## # ## ## |`Trustees`|`Prof. V Isham`| |---|---| ||`Prof. A Dawid`| ||`Prof. P Diggle`| ||`Sir P Donnelly`| ||`Prof. P Green`| ||`Dr R Galbraith`| ||`Prof. T Fearn`| ||`Prof. S Lauritzen`| ||`Prof. S Richardson`| ||`Prof V Didelez`| ||`Mr M Lamaison`| ||`Prof. N Best`| ||`Prof. A Davison`| |`Charity number`|`222601`| |`Principal address`|`School of Mathematics and Statistics`| ||`Hicks Building, K27`| ||`University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road`| ||`Sheffield`| ||`$3 7RH`| |`Independent examiner`|`Wells Richardson`| ||`Cannon House`| ||`Rutland Road`| ||`Sheffield`| ||`South Yorkshire`| ||`S3 8DP`| |`Bankers`|`Reliance Bank`| ||`Faith House`| ||`23-24 Lovat Lane`| ||`London`| ||`EC3R 8EB`| ||`Natwest Bankplc`| ||`45 Tottenham Court Road`| ||`London`| ||`W1T 2EA`| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## BIOMETRIKA TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF BIOMETRIKA TRUST I report lo the trustees on my ex*ninatiM of Ih8 finenclal statgments of Biomètiika Tru•1 (the thrityl for the year ended 31 t)ecember 2023. Rospon•lbllltl•# and b•sls of report A8 the Iruslees of the charity YC￿ are responstbl8 ts the preparation of ts financl•l st•tom8￿ In accOrdW￿ the requirements of the Charitie8 Acl 2011 (the 2011 Ad). I report In respect of my examination ol the charity's financial statements caNigd oui under section 145 01 thè 2011 Act. In carrylng out my examination I have fo11th￿l 811 the applKabb Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb) of the 2011 Acl. Indgpgndent •xamln•rf8 8tatem•nt I have Gompleted my examinatlon. I confimi Ih8t mattern h8v• ctyne to my attention In eonnedlon wlth the examlnallon giving me cause lo believe that in any material resFeCt'. accounlng records were I￿1 kept in respect ol Ihe tharty as roqulrnd by section 130 of th8 2011 Act., or the financkgl statements do not •ccwd t•th Ihose reo)rd8.' ¢y the finangal slalements do not e£thply wth Ihe 8PFdicoble requirements concerning the fom and Gontenl of accounts sel out in the Charlues (A¢¢ounl8 and Reports) Regulats'on¥ 2008 other than any fequlrement that the accoun18 give a true and falr vknv nol a matter ￿￿[dere{l as port ol an ind•p•ndenl examinauon. I have no ¢onc8mJ arKI have come acm88 no oth•r mattws In connecllon the examlnation to whlch attention ghould be ¢jra￿ in thls report In order lo enable a proper undersiandlng of tho finarKial $l01omenls to be reached. Grant Wade BAACA Indepen¢Jenl Examin•r Chartered Accountant Wells Rlchardson Cannon House Rulland Road Sheffield SoLth Yorkshlre S3 8DP Dated.. 12 Juty 2024 ## ## |||`Unrestricted `|`Unrestricted`| |---|---|---|---| |||`funds`|`funds`| |||`general`|`general`| |||`2023`|`2022`| ||`Notes`|`£`|`£`| |`Income from:`|||| |`Charitable activities`|`ta`|`210,975`|`200,787`| |`Investments`||`29,574`|`23,179`| |`Total income`||
`240,549`|
`223,966`| |`Expenditure on:`|||| |`Charitable activities`||`200,877`|`153,310`| |`Net movementin funds before gains/(losses) on investments`||
`39,672`|
`70,656`| |`Net gains/{losses) on investments`|`10`|`25,739`|`(40,539)`| |`Net movementin funds`||
`65,411`|
`30,117`| |`Fund balances at 1 January 2023`||`1,053,672`|`1,023,555`| |`Fund balances at 31 December 2023`||
`1,119,083`

|
`1,053,672`

| ## ## ## ||`Notes`|`£`|`2023`|`£`|`£`|`2022`|`£`| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |`Fixed assets`
`Tangible assets`
`Investments`|`12`
`13`|||`104`
`1,008,439`|||`130`
`976,422`| |||||`1,008,543`|||`976,552`| |`Current assets`
`Stocks`
`Debtors`
`Cash at bank and in hand`|`14`
`15`|`4`
`67,700`
`61,236`|||`1`
`71,750`
`57,993`||| |||`128,937`|||`129,744`||| |`Creditors: amountsfalling due within`
`one year`|`16`|`(18,397)`|||`(52,624)`||| |`Net current assets`||||`110,540`|||`77,120`| |`Total assets less currentliabilities`||||`1,119,083`|||`1,053,672`| |`Income funds`
`Unrestricted funds - general`||||`1,119,083`|||`4,053,672`| |||||`1,119,083`|||`1,053,672`| |`The finandial statements were approved by the Trustees onlyae202,`|||||||| |||`Prof. T Fearn`|||||| |||`Trustee`|||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||`Total`|`2022`||||`200,787`
||`Total`|`2022`|||`200,787`
||`200,787`
| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||`Consortia Digital archive`
`Total`|`and member`
`2023`|`sales`|`2023`
`2023`|`£`
`£`|`84,397`
`8,335`
`210,975`
||`Auxiliary`
`Consortia Digital archive`|`publications`
`and member`|`sales`|`£`
`£`|`67,193`
`83,382`
`3,940`
||`67,193`
`83,382`
`3,940`
| |||`Back numbers`
`Auxiliary`|`publications`||`2023`
`2023`|`£`
`£`|`15,488`
`74,564`
||`Current Back numbers`|`volume`||`£`
`£`|`30,146`
`16,126`
||`30,146`
`16,126`
| |||`Current`|`volume`||`2023`|`£`|`28,191`||||||||| |`Charitable activities`|||||||`Sale within charitable activities`|`For the year ended 31 December 2022`|||||`Sale within charitable activities`|`Analysis by fund`|`Unrestricted funds - general`| |`3`|||||||||||||||| ## ## ## |`4`|`investments`||| |---|---|---|---| |||`Unrestricted`|`Unrestricted`| |||`funds`|`funds`| |||`general`|`general`| |||`2023`|`2022`| |||`£`|`£`| ||`Income from unlisted investments`|`23,074`|`19,587`| ||`Interest receivable`|
`6,500`|`3,592`| |||
`29,574`

|`23,179`| ## ||||`Total`|`2022`||`£`|`33`
`11,710`
`521`
`38,793`
`16,010`
`11,298`
`(9,739)`|`33`
`11,710`
`521`
`38,793`
`16,010`
`11,298`
`(9,739)`|

`68,626`||`64,674`||`20,010`|

`153,310`

| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||`Research`|`support/`
`Governance`|`fellowships`
`costs`|`2022`
`2022`|`£`
`£`|`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`|`-`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`(9,739)`
`-`|

`(9,739)`
`-`||`-`
`-`||`20,010`|

`(9,739)`
`20,010`

| |||`Editorial and`|`publishing`|`costs`|`2022`|`£`|`17`
`-`
`-`
`-`
`16,010`
`11,298`
`-`||

`27,325`||`32,337`||`-`|

`59,662`

| ||||`Publication`|`costs`|`2022`|`£`|`16`
`11,710`
`521`
`38,793`
`-`
`-`
`-`||

`51,040`||`32,337`||`-`|

`83,377`

| ||||`Total`|`2023`||`£`|`26`
`14,950`
`1,192`
`41,052`
`13,364`
`9,783`
`10,487`||

`90,854`||`84,939`||`25,084`|

`200,877`

| ||||`Governance`|`costs`|`2023`|`£`|||
||||`25,084`|

`25,084`

| |||`Research`|`support/`|`fellowships`|`2023`|`£`|||
|||||

`10,487`

| |||`Editorial and`|`publishing`|`costs`|`2023`|`£`|`13`|`13,364`
`9,783`|

`23,160`||`42,470`|||

`65,630`

| ||||`Publication`|`costs`|`2023`|`£`|`13`
`14,950`
`1,192`
`41,052`||
`57,207`||`42,469`|||
`99,676`
| |`Charitable activities`|||||||`Depreciation and impairment`
`Current volume`
`Auxiliary publications`
`Commission payable`|`Editorial costs`
`Publishing expenses`
`Research support/fellowships`||`Share of support costs (see`|`note 6)`|`Share of governance costs`|`(see note 6)`|| |`5`||||||||||||||| ## ## |`6`|`Support costs`||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||`Support `|`Governance`|`2023`|`Support `|`Governance`|`2022`| |||`costs`|`costs`||`costs`|`costs`|| |||`E`|`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`| ||`Staff costs`|`53,466`|`13,366`|`66,832`|`47,130`|`11,783`|`58,913`| ||`Outsourcing of`||||||| ||`administration`|`15,541`|`3,885`|`19,426`|`14,782`|`3,696`|`18,478`| ||`Salary recharge-J Gohil-`||||||| ||`Palmer`|`-`|`-`|`-`|`508`|`127`|`635`| ||`Insurance and telephone`|`-`|`-`|`-`|`700`|`175`|`875`| ||`Legal and professional`||||||| ||`fees`|`15,648`|`3,912`|`19,560`|`832`|`208`|`1,040`| ||`Bank charges and`||||||| ||`interest`|`284`|`71`|`355`|`232`|`58`|`290`| ||`Training and travel`||||||| ||`expenses`|`-`|`-`|`-`|`490`|`123`|`613`| ||`Independent examination`||||||| ||`fees`|
`-`|
`3,850`|
`3,850`|`-`|`3,840`|
`3,840`| |||

`84,939`|

`25,084`|
`110,023`|
`64,674`|
`20,010`|
`84,684`| ||`Analysed between`|
|
|
|
|
|| ||`Charitable activities`|`84,939`

|`25,084`

|`110,023`

|`64,674`

|`20,010`

|`84,684`

| ## |||| |---|---|---| |`Net movementin funds`|`2023`|`2022`| ||`£`|`£`| |`The net movementin fundsis stated after charging/(crediting):`||| |`Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial`||| |`statements`|`3,850`|`3,840`| |`Depreciation of ownedtangible fixed assets`|`26`

|`33`

| ## ## ## ## |`Employees`||`(Continued)`| |---|---|---| |`Employmentcosts`|`2023`|`2022`| ||`£`|`£`| |`Wagesandsalaries`|`56,886`|`51,389`| |`Social security costs`|`9,946`|`7,524`| |`Outsourcing of administration`|
`19,426`|`18,478`| ||
`86,258`

|`17,391`| ||`Unrestricted`|`Unrestricted`| |---|---|---| ||`funds`|`funds`| ||`2023`|`2022`| |`Gains/(losses) arising on:`|`£`|`£`| |`Revaluation of investments`
`Sale of investments`|
`25,739`
`-`|`(39, 147)`
`(1,392)`| ||
`25,739`

|`(40,539)`| ## ## ## ## |`12`|`Tangible fixed assets`|| |---|---|---| |||`Fixtures andfittings`| |||`E`| ||`Cost`|| ||`At 1 January 2023`|`2,193`| ||`At 31 December 2023`|`2,193`| ||`Depreciation and impairment`|| ||`At 1 January 2023`|`2,063`| ||`Depreciation charged in the year`|`26`| ||`At 31 December 2023`|`2,089`| ||`Carrying amount`|| ||`At 31 December 2023`|`104`| ||`At 31 December 2022`|`130`| ||`Unlisted`| |---|---| ||`investments`| ||`£`| |`Cost or valuation`|| |`At 1 January 2023`|`976,422`| |`Additions`|`6,278`| |`Valuation changes`|`25,739`| |`At 31 December 2023`|`1,008,439`| |`Carrying amount`|| |`At 31 December 2023`|`1,008,439`| |`At 31 December 2022`|`976,422`| ## ## ## ||||| |---|---|---|---| |`13.`|`Fixed asset investments`||`(Continued)`| |||`2023`|`2022`| ||`Investments at fair value comprise:`|`£`|`£`| ||`M&G Charifund`|`296,376`|`294,142`| ||`M&G Charibond`|`209,610`|`202,422`| ||`Scroders Charity Equity Fund`|`181,044`|`164,727`| ||`Leeds Building Society`|`34,536`|`34,478`| ||`Scottish Widows 90 DAY Notice Account`|`51,854`|`51,678`| ||`Virgin Money Account`|`85,749`|`85,268`| ||`Shawbrook CAF 60 DAY Notice Account`|`35,000`|`35,000`| ||`Buckinghamshire Building Society`|`16,920`|`16,504`| ||`Saffron Building Society`|`97,350`|`92,203`| |||


`1,008,439`|


`976,422`| |`14`|`Stocks`||| |||`2023`|`2022`| |||`£`|`£`| ||`Finished goods and goodsfor resale`|
`4`|
`1`| |`15`|`Debtors`||| |||`2023`|`2022`| ||`Amounts falling due within one year:`|`£`|`£`| ||`Other debtors`|`519`|`957`| ||`Prepayments and accrued income`|
`67,181`|
`70,793`| |||

`67,700`|

`71,750`| |`16`|`Creditors: amounts falling due within one year`||| |||`2023`|`2022`| |||`£`|`£`| ||`Trade creditors`|`141`|`63`| ||`Othercreditors`|`-`|`32,802`| ||`Accruals and deferred income`|
`18,256`|
`19,759`| |||
`18,397`
|
`52,624`
| ## ## ## ||`At 1 January`|`At 1 January`|`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Gains and`|`At 31`| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||`2023`|`resources`|`expended`|`losses`|`December`| |||||||`2023`| |||`£`|`£`|`£`|`E`|`£`| |`General funds`|

`1,053,672`||

`240,549`|

`(200,877)`|`25,739`


|`1,119,083`


| |`Previous year:`|`At 1 January`||`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Gains and`|`At 31`| |||`2022`|`resources`|`expended`|`losses`|`December`| |||||||`2022`| |||`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`|`£`| |`General funds`|`1,023,555`

||`223,966`

|`(153,310)`

|`(40,539)`


|`1,053,672`


| |`Analysis of net assets between `|`funds`|||||| |||||||`Unrestricted`| |||||||`funds`| |||||||`2023`| |||||||`£`| |`Fund balances at 31 December `|`2023 are `|`represented by:`||||| |`Tangible assets`||||||`104`| |`Investments`||||||`1,008,439`| |`Current assets/{liabilities)`||||||`110,540`| |||||||`1,119,083`| |||||||`Unrestricted`| |||||||`funds`| |||||||`2022`| |||||||`£`| |`Fund balances at 31 December2022 are `||`represented by:`||||| |`Tangible assets`||||||`130`| |`Investments`||||||`976,422`| |`Current assets/(liabilities)`||||||`77,120`| |||||||`1,053,672`| ##