## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

**Registered Charity number:  1189469** 

**TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021** 

|**INDEX**||
|---|---|
||**PAGE**|
|**TRUSTEES’ REPORT**|**2**|
|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT**|**3**|
|**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|**4**|
|**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021**||
|**BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 2021**|**5**|





## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT** 

The trustees present their report and financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2021. 

## **Description of charity** 

The BECG is governed by a constitution adopted on 29th January 2020. 

The management of the charity is undertaken by a committee consisting of a Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and between three and eight other members. The members of the committee are the trustees of the charity. The trustees are elected by and out of the charity’s members at the Annual General Meeting. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The principal objective of the BECG is to advance education for the public benefit in the history of broadcasting. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

In the BECG’s second year of operation we have: 

- Located and purchased premises at Hemswell Cliff, Lincolnshire 

- Started to refurbish these premises which will become the Broadcast Engineering Museum 

- Exhibited at the Retrotech vintage technology fair 

- Commenced mechanical and bodywork restoration of our ABC-Thames truck 

- Written and published articles on our website and elsewhere 

- Published further editions of Line-Up, our friends’ newsletter 

- Started to build relationships with the local community at Hemswell Cliff 

## **Trustees** 

The trustees who served during the period were: Jeffrey Borinsky Richard Harris Dave Hill Paul Marshall. Phil Nott Martin Pritchard 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report set on page two above. 

Signed on behalf of all the trustees: 


Chair 


Treasurer 

**15th April 2022** 

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## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group (“the BECG”) for the year ended 31st December 2021. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the BECG 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 BECG’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 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 which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

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

2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 

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. 


## **Peter Weiss FCA** 

Leapman Weiss, Chartered Accountants, Unit 6, 30 Friern Park, London, N12 9DA 

## **15th April 2022** 

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## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021** 

|Bank fees|23|-|
|---|---|---|
|Professional fees|2,753|-|
|Insurance|317|-|
|Maintenance and repairs|2,529|-|
|Storage|1,040|9,300|
|Sundries|-|133|
|Direct charitable administration|||
|Bank fees|-|-|
|Depreciation|-|-|
|Insurance|-|-|
|Premises|3,243|-|
|Printing, IT and telephone|275|-|
|Sundries|504|-|
||10,685|9,433|
|**Governance costs**|||
|Examiner's fee|-|-|
|**Total resources expended**|10,685|9,433|
|**Net incoming resources  before transfers**|308,258|9,690|
|**Gross transfers between Funds**|0|0|
|**Net movement in Funds**|308,258|9,690|
|**Total Funds brought forward**|9,690|0|



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## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 2021** 

|**Fixed assets**<br>Freehold property<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors<br>Cash at bank and Paypal<br>Creditors: Amounts falling due<br>within one year<br> <br>**Net current liabilities**<br> <br>**Total assets less current**<br>**liabilities**<br>**Creditors: Amounts falling due**<br>**after more than one year**<br>**Net assets**<br>**Funds of the charity**<br>General fund<br>**Total funds**<br>Signed on behalf of all the trustees:<br>Chair<br>Treasurer|2021<br>£<br>362,500<br>-<br>30,448<br>______<br>30,448<br>(75,000)<br>______<br>(44,552)<br>______<br>317,948<br>-<br>______<br>317,948<br>______<br>317,948<br>______<br>317,948<br>______|2020<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>9,690<br>____<br>9,690<br>-<br>____<br>9,690|
|---|---|---|
|||____<br>9,690<br>-<br>____<br>9,690|
|||____<br>9,690<br>____<br>9,690|
|||____|



15[th] April 2022 

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## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2021** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

1.1 The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historic cost, in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice (“SORP”); applicable accounting standards and with the Charities Act 2011. The following paragraphs describe the main accounting policies. 

1.2 Income represents donations from trustees and the public and Gift Aid. These incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the Charity becomes entitled to the income, the trustees are certain they will receive the income; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. 

1.3 Liabilities, including loans, are recognised as soon as there is legal obligation committing the Charity to pay out resources. 

## **2. NET INCOMING RESOURCES** 

Net incoming resources for the year are arrived at after charging: 

||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Examiner’s fee|-<br>_|-<br>_|



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## **BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSERVATION GROUP** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2021 (CONT.)** 

|**3. FIXED ASSETS**|||
|---|---|---|
||Freehold property|Total|
||£|£|
|**Cost**|||
|At 1st January 2021|-|-|
|Additions|362,500|362,500|
|Disposals|-|-|
||______|______|
|At 31st December 2021|362,500|362,500|
||______|______|
|**Depreciation**|||
|At 1st January 2021|-|-|
|Charged in period|-|-|
|Disposals|-|-|
||______|______|
|At 31st December 2021|-|-|
||______|______|
|**Net book value**|||
|At 31st December 2021|362,500|362,500|
||______|______|
|At 1st January 2021|-|-|
||______|______|
|**4. DEBTORS**|||
||2021|2020|
||£|£|
|Gift Aid|-|-|
|VAT|-|-|
|Prepayments|-|-|
||_|_|
||-|-|
||_|_|
|**5. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE Y**|||
||2021|2020|
||£|£|
|Trustees|75,000|-|
|Accruals|-|-|
||_____|_|
||75,000<br>_____|-<br>_|



## **5. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** 

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