## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/12/2020 To 31/11/2021** ## **Charity name: British Society for Research on Ageing** ## **Charity registration number: 1174127** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objectives of the society are to:
1. To promote research into the
processes, causes and effects of
ageing and, as indicated, into means
for counteracting these, both in
human beings and in other
organisms;
2. To publish the results of all such
useful research;
3. To further public education therein.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Each year the British Society for Research
on Ageing (BSRA) hosts an annual scientific
meeting (ASM). Although we hoped to
organise the meeting at Aston University,
due to Covid-19 restrictions in 2021, we
hosted our ASM virtually. The BSRA
collaborated with the Biochemical Society to
host this meeting which attracted 114
delegates. This continues to provide the
BSRA with an excellent forum to discuss the
biology of ageing.
As part of the ASM, the BSRA also awards
prizes for early career researchers based on
the presentation of their work at the meeting.
We were delighted to award the
Korenchevsky prize to enable a young
researcher to present their work at the AGE
meeting in America in 2022. It is of note that
payment of the Korenchevsky prize is not
included in the 2021 accounts as the money
was awarded in the 2022 accounting period.
The BSRA has continued to support
research into the biology of ageing through
awards of small grants to researchers in the
field. In 2021 we awarded approximately
£1500 to researchers to enable them to
conduct and publish work in this field.| |||This year we also encouraged our
membership to apply for PhD studentship
funds through the Chernajovsky Foundation.
We reviewed several applications from our
members before sponsoring an application
which was eventually chosen for funding by
the Chernajovsky Foundation. The BSRA
will now work alongside the Chernajovsky
Foundation over the coming years to support
the appointed student and to administer the
funds.
We continue to share information on ageing
research via the charity website
www.bsra.org and links with the Royal
Society of Biology.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|On appointment to the board, all new
trustees must read the guidance on public
benefit issued by the charity commission and
sign a the BSRA trustee register to say that
they have understood the content of the
document.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|When awarding grants, the BSRA conforms
to the AMRC principles of peer review
guidelines, and utilises a minimum of 2 peer
reviewers (for awards exceeding £2000) and
an independent Scientific Advisory Board for
selecting projects for funding. The BSRA is
also committed to the 3Rs relating to the use
of animals in research.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The BSRA is wholly reliant on volunteers in
order to function. The board of trustees are
at the heart of the society and are
responsible for its management and running.
In addition, the BSRA has a scientific
advisory board; a group of 6 individuals who
dedicate their time to assist with reviewing
and making decisions about grants awarded
by the society. The BSRA also has a
development board comprised of volunteers,
who are concerned with supporting our
fundraising efforts through networking and
trust fund applications.| |Other||N/A| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|In 2021 we hosted our Annual Scientific
Meeting virtually. The BSRA collaborated
with the Biochemical Society to host this
meeting which attracted 114 delegates. This
continues to provide the BSRA with an
excellent forum to discuss the biology of
ageing.
As part of the ASM, the BSRA also awarded
the Korenchevsky prize to enable a young
researcher to present their work at the AGE
meeting in America in 2022. It is of note that
payment of the Korenchevsky prize is not
included in the 2021 accounts as the money
was awarded in the 2022 accounting period.
The BSRA has continued to support
research into the biology of ageing through
awards of small grants to researchers in the
field. In 2021 we awarded approximately
£1500 to researchers to enable them to
conduct and publish work in this field.
This year we also encouraged our
membership to apply for PhD studentship
funds through the Chernajovsky Foundation.
We reviewed a number of applications from
our members before sponsoring an
application which eventually chosen for
funding by the Chernajovsky Foundation.
The BSRA will now work alongside the
Chernajovsky Foundation over the coming
years to support the appointed student and
to administer the funds.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance|Para 1.41|N/A| against objectives NIA Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As of the 30thNovember 2021, the British
Society for Research on Ageing has total
cash funds of £86,988. This represents a net
increase of approximately £4,500 over the
last 12 months.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The BSRA do not have a specific policy on
holding reserves. However, we do not have
any financial dependencies (e.g.
employee’s) and the cash funds held by the
BSRA are more than adequate to conduct
our main aims of hosting our annual
scientific meeting and awarded small grants
to our members.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funding to the
BSRA are:
1. Donations to the charity
2. Registrations to the annual scientific
meeting
**3.**Membership subscriptions| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|All trustees are subject to election by the
membership| |including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|
membership| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|All newly elected trustee’s must read the
Charity Commission document “The
essential trustee” and sign the BSRA training
register to confirm that they have read and
understood the document and the
responsibilities of a trustee. New trustees
typically spend some time observing and
shadowing existing trustee’s before taking
on a substantive role within the charity.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Responsibility for the management of the
BSRA lies with the board of trustees, who
are led by the chairperson. The trustees are
supported by the Scientific Advisory Board,
comprising 6 persons, who work with the
board of trustees to review and select from
applications for BSRA funding. The BSRA
development board are a separate panel of
volunteers whose role is to help the BSRA
secure funds to advance our aims and
deliver our core activities. The board of
trustees, scientific advisory board and
development board are all comprised of
volunteers.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|British Society for Research on Ageing| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BSRA| |Registered charity number|1174127| |Charity’s principal address|Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Claire Stewart|Chair||| ||Myriam Chimen|Treasurer|Stepped down from
board of trustees July
2021|| ||Neil Martin|Treasurer|Replaced Myriam
Chimen from July2021|| ||CathySlack|Secretary||| ||Lorna Harries|||| ||Marina Ezcurra|||| ||Adam Rolt|||| ||Joao Pedro De
Meghaelhaes|||| ||Ursula Tanner|||| ||Lynne Cox|||| ||Paul Morgan|||| ||BradleyElliot|||| ||Adrian Cull|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Neil Martin|| ||

Treasurer|| ||17/09/2022|| ||17/09/2022|| **Charity Name No (if any) British Society for Research on Ageing 1174127 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st Dec 2020 30th Nov 2021 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,539**
**7,363**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,902**
**-**
**5,000**
**1,581**
**-**
**657**
**77**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,315**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,315**
**4,587**
**-**
**82,401**
**86,988**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,539**
**7,363**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,902**
**-**
**5,000**
**1,581**
**-**
**657**
**77**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,315**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,315**
**4,587**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membership subscriptions and Annual
Scientific meeting|**4,539**|||||**3,666**| |Donations|**7,363**|||||**2,948**| |Other income|**-**|||||**3,617**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**11,902**|||||**10,231**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**10,231**| |||||||| |Travel expenses and refunds|**-**|||||**568**| |Conference costs|**5,000**|||||**-**| |Grants|**1,581**|||||**20,045**| |Professional costs|**-**|||||**500**| |Subscriptions|**657**|||||**652**| |Website hostingand Development|**77**|||||**69**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**7,315**|||||**21,834**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**21,834**| |||||||| ||**4,587**|**-**|**-**|**4,587**||**- 11,603**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**82,401**|**-**|**-**|**82,401**||**94,004**| ||**86,988**|**-**|**-**|**86,988**||**82,401**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 18/09/2022 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Bank account|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**86,988**
**-**
**-**
**86,988**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ## **B3 Investment assets** |**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 18/09/2022 2 ## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **B5 Liabilities** |**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||**-**|| ||**-**|| ||**-**|| ||**-**|| ||**-**|| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 18/09/2022 3 |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name
Neil Martin|Date of
approval| |---|---|---|---| |||Neil Martin|15/09/2022| ||||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 18/09/2022 4