TOL
tETY OF MODEL AKD EXPERtMENTAL
FINANCIAL ST
TEM
NTS
E YEARENDED315T
GINE
ER 2021
ThE BRISTOL SOCIETY OF MODEL
AND EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERS
FINANCtAL STATLNIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2021
COMPANY REGISTERED NtIMBER 02893778
REGISTERED CHAIUTY NIJMBER 1094274
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THE BRIsfoL S(￿lE[y OF MODEL AND EXPERIMEwfAL ENGINEERS
ANCI
L STATEMENTS
R THE YEAR ENDE
1ST <￿T
BER 2￿21
DIRECTORS
Mr R J Norbury
Mr N D Roger5
Ms R Strong
Mr L A Sadler
COMPANY SECRETARY
Mr D Todman
REGISTERED OFFtCE AI¥D PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF ThE CHARrrY
33 Bibury Avenue,
Stoke Lodg¢.
Bristol BS34 6DF
1094274
02893778
Unity T￿st Bank pl¢
9 Brindley Place
Binningham Bl 2HB
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F MODEL AND EXPERINIEwfAL EN
STATEMENT OF FtNANCIAL ACTtVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST (fTOBER 2021
The dir¢dor5 present their rep)rt and the Financial Stst¢m¢nts for the year ended 3191 October
2021.
The principal activity of the company is the construction and operation of models for
educational purposes. The CQEnpany is a company limited bj guamÉee. Constit￿ed under its
memoTandurn and articles gf asso¢iation, which contaTll full ddai15 of the principal objects for
which It is £sthbltsh¢d. Th¢ ￿MpanY is also a Registered Clwity.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The company is govemed by its Ix>ard of Dirfftors, a]1 of whom are trustees of the charity. This
ix)ard is &sslSted by a general committee, which meets regul￿lY to review the oFrntions and
needs of th¢ company and charity. Wherever appropriate, separdte committees ar¢ ¢stablished
io organi5e specific events, and the members of those committee5 are not Decessarity also
mefflbers of either the ErfTrard or general committee￿d have delegated authority.
Appointments to the lth and genernl committee are made by the membership Gen¢ral
meding.
The bcth Etviews a¥KI assesses the maNIT risks to which the company and charity is exposeiL
and wherever ￿$SIble seeksto mitigate those risks, ¢ith¢r bychanges in operntional procedures
or by taking out appropraate iD5uEance tK>licies. Internal wntro]s are in pia¢e, which are
d¢shgned to saf¢gu8rd the sociw s funds and other a&*ts.
Due to government restrictions introduced in late 2020 that carried through to the early months
of 2021, the Societv wa5 unabl¢ to out many of its activities tn an unTestricted way.
The railway was able to OF¢n in April and ormted in a mamier that was Com￿¢￿sur4t¢ with
government guidelines. ThTs result&l Én a significant rcduction in p&5seng¢r numbers which
didn t start to itnprove until mÉd-summ¢r 2021 when the remaining restrictions l*cam¢
advisory only. Two or three day5 were a150 affected by poorweather. The railway was open for
19 public Tunning days and gave 15.0)2 pa5sellger ride5, this being significantly r￿JUced from
pre-pandemic days. Visits to the rnilway by a numb¢r of children's organisations took place,
including disabled and auttstRc groups, where they could exp¢rien¢e aspeds of steam. electric
and diesel locomotive& &swell &senjoyÉng free rides. We have ¢ontinuedto provide free tickets
to disabl¢d people. both adults and Children. Work h&s conttnued during much of the yw at
the Ashton Court sitr io ensure thai li is maintained in # safe and manageabl¢ th)ndition. The
workshop, ¢sthblish¢d a feTh' years ago now contains an arrangemeni of machtnery and iix)ling.
The Society has beo) unable to hold its regular programmeoftslksatthe Begbr(KJkCommunity
Centre since Mareh2020. Instradthe S(Ki¢tv held regular"Zwm" me&ings covering a number
of topics including member's work in progres& and discussion topics p￿s¢￿ted by rn¢￿￿r5 as
well as the QCC8SiOTtal Gtrrnal speaker.
On a number of non-public running days at the Ashton Court Railway. the family of rnembers
have been encouraged to salnple 'haDds on" experience ￿hiftd various locomotiYe& including
the chan¢¢ of driving and mainiailling thetn ill a full rnilway settin&
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THE BRIS
L SOCIETY OF MODEL AND EXPERIMENfAL ENGINEERS
TATEMENT OF FtNANCIAL ACTIVITIE
R THEY
R ENDED 31ST (￿)BE
DIREcfoRS
The directors who dwing th¢ year weye as follow5:
Mr R J Norbury- Resi8n¢d 19th August 2021
Mr N D Rogers
Ms R Strong
Mr L A Sadler- Ap￿inted 26. August 2021
Note: The above Dirttt(xs are al￿ tru5tc¢s of the chaTity
The ¢ompany is limit￿ by guaranlee, and does not have a Share Capital. Accordingly, no
dir¢ctor held any inteTest in the sh￿r capAts] of the eompany during the year.
These a¢¢owits have been wepared in with the provisions applicable to com￿lI¢S
subject to the 5rnall ¢ompanies' ryine
FINANCIAL RESERVE
Th¢ SIKiety continues to hold funds ft>rthe purp)se of pwch&8ing a site for the rnilway to
improve upon its facilities gs a Charity Organisation.
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS. RESPONSIBtLTriEs
Company law requires the dÉrect<Ks io prepare financial statements for each financial year
which give atrue and fair view of the stsie of affair5 ofthe company and of the profjt or loss of
the company for that ￿riod. In prepating those finan¢ial Statements, the dire¢tOTS are required
S¢l¢rt 5Uit&ble accounting w)licies and then appty them wnsistently.
Make judgements and estimate5 that are reag)nabl¢ and prudent
Prepare the fi￿at￿la1 statements on going concern basis unless it is itiappr(4)riate to
presume tIMt the Company will Contin￿ in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting T￿OrdS which disclose with
r¢a5onable a¢cutxey ai any tim¢ th¢ financial T*tsiiion of the ¢ompAny and to enable them to
ensure that th¢ fu￿￿la1 statements wmply with the Companies Art 2006. llw are a]x)
responsible for safeguardin8 the a&sets of the company and hence for taking reasonable step5
for th¢ pr¢v¢ntioD and dete¢iion of frawl and otther irregularitie
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
D TodmAn
t>di¢ e January 2022

E BIUSTOL SOCIEfY OF MODEL A
D EXPERIMENTAL EV4GfNEERS
TATEMENT OF FtNANCIAL ACTIVITIE
R THE YEAR FN
ED 31ST ocroB£R 2021
2¢r21
2020
INCOMING RESOURCES
Aclivit*s li furtherarKe of
the ¢btirÉgs obFctiv¢s:
su1￿¢r4￿#xLs
Cxner81 llncc￿
7587
50
RaThi vay Iwiyn
I￿¢Stment uK(xne:
23.175
4.441
Gans on di%rMHI of fLK¢d assets
lrterest Received
91
341
TOTAL tNCON(tNG RESOURCES
31.133
1¥25
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Costs of aetivitts in firthcra￿e of
the charity's tylwes:
S(Krty 0￿rainI CL￿￿
EX1lll)tiK￿ & Eve￿ C[￿ts
5,481
4151
Work51Ky c(ysts
Ra￿aY or¢rntllg ¢￿￿jiture
De￿e¢At
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
278
16973
13,088
7,173
25934
30.fAI
NET tNCOMfNG RESOURCES
491
-13,4(Y)
NET MOVEMENT OF FUNDS
491
-13,4
T(tsl fityjs fmvard
110.851
124260
10.1 I
IllJ43
110.851
The wmpany made no wiscd gains or lo&ses other than those reFthed in the Statetnent of
FinaD¢ial Activitte
The notes ￿ pge$ 7 to 9 foEm part of these fmancial statements
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7HE BRISTOL s(￿IETy OF MODEL AIID EXPERIMENTAL EN
ABBREVIATED BALANCE SHE
FOR THE
5T
R ENDED 31 IKTOBE
Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangbk assets
ITwe5th*rts
117)2
14891
li
14191
C15RRENT A&SETS
st￿ks
DeFAors
493
493
sh at aEMI n) IWNJ
l(X)fj92
101.186
95310
96303
*p*yments Ae¢rned in¢oJD¢
Credltorn: aMO￿ts tilling d￿t year
Net curreDt assets {IribÉltties}
Totsl As$ets less curreH* lithlitks
Creditots: amOU￿ts ff￿1￿g due •fter WEt th*b
one yertr
Provi8ion liabilities
and dekTred iti¢ome
Totsl net assets Oa*bilitses}
Reserves
343
95,
IlQ851
98551
IllJ43
IllJ43
110.851
IllJ43
IllJ43
110,851
110051
M¢nIbe￿.
Irt 2PPTOVtn8 these fmancial sthtements as directors ofthe comwy. we c¢)DfiEm that.
For the year ending 31 (knober 2021 th¢ company w&5 entitled to exonoion from audii under
section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 r¢]ating to small COmPaDie
Directors, testK)nsihilities:
The members have not require4J the compaDy to obtain an audit of its aco)unts
forthe Year in question in aceord8nee with section 476,
The directors xknowledge their resw>llsibilitie5 for comptying with the
requirenkents of the Act with respect to accounting records And the preparntio
of accoun￿ and also the requirements of SORP 2000 relating to the prepwation
of accovnts for Cbartti"es.
These accounts have E¢¢n
subject to the small c
in ￿COrda￿ with th¢ wovisioD5 applicable to eomp#Dies
These accounts
ed by the B(wd of Dir￿torS on P Nov¢mber 2021
Si￿￿e￿J
aim)an- 6th Jan
2022

THE BRISTOL S
TY OF MODEL AND EXPEREMENTAL
NOTES T
THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 1ST (￿OBER 2021
ACCOUNTING POIJCIES
Basis of8¢eoulltitig
Th¢ aeeounts have be¢n prepared underthe historic C05t u)nv¢ntion on a going coJTrcern
basis.
TaDgible
Fix¢d assets are shown ￿ hi5Èoric eosl less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciatton is PTovitsI after taking ac¢ount of grdDts rtteÈvabl¢ on A straight line
basis.
The rnte of depr￿lAtIOn is 2￿.
Stoekq
st￿ks ale ststed at the lower of cost 2nd net realisable v8lue.
CorwTrration Tax is not provide￿ on the basis that the company. as a ￿gIsternJ Charity.
is exempL
Turnover
Turnover comprises subwiption it￿OMe from m¢mb¢rs together with the awJociated
gift aid tsx credit.
Cash flow 5tstement
Th¢ company has taken advantage of the ¢xemptÉoll withiD Financial Reporting
Ststement No.1 from pr(wJucitig a cash flow statement ott the b&sis that it is a small
ompally.
Recognition of liabililies
Liabilities are recogntsed as soon as a contrxtual obligatiOD h&$ been cntered into. No
grants are distributed by th¢ ¢haTity.
Material Ineoming R￿•re
Material iDcomillg YeK)urces are recognised on a T￿¢1Vabl¢ basis.
TURNOVER
Turnov¢r and the Net bKoming resources are attributable to subscriptions from
members tog¢ther wÉth the &ssociated gift aid credxL The Net Incoming Resources
is shown aft¢r ¢r¢diiing other income from the orKratiOD of educational activities.
I¥ET INCOMtNG REsoifRCES
The Net Incoming Resources is stated after chargingl(ctediting):
D¢￿e¢Atti1- owt￿d assets
Profrt on DspMI of Fi¥ed assets
7.173
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IHE BIUSTOL ￿tETy OF MODEL AND EXPERIMEKfAL ENGINEERS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUN
ST
R THE YEAR ENDED 31 (￿ObER 21r21
]NTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME
2021
2020
Bank Interest reLYivabl¢
91
341
S. TANGIBLE ￿ETs
P* MachllEry
T(Aal
COST
As at 31 (kt(thr 2ff20
AdditM￿ year
At 31 (ktdErif21
215fv13
4ffj36
220,479
221b51
DEPRECIATION
As ai 31 (ktrt£r 2(r4)
201JJ28
7￿2
4559
205587
At 31 (kI(tsr2￿2I
4b36
213.496
NE[ BOOK VALUES
At 30 Ocioter 2020
At 31 OctotEr 2021
14114
117(y2
14.891
IiV2
STAFF. DIREcfoRS AIYD TRusfEES REMUNERATION AIYD EXPENSES
No staff ar¢ ¢mploye4 CODsequethty there are no staff remunernlion wsts.
No Director or Tru5t¢¢. nor poty COAmecknl with them reLe1V￿ any re￿￿1¢ratiO
or expenses during the ye&
DEBroKs
2020
2019
2￿20
2020
Ashton Cowt rent & S North
1634
343
9. CALLED UP SHARE CAP￿AL
The c(Mllp￿Y is Ilmited ty guarantee and does not hav¢ a share capitsl.

THEB
OCIETY OF MODEL AND EXPERI
NOTES TO THE A
ouwrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
isf (KTOBER 2021
L ENGfNEERS
io. RESERVES
At 1st Novanber 2020
Nct In¢oming Resource5
At 31. (ktober 2021
110,851
491
EllJ43
li. FUNDS
The fundsrewesentthe netassets of the company atthe time it b￿ne a¢harity,together
with the Net Encoming Resource5 generated sin¢¢ that date. This hnd is available for
¢xp¢ndkture in pursuance of the chBrity'S objectives
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Englneers for the Year qnded 310(aobtt 2021
Rèwnsibilili05 and IMs1s of rOF*Xt
the Trquirematsofthe A(*2011 (Ihe Ad'l
I repjrt inrqTh*of my of th¢TnL5t's QTrieAI 145 ofthe 2011 Act and
section 145(5Xb) of ALI
Signed..
NaTne: Bob Llll¢y
Address: 15 GlenavoD Parl BristoL BS9 IRS
DAte.' 20 Novembw 2021