31st
is￿020
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GIft￿
21.125.1Kl
8.T3
14928
.220.00
18.8
17116
VOIUrft￿rTr8lnt￿g Prq"ts
Arts ￿n￿l Engknd
Travei Bursary
133.00
D.
0.00
Trddin
417.42
44.625.36
311.
530.00
E6,TIO.17
70.470.18
Charilable
JOI￿al
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
cOn￿ren￿ Dund
COrfferen￿ N￿YCa￿lle
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
61￿74
8ala￿ at31st Janwy2D20
8*tTr * 31sttswary2021
4.795.85
-11.Y2224
5T.395.35
2019
8.
45,473.11

Brtlish Association ￿FrIendS of muSe￿ts. AcuxL4ts for PoTw)d 1st Feb
2020 to 31stJanua
I statement of A￿ts 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
A￿rd 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. Unrestrl*d Funts
Belar￿ at 31.0221
Voiunt2er Tratning Pmi&t
Arts Councfi England
Travd Bltrsary
Total RegR*ed Funts
41.61
1.271.64
3.1155.57
4.368.82
Totd Futxis
>026&
Carried FOTh￿1 lo 2￿21r22
46,000.14
AWa*er
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

CHAI￿5 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 un￿￿21ft. We Can￿lled 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 v￿uld 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 anticip*Le 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 exa￿rbated 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 un￿rtain 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. ISU￿sSYUS1y 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 Fa￿book 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 r￿ntrY 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
ne￿sSarIlY 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 c1￿0rd]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 Ge￿Idine 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 the1rfU￿re 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 eX￿n￿. 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