## **The Pye History Trust** ## Report of the Trustees 2022 – 2023 The Trust presents the annual report for the year 31 March 2022 to 31 March 2023. Audited accounts for the above period are listed separately. ## **Reference and Administrative Information** The Trust is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 19 June 2015, UK Registered Charity No. 1162310 The Trust name can be abbreviated to PHT. **The Trustees** Robert Bates Roger Crabtree David Featherby Pauline Howes Richard Howes Simon Howes Richard McMullan Michael Wassall Trustees are appointed by the Continuing Trustees and should comprise suitably competent persons according to the needs of the Trust. ## **Company secretary** Richard Howes **Registered Office** 4 Burgoynes Farm Close Impington Cambridge CB24 9ZU ## **Objectives** The purpose of the Trust is to research, document, collect, interpret, exhibit, and explain for the education of the public, the history, people, technologies, products, and achievements of the Pye Group of electronics companies and its successors in title which were formerly headquartered in Cambridge England. There have been no changes to the constitution dated 4 June 2015 during the period of this report. ## **Summary of Activities, Performance and Public Benefit 31 March 2022 - 31 March 2023** The Trust has continued to be active in the research, documentation, collection, exhibition and display and education of the public in the history of the Pye Group of companies and its successors in title and has resumed giving public presentations on the history of the Pye group of companies and acting as explainers at the Pye exhibition located at the Cambridge Museum of Technology. External presentations during this reporting period include:- Shelford and District Radio Society NHS Retirement Fellowship Soham Historical Society Zoom presentation to a Radio Society in Wales Cambridge and District Amateur Radio Club Cambridge Wireless, Heritage Special Interest Group Some 14,000 people in the East Anglia region of the UK were once employed by the Pye Group of Companies and the Trust has continued to provide a public benefit by providing a source of local history, industrial and technological information concerning the Pye Group to the people of Cambridgeshire plus those further afield. A series of Webinar type of presentations have been successfully designed and implemented by transmission via the public Internet and a copy of a modified Pye History presentation with voice-over placed on Youtube.com. The Trust responds to requests for public presentations on the history and technology of the Pye Group as and when permissible and or practicable. The Trust has continued, where practicable, to use other forms of communication to provide historical and technical information and advice on the Pye Group company history, products, and people to members of the public from the UK and various countries of the world in answer to many questions received via email contact as a result of the Internet websites, www.pyemuseum.org and www.pyestory.org. The Trust has continued to actively support the Cambridge Museum of Technology (CMT) which hosts the Trusts’ permanent Pye Group public exhibition at Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, England by providing expert explainer duty (when permissible and practicable) to both organised group visits, schools and walk-in visitors. This exhibition opened to the public on 7 June 2019. Arising from ongoing research, the Trust has continued to identify key or iconic Pye Group products, documents and materials which should be preserved and/or exhibited and has continued the process of accepting or acquiring examples and storing them securely for future use. ## **Statement of Conformance to Public Benefit Requirements** The Trustees have had regard for the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission from time to time and contained within documents PB1, PB2 and PB3 and have acted accordingly. ## **Additional Information** The Trust is primarily funded by grants from the Pye Foundation for which it is grateful and without which the permanent Pye Group Exhibition in Cambridge and other related projects could not have been implemented. During the review period other small donations have been received from local organisations and a bequest was received via solicitors from the estate of a former Pye employee. Mr. R. Morteton. The Trustees are grateful for the contribution made by the supporters, and correspondents of the Pye History Project, including members of the public who have contacted them by email, letter and personally at the various public presentations. The Trust has received the invaluable contribution of historical research, information, documents, photographs, artefacts, and personal reminiscences from a wide range of former colleagues and ex-Pye Group employees and their families and wishes to thank them all. Since inception, the Trustees have worked in the following areas of activity: Collections management, transportation, and storage of relevant Pye related material Conservation of electronic and electromechanical equipment Public relations, presentations, exhibition, and display planning Received donations of documents, photographs, and other memorabilia/ephemera Provided historical and technical information to the public on request. ## **Financial Review** The Trustees consider that the results for this year of operation and the financial position are satisfactory. Please see separate statement of financial activities. ## **Reserves Policy** The CIO has agreed to set a minimum reserves policy of £2500 in order to protect the charity obligations and the long-term storage of its assets. The Trustees consider that the unrestricted funds are adequate to meet the known general needs and liabilities of the CIO in the immediate future. No Trustee received any personal benefit or remuneration or expenses from the Trust during the period of this report. The Trust does not at present have any registered volunteers and the Trustees are the only members of the Trust. End of 2022-2023 report v3 final. The Pye History Trust Statement of Financial Activitles llleluding Income and Expenditure Account forth? Year Ended 31 March 2023 2022-23 Unrestricted Restrlcted 2021-22 Unrestricted Total Total Incomlng Resources Incoming resources from generated funds Grants Teceived from the Pye Foundation Bequest Donab'ons Sale of Excess Matenal 5,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 105.00 145.00 5.250.00 105.00 145.00 5,250.00 6,100.00 6,100.00 TOTAL INCOME 6,100.00 6.100.00 5,250.00 5,250.00 R¢$ources ex gd: storage costs Purchase of Pye products Office equipment Administration Publicity Materials Donation to CMT 1.440.00 1,440.00 2,420.02 2,420.02 158.40 3,400.00 4,998 40 158.40 3.400.00 4.998.40 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 2,420.02 2,420.02 Go,AGM Examination of accounts Total Resources Expended 4,998.40 4,998.40 2,420.02 Net Incoming Resour¢es 1,101.60 1.101.60 2,829.98 Re¢onciliation of Funds: Total Funds brought foNard 8,717.27 4,998.40 5,887.29 Totsl Funds carried forward 9,818.87 8.717.27 The CIO was registered wih the Charity Commission on 19th June 2015 and ¢ommer¢ced activity then. The Trustees did not ￿ceIve any remuneration or expenses during the year The Pye History Trust Balance Sheet for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 31.3.2023 31.3.2022 Current Assets Bank account Cash in Hand 9,938.87 8,717.27 Total Assets 9,938.87 120.00 Less". Creditors- unpaid bills Nel Assets 9,818.87 8.717.27 rnpresenting Unrestricted Ftsnds Restricted Funds 9,818.87 8,717.27 9,818.87 8,717.27 REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER I have examined the books and records of the Py8 History T￿st and these accounts are in accordance the￿￿th. Page 4