31st is020 Intere GIft 21.125.1Kl 8.T3 14928 .220.00 18.8 17116 VOIUrftrTr8lntg Prq"ts Arts nl Engknd Travei Bursary 133.00 D. 0.00 Trddin 417.42 44.625.36 311. 530.00 E6,TIO.17 70.470.18 Charilable JOIal iT28.00 6.555.36 .104.45 Vulunt Traintrig Prc4ect Robert Logan WnorBI knd Ats Councl England 0.00 0.00 ACS Meeting Expen o. 7T6.fi 119.15 19.999.Y2 AGM 613.41 cOnren Dund COrfferen NYCalle Council eelIngS 533.94 1.50 1225.51 1.376_92 1214.98 NewsletterAuErd Phobcopyuig Postage Printi 19.32 1.1SI96 750.00 128.75 3.158.32 704.39 1019.81 Stationery &Jbscriplions Paid 1.011.41 905_01 7Q.00 41.00 140273 585.45 8130142 SundrEs Travel 91.94 477Sf 6174 8ala at31st Janwy2D20 8*tTr * 31sttswary2021 4.795.85 -11.Y2224 5T.395.35 2019 8. 45,473.11
Brtlish Association FrIendS of muSets. AcuxL4ts for PoTw)d 1st Feb 2020 to 31stJanua I statement of Ats and Liabfrfies COIF 3,.82 49.974.31 53.304 13 3,035.17 3.321.09 42,20025 45,521.34 4823 0.00 45.473.11 uncleared edits Total Assets 50.288. iloluTthr Trainbw Pr(y¢¢t Brought iorward from 31.0120 Carried forward to 2021r2022 Arts Council Engl2nd BnxJght fomard trom 31.0120 Ard GranÈd Carried Forvrd to W21r2QZ2 Travel Bursary Brought fofftrd from 31.01.20 CarrEd fotward to 2021r2CY2 41.61 41.61 1.138.64 133. 1271.64 3.055.57 1055.57 4. Unrestrld Funts Belar at 31.0221 Voiunt2er Tratning Pmi&t Arts Councfi England Travd Bltrsary Total RegRed Funts 41.61 1.271.64 3.1155.57 4.368.82 Totd Futxis
026& Carried FOTh1 lo 221r22 46,000.14 AWaer PTaRrs 31 2]2f. Notes lothe FAccoLtraing PofKie5 on 31st Janu2ry201 Award inyear IXOD 1271.64 105&57 3,055.57 41.61 BalaKe*31 JaryJarylPI 41.61
CHAI5 ANNUAL REPORT. 2021 When I wrote the last Annual Report we hoped we were coming to the end of the first wave of Covid 19 and were looking forward to emergtngfrom the cri515. Unfortunately, as we now know. the next wave at the stsrt of 2021 was just a5 difficult. and it was not until a few Months ago thatthe recovery began for the sector. The situation for thi5 winter looks un21ft. We Canlled our conferen for the second year in a row and are holding the AGM online. Research by NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations) has shown that 46% of charities have suffered finanoally because of Covid. Other research shows that 70% of member organisations reported a fall in membership. As a membership organi5ation, wtth our income dependent on yovr subsLTiptions and Insuran income. BAFM 15 particularly vulnerable. In 2020 we looked in detail at our income and expendtture with the expecLation that some groups vuld not renew their subscriptions rf they were unable to reatttvate their attivitie5 soon. and this has proved to be the case. I modelled a sceftario where we lost 25% of our member5 and. in fatt. we have lost just 15% sifi 2019 before the pandemic Understandably Insuran sales are down as many groups have not restarted arttvtties yet. We have large ttems of rtxed costs each year induding the insurance scheme premium and our administratNe costs. but we have made saving5 elsewhere and have monitored our budget throughout the year. Currently we anticipLe that we will end the year wtth £43.393 in reserves, excluding restricted fund5, compared to £46.(XIO atthe end of 20121 and £45.473 in 19120. I hope you will agree that BAFM membership remains valuable at thi5 time, even for groups in hiatus. We hold supportive member meetings on Zoom. provide advice in response to individual enquirÈes. send e-newsletters, and our Joumal has induded examples of how groups have fared through the last dtfficult year. As Tt has been said. de are not all in the same boat but we are in the same storm". We hope that BAFM membership will pr(Mde useful sUPPOrt to all of you. our members. We have embarked on a recruÉtment (Ampaign and would urge you to tell groups that you are in touch with about BAfM and suggest they contstt us forfull detsTls of our services. There has been a trend towards larger group5 in particular being subsumed irto museum-run metnber5hip schemes over the last decade. and some smaller groupsfind tt dtfficult to find new volunteers to orry on their work Hence our membership has been falling for the last io years. This has been exarbated by the pandemic. A nutnber OF respondents to our survey on the impatt of the crisis expressed concem that as a smaller and older group they were unrtain whether they would be able to take up their roles again after so long a break. However, we know that the is an untspped market of at least 300 groups that are not BAFM members. 50 we want to stabilise and even grow our membership over the nextfew years as, we hope. lrfe Starts to return to normal again. We changed the ways we WO WTth face to fa meetings no longer possible we have had more frequent Counol meetings online. le also started holding regional member meetings on Zoom and. of tourse. geogrdphic constraints do not apply online so joint meetings brought together members from different parts of the country. It is essential that we understand what you need. so I would like to thank all of you who returned the survey included wÈth the subsryiption mailing in January. A report based on what you told us will be
induded in the winterjoumal and it h85 already helped us put together an events progrdmme (to be held online forthe fores*able futu). Our most exciting new developmentthis yearwas the launch of our new lrnpart Award. As the name implie5. this is about the real difference that Friends can make to their museum. Although perhaps not the most auspicious yearforthe launch. we We delighted to receive L5 good applications. and the four shortlisted projects were outstanding. You can find out about them at the AGM event and the projects will also be leatured in the Journal. I hope you will find them stimulating and inspiring- and that you will consider entering in 2022. The stheme is open to groups of any size as tt is aboutthe creattvity you bring to your work and the abilrtyto make an impart for your museum that matters. The Rebuilding Heritage progrdmme run by Heritage Alliano in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund offered support in the form of short professional consultanctes to help heritage charities weather the Covid storm. ISUsSYUS1y applied for business pEanning supportfor BAFM. to help us look at how we might make savings. and for communications planning- This will result in the faunch of z new BAFM Fabook page and the prepardtion of a communicdtions strategy to encompa55 all our communications thaniieEs induding our website. the Journal. newS[etters. social media and our events. We feel rt is important to advocate for Friends and this year I have had letters published in the Art Newspoper and Doily Telegroph about the part Friends can play in supporting their museums through these dtfficult times. In addition. I contributed to a DCfvIS consultation on the forthcoming Heritage Statement and received thanks from Nigel Huddleston MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism forthe SErIe[e museum friend5 have shown throughout the pandemic. which l am pleased to pass on to you Wtth the thanks Df the whole BAFM Council. I have rntrY been in discussior] with European Friendg a55Oaattons that a equiwalent to BAFM who. subject to fundi hope to estsblish a European Museum Friends Day from October 2022. As part of reviewing how we worl we have set up a working group system. Membership may not nesSarIlY be confined to Council membetS. so rfyou have skills or knowledge that you could contribute trj BAFM, do get in touch wtth the new Chair. We would welcome people with skills in copywriting and PToofreadin& digitil technology and finan. Several new members joined the team thisyear Keird Stobie as Regional c10rd]natOr for the South West, Tim Craven for the South East {Westem Counties) and Paul Howitt-cowan for the East Midlands. Our longstanding representative for Scotland. John Rosenfield. is Stepping down atthe AGM after years of travellin8 around the country supporting museums in the (ittes and in some of the remotest parts of the country. Mike Evan5 and John Newcomb stepped down earlier in the year and Charlotte Spink. Lesley Jones and GeIdine King have 3150 left the Council. Hilary Machell. our interim Secretary. will remain until the AGM. l am delighted to ornmend our new Counol rnembers and to send departing ones all best wishes for the1rfUre endeavours and tothank them for their work for BAFM. It is with great sadness that I took the decision not to stand for re-election for a second term. l am Proud of what I have achieved in the last four years and would have liked to continue to lead BAFM through what will be drffiojlt years as the charity and herttage sectors that we straddle recoverfrom the biggest crisis of our almost 50 years eXn. Museums now need their Friends more than ever and Friends need BAFM to support them. I wish the continuing Counol the very best in (3rrying on their work on your behalF. Alex Walker Chair