SHROPSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
REPORT OFTHE TRusfEES AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
Registered Charity Number 1164389

TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 sE￿EMBER 2024
TheTrustees submfttheir rwt and receipts ￿ payments8￿OUntf0r1he sffjarended 30
September 2024.
Structure, gowman¢•and man•mgnl
The Charity is govemed try¥ConBtttutiondated 10 N(Y￿rnI￿2015. a Copyofvthich 18 ￿alL￿bLa
from the Secretary.
Aminimum of threeTrustees ar¢ requlred by the Con8tltution and there k% no upper limit on the
numberthbt can be appointed. The Tm*ees are elected atthe AGM to 38rve for a period of
three year& One third oltheir number r¢tire. in ro￿lOn. Htegch AGM. AdditionalTn￿t8es¢an
be appointed duri￿ theyearand any 80 appointed must retn at the ne￿ AGM and ifelwble
seekre-election. Tru8ts8 appoxrtment8 dUri￿th8yeaTare n￿COunted a8 part of the number
retlring by rotstlon.
ACommlneo188ppolnted atthe AGM to 888i8tthe TfU$teoslnihe Nnnlngof theA88OCi8tion
and it moet$ m0nth1yv￿th a numberof theTYustee& Th• m&rtier8ofthe Committee 8r¢ not
Tfu8tee8 arbd whilst theymayexpreBs their op1r￿on on the managemeni otthe Awoiationthey
h•v* ntsvote in decidiw on the fonn&l policies adopted. These pokn.cies afe the sole
r•sponsibllltyof th¢Trustees.
TheTru8tee8 appoint one of thelr numb8f to ￿chair•r￿1 appolntone oftheir number to be
re3por￿lb1e1OT fin￿r￿e. This penon MBY also beTre8surer but this is not o requirement. They
8Lso appoint the Sécretsry.Treo8ur8r, Membership Secretary and D¢l¢gate to the Brltlsh
8eekeepers'A$8o¢￿ts0n I'BBKAI Annual Meetlng88 0￿818 oflhoA&wciation. The Officer•
are not required to beTruste
TheTru8t¢e8￿0 8¢Th*d duringthe￿a1Were."
Gtynnwilliams ICh•til
Ri¢haTd Hudson (tr&88urerl-dled
Sir Anthony Ri8by-08w¢sty brnnth r•pre8entstb
Mark Ngwrn¥n
John COn￿llY
John Adams
It 18 With deep regret Richard Hudxm wlly ￿8$ed June 2024. Th¢ TW$t￿$ ￿eatty
appre¢l8to th W0￿h9 did on behalf oftheA8800iation. FoLlowi￿l￿death ot R￿hard
Hudson, knnne Hornswas appointed Treasureron 17Au8USt 2024.
ObJ•ctives otth• Charlty
The objectives ofthe Charfty arn 8et inthe Ci>nbtltutw)n and aro to promote and fUrt￿rthe
8Ctivtyof beekeepin&
Acthiltles ofthe Chartty
On 30 September 2024thernvArn417 actiNY membws oftheABBQciat￿rl
Vi3it¥to the apiary ¥ite lry membersofthe publiccontinues to incrèase arKI requests fortours
continue to be receiwd. The89vl8it8 provide the opportunity to e¥pLainth¢ importance

of bee$8nd beekeeping. Donation8 received from ttr￿ public contribJtetoiMwoi
improvementstothe 8ite facilities and environment
The AssociatKJn also 8tterKls o wmber of locale￿￿$ aThl shows to promote beekeeping
actiwties.
Income from the shop vh4.ch BeUB both to member8 the wtAic continuesto wpport
development ofthe apiary8i
TheA38ocialion has 8ucce88fv1tyrun a number oftrwningcour8e8 again thIs￿Ar. including
tutorial ses8ions foT8816cted BBKA m¢xlui88, Bew"nner8 coursesand Tast8rday3. A8a r88uIt, it
has trained 32 new beekeepers. IrKome from the tutorial S￿￿10n$ is used to expand the
A880ciation￿ library. The AsS￿l•tIm has alg) c0nfirn￿d date8for naxtye•V8 courn88 and h88
been takIr￿ bookinp 8ince De￿&M￿2024.
In 8ddlrlon, the A8Bocl&tlon ran a Boglnnern Coum for Food Behlnd Bws. a ¢h•rkty promoting
food-based educaiion. #t HMP Stoke Heathto introduce staff and prisonersto beekeeping. A8 a
result, HMP Stoke H6ath has pur¢￿8ed apiarywuipment from th¢ A850ciationto continuethe
devolopmentof beekeepingon A(klttionaL m¢èts"ngs hab* been ar¥W to support Food
8•hind Barn at HMP Stoke HeattL The Associ￿lon pkn8to ¢onlinue thi8 partnershlp Inluiure.
TheA8wciation hoBted a number ofmeotlwovwth8wintsrperiod C￿[Ingmany aspects of
beekeepir6lor 811 leveL8 Ofexperie￿O.
Impr￿mentS to tho apiary th I￿luded ongdnglmpn)vament8to a*gn#8tt being in8taUed, 8
project whichwa8 Storted lastyè8r. The ASS￿l8tion h98 applied for and boqn 8Tanted piannlng
p•m1￿10n for converti￿the OxbBtngtoi￿ to pro¥ide f8C￿￿[￿S fc* dlslbled member8and
vlsitOf8.
Forth• ￿Cond y¢4rrunnlr6we haNw beencL888ed 88't)Jt8t•ndiw¢' tythe RHS Heart of
EndLand in Bloom tt's Your N¢lghbourtKKrfJAwafd8.The awardsBre judged on Commurmty
Engag¢m¢nt. Environmental Awareness8nd Garden1￿. This Jt8rwa a180 achieved
an OutstandingAchievemern Awardfor 8 perfeth 1009&
A li9t of neWde￿lopm0nt projectsha8 beencoilated and 18 bein8 p￿OrkI8¥d bythe Committeo
alongsida th& requiremantforgrnnt endlor 3pon80rfundiry¢.
Slnce th¢year-W￿ th8A88OCi8tion hBS been ￿dedthe Klrg* Award fDrVoluntsryServlc8.
the hIgh￿t awgrij J10¢oLvolunt8rygroup can ￿￿1Ve in the UK eouiv8lent to an MBE. The
Trustee8 are wwd and horKJur&J forthe Associ*1￿ to h•* recei¥pd thi80ward t*kdch
re¢ognl8e$tr* phenomenaleffort ofthtsA88Ociatlon￿V0lU￿￿rt The citationfor theAw8rd
was as fo11ry4V8:
"Shropshire 8eekeeper5AsS￿49ti0n￿￿[k8t0 promote the crnft of beekeepiw 8UPPOrting
beekeepers8TrJ tr￿ni￿n￿Abeek$e￿lJtQ ¢w¢ Yoi w￿nE￿."

FinanGlal Revi￿¥
The Receipts BrKI PaYments8c￿nI 8ho￿a p4J￿luSforthe>￿8Yo￿£l2.6l6 8nd the
A880Ci8tion held unre8tiicted fundsof É43.481 on 30 September2024. These fundsare heid to
coveranticipated expenditure 8nd tocontinua imprO￿rrents tothe Nobold Lgne 3lte. A8
required bythe Constitution.t￿ association must retsin at{￿tauff10Ientfund3to cover
anticipated fixed e>penditure inthe Coming 12 months.
Membership income fortheyear has ￿ere@Sed ty 1496 as a rèsultofboth recruiti￿
membersB Thj provkdingiocaL meth￿h￿p a8 p8rtofth8train1￿cOUIseS run bythe
Associatio
S4ie8Otcon8umable8have i￿￿89&ed ty 19%8nd eontribut¢d • profft18ftertafv]'￿ stock
mov¢mtrnts into a¢¢ountl 01 £11.500.
Traini￿ cour¥e3 generatsd a c88h surplusof £7.80488 a reauttof 4rAunteerB gen8rou81y
donBtingiheir time to Yun and mgna8e event8.
The GfftAld reclalm 01 £2.589w8s 8ubmffred before the financialyear-end butwa8 not ￿¢1¥•d
untilOctober2024. This amount 1$ included in thctyear-end Debtors figure.
Since th* y¢ar.¢TrJ. tho follo*iw actV4ities taken pia
A880ciation ha8 receI￿d tw*￿ totallingÉ8.SOOto ¢ontinue Impro￿l￿nts to
site. The8efUnds￿lI be a8￿8￿d io imprnmerns tothe walkww
The TnJstee8 have invested In an on-ibne 8¢eountTng 8y8temwhichwilL be integrntad wleh
it8 banknng, membership andtrnlnlng Incom• 8ySt•m¥tO 8treomiine recordlngof
receipts. payments and ￿¢cl￿ted irKome and eweTrJiture.
The TruBtee8 have decided to char￿8 the Ththodologyofwr-¢nd re￿rtI￿ and I￿1[
adopt accFU818-ba8ed accounting ratherthon it8 ourY•nt mtsthod of receipts aThl
PayTMnt8 vthh effect from I September 2024.
Th¢ Twsta•$ rfjvlewtd the capktal as3et8 Used trry the A88ociatK*naTrJ r••68i8nod
th08e 8tiU In UBeto more 8ppropriate categorie& Ag part olth¢ adoption of accrual8-
b8¥od a¢¢Ount￿the8e 8&4et8W7LI be depreciated Irom 1 S¢ptémber2ir24 overan
appropriate useful lile.
Rlik M•n4g•mDrt
TheA&8ociation ha8 o numberof rt8k m8n¥ament polkles In r4ace whlch are revie￿￿ Ing
regular bosis8nd theTwusteeSeon5iderwhett￿r any gdditional systems and pl￿•d￿re¥ are
required to mitqsto •nyfurther risk8¥Jentified.
8tat8mgnt of Tfu•tws' Re•ponslblllty
TheTrustee8 are responsible for preparingthe Report of theTrustees and thefin8ncial
8t8tem8nts in 8ccord8nce with appkn'cable lth¥. The18w applicable to chgrltle$ In England and
Wal¢s, th¢ Ch8ritSe8Act 2011, Chafbty (Accounts and Repo￿1 AeguLatlon8 2(K18 enable the
Tru8tee¥to prepare financio18tatement8 for eachtinanciai Peri￿1 in the fomi ofa Roceipt8 ar
PaymentsAccount. together %Mth specific add111c￿L irrfomiation ¢orK¢minRa88ets aTrJ
liabilities atthe fin8rKi8l pericKI end.

The Trustees 8re resporfjsible for keewtrf accounting ￿e0[￿S 8ThJ to ensure that thefinaRciaL
st8tementscompLywrththe ChariiiesAct201 l. thechatity (AccountS8nd Reports) Aeguiation8
2(N)8 and the provisionsof the Trust dee(J. T1￿ are responsible fc*safeguardir* the assets of
the charity arKI fortaking reasonable stepsforthe pre%*nlion of flaud aThJ other irregvl8rities.
This report. on p•ges 2 to 5. has been approthtd b/theTruSte￿'?nd 8igned on their behalf by.
15 March 2025

SHROPSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS AND PAY74ETrifsAccouKr
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 30 SEIryEMBER2024
Lh¥e8tiicted Restrthd TotsLfunds Yearended
funds
nds
30109123
RECEIPTS
Subscriptions
GIft￿d
Don￿1(
Cour8e entrytses
Interest
Consumable 8ale8
Other
11664
11664
11,116
2,370
2.827
8.748
)1
39.861
2.827
8.748
8,211
364
39.861
GROSS INCOME
58,142
PAYMEprrs
BBKAcapltation and bee dise￿ insurnne
Apiary and m•int¢n8rK• costs
Floom hbre and member'8evants
Consumablos pU￿h￿*
Course cost8
Trade shows
HonorariuTns
Insur•n
Gener81 adm1n4strnt￿* ¢08ts
8.076
8.527
1.193
8.078
8.527
1.193
29.585
8,098
6,826
536
27,710
2,683
238
650
1,643
150
1.762
1.762
51.1)32
51,032
48,760
A88et purcha8es
Apiery equipment
L•¥whoLd improwm•ntJ
Plant and mfjchinery
Books lor library
1.192
2.035
1.2
620
620
2.258
3.231
TOTAL PAYMEpirs
51W1
NEf RECEIPTSIIPAYMENTS)
Cash funds held at beginni￿ of peviod
12,616
12,616
8.151
Q4SH FUNDS HELDAT END OF PERI

SHROPSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
ATEMEKfoFASSETS AND UABILMES
AS AT30 SEPTEMBER2024
Urfftstricted
lunds
Restvlcted
funds
Cuhfund•-Bankac¢ounts
Value
Le83ehoLd improNEments
Apiary equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Plant and machinery
Liternture and artefacts
StockolconBumAbL¢s
Debtor8
PrepayThents
71.554
16.(M)O
1.220
11.CO2
14.745
2.599
Shares In Beecraft Lirrmted
LlablUth•
Income recefved In thoncè
CrediioF8
Th• r•￿￿¢¥ •nd paymtsnts •¢count￿d related nOte8v￿re approwd bythoTru8tseB on 15 March 2025

SHROPSHIRE BEEKEEPERSASSOCI
NOTESTOTHE RECEIPTSAND PAYMEp¥fsACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
Note
Income from cOu￿e andentryfe88 aThl consumables is reported rnt 01888￿￿ted t￿￿￿otiOn fees.
The 85sets listed uTrJer Other as9&8-Urwestricted Fund 8revalu•d at ￿l￿nalc0st vthere purehosed
tythe chaiTtoble oryanisatiorL
Anumber oftrophitis 8re ir￿luded uThJ•rUt•r•turÈ 4rtots¢ts. Where these are silwi, t￿se h
beenv8luad at th& si1￿￿priCe on 30 Soptémbar 2024. Th¢ •rtefKts are Insured fora totalv8iue of
£30,590.
The value listed under Leasehold improvements represent am¢￿n￿spent on the apiary 8ite Si￿8 th•
lea8e Irom Shrop8hlro Councilw88 8Yanted.
Ther¢were. ￿ the Accountsdata no loans where 80meone el3e has agreed ta payifthg Charitable
Incorporated Organi8ation canTh)t. nor ore ar)y Secured againstassets ofthe Charitable Incorporated
Orypn1s8￿oN

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
mombors of
On accounts for the year
ondod
30 September 2024
Charlty no
{N anyl
1164389
Sot out on pagos
2108
1¢EM￿￿r to Ihe oa0& niJmbBfS xtw.. .
I report to the tn￿leeS on my examlnallon of the aLy))unts of the above
charity nhe Trust-) fc* th8 year ended
Rosponslbllltles and As the charity trustees ofthe TnA. y(w are r8sponsible for the proparation
basis of rnport of the acc%)unts in ac(x¥danc8 with the rtyuirem￿ts crf the Charities Act
2011 {Ihe Acfj.
I report in resp8d ol my exarninth'on of the TnJ8t's ac(xJunts carrled out
under secth)n 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have folbwEd the applICab￿ Dire(akJns given by the Chwity C(xnmts8ion
under sec11c￿ 145(5)Ib) of the AL*.
Indopond•nt
I have rthipleted my examination. l o)nfkni that no materlal matters have
oxamlnofs statomont ￿me to my att¢ntirm (other than that discl¢)sed boh)w ') in conneclion wtth
the examination whth gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect..
aCt￿Unting re￿IdS were not kept In accixdance wlth sectlon 130 of
th8 Act or
I hwle no C￿ and have corne across no olher matter5 in connectlon
with the examination to vthi¢h attention b& drawn in order to enable a
proper urthrstanding of the accounts to be Teachad.
. Ple8se delete the %sDrds in the b￿ets rfthey do not 8th.
Signed:
5.
71312025
Simon Alexander
Rolovant professional
qualMcatlon{sl or body
(If any):
FCA- ICAEW
Addrem:
7 Murray Crescent
Pinner. Lond¢
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Onty cLNnrAete rf the examiner neets to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32.
IrKlependent Sxamination of chanty acc￿nts.. dwgclions and guidance for
examiners).
Glve here brlef detalls of
any items that the
oxaminer wishos to
dl$dose.
NONE
IER
October 2018