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2021-12-31-accounts

Annual Report and Financial Statement 2021

www.rsph.org.uk

Contents

Chair’s Welcome 3
Reference and administrative details 4
What we do 5
Protecting and improving the public’s health 6
What we achieved 6
Vision 7
Voice 9
Practice 12
2022 and beyond 21
Structure, governance, and management 22
Statement of trustee’s responsibilities 26
Independent Auditors’ report 27
Statement of fnancial activities 32
Balance sheet 33
Statement of cash fows 34
Notes to the fnancial statement 35

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Dr Nigel Carter OBE

Chair’s Welcome

It seems incredible to think that this marks my last annual review as Chair of Royal Society for Public Health Council. What a challenging three years these have been for everyone.

In 2021, with the global Covid-19 pandemic continuing to affect every aspect of public health, the support, compassion, resilience, and unwavering care of the public health workforce was overwhelming.

The Royal Society for Public Health has risen to the challenges of the pandemic and has successfully adapted to deliver much of its valuable training and qualifications in a more digital way.

We owe a huge debt of thanks to our dedicated staff led by the executive management team who have risen to the challenges of home and hybrid working to deliver adapted services and support the government and other authorities in the fast-changing landscape of public health in a pandemic. We’re proud of the resilience and agility that our staff, and our members and supporters have shown. As a result, we have been able to continue providing a wide range of support for public health.

Our vision has always been dedication to improving and protecting the public’s health. We used our voice to support the national vaccination programme and to dispel misinformation. We used our expertise in practice to develop new, relevant training and learning tools that are fully accessible remotely in a complex and changing environment.

During the year the trustees and executive team worked to develop am updated strategy for the organisation and this will be launched later in 2022. Trustees also undertook training in Governance to optimise their contribution to the work of the organisation.

I am pleased to welcome our new Chief Executive, William Roberts, who joins us in June and who will lead the charity through the implementation of our new strategy.

We are also nearing completion of a major refurbishment of our headquarters building at John Snow House to provide an updated modern and flexible work environment for all the staff team.

I would also like to thank our trustees who have served the charity admirably with their skills and knowledge and to thank all our members, supporters, partners and centres for their continued dedication and support.

Dr Nigel Carter, OBE BDS LDS(RCS)

Chair of Council

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Reference and administrative details

Charity No: 1125949
England and Wales
SC040750
Scotland
Principal and
registered ofce:		 John Snow House
59 Mansell Street
London E1 8AN
Trustees: Members of the Council since 1 January 2021
Dr Nigel Carter Chair
Professor Carol Wallace Treasurer
Professor Lisa Ackerley
Ms Ahmina Akhtar
Mr Christopher Clarke to 26 January 2022
Dr Tim Elwell-Sutton
Ms Anne Heughan
Ms Davinder Jhamat
Mr James Morris
Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard
Ms Wilma Reid
Mr Joe Stringer to 17 March 2022
Ms Jill Turner to 15 September 2021
Mr Tony Vickers-Byrne to 31 January 2022
Professor Derek Ward to 24 November 2021
Bankers: HSBC Bank
Wimbledon Branch
5 Wimbledon Hill Road
London SW 19 7NF
Auditors: Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Devonshire House
60 Goswell Road
London EC1M 7AD
Legal Advisors: Hempsons
40 Villiers Street
London WC2N 6NJ
Investment Advisors: Rathbones Investment Management Ltd
1 Curzon Street
London
W1J 5FB

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What we do

Established in 1856 and one of the oldest public health charities, Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is an independent health charity, operating under Royal Charter, dedicated to improving and protecting the health of the population in the United Kingdom and, increasingly through our international membership, around the world.

Our membership includes thousands of healthcare professionals, food safety specialists, environmental health experts, policy makers, academics, students and many other people from all walks of life, who share one thing in common - caring passionately about protecting the public’s health.

To help fund our work - and safeguard our independent voice - we offer a variety of services that contribute in different ways to fulfilling our vision. Whether that involves developing public health programmes across place and local communities, bespoke projects to tackle health inequalities, educating people directly through our qualifications, training in their workplaces or schools, to publishing our respected peerreviewed journals or by providing accreditation for university modules and training programmes.

Significantly, we are also the UK’s leading OFQUAL regulated Qualifications Awarding Organisation in the field of public health. Every day, hundreds of thousands of RSPH qualified professionals fulfil vital roles - quietly and without fanfare - in communities the length and breadth of the country.

Whatever we do, we remain incredibly proud that, over the last 165 years, our work has had a positive and lasting impact on the lives of millions of people. And, as we adapt and evolve to meet the public health challenges of the 21st century, we hope that individuals, businesses, public organisations, academic institutions, and our contacts in the media will work with us to fulfil our vision for public health. And share in our achievements.

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Protecting and improving the public’s health

What we’ve achieved

12,687

hours public health learning delivered

67,656 hours of CPD delivered

33 new centres recruited

704,054 website visits

11

webinars with 3,514 attendees

18% increase in candidates

8 new qualifications developed

6,000 + new followers on social media

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Vision

In 2021, Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) continued to strive towards our vision of everyone having the opportunity to optimise their health and wellbeing.

Our resources were focused on two key areas of public health – responding to the pandemic ensuring the public were informed and knew how to optimise their health and wellbeing, and to maintain our level of wide-ranging public health services whilst developing new learning, training, and qualifications to support the government’s vaccine programme.

The Community Spirit Level

The Community Spirit Level is part of our programme to act on the wider determinants of health – the political, social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors which shape the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. This project focused on the role of community spirit and its impact on health and wellbeing.

The communities that we live in, and our social networks have a significant impact on our health and on health inequalities. In more deprived communities, nearly 50% report severe lack of social networks and support, with high levels of chronic loneliness making people who are at greater risk less resilient to the health effects of social and economic disadvantage. There is evidence that a strong community spirit can help address health inequalities.

We produced a ‘Community Spirit Level’ toolkit and tested it with six communities across the UK. The evidence-based tool can help communities measure and improve their community spirit.

Around 1 in 5 people in some of our most deprived areas lack social support.

The work began in 2018 and continued as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The case studies that feature in the Community Spirit Level demonstrate why community spirit is an essential part of people’s lives, particularly for collective resilience in the face of crises such as COVID-19. For example, using the toolkit a community organisation in Sheffield found what they would like to see in the community once the pandemic passes and found that residents appreciated the stronger community relationships built up during the lockdown, and they now have a better idea of how it can be sustained.

RSPH will continue to promote the framework and toolkit with other organisations to help improve community wellbeing as the country moves towards recovery.

This project explored how community spirit can be raised and improved and the tool provides communities and those working with them - grassroots organisations, anchor institutions, NHS teams and local authorities - with practical, step-by-step guidance and inspiration about how they can reflect on, and improve, community spirit in a systematic way.

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RSPH Awards

Initiated in 2007, the RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards is now the UK’s premier awards scheme for promoting health and wellbeing. We reach out to the many organisations working in the public health sector including NHS, local authorities, charities, businesses, and community groups to recognise and promote best practice in the field. The assessment criteria are based on the principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and subsequent international declarations which call for action to achieve ‘Health for All’.

“[Winning means that as well ] as being able to fund the ‘Be A Gamechanger’ campaign for another year, we hope to include other Newcastle United supporters with the campaign and increase our reach and impact.”

Ashley Lowe, Health and Wellbeing Manager Newcastle United Foundation, winner Public Mental Health and Wellbeing Award 2021

Public Health Minister’s Award

The Public Health Minister’s Award recognises and rewards excellence and innovation in public health programmes delivered by organisations across all sectors and in settings such as workplaces, schools, care homes, hospitals, and the community.

Winner 2021

Redthread’s Youth Violence Intervention Programme is run in 13 hospitals across London, Birmingham and Nottingham, and provides tailored support for 11–25-year-olds impacted by violence and/or exploitation. Their aim is to integrate healthcare into the community and empower young people to lead healthy, safe, and happy lives.

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Voice

Influencing

Health on the High Street, and the health status of Walsall town centre

The regeneration of Walsall’s town centre represented an exciting opportunity to not only reinvigorate the local economy, but also to strengthen the town’s community spirit and improve the health and wellbeing of resident. We were invited to work with local stakeholders, communities, and public services to identify tangible ways in which the regeneration could serve the public’s health.

The project developed a key set of recommendations that supported Walsall

Council to make changes to the local economic regeneration plans and public realm investment and 15 recommendations were implemented – some of these are:

Establish a floating garden in canal basin

Financial Health Insecurity

Financial health, understood as a person’s ability to manage money, prepare for and recover from financial shocks, have minimal debt, and ability to build wealth, underlies all facets of daily living

such as securing food and paying for housing. Yet there is inconsistency in measurement and definition of this critical concept. Most social determinant research and interventions focus on siloed solutions (housing, food, utilities) rather than on a root solution such as financial health. With minimal public health research on financial health, particularly among low-income populations, this work introduced the construct of financial health into the domain of public health as a useful root term that underlies other individual measures of economic hardship.

Funded by Health Foundation, and working with Citizens Advice, Royal Society for Public Health trialled a small project to help local authorities and NHS develop tools to better understand the prevalence of financial insecurity in specific populations, to enable them to feel more confident about commissioning services that respond to these emerging needs .

Working with Sheffield Council and Hull Council we developed tools to aid decision at a local level, to identify the strategies to be implemented, underpinned by cross sectional, and integrated policy plans at a local level, that help underline the case for national action.

In Sheffield, the project brought together local stakeholders to discuss how existing data sets can overlay intelligence and inform integration of services for certain populations. For example, council data suggests that prevalence of mental health issues is positively correlated with indicators of financial insecurity and that addressing the issue involves better integration of housing, benefits, money and debt advice, and support services in the wider health system, including public health, health and social care, and the NHS.

In Hull, we facilitated the development of Financial Insecurity Network Hull with over 30 local stakeholders, including the local authority and local Councillor Hester Bridges, including training and workforce development as well as datasharing preferences.

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Vaccinations

Encouraging Vaccine uptake

We launched a comprehensive toolkit to support local healthcare services in gaining assurance of, and improving, vaccination services in their area. With sponsorship from RSPH Corporate Member MSD, we engaged with experts, Directors of Public Health, and stakeholders from two local authority areas to produce a series of resources which can be used by public health teams, Integrated Care Systems, Local Pharmaceutical Committees, and Primary Care Networks.

The toolkit includes resources for supporting school-age vaccinations; promoting travel vaccinations; reducing inequalities in coverage; facilitating collaborative working; developing communications and community engagement strategies to increase confidence in vaccinations; and questions to use to gain assurance from providers, and to ensure equitable provision.

The toolkit is now being used at a local level in the UK by MSD’s implementation support team and local authority public health teams.

Donald Read, Consultant in Public Health at Cheshire West and Chester Council, said:

“[RSPH’s project was a great ] opportunity to bring together a diverse range of partners to have their say on what could help increase immunisation uptake in our communities, many of whom had probably not had the opportunity to discuss these issues previously.”

Workforce vaccination

We were commissioned by NHS North West to research social care workers’ attitudes and access to flu vaccinations. We did this through a survey and focus groups with social care workers and managers, exploring barriers to receiving the flu vaccination and levels of confidence in its safety, efficacy, and importance. On this basis, we developed a series of policy recommendations to improve the communication and education about, and the delivery of flu vaccinations to this workforce.

Our findings were incorporated into NHS North West’s planning for the annual flu season, and several of our recommendations have been picked up by the DHSC’s Adult Social Care Covid-19 Booster Taskforce.

Covid-19

In July 2021 we initiated and led a roundtable, funded by MSD. Invitees included leaders in vaccination and public health to explore how we can harness the best practise of the Covid-19 Vaccination programme.

The report from this meeting was launched in October 2021 and received positive responses from members, experts and social media.

Throughout autumn and winter of 2021, we were vocal about the need for the government to implement Plan B as cases continued to rise. To this effect we signed a joint letter from the Association of Directors in Public Health and Faculty of Public Health and issued a press statement on the urgent need for Plan B to be instated. We received strong media coverage with pick up on national TV asking for no more “deadly delays”.

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Gambling

The Gambling Health Alliance released the findings from polling commissioned to support its response to the Gambling Act Review call for evidence. The poll showed overwhelming public support for gambling reform, which helped make the case for the recommendations submitted in the formal consultation response.

The research featured in the Mail Online and the Evening Standard, and has been instrumental in our ongoing conversations with Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Culture, Media and Sport to maintain momentum and support relationships with the aim of changes to gambling policy.

Member voice

RSPH Members are drawn from all walks of life but share one thing in common - a passion for public health. We have a global membership that works across a wide range of public health sectors including environmental health, food safety, infection control, water safety, occupational health, and medicine. They continue to identify and define our objectives in public health allowing us to amplify their voice with our presence and influence within the sector.

Communication with our membership is key and we effect continuous two-way communication, and we regularly undertake surveys to drive our strategic activities and monitor our membership focus groups and surveys.

“[Being a member ] has both widened and underpinned my pubic health knowledge and allowed me to network with peers and share ideas, which really helps my work.”

RSPH Member 2021

Member satisfaction

How well do you think RSPH voice reflects your views as a member?

7.6 rating 94% are satisfied 94% that RSPH voice reflects their views as members

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are satisfied with their membership

Which four things do you value most about your membership?

  1. Post nom letters

  2. Regular communications

  3. Status of being associated with a professional organisation

  4. Journal Perspectives in Public Health

All RSPH members play a vital role in helping to protect the public’s health and we want to celebrate the great work that they do. In 2021 we initiated a monthly Member Spotlight in the Member Area on our website.

RSPH membership continues to grow and in 2022 we will develop a long-term marketing strategy to both increase our membership and raise awareness of our range of products and services in the wider public health sector.

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Practice

Vaccination qualification and training

We were commissioned jointly by Lambeth Council and South East London Clinical Commissioning Group to develop and deliver a new qualification – Level 2 Award in Encouraging Vaccination Uptake. The objective to upskill public facing professionals who could have brief conversations with the public about vaccination programmes, in particular COVID-19. This included people working in social care, schools, homelessness support services and refugee support services.

Total number of learners trained: 184

Local authorities we worked with to deliver this training:

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We successfully developed and submitted the Award to the Ofqual register of qualifications within just two weeks.

Centres across England subsequently registered to deliver the qualification including Halton Council, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Brighton and Hove City Council, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

“[I would wholeheartedly recommend the training” ] - Taking the RSPH Level 2 Award in Encouraging Vaccination Uptake qualification.”

Kathrine Bell, Lambeth Council

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Level 2 Award for COVID-19 Young Health Champions

This new Ofqual-regulated qualification was designed to support young people in secondary schools understand the purpose and importance of measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, giving them the tools and education to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.

This Award builds upon the existing and successful RSPH Level 2 Award for Young Health Champions, that supports young people to develop the skills and knowledge to act as peer health mentors. The Level 2 Award for COVID-19 Young Health Champions uses the same methodology to support learners to build their knowledge of the importance of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to pass this knowledge on effectively to their friends and peers.

Over the course of 2021, over 60 young people were trained as COVID-19 Young Health Champions and contributed directly to the pandemic response within their local communities. This has included in Southampton, where COVID-19 Young Health Champions played a key role in the local authority’s Community Champions programme.

We collaborated with University of Southampton to develop the Award, funded by Department of Health and Social Care.

Communities in Charge of Gambling

As part of Gambling Health Alliance, we worked to establish a Communities in Charge of Gambling training programme. This scheme builds on our existing Communities in Charge of Alcohol project but takes the approach to reduce gambling-related harm within communities, through recruitment and training of locally engaged and RSPH accredited ‘Gambling Health Champions’.

2021 saw the launch of the Level 2 Award in Tackling Gambling-related Harm, the first Ofqualregulated qualification available within this area of public health. Our Centers were quick to register and start delivering the qualification, with the Communities in Charge of Gambling training due to be rolled-out in early 2022.

Healthcare Support Worker Access Programme

RSPH was successful in attracting funding from NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) to design and pilot a pre-employment training programme for individuals with lived experience of homelessness, to support them into employment as Healthcare Support Workers. We worked in partnership with Pathway and Groundswell, two of the leading homelessness support charities operating in the UK, to design and test the training, which includes the RSPH Level 1 Award in Health Improvement.

The programme will be rolled out in 2022, with a session taking place in each of the seven geographical areas in which NHSEI operates.

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Courses and conferences (for members and non-members)

Diploma in Occupational Delivering Online Training Medicine Spring Course via Zoom Virtual Qualification Introduction Keeping Healthcare Water Safe - RSPH Level 2 Award in Food - 2021 Challenges Safety and Hygiene Virtual Qualification Introduction Food Fraud and Authenticity - RSPH Level 2 Identifying and Controlling Food Allergy Risks Virtual Qualification Introduction Virtual Training Support - Top - RSPH Level 2 Award Tips on Building an Engaging in Understanding Health Training Session Improvement Total attendees - 368

Virtual Qualification Introduction - RSPH Level 2 Understanding HACCP (including Meat Industry)

Level 2 Award in Encouraging Vaccination Uptake Training

Diploma in Occupational Medicine Autumn Course

Crazy About Gin: A sober story from public health history

“[We have been using RSPH ] online training since September 2019. It’s great to be working with one of the oldest public health charities in the world to deliver reliable e-learning for our team and we value the high quality food safety and hygiene training they provide for us.”

Karen O’Dare, Health & Safety Manager Bourne Leisure

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Webinars

Our webinars run throughout the year and take inspiration from latest events and key debates in the public health sector, and the requests of our membership. They cover a range of interesting public health topics with expert speakers and attract attendees internationally.

In addition, in 2021 we produced a series of highly popular RSPH Sparks Debate webinars with speakers including Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, Sir Michael Marmot, Professor Maggie Rae, Richard Sloggett, Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard and Lord Kamlesh Patel.

Webinar Chair: Speakers
Drawing from Life: Alcohol in the time of Chair and Speakers: Dr Ranjita Dhital and
Covid-19 Dr Louise Younie
Living Longer Better Chair: Graham Rushbrook,
Speaker: Sir Muir Gray
Obesity, responding to the silent epidemic Chair: Graham Rushbrook, Speaker: Stuart King
and Prof Paul Gately
Digital Shifts in Behaviour Change Chair: Graham Rushbrook Speakers:
Tim Chadborn and John-Paul Dannon
Methods for diagnosing Legionnaires´ disease Chair: Dr Diane S J Lindsay, Speakers:
and typing of clinical and environmental Soren Udlum and Dr Vicki Chalker
_Legionella_spp. Isolates
Considerations for returning plumbing to safe Chair: Marcus Rink, Speakers:
use after it’s been chemically contaminated Prof Andrew Whelton
Getting it right: Building Hospital Water Chair: Mike Weinbren, Speaker:
Systems Safely George McCracken
_Pseudomonas_the new BS 8580-2 – risk Chair: Victoria McKee, Speaker: Dr Susanne Lee
assessments in healthcare
The implications of climate change on Chair: Dr Susanne Lee, Speaker:
water-related infections Prof Gordon Nichols
New British standards on Sampling methods Chair: Dr Maria Luisa Ricci Speaker: Dr John Lee
for legionella BS 7592
Understanding the application of biocides Chair: Sebastian Crespi Speaker: Tim Wafer
within healthcare water systems

Total number attended 3,514

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RSPH Learn

The continuing pandemic and public safety measures implemented by the government meant we needed to bring forward the planned launch of our digital learning platforms proving our ability to change quickly to meet public health training and learning market demands.

RSPH Learn, our learning management system was launched January, followed by the launch of RSPH LearnFree, our free learning portal for the public, in April.

Total learners accessing digital courses: 12,687

Number of new eLearning courses launched: nine

New courses:

MECC for Mental Health (x3 modules)

Think Brain Health – commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK

RSPH Level 2 Award in Understanding HACCP

RSPH Level 2 Award in Identifying and Controlling Food Allergy Risks

Mental Health at Work

Infection Prevention and Control

Arts, Culture and Heritage: understanding their complex effects on our health – commissioned by University College London

RSPH uses expertise from across its breadth, and external organisations to develop projects and learning in this area. We are increasingly becoming recognised for delivering solutions for behaviour change regarding health and wellbeing. Last year we worked with clinical commissioning groups, Health Education England, NHS England and Improvement, Mental Health First Aid England amongst others

Soon, we hope to develop training and qualifications to support the government’s Levelling Up policy.

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Continuing Professional Development

RSPH provides individuals with CPD points for a range of its training, learning, webinars, conferences and more.

We delivered

Educational Service
Total CPD
hours
ELearning
66,015
Training
1,511
Webinars and events
130
Total
67,656		 New CDP courses
No of
Members
Mental Health at Work
173
Infection Prevention and Control
41
Total
214

Making Every Contact Count for Mental Health

This is mental health promotion programme utilises Make Every Contact Count (MECC) to deliver consistent and concise mental health and wellbeing information and encourages individuals to engage in conversations about their health.

Delivered across the North of England, we developed a training programme and a programme of support to upskill local individuals to act as Lead Trainers (12) and Trainers (95). With the training cascading to 1000 end-users across primary and community care settings in all seven Integrated Care Systems (ICS) areas in 2022.

Beverley Moorhouse, Dental Education Programme Manager (North west) at Health Education Englande

“[Understandably, having a mental health ] support programme in place for staff has become more important than ever, so staff can get mental health advice and signposting to resources. Our aim is to offer mental health training to an existing member of the team within the dental practice, who will then adopt the mental health and wellbeing champion role.”

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RSPH Accreditation

RSPH has operated an accreditation scheme since 1904, helping to improve standards of public health across the nation. Currently this scheme accepts applications for endorsement of training programmes, university modules and health-related campaigns. RSPH accreditation is a mark of high standards of content and design, ensuring programmes meet their aims and provide excellent public health education.

2021 saw RSPH continue to support clients to move classroom-based programmes onto virtual classroom or e-learning formats. Three new organisations also joined the scheme

• Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM). Their Mindful Resilience training programme aims to build the understanding, skills and capabilities of professionals in addressing gambling and gaming in children and young people.

• NTH Solutions (a subsidiary of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust). Their training programme “Domestics – Cleaning the NHS Way” provides cleaning staff with a background knowledge about decontamination methods, the chemicals used and the health and safety principles of their work.

“[We are thrilled that the ] “Lets Communicate Cancer” programme has received accreditation. BOPA is passionate about the role of the pharmacy profession to deliver excellent care to patients with cancer and are delighted that the RSPH has joined us to support our vision”.

Jackie Lewis, Co-creator of Let’s Communicate Cancer programme, and Andy Walker, co-chair of the BOPA community pharmacy group

• The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA). Their free e-learning “Let’s Communicate Cancer” provides pharmacy staff with an understanding of the signs and symptoms of cancer, the lifestyle factors that influence the risk of developing cancer, cancer treatments and appropriate referrals for patients with suspected or confirmed malignancy.

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New Qualifications

Eight new qualifications were developed during 2021. All of these were submitted to the Register of Regulated Qualifications apart from one which is classed as an RSPH Regulated Qualification.

New Qualification development

RSPH Level 2 Award in Tackling Gambling-related Harms

RSPH Level 2 Award for Covid-19 Young Health Champions

RSPH Level 3 Certificate in Health Coaching

RSPH Level 3 Certificate in Social Prescribing

RSPH Level 2 Award in Encouraging Vaccination Uptake

RSPH Level 4 Award for Pre-slaughter inspection of white meat species

RSPH Level 4 Diploma for Proficiency in Meat Inspection

Review of Qualifications

Twenty-one qualifications had their five-year review in 2021 and a further eleven qualifications their mid-term review. All of the qualifications that had a five –year review had their review dates extended.

Centre Approvals

During 2021, 33 new Centres were approved. Two Centres were re-approved; 25 additional qualifications for Centres were approved.

Centre Assessment Standards Scrutiny Strategy

Ofqual introduced a requirement for all Awarding Organisations that had any assessment or part of an assessment developed or marked by centres to develop a Centre Assessment Standards Scrutiny (CASS) strategy.

Candidate numbers

In 2021 we increased the number of candidates by 18% increasing across all the subjects that RSPH operates in. The increase in candidates for our food safety qualifications was marginal, this area continues to be depressed following the Covid-19 pandemic as it is heavily linked to the hospitality industry.

The RSPH CASS strategy was developed and introduced in accordance with the timetable set by Ofqual. As well as developing the strategy, which is based on pre-existing external verification procedures, a number of related documents and procedures were amended in order to be consistent with the strategy.

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Journals

We publish three widely respected peer-reviewed journals: Perspectives in Public Health, Public Health and Public Health in Practice

Perspectives in Public Health

Perspectives in Public Health is our bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal and available to all our members

January: Workplace Health and Wellbeing, collection of papers. March: Physical Activity: wider influences and novel approaches for promotion Editor Matt Hobbs. Guest Editor Prof Jim McKenna July: Understanding Loneliness. Guest Editor Alison Iliff November: Climate Crisis. Guest Editors from Faculty of Public Health

Impact factor 4.940 increased from 4.073 in 2020 194,575 full-text downloads in 2021

828 manuscript submissions, a 6% increase from 781 in 2020

How satisfied are you with PPH?

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2021 7.7 average rating 30% are extremely satisfied 92% are satisfied (scored) 30% (scored 10/10) 6+/10

Public Health

Public Health is our multi-disciplinary monthly peer-reviewed journal and one of the world’s oldest on the subject.

1,076,041 downloads in 2021, up from 1,065,126 in 2020 impact factor 2.427 increased from 1.774 3,141 submissions in 2021 compared to 3,803 in 2020

Public Health in Practice

Public Health in Practice is RSPH’s newest open access journal. Launched in January 2020, the journal covers a range of public health subjects and is currently accepting submissions.

PHIP had 339,307 downloads in 2021, up from 105,395 in 2020. 458 in 2021 submissions compared to 317 in 2020

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2022 and beyond

The year ahead, 2022, is a time of opportunity for RSPH and we have approached it with a newfound vigour, energy and commitment to focus on the public health issues that our members, partners, relevant authorities, and the wider public health workforce ask and need us to.

Strategy

This year will see the launch of RSPH’s new strategy taking us from 2022-2025. Following a pandemic that exposed and exacerbated the inequalities and inequities that exist in our societies, this strategy will aim to tackle the greatest challenges faced in public health. There will be a clear focus and delivery through four key pillars of Prevention, Protection, Improvement and Transformation, ensuring that RSPH is best placed to:

We will deliver our ambition through our core principles of enabling, convening, innovating, and being transformative and through this we shall over the next three years:

All delivered with an organisation that is:

In all that we do we shall keep our values of being bold, innovative, and inclusive at the heart of all that we do.

Funding

RSPH has already embarked on looking at how and where we receive our funds from and how we make our investments. It is our goal for 2022 to develop clearer frameworks and policies for our funding. To this end we will define our approach to Ethical, Social and Corporate Governance, developing a policy that provides a framework on how we can evaluate the organisations total alignment with our social goals. This will include an Ethical Funding Policy through which we will be better able to make decisions on RSPH income and investments.

Engagement

In the coming year we will look to build and expand our stakeholder networks to support strategic delivery. RSPH will continue to be part of and on key issues lead the conversations that will shape the public health landscape as we emerge from Covid-19.

As Integrated Care Systems (ICS) come in to being, we will engage with the ICS leads, government, NHS, local authorities and other commissioning groups, alongside our partners across the third sector and beyond, using our innate ability to convene, listen and communicate with all public health areas and at all levels.

In doing so we shall continue to advocate for and deliver equitable access to the best possible health and wellbeing for all sectors and communities.

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Structure, Governance and Management

RSPH is a registered charity in England and Wales (Reg.No 1125949) and in Scotland (Reg. No.SC040750) and governed by a Royal Charter and Bye-Laws dated 30 September 2008 and as amended on 10 February 2016. The direction and management of RSPH and its affairs and business are vested in the RSPH Council. The Council members, as charity trustees are responsible for the RSPH and its property and funds. The Council of the RSPH consists of up to not less than ten and not more than 15 members including the Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer. Trustees are appointed by the Council to ensure an optimum match of expertise and experience to suit the strategic needs of the charity that exists at any given time. All members of the Council act as trustees of RSPH and have a vote.

‘Qualifications Governance’ to provide support to the Council on issues defined by terms of reference. It also creates task and finish groups to explore specific and timely issues when necessary. The trustees meet four times per year as a full trustee group as well as at the Annual General Meeting

RSPH is managed on a day-to-day basis by an executive management team led by the Chief Executive. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for all operational matters including finance and employment. The trustees are listed on page xx of this report.

New trustees are appointed through a recruitment campaign and occasionally on the basis of recommendation depending on the experiences and skills needed. RSPH members are always notified of Council vacancies and encouraged to apply. New trustees complete an application form and letter and short-listed candidates are interviewed by two or three members of the Nominations and Governance Committee. New trustees are given a formal induction process with senior staff and provided with all the appropriate governance materials including key guidance for trustees from the charity Commission.

The normal term of office for trustees is three years, renewable for a further immediate term of three years. To provide both continuity and engagement of new trustees, one third of the Council is required to stand down each year. New Council members are offered induction meetings with the Chair, Chief Executive, and senior staff of RSPH, and every trustee is offered training opportunities as appropriate.

Key Management Personnel

The Council of trustees and members of the executive management team comprise the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling, running and operating the RSPH on a day-to-day basis. All trustees give their time freely and no trustee received remuneration in the year for their responsibilities as part of the Council. The executive management team members are the Chief Executive, Director of Membership and Educational Services, Director of Finance and Corporate Resources, Director of National and Regional Programmes, Director of Qualifications and Director of Policy and Public Affairs.

The pay of the executive management team is reviewed annually and normally increases in accordance with inflation. The charity benchmarks salaries based on the market rates.

RSPH reviews its long-term strategy regularly with trustees and the executive management team. It operates three standing sub-committees, ‘Audit and Risk’, ‘Nominations and Governance’ and

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Risk Management

The Council has assessed the major risks to which RSPH is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of RSPH and is satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the exposure to major risks. The trustees have set up an Audit and Risk Committee comprising five trustees to oversee the risk issues. This Committee reports to Council on relevant matters and sets its own agenda for action and is free to consider any matters relating to the health of RSPH, which could have serious deleterious effects or bring RSPH or its work into disrepute. Where appropriate, risks are covered by insurance. A risk register has been set up and is reviewed quarterly by the Council at its meetings.

The following framework is central to ensuring adequate risk assurance:

Key risks

Reserves Policy

The executive management team has considered RSPH’s requirements and established a policy whereby the unrestricted general fund held by RSPH should be approximately twelve months expenditure. The budgeted expenditure for the year is £2.9 million and therefore, the target reserve level is approximately £2.9 million, and the management is confident that at this level they would be able to continue the current activities of RSPH in the event of a significant drop in income.

At the end of the year, the level of unrestricted general funds stood at over £8.6 million. RSPH is currently reviewing its strategic plan for the next three to five years and expected to be completed by late 2022. Once the review is completed part of this unrestricted funds would be allocated to specific designated funds.

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Fundraising

Following the implementation of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016, the charity has reviewed its fundraising activities and confirms that it complies with the regulation. The charity did not make use of any external fundraisers. No complaints were received in respect of its fundraising activities.

Objects

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charities Commission in determining the activities undertaken by RSPH.

The objects of RSPH as set out in the Royal Charter are “for the promotion and protection of public health in such ways as are charitable in law”. Through advocacy, mediation, empowerment, knowledge and practice we advise on policy development, provide education and training services, encourage scientific research, disseminate information and good practice.

Financial Review

Total net expenditure before gains/(loss) on investments amounted to £65,842 which was 75% better than the net expenditure of £270,282 in 2020. RSPH is pleased with this outcome.

Providing qualifications is one of the main activities of RSPH and this has generated an income of £705,845 which was 31% higher than the previous year’s income of £538,140. The other main activities, membership and publishing, have generated an income of £788,274 for the year, compared to the income of £637,957 in the previous year. Income from projects for the year is £394,951 which is 40% higher than the previous year income. In addition to this, RSPH has also provided other activities such as courses and conferences, educational services, and sold resources, which have generated a combined income of £632,822 for the year.

At 31 December 2021, RSPH received updated advice on the value of its freehold property from a registered RICS valuer and based on this advice, the market value of the property has been reduced by £900,000. This reduction in value is split between tangible fixed assets (£566,888) and investment properties (£333,112).

Overall, RSPH’s net deficit after all the gains and depreciation is £316,594 compared to a net surplus of £2,130,237 in the previous year.

Funding for RSPH’s work is generated by its core activities in education and training and through the support of specific projects from charitable sources. It is also supported by income from the investment portfolio. Although RSPH continues to experience the effect of the covid pandemic, trustees are pleased with the income for the year compared to the previous year. The total income from all sources has increased by 23% to £2,836,450 (2020- £2,299,971).

Total expenditure for the year has also increased by 8.5% to £2,902,292 (2020- £2,570,253) which includes an expenditure of £210,750 in relation to the restricted funds.

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Investment policy and performance

Investments are managed by external managers, Rathbones Investment Management Ltd who have many years’ experiences of investment management and are authorised persons within the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Thomas Latimer Cleave Memorial Trust

RSPH administers the above charitable fund which has been registered with the Charity Commission under the number 296180. RSPH is the only trustee of the fund.

RSPH delegates power to Rathbones Investment Management Ltd to use their best endeavours in managing the portfolio within clearly defined policy guidelines. Investments are with corporations who have produced audited accounts in the last five preceding years and trade within the ethical restraints imposed by RSPH.

The investment manager is required to report all transactions within 14 days and submit a comprehensive performance report quarterly. The manager is frequently invited to present his report to the Audit and Risk Committee. RSPH reviews the delegated arrangement with the manager annually. RSPH also undertakes an annual review of its investment objectives which meet the requirements of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

RSPH’s priority is for capital growth with medium income. The portfolio is based on medium risk and may include government and other fixed interest investments and equities. Indirect exposure through UK companies trading internationally is permitted.

During the year, RSPH acquired stocks with a value of £3,141,734 and disposed stocks with the market value of £1,379,346. The market value of the RSPH investment portfolio at the end of the year stood at £5,866,041 (2020£3,454,405).

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Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Charity law in England and Wales and the Royal Charter require the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under the law the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit for that period. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Dr Nigel Carter, OBE BDS LDS(RCS) Chair of Council

Date: 6 June 2022

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Independent auditor’s report to the trustees of Royal Society for Public Health

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of the Royal Society for Public Health for the year ended 31 December 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 26, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of that Act.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK) we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

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Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures can detect irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

The objectives of our audit in respect of fraud, are; to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses to those assessed risks; and to respond appropriately to instances of fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both management and those charged with governance of the charity.

Our approach was as follows:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to any party other than the charity and charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinion we have formed.

Moore Kingston Smith LLP Statutory auditor Devonshire House 60 Goswell Road London EC1M 7AD

Signature Date: 11 July 2022

Moore Kingston Smith LLP is eligible to act as auditor in terms of Section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Royal Society for Public Health

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2021

Income from:
Donations and sponsorship
Charitable activities
3(a)
Other trading activities:
Rental, room hire and
other income
Investments
Total
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Trading operations
Charitable activities
Total
3(b)
Net expenditure before
gains/(loss) on investments
Gain on disposal of
leasehold property
(Loss)/Gain on revaluation
of freehold property
Net gain on investments
Net expenditure/surplus
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Funds brought forward
Funds brought forward 12		 2021
2020
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
32,020
-
32,020
83,386
2,425,412
96,480
2,521,892
1,862,762
169,385
-
169,385
338,879
111,181
1,972
113,153
14,944
2,737,998
98,452
2,836,450
2,299,971
131,511
-
131,511
215,128
2,560,031
210,750
2,770,781
2,355,125

2,691,542
210,750
2,902,292
2,570,253

46,456
(112,298)
(65,842)
(270,282)
-
-
-
2,153,615
(566,888)
-
(566,888)
150,000
316,136
-
316,136
96,904
(204,296)
(112,298)
(316,594)
2,130,237
(204,296)
(112,298)
(316,594)
2,130,237
13,251,358
310,847
13,562,205
11,431,968
13,047,062
198,549
13,245,611
13,562,205

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

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Royal Society for Public Health

Balance Sheet as of 31 December 2021

Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets
6
Intangible Assets
7
Investments
8
Current Assets
Stock
Debtors
9
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
10
Net current assets/( liabilities)
Total assets less current liabilities
Net Assets
Funds
13
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated and revaluation reserve		 2021
2020
£
£
4,166,412
4,734,070
75,497
91,774
8,306,722
6,228,198
12,548,631
11,054,042
2,846
162
237,029
294,299
1,112,564
2,752,304
1,352,439
3,046,765
(655,459)
(538,602)
696,980
2,508,163
13,245,611
13,562,205
13,245,611
13,562,205
198,549
310,847
8,634,451
8,295,583
4,412,611
4,955,775
13,245,611
13,562,205

These financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Council on 6 June 2022 and were signed below on its behalf by;

Dr Nigel Carter, OBE BDS LDS(RCS) Chair of Council

Professor Carol Wallace Treasurer

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Royal Society for Public Health

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2021

Reconciliation of Net Movement in Funds to Net cashfow
from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Depreciation
Amortisation
Increase/(decrease) in revaluation reserve
Dividends and interest
Net loss/(gain) on disposal of leasehold property
Net loss/(gain) on investments
Decrease in debtors
(Increase)/Decrease in stock
Increase in creditors
Analysis of Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash fows from operating activities (see note below)
Cash fows from investing activities
Dividends received
Net sale proceeds on disposal of property
Proceeds from sale of other Investments
Purchase of investments
Purchase of fxed assets
-
Net cash provided/(used) by investing activities
Cash fows from fnancing activities
Repayments of borrowing
Net cash used in fnancing activities
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement		 2021
2020
£
£
37,050
(23,511)
113,153
14,944
-
9,322,782
1,379,346
229,337
(3,141,734)
(3,038,722)
(27,555)
(110,920)
(1,676,790)
6,417,421
-
(3,178,802)
-
(3,178,802)
2,752,304
(462,804)
1,112,564
2,752,304
2021
2020
£
£
(316,594)
2,130,237
7,775
35,790
36,827
12,110
566,888
(150,000)
(113,153)
(14,944)
-
(2,153,615)
(316,136)
(96,904)
57,270
155,273
(2,684)
605
116,857
57,937
37,050
(23,511)
2021
2020
£
£
1,112,564
2,752,304
1,112,564
2,752,304

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Royal Society for Public Health

Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes to the accounts

1. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Functional currency and level of rounding

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.

Going concern

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the charitable company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. At the end of the year charity’s cash balance was £1,112,564 and the value of its listed investment portfolio was £5,866,041 at the balance sheet date. This can be drawn down to support operating activities if necessary. The trustees continue to review the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and are satisfied with the performance this year with an increase in the charitable activities turnover of 35% compared to the previous year.

Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are funds subject to specific restrictive conditions imposed by donors or by the purpose of the appeal.

Income

All income is included in the SOFA when the charity is legally entitled to the income, it is probable that income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Income is accounted for on an accruals basis. Part of the income from investments is allocated to the restricted funds and this is calculated at the rate of 1% above the Bank of England’s base rate on the average balance of the funds during the year.

Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income on a systematic basis over the periods in which the entity recognises the associated costs for which the grant is intended to compensate. This includes £3,450 (2020- £38,896) of Government assistance under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) relating to staff who were furloughed due to Covid-19.

Expenditure

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregated all costs related to the category.

Support costs, which include the central office functions such as general management, budgeting and accounting, information technology, marketing and financing are allocated across the categories of charitable expenditure, governance costs and the costs of generating funds. The basis of costs allocation has been explained in the note 3 (c).

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Royal Society for Public Health

Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes to the accounts – cont’d

1. Accounting policies cont’d

Expenditure cont’d

Governance costs comprise all costs identified as wholly or mainly attributable to ensuring the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation. These costs include external audit and trustee costs. Governance costs are now apportioned on the same basis as support costs.

Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Charitable activities

Costs of charitable activities comprise all costs identified as wholly or mainly attributable to achieving charitable objects of the charity. These costs include staff costs, wholly or mainly attributable support costs and apportionment of general overheads.

Operating leases

All the operating lease rentals are charged to the income and expenditure account on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.

Pensions

RSPH operates a group personal pension scheme with AEGON Scottish Equitable for its employees and this scheme complies with the employer pension duties applicable under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008. This is a contributory scheme and RSPH contributes 10% to Senior Managers and up to 7.5% to all the other employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable under this arrangement by RSPH to the funds. RSPH has no liability other than for the payment of those contributions.

Tangible fixed assets

All income is included in the SOFA when the tangible fixed assets, except freehold property, are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided so as to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives of:

The freehold property at 59 Mansell Street, London E1 was acquired by the charity on 27 January 2011 for £3.35million. The charity decided to adopt the policy of revaluation and the premises was valued at £6.6 million at 31 December 2021. This property is also split between tangible fixed assets (£4,159,319) and investment properties (£2,440,681) as per the mixed use of the building. The trustees believe that the current valuation reflects the realisable value of the premises under current market conditions.

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Amortisation is provided so as to write off the cost of intangible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives of:

RSPH’s policy is to capitalise any of the above items with the value over £500.

Investments

Investments are valued and carried at market value. Realised and unrealised gains or losses on revaluation are disclosed in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fixed asset investment properties are revalued annually at open market value.

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Royal Society for Public Health

Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes to the accounts – cont’d

1. Accounting policies cont’d

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents includes cash and overdraft balances.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Employee benefits

• Short term benefits

Short term benefits including holiday pay are recognised as an expense in the period in which the service is received.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. The following judgement is considered by the trustees to have most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements:

2. Taxation

As a registered charity, RSPH is potentially exempt from taxation on its income and gains falling within s505 Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and s256 Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable purposes. No tax charge has arisen in the year.

• Employee termination benefits Termination benefits are accounted for on an accruals basis and in line with FRS 102

Key estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, which are described in note 1, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

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Royal Society for Public Health

Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

3. (a)
Income - Charitable
activities - 2021
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop		 Un-restricted
Restricted
2021
General funds
funds
Total
£
£
£
705,845
-
705,845
788,274
-
788,274
262,970
-
262,970
363,131
-
363,131
298,471
96,480
394,951
6,721
-
6,721
2,425,412
96,480
2,521,892
Income - Charitable
activities - 2020
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop		 Un-restricted
Restricted
2020
General funds
funds
Total
£
£
£
538,140
-
538,140
637,957
-
637,957
98,317
-
98,317
300,887
-
300,887
199,929
81,940
281,869
5,592
-
5,592
1,780,822
81,940
1,862,762
3. (b)
Total Expenditure - 2021
Costs of generating funds
Rental and room hire costs
Investment managers fees
Charitable activities
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop
Policy and communications		 2021
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Total
£
£
£
24,649
74,487
99,136
32,375
-
32,375
57,024
74,487
131,511
459,241
267,715
726,956
405,966
237,028
642,994
208,422
80,359
288,781
250,104
112,851
362,955
395,704
188,948
584,652
8,182
3,468
11,650
152,793
-
152,793
1,880,412
890,369
2,770,781
1,937,436
964,856
2,902,292

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Royal Society for Public Health

Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

3. (b)
Total Expenditure - 2020
Costs of generating funds
Rental and room hire costs
Investment managers fees
Charitable activities
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop
Policy and communications
3. (c)
Support costs - 2021
Costs of generating funds
Rental and room hire costs
Charitable activities
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop		 2020
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Total
£
£
£
120,972
83,547
204,519
10,609
-
10,609
131,581
83,547
215,128
452,130
303,690
755,820
362,600
214,663
577,263
109,868
86,533
196,401
160,131
91,993
252,124
283,950
156,531
440,481
2,926
5,419
8,345
124,691
-
124,691
1,496,296
858,829
2,355,125
1,627,877
942,376
2,570,253
2021
Premises
Other Overheads
Total
£
£
£
7,284
67,203
74,487
7,284
67,203
74,487
39,969
227,746
267,715
29,976
207,052
237,028
2,248
78,111
80,359
14,988
97,863
112,851
22,193
166,755
188,948
1,249
2,219
3,468
110,623
779,746
890,369
117,907
846,949
964,856

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3. (c) cont’d
Support costs - 2020
Costs of generating funds
Rental and room hire costs
Charitable activities
Qualifcations
Membership and publishing
Courses and conferences
Educational services
Projects
Bookshop

Other overheads;
Overhead staf costs
Marketing and communications
Administrative expenses
Governance
Loan interest and charges		 2020
Premises
Other Overheads
Total
£
£
£
13,579
69,968
83,547		 2020
Premises
Other Overheads
Total
£
£
£
13,579
69,968
83,547
13,579 69,968
83,547
38,798
29,098
2,182
14,549
15,761
1,212		 264,892
303,690
185,565
214,663
84,351
86,533
77,444
91,993
140,770
156,531
4,207
5,419
101,600 757,229
858,829
115,179 827,197
942,376
2021
2020
£
£
425,676
361,078
127,988
82,944
267,964
315,244
25,321
15,396
-
52,535
846,949
827,197
846,949
827,197
Support costs have been allocated on the following basis;
Premises costs
allocated based on the foor space basis
Overheads
allocated based on turn over basis
3. (d) Governance costs
Audit fees
Council meeting expenses		 occupied by each department.
2021
2020
£
£
15,600
15,045
355
351
15,955
15,396

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3. (e) Staf costs
Salaries
Social security costs
Pension and other benefts
Ex-Gratia/Redundancy costs
The average number of employees during the year was:
Royal Society of Public Health
The number of employees whose salary and
beneft in kind fell within the following scales is as follows:
£110,001 - £120,000
£90,001 - £100,000
£70,001 - £80,000
£60,001 - £70,000		 2021
2020
£
£
1,205,200
1,189,511
128,997
124,212
146,255
156,706
37,285
14,695
1,517,737
1,485,125
2021
2020
Number
Number
33
34
33
34
2021
2020
Number
Number
1
-
-
1
-
1
2
1

Key management personnel

Key management personnel are the trustees and members of the Executive Management Team. Trustees are not paid any remuneration for their role as members of the Council (Board). The Executive Management Team members are the Chief Executive, Director of Membership and Education, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Director of Finance and Corporate Resources, Director of Qualifications, Director of National and Regional Programmes and Commercial Director. The total employee benefits paid to the Executive Management Team were £575,920 (2020 - £545,889).

3. (f) Related parties

Professor Lisa Ackerley, chairing and speaking at RSPH courses and conferences, received an Honorarium of £300 (2020 - £650) in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Royal Charter.

Travelling expenses totalling £355 (2020 - £441) were reimbursed to three (2020 - four) trustees during the year to 31 December 2021.

Trustees liability insurance premium of £3,600 (2020 - £7,056) was paid in the period.

4. Operating costs
The defcit is stated after charging:
Depreciation charge
Amortisation charge
Auditors’ remuneration
Finance costs		 2021
2020
£
£
7,775
35,790
36,827
12,110
15,600
15,045
-
52,535

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5. Commitments under operating leases

At 31 December 2021 the charity had annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as follows:

Operating leases - Equipment
Due within one year
Due within 2 to 5 years		 2021
2020
£
£
2,283
5,981
381
2,283
2,664
8,264

6. Tangible fixed assets

Freehold
property		 Computer
hardware		 Furniture and
ofce equipment		 Total
£ £ £ £
Cost:
At 1 January 2021 4,726,207 102,888 237,161 5,066,256
Additions in the period - 7,005 - 7,005
Revaluation (566,888) - - (566,888)
At 31 December 2021 4,159,319 109,893 237,161 4,506,373
Depreciation
At 1 January 2021 - 97.042 235,144 332,186
Charge for the period - 6,334 1,441 7,775
At 31 December 2021 - 103,376 236,585 339,961
Net book value
At 31 December 2021 4,159,319 6,517 576 4,166,412
At 31 December 2020 4,726,207 5,846 2,017 4,734,070

At 31 December 2021 there were authorised capital commitments of £Nil (2020: £Nil).

Historic cost and the revaluation of freehold property

Historic cost of the freehold property, 59 Mansell Street, was £3.35 million. At 31 December 2020, this property was valued at £7.5 million by Richard Moss of Cluttons, a registered RICS valuer. At 31 December 2021, the value is estimated to be £6.6 million, based on updated advice from Richard Moss of Cluttons, which is split between tangible fixed assets (£4,159,319) (as above) and investment properties (£2,440,681) (as per note 8). The trustees believe that this valuation reflects the realisable value of the premises under current market conditions.

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7. Intangible fxed assets
Software Total
Cost: £ £
At 1 January 2021 130,704 130,704
Additions in the period 20,550 20,550
At 31 December 2021 151,254 151,254
Depreciation
At 1 January 2021 38,930 38,930
Charge for the period 36,827 36,827
At 31 December 2021 75,757 75,757
Net book value
At 31 December 2021 75,497 75,497
At 31 December 2020 91,774 91,774
At 31 December 2021 there were authorised capital commitments of £Nil (2020: £Nil).
8. Investments
2021 2020
RSPH investment portfolio £ £
Market value of investments on 1 January 2021 6,228,198 6,086,100
Additions 3,141,734 3,038,722
Disposal proceeds (1,379,346) (2,993,528)
Net Investment gains 316,136 96,904
Balance at 31 December 2021 8,306,722 6,228,198
Historic Cost of Investments 5,303,430 3,275,631
All investments are quoted on a registered UK stock exchange.
Market Value at 31 December: £ £
Investment properties 2,440,681 2,773,793
UK listed investments 5,866,041 3,454,405
8,306,722 6,228,198

Investment properties

Historic cost of the freehold property, 59 Mansell Street, was £3.35million. At 31 December 2020, this property was valued at £7.5 million by Richard Moss of Cluttons, a registered RICS valuer. At 31 December 2021, the value is estimated to be £6.6 million, based on updated advice from Richard Moss of Cluttons, which is split between tangible fixed assets (£4,159,319) (as per note 6) and investment properties (£2,440,681) (as above). The trustees believe that this valuation reflects the realisable value of the premises under current market conditions.

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9. Debtors
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments
10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other taxes and social security costs
Trade and other creditors
Accruals
Deferred income		 2021
2020
£
£
194,593
178,439
12,607
31,789
29,829
84,071
237,029
294,299
2021
2020
£
£
32,377
51,419
231,632
177,719
189,214
65,701
202,236
243,763
655,459
538,602

Included within other creditors is an amount of £13,254 (2020: £14,832) of pension contributions to be paid across to scheme.

Deferred income-movements during the year:
Balance at 1 January
Amounts released to income in the year
New deferred income in the year
Balance at 31 December		 2021
2020
£
£
243,763
142,337
(243,763)
(142,337)
202,236
243,763
202,236
243,763

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11. Analysis of net assets - 2021 11. Analysis of net assets - 2021 2021
General Designated Revaluation Restricted
Fund Fund Reserve Fund Total
£ £ £ £ £
Tangible fxed assets 916,412 - 3,250,000 - 4,166,412
Intangible fxed assets 75,497 - - - 75,497
Investments 7,744,111 - 562,611 - 8,306,722
Current assets 553,890 600,000 - 198,549 1,352,439
Liabilities (655,459) - - - (655,459)
8,634,451 600,000 3,812,611 198,549 13,245,611
12. Analysis of net assets - 2020 12. Analysis of net assets - 2020 2020
General Designated Revaluation Restricted
Fund Fund Reserve Fund Total
£ £ £ £ £
Tangible fxed assets 639,545 - 4,094,525 - 4,734,070
Intangible fxed assets 91,774 - - - 91,774
Investments 5,966,948 - 261,250 - 6,228,198
Current assets 2,135,918 600,000 - 310,847 3,046,765
Liabilities (538,602) - - - (538,602)
8,295,583 600,000 4,355,775 310,847 13,562,205

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13. Funds - 2021
1 Jan 21 Income Expenditure Gains, Losses 31 Dec 21
& Transfers
£ £ £ £ £
General fund 8,295,583 2,737,998 (2,691,542) 292,412 8,634,451
Designated funds and revaluation reserve
Building fund 600,000 - -
-		 600,000
Revaluation reserve 4,355,775 - -
(543,164)		 3,812,611
4,955,775 - -
(543,164)		 4,412,611
Restricted funds
Nigel Symonds 1,135 11 -
-		 1,146
Harben Trust 82,439 825 -
-		 83,264
Heggie fund 60,193 602 -
-		 60,795
Thomas Latimer Cleave 8,076 81 -
-		 8,157
Memorial Trust
Awards fund 12,633 126 -
-		 12,759
EMC Wilson Bequest fund
901		 9 -
-		 910
Gamble Aware 32,555 96,689 (108,175)
-		 21,069
Robert Wood Johnson 112,915 109 (102,575)
-		 10,449
310,847 98,452 (210,750) - 198,549
Total funds - 2021 13,562,205 2,836,450 (2,902,292) (250,752) 13,245,610

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Funds - 2020
1 Jan 20 Income Expenditure Gains, Losses 31 Dec 20
& Transfers
£ £ £ £ £
General fund 2,050,612 2,214,923 (2,395,931) 6,425,979 8,295,583
Designated funds and revaluation reserve
Building fund 133,481 - (15,420)
481,939		 600,000
Revaluation reserve 8,863,173 - -
(4,507,398)		 4,355,775
8,996,654 - (15,420)
(4,025,459)		 4,955,775
Restricted funds
Nigel Symonds 1,124 11 -
-		 1,135
Harben Trust 81,615 824 -
-		 82,439
Heggie fund 59,591 602 -
-		 60,193
Thomas Latimer Cleave 7,995 81 -
-		 8,076
Memorial Trust
Awards fund 12,507 126 -
-		 12,633
EMC Wilson Bequest Fund
892		 9 -
-		 901
Gamble Aware 76,884 82,266 (126,594)
-		 32,555
Robert Wood Johnson 144,095 1,129 (32,309)
-		 112,915
384,702 85,048 (158,903) - 310,847
Total funds - 2021 11,431,968 2,299,971 (2,570,253) 2,400,520 13,562,205

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14. Funds - continued

RSPH has designated certain funds as follows:

Building fund - represents amounts set aside for property refurbishments, repairs and
maintenance over the next three years.

Major restricted funds of RSPH as follows:

Harben Trust fund - represents amounts restricted for the purpose of an annual lectureship
“dealing with some subject embodying the results of original research
in conjunction with the science of public health”.
Heggie fund - represents amounts restricted for the specifc purposes of
(a) the refurbishment and maintenance in perpetuity of ‘James
Heggie Room’ in 28 Portland Place.
(b) the development of courses and examinations for anatomical
pathology technicians.
Thomas Latimer Cleave - represents amounts restricted for the purpose for the
Memorial fund advancement of education and in furtherance thereof to provide prizes,
awards, scholarships and grants to students of food science subjects.
Awards fund - represents all the individual restricted award funds from the predecess
or organisations Royal Institute of Public Health and the Royal Society
for the Promotion of Health.
Gamble Aware - represents to establish and run Gambling Health Alliance
Robert Wood Johnson - to support the Health on the High Street campaign in the USA
15. Net debt
2020
Cash fow
Other
2021
movements
movements
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Cash at bank and in hand 2,752,304
(1,639,740)
-
1,112,564
Net debt 2,752,304
(1,639,740)
-
1,112,564

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RSPH Incorporated by Royal Charter Patron: Her Majesty The Queen

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