2021-07-31-accounts

National Association for Environmental Education (UK) Department of Education University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY naee.org.uk

Annual Report

Introduction

This is a report on the work of NAEE from August 2020 to July 2021. It is an overview of key developments and the issues we faced and contains the 20/21 income / expenditure statement and our auditor’s report. Once approved at the AGM, it will be sent to the Charity Commission as our formal report for the year.

Overview

Like all organisations, we have been affected by the impact of the Covid 19 virus on the UK. Happily, all our core team remained well throughout, and many activities have carried on as normal. Prominent examples of this are the journal, our connection to wider audiences through the website and social media, our administration, governance, and our communication with members. There were also significant co-operation with other groups including the Council of British International Schools, the National Governance Association, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, and the publisher, Make Believe Ideas. All of these projects have been documented and reported through the website. Our social media output remained strong through the year and the frequency and quality of our blogs have increased. The sending of a weekly Monday update to members on environmental education and related developments has proved very popular.

Our journal has been published continuously since 1971. Despite the pandemic, three volumes of the journal, Environmental Education , were published as usual.

Vol 125 (Autumn 2020) focused on marine issues with features on shark and manta ray conservation, and ocean acidification and pollution. There were also articles on heritage and forest schools.

Vol 126 (Spring 2021) was a print issue guest edited by Ruth Sapsed, the Director of Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination. Its featured articles focused on the importance of linking art and our natural world for the sake of children’s learning. Vol 127 (Summer 2021) focused on re-engaging with nature: back to basics. There were articles on green literacy, rubbish campaigning, conservation education, archeoanimals, soil science and global learning.

Volume 128 has a 50[th] anniversary theme and was published in October. Developing this was one of the eight 50[th] anniversary projects agreed earlier in the year. Whilst most will be developed during 2022, a number have been completed including, an anniversary logo, and a Wikipedia page.

In terms of involvement with national initiatives, we remain supportive of Teach the Future in whatever ways we can, and we are a member of the Heads of Education , Our Shared World, and Natural Environmental Sector Partnership initiatives. Our chair of trustees continues as a member of the Teach the Future adult advisory group. During the year, the amount of traffic to the Association through our website and via email has continued to increase illustrating a greater national visibility for our work.

In other ways the impact of the virus on our work has once again been marked. These include the Kenrick school bursary scheme, and the work that we are funding with Leicester City Council and the Woodcraft Folk. As all these involve working with young people and schools, it could not be otherwise.

Fortunately, the Kenrick bursary scheme restarted in June and is now fully operational again. We are looking forward to celebrating the 6000[th] student to experience the environmental education that the bursaries enable. This will be in the Spring of 2022 and will take place in Martineau Gardens. A review of the bursary scheme will be written for this.

Last year we noted with sadness the death of NAEE’s most generous benefactor, Mrs Anne Kenrick. We were surprised (but very delighted) that Anne managed to continue her support of the Association with a legacy which we have invested to provide funding for more bursaries.

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Income Expenditure Statement 2020/ 2021

	Income M&G Dividends Membership Donation s Royalties Interest Consultan cy Total Income Expendit ure Kenrick School Bursaries Payments Kenrick School Bursary Support Professional Ofce Support Journal Editing Fees Journal Printing Journal Distribution by Post Consultancy fees Website Management Fee Website Hosting by eUKHost Travel Expenses & Subsistence Insurance Room Hire Stationery & Postage Audit Fee Information Commissioner's Ofce Fee Trustee Board costs Paypal Transaction Fees Advertisin g Development Project Spending Dropbox Zoom Company tax return Bank charges Capital purchases Purchase of new M&G shares Total Expenditure	£ 6,180.7 6 2,122.3 2 21,500. 00 466.29 3.54 1,200.0 0 31,472 .91 4,380.0 0 384.00 2,000.0 0 480.00 772.49 229.19 288.00 37.00 80.38 0.00 207.72 0.00 25.00 80.00 35.00 0.00 25.41 450.00 350.00 403.20 115.10 480.00 22.00 127.00 20,000. 00 30,971 .49		Funds Held Balance B/F Plus income Less Expenditure Balance C/F Bank Reconciliation 31.07.21 Current Account Trust Account Investment Account Old Current Account Paypal Less Unpresented Cheques: Fees School bursary payments Difere nce	39,600. 32
					31,472. 91
					30,971. 49
					40,101 .74
					8,266.8 2 4,172.7 0 31,635. 77 8.20 62.25
					44,145 .74 264.00 3,780.0 0
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Audfitor's report 16SilverMeadDW5 Trowbridge BA14 OLF 2-,8 btinternet.com rebeccorando1168 Dr William Scott Chair of Trustees Nation31 ￿Sociat￿Tr for Erwironrnental Education 24 Pound Lane Semington Wiltshire 6A14 6LP 29 September 2021 Dear Dr Siott AccountsAudil e 3L0721 I>Z5 se ember 2021 Thankyou for sendingthrough the documentation to enable me to cornplete the audrt forthe finaricial year 2020-2021. It W3s agreed that I would completethe audit at home aEain this year, in view of the ongoing high leve15 of co￿d. The virtual audit worked well la5tyear, so rt seerned unnecessaryto risk meeting in person. I can confirm that= a detailed and accurate 5etof accounts had been maintained forthe past financial year 3 Comprehensive record is being kept of the expenses incurred by the new developrnent projert which is scheduled to end nekt summer there was an effective budget rnonitoring proce55 in pla there was a propersystem forapproving invoices before payThent I ltrtrked at the bookkeeping records in detail. Bursary paytnents have increased Compared to the previous year, although are not as high as in pre-pandemictimes, which isto be expected given that schoo15 were Still shut for a good proportion of the financial year. Overall leve15 of expenditure are very similar 1¢ those of lastyear, if the share purthase Is removed from the figures. The split is quite different, with expenditure on the developrnent project fall1r￿ signthcantly, and incre85ingon bursarie5 and running costs such as Zoom which has obviously been esseniial overthe past year. Income was boosted by one 5izeable donation of £21,(M)). Dividend incorne fell. but re￿iPtsf[Orn rnetnber5hip and royakie5 rose, and Incorne was receNed for consultancy services fOrthefir￿ tirne. The balance carried forward 15 within £5(X) of the balan￿ atthe start of the financialyear. I completed the followingwork on the hEures'. I made surethat the bro￿1 forward balance fromthe prewous year. plus income. less expenditure, equaled the combined balance in the four bank accounts and the Paypal account at yearend. The bank balance5 matched those on the online bank statements. I checked the transfers bett¥een the different bank accounts I looked at three payrnents in more detail.. £20,(KK) share purchase made on 09.06.21 £240.(K) paid to Thomas & Ellis (Corporation tsx return) 23_12_20 £450.(K) paid to Hurst Media (Guardian thertl 04.03.21 I viewed the invoice5 foreach olthese payThents. and the appriwal proce5sforaEreeing payment l also viewed the Risk Register and the Certsficate of Public Liability irtsurance. and itwas confim)ed that. as previously, there was no PAYE systern in operation nor VAT reclaimed.

Hopefully next year we can revertto carrying outthe audit in per50n. However, de5pfte thi5 being a virtual audit, l am contident that the paperwork and evidence submitted to rne demonstrates thatthe accounts records have been properfy rnaintained andthat sound financial contrd procedures were in place for the financial year 202￿2021. Yours sln£ere Rebec￿ Randall Internal Auditor