## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period DRAFT** **From 1[st] January 2024 To 31[st] December 2024** **Charity name: British Society for Proteome Research** ## **Charity registration number: 1121692** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The British Society for Proteome Research
(BSPR) aims to advance the science of
proteomics, to further public education
therein and to promote study and research
work in proteomics and related subjects for
the public benefit.
The objectives of the British Society for
Proteome Research (BSPR) are to
advance the science of proteomics and to
promote the study and research work in
this and related areas for the benefit of all.
It enables scientists working in this field to
keep up-to-date with current developments
both nationally and internationally and to
meet and exchange ideas with other
workers. Unlike many learned societies we
have members from a wide range of
organisations including industry and the
health service, as well as research and
academic institutions.
The British Society for Proteome Research
performs an educational role by organising
meetings and making contact with various
educational organisations and providing
support for young people to attend meeting
and visit other laboratories to enhance their
learning. The Society is also involved in the
promotion of proteomics and protein
research which will benefit biological and
clinical research including human, animal
and plant diseases and their
understanding, as well as food production,
and bring other benefits in terms of health,
wealth generation and wellbeing to the
population. The Society also provides a
web site for its members to access
information relating to knowledge transfer
and education in the area of proteomics.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The BSPR promotes proteomic science,
and its active research for public benefits in
many areas including human health,
manufacturing and environmental
sustainability. One of the main activities of
the society is to support young scientists
gain knowledge and understanding. In
2024 the Society supported several
bursaries to early career researchers to
attend scientific meetings to advance their
knowledge, present their research to
benefit the community and broaden the
network and reach for them and the
society. We also supported a fellowship for
a more senior researcher to attend a
scientific meeting. The Society ran a
meeting to promote proteomics through the
presentation of cutting edge research,
including international speakers to promote
knowledge transfer which was attended by
approximately 150 scientists. We also
support the BSPR lecturer. Any
appropriate institution or organization can
request a lecture from the BSPR annual
lecturer. The presentation is tailored for the
audience, and can range from public
engagement to detailed scientific material.
The society covers the costs of the visit of
the lecturer. The lecturer usually does
around 6-10 lectures. We also provide
prizes for early career researchers to raise
their international profile.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had full regard for the
guidance issued by the Charities
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|While we did not have volunteers involved
in raising funds, all of our trustees are
volunteers, and a number of students
helped during the annual meeting to guide
people and answer questions. This
allowed them to engage with the senior
scientists and attend the conference.| ## **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The main activities of the society in 2024
were:
•The funding of several ECR and M J
Dunn bursaries to allow early career
researchers to attend scientific
conferences to further their education
and meet a broad community of
scientists and make valuable
connections.
•The maintenance of the society web
site to provide a knowledge resource
for the scientific community and
general public, updating functionality to
improve collaboration
•A scientific meeting in collaboration
with BMSS, which brought together
approximately 400 members of the
scientific and technical community to
discuss proteomics and help to
educate the early career researchers
present. The meeting showcased the
best of UK, Irish and International
research. An active social media
stream allowed interested members of
the public to know what was being
presented. Engagement with
manufacturers provided opportunities
to influence instrument development
and discover the latest technologies to
advance research.| |---|---|---| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Society maintained a good financial
position that is needed to maintain its key
activities in education and supporting the
dissemination of research. We ended the
year with funds of £160,865 which is
sufficient to ensure a secure future and
allow us to be able to undertake our
activities. The main sources of income are
subscriptions and a surplus that is
generated from the annual meeting, which
was greater than previous years due to
venue hire being lower than anticipated.
This surplus comes from vendors and
allows us to offer below cost registration for
academic scientists and a very low
registration for students. This ensures that
the meeting is a widely accessible as
possible. The reserves enable us to bid to
bring International conferences to the UK to
celebrate UK science and provide a key
forum for UK scientists. It also allows us to
underwire regional meetings around the UK
and Ireland, and to help new groups of
scientists establish a local group.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|An active current account is held with
sufficient reserves to underwrite our annual
activities. This was £69,244 at the end of
2024. Cash reserves are also held in an
interest bearing separate Reserve bank
account, which at the end of the year held
£91,614. As interest rates are increasing
we may move some reserves from the
current to the savings account.| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£91,614is held in the Reserve Account| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our main income was through support for
our annual meeting, and a minor
contribution from nominal subscriptions
from members of the society. Membership
is free to registered students.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The society maintains a bank account,
where a proportion of our funds are held in
an interest-bearing reserve account.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|There are only limited risks to the charity.
The running of the annual meeting, or
larger meetings of the relevant International
societies, is our biggest risk, but we have
the necessary funds to underwrite this and
we also take out insurance to minimise the
financial risk.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Incorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are also Directors of the
Company, and are elected by the
membership of the society| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|British Society for Proteome Research| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1121692| |Charity’s principal address|167-169, Great Portland Street, London, England, W1W 5PF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rainer Cramer|President||| ||Kathryn Lilley|||| ||James Waddington|Treasurer||| ||Maike Langini|Secretary||| ||Stephen
Pennington|||| ||Harry Whitwell|||| ||Roz Jenkins|||| ||Karin Barnouin|||| ||Gina Eagle|||| ||Roman Fischer|||| ||Sarah Hart|||| ||Edward Emmott|||| ||Kish Adoni|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** James Waddington **Full name(s)** James Waddington **Position (eg Secretary,** Hon. Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 09/10/2025 ~~fF~~ **BSPR Accounts - Totals to 31st Dec 2024** ## **Account 1** ||**Income**|Volume|Amount(£)|Amount(£)|_Comment_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Subscriptions**|**81**|**£**|**1,275.00**
**£**|| ||_Subscriptions (SO)_|_80_|_£_|_1,200.00_
_£_|| ||_Subscriptions (Ind SO)_|_1_|_£_|_75.00_
_£_|| ||**Meetings **|**1**|**£**|**52,994.86**
**£**|| ||_Meeting (BSPR 2023)_|_1_|_£_|_44,620.06_
_£_|_EuPA meeting surplus_| |_Meeting (BMSS-BSPR 2024)_
_1_
_8,374.80_
_£_
**Total**
54,269.86
£
~~ce~~|||||| |~~a~~|**Expenditure**
~~a~~|~~a~~|~~a~~|~~a~~|~~a~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Meetings **|**2**|**-£**|**10,000.00**
**-£**|| ||_Meeting (BSPR 2025)_|_2_|_-£_|_10,000.00_
_-£_|_Float agreed by MC/BoD_| |~~a~~|**Bursaries & Prizes**
~~a~~|**13**
~~a~~|-£
~~a~~|6,679.90
-£
~~a~~|~~a~~| ||_Bursary (Brixen)_|_1_|_-£_|_1,160.11_
_-£_|| ||_Bursary (BSPR)_|_8_|_-£_|_2,318.49_
_-£_|| ||_Bursary (HUPO)_|_1_|_-£_|_600.00_
_-£_|| ||_Bursary (Other)_|_2_|_-£_|_2,501.30_
_-£_|| ||_Prizes_|_1_|_-£_|_100.00_
_-£_|| |~~a~~|**Memberships**
~~a~~|**2**
~~a~~|-£
~~a~~|962.81
-£
~~a~~|~~a~~| ||_Membership (EuPA)_|_1_|_-£_|_612.81_
_-£_|| ||_Membership (RSB)_|_1_|_-£_|_350.00_
_-£_|| ||**Informatics**|**2**|-£|296.63
-£|| ||_Informatics (Google Drive)_|_1_|_-£_|_147.84_
_-£_|| ||_Informatics (bspr.org domain name)_|_1_|_-£_|_148.79_
_-£_|| |**Other**
**4**
51,232.26
-£
_Insurance (Directors)_
_1_
_486.99_
_-£_
~~ee~~|||||| ||_BSPR Lecturer (Zanivan)_|_2_|_-£_|_711.27_
_-£_|| ||_Transfer (Internal)_|_1_|_-£_|_50,000.00_
_-£_|_Transfer to account 2_| ||_Fees (CC/CH)_|_1_|_-£_|_34.00_
_-£_|| ||**Total**||-£|69,171.60
-£|| ## **Checkpoint Totals** |**Checkpoint Totals**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Amount(£)|||| |**January 1st 2024**|**£**|**137,743.04**
**£**||| |_Account 1_|_£_|_84,126.27_
_£_||| |_Account 2 (EMPW)_|_£_|_12,738.00_
_£_||| |_Reserve Account_|_£_|_40,878.77_
_£_||| |**Total BSPR assets**|**£**|**125,005.04**
**£**||| |**September 2nd 2024**
_Account 1_
_Account 2 (EMPW)_|**£**
_£_
_£_|**179,081.66**
**£**
_125,315.32_
_£_
_12,738.00_
_£_|®
>|_49.0%_
_0.0%_| |_Reserve Account_|_£_|_41,278.34_
_£_|a|_1.0%_| |_Liabilities_|_-£_|_250.00_
_-£_||| |**Total BSPR assets**|**£**|**166,343.66**
**£**|7|_33.1%_| |**November 29th 2024**|**£**|**170,154.73**
**£**||| |_Account 1_
~~a~~|_£_
~~a~~|_65,883.73_
_£_
~~a~~|~~a¥~~|_-47.4%_
~~¥~~| |_Account 2 (EMPW)_|_£_|_12,738.00_
_£_|~~>~~|_0.0%_
~~>~~| |_Reserve Account_|_£_|_91,533.00_
_£_|ay|_121.7%_| |**Total BSPR assets**|**£**|**157,416.73**
**£**|wy|_-5.4%_| |**December 31st 2024**|**£**|**173,637.87**
**£**||| |_Account 1_|_£_|_69,224.53_
_£_|®|_5.1%_| |_Account 2 (EMPW)_|_£_|_12,738.00_
_£_|Ge|_0.0%_| |_Reserve Account_|_£_|_91,641.34_
_£_|a|_0.1%_| |**Total BSPR assets**|**£**|**160,899.87**
**£**|ay|_2.2%_| |**Change 1st Jan 2024 - 31st December 2024**|**Change 1st Jan 2024 - 31st December 2024**|**Change 1st Jan 2024 - 31st December 2024**|**Change 1st Jan 2024 - 31st December 2024**|**Change 1st Jan 2024 - 31st December 2024**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**December 31st 2024**|**£**|**173,637.87**
**£**||| |_Account 1_|_£_|_69,224.53_
_£_|v|_-17.7%_| |_Account 2 (EMPW)_
_Reserve Account_|_£_
_£_|_12,738.00_
_£_
_91,641.34_
_£_|=a|_0.0%_
_124.2%_| |**Total BSPR assets**|**£**|**160,865.87**
**£**|a|_22.3%_| ## **Account 2 (EMPW)** |**Income**|Volume|Amount(£)|Amount(£)|_Comment_| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Total**||£|-
£|| |**Expenditure**||||| |**Total**||£|-
£|| |**Reserve Account**||||| |**Income**|Volume|Amount(£)||_Comment_| |**Other**|**0**|£|50,762.57
£|| |_Interest_|_12_|_£_|_762.57_
_£_|| |_Transfer (Internal)_|_1_|_£_|_50,000.00_
_£_|| |**Total**||£|50,762.57
£|| |**Expenditure**||||| |**Total**||£|-
£|| **James Waddington, January 2025 Honorary Treasurer, British Society for Proteome Research** Registered UK Charity no. 1121692 | Registered Company no. 06319769 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of British Society for Proteome** ## **Research (‘the Company’)** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st December 2024. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns 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. Signed: Name: Michael Marks-Waugh Address: 25 Vicar Wood Way, Derby. DE22 2BF Date: 09/12/2025