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|Objectives andActiviti|es||
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|Summaryofthepurposesof|Para1.17|Topromote forthepubtic benefitthestudyof|
|thecharity asset outinits||archaeologyinall itsbranches.|
|oovernino document|||
|Summaryofthemain<br>activitiesin relation to those|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Thesocieiy achieves these aimsby<br>organizing publiclecturesgivenby leading|
|purposes forthepublic||archaeological professionalsandexcursions|
|benefit,in particular, the||to study archaeological and historicsites.|
|activities, projectsor services||Members participateinfieldworkprojects|
|identifiedintheaccounts.||usingthe society'sownarchaeological|
|||equipment. Projectsincludegeophysical|
|||studiesaswell as excavationsunder the|
|||directionofthesociety'sdirector of|
|||archaeology. The societyprovidestraining|
|||andexperienceofa broadrangeof|
|||archaeological and historicalinvestigative|
|||techniques which maybe appliedtothe|
|||studyofthe localheritage andfrom timeto|
|||time organizesspecifictraining sessionsin|
|||contemporary archaeologicaltechniques.|
|||Reportsofallprojects undertakenare|
|||publishedonthesociety'swebsite orin the|
|||society'sjoumalofrecord Camertonia.|
|||Accesstosociety records ispossibleviathe|
|||society'swebsite. The society alsopublishes|
|||aregularnewsletterwhichinformsreaders|
|||of currentsocietyactivitiesandother|
|||activities organizedby local groups to|
|||provide agoodresourceforthoseinterested|
|||inarchaeologicalevents.Thesociety|
|||answers general enquiries from members of|
|||the publicandworkswiththelocalauthority|
|||to enhance the Historical Environment|
|||Record(HER).|
|||Additional|
|Statement confirming|Para1.18|The Trusteescanconfirmthattheyhave|
|whether the trusteeshave||compliedwiththeirdutytohavedueregard|
|had regardto theguidance||io the Charity Commission's public benefit|
|issued bytheCharity||guidance when exercising anypowersor|
|Commission on public||dutiestowhich the guidance isrelevant.|
|benefit|||





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|Achievements and Pe|rformance||
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|||Activities|
|||ExcavationscontinuedatMarstonMill,near|
|||Frome,with theuncoveringofmedieval|
|Summaryofthemain<br>achievementsofthecharity,|Para1.2O|remains.<br>Weran acelebrationofthe300th|
|identifyingthe differencethe||anniversaryofWilliam Stukeley'svisit to|
|charity's work hasmadeto||StantonDrew, in partnershipwith other|
|the circumstances ofits||archaeological societies, EnglishHeritage,|
|beneficiariesand anywider||BaNES,StantonDrew PC, and others.A|
|benefits tosocietyasa||symposium was heldon22Julyand several|
|whole.||guidedtourson the23July,togetherwithan|
|||exhibitioninthe villagehall.|
|||Therewas an examination ofsoilfromholes|
|||dugfor foot golf onHighCommoninBath,in|
|||theSpring.Areportwasissued.|
|||lnJuly,excavationwas carried out at Prior|
|||Park in Bath, in associationwithNational|
|||Trustvolunteers.|
|||lnSeptember,wehad astallat'Bristol's|
|||BrilliantArchaeology'dayatBIaise Castle.|
|||The same month, wehostedaguidedwalk|
|||round BathamptonDownaspart of the|
|||BathscapeWalkingFestival.|
|||A geophysical studyinthe groundsof|
|||NationalTrustproperty DyrhamParkwas|
|||carried outin September.|
|||External representation|
|||We contributed to the Bathscape projectand|
|||attended meetingsoftheBath World|
|||HeritageSiteAdvisoryGroup.|
|||Excursions|
|||Thesocietywasableto organiseafull|
|||programmeofvisits:Shoscombe Valley|
|||(April);Tewkesburytawn and abbey(May);|
|||NewtRomanVilla(June);ThreeSomersef|
|||Churches (July);WiltshireandSwindon|
|||HeritageCentre(August);andCirencester|
|||townandmuseum(September).|
|||Lectures|
|||Lectureswere heldonTheArchaeologyof|
|||lndustry (StuartBunoughs, January);|
|||Silchester(Michael Fulford,February);|
|||MedievalBafh(StevePratt,October);The|
|||ArehaeologyofCombeDownSfoneMines|
|||(MaryStacey andNeville Redvers-Higgins,|
|||November);and BathAbbey:theStories|
|||behind fhe Sfones (JeremyKey-Pugh,|
|||December).|
|||Archaeology Online, the partnership|
|||developedwith Bristol Museums, Bristoland|
|||Avon ArchaeologicalSocietyandBristol and|
|||GloucestershireArchaeologicalSociety,|
|||continuedtopresent lectures by Zoom,|
|||whichwere wellreceived.Three were heldin|
|||the vear.|





## 

|FinancialReview|||
|---|---|---|
|Review ofthecharity's|Para1.21|lncome and Expenditurearevery similarto|
|financialpositionat theend||2422except forthe payment oft1500re the|
|oftheperiod||projectatDurleyHill, Keynsham.|
|||Thisrelatestoaf5000Grantreceivedfrom|
|||ARAin 2017 whichthe Societyhasalways|
|||putaside from our normalactivities.This|
|||projectisnowto commencelater this year.|
|||Our Lectures andExcursionswere well|
|||attended and broughtinan extrat595of|
|||income.|
|||ln ourExpenditurethere were twolarge|
|||varianceswhichvirtually cancelledeach|
|||other out. EquipmentRepairswerewell|
|||downagainst2022,andwe renewedthe|
|||Website forthreeyears.|
|||The finalSurpluswas 81097 comparedto|
|||L2713in2022|
|||ACCUMULATED FUNDSnowstandat|
|||822375|
|||Whenweputaside thet3500left inthe|
|||Grantwe stillhave overt18000tocover|
|||future activities andanypotentialCapital|
|||expenditure.|
|Statement explainingthe|Para1.22|Trustees maintain underreviewthe financial|
|policyfor holdingreserves||risks towhich the charityisexposed. lna|
|statingwhy they areheld||typicalyear societycostswouldinclude|
|||insurance,room andotherhire fees,|
|||subscriptions to other organizations,social|
|||media andwebsite fees, repairs toand|
|||replacementofequipment,andother|
|||potentialcoststhatmayariseasa|
|||consequenceof thework thatBACAS|
|||undertakes. The Trustees havereached the|
|||viewthatitwould beprudentforBACASto|
|||aimto retaina level ofreservesof some|
|||85000.Cashoverand abovethereserves|
|||maybe used tofund ongoing activities.This|
|||policyis reviewed annually.Nochangeto|
|||thispolicvwas reouired in 2023.|
|Amount of reservesheld||t5000+[3500ARA srant|
|Reasonsforholding zero||N/A|
|reserves|||
|Details offund materiallyin|Para1.24|N/A|
|deficit|||
|Explanationofany|Para1.23|None identified.|
|uncertaintiesabout the|||
|charitycontinuingas a going|||
|concern|||





## 

|Descriptionofcharity's|||
|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||
|Typeofgoverning document|Para1.25|Constitution.|
|{tr*st**rt*i.i'r:yair:h*r'l*rl|||
|How isthe charity|Para1.25|Cl0|
|constituted?|||
|{e.gunincorpor*ted|||
|association, CIO]|||
|Trustee selectionmethods|Para1.25|Trusteesare electedfrom themembership.|
|including details ofany|||
|constitutional provisionse.g.|||
|election topostornameof|||
|anyperson orbody entitled|||
|to appoint one ormore|||
|trustees|||



## 

|You maychoose toinclude fu|rtherstateme|ntswhere relevantabout:|
|---|---|---|
|||The SocietyismanagedbyaGeneral|
|||Committeeall ofwhomare electedfromthe|
|Thecharity's organisational||membership.Five ofthe Trusfees arealso|
|structureand anywider|Para1,51|membersofthe GeneralCommittee.|
|networkwithwhich the||Specialistgroups/committeesreportingto|
|charityworks||theTrusteesarefonnedas.necessary.|



## 

|ReferenceandAdmin|istrativedetails|
|---|---|
|Charityname|Bath and CountiesArchaeologicalSociety|
|Othernamethe charityuses|BACAS|
|Reqisteredcharitv number|1189630|
|Charity's principaladdress|7 MaycliffePark|
||Bristol|
||8565JH|






## 



||**Bath and Counties Archaeological Society**|**Bath and Counties Archaeological Society**|**Bath and Counties Archaeological Society**|**Bath and Counties Archaeological Society**|**Bath and Counties Archaeological Society**|**1189630**|**1189630**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||
||||31.12.22||||||
||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Subscriptions|**2,852**||**-**||**-**||**2,852**||
|Lecture entrance fees|**1,099**||**-**||**-**||**1,099**||
|Excursion income|**1,021**||**-**||**-**||**1,021**||
|Gift Aid|**414**||||||**414**||
|SurveyDeposits|**- 0**||||||**-**||
|Donations|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Sundrysales|**19**||**-**||**-**||**19**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|<br>**5,405**||**-**||**-**||**5,405**||
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total _**|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|<br>**5,405**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**5,405**||
||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Room Hire|**835**||**-**||**-**||**835**||
|Surveys|**- 0**||||||**-**||
|Print postage stationery|**41**||||||**41**||
|Insurance|**457**||||||**457**||
|Publications|**56**||**-**||**-**||**56**||
|Camertonia|**219**||||||**219**||
|Subscriptions|**139**||**-**||**-**||**139**||
|Paypal TicketLab|**131**||**-**||**-**||**131**||
|Misc|**101**||**-**||**-**||**101**||
|Equipment repairs|**58**||**-**||**-**||**58**||
|Website|**771**||**-**||**-**||**771**||
|Durley Hill exp|**1,500**||**-**||**-**||**1,500**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**4,308**||**-**||**-**||**4,308**||
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases,(see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**-0**||**-0**||**-0**||**-**||
||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_ **|<br>**4,308**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**4,308**||
||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|<br>**1,097**||**-**||**-**||**1,097**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**21,279**||**-**||**-**||**21,279**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|<br>**22,376**||**-**||**-**||**22,376**||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||



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|**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|Nat West Bank||||**22,087**||**-**||
||Cash||||**10**||**-**||
||Paypal Account||||**279**||||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||**_Total cash funds_**||||**22,376**||**-**||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))||||OK||||
||||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|Plant and Equipment @ W D value||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|Unused Grant||||3113||**-**||
||Refundable survey deposits||||200||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||**-**||
||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
||||||HENRY LOWE||||
||||||||||



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## **CC16a** 

**Last year to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - -** 

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**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval 17/04/2024 

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