Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
& Oxfordshire
Wildlife Trust
A Company limited by guarantee
Company registered number. 6B0007
Charity registsr•d number. 204330
Annual Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 March 2022
Photograph @ Jason Bu

BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
CONTENTS
Trustees. Annual Report
Independent Audrtorfs Report
13
stste￿nt of FinancEal Acttwbes
15
Balance Sheet
18
ststement of Cash Flows
17
Notes to the Finanaal Statements
18

BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE ￿LDLIFE TRUST
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its Trustees and advisors
Charity re￿$te￿rt ￿.
Comparw r&aister&J no.
68(M)J7
Address of principal and wislered olke
The L(NJge
1 Amistrong Road
Lrtuemts
Oxford
OX4 4XT
Trustees
George Lewy ICha"rl-appointed 28 July 2021
Giaemè Thompson {Honofary Treasuierl
lan DavKlson (Honorary Secretary)
Fran(*s Blind* (Deputy Chair
Jane Cottc
Natal* Ganpat￿ngh
Joanna Davidson- resigned 9 trlthr2021
Chris Mees
Mike Pollard
Gregory Webster
Drew Benndli(*- appointed 28 Juty 2021
Miles Evans- appointed 28 July 2021
Chief Executive
Estelle B81
Inde
or
Haysmaontyre LLP
Chartered Accountan
10 Queen Street Place
London
EC4R 1AG
Freeths
5(1)) Oxford Busines5 Park South
Oxford
OX4 2BH
nkers
Barclays Bank plc.
Oxford City Branch
Oxford
OX1 3HB
Investment Mana
ers
CCLA Investment Management Ltd
Senator House
85 Queen Vicioria Street
London
EC4V 4ET
The Berkshiie. BuckirKJhamshire and Oxfordshire Wldlife Trust IBBowfi was eslatAy5hed in 1959 and incorporated in 1￿￿. 10
$8feguard wildlrfe and wildlife habitats in the Ihiee counbes and lo educale the public aiK)Ut nature w)servation. Over this time, we
have grown into a succe55fiJl local charity and an actNe partner in the Wldlife Trust m0ven￿nI. We ale tsne of the largest ol the
UK'S family of Wildlif8 TIu515. and the only chanty ttjvering the three counlies ol Berkshire. Buckingham$hire and Oxlordshire
concerned with all aspects of nature conservab.on and education.

Objectives, Activities, Achievements and Performance
This year we have launched our Strategic Plan, "Mler2021-2V, wh￿h sets one simple oveiaFching alm." to create more
nature everywhere. To do this, we need to inspire people to take actK)n for nature %thile doing all we can lo restore wilder
landscapes.
We want lo see 30% of the land across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire well tnanaged for nature by 2030. We will only
ach￿Ve this if we can inspire ￿ empower local people and partners lo help us put nature in recovery. By workirrfJ together, we
can ueale bigger. wilder, more C￿)nected landscapes ￿ our three countie5. so nature and F￿p}e (xn thrive and our dimale
h85 8 chan￿ foi rewv8ry.
Our 'Wiklerf vision Mll build on the ambrtion and 8chievements of our 2016-2021 plan '8e PartofNatures Recovery, to continue
the journey lo our new 2030 goals and beyond We have thr* stiategic goals." Put NalU￿ into Recovery. Ernpower People to Act
for Nature 8nd Secufe our Fubjre. These goas guhle ow wiyk over the coming five years.
Our achievements against our fivè-year lary•ts indude the following.
Put Nature into
Recovery
Acquisition of 31 ha of intenyve
grassland within the Upper Ray
ving Landscape
Empower People to
Act for Nature
Secure our Future
Two addib.onal communty projetts
started, iesulting in a presence in
six of our 13 target utban areas
Appointed first Managing
Director of our Future Nalure
ecological consultancy
compleb.on of £2m Water
Environment Grant Fish Pass
Channel at Duxford giving
migratory fish access to an
addityonal 22km of the Thame$
Athon.focused communicat￿S
resulted in a 13% increase in
socaal media fr￿lOwers and 32%
Increase in local and nabonal
media covertye
SIK¢essful implementation of
our salary benchmat*ing plan.
Recrurted and onboarded 57
new Starters
Wesl Bethshire 'Wld Verges.
project undertook botanical
surveys over 170km of road
verges
Increased our number of
campaigning Wldlif
Ambassadors lo 538 taking
action rk*ure
Increased our membership to a
new high of28.539
memberships
Responded to 56 planning
applications where develcpment
threatened nature
Installed new trail and t4.rd h•Jes at
the Nature Discovery Cenlte in
Thatcham
Introduced a third electn"c
Veh￿ie to our fleet
Key aspects of our work urider eath of the theffEs in the 2021-26 Strateo•c PL￿ are detasled below.
Put Nature into Recovery
A5 w8 launched our new Strategic Plan, we managed 86 nature feser¥es covering 2.667 ha. Our wal is lo increase this by at least
2(K)ha during this strategic planning period. We have alreaoy made progre5S towards this witth the acquisition of a new sile at
LLJdg&rshall whth extends our Upper Ray Meadows reser¥e and Nature Recovery Nelwork. OUF total holding is now 2,7C4) ha. The
landholding at Upper Ray Meadows comprises ol over 200ha and is our third largest reserye This LHrge. interconnected nature
reserve supports a wide r8r¥Je ol habitats from fflower-rich meadows to wet paslure with rare wading biids such 8s curlew breeding
here.
Since Septemb81 2021, we have been developirv3 The Trusts Habitat BankiThJ FinarKial Mtyjel, in partnership with
Cheshire. Watwid(shire and Surrey ￿ld1rfe Trusls, and Finance Earth_ We aim for th4S to be a viable model to help us acquire
manage more nature iesetves whid) can also help deli¥er Biodwersity Net Gain. We have also contritmjted to Local Planning
Authorities work on the strategic roll out of Biodiversty Net Gain. hel￿n9 inform biodNer51ty unit PTI(ing. and testing the Defra
metric on potential hal￿'tat banking siles
This year we completed Ihe £2m Water Environtnent GTant Welland ReSI￿ation and Fish Pass Channel wojecl at Chimney
Meadows giving migratw fish a￿$5 to an addth.onal 22km ofthè Thamès. The proieci also ueated 17ha ofwel 9ra5sland

f8alures ideal for vrddiTrJ lyrd5 suth as rJJrfew as well as hdwn9 provide natural flood storage. We have undertaken a baselir
assessrnent of the carbon storage acr055 our landholding ar￿ in floodplain me￿OwS and we are Trrrying out deiailed reseafch into
just how effective this habitat can be at lothiThJ up c8rbon deep in the stxl. In this era of dimate nature emergency, our natUTe
serves continue lo provide a haven foi ￿ldlife. from the rare and beautrful milrtary orchid lover 8rMI flowers were count￿1 last
year} to mor8 abundant species such as gatekeeper buttertiies arKI blue b.ts.
Key achievements against our key strategic objectives Ircth 2021-22 in¢lud•
Acqutsition of 31 ha of intenswe grasslan(l * Ludgershall ¥wthin ihe Bemwood FO￿$t
aThJ Ray Valley LNiryJ Landscape, some of whith will te restored to tradrtional hay
me&Jow aThJ some areas will be W to provKle more tU5socky pasture for birds and
invertebrates.
Redshank bred for the firsl al our Upper Ray Meadows site. Two pairs each
successfulty fledged two you1￿.
A new fvngi speoes ft)r the UK was found at Rushbeds Wood- Irt￿Ybe sti7d(eipan.
This is the third new UK fungi speaes in two years for the reserve.
Water voles wefe ie(x)rded foi the first time in ¢he fen at Dry Sandfoid Pit.
The adder populalion at Pa(h￿rth Common cOntir¢U￿ to do well, vAth a maximum
count of five irKlividuals
Secure(l ovei £400.WO of extemal funding lor projects on ￿serVeS to create hedges.
ponds and ￿ppI(￿ woodland lo benefit domiice. bals and bUtte[fi￿5.
Ensure our nature reser4es
i are rf¢h In wlldlife and
strateglcally èxpand our
I landholding
I Create bSgg&r. wlldèr.
i Connected landscapes and
I networks where wildlife can
We have delNered conseNation projects armss 8 total area of 77.111 ha.
The 3.5 year Hedgerow Havens Project in Buckinghamshire was completed. The
Proieci Offi￿r along with 25 landowners and over 100 volunteers delivered over Skm
of hnew habrtal ￿tor81￿CreatKjn An thtKywI 10Ha of hatxlat I￿1[￿11ng ponds,
mekn5, wcxyjland and scnjb was 8ts0 reslored or (xeated Th& prgeci h*Èd form
five Iwal groups. prov¥JiryJ a for the Pfoieci
The Wesl Bethshire'whj Verges, kwojecg und¢rt¢)ok bot4nica s￿￿Y3 over 17C4(m ol
ad veiges
344 srtes We￿ sweyed lor water ¥rAes, cothffd 172km ofwat8rcC￿￿. Ih
C￿￿nated 2eii mink rafts. SLKcesslulky Iwped S8 m￿k to help
cor*e¥ve ￿￿al vole popU￿t￿n5.
va¢onated 42 badg*s m West Berkshire 8Tr1 on key in Oxfotdshire We
suc£essfulty In*i￿le￿ a￿1 ddNered Ihe fwEt ba(b3Br schane to lake plac
on NatLwal England L3nd
Through Ihe oxfords￿.￿ w￿rfe Sites PKie(* managemthrt vras PTo¥Hl•J to 27
LOC￿ Wddlile &"ies.
D•mongtrnt• how r•tyt¢rlno
naturn can dellver multlple
l environmgntsl bgnefft¥ and
holp tseklè thè cllmots artd
rraturn gm•rgencl•s
Ccffithion 01 £2m Waler Erftmonment Granl F15h P835 ch￿191 81 Duxford Old RNer
Chimney Méa(kn¥s gmng nwgratory fish access ￿ an addl￿"Onal 22km ol Ihe
Thames. The propd also u&ited 17ha of wet grassland features Ideal lor wading
biids gs as well as hdpirvJ prov*le natu[* flrxxl stooge
A th￿e.year ftm(led by Eg)¥er and woth.ng wilh Ihe Floodplain Meadows
Partr￿tshIp 8nd Loffj Mearfs Thames Vaney Wk1fl￿￿er Meadow Re5torntion Prol￿t
was started. 144 s￿1 samples weie collected lo look at carbon storage in floodplain
meadw systems. Pidiminary resutts suggest floodplain meadow5 could be as
nportanl as woodLind in sloring carbw.
I Challenge liousing and
infrastructure that threatens
I naturé's recovery
Responded to ￿ ￿annIng aptAi(xtions Whe￿ devdoF¥nent threatened nature and
reviewed hundreds more.
85% 01 the planning applicatioris reSp￿ded to by BB0￿. have been wilhdiawn,
refused or amended wtth Improved o)nSKlerathons for wildlife, exceeding our target of
at least 75/..
Continued to thalleThJe aThJ campaign ￿8￿nsI HS2 and its damaging pL7ns and
practices.
Res￿nded to Local Pkn consuttations arKI lo￿1 auth￿ltY bK>diVe￿tY slrategies lo
d￿lenge thèm when damaging to nature and recommend inprovements

Empower People to Act for Nature
This past year has seen the tea￿ f<xxJs on enabling community groups to ad for nature with BBOVW support. This has ￿￿ant staff
helping groups wild their local patc17, for examFYe in a care home in Buster or a churchyafd in the Chillem5. We have also
delivered we￿narS and online evenls on wlldlrfe gardening and nature connectedness. The Engaging Unth Nature project has
énabled us to work with new audiences io promote wellbein9. foi example wilh the hwsing and mental W￿1￿ng charity ReSp￿se
at Carramar House In Thatcham, Beth$h1￿.
Team Wilder was launthed to enabk people to aci for wldlrfe. Tra￿u￿ sessions and re50urcEs created and available on our
website allow ￿esS to additional material to rnake aclion accessibk for more peop￿. The weby.te enatAe$ people to showcase
their acion and share tIEir slory lo inswre others to do the Same.
Our educaion centres operaled throughout the year, delivering in a Covid $￿jre way. Thi8 saw 5.073 schoolchildren take part in
sessions led by our leam of prOfeSs￿nal outdoor ed￿10[s_ We restarted ¢)ur n8tUTe clubs for Tols, Tangers a￿1 teens and
reimagined family events lo enal￿e rnore self-led provisK)rh on our reserves_
This year. we have signffi(xnlty irKTeased our nurrrt)eT of (ampaigning Wldife Ambèssadors to 538 pec*)le laking action for nature.
We have also CaMpa￿ned on shortcomings of Ihe Environment Act by meetiThJ our local MPS and inspiring members of the public
to join the campaign. Finally, a Oxfordshire LC￿al Nature Pathership {LNPI was launthd in Novernber 2021, folltswng
BBOWFS involvement in a working group to estabk.sh il. ThLS IS 8 cr￿"(￿ slep tsken in Oxfordshire in prewaration for tr
developmEnt ofa forthcowning LOC￿ NatutE Recovery Strategy.
Key achlovements from 2021-22 include
i Fieconn¢¢t p¢oplo with
nature
Nth¥ ath.fv (xeated to enable people to (x)nnect vnth natu￿ in a variety ofways.
including adult e￿￿tIOn 8cb"vrties. online worksh(¥)s and community outread)
activityes.
A Level prOvis￿n has been created IInk￿9 to Ihe curriculum, enat4irKJ teachers to
creat8 8 package to suit theiT dass needs.
Our bursary programme delwers to the mosl deprived 5(*KK)Js in our ￿￿1t1&S and
enabled 48 prThary school dasses to parbcapale In our ft)rm81 educth.on sessions.
i Engage and $ukiport diverne i • Communty was dèiNered to two 8d(iitK)nal urban arèas: Bi(*stef and
local eommunltSes to act for I
Aylesbury
I nature
Activities working wrth rnen￿ health thanb.es (Respor￿. Eight eells lor Mental Health
s￿1 Style Auel has helK*d partirypan15 ￿aM lo gieen their own sites.
' Use trdnsfom)atlonal
I communicatlons and
I campaigns to protsct
I wildlife and put 170ture into
I r&covgry
More than 5.0(M) people in (xjr three countses s¥Jned up to be part of 30 Days
taking action for nature eath day in June.
Media w¥erage increased 3PA. with BBOWt staff and k)(2tK)ns used for national
t￿￿1510n appearan(zs rfudiThJ Channg14'$ Grpat GaAlen R8voluti(N) aThJ BBC'S
Gounlryfile.
A 13% increase in sooal media followers helped to spread the word about our
campaigns. induding The Wildlife Trusts. Vote for Nature rampaign, the State of
Nature petition. and awareness of the use of neonwbnoids.
I Influence deci¥lon making
i on evèry level to prSorltlse
I nature
Imased our Fwknof carywvJThrwJ Wkffliie Arrthssadors 10 538 p￿18 iaking
aclion for nature.
Campaigned on shorlo)mivJs of the Environment by meeting oul locsl MPS and
inspiring mernbers of the public lo join ihe campaign.
Wofked with parlners lo establish Ihe Oxlordshire Local NalLJie Partnership so all three I
unties now have an LNP lo influence all levels of decisi￿ makers.

Secure our future
If BBowf is to deliver ts ambrtiorts for wildlrfe across the coming years it ¢s crtul that our finances, peO￿e and infrastru¢ture are
resilient tts the challenges we face wthin our i)peratirvJ en¥iionment. We must prepare ourselves for unforeseen arcumstances and
ensure that we respond llexibly to a dynamic wortd.
This year we have continued to adapt our working pra￿[￿5 arDund the unfolding situation wth Covid-19. ensuring thal our
employees and volunteers slay safe at work ar￿ can deliver for nature. We have had Suc￿$ in maintaining our financial security
through un￿rtain times thrOL￿h carefijl ffinarMi￿ mana9ernenL Our rnernberstru"p has also reached its h￿he$l ever level ol over
28,SOOmembeiships- an Inspi￿ng sign Ihat morè than ever are ioinirKJ us in acling for nature. We have also benefited
particular this year from Unpre￿dented levels of grfts in wlls. We a￿ inspired by and inuedibty gratettll to all our donors and
supporters. Our commitment is lo maxNnise the resour￿$ that we have to ensute that they deliver the greatest possitAe ￿paCt for
nature.
Key achievements from 2021-22 include
r Embed effectlve goveffla￿e i • akwrknd Trl￿8e$- Drvw Benr￿I￿k, Miks Evans aThJ Ge￿ge Levvy,
l Ind bus1r￿S plannlng
with the Eatter lakry on the role of Char
Tntstees revwed and agreed a revised rAan. updatod to reled progréss
after fK5t year ofihe rAwrenl ¥lw*egK pkn.
Grow and dlv•rnlfy IM
membershlp supporter b•ge |
•nd dgv¥lop nvw
•ustainable Incom• *trnams
¢)ur erd0￿1 ￿￿8￿m&t￿.FU1v￿ Natufe.. Thi$ is operating
cul￿nt￿ as a brèrKI from wtthin 880￿ is designed 10 drNe future ¢nccffie to t
Trust dso lo achfftie impact for natu￿ ￿rosS our three Coun1￿5.
Mefflte￿hIPs al year ervj 2021.22 ￿ched a historic high 0128.539 memberships
(rèaching 55.(KX)+ inthv￿Ua1sl, and with £3.1m ￿me from memberships.
Llwhall Me&1(Ms appeal raised £XKI.(W Ihrough indivklual gifts. major gifts and
trust gTant fundry. us to secwe I￿$ extens￿n lo th• I*pgf Roy
Over £1.5m legacy inc(xrTre received in 2021-22.
Development work on our Inveslots in Wldljfe wogramrne stralegic shared-value
tporale pthw5hitts.
Develop a valug$4•d
i inclusive workplace for all
I stsff and volunteers
We developed and our saary be￿hmarkIng pbn in older lo ensure our
le8m continue lo be paid fairfy for their hard wortt.
We have succe55fulty embedded our ewnployee development programrne. wth five
drfferenl Coh￿1$ tunning simukaneiMJS1y.
We have created the f(KJndaiions of our Equality, Equity. Diversty and I￿lUs￿)n IEEDI}
strategy.
We have eNectNely recrurted arKI onboaTded 57 new stsrters.
We have centTrlised our volunteer retAJthenl.
We continue to evofve our Empbyee Voi(t Forun and have launched the Volunteer
Voice Forum.
Buil¢i fit for purpose
i infrastru¢tur• to support
i flexible working
We ointinued our investrnent in ICT effjjipment. induding laplops, fo support staff
hybrid workirbg.
We impkM￿1ed the Xledger finan¢% $ystém. j￿nIng 20 olher Wldlrfe Trusls on thi5
software.
We have begun a programme of works lo irnprove wotking at our Offi￿ in Oxfoid and
undertaken a prOgramTh￿ of planned arKI ￿8¢￿ve maintenance across our nine
operational bases.
R¢duce our cwrbon I￿￿%15￿1 l • purchased 8 thwd vehK* ts oyrflèel rerithed three tthesel driven
i and embed sustalnabllbty
vehides to reduce our emissions.
practices
We Installed LED ￿.ghling al Estovers. Meadow Farrn, Woolley Firs and Chimney
Meadows
We now have electr￿ vehide dwiging tK>ints to allow raimd charging of the irust's
grOwW￿ electric fleeL
contsnued to monilor our carbon emissions a(Yoss Ihe trust.

Plans for 2022-23
As we move into the second year ol our Strateg￿ plan we are IcJ)kir¥J to build on the prTrJress we h*e made in the past 12 months
across all of our IhrÉ& Strateg￿ ot4"eclives.
Put Nature into
Recovery
Wè will:
Ensure our existsng reserves a￿ rith in wildlife al￿ seDJre fwwjing for delivery from govemment
grant schemes.
ProacDvdy investigate opportunilses lo exparMY our ￿s￿e$ Landholding.
Explore where nalural pr￿ss-led management may be possible on both our own reserves. and
8cross the WKJer knds(xpe.
vitrk towards implementiro 8BOWT's BKJdwersty Net G8in offerng through one demonstrab'on
site.
Deve&)p and fundraise for new landscape scale conservation projects in the wider countryside,
paitulady in Ihe Bemwood, Otmoor and Ray region.
Support the development ofthe new statutory Lo(31 Nature Recovery Strategies in each ¢ounty.
Partner wf(h researcJ)ers lo test and gathei evidence aty)ut the muthple benefjts le.g.. natural
capital) delivered by our nalure resetves and wder countryside.
Empower
People to Act for
Nature
We will..
Further devebp IkeamWILDER communications, focusing th (xlls to aCt￿)n and tsytrway dialogue.
Develop and IMp￿ment an events stralegy arKI a(Xion plan.
Continue lo support rnembers ol the public lo iestx)nd to Wanning ap￿icatIOnS in a way that
supptsrts and defends wkjlife.
Activety woth wrth I(￿1 envir￿Ments1 slakehrAder5 10 infiuence how bx)dNersity offsets are
delivered Iccally to ensure we see true gains in bi<)di¥ersity in the future.
Deliver Team Wlder adwity in two new U￿an areas n Reading and Slough.
Create and kn"litate the o)mmunty group netsvork across OLX three Ix)unties.
Delwer SeC￿d ￿aSe ofproieLi at WTrJsor Greal Park Envitotjmentsl Centre in our partnership
with Ihe Crown Estate.
Create ￿ld￿0￿3] volunteering opportunib.es thrcyjgh Team Wlder lo upskill more people to enable
action for wildlife.
Ci83te nèw acb"vib"es at our educabon centres lo enable more people Io D)nnect to natura.
Secure our
Future
We will=
Review and refresh our oxporate membership 8rKI partnership proyrnmme.
Plan and implement a long-temi fundraising campaign.
Launch the Meles Cirde (Maj￿ donors) and Legacy Swety.
Expand major donor research. identif￿tIOn and relats'onship building.
Complete internal refurbi5hrnent of Ihe Nature Discovery Centre.
Roll out of a phone system.
Launch and emw our EEDI strategy acn)ss the org￿lSa(10n.
Revw4 and enhance our reixuitrnenl experiertt to ensure it is process-lite, indusive, focussed on
ihe canthdate experience and fulty efYJaged managers.
Review our FEople syslems lo ensure they add value and adopt a move from people polic￿$ lo
people prinaples to ¢￿ate a more ffexible and engaging approach.
Review our volunteer plan to establish the focus and capa4ity needs for our expanding team of
volunteers to ensure all needs are met.

Structure, Governance and
Management
nominaled Trustee reports back lo the lull Board on Health
and Safety fflatters.
BBowf is an actNe member ofthe Royal Society of Mfildlife
Trusts IRS￿1. This is the national partnership organisab.on
for the 46 indepeThlent Wddlife Trusts operaling across the
UK. All the Wldlife Trusts ¢ontribute an annual lewy to fund
the Rswf to provKle information and support services as
well as advcKacy and 18presentab.on at a nakncnal, UK-wide
and ntemational level.
The ¢harily is a ¢￿TrpanY limited by guarantee. wvemed by
Articles of Ass(ciab"on. last upmjated in 2017.
The objects of the charty are for the public benefit to
safeguard and enhance biodiversity Imeaning the variety of
life in all its forms, levels and combinatK•ns, induding
ecosystem diversity, speaes diversity and 9&ieb"c diversrtyl.
and in partiwlar
al to Lkndertake and pron)Jte the conservation of wildlife
species and their habbtats induding the restorthon and
creation of such habitats..
b) to promote public uThJerstandMig of, aThJ supwrt for. the
natural workj,. and
cl to campaign in supporl of sustainable prinoples and
praCti￿S for the protectson of the natural environment.
The TrLtstees confim that they have cornpl￿ wrth the dkjty
in sethon 17 01 Ihe Charities Act 201110 have duè regard to
pubh"c ￿nerrt 9uidance published by the Charty Commission
in detemining the aclivities undertaken by the charity.
Strategic Report
The Trvslees, who a￿ also the Directors of bye company,
present their report foi the year ended 31 March 2022 The
Tnjslees, Rep￿1 inGludes the Strategic Repori required by
the Compatwes Act 2(X)6 (strateg￿ Report and Directors,
Report) Re￿lationS 2013.
The govemin9 body is the Board of Trustees. Tnjslees are
diawn from the membership and if there are vacarKies orh
the Board then nominations for Twstees are requested frLK
the substtiption-paying members our mefflbet5hip
magazine and website. Those Inte￿$ted in becoming
Trustees are invited to meet the Trusfs Nominab"ons
Committee, whih makes recommendations to the Board and
the tlletnbership.
Risk Assessment and Risk
Management
Members vote forTnJstees. who are elected lor a thre&year
term, but Trustees rnay stand for re-election at the end of this
period. In line wrth recommendations ofthe 2018 Charity
Govemance Code lendorsed by Charity Commission)
the re-appointment of any Trustee who has served mo
than nine years will be subject to rigorous review and
èxplained in ihe Trustees. Annual ReForl.
The Tmstees regularty review the stralegic nsk asstsssmenl
and risk management register dealing with the r￿skS thè
chatty may and the processes and proTrdures 10
mty*e those risks.
The cO¥￿-19 pandemi has t￿ught new risks over the past
Iwo years. The charity remains highly vigilant about the risks
posed to the health and wellbeing of our stsff, volunteers,
visiiors a￿1 supporter&
The Trustees elect a Chair al their next meeting following the
AGM, and Ihey may co-opt mervbers on to the Board of
Trustees during the year to fill shortages.. these
appointments must be confirmed at the next AGM. O
elected, new Trustees folbw an induction programme in
whid) they meet senior members of staff and are
8ncourag8d to visit B80v￿ visitor ar)d eduixb.on centr85
and naturè rès&rves.
In addth'on to Ihe SkEafic risks brought by Gowd-19. the
prinapal risks for ihe charity a￿ in the following Ihiee areas..
OperatK)nal risks induding the loss of key staff. heaf(h
and safety risks around managing land and buildings,
and safeguarding."
FinarKxal risks IndudiThJ fluctuations in donations.
membeiship and eatTrd income", and
Shifts in the extemal enviionrnent. for example
increased antF*oual behaviour on our reserves. shffts in
environmental policy or the public perceptions ol
charities.
The Board of Trustees delegates the day-tolay running of
BBOWT to its Chief Execulwe. who is supported by the siaff
and volunteers of Ihe Trust. The Chief Executive provides
the Board with an operational report four bmes a year, and
belween Board meetings works dosely wth the Chair,
Honorary Offi￿rS and other nominated Trustees on matters
of govemance. The Board is also supported by the FinarKe
and Audit Cotntnittee. Thi5 comprises TTUStees induding
Honorary Offii2is, expert volunteers. the Chief Executive.
Finance and Govem3niE Directoi and the Head ol Finanre.
The Firnan￿ and Audit Committee is chaired by a Trustee
nominated by the Board and is responsible lor monitoring the
financial health and the intemal ￿￿trOlS of the Org￿lsation.
Measure5 to rnanage and mitigate risks indude maintaining
ornpiehettsive insurance and appropnate levels of financial
reserves. rewitrng and retaining suitably trained and
expen'en"ced staff, imtjemenling a strong policy fiaméwork,
and taknng active steps to sustain positive relab'onships with
key stakets)Iders.
Promoting Safeguarding
Bowr has a GOverna￿e Group whth is an ad IK
working group that exis¢s to &dress issues needing to i
developed outside the rnain Trustee meetsngs.. its rde Is to
make reoomrnendatK)ns to the main body of Trustees
according to the task in hand. There is also a Reserves
Acquisition Group. the purpose of which is to advise the
Board on the acquisition and disFX)sal of land. and on related
policies, in ac(x)Idance with the Trust's strategic objeclwes.
8BOWT has a separate Health and Safety Commiltee and a
Safeguarding i% a key govemance priorty f￿ TTuslees so
that the n5k of safeguarding inudents is minimised. and so
that rt is safe for Ihose affected to come fotW8rd and report
inc4dents and conTrrns wrth the assurance they will be
handled sensitively and property. Ovr Safeguarding and
Chikl Piotection Policy (Code of Practi￿) is regularly
reviewed and updated In the light of experien￿ and thanges
In gUid￿ce or regulation_ 880￿ has two appointed

designated Safeguarding leads respon&ble for enS[￿Th3 Staff
and volunteers are supported to be to resrK>nd to any
safeguarding con￿r￿ appropriatety The BBOWT HeaKh and
Safety Comniitee. which include$ 8 member ofthe Board of
Trustees, has the responsibilty of reviewing any ￿￿)rted
incidents and reports directly to the Board of Trustees. There
were no reported safeguarding inudents involving Ihe Trusfs
work during the year.
vehicle to our fleet. and instal￿￿ LED lighiing and electri¢
vehide charging points at a nurnbgr ol sjtes.
Our Fundraising Standards
Our approach lo fvndr8igng IS to be honest and transparent
wrth our membefs, donors and supporters about where Iheir
money goe5 and why we ask for don8ts"tsns. We publish
infom)atrJn wwjely aboul our work and we seek to keep
everyone inlomied. We communicate dearfy why we need
(lonatrTh and what adivitss money w￿1 be spent on.
Through our education and communty ￿ga9ernent prc¥ects
we work with thousan(ts of children, young people aT¥J
vulnerable adults every yeat. Thousands more people
onnecl with our work thrtsugh attending publ￿ events and
activities. We strNe lo (k) everythFng po&8ible to make sure
that everyone has a safe and positsve experien￿ when they
become Involved in our work. All slaff are aware of Iheir
duties in terms of child protedion aThJ safeguarding. and
Specific training 15 given lo staff who work on education and
community projects. Vve have rigor￿5 Systems in ￿a£e for
Our Staff re(xuilment and ensure that all the approprklte
Disdosure and Batring servi￿ IDBSI checks are carried
out.
Tnjslees ale avrare of the need to uphold the highest
starKlards of fundraising practice to safeguaid Ihe good
reputabon of the Trust, whith has been built up through
many years of wod w)fk. ￿lIst day lo day ￿ponsIbIlity for
fundraising is delegated to staff. the Trustees remain
ultunatety res￿)n￿b￿ arKI fundraising practice is reguSarfy
discussed by the Board. The Finance and Audit Committee
meets wth the Fundraising. cowmunicab.ons and Marketing
01￿clOr on a quartejly basis to review (xjrrent and fvture
fundrai&ng athvity- induding agreeing our meihods of
fLmdraiwng. reviewing the use ol extemal suppliers and
examining cost effectiveness. FundTai5ing is induded on the
Trusfs risk register which Is monitoied by Trustees. Trustees
view cclnplainls to er￿Ure our fundraising praCt￿e is
carried c￿t to the agre8Y stsndards and any lessons are
leame(J.
Measuring ourown environmental irnpa¢t
We are taking steps lo minirnise OLJf (Y•¥n environmental
irnpact. As part of this corT¥nitrnenl we TeFXJrt on energy use
and energy generalh)n all (Kjr buildings 8nd Veh￿jeS
operations. The use and generation for 2￿21r22{2o20r2ll
BBowf is a registered substhber to both the Fundraising
Regulator and the Institute ol Fundraising. Vve cornply fully
th the Fundraisiro Regulatorfs Code of Fundraising
PraCt￿e and the six guKling principles identif￿d in ihe
Charity Cornmissh)n guidance foi Ttustees on charity
fiJndra1￿ng ICC201. Orh oui website and in our membership
literature we prcmole our Fundraising Ptotllise outlining how
we wll treat our supporters. theii data and how they wish to
be o)nlacied by us. A Vulnerable Adutts pdicy and training
has been put in place to proted against unreasonably
intrusi¥e or persistent fundraising approaches. A detailed
privacy statement land a complaints procedure) is
highlighted on our website and in our publicity to ensure we
arE dear and transparent about our use of data. During
2021r22 we re￿iVed a totaj 0126 ￿M￿aIntS ielab'ng to
fundraising.
Electrtcity use. 258.338 ￿￿1197.558 kv￿>
Electricity generated- PV panels: 30.4(￿ kw)
127,117 kWh>
Gas use." 2,067 k￿11.743 kwh)
LPGIOil. 4,155 litres11.290 litresl
Motor veh￿Ie fuel.. 12,442 litres112.62315tr&$)
Metered Waler lon 9 sites).. 2,562 m (1.(X18 m }
The prior year12020-211 saw unusually low erergy
consumplion on our estate- largety caused by the Covid-19
pandemic which saw many buildings under-utilised. As staff
hève relumed to site this year, so our consumpb.on has
increased alth￿9h having irNesled sign"fficantly in LED
Iighling we hope to see dectricity consumpbon again drop off
next year. We always expect significant fluclualions in gasloil
figures as these are impacted by timings for when we fill up
tanks. All of oui electricity ublty contr￿lS are from IC()%
r￿n￿able sources wth Ecolriaty.
BBOWf uses two extemal fundraising suppliers lo help with
recruitmenl and fundraising. All providers are screened and
monrtored to ensure they adWre to ¥g￿ed guidelines
induding the Fundraising Regulalorfs C(Kle of Practi￿ and
B80￿'S ethical standards Our main extemal fundraising
suprAier. Mdlife Fundrai￿ng (Centrall Ltd. was set up in
2013 by BBOWt and seven other Wildlrfe Trusts as a
company lirniied by guarantee. The role ol the company is to
carry oul membership reL￿rtMent. Along with the oth8T
Trusls. BBowf conltibuted a loan to support the set-up
costs of the company and conb.nuès lo have a non-executive
pO￿tion on the company s board.
BBOWt 15 cornmitted to understanding and reduryng its
caibon footprint. We have completed two iteralions of a
caibon footpnnling tool designed ty the Royal Society of
Idlilè Tiusls to inciKporate Scope 1-3 faiaors. The last
iteration of the t(K)I calculated the oulput of carbon into the
environrnent os 808 tonnes Coze for the year ended 31
March 2021 befor8 any sequestration from our work is taken
inlo account. It is oui intention to run a new loowinl for
2021-22 bul this wll be lalei in the year. Inteies*"ngly. a Jarye
portion of this carbon is created by INestoth wlhin our
conservaiion grazing operab.ons txjt we still believe there are
things we can do lo reduce our impact. Calculating the
sequestration and carbon storage of ow work is something
we are exploring, but Tegardless of this figure we still bdieve
we must look at how we are re￿aSing Cart)on ar￿ ways to
rninimis8 Ihis. We have operated solar panals on our
buildings for many years but a￿ lookirKJ at expanding our
arrays in the future. In the past year we added a third electric
2021122 Financial Review
Toial income was £9.472k. This represents a 35°/D increase
on the previous year1£7.015kl. Tolal expe￿lture was
£8.026k which was also an increase on the pnor year
{£6.438kl. The resulting surplus before net gainslk)$ses on
investments. Iransfe15 and actuarial gainsllosses was
£1.446k c(rfnpar&Y with a surylu5 of£577k in 2020r21. A3

noted above, this surplus was driv￿ largety by excepb.onal
levèls ol income froffl legaaes.
£451k for land PUTchase that tsyo legtLie5 have
contribLrted to this year.
Income
Unrestricted income {£5.692kl was 60% 01 total incom&
£3,1(6k of Un￿s{r￿ert income was raised Irom our
members in the form ol Me[[tt￿&h¥1 aThJ mertbLwth"p
donations.
Legacy income1£1.5S2kl wa5 up on the prior year
1£647kl and reflects our highest e¥er legacy tolal.
Restricted incorne1£3.780kl fflade up 40Yo of tota
income, this was boosted In particular by £1.374k for Ihe
Water Environmènt Grant for Chimney Meadows.
Defined BÈnefrt Pension Scheme Li¥bblity
The lotal defined benefit pension scheme liability al 31
March 21Y21 is £556k. As outlined in Note 16 to the
finarKial statements this ielales to the Royal County of
Berkshire Pension Fund.
Financial Reserves
All tharib.es are tequir81t lo dèvelop a pOI￿Y whith
Èstablishes a ￿Ve1 of fin￿r￿131 reserves that is right for
the charrty and to explain why holding these reserve5 is
Expenditure
Our tr811ing costs- includiThJ cost of sales- of £883k
mad8 up 11 P/0 of tolal expendiiure (2020121 £434k, 7Qknl.
These have increased a5 they now include costs from
our Futuie Nature ecological consultary and because
our visitor centres had fewer dosures due lo Covid-19
restrictions than in Ihe prior year.
Mfithin our Trading Cost5 are t[￿￿ed the cost5
sso¢iated with running our visitor centres. Taken
s cornplele siles. including donation5 Irom visilors,
$018r generabon and asso(xated grant incorne. we 8re
pleased thal these are now covering their costs bul
under the SORP definilK)r of trading income and
expenditure, this is not irvrnediately apparent tt) ttsers of
these accounts.
Gosts of raising fvnds- exCI￿11ng these tradiftg c05tS-
at £1,295k represen116°k of total expenditure12020r21.
£967k. 15%}. This kr￿ludeS the costs of recnjiting and
retaining rnembers. funilraising arKI a share of supwrt
costs.
charitab￿ activities1£5,848kl were 73°A of total
expenditure178/o in 2020r211. This is broken down into
ihree categories that ￿flect our core activities wilh each
area induding a propo￿.0￿ ofsupport Servi￿ alIc￿ted
on the basis of slaff time. The areas are".
Nature reserves management134%1 i￿L¥JeS
the costs of improving puL4ic access to our nature
reseNes, nature conseNab"on work, INestock
management and ol Yeh￿les, tools and equipmènt.
Wildlife awareness and eduotion122Qk) which
includes the ¢osts of running our edui2lbon and
V151tor centres. public information campawns and
Wild. our mernbership magazine.
Looking after Ihe wder countryside117%} which
indudes Ihe cosls of stsff who work on plannit¥J
issues. specie5 and habitat monitoring. and worknng
togelher wilh othei oiganisations and landowners to
prolecl habitats.
The Truslees have Con￿de￿d the minimum level of
financ4al re5etves and adopted an approach Ihal link$
thal level wrth Ihe nsks 18ung the organisation as
idenb.fied in the organi5ational ii$k regisler as well as our
budgeted unlestr￿ted opeoling costs for the year
ahead. Based on this 8ppToath, al Mard) 2022 the
minimum of reserves that the TrLJStees consider to
bè wlable is £1,687k based on our 2022-23 budget.
In addth.on to Ihe minirnum level ol reserves, the
Ttustees have also identified our optimum level of
reserves, cAaJlated (o be be￿een the minimum levd
up lo the equivalent of six tllonlhs of unrestricied
operabThJ costs.
The actual of free ￿serveS at 31 March 2022 was
£3.531k (general UnreStr￿ted funds less the net
unrestn.cted pension liability). This falls jusl atK)ve our
optThuffl ran9e. constitubng 6.3 mcmlhs ofoui
unreslricted costs based otj approved 2021122
budget. Resetves werè boosted this year by
unprecedented levels ol legacy gNing. The Trustees
consider this levd of reserves to be acceptable given
the unceriain e￿c￿l¢ situatson we ale operating
within.
Pay and Remuneration
The managetnent of the Trust was led by the Chief
ExecufNe and a Direcloi Teatn including a Land
Management Directoi, C(xnmunity Engagement
Director, ConsetvatK)n Strategy Ditector, Fundraising,
Communrations and Marketing Director. Finance and
Operations ThrectOT and a People Director. The pay and
remunerabon for the Chief Executnie is overseen by the
Board and set through a piwEss Ihal involves
evaluath)n ofjob rdes and benthmarkmg against
comparable roles in simHar organisati(Ms Iinduding data
from the Croner Charity Reward Survey) All job ro￿$
are evaluated against the Croner JET evaluation criteria
whith indude complexity. ￿0)untabIlitY. PToven 8b.lity
and Independen￿ of action.
Unrestricted Funds
BBOIW held £16,486k in Unresir￿1ed funds induding
designated funds.
Designaled funds are uniestr"Kaed funds whith have
been used for fixed and illvestment assets1£5.012kl.
nature reserves1£7.309kl and other purw)ses (see Note
17 to the financial statemenls)
General funds are unrestricted funds have yet
been used.
Investment Policy
Decisions on the Trust's investments are made on the
basis of ihe purpose ofthe investment, 3￿ptable
levels trf risk and retum, and ethical considerations
arising frotn the TtU5t's chai¥iable objectives. The Trust's
overall Investment Objectwe Is lo produ￿ the best
finawal relum wrthin an acceptab￿ level of risk". Ethic21
consbderalK*ns are irnFK>rtant to the Tiusl and will be
considered in all investment deotsion5. A5 fai as is
reasonat4y possit4e, preferen￿ wll be givèn to
inveslments that safeguard and enhance biodNersity,
Restricted Fund$
BB0v￿ held £1,435k in restricled incOff￿ funds. up
from £954k in the previous yeai. Thè use of the funds
has been restricted by the donor or grantor for specific
purposes. Induded in this amount is a restricted fund ol
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promote the conservation of wkjlrfe speaes aThJ Iheir
habitals and support sustainable prinaples and
practices for the protection of the en¥ironmenl. Overall.
the policy is not to invest in companies thal are in
breach ofthe UN conv￿￿.0￿ on Bidwcal Diversty
ICBDI.
Total investmenl income for the year was £177k, dov
slightly from £193k the previous year. Our investmenl
income includes income from inveslments managed by
CCLA, from rental properb'es and from ￿￿r photovolta
installations.
Trustee'$ In$uran¢
BBOWt provides insurance to its Trustees 8gaiv
liability in re5ped ol actions brought by third parlies,
subject lo the conditions set out in the Companies A
2006. Such qualrfying third-party Indemnity insurdnce
remains in force as at the dale ol appro¥M)g the
Trustees, Report.
Liability of Members
The members of the u)mparhy agree to c￿tribUte
sum, nol exceeding £1. in the event ofthe company
being wound up

BERKSHIR& BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE bMLDUFE TRUST
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Statement of Trustees. Responsibilities
The Trustees Iwho are aLs0 Directors ol Berkshire, B￿kInghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust for the purpx)ses of company
lawl a￿ responsible for preparing the T¥ustees' Report and the fu)anc3al statements in accoidance wilh applioble law and Untted
Kingdom Accounting Stsndafds (United Kingdom Generauy Accepted AccountirvJ Practi￿1.
Company law TequKes ts Twstees to KKepare ffinartial slathents for ew* ffinanoal year that give a true and fair view olthe state
of affairs ol the charitable company and oflhe incuning resources and awicatson of resources. induding the income and
expenditure. of the charitable wmpany for that period In preparing these finan(ial statements, the Trustees are required lo..
Selecl suitable accounting poliaes and then apply them wnsisleFitty
Obsetve the methods and prinaples in the Charities SORP
Make judgements and eslimates that are reasonable and prudent
Stale whether applicable UK Accthjnting slarmlards h￿e been followed. sut¥￿t tr) arry material departures disclosed and
explained in finanaal statements
Prepa￿ the finanijal statements ￿ 8 going IxM)(*rn basi8 unless it is irwprowiate to presume that the charitsble
company will continue in business
The Tru5tee$ 8re respon&ble for keeping proper accounbng rpwrds that disclose with reasonab￿ accuracy at any lime the
financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the finanaal statements comply with the Companies
Act 2006. They are also iespwsitAe for safeguarding the assels of Ihe chatitablè company and hence fortaking reasonable steps
for Ihe prevention and detection of fraud and other Irregulanb'es. In so far as we are aware..
There is no relevant audrt itrfoFmaknon ofwhich the tharitable cofflpany's auditor is unaware. and
The Trustees have taken Èll steps Ihat they oughl to have laken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit
informalion and to establish Ihat the audrtor is aware ol that ￿fOrmati
Auditors
A resolution appointing exlemaj auditors will bè proposed atthe AGM in ￿)[dance vthh Seclion 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
Approval
In approving the Trustees, rewt the Trustees are also approving the Strateg￿ reporL
On behalf of the Board of Trust
Juty 2022
George Levvy- Chair of Board ol Trustees
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BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE Y￿Lf￿￿E TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BERKSHIRE, 8UCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE
WILDLIFE TRUST
Opinion
We have audited the financia staternents of Berkshiie, BuckwvJham5hiie and Oxfotdshi18 ￿1￿lIfe Trust for the year ended 31 March
2022 which Gompiise the Statement of FInal￿￿j Activities. Balan￿ Sheet. Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial
statements, including a summary ol stgnTrficant ￿coUn[1ng FN)lioes. The finanual reF¥)rting framework that has been applied in their
preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Stsndards. induding Finanaal Reporting Standaryl 102 The Finanual
ReportNng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ir8land (Unrted lfjogdom Generally Accepted Accounting Prac[1￿).
In our opinion. the ffinancial 5ts1ernents'.
give a true and fair view ofthe state of the dHritable (xynpany's affairs as at 31 March 2022 and ofthe tharitable D)mpany's
net movement in lunds. Ir￿l￿ding the InC￿rne and eX￿ndItUre. for Ihe year Ihen ended,-
have been propedy prepared in accordance with United ￿ngdoM Generally Accepted Accountiru Pradice.. and
have been prepared in aCt0rdar￿ wilh the Nulreff￿nts ofthe Companies Act 20C6.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in aCCordar￿e with Intemalional StandaTds on Audthng IUKI IISAS {UK)l and ap￿ICable law Our
responsibilibes under those standards are further described in the Audrtorfs res[M)n￿bILltles for the audit of Ihe financial st8tements
section of our report. We are independent of Ihe charitable company in accordan￿ wrth the ethical r￿uIreMeNtS that are relevant lo
our audit of the financial statements in the UK, induding the FRC'S Eth￿?1 Slandard, and we have fuifjlled our other ethical
responsibil￿.eS in aco)rdance with these reqUireMe￿t$. We belteve that Ihe audit evhlence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to prOV￿e a basis for ow opinion.
Conelusion# relatiry to 90ing wncem
In auditing the financial slalements, we have Cond￿ thal the Irustees. use of the going COn￿M basis of accounting in the
preparation of Ihe finanual stalemenls is aF4)ropriate.
Based on the Wofk we have perfomied. have mt identified any material uncerta4ities relating to events or conditions ihal,
individually or Ix)Ilecbvdy. may casl significant doubt on the tharitable ¢x)mpany's ability lo conlinue as a goin9 Ix)ncem for a period
of 8t least twelve rrK)nths from when tIE finan(ial statwnents are a￿￿15ed for issue.
Our responsl)ilrfcies and the responsitM"Idies of Ihe trustees wlh TestEd lo going con￿rn are described in relevant sectK&ns of this
Feport
other infomiation
The trustees are responsible for the othef inlorn)ation. The other information comprises the inforniation induded in Ihe Trusiee5'
Annual Report. Our opinion on the financkAI statements does not cover the other inlom)abon and. except to the extent othe￿ise
expliatly stated In our ieport, we do not express any lom) of assufarte condusion thefeon.
In ¢xnnedion wih our audt of the financjal sialemenls, our respongbilty is lo read the other inlomwtion and. in d￿ng so. consider
whether the other infomialion is materially inconsistent wth the finanaal stalemenis or our knowledge obtained in Ihe audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we Idenbfy suth mateftal inconsistenaes or apparenl material misstatements, we are
requI￿d to determine whether there is a materkal misstatemènt In Ihe financ4al statements or a ma(erial misstatement ol the other
infomation. If, based on the work we have perftsmied. we condude hat there is a malerial mi8statement of this other informalion.
we are required to report that fact. Vve have nothin9 to teport in this regard.
Opinion# on other rnatte￿ pre8¢ribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion. based on the work undertaken in the course of the audrt".
the inlormalion given In the Trustees. Annual Report (which indudes the strategic repoTI and the directors. report prepared
for the purposes of company lawl for the finanoal year for whith Ihe finanaal sialements are prepared is consistent with the
financial slalements., and
the SIrateg￿ report and the diredors. re￿rt Ir￿￿ded within the Trustees, AJ)nud ReFx*l have been prepared in accordan
with appI￿at￿8 18ga r8quiremenls.
Mattèrs on which we are required to report by exception
In the light ol the knowledge and understanding of the charitaNe company and its enwronment obtained in the course ol the auiliL
we have not identified material misslalernents in the Trustees. Annual Report (which IrKorFX)rates the strategic report and Ihe
direc#ors' report}.
We have nothing to repTht in rtspe(a ofthe foll{￿7[¥j matte[5 in relalioFTr to which the Cornpanies Act 2CQ6 requires us lo report to you
if, in our opinion..
adequate acttiunling records have ntrl been kept by the charitsbk company. or ￿turnS adequate for wr audit have nol
been re￿ved frixn branches not vi￿ted by us". or
the charitable company finanaal statements are not in agfeemenl the accounting reo)rds and retums,. or
certain disd05ures of trustees. remunet31K)n speufied by law are not m￿je,. ot
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8ERKSHIRE. BUCIUNGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSPllRE V￿LOuFE TRLIST
INDEPENDEMf AUDITORS REPORT
we h8¥e nol r8ceNèd all the infomiation and eX￿anatkjns we require for our audrt.
Respon¥ibilitie$ of trustees for the financial statements
As explained more fvlly in the trustees. responsibilibes statement sel oul on page 12, the Iruslees (who are also the directors ol the
charilable (x)mp8ny for the purposes of ¢ompany law} are responsible for the pieparation of the financial statements and for being
saiisfied that they give a true and fair view. and for suth intemal control as the trustees determine 15 nectrssary to enab￿ lh8
preparation of financial statements that are free from rnaterial misstalemenl, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements. the twstèes are resFM)nsible for assessiro the charilable companls abilty to continue As a
going concem, disclosing. as applicable, maiters related to going concem and ugng Ihe going con￿rn basis of aco)unting unless
the trusteès either intend to liwidale the chgrtsble cofftpany or lo cease c4)erations. or have no realislic altern8tNe ixjt to do 60
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obiain rea$￿alle as5uiance about whether the fina￿la1 statèments as a whole are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. and to issue an audito¢s report that indudes our opinion Reasonable agsurance is a
high level ol assurance, bul is not a guaranlee that an audil condLKted in wth ISAS IUKI will a￿vaYS detecl a mateTo1
misstatement when it exists. Misslalements Ggn arise from fraud or error and are wnsidered matetial il, indiv￿UallY or in the
8ggiégatè, they ctyjld reasonably be expected to influenc£ the eCOrK)m￿ decisions ol users taken on the bas￿ of these financial
stgtemenls.
Irregularities, induding fraLKI, are ￿sla[￿*S of nOn-¢A)MpJian￿ with Laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our
responsibilities, outlined aiK)ve. to dete(a material misstateM￿tS in respect of irregularities, Ind￿Jing fraud_ The extent to which our
procedures are capaNe of deiecling itregularib"es, Ir￿￿r￿￿ fraud is delailed bel¢)w'.
Based on our understanding ol the charitatAe corTwany and the environment in whKh Èt operates, we considered the extent to wh￿h
non-complian￿ mighl h8ve 8 rnateri81 effeu on the finanaal statements. We also ¢Onside￿d those laws and regulations th81 have
a direct imp8¢t on the proparalion of the financial statements 5uth as Chariws Royal Charter, the Charities Act 2011, p8yro11 tax
and sales tax.
We evaluated mana9emenYs In￿n￿'ve$ and op1￿￿n￿.es for fra￿du￿nI marripulation of the finaKkal ststements (including the risk
of override of contTolsl. AL*Jit pro￿ureS performed by the Èng8yÈment team induded..
Inspecting cOrreSp￿deNce wth regulato￿ ar￿ lax authoribes".
Discussions with management induding consideration of krvwn or susp￿ted InStan￿S of non-(x)mpl1an￿ with laws and
regulalion and tr8ud'.
Evaluating managemenfs conlrols designed to prevent and deteci iTheguLartbes',
Identrfying aThJ testing ioumals, in particularjoumal entries posted wilh unusual a￿OUnt combinations, poslings by unusual
users or with unusual descriptions. and
Challengln9 assumptions and judgements rn￿le by management In their crritscal awountirKJ estimates
Because of the inherent limitations of ar7 audil. r3 a risk that we will not detecl al irregularities, Ind￿lIng those leadirYJ to a
material misstatement in the financial statements or non-wmplk3nce wth regulation. This risk irtreases the more that complian
ilh a law or regtl1al￿n is removed from the events and transactions refiecled in the finanoal statements. as we will be less likely to
become aware of instances of non-u>Mp1kgn￿. The risk is also greater regaTdiny Irregularibes occurTing due lo fraud rather than
errol. as traud involves intentional coTKealmenl, forgery. collusTrw, (xnÈ55K)n or miSrep￿senta￿"0n.
A further dascription of our respcKw'￿lll￿s for the auth"t of the financhal slatemenis is kKated on the Finanual Reporting CouncAYs
website al..
n$1￿li￿eS. This Ilexripliw foms patl ofour auditorfs rew)rt_
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the thar￿table companls members, as a bcmty. in accoT(lance ¥￿th Chapter 3 of Part 16 olthe Companies
Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that wè might state to the charitable cornpany's members those matters we are
required to state lo thern in an Audrforfs ￿port and lor no other purFK)se. To Ihe fvlkst extent pettnilted by 18w, we do not accept or
a5surne responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitaNe company's members, as a body. for our audit
work, for this repart. or for the opinions we have fO￿￿ed.
Richard Weaver (Senior S(aknlory Athlilor)
For and on behalf of Haysmacantyrè LLP, Sialulory Auditor
10 Queen Street Pl&e
London
EC4R 1AG
Dale.. 01 August 2022
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BERKSHIR& BUCKINGHAAISHIiE AND OXFORDSHIRE Y￿LD￿FE TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES IINCORPORATING THE INCO¥E AND EXPEN0￿uRE ACCOUNT)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Unrestrlct8d
R•strl¢tsd
Funds
Total
2022
rooo ri#)0
Total
2021
£000
Funds
rooD
I￿oMe and endowmients from:
Donations and legaGE5
DM*ions and legaryes frcffj iTrJw*Suais
embershp and ff*mbership donations
Grants and corporate donations
OIIW trading activi1￿5
Inv6strnentS
1,091
22(X)
11r
2.764
3.IC
75
2.732
2,319
220
2,689
177
177
Charrt8bl8 actwities
AgrFÈnvironmènt s¢hen* grants
Clher income
474
138
205
205
Total
72
Expendflure on..
Raising funds
Costs ol generating dOnal￿1n5 8TrJ ￿980￿$
Donatitr)s ènd legac*s
Membsrship membetship donat￿$
Grants and cowrate donatiNs
Co$ts of othertrading a￿￿￿eS
Costs a550uated with iD¥estrnents
CharilatAe aciwrtias
158
158
120
702
147
1>2
13?
434
23
Nature reserve5 TnanwJeTnent
Wik11ife awareness and education
Lookjng after tha wh1er countysNIè
2.759
1.671
1.418
2.205
1,824
978
1.443
228
Total
018
Net18xp8n(litur8yincome b8for8 investment gain8
13161
1,762
577
Nel gains on investments
Net (ex￿ndituTe1nncorne
TTansfer5 between lund5
154
297
874
11621
1.762
11.1811
1,600
Other rocognised gains-
Actuarial gainslllossesl on defined benefft pwsion sch&7)es
Net movement in funds
222
30
1,241
581
1A22
ReGon¢iliation of Funds:
Total funds broU￿t forward
17
15.245
16.099
15.555
Total lunds carried forward
The nel Surplus for the year. togelherwlh details of in(*Jm8 and exFeThliture required by Ihe CompanEs Ad rnay be derive(l frc¥r net
incomellexkEnditurel in Ihe Stalernenl of Fin3rKoI ACMES aix)ve.
The notes on pag8s 18.33 forrn part of these accounts. The￿ were w recognEed gain5 I(ksses otherthan those shown In the above
statement of FinanrJal A¢tSvitE$ All Irans*ion$ a￿ ¢JerNed from ￿n￿nu1￿j arthit*&
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8ERKSHIRE, BVCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE ¥￿LouFE TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
2022
tooo £￿)0
2021
£'ooo
Note fo
Fixed as$ets
Tangible 8ssels
Nature T￿eNe5
Investments- Pr¢Jperty
Inveslment5- L*her
11
12
13
13
3.425
3,584
6,819
1.587
1.587
14.217
13.732
Current a$s¢ts
Sto¢k$
Debtor5
Short lèm deposRs
Cash at bank and in hand
32
1.142
762
1.655
3.591
14
1.102
2234
1,543
4.922
credito￿.. amounts falling dut vAthln ono year
Net CUrrent￿sets
15
662
3.108
DÈfined bènefft p8nslon sch8mes liabllity
Net assets
16
741
16.099
The funds ofthe Charity
Unreslri¢ted funds
Restricted funds
16.486
1.435
15.245
854
Total rh*ity funds
17
Appro¥8d and authoiised for tssue by ts Board olTrustees on 27 Juty 2022. on IheK tehaw by
VOJ
Ge¢xge Le￿y. Char
G￿rne Thixnpson. Honorary Treasurer
Company registrabon fftumbw lK￿(￿X)I IEng&nd and Wale51
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BERKSHIRQ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND QXFORDSHIRE WILDUFE TRUST
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOIIIS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
>)22
2021
£'OLVJ
Cash Ilows from op8rating activities".
Net cash provided by opefating a¢ti¥ities
401
Cash flows from investing aGlivilie5
Investyneni IntomÈ received
ln
193
A¢qutsitK)n of investmertts
Purchase of tsn9Ib￿ ffxed a55ets
A¢qui%itK)n of naturè reseTves
Pro￿8d$ from Nature ResÈrve compulsory purthase
Prpc*8ds from dtsposal of tangib￿ fixed a55ets
Net cash used in investry &ti¥it*s
Change in cash and cash equIva￿nts in Ihe year
Cash and Cash equivalents al the beginnir¥J ofthe year
Change in cash and cash 8qui¥aknlsdue lo 8xchar¥J8 rate mcfrmnwts
Cash and wh equivaiertts at the ofthe year
1691
14901
1631
11561
21
1.360
2.417
391
2.026
3.777
NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMEKr
al RecorKlllatlon of net Income to net cash Ilow Irom opernung acU¥lUes
2022
2021
roDO
rooo
Net I1n¢om8V&¥￿nd1*llrn
Adlustments lor.
Investrnent gair
Depre¢K41ion Charges
Investrnent in¢
l.WJO
874
11541
226
129n
245
117n
1331
1193)
Profit on ￿te of asset5
Pr￿ed5 frorn Nature Reserve ccryL50ry purthase
l1ncreaseyd￿r6ase In d8btors
Ilncreaseydecfease In stock
Increas8lldecr8asel In rx8ditors
Increa5elldeGreasel in defir￿d ￿0$￿￿n ￿he￿ Ik4)ility
Aduarial galnsllknssesl on defined benefrt pensK)n scheme
Net cash Ius8d in) I provided by operatlrg adivitles
21
40
12611
1Tg
11851
353
401
bl Analy8is of ca8h aThJ cash equivalents
2022
2021
É'ooo
£￿00
S￿rt terrn deposits
Cash
2.234
762
1,655
3777
cl Analysis of changes In net debt
At $tsrt of
year
Al end tsf
year
£'ooo
1.543
ash-l10￿%
Cash
1.655
Cash equivaknts
Tctsl
762
2.417
2.234
3.777
1.360
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BERKSHIRE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFOROSHIRE V41LDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
1.1 Accounting Policiès
lal General lThfoThation
Berkshi￿. Buckiwharnshire and Oxtothre Wldlrfe f880￿ 1$ a tharital￿ (xxnpany limrted by gu¥ante8 incorporated in England
atKI Wa￿$ Ico. nwther [￿68￿7) and wistered wth the Chanty Commwon (Chaniy R6gtstration rw). 204WI. Tht￿ Charitls registe
Uff￿e ad(Ifess 15 The L(￿ge. 1 AnrtstroThJ Road. Lrtt￿ore, Oxford OX4 4XT.
Ibl Basis of prtwatl¢)n
finar￿131 slatÈmenls a￿ prepared under the hL5toiral cost convenknn as m(x1rf*d to ¢ndL¥Je the rÈ¥alualion of investynenls at market
valL*. 8nd in accordance the Slatemenl of RecfXnrr￿nded PrH(thts for Charit*s ISORP 20151 and applKxble accounting standards IFRS
1021. BBowf meets th8 definitK*n ofa publK berEft erlty under FRS 1tr2.
1¢) Exemption from p￿parIN￿ group accounts
BBOWT has a wholly Own￿ Subs￿lary Futurè Nature Wtc Ltd IfNtrwty Ser¥Mx Linrtedl. In thp ojrrentyear the ccfflpany wa$
dLYm8nt. In the opIn￿n ofthe truslees the srLe arKI assets of tr* sutsidiary uTKJert3knngs mean ihat the weSentat￿n of the c￿bired re5uk$
and fin8ncKg1 position in Consolidat￿ finarKial Suleff￿nLS is not mater￿1 forthe puttK)sè of giving a true and fair v￿W finanual
statements present resuts and positw)n of Chartab￿ cthwny as a sry18 enlity and not as the gro￿.
Idl Going Concem
The Trustees consKlerthat th￿￿ ar& Do rnater1￿ uw*rtainties r89ardirrfJ the chaws th.ify to o)ntr"n￿ as a 90in9 Gw1￿m. The Covh4-19
P￿LdeM￿ has had far reachiTrJ c0fj5equBntrs for UK tharit*s w8r the past years arKI infiabon s puiting pressure on expenditure bul the
Trustees have assessed the possib￿ f￿anCIal Corwi￿nceS I￿the charity. They have undertÈkÈn a revw ofour 15-month eash flow
f0￿caStIng thre￿arTinancial scenaih) ￿nTri￿. The Ttus*es remain conM￿lthaI B80￿ isa going correm.
l•) Income
Sub5CriPtK)ns and from voluntary gfft5 and MdU￿ li Ihe accounts On a re￿1[￿ basB. Re5ttided projed
Income is Included in accounts on the basis of amounts expended aThllor invoic&Jldaimed but not re(*¥ed. Legacy incotrE i8 inrjuded
when re￿Ipt is deemed lo be Pfobable and prebate has been granl•l_ In(x)w* has been t￿ated as'defeff8d' where il relates lo an aciDIty
taking pixe in the following finanaal year. ￿￿nD￿nt grants are x(J)utbted lorwhen receivablB, as lorwJ as th8r8 L8 evhjenca of entilbmenl,
receipt is probaNe and its amount can te Tr*asur8d refiabty.
IQ Government Grants (furlough
Coveinment gr&nts ale a¢¢owiEed lor retyvable. as Img as fvre ￿ Wxler￿ 0fen1￿￿Ment. pr(￿lab￿ and ts amounl can
meaSU￿d ￿11￿1￿.
191 ExFendlture
All &xpenditure Is Induded on an accruaLs basis and Is re¢tsJntsed there a ￿gaI or ￿)nstruCtI1? oblHJalion lo pay
Diredty attnbutabk expendrture 6 charged lo the cost of gentrahrvJ fuThls. tharilable actNit*S or governan￿ costs a5 approprfale. Suppori
costs Including governarKe costs. whKh are defir￿ a$ those ￿lS rw£ssary to delNer3n adNty butwhic* do not constitute is QLttput, are
alk)cat*AI to each heading on the basis of eslynated statrtrne.
Governan¢e ¢osis are those wthich reTrale to the ger￿ra1 running ofthe charty rnther than fiJndrai5irvJ ordwitable adjvity. These Indud8 audit
fEes. adv￿ for trL6tees and costs assLKk￿8d with conslrtulional and statutory wuirerrents.
Ihl Temilnatlon paymonts
Terminabon payments are xcounied for on ao XLyuais t)asts are tecoJnised wh8n there a ￿921 oi Constructive obligation tD Pay.
Events
Events are not intended to generate a SUFpIu5 ixrt are at raigThJ aware￿55 abwt ￿kI￿e.. t￿refore, I￿r*re 15 Sh(￿￿ wilhin resources
¢hartyNe lolher In￿Jme1. Exp8rKl*ure on events is wfthin w1b￿lIe awareness arMI educabon.
Volunte8r Groups
BOW has a number of lorA grNps ofvolunieefs who carry out ¥￿JuS during lh8 year fftduling fvndraNng and undertaking
serv8 manageryEnt on our natu￿ ￿SerVeS. Three of I￿se groups hokl Iheir ￿ bank actounts and rnana9e income and expenditure for
the58 activitEs which is incorporated into the financk?I statements.
Ikl Fixed assets and d8weciation
Assets with a cost In extrss ofE5,Q(M) and with a useful lrfe exteedirg one year are cafftlEed on tre balance sheet. DepreGiab'on L8
calculated 50 85 to wiite off the cost of larmjible ftyed assets overthÈir exFeded useful econixnr INes. ThÈ principal annu81 rates and bases
Sed for this purpose are
mgl0rvehic￿S and reseNas eqUIr￿L- 25% redwng b8￿n
Le$seholds- over per￿￿ of the ￿ase
Conwutor and offtt ￿u1pmÈnt- 20% strah3ht I
Freehold bu1￿1￿$ excludiw barns- 75 years str8vJht I
Bams- 25 years 51raight line
Capital addit￿nS lo bu1￿1n9$- 10 yèars stravjht
FreebolLI Land- not depre¢ia
111 Nabjre Reserv85
Nature Reserwes that have been purchased by the ¢harfty have baw (3ptslsed al the s4￿chase cosL Nature Reseryes that have been
donat￿ to the ¢harity have ￿en cgpitaltsed at the best estimate of o)sl had they been purchased by thè charity.
Iml Investments
All Investments are Stat￿ 91 t￿[ fair valuè at the balan￿ sheet date_ The lair value of invesiment prokErty ts assessed by m8n2gement al the
nel present value of the future cash ffows asswatEd wlh rental ol the pr¢)p8rtES co￿erned. The fair value of 1nvestrr￿nl funds is their
18

BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE y￿LD￿FE TRUST
IIOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
market V￿￿e (bid pnLtl *¢orfjTrig to the furKI managets. strt￿￿nt of Athths i￿*￿￿e$￿￿ r￿t g&ns and b55es arising on
revaluat￿￿5 and Llisposals throwhout the year
Inl Invg8bMonts In Idnl ven￿￿¢$
A ￿Int ¥enIu￿ is a ¢onlraclual arrangen*nl wl*reby the thatity and Other part* undertake an e￿n0M￿ ath¥rty that i8 subject lo
control,. that ￿, when the stralegK fin3rKral ar￿ (yerating ¢JecEions relatsry to the rwuite the unarjimous consenl ofthe parties
sharing control. Investments in pint venlures are ￿Easu￿j at C£￿ *ss Ir¥bair￿￿￿l
lo> St¢¢ks
st￿ks are slated at the k*werdcost rEt rea115at* vaL
Ipl Gash at bank and in havKI
Cash at bank and cash ￿ h3tvJ In￿￿e$ cash and short twm h¥Jhty W4uNI uNesbMntswith a short maturty ofthree months or ￿55 from the
dale of aL¥uisilion ￿ openirrfJ of the (JepositorsimiL3r account
Iq) Flnanclal Instrwnents
diarrty has financpal assets arKJ finanual liabilthes of a kind that qualfy as bas￿ financial Instruments. Debtors. Short te￿ deposits and
cash al bank aThl in haThl are rr*asured at amount of cash LY c4her ￿ns¥jeratIOn exrÉc*ed to te received and are not discounted Trade
creditors are measured at amounl of cash or other conshJeralMs expected to bo pa.hj and are nc< dEcounted In¥estrnenl funds are
measured al fair value in accordan￿ with the acctyJntirvJ p)Iw ￿ inveskn*nts.
If) Crodltors and provi$lons
C￿￿110￿ and provi5K)n5 we recogntsed %￿ere the tharity h35 a present &)bgthn osuhL'ng fr(Mn a past event that probably resutt in the
transf8r offunds to a third paty aThJ the ￿OUnt due to 5ett* obl¥Jation can LE measured orestirnaled reliably.
1$) Fund a¢¢ountsng
un￿SIn￿￿ funds ¢onwns¢ awmuk1￿ $utpluses and Ort general funds Thty a￿ availa￿e for use atlhe dscretron of the Trustee5
in furtherafjce of the genefal chaiitsble objeclwes Dpsgnateil funds are unrestr&knJ futmjs eattnarked by Trustees for a specific purpose.
ReStr￿ted Incom8 and endvhTnent funds a￿ fvnds sut¥edto spectk resirKteLI crrfyJ￿ns imw5ed by Ihe donoB and furttrÈr explanabons or
the nabjre and purpose ofeach fijnd i8 ￿dL#led in Note 17. End￿￿K￿nI fuods represent cJkMlal tthr than revenue funds.
It) Employe8 Beneflts
Short t8rm I￿[Jo￿ls.
Short term benefits, induding holKkn arwj thr$￿ilar IKXH￿r￿tsry bwEfts are rec￿n￿e￿ as an expe￿ In th8 penod in whith the
service 15 Tecewed.
The charty operates a ttefined eonlrtulion scheme administered by A¥pda. The wnthbubons are recogni5eLI as an expwse when they fal
due. asset5 of the pension plan a￿ hekl separatety from the tharty ui inder*Thlently admintsiered funds.
Defingdbenefitpen&u)
The charty operates defined trEnefrt [erts￿n ¥Chen￿ beirbj the Royal Courtyof BerkshirE Pension ScherT% IRCBPS
The Royal Cowilyof8&rkshirn PÈnsNon Scheme IRC8PSJ'
The liability recagnised in Ihe tsala￿￿ sheet ￿ res[￿1 of the dèfr[￿ bweffl pension is the pres8nl ¥alu& of the defined benefit
oblKJaliw at Ihe end of the reportsrvJ dai* ￿$$the fairvalL* olthe schen* assets *the repfAI*)g date.
The defined benefit obligation is calcui4ted uwng the prOj￿1￿J uni(credit rVEth￿j by the ScherYE'S ￿￿aries. The p￿Sen1 value is detemined
by dLwunling the e81inaied fvture payments usiThJ market yÈkts hi9h qua¥ty cwrate tR)Th1s that are dencwnifjated in Slertng and lfvat
hav616nns approxinating tho estThabl perk)d ol the lthjre I"dw>unt ratel.
fairvalue ofthe xheme ￿et5 ts ttEasut&l in the FRS 102 lair value hErarthy ano In¢Judes the of appropr￿18
valualb)n lechnwues.
Actuarial gain5 and losse5 arising from experience adju51rnenls changes in actuatial assutnptions ats tharged or credited lo other
compr£hensv8 incorne. These a[r￿￿nIS together with Ihe tpturn on plan asse15. ￿55 arr￿Unts indud&l in nel interest, dTsdosed as
.￿Ctuar￿al gainsllbssesl on deffin￿ benefrt pension liabirty".
The (xyJt ofthe defined be￿fft Is rgcLyJnEed in Ihe SOFA as wnployee costs and corypri50S I￿￿#$t In pension ￿ne[rt
abilty ansing from 8tiipbyee seryice duriThJ the year." and the cost of plan Introductions. be￿fil change5, Curtailments and setllemen&.
e nei inteiest cost LS caleulaled by apptying the dtscounl rale to the rEI balarKe of me defined benefft oblNJation and the fair value of
the gcheme assets. The cost is recognised in the SOFAwttlMn 51aff pensK)n costs.
Dela& of Ihe scheff* assets and liabilitses and major assumptions ar8 shown in Note 1qcl.
lul Foreign currency translation
The charty's functional and presentation C#Jfrency Is sterfl￿. Monetsry assets and Ikqbilt*s denominaled in foreign ￿[rents¢$ a
translated Into *erlin9 at Ihe rates of exchange ftjling at the bala￿ sheet d*e_ Transactx)ns in forevJn currencles are rewrded atthe rate
rulirvj at the date of the trartsacion. Am ￿rffe￿n￿ ￿ tewgntsed ￿ Ihe SOF
Iv) L•a$8d assets
Rental payrfftnl$ un(Ser operating ￿ase5 s￿ charged to Ihe SOFArm a stra￿]hl-￿"ne basi5 tr4er term of lease.
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BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHFRE AND OXFORDSPMRE y￿LOuF£ TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIIENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 htARCH 2022
1.2 Cyltlcaj accounting I￿lgaments and e5timaiBS
In preparing these finanaal stalemenls. management h3s made jutjgements. estimates and assumptions th81 affect the application of the eharty's
accounting policE5 and Ihe reported assets. IKgbilrtti. and expenditure and the dtsck)sures made in the financial stslernents. Estimates
and judgements are continually evaluated and a￿ based on hi￿orts1 expe[￿￿ ¥rKJ othÈr fac*ots. inrknirvJ expectatwts offulure events that
are believed lo be ieasonable undei the CIr￿M$18nce$
areas subject io I￿ge￿nt and estnnation a￿ as folkrw>
DefineLI benefrt pensvjn scheme fkgbilitses BB0￿ has oblwations io pay pertsKin ber*fits to certain empk)yees. The c05t oflhese bgneffts and
the present value ol the ob￿gat￿rt depend on a numbÈr of fadots. irKluding lrfe expettanLy. salary weases.. asset valLratiorks'. and the dis¢ount
rate on co￿Orate bonds Management esbmales these facaors ￿ (selet￿nIng r*t pen$K)n Qbtsga￿n in baLqnce shaet as alvEed by an
Independent actuarial adviser. TrÈ assumptsons r¢fie(t hstoti¢al expenerKe #t￿ current trends.
Inve5bnent Properties. fair value of Miv&tment propÈrty ha$ been e51wn3￿ on of nèt present value ofdiscounted c85h flows
over a peri(KJ of 30 yÈats. The Caltulat￿n of net present value wuirES the use ofassumptr'on5 such as discount rale and futu￿ incxjmes and
costs. The amounts re￿niSed In these accounts have been estimat￿ by managen*nt based on the fvtUTe p&ns of the ¢harfty. These
(8l¢ulabons a￿ su&*t lo tevvw and re￿510￿ ateaL* re￿rtIng date ￿ crfdeito measure any thanges in fairvalue of thB Iwesbnwrt
propertie5.
2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2022
2021
Di>nation$
Legac
292
647
939
22fy3
The receipt of a IsJacy i5 recognised when rt Is [￿bab￿ that rt ￿11 te rer*thl and thwe has teen a grant of Probate And any conditkins
attached to the legacy are either wlhin the cenlrd olthe T{￿81 or have been rrw.
3. GRANTS AND CORPORATE DONATIONS
2021
Char5table trusts
Local authofil*s
)Vern￿￿nt Grarrt- fvrfough
Companies
Grant making bodBs
744
743
343
35
4. INVESTMENT INCOME
22
h1&￿$t re¢elvabk on ¢ash d&w$liS
Dividends and interest en listed Invastmerts
Renewable energy
Rent from investment preparty
48
16
177
S. NET MOVEAIENT IN FUNDS
2022
rooo
20
The net movertEnt in fu￿5 is amved al aftercharyiro."
Depretiaknon and amorttsaiion
Audilorfs remuneration- audit
0[￿ratIng ￿ase fenlaL5
243
15
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BERKSHIRE, 8LICKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE V4ILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAEKrs
YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2022
6. STAFF NUM8ERS AND COSTS
2022
2021
Staff costs
Wages and salar
National Insurance Costs
Pension Costs
2.931
2,803
234
163
There were no reduThJ8ncy payments made, but Or￿ terrrdftalh?n PayTrenl of £11.566. In 2W21 8 reduTrJaKies rnade. wth
ytnenis iolallinu £8,818.88 aTh1 one terminalN)n payment of £9.OL)).
One ern￿OYee retsived tolaT employee ténefits lexdthjing ￿￿0Yer penwn c05ts1 of beiween É9J,0L￿> and £100,￿0 during the year. two
Iween £60.IXIO arms £70.CW. (One eryk)yee bewn £80.0(M) and £85.W) 202￿211.
Key management personr*l numterseven peop￿ aThJthewtL*al c(ryensation (Ind￿ty emthrs, Nl and c¢ntrbutKYtsI was
£443k12D20f21 £384k and $ix *aft).
The averdge number oferfybyaes c*Jlated on a fulmine equivaknf basi%. anaty5ed byf￿￿tion. was..
2022
Unrestricttd
57
25
2022
2022
2021
Restricted Tota UnrestriGted
2021
2021
Yotal
Rtsstritted
Chariiablo adwrt
Generating fund5
Support, mJnagery*nt and adrrinistsab.on
25
13
101
21
15
92
21
15
98
The averwJe rnonthty number of employees ￿ a heacktyjnt basts was 1361137 ￿ 202tYd11.
7. TRUSTEES. REIMBURSED EXPENSES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the year 2021122 no travd expenses were inuJrred by ovr Tr￿lee$. 1202(W21 the value was £ni11. No TDJstws were remunerated or,
eceived b8nefil from an emp￿Yn￿OI with B80W.
During the year 2020121 no related part￿$ were eng*Jed by BB0￿ 12019120 no re￿Ied p3rt*s were eThJagedl. Robust mea5ure5 are in pl8C*
to ensure that any Trustee conllicts of inter8sI ar8 managed ￿ actordance with Chariy CorrYntssKsn GuNlance ICC111 and in Ine wrth the
organisationsArtK￿ of A5wation.
. EXPENDITURE
N)teto
Support
Costs
Dire¢t
Activityes
2022
2021
Total
Total
Costs of raising furKIs
Costs ofgenerating donation5 and ￿gaC*S
DOnat￿nS and kgacies
Membership and men*ershy donalioThs
Grants cx)rporale donath)Ths
Other trading activities
Cost of good5 sokl
lftvÈsbn8nt costs
rooo r(#Jo
£'ooo
119
158
120
702
147
91
104
132
719
165
28
charits￿e activities
Nature ￿se[ve5 fflanag*nent
life 8wareness and eduGabon
Looking afterthe wb*rcountry5hYe
321
318
2.759
1.671
2,205
1,824
978
i.J53
1.328
6.974
1.052
6,438
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8ERKSHIRQ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE W4lLDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 WIRCH 2022
9. GOVERNANCE COSTS
2022
Total
3021
Totsl
ALKlito¢s rernunerat￿n
Legal and professional fEes
Staff costs
15
17
21
A11o¢atK>n of Rswf L
Other ex￿￿Se5
13
13
10. SUPPORT COSTS
Fina￿8
Human Offi¢e Alanagement Qjwrnance
& Legal ResourcvJ SUp￿rt
202Z 21121
Total Total
ptwjo rooo rooo
Costs of raising funds
Cost5 Qfgenerating donations & *gacies
Donat￿￿ 8TrJ ￿9a￿Es
M￿be￿hiP & membership dw•uons
Grants & coiporate donat￿￿$
Olher Iraéing actnirtvas
Charita￿e activit
31
91
18
37
165
116
Nature res£￿e5 manrfemènt
kllrf8 w*areness and education
18
16
321
315
2Q7
18
16
318
Looking alter the widar countrySkY8
54
52
1.052 1 W23
All noTTr4iredty attributable costs are allocated to the bags ofstaff nUrnL￿ invofved ￿ each athlty.
11. TANGIBLE FIXEO ASSETS
Freehold
L6a5ehold
Land a￿1
Land and
lkntor
Reserves
OffKe
Bulldlngs
Building5
Veh
Equipment
£.0(￿*
Equipment
Total
OST
Al 01 April 2021
Addibons
1,750
3.512
495
77
6.327
69
31
31
DISp￿alS
At 31 March 2022
32
1.750
492
DEPRECIATION
At 01 April 2021
Charge for year
E1irnin3l￿j on disposal
Al 31 March 2022
1.378
120
2,743
226
52
24
31
5$$
391
74
75
NET BOOK VALUE
Al 01 April 2021
1.246
2.134
Ico
3.584
Al 31 March 2022
1.194
2.021
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BERKSHIRE. BUCKINGHAAISHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE W•lLOUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2022
12. NATURE RESERVES
Toiaj
COST
At 01 April 2021
Addit￿nS
6.573
6.825
4￿1
Oisposalsladiusthnts
At 31 March 2022
252
DEPRECIATION
At 01 Apiil 2021
Charge for year
Al 31 March 2022
NET B￿￿ VALUE
Al 01 Ayil 2021
Al 31 March 2022
246
6.819
246
Nature reserves owned fre0h0￿ by the Tnjst rx)ver 1339 h￿￿re* The totsl a￿8 of natts￿ reserves Under8green￿llts OT ￿aSed is
1361 he{￿a￿S.
13. INVESTMENTS
Listed
Investhjents
Pr¢)￿¢
Tolal Irw•5tmgrrf5
Market ValuE Market Value Markeivaluo
At Cost
£'ooo
£'oc
1,742
1.1￿2
Inv881mont
Pr￿rtY
Al Cost
rooo
1.138
Totsl
At Cost
£'ooo
2.320
Al 1 April 2021
Inveskn8nts aequired in year
Unrealised gains in year
Al 31 March 2022
154
154
1.587
1.182
1,138
2,320
The Tmstees have continwl to Ènsure the investrnent stsaiegy delNers Ihe best retum forthe Trust whi&t makmg Inv88tm8nts that fil wlh
our tharitabb purpose. The Tw5t hdd Investsnent portfol￿5 Wrth CCLA. the larger of tK>1£1.649k at matketva1￿I rep￿sents some
restricted and general funds, ¥+hilst the SMal￿r of Ihe two has the solè purpose of Pi0Vk1ing for any potential future pension liabilities arisiw
from the transfer ofstaNfrom West 8ethshire Counrjl. Any ino)ff* related 10 ths portfolio ts reinvested.
Th& ch*ty own$ the 2 oftjinary £1 Sha￿ in Futu￿ Natu￿ wrc Ltd Ifotmaity krTr(Y￿ as Bethstsire. BU(*￿￿haMshi￿ and Oxfordshire
Wildlrfe Services Ltdl. its wholly Own￿ 5ubswJiary %￿h￿h ha¢J been Lk>tmant Sin￿ 2005.11 i% a private limited ctynpany in¢orporaled in
EwLqnd & Wales (company registrat￿ nurnber 026487281 BBOWT has lo operate an ￿￿cgIcal consUna￿Y setvice. tradin9 und8r
trTe brarKJ of Future Nature but to * have not yel made the de(ison to Ihi8 yratK¥n into the separate tpding subsi15kqry.
14. DEBTORS
2022
2021
D8blors
Accrued Incom8
Gift Gloit
Recoverab￿ VAT
Prepayments
WBC PensK)n tr￿*m￿ty
Loan to joint venture
171
436
149
142
102
101
207
207
35
Yo￿ lojoint venture It￿te5 to awrK)unts towklkle FUrKl[a￿￿g (Centrall Lld arkj was rEpaiJ in Ivll in FeL*uary 2Q2 as detai*d in
Note 22 to the accounts
The WBC Pens￿nS Indemnity of £207.OCrf)12020r21.. £207,(￿) LS r￿0Verable more ihan a year after 31 March 2022. This would only be
actNa18d in the event that ￿nS￿)rt scheme Ikqlmlty tecame payab￿ aTh1 there was a I￿?bIlty ￿ the scheme at thai wint
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BERKSHIRE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE VILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEiirs
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
15. CREDITORS: Amoumfs FALLING DUE virrHIN ONE YEAR
2022
2021
rty)o £000
217
163
Trale Gredilers
Accruals and Deferred In¢omÈ
Other
PenS￿rt Payments
Other T¥xe5 &*ial s￿rty
41
67
15b COnt5n￿￿t Llabllity
The tharrty pre¥iousty partiupated in the defin￿ wtion orthe Wikjlrfe Trusts Pen5K>n a muttiefflployer pension seh8me DuriNJ
the year ended 31 March 2022. the Trustees ofthe charty *yÈ aware oFa potentral i55ue telating to thL4 scheme. A detailed investigation
Is cuirÈnUy underw8y lo *lablish the exlenl to whKth this coukj resuk in financial14ibility lo BBowf arx1 other partiupaling Èmployers. As il is not
possible lo reliabty eslirnale the ¥*ue of any FNAentkal liablty. rn pro¥w)n has been rnade for IhL% in Ihe f￿aDUal 5￿t￿￿nts.
16. PENSION COSTS
The Chanty or*rat8s h¥0 pens￿￿ affang&TEnts as outh"n&J bekw.
on
BBowf uses Avwa aThJ contributpjns lo the Schw￿ are recc#)ni5ed as ex￿ndIu[8 in the ¥counts when they fal due. The Ikqknlty of the chaity
in re5pert orthis scheme is Iimrted to an obligation to make paY￿￿[S when they fall due.
é chanty has 8 nuffber of empbyees %¥tto a￿ pathpants in Ihe Royal County of Beth$h1￿ defined be￿ffl, mutti*mpbyer, pension 5cherne.
s¢heme is closed lo new entrants. atthough wne staff who tsansferred empioynEDt to BB0￿ West Berkshire Counol but who are not
merTth)ers retain the rwJht to )￿n the sCr￿e whKh k5 COotra￿ outof the 4ate S￿nd p8nson.
At the point of transfer, a notional fuThJ within the Royal Cwnty of Bèkshife penS￿n fund was establiEh2d The valLE oftht5 fund was detemined
by an actuary in accordance wth the approach set out In the pension fut￿ 8dmtssion WI￿. whereby the value of th& notion818ssets Wtt￿ equal
lo the Val￿ of the liabi1rt￿s, cakulaled on an ongoirvJ lundfftg basis. Thi% ba￿ ig Used lo ensuts Savel of ongoing contributions Is SUff￿￿nI tts
meet fLrture benefit payments and those cont[kn￿ltins afe shtr•m as expenditure w¢hin the Statement of FInar￿la1 ActiwlES.
The liability al the point of Iransfer was vabjed al £207,(MJ) whKh 1$ Shown With￿ RestrKled I￿r*rE FurK*s bet2use. under the tetm$ of th8
agreerTEnl with West Betkshre Council. the has BB0￿ agairtst ths funding defiLiI In the 2019120 financial statements a
prior year adjust￿Ent has been Vnp￿mented In order lo ￿￿}Se the adual indpmnty abngside the ￿"abl1￿ rtsewwlhin tlÈ reslrKtsd funds See
Note 23 forfijtherdelats
A full actuarial valualion of Ihis fund was carr￿d out at 31 Marth ￿13 and each year 5Ttr*. in accordance with FRS 102 The di8closure a$ at 31
March 2022 now shows Ihal the defi￿ 5tand$ ai £556k. The moven)ent B shown as a Ir3n5fer fiom Unrestr￿tWj funds as I has arisen since the
dai& oftransfer of the employees lo 8B01￿ Under the terms ol the ￿$1 BerkshKe Grant Agre￿ent. BBowf are reqUI￿d to d&signate a sum
of morw to cover any failur8 to meet our finan031 obluaiH)ns 10 the pensKin fund. This"￿ent￿)n 3rn0unf has been inve5t&Y wrth CCLA and is
kjentified as • DeswJnaied Fund in th8 fiJnds statement loote 171-
Balance sheet position a$ at 31$t Mar¢h
2022
2021
Fair value of plan asse15
Present value offunded oNig*k)n$
Net liabilty
1.170
1.042
1.783
741
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BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFOROSHIRE v￿LDuFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 klARCH 2022
16. PENSION COSTS (Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund ¢onlirn*dl
Impaci on Stztèmènt ol Financial Acti¥iti85 lor the year to 315t March
2022
2021
Ser¥￿e (xjst
Net inttriest on the defined habifity
AdtnIni51rat￿n expen5e5
T￿1 anount charged witlu'n irK¢rrElexperKJriure
Actuarial Igains)Aosse8
Total chargellcreditl lo Stat&)￿l of FInanC￿Ar*¥￿*S
32
14
42
372
Actual roturn on sthemeassets
142
118
Reconciliation of movemonts in the defin8d benefft obligaion
2022
Defined benefft O￿lga*.0ft at 1
Current seThice cost
1,783
1.321
ConirlbuDons by scheme part￿p￿ts
Charye in ¢Jermgraphic a55ufTVtion$
Experience lossjlgainl on {Jefin￿ benefft Ob￿￿1￿)N
Estimated benefrts paKi net of transfer5
Past seM¢£ costs, Ind￿Jir￿a Curt8￿mants
Interest mst
Chawe in financial assurylM)ns
Ofyfined benefil oljwation at 31 Mar¢h
1131
31
io
1.726
Reconcillatlon of movements in the fair value of fvnd assets
2022
20
Fair Value of Scherr* assets at 1 April
Intsiest on assets
21
1X
Relum on assets less ￿terest
other actuarial gainslllossasl
Administration exr*nses
Conlribvtk?ns by ernpknyer
Contributions by stherrE part￿pants
Estimated terefrts paid plus unlunded net ol transfers
Fair value of st￿M￿ asstts at 31 Mare
17
19
1.170
1.042
The major ¢atsgories of plan assets at 31 March **re as follows..
2022
2022
20
2021
727
189
140
24
624
170
129
Other Bonds
Property
C88h
T•rgel Return Portfolo
Commodities
Infrdsliuctuie
Longevity Insuiance
16%
16%
12¥
5%
4%
143
12%
5%
B%
57
100%
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BERKSHIRQ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFOR05HIRE VdlLDUFE TRLIST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEAETr￿s
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
16. PENSION COSTS IRoy* County of Be￿$b￿re Penslon FuThJ Cont1r￿dI
The major assumptions ofthe aduary al 31st Marth werE".
CPI Increases
Salary Increa50S
Pension Increases
Diswunt Rate
2022
3.2%
42%
20
2.9%
3.9%
26%
Ass￿e4 life e¥p￿tancIeS al aje 65 are".
Retirirtg t￿laY
Males
Females
Retiring in 20￿￿5
Males
Femafes
2022
21.3
20
21.2
23.9
25.4
2022
2021
The tot4 liability for deffi￿ pen￿)n schemes is *¥ lolows:
Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund- UnrestrLt•J Income FuThJ
Royal County of Berkshire Pens￿ Fund- RestrKted Ir￿&￿e
FUTh
534
207
207
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BERKSHIRQ BUCKINGHAIISHIRE ANO OXFORDSHIRE IVILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENoeD 31 IAARCH 2022
17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Asat1
April 21
Incoming Resource5
R8cognlsed Transfe
Resourc8S
Expended Galn I (Lossl (note 211
r(K)o
É'ooo
Asat31
March 22
r￿)0
21
111 Unrestritted Incom¢ Funds
General
D&signated. FA4 & InYestn*fftt PropErty
D&svJnated- Natur8 ReseThes
De5vJnated- Prqect Oevekipn￿nl
Designated- Strategic DeveIJFMr￿nI
Designated- Fixed Asset Inv8thnt
Designated-WBC PensK)n
West 8erkshire Pension Reserye
3.180
5,765
6.819
5.692
15.7051
12261
128
3,633
5.012
7,309
74
73
1401
250
510
247
222
1111 R08trict8d Income FuTrJs
RèstTicled Prqects
West 8ed(shire Pension Indemnty
West geVrt5hire Pension Reserve
3.780
12.0181
1.435
018
Total Funds
376
Asat1
Aprfl 20
I￿r￿In￿ Resources
Recognised
TTW15fers
sÈatÈd Resource5
Expended Gain I ILoss1 (note 211
ro
Asat
Marth 21
£'ooo
111 Unre8trfcted Incom& Funds
General
Desi9naled- FAS & Inveslrnenl Property
Designated- Naiure ReseNes
Designated- Project D￿elOp￿nt
Desgnated- WBC Pens
tksgn8ted. WBC Pens
Wesl 8erkshire Pension Reserye
1585
5.347
6.704
102
5.052
15.0121
12451
254
301
3,180
5.165
6,819
178
221
534
TT1
1111 Restricted Income Fund5
Restricted ProFcts
Wesl Berkshire Pension Indemnity
Wesl Berkshire Pension Reserve
11.15BI
17711
Z07
207
771
Total Funds
15.555
6.438
33
111 Unfystri¢ted IrKom& Fun(ts
Designated- Projed OevelopmEnl Fund. Th15 Fut￿ rs to FmKle foi speofic INe restTKted projects which reqUire'Matth￿ funding. frrxn
eBOv￿5 own reseNes to ¢tXy4)￿le. Th$ turKI rel￿dS Ihe sum tolal of these i￿1￿4dUal althatiorB.
08signat8d- StrntegK Development Fund The pu￿Se of th￿ fund 15 lo provide Se￿ funding for new lnrt￿fves or prcgrammes. as well as
fi￿aD￿ng for strategic opportunities for BB0￿ we a￿ Unab￿ to S￿re sufficxent external finanung to ￿rI￿n￿nCe.
D¢sign81ed- Fixed Asset InvestrrEnt. Th￿ relatesto underspertd on ourfryed asset twi*Jet wll be Carr￿ ￿er inio th8 ￿Xtyear and sperKI
on spe¢ffi¢ itwn$.
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8ERKSHIRE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE VALDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
17. MOVEMENT OM FUNDS l¢0ntyn￿d1
VYBC Pen￿0￿. funds sel a$￿e undei requiremenls ofthe agreen%nt wth INest Berk5hyti Cothc41 lo meet ￿nsIon fund (knIgat￿n$. The variation
in value refiects inVeStr￿￿t gainwloss on th6 sp￿¢ fund.
11è518erkshire Pen&w Rese￿e. this ￿p￿entS Ihe ryK)v*Y*nt in the FRS102 fund Valuab"C￿ since the point of transfer of staft fr¢yn the counol
January 2014 (see Note 16cl.
1111 Restricted Income Funds
RestrttedProie¢ts. rÈpresent$ the balar￿ offvnds hekl forpTcpd5 frjnded frm restrthd Anatys"s oftheselunds i$ sh￿n n Note 17b
We5t8ethshI￿ PeAisvn Rpxrve 8 KtrstB8thsth Pension lThJemThtr. the Pewon Reserve. represenis the FRS102 liability atthe point of
transfer ofstaff from Ibe couwl In January 2014 and t￿.Pe￿n Indemnty, represertsthe irthmnty rrfowded by Tr￿￿$t Berkshire Council to
BOWT lo cx)veF this Ikqbrfity.
17 Ibl Anatysi5 of R8strlct8d Funds
In¢￿Ing RewurGès Transfers
1 April 21 Resour¢os Expenrltd
lili} 31 March 22
rLK)O
£'ooo
Significant Projects
Badger vaccinahon Defr8 funded
Bernwood. Otmoor Ray feasibilty Study
Carbon Footprint
Catthmenl- Cherwell
Dan¢eisend celebraknon R£4hsehlbJ
Dormouse MitigalKsn ￿ndtsrd Wwd
Eryaying N31ure
Habftal banking Sche￿￿- IRF
Haymill VaNey
Hedgerow Havèns
Hosehill Lake CIL ￿proven￿nts
lffiey Méadows management
Kinlbury Newt PonLIs
Land Fund re5tri(a¢d
Lelcomb8 Valley
Ludgpr5hall Meadows Land Pur<*ase
Mead¢M Farm thpwells Railtrad
Nature's Vision for Ox-cam Corrkkn
NOC lake re51oralion
Oxon Wildlrfe Sites
Photography exhibit￿￿
Prxey Mead
Rivermead
Rough around the Edges
SCEEC- Ed
Warburg Nature Reserve
Wardening & Aecess CIL funded
Wardening Greenharn ComrTK)n
W Betks Council latKJ management l)1
EG Chwnney Meadows
Wild and Free bu[Sa￿e$
Wild Banbury
Wild Bicesler
Wild Verges
W1￿M(￿l Heath BoaTrMlk
Woodla￿￿ Wonders of Moor Cortse
STnaller fi1ndit￿ Ifi)
Cross county
Cross county
Cross county
Oxon
BuL*s
Jcks
10
io
f5
41
{51
10
120}
181
(21
161
1251
35
102
16
213
14
53
Cross eounty
145
18
Bucks
1351
1101
Isi
io
Oxon
23
18
Cross county
Oxon
BuL*s
Bu¢ks
Oxon
451
451
192
24
193
524
1101
12)
149])
24
71
27
(211
1221
175
175
Bu(*s
27
15
178
113
161
178
1921
Beiks
Oxon
Cro$s (x)unty
14651
1131
1101
1,374
11.3611
(91
{81
121
1281
{541
13
15
Bucks
1221
1141
12
erks
eerk5
12
62
14
143)
63
1401
42
lil West Beths Covnul Land Management- B80WT rer£Nes an annual grant in foi the managementojsts of ￿rtaiN srtes.
Iiil Small funding is a surnmary of those byith adivity IineoN*, eX￿en￿lU￿ or balarKesl bel¢M f10.000
liiil Transfers recDJnise the fundwy of unrestrK￿ ¢ore work by restrirAed grants or donabtsns and a￿ anatysed in rnore deiail within note 21.

8ERKSHIRE. BVCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE WILDLFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATE￿NTs
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
17. MOVEMENf ON FUNDS Icortinuedl
2020121
As at ITh¢(￿￿9 Resourc88 Tr￿￿fe
1 April
20 R6souY¢88 ExpeThJ¢d
roLW)
Slgniflcant Projects
31 March 21
rooo
£'oc4J
1361
1641
Am£x)tt Bridge MeadrI•￿ ￿nd purchase
Ash dieback appèal
Badger vacanat￿n program
Catchment- c￿￿well
Catchfflent- Wndrush
Chimr*y Meadows Bird h
Engaging Nature
H8dgtrow Havens
HLF Covid Support
If[￿Y MÈadows
Inveslbi le Land8CAP8S
ntbury Newt Ponds
Lands￿pe Connections
Let￿rnbe Val￿Y
Nature Diswvtry Centr8 ￿ke wtorats.on INI
Ox-cam Corlldor
Oxon ￿ld1118 Stss
Photography exhibitio
Pixey IAead land purchase
Rivermead Nature Park Resterat*Jn
Rtsugh around the Edges
SCEEC
Thatnes Water COV￿ Support
W Berks Council manag￿ent (Il
Wardening for Greenham Convnon
Chimney Mead¢)ws ¥Yetland rest0B￿n
Wild & Free education fiJrKJing
Id Clxford li¥)
Wild Banbury
WI1# Bic8Ster
STDalkrfunding lill
Jf*s
14
15
(141
(741
18
&Jths
(541
12391
161
31
239
Oxon
28
(81
18
18
Buc*s
Qrton
15
(151
193
71
23
27
Oxon
Oxon
(21
01
19
Oxon
Oxon
161
161
1171
1731
175
22
23
15
161
Oxon
131
14541
37
602
(231
1588
Oxon
{141
31
Oxon
Oxon
Oxon
(391
16
32
73
74
820
54
1,158
45
lil West Betks Cwncil Land •Aana9ement- BBOWT rKeNes an anNal granl in forth8 rnan￿e[￿tCQ$ts of certain ste5.
lill Small fUnd￿g is a surmiary ofth05e wlh acIN￿l lincrm*. exFend1U￿ or bakin￿) fRky*£10,Q￿).
liiil Transfers recognise the funding of unr8StThXed Core work by reStr￿ted grants or don8t*)ns and are 8natysed in more detail wthin note 21.
INI There was one transfer be￿88n restricled furM15, ourfunder agreeirpJ to transfer furKJing from the (Ixford prciect lo Ihe NOC lakes
toration project folk)w¥ig issues in ttJAfinnMvJ theelKJkn"lrty ofthe Oxford works for thi8 path￿￿TfUnd1ng Stream.
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BERKSHIRE. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE Y•1LDUFE TRUST
MOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
18. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSVS BEf¥￿EN FUNDS
Unrestrfcted R88tricted Totsl Unrestricied Restricted
Funds
F￿r￿S
Fun115
FL￿d$
Funds
2022
2022
2021
ro(NJ rooo
ewo
3.425
Totsl
Funds
2021
£'ooo
3.584
6,819
3.329
3J84
14831
207
741
2022
2021
£'o
3,584
6.819
3,329
2.530
1483
Fixed Assets
Nature R95etves
Investments
CUr￿n1 Assets
Currertl LIabil￿e8
Long Tem Assets
Long Tetrn Liabilitles
3.425
3,483
3.280
16621
3.483
4,715
16621
207
207
207
1435 17¥21
16099
19. QPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS
Al 31st March 2022 fillu￿ mnHnum renta15 Payab￿ n ￿5[￿Of￿0n-¢an￿1L¥j1È operatw kases %we'
2022
¢)ffi¢a Equipment
2021
Oflice Equiprnènt
Minirwm kase rentaL8 fallirvj due in.
less than on8 year
between iwo anrj fiye years
Total cornrnitrneni
39
65
82
There were no ￿aSe wtal £•)mltff￿IS to d￿c￿Se as kssoras at 31st Marth 2021
20. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
There were no tAprtal commrt￿ntS as at 31st Marth 2022.
21. TRANSFERS
Tiansfets ￿l*een each category of furKJs are shown ￿1¢1*
Unrestricted Restrfj¢t
Funds
Fund5
r￿0
rotrf)
al Transfers: ￿$t￿ted io core
1.181
1.181
al Some cere unre5tnGled a¢bvit*S are fvnded by restricted 9rants and donalK)r
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BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAIiSHIRE ANO OXFORDSHIRE VILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2022
22. JOINT VENTURE
BBom￿ entered Into a joint V8nlur8 ￿th seven other ￿kIr￿a Trusts to form ￿￿Erfe FurKlraL8irrfJ Icentrall Limil&J CWFC'I, a private company
liniled by w￿MberS guaianlee registered In Effjland and Wa￿$ l(xxnpany number 083722181. Th8 c*Mnpany was fomied in January 2014 to
provide membership recmtr*nl seNiw to It* foundiNJ membÈgs. fvn LiY*th. a prevKxJs Trustee of BBowf. has b8en a director of WFC sin
Ilovetr&)or 2017 As * 31st M¥r¢h 2022 the￿ aTe seven rr￿￿*￿ ￿ iOtaT. one haviry witlxlrwn from arrangeff*nt.
No initial Investrnent Wds made in the o)nyany by the fourbjing merters thewefore no invethant ￿ indudwj in the BB0￿ balanca sheet.
Instead, the foundets prts¥vJed IhB ccThpany with a ban lo erth l io c¢jrrWen￿ tr&Je. Thi5 loan was lulty repa￿ to B80￿dUrir￿ 2021122.
The surnmarised resutts oflfvFC are set out trRIow'.
Pro￿$10￿al
2022
Atsthtsd
2021
Profitandloss K¢ourt
Tumov8r
AdrninislratNe exper￿e$
Inleiesl payaNe
Surplus for the year
716
(802
11.124)
91
Ba14nee sheet
Fixed assets
C￿r￿nt a$$ets'.
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Credthrs". amounts f811ng due ￿thin r￿e year
Net Current A8sets
53
381
279
Long tetm (xeditot5- k)ans fttynwkjtrfe ttV5t rwrtxr5
11051
Net assets
386
182
As BBOWt doe$ not prapare Consol￿at￿l financial statements rt to Y￿rtak9 equ.ty ￿Unt￿9 to re¢oanise a proportion ofWFC's
results for the y8ar, assets and Ivabil￿e5 In these fi'rTaDoal statetYEnts
The artic￿$ of assooalion OFWFC provkde BBOWT to the 5urplu5es arising in lo the extent of ItE conlrbutions rnade in exchange
for the member recfutment ServI￿S prov¥Jed by On the bas￿ of BBowf beirvj ￿e out of the seven Whjlife Trust members, 8 one $8venih
proportion of the iesulls and nel assets ¢f￿C would be reccgnise¢ In consol#Jal8d accounls of ￿￿0￿ if equity accountin9 W35 aPpl￿d
The impact on BBowfs finanoal siat8n*nis wou￿j be su¥plus of £29k12021. £13k in the ragJK lor the year and irKreas8 In nel assets and
reserves of £55k12021.. £26kl
Tran$ath0￿ wlth WFC
Duriw the year WFC charyed BBOW cornrniss￿n of£28C* on rTVTtht5hip incotrE tolalling £62k12020.. £71k on £17kl.
The cornmission charged refie#s Ihe IcNyletrn Value of thes0 new ttEtr*)et5hip sub5CllPtIW5 to 88OWr.
A hosting charge of £76912021.. £1611 was charg*1 lo WFC durmg the year. the baLqn(* sl*et dale an *nounl of £Dil12020.. £nill was owed to
88OWr.
The ¢(mpany able lo make Inte￿t repayn*nts lo tha ftyJThJers. BBowf receiv&J £1.Q85 L¥) (2020.. £1.3041 as as the full repayrrent of
the enginal founders loan.
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BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE YILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
23. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Boa￿ of TrnEte85 Wi5he5 to ad[n¢￿￿ grants and donations fr(￿ Ihe tx]d￿S. An extended list of donor5 B Ind￿1￿ within the
Annual Rewew.
Local a￿h￿Iti￿&
8uckinghamshits County Counrj
818&knell Forest Counc
Chewell Dlstritt Coun¢1
South Oxfordshire DElrid Councl
Oxfoidshire County Council
Vale of WthiLe Horse Distr￿ Council
West Beth$h￿e Counc45
Wesl Oxfordshiie thstrict Counul
Grant Ilaking Bodies
Chltems Con5etvatK>n Board
Nat¥)nal Lottery Ccrnunty FUNI
The Royal Sooety or￿dIale TrLSts (Rswr)
The Canal and RNer Trust
Cury Fund Ge￿wistA*s￿latKJn)
Qu31ernary Research Assoc#atKin IQRAI
The Crown Estala
Lan(Ifill Cimnrn￿hI0s F￿￿
Brffa Award
Grundon Wasle Manageft*nt Ltd
Veoha EnwronrrEntal Fund
statutory organfsat6on8
EnvironmentAgen¢y
Natural EngL•nd
DEFRA
CharitablÈ Tnjsts
The Swire charitab￿ Tr￿*1
Rothschi￿ Foundation
Syder Foundation
E B M charitab￿ Trust
Sir Ralph Vemey Mwnorial Trust
Th? RKhard Raddiffe Charitsble Trust
The Ceol Pl￿1n9ten Charitable Twst
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BERKSHIRE. BVCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE VILDUFE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 ￿R¢H 2022
24. STATEMENT OF FIPWICiAL ACTMTIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Unr¢stri¢ted Restrided
FuThJ&
Fund5
Total
2021
Income and endowmènts from:
Donaiions and kg￿¢￿$ from IndNhJuaLs
Membership and membetshp donatK)ns
Grants aThJ Cwfate donations
Ot￿r trading a¢bvft
In￿StmentS
Charitable aumties
A9n-environff*nt schw* grants
(￿her income
859
2.732
436
2.319
231
193
474
Total
Expendlture i)n'.
Raising funds
Costs of generating donalions and ￿a￿e5
Oonalions and *ac￿$
Membership and MeMbershpd￿tions
Grani$ and ¢otporate dMatK)n$
Cosb of othertrading a¢¢N￿e&
Cosls •$50cialed wrth lnvesfrn￿ts
CharitablÈ adivities
N81ure reserves management
Idlife wwareness and education
LookiNJ after the ￿der o)untrysth
120
702
1X>
702
147
434
434
379
2.2C6
1.824
978
487
49t
Total
Net le¥penditure)finG(Nne
Net gainsllloss8sl on investments
Net lexpenditurellincoma aftergain on investmerts
12281
297
577
297
874
A full 8natysis of ffte 2020r21 accounts i% avaikble on ourwebsiie: httpsJAw*.bbvA.(Mg ￿pUb￿a￿"OnS
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