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Road Safety GB Road Safety GB International Annual Report 2021

Table of Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Overview of the Last 12 Months ............................................................................................................................................... 2 New Appointments ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Charity Board of Trustees 2021-2022 .................................................................................................................................... 3 Business Planning and Support .............................................................................................................. 3 Key tasks for the charity ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Finance ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Website and Communications ............................................................................................................... 8 Media Statements and Interviews ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Social Media ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Road Safety Knowledge Centre (RSKC) ................................................................................................................................. 9 Conferences and Seminars .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Research and Evaluation ..................................................................................................................... 11 Older Drivers .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Arility Augmented Reality Teaching Resource ................................................................................................................ 11 Young Driver Performance Forum (YDPF) research support................................................................................... 11 Road Safety Data Analyst National Champions’ Network ........................................................................................... 12 Project support roles................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Road Safety GB International Report 2020 ........................................................................................... 13 Background ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Purpose of Road Safety GB International ........................................................................................................................... 13 Company Board of Directors 2020-2021 ........................................................................................................................... 13 Business Opportunities .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Discussions have taken place with several organisations regarding Road Safety GB’s potential to partner and/or provide services. .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Finance .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 The Academy .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Appendix A - Background ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Appendix B – Organisational Structure 2021-22 ........................................................................................................... 22

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ROAD SAFETY GB – Annual Report 2021

Introduction

This report sets out the activities of the Road Safety GB (Charity) Board of Trustees, with the support of the individual volunteer officers, working groups, specialist advisers and partners throughout the period November 2020 to end of October 2021.

The report discusses progress to date in terms of organisational development, financial matters, research activities, communications, academy, business planning and support, the aspirations of the organisation, and what processes have been put in place to achieve its goals, aims and objectives.

Once again, the board extends its gratitude to everyone, at individual, local, regional and national level, and all partner and organisations for the support given to Road Safety GB throughout the previous 12 months.

Overview of the Last 12 Months

Since the last Annual Report, the Business has continued to take a cautious, but progressive, approach due to the impact of the pandemic. The Academy Board has worked hard to adapt to the changing situation and has successfully moved several courses online, to great effect. The launch of the Road Safety Apprenticeship Scheme was the culmination of several years hard work and the endorsement by the Secretary of State for Transport was hugely appreciated.

Membership levels remain strong despite the impact of the pandemic on public sector spending and we will continue to review how we can grow and develop our ‘offer’ for Members.

A strong move to online meetings has meant that the reinstated Regional Representatives meetings have been well attended and it has been great to be part of the wider sharing of information across the regions. Over the coming year we will be looking to see how we can further develop the roles of the regional representatives and the area groups to further support the work of the organisation.

Despite the challenges of the last 12 months, the Board has continued to act in support of the membership by providing training, communications and a host of online activities that are set out further in the document.

New Appointments

In March 2021, Executive Director Alan Kennedy gave 12 months’ notice of his intention to retire at the end of March 2022. Alan has been in the road safety profession since 1988 and has worked with Road Safety GB since 2002, when the organisation was known as LARSOA. Recruitment to the post commenced in May 2021 with a view to appoint a new Executive Director in the autumn. The intention was to have a new Executive Director in place by early January 2022 allowing a 3-month handover to take place.

Following a rigorous recruitment programme, the Board is very pleased to announce that James Gibson, of Leicestershire County Council has been offered the position and accepted. The Board extends a warm welcome to James and looks forward to working with him.

The Board is also very pleased to announce that Bill Smith, a former Glasgow City Council Road Safety Manager has accepted the role of Communications Director, and Sandra Agbabiaka of LB Hackney has been offered the role of Company Secretary. A huge welcome to both.

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June Howlett, Company Secretary will be leaving her role following the Charity Board meeting in December 2021. The Board extends its gratitude to June for the many years of hard work and commitment to the organisation, ensuring that the governance arrangements are correct and managing administration associated to organising meeting in a professional and timely way. We wish June best wishes for the future.

Charity Board of Trustees 2021-2022

Philippa Young of Warwickshire County Council will continue in the Chair for the next year. It should be noted that all Trustees are volunteers and give their time freely to Road Safety GB with the support of their employers.

The ‘Charity’ Board of Trustees as of 10[th] November 2021 will comprise:

James Gibson will commence employment on 10[th] January 2022, to begin a 3-month handover period, and he will officially take over the role of Executive Director on 1[st] April 2020. He will sit on the Charity Board and the RSGB International Board. James, a paid employee of Road Safety GB, cannot act as a Trustee.

Alan Kennedy will attend all Board meetings in a supporting role to James until he retires on 31[st] March 2022. Jackie Bratley would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Boards of Trustees and Directors, to thank Alan Kennedy for all his hard work and dedication to our organisation over many years and through several periods of change. Alan has been instrumental in so many positive changes and the development of Road Safety GB, whilst supporting everyone involved. We wish Alan well in his retirement.

Business Planning and Support

The business plan has not changed due to Covid-19 and still reflects the strategy for the charity and the company. However, delivery methods for training and communications have needed to be adjusted to suit the current restrictions, and revised policies ensure that the organisation is operating correctly under current Government guidance.

A new business plan will be developed and put into place following the commencement of the new Executive Director, James Gibson.

Jackie Bratley, also a paid employee, provides financial services and support to the Board of Trustees.

The organisation and its business arm are now well-established entities amongst the other organisational pillars in the UK. However, it is recognised that to remain viable, the organisation through its trading arm must continually seek and develop business opportunities, both in the UK and overseas. The online method of training delivery may open many opportunities in particular for overseas clients.

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Key tasks for the charity are to:

Business Communications

Due to Covid-19 all Board meetings are now conducted online using Microsoft Teams as the preferred communication tool. By operating in this way, the Board maintains current guidance given by Government on Covid-19 safeguarding. It also means that Trustees no longer need to travel to and from meetings therefore safeguarding themselves against infection and the risks from travelling. The organisation will also save significant costs in terms of travel and subsistence expenses.

The value of face-to-face meetings is absolutely recognised, and it considered that an annual face to face meeting may be organised at some point in the future when Government regulations allow.

This year, due to the restrictions, the Annual General Meeting will take place on 10[th] November 2021 and will be managed online via Microsoft Teams.

Regional Representatives Meetings

Members may recall that the P&M meetings were changed to online in 2019, due to some of some regional representatives being unable to attend. Now, due to the availability of virtual meetings, regional representatives’ meetings have recommenced with 2 meetings each year with some RSGB board members also in attendance.

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Finance

Overview

The Charity is currently in a relatively good position in terms of financial stability. Membership numbers in terms of local authority and corporates are stable.

The annual bid to the DfT, which was submitted in November 2019 was successful. However, due to the pandemic the funding was delayed and the DfT could not give a time when funds would be released. This uncertainty meant that the organisation could not progress as previously planned and discussion ensued with STENNIK and New View Consultants (two key contractors) about possible measures to reduce website/communications and academic activity, to sustain the organisation through a period of difficulty.

This also meant that the organisation needed to go into a period of ‘standstill’ for 12 weeks, to be able to fully examine its activities and possible future financial profile. The grant funding was eventually released in July 2020, with a reduction of around 15% and a caveat that the funding would be reviewed within 6 months.

Nevertheless, the funding received allowed Academy development to continue; Academy administration to continue at normal levels, Website and Communication to be maintained and the Knowledge Centre to undergo an important and necessary upgrade.

The board discussed the Data Analyst portion of the bid and due to the reduction in funding agreed to continue to fund the ‘Joining the Dots’ Data Analyst Conference but would need to consider other areas of funding for the Champions Network, and Wiki Data projects. However, proposals are now in place to deliver the majority of the planned work.

Membership fees remain static for the 12[th] year in a row. The fee for local authority membership and corporate membership is £350 plus VAT per year. The fee for Individual Academy membership remains at £35 + VAT. Purchase Orders and remittance advice notes or payments, should be sent to: Jackie Bratley, Finance Administrator, Highfield Granary, Warlaby, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 9JU email: roadsafetygbaccs@gmail.com Tel: 07774 922086

Members should ensure that whoever raises orders on automated systems takes great care to select the above details. Local Authority annual subscriptions should not be paid to Road Safety GB International, to any of the Road Safety GB regional groups, or other organisations associated with Road Safety GB.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Invoices for annual fees will be issued on a 30-day payment basis. Non-payment of the annual fee by 30[th] April each year will mean that that a non-paying member will no longer have access to any of the member benefits, including access to resources, and access to the members area of the website as of 30[th] April that year. The board understands that there may be obstacles for some members to ensure that payment is made within the 30-day period, and the Finance Team will be as flexible as possible to support the member.

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Website and Communications

Stennik continues to provide website and communications services to Road Safety GB, with Edward Seaman now acting as editor of the website newsfeed, supported by Nick Rawlings. Ed also manages the Road Safety GB social media feeds on a day-to-day basis. Sally Bartrum provides full administrative support for Academy back-office functions, the management of the annual national conference, and other projects as required. Stennik also manages the Road Safety Knowledge Centre on a day-to-day basis.

The Road Safety GB Board wishes to extend its gratitude to Stennik for its excellent work and effort to support Road Safety GB over the last 12 months.

Website

Traffic to the Road Safety GB website during 2021 has been very similar to 2020 in terms of visitors but is slightly down in terms of visits.

During 2021 (Jan – Sept) there were:

There is no doubt that the ongoing pandemic is still having an impact on the number of people using the Road Safety GB website. In particular, there is a noticeable drop off in traffic during periods of ‘lockdown’.

Media Statements and Interviews

For the whole of 2021, Road Safety GB has operated without a Director of Communications, and this has had a very significant impact on the organisation’s ability to respond to in-bound media enquiries, and to issue media statements. However, Bill Smith has now been appointed as Director of Communications and once again, Road Safety GB will be able to participate fully in media discussions and debates.

In the period Jan – Sept 2021, 33 news items relating to Road Safety GB were published on the national road safety newsfeed on the Road Safety GB website. These news items cover a range of topics, including the various events produced by Road Safety GB during 2021. These news items can be viewed here:

http://roadsafetygb.org.uk/news-category/rsgb- news/

At the time of writing (25/10/21), the newsfeed has 2,094 subscribers who receive a weekly alert at 8am every Monday morning, capturing the headlines from the previous week.

Social Media

Road Safety GB’s presence on Twitter continues to grow with 22.1k followers in September 2021. This compares with RoSPA Road Safety (24.4k), Brake (22.6k), IAM RoadSmart (17.5k), RAC Foundation (5.7k), PACTS (4.6k) & Road Safety Scotland (4.5k)

First launched in July 2017, the Road Safety GB Facebook page now has 1,463 followers (852 in June 2019) and 845 likes (702 in June 2019).

The more recently launched Road Safety GB LinkedIn page has 294 connections.

The Road Safety GB Practitioners Forum launched in April 2020 has attracted 99 members.

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Road Safety Knowledge Centre (RSKC)

In 2020, the Road Safety Knowledge underwent a full re-engineering and design, to bring up to date with modern internet protocols. The new look RSKC went live in December 2021.

Because effectively the new RSKC is a completely new website, traffic fell when it was launched. This was because Google treated the RSKC as a ‘new’ website, and as such many of the search results previously offered by Google – based on the old site which had been running since 2010 – were no longer appearing.

However, the good news is that traffic to the RSKC has steadily increased throughout 2021 – from 1,336 visitors in Jan to 1,926 in Sept (+44%), and 1,630 visits in Jan to 2,211 in Sept (+37%).

The weekly RSKC alert goes to 1,954 active subscribers and the RSKC help forum has 743 subscribers.

Conferences and Seminars

Annual National Road Safety Conference

The 2020 National Road Safety Conference, due to be held at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, was unfortunately postponed due to Covid-19. The conference was originally rescheduled to take place in November 2021 at the same venue, but unfortunately due to the continuing uncertainty regards Covid-19, that was also cancelled. The decision to cancel was made in March 2021 to avoid the potential risk of Road Safety GB incurring significant cancellation fees if the event had been called off later in the year.

The next edition of National Conference is now scheduled to be held at the same venue in Harrogate on 9- 10 November 2022. Anyone who booked to attend the 2020 conference (either as a delegate or exhibitor) has been given the option of a full refund or rolling over their booking until 2022.

Festival of Road Safety (2020 & 2021)

To replace the 2020 National Conference, Road Safety GB launched and then organised the 2020 Festival of Road Safety, which ran online from 2-27 November 2020.

Because of the success of the inaugural Festival, the decision was taken to run a second edition in November 2021 (1-26 Nov 2021).

The Festival provides a platform to disseminate some of the content that would have been delivered at National Conference, and an alternative event for practitioners at the time of year National Conference would have taken place.

The Festival programme comprises a mix of live and pre-recorded keynote and fringe presentations, podcasts, discussion sessions and workshops. In both 2020 and 2021, there were more than 45 events in total and the Festival website received more than 10,000 visits from road safety professionals during November 2020.

Organisations participating in the 2021 Festival include Agilysis, Road Safety Trust, Road Safety Support, IAM RoadSmart, BHS, National Motorcyclists Council, RAC Foundation, National Fire Chiefs Council, PACTS, TRL, Bikeability Trust, London Road Safety Council, MCIA, Road Safety Scotland, MAG, Driving for Better Business, European Transport Safety Council and National Highways.

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The 2020 Festival content can be viewed here, via the Festival catch-up service:

- - https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/festival/festival content/catch up/

The 2021 Festival programme (currently under development at the time of writing) can be viewed here:

- https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/festival/festival content/

Other events

The Rural Roads Conference and Powered Two Wheeler Conference, scheduled to take place in February and May 2021 respectively, were unfortunately cancelled due to Covid-19.

These two live conferences were replaced by two virtual events, based on the successful blueprint established for the Festival of Road Safety.

The first, titled PTW Riders: improving safety and reducing collisions and casualties, took place between 8-25 March inclusive, and attracted around 5,500 visits to the event website. The programme comprised 20 presentations, workshops and discussion sessions, which can be seen here:

https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/ptwevent/programme/

The second, titled ‘More cycling, safer cycling’ was held 7-25 June inclusive and attracted around 3,500 visits to the event website. The programme comprised 15 sessions, which can be seen here:

https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/cyclingevent/index.php/programme/

The success of the virtual events programme in 2020 & 2021 – in particular the Festival of Road Safety – has given food for thought as we hopefully move back to a situation in 2022 where live events will once again become possible. Decisions will have to be made as to whether to continue running a virtual programme alongside the in-person events, and/or hybrid events which people can choose to either attend in person or virtually.

Road Safety GB & THINK!

The Road Safety GB comms team continues to work closely with the THINK! team and there is a constructive and positive working relationship. The comms team regularly cascades information on behalf of the THINK! team, using the Road Safety GB databases. The THINK team also regularly attends Road Safety GB Board meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity.

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Research and Evaluation

In November 2018 Road Safety GB submitted an application to the Department for Transport, to support three key areas of research. The bid successfully secured £200,000 to research two of those areas. The programmes are described below in italics. Of course, the pandemic has affected this area of work also.

Both the Older Driver and the Arility Road Safety resource programmes were halted during the summer months of 2020, however, in mid-September 2020 the Older Driver research re-commenced by providing the ADI training online. The research is now complete and a report will be submitted to DfT before it is published.

In terms of the Arility research programme, whilst the benchmarking activities were carried out pre C-19, the remaining processes have continued to be halted due to the need for face-to-face activities with school children. Efforts are being made to conclude the research as soon as it is possible however, there are still many barriers due to covid.

Older Drivers

The DfT has previously agreed to enable us to research and evaluate the needs of older drivers and to use those research findings to develop an appropriate training course for ADI’s [Approved Driving Instructors], specifically aimed at developing their awareness and understanding of the physical and cognitive issues experienced by many older drivers. This will provide a pool/register of ADI’s that can be accessed by local authorities and other service providers that deliver assessment/re-training schemes for older drivers. This 2- year study is now complete, and the final report has been presented to the Department for Transport Road Safety Division. Further information regarding the findings and the potential availability of the said course will be disseminated in due course.

Arility Augmented Reality Teaching Resource

The DfT also granted funding to research and evaluate a new augmented reality teaching resource to determine if this method of teaching has a longer-term impact on the behaviour of young children when interacting with roads and traffic in the real world.

Young Driver Performance Forum (YDPF) research support

The PdTWER (Powered Two Wheeler) project is a research project exploring the use of theatre and workshop style presentations to the pre-driver age group in schools and colleges.

As background, the research, with the goal of finding a single operating model based on best available evidence, is being delivered by Elizabeth Box, Head of Research at the RAC Foundation as part of her PhD work with Cranfield University. This 3.5-year project is a collaboration between RSGB, RACF, Cranfield University, NFCC, NPCC and AACE and represents a major commitment to developing best practice approaches in one of the most important and contested areas of road safety provision.

The project is now in its trial phase between Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022 with a new, online resource being used for the delivery.

Road Safety GB would like to extend its thanks to all those organisations and individuals helping to make this project a reality, and to all the local road safety partnerships engaging with the research and development work on the front line of road safety delivery.

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Road Safety Data Analyst National Champions’ Network

The principle behind the Network is to bring together regional ‘Champions’ who attend bi-annual national strategy meetings and help to coordinate regional meetings each year, which will be attended by road safety professionals from different sectors with a focus on road safety evidence and analysis. Work in 2020 and 2021 has been disrupted by Covid-19 with some regional groups not having met for up to 18 months, however, most groups are now meeting again.

In addition to the regional representatives, members from Highways England, Department for Transport, and third sectors organisations will ensure that the group has a broad membership capable of tackling strategic issues in the fields of road safety data, analytics and research.

The Champions Network also help develop the content for the national Joining the Dots conference.

Road Safety GB would like to thank these volunteers for contributing their time and expertise to support analyst colleagues and their clients in road safety teams throughout the country.

Project support roles

During the last 12 months the Director of Research has also been actively involved as a “Governance Board Member” for the National Roads Policing Review , and a “Stakeholder Panel Member” for Driver 2020 (see https://driver2020.co.uk/ )

The Board of Trustees thanks everyone involved at local, national, regional and within the organisation for all of the support they have given the charity throughout a very difficult and unprecedented year.

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Road Safety GB International Report 2020

Background

Road Safety GB International began trading on 1[st] April 2018. The Academy sits within the company and forms the main area of business.

The company is managed by a board of directors to oversee the day to day running of the business and to explore new opportunities both in the UK and the overseas markets. As the company acts on behalf of the charity, a minimum of one charity trustee sits on the company board to ensure that the company operates consistently and in a proper manner for the benefit of the charity.

The Academy is also be monitored by the Charity through its Standards Monitoring Team to ensure it continues to provide a high-quality service provision.

Purpose of Road Safety GB International

The main areas of business for the Company are to:

Company Board of Directors 2020-2021

The ‘company’ board of directors as of November 2021 will comprise:

James Gibson (incoming Executive Director) will become a director of RSGB International on 1[st] April 2022

Richard Hall, North Lincolnshire Council, is a non-director and sits on this board as a Charity Trustee in a scrutiny capacity. The board is also supported by the Charity Company Secretary.

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Business Opportunities

Discussions have taken place with several organisations regarding Road Safety GB’s potential to partner and/or provide services.

Meaningful discussions have taken place with colleagues in Australia regarding Road Safety GB’s involvement in the success of the UK in reducing casualties and how Australia can learn from the UK experience. Alan Kennedy has led these discussions during which, a colleague from the NSW College of Surgeons stated that based on her research and discussions with many other organisations around the world, Road Safety GB is “light years ahead” in terms of its approach to road safety education. This is extremely encouraging, and Road Safety GB has been invited to present a webinar on the subject aimed at higher ranking officials in the Australian Government and Regional/State authorities.

Other discussions have taken place with the Coastguard and Fisheries Agency with a view to understanding how RSGB can assist with behavioural change in fishing practices. The industry has a serious problem with workers refusing to wear life vests whilst working on open decks. RSGB has offered to support the industry by providing direct training, or by trainer industry trainers inn behavioural change techniques. At this stage we are awaiting a positive response.

Meetings have also taken place with FORS (Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme); Coral Insurance Services.

Finance

Road Safety GB International’s (RSGBi) financial year to 31 March 2021 ended positively, encouraging, and in profit. The Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet are set out below.

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Jackie Bratley, Finance Director of Road Safety GB International commented that through developmental and forward thinking and introducing additional ways to do business, we will remain current in our everchanging business environment and believes the accounts reflect a positive position having gone through a difficult period of time. A charitable donation will be gifted back to RSGB Ltd (Charity) of £6,545.95

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The Academy

The Academy continues to provide a range of courses to road safety professionals in the UK and is striving to open up the overseas market. Since its inception in 2014/15 the Academy has grown and developed at a manageable pace. However, the pandemic and lockdown period severely hampered delivery throughout the summer months 2020, and a similar period occurred in 2021. Nevertheless, the management team has worked very hard to remodel courses for online delivery and to promote courses during the difficult times.

After almost 2 years of online delivery, it is considered that this method, when delivered correctly, can provide an equally valuable learning experience and feedback from students is very good. The board has agreed that this should be the preferred method for courses going into the future. However, face to face courses will also be considered providing sufficient measures are in place in line with the Covid regulations at the time, and that the courses are financially viable.

Six courses have been remodelled for online delivery.

The Academy has also been gifted a new course by Road Safety Support (RSS)

This course has been piloted and the feedback from the pilot students was excellent. The course is currently being reviewed to prepare it for full delivery and it should be available by the turn of the year.

Courses Completed

Total number of courses, and attendees November 2020 to November 2021

Course Type Number of Number of
courses attendees
Road Safety Practitioner Foundation Course Pt1 & Pt2 5 25
2 Day Behavioural Change Course 6 71
Road Safety Delivery in a Primary School Setting 1 8
Introduction to Road Safety Delivery (Teaching and Learning) 5 28
Designing Effective Messaging 4 29
Evaluation Foundation 0 0
BCC for Engineers 7 68
Managing work-related road safety 0 0
Road Safety Data Course 0 0
Media Foundation Training Course 0 0
Social Media 0 0
Delivering Virtual Training 5 59
Totals 28 288

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Qualifications Framework

Road Safety Qualifications - Apprenticeship Scheme

Following a member consultation, in which a suggestion was made to investigate the potential for a road safety apprenticeship scheme, discussions and research into this and the associated qualifications and accreditation processes, commenced immediately following the AGM 2020. Road Safety GB International Academy team investigated the concept of an apprenticeship scheme and proposed a model to the Board of Trustees, which was agreed.

Background

Throughout the process, Road Safety GB consulted with members at key time points through workshops and UK wide consultations to determine the needs of the profession. Initially, ‘accreditation’ was secured with City and Guilds, however, that proved to be unsound as C&G would not approve the Academic content of the Academy courses, or tutor delivery, and would only audit the back-office systems. This then became uneconomical for the service that C&G were providing.

At that time, during discussions around the way forward, C&G suggested that due to the potentially small numbers of practitioners taking up the road safety qualification, and not meeting the criteria for OFQUAL, the desired qualification would be extremely difficult to attain. C&G suggested therefore that Road Safety GB could develop its own qualification. There are many other industries that develop their own qualifications for a range of reasons including being small professions, and those qualifications are generally accepted throughout the industries. For example, the General Clinical Hypnotherapy Council has developed its own qualifications and practitioners qualified under the General Hypnotherapy Register are recognised by the NHS UK.

The continuing process has been stalled at various times for various reasons and including the need for the consideration of further contributions from members and in particular the desire to investigate the potential introduction of an appropriate Apprenticeship scheme. The work to develop the qualifications framework was largely completed early in 2020, however the work involved with the apprenticeship scheme held up the process further and created the need to revise the framework sufficiently to dovetail with the apprenticeship model.

Several discussions took place with an identified training/apprenticeship partner, to develop the structure/concept of an appropriate apprenticeship scheme. A model was identified that would match the needs of the profession, providing transferable skills, as identified during the consultations, and is set around Team Leadership, Operational Management and Road Safety. The scheme would cover levels 3, 4 and 5.

Accreditation

During the process, the training partner advised further on gaining accreditation for the Academy courses, that would provide the accredited road safety elements of the apprenticeship scheme, and as an accredited Academy scheme in its own right. Whilst the desire has always been to accredit the Academy, it was identified again, that clearly there are many barriers to achieving this and gaining an OFQUAL accreditation.

The barriers include the high level of guided learning hours needed to gain each level of the proposed qualification; RSGB’s incapacity to carry out the large amount of development work required to develop a qualification in line with OFQUAL’s requirements, without sufficient funding; and the insufficient numbers of practitioners that may take up the OFQUAL qualification route. It was envisaged that proceeding along the accreditation route would be an enormous undertaking, that would be a costly process, and one that is unlikely to come to fruition.

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The Way Forward

The organisation agreed to offer two routes to qualification.

  1. The Apprenticeship Scheme – Team Leader/Operations Manager/Road Safety

The scheme will provide a career linked training programme that develops skills in leading teams and managing operations, alongside the essential road safety knowledge, and skills required for road safety practitioners from beginner’s level through to experienced manager level. The skills acquired in the scheme will be highly transferable [which was highlighted throughout the membership consultations], with an accredited qualification on completion.

The level 3 element which was launched in June 2021, and was fully supported by Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport. It includes 3 themes in road safety; Safe Systems; Teaching and Learning; Health, Well-Being and the Environment.

Higher Level

The Road Safety GB Eastern regional group agreed to investigate a level 7 Apprenticeship scheme, that when developed would form a higher academic level that practitioners may aspire to. More details on this level are to follow as the project develops.

Funding

The scheme is funded through the government’s Apprenticeship Levy, which employers may apply to.

Auditing

Under the Apprenticeship Scheme, the Academy Learning Management System processes, all course materials, and Tutor delivery will be assessed and monitored by OFSTED through the training providers accreditation process. The Academy is required to submit all materials/resources to the training provider, and all Tutors are required to submit Teaching Certificates, any relevant CPD training and recent CV’s.

Marketing

The Apprenticeship Scheme training provider provided an ‘open day’ on 27[th] April 2021 where prospective students and employers visited to learn more about the scheme and to ask questions.

Update

Since the launch of level 3, the Academy team has had further discussions with the training provider regarding the levels 4 and 5. The level 4 element is a highly academic level that spills back into level 3 and ahead into level 5. There are also mandatory elements within the level 4 that require further high-level intensive study. Also, there is an additional cost to level 4 that the employers must fund. In terms of the timeline, the level 3, 4 and 5 process should take 4yrs 11 months to complete. The length of time required to complete the 3-stage process would appear to be a barrier to take up and many employers omit level 4 from their agreed apprenticeship schemes for the reasons outlined above.

The team agreed that the level 3 and 5 elements would provide the necessary training required to fulfil the qualification and to provide the necessary skills required to fulfil the role. The level 3 and 5 can be completed in 3 years and 9 months.

It was agreed by the RSGB International Board of Directors to take this as a proposal to the Board of Trustees on 12[th] October 2021 for discussion. The proposal was ratified at that meeting. It is intended to provide a further series on mini workshops where members and employers may gain further insight into the processes involved in accessing the apprenticeship scheme.

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2. The Road Safety GB Academy Qualification

This route is available to those practitioners who do not wish to take the apprenticeship route.

This qualification will be accredited by the Academy as a bespoke qualification for the road safety education and training industry. The core Academy training courses will mirror the road safety course levels 3 and 5 structure within the apprenticeship model.

The Academy grades awarded will be: Level 5: Diploma Level 3: Certificate

The two-level framework (set out above) will be assessed and monitored by default through the apprenticeship scheme process. Any other courses provided by the Academy that are outside of the framework, will provide extra opportunities for CPD, and may be monitored independently.

All courses delivered by the Academy may also form CPD opportunities, or training in specific areas [e.g. Behavioural Change; Introduction to Teaching and Learning] without the need to complete the whole qualification. Attendance on all Academy Qualification and CPD courses will be funded by employers or individuals.

Summary

Road Safety GB, continues to develop at a steady and measurable pace, building stronger foundations and reaching out to other partners both in the UK and abroad, despite the limitations that C-19 has imposed on the practicalities of running such an organisation.

At its heart, the organisation strives to provide cost effective education and training to a wide variety of practitioners. Despite a difficult and unprecedented almost 2-year period both financially and practically, the enthusiasm is greater than ever, and this energy is attracting others that wish to share in that enthusiasm and gain the skills, and knowledge that we in the UK have in abundance.

Road Safety GB’s long-term vision is to provide tangible benefits for its member organisations and individuals, so they can flourish in a very difficult economic and political world. People are at the centre of the work we all do, people who use our roads, as drivers, riders, passengers and pedestrians, many of whom are vulnerable. Our aim is to help the road safety professional, wherever they may live and work, to make our road users, and the roads they use, as safe as possible.

The organisation has once again moved in step with the current business climate, the needs of the membership, and the communities they serve. With the continued support of the membership, our partners, our prospective business ventures, and our long-term vision will surely be realised. But there is always more work still to be done and we cannot become complacent. This is a time for wider thinking, for deeper partnerships.

The Board wishes to thank everyone involved in the continuing development, management and support of the organisation, and in particular its members who, at times under difficult circumstances, continually provide an excellent service to our customers, the road using public.

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Appendices

- Appendix A Background

Road Safety GB (formerly the Local Authority Road Safety Officers’ Association) came into existence in 2009. It became a company limited by guarantee and with charitable status, on 1[st] April 2014 as Road Safety GB Ltd.

The Charity’s Board of Trustees is tasked with ensuring that the Charity operates in line with its charitable objectives and legal responsibilities as a limited company and delivers the agreed tasks and policies. The Board of Trustees also form ‘Heads of Service’ who oversee all the business, and each Trustee has further responsibility in their own areas of expertise.

The Trustees, and regional representatives all hold full time managerial posts in local government and offer their services to the charity on a voluntary basis.

Road Safety GB International, was formed in September 2017, as a trading arm to the Charity. The company began trading exclusively on 1[st] April 2018. Also, on 1[st] April 2018, the Road Safety GB Academy was transferred to the company forming part of its trading function.

A new Board of Directors was formed in compliance with company law, to manage the company and a 3- year Service Level Agreement is in place that sets out the relationship between the Charity and the Company, and how that relationship will be managed.

Road Safety GB is supported by organisational and individual members across the country. The membership supports our organisational objectives through the 12 Road Safety GB regional groups in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The regional groups consist of local authority road safety teams, Fire and Rescue Services personnel, Police and various other ad hoc agencies working together towards a common goal. The regional networks are essential to the work we are all involved in, and the value of the work they do is immeasurable. The regional Chairs, representatives, and officers on the ground, work tirelessly and often in very difficult circumstances to ensure that the safety of our road users is always at the forefront.

The economic and political climate has changed remarkedly over recent years, and structures and resources have been under immense pressure. Despite these difficult times, the tenacious road safety professionals in this country continue to work as hard as ever. The Road Safety GB board is very aware of the benefits that the profession as a whole has gained over the years through the expertise and enthusiasm of regional group members. It recognises these huge efforts and we are continuing to look at the way we are structured, considering the needs of the regional groups, with a view to finding the most effective and sustainable model of ensuring we provide the full support needed at regional and local level.

Road Safety GB continues to work with key partners to establish and maintain funding processes that will support the development of the national road safety profession, bringing many benefits to practitioners and the public alike. It is due to the long-term support and the hard work of our members, the national ‘Road Safety GB Team’, that these benefits will be realised in the future.

Whilst it is vital to support our members, we must also understand how we can both influence and support a developing national agenda. It is important that we recognise and act upon the ever changing landscape in terms of the economy, politics, casualty and travel trends, the surge in technological advances, the health of the population, in order to effectively influence and educate our road users, and the Academy is clearly playing a major role in changing the perspective of our road safety profession.

In 2018 we saw the publication of the Road Safety Management Capacity Review, and there continues to be a growing interest in Safe Systems thinking and the adoption of national performance indicators; DfT are

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continuing to invest in research to inform future practice and we appear to be on the brink of a technology revolution in personal transport with as yet unknown implications for the safety of road users.

Road Safety GB’s ambition is to influence our national direction of travel for future approaches to road safety, and to be able to actively support change by anticipating the needs of GB’s road safety professionals and provide for those needs through the Academy and our member network.

The Board congratulates all those involved in our profession and looks forward to working with you in the future to overcome the many challenges that face us.

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Appendix B – Organisational Structure 2021-22

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CHARITY COMPANY
James Gibson
ROAD SAFETY GB LTD ROAD SAFETY GB INTERNATIONAL
Executive Director
BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
from 1st April 2022
Phillipa Young Chair/Trustee Sonya Hurt Academy Director
Vicky Harvey Vice Chair/Trustee Jackie Bratley Finance Director
Matt Staton Director of Research/Trustee Sam Merison Director
Richard Hall Director of Finance/Trustee Alan Kennedy Richard Hall Charity Trustee
Bill Smith Director of Communications Executive Director
Sandra Agbabiaka Company Secretary/Trustee until 31 March 2022
CENTRAL SERVICES
VACANT Company Secretary
Jackie Bratley Finance Administrator
Jon Norton Accountant
CONFERENCE/SEMINAR & WEBSITE ACADEMY
MANAGEMENT Tutors
Nick Rawlings STENNIK [contractor] Ian Edwards
Ed Seaman STENNIK [contractor] Liz Brooker
Sally Bartrum STENNIK [contractor] Alan Kennedy
Dave Parkin
Bruce Walton
Tanya Fosdick
Administration
Sally Bartrum
AUDIT/MONITORING
Liz Richardson Independent Auditor
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Knowledgeable Others
Nominated specialists
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Appendix C - Membership

Who can gain membership?

Local Authorities that deliver road safety casualty reduction services.

Fire and Rescue Services where the service is part of the local authority structure and delivers road safety services on behalf of the local authority, or the FRS has been gifted the remit for road safety service by the local authority.

Corporate organisations that can evidence their involvement in positive road safety outcomes for their company and employees. This may include Police Forces, Health Organisations, private sector companies, NGO’s and charities.

Individuals who wish to further their knowledge and understanding of road safety issues and appropriate interventions

Local Authority and Corporate members may ‘fast-track’ up to 10 members of staff as Individual Academy Members as part of their annual membership fee.

Local Authority and Corporate Members enjoy several benefits including:

Individual Academy Members: The Academy offers membership to individuals who work in the field of road safety, as self-employed for example, and who cannot gain membership through a local authority or other corporate member. All Academy members will enjoy several benefits including:

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RSGB LIMITED

Charity No. 1153231

Company No. 08405185

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

31 March 2021

RSGB LIMITED Contents

Pages
Trustees' Annual Report 2 to 4
Independent Examiner's Report 5
Statement of Financial Activities 6
Summary Income and Expenditure Account 7
Balance Sheet 8
Statement of Cash flows 9
Notes to the Accounts 10 to 18
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 19 to 20

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RSGB LIMITED Trustees Annual Report

Road Safety GB

The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Company No. 08405185

Charity No. 1153231

Registered Office

Kemp House City Road London EC1V 2NX

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:

L. BROOKER

R.C. HALL

Key Management Personnel

Business Development Officer

Finance Manager

Alan Kennedy

Jacqueline Bratley

Accountants

Barefoot Accounting Ltd 8 Kettil'stoun Grove Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland EH49 6PP

Bankers

NatWest Bank Hoddesdon 43 High Street Hoddeson Herts

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

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• Seek research opportunities to better understand the most effective ways to reduce road casualties further The Arility resource [app] is an augmented reality (AR) teaching resource that is delivered via iPad and Android tablets. It was introduced to Road Safety GB in the summer of 2018 by DBBS, an Australian based IT company, with a view to the app being launched in the UK. The app is aimed at 4 to 11-year-old children and covers a range of scenarios aimed at improving road safety behaviours. The original App was designed for the Australian schools, and the imagery and vocabulary were unsuitable for UK schools and children. Therefore, the Academy undertook an extensive work programme, working with colleagues in Australia, to redesign the imagery throughout and to re-write the educational elements. The App is now completely usable in the UK for schools, teachers, children and parents and road safety professionals. The App is free to download on Apple Store and the Play store for both IOS and Android.

CRaSH Incident Reporting System is a new digital platform/system being introduced to the UK Police Forces that enables police officers to capture and upload collision data from the roadside in real time: this delivers dramatic time savings for police officers and helps improve road safety by providing a more accurate view of when and where incidents occur. CRaSH is currently used by 20 police forces in England and Wales and has already delivered savings in the region of £7.5 million per year for the agencies that rely on the system – with the new enhancements expected to deliver further incident reporting savings. Road Safety GB's Director for Research is a CraSH Development Board Member assisting the DfT in the development of the system. Road Safety GB has also acted as an agent in the accounting processes for the distribution of grant funding awarded to participating Police Forces.

The Department for Transport agreed to a bid to enable Road Safety GB to research and evaluate the needs of older drivers and to use those research findings to develop an appropriate training course for ADI’s [Approved Driving Instructors], specifically aimed at developing their awareness and understanding of the physical and cognitive issues experienced by many older drivers. This will provide a pool/register of ADI’s that can be accessed by local authorities and other service providers that deliver assessment/re-training schemes for older drivers. This will be a 2-year study. A panel of experts has been set up as a reference point for the ongoing research. The panel consists of experience people from Universities, Local and National Government, Police and private sector. The research programme was suspend for a short period of time during the first C-19 lockdown, however, the programme restarted in September 2020 with the training course element being

The annual bid to the DfT, which was submitted in November 2019 was successful. However, due to the pandemic the funding was delayed and the DfT could not give a time when funds would be released. This uncertainty meant that the organisation could not progress as previously planned and discussion ensued with consultants about possible measures to reduce website/communications and academic activity, to sustain the organisation through a period of difficulty.

This also meant that the organisation needed to go into a period of ‘standstill’ for 12 weeks, to be able to fully examine its activities and possible future financial profile. The grant funding was eventually released in July 2020, with a reduction of around 15% and a caveat that the funding would be reviewed within 6 months. Nevertheless, the funding received allowed Academy development to continue; Academy administration to continue at normal levels, Website and Communication to be maintained and the Knowledge Centre to undergo an important and necessary upgrade.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

To replace the 2020 National Conference, Road Safety GB launched and then organised the 2020 Festival of Road Safety, which ran online from 2-27 November 2020.

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The Road Safety GB comms team continues to work closely with the THINK! team and there is a constructive and positive working relationship. The comms team regularly cascades information on behalf of the THINK! team, using the Road Safety GB databases. The THINK team also regularly attends Road Safety GB Board meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity.

meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity. meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity. the ADI training online. The research is now complete and a report will be submitted to DfT before it is published.

During the last 12 months the Director of Research has also been actively involved as a “Governance Board Member” for the National Roads Policing Review, and a “Stakeholder Panel Member” for Driver 2020

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

The 2020 National Road Safety Conference, due to be held at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, was unfortunately postponed due to Covid-19. The conference was originally rescheduled to take place in November 2021 at the same venue, but unfortunately due to the continuing uncertainty regards Covid-19, that was also cancelled. The decision to cancel was made in March 2021 to avoid the potential risk of Road Safety GB incurring significant cancellation fees if the event had been called off later in the year. The next edition of National Conference is now scheduled to be held at the same venue in Harrogate on 9-10 November 2022. Anyone who booked to attend the 2020 conference (either as a delegate or exhibitor) has been given the option of a full refund or rolling over their booking until 2022.

Because of the success of the inaugural Festival, the decision was taken to run a second edition in November 2021 (1-26 Nov 2021).

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Signed on behalf of the board

R.C. HALL Trustee 09 December 2021

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RSGB LIMITED Independent Examiners Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of RSGB LIMITED

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of RSGB LIMITED for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Summary Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

As the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Association of Accounting Technicians.

I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jonathon Norton Association of Accounting Technicians Barefoot Accounting Ltd 8 Kettil'stoun Grove Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland EH49 6PP 09 December 2021

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RSGB LIMITED Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legacies
4
Charitable activities
5
Investments
6
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Other
8
Total
Net gains on investments
Net income/(expenditure)
9
Transfers between funds
Net income/(expenditure)
before other gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricte
d funds
2021
£
175,234
61,852
245		 Restricted
funds
2021
£
163,978
10,200
-		 Total funds
2021
£
339,212
72,052
245		 Total funds
2020
£
608,227
58,504
6,250
237,331
120,962
105,988		 174,178
89,180
93,330		 411,509
210,142
199,318		 672,981
631,084
123,142
226,950
-		 182,510
-		 409,460
-		 754,226
-
10,381
-		 (8,332)
-		 2,049
-		 (81,245)
-
10,381 (8,332) 2,049 (81,245)
10,381
154,362		 (8,332)
67,185		 2,049
221,547		 (81,245)
302,792
164,743 58,853 223,596 221,547

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RSGB LIMITED Summary Income and Expenditure Account

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Income
Interest and investment income
Gross income for the year
Expenditure
Depreciation and charges for
impairment of fixed assets
Total expenditure for the year
Net income/(expenditure) before tax
for the year
Net income /(expenditure )for the year		 2021
£
411,264
245
411,509
408,986
474
409,460
2,049
2,049		 2020
£
666,731
6,250
672,981
753,752
474
754,226
(81,245)
(81,245)

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RSGB LIMITED Balance Sheet

at 31 March 2021

Company No.
08405185
Notes
2021
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
-
-
Current assets
Debtors
13
8,280
Cash at bank and in hand
437,291
445,571
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
14
(215,325)
Net current assets
230,246
Total assets less current liabilities
230,246
Creditors:Amounts falling due after more than one year
15
(6,650)
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
223,596
Total net assets
223,596
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
16
Restricted income funds
58,853
58,853
Unrestricted funds
16
General funds
164,743
164,743
Reserves
16
Total funds
223,596		 2020
£
474
474
27,270
1,343,655
1,370,925
(1,149,852)
221,073
221,547
-
221,547
221,547
67,185
67,185
154,362
154,362
221,547

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

For the year ended 31 March 2021 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved by the board on 09 December 2021

And signed on its behalf by:

R.C. HALL Trustee

09 December 2021

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RSGB LIMITED Statement of Cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2021

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) per Statement of Financial Activities
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease in trade and other receivables
Decrease in trade and other payables
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Net cash from investing activities
Net cash from financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Components of cash and cash equivalents
Cash and bank balances		 2021
£
2,049
474
(245)
18,990
(927,877)
(906,609)
245
245
-
(906,364)
1,343,655
437,291
437,291
437,291		 2020
£
(81,245)
474
(6,250)
21,694
(3,271,862)
(3,337,189)
6,250
5,302
-
(3,331,887)
4,675,542
1,343,655
1,343,655
1,343,655

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting

Income

Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year. assets Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Fixtures, fittings and 50% Straightline equipment

Freehold investment property

Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Stocks

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

Trade and other debtors

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

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Trade and other creditors

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

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.

All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.

Leased assets

Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.

Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services

All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

2 Company status

The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds
2020 2020 2020
£ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 83,538 524,689 608,227
Charitable activities 58,504 - 58,504
Investments 6,250 - 6,250
Total 148,292 524,689 672,981
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities 106,395 524,689 631,084
Other 123,142 - 123,142
Total 229,537 524,689 754,226
Net income (81,245) - (81,245)
Net income before other
gains/(losses)		 (81,245) - (81,245)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds (81,245) - (81,245)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 302,792 - 302,792
Total funds carried forward 221,547 - 221,547
4 Income from donations and legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Donations 936 - 936 1,441
Grants 174,298 163,978 338,276 606,786
175,234 163,978 339,212 608,227
5 Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Subscriptions 58,065 - 58,065 54,784
Fees 3,787 10,200 13,987 3,720
61,852 10,200 72,052 58,504

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Deposit Account Interest
7
Expenditure on charitable activities
Expenditure on charitable
activities
Projects
Subscriptions
Fees
Website Grant
Governance costs
8
Other expenditure
Employee costs
Motor and travel costs
Amortisation, depreciation,
impairment, profit/loss on
disposal of fixed assets
General administrative costs
Legal and professional costs
9
Net income/(expenditure) before transfers
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets		 Unrestricted
£
-
40,498
13,474
66,990
120,962
Unrestricted
£
96,839
14
474
3,861
4,800
105,988		 Unrestricted
£
245
245
Restricted
£
49,180
-
40,000
-
89,180
Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
93,330
93,330
2021
£
474		 Total
2021
£
245
245
Total
2021
£
49,180
40,498
53,474
66,990
210,142
Total
2021
£
96,839
14
474
3,861
98,130
199,318		 Total
2020
£
6,250
6,250
Total
2020
£
524,689
15,674
29,358
61,363
631,084
Total
2020
£
100,932
7,523
474
9,413
4,800
123,142
2020
£
474

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

10 Trustee remuneration and expenses

One or more of the trustees has been paid expenses in the current or prior periods.

2021 2020
Number Number
Number of trustees paid expenses - 4
£ £
Total expenses reimbursed to trustees - 2,143
11 Staff costs
Salaries and wages 91,322 95,255
Pension costs 5,517 5,417
96,839 100,672
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:
2021 2020
Number Number
2 2
2 2
Pension Scheme: NEST
12 Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures,
fittings and Total
equipment
£ £
Cost or revaluation
At 1 April 2020 3,771 3,771
At 31 March 2021 3,771 3,771
Depreciation and
impairment
At 1 April 2020 3,297 3,297
Depreciation charge for the 474 474
year
At 31 March 2021 3,771 3,771
Net book values
At 31 March 2021 - -
At 31 March 2020 474 474

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

13 Debtors

13 Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
14 Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to group undertakings
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2021
£
8,280
-
8,280
2021
£
5,343
-
5,062
5,918
199,002
215,325		 2020
£
6,720
20,550
27,270
2020
£
53,340
(7,074)
(2,954)
632
1,105,908
1,149,852
15 Creditors:
amounts falling due after more than one year
Accruals and deferred income		 2021
£
6,650
6,650		 2020
£
-
-

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

16 Movement in funds

Restricted funds:
Restricted income funds:
Arility
Crash Investigation
Older Driver
Total
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Revaluation Reserves:
Total funds		 At 1 April
2020
26,102
32,333
8,750
67,185
154,362
221,547		 Incoming
resources
(including
other
gains/losses
)
£
(26,102)
191,530
8,750
174,178
237,331
411,509		 Resources
expended
£
-
(165,010)
(17,500)
(182,510)
(226,950)
(409,460)		 At 31
March
2021
£
-
58,853
-
58,853
164,743
223,596

Purposes and restrictions in relation to the funds:

Restricted funds: Arility Development of an app aimed at 4 to 11-year-old children and covers a range of scenarios aimed at improving road safety behaviours Crash Investigation Development of a new digital platform/system being introduced to the UK Police Forces that enables police officers to capture and upload collision data from the roadside in real time Older Driver Project to evaluate the needs of older drivers and to use those research findings to develop an appropriate training course for ADI’s [Approved Driving Instructors]

17 Analysis of net assets between funds

Net current assets
Creditors due in more than one year and
provisions		 Unrestricted
funds
£
235,881
(6,650)
229,231		 Restricted
funds
£
(5,635)
-
(5,635)		 Total
£
230,246
(6,650)
223,596

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

18 Reconciliation of net debt

Reconciliation of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt		 At 1 April
2020
£		 Cash flows
£		 At 31
March
2021
£
1,343,655 (906,364) 437,291
1,343,655
1,343,655		 (906,364)
(906,364)		 437,291
437,291

19 Commitments

Operating lease commitments

Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2021
Land and
buildings
£
Operating leases with expiry date:
Pension commitments
The pension cost charge to the company
amounted to:
20 Related party disclosures
Controlling party		 2021
2020
Other
Land and
buildings
£
£
2021
£
5,517		 2020
Other
£
2020
£
5,417

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RSGB LIMITED Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations
Grants
Charitable activities
Subscriptions
Fees
Investments
Deposit Account Interest
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Projects
Subscriptions
Fees
Website Grant
Total of expenditure on charitable
activities
Employee costs
Salaries/wages
Pension costs
Staff entertainment
Motor and travel costs
Travel and subsistence
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
Depreciation of Fixtures, fittings
and equipment
Bad debts
Bank charges
General insurances
Information and publications		 Unrestricte
d funds
2021
£
936
174,298
175,234
58,065
3,787
61,852
245
245
237,331
-
40,498
13,474
66,990
120,962
120,962
91,322
5,517
-
96,839
14
14
474
(696)
678
1,845
450		 Restricted
funds
2021
£
-
163,978
163,978
-
10,200
10,200
-
-
174,178
49,180
-
40,000
-
89,180
89,180
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
2021
£
936
338,276
339,212
58,065
13,987
72,052
245
245
411,509
49,180
40,498
53,474
66,990
210,142
210,142
91,322
5,517
-
96,839
14
14
474
(696)
678
1,845
450		 Total funds
2020
£
1,441
606,786
608,227
54,784
3,720
58,504
6,250
6,250
672,981
524,689
15,674
29,358
61,363
631,084
631,084
95,255
5,417
260
100,932
7,523
7,523
474
3,298
717
1,604
47

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RSGB LIMITED

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Software, IT support and related
costs
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Telephone, fax and broadband
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Consultancy fees
Total of expenditure of other costs
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) before
other gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 84
-
630
112
758
4,335
4,800
-
4,800
105,988
226,950
-
10,381
10,381
-
10,381
154,362
164,743		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
93,330
93,330
93,330
182,510
-
(8,332)
(8,332)
-
(8,332)
67,185
58,853		 84
-
630
112
758
4,335
4,800
93,330
98,130
199,318
409,460
-
2,049
2,049
-
2,049
221,547
223,596		 60
54
2,538
514
581
9,887
4,800
-
4,800
123,142
754,226
-
(81,245)
(81,245)
-
(81,245)
302,792
221,547

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RSGB LIMITED

Charity No. 1153231

Company No. 08405185

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

31 March 2021

RSGB LIMITED Contents

Pages
Trustees' Annual Report 2 to 4
Independent Examiner's Report 5
Statement of Financial Activities 6
Summary Income and Expenditure Account 7
Balance Sheet 8
Statement of Cash flows 9
Notes to the Accounts 10 to 18
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 19 to 20

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RSGB LIMITED Trustees Annual Report

Road Safety GB

The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Company No. 08405185

Charity No. 1153231

Registered Office

Kemp House City Road London EC1V 2NX

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:

L. BROOKER

R.C. HALL

Key Management Personnel

Business Development Officer

Finance Manager

Alan Kennedy

Jacqueline Bratley

Accountants

Barefoot Accounting Ltd 8 Kettil'stoun Grove Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland EH49 6PP

Bankers

NatWest Bank Hoddesdon 43 High Street Hoddeson Herts

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

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RSGB LIMITED Trustees Annual Report

• Seek research opportunities to better understand the most effective ways to reduce road casualties further The Arility resource [app] is an augmented reality (AR) teaching resource that is delivered via iPad and Android tablets. It was introduced to Road Safety GB in the summer of 2018 by DBBS, an Australian based IT company, with a view to the app being launched in the UK. The app is aimed at 4 to 11-year-old children and covers a range of scenarios aimed at improving road safety behaviours. The original App was designed for the Australian schools, and the imagery and vocabulary were unsuitable for UK schools and children. Therefore, the Academy undertook an extensive work programme, working with colleagues in Australia, to redesign the imagery throughout and to re-write the educational elements. The App is now completely usable in the UK for schools, teachers, children and parents and road safety professionals. The App is free to download on Apple Store and the Play store for both IOS and Android.

CRaSH Incident Reporting System is a new digital platform/system being introduced to the UK Police Forces that enables police officers to capture and upload collision data from the roadside in real time: this delivers dramatic time savings for police officers and helps improve road safety by providing a more accurate view of when and where incidents occur. CRaSH is currently used by 20 police forces in England and Wales and has already delivered savings in the region of £7.5 million per year for the agencies that rely on the system – with the new enhancements expected to deliver further incident reporting savings. Road Safety GB's Director for Research is a CraSH Development Board Member assisting the DfT in the development of the system. Road Safety GB has also acted as an agent in the accounting processes for the distribution of grant funding awarded to participating Police Forces.

The Department for Transport agreed to a bid to enable Road Safety GB to research and evaluate the needs of older drivers and to use those research findings to develop an appropriate training course for ADI’s [Approved Driving Instructors], specifically aimed at developing their awareness and understanding of the physical and cognitive issues experienced by many older drivers. This will provide a pool/register of ADI’s that can be accessed by local authorities and other service providers that deliver assessment/re-training schemes for older drivers. This will be a 2-year study. A panel of experts has been set up as a reference point for the ongoing research. The panel consists of experience people from Universities, Local and National Government, Police and private sector. The research programme was suspend for a short period of time during the first C-19 lockdown, however, the programme restarted in September 2020 with the training course element being

The annual bid to the DfT, which was submitted in November 2019 was successful. However, due to the pandemic the funding was delayed and the DfT could not give a time when funds would be released. This uncertainty meant that the organisation could not progress as previously planned and discussion ensued with consultants about possible measures to reduce website/communications and academic activity, to sustain the organisation through a period of difficulty.

This also meant that the organisation needed to go into a period of ‘standstill’ for 12 weeks, to be able to fully examine its activities and possible future financial profile. The grant funding was eventually released in July 2020, with a reduction of around 15% and a caveat that the funding would be reviewed within 6 months. Nevertheless, the funding received allowed Academy development to continue; Academy administration to continue at normal levels, Website and Communication to be maintained and the Knowledge Centre to undergo an important and necessary upgrade.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

To replace the 2020 National Conference, Road Safety GB launched and then organised the 2020 Festival of Road Safety, which ran online from 2-27 November 2020.

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RSGB LIMITED Trustees Annual Report

The Road Safety GB comms team continues to work closely with the THINK! team and there is a constructive and positive working relationship. The comms team regularly cascades information on behalf of the THINK! team, using the Road Safety GB databases. The THINK team also regularly attends Road Safety GB Board meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity.

meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity. meetings to provide an update of its campaign activity. the ADI training online. The research is now complete and a report will be submitted to DfT before it is published.

During the last 12 months the Director of Research has also been actively involved as a “Governance Board Member” for the National Roads Policing Review, and a “Stakeholder Panel Member” for Driver 2020

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

The 2020 National Road Safety Conference, due to be held at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, was unfortunately postponed due to Covid-19. The conference was originally rescheduled to take place in November 2021 at the same venue, but unfortunately due to the continuing uncertainty regards Covid-19, that was also cancelled. The decision to cancel was made in March 2021 to avoid the potential risk of Road Safety GB incurring significant cancellation fees if the event had been called off later in the year. The next edition of National Conference is now scheduled to be held at the same venue in Harrogate on 9-10 November 2022. Anyone who booked to attend the 2020 conference (either as a delegate or exhibitor) has been given the option of a full refund or rolling over their booking until 2022.

Because of the success of the inaugural Festival, the decision was taken to run a second edition in November 2021 (1-26 Nov 2021).

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Signed on behalf of the board

R.C. HALL Trustee 09 December 2021

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RSGB LIMITED Independent Examiners Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of RSGB LIMITED

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of RSGB LIMITED for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Summary Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

As the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Association of Accounting Technicians.

I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jonathon Norton Association of Accounting Technicians Barefoot Accounting Ltd 8 Kettil'stoun Grove Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland EH49 6PP 09 December 2021

Page 5

RSGB LIMITED Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Notes
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legacies
4
Charitable activities
5
Investments
6
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Other
8
Total
Net gains on investments
Net income/(expenditure)
9
Transfers between funds
Net income/(expenditure)
before other gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricte
d funds
2021
£
175,234
61,852
245		 Restricted
funds
2021
£
163,978
10,200
-		 Total funds
2021
£
339,212
72,052
245		 Total funds
2020
£
608,227
58,504
6,250
237,331
120,962
105,988		 174,178
89,180
93,330		 411,509
210,142
199,318		 672,981
631,084
123,142
226,950
-		 182,510
-		 409,460
-		 754,226
-
10,381
-		 (8,332)
-		 2,049
-		 (81,245)
-
10,381 (8,332) 2,049 (81,245)
10,381
154,362		 (8,332)
67,185		 2,049
221,547		 (81,245)
302,792
164,743 58,853 223,596 221,547

Page 6

RSGB LIMITED Summary Income and Expenditure Account

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Income
Interest and investment income
Gross income for the year
Expenditure
Depreciation and charges for
impairment of fixed assets
Total expenditure for the year
Net income/(expenditure) before tax
for the year
Net income /(expenditure )for the year		 2021
£
411,264
245
411,509
408,986
474
409,460
2,049
2,049		 2020
£
666,731
6,250
672,981
753,752
474
754,226
(81,245)
(81,245)

Page 7

RSGB LIMITED Balance Sheet

at 31 March 2021

Company No.
08405185
Notes
2021
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
-
-
Current assets
Debtors
13
8,280
Cash at bank and in hand
437,291
445,571
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
14
(215,325)
Net current assets
230,246
Total assets less current liabilities
230,246
Creditors:Amounts falling due after more than one year
15
(6,650)
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
223,596
Total net assets
223,596
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
16
Restricted income funds
58,853
58,853
Unrestricted funds
16
General funds
164,743
164,743
Reserves
16
Total funds
223,596		 2020
£
474
474
27,270
1,343,655
1,370,925
(1,149,852)
221,073
221,547
-
221,547
221,547
67,185
67,185
154,362
154,362
221,547

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

For the year ended 31 March 2021 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved by the board on 09 December 2021

And signed on its behalf by:

R.C. HALL Trustee

09 December 2021

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RSGB LIMITED Statement of Cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2021

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) per Statement of Financial Activities
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease in trade and other receivables
Decrease in trade and other payables
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Net cash from investing activities
Net cash from financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Components of cash and cash equivalents
Cash and bank balances		 2021
£
2,049
474
(245)
18,990
(927,877)
(906,609)
245
245
-
(906,364)
1,343,655
437,291
437,291
437,291		 2020
£
(81,245)
474
(6,250)
21,694
(3,271,862)
(3,337,189)
6,250
5,302
-
(3,331,887)
4,675,542
1,343,655
1,343,655
1,343,655

Page 9

RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

Fund accounting

Income

Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year. assets Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets

Page 10

RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Fixtures, fittings and 50% Straightline equipment

Freehold investment property

Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

Stocks

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

Trade and other debtors

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

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Trade and other creditors

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

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing at the end of the reporting period. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the charity are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date that the transaction occurred.

All exchange differences are are taken into account in arriving at net income/expenditure.

Leased assets

Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.

Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services

All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

2 Company status

The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds
2020 2020 2020
£ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 83,538 524,689 608,227
Charitable activities 58,504 - 58,504
Investments 6,250 - 6,250
Total 148,292 524,689 672,981
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities 106,395 524,689 631,084
Other 123,142 - 123,142
Total 229,537 524,689 754,226
Net income (81,245) - (81,245)
Net income before other
gains/(losses)		 (81,245) - (81,245)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds (81,245) - (81,245)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 302,792 - 302,792
Total funds carried forward 221,547 - 221,547
4 Income from donations and legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Donations 936 - 936 1,441
Grants 174,298 163,978 338,276 606,786
175,234 163,978 339,212 608,227
5 Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Subscriptions 58,065 - 58,065 54,784
Fees 3,787 10,200 13,987 3,720
61,852 10,200 72,052 58,504

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

Deposit Account Interest
7
Expenditure on charitable activities
Expenditure on charitable
activities
Projects
Subscriptions
Fees
Website Grant
Governance costs
8
Other expenditure
Employee costs
Motor and travel costs
Amortisation, depreciation,
impairment, profit/loss on
disposal of fixed assets
General administrative costs
Legal and professional costs
9
Net income/(expenditure) before transfers
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation of owned fixed assets		 Unrestricted
£
-
40,498
13,474
66,990
120,962
Unrestricted
£
96,839
14
474
3,861
4,800
105,988		 Unrestricted
£
245
245
Restricted
£
49,180
-
40,000
-
89,180
Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
93,330
93,330
2021
£
474		 Total
2021
£
245
245
Total
2021
£
49,180
40,498
53,474
66,990
210,142
Total
2021
£
96,839
14
474
3,861
98,130
199,318		 Total
2020
£
6,250
6,250
Total
2020
£
524,689
15,674
29,358
61,363
631,084
Total
2020
£
100,932
7,523
474
9,413
4,800
123,142
2020
£
474

Page 14

RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

10 Trustee remuneration and expenses

One or more of the trustees has been paid expenses in the current or prior periods.

2021 2020
Number Number
Number of trustees paid expenses - 4
£ £
Total expenses reimbursed to trustees - 2,143
11 Staff costs
Salaries and wages 91,322 95,255
Pension costs 5,517 5,417
96,839 100,672
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:
2021 2020
Number Number
2 2
2 2
Pension Scheme: NEST
12 Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures,
fittings and Total
equipment
£ £
Cost or revaluation
At 1 April 2020 3,771 3,771
At 31 March 2021 3,771 3,771
Depreciation and
impairment
At 1 April 2020 3,297 3,297
Depreciation charge for the 474 474
year
At 31 March 2021 3,771 3,771
Net book values
At 31 March 2021 - -
At 31 March 2020 474 474

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

13 Debtors

13 Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
14 Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to group undertakings
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2021
£
8,280
-
8,280
2021
£
5,343
-
5,062
5,918
199,002
215,325		 2020
£
6,720
20,550
27,270
2020
£
53,340
(7,074)
(2,954)
632
1,105,908
1,149,852
15 Creditors:
amounts falling due after more than one year
Accruals and deferred income		 2021
£
6,650
6,650		 2020
£
-
-

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

16 Movement in funds

Restricted funds:
Restricted income funds:
Arility
Crash Investigation
Older Driver
Total
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
Revaluation Reserves:
Total funds		 At 1 April
2020
26,102
32,333
8,750
67,185
154,362
221,547		 Incoming
resources
(including
other
gains/losses
)
£
(26,102)
191,530
8,750
174,178
237,331
411,509		 Resources
expended
£
-
(165,010)
(17,500)
(182,510)
(226,950)
(409,460)		 At 31
March
2021
£
-
58,853
-
58,853
164,743
223,596

Purposes and restrictions in relation to the funds:

Restricted funds: Arility Development of an app aimed at 4 to 11-year-old children and covers a range of scenarios aimed at improving road safety behaviours Crash Investigation Development of a new digital platform/system being introduced to the UK Police Forces that enables police officers to capture and upload collision data from the roadside in real time Older Driver Project to evaluate the needs of older drivers and to use those research findings to develop an appropriate training course for ADI’s [Approved Driving Instructors]

17 Analysis of net assets between funds

Net current assets
Creditors due in more than one year and
provisions		 Unrestricted
funds
£
235,881
(6,650)
229,231		 Restricted
funds
£
(5,635)
-
(5,635)		 Total
£
230,246
(6,650)
223,596

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RSGB LIMITED Notes to the Accounts

18 Reconciliation of net debt

Reconciliation of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt		 At 1 April
2020
£		 Cash flows
£		 At 31
March
2021
£
1,343,655 (906,364) 437,291
1,343,655
1,343,655		 (906,364)
(906,364)		 437,291
437,291

19 Commitments

Operating lease commitments

Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2021
Land and
buildings
£
Operating leases with expiry date:
Pension commitments
The pension cost charge to the company
amounted to:
20 Related party disclosures
Controlling party		 2021
2020
Other
Land and
buildings
£
£
2021
£
5,517		 2020
Other
£
2020
£
5,417

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RSGB LIMITED Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations
Grants
Charitable activities
Subscriptions
Fees
Investments
Deposit Account Interest
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Projects
Subscriptions
Fees
Website Grant
Total of expenditure on charitable
activities
Employee costs
Salaries/wages
Pension costs
Staff entertainment
Motor and travel costs
Travel and subsistence
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
Depreciation of Fixtures, fittings
and equipment
Bad debts
Bank charges
General insurances
Information and publications		 Unrestricte
d funds
2021
£
936
174,298
175,234
58,065
3,787
61,852
245
245
237,331
-
40,498
13,474
66,990
120,962
120,962
91,322
5,517
-
96,839
14
14
474
(696)
678
1,845
450		 Restricted
funds
2021
£
-
163,978
163,978
-
10,200
10,200
-
-
174,178
49,180
-
40,000
-
89,180
89,180
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
2021
£
936
338,276
339,212
58,065
13,987
72,052
245
245
411,509
49,180
40,498
53,474
66,990
210,142
210,142
91,322
5,517
-
96,839
14
14
474
(696)
678
1,845
450		 Total funds
2020
£
1,441
606,786
608,227
54,784
3,720
58,504
6,250
6,250
672,981
524,689
15,674
29,358
61,363
631,084
631,084
95,255
5,417
260
100,932
7,523
7,523
474
3,298
717
1,604
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RSGB LIMITED

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Software, IT support and related
costs
Stationery and printing
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Telephone, fax and broadband
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Consultancy fees
Total of expenditure of other costs
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) before
other gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 84
-
630
112
758
4,335
4,800
-
4,800
105,988
226,950
-
10,381
10,381
-
10,381
154,362
164,743		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
93,330
93,330
93,330
182,510
-
(8,332)
(8,332)
-
(8,332)
67,185
58,853		 84
-
630
112
758
4,335
4,800
93,330
98,130
199,318
409,460
-
2,049
2,049
-
2,049
221,547
223,596		 60
54
2,538
514
581
9,887
4,800
-
4,800
123,142
754,226
-
(81,245)
(81,245)
-
(81,245)
302,792
221,547

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