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|Section D|Achievements and performance|
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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements of the charity<br>during the year|1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023<br>We employ two researchers/lecturers, Paul Garner — PG (fuii time) and<br>Dr Stephen Lloyd<br>— SL (part time), as well as MatthewPickhaver (MP) as<br>our CommunicationsManager (part time). An associate researcher, Dr|
||William Worraker (WW), issupportedbut not employed by the charity.|
||We summarise our main activities below.|
||Speaking engagements.<br>From April 2022 to March2023 PG, SL and<br>MP gave around 30 talks, lectures and seminars. Some of these were<br>delivered online but most were in-person meetings, including church|
||services, public meetings, training seminars, conferences,and youth|
||events. In April, PG gave an onlinelecture about his geological research<br>to students at Truett McConnell University in Georgia, USA, and in|
||September,PG and SL spoke to more than 100 students and young<br>people at a summer school in Staffordshire. In December, PG gave a<br>live-streamed lecture and Q&A session aboutthe Dutch translation of his|
||book forthe publisher in the Netherlands.|
||Online outreach and media.<br>By the end of the reporting period our|
||YouTubechannel had almost 600 subscribersand our Facebook page<br>almost 800 followers. We also maintained an active social media|
||presence on Twitter.The audience for our fortnightly podcast, co-hosted<br>by PG and Dr ToddWood, continued to grow. By March 2023, we had|
||released 55 episodes and had gained about 1,600 subscribers on|
||YouTube,as well as hundreds more on other streaming platforms. PG|
||was interviewed on a couple of other podcasts and also featured in an|
||educational video aboutan ice age site near St Louis, Missouri. We<br>continued to communicate regularly with supporters byway of a<br>newsletter issued threetimes a year alongsidea monthly email update|
||Research. V\MIcontinued to receive supportfrom our organisation for<br>his work on a quantitativegeophysics project, and a fourth paperbased<br>on his research was completed and submitted for expert peer review. PG|
||continued to work with colleagues and students on two research projects,|
||onecomparing the order of branching in published phylogenies with the|
||order offossil appearances, the other a quantitative analysis of a large|
||geochronological database. PG and<br>served as expert reviewers for|
||a number of other abstracts, papers and research proposals throughout<br>the year.|
||Other activities.<br>Editorial workcontinued on submissions to our own|
||open-access online journal withthe foufth volume being published in|
||November2022. We also contributed articles to other publications. PG's|
||latest book wastranslated into Dutch and published in the Netherlands in|
||November 2022. Both PG and SL continued to work on other ongoing|
||book projects. We also continued to supportstudents in a mentoring|
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|INCOME|2022/23<br>Year|2021/22<br>Year|EXPENDITURE|2022/23<br>Year|2021/22<br>Year|
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|Standing orders<br>Donations|24.804.oo<br>13,219.96|23,723.00<br>6,702.73|Salaries, wages, PAYEand NI<br>Membership & subscriptions|56,447.24<br>1.070.67|56,934.94<br>842.52|
|CAF and Stewardship<br>Churches/Organisations<br>HMRC gift aid tax reclaim<br>Book and DVD sales<br>PayPal giving<br>Book project income<br>Cambridge House<br>Bank interest|14,988.82<br>5,350.00<br>3,780.23<br>2252.16<br>1 1 ,423.77<br>2,750.00<br>9.76|13,245.59<br>5,719.15<br>26,191.43<br>2,647.96<br>1,158.29<br>7,574.70<br>0.00<br>0.00|Travel, meals and accommodation<br>Storage unit rent<br>New laptop<br>New projector<br>Other new equipment and repairs<br>Insurance<br>Prayer letter printing etc.<br>Internetexpenses<br>Book project costs<br>Book printing costs|3,741.95<br>835 20<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>44.91<br>534.62<br>1,109.51<br>299.36<br>992.97<br>1 ,875.oo|909.60<br>83510<br>661.00<br>899.00<br>374.00<br>496.75<br>1,153.54<br>174.86<br>1,111.32<br>1,782.00|
||||Conference fees|47.98|7.65|
||||Postage and stationery|1.739.81|1<br>,741.39|
||||Library purchases|143.21|377.93|
||||Book Grant (SL)<br>Books and DVDs forbookstall|145.33<br>297so|146.00<br>2,773.89|
||||E-Origins contributors fees|100.00|300m|
||||Website, design and promotion|2,673.95|3,339.95|
||||Use of home as office|1,248.00|1,248.00|
||||Accountancy|2,300.00|2,000.00|
||||Bank charges<br>PayPal fees|98.78<br>73.36|124.00<br>211.77|
||||Donation re use of meeting rooms|5000|50.00|
||||Book review fees and illustrator royalty||50.00|
||||Independentexamination fees|250 00|250.00|
||||Secretarial costs|117.50|230.00|
||78,578.70|86,962.85||77,241.85|79,025.31|
|Excess of income over expenditure<br>for the||year|1 ,336.85|||



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|Barclays CurrentAccount<br>Barciays TrackerAccount<br>PayPal account|87.95<br>000<br>124.19|Balance b/f<br>Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|0.00<br>2,750.00|13,801.08<br>(1 ,413.15)|13,801.08<br>1,336.85|
|CAF Bank Account|14,925.79|||||
||15,137.93|Balance in hand|2,750.00|12,38783|15,137.93|



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