REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1142966
Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
for
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Sandison Lang Limited
2 St Marys Road
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 2LB
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
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Page |
Report of the Trustees |
1 to 2 |
Independent Examiner's Report |
3 |
Statement of Financial Activities |
4 |
Balance Sheet |
5 |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
6 to 10 |
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities |
11 |
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
Thetrusteespresenttheirreportwiththefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyear ended
31March2022.ThetrusteeshaveadoptedtheprovisionsofAccountingandReportingby Charities:
StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordance with
the FinancialReportingStandardapplicablein the UK and Republicof Ireland(FRS 102)(effective1 January
2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Purposes and aims
TheSociety'spurposeistoactasamultidisciplinaryprofessionalbodyofexpertstopromotethe clinical
practice,educationandclinicaltrialsinrelationtomuscledisease,myastheniagravisandspinal muscular
atrophy. It is intended to be a forum of consultant level experts to consider these issues.
The aims of the Society are:
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agreeing best practice and standards of care for patients with muscle disease
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agreeing standards for training in clinical myology and clinical muscle pathology
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promoting translational research
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establishing clinical networks to facilitate and promote clinical trials and patient registries
-
facilitating collaborations with patient organisations
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
TheBMSAnnualMeetingwasheldas a shortenedprogrammeonlineon the12thNov2021.This meeting
includedashortenedAGM(online).TheBMSfundedfreemeetingplacesforallattendees. BMS
membership was required for registration.
Theonlineeventwaswellreceivedwithexcellentattendeeshipandfeedback.Attendeeshipwas around
130 delegates.
TheBMSAdultMuscleteachingdaywasheldonlineon 11thNov2021.A smallfeeof £35wascharged to
any non-BMS members attending this event. Attendeeship was around 100 delegates.
Aneweventwascreatedfor2022:TheBMSAHP(AlliedHealthProfessionals)teachingday.Thisevent is
designedforAlliedHealthProfessionalswithaspecialistinterestinNeuromuscularDisease. Free
attendance was provided to all attendees. Around 195 delegates attended.
BMS website address is https://www.britishmyologysociety.org/
FUTURE PLANS
TheBMSplanstoruntheAnnualMeetingandthePaediatricMuscleTeachingDayinSept2022 at
Worcester College, Oxford.
The BMS plans to run an online Allied Health Professional Teaching Day in Nov 2022
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document
Thecharityiscontrolledbyitsgoverningdocument,adeedoftrustandconstitutesan unincorporated
charity.
The Society was registered as a charity on 19 July 2011.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity number
1142966
Principal address
Box 102
National Hospital for Neurology and
Neurosurgery, Queen Square
London
WC1N 3BG
Trustees
Professor M G Hanna
Professor F Muntoni
Dr R Quinlivan
Independent Examiner
Sandison Lang Limited
2 St Marys Road
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 2LB
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 17 August 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
Dr R Quinlivan - Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
British Myology Society
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of British Myology Society
I reportto the charitytrusteeson my examinationof the accountsof British MyologySociety(the Trust) for
the year ended 31 March 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
AsthecharitytrusteesoftheTrustyouareresponsibleforthepreparationoftheaccountsin accordance
with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I reportin respectofmyexaminationoftheTrust'saccountscarriedoutundersection145oftheAct and
incarryingoutmyexaminationIhavefollowedallapplicableDirectionsgivenbytheCharity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Ihavecompletedmyexamination.Iconfirmthatnomaterialmattershavecometomyattention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoothermattersinconnectionwiththeexaminationto which
attentionshouldbedrawninthisreportinordertoenableaproperunderstandingoftheaccountsto be
reached.
Mr Ryan Cottington
FCCA
Sandison Lang Limited
2 St Marys Road
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 2LB
17 August 2022
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
2022
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
3,223
Charitable activities
Educational and academic
44,890
Total
48,113
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
2
120
Charitable activities
Educational and academic
(90)
Other
34,848
Total
34,878
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
13,235
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
13,789
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
27,024 |
2021
Total
funds
£
2,624
37,597
40,221
-
157
43,014
43,171
(2,950)
16,739
13,789 |
|
|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Balance Sheet
31 March 2022
2022
Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
CURRENT ASSETS
Prepayments and accrued income
8,762
Cash at bank
51,012
59,774
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
5
(32,750)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
27,024
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
27,024
NET ASSETS
27,024
FUNDS
6
Unrestricted funds
27,024
TOTAL FUNDS
27,024 |
2021
Total
funds
£
8,762
38,170
46,932
(33,143)
13,789
13,789
13,789
13,789
13,789 |
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|
ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissue on
17 August 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:
R Quinlivan - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
Thefinancialstatementsofthecharity,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,have been
preparedinaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingby Charities:
StatementofRecommendedPracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsin accordance
withtheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS 102)
(effective1January2019)',FinancialReportingStandard102'TheFinancialReporting Standard
applicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland'andtheCharitiesAct2011.Thefinancial statements
have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Income
Allincomeis recognisedin theStatementofFinancialActivitiesoncethecharityhasentitlement to
the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructive obligation
committingthe charityto that expenditure,it is probablethat a transferof economicbenefitswill be
requiredinsettlementandtheamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditure is
accountedforonanaccrualsbasisandhasbeenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateall cost
relatedtothecategory.Wherecostscannotbedirectlyattributedtoparticularheadingsthey have
been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestrictedfundscanbe usedin accordancewiththecharitableobjectivesat thediscretionof the
trustees.
Restrictedfunds can only be used for particularrestrictedpurposeswithin the objectsof the charity.
Restrictionsarisewhenspecifiedbythedonororwhenfundsareraisedforparticular restricted
purposes.
Furtherexplanationofthenatureandpurposeofeachfundis includedin thenotestothe financial
statements.
continued...
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
2. RAISING FUNDS
Raising donations and legacies |
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2022 |
2021 |
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|
£ |
£ |
|
Support costs |
120 |
|
- |
3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31March2022nor for
the year ended 31 March 2021.
Trustees' expenses
Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31March2022norfortheyear ended
31 March 2021.
4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
|
Unrestricte |
|
fund |
|
£ |
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
|
Donations and legacies |
2,624 |
Charitable activities |
|
Educational and academic |
37,597 |
Total |
40,221 |
EXPENDITURE ON |
|
Charitable activities |
|
Educational and academic |
157 |
Other |
43,014 |
Total |
43,171 |
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) |
(2,950) |
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS |
|
Total funds brought forward |
16,739 |
continued...
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued
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|
|
|
|
Unrestricte |
|
|
|
|
|
fund |
|
|
|
|
|
£ |
|
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD |
|
|
|
13,789 |
5. |
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022 |
2021 |
|
|
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
Other creditors |
|
|
32,750 |
33,143 |
6. |
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net |
|
|
|
|
|
movement |
At |
|
|
At 1/4/21 |
|
in funds |
31/3/22 |
|
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Unrestricted funds |
|
|
|
|
|
General fund |
13,789 |
|
13,235 |
27,024 |
|
TOTAL FUNDS |
13,789 |
|
13,235 |
27,024 |
|
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incoming |
|
Resources |
Movement |
|
|
resources |
|
expended |
in funds |
|
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Unrestricted funds |
|
|
|
|
|
General fund |
48,113 |
|
(34,878) |
13,235 |
|
TOTAL FUNDS |
48,113 |
|
(34,878) |
13,235 |
continued...
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Comparatives for movement in funds
|
|
Net |
|
|
|
movement |
At |
|
At 1/4/20 |
in funds |
31/3/21 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
Unrestricted funds |
|
|
|
General fund |
16,739 |
(2,950) |
13,789 |
TOTAL FUNDS |
16,739 |
(2,950) |
13,789 |
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS |
Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
40,221
(43,171)
(2,950)
40,221
(43,171)
(2,950) |
|
|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|
|
Net |
|
|
|
movement |
At |
|
At 1/4/20 |
in funds |
31/3/22 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
Unrestricted funds |
|
|
|
General fund |
16,739 |
10,285 |
27,024 |
TOTAL FUNDS |
16,739 |
10,285 |
27,024 |
continued...
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Acurrentyear12monthsandprioryear12monthscombinednetmovementinfunds,included in
the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS |
Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
88,334
(78,049)
10,285
88,334
(78,049)
10,285 |
|
|
7. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2022.
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BRITISH MYOLOGY SOCIETY
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Subscriptions
Charitable activities
Conferences
Sponsorships
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Charitable activities
Conference costs
Support costs
Management
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Governance costs
Secretarial costs
Accountancy and legal fees
Computer costs
Total resources expended
Net income/(expenditure) |
2022
£
3,223
945
43,945
44,890
48,113
(90)
500
120
620
31,500
1,248
1,600
34,348
34,878
13,235 |
2021
£
2,624
-
37,597
37,597
40,221
157
-
-
-
41,825
1,007
182
43,014
43,171
(2,950) |
|
|
|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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