CORPORATE SPONSORS**
We are pleased to have been supported by the following Corporate Sponsors this year:
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## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees (who are also directors of The Froglife Trust for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practices).
Company law require the trustees to prepare the financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and its subsidiary and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company and its subsidiary for that period in preparing these financial statements, the trustees are responsible to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
- Observe the methods and principles in the SORP 2015 (FRS 102).
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- State whether application UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departure disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
## **Disclosure of information to the auditors**
In so far as the trustees are aware:
- There is no relevant audit information of which the Trust’s auditors is unaware; and
- The trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
## **Auditors**
A resolution proposing that Saffery Champness Chartered Accountants be appointed as auditors of the group will be put to the Annual General Meeting.
This report, which has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report has been approved by the Board on 16th December 2021 and signed on its behalf by Inez Smith (Chair).
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Trustees investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website.
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## **THE FROGLIFE TRUST INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE FROGLIFE TRUST**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Froglife Trust (the ‘parent charitable company’) and its subsidiaries (the ‘group’) for the year ended 30 September 2021 which comprise the consolidated profit and loss accounts, the consolidated and company balance sheets and the cashflow statement and notes to the financial statements, including 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 Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the group and the parent charitable company as at 30 September 2021 and of the group’s incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and regulations 6 and 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
## **Basis of 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 charitable company 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 group or the parent charitable company'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 financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the 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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## **Other information (continued)**
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 course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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.
## **Other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006**
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Trustees’ Annual Report which includes the Trustees’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Trustees’ Annual Report which includes the Trustees’ Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and parent charitable company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent charitable company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the parent charitable company’s financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities set out on page 33[page x], the trustees (who are also the directors of the parent charitable company for the purposes of company law) 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 the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 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 group and the parent charitable company’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 group or the parent charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
We have been appointed as auditors under the Companies Act 2006 and under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and report in accordance with regulations made under those Acts.
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## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued)**
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the group and parent 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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below. Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:
We assessed the susceptibility of the group and parent charitable company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the trustees, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the group and parent charitable company by discussions with trustees and updating our understanding of the sector in which the group and parent charitable company operate.
Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the group and parent charitable company include The Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and guidance issued by the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Audit response to risks identified:
We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the parent charitable company’s records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the parent charitable company’s policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.
During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
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## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued)**
Audit response to risks identified:
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed noncompliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available 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 parent charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, and to the parent charitable company’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the parent charitable company’s members and trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s 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 parent charitable company, the parent charitable company’s members and trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
**__________________________________ Jane Hill (Senior Statutory Auditor) For an on behalf of Saffery Champness LLP** Westpoint Peterborough Business Park Lynch Wood Peterborough PE2 6FZ
Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor
26 January 2022 __________________________________ Date
Saffery Champness LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006
**OG S**
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|_Note_
**INCOME**
Donations and legacies
_2a_
Grants
_2b_
Charitable activities
_3_
_Income from other trading activities:_
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Other income
_4_
Commercial trading operation
Investment income
_5_
**Total income**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds
_7_
Charitable activities
_6_
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure) for the year**
Transfers between funds
_18_
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
_18_
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total 2021**
**Total 2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
45,485
7,885
53,370
33,275
117,852
653,709
771,561
794,366
29,138
23,431
52,569
57,109
37,309
-
37,309
47,589
17,137
-
17,137
14,249
77,703
-
77,703
81,041
442
-
442
454
**325,066**
**685,025 1,010,091 1,028,083**
62,807
-
62,807
65,584
15,953
886,338
902,291
859,345
**78,760**
**886,338**
**965,098**
**924,929**
**246,306**
**(201,313)**
**44,993**
**103,154**
(180,882)
180,882
-
-
**65,424**
**(20,431)**
**44,993**
**103,154**
328,647
180,338
508,985
405,831
**394,071**
**159,907**
**553,978**
**508,985**|
|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. The notes on the following pages form part of these accounts.
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|_Note_
**INCOME**
Donations and legacies
_2a_
Grants
_2b_
Charitable activities
_3_
_Income from other trading activities:_
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Other income
_4_
Investment income
_5_
**Total income**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities
_6_
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure) for the year**
Transfers between funds
_18_
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
_18_
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total 2021**
**Total 2020**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
45,485
7,885
53,370
33,275
117,852
653,709
771,561
794,366
29,138
23,431
52,569
57,109
37,309
-
37,309
47,589
17,137
-
17,137
14,249
15,337
-
15,337
15,911
**262,259**
**685,026**
**947,284**
**962,499**
15,953
886,338
902,291
859,345
**15,953**
**886,338**
**902,291**
**859,345**
**246,306**
**(201,313)**
**44,993**
**103,154**
(180,882)
180,882
-
-
**65,424**
**(20,431)**
**44,993**
**103,154**
312,140
180,338
492,478
389,324
**377,563**
**159,907**
**537,471**
**492,478**|
|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The notes on the following pages form part of these accounts.
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|_Note_
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible fixed assets
_11_
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stocks
Debtors
_14_
Cash at bank and in hand
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors: amounts due within one year
_15_
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors: amounts due after one year
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Restricted funds
_18_
Unrestricted funds
_18_|201
134,016
460,864|**2021**
1,030
595,081
(42,133)
552,948
**553,978**
-
**553,978**
159,907
394,071
**553,978**|145
122,961
499,863
|2020
1,373
622,969
(115,357)
507,612
**508,985**
-
**508,985**
180,338
328,647
**508,985**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The trustees have prepared group accounts in accordance with section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 and section 138 of the Charities Act 2011. These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company. The notes on the following pages form part of these accounts.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on ……... and signed on their behalf by:16[th] December 2021 and signed on their behalf by:
**Ms Inez Smith Chair**
## **Company Registration No: 04382714 (E&W)**
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## **THE FROGLIFE TRUST CHARITY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021**
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Note 2021 2020
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets 11 1030 1373
Investments 12 100 1,130 100 1,473
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 201 146
Debtors 14 242,218 209,037
Cash at bank and in hand 333,736 576,155 386,432 595,615
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors: amounts due within one year 15 (39,815) (104,610)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 536,340 491,005
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 537,470 492,478
- -
Creditors: amounts due after one year
TOTAL NET ASSETS 537,470 492,478
FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
Restricted funds 18 159,907 180,338
Unrestricted funds 18 377,563 312,140
537,470 492,478
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The notes on the following pages form part of these accounts.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on ……... and signed on their behalf by:16[th] December 2021
and signed on their behalf by:
**Ms Inez Smith Chair**
**Company Registration No: 04382714 (E&W)**
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## **THE FROGLIFE TRUST STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2020**
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2021 2021 2020 2020
Note Group Charity Group Charity
£ £ £ £
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating
activities 20 (39,441) (68,033) 262,220 253,222
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Investment interest 442 15,337 454 15,911
Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the year (38,999) (52,696) 262,674 269,133
Cash and cash equivalents brought
forward 499,863 386,432 237,189 117,299
Cash and cash equivalents carried
forward 21 460,864 333,736 499,863 386,432
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**THE FROGLIFE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021**
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **a) Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)(effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), the Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and regulation 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
The charity 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 notes.
The accounts are produced with the underlying currency being GBP.
## **b) Legal status of the Charity**
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.
## **c) Going concern**
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At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The Trust is reliant on grants to be able to carry out its objectives. Whilst these may be affected but the impact of Covid-19, the Trust has an adequate number of grant applications already in place or accepted for the coming 12months. Additionally, further grants have been accepted post year end, with more grant applications coming back online. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **d) Group financial statements**
The financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiary Froglife Trading Ltd on a line-by-line basis.
## **e) Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Restricted funds account for situations where a donor requires their donation must be spent on a specific purpose or where funds have been raised for a specific purpose.
The aim and use of each material restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **f) Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Where income has related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income), the income and related expenditure are reported gross in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)**
## **f) Income (continued)**
Where income has related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income), the income and related expenditure are reported gross in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Donations, grants and gifts are recognised when receivable. In the event that a donation is subject to fulfilling performance conditions before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
Income from Gift Aid tax reclaims is recognised for any donations with relevant Gift Aid certificates recognised in income for the year. Any amounts of Gift Aid not received by the year end are accounted for in income and accrued income in debtors.
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For legacies, entitlement is taken on a case by case basis as the earlier of the date on which: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executors intention to make a distribution. If the legacy is in the form of an asset other than cash or an asset listed on a recognised stock exchange, recognition is subject to the value of the asset being able to be reliably measured and title to the asset has passed to the charity. Where legacies have been notified or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income have not been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.
Income received in advance for a future fundraising event or for visitor fees received in advance of an event are deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.
Interest on deposit funds held is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity which is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due. This is normally upon notification by our investment advisor of the dividend yield of the investment portfolio. Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the same time the investment income is receivable.
Sponsorship from events, fundraising and events registration fees are recognised in income when the event tales place. Trading income is recognised on point of sale for both donated and purchased goods.
## **g) 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 probably that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis under the following headings:
Costs of raising funds are those cost incurred in attracting voluntary income and those incurred in fundraising.
Expenditure on charitable activities includes expenditure associated with conservation of amphibians and reptiles, education and training and providing information and awareness and include both the direct costs and support costs relating to these activities.
Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of those resources.
## **h) Volunteers**
The value of the services provided by volunteers cannot be reliably estimated and therefore is not incorporated into these financial statements. Further details are provided in the Trustee's Report.
## **i) Fixed assets**
All assets are capitalised at their historical cost when purchased.
Depreciation is provided to write off the cost less estimated residual value of all fixed assets over their expected economic useful lives as follows:
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All fixed assets - 25% per annum reducing balance
The need for any impairment of a fixed asset write down is considered if there is concern over the carrying value of an asset and is assessed by comparing that carrying value against the value in use or realisable value of the asset when appropriate.
## **j) Investments**
Fixed asset investments represent the equity share in Froglife Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary company and are stated at cost in the charity balance sheet.
## **k) Stock**
Stocks have been valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value
Net realisable value is based upon estimated selling price less further costs expected to be incurred to disposal. Provision is made for obsolete and slow moving items when appropriate.
## **l) 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. Accrued income and tax recoverable is included at the best estimate of the amounts receivable at the balance sheet date.
## **m) 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.
## **n) Creditors**
Creditors are recognised where the charity has 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 are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **o) Financial instruments**
The Trust has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial assets are recognised in the Trust’s Statement of Financial Position when the Trust becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets are classified into specified categories. The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of recognition.
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## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)**
## **o) Financial instruments (continued) Basic financial assets**
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Other financial assets classified as fair value through the statement of financial activities are measured at fair value.
## **Other financial assets**
Trade debtors, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Interest is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial. The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the debt instrument to the net carrying amount on initial recognition. **Impairment of financial assets**
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through the statement of financial activities, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. The impairment loss is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **Derecognition of financial assets**
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.
## **Classification of financial liabilities Basic financial liabilities**
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as 'creditors: amounts falling due within one year' if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as 'creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year'. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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## **Other financial liabilities**
Other financial liabilities, including debt instruments that do not meet the definition of a basic financial instrument, are measured at fair value, net of transaction costs. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Other financial liabilities (continued)**
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through the expected life of the financial liability to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.
## **Derecognition of financial liabilities**
Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the Charity’s obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.
## **p) Operating leases**
Operating leases are recognised over the period of which the lease falls due.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## **q) Taxation**
The company is considered to pass the test set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the company is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
|**2a**
**DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
Unrestricted funds:
Donations
Restricted funds:
Donations
**2b**
**GRANTS RECEIVED**
**Group and charity**
Unrestricted funds:
National Heritage Lottery Fund
The Gibson Charitable Trust
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Other grants under £1,000
Total unrestricted funds|**2021**
**2021**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
45,485
45,485
45,485
45,485
**2021**
**2021**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
7,885
7,885
7,885
7,885|**2020**
**2020**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
25,066
25,066
25,066
25,066
**2020**
**2020**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
8,209
8,209
8,209
8,209
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
-
28,800
2,000
2,000
114,852
50,000
1,000
-
117,852
80,800|
|---|---|---|
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|**Group and charity**
Restricted funds:
National Heritage Lottery Fund
City Bridge Trust
BBC Children in Need
Fenland District Council
Cambridgeshire Community Fund
Scottish Natural Heritage
Falkirk Council
Peterborough City Council
The Robertson Trust
Veolia Environmental Trust
Waitrose's Bags for Help
Somerset County Council
Biodiversity Challenge Fund via Scottish Natural Heritage
Heathrow Community Fund
The Hospital Saturday Fund
Western Riverside Environmental Fund
EB Scotland Limited
Clackmannanshire & Stirling Environmental Trust
Greener City Fund Community Grant Scheme
The Craignish Trust
W G Edwards
Nature Scot
Mayor of London- Grow Back Greener Fund
Ernest Kleinwort
Other grants under £1,000/Grant returned - Miller Hendry Foundation
**3 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
**Group and Charity**
Conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Education and training
Information and awareness
Unrestricted funds:
Conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Education and training
Restricted funds:
**4 OTHER INCOME**
**Group and charity**
Corporate sponsorship
Other income|**£**
**£**
443,551
389,319
46,725
11,625
17,368
41,495
-
1,091
5,000
7,000
269
1,091
-
1,500
-
10,092
28,000
-
7,607
51,239
-
2,248
9,000
9,990
22,155
126,686
12,106
19,859
-
2,000
-
7,586
-
15,000
-
6,689
31,387
8,556
-
1,500
1,719
-
3,333
-
20,000
-
5,000
-
489
(1,000)
653,709
713,566
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
14,794
28,157
10,900
9,254
3,444
867
29,138
38,278
1,188
17,387
22,243
1,444
23,431
18,831
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
1,958
1,916
15,179
12,333
17,137
14,249|
|---|---|
All fundraising event income in both the current and previous year relate to unrestricted funds.
|**5 INVESTMENT INCOME**
Bank interest
Profits from trading company|**2021**
**2021**
**2020**
**2020**
**Group**
**Charity**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
442
242
454
179
-
15,095
-
15,732
442
15,337
454
15,911|
|---|---|
All investment income in both the current year and prior year relate to unrestricted funds.
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## **6 EXPENDITURE**
|**Expenditure on Charitable Activities - Current Year**
**Group and Charity**
Conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Education and training
Information and awareness|**Direct**
**Support**
**2021**
**Costs**
**Costs**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
382,166
173,758
555,924
243,012
88,216
331,228
9,793
5,346
15,139
634,971
267,320
902,291|
|---|---|
Included within expenditure on charitable activities are restricted funds of £886,338 and unrestricted funds of £15,953
|**Expenditure on Charitable Activities - Prior Year**
**Group and Charity**
Conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Education and training
Information and awareness|**Direct**
**Support**
**2020**
**Costs**
**Costs**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
450,935
162,772
613,707
153,401
82,638
236,039
4,590
5,008
9,598
608,926
250,419
859,345|
|---|---|
Included within expenditure on charitable activities are restricted funds of £800,919 and unrestricted funds of £58,426
## **7 RAISING FUNDS**
Expenditure on raising funds as shown in the group statement of financial activities relates to costs incurred by the trading subsidiary which relate to unrestricted funds in both the current and prior year.
## **8 ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT COSTS**
|Rent and rates
Insurance
Cleaning and waste
Travel and Subsistence
Printing, postage and stationery
Computer and telephone
Repairs and renewals
Staff costs
Recruitment and training
Legal and professional fees
Depreciation
Bank charges
Irrecoverable VAT on support costs
Miscellaneous
Governance - trustee expenses
Governance - audit costs|**Conservation**
**2021 Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
10,771
5,468
331
16,570
1,865
947
57
2,869
1,071
544
33
1,648
1,085
551
33
1,669
1,415
719
44
2,178
5,181
2,630
159
7,970
1,221
620
38
1,879
135,644
68,866
4,173
208,683
6
3
0
9
5,125
2,602
158
7,885
223
113
7
343
411
209
13
633
3,180
1,614
98
4,892
2,784
1,413
86
4,283
-
-
-
-
3,776
1,917
116
5,809
173,758
88,216
5,346
267,320
**Education &**
**Training**
**Information**
**& awareness**|
|---|---|
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|Rent and rates
Insurance
Cleaning and waste
Travel and Subsistence
Printing, postage and stationery
Computer and telephone
Repairs and renewals
Staff costs
Recruitment and training
Legal and professional fees
Depreciation
Bank charges
Irrecoverable VAT on support costs
Miscellaneous
Governance - trustee expenses
Governance - audit costs|**Conservation**
**2020 Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
10,461
5,311
322
16,094
1,895
962
58
2,915
1,211
615
37
1,863
2,963
1,504
91
4,558
1,131
574
35
1,740
5,089
2,584
157
7,830
2,588
1,314
80
3,982
115,414
58,594
3,550
177,558
861
437
27
1,325
9,961
5,057
307
15,325
298
151
9
458
227
115
7
349
3,446
1,750
106
5,302
1,766
897
54
2,717
199
101
6
306
5,263
2,672
162
8,097
162,772
82,638
5,008
250,419
**Education &**
**Training**
**Information**
**& awareness**|
|---|---|
In 2021 and 2020 support costs have been allocated in line with the aims of the project and its activity undertaken.
|**9 STAFF EMOLUMENTS AND TRUSTEE EXPENSES**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
486,873
402,154
40,978
32,436
10,207
7,769
538,058
442,359|
|---|---|
Pension costs were paid under the new auto-enrolment requirements to the National Employers Savings Trust.
|The average number of employees during the year was:
Commercial trading operations
Direct Charitable activities
Support services|**2021**
**2020**
**No**
**No**
1
1
16
10
6
6
23
17|
|---|---|
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2020: none)
The charity considers its key management personnel to comprise of the Trustees and the senior management team as disclosed in the Trustees' Report. None of the trustees received any remuneration or benefits in kind from the charity during the year (2020: £nil). The total employee benefits of 3 key management personnel (2020: 5 key management personnel) were £117,492 (2020: £189,273).
Expenses relating to travel and subsistence for attendance at Trustee meetings was reimbursed to 0 Trustee (2020: 1) during the year amounted to £nil (2020: £307).
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## **10 NET INCOMING / (EXPENDITURE)**
|**NET INCOMING / (EXPENDITURE)**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2021**|**2020**|
|Net incoming /(expenditure) is stated after charging:|**£**|**£**|
|Depreciation including loss on disposal|343|458|
|Auditors' remuneration:|||
|for audit services|8,908|9,514|
|for accountancy services||750|
|Operating lease rentals|23,919|25,986|
## **11 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**Group and charity**
**Cost or Valuation**
As at 1 October 2020
As at 30 September 2021
**Depreciation**
As at 1 October 2020
Charge for the year
As at 30 September 2021
**Net Book Value**
As at 30 September 2021
As at 30 September 2020
**12 INVESTMENTS**
**Charity**
Equity investment in trading subsidiary
Total charity investment|**Office**
**Equipment**
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,172
23,932
26,104
2,172
23,932
26,104
2,069
22,662
24,731
26
317
343
2,095
22,979
25,074
77
953
1,030
103
1,270
1,373
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
100
100
100
100|
|---|---|
## **13 TRADING SUBSIDIARY**
The Charity owns 100 shares of £1 each in it's trading subsidiary, Froglife Ltd (Company No: 02348393) incorporated in the United Kingdom, whose principle place of business is 1 Loxley Werrington Peterborough PE4 5BW and whose main purpose is to carry out the commercial conservation contracts and surveys. These are the only shares allotted, called up and fully paid. The activities and results of this company are summarised as follows:
|Turnover
Costs of sales
Gross Profit
Operating expenses
Profit on ordinary activities before interest
Interest receivable
Interest payable
Net trading profit|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
77,703
81,041
(50,620)
(54,694)
27,083
26,347
(12,106)
(10,796)
14,977
15,551
199
275
(81)
(94)
15,095
15,732|
|---|---|
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## **13 TRADING SUBSIDIARY (continued)**
## Balance Sheet:
|Current assets
Liabilities
Net assets
Represented by:
Capital
Reserves
**14 DEBTORS**
Trade debtors
Amounts owed by group undertakings
Taxation recoverable
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**15 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|**2021**
**2021**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
13,118
10,115
-
111,263
-
-
3,058
3,000
117,840
117,840
134,016
242,218
**2021**
**2021**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
11,340
11,339
14,200
14,200
-
-
16,593
14,276
42,133
39,815|130,188
113,430
(113,581)
(96,823)
16,607
16,607
100
100
16,507
16,507
16,607
16,607
**2020**
**2020**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
19,056
19,056
-
86,076
-
-
3,000
3,000
100,905
100,905
122,961
209,037
**2020**
**2020**
**Group**
**Charity**
**£**
**£**
62,131
57,971
14,630
12,025
-
-
38,596
34,614
115,357
104,610|
|---|---|---|
## **17 COMMITMENTS UNDER OPERATING LEASES**
At 30 September the group and charity had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as follows:
|Due within one year
Due in 2-5 years|**2021**
**2021**
**2020**
**2020**
**Land and**
**buildings**
**Other**
**Land and**
**buildings**
**Other**
13,660
860
17,410
860
-
3,285
11,250
4,145
13,660
4,145
28,660
5,005|
|---|---|
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|**18a **|**FUNDS -current year**
**Group**
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Restricted Funds
Green Pathways Peterborough & Fenland
& Nature and Nourishment
Green Pathways Glasgow
Wildlife surveys & research tunnels
Tails of Amphibian Discovery - Main
Somerset Green Pathways for Life
Come Forth for Wildlife - Main &
incorporating Veterans March Forth for
Wildlife
Discovering Reptiles - development
Green Pathways Sussex
Leaping forward for Dementia - London
Leap Frog Schools - habitat projects
Yorkshire Tails of Amphibian Discovery
London Grow Back Greener - Streatham
Common
Discovering Dew Ponds-Sussex
Toads On Roads - group funds
Total Restricted Funds
**Total Funds**|**Brought**
**forward**
**1/10/20**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Carried**
**forward**
**30/9/21**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
328,647
325,066
(78,760)
(180,882)
394,071
31,440
36,435
(56,170)
-
11,705
30,064
33,251
(41,130)
-
22,185
11,700
5,333
(9,611)
-
7,422
-
165,254
(252,193)
86,939
0
12,356
10,719
(20,692)
-
2,383
18,687
206,706
(318,086)
92,693
0
19,007
24,120
(34,079)
-
9,048
43,280
5,000
(32,761)
-
15,519
7,804
47,625
(46,845)
-
8,584
6,000
3,000
(6,817)
-
2,183
-
123,950
(43,072)
-
80,878
-
21,188
(21,932)
744
0
-
797
(1,303)
506
0
-
1,647
(1,647)
-
-
180,338
685,025
(886,338)
180,882
159,907
**508,985**
**1,010,091**
**(965,100)**
**-**
**553,978**|
|---|---|---|
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant claimed during the year was to support the costs of core staff. The cost of core staff included in the support costs are charged to restricted projects. Within restricted expenditure are support costs covered by the CJRS grant of £36,648
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|**18b **|**FUNDS -prior year**
**Group**
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Restricted Funds
Green Pathways Peterborough & Fenland
Green Pathways Glasgow
Sheffield Wetland Corridor
Wildlife surveys & research tunnels
Conservation & Learning Co-ordinators
Tails of Amphibian Discovery - Main
Working in Prisons
Somerset Green Pathways for Life
Come Forth for Wildlife - Main &
incorporating Veterans March Forth for
Wildlife
Discovering Reptiles - development
Green Pathways Sussex
Leaping forward for Dementia - London
Leap Frog Schools - habitat projects
Total Restricted Funds
**Total Funds**|**Brought**
**forward**
**1/10/19**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**Carried**
**forward**
**30/9/20**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
271,925
287,477
(124,010)
(106,745)
328,647
17,481
50,542
(36,583)
-
31,440
49,500
4,423
(23,859)
-
30,064
5,446
38,197
(47,713)
4,070
-
5,837
10,092
(4,229)
-
11,700
-
-
(45,552)
45,552
-
30,727
196,663
(281,336)
53,946
-
9,981
-
(13,158)
3,177
-
14,934
12,345
(14,923)
-
12,356
-
336,088
(317,401)
-
18,687
-
30,150
(11,143)
-
19,007
-
44,481
(1,201)
-
43,280
-
11,625
(3,821)
-
7,804
-
6,000
-
-
6,000
133,906
740,606
(800,919)
106,745
180,338
**405,831**
**1,028,083**
**(924,929)**
**-**
**508,985**|
|---|---|---|
Allocation of the charity's support costs across the restricted projects on an activity and aims basis results in some projects requiring transfers from unrestricted funds.
Included within Unrestricted General Funds carried forward is £16,507 (2020: £16,507) which relates to Froglife Limited, the Charity's trading subsidiary.
**London Tails of Amphibian Discovery (T.O.A.D)** : This project would have entered its final year this year but due to the pandemic and the disruption to session delivery it has been extended to end 31st March 2022. We are on target for all of the activities to be delivered in accordance with the main donor National Lottery Heritage Fund Approved Purposes, with some activities over-reaching the target. We have also over-reached the target for habitat works.
**London Streatham Common** : Through a Grow Back Greener grant from the City of London Mayors office we have undertaken habitat works and volunteer training at Streatham Common.
**Come Forth for Wildlife** : This project has completed its second year in September 2021. The project is on target to deliver all of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Approved Purposes within the original timescale despite not delivering sessions during the pandemic.
**Yorkshire Tails of Amphibian Discovery (T.O.A.D)** : This one year project funded by Defra’s Green Recovery Fund managed by National Lottery Heritage Fund is delivering an extensive programme of habitat works and public engagement. It will complete in March 2023.
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## **18 FUNDS NOTES -continued**
**Peterborough /Glasgow/Sussex Green Pathways Schemes** :These three projects are working with disadvantaged and/or vulnerable children/young people in delivering nature focused outdoor activities. Unfortunately due to a lack of funding we will after 12 years of delivery, be ending the Peterborough project on 31st March 2021. Thanks to a grant from The Robertson Trust we will be expanding the Glasgow project to other regions in Scotland, starting with Renfrewshire. The grant is for five years which provides us with a good timeframe to expand the project and raise funds to deliver new projects.
**Glasgow Green Pathways for Life; London Leaping Forward for Dementia & Somerset Green Pathways for Life :** These three projects are all working with people living with dementia and their support workers/carers on delivering outdoor nature focused activities.
**Nature & Nourishment** : This new project is a new area of work for Froglife. We are trialling he project in the Fenlands. The project, through using props, is highlighting to school children the inter-dependence of nature and people and raising awareness of the vital role that nature plays in providing people with healthy food.
**Discovering Reptiles** : This project is working nationally on delivering workshops to land manager and owners on reptile ecology, surveying and managing their habitats. The project is also providing land managers/owners with reptile tins in order to undertake surveys and submit their data to Froglife via the Froglife App. This will help to address the current very low status of reptile data.
**Leapfrog Schools** : We have improved several school grounds for wildlife providing natural elements for wildlife and children to enjoy and learn.
**Toads on Roads** : Co-ordinating toad patrols across the UK to help amphibians across busy roads to reach their hereditary breeding ponds. We hosted an on-line webinar to raise awareness of the impact of road mortality on wildlife internationally.
**Amphibian Mortality** : Our partnership with the Zoological Society of London, British Trust for Ornithology and RSPB has continued with Froglife acting as the portal for reports of amphibian or reptile diseases and mortality.
**Reserve Management** : We have continued to manage Hampton Nature Reserve on behalf of Value Nature. We have undertaken habitat works as part of the CES grant and have delivered regular weekly volunteer sessions. We have taken on the management of Eye Green Nature Reserve with a fifteen year License to Occupy in place and Boardwalks also with a fifteen year License to Occupy however due to a lack of financial resources the latter will not be managed until such time as resources have been secured.
**Research :** We have continued to monitor several wildlife tunnels in the UK and in Europe. We are currently involved in several applied research projects working with Universities and their students and others. We are working with the Open University in evaluating the social impact of our Peterborough Green Pathways Scheme.
**Social Media / Enquiry Service:** Our social media presence continues to go from strength to strength, with Froglife now having a presence on several platforms. This increase in social media has taken some pressure off the email Enquiry Service which is not as busy as it used to be, but does still receive regular email enquiries.
**Froglife Limited t/a Froglife Ecological Services (FES):** FES as worked with several private clients and with the charity in delivering a range of ecological services. FES also delivered numerous paid-for training courses.
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## **19a ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS-current year**
||**Group**||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total 2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Tangible fixed assets||1,030|-|1,030|
||Current assets||416,189|178,892|595,081|
||Creditors: amount falling due within one year||(23,148)|(18,985)|(42,133)|
||Creditors: amount falling due in more than one year||-|-|-|
||||394,071|159,907|553,978|
|**19b **|**ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS-prior year**|||||
||**Group**||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total 2020**|
||Tangible fixed assets||**£**
1,373|**£**
-|**£**
1,373|
||Current assets||357,644|265,325|622,969|
||Creditors: amount falling due within one year||(30,370)|(84,987)|(115,357)|
||Creditors: amount falling due ion more than one year||-|-|-|
||||328,647|180,338|508,985|
|**20**|**RECONCILIATION OF NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS TO NET CASH FLOW**||**FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**|||
||Net income / (expenditure) for the year|**2021**
**Group**
**£**
44,993|**2021**
**Charity**
**£**
44,993|**2020**
**Group**
**£**
103,154|**2020**
**Charity**
**£**
103,154|
||Adjustment for:|||||
||Depreciation charges including loss on disposal|343|343|458|458|
||Interest from investments|(442)|(15,337)|(454)|(15,911)|
||(Increase) / Decrease in stocks|(56)|(56)|130|130|
||(Increase) / Decrease in debtors|(11,055)|(33,181)|114,314|127,325|
||(Decrease) / Increase in creditors|(73,225)|(64,796)|44,618|38,066|
||**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating**|||||
||**activities**|**(39,441)**|**(68,033)**|**262,220**|**253,222**|
|**21 **|**ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT**|**At 30**
**September 2020**|**Cash Flow**|**Non Cash**
**Flow**|**At 30**
**September**
**2021**|
||**Group**|||||
||Cash in hand|499,863|(38,999)|-|460,864|
|**22 **|**ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS**|**2021**|**2021**|**2020**|**2020**|
|||**Group**|**Charity**|**Group**|**Charity**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Cash at bank and in hand|460,864|333,736|499,863|386,432|
||Total cash and cash equivalents|460,864|333,736|499,863|386,432|
## **23 RELATED PARTIES**
There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure.
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