## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To Period end date** **Charity name:** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|**The objective of the society for**
**archaeal biology is to create a**
**community platform for researchers**
**studying archaea. For the general**
**public, the charity provides a**
**directory of experts within the**
**archaeal field and assist public**
**education. The charity aims to**
**become a long-term informational**
**resource for both senior and early**
**career researchers and a community**
**forum encouraging the free exchange**
**of information/protocols and thus**
**drive the archaea field forward.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Developing, maintaining, and**
**populatingwww.archaea.bio**
**– a**
**website for sharing protocols and**
**finding collaborators in the field of**
**archaeal biology.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|**We, the trustees of The Society for**
**Archaeal Biology hereby affirm that in**
**the preparation of this Trustees'**
**Annual Report, we have diligently**
**considered and taken into account**
**the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable. The society does not**
**provide grants.**| |Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable. The society does not**
**invest.**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We would like to thank scientific**
**supporters, who are helping us**
**populate and review the protocols on**
**www.archaea.bio**
**.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**The Society for Archaeal Biology was**
**able to launchwww.archaea.bio**
**and**
**populate it with a registry of archaeal**
**scientists and protocols.**
**These efforts have lowered the**
**barriers to research in the field of**
**archaeal biology and facilitates**
**collaboration. In time, we expect them**
**to contribute to new discoveries and**
**greater interest in the field.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|**We, the trustees of The Society for**
**Archaeal Biology hereby affirm that in**
**the preparation of this Trustees'**
**Annual Report, we have diligently**
**considered the financial position of**
**the charity and are certain that it can**
**continue to operate for at least 3 more**
**years without further fundraising.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to cover the**
**ongoing maintenance of**
**www.archaea.bio**
**and mail services.**
**These amount to just under €1,250.00**
**per year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£7,455.00**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Donation from Frontiers Media SA.**
**This is a scientific publisher looking**
**to support the academic community**
**researching archaeal biology.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |||| Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable incorporated organisation
(CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Early career scientists in the field of
archaeal biology.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Society for Archaeal Biology| |---|---| |Other name the charity
uses|Not applicable| |Registered charity number|1199363| |Charity’s principal address|Lytchett House| 13 Freeland Park Wareham Road Poole Dorset BH16 6FA ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Gabriel
Tarrason Risa|||| ||Dr Marleen van
Wolferen|||| ||Dr Mohea
Couturier|||| ||Dr Alice Cezanne|||| ||Dr Solenne
Ithurbide|||| ||Dr Frederik Hurtig|||| ||Dr Nika Pende|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements Not applicable for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Gabriel Tarrason Risa **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 16.04.2024 ||**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**| ||**For the period**
**from**|||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |Donation from Frontiers Media SA|**10,000**|||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**10,000**
|||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**-**| ||**Charity Name**
|**Charity Name**
|**Charity Name**
|**Charity Name**
|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Donation from Frontiers Media SA
**10,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,000**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donation from Frontiers Media SA|**10,000**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**10,000**
**-**
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**10,000**|**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**10,000**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 10,000**
**A3 Payments**
Cashplus Bank - card setupfee
**10**
**15**
Mail and address service - UK Postbox Ltd **120**
Web development service - Atomic Ant Ltd **2,400**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 2,545**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 2,545**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 7,455**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 7,455**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Cashplus Bank - International Bank Load
Fee
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**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
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**2,400**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,455**
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OK
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**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Gabriel Tarrason Risa
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**liability relates**
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**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Gabriel Tarrason Risa|11.04.2024| |||||