Soil Association Limited **Trustees’ Report and Consolidated Financial Statements** For the year ending 31st March 2022 



## **Contents** 

Why we exist ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Chair’s introduction  .......................................................................................................................... 3 Trustees’ Report .................................................................................................................................. 5 Overview of progress ......................................................................................................................... 8 Our achievements and performance this year ............................................................................ 11 Financial review and results for the year .....................................................................................43 Independent auditor’s report to the members of the Soil Association Limited ....................54 Financial Statements ....................................................................................................................... 60 














































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## **Why we exist** 





## Our vision 





## Our mission 



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Chair's introduction
Welcome to the Soil Association's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31
March 2022. Thanks to the hard work of all our staff and the immense generosity of our
supporters, we have made good progress this year despite some challenging headwinds,
positioning us well to deliver against our ambitious objectives.
Our policy work has contributed much to the ongoing public debate about the threats to
climate, nature and health and how best to promote sustainable solutions to these
fundamental problems. We continue to deliver our acclaimed programmes such as
Innovative Farmers and Food for Life that use proven techniques, grounded in practical
experience and a sound scientific approach, to drive positive and measurable change.
Soil Association Certification has had an exceptional year - both in terms of the
difficulties the business has had to deal with, and the strong operating and f inancial
performance that has been delivered. We are very grateful for the support of all our
licensees, and pleased that the organic market has grown by 5/ to £3.2 billion. We have
made encouraging progress with our new start-up initiative Soil Association Exchange,
which uses a combination of technology and real-world advice to help every type of
farmer get the most out of regenerative farming - reaping the financial benefits of
feeding their communities while stewarding the land with nature in mind.
We are also using technology to engage with as many people as possible in the most
inclusive manner. Pleasingly we had I million users on our website, and exceptional
levels of attendance at the wide range of online and real-world conferences, talks,
seminars and training workshops we use to develop and share our experience of
agroecology and organic thinking and practice.
We have managed our finances well over the last couple of challenging years and are
pleased to report that the Group has come out of the pandemic in a healthy financial
position which is enabling us to make some strategic investments over the coming year
to help us build our capabilities further. Our ambitious strategy to deliver great impact
means we need to continue to raise vital funds from members, philanthropists and
charitable foundations through the Regeneration Fund and other initiatives. We are
fortunate to receive much-valued support from our corporate partners - a great group
that were joined this year by Deloitte when we became one of their charity Climate
Partners.
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It strikes me that the relevance is ever more apparent today of the name chosen by the
charity s founders 76 years ago. The crucial importance of healthy soil is widely
recognised, with increasing focus on its function in effectively sequestering carbon. The
"social. part of 'association" in uniting with others across the food, farming and forestry
systems to increase our impact is a source of great strength. And of course we strive to
promote working "in association" with nature - to join forces with the natural world as an
ally to restore and sustain a world with good health, thriving biodiversity, and a safe
climate.
Thank you for your ongoing interest in this vitally important cause. Your support makes
a very real difference.
Martin Nye
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## **Trustees’ Report** 

## **a. Chief Executive’s foreword** 





















































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where and how these technologies could support the transition to agroecology and
healthy, sustainable diets. We published 'Fixing Nitrogen, and a ground breaking paper on
Regenerative Forestry, which sets out a vision for how to optimise commercial,
environmental and social goals. And working closely with the Food, Farming and
Countryside Commission, we continued to develop the modelling by IDDRI, on the
feasibility and impacts of a widespread move to agroecology across the UK.
Our Certification business has had a deeply challenging year, dealing with the problems
of remote audits, Brexit complications and a rapidly growing demand for organic and
forestry certification. Despite these stresses, and partly because of the exceptional
circumstances, the business had an unusually profitable year, allowing us to boost
reserves and provide a small cushion as we head into a period which looks complex and
uncertain on many fronts It has also allowed us to invest in a new climate and landscape
services team, to deliver audits on the woodland and peat carbon codes, and to work
here and internationally on landscape scale recovery.
It's been an exciting year for the Soil Association Land Trust, our sister charity within the
group. The donation of Woodoaks Farm, spanning the M25 close to Maple Cross, has
allowed us the opportunity to put our many ideas into practice in a place close to many
millions of people. We have invited new entrants to apply to come to set up at the farm,
planted new hedges, rescued and renovated a wonderful listed barn, and have teams of
volunteers getting active on the land. At a time when the big picture can feel
overwhelming, it's sometimes great just to be able to get on and do things that in
themselves, show how the future of food and farming could be if we had our way.
Which, of course, we will continue to strive to do.
On behalf of the Soil Association Group, I would like to express my whole-hearted
thanks to the many individuaLs, charitable trusts and foundations, companies and symbol
holders whose unwavering, continued support has led to great achievements over the
past year. It takes an enormous team effort to make progress, and working with you all
has created a really amazing teaml
Helen Browning
Chief Executive
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b. Charitable objects
The objects of the Charity are as follows..
To advance the education of the public by promoting a full understanding of the
vital relationship between the health of the soil, plants, animals, people and the
environment,.
To advance the education of the public by carrying out research land
disseminating the results) into agricultural and forestry production methods and
the effects of these methods on the quality of food and other outputs on human
health and the environment,.
To preserve, conserve and protect the environment through the prudent use of
natural resources, including by the promotion of organic and sustainable farming
techniques,.
To promote and enhance human health through providing information and advice
in relation to healthy eating and nutrition., and
To promote high standards in the care and welfare of farm animals to prevent
cruelty to and suffering by farm animals.
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## **Overview of progress** 

## **Overview of Progress: Highlights from 2021/2022** 







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## Improving food access for diverse communities 






## Supporting organic growth 








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## **Growing better together: Strategy to 2030 vision goals** 







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## We will strive to support three key transitions by 2030: 

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## **Our achievements and performance this year** 

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We also helped farmers to learn more about nature-friendly farming this year by
supplying a range of information through our networks. This included Organic Farming
Magazine which is produced three times per year, monthly Organic Farming News sent
out electronically to our 6,300 strong networks, as well as responses to an average of
40-50 producer support enquiries every month.
Developing Social Goals
To help farmers and land managers in Devon and Somerset navigate the changes
brought about by the Agricultural Transition we ran five face-to-face informational
workshops, four specialist workshops, as well as the delivery of one-to-one advice to 50
farm businesses under the Defra Future Farm Resilience Fund between October 2021
and March 2022.
We are also continuing to develop relationships between researchers and farmers
looking for avenues to engage with sustainable practices through our programme
Innovative Farmers. The programme, which was created in 2012, is a network now
numbering over 12,000 people including farmers, producers and research bodies who
run on-farm trials called field labs on topics they wish to explore,. during the trial the
process and results are documented in order to share with other members. It is backed
by the Soil Association, alongside a team from Linking Environment and Farming ILEAFI,
Innovation for Agriculture, and the Organic Research Centre, In the last 12 months, we
helped launch a further nine field labs, enabling even more farmers to access a support
framewcyk whilst implementing new ideas measures on-farm.
Throughout the year, through the European Union's research programme Replacement
of Contentious Inputs in Organic Farming Systems IRELACSI we have been involved with
several projects exploring innovative and agroecological farm practices. With the aim of
connecting, building, and sharing knowledge across the farming community, we have
helped to guide.
A farmer focus group testing sustainable alternatives to anthelmintics (anti-
parasitic drugs that target parasites such as worms) such as heather extract in
Scotland, followed by several webinars on the results due to demand.
Two farmer field schools to support the reduction of antibiotics. This included
trialling the use of essential oils as a treatment for mild mastitis cases as an
alternative to antimicrobials.
A well-attended meeting with stakeholders from the organic sector in June 2021
to develop plans to promote alternatives to anthelmintic and antibiotic use. This
highlighted the needs for further trials to build the evidence base, and wider
dialogue on alternative treatments with vets.
A trial looking at copper replacement spray programmes for fruit production.
Copper based sprays are currently used in organic farming as both a protection
for plants against bacterial and fungal diseases and as a foliar fertiliser. The need
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for this trial to find alternatives is because use of copper-based sprays is strictly
limited as build-up in the soil can be toxic.
A f ield lab looking at alternative mulches to plastic for horticulture.
In order to support farmers, foresters and rural businesses in their day-to-day challenges,
we have grown our skills and understanding through the Better Rural Innovation.. Linking
Actors, Instruments and Policies through Networks ILIAISONI programme, which was
funded by EU Horizon. LIAISON is a collaborative project which has been funded within
the agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EI P Agril, an initiative launched by the
European Commission to foster competitive and sustainable agriculture and forestry that
"achieves more and better from less" Through our partnership in this programme. we
have contributed to the development of best practice in this area and benefited from
utilising the practice-ready methods, protocols and tools designed by LIAISON, enabling
us to deliver more effective support for change.
LIAISON has also enabled us to promote farmer-to-farmer learning as we brought
together findings from the Soil Association-managed Scottish Government-funded Rural
Innovation Support Service as a case study to the project, and used the findings to
produce five practical and accessible How to Guides. We also developed a 12-hour
training programme to share the findings of the project and support practitioners to use
the tools identified and recommended by LIAISON to improve their practice. Our
involvement in this project has also driven potential collaborators and partners towards
us.
The impact of our involvement in this project is highlighted by this comment, which we
received from a participant of the pilot of our training programme..
"Thank you for this opportunity it has made me realise how valuable getting feedback
could be for us on different projects. Having a day to think about and evaluate things is
something we rarely give ourselves permission forl There are loads of tools LIAISON has
created which I can use and adapt for educational and facilitator training purposes, as
well as facilitating projects myself in practice. But without coming today that would have
been left to chance - coming and being a very tiny part of the process has given the
motivation and appetite to go away and play with more of the toolsl Brilliant job and
thank youl"
We have also been impacting the farming sector through our work on carbon
sequestration. Finding pathways to relate carbon sequestration back to farming practices
through our Carbon Assets for Soil Health ICASHI project has allowed us to see farmers
rewarded financially for the public good, that great soil management can deliver.
Through this we have assembled soil and practice data from over 60 farmers and
analysed this for correlations. which will feed back into the CASH. Going forward, the
learnings from this project will be used to support farmers to improve soil health on-
farm by facilitating industry-wide knowledge sharing and collaboration through our new
initiative Soil Association Exchange ISAXI, which aims to enable and empower farmers to
make positive environmental and social changes on their farm.
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In addition to this, Soil Association joined with Duchy College, the land-based specialist
college, and Farm Carbon Toolkit, a community interest company that acts as a vehicle
for farmers to work together to reduce farm business greenhouse gas emissions through
'Farm Net Zero,, a five-year funded lottery funded programme to support farmers in the
Cornwall to move towards net zero carbon emissions.
This year we've also continued to explore the benefits of growing trees on farms and the
promotion of silvo-pasture (the integration of trees, forage and livestock grazing)
through the publication of our agroforestry handbook. The handbook has been
downloaded almost 5,000 times since its initial launch, highlighting how effective a tool
it has been for farmers, with content being further developed to create an online learning
course to support f urther learning and exploration of this nature-friendly practice.
Further to this, in Scotland we have delivered successful peer-to-peer knowledge
exchange programmes focused on agroecological approaches and agroforestry. We've
also supported the establishment of a Scottish Agroforestry Learning Network. Further
programmes are in development for the 2022123 period.
Achieving Material Change
Alongside the FABulous Farmers programme, the FAB partnership was successful in
receiving extra funding to help develop collaboration platforms across Europe. This
infrastructure will support more farmers to adopt functional agro-biodiversity farming
practices. improving farm biodiversity by facilitating exchanges of knowledge and
rewarding farmers for adopting nature-friendly measures.
As Innovative Farmers is now embedded in several UK research programmes, we have
been using the learnings from the programme to help to ensure that agricultural
innovations currently being researched by these programmes are conducted to the
highest standard. Our expertise has helped to inform future Innovate UK (the UK'S
innovation agency) funding programmes and frameworks, with the end goal of
promoting more agroecological practice by ensuring that a higher percentage of
Innovate UK'S funding going to farming projects. This reflects our desire to see farmers
paid fairly for making sustainable and nature-friendly choices.
We have also been furthering this goal by facilitating the introduction of a Sustainable
Farming Incentive for organic farming, to be introduced in 2025. This incentive will pay
farmers to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way and is one of the
Government's Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMS). ELMS focus on
improving the environment by paying farmers for certain environmental benefits, instead
of offering payments based on the amount of land farmed and interact with government
wider environmental and climate change objectives.
In line with this activity, we also concluded our Defra Test to identify mechanisms to
monitor ELMS delivery. This will help to facilitate delivery to farming communities,
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calendar year as well as develop report templates for farmers which will enable them to
record their results and share them with their peers. We will also gain insights from our
European partners and utilise the expertise from researchers at UK CEH.
Alongside this, the CASH project will continue to collect soil data, linking the results with
farming practice to identify trends and build knowledge across the farming sector. This
project will run in parallel to Soil Association Exchange to provide learnings on soil health
improvement. We will be running workshops for farmers and producing fact sheets
based on the findings of the f irst round of soil testing.
We will also be working with the Crop Health and Productivity ICHAPI Agritech Centre to
bring key stakeholders together and raise awareness of the need to breed plants "fit for
the future" This will kick off with a conference focusing on what we need our future
plants to do and in what systems they will need to do this.
In 2022 we will also be celebrating the ioih anniversary of Innovative Farmers IIFI. A
range of activities will mark this landmark year including an event at Chatham House in
the autumn where the Innovative Farmers model will be showcased for a global
audience. A minimum of 12 farmer-led field labs will be launched annually to help farm
businesses adopt more sustainable farming practices with all our field labs focusing on
topics which will support the transition to agroecological farming practices.
Achieving Material Change
Our work to transform the physical and regulatory landscape continues into 2022123,
with activity across the farming and land use landscape.
As a result of funding success, we will lead a consortium to develop an agroforestry
carbon standard for the UK, which will allow practitioners to prove their commitment to
sustainable practice and demonstrate that carbon sequestration is taking place on their
farms.
To ensure that Defra can effectively support this sector to respond to their transition
objectives, we will continue to engage with them and work on an Organic Action Plan
for England. We will implement a further Defra test to understand the impact of the
current Sustainable Farming Incentive ISFII standards on organic farmers and identify
suitable monitoring mechanisms including organic certification.
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At least 120,000 citizens connected at FFLGT activities at 2,579 registered
activities to date. A UWE Evaluation found that 99/ts of FFLGT organizers surveyed
felt that the activity helped participants connect with one another, indicating a
positive effect for social cohesion.
Between September 2021- March 2022, we saw 821 registrations for FFLGTS
network events. According to our post-session survey, 70/0 of attendees agreed
that they felt better connected to other people involved in good food activities in
their community as a result of the session. 55/ts of attendees reported they were
likely to use these connections to support good food activities in their own
community.
3,039 organisations or groups have engaged citizens in food issues, initiatives or
systems change through FFLGTS to date.
Developing Social Goals
We are motivated by the belief that good food starts with communities, and at the core
of our activities is the belief that the best way of improving access to good food is to
work within these communities and empower them to succeed using our knowledge.
This year, our work has helped us progress towards our goal of every child learning to
cook, grow and access nature. Food for Life is Soil Association's programme making
good food the easy choice for everyone through a stratified awards scheme. 286,230
children are now in 821 Food for Life IFFLI participating settings (schools and early
years) This represents 4.1/0 of all primary schools in England and 3.4/0 of primary schools
and early years settings in England. A Food for Life participating setting is one that is
working on or has gained at least one Food for Life award, which are centred on four
areas of development demonstrating a commitment to good food.. Food Quality, Food
Leadership and Food Culture, Food Education, and Community and Partnerships. This
year 92 new primary schools enrolled with Food for Life and 24 new schools awarded
Food for Life status-, 32 new early years settings enrolled and 14 were awarded.
Supporting every child to have at least one healthy and sustainable meal a day, Food for
Life Served Here IFFLSHI is Soil Association's award system for caterers, operated
through FFL. A school that has an external caterer (private or local authority) will need to
have a caterer with a FFLSH award in order to qualify for a FFL award. FFLSH meals are
served in 50/ts of primary schools in England and 54/0 of primary school sites in Scotland.
In Scotland, 56% of meals served in primary schools are FFLSH1128,172 meals daily) and
40/0 of meals served in education sites from nursery through to secondary are FFLSH
1139,290 meals daily). All of these meals are freshly prepared, use sustainable ingredients,
are made with more locally sourced and ethical ingredients that support local
economies.
Schools number of children 15 based on Jan 2021 census on roll data Imost recent census data available).
Early Years number of children is based on setting capacity reported by setting on enrolment with FFL.
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Our work extends beyond schools. We also support public land large scale privatel
sector settings to serve healthy and sustainable menus. 2 million12,053,4571 Food for
Life Served Here meals are now served daily across the UK in these sectors, including
within 18 of the 32 local authorities in Scotland. This means that over 2 million meals that
are better for health, nature and our climate are served every day - over 400 million
annually. In addition to this, FFLSH is also served in 50 hospitals and 50 universities.
We strive to support all U K (cities andl local authorities lareasl to implement sustainable
food policies, strategies, plans and campaigns, The Sustainable Food places partnership,
a programme led by the Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain.. the alliance for
better food and farming, makes progress towards this by supporting and celebrating
places making positive changes to their food systems and culture.
This year, 23 new members joined the Sustainable Food Places partnership. Bristol also
became the second Gold award holder alongside Brighton Et Hove after being a member
of the Sustainable Food Places Network previously. A Gold award holder has
demonstrated that they demonstrate excellence in the areas of Reducing Food Waste
and Building a Good Food Movement, in addition to the six pieces of evidence on food
related themes needed for the bronze and silver awards. To date, 68 places Icities,
towns, boroughs, districts or counties) are establishing cross-sector food partnerships
through Sustainable Food Places to transform their local food system and are driving
innovation and best practice on all aspects of healthy and sustainable food.
Achieving Material Change
As part of our work in the healthy and sustainable diets sector, we have also spent the
last year influencing policy makers, advocating for policy change, and supporting shifts
to healthier and more sustainable choices in places where food is served.
We successfully influenced the recommendations related to school food in the National
Food Strategy, with our Food for Life programme highlighted as the model to emulate,
both in sustainable procurement and a whole school approach. The Strategy
recommended that a mandatory accreditation scheme should be developed, informed
by Food for Life, indicating the programme's success. In line with our Ultra-Processed
Planet report, it also highlighted the impact ultra-processed foods are having on our
health, recommending that government take action to break the Junk food cycle,, where
retailers oversupply the public with low-nutrient sugary foods and the public in turn
demands more of them.
We're also enacting policy change as well as influencing it,. all 11 current Public Health
commissions have a Food for Life Get Togethers presence and six are also Sustainable
Food Place members, meaning that our Healthy and Sustainable Diets ethos has a
national presence and the potential to transform further communities. In addition to this,
this year the Soil Association has also been working on a place-based model that can be
commissioned by local authorities, allowing them to transform the food system from a
local level up by bringing together different Soil Association offerings across settings,
schemes, communities, and places.
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maintain FFLSH awards for their school meals service. We will facilitate opportunities to
increase Scottish sourcing for Scottish school meals.
Our learning from the FFLGT programme will also help to develop the ways in which we
improve community access to good food in 2022123 by..
Building out from FFLGT'S approach to create a networking event offer, giving us
the ability to connect all healthy and sustainable diets audiences
Co-ordinating a second major research project with Coventry University to
understand approaches and metrics which evidence a transition to healthy and
sustainable diets in communities and places
To support all public and large-scale private sector settings to serve healthy and
sustainable menus, we plan to continue the growth of FFLSH and the number of meals
served throughout the next year. We aim to achieve this through a new partnership with
Unison, as well as by sending a joint letter on the back of the Hospital Food Review
encouraging their branch members in NHS sites to push for FFLSH to be applied to staff
and retails outlets to drive our business in hospitals. Alongside this, we will be
developing a programme of support for further public sector expansion using learning
from the 2022-23 pilot expansion in Glasgow.
Achieving Material Change
In the next year, we intend to further promote policy changes that will make good food
more accessible to all, and to advocate for businesses in the food sector to make more
Sustainable choices.
The government's response to the National Food Strategy will be a key moment for us in
the coming year. We will also focus over the next 12 months on capitalising on any
opportunities to positively inf luence healthy and sustainable diets policy We believe that
our place-based model for local authorities is a good vehicle for this. It is currently in
development, and we hope to announce our first place-based commission within the
2022123 year.
We will continue driving corporate policy changes through Out to Lunch 2022. Secret
diners will review the food offering at 16 of the most-visited and family-friendly visitor
attractions, analyzing their food sustainability and health credentials. The Out to Lunch
methodology will provide a suitable framework for attractions to create stronger
corporate policies on healthy and sustainable diets and we will provide support to
caterers and hospitality managers to help develop their policies. The anticipated media
attention will add pressure and put the spotlight on businesses to implement change.
We also hope to captivate the media's attention with the launch of the Stop Poison
Poultry report and subsequent campaign. calling on supermarkets to remove wildlife-
killing pesticides from their soya supply chains. This will also include asking citizens to
call on supermarkets to address the risks to farm workers and wildlife from exposure to
pesticides sprayed on soya crops in Latin America that are fed to intensively-reared
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chickens in the UK. We will develop a robust and meaningful policy that helps
supermarket suppliers phase out their use of imported soya, including via the use of
alternative feeds.
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Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This is helping us to advance understanding of
agroecology and to share practical solutions with a far more diverse audience than we
could reach in person, and by extension allowing us to collate feedback that allows us to
strengthen our ways of working.
We also now know that, typically, the UK public have three opportunities to read about
our work each month. This exposure enables us to promote solutions to a vast and
diverse network including citizens, farmers, policy makers and businesses. In addition to
this, this year we have completed a major analysis of our social media channels, which
will help to guide future interactions and help us to engage our networks more
effectively on key themes such as biodiversity and agroecology. One such example of
this is by engaging citizens through a 'Worm Hunt" and running sessions in person with
schools.
This year one of our key focuses has been strengthening our internal relationships,
policies, and practices so that we have the wherewithal to further build support for the
movement and expand our network. We have also had the chance to reflect on our
name the Soil Association. Although we might not think about it every day, we have
realised that we are a true association, with millions of people engaging in a desire to see
us work together to regenerate our planet as part of nature.
Our brand refresh, conducted this year, has been a key opportunity to further our
progress in this respect. We have been able to summarise our organisational role as
'helping everyone to build natural solutions together, with our new strapline as 'a force
for nature,. We are already beginning to see the impact of this refresh as our brand has
become more recognisable, with 47/0 of individuals knowing of the Soil Association
although we still have more to do to make sure that the public know what we do and
want to get involved with the movement with us.
The diverse teams in the organisation have engaged in a process to reflect and review
what our role means for them in light of our new strategy. As a result of this effort to
review. adjustments to creative work, content and internal processes are being rolled out
in order make the most of our unique role.
We are fortunate to work with incredibly talented people who speak their truth about the
solutions they have developed to restore our planet to full health,. our farming
ambassadors play a key part in this as a bridge between the Soil Association, farmers, and
citizens. As such, we have made efforts to build the sense of community - both internally
through our brand workshops, which have given communications colleagues the ability
to interact with teams who sit in programmes teams and Certification land vice versal as
well as externally through events such as those run by the Agroecology Comms
Network, all with the end aim of reinforcing our relationships and our identity as an
Association.
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Our Organisation
In order to be a force for nature and help everyone build natural solutions together, we
need to be as fit as possible internally. Our capacity to deliver the impact we want in the
world is directly related to our organisational culture. This means that we need to ensure
we have the funding and people to carry out our activities, and that we need to make
sure to maintain our valuable partnerships both externally and internally within the Soil
Association Group.
Our Funding
Soil Association supporters can be assured that we are registered with the Fundraising
Regulator and we comply with the regulatory standard for fundraising.
The charity benefits from varied income streams and, as the pandemic continued, we
were able to maintain income levels as planned. We were also fortunate to receive some
Covid-emergency grants. This sustained funding allowed us to continue our charitable
work.
Our supporters and members are the lifeblood of the charity, supporting our campaigns,
signing petitions, amplifying out voice and of course providing vital income. This year, we
focused on nurturing and growing our pool of regular supporters who provide critical
unrestricted funding for the charity,. more than 10,000 people support us directly as
members demonstrating their commitment to climate, nature and health issues through
financial support and advocacy of our solution-based approach. Our ambition this year
as always was for our members and supporters to have the very best giving experience
possible and we have continued to strive to find ways to thanks and steward people so
that they understand how important their support is the work of the Soil Association.
Overall, this seems to have been successful as our retention rate for members was 90/
and we increased the average lifetime of a member to 14 years. This year, we also
received 12 legacy gifts where people had generously decided to include the Soil
Association in their will.
Moreover, in order to further drive membership signups we launched the Regeneration
Fund - an ambitious E8m campaign focused on the six critical projects that will drive
progress to reach out 2030 charitable goals. With support from people, companies, and
charitable trusts we have raised over £2.3m. We held four virtual roundtable events for
people to come and learn about these projects and hear from our experts, reducing
reputational risk by giving our supporters the ability to raise queries or concerns about
our activities and receive answers.
We also hosted our first ever hybrid event in November 2021 for the 4th Annual Peter
Melchett Memorial Lecture with Lord Deben as speaker around the theme of "Grounding
COP26'. Why farmers hold the key to Nature Based Solutions" We had 133 attendees
online and a small VIP audience of 31 people. The aim of this lecture was to inform,
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## **Our People** 

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## **Consideration of Directors’ responsibilities** 





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opportunities, payment policy transition and technicallpractical farm walks. We also
exhibited at the regenerative agriculture event Groundswell, which attracted 3,500
visitors over two days and generated leads who were interested in finding more about
Soil Association Certif ication's work.
With lockdown lifting and shopping habits adjusting, Soil Association Certification hosted
multiple events and campaigns to share market and consumer insights and support our
organic licensees as they adjusted to the changing trade environment and the
emergence of new opportunities.
We undertook a hybrid or virtual model for many events with over 600 people attending
our hybrid trade conference and organic market launch events. Over the year we
engaged with approximately 2,000 people through 19 hosted events and talks including
on-farm organic learning days, organic fresh produce forum, Brexit webinars, organic
beauty and wellbeing panels and selling online sessions, alongside four organic farming
webinars and an on-farm event for farming clients in the north of England.
Soil Association Certification worked alongside the Organic Trade Board and many
organic businesses and retailers to hold another successful Organic September. With
over 5 major retailers taking part to influence communities they engage with alongside
hundreds of independent retailers, box schemes and farm shops, growth across the
month was over 13/0 compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and levels of
engagement increased significantly as the message that'nature has the answer, hit
home. Along with the BOOMS, this campaign engaged citizens on the benefits of
organic, with both activities enabling us to reach a wider and more diverse audience
through their public facing nature.
Organic September has allowed us to build a network of advocates for organic as a
nature friendly solution through the attention that it garnered. This includes 247,000
engagements with campaign content via social media, 584 pieces of positive coverage
from a 3.9 million strong print and broadcast press reach, and 677 clients downloading
our bespoke digital toolkit to help them spread the word about Organic September. In
addition to this, 253 retailers joined Organic September Saturday and 87 box schemes
and farm shops distributed campaign materials to help them communicate the message
to their customers.
Soil Association Certification has also been working to build relationships with licensees
and interested parties such as Fashion and Textiles UK, where we spoke on their panel
discussing 'Sustainability & Ethics within the Fashion and Textiles Industry . We have also
created a webinar for Earth Day 2022 with the theme Invest in Our Planet, with the aim
of supporting fashion and textiles licensees as well as other interested parties to explore
the importance of sustainable and ethical business practices in protecting the planet.
This also included an overview the Organic Market Report 2021 and a live Q&A with a
panel of industry experts.
We have also been promoting sustainable and ethical practices in the Forestry sector.
Our work in Forestry has also been going from strength to strength, allowing us to
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shoppers to understand and choose products which align to their values, which also
helps to drive this market increase, evidenced by the fact that the market for certified
organic and natural beauty grew +13/0 in 2020121.
In addition to this, COSMOS, our worldwide standard for cosmetics, is now the leading
international organic and natural standard for cosmetic products with over 23,000
certified products available worldwide - over three times more than the next leading
natural and organic global cosmetics standards. 76/¢ of these meet the COSMOS
Organic standard and 24/0 are certified COSMOS Natural, meaning that nature-friendly
products are more recognisable and popular everywhere.
We're also protecting more forests than ever before by maintaining year-on-year growth
in the Forestry and Chain of Custody sector with more than 4,200 certificates issued and
an area of over 26 million hectares of forest certified as sustainably managed.
This includes consolidation of our strong presence in central and eastern Europe where
one of our longest standing certificates based in the Czech Republic has been audited
annually against the FSC forest management standard for 22 years. Soil Association
Certification is the leading FSC forest management certifier in Romania and has now
issued the first PEFC forest management certificate in the country.
This year we've also incentivised land managers to make more sustainable choices
through the accreditation we offer, which enables them to access 'social benefit, and the
financial benefits that it can bring. This has been achieved through the rapid growth of
our Woodland Carbon Code validation and verification work produces independently
verified carbon units in the UK and is internationally recognised for high standards of
sustainable forest management and carbon management. We've completed 108 projects
covering 11,461 ha with the potential to sequester over 2 million tonnes of C02e.
Furthermore, the first Peatland Code registered restoration project, which achieved
validation this year, is almost complete with more in the pipeline with pilot audits and
scoping work for other nature-based solutions under way. The Peatland Code is a
voluntary certification standard for UK peatland projects wishing to market the climate
benefits of restoration, and validated projects must show that they are credible and
deliverable in accordance with the standard.
In addition to this, to help streamline the process of certification for businesses in
2021122 our Business Improvement project expanded into a Business Improvement
programme and launched..
a new public online search facility for suppliers of organic products
a client portal to 2,300 organic food Etdrink, health & beauty and textile licensees,
which enables licensees to manage their organic certification, view documents,
respond to audit actions and submit certification forms
an online listing for verified input products
a suite of product management tools for internal use
improved efficiencies in our organic producer inspections
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## **Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)** 

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matches IOO/ts of the electricity we use with power they generate at their own renewable
energy farm or power they buy from independent renewable generators. Further
improvement in the building's energy efficiency is likely to require significant capital
funding for projects such as upgrading the HVAC system (something that could eliminate
our use of gasl, upgrading to more modern double glazing, renewing the building roof to
incorporate better insulation and installation of solar PV.
Current organic and forestry certification regimes require physical inspections at client
sites. Often these sites are in rural or out of town locations that cannot be easily
accessed by public transport, and in the case of forestry a significant number of clients
are overseas necessitating air travel. For so long as the regulations requi re physical
inspections a significant degree of business travel will need to be undertaken.
Improvements that can be explored include reviewing the scheduling of visits to
minimise distances travelled and the fuel efficiency of the vehicles driven.
For other UK business travel in the Soil Association Group, we operate a travel hierarchy
that encourages online meetings, but when not possible we encourage the use of public
transport and car sharing.
We are currently in the process of exploring more comprehensive environmental
reporting approaches such as the implementation of15014001, a leading international
standard for environmental management systems. Such an approach would provide a
formal framework within which a wider view of the organisation's environmental
footprint can be captured, improvement plans drawn up, and targets set.
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Next year
Our Funding
We see a world where sustainable farming is valued, trees are protected, and we all eat
healthy food. We want to find more people who care about the same things that we do,
so that we can carry out the work needed to enact lasting change. In order to do that we
have to grow our fundraising and out ambition in 2022123 is to grow our fundraising and
identify new opportunities to grown income.
The charity has made the conscious decision to invest in growing our fundraising over
the coming years so that we can reach more supporters and find more people who are
inspired by our work. In turn. these supporters will provide a growing income stream to
the charity so that we can reach our ambitious 2030 goals to achieve Regeneration. To
realise these ambitions, we will focus on recruiting over 2,000 new regular givers to the
charity, and look to increase our retention rates for members to 91/.
We are looking to reach more companies with sustainable and climate-friendly
ambitions who can support our charitable objectives. We are looking forward to growing
our partnerships with Pukka Herbs, Blue Diamond, Deloitte and we look forward to
working with Ocado who are support our FABulous farmers programme. We are looking
forward to talking about our Innovative Farmers programme on BBC Radio 4 as one of
their charity appeals in August 2022.
As the world starts to open up more, we are looking forward to hosting some in-person
events, but we will continue to hold virtual events as they have proved to be popular with
so many of our supporters, and allowed us to reach people nationally and internationally.
For the year 202212023 we have planned many events so that we can reconnect with
our supporters but also reach as large an audience as possible. We will be hosting two
in-person walks at Eastbrook farm in the summer, a tour of Highgrove and a dinner in
the Autumn, as well as our Annual Peter Melchett Memorial Lecture with a large in
person and online audience.
Other goals for 22123 include.
Continuing to secure funding for the Regeneration Fund and grow major donor
income through networks and contacts, and events
Building a movement for change- increasing the number and depth of citizens.
engagements with us
Delivering our gifts in wills. marketing strategy to members and supporters.
Recruiting a Volunteer Manager to launch a face-to-face fundraising acquisition
programme through talks and presentations to interested groups
Identifying opportunities to apply for Trust and grant funding for our Farming and
Land Use and Healthy and Sustainable Diets programmes. While at the same time
securing trust and statutory funding for a three year policy programme - 'Ten
Years for Agroecology 22-25,
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## **Our People** 

## Hybrid working 










## Employee health, safety, and wellbeing 













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## **Next year for Soil Association Certification** 

## Soil Association Certification is Support Individual Farmers, Producers, and Licensees 













## Soil Association Certification is Building Relationships 















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## **Financial review and results for the year** 

## **a. Financial Review** 













## 2021/22 Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 


















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Grant awards won in 2021122 included the following..
E480k from Scottish Government to fund the continuation of Food for Life in
Scotland in 2022123 Ino income recognised in 20211221
E191k from Samworth Foundation for Citizen Insight and Digital Transformation
Irecognised in full in 20211221
183k from Erasmus + for the two year Digital Food Education project, where we
are the lead partner IE109k income recognised in 20211221
167k from Interreg for the two year Cool Food Pro project, where we are a sub-
partner1£20k income recognised in 20201211
E438k130.0/1 decrease in funding earned by the Charity through providing contract
and consultancy services to the public and private sectors. These revenues are
principally associated with lal our Food for Life work commissioned by local
authorities and others as well as the associated Food for Life Served Here scheme
being adopted by caterers,- and Ibl contracts for Farming and Land Use consultancy
work. Our contract with the Scottish Government to facilitate farmer led innovation
finished in the prior year, driving much of the decrease in contract income. In
addition, one of our Food for Life commissions ended mid-year, although this has
been replaced with two new commissions awarded towards the end of the financial
year. Our Food for Life Served Here Scheme has started to recover from the Covid-
19 pandemic with an increase in income vs. the prior year but income was still
significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels.
EI,508k117/1 increase in certification income is due to high licensee retention, good
growth in the UK organic market and continued growth in income from the Forestry
and Chain of Custody sector.
Total income received from other trading activities increased by £155k compared to the
prior year with most of this increase in SASS, where income from non-primary purpose
trading such as corporate sponsorship and affinity partnerships increased by £129k.
Other income of £8k relates to claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in
the financial year, which is significantly reduced from the prior year. This scheme was
made available to employers to protectjobs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Expenditure on fundraising activities, including membership, was £737k, up £124k120/1
from E613k in the prior financial year.
Expenditure on charitable activities during 2021122 increased by £1,478k over the prior
financial year to £16,862k. Of this increase..
£657k was in SA Certification due to expenditure returning to more of a normal level
as we emerged from the pandemic. Travel was limited in the prior year due to Covid-
19 and measures were also taken to control expenditure at a time when it was
difficult to predict the impact the pandemic would have on income.
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How we secure funding
Soil Association supporters can be assured that we are registered with the Fundraising
Regulator and we comply with the regulatory standard for fundraising.
We fundraise by submitting applications to grant-giving trusts, by partnering with
companies to deliver joint benefits and by securing donations and gifts-in-wills from
individuals and members. Our fundraising from supporters takes the form of appeals, and
direct asks-, face-to-face, by letter, by phone or by email.
Last year, we continued to use Ethicall telemarketing agency to deliver telephone
campaigns to fundraise and reactivate lapsed or cancelled members. We always ensure
that any agency we use to assist us with our fundraising is fully accredited with the
relevant industry bodies and registered with the Fundraising Regulator. We expect them
to also observe the highest standards in terms of fundraising practice and deliver the
most sustainable and ethical business practices. We approve the wording of all
telephone scripts used and all phone calls are recorded, which we monitor on a regular
basis to ensure they are following fundraising best practice.
The fundraising, supporter development and citizen marketing team - an in-house team
of 19 full and part-time fundraisers and marketeers - are familiar with, and work in
accordance with, the Fundraising Regulator's code of practice. The team keep abreast of
new fundraising trends and practices, always ensuring that the interests of our donors
are at the heart of all we do.
Our focus is to strive for all donors to have the very best giving experience when they
support the work of the Soil Association, and we use up-to-date policies, procedures
and informal training to look after the needs of vulnerable people. This financial year we
received no complaints about our fundraising. All donors are given the opportunity to
update their preferences in how we communicate with them. They can contact us by
phone, post or email to change their preferences at any time, and all of our emails offer a
one-click unsubscribe option to facilitate easy change of preferences. We also update
our records whenever we are notified of undelivered mail, or if we are notified by an
official institution such as a bank that a member is deceased. Everyone we contact has
the opportunity to remove themselves from future communications and we are
committed to carefully monitoring the content and frequency of our approach to
individuals.
On our website there are easy to find policies, including. privacy policy, complaints
https'.//www.soilassociation.orglmedia1142491soil-association-charity-complaints-
procedure.pdfl, safeguarding, our approach to GDPR and our supporter promise.
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## **e. Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities** 













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## **Independent auditor’s report to the members of the Soil Association Limited** 














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Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the
going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is
appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties
relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast signif icant
doubt on the group's or parent charitable company s ability to continue as a going
concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are
authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern
are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Trustee's Report other
than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are
responsible for the other information contained within the Trustee's Report. Our opinion
on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the
extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance
conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the
other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our
knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially
misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material
misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material
misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have
performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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Opinions on other rnatters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit..
the information given in the Trustee's Report, which includes the Directors, Report
and the Strategic Report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial
year for which the f inancial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial
statements,. and
the Directors, Report and the Strategic Report included within the Trustee's Report
have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent charitable
company and their environmc￿t obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified
material misstatements in the Directors, Report or the Strategic Report included within the
Trustee's Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act
2006 require us to report to you if, in our opinion..
adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent charitable company,
or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited
by us," or
the parent charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the
accounting records and returns,. or
certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration specified by law are not made,. or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees. responsibilities set out on page 52,
the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of
company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for
being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the
trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the
group s and parent charitable company s ability to continue as a going concern,
disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern
basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the group or parent
charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is
a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance
with ISAS IUKI will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements
can arise from f raud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the
aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of
users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities.
including fraud
Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The objectives
of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with
laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, to perform audit procedures to help identify
instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material
effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected
non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit.
In relation to f raud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material
misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate
audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud through
designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud
or suspected f raud identified during the audit.
However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those
charged with governance, to ensure that the entitys operations are conducted in
accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and
detection of fraud.
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities,
including fraud, the group audit engagement team-
obtained an understanding of the nature of the sector, including the legal and
regulatory framework that the group and parent charitable company operate in and
how the group and parent charitable company are complying with the legal and
regulatory framework",
inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own
identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including any known
actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud,.
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discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud
might occur including assessment of how and where the financial statements may
be susceptible to fraud.
As a result of these procedures we consider the most significant laws and regulations that
have a direct impact on the financial statements are FRS 102, Charities SORP IFRS 1021,
Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, the parent charitable company s governing
document, tax legislation and Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016. We
performed audit procedures to detect non-compliances which may have a material
impact on the financial statements which included reviewing the financial statements
including the Trustees, Report, remaining alert to new or unusual transactions which may
not be in accordance with the governing documents, inspecting correspondence with
local tax authorities and evaluating advice received from internallexternal advisors.
The most significant laws and regulations that have an indirect impact on the financial
statements are those in relation to ongoing accreditations with International Organic and
Sustainable Accreditation, United Kingdom Accreditation Service and Assurance Services
International, fundraising regulations and GDPR compliance. We performed audit
procedures to inquire of management whether the company is in compliance with these
law and regulations and inspected correspondence with licensing or regulatory
authorities.
The group audit engagement team identified the risk of management override of controls
and income recognition as the areas where the financial statements were most susceptible
to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed included but were
not limited to testing manual journal entries and other adjustments, evaluating the
business rationale in relation to signif icant, unusual transactions and transactions entered
into outside the normal course of business, challenging judgments and estimates,
performing substantive analytical review over income, testing a sample of invoices,
funding agreements and donations around year end to confirm cut-off, and agreeing a
sample of invoices raised and income recognised in the year to source contracts, funding
agreements, and other donation and legacy documentation.
A f urther description of our responsibilities for the audit of the f inancial statements is
provided on the Financial Reporting Council's website at
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www.fr
This description forms part of our
auditor's report.
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Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company s members, as a body, in accordance
with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken
so that we might state to the charitable company s members those matters we are
required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than
the charitable company and the charitable company s member5 as a body, for our audit
work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
KERRY GALLAGHER Isenior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of RSM UK AUDIT LLP, Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants
Second Floor, l The Square,
Temple Quay,
Bristol, BSI 6DG
Date:
11 A￿9￿st2022
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## **e. Consolidated statement of cash flows** 


























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## **g. Notes to the Financial Statements** 


## **1. Accounting Policies** 














































**66** 



l. Accounting policies (continued)
Group financial statements
The financial statements consolidate the results of the Charity and other Group entities listed on
page 50 on a line by line basis. Intra-group income and expenditure transactions are eliminated
on consolidation.
Income
Income is recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance
conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be
received, and the amount can be measured reliably.
Legacies.. Entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either.. the Charity is
aware that probate has been granted, the estale has been finalised and notification has
been made by the executorlsl to the Charity that a distribution will be made. or when a
distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part. is only
considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably, and the Charity has
been notified of the executor's intention to make a distribution.,
Grant income. including income from government grants, is recognised at the fair value
of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant
conditions will be met and the grants will be received. A grant that specifies
performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are
met . Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income
when the proceeds are received or receivable . A grant received before the recognition
criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.
Certification fees are recognised at the date that the licences are granted or renewed.
Application fees for new licences are recognised as income when formal appraisal of the
application takes place. In the event of suspension or terminalion of licences. or rejection
of an applicalion, fees are not refundable and no obligation for this is therefore
recognised at the balance sheet date,
Contracted donations and gifts are recognised according to the contract terms."
Donations and gifts are recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the funds. any
performance conditions attached to the donation have been met, it is probable that the
income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.. and
Activity income is recognised when the activity takes place.
Financial instruments
The group only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial
instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and
subsequently measured at their settlement value.
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Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

l. Accounting policies (continued)
Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a
third party, it is probable thal settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can
be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings..
Costs of raising funds are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions. including
membership and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the
charitable activities.
Expenditure on charitable activities include the costs incurred to further the purposes of
the Charity, including associated support costs.
Expenditure on trading activities represents the costs incurred to undertake trading
activities such as those underlaken by SA Sales & Services Ltd.
Employee Benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. The
holiday year for Soil Association Group ends at the reporling date and employees were entitled
to carry forward up to 7 days of any unused holiday entitlement for a full time employee (pro-
rated for part-time employees) at the reporting date. The cost of any unused entitlement is
recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.
Allocation of support costs
Support costs are those functions that asslst the work of the Charity but do not directly
undertake charitable activities. These costs have been allocated between the cost of raising
funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The basis on which support costs have been
allocated is set out in note 11.
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the consideration on the
acquisition of a business and the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities. Soflware is
initially recorded at cost and subsequently measured at cost less amortisation and impairment.
Amortisation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an intangible fixed asset. less its estimated
residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows..
Goodwill
Software
seven years straight-line method
three to eight years straight-line method
The net book value of goodwill is reviewed annually for any significant change in useful life or
residual value.
Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

l. Accounting policies (continued)
Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of
acquisition, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment.
Donated assets are included in the balance sheet at their fair value at the date of the gift and also
included in the SOFA as an incoming resource.
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets. other than freehold land. at rates calculated
to write off the cost on a slraight-line basis over their expected useful economic life as follows..
Freehold buildings
Leasehold improvements
Building improvements
Office equipment.. Fixtures and fittings
Office equipment.. IT network hardware
Office equipment.. other IT equipment
Machinery renewable energy systems
fifty years straight-line method
evenly over the lease term
ten years slraight-line method
five to ten years straight-line method
five to eight years straight-line method
three years straight-line method
twenty years straight-line method
The Companies Act 2006 requires tangible fixed assets to be depreciated over a finite period.
The trustees of the Soil Association Land Trust Limited consider that the freehold land and
buildings held by the trust have an infinite life. and residual values to be high enough to ensure
thal there is no significant annual depreciation. Consequently, the trustees consider that to
depreciate these assets would not provide a true and fair view and so the financial statements
depart from this specific requirement in the Companies Act 2006.
If this departure from the Companies Act 2006 had not been made. the surplus for the financial
period may have been decreased by depreciation The amount of this depreciation is not
considered material because of the indefinite life of these assets and the trustees have invoked a
true and fair override.
Impairments
Fixed assets are reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount may not be recoverable or as otherwise required by relevant accounting
standards.
Shortfalls between the carrying value of fixed assets and their recoverable amounts, being the
higher of net realisable value and value- in-use. are recognised as impairments. Impairment
losses are recognised in the SOFA.
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Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

l. Accounting policies (continued)
Fixed asset investments
Investments in the group are held to generate income or for their investment potential. They are
stated at market value at the balance sheet dale. The SOFA includes the net gains and losses
arising on revaluations and from disposals throughout the year.
In the Charity balance sheet. investments in subsidiaries are also included. stated at the cost of
the nominal value of the shares issued.
Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount
offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Creditors
Creditors are recognised where the Charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event
thal will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the
obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their
settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts used.
Employee benefits
The group contributes to money purchase schemes to which employees also contribute. The
amount charged to the SOFA is the contribution payable in the year. The group has no other
pension liabilities.
Termination payments
The best estimate of the expenditure required to settle an obligation for termination benefits, is
recognised immediately as an expense, when the Group is demonstrably committed to terminate
the employment of ar) employee. or to provide terminatior) benefits.
Finance and operating leases
Where assets are financed by leasing agreements thai give righls approximating to ownership
I finance leases"). the assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright. The amount
capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable during the lease term.
The corresponding leasing commitments are shown as obligations to the lessor. Lease paymenls
are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. and the interest is charged to the SOFA
in proportion to the remaining balance outstanding. All other leases are "operating leases" and
the annual rentals are charged to the SOFA on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

l. Accounting policies (continued)
Foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of
exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into
sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction Exchange differences are
taken into account in arriving at the surplus.
Taxation
The Soil Association Limited and Soil Association Land Trust Limited are registered charities and
as such are exempt from taxation of their income and gains falling within part 11 of the
Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the
extent that they are applied to its charitable objectives. No tax charges have arisen in the year.
The profits of the following subsidiaries of the Charity are subject to corporation tax. However,
no tax charge will arise as any taxable profits will be distributed to the Charity.
Soil Association Certification Limited..
SA Sales and Services Limited,.
Provision for deferred taxation is made in the subsidiary companies at the appropriate rates in
respect of all material timing differences only to the extent that. in the opinion of the trustees,
there is a reasonable probability that an asset or liability will crystallise in the foreseeable future.
Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and
other factors. including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under
the circumstances.
The key judgements made in these financial statements are considered to be'.-
Income recognition. particularly around restricted grants. where management need to
make a judgement, with reference to the grant agreement, whether receipt of the income
is probable or not.
The level of provision held against debts which may not be fully recoverable. particularly
within 5011 Association Certification Limited where a provision of E459k12021'. £340kl was
recognised in respect of debts not deemed to be recoverable. In the Charity a much
smaller provision of E21k12021.' £17kl is held in respect of debts not deemed to be
recoverable.
No depreciation is charged on the freehold land and buildings held by the Soil Association
Land Trust Limited due to the judgement made by the trustees of the trust that these
assets have an infinite life and that their residual values are high enough to ensure that
there is no significant annual depreciation
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Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

## **2. Income from Donations and Legacies** 

## Group 














































## Charity 


















































**72** 



## **3. Income from Charitable Activities** 

Group 


















































## Charity 






















































**73** 



## **4. Income from Other Trading Activities** 

Group 


























































## Charity 





















































**74** 



## **5. Investment Income** 

## Group 



Charity 



















































































## **6. Other Income** 

## Group 


































Charity 






































**75** 



## **7. Expenditure on Charitable Activities** 

## Group 



















































## Charity 















































**76** 



## **8. Staff Numbers and Costs, Trustee Remuneration and Expenses and the Cost of Key Management Personnel** 



## Group 

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8. Staff Numbers and Costs, Trustee Remuneration and Expenses and the Cost of Key
Management Personnel (continued)
Key Management Personnel
The key management personnel of the parent Charity comprise the trustees, Chief
Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Charity Managing Director (previously Deputy CEO),
Director of Communications, Programmes Director (previously Impact and Insights /
Scotland Director), Director of Development and Policy and Strategy Director. The total
employee benefits (including employers National Insurance and pension contributions)
of the key management personnel of the Charity were £506,00012021. £511,000)
The key management personnel of the group comprise those of the Charity and those of
its wholly owned subsidiary Soil Association Certification Limited. The key management
personnel of Soil Association Certification are the Chief Executive , Business
Development Director and Food and Non Food Director (previously Operation Director)
whose employee benefits totalled E241,00012021. £256,000). The total employee
benefits of key management personnel for the Group were therefore £747,00012021'.
E767,0001
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Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

## **9. Analysis of Expenditure** 

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**80** 



## **10. Net (Expenditure) / Income for the Year** 


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**81** 



## **11. Support Costs** 

## Group and Charity 

















































































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## Group and Charity 











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**82** 



## **13. Intangible Assets** 

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**83** 



## **14. Tangible Fixed Assets** 

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**84** 




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**85** 



## **15.  Fixed Asset Investments** 

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## **16. Debtors** 




























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**88** 



## **18. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year** 





















































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**89** 



## **19. Contingent Liabilities** 






## **20. Leasing Commitments** 









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## **21. Designated Funds** 

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## **22. Total Funds** 


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## Net assets by fund 

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## **23. Cash Flow Information** 

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## **24. Financial Instruments** 





















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## **25. Related Party Transactions** 

## Group and Charity 





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## **26. Capital Commitments** 

## Group and Charity 









**99** 



## **27. Comparative Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities** 




























































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h. Reference and administrative details
REGISTERED CHARlf( NUMBER
206862 IEngland and Wales)
SC039168 Iscotlandl
REGISTERED COMPANY
00409726
GOVERNING DOCUMENT
Articles of Association
ROYAL PATRON
HRH The Prince of Wales
CONSTITUTION
Company limited by guarantee
HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS
Charlotte Mitchell
Jonathan Dimbleby
Trudie Styler
REGISTERED OFFICE
Spear House
51 Victoria Street Spear House
Bristol
BSI 6AD
TRUSTEES
Martin Nye Ichairl
Thomas Bourne Ivice-chairl
Andrew Burgess
Phil Fearnley
Sepideh Goizari
Steven Lizars
Graeme Matravers. resigned 31 October 2021
Caroline Missen
Isabel Oliver
Rosemary Radcliffe
Jonathan Spencer
BANKER5
Triodos Bank
Deanery Road
Bristol
BSI SAS
Lloyds Bank
Canons House
Canons Way
Bristol
BS99 7LB
GROUP KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
Chief Execulive - Helen Browning
Chief Operating Officer - Martin Dawson
Charity Managing Director - James Cashmore
Director of Marketing and Comms - lan Ayling
Programmes Director - Aoife Behan
Director of Development - Louisa Pharoah
Policy and Strategy Director - Joanna Lewis
SA Certification Chief Executive
Martin Sawyer, left 31 May 2022
SA Certification Chief Executive
Dominic Robinson. started 23 May 2022
SA Certification Business Development Director
Clare McDermott, left 9 March 2022
SA Certification Food & Non Food Director
Hannah Turner
SOLICITOR
Veale Wasbrough Vizards
Narrow Quay House
Narrow Quay
Bristol
BSI 4QA
AUDITOR
RSM UK Audit LLP
Second Floor
IThe Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BSI 6GD
COMPANY SECRETARY
Emma Hussey
ioi
Soil Association Ltd.
Company Registration Number.. 00409726
Registered Charity Number.. 206862
Registered Charity Number lin Scotlandl.. SC039168

To find out more visit: **www.soilassociation.org** 

Soil Association, Spear House, 51 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AD T **0300 330 0100** F **0117 314 5001** 

Registered charity no. 206862 

Soil Association Scotland, 20 Potterrow, Edinburgh EH8 9BL 

## T **0131 370 8150** 

Registered charity no. SC039168 

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