## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 11 April 2024 To 30 June 2025 Charity name: - Standing Committee of Analysts Charity registration number: 1207801 ## Objectives and Activities ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of the public in
general (and particularly amongst scientists
and organisations safeguarding public
health) on methods of sampling and
analysis of waters and effluents, sewage
sludges and biota for the evaluation of
public health and risk and environmental
impact associated with water quality by
promoting research for the public benefit in
all aspects of these subjects and publishing
the useful results.| |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|The organisation exists to research,
validate, and publish methods for testing
water and wastewater for the benefit of
public health and protection of the
environment. The methods are adopted by
end users as a basis of in-house or
regulatory methods.
The SCA is managed by its trustees and
management team, a group of seasoned
scientists working in industry or regulation
and together form the SCA Board. The
Board oversee the formation and
management of Working Groups formed
specifically to research and publish a
specific method or methods within a
scientific specialism (e.g. Inorganic
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,
Microbiology, Biology, Radiochemistry).
The SCA publishes the resulting robust
analytical methods as ‘Blue Books’.
The benefit of the SCA is that testing
laboratories have a respected source for a
standardised regulatory-acceptable method
that they can use as a basis for their own| Classification: BUSINESS method without having to research or create their own methods. SCA methods are often prescribed by UK regulators. The wide adoption of standardised methods allows comparability between laboratories but also reassurance that laboratories are working to a satisfactory standard in the protection of public health and the environment. Six Blue Books have been published in the report period. These are: Biology Working Group: The Enumeration and Identification of Algae (Oct24) Radiochemistry Working Group: The Determination of Gross Alpha and Beta Radiation in Potable and Raw Waters by Rapid Screening Measurement with Gas Proportional Counting Detection. (Nov24) Organic Chemistry Working Group: Target and Suspect Screening of Polar Organic Compounds in Raw and Potable Waters by Liquid Chromatography - High Resolution Accurate Mass Spectrometry. (Jan25) Microbiology Working Group: Methods for the isolation and enumeration of Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157:H7) (Nov24) This booklet contains four methods for the isolation and enumeration of Escherichia coli (including verocytotoxigenic E. coli): The isolation and enumeration of Escherichia coli by a chromogenic membrane filtration technique. The isolation and enumeration of Escherichia coli by a multiple tube most probable number technique. The enumeration of Escherichia coli by a defined substrate most probable number technique. The enumeration of verocytotoxigenic E. coli, including Escherichia coli O157 by membrane filtration with a chromogenic detection medium. Classification: BUSINESS |||Inorganic and physical methods, metals
and metalloids Working Group:
The determination of cyanide in waters and
associated material using segmented flow
with in-line UV digestion followed by gas
diffusion amperometry.
(Feb25)
The Determination of Conductivity and pH
in Raw, Potable and Wastewater.
(Feb25)
All participants in the Working Groups do
so voluntarily, with their participation
supported where necessary by the
organisations they are employed by.
Participation in Working Groups offers
educational and developmental
opportunities for contributors.
The accounts reflect that there is no charity
expenditure on employees.
The Blue Books are made freely available
on the SCA website and so available to
potential users serving all applicable
sectors, including water utilities,
educational establishments teaching
sciences, and organisations and
establishments safeguarding public health.
The expenditure of the SCA is therefore
focussed on running and maintaining the
website to ensure all the methods remain
freely available.
Interrogation of website statistics show
typically 800 hits per month, typically to
seek methods from the library.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|SCA provide analytical methods that are
current and fit for purpose, and pertinent to
evolving regulatory requirements, which in
turn are driven by developing instrument
analytical capabilities and public concerns.
SCA work closely with the UK water
industry and its regulators (Drinking Water
Inspectorate. Environment Agency, United
Kingdom Accreditation Service), and many
SCA methods are prescribed by the
regulators, i.e. water laboratories
must use these methods for regulated| Classification: BUSINESS testing. The SCA trustees and management board are drawn from UK regulators and senior water and environmental scientists and understand their responsibilities to deliver public benefit and are focussed on ensuring that the methods developed are relevant and beneficial to subsequent adopters. The public duty extends to ensuring that there is charity income and resource to maintain the Blue Book library freely available via the SCA website. – Library Standing Commitee of Analysts |Additional information (optional)
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The SCA has not made any grants in the
reporting period.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|n/a| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All participants in the work of the SCA do
so voluntarily. A collaboration of around
120 scientists drawn from the water
industry, utility and commercial analytical
laboratories, environmental companies,
and regulatory bodies have contributed to
the publication of six Blue Books in this
reporting period. Researching, testing, and
publishing new methods requires
considerable tenacity and effort. The
participation of volunteers, and access to
analytical resources, are typically
supported by the organisations they are
employed by and SCA remain grateful for
their continued support.| |Other||| Classification: BUSINESS ## 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 SCA has published six Blue Books in
this reporting period, itemised above.
These books will all become the standard
regulatory methods for UK laboratories
providing testing in support of operator self-
monitoring for all the UK water supply
companies and sewage treatment
companies reporting to DWI and
Environment Agency (and regional
equivalents).
The methods will play an essential role in
ensuring reliable analysis of samples taken
to ensure public health through the supply
of wholesome drinking water, and samples
taken to ensure environmental protection
compliance.
Although intended for a UK audience the
protection standards that apply to the UK
water supply and environmental discharges
are broadly international so the methods
have a wider benefit, particularly in areas
where they may not have resource to
develop their own methods.| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| Classification: BUSINESS Financial Review |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The principal source of income was
donations, supplemented by interest on
investments. The donation income has
covered the web hosting fees for the SCA
Blue Book library website for this year, as
well as accountancy fees and other
expenses, with modest excess. The
donation income has allowed the charity to
operate without impacting on its reserves,
but has not significantly increased the
CIO’s cash funds.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The SCA policy is to hold a reserve. The
charity is dependent on donations and has
no predictable or regular income. The
reserve ensures the costs of maintaining
the website and the freely available library
of methods can continue.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2500| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity has reserves and has no
immediate concerns about continuing.| ## 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|
Donations| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| Classification: BUSINESS Other ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution based on CC Foundation
model| |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|The members of the CIO shall be its charity
trustees. The only persons eligible to be
members of the CIO are its charity trustees.
Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of five
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.| ## 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|The SCA is managed by its trustees and
management team. This group consists of
seasoned scientists working in industry or
regulation and together form the SCA
Board. The Board oversee the formation,
management, and publications of Working
Groups formed specifically to research and
publish a specific method or methods within
a scientific specialism (e.g. Inorganic
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,
Microbiology, Biology etc). The Working| Classification: BUSINESS |||Groups (WG) are dedicated to method
development and do not have delegated
powers from the trustees. WG have a
constitution with a chair and secretary
organising and recording meetings. WG
meetings are convened at a frequency
appropriate to the work being done, and
meetings are typically of industry
practitioners (bench scientists and team
leaders) who are able to develop and test
methods in their place of work on a
voluntary basis with the support of their
organisations. Progress reports and
completed methods are submitted to the
Board at periodic Board meetings, and
feedback is provided. Completed methods
are published as Blue Books on the SCA
website and freely shared.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## Reference and Administrative details |Charity name|Standing Committee of Analysts| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SCA| |Registered charity number|1207801| |Charity’s principal address|Standing Committee of Analysts
The Summit
Woodwater Park
Pynes Hill
Exeter
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year|Name of person (or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (ifany)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Barnabas|||Trustees appointed by a
resoluton passed at a properly
convened meetng of the charity
trustees.| ||Paul Greenwood|||| ||Shaun Jones|Treasurer||| ||Tim White|Chair||| ||John Watson|Charity contact||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name n/a ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |Trustee name|Dates acted if not for whole year|| |---|---|---| |None||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Classification: BUSINESS ## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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 n/a ## Other optional information Classification: BUSINESS ## 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) John Watson Shaun Jones Position (eg Secretary, Charity contact Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 27 April 2026 Classification: BUSINESS **Standing Committee of Analysts** **1207801** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 11.04.2024 **To from** 11.04.2024 30.06.2025 **To** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Section A Receipts and payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 1,500 - - 1,500 -
Bank Interest (Savings 1) 36 - - 36 -
Bank Interest (Savings 2) 400 - - 400 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 1,936 - - 1,936 -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
No Asset Sales - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 1,936 - - 1,936 -
A3 Payments
Accountancy 386 - - 386 -
Website Hosting 679 - - 679 -
Trustee Expenses 196 - - 196 -
Sub total [ 1,260 ] - - 1,260 -
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
table)
No Asset Purchases - - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 1,260 - - 1,260 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 676 - - 676 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 12,159 - - 12,159 -
Cash funds this year end 12,835 - - 12,835 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**ry assets**
**ssets**
**ed for the charity’s own**
trustees on behalf of all the
Treasurer
)|Signature
No monies owed
Current Account (01.07.2025)
Reserve Account (30.06.2025)
Notice Account (30.06.2025)
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
No other monetary assets
**Details**
Donated Toshiba Laptop
**Details**
No Investment assets
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,147**
**-**
**2,174**
**-**
**9,514**
**-**
**12,835**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
250
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Shaun Jones|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
19.04.2026| ## **B1 Cash funds** ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** ## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CCXX R1 accounts (SS)