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2022-03-31-accounts

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Legal and Administrative Information
Report ofthe Trustees
Statement ofTrustees' Responsibilities 16
Independent
Auditor's
Report to the Trustees of Bumblebee Conservation
Trust 17
Statement of Financial Activities 22
Balance Sheet 23
Statement
of Cash Flows
24
Notes to the Financial Statements 25

Trustees Angela Style (appointed 30October 2021)
David Mclntyre
(appointed
30October 2021)
Stuart Roberts
Nick Mann
Prof Lena Wilfert
Dr Natasha de Vere
Zuleika
Brett
Blake Gaffney
Ruth
Lin Wong Holmes
(appointed 30October 2021)
Prof Peter Hollingsworth (resigned 30October 2021)
Les Moore (resigned 19August 2021)
John Sanders (resigned 30 October 2021)
Beth O' Sullivan
(resigned 2 March 2022)
Charity Commission number 1115634
OSCR number SC042830
Company number 05618710
Principal address Beta Centre
Stirling
University
Innovation Park
Stirling
FK94NF
Registered office Lakeside Centre
Lakeside Country Park
Wide Lane
Eastleigh,
Hampshire
SO50 5PE
Auditor Johnston
Carmichael
LLP
Unit 2A The Paddock
Stirling
Agricultural
Centre
Stirling
FK9 4RN
Bankers Bank ofScotland pic Shawbrook Bank
7/13 Port Street Lutea House
Stirling Warley Hill Business Park
FK82EJ The Drive
Great Warley Brentwood
Essex
CM133BE
CAF Bank Limited
25 Kings
Hill Avenue
West Mailing
Kent
ME194JQ

hemes
deliver the a
ims ofthe Trust is demonstrated in the following
ta
ble:
Aims
1)Enhance 2) Increase 3) Inspire and 4)Be an
the the quality enable a effective and
understanding and quantity diverse range sustainable
of bumblebee of of people to organisation
ecology and bumblebee take action
conservation habitat for
bumblebees
Habitat
management
Bee with us
Skills for bees
Buzzing
communities
Buzzing schools
Well bee-ing

Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds 2022 2021
general designated
Notes 6
Income from:
Donations
and
legacies 942,914 539,039 1,481,953 1,819,782
Charitable
activities
34,634 8,652 43,286 24,980
Other trading
activities
20,106 20,106 24,938
Investments 3,513 3,513 4,954
Total income 1,001,167 547,691 1,548,858 1,874,654
E~diit
Raising funds 135,048 30 135,078 147,622
Charitable
activities
739,089 730,054 1,469,143 1,366,480
Total expenditure 874,137 730,084 1,604,221 1,514,102
Net income 127,030 (182,393) (55,363) 360,552
Transfers
between
funds (155,087) 118,119 36,968
Net movement in funds (28,057) 118,119 (145,425) (55,363) 360,552
Reconciliation of Funds
Fund balances at 1 April 2021 677,205 433,280 396,422 1,506,907 1,146,355
Fund balances at 31 March
2022 649,148 551,399 250,997 1,451,544 1,506,907
2022 2021
Notes F
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 13
Current assets
Stocks 14 11,365 12,534
Debtors 15 224,168 237,473
Cash at bank and in hand 1,313,904 1,363,723
1,549,437 1,613,730
Creditors: amounts falling due within 16
one year (97,893) (106,823)
Net current assets 1,451,544 1,506,907
Total assets less current liabilities 1,451,544 1,506,907
The funds ofthe charity:
Restricted funds 19 250,997 396,422
Unrestricted
funds -
designated
Safety reserve 21 300,000 200,000
Underwriting
reserve
21 63,000 40,600
Project funding 21 188,399 192,680
551,399 433,280
Unrestricted
funds -
general 649,148 677,205
1,451,544 1,506,907
2022 2021
Notes 6 6
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash (used in)/generated from operations 24 (53,332) 362,366
Investing
activities
Interest received 3,513 4,954
Net cash generated
from
investing
activities 3,513 4,954
Net cash from financing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash
equivalents (49,819) 367,322
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning ofyear 1,363,723 996,402
Cash and cash equivalents at end ofyear 1,313,904 1,363,723
Relating to:
Cash at bank and in hand 1,313,904 1,363,723

Donations
and legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds
9
funds 2022
8
2021f
Donations
and gifts
495,307 185,679 680,986 647,532
Legacies receivable 167,954 167,954 93,283
Grants receivable 30,455 353,360 383,815 851,076
Membership
fees
249,198 249,198 227,891
942,914 539,039 1,481,953 1,819,782
Forthe year ended 31March 2021
Donations
and gifts
423,802 223,730 647,532
Legacies receivable 83,283 10,000 93,283
Grants receivable 2,814 848,262 851,076
Membership
fees
227,891 227,891
737,790 1,081,992 1,819,782

2022 2021
Consultancy income 35,462 14,423
Book sales 7,824 10,557
43,286 24,980
Analysis
by
fund
Unrestricted funds —general 34,634
Restricted funds 8,652
43,286
Forthe year ended 31 Nlarch 2021
Unrestricted funds —general 22,555
Restricted funds 2,425
24,980

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds 2022 2021
6 8
Fund generation income 20,106 20,106 24,938
Forthe year ended 31 March
2021
24,880 58 24,938
Investments
Unrestricted
funds Total Total
general 2022 2021
6 6 6
Interest receivable 3,513 3,513 4,954
For the year ended 31 March
2021
4,954 4,954

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds 2022 2021
6 8 6
Fundraisin and ublicit
Fundraising and publicity costs 21,317 21,317 20,964
Staff costs 109,577 109,577 123,751
130,894 130,894 144,715
T~di
Other trading activities 4,154 30 4,184 2,907
135,048 30 135,078 147,622
Forthe year ended 31March 2021
Fundraising and publicity 114,360 30,355 144,715
Trading costs 2,907 2,907
117,267 30,355 147,622

Charitable
activi
ti es
2022 2021
6
Staff costs 986,854 930,906
Depreciation
and losses on
disposal 10,836
Local projects and event costs 47,567 21,388
Land management 15,569 62,604
Printing,
postage, stationery
and computer expenses 9,389 11,007
Consultancy,
professional
and PayPal fees 85,794 41,121
Staff training
and travelling
expenses 36,222 8,986
Voluntary
services
1,417 7,305
Equipment 4,120 52,962
Publicity and advertising 670 2,423
Rent, rates, insurance
and
premises expenses 2,908 14,975
Telephone
and internet
11,780 24,572
Recruitment
and payroll expenses
2,903
Sundry expenses 117 2,641
1,202,407 1,194,629
Support costs (see note 9) 252,088 162,706
Governance
costs (see note 9)
14,648 9,144
1,469,143 1,366,480
Analysis
by fund
Unrestricted
funds —general
739,089
Restricted funds 730,054
1,469,143

Basis of Govern-
allocation Support ance
costs
6
costs
6
2022
6
2021f
Rent, rates, insurance and
premises Direct 40,373 40,373 28,608
Printing,
postage and
stationery Direct 56,661 56,661 36,962
Telephone and internet Direct 26,739 26,739 18,025
Staff training and travel Direct 35,984 35,984 18,888
Equipment Direct 8,030 8,030 4,107
Publicity and advertising Direct 4,177 4,177 9,760
Recruitment and payroll
expenses Direct 4,074 4,074 3,270
Consultancy, professional and
PayPal Direct 64,477 64,477 33,621
Sundry expenses Direct 88 88 464
Legal and
Audit fees
professional fees Direct
Direct
11,485 12,594 11,485
12,594
9,001
9,000
Board and governance costs Governance 2,054 2,054 144
252,088 14,648 266,736 171,850
Analysed between
Charitable activities 252,088 14,648 266,736 171,850

he a nal ysis ofth e auditor's
remuneration
is as foll
ows:
2022 2021
6 8
Audit of the annual accounts 12,594 9,000

The averag e
monthly
number
of
employees during the year was (h eadcount):
2022 2021
Number Number
Charitable and support 44 43
Employment
costs
2022 2021
6
Wages and salaries 952,682 922,498
Social security costs 68,043 57,099
Employers contributions to defined contribution pension schemes 75,706 75,060
1,096,431 1,054,657

Plant and
machinery Total
6 6
Cost
At 1 April 2021 38,700 38,700
Disposals
At 31 March 2022 38,700
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2021 38,700 38,700
Eliminated
on disposal
Depreciation charged in year
At 31 March 2021 38,700
Carrying
amount
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021

14 Stock s
2022 2021
8
Finished goods and goods for resale 11,365 12,534
15 Debtors
2022 2021
Amounts
falling
due within one year 6 8
Trade debtors 34,610 54,836
Other debtors 182,065 168,758
Prepayments 7,493 13,879
224,168 237,473
16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022 2021
g
Trade creditors 24,081 65,925
Deferred income 25,530 750
Other tax and social security 20,686 18,366
Other creditors 9,899 9,438
Accruals 17,697 12,344
97,893 106,823
17 Deferred income
2022 2021
E
Total deferred income at 1 April 750 67,386
Amounts
credited
to statement offinancial activities (750) (67,386)
Amounts
deferred
in year 25,530 750
Total deferred income at 31 March 25,530 750

alances ofdonations
and
grant s
held on trust
for specific purposes: for specific purposes:
Movement
in funds
At 31
At 1 April Expend- March
2021 Income iture Transfers 2022
6 6 E E
¹Green Welsh Landscapes for
Rare Bumblebees
Backfrom the Brink
12,300 12,199
7,105
(18,403)
(7,105)
6,096
Bee Connected
Beethe Change
83,475 43,719
40
(52,222)
(83,515)
(8,503)
BeeWalk
Calon Gwenyn
1,000
25,000
23,400 (30,914) (1,000) 17,486
Donations
Fifth Continent
(Trainee)
5,000
33,960
(5,018)
(32,413)
(18)
1,547
Great Yellow Bumblebee
Genetics
HoSC and ESO
1,250
15,917
60,000 (67,617) (1,250) 8,300
Living Levels (Delivery Phase) 1 3,727 (3,728)
Making a Buzz for the Coast
(Delivery Phase) 1,590 7,232 (8,822)
Natur Am Byth 9,896 (10,563) (667)
Pollinating
the Fowey Valley
(Delivery Phase) 48,083 45,000 (30,964) 62,119
Pollinating
the Peak (Delivery
Phase) (10,989) 133,758 (160,737) 37,968
Saving the Great Yellow
Bumblebee 54,807 33,807 (54,840) 33,774
Shrill Carder Recovery 22,252 42,782 (42,391) 22,643
Skills for Bees (Cymru),
formerly BeeWalk Cymru 90,532 6,908 (31,661) 65,779
Skills for Bees (Scotland) 22,750 (12,325) 10,425
Species on the Edge
(Delivery)
Species on the Edge
1,250 1,250
(Development) 25,012 (25,012)
West Country
Buzz (Phase
II) 51,205 31,397 (51,837) 30,765
396,422 547,691 (730084) 36968 250,997

Movement
in funds
At 31
At 1 April Expend- March
2020 Income iture Transfers 2021
E E E E
¹Green Welsh Landscapes for
Rare Bumblebees 12,300 12,300
Back from the Brink
Bee the Change
(1,628) 4,033
100,180
(2,312)
(16,705)
(93) 83,475
BeeWalk 108 4,522 (31,309) 27,679 1,000
BeeWalk Cymru 96,528 (5,996) 90,532
Calon Gwenyn 25,000 25,000
Creating a Buzz Around Our
Story (5,890) 19,544 (14,654) 1,000
Defra UK Pollinator
and
Research Partnership (220) 5,550 (5,330)
Fifth Continent
(Trainee)
1,652 (1,652)
Great Yellow Bumblebee
Genetics
HoSC and ESO
1,000 250
60,000
(44,083) 1,250
15,917
Living Levels (Delivery Phase) 4,346 (4,346) 1
Making a Buzz for the Coast
(Delivery Phase) 4,993 314,365 (356,114) 38,346 1,590
Natur Am Byth 1,111 (1,111)
Pasture for Pollinators 314 9,564 (9,878)
Pollinating
the Fowey Valley
(Delivery Phase) 32,423 45,000 (29,340) 48,083
Pollinating
the Peak (Delivery
Phase)
Saving the Great Yellow
35,346 195,608 (241,943) (10,989)
Bumblebee 25,365 70,300 (40,858) 54,807
Scotland Conservation
Activities 2,755 7,850 (10,605)
Short-haired
Bumblebee
Reintroduction 13,632 22,333 (37,368) 1,403
Shrill Carder Recovery 35,950 (13,698) 22,252
Special Enabling
Award
4,033 60,385 (64,418)
Species on the Edge
(Development) 15,677 (20,677) 5,000
Wales Conservation
Activities
1,600 1,000 (2,600)
West Country
Buzz (Phase
II) 34,228 67,955 (50,978) 51,205
244,588 1,084,475 (1,005,975) 73,334 396,422

Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total
funds funds funds 2022
6 E 6 6
Fund balances at 31 March 2022 are
represented by:
Tangible assets
Current assets/(liabilities) 649,148 551,399 250,997 1,451,544
649,148 551,399 250,997 1,451,544
Forthe year ended 31 Nlarch 2021
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total
funds funds funds 2021
E E E K
Fund balances at 31 March 2021 are
represented by:
Tangible assets
Current assets/(liabilities) 677,205 433,280 396,422 1,506,907
677,205 433,280 396,422 1,506,907

Mov ement
in funds
At 31
At 1 April Expend- March
2021
E
Incomef iture
6
Transfers
6
2022
6
Safety reserve 200,000 100,000 300,000
Underwriting reserve 40,600 22,400 63,000
Project funding 192,680 (4,281) 188,399
433,280 118,119 551,399
Movement in funds
At 31
At 1 April Expend- March
2020 Income iture Transfers 2021
E E E E
Safety reserve 300,000 (100,000) 200,000
Underwriting reserve 56,000 (15,400) 40,600
Project funding 243,063 (50,383) 192,680
599,063 (165,783) 433,280

ayments
under non-cancellable
operating
leases,
which fall due as follows;
2022
E
2021f
Within one year 4,650 17,814
Between two and five years 4,650
4,650 22,464

he remun eration
of key management
personnel
is as follows
2022
6
2021f
Aggregate compensation 161,682 138,064

The following amounts
were o u t standin g at the reporting
end date:
Amounts
owed to related
parties
2022 2021
6
Gill Perkins 64 140
Amy Ploughman 426
24
Cash generated
from operating activities
2022 2021
Net (expenditure)/income for the year (55,363) 360,552
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in Statement of Financial Activities (3,513) (4,954)
Depreciation and impairment
oftangible
fixed assets 10,836
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(Increase)
in stocks
Decrease
in debtors
1,169
13,305
(1,643)
103,931
(Decrease) in creditors
Increase/(Decrease)
in deferred
income (33,710)
24,780
(39,718)
(66,636)
Cash (used in)/generated from operating activities (55,332) 362,368
25
Analysis ofchanges
in net funds