Museum of London Archaeology
Group Siralegic Re￿, Report of the Directo￿ and
Consolidated Financial Slalemenls
Ihe Year Endeil 31 March 2023
Company Number07751831
Charity number 1143574
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Museum of London Archaeology
R•port and eonsolidatqd finan¢Sal $tatem•nts
for the y•ar ond￿ 31 Mar¢h 2023
Contents
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Group Strategic Rep
Trustees Report
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Indepen(knt aJdilor'8 re￿rt
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Consolidated stslement of finant?81 aclivities
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Consolidated Statement olfinancial position
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Charity ststemenl of financial posibon
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Consolidated sL*ement of cash fl¢Y••
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Notes forming wt of the consolbjated finanttal stateM￿ts

Museum of London Archaeology
Strntegi¢ Report
for the year ended 31 IAarch 2023
The trustees who are also director5 of the tharity for ts purwses of the Companres Act 21)06. present
their reportwith the financial statements ofthe tharityforthe year ended 31 Marth 2023. The trustees have
adopted the provisions of Accounb'ng and ReportiNJ by Charities.. Statement of Recomrnended Practice
applicable lo charities preparirvj their accounts in 8c£oft1ance the Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland {FRS 102) leffecti¥* 1 January 2019).
STRATEGIC REPORT
Review of the business
Museum of London Archaeology llhe Chantyl with ity Subsidiary charty MOLA Northampton are
hereafter rele￿ed to as.the Group.. The principal actNty of the Charrty and the Group continued to be that
of providirrfj archaeological seNces in Iurtherar￿e of its tharitab￿ ok¥e￿$ are lo tenefit Ihe publ
through educaticffl in archaeology and the historic environment.
Following a suwsful year to 31st March (in vlhth the Group kwted a surplus of £943k} the Year
10 31 sl March 2023 was a particUl￿Y difficult year for the Group. Earty in Ihe year the Group acquired L -
P '. Heritage LLP lon the 20th June 20221. HO￿ver, as the year prO9￿$Sell it be(ane ¢kar that there were
urKlerlying problems ￿ the MOLA business mc•Jel, comFounded by delays to major projects that dgferred
expected re￿n￿e$. The MOLA leadership to explore cotions for YevisKJns lo the business model as
well as mitigating the effects of delayed Ffoie¢ts. In Fet￿￿ 2023 a new Chair (Paul Rodggrsl was
appointed by the MOLA Board. arKI the Boar(I tegan the process of fecruibNJ 8 new Chief Exewlive.
A new Chief Executrve {Guy HLnt-fomierly a Parther of L P .' Heritsge LLP) vras appointed in May 2023.
Throughout the course of2023 a majof rethcauring pn)gramme was undertaken in order to ensure 8 return
to profilaknlity. and in lum rebuild ￿taIned reserves and hence ensure the fiJbJre success and viability of
the Group. This exercise resutted in annualised cost redUcE￿n$ across the Group well in e￿sS of £3 mn
per annurn. The associated costs and subsequent t*nefits of this restnJcluring exercise will be realisèd in
subsequent Finanaal Statements ond do not have an impact on the FIna￿la1 Statements for the year
ended 31$1 March 2023.
The group continues lo W￿kwith a set of key perfomiance indicators whith irKJude regular ￿VIeW of project
margins. chargeability. and key business eslRnates including project forecasts. This helps to ensu￿ reliable
financial infomiation and bjsiness improvemwL
PrlThclp•l rlsks and uncertalntl•s
The Group and charity are subiect lo various risks and uncertaintses during the orOin8ry course of ils
business, many Qfwh￿h result from factors outside of its control. The group's risk mam3emenl Iramework
prowdes reasonebje {but cannot provide atsolutel assurance that significani risks a￿ identified and
addressgJ.
An aclive risk management process identifie5. assesses. rnitigate5, and rewts on all 3spects of risk. Key
risks and the implemented appropriate ccnlrols and risk govemance techniques are discussed on pages
15 and 16 of this Annual Report and Ac￿unts.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Trustees
forlhe year ended 31 March 2023
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is conlrcAled by its goveming document. a deed of trust, and cons11￿leS a limited company.
limited by guarantee. as defined by the Ccrfnpanies Act 2006.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAILS
Register¢d Company numbor
07751831 IEnglan(l •xl Wales)
R•gi5terod Charity nunknir
1143574
Register￿ offl¢e
Mortimer Wheeler House
46 Eagle Wharf Road
London
N17ED
Trustees
S A Ament
Or C 8ell
Professor C Br￿dbank
S Farid
Or V N M¢Guinness
W A McKee
P D Rodger5 {8PPObnled 2313r23)
M Ewdl Iresigned IW51231
R ￿0mr1￿d.Smith {resigned 20r2r23>
G C Love Iresigned 2313r231
Alison G¢)wm8n. Peter Stewart and P8uI Rodgws a￿ directots of MOLA Nothampton aThY attend
Museum of LotKlon Archaeology Board meeb"ngs.
Auditors
Shaw Gibbs IALJdil} Limited
Chartered cerb.fied Accountants
Slalulory Auditor
264 Banbury Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 7DY
eank•rs
Lloyds Banking Gr￿p
4th Roor. 25 Gresham &reet
London
EC2V 7HN
Chlef Executive (of MOLA Northampton and Museum of London Archaeology)
Guy Hunt lappoinled 1 June 2023)
Int8rirn Chief Exo¢utl¥t lof MOLA Northampton and Museum of Lorbdon Archa•olog
Steve Parry IresignAd 1 June 20231
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of th• Tn
for t￿ y•ar •nd•d 31 M*rch 2023
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCEAMD IAANAGEMEKr
Icontinuedl
The Charity. Museum of London Archaeology {MOLAI is constituted as a Company limited by guarantee
and is goverr*d by ts Mem(Kandum and Articles of Ass(xialion. The Charity was incorporated on 24 August
2011 and registered the Charity C(Mmmis&on on 30 Augusl 2011. The Charity began operating on 1
November 2011. This was the effeclive dale ol transfer of the assets and Lmdertakings retsling to a former
division of the Museum of L¢)rKlon Iregislered charity number 1139250), into the new Charity, this Iransfer
was govemed by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Ernployment) Regulat￿n5 2¢)% ITUPE}.
The Charity has an active. subskliary company limited by guarantee. MOLA Northamplon Limited. in vknich
It is the sole shareholder. MOLA Northampton incorpof8ted on 10 (klober 2013 and ￿gIstered wlh
the Charity Commisson on 6 January 2014. This subsidiary. vthich is also a Charity regislered in England
and Wales (company number 8727508. ch8rity number 1155198). has identical ch8rrtable objects to
those of MOLA. The Financial Ststements of MOLA Northampton Limited for the perul ending 31 March
2023 have been filed separately with COmpan￿S House and the Charily Commission. It is the intention of
the Grojp to transfer the assets. lia￿lIt￿5 aThJ tw$1￿$$ of MOLA N¢ythampton into the Museum of Lonth)n
Archaeology lo sinplfy the Group's cperations. tt is an1￿1pated that this occur tefore ts 31 March 2025
year-eNJ.
On the 20 June 2022 the assets of L- P .. Heritage LLP were p￿tha$e￿ and intwaled into the Gmup.
The Charity and its subshliaries are ¢olle¢bvdy referred to as Gro￿ V+ithin the Report and Financial
Statements.
Goveman¢e
The Charity is govemed by o Board of Tn￿tee$ ￿•￿1 a￿ also Directors of the charitsble company. A
range of business. financial and communications skills is ensured at Board ￿ve1. The MOLA Articles
stipulate that the &)ard shall comprise not less than three and not MO￿ than trwelve Trvslees. Trustees
may be appointed either by ord￿ary Resokjtion or by a decision of the Truslees and hold office for a
term ol Ihree ￿ars. Retiring Trustees may be re-appointed but r•)t for more than three consecutive
lems of office. General meetirys are required to pass a resolution to remove a Trustee. Ordinary
resolutions ¢an be passed by 8 simple Ma￿)rity and speual resolutions, require filing al Companies
House. require al ￿ast 75 per cent of those eligilile lo vole in favoJr.
Members of Ihe Board are reimbursed for out￿•¢ke1 expenses. such as transport ￿St$ to attend
Board meetings, but are othewse not remurÉrated.
New Tnjstees {Directors) sgn a DeclaratKJn of Eligibility statement includes confimiation that they
have read and understood the HMRC Guhlance The 'Fit and Proper Persons test,. a basi¢ guide for charity
m8nagers. An induction is arranged for each new Trnstee. ￿lch indudes relevant brièfv)g documentation
and famili8fisalion meelings.
The Trustees and Executive Team mainlain and upjate a Board Operations Manual (BOM} sthich brxigs
together key induction information". the Group's policy statements and principles of financial and risk
management., the current Strategic Plan- procedures relating to Ihe appoinknent of Trustee.. the operat￿n of
the Board and its Committees". the Board Code of Conduct" and delegated authorities granted vie Powers of
Attomey and the Group Authority Matrix. There ts an annual evaluation of Board perforniance and the BOM
Is ￿VIeWed and updated annually.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Tntstees
for th• year •nded 31 March 2023
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCEAND IAANAGEMENT
IcontlnU￿
Directors sefftd the Charilyduring the period were as folov•S:
Sharon Ann Ament
. Rosamund BIMifield-Smith
Dr Victoria McGuiness
Graham Love
• William McKee
Dr Carol Bell
* Melvyn Ewell
Shahina Farid
. Professor Cyprian ￿oOdbank
As part of its governance the Charity uses a Board Committee slructure which duriThJ 2022123 incorporated four
standing sub&committees:
. Remuneratson Commiltee overseein9 remuneration for members of the Chief Exe¢ulive and Executive team:
. Audit and Risk Committee {formerly Audit and Govemartel to suppwi the Board in areas includin9 risk. internal
control and govemance as well as business perfornan￿-
Developer Services Committee overseeirrfj client, commercial and business ath"wti"es including fieldwork delivery-
• Researth and Engagement Commtttee o¥er5eeing researth and eng8gement in delivering our charitable
objectives.. and
The Board met nine times over the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 wrth an overall member$, altendance
rate at Board meetings of over 90%.
Membership of the suWmmillees varied over the period due to resignations and appointments of Directors. The
numbers of meetin9s. nLtmber of Charity members represented 8r¥J overall (MOLA Group) attendance rates of
each sUb￿MMittee are summarised below".
Sub£ommittee
Numbefof
Meetin
Number of Charity
Members
Overall
Attendance
100%
Remunerydtion Committee
Audit & fv.sk
Develo
er Services
Research & En
emenl
Between 3- 4
Between 2 - 3
BefvRen 3 - 4
960
90%
To ensure that any actual or Per￿1ved conflict is property hdenlified and maniged as appropriate. a Register of
Board Members, Interests is maintained and a￿ disclosed and remewed by the Board annually or more frequently
as required.
Executive monageffl8nt
The Executive Team of Ihe Charity for 2023 comprise the Interim Ch￿f Executive. Firfan￿ Director. ￿rector of
Research & Engagement. Director of Developer SeMce5, Director of Infrastructure. Director of Research.
Commercial Director, Head of HR and Chief Digital Officer. This team is reswnsible for setting leam and indiwdual
targets 8nd perfOMan￿ measures to address and deliver the Strategic Plan goals as well as providing for Ihe
strategic and tactical ￿1￿C￿"0n of Group rtsew is set out in an anTh￿IlY prepared. Board-approved Budget
and Three-year Business Pian.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of th• Trustees
ft•r the year ended 31 March 2023
The above reP￿sent Ihe Key Manwenl Personnel of the iknup and the Key Management Personnel of the
Charity.
The aggregate remuneration of the Key m￿geMent Personnel for 2022 12023 £926,256 which is disclosed in
0￿rdan￿ wilh the Charity SORP in the notes lo the finartial Stat￿en
The Charity is a Registered <Trg8nisation in the Charte￿j Insbtute for Archaeologists. {CIFA) quality asswance
scheme. The Board has affirmed its commtlment in this regard in a resolution stating.'"The Board of Trustees and
Directors resolves Ihat all orchaeol¢)9i¢al work by AIOLA 8thY MOLA NLythampton sh811 be caff￿d out in
occord8nce with the Ct>Ye of co￿UC1 and other By-laws of the Charterpdlnstitute knchaeolo9iSts."
R•munerallon pollcy
Executive Team remuneration falls outside the gerteral MOLA pay Structure and is the responsibility of the
Board's slanding Remuneration C(xmmittee. The Remuneration Cunmittee Term5 of Reference ￿re approved
by the Board in 2020. and speoalisL independent advice was taken in setting pay poI￿Y and principles. The
Remuneration Committee has delemiined that pay f¢x the Executive team shall be tighlly aligned lo the delivory of
MOLA'S slrategic goals and pay decisions for MOLA ggJ)erally. consistent wth intemal reLativities'. affordable. vAth
growth in revrard aligned %Mth profitability tsrgets,. reftect the mid-term nature of MOLA'S strategic challenges: and
transparent. consistent. fair and free from distrinw)alion.
The Remuneration Committee annLBlly c￿￿iderS the indi¥idual grovth and success of the Exewtive Team in
their roles, pay decisions for MOLA generaly and pay in o)mparalor organisations and roles. Pay decisions are
referenced against comparator organisations, the total cash and cumulative fdlue of base pay. any 'pay al risk,
and pension provisions. Reward may indude provisM?ns. appropriate. for professional development in line
th MOLA'S Org￿l$atiOft de%elopment need5.
The Remunerats'on Committee meets at le85t tw.ce 8nNally. to consKler pay kvoposals for budgeting purposes
for the ￿ar ahe&J and a9ain to rewew oryanisat￿nal and iThJI￿dUal perforMar￿ff on completion of accounts to
ralrfy or finalise pay decisKJns. These meetirKJs tske a￿)Unt of the economt climaie and the Charills short- and
medium-lem work forecast. and benefit from analyws and martet infomiatson sour¢ed by an indeperKlent advisor
to the Remuneralion Committee.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report th th• Trustees
for th• y•ar ended 31 Mar¢h 2023 (contlnuedj
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Charltable objectiv•s and public benefit
The objectives of the Charity {Yknich are set out at Afbcle 3 of tts Artides of Association) are to benefit the public
through education in archaeologyand the historic enwronment
The Trustees have taken into fvll accr￿nt kne Charity Commission's widance on public bènefit in delemiining the
Charitys short and bng-tem FAans.
For the financial lo 31 M8rch 2023, &#i¥ities lo furtherthe Charitls obiectsves included..
Ar¢haeologlGal Investigatlon and th¢ Cr•o￿On of new knowl•dgo:
The Charity delivers a programme of investig3b"on. discovery and research into bekjw-ground and built heritage.
Much ol this Nbrjrk relates to opwrtunrties tr￿t arise through the planning process and are direcdy or indirectly
commissioned and funded by propwty devebpers. construction CoMpan￿s. infrastructure bjilders and aggregates
sector profeswonals, from t(•th the priwdte and public Secto￿. This ￿adS to a ￿de variety of fieldv+Drk and
posl-excavation research projects, %thich generate new understandings and new knovAed9e about the past. These
projects 81s0 generale organised archives of inf¢ym81ion whith then form an inwaluable education81 resource for
future research enquiry_ These a¢tiwlie5 are direcuy aligned V•ith Government policy. wthich affirms the invaluable
contribution that herilage activ￿8$ ¢arr*d out as part of the pLqnning process conlr&ute lo the social, economi
and cultural life of the nalion.
()Jr aims for our Developer SeNces teams fr* the year inclLthd".
to ￿ntinUe lo tell people skn.es 8nd feed results from our fieklwc¥k into the publK dornain. particularfy where
the infomiab.on could re￿nate identified aUd￿nCes.
to mainlain mornentum Trmlh the strategic infrastnJctUTe projecls thai were invcAved in IfKleway. Anglian
Water SPA. A428 earfy excawationsl
Delivering innovative trair￿ and graduate prcgrammes.. and
tr) improve delivery. effioency ond the invesligatw)n of new approaches and tethnok)gical improvements.
Widenlng a¢¢essto rnsearch:
The Charity delivers an amtsticMJs publication and research eng8gement wogramme%%thich aims to wkyen the
findings of our studies in vmys %thich sjjpport a wblic sense of idenlity and place. The programme includes two
long-standing citizen soen¢e initiatives. academica)Jnon-speci8list monograph publication, peer-reviewed joum81
articles and book thapters. magazine articles. radio a￿1 television fealures. eth"btyTh. wMY9>Fes, digital and
other multi-media outputs, as well as PhD opporlunities. and Consuftancy opportunib'es for community members.
MOLA atlopts a $￿thes1$-b8sed approach to ￿SearCh to make its fin*Jings more ￿edIlY 8ccessible lo both
academic and wder public audiences. In addilion to publishing through 115 own imwnl and peer joumals, the
Charity disseminates results thrcHJgh public kTrJing Itfaries. Ioc81 xKieties, its own website and a wde range of
other digital and social media channels.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Trustees
for the y•ar ended 31 March 2023 {￿ntinu•d}
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITES (continued)
Charftablg obJ•¢ts and public benefit (￿ntInued)
donlng a¢¢•ss lo rwarch: {contiThu•dl
Spècffj￿ priorilies for the ￿ar 2022123 *ere identi￿d to exterKI both the re&h and imw of the Charitls wrxk
and the educational and public benefft of its research and findings. These focused on athieving a key sel of
objectives-.
Securing a large share of pOSt￿X￿￿￿ti0n researth and publK engagement derived from infrastnjthre
ogrammes.
Securing greater investrnent n wblic engagement on standard {￿n￿nfraStruC1ule} development4ed
archaeology progr8mmes.
Securing academic grant fijnding in ac￿r￿a￿ ￿ our Research Bu￿nesS Plan. to grow Ihe volume and
impacl of and build our relalionships key unNels￿eS and research partnets.
Exploring the researth potential of fxjr otizen xience programmes via secxjring relewant academic grant
funding and Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentsh¥>s.
Extending the audience base of our research 8nd public engagement prfYJ8mmes (development4ed and
citizen science) Ma study of the needs of those audiences and targeted design around such needs.
Ewloring new researth and engagement opportunths through the lens of data 8￿j its use and reuse Iwth
speaal lo￿$ on digital tools and methodol(*Jiesl.
Exploring ¢?FP￿un1tieS fcf trainirvj new graduates and community members in a￿h¥e0￿9ical post-
ex￿vatiOn.
Connecting people and place through archaeology.
The Charity has a strong belief in Ihe power of archaeolc9y to drive critical thinknThJ. to ervJage wlh contemporary
issues and to give back to communities through the results of our field¥¥ork and research. as well as through bespoke
programmes aimed at improviro individual lives. ￿mM￿lItIeS aThJ Ihe envircfflmenL To that end. the Charity maintains
a team of publi¢ impact speaalists and delivers an innovative range of oppx)rtunilies f¢y Citizens lo parb¢Ép8le (Jiredy
in the discovery and Investigati￿ of UK heritage. and to rec￿ trainin9 at*J experience in the va￿d skdls used in
archaeo1￿jy.
In 2022r23 wblic impact a￿1vIlle$ we delNwed a¢yoss Ihe NLHF Fun¢Jed Coastal & Interlidal z￿ Archaeological
Ne￿[k ICITIZANI, the Thames Discovery F¥ogf8mme ITDP) and a range of ccmmercial and Charitable projects.
Two overarching tsrget audiences provided fccus for these activities. namely:
1. Citizen ALHJiences (comprising Key stage 3 & 4 students and teachers. famity units. non-Engli8h-speaking
cits"zens, individuals I(￿1 lo our offices. and our exists.ng volunteers) .
2. Sector Audiences luniversity arKI field school applican15 and current students, intwnational archaeologi￿1
practitioners, researchers from uni￿r$ities, IROS and national institutions, and charitsble & SME partners}.
Alongsije being responsive lo the OPP￿[unit￿￿ that emerged organically IhroLtgh day-tr￿aY charitable business.
2022123 engagement programmes aimed lo:
1. Champion indusion by devewry welcomir#J Progrwnmes and opportunilies that cater to the full diversity of
the populats'on_
2. Innovate and exreriment with new fomis of eroaging our audiences wth our diwveries and research.
3. Foster MO￿ equitable ftyms of engagement. ueating the right ￿nditionS to enat4e those who have been
systematically excluded from arch8eology to acc￿ Ihe sector.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report ol th• Tn￿tee8
for th• ytsr •nd•d 31 Mar¢h 2023 (continued)
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Achievements and perforfflan￿ are sUmMa￿d as follows".
{1) Archaeologlcal investtgation and the creation of new kThJwl¢dgo:
2022123 was a busy year for MOLA'S invest&alion of archaeoh)gical landscapes rural and urban. with
progr8mmes of fieldwork ta￿ng place from all our off￿£S. providing data w7th ￿gnIficant potential for fvrther analysis
and study. In June 2022. wth the acquisition of L- P Herilage ts reach of these investigatiorts expanded.
On infrastNclure. the HS2 Central Section excavations at Blad(ground5 near Bantr￿ry were completed in April 2022.
This major excavab'on revealed an Iron Age settlement and laler Roman small town. the latter with multiple phases
of mawry buildings alongside a 10m road. Following ¢Jemobilisalion work was I0￿ssed on the post*x¢avation
assessment of the large archwe of material and records created. The propd enabled development of MOLA'S dyrtal
'APEX' recording system and our CIFA approved training prograrTwnes for 'new to sectorf and graduate trainees,
bringing over40 previously Unem￿oYed peop￿ into archaeological careers. Other notsble infrastnjcture-led projects
in the year induded earty excavation vhyks on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. trenching
evaluations along the line of new Anglian Water pipelines in East Anslia aTrJ continuiThJ investigations for Thames
Tideway in London.
In the first half of the year the Northampton team completed a maior phase of excavation at NoThvood Fami on the
outskirts of Northampton. conclL*Jing wth a very ￿gnificant find of a h￿h-statrJs Anglo-saxon burial uncovwed at Ihe
end of the programme (The Harpo￿ Treasure described belowl- Other large excavations undertaken by the team
included Iron Age and Roman sites at Leamington Spa Iwarwickshirel. Collingtree (Norlhamptonl. Towcester
(Northamptonshirel and Wimblir¥Jton Icambs). These large njral excavations for new housing and logistics s(*emes
produced ewdence of Iron Age and Roman settlements and fann5tead5 across a broad landscape. Excavations al
St Mary's Court in Northampton town centre revealed ￿MainS of medieval stone-built buildirrfJs, industrwl features
and evidence of the Great Fire of Northampton (1675).
The Basingsloke team l￿dert￿& the first phase of excavation al Manydown. followng a very large trenthing
evaluation in the wevious year. Other projects undertaken Irom Ba5ingstoke indude an ex&wation at Netherhamplon
near Salisbury and work on the site of Guildford Pricry. Members ol Ihe 8asingstoke team a150 undertook a recording
an(1 assessment piojecl, examining fragments ol the earty 18th cenlury plaster recovwed from the National Trust'$
Ciandon H￿Se, bumt dovm in 2015.
In London, work continued al Landmark C￿rt in S(yJthwark, 7Mth the investigati¢Jn and careful lifting of a Roman
mausoleurn slNcture. Other major srtes included an excavation for the MeTcers Company at Frederick's Pla¢9 in
the City deeply stralified Medieval and Roman deposits V￿re enrA>untered. Woth alx* started on a large and
complex excavation 8150 Fenchurch Street. whieh will involve the exo*vation of burials from the former churchyard
of St Mary Stsining aThY Ihe underfwng Roman deposits. Other wojects starting in the year included excavations at
14-21 Holbom Viaduct. the Salisbury Square Oevelopment on Fleet Street vthich will house the City of London Law
Courts and a rw headquarter5 for the City of London Pdice. 18 81ackfriars. and remaining packages ofwork for
T￿e¥ray at Chambers wharf arKI lfjrling street
The new Bristol. Stansted and Chester offices (acquired from LP in Jure 20221. brought their porttolio of work
and were sc*)n wnning V•*)rk as MOLA Ind￿jing an excavati￿ fry the Duchy of Cmvall al N8nsled8n and for
sustainable energy projects across the east of EngLqnd.
The Developer &Thices team at MOLA includes ￿rge0phy￿$ts, geoarthaeokgisls. geomatics 5peci81ists. histori
buildings experts and heritsge consultsnts". al of whom have conlribuled lo multiple projects IhroughoLrt the year.
CTr of note has teen building recordiThJ and assessment vK¥k fu the Nat￿?nal Trust al Tredegar House in Wales.
{11) Wldèning a¢¢ess to r•search:
2022123 maTked a year of imporlanl achievements for the Charity. including the outpul of a Varipty nf piihli2hpd
materials in pursuit of our goal lo share arthaeologTrcal knowledge with broad research and non-specialist
communities.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Trustees
forthe year ended 31 March 2023 {¢onllnue
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE l¢ontinued)
{ii) Wid•ning a¢c•s$ to rwrch (Gonllnued)
The Charily published the follo￿ng books and articles during the year..
Henderson, M. Miles. A, and Sarah Ritchie, S. 2022 Parlshloner and pauper burials from St James
Westmin$ter (169>17901: Ex¢avations at IA*shall Strèet. London W1. 200VJ. MOLA Monograph Series 74
Artkles. ch•ptsrn and other I¢m￿l vnitt•n outputs..
A￿n, 2022. Millennia of migrants and invaders by the rtver Brilish Archaeo1￿y.l8s, &11
Anon. 2022, M¢)re discoveries a Landmark c￿rt. Stsjtrwark. London Archaeologist. 16. 199
Anon. 2022. mC￿e discoveries 8 Landmth CourL Swthwark, London Archaedogisl, 16, 199
Anon, 2022. Roman mosaic may have been recycled BritKsh hchogobgy. 184. 9
AM)n, 2022. Roman mosaic may have been recyded &itish knhaeology. 184. 9
Atkins. R, and Reid, A. 2022 Eady Anglo-saxon settlement and a mid to late seventh-centthry cemetery on land
wesl of Bramplon. F¥oceediNJs oflhe CambrKJge ArttsqU￿an Sooety, CXI, 117-143
Bafr*-Smbth. C, 2022, HS2 Archaedo9i5ts seek Citizen sc*Atssts to unlod( Ihe stories of St James's Bunal
Ground, London Archaeolwsl. 16. 17273
Barrie-smilh, C, 2022, HS2 Ar¢haeologisls seek citizen scien¢i4ts to unlock the slories of St James's Burial
Ground, London Arch8eolw'st. 16, 17273
8arrie-Smilh, C. Hutchinson. O, Newman. D. 2022. cifoAN's Guhle lo Coastal Archaeology. MOLA
Bowsher. J M C. 2022. An early 5th-century Roman Coin hoard fr(ffn London's northem cemetery.. Principal
Place. Hackney, Trans London and MAdd18sex Archaeolr>3ical Souety. 72. 1>48
Bowsher, J M C, 2022. Couis of ￿theIred 11 and Cnul the Gfeat from London EXeaVath￿s. in North. R. Goeres.
E. Finlay, A (eds), Ans40-Danish Empire". A Companion to the Reign of lfjng Cnut the Greal. Medieval Institute
Publicab'ons, Westem Michigan University, 6&74
Clemente. P, 2022. Excavation5 ai City East Unit 1 2. Bedfont Road. HounsbJw, London ArGhaeologist. 16.
255-9
Cubitt, R S, 2022, Roman lead-alloy spoons from London: a ne4V LX)rws. Trans London and Middlesex
Archaeological Society, 72. 1-14
OJbitt, R S. Hartle. R. and Marshall. M. Baker. A. Ewens. V. PiFe. A. and Goodman. E, 2022, The
Clitherow workshop 'al the comer of Old Bethkni Gale next Morefiehj.: evIder￿e for late 17th- and earfy 18th-
century bone and ivory ¥¥c¥king New ￿r¢hyaltf, LorKlon EC2. Trans London and A*ddlesex
Archaeolo9ical Society. 72. 251-300
Gabszewcz. A. and Pearce. J. 2021. Bow pl￿lain revealed. finds from eX￿VationS in High StreeL Strafford.
Part 11. EThJlish Ceramic CKcle TransactKJns. 32. 1-68
Goodbum, D. 2022. Two tide mills found on Thames Esttrary". Ihe Ebbsfieet mill of 692 AD and the
Greenwith Wharf mill of 1194 AD. in Ew8n Sonic {ed), 2022, L energie des marees," h￿r. auioud'hui, demain,
7S46. Presses Unbversilaires de Rennes
Hartle, R. Jeth"es. N. Pearce. J, wlh Bovrfher. J. Cubitt R S. Ewens, V. Pipe. A. and Stewart. K. 2022.
Househokl assemblages discarded by Mlxyfields brokers". material cullure in 181h-century London. EC2, Trans
London and M￿leseX Archaeolc*3i￿l Souety. 72. 301-348
Henderson-schwartz. A. 2022. MOLA and L¥ Archaeology merge. a very well written and posilive message
LorKlon Arthaeologist, 16. 266-7
Hills. C, 2023 Hary>ole's hidden gwn: Excavating earty medieval Britain's most signthcanl female burkgl. Cuffent
Ar¢haeology. 395, 1417
Jeffries, N. 2022 The ErKluring Appeal of the Wllrmf Pattem priiv in E.C. Case118. M. Nevell. and H. Stene {ed$l
The Oxftrd Hand1x￿k of InduslrialArch8eolcqy. 457-72
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Knight. H. Faccia. K. and Walscffl. S. 2022 ￿lIdIng ¥￿Ilbeing. archae0k￿Y inside the hoardry. Brilish
Archaeology. 187. 10-11
Mallet, Sarah and Fowier, Louise 2022 The Ozhangal Archaeology Project and'L8ThJe': i¥￿ archag0109ical
approaches lo the study of force(I migration. In Andrea Lauser. Antonie Fuh5e. Peter Braunlein and
Friedemann Yi-Neumann (eds.) Materi* Cunwe and (Ftrced) Mwration Lcffldon: UCL Press
ss.co.ukJ crtjuc1￿1825ll
Mallet. Sarah and FovAer. Louise 2022. The Dthangal Arthaeol¢yJy Project and 'L8nde': two archaeological
8pproa¢hes to Ihe study of forced m￿ration. in Andrea Lauser, Anton￿ Fuhse. Peter Braunlein and Friedemann
Yi-Neum8nn
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Aligrafion.
London
https."11￿￿d.UClpr8$s.c0.ukJpr¢X1uCt￿l82sII
Milne. G. 2022. Wh81 can archaeology **)odlarKI hisw tell u5 about growng mor8 tree57. Brib"sh
Ar¢haeology. 184, 3237
Milne. G, 2022. What can arthaeology and w)odland history tell us st￿Ul growing rn0￿ trees? 8ritffsh
Archaeology. 184. 3237
Morel. H. Band. L. Barrie-smith. C. Bettins￿. G. Grilffths. S. Hutchinson, O. Kolonko. C. mi￿. G. Newman. D.
Northall. L. Shenman. A, Th¢Jnpson. H 2022. Water Heritage and Ihe IMP)rtan￿ of Local Knowledge in Climate
Acb'on, HistoricalArchaeology
Morel. H., Band. L, C. Barrie-smith. G. Bettinson, S. Gnffiths. O. Hutthinson. C. Kolonko. G. Mdne, D. Newman,
L. Northall, H. Thompson & A. Sherman. 2022. Water Herilage and the Importance ol Local KnovAeLlge in
Climale Action. In.. H￿toriCalArch88o1Og￿S Resrx)ns8 to the Climale Criw," Historical Arctseology. Springer.
Perry. S. aThJ Copps. M. 2022. Vtho are archaeology's audiences? ￿tish Archaeology. 184. 5859
Perry, S, and Copps. M. V4ho are archaeologys audiences? &ilish Archaeology, 184, 5859
Single. A. and C¢JFVS. M. 2022 Holy Famity Sthool ¢)utreach.' ￿ebrating a deVelop￿-funded legacy site in
Waltham Forest, London Ar¢h8eologist. 16. 18991
Single, A, and Copps. M. 2022 Holy Family School wlreach: (*lebratirvJ a developer-fund&J legacy site in
Waltham Fo￿$1. London Archaeolcyst. 16. 18991
Sts5tney. S. Scarfe, R. Giorgi. J and Whitlaker, J E. 2021. Mcthlling Veoètation C(>ver and Wetland Expansion
in the Lower Tharnes Valley. UK" Multiwoxy Records Irom knthbrojk P0￿r Station. Kent. Landscapes, 22. 2.
9￿122.
MOLA a received funding to contribute to the project de￿￿n for Ihe second Public User Noods Survey led by the
Council for Brib"sh Archaeology. PUNS aimsto reassess Ihe roie of ar¢haeOlLxJ￿al publications. the mechanisms u*1
to dissemnale them. and their ￿￿1￿e in enhanaThJ under5tarKling of archaeol(NJical research across Eng18nd.
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Of speaal note in relation to coverage of research and arthaeokngical fffidings at a maior scale:
The Harpole Treasure - 8 ,on￿4n-a-1rfets"rne' discovery of a 1.300- year-old. inlemationally signTficanl. female
buri81 with a gold and gemstone neckla￿ was released lo the media. This resulted in 401 news article5 reaching
c.124 Milli￿ people auoss the wodd. The On9￿ng conserwation arKI research into this artefact was featured on
BBC Two's flagship archaeoiogy show. Digging For Britsin. in January 2023.
The A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge postryexcaYdlion-fiJrlheT press announcements around the stories emerging
from the research into ts finds fr(m our A14 excawations have generated significant media inleresl. This
included a story on an Iron Age comb. which MOLA specialists identified as having been made from a human
skull. resulb.ng in over 58 preces of ￿ver89e ￿aChIng an ests"m8ted audience of over 3J.g millK)n people.
HS2 South Exhibition- Ihe resuhs of Te5earch into the burials excavated al Sl James's Bur¢al Ground as part of
the HS2 SoLrth prqect were bI￿ght lo lrfe through an Immersi￿ exh*Jrtion. Held at St James's Piccadilly, the
original parish church for the burial ground. the exhibition induded irvKsvative life-sized 3D printeé models
represenling s(Nne of the people buried at StJames. *ilh an audio ekment enabling visitors to hear Iheir stories.
(N)
Connecting people and plac• througharchaeology.
ThrO￿3h 2022123 the Research arnl Engagem￿1 division ¢onlinued to meet the needs of utizen and sector
beneficiaries of archaeological research. Athievements and wfomance are extensive, with the Charity directly
reaching hundreds of thousands of fftdiwduals Ihrow in-persm and ￿line fom15 of collaboration and engagement.
Our w0rld-reno￿ed CITIZAN (Coastal an¢ Intertidal Zone Archaeolcg￿l Netsvorkl ¢itszen science initiative dolivered
over 24 diffe￿nt events, 8¢tivibgs. and other otltputs, indu(ling guhded walks, Ir8ining sessions. site tours,
presentatKJns. low tide irails and more across Liverpool Bay. Humberside. Mersea Island. East Kent Coast and Solent
Harbours. Having conduded its secon<1 phase. thè wogramme was successful in securing further National Lottery
Heritage Funding for a 1-year development pilot of Coasts in Mind. This cifiZAN follow-on wojecl aims to ulilise I￿al
citizen knowfedge and personal records le.g., postcard. photos. oral histories. souvenirs. elc.) as indi¢ators of coastal
change, inlegraliThJ these records wrth those of official agencies and in so doing extendir¥J the latter into a People's
Record.
Our Thames Discovery Programme continued to engage a￿JIenceS wth the archaeology of the Thames through the
NHLF funded River Recoveries Project ~ introducing 2.514 peO￿e lo the foreshore across the year. They also
launched a new Young Archaeologists, Club ￿AGI based out of the Creekshde Ll'scovery Centre. Their work
producing a 'zine' about the archaeostrjy of the Thames foresho￿ wa$ &varded a ¢xJmmendation at Ecclesiaslical's
Heritage Heroes Aw8rds in their Heritage StoNdlerAw* calegory. lor its unmersive engagement with young people
along the Thames.
MOLA undert¢)ok a wde variety of other wblic impact projects across the year. b)th linked lo our grant- and
developer-funded work. This induded wr exiengve A428 Black Cat to Caxlon Gibbet Public Engagement and
Community Archaeology {PACEI programme. ongoing en9agemenl around the discoveries made as part of HS2.
A14 Digital Engagemenl Programme, supwbng an exhibition as part of the AHRC Cralts and Community Project,
and a variety of prw linked lo the AHRC Impact Accelerats"on AcCo￿t Grants.
A handlul of Crit￿al pieces of Wofk spanning our grant-funded and developer-fijnded programmes. tièd to the
speiyfic objectives of the Charity for 22123. are described in m(Ke deplh belov.
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Academlc collalK•rntions tround ￿￿TId<h*￿9i￿9 v•s•arch and •ngagem•nl
Or Sara Peny was awarded MOLA'S first European grant on the CHANSE {Collaboralion of Human¢ties and Social
Scien￿$ in Europe) schpJne funded via 2020 for TEtrARCHs: Transfomiing dala rE-use in ARCHa•ology.
This 3-year project wll see MOLA leading 8 &￿18b￿￿Oft bwih 5 Pls and one Co-l from the University of York. Lund
University [S￿denl, Wilnius University lknlhuania). Znan5tvenoraaskovalni cenler Slovenske akademije znanosli in
umelnosti (Slovenial, University of Antwerp and Ghent University (Belgium), alongside a series of pathers induding
the MLtseum of London, Museum Leuven, and Museum of cUl￿ra1 History 0510. Throu￿ this interdisaplinary te8m
of archaeolc¥3ical specialisls. dats scientists. and museum ￿tr"I10n￿S. collaboraling with three key user 9roups-
domain experts. ueative practitioners, and memory Institutity)s￿ TEtrARCHs will offer th0￿ who capture, curate and
apply cultural heritage data W￿￿OwS to prepare their data for re-use in storytelling at every point in the data
lifecycle {e.g.. capture, mapping, Lab-based analysis}, then scenario4esl such ￿-Use through the dissemination of
new narrative oulpLrts aulhc*ed by cross-European creative prac11t￿ners. The project embraces three scales of data
collection in archaeology4andscape. site. and artefaCt-expI￿lr￿j them vi8 four in¢yeasir@ty ubiquitous technologies
for data capture.. airborne LIDAR. 3D s¢anniry. dig41al field drawiNJ 8nd phol(*3raphy. Alongside novel workflows for
fiekl, post*xcavalion and archival practice. TEtrARCHs will produce the world's first controlled vocabulary for eultural
heritsge storytelling, the first assessments of data reuse effectiveness following ISO Standard 25022.. Measurement
ofQuality in Use, and the first best pyactice recommendations fortruskd digitsl reFrt)srt(xies to optimise afchaeologic81
data for storytelling-based revuse.
Chris Chinnod( has been award&J a cornm•reial grant from BABAO for Osteologi¢•l and stable isoto
analysi$ of an earfy Anglowsaxon ceme¢wy at Nether Heylord. Northampton$hlr•. This work will involve
ollaborating wth Dr Sam Leggett fr(￿ Edinburgh Univer￿ty. The VK)rk is based on skelet81 material from a
Community Excavation whth we supported. As well as Info￿{r￿j the analysis of Ihe sile direclly. the fesults
potentially will be of great use in vhder wional analyses.
Dr Sadie Watson's UKRI FutUTe Leader5 Fellowship was renth¥ed for a furlher three years. which *MII support Dr
Walson as well as a full-lime Research Assw81e for t¥￿ years.
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A¢ad•mic collaborations around TAwrld*hanglng rns8a￿h and •ngag•m•nt (Continuodl
The Charity has Independ•nt R•sear¢h Organlsation IIROI status since 2014. IRO status recognises MOLA'S
in-house cap8city lo carry out research that substantially extends and enhances the nalion81 research base, and
its independent capability to Ljndertake and research programmes. The Charity is the only development-led
arth8ecknJical organis8b)n to be a￿drded this stslus.
The Charity COntin￿d to support new ￿SearCh students in pursuiry PhDs al UK universities through the
AHRC'S Coll
orative Do¢to
I Partnershi
s. A tolal of nine Pho projects are ￿-desIgned and co-5upeNised
by our staff in collatrx)ration wth colle￿￿e5 from UK universities. Studentthips have been awarded lo the
universities of Canlerbury Christ Church. Sheffield. York, 8irkbeck. Boumemouth. Durham. Glasgow and Queen
Mary University of LI￿dOn for PhD proiecls ￿ the broad topics of c<Mnmunity engagement. osteology, digital
recordirwJ. waste. slorytelliThJ th afchi%ts. stsndir4J l￿ddi￿5 aThJ olizen %ierKe.
Data u$• and rnuso
MOLA have been engaged Wblh Ihe Brftlsh Ubrary for scffle yews as a lesl user fcff the development of a shared
digital repository htt s.'Ilmola.iro.bl.ukJ. The MOLA Research Reposit￿ is an open ac￿$ repositoryftjrthe research
produced by staff and research associates ol MOLA. The aims of the repository are to".
Provide a reliab￿ souro of irrformaiion at*yJt researth undertaken by PAOLA staff. individually or in
eollaboration wth other research organisations
PrOv￿e a single point of open a￿e$S to wr full-text research outyjuts v*hereNw possibbg
Make our research eayer to find. arKJ enhance the cOntri￿tiOn we make to UK and intemabonal resew
Respond to Ihe open access expectations of our research funders.
The repository houses material such as arth￿logICal reports, pumals and book ￿leT￿ceS. data. and conferentx
papers. The repository is part of a Shared Research Repository service, encompassing the research outputs of a
numberof UK culbjral and heritage institutions.. the British Library. Bntish Museum, Tate, National Museums Scottand,
MOLA and Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew. The separate repositories can be wsiled eath in tum or explO￿d together
via a single search through the collattrative Shared Reposrtory page.
Networkiftg wlth public engagement Proyide
The tr￿-year Heritage Funded Archaeology Audience Net*Y>th was launched as a partnership led by MOLA
coll8borali¢M wlh The Archaeology Data Service. Tr Counul for Brib"sh Archaeolcgy, Dtgventures. MOLA.
Oxford Archaeology. Wessex Archaeology. arKI York Arthaeological Trust For Excavation and Research
Limited. The MN aims to bring togelher ewdluath?n dats from across the sector in order to under5tsnd strengths
and gaps in Ihe audiences that archaedogy engagement reaches. and to supp￿1 grassroots level organisations
diversfy thwr audience bases. A serres of training sesswms and pik)t projects are cUrren￿Y underway across
England.. hlt s'./lwww.mola.
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Championing inclusron
60 Second Science- As part of the Nath￿01 Highways A428 Black Cat to CaKton Gibbet improvemenls and in
partnership with Inspire 2 Ignits. a St Neots-b8sed Young Entrepreneur5 organisalion, we woduced three shcfft
films following a 'TikTok' style template. Six yourvj people (aged between 1 >221 toured MOLA'S Slansted
pro¢e5$ing fac￿lty. Their br￿f was to inlrc*Juce 'Archaeology as a Sctence, lo a target audience of 13-18-year-
olds (those looking for Career and further edLKation paths). T￿Y created short vldeos around the topics of
processing. ar¢haeobotany and zooarch8eology. Our six ytxjng producers reported improved teamwork skills
and satisfaction wothng lo a brief from a re4 clienl wth ffifm deadli￿. Inspire 2 Ignile indicated their yourvJ
parbcipants opened themselves up lo the experience Ihe more our stsff engaged them. a critical outcome
for teenagers in an unfamiliar setting.
Anclont Crafts Curious Minds - In ￿nVersal10n vthh AgeUK aTrJ local c8re homes. we developed a series of
praclical pottery. weaviNJ mosaic makiry sessM)ns. These useil tradits'onal lethniques inwired by our
excavations on the A428 lo support or improve the mentsl health and wdlbeirKJ of older people. Two associated
w(xkshops wère delivered lo Dorothea Court. 8 olirement h￿sing scheme in Bedford, and Abbotsley Tea and
Chal group. vthich runs free monthly soo81 groups open to people aged 75 and over. Our participants were
introduced to r￿¥ craft thlls. felt less isdated and a general improvement in ove￿1 wellbeing. We are now
exploring options to generate lorvJer temi effects and further thlls development
Building a Communty at Beam Park- Funded IhroJgh Section 1Cfj monies, ihis projecl was infomied by What
Works Centre for Wellbeing indutrys and the UK So¢ial Value Bank framew￿. Working wlh residents of
new community in Lon(k)n, we expltyed how arthaeology could help them o)nne¢t with Iheir area and each
other in engaging. educational. and fvn vrays. This induded hb3hlighb.ng milestones in human occupation, and
guiding participants in the con5truc¢ion of &nall mo(Jel roundhouses Icontrasling housing betsveen Bronze Age
and modem periods) and pottery-making inspired by Beaker designs. Mc*e than 30 new residents participated
and ￿ported back on their positive experierKes. The vast majority said the activtty had changed tr+e way Ihey
thought or felt about the community- Parb'cipants expressed a desire for MO￿ archaeological prtyrammes.
especially where they could so¢ialise, meet fnends. get to know neighbours. a￿1 leam more about their homes
and the people wtho once lived Ihere. Our muth"_framework melhod 811owed us to use ar￿￿oI09Y lo provide
inler-generational and accessible acb.w1l￿$. *)d suFwt cl*nt aims for the development of a ccffipletely new
neighbourhood.
Innovallon and expgrimgnlatlon
irtual Stroiytslling - Inspi￿ by storytelliro around Ihe hearth. and a$ part of worf( on the M28. we
developed a virtual roun¢Jhouse ¥￿In Willa Hubs collatM)ralNe Seaming. The rountlhouse allows
exploration of Iron Age INing environments for anYr￿e a wmputer and *eb a¢￿s. Within Ihe roundhouse,
parbcipanls ￿ wew objects at high resOlub"c￿. p￿Sentati￿9. videos and images, tske photographs and make
a visual record ol their experience. T￿￿ schools piloted the leaming tool to date. For future users, multiple.
geographically separated 9rtyjpS￿ll be able to come logetherand experTrenc* the past in the same envirLX)ment
The use ofavatars and 3D s￿nn￿￿A obJ"e¢Xs allowsfor Innovati(￿ in eXperien￿-froM creation ofsel narrats.ve
joumeys, to learnng4ireded 'quesl$'. lo free exploralK)n.
Zooniv•rse - This Pfoiecl expl￿ed 57.000 record5 {or s{￿ p￿e$l of burial ledgers and registers created by
funerary clerks working at St James's 8urial Ground beh¥een 1788-1853. We facilitated thousands of onli
volunteers in t1igitslly tran￿bIng these records on Ihe ub.zen saence web plalfomi ZoonNerse. Among other
information, the reeords indude details of the names of the parishlor￿s. dales and location5 of their burials and
cause ofdeaih. The work was supported by a placement stLhlentfrom Manchester Metropolitan University. 2.499
volunteers have partiapaled w lar. from Ihe UK. US, Canada. Europe. and China. Volunteers expressed high
levels of appreciation for the opwtunty lo contribute, with one calling il 'phenomenal'. Some experienced
negative emotions arising from their exrK)sure to particular types of dats in Ihe re￿r(Is. includin9 the frequency
of slillbirths, infant mortality. and Causes of death. We offered mental heallh support and tips for affected
partiopanls. Our placement student has gcffle on to develop a r￿ Zooniverse woiecl wrth Manthester Mel
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En•bllng greater equty
Impact Aculer*ion Accounts - A three-year prowamm8 funded by the AHRC is allowing us lo redistribute
£450,000 in fvn(JirvJ lo non-ac*mic parlner5 - ￿rkIng wth our stsff to ¢Jerive tyeater Social, economic. and
environmenlal benefits from arthaeology. We offer gx types of grants focused on ne￿*￿rkIng vAth unexpected
partners, delivering new prwammes, shaping heritsge p)licy. developing new business ￿e85, creative
residencies. and Sec0ndn￿nts. In 2022-23. we awarded the first tranche of funding. extending our reach to
IIiSU81ty impaired people and representative organisab"ons, urban Lon¢Jon resKJents and family groups from black.
immigrant and other ethnically diverse back9￿jfKjs I￿7r@ in areas of high ¢Jeprival1c￿. and audiences based in
Ncrthem England who identfy as being typTrcalty exduded from the creative industries. We awarded £70.323 10
5 projects supporting 10 nOn-acadeM￿ partnets. wrth another £7,200 of in-kind funding secured from private.
public and third sector organisations. We also faalit8ted 14 knowted9e exchange events hosting 190 people.
estsblished over 20 new relationships V*ith prospective P*thers. trained 61 people, and engaged 30 of our stsff
in Impact Acceleration Account delivery
Early Careers schem•$ - We have continued ￿ offer Iwo workpkce training schemes to knkstart cwews in
archaeolo9y. Traditionally. eareers require bolh a degree and extensive fieldwofk experience. Our Tiainee and
Giaduate schemes remove these barT￿rs. offering six months, employment alongsKle training in the knowledge
and skills needed to work as a professional field archaeokngist. Both are mapped lo National Occupational
Stsnd8rds forArthaeological praCt￿e and are approved bythe Chartered Institute for Archaeologisls IClfAI. Our
dedicated Trainers delNer these schemes Ihrough a mix of dassroom sessions and on-site work. supported by
an innovative workbook wth exercises to test and develop knovledge. We have recruited 41 new-to-sector
Trainees and 39 Graduates. We offered a fvll-time post to everyone vtho successfvlly passed the end-point
assessment. These 80 people may not otherwise have been able to access a eareer in archaeology. 769h of
trainees lived locally to their contracted office. contribuling to local pathways to employynent.
Digital Engagement Assistants - As part of A428 excavations Funning from September 2022 lo March 2023.
we devised and implemented a new scheme for British commercial af¢haeology - the 'Digital Engagement
Assistant. {DE41 programme- Inspi￿ by Carnb￿e Archaeologul Unrt's Must Fam) ex¢avation$. We trained
small group of ffield archae0￿gistS in (Thimunutions best practice prior to fieldwork. then slrategicalty
efflbedded them ￿1n the ffield and procesyng teams. They captured Anages. wdeos, 8nd other upd8tes,
primarily for use on social media and Ihe web, providing more direct links befvleen the archaeology and the
pU￿1c. The DEAS created over 200 individual posts. wewed more than 680.000 times, including short videos,
timelapses. and personal reflections. The programme promded personal devel¢)pment aThJ skills training in areas
such as social media ￿ntent kxoduthon. PR managemenL photography. and vi¢Jeo editing. 11 demonstrated it is
possible to provide meanirrtjful upskilling to stsff - aThJ offer more M￿ti￿lMen$1[￿l job robes- without C8uslng
delays lo stand8rd commercial sy51em5, pro￿SSeS, and timelines
Donatk•ns
Thioughoul the year MOLA actmties related lo research arxl eThJagement projects C[￿lInUed to re¢eNe addittonal
SUPPOrt from doncrt.
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Museum of London Archaeology
R•port ol Ihe Trustees
for Ihe year end￿ 31 PA•rch 2023 (conlinued)
FIMANCIALAND OPERATIONAL REVIEW
Tran$actio•)s and financial positlon
In the year lo 31 March 2023 revenues frrxn *(*aeologul serNices of £21.9 mn ￿re generated ￿Pared to
£24.6 mn for the previous year.
Since the prewous year*nd MOLA has looked lo widen ils reach still further through the acquisition of the business
of L-P.. Heritage LLP ￿ 20 June 2022 wth offices in Bristol. Stsnsted and Chester aThJ a focus in London beyond
the large schemes MOLA has speoalised in.
During the 2021r22 year ￿ maintai￿d th8 ccffona￿n￿ Business 1ntemjp1￿ Loan ￿lch has givon MOLA greatsr
wothng ¢apital headr¢)om at a time of expansion. Rather than fully repaying klan MOLA has maintained the
working capital benefit and has been making regular monthly repayments since March 2022.
Al the yearend Gro￿ FU￿j$ total £1.795.585, ofwhKh £513.605 is ￿$tric￿l and £1,￿0.000 is held as desNJnaled
funds. £281.980 is held as unrestricte<l free reserves.
Res•r¥•s policy
The Trustees recognise thai the Ctharitls mathet fkjctuates sigrmficanlly. wth substsnlial impact on revenues aThJ
costs bul wlh lrttle opportunity lo control those flUCtuat￿n5. The Ch8riWs policy is lo develop a Reserve to
ensure adequate working caprtal o)ver. a plarfomi for ensuring 51aff a￿ adequalely ￿MUnerated and supported by
a benefits package that aids recruitrnent arKI reienb.on and sufficEnl investsnent cover for immediate business
developmenl opportunitEs and Purchasing of Gapilal items. This policy has been justified wth the impact of large-
scale infrastructure work and the strain it can put on cash-llow.
The Group's free reserves are hel¢J for the follwn9 reasons..
lo provide working capilal lo manage fluctualK)ns in cash-fk)w. pyote￿￿)n against a serious disruption to
oper*ions and prOtect￿n against a decline in the market cwr services:
to provide development of the Grojp's semce qualty.
to provide capital grovAh for imminentdevelopments.. arrfl
lo coverfU￿re relocati￿ costs.
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Museum of London Archaeology
R?port of the Trust￿5
for the y•ar ended 31 Mawch 2023 (contln¢Rd)
FINANCIALAND OPERATIONAL REVIEW {contlnutd)
Principal risks and unc¢rtalntl•s
Business Risk: Most of the Charitrfs reveThJe is derived from the constnKbon development sectors. and the
volume of work undertaken is affected by ecorthnic and mathet inluen¢es. The stale of the UK economy has
continued to be uncertain. Whilst the parKlemic risks have subsided. the UK is n¢)w in a p9riod of significant
uncertainty due lo inflation and the cost of liwng. Whilst the sector remains t￿oyant and activity levels and the pipeline
look strong there is a risk that in the medium term Ihere will be a dov4nbJm in the sector. MOLA maintains o full risk
register related to all business. HR and heallh and safety matters. The ri4( ￿lSter is reviewed Mc￿￿lY by Ihe
executive team and by the Audit and Risk C￿nmIttee at all meelings.
Conlract Rlsk: Most of our projects invO￿e ￿Certainty espeualty fe9arding cmjitions 8nd 8movnl. complexity 8nd
importance of archaeology. Many of our larger contracts involve complex contraclual lemis and conditions and
therefore a key risk we face is managing change within our tKojects and negotiating and understanding commercial
and contra¢l tefms and risk. The group emph)ys a'galeway. Fwc<ess to evaluate st9nifi¢anl new beads and contracts.
We also employ a Commercial Director arKJ ub'li5e extemal legal arKI LI)mm￿l81 a￿V￿e.
Deliv•ry risk on projKts: Projed quotat￿nS and proposals are eva￿ated by Sen1￿ Prosect Managers and
members of the Executive ManagementTean. All projects are reviewed at monthly Wo￿-1n-prOgress meetings and
profitability. delivery. completion and billing schedules assessed. A regular debtor review prO￿5S addresses our
success in collecting cash, and this is also scrub"nised by the Board through its Audit & Risk Committee. Failure of
clients lo pay ￿thin 8 ￿asOnable timeframe or wthout a justifkgble reason for noTrps￿nenI results in appropriate
action which may include mrtiating begal prcteedings and stopping NKJrk until payments are up to dale.
Staffing Rlsk: Amracting and retaining suitsbly qualified staff al all levels *ithin the archa￿logY sector represents
a Serious business fisk. The Charitls abilrty lo conlbnue lo attract and ￿taIn high calibre. skilled and motivated
staff. despite an industy wide shortage. V*ill be key to future success and we are addressing thi5 through new
recruitment inilialives. expanding our recruitment deM03raph￿ through the introduction of nev4 trainee roles and a
year-on-ye8r strategy of growing arthaeok)gKal pay and market values f(Y w ￿tsrk.
Business Interruption: The loss of dats. records. acces5 to h)cations or 5y5tems woukl prevent staff from
undertaking their normal bU￿nesS acliwties. The busines5 could suffer inlerTuplion due to terrorism attack. fire.
floodin9, catastrophic event. systems or ne14￿ failure. Any localised di%ruptw)n preventing access to a large
significant site or contractors, site could also have an impacton the business.
Safeguardlng of Data.. Recent years have seen a growth in the use of the Chavit￿s. ck￿d based archaeological
database on large infrastructure projects. This Common Dats Enwronment is now being used by staff working for
diffe￿fit organisations plus loan speckqlisls. The introduC￿n of digital tedMi4ues aTrJ laigei projects has resulted in
18rge increases in data.
Ow infraStrU￿ure is now lar9ely Virtualised at all our sites to wovide faik)ver and sile Disaster Recovery IORI and lo
pruvid8 scalable and robust IT systems. We have upgraded our intemet 18ased lines at all our sites lo provide fast
and reliable access lo all our cloud applicati￿}5 (emails, Azure backups. Miwsoft 8pplicalions, elcl. We have
implemented Mimecasl reinforcing wr ematl protection and enhanong seojrity a98ins1 cyber-attack5 as well as an
email continuity service in case of any dtr•mtime our email prowder. We have rolled out safeguards lo encrypt
our on&le laptops in compliance vlilh GOPR and have regular ¢Jnline training for staff.
Accommodation: The Ch8rity occxjpies its he•Jquorters at Mortimerlfyheeler House in Lornlon under a lthnce. A
new licence has been negotlated with the Museum of London and was signed in October 2021. The new
licence runs until October 2026. Either party can give 12 months, notice to lerminate the lieenee. A Property
Group sub-committee established in D&ember 2015 as an ad hoc committee of the MOLA Board. wlh the
purpose of expertly discharging the 8oard's ambitions and duties in relation to MOLA'S current and future
headquarters and main bases in London and a designated fund established. The need for any continuing designated
funds will be reviewed once the mwger the Museum of London Archaeolryy's subsKliary MOLA Northampton is
ompleted by the end of 2025.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Trustees
for th• year end•d 31 March 2023 {¢ontinu8dJ
FINANCIALAND OPERATIONAL REVIEW {¢¢)nllnued)
Prfnclpal rlsks and un￿rtaInli•S Icontinu•d)
Financlal Controls. cash managem•nt and reporting of business porformanc•: The business risk from
inadequate controls lo manage perfo￿anCe an(J cash general￿n might lead to losses. fraud. legal action or
regulatory Intervent￿n. Failu￿ kn manage cash fftow and achieve profrt8bility targets could result in a loss of
reputation and busbness integrity damaging our cr&Jil profik. access to fLmds andlor ab'lity lo fund raise.
Regular monitoring of perfom8nce is achieved through monthfy management a￿UnIS reporting lo the Board and
committees, especially the Audit & Risk Committee which provides addIt￿n81 oversuhl. Budgets are prepared
8nnually, and reforecasts undertaken within the year.
In addition, MOLA has implemented contr(As and W¢xesses for all areas of the business indudirg., expenses,
purchase ordering. de￿gated authoritses. capitsl ex￿d}luTe review5 and 5UUtiny of overdue debtors.
H•alth, Salety and Wellbeing." MCVI site staff in hazardous that￿n5 often below ground ￿ve1. where
trenching and shoring equipment is required. and above grournj ￿ere access e¢wipment is required. Further. ihe
rlsks frc*n other contractors, activities (Ythith often involve heavy machinery) are prevalent. Emplowng staff across
8 number of siles and a rallge of occupations. in office-based. sile-based and mobile actNlties often V*f)rking wth
machinery. the Charity is hvJhly aware that the risks to health, safety and wellbeing are s￿nifICant and manage
these through exten51vetraining, robust prcKeduresand third-party Nprification of our perfomiance and Gonlrols.
The Charity continues lo employ a dedicated. tr¥ined H&S ComplHnce Manager to support the management leam
in setting and managing a rigorDUS H&S ￿girne arKI is further supported by a Health and Safety team. Maintenan¢e
pl8n5 for equipment are develoFed full regar¢1 lo ￿giSlatiVe requirgments and good pracbce from the Health
& Safety Executh"ve. ApproF¥iale insurances are in place and a proactive risk assessment. monitoring and
inspection process is inplernenled lor offices and for sites 4there the Charity is thrjrking. A corporate health
scheme is in place, and the￿ a￿ regular remews of si¢kness statssb"¢s, acC￿ent 5tatiskncs and RIDDOR reporting.
Further employee wellbeHig inits"atives include a cs¢le lo schemeand discounted leisure and health promobons.
Environmental and sustslnability poNcy
The Charity embr8¢es its duty lo act as 8 reSp¢)nsIb￿ emplO￿r and ¢￿tractOr regard4ng the environment rewesmng
environmentsl and sust8inabilty aims and pr&tice across the organisation on a quarterfy basis. The Environmentsl
and &Jstainability Policy ￿flerts the aims lo design archaeo￿1¢81 solutions wth minimised en￿ronMental impact..
conserve energy. paper. water and other resources" maximise the use of Ter￿Wable energy.. require all new
building and ￿fU￿1$hMent V•Drk lo improve environmental performance through design. construction and
operation.. en5we materials used and goods purchased derive kne possible from natLKal. sustainable sources",
reduce waste through minimising consUmp￿n. ￿-usIng and ￿>￿11ng. and by using refurbished. recyded or
recyclable products.. ￿d￿ce the use of volatile organic ccrfnp)unds and other harnif￿ substances and eliminale
all ozone depleting substan￿5.. reduce vehide emissions and promote the use of public transport,. use organic
and fair4rade foo(J and drink and ensure thal products bought are animal uuelly free Nthere applicable.. develop
and maintsin effective mana9emenl, targot setting and reporting on enwronmenlal issues and enwurage all staff to
y￿rk in an environmental1yresp0ns￿*le manrer and lo contribule to impToMn9 perforn)an￿.
GovomarK•
Good corporate 9oveman¢e pro￿UreS and wocesses have been established and iMpl￿ented as described above.
in Cornplian￿ vAlh all legi￿allOn, ￿rnpan￿ ¥1 and charity requirements. These indude Board and Board Committee
meetings, defined remits for each cofflm1tt￿. execLrtNe aThJ marbagement procedures and controls. open and
transparent Trustee recruiknent, $wegati￿ of duties aTrY Pfoper rePo￿"n9 as part of risk miligalion Ffocesses.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Twstees
forth• y•ar ended 31 March 2023 (¢0nfrnt￿
FINANCIALAND OPERATIONAL REVIEW (¢ontlnued)
Risk manag•ment
A detaI￿d risk register is maintsined by Ihe Execubve team and scrutinised by the Board through its Audit &
Risk Committee.
R•lat8d partles
Related party transactions are disclosed in Ihe notes to the financial statements.
Plans for futur¢ periods
The Chorty has been Su￿$$1Y1 in divèrsifying its tradril￿OI London sowce of business by expanding its
geographical reath Via its regional offices. and also irrto differenl dgvelopmenl sectors, pyincipally mwr UK
infrastnjcture schemes. This evohjlion will continue fr)Ilowng the acquisition of Ihe business of L- P Heritage on 20
June 2022. Wrth offiees in Chester, Bri5101, Stansled and a fouJ$ rrnre trhvèrds Greater London beyond MOLA'$
existing central LorKicffj speckalism. the Gmup will Continue to achteve the beneffts of grobyth and diversification.
The latest phase of HS2 fieldwork drew to a dose in April 2022. Hovoever from August 2022 work under the lalesl
contract on the A428 commenced and there is further wpwrb'ng Infrastructu￿ development in the UK acxoss
other sectors and frameworks. MOLA coNinue to adapl and evofve p8rtnership models to enhance our capacity
lor delivery where appropriate.
CompetitKJn remains strong, for both Y*￿￿[ and staff resources. and V￿ ¢(￿tinue to invest in our staff and technology
in order to remain bolh competitive and an employer of choi¢e. reo)gnising Ihat our ar(*aeok>Jical investigations for
developers will refflain the principal source of [￿dS aTrrdilable to deliver and expand our research and education
pro9rarnmes. Equally. we NMII continue to bjikl ￿LabOrtshipS ￿1h Wf non-￿MMerI￿al funders and knilh academie and
charilable institutions in ordw to further e>v￿ the intenectual and SOCHI benefts of MOLA'S work.
With the security of a licence to Cttober 2026. the Exe￿tiVe team and the Board continue to wew Ihe central London
locatKJn as a vrtal hub ftw MOLA ￿ the Group'$ wo￿.
We will continue to pursue our research and engagement plans-.
lo bring the benefits of our fieldwork Iorward ensuring Ihat each client project begins. is delivered and
ends with audiences and research at the centre:
to reach a more diverse audience and through making archaeology relevant and meaningful, and be the
UK lea(lers in the teaching and training of professional archaeologists: an¢J
lo influence land be influenced by) academic audiences and agenda.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Trust•es
for the year end￿ 31 March 2023
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES
The trustees (who are also the directors of Museum 01 London Archaeology for the purposes of ¢x)mpany
lawl are ￿spOn￿ble for p￿paring the Report of the Trustees and the financial ststements in accordance
th applieable law and United lQngdom Accounting Slandards (Uniled Kintyjorn Generally Accepted
Accounting Pradice).
Company law require5 the trustees to Prepare finanaal statements each financial year which give a true
and fairview of the state of affairs of the ch￿table company of the incoming resOL￿ceS and application
of resources, including the income and expenditure. of the charilable oimpany fcy that period. In weparing
those financial statements. ts Irustees ¥e required to
sekcl suitsble xcounling poli4xs and then aFply Iheffl Consistenty.
obserye the methods prinwles in tr* Charity SORP,
make judgements and eslun8te5 that reasonable prudenl:
p￿pare the financial ststements on Ihe going concem basis unles5 it 1$ inappropriate
lo presume that the charitable company wll continue in bu5ines5.
The trustees are resPon￿bIe for keeping [￿per accounting records whith disdose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of Ihe charitable company and to ena￿e them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safrguarding the
assets of the charitable company and hence for tskir¥3 reasonable steps for the preventi￿ and detectK)n
of fraLKI and other irregularities.
In so far as the trusteès are aware:
there is no relevant audit infornatiffi of the chantal￿t compan￿5 a￿￿lIOrS are
unaware.. and
the trustees have tsken all steps that they OLMJhl to have tsken lo m8ke themselves
aware of any relevant audit infomiation and lo estsblish that ihe auditors a￿ aware of
that information.
Financial stalemenls are publtshed on the ChariV5 website in xcordan(* with legislation in the United
Qngdom goveming the preparation and dissemination of financial stalemenls, which may vary from
legislation in othei jurisdictions. The maintenance and integrity of the syoup's website is the responsibility
ofthe Directors. The D1￿cle*s, ￿spOnSIbl1ty aL%o extendstolhe ongoing integrty ofthe financial slalemenls
contsined therein.
AUDITORS
The auditors. Shaw Gibbs {ALKlit) Limited. wdl be proFosed for Te4Fpoinlment at the fv)rttKoming Annual
General Meeting.
Report of the trustees. ino)rpwating o stra
company diwlors, on ...
ic 8PPTove(I by (xder of Ihe board of Injslees, as the
.. aTrJ ￿ned on Ihe bo*d's ￿half by:
gers- Try￿tee
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Museum of London Archaeology
Roport of the Indopendent Audlt¢)rs to th¢ Members
for th• year 31 March 2023
OpTnion
We have a￿Jited theffinancial stalements ofmuseum OfLo￿l￿ ArthaeolCgy{tr￿.thant8b￿ parent company,)
and its ￿bSId1arieS (the group) for the yearended 31 Marth 2023 %thich comprise the Consolidated Statement
of Financial Activifjes, the CMsolidated Stalwnent of Financial Posit￿n. the C￿S01K181ed Statement of Cash
Flows and notes lo the consolKlaled finanual slalements. inclL*Jing a summary of signific8nl accounting
policies. The financial ￿pOrts"ng framewcffk that ha5 been appl￿d in Iheir preparation is applicable law and
United Kingdom Accounting Stsndard5 IUnit&J Kingdom Generally Accepted Ac¢ountirvJ PTacli¢el.
In our wnion the financial ststements..
give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the tharitable parent ¢￿panY'S affairs as al
31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of rescmjrces. including its irKome and
expenditure. for the year then ended.,
have been properly p￿p￿ in acc(Kdance with United lfjryjorn G￿erallY Awepted Accounting Practice;
and
have been prepared in acccrfdance the ￿Ul￿Ments of tr* Companies Acl 2c￿.
B¥$Ss for oplnk
We conducted our audit in accordance wrylh Internats"￿al Standards on Au(fitirrfJ (UK) {ISAs (UKI) and
8ppIic8ble law. Our respon5ibililies under those standards are fUrtr￿rde$CTTbed in the Auditors, responsibilities
lor the audit of the financial statements section of our reFQrt. We are indeFendent of the group in accordan
with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of ihe fi￿ar￿la1 stslements in the UK, including the
FRC'S Ethical Standard. and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsiknlib.es in accordance wilh these
requiremen15. We believe that Ihe aLKlit e¥id8n¢e V•* haNY obtained is suffiuent and appropriate to provide a
basis for wr opin￿.
Conclusions r•lating Io going con¢em
In auditing the financial ststements, we have conduded Ihat the Irustees. use of ts going concem basis of
accounting in Ihe Freparab(￿ of the finanual statements is apFrfOPriate.
Based on the work we have perfomied. we have not identified any material Un￿rtaInlieS re18ting to events or
ondilions that. irKliwdually or collectively, may casl signiffi¢anl doubl on the ¢haritsble group's ability lo
continue as a going concem for a period of al least tsvefve months from when the financial slalemenls are
aulhorised for issue. Our respm￿bI1ib.es and the ￿sP￿s1￿.11t￿s of the trustees thith resFect to going coneem
are described in the re￿vant sett￿}n$ of this report.
Other Infomwtlon
The trustees a￿ responsible for the other informatNJn. The other inf0mat￿1n ts)mprises the informatKJn
included in the Group Annual Re[￿. thr tsn the finanual slatements ￿ our Repryt of the Independent
Auditor5 thereon.
Our opinion on Ihe financial slalements does not cover the otsr information and. except to the extent
otherwse explicity ststed in our report. we do not eXp￿$S any form of assurance c(KKluslc￿ thereon.
In conneclion with our of the finanual ststements. our resw)yblity is to read the other infomi8ti¢Jn and.
in d￿n￿ so. ts)nsider whether the other infovmalion is materially In￿nSiSte￿I wth the financial stalements or
our knowledge obtained in Ihe audit or olherwse appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such
material inconsistencies or apparent material misststements. we are required to determine Nthelher this gives
rise to a malefial misslatemenl in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have
performed, we condude that there is a material misstatement of this other information. we a￿ required to
reporl Ihal PdcL We have nothing to report in Ihis rega￿.
Oplnions on other matt•rs pr•scrib•d by the Companies Act %K16
In our opinion. based on the undertaken in the course of the audit
the infom)ation given in the Group Report of the Trustees for the financial yew for which the financial
ststemenls are prepared is consistent with the financial ststemen15,' and
the GroLP Report of ￿ Trustees has been p￿pared in accordance wilh applicable legal requirements.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Independent Auditots to the Mernb•rs
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Matters on whS¢h we ar• requlred ¢0 r•port by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the gro￿ and charita￿e parent (x)mpany and its
environment obtained in the course of Ihe audi( have not i¢Jenb"fied material misstatements in the GroL
Report of the Trustee5.
We have nothing to report in rest*ct of Ihe follo￿rt9 matters v*hefe the c￿npanieS Act 2006 requires us lo
port lo you if. in our opinion..
adequate accountiig re￿rdS have ￿1 been kept by the parent ch￿ty or rebJm$ adequate for our audit
have not been received from branthes not vi&led by us: c*
the financial ststemenls are not in agreement wlh the acco￿ting records and retwns. or
certain disdosLYes of Iruslees. remuneration speafied by law are not made.. or
we have not received all the infomiation and explanations we require for our a￿J11.
Re$ponsibiliti•s of trust••s
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees. Reswn&bilities. the trustees (who are also the directors
of the charilable company for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for the P￿ParatIon of the financial
statements and lor being satisfied that they gNe a true and fair view. an(1 for such intemal control as the
trustees determine is necess¥y to enable the weparation of financial statements that are free from malerial
mis5talemenl, ¥thether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial stalements, ihe trustees are reSp¢mb￿ for asse5siThJ the charitable ￿mpan*S
ability to continue as a going conf*m, disclogng, 8$ 8pplicatk, matters related to going con¢em and using
the going concern basis of accounbng urt￿$$ the trustees either intend to liquidate the groLP or the charrtable
parent comp8ny or lo cease operat￿nS. OT have no realistic altemative but to do so.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Report of the Ind•p•nd•nt Auditors to th• M•mb•rs
forthe year •nd•d 31 March 2023
Our r•$ponsibilitie$ for the audlt of the fi￿n¢la1 ststements
Our objectives are to obtsin reasonable assurance about Nthelher the fin￿Cial ststements as a whole are
free from material misststement. whether due to frau¢J or err¢K. to issue a Report of the Independent
Auditors that includes c4Jr opinion. Reasonable assLKance is a high level of assurance, but is not
guarantee that an audit conducted in ac¢oTdance with ISAs{UKI wll always detect a material misstslement
when it exists. Misststements can arise from fraud or effor and are considered fftaterial if. indi￿duallY or in
the aggregate. Ihey COLbld reasonably be expecte(J to influen￿ the econ(*nic decisiorts of users tsken on
the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to￿lch ouryo¢tsJures a￿ Capab￿ ofdelecting inegularilies. indudirvJ fraud is detailed below..
We obtsined an understsnding of the legal and ￿VI?tOry framev+r)rks wilhin which the group operates.
focusing on those law5 and regulab.￿S Ihat have a direct effect on the detem)inabon of material amounts
and di%losures in the financial statements. The laws arKJ regulations v* considered in this context were
the Charities Act 2011. Companies Act 2006. United IfjTySom Generally Accepted Accountin9 Pf8Ctice
and relevant Taxation ￿giSlatiOn.
We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial stslements from i￿egUlan1ie$. including
fr8ud. to be the override of controls by management assessment of ihe ability to continue as a gO￿g
concem and the underststement of revenue. (kjr audit procedures to restK>nd lo these risks included
enquirers of management about their th¥n identifficalioTr and assessment of Ihe risks of irregularits"es,
sample testing on the postin9 of ioumals, reviwng meeting minutes. regulatory COr￿POnden￿ an
professional fees. fewew of budgets aThJ posl year end finanu81 stalemenls. detailetl substanbve testing
on the completeness of incrme. and revIe￿￿j accountirvj estimates for biases. We wll also rewewed the
regulat¢xy correspondence with the Charity Commission.
Owing to the inherent limitstions of an a￿111, there is an unavoidable risk Ihat we may Th)t have delgcted
some rnalerial misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have propedy planned and
performed our audit in accordan(£ with auditing standards. We are Th)1 responsible fr>r prevenling ￿n-
compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-comp11ar￿ all laws and regulations.
These inherent limitations are pariivjlwty signif￿ftt n the case of mi5Statement resulting from fr.wd as
this May involve sophisticated schemes designed lo avoid deteth"on. ir￿￿ing deliberate fallure to re￿rd
transactions. Collusi￿ C￿ the of intents.onal misrepresentsts"ons.
A further descripti¢)n of our responsibilitses for the audit of the financial statements is located on the
Financial Reporting Council's web5rte at WVhV.frc.org.ukJaLKlitorsre5ponsibilities. This dgSUiPtion fc(ms
part of our ReFQrt of the Indep￿ftt Auditor5.
of our report
This report is made 501ely to the charitsble compan￿$ members, as 8 berfjy. in accordan￿ Chapter 3
of Part 16 of the Compan*s Act 2(Kfj. Our a￿111 work has been undertaken so that we mithl stale to the
charitable company5 members those matters we are required to stste lo them in an auditors. report and
for no other purpose. To Ihe fullest exlent permitted by law. do not accept or assume responsibility to
anyone olher Ihan the charitable company aTrJ the ¢haritable companls membgrs as a body. for our audit
wcKk. for this re￿rt. or f(￿ the oFinions we have fomied.
A Kl. LIU
And￿W Clifford FCA (Senior Stalutory Auditor)
for and on beham of Shaw Gittjs {Audit) Limited
Chartered Certified Accountsnls
Stalulory Auditor
264 Banbury Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 7DY
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Consolldated st*•ment of flnanclal activities
(includlng In¢orne and expenditure ststement)
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Ufft$trirt•d
funds
2023
R•strict•d
funds
2023
Totsl
fund$
2023
Total
funds
2022
Incorng
Donations
31
31
5.003
Income from clJan¢oble aGliwties.'
Archaeological wvices
20.702.714
1.109.211
21.811.925
24.602.966
Other income
43.750
43.750
Total incom
20.746.495
1.109.211
21,855.706
24.607.969
Expendlture
Cost of raising funds.-
Fundraising and publicity
20.881
20.881
17.797
Expenditure on Chorilable
od1vil￿S
- Archaeolcgical services and
investigatKJns
23,122,041
721,143
23,843,184
23.647.094
Total expenditvrè
23.142.922
721.143
23.864.065
23.664,891
Net Incomel(expenditurn)
Transfers bets¥een fvnds
{2,396.427)
(380.170)
388.068
380.170
(2.008.359)
943.078
Net moveTh*nt in fvnds
(2.776.597)
768.238
(2,008.3591
943.078
Balonce$ brought fopKdrd
4.058.577
(254.PJ33)
3.803,944
2,860,866
Balances carried forward
1,281.980
513.605
1,795,585
3.803.944
All of the act￿lI1e$ of the group ar￿ charityare dassed as c*ntinuing.
The notes on pa9es 29 to 42 fonn of Ihese financial slalemenls.
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Consolldated statsment of financial position
at 31 Ma￿h 2023
Comp•ny number. 07751831
Not• Unr•strict•d
funds
R¢stricl•d
funds
2023
Total funds
2022
Total funds
Charity numb•r.' 11435574
Flxed assets
Intsngible Assets
Tangible assets
76.757
352,821
76,757
352.821
296.549
429.578
429,578
296.549
Current assats
Debtor5
Cash in hand
11
6.043.717
1.163.378
6.043,717
1,681,595
7,785.375
3.471.619
518.217
7.207.095
518.217
7,725.312
11,256.994
Credttors: amounts falllng due
wlthin one year
12
(S.e04.693)
(4.612)
(5.609.305)
(6.749.599)
N•t curwent assets
1,602.4tr2
513.605
2.116.007
4,507.395
Total assots less current
Ilabiliiies
2.031.
S13.605
2.545.S85
4.803,944
Creditors: amounts f¥lling du•
after mQTe than one year
13
(7￿.0¢xl)
1750.0001
{1.¢XIO.WOI
Net as5•ts
1.281.
513.605
1,795.585
3.803.944
Funds
Restficled funds
Unrestricted fvnds
15
15
513.605
1281,980
{254,6331
4.058.577
1,795.585
3.803.944
The financAal statementswere approved bythe Board of Oirectors on .
on and signed on thew behalf by.
and aulhorised for issue
Paul Rodgers
Trustee
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Charity ststem•nt of fin•n¢ial posltlon
at 31 Mar¢h 2023
Company numljw. 07751831
Not• Unrestricted
funds
2023
Total funds
2022
T¢)tal funds
As r•stat•d
funds
Chaffty number 11435574
Flxod as8ets
Intangible Assets
Tangible assets
76.757
144.260
76.757
144.260
10
117.297
221.017
221.017
117,297
Currnnt assets
Oeblors
Cash in hand
12
6,437.240
108,119
6.437.240
626.336
7,158.336
1,369,318
518,217
6.545.3
518.217
7,063.576
8.527,654
Crèditors: amounts falling du•
within one year
13
{4.520.339)
(4,612)
(4.524,951)
(4,360.3621
Nel current ass•ts
2.025.020
513.605
2.538.625
4.167.2¥2
Total assgts less current
Ilabilities
2.246.037
513.605
2,759.642
4.284,589
Cr•ditors: amounts f•#ing duo
aftor More than ono yoar
14
17S).OLWJ)
1750.OIXI)
(1.0¢)0.0001
Net assets
1.496.037
513.605
2.009.642
3.284,589
Funds
Restitted funds
Unrestricted funds
16
16
513,605
1,496,037
1254.6331
3.539.222
2.009.642
3.284.589
The financial statements4￿re approved bythe Board of D¥ectors on
on and stgned on their behall by.
. and authorisedfor issue
Paul Rodgers
Tru$t••
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Consolidat•d sL*•m•nt gf cash flows
for the year oThd￿ 31 March 2023
2023
2022
As restated
Notes
Cash flows from op•rnting actlvili•s
Cash generated from operations
Interest paid
(1.085,91 S)
63.843
272.187
Nel cash provKled byl{used in) operab"rvJ aclimiie
1 149758
272.187
Cash Ilows from Investlng activities
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
Sale of tangible fixed assets
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
{128.369)
6.250
268.147
217,905
Nel cash used in investsng acliyities
217,905)
¢￿h Ilows from financlng a￿l¥￿tIeS
Loan repayinents in year
129J.O(X))
Nel cash lused inypwded by financing actMiEs
2￿,000)
Change in cash and cash equival•nts
in the reporting period
Cash and cash equlvalents at the
b*glnnlng of th• rnportlng perlod
(1.7￿.024)
54.282
3.471.619
3.417,337
Cash and cash equivalents al th• •nd
of thè rèporting p•riod
1,681.595
3.471.619
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Consolidated notes to th• stat•mttnt of cash flcpws
for the year end•d 31 March 2023
RECONCILIATION OF NET (EXPENDITUREyIN¢OME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
2023
2022
As restated
Not lexpenditur*llln¢ome lor the reporting wiod {as p•r thg
Stat•mènt of Financial Actfvities)
Adjustm•nts for.
Depreciats"on ¢J)arge$
Interest paid
Arnounts recoverab￿ on contracts
Changes lo paymen15 in advance
Decrease in debtors
In¢reaselldeuease> in ¢xeditty5
(2.088.359)
943,078
257.237
63,843
95.611
1739,5211
1640.5321 1885,887)
1.654,769
1,546,831
508,484
120.663
N•t cash provid•d byl{used In} opwats
10859151
272,1871
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNOSIIDEBT)
At 114r22
Cash flow
At 3113123
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand
3.471 619
1790.0241
1 681 595
3471,619
1.790.024)
1,681,595
Debt
Debts falling due within 1 year
Debts falling due after 1 year
250,0￿>
10000(
{250.000}
1.250,(M)o
1000,OIX)
Total
681.595
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Not•$ forniing part of the fina￿la1 Statemènts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
ICURREP¥tLY UNAUDITED)
Accounting poll¢ies
Basis of preparing the fin•n¢ial stOtement$
The financial statements of the charitable CoM￿ny. which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102. have
been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP IFRS 1021 'Accounting and Reporling by
Charities= Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in
eccordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the U K and Republic of Ireland IFRS
1021 (effective 1 January 20191.. Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. and Ihe Companies Act 2006. The financial statements
have been prepared Ljnder the historical cost convention. The preparation of financial statements in
compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical a￿OUnting estimates. It also requires
management to exercise judg¢menl in applying the Chari￿$ a¢￿￿ntIng policies. The Charity is a wblic
benefit entity.
The charitable company has tsk8n advantage ofthefollowr4J disclosure exemptions in P￿paring these
financial statements. as pemiitted by FRS 102 Tr FInar￿la1 Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK
and Republic of Ireland,:
the rewirements of paragraphs 11.42. 11.44. 11.45. 11.47. 11.481aXMi). 11.4818XN). 11.48lb) and
11.481cl.
Basis of eonsolldation
The consolidated &counts indude the fina￿la1 statements of tr* Museum of London Arch￿OI09Y and of ils
subsidiary undertaking MOLA Northampton Limited.
The consolidated financial statements incorwrale the results of business combinatK•ns using the purchase
method. In the balance sheet, the acquiree's idenlrf￿b1e assets, liabilrtie5 and contuigenl liabilities are initially
recognised at their fair walues al the acqui5ib.on date. The ￿sU￿$ of acquired operations are included
the consolidated ststement of C￿pr￿en$Iye1ncome fr￿Th ￿ date on thich control is obtained. They are
deconsolidated from the dale Control ceases.
In accordance WAlh the prowwons of the Compan*s Act 2006 the parent tharity is exempt from the
requirement to present its wofil and 10s5 account. The 10181 income fr￿n the parentcharitable
rKJmpany for the pefKJd was £19.931.787 12022 - £21.206.107) and the deficit for the parent dwritable
mpany for the year was £1.274,94712022 gJrts- £807.153).
Going conc•rn
Following the restructuring programme undertaken thro(KJhout ¢cMJrse of 2023 (wih annualised cost
reductions well in excess of £3mnl Ihe tharity has now retumed to a monthly surplus in Q1 of 2024. with retained
reserves once again being rebuilt. This is expected to conlinue forthe fctsseeable fLrture. revenue projections
strong due to..
Several eurrent maF>r woiects c￿￿J01r¥J.
A strong order took of contracts won but ￿1 yel started..
A strong pipeline of wnlracts kn The remain confident of sucee$sfiJl commissioThng.
The projeclions Ihrough to March 2025 are ts)nsidered lo be cautiou5 yel realistic due to the factors menb'orted
above. As a result of the c05t saving measures undertsken the TDJStees are confKlent of a relurn to pre 2023
surplus levels and that available w(Yking eawtsl is suffioenl to fund operakns for the foreseeable fvture.
For the ￿asoftS noted a￿e the Tru$¢ees have assessed Ihe dwrity as a goiThJ con¢em and the financial
statements are therefore prepared on that basis.
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Note5 fomiing part of th• ¢onsolIdat￿ financial Statements
for th• year •nd￿ 31 March 2023 (¢ontinuedJ
Income
l income is recognised orKe the Charity hos enliuement to the resources. it is pr(￿able thal the resources
11 be received. and the monetary fdlue of income can be measured with Su￿￿tent reliability. Income
related lo the provision of archaeobgical services represents ts value of work executed for clients dLKing the
ar excluding value added tax and indudes amounts in respect of l(yng-term vK*rk in progress as described in
the lon*term contracts p31￿Y below. Where acii¥ity is fvnde(I by gryant. income is recognised lo the extent that
the conditions of the grant or slages ￿thIn Ihe grant have been mel. Where a grant has no intermediate stages
or conditions revenue is recs)gnised based on the extent of ¢ompleth)n of a project. t)onation5 are accounledfor
hen receivable.
Long40rn1 Contracts and revenue recogni￿n
Income is recognised in line with the complelion of 7Mth percentage completion detemiir*d usirKJ the cx)st
approach. Costs incurred to date a￿ compared to iotsl prDject ts)st to COMp￿tiOn, with reverwje recognised
accordingly. Profit 15 only recognised lo the exlent Ihat the lotsl project assessed to be Profitsble. Provision is
made for 8ry fiJbJre losses as SC4)n as they are foreseen. For ccffjtracts Nthere revenue exceeds fees invoiced.
the excess is inthded as amounts recoverable on contra¢Xs within debtors. For contracts where fees invoiced
paid exc*e(1 revenue, Ihe ex￿$$ is indude(l in payments in advance within c*editors.
Gov•mment Grants
Grants are accounted for urKler the accruals model as permitted by FRS 102. Grant5 of a revenue nature are
recognised on the face of the Statement of Financial Acltwties in the same pericd as the related exFendilure.
This includes the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme {'Furbough') in 2021122. The group also
rec￿Ved a Coronavirus Business IntemiptK•n Loan of £1.25m whic*b it 15 in the process of r￿aYing. At 31 March
2023 there is £1m remaining to be repaid.
Expenditure
Expenditure, is charged on an accrua15 basis. is alk¥c8ted bet￿n ts follov•in9 expenditure headings
curred direct in the luffilmentof the CharIt￿S obj'ectives:
Costs of raising funds c(%nprisethe costs a$s￿ated attracting voluntaryincome.
Charitsble expeTrJiture comprise5 those costs In￿rred by the Charity in the deliw of its actNitie$ and
serwces for its benef￿lar￿s. 11 indudes both costs that be althated direcuy lo such acliyilies and
those costs of an indirect naiure necessary to supportthem.
Apportionm•nt ol 8xpwditur•
Direct charitable expenditure includes Ihe direct costs of the a¢tiMtiesand depreciation on related assets. Where
such costs relate to more tr￿n one fundionol categcffy. they hove been split on on estimate of time or flo
spa¢9 as appropriate.
Funds- unr¢strict•d funds
These represent funds which Can be expende¢J as the th￿CtorS see fit. in accordance ￿1th the charitable
objects of the Charity. They inclL•Je fiJrKls that were designated towards the antiCiP8ted cost of relocatiThJ from
Mortimer Wheeler H¢yJse which. under our licence, was to be ￿ longer avaikble after 31 October 2021 however
a new licence is in Ihe final stages of being agreed this designation of fundswll be reviewed by Ihe Board.
Funds- restricted incomefund5
These represent income received can ¢)nly be expeTrJedfor the purwse speufted by the donor.
Flx•d assets and d•preciation
Taroible Fixed Assets are staled at net book value. AH tangible assets a cost greater than £3.000 are
apitalised and depre¢ialed on a strdKJht4ine basis to V+rile off their cost over thar expected useful lives.
Furniture. compuler equipment. other equpment pL4nt and ¥Ehicles are am deprecialed over 4 years {25%) or
the asset's expected useful life if shorter.
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Not•$ forniing part of tho consolidated financial statem•nts
for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)
Accounting polkles (￿ntinued)
Financial WbStrumont$
Cash and Cash equiwdlents in the balance sheet comprise cash at banks and in hand and short lemi
deposits with an original malurity dale of ihree months ￿ less.
Oebtors antl creditors wth no stsled interest rale arKI receivab￿ or payable ￿1n one year are
recorded at tranSaC￿n pri￿. Any losses arising from impaimienl are recognised in the statement of
CoM￿hen$4¥e ir￿orne under aJministrats'¥e expenses.
Financial liabilities and equty instnNnents are dassified 8ccording to the substance of the contractual
arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that ewdences a residual interest in
Ihe assets of Ihe entity after deducting all of its financial liaixlities.
Where the contraclual obligations of financi81 instruments {includirrfJ share Ca￿trI} are equiv8lent lo a
milar debt instrument, those finanaal instruments are classed as financial liabilities. Finanoal liabilities
are presented as such in the balance sheet. Finanee Costs and gains c* losses fylaiing to financial
liabilities are induded in the profit and loss account. Finan￿ costs are calculated so as to prc¥Juce a
constant rate of retum on the outstanding lia￿lity.
whe￿ the ¢￿tra￿al temis of share capital th) nol have any terms meeting the definitK)n of8 financial
liability then thi5 is dassed as an equity inslrumenL tlividends and d1stri1wt￿ns relating lo equity
instruments are dets'led direct lo equity.
Critical accounting judg•m•nts and Iley souwc•$ of o$llmation ￿￿*rtaI11ty
In ihe application of the charita￿e company's acc(xJnting policies. management is ￿Uired lo make judgements.
eslimales and assumptions about the carrwng value of assets and liabilities that are ￿t ￿adIlY apparent from
other sources. The estimates an(J the urnlertwng assumptions a￿ based on histcital experience and other
factors that are considered to be relevant. Aciual resu￿ may (liffer from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are rwewe(l on an ongoing basis. Revigons to accounting esb"mates
arg re￿gnised in the peiK¥J in which the estimate is revised rfthe revis￿￿ affects only Ihat peri¢)J. or in the perK4J
of the revison and fvture periods if the rew$1￿ affects both current and future periods.
The most signrfunt area ofjLKlgement in preparing the ffinancial sL*ements art the ants"c4pated value and costs
in relation to incomplete long-tem contracts.
Goodwllland amortlsatlon
Goodwill. posltive and neg8tive. rewesents the difference bet%￿n the cost of a busness combination and the
fair value of the group's share of the net Trdentifkqble assets of the acqu¥ed subsidiary at the date of
acquisition. Goodwill on acqui￿tr"c￿s of subsidiarie5 is included in 'intangible assets.. Goodwill is ￿rrIed al cost
less accumulated 8mortisation and ac¢umukted impainnent losses. Goodv•ill amortisation is calculaled by
applying the $trai9ht-line methoj to its estimated useful life. If a reliable eslimate cannot be made, the useful
lrfe of goodwll is presumed to be 10 ￿ars.
Estimates of the useful econLNnic lrfe of gocrtJ4M"Il are based on a variety of factors such as the expected use of
the acquired business. the expected useful life of the cash generating unit5 to which the goodwill is
attributed, any legal. regulatory or contraclual provisi￿$ that can limit useful life and assumplions thal
market wbcipanl$%wukJ consider in respectof similar busine55e5.
Pensions
Employees are enrolled to join the group mw PLrthase defined contrit￿lI0ft pension scheme operated by
Legal & General p￿. Employees a￿ 8ulomatic81ty enrolled into the money purehase scheme unless they have
exerased tr*ir right to opt out of scheme membership.
Employees joining the morw purchase pengon stheme contract direclly wth the insurance company. MOLA
makes a malching ujnlribjtion of bewn 4% and 6% of salary to ihis pension scheme and acts as agent in
collecting and payir@ over employee pension contributions. The contributions made for the accounting period
are treated as an expense and were £430,600.
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Notes lorniing part of tho Consolidated financial ststwnents
for the yeor ended 31 March 2023 (continued)
Tradlng income
2023
2022
As restated
Actiwty
Granls and contracted services Archaedogy servtts- UK
21.811.925
24,602,
3 Total 0xvndl￿re
2023
2022
As restsled
Raising Funds
Marketing and Adver1ising
20.881
17,797
Charltable aclivllles:
Direct ¢osts- ArchaeologrAI
services and investigations:
Project costs
Payroll and staff costs
orrice and other cLJsts
Interest payable
Depreciation and amorfisalron
6.083,668
14861.080
1478,555
63.843
257.237
10.026,857
11.375.712
2.073,687
120,662
23,744,383
23,596.918
Support costs - Archaeological
SelViCeS and in¥•stlgations=
Audilors, remuneration
C051s of p￿paring for t*rectors'
meetings arKJ support for tl"rectors
92.274
42,544
6.527
7,632
98.801
50,176
Total èxpendlturn on charitable
activities: Archaeologi￿1
services and invesligations:
23,843.184
23,647,094
N•t incom•l{•xp•nditur•l
Nel incomellexperKliturel is stated after chargin￿(Creditir￿J).
Auditors, remunerati
Depreciat￿n- owed assets
Amortisation of goodwill
92.271
248.708
8.529
42.544
120,662
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Notss forming part of the consolidated financial stateffl
for the y•ar endad 31 March 2023 {condnued)
4 Staff costs
The payroll costs Ind￿Je￿.
2022
As rgstsled
2023
Salaries
Social secunty costs
Other pension t£Jsts
12.905.752
1.236.260
719.068
9.939,014
927.635
509,063
14.861.080
11.375.712
The average number of staff empw by the group and Ihe Chty dwing the ye& was:
2023
Group
Numb¢f
2022
Group
Numb
2023
Charity
Number
2022
Charity
Number
Management
Administrative
Archaeological - in the field
15
14
35
15
14
35
296
369
369
424
345
424
345
Other (volunteers)
Over 400
494
In the year the Charity empbyed the follo￿n9 nLYnbers of higtr*r paid employees:
2023
2022
£60.000- £69.000
£70,000- £79,999
£80.000- £89,999
£90,000- £99.999
£100,000- £109,999
£110.0ty)- £119.999
The pension cost in aggregate lor the lmgher paid efflployees
£ 63.844
£44,083
The key management persormel of the Charity comprise Whe￿ appropriate the Interim Chief Exècutive.
Finance Director. Dirèctor of Research & EngagemenL Director of Devekjper Services. Director of
Infrastructure. Di￿¢tOr of Research, Commercial OFrector, HR Director and Chief Digital Officer. The totsl
employee benefits of the key management personnel during the yaar 7•féS £ 926256 {2022- £768.294)
indu¢Jing ts¥o additional staff as compared with the pr*y year.
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Notes forming part of the consolidated financial sta¢•ments
for the year •nded 31 March 2023 (conbnued)
Remun•ration of Trust•es
The Trustees who served at any point during the financial year dtd not receive any remuneratKn. The
Trustees received reimburs￿enI of exwses totallwlg £4,631 {2022- £2,044) in respectof travel and meeting
a￿aThgeMents.
Transactions with Trustees and conn•ct•d peTSOn$
Thefe I￿re no additional tr8nsactp)ns Iwih the Trustees or cJ)nnected pep4)ns during the year.
Taxation
The company is a charity *fjthin the meaniThJ of Para 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010. Accordingly. the
company is potentially exempt from taxation in respeci of inccffle or capit81 gains wAthin categories covered
by Chapter 3 of Part 11 of Ihe Cc*porate Tax Act 2010 or Sect￿￿n 256 of the TaxatKJn of Ch8rgeable Gains
Act 1992. to the extent that such income or gains are appl*d exdu$ively ¢0 charitatAe purposes.
No tax chwge arose in the sear.
Comparative forthe ¢¢)nSol1dat￿ statemwtt of financial acti¥th•s
Unrestitted
funds
ReSt￿ted
fvnds
Total
funds
as reststed
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FRO
Donati¢xts and legacies
5.003
5,003
Charitablo a¢tlvlties
Archaeologul wwces
20.751.642
851.324 24.602,966
23.756.645
851,324 24.607,969
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
17.797
17,797
Charitabl• activities
Arch8eological w￿ceS and investigat￿1$
22.602.4XI
1.044,644 23,647.094
T￿81
22.620.247
1.044 644 23.664.891
NET INCOMEI{EXPENDITURE}
1.136.398
(193,320)
943.078
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
2.922.179
161.3131
2.860,866
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
4.058.577
254,633) 3.803.944
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Museum of London Archaeology
Notes fornilng part ol the Consolidated fina￿1•1 statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)
Prlor Year Adjustments
The prior period results and openirKJ reseryes, of the parent charity only. as a11 Awl 2021 have
been reststed due to a coThection for how conlracts were previously accounted for. As described in
note 1 to the financial statements. the intention has been. and continues lo be. lo transfer the
business arKI nel assels of the Charity to its Pa￿At tharity. In preparation for this. contracts for
arthaeolcgical seNces have been entered inlo in the name of ts pa￿nt charity despite being
administered and run by MOLA Northampton. This change resulted in income and wsts bging
recognised in wirx pwods ￿ert *al ownership ￿￿ded with the pamt tharity.
Accordingly. the prior period has teen aditsted to C4)rreclly reflect the *al tiue of such o)ntracls
with the imp* on financial slatements as Slaled below.
The reserves brought foTrYard as at 1 April 21Y22 have been reststed by a value of £2,619,887. from
negative £142,450 to FQSitive £2.477.437. Ir¢ome has In￿ased by £9,435.244, and expenditure
by £8,691.126 Ir*t increase in movarlent of £744,118). ClosirKJ funds as at 31 Marth 2022 have
increased from negative £80,799 10 £3,284,589, being a total increase of £3.365.387.
The Group opening and c105ing reser4es of 2021 arml 2022 have not L*anged.
Intangible flxed assets- group and t￿lity
Goooknll
COST
Addilions
Impairments
128.369
Al 31 March 2023
APIORTISATION
ChaT9e for year
8.529
NEf BOOK VALUE
Al 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022
On 20 June 2022, Museum of Lon<kni ArchaeologyaLY4uired assets and the ongoing business
of L-P." Heritage LLP. The considerab.cft for the acquisrtKJn was £4CQ,I)XS, £1¥2,631 of work
in progress was aequired alon9 with the ests"maled net book value ol fixed assets of £79,000
creating goo¢￿11 of £128.369. An inilial payment of £150,c￿ at Cl￿p￿tiOn was pad and
then further amounts of £125.t>OO deferred consideration were payab￿ under certain
conditions on the first Se￿nd ￿nIver￿ of the at4uisition.
The first defefred payment of £125.000 was made on 20 June 2023 however conditions
relating to the final deferred payment were not met arffl Ihe lotsl consideialion became
£275,000. Ouring 2024 the Chester and Bn'slol offices were ebsed arhj a permanent
diminution of £43,083 recc4nised. The value of remaining goodwill was deprKiated in
accordance wrth our aeeourth.ng prAw reducing the balance by £8,529.
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I￿3eUM of London Avchaeology
10 T•nglbl¢ Ilx•d I￿*ts
Fithr• and
¢rou•
To
AI 1 Apiil 2022
Addrtions
Dwls
50.733
27.COJ
260.OS7
1,298fi9S
261,89S
11995
216.547
At 31 2￿29
26*411
•gm4
1.025,841
1.S58,581
At 1 Apri12022
chargeforthe￿
Llspwals
18.
32.073
180.226
29.938
637,759
130,988
1.OOD,146
205.624
12.625
At31 March 2023
51.OJ3
210,164
701.747
1.205.770
Al 31 March 2023
$5247
117
362.821
At 31 2￿22
31.773
79.831
13.410
171.535
296.549
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Museum of London A￿haeo1OgY
10 T*nglbh Ilx•d
Pl*nt4nd
Fl*M *rtd
Tolal
Al l Apii 2022
Addrtms
sa
11a283
58.355
542.103
114.686
809.283
155.710
Al 31 kl¥th 2023
12I3•7
984,973
AccymL'laleddeprnc4lxkTr
Al l Aprq 2022
93.754
13.SSD
449.335
81.197
691.
128.147
At 31 2023
522
107.3Q4
6U55
J30.532
At31
121.25T
144.260
Al 31 2022
117.297
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Museum of London Archaeology
Notes forming part of the Consolidated financial ststements
lor th• year ¢nded 31 March 2023 (continued)
11 Fixod assrt inveslments
Subsidiaries
MOLA N¢)rthampton was Kwrated in Cttober 2013 to acquye the archaeologica unit of
NorthamptonshiR coUntyC￿n¢￿l on 20 Jarmxdry 2014.
Subskllwy und•rtaklng
Prlnclpal activilles
MCLA Nfftmpton Limited
Arthaeo1ogi￿I Ser￿e$
Summary of a￿JIted financial statements ftr MOLA Northampt￿) Lknited for the ypar ended 31 March
2023:
Statsmèntof activities
2023
2022
Income
Income from charilable activilies=
Archaeological services
As reslaled
1.923.919
3.401,862
Total incom•
1,859.827
3.401.862
Expenditure
Expenditure on charilabl8 activilies..
Archaeological serwces and investigati¢Jis
2.657.331
3.265,937
Total Expendlture
2,657.331
3.265.937
Net incomelldeficit) arKI net movernenl in f￿d$ for the ypar
(733.412}
135.925
8alanc• $he•t
Fixed and other assets
208.561
179.252
Current assets
Credilors- amount falliry due ￿1h1n one year
c￿dItorS- amount fallwu (Jue after more than one year
2.510.574
(2,933.193)
4,133.982
(3.793.880)
N•t a$$•ts
{214.058)
519,354
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Museum of London Archaeology
Notes forming part of the consolidated finan¢lal statemÈnts
for th• y•ar end¢d 31 Ilar¢h 2023 (continued)
12 D•btors
Group
2023
Group
2022
Ch•rity
2023
Charity
2022
As restated
Amounts recoverable on conlracts
and grants receivable
Trade debtors
Provision for doubtlul debts
Other debtors
Intercornpany
Prepa￿ents
3,851.350
3.938.239
2.862A20
3,282,586
1.483.140
155.901}
392.587
3.387.329
{10.638)
199.773
1.174J06
(55.901
392.587
1,848.839
214.989
2.056.336
110,638}
199.773
1.404.643
225,636
372.541
270.672
6.043.717
7,785,375
6A37240
7.158.336
13 Credltors: amountsf•lling du• within one year
Group
2023
Grow>
2022
Charity
2023
Charity
2022
As restated
Trade creditors
TaXat￿n and sc¢ial secwity
Payments in 8dwdnce
Other creditors
VAT
724.495
334.819
2.092.497
248.653
526.366
968.408
464.069
250.000
1,509,¥27
236,507
2,733.029
85.118
307.970
710.809
707.921
2￿,Ofy)
363.532
334.819
1￿52.36>
234.232
276.857
776.331
436.811
250.000
331,293
236,507
2.512,376
85.118
208.318
524,517
212,233
250,000
Future archive [￿VISh)n
Accwals
8ank108n
5.609.305
6,749.599
4.$24.951
4.360,362
Included wilhin ryeditors are payments in advance. This indudes irm received in adv￿ of witracted
services not yet provthd by Ihe ¢harity at Ihe year end. The totsl amount brought forwards as at 1 April 2022
was recognised in the year as income and released. The total clogn9 balance relates to payments in advan
received in the cuffenl year, carrie(1 forwards lo next year.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Notes forniing part of the consolldatsd financial statem•nts
for the year ended 31 March 2023 (contsnu8d)
14 Credltors: amountsfalllng due aftgr morelhan one year
Group
2023
Group
2022
Charity
2023
Charity
2022
As re51ated
8ank loan
750.000
1.000,0
750.000
1.000.000
Maturityof debt..
Coronavlrus 8uslness Inttrrupllon Loan
Group
2023
Charlty
2022
Charity
2022
As r8st8ted
2022
Within ¢xe year on demand
In more than one star but not more
than tY+tJ year5
In more than tKs Jears but not mo
than five years
After five ￿arS
250,000
250.0(KI
250.000
250.000
250.1)00
29).(J)o
250,000
250,000
7XJ.000
500,000
750.000
1.000.000
1,250.0
1.000,000
1.250.000
The Coronavirus Business Interruplion Loan 1$ secured by a fixed and fkjating charge over the assets of the
group. Total secured debts for the year are £1,000,00012022.' £1.250,000}.
Inlerestcharges are at 2.5% above base rate.
15 Commltmonts undw operating leaws
As at 31 March 2023. the gr(￿p has commitments to lease PaS￿ents under non-canceuable operating
leases as sel out bel¢)w.
Minimum rea￿ payments ur¥Jer nOn￿￿lIab￿ operating leases fall as fdlows..
2023
2022
As r•stal¢d
Within one year
Bet¥%een one and fve years
554,476
1,270,116
469.102
1.541,425
Total
1.824.5¥2
2,010,527
A five-year licence lo C￿pYMo￿.Merhknler H￿se was entered with the Museum of London on
1 November 202 1. The lease on Kent House. the locatK)n for MOLA Northampton expires November
2031 wth break opts'ons in November2021 arKI November2026.
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Museum of London Archaeology
Not•s fomiing part of the consolidated financial statem*nts
forth• yoar ended 31 March 2023 (continuedj
16 Funds
At
31 March
2023
2022
Income Expenditure
Transf
Restricted funds
CITIZAN
TDP
Bott￿$ Concealed aTrJ Revealed
UKRI Fulure Leader Fellow
AHRC Impact A￿e￿ra￿On Acco￿1
CHANSE TETRARCHS
Changing Minds Changing Coasts
Archaeology Audience Network
Other
1336,1281
(18,479)
12.944
8.712
152.434
209.915
12.944
149.230
157.329
89.425
26.5
89.535
221.899
196,476
140.159
30.$00
119.132
6,395
61.915
26.500
33.557
106.509
1380.1701
51.277
14.6121
38.810
150.934
27,510
55.978
193,708
78.318
RestrKled furNts - total
{254,633) 1.109.211
721.143 1380.170)
513,605
Unrestricted funds - designated
1.000.0
1,000,000
Unrestricted funds- general
3.058.577 20.746.495 23.142,922
380.170
281.980
3.803.944 21.855.706 23.864,(￿5
1.795.585
Comparative net movements in fund:
At 31 March
2022
2021
In¢onwJ Exp•nditure Transfers
Reslri¢ted fvnds
CITIZAN
TOP
8otUes Concealed and Rèvealed
UKRI Future Leader Fellow
Time Truck
Other
{182,578)
14.200
419.226
209.915
12,944
149,230
572.776
112.862
51.086
77.540
2.375
228.CKJ5
{336,128)
118,479)
12,944
8.712
153,136)
2.375
151.320
221,899
78.318
Restricted funds- total
{61.313)
851.324 1.044.644
{254.633
Unrestitled funds- designated
1.OCM).O(x)
1.000.000
UnrestrKled funds- general
1.922.179 23.756.645 22.620.247
3,058.577
2.880.ae6 24,601.%9 23,664,891
3.803.944
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Museum of London Archaeology
Notes fomiing part of the Gonsolidated financial $talefflgnts
for the ￿ar ended 31 March 2023 (conthiuedj
The ￿$tri￿ed fund5 (described in detstl in the Directots. report) relate to:
The Thames Discovery Proiect {TDP} enga&Es the public in foreshore recording and observation.
'Bottles Concealed and Revealed, is a th￿e-year project fijnded by the Arts and Humanities Research
C￿n¢11 to recaltsate Unde￿￿nding5 of the ph￿ornena of mid4ate 17 ¢entury 'wrtch bottles,. This fund
is overdrawn at year end as more has been speni on costs vthin the ffijnd than has been received.
The lund ￿11 be ￿vIeWed orte ￿7mpleted and rf sb'll overspent. then funds wll be transferred from
Un￿strICted funds to cover the defi(#l.
The UKRI Future Leader Felb)w is a four-yEar research fellov*Ehip a%Yarded by UK ftese￿h and
Innovation. In￿me is received in arrears.
The CITQAN (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeology Nft￿) woiect was enabled through fundiThJ
granted by the Heritsge Lottery Fund. wlh match fvnding from the NalK)nal Trust and The Crown Estate.
CITIZAN is a communtty archaeology project working in the areas of England exposed at low tide bul
covered al high ts"de. arKI which the Charity has set up in response to the dynamic thre8ts ofwnd. waves
and winterstonms to our i￿and heritage. The cash is received in 8ffears after presentation and agreement
of quarterly expenditure reptxt detsiling ts.me spent specifically on the projecL The fvjnd was overdrawn
at the year end due to tsse payment tefms. During the year the overspend of the project has been
transfe￿e￿ from unrestricted funds int the prciect. as the lotsl cost of the project was not fL*)ded by the
Heritsge Lottery Fund and match fvndirYJ.
The AHRC Impact Ac¢eleTab"on Account project is a three year pyopct to allow the charity ts) respond lo
impact OPFQrtunitie5 in mcKe flexible. resp)nsNe 8rKI creab.ve way5.
The CHANSE TETRARCHS is k)ny term propct funded by ihe Arts and Humanities Research Counryl
and bwll work towards a project of transformiry data rE-use in Archaeology.
The Changing Minds Changing Coast proje¢t- is funded by the National Lottery Heritsge Fund and the
project addresse5 key opportunities to iniegrate community herilage into rapidly devel¢Jping climate
adaptstion plans, and direclly address the relevance of b)cal knoTrAedge in localised dimate strategies.
The Archaeology Audience Netsvork fund is a year project funded by the Herilage Trusl. The AAN
brirrfjs together evaluation data from 0ry0s5 the seclor to help understand strengths and gaps in the
audiences that 8r¢haeology engagwnent reaches. and to SUPFth grassroots level organisalion to
dtversify their audience bases.
Time Truck project offers a mobile archaeolcgy aThJ heritage exhibit1￿ set-up in a trailer that is
transwted to different locations lo share with the public relevant fin¢Js and detai15 of interest lo their
location and demogfaFth￿.
0￿r restricted funds relate to speofic woiects *there funds have been received f(¥ those sFJeafi¢
purposes.
The des*Jnated unrestricte(I funds are for fiJlL*e ￿l￿allon tx)sts hvNe*r thts designation wll be reviewed if
a new licence to occjjpy Mortimer Wheeler House is agreed V+ith Museum of London.
17 Rèlat￿ party transaciions
During the year of activity Alison GoN¥rnan served as a govemor fcff the Museum of London and Chainnan for
the City Bridge Trust WIK) have funded MOLA to support Ihe engagement of Lc￿￿k)nerS aged over 75 with
heritage ￿lating to the Thames foresho￿.
18 C¢)nwny limit•d by guarant•e
The cc¥npany is a company limited by guarantee. nol having share capttal.
19 Vttimate controlllng party
I'he Lharfty Is under Ihe ulb.mate control of Ihe trnstees a5 li51ed iii I?￿ TnA&lèÈS Rep¢M.
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