SHAC Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period stsrt date JULY 2020 Peric￿1 end date 31 DEC 2021 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ALCHEMY AND CHEMISTRY Other names charity is known by SHAC Registered ¢harity numbèr Irf any) 1190304 Charlty's prfnclpal address 45 THE DRIVE ISLEVK)RTH Postcode Names of the charity trustees who manage th• charity Trustse name Office rrf any} Namg of per50n1or body) entltled oint trustse rfan ear FAJLJAMES R A JOHNSTONE CHAIR (Officer) TREASURER (Offi￿rI SECRETARY (Officer) AMBIX SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY r example. any custodlan trustees) Name Dates acted if not for vthole ear Names and addresses of advlsers {OpUonal InfOrn￿On} of adviser Name Address Name of chiof axècutive or names of senlor slaff members (Optional Inforniatlon) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charlty's tntsts Operated from 01.01.2021 under constitution adopted at ￿atIon of CIO on 08.07.2020. Type of goveming document How the chanty is constituted Association of 292 members (number at year erKI 2021). Trustee selection methcMJs With 42 days. dear notice before each AGM of the So￿ety, the Trusts&s will advise membars of the Society of the identities of - {a) Trustees who wsh to continue as such and under the cortst1tu￿n are pemittted to do so without reappointment at the (b) TNstees who wish to continue as such and are seeknng reappoTntinent at the AGM as requitEd by the Constf(ution, and (c) nominees of the existing Trustees for new appointments as Trustees at the AGM- and members of the Soc* ￿ry[l be invtted to make further nominations. Such further nominations must be made ¥Mth the written consent of the nominee and with no less than 28 days, dear noti￿ before the AGM. Trustees serve for 3 years after which they retire or are re*lected subject to COMpet￿'Ve nrmnination. The trustees may fill casual vacancios but their hol￿ must be raffied at the next AGM. Additional govemance tSSUaS (Optlonal inforniation) TAR March 2012 You may choose to indude additional information. where relevant. about= policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; the charity's organisational structure and any wider network wth which the charity A Risk Register. induding m8asures put in place to minimise risk, was approved by the Trustees at the Council meeting on 18.03.22. No fraudulent actr¥ity has been deteded during the year. relationship with any related parties- trustees, consKleration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. TAR March 2012 Section C Ob ectives and activities The scholarty study of all aspects of the history of the chemical scienc8S (including alchemy), the holding of meetings for the presentation and discussion of scholarfy papers. ether on its own or in ￿nIunction with other leamed societies, and the pubSication of relevant material. especially in the Joumal of the Society, currently called AmbN. The trustees in 2020-21 have had regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. The trustees believe that a broad understanding of the history of the chemical sciences (induding alchemy) is of benefft to tha public by helping them to understand the place of chemisty in souety and culture over the centuries. As a leamed society it aims to advance education. the arts. culture, hertiage and science through scholarly andlor curatofial actFvty relating to the history of alchemical and chemical soence in any part of the world. Sp8afically. the charity achieved this by the followng: The charity's scholarly joumal Ambu has for over 80 years been a major means of academic stholarfy exchange, and therefore is of public benefit. It is sold to institutt¢)ns and libraries, as well as distnbuted to members (annual membetship fee in 2020 and 2021 was £40, reduced to £30 for retired membars of 10 years, standing and to £25 for students) There were 55,178 downloads of artides published in Ambix and rts back catalogue (dating from 1937) from 1 July 2020 through to 31 December 2021. The net surplus from membership subscrtptions and this publishing adivity (together wrth any donations and interest on deposits), supports a range of further actiVFties benefiting the public:_ (i) The Society provides study grants to members who are students, early Ca￿er researchers and independent scholars (membership being open to anyone). (li) The Soctety organises and funds scholarty meetings, workshops. seminars and ￿￿￿nars, attendan￿ at which is not confined to members. fiii) The Sooetys subSt￿rtIal newsletter Chemical IntelligenGe is available free to the general public online.. it advertises and reports not only the Society's events and adivities but those of other organisations involved in the history of alchemy arKI chemisty. The Sooety also maintains a website with similar objedives. (Èv) SoUr￿s of Alchemy and Chemistry, an occasional sUpp￿ment to Ambrx. is avalat4e * no extra cost to full instrtutional subsuibets to the relevant annual volume of Ambix and to members subscribing for the relevant year. The first supplement was also available at a subsidised pric8 to the gen￿al public. (v) The Soaety's Morris Awafd. Partington PrEe, and Oxford Part 11 Prrze are awar(led to scholars from time to time regardless of whether they ar8 members of Soaety. NB.. In 2020 and 2021 the twstees have adapted the Society's operations and activities in response to the restrictions on fa￿-tO-faCe meetings and travel durin the covi(k19 andemic. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of th• main activities undertaken for tho publlc benefit in relation to these objocts linclude withln this section the ststutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guldanca Issued by the Charity Commission on publlc bènefft) Additional details of objectives and actfviti•s {o￿lOnal infomialion) You may choose to include The charity relies heavily on the contributions of volunteers, without further statements, where whose efforts the Charity would be unable to operate. Without the relevant. about: extensive efforts of Offi￿rS OV￿ several year5 the transition of OFerations policy on grantmaking. (etc) from 313777 to 119J304 woukl not have been possib￿. policy programme related investment" contribution mad8 by volunteers. TAR Section D Achievements and performance In 2020 there was no ac*vity for the CIO beyoTrJ its registration on 08.07.20 and a Trustees Meeting held on 25 September 2020 at which the fOlkn￿ng resolutK)ns were agreed. Summary of the maln achievoments of the charity during the year l. The Council of kniety of Alchemy and Chemistry (Charity Reg. No. 1190304) agree that this Chatity will accept the transfer of the operations, assets, liabilities of Charity Number 313777 and the admission of the members of Charity Number 313777 with effeci from 01 January 2021 subject to the prior agreement of the members of Charity Number 313777 at their nexi AGM to held in November 2020. 2. The Council of S(Kiety of Ald￿mY and Chemistry (Charity Reg. No. 1190304) aCkno￿edgeS that this charity should become the sole member and sole trustee of Charity Number 313777 with effect from 1 January 2021 wovitsd that membership of Charity 313777 has agreed to the changes th8 constitution of the said Chaiity 313777 as proposed by the Council of CharTty Number 313777 in resolution 3 of their meeting on 25th September 2020. Agreement of the members of Charity 313777 and th8 ratification of the Offi￿r5 and trustees of SHAC 313777 as Offi￿rS and trustees of SHAC 1190304 was given at ts AGM of 313777 held on 27 November 2020. The main athievements of the Chanty 313777 have al￿adY been covered in the TAR for 2020. The Annual Retum for Charity 313777 for 2021 has been sulxnitted. Wrth zero income and zero expenditure for Charity 313777 in 2021 no TAR or Accourrts are required for Chartty 313TT7. The AGM for 2020 for CharFty 1190304 was held on 7 January 2022 on Zoom. Below are the main achievemerts of the new charity 1190304 for the year 2021. The SOC￿ contin￿1 ils series of tr￿ online seminars open to all, with recordings placed on SHAC'S YouTube Channel. Th8 following speakers presented papers.. Jo Hedesan, Megan Piorko, Simon Werrett, Alan Rocke, Robert Bud. Mariana San¢hez-Daza and John Christie and Wiviane Quirf(e. On 14 and 15 May 2021 SHAC and the Royal Photographic Society organised Wedg4Mxxl 250, an online meeting to mark the 250th anntversary of the birth of Tom Wedgwo¢Jd on 14 May 1771, now best re￿￿bered for his 1802 paw in whth he outlined a chemical method of preserving an image. Papers were presented by Tom Wedgwood, Geoff Batchen. Lucy Lead, Mich￿1 Gray, Brian Dolan. rim Fulford, Catrin Jones, Mich￿1 Pritchard Rose Teanby. Publications Ambix.. The Sooety published four issues of ils sthoiarfy joumal Ambix in 2021. February 2021 (volume 68, number 1) included papers by Alan Rocke, Mike A. Zuber, ma￿ l. Grossman. José Ramon Bertomeu Sanchez and Theresa Levitt. May-August 2021 (volume 68. numbers 2 and 3) was a special issue errtrtled Alchemy and the Earty Modem Unwe￿1￿. guest edited by Ute Freits¢h. It contained papers by Bnjce Moran, Elisabeth Moreau kn*vrence M. Prina Hiro Hirai. Ku-min Kevin Cha TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Georg￿na Hedesan, Didier Kahn and Ute Fnetsch and the Morris Award Paper "Exploring Chemical History in Japan. by Yasu Furukawa. The November 2020 issue (volurrE 67 numter 4) includ8d papers by Sean O'Neil. Amaud Page and Maxime Guesnon, Marcin Krasnodobski and Michael Jebless and William H. Brock. Guillaume Delmeulle F)ublished a S￿eCe in the Texi and Commentary sedion and Frank A.J.L. James in the Notes arKI Communications se(#ion. In 2021 Bruce Moran was edrt￿ of AmbN with IfNiarE Quirke and Peter J. Ramberg as Assoclate Editors and Tillmann Taape as Book Reviews Editor. soU￿es of Alchemy and Chemisty. Work on the next issue is actively undetway. ChefftKal Intelligen￿." Two issues of the Society's newsletter were published in 2021. in February and August. Both were edited by Karoliina Pulkkinen. This publ￿tIOn advertised and reported not only the Society's events. but those of other organisations involved in the history of chemisty. tt was distributed to members by email and was made available free to the pubfK onkne. Morris Prize Emst Homburg was awarded the 2021 John and Martha Morris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Modem Chefflistry or the History of the Chernical Industy. His contrrbutions include major studies on the history ofthe madder irKlusty" seminal paper on th8 early history of industrial R&D laboratories,. his comprehensive history of ￿ent1eth- century modem chemisty and the chemical industry embedded within a broader history of the Netherfands in Techniek In Nedertand in the Twinligste Eeuw. And, particukdy (in the context of Ihe Morris award}, his he Era of Diverstfication and Globalization (1950-20121° in Sofvay." History of a Alultinational Family Finn (CUP. 2013), a bcM)k he coedited %Mth Kenneth Bertrams and Nicolas Coupain. Oxft>rd Part11 Prize Naman Kochar was awarded the Oxford History of Chemistry Part11 Prize for his thesis °Making a Nobe5 Laureate: Reappraising the Life and Career of Cyril Nomian Hinshelwood.. SHAC Graduate Ne￿ork The SHAC graduate network fosters Interttlsclpllnary exchange among graduate students and earty career scholars from any field whose V￿rk engages wrth the history of alchemy and chemistry. To this end, the gradu*e network hosted its 12th annual postgraduate workshop, "Secrets of Matter, Matters of Secrecy," on ￿ June 2021. The workshop brought together scholars of alchemy. mfyjem chemistry, architecture. law, and the environmerrt. all of whom discussed the concealment and disdosure of (al)chemical knowledge in a series of virtual presenL*ions. The worf(shop also featU￿d two keynote addresses by Nancy Langston and Michelle Murphy The virtual fomiat all0v￿d SHAC to v￿lCome many new scholar5 to its graduate network, approximateFy 80% of workshop attendees had never attended a SHAC event before. At present, the graduate network is planning its 13th postgraduate workshop, to take place virtualty from 13-14 May 2022. The pres8nt theme is 'Chemistry Outside the Lab)ratory." In the past year, the graduate nefvlork has also worked to increase SHAC'S social media presence, especially on Twrtter (@SHACorg) and Irtstagram (shacorg). TAR Mawth 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Award Schema The Society invited applications for fijnding under its Award Scheme with a deadline of 31 May 2021. Following consideration by a committee, Research Awards (for which both early career scholars and indep8nd8nt scholars are eligible) were apwoved as follows: Kate Allan (Universty of Oxford), towards travel and accommodation costs to visit the Kendal Archive Centre and the Borthwick Instrtute of Historical Research, York. related to research on the Clifford Library and uncovering eviden￿ of rts wider urGul&"on. Jenniler Datiles (UCL). investigation of IFgnum nephriticum and the Goa cordial stone b%ithin the context of Philippine science. with funds for additional digital archival rese￿h. Reut Ullmann (Columbia UnNersty), contribution to research expenses inVo￿ed in study of Mikhail Lomonosov's laljours in commercial and academic chemistry. spEcfficalty papers p￿SentlY housed in the RAN archives in SL PetersI￿rg. Russia. and RGADA archive in Moscow, Russia, Sergei Zotov al accwnt 14n3 34 NS&I IrNest￿t￿j)UDt 13019 1394 ¢ash CAF A￿￿1 6211 ID50 1860 1779 unr￿tricI0d fund¥ R•strietèd fund Morr1# Prfzè R•*trietèd fund Sourc Detslla to hMM•t£ to rvMr•¥t £ to n•arMt£ B2 Othor monotary 8888to 8•*rKo olroyali*sdw trcffl wbiMherT&F lJrArnt4x n)sbVpress charge on ary of the assets ofthe CK). ot￿r notes". cl Itèms A6 Ara the cash furwjs ol Charity 303777 Wh￿ tranGlerr•J to thi& thanty on 01￿$1_21 HI •¢c*Ydanr* wilh tho agr•mgnt of tho memtrtrs of313777 at the AGM c¢ the Chanty hekl 27-11-2020 dl ￿ tharty was registered on OM7-2020 at wh'th wni st no assets. th8 peric#J (&07-2020 to 31-12-20 Ihe charity had neither incomo nor •ypo￿rtur¢. ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry **On accounts for the** 31/12/2021 **Charity no** 1190304 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31/12/2021. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 22/03/2022 **Signed: Name:** Susan Elizabeth Ambrose **Relevant professional** FCCA FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Butt Miller Ltd 92 Park Street, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3NY **October 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . No items to disclose. **October 2018** 2 **IER**