2022-12-31-accounts - Basic Income Earth Network (Bien)

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Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) 286 Ivydale Road London SE15 3DF Tel: +44 (0) 20 7635 7916 Email: bien@basicincome.org Website: www.basicincome.org

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) was constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on the 11[th] June 2017 and registered as a charity, number 1177066, on the 8[th] February 2018. Its constitution was amended on the 21[st] December 2020.

Trustees during the year were as follows: Diana Bashur; Sarath Davala; John Simon Duffy; Jacob Eliot; James Grant; Leah Hamilton (until 28/9/2022); Neil Howard; Reinhard Huss; Peter Knight; Hilde Latour; Julio Linares; Anne Glenda Miller; Tyler Prochazka; Malcolm Torry; Mike Valentine; Mark Wadsworth; Toru Yamamori.

Sarath Davala was the Chair. The Treasurer was Malcolm Torry. The Secretary was Diana Bashur.

Trustees met thirteen times during the year: twelve times for business meetings, and once for a seminar on the definition of Basic Income.

A hybrid annual congress was held: face to face in Brisbane, Australia, and online. 55 BIEN members attended the online Annual General Meeting at the end of the congress. The 2023 congress is again planned to be a hybrid event, face-to-face in the Republic of Korea and online.

During the year, BIEN maintained a website, published news updates, maintained contact with its members and with affiliated organisations, and responded to requests for information. Trustees have represented BIEN at a variety of events, and a group of five trustees was invited to organise a day on Basic Income at a blockchain technology conference in Berlin. A working group to study clarifications of BIEN’s definition of Basic Income has met during the year and has held open forums for BIEN members; partnerships with the Basic Income Research and Action Lab (BIRAL) and with the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) continue, as do negotiations about a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme.

At the beginning of the year the Mustardseed Trust agreed a three-year grant to enable BIEN to establish regional hubs. A salaried co-ordinator has been appointed, a manager for the Africa hub has been contracted, and a budget has been agreed for a conference in South Africa.

BIEN’s finances are stable. The Mustardseed Trust grant will enable BIEN to bring the regional hubs project to fruition, and membership fees and donations will enable BIEN to meet its obligations for the next few years. Further funds are being sought to enable additional regional hubs to be established.

BIEN is very grateful to those individuals and organisations who continue to give time, effort and financial support to its work, and particularly to the Mustardseed Trust.

Public benefit statement: During 2022 the activities above were in accordance with the objects of the charity, that is, ‘To educate the general public about Basic Income, that is, a periodic cash payment delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement; to serve as a link between the individuals and groups committed to, or interested in, Basic Income; to stimulate and disseminate research about Basic Income; and to foster informed public discussion on Basic Income throughout the world.’ All of the Trust’s publications published during 2022 are freely available on the website.

Sarath Davala, Chair

Malcolm Torry, Treasurer

Date: 26 January 2022

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BASIC INCOME EARTH NETWORK (BIEN)

Charity number 1177066

Receipts and payments for the period 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022

1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 CAF Bank PayPal Total 24921.68 719.59 25641.27 2350.47 2687.29 5037.76 47511.60 0 47511.60 1257.58 0 1257.58 207.05 0 207.05	1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 CAF Bank PayPal Total 24921.68 719.59 25641.27 2350.47 2687.29 5037.76 47511.60 0 47511.60 1257.58 0 1257.58 207.05 0 207.05	1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 1/1 to 31/12 2022 CAF Bank PayPal Total 24921.68 719.59 25641.27 2350.47 2687.29 5037.76 47511.60 0 47511.60 1257.58 0 1257.58 207.05 0 207.05
51326.70	2687.29	54013.99
1042.31 2031.04 143.88 172.63 0 482.16 2511.22 12383.91 25.00	0 0 0 93.56 0 0 0 3813.32 0	1042.31 2031.04 143.88 266.19 0 482.16 2511.22 16197.23 25.00
18792.15	3906.88	22699.03
-500.00	500.00	0
-500.00	500.00	0
56956.23	0 4056.17 52900.06 56956.23	56956.23

Notes

£1769.65 of the donations were given specifically for the hubs project
BIEN has received a grant from the Mustardseed Trust with which to establish regional hubs. During this financial year a salaried co-ordinator has been appointed, a manager has been contracted for the Africa hub, and a budget has been agreed for an event in South Africa.
£999.15 of these donated royalties was given specifically for the hubs project.

This figure relates to a budget for an event in South Africa in connection with the Africa regional hub
In connection with the hubs project, the co-ordinator is paid a salary of £1,600 per month, and the Africa hub manager a contract fee of £3,000 per quarter.

Income and expenditure related to the Mustardseed Trust funded regional hubs project are as follows:

Brought forward Income Grant, Mustardseed Trust Donated royalties Donations for the hubs project Total income Expenditure Staff costs Events Total expenditure Balance at 31 December 2022 Funds General Fund BIEN hubs project Permanent Fund Total	1/1 to 31/12 2022 Total 0 47511.60 999.15 1769.65	1/1 to 31/12 2022 Total 0 47511.60 999.15 1769.65
		50280.40
		16197.23 2511.22
		18708.45
		31571.95 16384.05 31571.95 9000.00
		56956.23

Sarath Davala

Malcolm Torry, Treasurer