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|-Introduce ajournals
hub landing page - pmviding
better|visibility|to our journals||||—complete|||||
|-Review Soil Matters toseewhether it still meets members' needs|||||||||||
|Our
Council
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|-Increase our visibility on social media
—increasing our reach —complete|||||||||||
|-Delivering
more guidance
and Science Notes on high-profile
topics —complete|||||||||||
|-Respond to relevant UK and international
consultations|-complete.||||||||||
|Journals|||||||||||
|—Moved to continuous
publication
forEJSS|||||||||||
|—promoted both journals
via regular In Case you Missed|it articles|across our||members'|||email updates and Soil Matters||||
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|-Published aRusso)I Review paper, Are plant roots only|'in' soil or|are they 'of|||soil, in EJSS||||||
|-Launched the BSSSJournal Hub, tomake accessing both Society journals easier|||||||||||
|—Delivered virtual special issues including:|||||||||||
|oOnly One Earth, Celebrating Soil Science on World Environment||Day|||||||||
|o The EUSoil Observatory
Forum|||||||||||
|-Hosted Find aHome for your Next Paper, apanel session with journal
Soil Science|||pubfishers|||Wiley|during|the World|Congress of||
|—Continued
to actively monitor the open access agenda|and chose|apreferred|||publisher||to publish both journals for a||||
|minimum
ofthree years fiom 2024|||||||||||
|- Published two editions ofSoil Matters|||||||||||
|Guidance, Policy and Promotion|||||||||||
|-Reviewed afi guidance notes|||||||||||
|-Updated Soil tk Land Quafity Guidance|||||||||||
|-Pmduced a summary ofthe policy day held at the World Congress
alongside|||||recommendations|||for policymakers||in|
|the document,
Effective global policies topmtect our most valuable||resource, that||||supports life on earth|||||
|-Featured in magazines,
newspapers
and websites discussing soil health:|||||||||||
|o (Jan) Envimnmental
Education Journal
—soil education|||||||||||
|o(Jan) Direct Driller
—soil carbon article|||||||||||
|o(Feb) Ecological Continuity
Trust - soil snd long-term
experiments||blog|||||||||
|o(Feb)CIEEMIn Pmctice magazine - professional
standards
in soil science|||||||||||
|o(April) Science in Parfiament
magazine
—soil carbon|||||||||||
|o (Nov) Net Zero Pmfessional - COP27 —Now istime for|action on|the ground|||||||||
|o(Dec) Countryside
Jobs —World SoilDay - Where Food|Begins||||||||||
|—Issued press releases tohighlight
the importance ofsoil:|||||||||||
|o (Jun) Tbe Elephant in the Room|||||||||||
|o (Jun) 'lbe Earth's Living, Breathing, Fragile Skin|||||||||||
|o(Aug) Followed up with press following the World Congress press||conference|||||||||
|-Published the book, The Fragile Skin: Soil Landscapes ofthe UK by Joha Hofiis||||||and Allan Lilly|||||
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|The WorM Congress ofSofiScience 2022(WCSS22)took place fiom 31July -5August in Glasgow|The WorM Congress ofSofiScience 2022(WCSS22)took place fiom 31July -5August in Glasgow||||
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|Despite taking place against a backdrop of Covid 19and Brexit, the event was attended
by 1,700 soil|scientists||from||
|around the globe.|||||
|In late 2020 we established
a separate
charity,
the World Congress ofSoil Science 2022, with full responsiMity||||for|
|delivering
tbe event and its legacy. Ithas written aseparate Annual Report.|||||
|Between 2020 and 2022, the Society supported
the Congress
by providing
5200,000 funding
towanls||the event's|||
|delivery
and
pmviding
in-kind
resources
in
the
way
of executive
and
volunteer
support
and
undertaking|||||
|communications
activity.|||||
|At the end of 2022, the Trustees ofThe Worid Congress ofSoil Science 2022, wmte to the Trustees|of|the British|||
|Society ofSofiScience confirming
that the Congress had defivered the Society asurplus ofalmost 5150,000||and setting|||
|out the legacy activities that the Trustees would like to see defivered (seecase study).|||||
|Congress Achievements:|||||
|- The Opening
Ceremony
was hosted at the Glasgow Science Centre, attended
by our Patmn His Royal Highness
Duke ofGloucester and the Depute Lord Provost ofGlasgow||||the|
|- Five plenary
sessions took place featuring Dr Ranveer Cbandra,
Professor Suzi Huff Theodom,
Professor||Ismabaim|||
|Elouafi. Pmfessor Debra Roberts and Professor Peter Gregory as the first ever President's
Invited Lecture|||||
|—387oral presentations
and 943poster presentations
were given|||||
|—Held the first ever Policy Day at a World Congress. Attended
by over 100 delegates, the session was|standing
room||||
|only and featured adiverse range ofspeakers each discussing how research can be put into practice|||||
|-Delivered
an outstanding
Gala Dinner at the Kelvingrove
Museum
and Art Gafiery, with 400delegatm|entertained|||by|
|atraditional
ceilidh|||||
|-68volunteers
supported
the defivery ofthe Congress and associated activities|||||
|-Finsfised work on an environmental
impact assessment,
which isthe first such assessment ofan international||congress|||
|that we are aware of.This included a session with Alexandre
Couvez from Cranfield
University
and Aileen||Crawford|||
|from the Glasgow Convention
Bureau on the importance ofsustainability
in delivering
international
events|||||
|-Awarded a55,000gnmt toateam ofinterdisciplinary
researchem tosolve asoil data problem|||||
|—Held a dinner for international
experts and policy makers, including
Canadian
Senators, the National Soils Advocate|||||
|ofAustralia snd IPCC member, Debra Roberts|||||
|-Delivered exceptional training
and aSoil Judging Competition
toEarly Career Scientists|||||
|- Delivered
six sold-out
short tours to the Isle of Arran, Dumfries
House and the CCA, Stirfing University
and||||the|
|surrounding
areas, Edinburgh,
and Glasgow,
and two overnight
tours one around
the North of Scotland|and the other||||
|Galloway.|||||
|—Held arts exhibitions
fmm diverse organisations,
including
the Scottish Potters Association,
The Bam
Centre for Contemporary
Arts, within the Congress exhibition hall|gallery and||the||
|-Held five fiinge events in partnership
with organisations
such as the Ecological Continuity
Trust (ECI)|and|STARS|||
|- Supported
the defivety of the We are Compost/
Composting
the We exhibition,
which is showing at|the|Centre|for||
|Contemporary
Arts in Ghtsgow
until 12September|||||
|-Showcased an exhibition
and sponsored sessions from UKResearch and Irmovation
and Wiley|||||
|-Attended apress conference held during the Worid Congress to highlight
the latest scientific research|to members|||of|
|the press|||||
|-Hosted networking
opportumries
through
the Early Career Networking
Event and Society's AGM|||||
|—Funded four Early Career members
chosen to attend tbe Soil Judging
Competition
as the UK team|- Hazel- Rose||||
|Cubbage, Katy Faulkner, Amy Lewis, and Man Tarnowski|||||
|-Opened the Soil Judging Competition
training pmgramme
tonon-competitors
forthe first time|||||
|-Produced Equality, Diversity and Indusion monitoring
data ofdelegates who attended snd presented at the event|||||
|- Supported
Pmpagate
with the delivery ofSoil and Soul, a workshop
pmgramme
supported
Glaswegians
with the soil||to engage|||
|- Held our first face-to-face Board, Council,
Publications
and Grants tk Awards
Committee
meetings|for|over three|||
|years|||||
|- Held our Closing Ceremony
with a special video from His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales on|why|soil is||so|
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in delivermg
climate solutions.|||||
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We will continue
to support
the development
of early|career (EC)~worldng||in|soil|science. We will fund a||||
|biennial conference dedicated toECs and give them pmmineace
at our Society Annual|||meeting. Through|||our|education||
|commiuee, we will support teachers and engage in community
projects toinspire the next generation ofsoil scientists.|||||||||
|What we set out toachieve:|||||||||
|—Implement abi-monddy
newsletter forECmembers
-|complete||||||||
|-Deliver the Interdisciplinary
grant atthe World Congress ofSoil Science -||complete|||||||
|—Deliver anetworking
event forEarly Career pmctitioners
and researchers
at the Worid|||Congmss -complete.||||||
|—provided
an opportunity
for aphD student tojoin our|team, offering them valuable project management|||||skills|||
|-Launched the Early Careers newsletter
Eye to the Horizon, with the latest||news. information|||and job opportnmties|||for|
|members at the start oftheir career|||||||||
|—Published
interviews
with soil scientists at various stages oftheir career:|||||||||
|o(Feb)Matt Barker|||||||||
|o(Apr) Chris McCloskey|||||||||
|o (Jun) Patricia Bruneau|||||||||
|o (Oct) Kirsty Egiott|||||||||
|o(Dec)Rupert Goddard|||||||||
|-Organised
and hosted the Zoom into Soil, Soils:Arecord ofour past|||||||||
|-Delivered
an online workshop to support Early Career|scientists with applying for grants||||||||
|- Delivered
the Interdisciplinary
Grant of f5,000 at|tbe World Congress|of Soil Science|||to Wanderson||de Souse||
|Mendes,
Leandro
Ottlvio Viaira Filbo, IGrsty Elliott|and Peyton Lau for|their pmposal,||Developing||a feasible||and|
|low-cost
approach
through
machine
learning,
near-infrared
sensor,
and||open-access||dataset
for environmentaBy|||||
|sustainable
analysis ofsoils in agriculture.|||||||||
|—Hosted anetworking
event, welcoming
over 70member aad non-member||Early Career Researchers to||||come|together,||
|chat and share their research|||||||||
|—Held the ffrst meeting ofan Employer Panel to deliver|aLevel 7 apprenticeship
in Soil||Science||||||
|- Made agreements
with
an additional
three colleges|and universities
to|present
an|annual||British Society of|||Soil|
|Science award|||||||||
|-Tocelebrate our 75th anniversaries,
launched
the Interdisciplinary
Grant with the Spanish||||Society ofSoil Science|||||
|-Presented apmposal forthe Level 7apprenticeship
to|the Institate for Apprenticeships||and Technical Education.||||||
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||Donations|||3,179|850|
||Grants|||5,000||
||BSSSmember's||subscriptions|44,103|35,797|
||Subvention|||101,066||
|||||153,348|36,647|
||Grants received,||included in the above, are as follows:|||
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||Postcode Lottery|||5,000||
|5.|OTHER TRADING ACTIYITI|||||
|||||2022|2021|
||||||g|
||Shop income|||14,753||
||Sponsorships|and advertising||195,829|1.000|
||Partnership||||8,400|
|||||210,582||
|6.|INVESTMENT||INCOME|||
|||||2022f|2021|
||Share revaluations|||16,358|14,584|
||Deposit account interest|||2,368|1,069|
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|INCOME FROM|CHARITA|BLEAC~|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Activity|||2022|2021f|
|Royalties fmm publications||Publications|||325.760|314.070|
|Regional Meetings||Meetings and conferences|||325||
|Provision oftraining courses||Tfalnnlg courses|||11,788||
|World congress of|soil||||||
|science||World Congress ofSoilScience||2022|785,674||
||||||1 123447|320.131|
|RAISING FUNDS|||||||
|Raisiag donations|and legacies||||||
||||||2022|2021|
|Pmmotional
costs|||||18,912|1,815|
|Other trading activities|||||||
||||||2022|2021f|
|Purchases|||||16,107||
|Bad debts|||||174||
||||||16,281||
|Aggregate
amounts|||||35,193|1,815|
|CHARITABLEAC~||COSTS|||||
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|||||funding of|||
|||||activities|Support||
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f|10)|note 11)
f|Totals|
|Membership
and subscriptions|||21,004||71,150|97„154|
|Publications|||84.095||47,432|131,527|
|Meetings and conferences|||20,349||118,582|138,931|
|Tmunng
coluses|||6317|||6,517|
|Pmvision ofgrants||||155,989||155.989|
|World Congress of|SoilScience|2022|777,383||70.758|848,141|
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f|
|---|---|---|---|
|Field Equipment
Grants||500|623|
|David SJenkinson Fellowship|Grants||5,000|
|Student Conference Grants||8.300|450|
|Early Career Grants||5,064||
|Eumsoil Grant|||4,450|
|Outstanding
Service Grant||1,340||
|Brian Chambers Soil Fund Grants||6,046||
|Innovation
Grants||500||
|Soil Voices|||7,355|
|Soil Judging||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Governance||
|||Finance|Other|costs|Totals|
|Membership|and subscriptions|394|69~2|1,504|71,150|
|Publications||262|46,167|1,003|47,432|
|Meetings and|conferences|656|115,418|2508|118,582|
|World Congress ofSoilScience 2022||26.060|36.845|7,853|70,758|
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||||and||and|
||||subscription s|Publications|conferences|
|Bank charges|||397|265|663|
|Exchange rate vadances|||(3)|(3)|(7)|
|Office staff costs|||61433|41,022|102,554|
|Rent, rates and water
Insurance|||1,221
1,861|814
I~|2,036
3.100|
|Telephone|||68|46|114|
|Postage and stationery|||76|50|126|
|Sundries||||||
|Computer
and website|expenses||3,424|2383|5,706|
|Repairs and renewals||||||
|Amortisation
ofintangible||fixed assets|821|547|1,368|
|Depreciation oftangible fixrd assets|||24S|165|414|
|Independent
examination||fees|893|595|1,489|
|Independent
examiners'|feesfor other work||611|408|1,019|
|Legal and professional|fees|||||
||||71,150|47,432|118,582|
|||||2022|2021|
||||World|||
||||Congress|||
||||ofSoil|||
||||Science|Total|Total|
||||2022|activities|actlvlttes|
|Bank charges|||25,991|27,316|1,757|
|Exchange rate variances|||69|56|51|
|Office staff costs||||205,109|156,401|
|Rent, rates and water||||4,071|3,503|
|Insurance|||17,092|23,293|1,797|
|Telephoae||||228|186|
|Postage and stationery||||252|105|
|Sundries|||26|26||
|Computer and website expenses|||19,727|31,140|15,850|
|Repairs and renewals
Amortisation
ofintangible
fixed assets
Depreciation oftangible fixed assets||||2,736
S27|1,015
2,736
1,103|
|Independent
eamination||fees|4.555|7P32|5.170|
|Independent
examiners'|fees for other work||2,723|4,761|3,461|
|Legal and pmfessional
fees|||575|575|~2500|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Independent
examination
fees|||5,032|5,170|
|Audit fees|||2400||
|Examiner' fees for non-assurance||services|4,761|3,461|
|Depreciation - owned|assets||827|1,103|
|Website development|amortisation||2,736|2,736|
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|DrDBLascefies||146|
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|DrTAspray|||
|Prof8Mooney
DrIHannam|||
|DrBWestbury|||
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||INCOME ANDENDO~ FROM|funds|fimdsf|fundsf|
||Donations
and legacies|35.897|750|36,647|
||ble activities||||
||Publications|314,070||314,070|
||Tralunlg courses|6,061||6,061|
||Other trading activities|9,400||9,400|
||Investment
income|15647||15,653|
||Total|381,075|756|~381831|
||EXPENDITURE ON||||
||Raising funds|1,815||1,815|
||Charitable
activthes||||
||Membership
and subscriptions|73,907||73,907|
||Publications|126,980||126,980|
||Meetings and conferences|96,336||96,336|
||Tlaululg
courses|2.327||2,327|
||Pmvision ofgrants|(392)||(392)|
||World Congress ofSoil Science 2022|13.562||13,562|
||Total|314,535||314,535|
||Net gains on investments|36.190||~36190|
||NET INCOME|102,730|756|103,486|
||RECONCILIATION OFFUNDS||||
||Total funds brought forward|957,901|12,615|970,516|
||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|1,060.631|13,371|1,074,002|
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16.|he Year Ended 31December 2022
INTANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS —~|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Website|
||||||development|
||COST|||||
||At 1January 2022 and 31December 2022||||~27360|
||AMORTISATION|||||
||At 1Janumy 2022||||5,472|
||Charge foryear||||2,736|
||At31December 2022||||8.208|
||NET BOOKVALUE|||||
||At31December 2022
At31~2021||||19.152
21,888|
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|||and|Computer|||
|||Ettings
6|etllnprneut
f||Totals|
||COST|||||
||At 1January 2022 and 31December 2022|3,282|~4462||7,744|
||DEPRECIATION|||||
||At 1January 2022|820|3,616||4,436|
||Charge for year|212||615|827|
||At 31December 2022|1,032|||5,263|
||NET BOOKVALUE|||||
||At 31December 2022|~250||231|2,481|
||At 31December 2021|~2462||846|3,308|
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f|Charity|
|Tmde debtors|||93,577|93,577|
|VAT||17,443|||
|Other debtors|18,186||5,198|198|
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|CURRENT ASSETINVES~|-~||||
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|Listed investments|||54l.495|306691|
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f|Charity|Group
f|Charity|
|Trade creditors|||63528|63,528|7~03|49,771|
|VAT|||36,655||42|768|
|Other creditors
Accrued expenses|||10,122
21,276|28,307
~14457|9,369
19S,048|9,369
29,148|
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lease payments||under non-cancellable|perating leases|fall due as follows:|||
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f|fundsf|31/12/22
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fuads|||||||
|General fimd|||655,937|171,452|(57.675)|769,714|
|BSSSOperational|Fund||311,454||57.675|369,129|
|2022World Congress of
Training Courses||SoilScience Fund|89,626
3,614|(89.626)
5271||~8885|
||||1.060.631|87,097||1,147,728|
|estricted feeds|||||||
|Brian Chambers Soils Fund|||13,371|(M46)||7.825|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||1,074,002|81,551||~1,155553|
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in funds, included in the above|are as follows:||||
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f|expended|losses
f|in funds
f|
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funds|||||
|General fimd|1,491,915|(1,304,263)|(16.200)|171,452|
|2022World Congress ofSoilScience Fund
Training Courses|2,000
11,788|(91.626)
~6,51||(89,626)
5.271|
||1,505,703|(1,402,406)|(16,200)|87,097|
|Restricted fimds|||||
|Brian Chambers Soils Fund||(6,046)||(5.546)|
|TOTAL FUNDS|~1506,203|~1,408,452)|~16,200)|81,551|
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|Unrestricted
funds|||||||
|General|fimd||513,410|141,636|891|655,937|
|BSSSOperational||Fund|312,345||(891)|311,454|
|2022World Congress ofSoil Science Fund
Training
Corneas|||132,146|(42,520)
~3614||89,626
3,614|
||||957,901|102,730||1,060,631|
||funds||||||
|Brian Chambers||Soils Fund|12,615|756||13,371|
|TOTAL|FUNDS||970316|103.486||1,074,002|
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||Incoming|Resources|Gains and|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Iesoiaces
f|expended|losses|lli fllllds
f|
|Unrestricted
funds|||||
|General fimd|375,014|(269568)|36,190|141,636|
|2022World Congress ofSoilScience Fuad
Training Courses|6.061|(42,520)
~2,44||(42,520)
3,614|
||381,075|(314,535)|36,190|102,730|
|Restricted fends|||||
|Brian Chambers Soils Fund|756|||756|
|TOTAL FUNDS|381,831|(314,535)|36,190|103,486|
||||Net|Transfers||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||movement|between|At|
|||At V1721|in funds|funds|3V12I22
f|
|Unrestricted
fends||||||
|General fimd||513,410|313,088|(56,784)|769,714|
|BSSSOperational|Fund|312,345||56,784|369,129|
|2022 World Congress ofSoil Science Fund||132,146|(132,146)|||
|Training Courses|||8,885||8,885|
|||957,901|189,827||1,147,728|
|Restrkted fends||||||
|Brian Chambers|Soils Fund|12,615|(4,790)||7,825|
|TOTAL FUNDS||970,516|185,037||1,155,553|
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|||Resources|Gains and|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||expended|losses
f|in funds
f|
|Unrestricted
funds|||||
|General fund|1,866,929|(1,573,831)|19,990|313,088|
|2022 World Congress ofSoilScience Fmd
Training Courses|2,000
17.849|(134,146)
~8.964)||(132,146)
8.885|
||1,886,778|(1,716,941)|19,990|189,827|
|Restricted funds|||||
|Brian (timbers Soils Fund|1256|(6.046)||(4.790)|
|TOTAL FUNDS|~1,888034|~1,722,987)|19.990|~185037|
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|||2021|
|---|---|---|
||f||
|Office staff payroll costs|166,231|122,079|
|Paymfi charges|17,745|14,703|
|Rental fees|2,299|3,046|
|Soitware costs|4488|701|
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|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|SUBSIDARY UNDERTAKING|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|The charitable
company
has contml oftbe charity World Crmgress ofSoil Science 2022, acharitable
company
in England. The subsidiary
wasinc~ tohold the World Congress ofSoil Science in 2022 on||||||||
|behalf ofthe charitable
company. Afi activities have been consofidated
of financial
activities. A share of available
pmfits for the event warn
summary ofresults ofthe subsidiary is shown below:||||on ahne
donated|by line basis in
to the charitable|the statement
company.
A||
||||||2022||2021|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||||||
|Donations and legacies|||||243,387|||
|Charitable
activities||||||||
|WorM Congress ofSoil|Science||||785,674|||
|Other trading activities|||||191,104|||
|Investment
income|||||310|||
||||||1,220,475|||
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||||
|Raising fimds|||||18,912||435|
|Charitable activities||||||||
|Provision ofgrants|||||260,071||7355|
|Wodd Congress ofSoil|Science 2022||||884,140||49.562|
||||||1,163,123||57,352|
|NET INCOME((EXPENDITURE)|||||57,352||(57,352)|
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|||2022f|2021|
|---|---|---|---|
|INCOME ANDENDO~||||
|Donations and legacies||||
|Donations||3,179|850|
|Grants||5,000||
|BSSSmember's
subscriptions||44,103|35,797|
|Subvention||101,066||
|||153,348|36,647|
|Other trading activities||||
|Shop income||14,753||
|Sponsorships
and advertising||195.829|1,000|
|Partnership|||8,400|
|||210.582||
|Investment
income||||
|Share revaluations||16,358|14,584|
|Deposit account interest||2,368|1.069|
|||18,726|15,653|
|Charitable activities||||
|Royalties from publications
Provision oftraining courses||325,760
11,788|314,070
6,061|
|Regional Meetings||325||
|World congress ofsoil science||785.674||
|||1,123,547|320,131|
|Total incoming resources||1,506,203|381,831|
|Raising donations and legacies||||
|Promouooai
costs||18,912|1.815|
|Other trading activities||||
|Shop merchandise||16,107||
|Bad debts||174||
|||16,281||
|Charitable
activities||||
|Regional group meetings|and traveBing expenses|673||
|Annual
conference
Canied forward||673|(3,996)
(3,996)|
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|||||2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charitable
activifies|||||
|Broughtforward|||6?3|(3,996)|
|Sundries|||13|13|
|Printing
and copying|||9,327|2,861|
|Dues and subsciiptions|||11.664|10.959|
|SUM contractors|||34,810|29,205|
|EJSScontractors|||38,032|39,914|
|Prizes and awards|||1,403||
|General travel and meeting||costs|16,719|8,533|
|Council expenses|||1,554|1.653|
|Publication
expenses|||11,253|21,802|
|Tnunlllg colures|||6.517|2,327|
|World congress ofsoil science|||777,383|4,206|
|Grants to institutions|||130,035|(18270)|
|Grants to individuals|||25.954|17,878|
||||1,065,337|117,085|
|Support costs|||||
|Finance|||||
|Bank charges|||27„316|1,757|
|Exchange rate variances|||56|51|
||||27.372|1,808|
|Other|||||
|Oi'fice statf costs|||205,109|156,401|
|Rent, rates and water|||4,071|3,503|
|Insurance|||23393|1.797|
|Telephone|||228|186|
|Postage and stationery|||252|105|
|Sundries|||26||
|Computer and website|expenses||31,140|15,850|
|Repairs and renewals||||1,015|
|Amortisation
ofintangible||fixed assets|2,736|2,736|
|Depreciation oftangible fixed assets|||827|1,103|
||||267,682|182,696|
|Governance
costs|||||
|Independent
examination||fees|7,532|5,170|
|Independent
examiners'|fees for other work||4,761|3,461|
|Legal and professional|fees||575|2,500|
||||12.868|11.131|
|Total resources expended|||~1408452|~314535|
|Net income before gains and losses|||97,751|67,296|
||||2021|
|---|---|---|---|
|Realised recognised
Realised gains/0osses)|gains and losses
on fixed asset investments|~16,200)|36,190|
|Net income||81,551|103,486|
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|STRATEGIC REPORT|||||||||||
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|Future Activities|||||||||||
|Tosapport oar strategy, we wgl tmdertake
the followiag activities m 2023t|||||||||||
|1.Seating topublidse the key issues for the soil science community|||||||||||
|-Agree a suitable publishing
arrangement
to suit our two journals|||||||||||
|—Review Soil Matters to ensure it stig meets members'
needs|||||||||||
|—Publish a comprehensive
document
summarising
the findings||fmm tbe|first|soil policy day||held durmg|||the World||
|Congress|||||||||||
|-Pmduce aminimum oftwo guidance notes on relevant topics|||||||||||
|-Produce two Science Notes on relevant topics|||||||||||
|-Review and update existing guidance notes|||||||||||
|-Respond to relevant UK and international
consultaiions.|||||||||||
|2.Promofiag change through kaowledge
exchange across all aspects ofsog science|||||||||||
|-Develop atheme ofwork highhghting
the value ofsoil in arange ofcontexts|||||||||||
|-Develop adigital pmject to store information
gathered to deliver||the World Congress tours programme|||||||||
|-Exhibit at events aimed atprefesaional,
including
Contamination||Expo|||||||||
|—Agree how to engage with COP 28.|||||||||||
|3.Hostmg conferences and mee5ngs focased on soils|||||||||||
|-Host face-to-face Regional Group events and meetings|||||||||||
|—Continue
our free-to-attend
Zoom into Soil series, partaering|with external||organisations||as relevant||||||
|-Deliver our Annual
Conference in Belfast, alongside atours and||outreach pmgramme|||||||||
|—Support the delivery ofEumsoil 2025.|||||||||||
|4.Supporting
and encouraging
the education ofsoi1science|||||||||||
|—Launch our outreach boxes, to support educators in delivming
soils edacation to young people
-Support the development
ofthe Natural Histixy GCSE,TLevel in Agriculture,
Land~ent|||||||and|Production||and|
|work with relevant apprenticeship
gmups to ensure soil is considered aspart|||ofthe syllabus||||||||
|-Attend external outmach events including
Open Farm Sunday|||||||||||
|—Deliver apmject to link cultural voices to the Scottish soils landscape.|||||||||||
|5.Inspiring the future generations ofsog srienttsts|||||||||||
|—Host the Early Careers Conference.|||||||||||
|6.Ensaring high standards
ofprofessional
practise forthose working with soils|||||||||||
|- Identify
the current
training
snd qualifications
available
for|practitioners||in soil science and|||propose||how any||gaps|
|could befilled|||||||||||
|—Continue the developmeat
ofthe Level 7Soil Science Apprenticeship|||||||||||
|—Deliver anmnber ofWorking with Soil training courses|||||||||||
|—Scope Continued
Professional
Development
(CPD) recording|mechanisms.||||||||||
|7.Leading on the sorel and environmental
responsibiTities|ofacontemporary|||society|||||||
|—Review our Society vision snd Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure they remain|||||fitfor|purpose|||||
|-Ensure we have up to date Terms ofReference aud policies|||||||||||
|-Introduce an Environmental
Working Gmup to consider how|the|Society csn achieve its enviromuental||||||targets.|||
|STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE
AND MANAGEMENT|||||||||||
|Governing
docmneat|||||||||||
|The charity is controlled
by its governing
document,
a deed|of|trust, and|constitutes a||limited|company,|||limited|by|
|guarantee.
as defined by the Companies Act 2006.|||||||||||
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|||Umestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|6|6|||
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||||
|Donations
and legacies|4|152,848||153,348|36,647|
|Charitabl
activities|7|||||
|Publications||325,760||325,760|314,070|
|Meetings
and conferences||325||325||
|Tfshnng courses||11,788||11,788|6,061|
|World Congress ofSoil Science 2022||785,674||785,674||
|Other trading activities|5|210,582||210482|9,400|
|Investment
income|6|18,726||18,726|15,653|
|Total||~1,505703|500|1,506,203|381,831|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||
|Raising funds|8|35,193||35,193|1,815|
|Charitable
activities|9|||||
|Membership
and subscrlptions||92,154||92,154|73,907|
|Publications||131,527||131,527|126,980|
|Meetings and conferences||138r)31||138,931|96,336|
|Traudng
courses||6,517||6,517|2.327|
|Provision ofgrants
World Congress ofSoil Science 2022||149,943
~848 141|6,046|155,989
848 141|(392)
~13562|
|Total||~1402406|6,046|1,408,452|~314535|
|Net gains/Uosses)
on investments||(16,200)||(16,200|36,190|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||87,097|(5,546)|81,551|103,486|
|RECONCILIATION OFFUNDS||||||
|Total funds bmught forward||1„060,631|13,371|1,074,002|970,516|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||~1147,728|7,825|1,155,553|~1074,002|
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|||||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Utuestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||Notes|funds
f,|funds|fundsf|fundsf|
|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Intangible
assets|16|19,152||19,152|21,888|
|Tangible assets|17|2,481||2,481|3.308|
|||21,633||21,633|25,196|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Stocks|18|4,148||4,148||
|Debtors|19|18,186||18,186|98,775|
|Investments|20|540,495||540,495|306,695|
|Prepayments
and accmed income||259,154||259,154|339,083|
|Cash at bank and in hand||435.693|7.825|443.518|~584015|
|||1,257,676|7,825|1,265,501|1,328,568|
|CREDITORS||||||
|Amounts
falling due within one year|21|(131,581)||(131481)|(279,762)|
|NETCiJRRENT ASSETS||1,126„095|7,825|1,133,920|1,048,806|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT||||||
|LIABILITIES||1,147,728|7,825|1,155,553|1,074.002|
|NETASSETS||1,147,728|7,825|1,155,553|~1,074 002|
|FUNDS||||||
|Unrestricted
funds||||1,147,728|1,060,631|
|Restricted funds||||7,825|13,371|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||~1,155 553|1,074,002|
|||||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestdcted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||Notes|funds|funds|fundsf|fundsf|
|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Intangible
assets|16|19,152||19,152|21,888|
|Tangible assets|17|2,481||2,481|3308|
|||21,633||21,633|25,196|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Stocks|18|4,148||4,148||
|Debtors|19|17,443||17,443|93,775|
|Investments|20|540,495||540,495|306,695|
|Prepayments
and accrued income
Cash atbank and in hand||259,154
~281 110|~137861|259,154
418,971|250,153
483,801|
|||1,102,350|137,861|1,240,211|1,134,424|
|CREDITORS||||||
|Amounts
falling due within one year|21|(106,292)||(106,291)|(89,056)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||996,058|137,861|1,133,919|1,045,368|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT||||||
|LIABILITIFS||1,017,691|137,861|1,155,553|1,070,564|
|NET ASSETS||1,017,691|137,861|1,155,552|1,070,564|
|FUNDS||||||
|Unrestricted
funds||||1,017,692|1,057,193|
|Restricted funds||||137,861|13.371|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||1,155,553|1,070,564|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Notes|||
|Cash fiows from operating|activities||||
|Cash generated ftom operations|||90,777|53,353|
|Net cssb provided by operating activities|||90.777|53.353|
|Cash fiows from investiag|activities||||
|Purchase oftangible fixed assets||||(4,129)|
|Purchase offixed asset investments|||(250,000)||
|Interest received|||2,368|1,069|
|Dividends
received|||16,358|14584|
|Net cash (used m)lpmvided|by investing|activities|~231374)|11,524|
|Change in cash and cash equivalents||in|||
|the reportiag period|||(140,497)|64,877|
|Cash and cash equivalents|atthe||||
|begmning ofthe reporting|period||584,015|519,138|
|Cash and cash eqnivaleats|atthe eml|of|||
|the reporting period|||~443518|584,015|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Net income forthe reporting period (asper the Statement of Financial|||||
||Activities)|||81551|103,486|
||Adjustments
for:|||||
||Depreciation
charges|||3,563|3,839|
||Losses/(gain)
on investments|||16300|(36,190)|
||Interest received|||(2368)|(1,069)|
||Dividends received|||(16,358)|(14,584)|
||Increase in stocks|||(4,148)||
||Decrease/(increase)|in debtors||160,518|(153,200)|
||(Decrease)/mcrease|in creditors||(148,181)|151,071|
||Net cash provided|by operations||90,777|53353|
|2.|ANALYSIS OFCHANGES IN NET FUNDS|||||
||||At 1/I/22|Cash flow|At 31/12/22|
||Net cash|||||
||Cash atbank and in hand||~584015|~140,49|443.518|
||||~584015|~140,49|~443518|
||Liquid resources|||||
||Deposits included in cash|||||
||Current asset investments||306.695|233,800|~540495|
||||306,695|233,800|540.495|
||||890,710|93.303|984,013|
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