## **WORCESTERSHIRE BIOLOGICAL RECORDS CENTRE**
Lower Smite Farm, Smite Hill, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SZ
A company limited by guarantee and registered in England No. 04416182 This company is a Registered Charity under registration No. 1096279
## **ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE BOARD 1[st] May 2021 to 30[th] April 2022**
## **Objective of the Company**
To provide a service which collects, manages and disseminates quality environmental information for the public benefit.
## **Public Benefit Statement**
In addition to the public benefits arising from the availability of quality environmental information, such as assisting decision making which protects the environment, WBRC provides identification services to members of the public, and provides education on environmental issues through its support of the Worcestershire Recorders, their field events, the production of the joint journal, Worcestershire Record, and its website www.wbrc.org.uk. We aim to include records held by WBRC on the National Biodiversity Network Atlas of which WBRC is a member.
## **Review of Activities during the Year**
WBRC has continued to supply information to all Service Level Agreement holders including, Environment Agency, Worcestershire County Council, Worcestershire Wildlife Consultancy and Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, together with providing data to environmental consultants and local natural history groups, with species identification assistance to members of the public on an ongoing basis as single data requests.
With the covid pandemic continuing WBRC staff maintained all business functions from individual private homes; the remote working continued with minimal technical disruption.
Staffing was increased from 1.5 to 1.6 FTE from October 2021, with 2 long-term volunteers contributing greatly during this reporting period within the areas of data processing and administrative duties. Commercial enquires remained an important income stream representing almost 46% of total income, Service Level Agreement streams remained stable during this period and WBRC can report a sound financial status to end the year.
The database has continued to grow over the year giving access to over 1.5 million records in the county. The methods by which data is funnelled into WBRC have begun to evolve over the last few years and much more biological recording is undertaken by individuals via online portals such as iRecord. WBRC is working to update and maintain processes to ensure we collate and provide access to the best possible data for the county.
## **Review of Financial Activity**
The organisation finished the year with total assets of £ **74,180.67**
Ruth Bourne Chair of the Board
|Worcestershire Biological Records Centre|Charity Number|1096279||
|---|---|---|---|
|Financial Statement - 01.05.21 to 30.04.22|Company Number|4416182||
|Bank Balance Brought Forward|||71084.42|
|Income:||||
|Contributions||||
||Worcs Wildlife Trust||10500|
||WNCT Enterprises||2400|
||Worcs County Council||7990.00|
||Environment Agency||9651|
||Severn Trent Water||2000.00|
||Woodland Trust (Ancient Woodland Inventory)||7475.00|
|Sales|||33100.00|
|Bank Interest|||10.26|
|||Net Income|73126.26|
|Expenditure:||||
||Employment Costs||62905.11|
||Phone & Broadband||1086.00|
||Insurance||653.41|
||Expenses/Travel||0.00|
||Office/Equipment/IT||2667.67|
||Training/Conferences||0.00|
||Rent/Rates||1014.54|
||ALERC Membership||475.00|
||OS Licence||728.28|
||Worcs Recorders Shrawley Book||500.00|
|||Expenditure|70030.01|
|||Balance Carried Forward|74180.67|
CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's report on the FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts
## Section A
## Independent Examiner's Report
|Report
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above|||
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|Responsibilities|||and|||As
the
charity's|||||
trustees,|||||
you||||
are||
responsible
for|||||
the
preparation
of
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|basis
of
report||||||accounts
in||accordance|||||||with||||
the|||requirements
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the|
Charities|||
Act|2011|
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||I
report
in
respect
of
my
examination
of
the
Trust's
accounts
carried
out|
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||under
section
145
of
the
2011
Act
and
in
carrying
out
my
examination,
I|
||have
followed
all
the
applicable
Directions
given
by
the
Charity
Commission|
||under
section
145(5)(b)
of
the
Act.|
|Independent
examiner's
statement|[The
charity's
gross
income
exceeded
2250,000
and
I
am
qualified
to
undertake
the
examination
by
being
a
qualified
member
of
[insert
name
of
applicable
listed
body]]-
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[
)
if
not
applicable.|
||I
have
completed
my
examination.
I
confirm
that
no
material
matters
have|
||come
to
my
attention
in
connection
with
the
examination
(other
than
that
disclosed
below
*
)
which
gives
me
cause
to
believe
that
in,
any
material|
||respect:|
||•
the
accounting
records
were
not
kept
in
accordance
with
section
130|
||of
the
Charities
Act;
or|
||•
the
accounts
did
not
accord
with
the
accounting
records;
or|
||•
the
accounts
did
not
comply
with
the
applicable
requirements|
||concerning
the
form
and
content
of
accounts
set
out
in
the
Charities|
||(Accounts
and
Reports)
Regulations
2008
other
than
any
requirement|
||that
the
accounts
give
a
'true
and
fair'
view
which
is
not
a
matter|
||considered
as
part
of
an
independent
examination.|
||I
have
no
concems
and
have
come
across
no
other
matters
in
connection|
||with
the
examination
to
which
attention
should
be
drawn
in
this
report
in|
||order
to
enable
a
proper
understanding
of
the
accounts
to
be
reached.|
||*
Please
delete
the
words
in
the
brackets
if
they
do
not
apply.|
> Signed: S Name: So Relevant professional qualification(s) or body 1 JER Oct 2018
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## Section B
## Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
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