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UK Supreme Court Arts Trust Annual Report and Accounts 20202021

UK Supreme Court Arts Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021 Contents

1.	General ………………………………………………………………….	2
2.	Objectives ……………………………………………………………….	2
3.	Structure …………………………………………………………………	2
4.	Governance and Management ……………………………………….	2
5.	Details of the Trustees …………………………………………………	2 & 3
6.	Main Activities undertaken for Public Benefit …………………….	3
7.	Declaration of Public Benefit Guidance …………………………….	3
8.	Additional Policy Statements …………………………………………	3 & 4
9.	Summary of Main Achievements During the Year ……………….	4
10.	Financial Statements and related notes …………………………….	5 & 6

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UK Supreme Court Arts Trust Annual Report and Accounts 20202021

Annual Report

1. General

• 1.1 This is the fifth annual report and accounts for the Supreme Court Arts Trust (SCAT). SCAT is a registered charity. Its Registration Number is 1165602.

• 1.2 The principal address of SCAT is The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD.

• 1.3 The annual report and accounts are for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

2. Objectives

• 2.1 The objectives of SCAT are:

• 2.2 To advance the education of the public, in relation to art; the connection between art and legal institutions of, or associated with, the United Kingdom and the history and operation of such legal institutions; and

• 2.3 To promote art for the public benefit, through maintaining and managing the art collection of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

• 2.4 A particular focus of this work over the reporting period has been active fundraising in order to mount temporary public exhibitions that help deliver the main charitable aims above.

3. Structure

• 3.1 SCAT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).

• 3.2 The governing document for SCAT is the Constitution document. This was drafted by Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLP. It was formally agreed on 21 July 2015.

4. Governance and Management

• 4.1 Trustees are appointed to SCAT. The process for induction and training of a trustee is stated in the Constitution.

• 4.2 The SCAT trustees provide a high level of experience in a range of relevant disciplines, including curatorial and exhibition design, legal affairs, fundraising oversight, and governance. SCAT formally met twice during the reporting year and is supported by the UK Supreme Court Media and Communications Manager, who acts as the Trust’s Secretary.

• 4.3 The management of risks is discussed regularly at meetings and there is a process in place to manage them.

5. Details of the Trustees

• 5.1 The have been changes to the trustees during the reporting year. The detail of the current Trustees is shown below:

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Baroness Hale	Chair, Trustee & signatory, appointed July 2020
Dinah Casson	Trustee & signatory
Elsie Owusu	Trustee
Philip Reed	Trustee appointed September 2018
Ayoola Onatade	Secretary appointed September 2021

6. Main Activities undertaken for Public Benefit

• 6.1 Since the formation of SCAT in 2016, it has built on the UK Supreme Court’s track record of successful summer exhibitions to help promote public education on the justice system and the rule of law.

• 6.2 The principal way in which SCAT has delivered Public Benefit is through the delivery of temporary exhibitions and the commissioning of works of art. Both these serve to stimulate interest, discussion and further research into topics connected to the broad work of the appellate courts and particularly of the UKSC.

7. Declaration of Public Benefit Guidance

• 7.1 Section 17 (5) of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires the trustees of a charity to have regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission, when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance would be relevant and to make a statement in this report. The accounts below and related statements are based on the latest guidance as published by the Charity Commission in March 2015 and January 2017.

• 7.2 The Trustees have read this guidance and it has been considered when undertaking the work of SCAT. When planning SCAT’s activities during the year, the Trustees have reviewed the guidance during their Trustee Meetings.

8. Additional Policy Statements

• 8.1 There are currently no plans for policy programme related investment for the coming year.

• 8.2 A contribution in terms of time and expertise is part of the role of specific key staff in UKSC, specifically the Chief Executive, Head of Communications or/ and Media & Communications Manager and the Finance Director. This is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

9. Summary of Main Achievements During the Year

9.1 Because of the pandemic (from March 2020) and resulting lockdowns, the Arts Trust was unable to arrange any events during the report period.

9.2 It is still the intention of the Trust to commission a further photographic portrait of our current President, Lord Reed, but it has not yet done so owing to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns.

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Approved by the Committee of Trustees and signed on its behalf by:

Baroness Hale, Chair of the Trustees

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DATE: 3[rd] January 2023

Dinah Casson - Trustee

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UK Supreme Court Arts Trust Annual Report and Accounts 20202021

Financial Statements

Receipts & Payments Account for the period ending 31st March 2021

Financial Statements	Financial Statements	Financial Statements	Financial Statements	Financial Statements	Financial Statements
Receipts & Payments Account for the period ending 31st March 2021
	Receipts		Total funds £ 0 0 0 0 0 5,189 5,189	Last	year £ 2,794 2,794 422 422
	Receipts
					2,794
	TOTAL		0		2,794
	Payments
	Charitable activity costs
					422
	TOTAL		0		422
	Balance Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
	Statement of Assets & Liabilities as at 31st March 2021 Assets Funds £ Cash funds Cash in bank 5,189 Total cash funds 5,189 Liabilities Fund to which liability relates				Funds last year £ 5,189 5,189
		Cash in bank Total cash funds
	Assets
	Cash funds
	Liabilities

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10. Notes to the Financial Statements

10.1 Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, as required by guidance cc16a of the Charity Commission accounts preparation notes dated January 2017. The accounting policies applied consider that SCAT is a CIO with gross threshold income of less than £25,000.

10.1.2 Receipts & Payments Account

• 10.1.3 The above is based on the period 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021. The first accounting year of SCAT commenced from 16[th] February 2016 to 31[st] March 2017. The above is based on the activity-based receipts and payments category approach.

• 10.1.4 There were no sales of assets or investments in the above stated accounting period.

• 10.1.5 Assets are capitalised where the cost to UKSC of the individual item is in excess of the capitalisation threshold of £5,000.

• 10.2 Statement of Assets & Liabilities

• 10.2.1 The ‘statement of assets & liabilities’ account is required when a receipts & payments accounts approach is applied. This replaces a balance sheet required for accruals accounting.

• 10.2.2 Cash in bank is accounted for in the Cash Funds category of assets.

• The production of the accounts and annual report has been undertaken by a UKSC employee, on a voluntary basis.

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