## ## ||||Page| |---|---|---|---| |Reference and administrative||details ofthe charity, its trustees and advisers|| |Finance report|||2-4| |Trustees' report|||5-13| |Trustees' responsibilities|statement||14| |Independent
examiner's|report||| |Statement offinancial activities|||16| |Balance sheet|||17| |Notes to the financial statements|||18-27| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |In 2021 the following
'Can the Cull' activity was undertaken
in Wales:|In 2021 the following
'Can the Cull' activity was undertaken
in Wales:|In 2021 the following
'Can the Cull' activity was undertaken
in Wales:|| |---|---|---|---| |-Worked with Welsh badger campaigners
on the 'Test, Vaccinate and Return'
(TVR) approach ofthe Welsh|||| |Government
(with thanks to Dyfi Badger Group)|||| |-Wrote to the First Minister ofWales, Mark Drakeford,
raising serious concerns about the TVR programme|||and| |continuing
to call for a meeting
with him on the matter|||| |- Published
that the reality ofthe TVR programme
meant three quarters of healthy badgers were being|||| |euthanised,
and some ofthose were vaccinated|||| |- Called for all main Welsh parties to publicly commit to ending the failed TVR programme
as part ofthe bTB|||| |eradication
programme|||| |-Commended
the First Minister for plain and common-sense
speaking
on the floor ofthe Senedd
in terms||of|| |cattle measures,
not badger culling,
being the way forward to tackle bTB|||| |-Welcomed the Welsh Government's
announcement
ofa proposed
end ofthe selective badger cull in Wales|||| |(using TVR)as part of its proposed
'refreshed'
bTB strategy|||| |- Responded
to the Welsh Government's
'bTB Refresh' consultation
relating to its bTB eradication
policy|change||| |Stop Badger Crime campaign|||| |This campaign focuses on unlawful
activity as set out by the Protection ofBadgers Act (1992)and Section||6|of| |the Wildlife and Countryside
Act 1991in particular,
but work can also relate to wider wildlife legislation as|||| |needed.|||| |In 2021 the following
'Stop Badger Crime' activity was undertaken:|||| |- Membership
of(as Vice Chair) and ongoing engagement
with the Wildlife and Countryside
Link 'Wildlife||Crime|| |Group' which brings together a number
of animal welfare organisation
to progress and campaign
on wildlife|||| |crime issues|||| |- Submission
ofBadger Trust's badger crime statistics to the Wildlife and Countryside
Link 'Wildlife Crime|||| |Report 2020' report,
with related support for publication,
promotion
and attendance
at launch event
in the|House||| |ofCommons
(virtual)|||| |- Membership
ofand ongoing engagement
with the National
Wildlife Crime Unit's 'UK Badger Persecution|||| |Priority Delivery Group'. Badgers are one of6species identified as a UK wildlife crime priority. Each priority area|||| |has an implementation
plan with plan owners and leads identified
for the prevention
and enforcement
ofcrimes,|||| |and Badger Trust works as part ofthis Group|||| |- Membership
of and ongoing engagement
with the Partnership
for Action Against
Wildlife Crime (PAW).|The||| |Wildlife CAme and Training
Officer is chair ofthe training
and conference group|||| |- Training services continued
to be offered to police forces on an ongoing basis as standard,
but due to the|||| |ongoing
Covid situation
this has been a mix ofvirtual and in person, with significant cancellations
and|||| |postponements
affecting the ability to deliver as planned.|||| |-Training services offered to badger groups were likewise disrupted
in a similar manner,
but some dedicated|||| |online training was delivered
on a group basis.|||| |-Continued
use and promotion
ofthe 'The Persecution
ofBadgers;
A Guide for Investigators
in England|&||| |Wales', a guide produced
in 2019in partnership
with Naturewatch
Foundation.
The guide is used for police|||| |training
and for wider investigative
agency use, as well as being provided
to member badger groups for|||| |reference.|||| |-Continued
inclusion
ofthe guide
in the police's own 'Badger Investigation
Toolkit' ensuring
all officers working|||| |on badger crime could easily access the dedicated
advice|||| |- Continued
promotion
and use ofthe 2020 Badger Trust film, presented
by naturalist
and broadcaster
Mike|||| |Dilger, called 'Stop Badger Crime'. This is a 15minute
overview ofwhat badger crime is, educating
the public on|||| |how to recognise, record and report
it in order to help with crime prevention,
detection and prosecution|||| |-Responded
to concerns around the HS2 project and liaised with local groups as needed on the matter|||| |- Respond to queries around
planning
and development
where a breach ofthe laws protecting
badgers is|||| |suspected
or at risk ofoccurring|||| |- Manage and respond to crime reports made to Badger Trust through
the dedicated
'Reporting
Centre' on||the|| |website, and information
received via email. This involves
liaising
with relevant
authorities
or stakeholders,|||| |considering
and advising
on relevant
legal matters,
and managing
the reporting
data for further
insight and|||| |submission
to wider WCL and UKBPPDG uses (as above).|||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |For the year ended 31De|cember 2021|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total| ||||funds|funds|funds|funds| ||||2021|2021|2021|2020| |||Note||||F| |Income and endowments|from:|||||| |Donations
and legacies|||9,280|162,242|171,522|258,007| |Other trading
activities||||23,151|23,151|17,485| |Investments||||84|84|619| |Total income and endowments|||9,280|185,477|194,757|276,111| |Expenditure
on:||||||| |Raising funds||||17,271|17,271|6,438| |Charitable
activities|||200|249,970|250,170|231,276| |Total expenditure|||200|267,241|267,441|237,714| |Net income I(expenditure)|before other|||||| |recognised
gains and losses|||9,080|(81,764)|(72,684)|38,397| |Net movement
in funds|||9,080|(81,764)|(72,684)|38,397| |Reconciliation
offunds:||||||| |Total funds brought
forward||||403,938|403,938|365,541| |Total funds carried forward|||9,080|322,174|331,254|403,938| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |l
value, over their expected us|l
value, over their expected us|eful lives on the following base|eful lives on the following base| |---|---|---|---| |Fixtures and fittings||20'/o reducing
balance|| |Computer|equipment|33.33'/o straight|line| |Vaccination|equipment|33.33'/0 straight|line| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |4.|Investment
income||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total| |||funds|funds|funds|funds| |||2021|2021|2021|2020| ||||R||E| ||Investment
income - interest received||84|84|619| ||Total 2020||619|619|| |5.|Analysis ofgrants||||| |||Grants to|Grants to||| |||Institutions|Individuals|Total|Total| |||2021|2021|2021|2020| ||||R||F| ||Badger Crowd legal fund||||5,000| ||South Yorkshire Badger Group|1,000||1,000|| ||Mid Derbyshire
Badger Group|1,500||1,500|| ||Cheshire Badger Group||||2,000| ||Northern
Ireland Badger Group||||1,461| ||Shropshire
Badger Group|1,000||1,000|| ||Oxfordshire
Badger Group|1,963||1,963|1,472| ||Somerset Badger Group|2,000||2,000|| ||West Kent Badger Group|1,500||1,500|| ||Other grants paid less than E1,000|2,752||2,752|1,460| ||Total|11,715||11,715|11,393| ## |||Education/|Total|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| |||vaccination|2021|2020f| |Direct|costs|(140)|(140)|375| |Total|2020|(140)|(140)|| ## ## |7.|Governance
and Support costs|Governance
and Support costs|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Governance||| ||||and support|Total|Total| ||||costs|2021f|2020| ||Office costs||1,149|1,149|1,732| ||Room hire (including|office)|11,785|11,785|8,178| ||Insurance||T08|708|827| ||Training expenses||2,220|2,220|4,970| ||Subscriptions||4,867|4,867|4,028| ||Telephone
&IT||5,819|5,819|4,960| ||Post &stationery||6,818|6,818|3,432| ||Travel &subsistence||3,383|3,383|1,455| ||Consultancy||4,962|4,962|16,713| ||CEO expenses||50|50|507| ||Depreciation||391|391|607| ||Loss on disposal||55|55|| ||Subcontractor
costs||37,455|37,455|38,897| ||Financial services||4,077|4,077|1,814| ||Marketing
costs||21,491|21,491|8,233| ||Accountancy
and bookkeeping||T,091|7,091|7,049| ||Professional
fees||17,700|17,700|| ||Independent
examiner's fee||2,100|2,100|2,000| ||Wages and salaries||98,444|98,444|109,191| ||National
insurance||5,475|5,475|5,742| ||Pension cost||2,555|2,555|1,373| ||||238,595|238,595|221,708| ||Total 2020||221,708|221,708|| ## ## ## |Staff costs
Staff costs were as follows:||| |---|---|---| ||2021|2020| ||f.|| |Wages and salaries|107,902|109,191| |Social security costs|5,475|5,742| |Other pension costs|2,555|1,373| ||115,932|116,306| |as follows:|| |---|---| |2021|2020| |No.|No.| |5|4| ## ## |Tangible fixed assets||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Vaccination|Fixtures and|Computer|| ||equipment|fittings
f|equipment|Totalf| |Cost||||| |At 1 January 2021|14,803|151|15,888|30,842| |Additions|||1,777|1,777| |Disposals|(14,803)|(151)||(14,954)| |At 31 December 2021|||17,665|17,665| |Depreciation||||| |At 1 January 2021|14,803|96|15,430|30,329| |Charge for the year|||391|391| |On disposals|(14,803)|(96)||(14,899)| |At 31 December 2021|||15,821|15,821| |Net book value||||| |At 31 December 2021|||1,844|1,844| |At 31 December 2020||55|458|513| |Notes to the financial statements|Notes to the financial statements|Notes to the financial statements|Notes to the financial statements||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |For the year ended||31 December 2021|||||| |11.
Debtors|||||||| |||||||2021|2020| |||||||R|| |Trade debtors||||||5,278|| |Gift aid debtor
Prepayments||and accrued income||||3,097
1,008|4,701
107,260| |||||||9,383|111,961| |12.
Creditors:|Amounts||falling due within one year||||| |||||||2021|2020| |Trade creditors||||||1,044|61| |Other taxation||and social security||||3,087|5,361| |Other creditors||||||4,345|8,155| |||||||8,476|13,577| |13.
Statement|of|funds|||||| |Statement offunds||- current year|||||| ||||||||Balance at| ||||Balance at||||31| ||||1January|||Transfers|December| ||||2021|Income|Expenditure|in/out|2021f| |Designated
funds|||||||| |Vaccination
fund|||2,270|||(2,270)|| |General funds|||||||| |General Funds|||375,908|185,477|(265,781)|2,270|297,874| |Life supporter
fund|||25,760|-|(1,460)||24,300| ||||401,668|185,477|(267,241)|2,270|322,174| |Total Unrestricted|funds||403,938|185,477|(267,241)||322,174| |Restricted funds|||||||| |Badger crime fund||||200|(200)||W| |Emergency
Badger Rescue|||Fund|9,080|||9,080| |||||9,280|(200)||9,080| |Total offunds|||403,938|194,757|(267,441)||331,254| ## |Statement offund|s - prior year||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Balance at| |||Balance at|||31| |||1 January|||December| |||2020|Income|Expenditure|2020| |||||E|f.| |Designated
funds|||||| |Clare Hammacott|fund|146||(146)|| |Vaccination
fund||2,270|||2,270| |||2,416||(146)|2,270| |General funds|||||| |General Funds||337,544|273,841|(235,477)|375,908| |Life supporter
fund||24,925|2,250|(1,415)|25,760| |||362,469|276,091|(236,892)|401,668| |Total Unrestricted|funds|364,885|276,091|(237,038)|403,938| |Restricted funds|||||| |Vaccination
fund||551||(551)|| |Badger crime fund||105|20|(125)|| |||656|20|(676)|| |Total offunds||365,541|276,111|(237,714)|403,938| ## ## ## |Analysis|ofn|et asse|ts|between funds - current|year||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total| ||||||funds|funds|funds| ||||||2021|2021|2021| ||||||K||| |Tangible|fixed|assets||||1,844|1,844| |Current|assets||||9,080|32&,806|337,886| |Creditors|due|within|one|year||(8,476)|(8,476)| ||||||9,080|322,174|331,254| ## |Analysis|ofn|et asse|ts|between funds - prior ye|ar||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Restricted|Unrestricted|Total| ||||||funds|funds|funds| ||||||2020|2020|2020| ||||||E||| |Tangible|fixed|assets||||513|513| |Current|assets|||||417,002|417,002| |Creditors|due|within|one|year||(13,577)|(13,577)| |||||||403,938|403,938| ## ##