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|Trusteename|Office(ifany)|Datesactedifnotfor<br>whole year|Nameofperson (or body)entitled<br>toappointtrustee(if any)|
|HenryLowe|Chairman|||
|DrJanet Pryke||||
|Laurence||1January-1June||
|Ghadd||||
|LesHayes||||
|BobWhitaker||||





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|Typeofgoverning document|Constitution|
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|Howthe charityisconstituted|CIO'CharitablelncorporatedOrganisation|
|rt;fi il.:ri<br>'i11:,:\t.;1..<br>. .-'al .:'l'.",||
|Trustee selectionmethods<br>i-i,<br>,.'i..'j':;q<br>i'<br>i-':-.r;i,<br>r*..|Elected byballotattheAGM,withinterimoptions to co-opt,as per<br>the<br>Constitution|



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The society achieves these aims by organiing public lecture5 given by
leading archaeological profe$sional$ and excursions lo study archaeo-
logical and historic siles. Members participate in fieldwork projects us-
ing the society's own archaeological equipment. Projects" include geo-
physical studies as well as excavations under the direction of the socie-
ty's director of archaeology. The society provides training and experi-
ence of a broad rarKJe of archaeological and hl$tori¢al investigative
techniques which may be applied to the Study of the local herilaJe and
from lime lo lime organizes $peclflc tralnlng sessions in contemporary
archaeolcglcal tethniques.
Summary of tho rnaln acllvltl89
undertaken for the publlc bene
flt In relatlon to the#& objects
Ilncludg wlthln thls soctlon the
8tatutory declaratlon that tru8-
too8 h4vo had rogord to th•
guldance18sued by Ihe Charity
Comml•8lon on publlc bonefltl
ReF￿S of all projects undertaken are published on the society's web-
sile or in the Society's journal ot record Camertonia. Access lo society
records 1$ pos$lble via the $o¢iely'$ website. The society also publish-
es a regular newsletter ￿lch informs readers of current society activi-
lies arKI other activities organized by local group$ to provide a good
resource for those interested In archaeological events. The society an-
swers general enquiries from m8mbers of the public and works with the
local authority to enhance the Historical Environment Record IHERI.
The Trustees can confirm that they have complied with their duly lo
have due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance
when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is rel8-
vant.
Addltlonal detall8 of obJ&ctlve• and actlvltle• IOptloTral Infomiatlonl
You may ¢hoo8• to include fur-
ther 8tatemenl8, where relevant.
about..
poli¢y on granlmaking.,
policy programme relal&l in-
veslmenl.,
conlribubon made by volun-
teers.
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Section D
Achievements and performan
Summary oftho main
achlevements of tho charity
during the year
2021 acts"vities y￿re affected by flu¢tuab"ons in the Cowd-19 pandemic
restn"th"ng all aspects of the SoC￿tieS, activrties.
Febfuary -A wesentatson was grwen in February at NSGG'S conference in
Archaeok)g￿l Ge0￿y$l￿ Conference covering BACAS Geophysics
technique to use electi￿al resistance tomography to sulvey beneath
st￿e fl￿r$.
May - A kirge group rA members assisted English Heritage staff in clean
ing and e¥)0S¥￿ o¥prgn)wn stones at Stanton Drew.
June- The society completed V•Drk on the West side of Lansdosffi Road,
8ath Surveying the Owdte enclosure in Playing Fiehj. This project is part
of an 0Tr30ing study of SpeCrf￿ sites on the Lansdown plateau.
Jun - An eXCaVat￿n together wlh National Tmst vdunteefS was made of
a Bath House in the grounds of Prior Park.
Juty- ¥*e retumed to the Twn Barrows site ad4'acent to Lansdown Golf
Club for the geophysKal survey.
Juty work was also undertaken t()3ether with volunteers from the National
Trust on a Boer War era training camp known as Flahvood Camp on
Claverton Ckn4n.
August- Further Geophys surveying at Marslon Mill
September - a Geophys survey wa$ made of the HaHa in front of the
Road Crescent.
A watching brief vras undertaken at Norton St Phillip Churchyard by Direc-
tor of Archaeology Shaun Wilson
November - an EDM survey vrds made of the Twn 8arrows site and a
Geophys survey also made of Charlecombe Churchyard.
Excutsion$ - The soryety was able to organise visits in the middle of
Summer Nthen Covid rules *ere lifted. One lo the Perymead cemeteries
in Bath and the second to three Somerset Churches.
Leclureg- The &4CAS 2021 Spring series of public lectures was $us-
pended. ITh*Ever the partnership developed ¥￿th Bristol Museum, Bristol
and Avon Archaeolog￿al Society and Bristol and Gloucestershire Af-
chaeokngical SocEty continued to present lectures by Zoom, whtch were
11 received.
In December our ￿Inter lectu￿ series togan again.
Publications- regular Ne￿letterS were publish&J to members. New
project reports were published on the vebsite and t(MJelher with the Fa-
cebook ￿te both v*re upJated on a frequent basis lo maintain Commun
cation with memters. A number of Mailshots on specific subjects were
also maje to members.
Committee ￿￿ting3 -The Committee and Truslees held virtual meet-
ings to plan the socw's business and to review the financial situation of
the Society to ensure that such decisions were tsken as necessary lo
support the organisatr.on and. as in 2020, to cnnsider pro$pecls for activi-
"es in the light of the changiNJ regulations.
AGM - To confonn to Govemment regulations regarding the number of
people allowed to assernb￿ in groups the Trustees decided it was not
possib￿ for members lo attend the AGM, however held a virtual AGM
meeting C￿ 11th knember.
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|Brief statementofthecharity's<br>policy onreserves|Trustees maintainunder review thefinancialrisks towhich the charityis<br>exposed.lnatypical yearsociety costswould include insurance,room<br>and otherhirefees, subscriptions to other organizations, socialmedia and|
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||website fees, repairstoand replacementofequipment, and otherpoten-|
||tial costs thatmayarise asaconsequenceof thework that BACASun-|
||dertakes. The Trustees havereached theview thatitwould beprudentfor|
||BACAS toaim toretainalevelof reservesofsome esoo0.cashoverand|
||above the reservesmaybeused tofund ongoing activities. Thispolicyis|
||reviewedannually.Nochangetothispolicywas required in 2021.|
|Details of anyfundsmaterially||
|indeficit||
|Furtherfinancialreview details|(Optionalinformation)|
|You maychoose toincludead-<br>ditional information, whererele-|The accounts forthefinancialyearending 31st December 2021have<br>been preparedonaReceiptsand Paymentsbasis.|
|vantabout:<br>.the eharity'sprincipal<br>sourcesoffunds(including<br>any fundraising);|Actingastemporary membership secretary the society's Hon. Sec re-<br>viewedthe membershiplist andcontactedallmembers direcfly whose<br>subscriptionfeeswereoutstanding.As a consequence membership fee<br>income increasedandcoupled with reductionsincosts forlecturesihe|
|.howexpenditurehas sup-<br>ported thekeyobjectivesof|overallfinancialbalanceshowed an improvement over the previousyear.|
|thecharity;|Restricted Funds|
|oinvestmentpolicy andobjec-<br>tives includinganyethicalin-<br>vestmentpolicy adopted.|A donationoff5,000iscarriedinthe society's accounts designated for<br>the explorationoftheRoman siteatDurleyHill underthe direction ofRob-<br>inHolleydirector ofarchaeology.|



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Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees
Si9naturelsl
Full name{sl
Posltion (eg Secretsry,
Chair. etc)
Date
2£)z
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||||Receipts and paymentsaccounts|||||CC16a|
|||||31.12.2424||31.12.2021|||
||||Unrestricted<br>funds<br>to thenearestf|Restrictedfunds<br>to thenGarestf|Endowment<br>""_"_I_*tH_"-_"_"<br>to thenearest{|Totalfunds<br>to thenearestf||Lastyear<br>to thenearestf|
|A|||||||||
|Subscriptions|||3,178||||3,178||
|Lecture Entrance Fees|||34||||34||
|Excurslonslnconre|||256||||256||
|3ifiAid-2Yrs|||712||||712||
|Suruev Deposts|||-0||||||
|Donal|||352||||?52||
|LecturersFee refunded|||50||||50||
|Sundru Sales|||5||||5||
||||.0||||||
||||-0||||||
||||-0||||||
|Subtotal(Gross income forAR)|||4,587||||4,587||
|A2Asset and investment sales,|||||||||
|(seetable).|||.0<br>.0||-0:d||||
||Totalreceipts<br>Subtot,||.0|=r=<br>l-]|.0<br>-0||||
|43P|||||||||
|RoomHire|||132||||lJl||
|Survey deposits refunded|||322||||322||
|Prlniing Postage Stationery|||12||||112||
|lnsurance|||836||||836||
|Pulllicatlons|||50||||50||
|Legal Fees|||272||||||
|Camedonia Magazne|||593||||593||
|Suhscriptions|||132||||132||
|Paypal andTcketlabfees|||108||||108||
|Mlscellaneolrs|||44||||4||
|Equipment repairs|||,157||||157||
|Website|||109||||'10s||
|DurleyHillexpenditure|||387||||387||
|||Sub tot,|||||3.254||
|purchases,(seetable)|||||||||
||||||-0||||
|..r9t9.!..p,.7...y-m.enJ9-.|||54||-0||||
|Netofreceipts/(payments)|||1,333||||||
|,A5Transfers betweenfunds|||-0||||||
|A6 Cashfundslast year end|||17.233||||||
|Cashfunds|this|year|18.56S||||||



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||||10||||||
|||Totalcashfunds|17,233||||||
||(agree|ba,an@s with re@iPtsandpa,frents,|||||||
|||account(s))'|Unrestricted|Restrictedfunds|||Endowment||
||||funds||||funds||
||||tonearesti|tonearestf|||tonearestf||
|82Othermonetary assets|||||||||
||||Fund to which asset|Cost {optional}|||||
|83 lnvestment assets|||||||||
||||Fund to which asset|Costloptionat;|||Current value||
|84Assetsretainedforthe|Fl6liliEEEfFnrent@wDvaue||||||||
|charity's ownuse|||||||||
||||Fundto which|Amountdue||,|<br>l,Yhendue|.|
||||liabilityrelates|||:|<br>(optional)||
|85 Liabilities|||4613||||||
||||2At||||||
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|Signed byoneortwotrusteesonbehalf<br>of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name|lt16|Dateofapproval<br>I<br>wme|||



