**01** ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Trustees' Annual Report**|||||**for theperiod**||| |**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||01|August|2021||31|July|2022| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** **Charity name** Archives of IT **Other names charity is known by** 1164198 **Charity's principal address** Manufactory House Bell Lane Hertford **Postcode SG14 1BP** **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1164198 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||George Graham|||| ||John Leighfield|||| ||David Morriss||1 August – 30
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Kelly|||| ||Tola Sargeant|||| ||John Carrington|Chairman||| ||William Dutton||1 October – 31 July|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) C.I.O How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To establish and maintain a digital archive relating to the development of the information technology, software & communications industries in the UK and by British people abroad for the particular benefit of Historians, Sociologists, Economists, Business Schools, Researchers and Students in Higher Education, Entrepreneurs and Government and through their work to the general public. **TAR** March **2012** 2 Having had due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant the Trustees have commissioned further interviews making efforts to ensure greater diversity of subject matter in order to widen our appeal and reflect the diversity of our intended audience. They have improved our public facing website www.archivesit.org.uk to allow access to both the additional interviews and new scanned hard-copy content. The Trustees have pursued links with education/academia in order to encourage wider use of the archive by the public in general and students in particular. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance In its seventh year of operation the charity has: **Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Recorded 37 further interviews with Achievers, had them transcribed and **during the year** collected additional archive materials from each person where available. Accepted into the archive a major collection of industry reports from Peter Cunningham, founder of the INPUT market research organisation and the archive of David Tebbutt’s business and consumer publications. Together with the archives of System House and Butler Cox these offer a rich resource for use by researchers of the industry. We are promoting them for use by academics and industry observers studying the development of the industry in the late twentieth century. Improved the website that holds all the interviews and archive material and presents it in an easily accessible manner – www.archivesit.org.uk – including the provision of online exhibitions on the history of the IT industry. Expanded our section on education with access to careers guidance resources for teachers and students, including lesson and other activity plans for Primary School children Continued to develop academic links with universities, including undertaking studies in conjunction with undergraduate and postdoctoral resources. In the period, students used archived interviews and documents to conduct studies on aspects of the industry’s development in the 20[th] century. Topics included the role of the National Research and Development Corporation post WW2 and the influence of the IT Department in the strategic use of technology in business. Maintained contacts with and received ongoing support from the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT, including the award of a grant for a project to produce a report and multimedia presentation on the history of the Human Computer Interface Run three webinar events presenting aspects of the history of computing and the Internet Received various donations to help continue our work. **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section E Financial review Retain 3 months core operations costs plus any committed project costs Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materlally in deficit NIA Further financial review details (Optional inforniation) We are grateful for the ongoing support of major donors, induding a new palron whose funds made possible the recruitment of an educational lead and the development of educational resources for schools You may choose to include additional infomiation. where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity. investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Expenditure on core activities, including editing. calaloguing and general management (including the director role) has been minimised through the use of volunteers Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) John Christopher Carrington Chair Date 3L TAR Marth 2012 **Archives of IT** **1164198** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 8/1/2021 7/31/2022 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Donations 86,530 - - 86,530
Give as You Live Fundraising - - -
Gift Aid 7,377 - - 7,377
Bank Compensation 5 - - 5
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Total receipts 93,912 - - 93,912
A3 Payments
Curation & Management 22,074 - - 22,074
Interviews 8,500 - - 8,500
Education Projects 13,702 - - 13,702
Transcripts and Abstracts 10,128 - - 10,128
Travel & Subsistence - - -
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Web development & scanning 10,087 - - 10,087
Video & social media 1,980 - - 1,980
Professional services 1,020 - - 1,020
Sub total [ 67,492 ] - - 67,492
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Total payments 67,492 - - 67,492
Net of receipts/(payments) 26,420 - - 26,420
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 24,978 - - 24,978
Cash funds this year end 51,398 - - 51,398
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**Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **50,500 17 - - - - - - 50,517** **50,517** **18,352 3,600 1,640 4,081 - - 2,926 - - 30,599** **30,599 19,918 - 5,060 24,978** ## **Endowment funds** **to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval IR)de endent examiiiei. s i'e oi't to tlie Trustees of Ai'chives of IT- No: 1164198 I i-epoi'l oti Ilie accoiiiits of tlie Tt'ust for tlie pei'iod elided 31. Jiily 2022 Res eclii?e i-e.s 011.sibililie.s o Irii.iiee.* aiid e.iaiTriinei' Tlie cliarity's tnislees al'e i'espoiisible foi. Ilie pi'epai-alioi) of Il)e accounts. Tlie cliai'ity's triistees considei. tliat ali aiidil is iiot I'equii-ed foi. Iliis year iiiidei. seelion 144(2) of the Cliarilies Act 2011 (tlie 2011 Act) aiid that ali iiidepeiidenl exaiiiinalioii is needed. It is my responsibility lo.. exainine Ille accouiils linder 8eclioii 145 of the 2011 Act. lo folloiv tlie procedui'es laid doivn ii) Ilie Genetal Directions given by the Cl)arily Coiniiiission linder section 145(5){b) of the 2011 Act. and lo state ivli¢tl)¢r parti¢ular Inatteis liave coine to tny atleiilion. B(7SiS O iiide eiideiil ¢.i'iiiiiiii¢J-'s I'É oi'r My exaitiiiiaiion ivas cattied out iii accordance iviih Il)e General Dii'eclions given by ilie Charity Cotiu)iission. An examinalioii incliides a revi¢ii' of tlle accounting i'ccoi'ds kept by the cliarity and eoinpari8on of tl)e ac¢oLlI)ts pi-esenied iviili Iliose records. 11 also incliides considei"alion of any unusual iteIiis or disclosures in tlie accoiiiils, and Ilie seeking of explaiialions fioin yoii as tiiistees coiicerniiig aiiy siich Inatters. The procedu￿& ui)derlakeii do iiol provide all the evidence that ivoiild be required iii ali audit ai)d, eon5eouently iio opinioti is givei) as to ivlieil)er Ilie accounts present a 'tnie aiid fail. vieiv, and the repoi'l is liiiiiled lo Iliose Inallei3 sel oiil iii Ilie slateineiil beloiv. Jiide elideiii e.iaiiiiiiei s.ftaleiiieiil Jii conneclioii iviili Iny exaiiiinalion. tio matter lia5 coiiie lo iiiy altenlion ivliicli gives me reasonable caus¢ lo believe Ilial, ii) aiiy iiiatei'ial respect. tlie require11￿1]IS lo keep accoiii)lii)g recoi'ds in 8c¢ordgnce iviili sectioii 130 of Ilie 2011 Act ai)d lo prepai'¢ accoiinls ivhicli accord ii'iil) Ihe accounting i'ecords and to coinply ivitli tlie accouiiling i'eqiiirements of tlie 201 l Act l)ave not been met. Cook & Pai'tnei's Limited Manufacloiy Iloiise Bell Lane Hei'iford, SG14 IBP Michael Cook 6 ' October 2022 Relevaiit professiojial qiialifi¢ation oi- body.. ICAEW