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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GREAT BRITAIN 2021

THE PREAMBLE

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.

AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

The Preamble of Alcoholics Anonymous Introduction

Chairperson of the Board

Personnel – Retirements; resignations; appointments

Report of the Trustees

Financial Statements

Members of the General Service Board

Auditors; Bankers; Solicitors; Investment Managers The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous

Annual Report of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited - 1 OCTOBER 2020 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Introduction

Chairperson’s Introduction to Annual Report

Once again, I am pleased to have the honour to present the Annual Report on behalf of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Great Britain.

The main purpose of the General Service Board is to support the Fellowship in its primary purpose of carrying the message of recovery from alcoholism to all who seek its help, to those who are in some way associated with people with alcohol problems, and to the public at large. The charity is also concerned with the proper governance of its affairs and the most effective use of its finances. In this, we adhere to the requirements of the Charity Commission, the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Concepts for World Service. This annual report sets out to show how the charity has worked towards realising its aims during the last year.

Trustees, who have commitments to their specific Regions are also responsible for the various Board disciplines. We currently have three Non-Alcoholic Trustee on the Board and one new nomination who we look forward to joining us at our Annual Conference in April 2022 bringing the total to four. Our Non-Alcoholic trustees provide immeasurable help in ensuring some balance to the Board and have worked hard to help inform the public about what we do without having to adhere to the constraints of personal anonymity. Their work on the various Board Sub Committees has also proven invaluable.

This year, as in the past, the Board has had some vacancies for trustees both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Despite this, we have supported all our service disciplines and external events, with individual trustees managing the resulting increased workload.

This year has again been another challenging year with Covid-19 still impacting but we were able to hold our Annual Conference this year online. Thanks to the work of the Conference Steering Committee and the staff of the General Service Office this was very successful, and the business of Conference was carried out and the spirit of the Fellowship shone through. We also welcomed two new trustees to our Board.

The Fellowship has continued to show its resilience and determination by adapting to the changing Covid situation, with many areas in and out of restrictions. Many meetings remain online but the majority have returned to face-to-face meetings.

Our first line of contact services, the traditional telephone service, the now long-established email service, and the online chat now service continues to see a large increase in contacts as more suffering alcoholics have reached out during these uncertain times.

The General Service Office has continued to deal with the large numbers of group changes that have taken place to ensure that people could find recovery wherever they were across the nations that we serve.

As we head towards our 75[th] year of AA in Great Britain the Board and the Fellowship have been working towards our 75[th] Anniversary Conference to be held in Leeds in June, which will be a true celebration of recovery over the last 75 years.

As in previous years, to assist in the development of AA in other countries, we have contributed to the International Literature Fund and provided financial assistance from our Development

Fund. Our trustees have not been able to attend general service conferences in European countries due to Covid-19 restrictions but have attended Conferences as observers online.

The Board with the help of the Fellowship was also able to hold its annual House of Commons Public Information event this year online.

Amanda Stocks

Chairperson

GSB PERSONNEL

The following trustees retired from the Board this year:

Nigel Patience Brian Jenkins Eric Carlin Andrew Wetherell

The following trustees were appointed to the Board: Jo Faul Gretchen Swisher

Report of the Trustees

The primary purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is to pass the message of recovery from alcoholism to those who seek help, making that information available to professionals, the media and the public. The General Service Board (GSB) of Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain works to support the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and to raise awareness of AA's message of recovery.

Our Tradition of Self Support, underpinned by the Alcoholics Anonymous (Dispositions) Act of 1986, ensures that AA is supported solely through the voluntary contributions of members. The charity continues to achieve a stable financial position and has been able to undertake initiatives that the Fellowship of AA has requested.

Each trustee takes responsibility for a particular area of work within the Board activities, all of which are geared towards raising awareness of all that AA can offer those who seek help. The trustees stay abreast of developments and co-operate with the authorities in these professional areas by communicating on a regular basis, attending conferences and exhibitions and by developing projects for each professional body.

AA Service News continues to be published quarterly, carrying details of Conference Questions, Parliamentary events in England, Scotland and Wales, and news of other notable service events. Because of the pandemic, all four issues of AA Service News in 2021 were produced as digital-only editions and were emailed to group contacts for which addresses were available. As always, they were placed on the AAGB website in the Document Library. Many thanks to all contributors.

The 75[th] Anniversary Publication working group met 4 times during the year with 3 online meetings and 1 hybrid meeting. A draft has been produced by the Publisher and we are awaiting a couple of final articles for inclusion. It is now thankfully in the final stages of editing. The plan is to finalise the publication by February so that it can be ready to go for printing in plenty of time for the event. A huge thank you must go to the Intergroup, Regional Archivists and others who contributed to this publication. Thank you also to the members of the 75[th] Anniversary Working Group for their tireless work and also to the Vice-Chair and other Trustees for their valuable input.

Armed Services: It has been a quiet year for the Subcommittee, which continues in its primary role to support ASLOs and RASLOs. For most of the year Armed Forces were on COVID-19 duty and the barracks were in lockdown. The use of Zoom has not been taken up by many, as Armed Services do not like Zoom the same as the Police citing security. However, requests for information forwarded from AA GSO yielded contact with Defence Primary Healthcare, Regional Medical Centre, RAF Marham, Kings Lynn who wanted info and support with training. We are also pleased to hear other disciplines are incorporating The Blue Light Initiative.

responsible for the delivering the Borthwick Project, James Neill. The Sub Committee is pleased that AA GB and the Borthwick Institute have agreed to continue their relationship, so that our AA Archive at the Borthwick can be extended and enhanced. In May the Fellowship Archivist, decided to retire. The committee has discussed a new role for the Fellowship Archivist now that the AA GSO Archive has been moved to the Borthwick Institute, and hope that the position can be filled promptly. A recommendation from Conference 2021 that older papers in local archives be transferred to the AA Archive at the Borthwick has given rise to a lively debate about the issue. Progress is being made on this resolution, balancing the principle of autonomy at all levels of our service structure and our duty to preserve AAGB’s archival legacy.

Electronic Communications Sub Committee: The website continues to be popular, and the employment of a full-time Web Content Manager will allow examination of its layout, improvements in style, and maintenance of content currency. Meeting Finder is a particularly busy area as Groups switch meeting formats from online to face-to-face, and sometimes back again, as Government guidance on Covid changes. Online Response Service dealt with some 18,500 emails in the past twelve months, including messages from 7,400 newcomers requesting help. One-to-one ChatNow service has reached the impressive figure of 70,000 chats since its inception just five years ago. Our other existing services: generic email, secure file storage and provision of microsites, continue to offer useful support at all levels of the Fellowship.

Employment: Limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and multiple Sub Committee resignations, for personal reasons, have influenced service opportunities. Commitment and enthusiasm of the Sub Committee members are flourishing, with the positive support of Board Members. Members who have left the committee are thanked for their service, particularly Mike P., the outgoing Chair, who is offered very best wishes for his continuing physical recovery. Applications from potential new members are being advertised and encouraged. Scheduled Sub Committee meetings have continued using the Zoom facility, as have the month end meetings used by the Employment Sub Committee to co-ordinate their service and share the well-being of committee members. Face-to-face meeting at GSO is scheduled to resume. Communication and interaction with Employment Liaison Officers have been maintained by the annual meeting and personal approach - new members are required to continue the previous close contact programme. Continuation of the approach to the Police is being refreshed nationally, the Humberside Police invitation to help being currently developed by the Sub Committee lead and regular local A.A. participation.

Health: Throughout 2021 the pandemic’s impact on personal access to Hospitals and GP surgeries at a local level for Intergroup and Regional Health Liaison Officers was regrettable but understandable. Although many Open Meeting Workshops were presented throughout the Regions in Hospitals and Universities to junior doctors, psychiatrists and nurses, ensuring the message of AA is carried to those front-line staff who will, in time, engage with the still suffering alcoholic. The Sub Committee continued to offer support to the Health Liaison Officers and access to current information via the Health Website and File store. The Health Sub Committee`s plans for 2021 were less affected as all business meetings were transferred to the virtual platforms which became the acceptable norm until our first face to face meeting in July 2021. At this meeting, the Health Seminar, originally planned for 2020, was rescheduled. This well attended and positively received event took place as a hybrid meeting in October 2021, allowing those who couldn’t travel to log on. It also afforded the Health Sub Committee the opportunity to invite members to attend from other service disciplines. Post pandemic there is a huge task ahead for the Health Sub Committee and the Health Liaison Officers to re-engage with the Health professionals throughout AAGB.

The Literature Sub Committee presented the three new pieces of literature to Conference that had been left over from 2020: 1) ‘ Growing into Service’ pamphlet, 2) ‘ Now that You Have Stopped: 15 Points’ pamphlet (from the 12th Step AA Starter Pack) 3) ‘Carrying the AA Message

to People Who Are Deaf or Have Hearing Loss’ pamphlet. All three were approved by Conference. In 2021, we have completed a review of our Service and Structure Handbooks against Conference recommendations going back to 1999. Several suggested changes will be presented to Conference in 2022, as well as two revised Service Handbook chapters (Archives and Employment), written by the relevant Sub Committees. Based on Conference recommendations, the Literature Sub Committee is also presenting to Conference in 2022 revisions to the following pamphlets: ‘Business Meetings, the Group Conscience and Group Conscience Meetings’ and ‘Sponsorship: Your Questions Answered’, as well as a very slight addition to the ‘ Growing into Service’ pamphlet and a new version of the ‘Younger People in AA’ pamphlet, which was primarily revised by the Young Peoples Sub Committee.

National Telephone Sub Committee (NTSC): Each week there are over 2400 calls to the national helpline number plus an increasing number of calls to local helpline numbers that are easily accessible from the AA GB website, find a meeting page. The NTSC manages the 0800 number and currently, we have a major focus on the structure of the National Helpline and Safeguarding issues. The NTSC aims to offer suggestions and support to the regional telephone liaison officers (RTLOs), telephone liaison officers (TLOs), 12th steppers and support the helpline carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic as best we possibly can. Every August we hold a forum for the RTLOs and next year we hope to hold the postponed seminar for all RTLOs and TLOs.

The Northern National Convention was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Committee met regularly with their first face to face meeting (AGM) being held at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in September. At this meeting, arrangements were finalised for the Convention to be held 18[th] -20[th] March 2022.

Prisons over the year have been without meetings but are now slowly opening all being limited to certain days and times due to staff shortages. Vetting & Clearance is causing issues and clarification is needed from the Ministry of Justice. There has been a lack of refresher training taking place which will be investigated as a matter of safeguarding for volunteers. The Dorset team received a reward for their service to prisons in their area. It’s the Prisons Sub Committees aim to have a Seminar in 2023. The Prison Liaison Officers have been doing a marvellous job in delivering Roundabouts and Shares to the still suffering alcoholics in Prisons, as well as using Postal Sponsorship, these have been well received. I would like to thank all the Prison Liaison Officers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication in these trying times.

Probation officers have been working hard and have been represented at the two Zonal meetings that we were able to have during the year at Stirling and Bristol. There are now eleven area directors for probation in place and we hope there will be a good relationship and cooperation with AA. The Sub Committee has been busy working through the structure manual taking out CRC details, finishing probation starter pack, arranging templates with the Website Manager, arranging Chit Symbol for meetings, vetting and clearance issues etc. We will be proposing a Seminar for 2023 for CJS Officers where we can bring everyone up to date and receive questions etc but all in all the probation service is on the up and the service is getting increasingly better as strategic plans start to be introduced. I would like to thank all Probation Officers for their Service.

Public Information & Communications: The last year has seen a few changes in the public information and communications Sub Committees. Most significantly in July of 2021, the committees were amalgamated into a single entity. The communications sub committee had been made up entirely of trustees so following the amalgamation of the two committees it was agreed to reduce the numbers of trustees on the new committee. Over the year the committee was involved in a number of activities including notably the production of a video celebrating

75 years of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain. Members of the committee assisted in the recruitment of volunteers to participate in the filming. it is anticipated that the following conference approval the video will be premiered at the 75th convention later in 2022. During the year we have helped to deal with a wide range of media enquiries from across the UK and indeed the wider world. A very good meeting was held in Sept with liaison officers from across the country, it was great to see everyone face to face after such a long time.

Roundabout, like all service disciplines, faced challenges presented by the Pandemic. Without missing a beat, the magazine transitioned to a downloadable version on the AAGB website, free to download and print off to share with any members who were unable to attend meetings on a virtual platform. Living up once again to Roundabouts’ long-established reputation of being ‘a meeting in print’. Composing and printing the Roundabout magazine monthly, the members of the Roundabout Sub Committee, who hail from all Scottish Regions, normally work from home and meet up in person in Glasgow five times each year including at the annual Roundabout Intergroup Liaison and Regional Officers meeting. The Pandemic of course prevented this and they have not, as yet, met in person since the last live annual meeting in March 2020. The Editorial Team have however met frequently online making excellent use of the virtual platforms. They have also managed to hold five workshops during this time. The themes for the Workshops have included the longevity of Roundabout Magazine and what the format, visuals and availability of our beloved ‘Scottish’ magazine will be in the future. 2021 saw the Editorial Team celebrate the seventieth anniversary of Roundabout with a special anniversary edition which included a copy of the first issue of a few typed sheets which appeared in print on February 1951. 2021 also saw the Editorial Team with the approval of the General Service Board, and the generous support of Julie Fox and other staff members at the General Service Office, publish a Roundabout Yearbook. The last one was printed in 1994, although historically this had been an annual publication. Whilst continuing to celebrate the importance of the Roundabout’s history, it is to its future that the Roundabout Sub Committee are looking with anticipation, excitement and the continued support of our worldwide readers, contributors and subscribers.

Safeguarding: We have completed 8 Regional workshops with another 4 scheduled for 2022. The Workshops have been well attended and it would be fair to say that the Fellowship is fully engaged in the process. Our target is to have the Safeguarding document ready for distribution to the Fellowship by the end of February 2022. Thank you to all Trustees and all the Regions for giving Safeguarding their time and consideration.

Scottish Parliament annual event was originally planned to take place in December 2020, rescheduled several times it is parked in the ‘corridors of power’ to take place as soon as is possible. The theme for this event is Anonymous not Invisible and the longevity and sustainability of our 12 step programme will be demonstrated with visual recordings of our longest surviving members sharing a little of their experience strength and hope, and introducing newcomers who joined our Fellowship through the medium of the virtual world throughout the Pandemic. I should like to offer all of them my sincere gratitude for their patience and tolerance. With special thanks to our guest speakers Mr Tom Fox, currently a Non-Alcoholic Trustee on the General Service Board and Dr Eric Carlin, previously a Non-Alcoholic Trustee now engaged with the World Health Organisation. This too shall pass.

Share continues to go from strength to strength producing a wonderful magazine for our Fellowship. The Share Team continue to work tirelessly to ensure that the magazine is produced within the timescales throughout the year. The Sub Committee met online during this year due to the pandemic, including a joint online Seminar in July with our sister magazine Roundabout. This generated much discussion and was very informative. The Share Team are grateful to all who have contributed to the magazine throughout the year. Heartfelt thanks go to the outgoing Editor and all the Team for their unstinting hard work during this year.

The Survey Sub Committee, having produced and delivered the 2020 Survey, has spent the year looking at new and effective ways to disseminate the wealth of information that resulted from the 2020 Survey. Due to the pandemic, the Survey had to be conducted completely online and a lot of valuable lessons were learned, not least of which being the importance of keeping group contact details up to date. This Sub Committee's aim is to coordinate and produce the surveys and they will be producing a comprehensive handover report which will enable continuity for the surveys going forward. There are currently 3 members of the Sub Committee along with two trustees and the Fellowship Project Administrator from GSO. The Sub Committee is looking to recruit into the two remaining posts and would like to encourage those with some electronic communications skills as well as an interest in surveys and general communication. An outside professional organisation is involved in collating the data from the survey.

Welsh National Convention: We were able to hold a virtual Convention on the 5th of June, it was well attended, and the feedback was positive. One of the advantages of a virtual Convention was the participation of people from around the world. Next year we hope to have the convention at its usual location - the Metropole Hotel, LLandridnod Wells from the 27[th] to the 29[th] of May 2022.

Welsh Senedd: We were able to have a presentation to the Senedd in November 2021 and it went well. Sponsored by parliamentarian Mike Hughes, we had several other members of the Senedd who attended with their staff and other interested professionals.

Westminster Parliamentary Event was held on Zoom for the first time. This encouraged delegates nationwide, swelling the attendance. The presentation was successfully chaired by our 'sponsoring' M.P. and A.A. leader. Well received contributions were offered by our Professional and A.A. Speakers, followed by a Question-and-Answer session. Additional informative items were screened at intervals. Feedback was collected and networking activity was encouraging. Organisation of the 2021 event, planned face-to-face at Portcullis House on 12th May, is underway. Membership of the committee has rotated and is currently meeting monthly on Zoom. New members are welcomed - for practical reasons to be sourced mainly from the 'home' counties. Committee meetings may be returned to the Eaton Square room. Our enthusiastic team will especially concentrate on attracting a substantial number of delegates and welcomes any help with this prestigious invitation.

Young People, as with all disciplines carrying the message of hope has been our primary purpose. 2021 has been another difficult year. Earlier in the year we had a zoom meeting for Region and Intergroup YPLO’s as well as holding 3 Sub Committee meetings on zoom. In August we held a Region Young Persons Liaison Officers meeting face to face in York where we got Young People's views on safeguarding. During our meetings this year we have looked at literature and pamphlets available for young people and submitted revisions to the 'Younger people in AA' pamphlet to the Literature Sub Committee who have chosen 4 new stories from the ones collected. The rest of the stories submitted by young people will be forwarded to Share and Roundabout. In November we held our second Road Show in Leeds. We invited young people to encourage them into service and young at heart members to see how they could sponsor young people into service. The day went well despite the awful weather causing several people to cancel. The Young Peoples section of the AA GB website is being revamped to make it more user friendly and bring it up to date. Over the past year, we have looked at how we can be involved in the 75th Anniversary Convention to raise the profile of Young People in the Fellowship. Lots of ideas are being put forward to the 75th committee and many young people have volunteered. The Young Peoples Sub Committee are putting forward names of young people to be considered as speakers at the 75th convention.

Financial Statement

Introduction

It’s been another year of great uncertainty due to the ongoing situation with the pandemic and restrictions imposed across almost every aspect of our lives. However, the Fellowship has continued to show its strength and gratitude with generous contributions throughout the whole of the 2020-21 Financial Year. The General Service Board would once again like to thank you all most sincerely for your generosity in spite of the undoubted additional pressures imposed on you as the result of this pandemic.

General Service Office Including Northern Service Office (NSO) and Southern Service Office (SSO)

All three offices have continued to operate with a skeleton staff. The two Satellite offices (NSO in Glasgow and SSO in London) reopened after the lifting of some of the restrictions during the year. The Staff have continued to work from home and this arrangement has worked well.

Investments

Our investments continue to be managed by Churches, Charities & Local Authorities (CCLA) which is an ethical company. It is one of the top five performers in the charity sector.

During the year the charity received an income of £33,633 from our investments.

Literature

Income from the sale of literature amounted to £457,315. This represents an increase from the previous year’s total of £438,208. This is a welcome step in the right direction.

The literature costs realised £172,484 compared to £191,797 in 2019-20.

Our Total Income for the year is £1,324,479 .

Our Total Expenditure for the year is £1,185,496 .

Our Net Income for 2020-21 before gains on investments is £138,983

Our Net Gain on Investments is £121,358

Therefore, our Net Income is £260,341

Prudent Reserve is currently £1,483,126.

N.B. It’s important to note that the above Prudent Reserve figure is artificially low compared to the last pre pandemic Prudent Reserve (Warranty 2 level) in the 2018-19 Financial year of £2,044,850.

(The 2020-21 figure was £1,606,449).

The above figures are detailed in the following pages of this Annual Report. It is extremely heartening to note that despite the challenges that we have all faced during the last couple of years, the Charity remains in a stable position.

Once again, the Board would like to thank you for your ongoing generosity.

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GROUP & INTERGROUP CONTRIBUTIONS
2019/2020 2020/2021
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
-
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept
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WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM (ALL FUNDS) 2020/2021

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TOTAL INCOME
Publications
34%
Conference Income
0% Contributions inc
grat
60%
Interest on
Investments Contributions inc grat
3%
Personal Gift Aid
Personal Gift Aid Conventions
3% Interest on Investments
Conventions
Conference Income
0%
Publications
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Contributions Publications Investments Other Conference
Income & Gift Income
Aid
£827,005 £457,315 £33,667 £6,492 £0
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Total income all Funds: £1,324,479

WHERE THE MONEY GOES (ALL FUNDS) 2020/2021

TOTAL EXPENSES 2020-2021

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PUBLICATION
ADMIN 30%
34%
PUBLICATION
FELLOWSHIP
ADMIN
FELLOWSHIP
36%
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Publications Fellowship Services Administration
£354,846 £424,514 £407,141
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Total Expenditure all Funds: £1,186,501

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021 BALANCE SHEET

FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets Investments CURRENT ASSETS Stocks Debtors Cash at Bank CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year TOTAL ASSETS Less Current Liabilities NET ASSETS 2020 FUNDS Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds	Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ 2021 Total Funds £ 3,526 3,526 1,061,058 125,235 1,186,293	2020 Total Funds £ 1,064,935
	1,064,584 125,235 1,189,819 193,792 193,792 99,700 99,700 1,435,853 1,435,853	1,064,935 114,258 87,539 1,285,896
	1,729,345 1,729,345 (142,181) (142,181)	1,487,693 (35,986)
	1,587,164 1,587,164	1,451,707
	2,651,748 125,235 2,776,983	2,516,642
		2,414,097 102,545
		2,516,642

This information has the approval of the auditors and comprises extracts from the full accounts which have been audited by HPH Accountants and delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The auditors’ opinion was unqualified. A copy of the complete audited accounts may be obtained on request from The General Service Office, PO Box 1, 10 Toft Green, York, YO1 7NJ

STATEMENT of FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

(INCORPORATING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) for YEAR ENDED 30[TH ] SEPTEMBER 2020

INCOME RESOURCES Income & Endowments from Donations & Legacies Other Trading Activities Investment Income Government Grant Income Total Income EXPENDITURE ON Raising Funds Charitable Activities Charitable Other Total Expenditure Net Gains on Investments Net income / (Expenditure) RECONCILIATION of FUNDS Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	Unrestricted Funds £ Restricted Funds £ 2021 Total Funds £ 2020 Total Funds £ 821,318 5,687 827,005 911,608 441,351 15,964 457,315 438,208 33,633 34 33,667 42,404 6,492 - 6,492 29,997
	1,302,794 21,685 1,324,479 1,422,217 430,300 - 430,300 464,132 - - 756,201 (1,005) 755,196 851,024
	1,186,501 (1,005) 1,185,496 1,315,156
	121,358 - 121,358 49,387 237,651 22,690 260,341 156,448 2,414,097 102.545 2,516,642 2,360,194
	2,651,748 125,235 2,776,983 2,516,642

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

All incoming resources and resources expended arise from continuing activities

NOTES to the FINACIAL STATEMENTS for the YEAR ENDED 30[th ] SEPTEMBER 2021

DONATION & LEGACIES Fellowship Contributions Gift Aid Convention Contributions Conference Contributions OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES Sales of Literature Literature is sold at surplus to assist in support of the Primary Purpose INVESTMENT INCOME Fixed Asset Income Deposit Account Income EXPENDITURE – RAISING FUNDS Purchase of Literature Staff Costs Premises Costs Office Expenses Public Information & Publication Costs Conference Costs Website Irrecoverable VAT Archives Project Financial Expenses General Expenses CHARITABLE ACTIVITES – OTHER FELLOWSHIP SERVICES Staff Costs Premises Costs Office Expenses General Expenses Governance Costs Trustee Expenses Professional Expenses		2021 £ 2020 £ 785,790 856,127 40,442 23,322 773 10,477 - 21,682
		827,005 911,608
		2021 £ 2020 £ 457,315 438,208
		2021 £ 2020 £ 33,618 41,024 48 1,380
		33,667 42,404
		2021 £ 2020 £ 172,484 191,797 53,768 49,270 34,364 32,343 76,706 72,811 35,719 36,298 48 1,497 5,529 8,799 29,827 52,122 465 463 15,401 10,725 6,039 8,007
		430,350 464,132
		2021 £ 2020 £ 279,597 256,205 69,434 65,243 32,510 31,630 17,109 95,839
		398,650 448,917
		2021 £ 2020 £ 14,004 37,880 32,522 30,881
		46,526 68,761

MANAGEMENT COSTS Staff Costs Premises Costs Office Expenses Financial Expenses General Expenses	2021 £ 2020 £ 204,321 187,227 52,513 49,385 35,687 34,954 78 63 17,421 61,717
	310,020 333,346

Members of the General Service Board

Sandi Aarvold Erik Abbott Thomas Baldwin Norman Brown Jo Faul Tom Fox Clive Kilmartin Patrick McGuire Mani Mehdikhani Barbara Owen Jonathan Pope Michael Power Charles Roberts Terri Semple Amanda Stocks Stephen Smith Gretchen Swisher Justin Tunstall Maxine Wilson

Ranjan Bhattacharyya

General Secretary

Auditors

Bankers

HPH Chartered Accountants HSBC Plc 54 Bootham 13 Parliament Street York YO30 York 7XZ YO1 8XS

Solicitors

Wrigleys Solicitors LPP 19 Cookridge Street Leeds LS2 EAG

Investment Managers

CCLA Fund Managers Ltd Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET

Registered Charity Nos: 226745 (England and Wales) SCO38023 (Scotland)

The Twelve Traditions

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority – a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centres may employ special workers.
AA as such, ought never be organised; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never to be drawn into public controversy.
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

General Service Board of

Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited P.O. Box 1, 10 Toft Green York, YO1 7NJ Telephone 01904 644026

Registered Charity Nos 226745/SCO38023

Company number: 00587316

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

A company limited by guarantee and a registered charity numbers: 226745/SC038023

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 30 September 2021

HPH Chartered Accountants 54 Bootham

York YO30 7XZ

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONTENTS	*Page*
Chairperson's Report	1
Report of the Trustees	2 - 14
Auditor's Report	15 - 18
Statement of Financial Activities	19
Balance Sheet	20
Cash Flow Statement	21
Notes to the Financial Statements	22 - 31
The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities	32 - 34

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Introduction

Chairperson’s Introduction to Annual Report

Once again, I am pleased to have the honour to present the Annual Report on behalf of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Great Britain.

As we head towards our 75th year of AA in Great Britain the Board and the Fellowship have been working towards our 75th Anniversary Conference to be held in Leeds in June, which will be a true celebration of recovery over the last 75 years.

As in previous years, to assist in the development of AA in other countries, we have contributed to the International Literature Fund and provided financial assistance from our Development

Fund. Our trustees have not been able to attend general service conferences in European countries due to COVID-19 restrictions but have attended Conferences as observers online.

The Board with the help of the Fellowship was also able to hold its annual House of Commons Public Information event this year online.

Amanda Stocks

Chairperson

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The Directors, known as the Board (who are also the Trustees of the Charity and whose details are shown in the reference and administrative information section of this report) are pleased to present their Annual Report together with the Financial Statements of the Charity for the year ended 30 September 2021.

The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity.

The Financial Statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS102), and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Charitable Company's main objective is to assist alcoholics to overcome their addiction to alcohol and maintain sobriety. To achieve that aim the Charitable Company

serves the Fellowship known as Alcoholics Anonymous in such of its work of assisting alcoholics to achieve sobriety as is of a charitable nature
publishes and distributing books, pamphlets and other literature relating to alcoholism
explains the work of the Company to the General Public through the media,
holds net monies accruing to the Charitable Company pending application to the purposes of the Charitable Company.

In these ways the Charitable Company supports independent local groups established to uphold the primary objective of the Charitable Company.

Public Benefit

The Charitable Company's aims and achievements are set out within this report. The activities set out in this report have been undertaken to further the Charitable Company's charitable purposes for the Public Benefit. The Trustees have complied with their duty under Section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to Public Benefit guidance published by the Charities Commission and the Trustees have paid due regard to this guidance in deciding what activities the Charitable Company should undertake.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

The Archives Sub Committee met four times – at first only virtually, but in September and November we met at York in person. The September meeting coincided with a successful hybrid meeting of the Archives Network. The most important achievement this year has been the completion of the Borthwick Project – the transfer of the AA GSO Archive from Toft Green to the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where it is now stored under proper conservation conditions and has been catalogued by the excellent archivist responsible for the delivering the Borthwick Project, James Neill. The Sub Committee is pleased that AA GB and the Borthwick Institute have agreed to continue their relationship, so that our AA Archive at the Borthwick can be extended and enhanced. In May the Fellowship Archivist, decided to retire. The committee has discussed a new role for the Fellowship Archivist now that the AA GSO Archive has been moved to the Borthwick Institute, and hope that the position can be filled promptly. A recommendation from Conference 2021 that older papers in local archives be transferred to the AA Archive at the Borthwick has given rise to a lively debate about the issue. Progress is being made on this resolution, balancing the principle of autonomy at all levels of our service structure and our duty to preserve AAGB’s archival legacy.

Electronic Communications Sub Committee: The website continues to be popular, and the employment of a fulltime Web Content Manager will allow examination of its layout, improvements in style, and maintenance of content currency. Meeting Finder is a particularly busy area as Groups switch meeting formats from online to face-to-face, and sometimes back again, as Government guidance on Covid changes. Online Response Service dealt with some 18,500 emails in the past twelve months, including messages from 7,400 newcomers requesting help. One-to-one ChatNow service has reached the impressive figure of 70,000 chats since its inception just five years ago . Our other existing services: generic email, secure file storage and provision of microsites, continue to offer useful support at all levels of the Fellowship.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Employment: Limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple Sub Committee resignations, for personal reasons, have influenced service opportunities. Commitment and enthusiasm of the Sub Committee members are flourishing, with the positive support of Board Members. Members who have left the committee are thanked for their service, particularly Mike P., the outgoing Chair, who is offered very best wishes for his continuing physical recovery. Applications from potential new members are being advertised and encouraged. Scheduled Sub Committee meetings have continued using the Zoom facility, as have the month end meetings used by the Employment Sub Committee to co-ordinate their service and share the well-being of committee members. Face-to-face meeting at GSO is scheduled to resume. Communication and interaction with Employment Liaison Officers have been maintained by the annual meeting and personal approach - new members are required to continue the previous close contact programme. Continuation of the approach to the Police is being refreshed nationally, the Humberside Police invitation to help being currently developed by the Sub Committee lead and regular local A.A. participation

Health: Throughout 2021 the pandemic’s impact on personal access to Hospitals and GP surgeries at a local level for Intergroup and Regional Health Liaison Officers was regrettable but understandable. Although many Open Meeting Workshops were presented throughout the Regions in Hospitals and Universities to junior doctors, psychiatrists and nurses, ensuring the message of AA is carried to those front-line staff who will, in time, engage with the still suffering alcoholic. The Sub Committee continued to offer support to the Health Liaison Officers and access to current information via the Health Website and File store. The Health Sub Committee`s plans for 2021 were less affected as all business meetings were transferred to the virtual platforms which became the acceptable norm until our first face to face meeting in July 2021. At this meeting, the Health Seminar, originally planned for 2020, was rescheduled. This well attended and positively received event took place as a hybrid meeting in October 2021, allowing those who could n. travel to log on. It also afforded the Health Sub Committee the opportunity to invite members to attend from other service disciplines. Post pandemic there is a huge task ahead for the Health Sub Committee and the Health Liaison Officers to re-engage with the Health professionals throughout AAGB.

The Literature Sub Committee presented the three new pieces of literature to Conference that had been left over from 2020:

1) ‘Growing into Service’ pamphlet,
2) ‘Now that You Have Stopped: 15 Points’ pamphlet (from the 12th Step AA Starter Pack) 3) ‘Carrying the AA Message to People Who Are Deaf or Have Hearing Loss’ pamphlet.

All three were approved by Conference. In 2021, we have completed a review of our Service and Structure Handbooks against Conference recommendations going back to 1999. Several suggested changes will be presented to Conference in 2022, as well as two revised Service Handbook chapters (Archives and Employment), written by the relevant Sub Committees. Based on Conference recommendations, the Literature Sub Committee is also presenting to Conference in 2022 revisions to the following pamphlets: ‘Business Meetings, the Group Conscience and Group Conscience Meetings’ and ‘Sponsorship: Your Questions Answered’, as well as a very slight addition to the ‘Growing into Service’ pamphlet and a new version of the ‘Younger People in AA’ pamphlet, which was primarily revised by the Young Peoples Sub Committee.

National Telephone Sub Committee (NTSC): Each week there are over 2400 calls to the national helpline number plus an increasing number of calls to local helpline numbers that are easily accessible from the AA GB website, find a meeting page. The NTSC manages the 0800 number and currently, we have a major focus on the structure of the National Helpline and Safeguarding issues. The NTSC aims to offer suggestions and support to the regional telephone liaison officers (RTLOs), telephone liaison officers (TLOs), 12th steppers and support the helpline carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic as best we possibly can. Every August we hold a forum for the RTLOs and next year we hope to hold the postponed seminar for all RTLOs and TLOs.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Probation officers have been working hard and have been represented at the two Zonal meetings that we were able to have during the year at Stirling and Bristol. There are now eleven area directors for probation in place and we hope there will be a good relationship and co-operation with AA. The Sub Committee has been busy working through the structure manual taking out CRC details, finishing probation starter pack, arranging templates with the Website Manager, arranging Chit Symbol for meetings, vetting and clearance issues etc. We will be proposing a Seminar for 2023 for CJS Officers where we can bring everyone up to date and receive questions etc but all in all the probation service is on the up and the service is getting increasingly better as strategic plans start to be introduced. I would like to thank all Probation Officers for their Service.

Public Information & Communications: The last year has seen a few changes in the public information and communications Sub-Committees. Most significantly in July of 2021, the committees were amalgamated into a single entity. The communications subcommittee had been made up entirely of trustees so following the amalgamation of the two committees it was agreed to reduce the numbers of trustees on the new committee. Over the year the committee was involved in a number of activities including notably the production of a video celebrating 75 years of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain. Members of the committee assisted in the recruitment of volunteers to participate in the filming. it is anticipated that the following conference approval the video will be premiered at the 75th convention later in 2022. During the year we have helped to deal with a wide range of media enquiries from across the UK and indeed the wider world. A very good meeting was held in Sept with liaison officers from across the country, it was great to see everyone face to face after such a long time.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Westminster Parliamentary Event was held on Zoom for the first time. This encouraged delegates nationwide, swelling the attendance. The presentation was successfully chaired by our 'sponsoring' M.P. and A.A. leader. Well received contributions were offered by our Professional and A.A. Speakers, followed by a Question-andAnswer session. Additional informative items were screened at intervals. Feedback was collected and networking activity was encouraging. Organisation of the 2021 event, planned face-to-face at Portcullis House on 12th May, is underway. Membership of the committee has rotated and is currently meeting monthly on Zoom. New members are welcomed - for practical reasons to be sourced mainly from the 'home' counties. Committee meetings may be returned to the Eaton Square room. Our enthusiastic team will especially concentrate on attracting a substantial number of delegates and welcomes any help with this prestigious invitation.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

FINANCIAL REVIEW

It’s been another year of great uncertainty due to the ongoing situation with the pandemic and restrictions imposed across almost every aspect of our lives. However, the Fellowship has continued to show it’s strength and gratitude with generous contributions throughout the whole of the 2020-21 Financial Year. The General Service Board would once again like to thank you all most sincerely for your generosity in spite of the undoubted additional pressures imposed on you as the result of this pandemic.

General Service Office Including Northern Service Office (NSO) and Southern Service Office (SSO)

Where the money comes from 2020/21

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TOTAL INCOME 2020‐21
Publications
35%
Conference
Contributions inc
income
0% grat
60%
Investment
income
2%
Conventions Personal Gift Aid
0% 3%
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Our Total Income for the year is £1,324,479

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FINANCIAL REVIEW (continued)

Investments

Our investments continue to be managed by Churches, Charities & Local Authorities (CCLA) which is an ethical company. It is one of the top five performers in the charity sector.

During the year the charity received an income of £33,633 from our investments. Our investment policy is detailed under our risk review.

Literature

Income from the sale of literature amounted to £457,315 . This represents an increase from the previous year’s total of £438,208 . This is a welcome step in the right direction.

The literature costs realised £172,484 compared to £191,797 in 2019-20.

Where the money goes 2020/21

TOTAL EXPENSES 2020‐2021

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Publication
Admin 30%
34%
Fellowship
36%
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Our Total Expenditure for the year is £1,185,496.

Our Net Income for 2020-21 before gains on investments is £138,983

Our Net Gain on Investments is £121,358

Therefore, our Net Income is £260,341

Prudent Reserve is currently £1,483,126 .

N.B. It’s important to note that the above Prudent Reserve figure is artificially low compared to the last pre pandemic Prudent Reserve (Warranty 2 level) in the 2018-19 Financial year of £2,044,850.

(The 2020-21 figure was £1,606,449 ).

It is extremely heartening to note that despite the challenges that we have all faced during the last couple of years, the Charity remains in a stable position.

Once again, the Board would like to thank you for your ongoing generosity.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The Charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Governance - The Relationships between the Board and its Supporters and Consultation Mechanisms.

The Board is a Limited Company regulated by its Memorandum and Articles of Association as laid down in the Companies Acts. This instrument is a legal document which has bearing only on The General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited.

The Board serves the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain and, in common with other groups of Trusted Servants, depends upon the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Concepts for Service and the Charter of the General Service Conference to guide its policies.

Because the Board is a Charitable Company registered in England, Wales and Scotland these instruments must be appropriate to their application in Great Britain and written in language which makes it clear that the Board recognises its responsibilities under English and Scottish Law.

Alcoholics Anonymous (The Fellowship) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organisation or institution, does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses or opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

AA members meet as Groups which form elected, representative service bodies, Intergroups and Regions, whose purpose is to facilitate the carrying of the AA message by the groups to the still-suffering alcoholic. This service structure nominates persons for election to the General Service Board. The General Service Board serves the Fellowship by providing central services of various types and is a registered charity. The Groups, Intergroups and Regions are recognised by the Charity Commissioners as informal, autonomous "affiliated groups" which have no independent constitution. As such, they are not to be accountable to the General Service Board nor to the Charity Commission. The governance of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain is based on the voluntary instruments; The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Concepts for Service and the Charter of the General Service Conference. Consultation between the main Charity, the General Service Board, and its Supporters, the Groups, Intergroups and Regions of Alcoholics Anonymous in Great Britain takes place on a regular basis through service forums and workshops and an annual General Service Conference comprised of elected delegates from each of the Regions in Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain and the Trustees of the Board.

Appointment, induction and training of new Trustees

Appointment of new Trustees:

Trustee appointments are made solely by the General Service Board - Trustees are nominated by Regional bodies of the Fellowship, interviewed by the Nominations Committee of the Board who recommend the candidate they feel is most suitable to the Board who consider the recommendation and decide on the appointment by vote, ratification of the Trustees takes place at our Annual Conference in April after which Trustees have full voting rights.

The General Service Board reserves the right to revoke any appointment.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT (continued)

Induction and training of new Trustees:

Induction takes place prior to the General Service Board meeting after Trustee appointments and consists of a presentation to explain the responsibilities of being a Trustee plus documentation which includes 'The Good Trustee Guide'. Subsequently every trustee attends external trustee training.

Key Management remuneration

The Directors consider the Board of Directors, who are also the Charity's Trustees, and the Senior Management Team comprise the Key Management Personnel of the Charity in charge of directing and controlling, running and operating the Charity on a day to day basis. All Directors give of their time freely and no Director received any remuneration in the year. Details of Directors' expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in Note 8 to the Financial Statements.

The pay for the Senior Management Team is reviewed annually and normally increased in accordance with average earnings and CPI inflation. In view of the nature of the Charity, the Directors benchmark against pay levels in other organisations. The remuneration benchmark is above the mid-point of the range paid for similar roles adjusted for a weighting of up to 30% for any additional responsibilities. If recruitment has proven difficult in the recent past a market addition is also paid.

RISK STATEMENT

Our risk assessment is cover by our annual review of our general risk policy, reserves policy and investment policy.

(i) General Policy

The major risks to which the Charity is exposed have been identified by the Trustees, including financial, the traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous and our reputation. The Charity is a non-political organisation and dealing with preservation of integrity is covered in the 12 Traditions of AA, detailed on page 13.

Formal management control systems and procedures, operating policies and manual processes have been agreed and established as part of ongoing risk assessment, to mitigate risks. Mitigation of financial risk is further addressed by the policy of holding reserves, as detailed below.

(ii) Reserves Policy

The Trustees' have established a policy whereby reserves held by the Charity should exceed 1.25 years expenditure, which equates to approximately £1,481,870 (2020: £1,643,945). This is considered the minimum to ensure the continuation of the basic services to the Fellowship during times of economic stress.

The GSB plan to utilise the funds which are currently surplus to basic requirements reserves by:

Absorbing the price increases in the production of literature, and where possible, reducing the price of some literature to make it more accessible to Members;
Maintaining the current level of subsidies, for example, absorbing any accommodation price increases that would otherwise result in increased Conference Delegate fees;
Funding approved projects without prioritisation, in spite of price rises;
Continuing to support the development of AA overseas by maintaining its level of contribution to the World Service Literature fund and responding positively to appeals from AAWS; and
Continuing to fulfil existing and additional services, as requested by the Fellowship.

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RISK STATEMENT (continued)

(iii) Investment Policy

The investment aim is to achieve steady growth of the capital over the medium term, by holding a proportion of investment funds in equity or equity-related investments, balanced by a substantial element of lower risk, stable investments of gilts or cash-based investments.

The Charity now holds 400,653 units in the Fund which on 30 September 2021 had a market value of 296.09p per unit. Giving the Charity investment a market value of £1,186,293. Due to the fluctuations within the Stock Market and continued volatility due to COVID-19 & Brexit this value will vary week by week. Notwithstanding the sale of the units our investment should still provide the Charity with an estimated regular income of approximately £30,000 per annum.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

00587316 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity numbers 226745/SC038023

Principle address and registered office The General Service Office P.O. BOX 1 10 Toft Green York YO1 7NJ

Trustees and Directors

The Trustees and Directors who served during the year were:

Sandi Aarvold Erik Abbott Thomas Baldwin Norman Brown Jo Faul (Appointed 18 April 2021) Tom Fox Clive Kilmartin Patrick McGuire Mani Mehdikhani Barbara Owen Jonathan Pope Michael Power Charles Roberts (Appointed 18 April 2020) Terri Semple Amanda Stocks Stephen Smith Gretchen Swisher (Appointed 18 April 2021) Justin Tunstall

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS (continued)

Retired from the Board:

Maxine Wilson (Resigned 17 November 2021) Eric Carlin (Resigned 8 March 2021) Brian Jenkins (Resigned 18 April 2021) Nigel Patience (Resigned 18 April 2021) Andrew Wetherell (Resigned 17 September 2021)

Company Secretary

Ranjan Battacharyya

Names and addresses of advisers:

Auditor Bankers Solicitors HPH, Chartered Accountants HSBC Plc Wrigleys Solicitors 54 Bootham 13 Parliament Street 19 Cookridge Street York York Leeds YO30 7XZ YO1 8XS LS2 3AG

Investment managers

CCLA Fund Managers Limited Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET

Key Management Personnel

R Battacharyya - General Secretary M Tervet - Management Accountant J Pryke - General Service Board Administrator A M Smith - Northern Service Office Administrator

S Smyth - Conference Co-ordinator, IT & Technical Manager

S Wright - Office Manager

J P Szajniuk - Southern Service Office Administrator

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THE 12 TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA)

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.
For our purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
AA should remain forever non-professional, but our service centres may employ special workers.
AA, as such, ought never be organised; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
AA has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trustees (who are also the Directors of The General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited (Limited by Guarantee) for the purposes of Company Law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

Company Law requires the Trustees to prepare Financial Statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charitable Company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the Charitable Company for that period. In preparing those Financial Statements, the Trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charitable Company will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable Company and to enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charitable Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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In so far as the Trustees are aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the Charitable Company's auditors are unaware; and
the Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITOR

The auditor, HPH is appointed under section 487(1) of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 21 January 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

Clive Kilmartin – Trustee

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited for the year ended 30 September 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 30 September 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

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 significant doubt on the 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 trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

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 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit

the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept; or
the 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 or
the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the trustees’ report.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement on page 14, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) 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 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 charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

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 (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

Misstatements can arise from fraud 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the company operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act 2006 together with the Charities SORP (FRS102) 2019. We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items.

In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which might be fundamental to the charitable company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty. We also considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the charitable company for fraud. The laws and regulations we considered in this context for the UK operations were Employment legislation, Charity Commission regulations and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be the override of controls by management and income recognition. Our audit procedures to respond to these risks included enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, sample testing on the posting of journals and detailed substantive testing on the completeness of income.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. We are not responsible for preventing noncompliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

These inherent limitations are particularly significant in the case of misstatement resulting from fraud as this may involve sophisticated schemes designed to avoid detection, including deliberate failure to record transactions, collusion or the provision of intentional misrepresentations.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

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 members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Sarah Wearing (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of HPH, Statutory Auditor 54 Bootham York YO30 7XZ

21 January 2022

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Unrestricted Note Funds £ Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 4 821,318 Other trading activities 5 441,351 Investments 6 33,633 Government grant income - CJRS 6,492 Total income £ 1,302,794 Expenditure on: Raising funds 7 430,300 Charitable activities 7 756,201 Total expenditure £ 1,186,501 116,293 Net gains on investments 10 121,358 Net income/(expenditure) for the year 237,651 Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward 2,414,097 Total funds carried forward £ 2,651,748 Net income/(expenditure) before gain on investments	Restricted Funds £ 5,687 15,964 34 - £ 21,685 - (1,005) £ (1,005) 22,690 - 22,690 102,545 £ 125,235	Total 2021 £ 827,005 457,315 33,667 6,492 £ 1,324,479 430,300 755,196 £ 1,185,496 138,983 121,358 260,341 2,516,642 £ 2,776,983	Total 2020 £ 911,608 438,208 42,404 29,997
			£ 1,422,217
			464,132 851,024
			£ 1,315,156
			107,061 49,387
			156,448 2,360,194
			£ 2,516,642

The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

Income and net movement in funds derive wholly from continuing operations.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Company number: 00587316

Note £ £ Fixed assets: Tangible fixed assets 9 3,526 Investments 10 1,186,293 Total fixed assets 1,189,819 Current assets: Stocks 11 193,792 Debtors 12 99,700 Cash at bank and in hand 21 1,435,853 Total current assets 1,729,345 Liabilities: 13 (142,181) Net current assets 1,587,164 Total net assets £ 2,776,983 The funds of the charity: 15 Unrestricted funds 2,651,748 Restricted funds 125,235 Total charity funds £ 2,776,983 2021 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	£ £ - 1,064,935 1,064,935 114,258 87,539 1,285,896 1,487,693 (35,986) 1,451,707 £ 2,516,642 2,414,097 102,545 £ 2,516,642 2020	£ £ - 1,064,935 1,064,935 114,258 87,539 1,285,896 1,487,693 (35,986) 1,451,707 £ 2,516,642 2,414,097 102,545 £ 2,516,642 2020
		1,064,935 1,451,707
		£ 2,516,642
		2,414,097 102,545
		£ 2,516,642

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 21 January 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:

Clive Kilmartin

Trustee

The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Note £ £ Net cash used in operating activities 19 121,579 Cash flow from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments 33,667 Fixed asset purchases (5,289) Proceeds from sales of investments - Net cash provided by investing activities 28,378 20 149,957 1,285,896 21 £1,435,853 The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements. Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 2021	£ £ (75,143) 42,404 - 351,542 393,946 318,803 967,093 £1,285,896 2020	£ £ (75,143) 42,404 - 351,542 393,946 318,803 967,093 £1,285,896 2020
		318,803 967,093
		£1,285,896

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Legal entity

The General Service board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited is regulated by the Charity Commission (226745), limited by guarantee and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office and principal place of business is The General Service Office, P.O. BOX 1, 10 Toft Green, YORK, YO1 7NJ. The Charity is also registered in Scotland (SC038023).

In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK, the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

The General Service board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

The accounts are presented in UK Sterling pounds (£).

Going concern

As described in the Annual Report of the Trustees, special consideration has been given to the COVID-19 pandemic impact. The Trustees/Directors have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the sources of income and planned expenditure. They have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources are available to enable the Charitable Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and have adequate contingency plans in the event that income streams are reduced. Consequently the financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Charitable Company is a going concern.

Donations

Donations receivable for the general purpose of the Charity are credited to "unrestricted funds". Donations for purposes restricted by the wishes of the donor are taken to "restricted funds" where these wishes are legally binding on the Trustees.

Other trading activities

All other incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Investment income

Investment income has been accounted for on a cash receipt basis.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is accrued as soon as a liability is considered probable, discounted to present value for longer-term liabilities. Expenditure attributable to more than one cost category is apportioned to them on the basis of the estimated amount attributable to each activity in the year, either by reference to staff time or the use made of the underlying assets, as appropriate. Expenses are shown net of VAT with the irrecoverable element included within direct costs.

Governance costs are costs associated with constitutional and statutory requirements. They include audit fees and estimated costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity. Support costs are those incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the Charity.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are included in the financial statements at their historical cost. Tangible fixed assets are capitalised when the cost exceeds £500.

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1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets over their expected useful lives on a straight line basis. The rates used are as follows:

Fixtures and fittings 25% per annum straight line Computer equipment 33% per annum straight line

Investments

Investments are included on the Balance Sheet and are stated at market value as at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses on disposal and revaluations of investments are charged or credited to other Statement of Financial Activities.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

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.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and any short term deposit accounts with a maturity of three months or less from the date of opening.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that 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 and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Where the Charity has received magazine subscriptions in advance the amount is treated as deferred income. When each monthly issue is sent the amount deferred is reduced accordingly.

Financial instruments

The charity 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 with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Pension schemes

The pension contributions charged represent contributions payable by the charity to employee's personal pension plans in the accounting period.

Operating leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the SOFA on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Funds structure

Funds comprise unrestricted funds which have not been designated for other purposes, and are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in accordance with the charitable objectives. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

2 TAXATION

As a registered charity, The General Service board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited is exempt from the tax on income falling within sections 466 to 493 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 to the extent that this is applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Company.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

3 OPERATING SURPLUS The surplus for the year is stated after charging: Depreciation Auditor's remuneration Other fees paid to auditor 4 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES Contributions Covenants Conventions Conference	2021 £ 1,763 8,000 1,600 2021 £ 785,790 40,442 773 - 827,005	2020 £ 576 8,000 3,535
		2020 £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682
		911,608

£5,718 of income from donations and legacies relate to restricted funds (2020: £5,316).

The Charity benefits from the input of volunteers who assist with the quarterly packing of the quarterly newsletters. In accordance with the Charities SORP, the economic contribution of volunteers is not recognised in the Financial Statements.

5 OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES Sales of literature £15,964 of other trading activities relates to restricted funds (2020: £12,396). 6 INVESTMENT INCOME Fixed asset investment income Deposit account interest Literature is sold at a surplus to assist in the support of the primary purpose.	2021 £ £ 457,315 2021 £ 33,618 49 £ 33,667	2020 £ £ 438,208
		2020 £ 41,024 1,380
		£ 42,404

£3 of investment income relates to restricted funds (2020: £34).

7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED

Raising funds £ Charitable expenditure 430,300 Raising funds £ Charitable expenditure 464,132	Direct £ 398,650 Direct £ 448,917	Support £ 356,546 Support £ 402,107	Total 2021 £ 1,185,496
			Total 2020 £ 1,315,156

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7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED - continued

Raising funds include: Basis of allocation Purchase of literature direct Staff costs usage Premises costs usage Office expenses usage Public information and publication costs direct Conference costs direct Website direct Irrecoverable VAT direct Financial expenses direct General expenses (archives) direct Bad debts written off direct All raising funds costs relate to unrestricted funds. Charitable activities include: Basis of allocation Staff costs usage Premises costs usage Office expenses usage General expenses (travel, meetings and fund expenditure) direct	2021 £ 172,484 53,768 34,364 76,706 35,669 48 5,529 29,827 12,227 6,504 3,174 £ 430,300 2021 £ 279,597 69,434 32,510 17,109 £ 398,650	2020 £ 191,797 49,270 32,343 72,811 36,298 1,497 8,799 52,122 10,141 8,470 584
		£ 464,132
		2020 £ 256,205 65,243 31,630 95,839
		£ 448,917

£(1,083) of charitable activities costs relates to restricted funds (2020: £25,249).

Support costs comprises of:

Charitable expenditure Charitable expenditure Management costs include: Staff costs Premises costs Office expenses Financial expenses General expenses (travel, meetings and training)	Management £ 310,020 Management £ 333,346 Basis of allocation usage usage usage usage direct	costs £ 46,526 costs £ 68,761 2021 £ 204,321 52,513 35,687 78 17,421 £ 310,020 Governance Governance	2021 £ 356,546
			2020 £ 402,107
			2020 £ 187,227 49,385 34,954 63 61,717
			£ 333,346

£78 of management costs related to restricted funds (2020: £63). 25

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7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED - continued

Governance costs include: Basis of allocation Trustees' expenses direct Professional fees direct All governance costs relate to unrestricted expenditure. 8 STAFF COSTS Wages and salaries Social security costs Defined contribution pension costs The average number of employees during the year was as follows: Full-time staff Part-time staff	2021 £ 14,004 32,522 £ 46,526 2021 £ 453,990 40,982 42,714 £ 537,686 10 10 20	2020 £ 37,880 30,881
		£ 68,761
		2020 £ 419,883 30,859 41,960
		£ 492,702
		11 8
		19

No employees received benefits in excess of £60,000.

Each member of staff has a contract which requires them to deal with fellowship services, support services and administration tasks. The trustees estimate the time spent is in proportion to the costs allocated. The number of trustees and employees whose benefits exceeded £60,000 in the year was nil (2020: nil).

The key management personnel of the charitable company, comprise the trustees and senior leadership team as disclosed on page 8. The total amount of employee benefits (including employer pension contributions) received by key management personnel for their services to the charitable company was £287,413 (2020: £292,890).

9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Cost: At 1 October 2020 Additions Disposals At 30 September 2021 Depreciation: At 1 October 2020 Charge for the year Re-classification At 30 September 2021 Net book values: 30 September 2021 30 September 2020	Fixtures and fittings £ 135,757 - - 135,757 135,757 - - 135,757 £ - £ -	Computer equipment £ 31,579 5,289 - 36,868 31,579 1,763 - 33,342 £ 3,526 £ -	Total £ 167,336 5,289 -
			172,625
			167,336 1,763 -
			169,099
			£ 3,526
			£ -

All of the tangible fixed assets relate to unrestricted funds.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

10	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS		Listed
			investments
			£
	At 1 October 2020		1,064,935
	Disposals		-
	Revaluations		121,358
	At 30 September 2021		1,186,293
	Net book value
	At 30 September 2021		£ 1,186,293
	At 30 September 2020		£ 1,064,935
	All fixed asset investments related to unrestricted funds and there were no investment assets outside the UK.
	Historical cost		£ 880,171
	The following investment represents more than 5% of the total investments:
	- COIF Charities Ethical Investment Fund	(market value: £1,186,293)
	The fair value of listed investments is determined by reference to the quoted price for identical assets in an
	active market at the Balance Sheet date.
11	STOCKS	2021	2020
		£	£
	Goods for resale	£ 193,792	£ 114,258
	All stock relates to unrestricted funds.
12	DEBTORS	2021	2020
		£	£
	Trade debtors	22,338	17,820
	Other debtors	16,484	8,717
	Prepayments and accrued income	60,878	61,002
		£ 99,700	£ 87,539
	All debtors relate to unrestricted funds.
13	CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year	2021	2020
		£	£
	Trade creditors	74,403	3,777
	Accruals and deferred income	59,933	21,031
	Taxation and social security	-	9,313
	Other creditors	7,845	1,865
		£ 142,181	£ 35,986

All creditors relate to unrestricted funds.

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14 DEFERRED INCOME


DEFERRED INCOME Fees received in advance Balance at 1 October 2020 Released to statement of financial activities Deferred in the period Deferred income at 30 September 2021	2021 £ 10,406 (10,406) - 38,005 £ 38,005	2020 £ 21,842 (21,842)
		- 10,406
		£ 10,406

The deferred income includes amounts paid in advance for Share and Roundabout magazine subscriptions and income received for the 75th Anniversary event in 2022.

15 FUNDS

	Balance at			Gains on	Balance at
	01/10/2020	Income	Expended	investments	30/09/2021
	£	£	£	£	£
Undesignated funds
General Fund	2,414,097	1,302,794	(1,186,501)	121,358	2,651,748
Restricted funds
Development Fund	33,577	15,964	-	-	49,541
European Service Meeting	68,968	5,721	1,005	-	75,694
	102,545	21,685	1,005	-	125,235
Total Funds	£ 2,516,642	£ 1,324,479	£ (1,185,496)	£ 121,358	£ 2,776,983
	Balance at			Gains on	Balance at
	01/10/2019	Income	Expended	investments	30/09/2020
	£	£	£	£	£
Undesignated funds
General Fund	2,250,083	1,404,471	(1,289,844)	49,387	2,414,097
Restricted funds
Development Fund	21,181	12,396	-	-	33,577
European Service Meeting	88,930	5,350	(25,312)	-	68,968
	110,111	17,746	(25,312)	-	102,545
Total Funds	£ 2,360,194	£ 1,422,217	£ (1,315,156)	£ 49,387	£ 2,516,642

Development fund

The Development fund related to book royalties arriving from the sale of The Big Book, As Bill Sees It and 12 Steps and 12 traditions. Expenditure for the development Fund must have board approval and will be used to help and support the establishment of the Fellowship aboard.

European Service Meeting

The primary purpose of the European Service Meeting is to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers, whoever he may be, whatever the language he speaks. The European Service meeting fund is administered by the General Service Board of AA (GB) Ltd and is currently self-supporting by contributions of those countries which attend the ESM.

The Alanon House Fund (226745-1) is a linked Charity whose charitable objectives are the provision of a building to serve as a headquarters for Alcoholics Anonymous. The Alanon House fund was removed from the register 11 August 1995.

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16 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds	Tangible fixed assets £ 3,526 - £ 3,526 Tangible fixed assets £ - - £ -	Investments £ 1,186,293 - £ 1,186,293 Investments £ 1,064,935 - £ 1,064,935	Net current assets £ 1,461,929 125,235 £ 1,587,164 Net current assets £ 1,349,162 102,545 £ 1,451,707	Total 2021 £ 2,651,748 125,235
				£ 2,776,983
				Total 2020 £ 2,414,097 102,545
				£ 2,516,642

17 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

As at 30 September the charitable company had future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating as follows:

Within one year Between one and five years In more than five years	2021 £ 83,380 304,190 393,750 £ 781,320	2020 £ 84,846 314,770 468,750
		£ 868,366

18 RELATED PARTIES

Trustee remuneration and benefits

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity.

Trustee expenses

Expenses amounting to £14,004 were paid to all trustees for expenses relating to travel, subsistence and accommodation whilst attending meetings and events on behalf of the general service board (2020: £37,880 to all trustees).

Trustee other related parties

There were no related party transactions during the year which were not offered on the same terms as the general public.

There are no other related parties.

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19 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period Depreciation of tangible fixed assets Gains on investments Dividends, interest and rents from investments (Increase)/decrease in stocks (Increase)/decrease in debtors (Decrease)/increase in creditors *Net cash used in operating activities*	2021 £ 260,341 1,763 (121,358) (33,667) (79,534) (12,161) 106,195 £ 121,579	2020 £ 156,448 576 (49,387) (42,404) (1,898) (9,139) (129,339)
		£ (75,143)

20 ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT

Cash 21 ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at bank and in hand Total cash and cash equivalents	At 01/10/2020 £ 1,285,896 £ 1,285,896	Cash-flows £ 149,957 149,957 £ 149,957 2021 £ 1,435,853 £ 1,435,853	At 30/09/2021 £ 1,435,853
			£ 1,435,853
			2020 £ 1,285,896
			£ 1,285,896

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22 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Other trading activities Investments Government grant income - CJRS Total income Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Total expenditure Net gains on investments Net income/(expenditure) for the year Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward Net income/(expenditure) before gain on investments	Unrestricted Funds £ 906,292 425,812 42,370 29,997 £ 1,404,471 464,132 825,712 £ 1,289,844 114,627 49,387 164,014 2,250,083 £ 2,414,097	Restricted Funds £ 5,316 12,396 34 - £ 17,746 - 25,312 £ 25,312 (7,566) - (7,566) 110,111 £ 102,545	Total 2020 £ 911,608 438,208 42,404 29,997 £ 1,422,217 464,132 851,024 £ 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 156,448 2,360,194 £ 2,516,642	Total 2019 £ 748,914 633,019 44,485 -
				£ 1,426,418
				720,364 938,208
				£ 1,658,572
				(232,154) 80,057
				(152,097) 2,512,291
				£ 2,360,194

The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements and contain unaudited information

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

£ £ 785,790 40,442 773 - 827,005 457,315 33,618 49 33,667 6,492 1,324,479 172,484 45,399 4,098 4,271 31,479 254 1,460 1,171 2,930 2,754 921 63,695 5,818 29,827 465 48 (50) 24,735 - 8,300 2,684 402,743 2021	£ £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682 911,608 438,208 41,024 1,380 42,404 29,997 1,422,217 191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569 436,409 2020	£ £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682 911,608 438,208 41,024 1,380 42,404 29,997 1,422,217 191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569 436,409 2020
33,618 49	41,024 1,380
172,484 45,399 4,098 4,271 31,479 254 1,460 1,171 2,930 2,754 921 63,695 5,818 29,827 465 48 (50) 24,735 - 8,300 2,684	191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569
		1,422,217

402,743	436,409

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Brought forward General expenses Website Depreciation Bank charges Bad debts written off Total raising funds expenditure General expenses Travel Depreciation Total fellowship expenditure Carried forward Printing and stationery Office postage Delegate expenses Administration Costs Wages and salaries World service meeting Pensions Wages and salaries Office postage Rent and rates Insurance Repairs and renewals Office equipment Light and heat Telephone Computer expenses Social security Rent and rates Insurance Advertising Light and heat Telephone Repairs and renewals Office equipment Printing and stationery Raising funds - continued Social security Pensions Charitable activities Fellowship Costs	£ £ 402,743 6,039 5,529 588 12,227 3,174 430,300 236,075 21,311 22,211 65,886 296 1,704 1,548 12,581 5,507 1,927 6,089 5,818 (1,083) (7,116) 9,825 6,039 9,444 588 398,650 172,516 15,573 16,232 49,049 296 1,704 1,464 18,957 5,507 1,435 3,383 286,116 2021	£ £ 436,409 8,007 8,799 192 10,141 584 464,132 218,339 16,047 21,819 61,648 157 1,523 1,915 9,746 4,655 3,453 5,804 7,780 25,249 8,615 1,825 8,007 52,143 192 448,917 159,556 11,726 15,945 45,893 157 1,523 1,812 14,685 4,655 4,417 3,225 263,594 2020

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

£ £ 286,116 5,817 6,039 1,938 9,444 588 78 310,020 14,004 32,522 46,526 356,546 755,196 1,185,496 138,983 121,358 £ 260,341 2021	£ £ 263,594 7,780 8,007 1,567 52,143 192 63 333,346 37,880 30,881 68,761 402,107 851,024 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 £ 156,448 2020	£ £ 263,594 7,780 8,007 1,567 52,143 192 63 333,346 37,880 30,881 68,761 402,107 851,024 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 £ 156,448 2020
310,020 14,004 32,522	333,346 37,880 30,881
46,526 356,546	68,761 402,107
		1,315,156
		107,061 49,387
		£ 156,448

Company number: 00587316

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

A company limited by guarantee and a registered charity numbers: 226745/SC038023

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 30 September 2021

HPH Chartered Accountants 54 Bootham

York YO30 7XZ

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONTENTS	*Page*
Chairperson's Report	1
Report of the Trustees	2 - 14
Auditor's Report	15 - 18
Statement of Financial Activities	19
Balance Sheet	20
Cash Flow Statement	21
Notes to the Financial Statements	22 - 31
The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities	32 - 34

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Introduction

Chairperson’s Introduction to Annual Report

Once again, I am pleased to have the honour to present the Annual Report on behalf of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Great Britain.

As in previous years, to assist in the development of AA in other countries, we have contributed to the International Literature Fund and provided financial assistance from our Development

Fund. Our trustees have not been able to attend general service conferences in European countries due to COVID-19 restrictions but have attended Conferences as observers online.

The Board with the help of the Fellowship was also able to hold its annual House of Commons Public Information event this year online.

Amanda Stocks

Chairperson

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The Charity is a Public Benefit Entity.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Charitable Company's main objective is to assist alcoholics to overcome their addiction to alcohol and maintain sobriety. To achieve that aim the Charitable Company

serves the Fellowship known as Alcoholics Anonymous in such of its work of assisting alcoholics to achieve sobriety as is of a charitable nature
publishes and distributing books, pamphlets and other literature relating to alcoholism
explains the work of the Company to the General Public through the media,
holds net monies accruing to the Charitable Company pending application to the purposes of the Charitable Company.

In these ways the Charitable Company supports independent local groups established to uphold the primary objective of the Charitable Company.

Public Benefit

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Health: Throughout 2021 the pandemic’s impact on personal access to Hospitals and GP surgeries at a local level for Intergroup and Regional Health Liaison Officers was regrettable but understandable. Although many Open Meeting Workshops were presented throughout the Regions in Hospitals and Universities to junior doctors, psychiatrists and nurses, ensuring the message of AA is carried to those front-line staff who will, in time, engage with the still suffering alcoholic. The Sub Committee continued to offer support to the Health Liaison Officers and access to current information via the Health Website and File store. The Health Sub Committee`s plans for 2021 were less affected as all business meetings were transferred to the virtual platforms which became the acceptable norm until our first face to face meeting in July 2021. At this meeting, the Health Seminar, originally planned for 2020, was rescheduled. This well attended and positively received event took place as a hybrid meeting in October 2021, allowing those who could n. travel to log on. It also afforded the Health Sub Committee the opportunity to invite members to attend from other service disciplines. Post pandemic there is a huge task ahead for the Health Sub Committee and the Health Liaison Officers to re-engage with the Health professionals throughout AAGB.

The Literature Sub Committee presented the three new pieces of literature to Conference that had been left over from 2020:

1) ‘Growing into Service’ pamphlet,
2) ‘Now that You Have Stopped: 15 Points’ pamphlet (from the 12th Step AA Starter Pack) 3) ‘Carrying the AA Message to People Who Are Deaf or Have Hearing Loss’ pamphlet.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Probation officers have been working hard and have been represented at the two Zonal meetings that we were able to have during the year at Stirling and Bristol. There are now eleven area directors for probation in place and we hope there will be a good relationship and co-operation with AA. The Sub Committee has been busy working through the structure manual taking out CRC details, finishing probation starter pack, arranging templates with the Website Manager, arranging Chit Symbol for meetings, vetting and clearance issues etc. We will be proposing a Seminar for 2023 for CJS Officers where we can bring everyone up to date and receive questions etc but all in all the probation service is on the up and the service is getting increasingly better as strategic plans start to be introduced. I would like to thank all Probation Officers for their Service.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Westminster Parliamentary Event was held on Zoom for the first time. This encouraged delegates nationwide, swelling the attendance. The presentation was successfully chaired by our 'sponsoring' M.P. and A.A. leader. Well received contributions were offered by our Professional and A.A. Speakers, followed by a Question-andAnswer session. Additional informative items were screened at intervals. Feedback was collected and networking activity was encouraging. Organisation of the 2021 event, planned face-to-face at Portcullis House on 12th May, is underway. Membership of the committee has rotated and is currently meeting monthly on Zoom. New members are welcomed - for practical reasons to be sourced mainly from the 'home' counties. Committee meetings may be returned to the Eaton Square room. Our enthusiastic team will especially concentrate on attracting a substantial number of delegates and welcomes any help with this prestigious invitation.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

FINANCIAL REVIEW

It’s been another year of great uncertainty due to the ongoing situation with the pandemic and restrictions imposed across almost every aspect of our lives. However, the Fellowship has continued to show it’s strength and gratitude with generous contributions throughout the whole of the 2020-21 Financial Year. The General Service Board would once again like to thank you all most sincerely for your generosity in spite of the undoubted additional pressures imposed on you as the result of this pandemic.

General Service Office Including Northern Service Office (NSO) and Southern Service Office (SSO)

Where the money comes from 2020/21

Our Total Income for the year is £1,324,479

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FINANCIAL REVIEW (continued)

Investments

Our investments continue to be managed by Churches, Charities & Local Authorities (CCLA) which is an ethical company. It is one of the top five performers in the charity sector.

During the year the charity received an income of £33,633 from our investments. Our investment policy is detailed under our risk review.

Literature

Income from the sale of literature amounted to £457,315 . This represents an increase from the previous year’s total of £438,208 . This is a welcome step in the right direction.

The literature costs realised £172,484 compared to £191,797 in 2019-20.

Where the money goes 2020/21

TOTAL EXPENSES 2020‐2021

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Publication
Admin 30%
34%
Fellowship
36%
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Our Total Expenditure for the year is £1,185,496.

Our Net Income for 2020-21 before gains on investments is £138,983

Our Net Gain on Investments is £121,358

Therefore, our Net Income is £260,341

Prudent Reserve is currently £1,483,126 .

N.B. It’s important to note that the above Prudent Reserve figure is artificially low compared to the last pre pandemic Prudent Reserve (Warranty 2 level) in the 2018-19 Financial year of £2,044,850.

(The 2020-21 figure was £1,606,449 ).

It is extremely heartening to note that despite the challenges that we have all faced during the last couple of years, the Charity remains in a stable position.

Once again, the Board would like to thank you for your ongoing generosity.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The Charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Governance - The Relationships between the Board and its Supporters and Consultation Mechanisms.

Appointment, induction and training of new Trustees

Appointment of new Trustees:

The General Service Board reserves the right to revoke any appointment.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT (continued)

Induction and training of new Trustees:

Key Management remuneration

RISK STATEMENT

Our risk assessment is cover by our annual review of our general risk policy, reserves policy and investment policy.

(i) General Policy

(ii) Reserves Policy

The GSB plan to utilise the funds which are currently surplus to basic requirements reserves by:

Absorbing the price increases in the production of literature, and where possible, reducing the price of some literature to make it more accessible to Members;
Maintaining the current level of subsidies, for example, absorbing any accommodation price increases that would otherwise result in increased Conference Delegate fees;
Funding approved projects without prioritisation, in spite of price rises;
Continuing to support the development of AA overseas by maintaining its level of contribution to the World Service Literature fund and responding positively to appeals from AAWS; and
Continuing to fulfil existing and additional services, as requested by the Fellowship.

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RISK STATEMENT (continued)

(iii) Investment Policy

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

00587316 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity numbers 226745/SC038023

Principle address and registered office The General Service Office P.O. BOX 1 10 Toft Green York YO1 7NJ

Trustees and Directors

The Trustees and Directors who served during the year were:

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS (continued)

Retired from the Board:

Company Secretary

Ranjan Battacharyya

Names and addresses of advisers:

Auditor Bankers Solicitors HPH, Chartered Accountants HSBC Plc Wrigleys Solicitors 54 Bootham 13 Parliament Street 19 Cookridge Street York York Leeds YO30 7XZ YO1 8XS LS2 3AG

Investment managers

CCLA Fund Managers Limited Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET

Key Management Personnel

R Battacharyya - General Secretary M Tervet - Management Accountant J Pryke - General Service Board Administrator A M Smith - Northern Service Office Administrator

S Smyth - Conference Co-ordinator, IT & Technical Manager

S Wright - Office Manager

J P Szajniuk - Southern Service Office Administrator

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THE 12 TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA)

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.
For our purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
AA should remain forever non-professional, but our service centres may employ special workers.
AA, as such, ought never be organised; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
AA has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charitable Company will continue in business.

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In so far as the Trustees are aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the Charitable Company's auditors are unaware; and
the Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITOR

The auditor, HPH is appointed under section 487(1) of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 21 January 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

Clive Kilmartin – Trustee

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 30 September 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

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.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit

the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept; or
the 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 or
the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the trustees’ report.

Responsibilities of trustees

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

Sarah Wearing (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of HPH, Statutory Auditor 54 Bootham York YO30 7XZ

21 January 2022

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Unrestricted Note Funds £ Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 4 821,318 Other trading activities 5 441,351 Investments 6 33,633 Government grant income - CJRS 6,492 Total income £ 1,302,794 Expenditure on: Raising funds 7 430,300 Charitable activities 7 756,201 Total expenditure £ 1,186,501 116,293 Net gains on investments 10 121,358 Net income/(expenditure) for the year 237,651 Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward 2,414,097 Total funds carried forward £ 2,651,748 Net income/(expenditure) before gain on investments	Restricted Funds £ 5,687 15,964 34 - £ 21,685 - (1,005) £ (1,005) 22,690 - 22,690 102,545 £ 125,235	Total 2021 £ 827,005 457,315 33,667 6,492 £ 1,324,479 430,300 755,196 £ 1,185,496 138,983 121,358 260,341 2,516,642 £ 2,776,983	Total 2020 £ 911,608 438,208 42,404 29,997
			£ 1,422,217
			464,132 851,024
			£ 1,315,156
			107,061 49,387
			156,448 2,360,194
			£ 2,516,642

The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

Income and net movement in funds derive wholly from continuing operations.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Company number: 00587316

Note £ £ Fixed assets: Tangible fixed assets 9 3,526 Investments 10 1,186,293 Total fixed assets 1,189,819 Current assets: Stocks 11 193,792 Debtors 12 99,700 Cash at bank and in hand 21 1,435,853 Total current assets 1,729,345 Liabilities: 13 (142,181) Net current assets 1,587,164 Total net assets £ 2,776,983 The funds of the charity: 15 Unrestricted funds 2,651,748 Restricted funds 125,235 Total charity funds £ 2,776,983 2021 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	£ £ - 1,064,935 1,064,935 114,258 87,539 1,285,896 1,487,693 (35,986) 1,451,707 £ 2,516,642 2,414,097 102,545 £ 2,516,642 2020	£ £ - 1,064,935 1,064,935 114,258 87,539 1,285,896 1,487,693 (35,986) 1,451,707 £ 2,516,642 2,414,097 102,545 £ 2,516,642 2020
		1,064,935 1,451,707
		£ 2,516,642
		2,414,097 102,545
		£ 2,516,642

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 21 January 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:

Clive Kilmartin

Trustee

The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Note £ £ Net cash used in operating activities 19 121,579 Cash flow from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments 33,667 Fixed asset purchases (5,289) Proceeds from sales of investments - Net cash provided by investing activities 28,378 20 149,957 1,285,896 21 £1,435,853 The notes on pages 22 to 31 form part of these financial statements. Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 2021	£ £ (75,143) 42,404 - 351,542 393,946 318,803 967,093 £1,285,896 2020	£ £ (75,143) 42,404 - 351,542 393,946 318,803 967,093 £1,285,896 2020
		318,803 967,093
		£1,285,896

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Legal entity

In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity.

Basis of preparation

The accounts are presented in UK Sterling pounds (£).

Going concern

Donations

Other trading activities

All other incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the Charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Investment income

Investment income has been accounted for on a cash receipt basis.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are included in the financial statements at their historical cost. Tangible fixed assets are capitalised when the cost exceeds £500.

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1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets over their expected useful lives on a straight line basis. The rates used are as follows:

Fixtures and fittings 25% per annum straight line Computer equipment 33% per annum straight line

Investments

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

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.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and any short term deposit accounts with a maturity of three months or less from the date of opening.

Creditors and provisions

Where the Charity has received magazine subscriptions in advance the amount is treated as deferred income. When each monthly issue is sent the amount deferred is reduced accordingly.

Financial instruments

Pension schemes

The pension contributions charged represent contributions payable by the charity to employee's personal pension plans in the accounting period.

Operating leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the SOFA on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Funds structure

2 TAXATION

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3 OPERATING SURPLUS The surplus for the year is stated after charging: Depreciation Auditor's remuneration Other fees paid to auditor 4 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES Contributions Covenants Conventions Conference	2021 £ 1,763 8,000 1,600 2021 £ 785,790 40,442 773 - 827,005	2020 £ 576 8,000 3,535
		2020 £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682
		911,608

£5,718 of income from donations and legacies relate to restricted funds (2020: £5,316).

5 OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES Sales of literature £15,964 of other trading activities relates to restricted funds (2020: £12,396). 6 INVESTMENT INCOME Fixed asset investment income Deposit account interest Literature is sold at a surplus to assist in the support of the primary purpose.	2021 £ £ 457,315 2021 £ 33,618 49 £ 33,667	2020 £ £ 438,208
		2020 £ 41,024 1,380
		£ 42,404

£3 of investment income relates to restricted funds (2020: £34).

7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED

Raising funds £ Charitable expenditure 430,300 Raising funds £ Charitable expenditure 464,132	Direct £ 398,650 Direct £ 448,917	Support £ 356,546 Support £ 402,107	Total 2021 £ 1,185,496
			Total 2020 £ 1,315,156

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7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED - continued

Raising funds include: Basis of allocation Purchase of literature direct Staff costs usage Premises costs usage Office expenses usage Public information and publication costs direct Conference costs direct Website direct Irrecoverable VAT direct Financial expenses direct General expenses (archives) direct Bad debts written off direct All raising funds costs relate to unrestricted funds. Charitable activities include: Basis of allocation Staff costs usage Premises costs usage Office expenses usage General expenses (travel, meetings and fund expenditure) direct	2021 £ 172,484 53,768 34,364 76,706 35,669 48 5,529 29,827 12,227 6,504 3,174 £ 430,300 2021 £ 279,597 69,434 32,510 17,109 £ 398,650	2020 £ 191,797 49,270 32,343 72,811 36,298 1,497 8,799 52,122 10,141 8,470 584
		£ 464,132
		2020 £ 256,205 65,243 31,630 95,839
		£ 448,917

£(1,083) of charitable activities costs relates to restricted funds (2020: £25,249).

Support costs comprises of:

Charitable expenditure Charitable expenditure Management costs include: Staff costs Premises costs Office expenses Financial expenses General expenses (travel, meetings and training)	Management £ 310,020 Management £ 333,346 Basis of allocation usage usage usage usage direct	costs £ 46,526 costs £ 68,761 2021 £ 204,321 52,513 35,687 78 17,421 £ 310,020 Governance Governance	2021 £ 356,546
			2020 £ 402,107
			2020 £ 187,227 49,385 34,954 63 61,717
			£ 333,346

£78 of management costs related to restricted funds (2020: £63). 25

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7 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED - continued

Governance costs include: Basis of allocation Trustees' expenses direct Professional fees direct All governance costs relate to unrestricted expenditure. 8 STAFF COSTS Wages and salaries Social security costs Defined contribution pension costs The average number of employees during the year was as follows: Full-time staff Part-time staff	2021 £ 14,004 32,522 £ 46,526 2021 £ 453,990 40,982 42,714 £ 537,686 10 10 20	2020 £ 37,880 30,881
		£ 68,761
		2020 £ 419,883 30,859 41,960
		£ 492,702
		11 8
		19

No employees received benefits in excess of £60,000.

9 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Cost: At 1 October 2020 Additions Disposals At 30 September 2021 Depreciation: At 1 October 2020 Charge for the year Re-classification At 30 September 2021 Net book values: 30 September 2021 30 September 2020	Fixtures and fittings £ 135,757 - - 135,757 135,757 - - 135,757 £ - £ -	Computer equipment £ 31,579 5,289 - 36,868 31,579 1,763 - 33,342 £ 3,526 £ -	Total £ 167,336 5,289 -
			172,625
			167,336 1,763 -
			169,099
			£ 3,526
			£ -

All of the tangible fixed assets relate to unrestricted funds.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

10	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS		Listed
			investments
			£
	At 1 October 2020		1,064,935
	Disposals		-
	Revaluations		121,358
	At 30 September 2021		1,186,293
	Net book value
	At 30 September 2021		£ 1,186,293
	At 30 September 2020		£ 1,064,935
	All fixed asset investments related to unrestricted funds and there were no investment assets outside the UK.
	Historical cost		£ 880,171
	The following investment represents more than 5% of the total investments:
	- COIF Charities Ethical Investment Fund	(market value: £1,186,293)
	The fair value of listed investments is determined by reference to the quoted price for identical assets in an
	active market at the Balance Sheet date.
11	STOCKS	2021	2020
		£	£
	Goods for resale	£ 193,792	£ 114,258
	All stock relates to unrestricted funds.
12	DEBTORS	2021	2020
		£	£
	Trade debtors	22,338	17,820
	Other debtors	16,484	8,717
	Prepayments and accrued income	60,878	61,002
		£ 99,700	£ 87,539
	All debtors relate to unrestricted funds.
13	CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year	2021	2020
		£	£
	Trade creditors	74,403	3,777
	Accruals and deferred income	59,933	21,031
	Taxation and social security	-	9,313
	Other creditors	7,845	1,865
		£ 142,181	£ 35,986

All creditors relate to unrestricted funds.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

14 DEFERRED INCOME


DEFERRED INCOME Fees received in advance Balance at 1 October 2020 Released to statement of financial activities Deferred in the period Deferred income at 30 September 2021	2021 £ 10,406 (10,406) - 38,005 £ 38,005	2020 £ 21,842 (21,842)
		- 10,406
		£ 10,406

The deferred income includes amounts paid in advance for Share and Roundabout magazine subscriptions and income received for the 75th Anniversary event in 2022.

15 FUNDS

	Balance at			Gains on	Balance at
	01/10/2020	Income	Expended	investments	30/09/2021
	£	£	£	£	£
Undesignated funds
General Fund	2,414,097	1,302,794	(1,186,501)	121,358	2,651,748
Restricted funds
Development Fund	33,577	15,964	-	-	49,541
European Service Meeting	68,968	5,721	1,005	-	75,694
	102,545	21,685	1,005	-	125,235
Total Funds	£ 2,516,642	£ 1,324,479	£ (1,185,496)	£ 121,358	£ 2,776,983
	Balance at			Gains on	Balance at
	01/10/2019	Income	Expended	investments	30/09/2020
	£	£	£	£	£
Undesignated funds
General Fund	2,250,083	1,404,471	(1,289,844)	49,387	2,414,097
Restricted funds
Development Fund	21,181	12,396	-	-	33,577
European Service Meeting	88,930	5,350	(25,312)	-	68,968
	110,111	17,746	(25,312)	-	102,545
Total Funds	£ 2,360,194	£ 1,422,217	£ (1,315,156)	£ 49,387	£ 2,516,642

Development fund

European Service Meeting

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

16 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds	Tangible fixed assets £ 3,526 - £ 3,526 Tangible fixed assets £ - - £ -	Investments £ 1,186,293 - £ 1,186,293 Investments £ 1,064,935 - £ 1,064,935	Net current assets £ 1,461,929 125,235 £ 1,587,164 Net current assets £ 1,349,162 102,545 £ 1,451,707	Total 2021 £ 2,651,748 125,235
				£ 2,776,983
				Total 2020 £ 2,414,097 102,545
				£ 2,516,642

17 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

As at 30 September the charitable company had future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating as follows:

Within one year Between one and five years In more than five years	2021 £ 83,380 304,190 393,750 £ 781,320	2020 £ 84,846 314,770 468,750
		£ 868,366

18 RELATED PARTIES

Trustee remuneration and benefits

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity.

Trustee expenses

Trustee other related parties

There were no related party transactions during the year which were not offered on the same terms as the general public.

There are no other related parties.

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

19 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period Depreciation of tangible fixed assets Gains on investments Dividends, interest and rents from investments (Increase)/decrease in stocks (Increase)/decrease in debtors (Decrease)/increase in creditors *Net cash used in operating activities*	2021 £ 260,341 1,763 (121,358) (33,667) (79,534) (12,161) 106,195 £ 121,579	2020 £ 156,448 576 (49,387) (42,404) (1,898) (9,139) (129,339)
		£ (75,143)

20 ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT

Cash 21 ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at bank and in hand Total cash and cash equivalents	At 01/10/2020 £ 1,285,896 £ 1,285,896	Cash-flows £ 149,957 149,957 £ 149,957 2021 £ 1,435,853 £ 1,435,853	At 30/09/2021 £ 1,435,853
			£ 1,435,853
			2020 £ 1,285,896
			£ 1,285,896

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

22 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Other trading activities Investments Government grant income - CJRS Total income Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Total expenditure Net gains on investments Net income/(expenditure) for the year Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward Net income/(expenditure) before gain on investments	Unrestricted Funds £ 906,292 425,812 42,370 29,997 £ 1,404,471 464,132 825,712 £ 1,289,844 114,627 49,387 164,014 2,250,083 £ 2,414,097	Restricted Funds £ 5,316 12,396 34 - £ 17,746 - 25,312 £ 25,312 (7,566) - (7,566) 110,111 £ 102,545	Total 2020 £ 911,608 438,208 42,404 29,997 £ 1,422,217 464,132 851,024 £ 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 156,448 2,360,194 £ 2,516,642	Total 2019 £ 748,914 633,019 44,485 -
				£ 1,426,418
				720,364 938,208
				£ 1,658,572
				(232,154) 80,057
				(152,097) 2,512,291
				£ 2,360,194

The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements and contain unaudited information

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

£ £ 785,790 40,442 773 - 827,005 457,315 33,618 49 33,667 6,492 1,324,479 172,484 45,399 4,098 4,271 31,479 254 1,460 1,171 2,930 2,754 921 63,695 5,818 29,827 465 48 (50) 24,735 - 8,300 2,684 402,743 2021	£ £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682 911,608 438,208 41,024 1,380 42,404 29,997 1,422,217 191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569 436,409 2020	£ £ 856,127 23,322 10,477 21,682 911,608 438,208 41,024 1,380 42,404 29,997 1,422,217 191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569 436,409 2020
33,618 49	41,024 1,380
172,484 45,399 4,098 4,271 31,479 254 1,460 1,171 2,930 2,754 921 63,695 5,818 29,827 465 48 (50) 24,735 - 8,300 2,684	191,797 41,988 3,086 4,196 29,454 135 1,305 1,449 2,270 2,328 2,001 58,240 7,780 52,122 463 1,497 (1,065) 17,921 6,187 9,686 3,569
		1,422,217

402,743	436,409

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Brought forward General expenses Website Depreciation Bank charges Bad debts written off Total raising funds expenditure General expenses Travel Depreciation Total fellowship expenditure Carried forward Printing and stationery Office postage Delegate expenses Administration Costs Wages and salaries World service meeting Pensions Wages and salaries Office postage Rent and rates Insurance Repairs and renewals Office equipment Light and heat Telephone Computer expenses Social security Rent and rates Insurance Advertising Light and heat Telephone Repairs and renewals Office equipment Printing and stationery Raising funds - continued Social security Pensions Charitable activities Fellowship Costs	£ £ 402,743 6,039 5,529 588 12,227 3,174 430,300 236,075 21,311 22,211 65,886 296 1,704 1,548 12,581 5,507 1,927 6,089 5,818 (1,083) (7,116) 9,825 6,039 9,444 588 398,650 172,516 15,573 16,232 49,049 296 1,704 1,464 18,957 5,507 1,435 3,383 286,116 2021	£ £ 436,409 8,007 8,799 192 10,141 584 464,132 218,339 16,047 21,819 61,648 157 1,523 1,915 9,746 4,655 3,453 5,804 7,780 25,249 8,615 1,825 8,007 52,143 192 448,917 159,556 11,726 15,945 45,893 157 1,523 1,812 14,685 4,655 4,417 3,225 263,594 2020

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

£ £ 286,116 5,817 6,039 1,938 9,444 588 78 310,020 14,004 32,522 46,526 356,546 755,196 1,185,496 138,983 121,358 £ 260,341 2021	£ £ 263,594 7,780 8,007 1,567 52,143 192 63 333,346 37,880 30,881 68,761 402,107 851,024 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 £ 156,448 2020	£ £ 263,594 7,780 8,007 1,567 52,143 192 63 333,346 37,880 30,881 68,761 402,107 851,024 1,315,156 107,061 49,387 £ 156,448 2020
310,020 14,004 32,522	333,346 37,880 30,881
46,526 356,546	68,761 402,107
		1,315,156
		107,061 49,387
		£ 156,448

2021-09-30-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GREAT BRITAIN 2021

THE PREAMBLE

CONTENTS

Annual Report of the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Limited - 1 OCTOBER 2020 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Introduction

Chairperson’s Introduction to Annual Report

GSB PERSONNEL

Report of the Trustees

Financial Statement

Introduction

General Service Office Including Northern Service Office (NSO) and Southern Service Office (SSO)

Investments

Literature

WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM (ALL FUNDS) 2020/2021

WHERE THE MONEY GOES (ALL FUNDS) 2020/2021

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021 BALANCE SHEET

STATEMENT of FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

(INCORPORATING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) for YEAR ENDED 30[TH ] SEPTEMBER 2020

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

NOTES to the FINACIAL STATEMENTS for the YEAR ENDED 30[th ] SEPTEMBER 2021

Members of the General Service Board

Auditors

Bankers

Solicitors

Investment Managers

The Twelve Traditions

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Introduction

Chairperson’s Introduction to Annual Report

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

Public Benefit

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE (continued)

FINANCIAL REVIEW

General Service Office Including Northern Service Office (NSO) and Southern Service Office (SSO)

Where the money comes from 2020/21

FINANCIAL REVIEW (continued)

Investments

Literature

Where the money goes 2020/21

TOTAL EXPENSES 2020‐2021

N.B. It’s important to note that the above Prudent Reserve figure is artificially low compared to the last pre pandemic Prudent Reserve (Warranty 2 level) in the 2018-19 Financial year of £2,044,850.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

Appointment, induction and training of new Trustees

Appointment of new Trustees:

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT (continued)

Induction and training of new Trustees:

Key Management remuneration

RISK STATEMENT

(i) General Policy

(ii) Reserves Policy

RISK STATEMENT (continued)

(iii) Investment Policy

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

Trustees and Directors

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS (continued)

Company Secretary

Names and addresses of advisers:

Investment managers

Key Management Personnel

THE 12 TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA)

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

AUDITOR

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE GENERAL SERVICE BOARD OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED

Opinion

Basis for opinion

Conclusions relating to going concern

Other information