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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

(A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION)

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

COMPANY NUMBER: CE019466

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1186178

Cound & Co LLP

Chartered Accountants 1 Princes Court Royal Way Loughborough Leics LE11 5XR

Tel: 01509 214163

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

CONTENTS

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

The officers present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on page 8 and comply with the Society’s trust deed and applicable law.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS:

Charitable Objectives

The advancement of education in the fields of monetary economics, macroeconomics, and financial economics in particular, but not exclusively within the United Kingdom through conferences, public lectures, publications, seminars, workshops and promoting research for the public benefit in all aspects of monetary economics, macroeconomics, and financial economics and publishing the useful results.

Registered Charity Number 1186178

Address: Money Macro and Finance Society, Department of Economics and Related Studies University of York Heslington YO10 5DD

1. Organisational/Governance Structure

The Money Macro and Finance Society's governance structure is as follows:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of the MMF Society.

Paul Mizen, King’s College, London, Chairman Laura Coroneo, University of York, Secretary Christoph Gortz, University of Birmingham, Treasurer Simon Price, Essex Business School, Sponsored Events and Research Networks

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

The membership committee consists of the Honorary President, Vice-Presidents and Ordinary Members.

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Sir Dave Ramsden Bank of England HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Wendy Carlin University College London Jagjit Chadha NIESR Sean Holly University of Cambridge Paul Levine University of Surrey Gulcin Ozkan King's College London Joe Pearlman City University Simon Price University of Essex Peter Smith University of York

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

ORDINARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Saleem Bahaj University College London
Ryan Banerjee Bank for International Settlements (ex-officio)
Paula Bejarano Carbo NIESR
Gianluca Benigno University of Lausanne (ex-officio)
Arnab Bhattacharjee Heriot-Watt University
Jane Binner University of Birmingham
George Chortareas King’s College London
Laura Coroneo University of York
Tatiana Damjanovic University of Durham
Sara Eugeni University of Durham
Elisa Faraglia University of Cambridge
Chryssi Giannitsarou University of Cambridge
Claudia Girardone Essex Business School
Christoph Gortz University of Birmingham
Christoph Himmels University of Cardiff
Michael Kumhof Bank of England (ex-officio)
Miguel Leon-Ledesma University of Kent
Alastair Macaulay University of Surrey
Alexander Mihailov University of Reading
Stephen Millard NIESR
Paul Mizen King’s College London
Francesca Monti Louvain/King’s College London
Ricardo Nunes University of Surrey
Ivan Petrella Warwick Business School
Ricardo Reis London School of Economics
Paulo Santos Monteiro University of York
Lorenza Rossi Lancaster University
Sasha Talavera University of Birmingham
Christoph Thoenissen University of Sheffield
Liliana Varela London School of Economics
Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics
Tianshu Zhao University of Leicester

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society

Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society Board of Trustees of the Money, Macro and Finance Society
Role Name Surname Affiliation Responsibility
Chair of Trustees Peter Smith University of York Investment (chair),
Nominations (chair),
Charity Commission relations
Chair of MMF
Executive
Paul Mizen King’s College London Nominations, Annual
Conference (chair), Policy
Conference (chair),
Investment
Secretary of Trustees
and MMF Executive
Laura Coroneo University of York Nominations,
Communications (chair)
Diversity and Inclusion
Treasurer of Trustees
and MMF Executive
(invited to attend)
Christoph Gortz University of
Birmingham
Nominations,
Investment,
Risk committee
Trustee Jagjit Chadha National Institute of
Economics and Social
Research
Risk committee (chair),
Diversity and Inclusion
Trustee Gulcin Ozkan King’s College London PhD Conference (chair),
Communications
Trustee Simon Price University of Essex Sponsored Events,
Research Networks (chair)
Trustee Claudia Girardone University of Essex Diversity and Inclusion (chair)
Trustee
Trustee
Miguel
Sean
Leon-
Ledesma
Holly
University of Kent
University of Cambridge
Risk committee, Research
networks
Overseas Engagement

The Board of Trustees are legally responsible for the MMF Society. The Trustees met twice in this period, at the Annual Meeting on 5[th] September 2024 and on 16[th] June 2025.

All new Trustees receive the Charity Commission’s Information on the responsibilities of Charity Trustees, the Constitution of the Charity, the most recent Annual Report and Statement of Accounts of the Charity. New Trustees receive a briefing and trustee induction pack on appointment, with further training undertaken on an ad-hoc basis, as required.

At the first AGM of the Membership Committee, held in September 2020, all Trustees resigned and an election of new Trustees was held. Trustees serve for three years. Candidates from a list drawn up by the Nominations Committee stood. At subsequent AGMs, one third of Trustees, those longest in office, resigned and an election of new Trustees to serve for three years was held. From 2024, Trustees resign on completion of their elected term and may re-apply. Candidates from a list drawn up by the Nominations Committee will stand. Any Member may be nominated for election to the Nominations Committee with the support of at least two other Members.

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

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2. Sub-Committees of the Board of Trustees

Annual Conference

The Society plans to hold an annual conference, usually in September, with presentations from distinguished guest speakers and those who have submitted papers which have been accepted by the organising committee. The Society, and its predecessor organisations (most recently the MMF Research Group), has met annually in the UK since 1969.

The 2024 Annual conference was held at the University of Manchester, in an in-person format. The invited speakers were: Florin Bilbiie (University of Cambridge), Benjamin Moll (London School of Economics), Barbara Rossi (University of Pompeu Fabra) and Ayşegül Şahin (Princeton University). Special sessions on “Finance, Investment and Productivity Growth In The UK” and “Fiscal Policy and Inflation”, were organised by the Productivity Institute and Bank for International Settlements, respectively. Full details can be found at the conference website: https://www.mmf.ac.uk/conference/2024-conference/

We are grateful to the local organisers and programme committee: George Bratsiotis and Patrick Macnamara (University of Manchester).

The conference in 2025 will be held at the University of Reading.

Communications

The MMF maintains a website and a JISCMail subscription list for communicating with members and those interested in receiving news from the Society. The MMF has an active Twitter account @MMF_research, a website https://www.mmf.ac.uk/ which offers up-to-date information about upcoming conferences and activities, as well as providing a record of past events and further information about the MMF including a news blog, and a YouTube channel that collects the recordings of our online/hybrid events.

Diversity and Inclusion

As is clearly expressed in our EDI statement, at the MMF we are fully committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, experience and all other protected characteristics. This commitment has been central to all our activities over the past year, including those we have supported. This is also visible in both the programme of the PhD conference, and the line-up of the keynotes at our upcoming 2025 annual conference, taking place at the University of Reading.

We continue to welcome proposals that ensure there is tangible diversity and inclusivity in the programme and will not be funding or publicising events that lack such diversity. Our new policy can be viewed at: https://www.mmf.ac.uk/about/

At the MMF we place great importance to equality and diversity and are fully committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, experience and all other protected characteristics. We aim to organise and support activities that are welcoming to people with diverse backgrounds and identities. We, therefore, expect that all organisers of MMF events, such as seminars, workshops and conferences, consider these aims from the planning stage.

We recognise all our events should strive to be as inclusive, accessible, and sustainable as possible. We expect tangible diversity and inclusivity, for example, in the proposed line-up of participants, choice of venues and organisational practices, to create an enriching and representative experience for all involved. Events with final programmes that do not demonstrate this will generally not be accepted by MMF.

We reserve the right to retrospectively dissociate from events that do not adhere to our policy or to refrain from endorsing/publicising events that lack diversity .

Investment

The MMF has some limited accumulated funds which it uses to smooth outgoings and income unevenness over time. We have opened an execution-only account with Charles Stanley in order to invest the surplus in a diversified range of lowcost funds. The Investment Committee makes specific proposals to the Trustees as to where best these funds be allocated .

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

Nominations

Following the pattern of terms of office of Trustees and Committee members, Simon Price was elected as Trustee, Christoph Gortz, Arnab Bhattacharjee, Christoph Himmels, Alistair Macaulay, Lorenza Rossi and Sasha Talavera have been elected as Committee members.

We thank Christiano Cantore, David Cobham, Diane Coyle, John Tsoukalas and Kevin Lee for their service.

Reserves Policy

The purpose of the reserve policy for the Money Macro and Finance Society is to ensure that sufficient funds are available to cover normal operational costs and to provide a measure of protection against large unbudgeted expenditure, whilst also making sure that excessive, unallocated funds do not accumulate.

The Society plans to spend the majority of its regular income on its conference activities and sponsored events.

The Trustees deem it sensible to maintain a balance of one years’ operational costs, which corresponds to approximately £60,000.

The Trustees review the accounts regularly. It is recognised that due to the uncertainty around our annual income, it is necessary to hold a balance greater than £60,000 as an endowment to supplement other sources of income. This will provide a buffer to maintain our regular commitments.

The level of reserves will be reviewed annually to reflect the perceived risks and budgetary demands of the Society.

Overseas Engagement

A subcommittee is being established involving representatives of international bodies that are similar to the MMF Society and several Committee members. The subcommittee will encourage collaborative ventures between the MMF and international counterparts.

PhD Conference

The Society plans to hold annually a conference for PhD students to present their work and receive feedback from other participants. The Society has held an annual conference for PhD students researching topics in monetary economics, macroeconomics and financial economics, broadly defined, since 2013.

In 2025 the conference was held at Loughborough University. The local organisers were Dawid Trzeciakiewicz (Loughborough University), Ali Choudhary (Loughborough University), Alistair Milne (Loughborough University), Michael Kumhof (Bank of England), Stephen Millard (NIESR) and Gulcin Ozkan (King’s College London). The event was hosted by the Economics Group, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University. There were a very high number of applicants and a high standard of papers selected from that group.

Policy Advisory

The MMF Society has arranged an annual policy conference in London for a number of years. In 2022 this stream of meetings was re-launched as the Bank of England Watchers' Conference. This Bank Watchers’ conference brings together policymakers, market economists and leading academics to discuss current issues in monetary and financial stability policy with a deliberate focus on the UK. The event is being jointly organised by the Money Macro Finance Society and Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance at King’s Business School, King’s College London.

In 2024, the keynote speeches were given by Claire Lombardelli (Bank of England) and Philip Lane (ECB). Panels followed on Inflation Dynamics, panellists: Swati Dhingra (Bank of England), Ben Nabarro (Citi) and Ricardo Reis (LSE); Liquidity Risk in the Financial System, panellists: Pablo Hernández de Cos (Banco de Espana), Victoria Ivashina (Havard Business School), Colin Teichholtz (Formerly Element Capital and Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee), Reactions to the Bernanke Review, panellists: Charles Bean (LSE), Petra Geraats (Cambridge), Gertjan Vlieghe (Millenium).

The conference was held at 155 Bishopsgate, London and was attended by more than 350 academics, civil servants, Bank officials, market participants, journalists and others.

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Policy Advisory (continued)

Full details of this and earlier conferences can be found at the conference website: https://www.mmf.ac.uk/policy/

Risk

The Trustees give consideration to the major risks facing the MMF and satisfy themselves that systems or procedures are established in order to mitigate these risks. The Risk Committee advises the Trustees on these matters.

In 2020-2021 Covid-19 led to the loss of the main income source - the annual MMF conference. However, in mitigation, the MMF was not committed to any of the usual expenditures on workshops, conferences, PhD support in reduced annual conference fees. There will be some expenditures on Webinar events, but these are very small.

Since 2022, the Annual conferences have resumed, and attendance has exceeded 100 delegates. MMF will monitor the surpluses that the annual conference generates in the light of a) inflationary pressures on costs and b) budgetary restrictions on fees.

The MMF is subject to further governance, financial and operational risks and a risk register is being developed to monitor these risks. The risk register is in draft for the start of 2026.

Sponsored Events

In 2022 the decision was made to set up a small number of research networks (RNs), and consequently to use the available funds for these once they were established.

The first RN is on Macroeconomic Policy. Ricardo Reis is the director, and we put together a group of interested participants for a Macro RN comprising Chryssi Giannitsarou, Rustam Jamilov, Alistair Macauley, Paul Mizen, Simon Price, Christoph Thoenissen, Christoph Gortz and John Tsoukalas. Other MMF members have expressed interest. In the past year, an in-person event in the afternoon of 9[th] October 2024 took place before the annual Maxwell Fry Memorial Lecture in Birmingham, which was given by Helene Rey which was entitled "Global Cycles".

Once the MMF Macro RN has bedded down we will explore the option of starting other RNs in areas of interest to MMF, initially a Finance RN is planned and a preliminary meeting was held in early 2024 to examine the possibilities for the 2024/5 academic year.

Financial Review

The MMF is fully in control of all its reserves. Our 2024-2025 accounts were independently examined by Cound and Co. LLP Chartered Accountants and are ready to be submitted to the Charity Commission.

Our accounts are maintained by a bookkeeper on an external accounting platform called ‘Xero’. The annual cost incurred by MMF for managing our accounts, which includes the external examination, software costs and bookkeeper fees, amounted to approximately £3,733 in 2024-2025.

Our main source of income remains the fees generated from the Annual Conference. We have a bank balance of £255,569 as of March 2025.

Our P&L for the financial year 2024-25 and our balance sheet as of 31st March 2025 are below. The MMF was registered as a charity on 6th November 2019.

On behalf of the Trustees of the Macro, Money and Finance Society

Peter Smith Chairman

1[st] September 2025

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Money Macro and Finance Society

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 5 to 8.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008: other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

D R Gradon MA FCA

Cound & Co LLP Chartered Accountants 1 Princes Court Royal Way Loughborough Leics, LE11 5XR 1[st] September 2025

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Receipts:
Conference Sponsorships
Conference Fees charged
Payments:
Charitable activities:
Conference Costs
Sponsorship
Establishment costs
External Conference Costs
Total Payments
Net receipts
Transfers
Net movement in Funds
Reconciliation of Funds:
Total funds brought forward
Surplus for the period
Total funds carried forward
2025
2025
Unrestricted
Restricted
2025
2024
Notes
Funds
Funds
Total
Total
9750
-
9750
13534
43681
-
43681
33854
__



53431
-
53431
47388


__
_
2
28798
-
28798
30378
-
-
-
-
3
3733
-
3733
5396
131
-
131
-


__
_
32662
-
32662
35774


__
_
20769
-
20769
11614
-
-
-
-
20769
-
20769
11614


__
_
217326
-
217326
205712
20769
-
42269
11614


__
_
£238095
£-
£238095
£217326


__
____

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

2025 2025
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 2024
Note Funds Funds Total Total
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 4 8446 - 8446 -
Bank balances 255569 - 255569 220712
______ ______ ______ ______
264015
______
-
______
264015
______
220712
______
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors and Accruals 5 25920
______
-
______
25920
______
3386
______
NET CURRENT ASSETS 238095 - 238095 217326
______ ______ ______ ______
TOTAL NET ASSETS 238095 - 238095 217326
______ ______ ______ ______
FUND BALANCES
Unrestricted Fund 6 238095 - 238095 217326
______ ______ ______ ______
£238095
______
£-
______
£238095
______
£217326
______

The Financial Statements on pages 5 to 8 were approved by the trustees on 1[st] September 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

……………………………….. Christoph Gortz Treasurer

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements

The Money Macro and Finance Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 3 of these financial statements.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

b) Funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes.

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.

c) Expenditure recognition

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be require and the amount of the obligation can be measure reliably.

2 CONFERENCE COSTS

2025 2025
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
Conference Maker Fee 982 - 982 -
Venue Costs 21500 - 21500 25714
Prizes 750 - 750 250
Travel expenses 5566 - 5566 4414
Promotion Expenses - - - -
Telephone Costs - - - -
Consumables - - - -
_____ _____ _____ _____
£28798
_____
£-
_____
£28798
_____
£30378
_____

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3 ESTABLISHMENT COSTS

3 ESTABLISHMENT COSTS ESTABLISHMENT COSTS
4
5
2025
2025
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Software
722
-
Administrator
396
-
IT Costs
750
-
Independent Examination Fee
876
-
Bank Fees
978
-
Trustees Eepenses
11
-
_

£3733
£-

_
DEBTORS
2025
Prepaid expenses
£8446


CREDITORS:amounts falling due within one year
2025
Trade Creditors
21500
Accruals
720
Prepaid Conference Fees
3700
_
£25920
___

_
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
£-
___

6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

2025 2025 2025
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds
Fixed Assets - - -
Current Assets 264015 - 264015
Current Liabilities (25920) - (25920)
______ ____ ______
£238095
______
£-
____
£238095
______

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THE MONEY MACRO AND FINANCE SOCIETY

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND (CONT’D)

2024 2024 2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds Funds
Fixed Assets - - -
Current Assets 220712 - 220712
Current Liabilities (3386) - (3386)
______ ____ ______
£217326
______
-
____
£217326
______

7 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during the period.