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THE GEOLOGISTS’ C N ANNUAL R RT AND FINANCIAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

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REPORT FROM TRUSTEES

for the year ended 31[st] December 2022

This report provides information concerning:

Since 1858, The Geologists’ Association (GA) has served the interests of professional, amateur and citizen geologists, and made geology available to a wider public. The GA is a national organisation based in London, and is represented by Local Groups in 15 centres around the country; 73 (74 in 2021) other geologically related societies are affiliated with the GA in the furtherance of our common aims and objectives.

The GA’s objectives are :-

The GA kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit with its activities to pursue these objectives during 2022:

The Geologists’ Association is an unincorporated association governed by a set of rules from a scheme at the Charity Commission dated 18[th] January 1967 as amended 06[th] July 2018. The management of the Association is vested in a Council normally consisting of 24 members which includes the following Officers: - President, Treasurer, General Secretary and up to three Vice Presidents. Council Members, being trustees, are appointed annually at an Annual General Meeting by nomination by members of the GA. A ballot of all members is held if there are more nominations than vacancies.

Front photo: winner of 2022 photographic Competition, Aiguille Dr Dru, Mont Blanc Massif, French Alps by Sally Pritchard

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REPORT FROM TRUSTEES

For year ended 31st December 2022

As Council was without an Honorary General Secretary for a significant part of the year, this report will be limited to a summary of the highlights throughout the year, hence more brief than previous years.

The Council of the Geologists’ Association faced a challenging year in 2022, especially in the form of recruiting for key Executive positions (Vice Presidents and General Secretary) and some Council posts. Some ongoing issues from 2021, particularly around Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and the continued organization of both meetings and field trips, whilst recovering from the pandemic with a relaxation of covid rules, were also a theme. Two other issues of note, and being actively monitored, are those of accommodation at Burlington House, and that of the Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association transition - to Open Access, as the JISC 3 year transitional agreement runs to December 2024.

A common theme in the Magazine of the GA was the grateful appreciation to the members of Council who stepped up to support the Executive Committee, for which the outgoing President, Dr Vanessa Banks, and the incoming President, Mr Graham Hickman, were very grateful, in order for all Council business and GA activities to continue uninterrupted.

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MAGAZINE OF THE
GEOLOGISTS’
ASSOCIATION
Volume 21 No.1 March, 2022
ning catchments in Karst environments
| ‘Rock Detectives’ at Evendon School, Wokingham | International Geodiversity Day
| The age of sea lilies & rainforests-life in a Carboniferous World | Def | Kensal Green Cemetery: in search of famous Geologists & Engineers | Smokejacks 50+ years down the pit
| Fossil Crustaceans Conference to celebrate the life & work of Joe Collins | East Burnham Quarry, Buckinghamshire
| Mapping the past: Quaternary Palaeogeography | London Clay - Journeys in the Deep City | Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World | Bude , North Cornwall | Local Geology Group Archives | Big fossil, little fossil, and the bigger picture | Rutland Ichthyosaur Excavation | UKFAll Royal Astronomical Society Award | The City of London Cemetery - stories in the gravestones | Urban Geology in Waltham Forest
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2022 was notable in the following respects:

In reference to achievements in Geoscience, are those of the recipients of the GA Awards, details of which are in the Minutes of the AGM section of this report.

Lectures and meetings continued throughout the year with a diverse variety being held online. Recordings of these lectures are available online at the GA website. There was also a welcome return to field trips throughout the year. Further information of these are described in this Annual Report.

The GA photographic competition continued with the winner being a stunning landscape of glacial valleys and screes in the Mont Blanc Massif, French Alps. Other prizes and commendations were from around the world as well as from the UK.

As an educational charity the GA is involved in a number of Outreach programmes:

as well as being associated with a wide range of affiliated groups and societies which the GA President hopes to strengthen these links.

Unfortunately, the one Outreach event which didn’t proceed as hoped, due to lack of volunteers, was the Festival of Geology. Rather this was linked with International Geodiversity Day, October 6th.

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In respect to Outreach, and the educational nature of the GA, the Halstead Lecture, by Dr Amy - Edgington in March, is a worthy re read, as strengthening links and promoting Geosciences is a goal of the GA and given the challenges of staffing the Executive and Council in 2022, should be a thoughtful consideration of all members of the association, as should the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Policy. The GA has advertised a number of times in the Magazine for a call for assistance for Inclusivity and Council hopes that members will respond positively.

Dr Liam Gallagher receiving the President’s Medal at the AGM from Dr Vanessa Banks

Professor Jim Rose being presented with Honorary Life Membership of the Geologists’ Association

Ted Dubowski General Secretary

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GA COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

June 2022

Officers : President: Graham Hickman, Senior Vice President: Dr Vanessa Banks Treasurer: Dr Graham Williams, Vice President: Prof. David Bridgland

Postholders : Awards Panel, Curry Fund Chairman, Education: Dr Haydon Bailey; Chair of Publications: Prof. David Bridgland; Rockwatch: Susan Brown; GA Magazine Editor: Dr Liam Gallagher; Curry Fund Secretary: Dr Jonathan Larwood; Meetings Secretary: Dr Michael Oates; Awards Panel Secretary: Ahmed Alghuraybi; Chair of External Relations & GASS: Nicholas Pierpoint; Geoconservation: Dr Colin Prosser; Overseas Field Meetings Secretary: Dr Ian Sutton; Marketing: David Ward; Governance, Dr Tony Doré

Ordinary Members of Council: Prof. John Cosgrove (Publications Minutes’ Secretary), David Cropp, Peter Jones (Safeguarding), Janet Osborn, Janet Wright (website liaison), Richard Wrigley

Co opted : Gerald Lucy (photo competition & fliers), Richard Trounson (Legal matters) Student Representatives : Jennifer Davies, Hayley Hunt.

Non Council Roles : Proceedings Editor-in-chief: Prof. Malcolm Hart; Guides Editor: Prof. Susan Marriott. Geolab: Nikki Edwards. Other roles taken on by existing council members: SchoolRocks!: Dr Haydon Bailey & David Ward; Safeguarding: Peter Jones; Geology from your Sofa Alison Barraclough & Janet Wright; Earth Heritage rep.: Prof. David Bridgland; - Librarian: Dr Sandy Colville Stewart; GA Archivist: Dr Jonathan Larwood; Social Media Liz Hoy, GeoWeek rep: David Ward; GDPR: Dr Graham Williams

Executive Committee : Officers, Sarah Stafford

Investment Panel : Treasurer: Dr Graham Williams; Professor Bernard Leake; Susannah van Rose, Dr Christopher Green, Susan Brown, Graham Hickman, Roger Lloyd

Curry Fund Committee : (President), GA Treasurer; Curry Fund Chairman Dr Haydon Bailey; Curry Fund Treasurer: Dr Christopher Green; Curry Fund Secretary: Dr Jonathan - Larwood; Curry Fund Minutes Secretary: Dr Sandy Colville Stewart; David Bone, Alan Holiday, Jonathan Radley, Dr Eric Robinson, Barbara Silva, Sam Scriven

Publications Committee : President, Treasurer, Chairman: Prof. David Bridgland, Secretary: Professor John Cosgrove; GA Magazine Editor: Dr Liam Gallagher; Colin Prosser. Ex Officio Proceedings Editor-in-chief. Prof. Malcolm Hart, Geology Today & Rockwatch: Prof. Peter Doyle & Guides Editor: Prof. Susan Marriott

External Relations Committee: President; Chairman: Nick Pierpoint; Social Media: Liz Hoy; School Rocks! Haydon Bailey, Alison Barraclough; Geolab: Nikki Edwards: Webmaster: Barbara Silva; GASS: Dr Liam Gallagher; Rockwatch: Susan Brown; (Additional Meetings team members: Peter Jones, John Lonergan, Jane Michael, John Nicklin, David Ward)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group: Dr Jonathan Larwood, Janet Wright

GA Festival of Geology Organising Group : Sarah Stafford & volunteers convened later. Geology Today Owners & Editors : Editor: Prof. Peter Doyle; Dr Graham Williams, Susan Brown

Rockwatch Management Committee : Chairman: Susan Brown; David Bone, Prof. Peter Doyle, Alan Holiday, Dr Wendy Kirk, Dr Jonathan Larwood, Dr Michael Oates, Susanna van - Rose; Rockwatch Co ordinator: Jenny Coleman

Earth Heritage : Prof. David Bridgland plus non GA members.

Awards Panel : Chairman: Dr Haydon Bailey, Secretary: Ahmed Alghuraybi, Prof. David Bridgland, Dr Graham Williams

GA Student Symposium: Chairman: Nicholas Pierpoint; Dr Rebecca Bell, Dr Liam Gallagher, Sean O’Neal, Janet Wright

SchoolRocks! Dr Haydon Bailey, David Ward, Alison Barraclough GA Office : Executive Secretary: Sarah Stafford; Administrative Assistant: Jenny Coleman

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MEMBERSHIP

74 New Members 11 formally resigned. Total 2022 Membership, 22 Joint 843 Full 120 Associate 48 Student 52 Honorary Life & Life Members .

Rockwatch 2022 Membership comprising of 11 adults, 511 children, 267 families and 4 institutions.

OUR LONG SERVING MEMBERS

Members who joined in 1972 and reached 50 years Ewart Chaplin, Mark Cooper, Sheilah Dellow, Gerald Lucy, Peter Riches, David Watts Members who joined in 1952 and reached 70 years:- Anthony Barber, Alan Lello

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 5 May 2022

Vanessa Banks welcomed all to the first hybrid AGM of the Geologists’ Association. 43 members attended in person, 39 on line, giving a total of 82. Graham Hickman then conducted the meeting.

1. Minutes of the 2021 AGM: no corrections, accepted.

2. Introduction of Annual Report and Accounts for 2021:

The accounts have been audited and were accepted as read.

3. Introduction of proposed Officers for 2022/2023:

Proposal for new Officers: Graham Hickman (President), Vanessa Banks (Senior Vice-President)

Continuing Officers: Graham Williams (Honorary Treasurer)

Retiring Post Holders: Alison Barraclough (Education), Susan Brown (Chair FOG), John Cooper - (Facebook), Lucia Pérez Diaz (Chair EDI), Tom Phillips (Awards Panel Secretary)

Proposal for new Post Holders: Ahmed Alghuraybi (Awards Panel Secretary)

Continuing Post Holders: Haydon Bailey (Chair Curry Fund, Awards Panel), David Bridgland (Chair Publications), Susan Brown (Rockwatch), John Cosgrove (Publications Committee Secretary), Tony Doré (Governance), Liam Gallagher ( Editor Magazine of the GA ), Jonathan Larwood (Curry Fund Secretary), Mick Oates (Meetings Secretary), Nick Pierpoint (Chair External Relations), Colin Prosser (Geoconservation), Ian Sutton (Overseas Field Trip Secretary), David Ward (Marketing), Janet Wright (EDI, Website Liaison, GFYS).

Non-Council: Malcolm Hart (Editor-in-Chief PGA ), Liz Hoy (Social Media), Susan Marriott (GA Guides)

4. Introduction of proposed Council Members for 2022/23:

Proposal for new members of Council: None,

Continuing Ordinary members of Council: David Cropp, Peter Jones (Safeguarding), Janet Osborn, Janet Wright, Richard Wrigley.

Co-opted members of Council: Ahmed Alghuraybi (Awards Panel Secretary), Gerald Lucy (Calendar, Flyers, Photographic competition), David Pedreros Bastidas (Student Liaison), Richard Trounson (Legal Matters),

Voting approval of 2, 3 and 4: Items 2, 3 and 4 were all approved, no dissenting votes noted.

There are several officer and postholder vacancies: two Vice-Presidents, Honorary General Secretary, UK Field Meetings Secretary, Education Postholder.

5. Expression of thanks of the Geologists’ Association to all retiring officers and Council members.

GA Awards 2022:

6. Foulerton Award: Professor Michael Benton

The Foulerton Award is presented to a GA member for work of merit connected with the Association.

Professor Michael Benton OBE FRS FRSE joined the GA in 1996. This coincided with the year that he founded the MSc degree program at the University of Bristol. His research investigates palaeontology, palaeobiology, and macroevolution, commonly focussed on the Triassic. Directly aligning to the remit of the GA, Professor Benton has a unique ability to share this expertise with an audience that ranges from fellow academics, as an esteemed academic, to the broader public with an interest in science through his TED talk, as well as popular science books on dinosaurs. Professor Benton was President of the GA between 2006 and 2008 when he helped steer the Association through the changes to the PGA . In recent months, this experience has come to the fore and he is again contributing to discussions regarding publishing the PGA in the context of Open Access. Despite his prolific academic output Professor Benton has made time to share his research outputs with the GA through his contributions to the Festival of Geology (2021) and a talk on his most recent book (2021) which draws from his research on the natural colours of dinosaurs.

7. Halstead Medal: Professor Cynthia Burek

The Halstead Medal is presented for work of outstanding merit, deemed to further the objectives of the Association and to promote Geology.

To recognise that Professor Burek has made a significant contribution to the field of geoconservation. She was the first person in the country to be made a Professor of Geoconservation (in 2003 at the University of Chester). Professor Burek also serves on the Steering Group of the Geodiversity Action Plan, the English Geodiversity Forum, Association of Welsh RIGS Executive and Cheshire RIGS. We were treated to an insight into some of her GA Map Store at UCL Library Geoconservation research and outreach skills when she presented on the Heritage Lottery funded Saltscape project

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at the GA conference at the University of Manchester in 2018. She is a prolific author and has undertaken extensive outreach at all levels of society to extend understanding of the value of geoconservation. Her particular interests lie in how geodiversity underpins biodiversity, coastal geoconservation, history of geoconservation and environmental issues. She teaches in the areas of conservation, science communication, wildlife ecology, soils and forensic biology. In recent years Professor Burek has pursued research that relates to gender equality, and she is a research affiliate for the Institute of Gender Studies and serves on a number of related associations.

Professor Burek responded that she had received the notification while celebrating her 50[th] wedding anniversary in Hawaii – it was an award for doing what she loved to do all her life. Much of her work is now with UNESCO.

8. Halstead Award: Dr Dean Lomax

Given to an individual, or individuals, who have made a substantial contribution in any area of geology at an early stage in their career.

Dr Dean Lomax was awarded a PhD from the University of Manchester where he is a visiting researcher. He is an internationally recognised palaeontologist and expert on ichthyosaurs with an impressive record in outreach, having engaged with television and authorship of popular science books as well as peer review literature. In 2020 Dean gave an engaging presentation to the Festival of Geology and then in 2021 Dean received funding from the Curry Fund to lead the excavation of the Rutland ichthyosaur find. His involvement with the recovery of one of the largest and most complete skeletons of an ichthyosaur is an accolade that is worthy of recognition at an early stage of his career.

Dr Lomax said he had been excited by palaeontology since he was a small boy and feels the need to inspire other people to be interested in the natural world. He thanked the Curry Fund again for helping to raise the ichthyosaur from the ground.

9. Richardson Award: Dr Bernard Besley & Dr Christopher Cleal

Established in the names of Doris Maud Richardson, John Victor Richardson and James Alfred Richardson, it is - awarded in recognition of an important research project within the geosciences. It is awarded for the best research based paper written by a GA member, in the 2021 volume of the Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association . This year’s award goes to:

Dr Besley described how their paper is part of a larger study. Reinvestigation of fossils in the Hunterian Museum and rediscovery of the quarry where they had been found led the authors to discover that the evidence for an extensive unconformity did not actually exist. He thanked the Hunterian and Sedgwick Museums, the BGS, the National Library of Scotland, the UK Onshore Geophysical Library, and Friends of the National Coal Board. This work emphasises the importance of Geoconservation: of sites, of museum specimens and of data. All are at risk.

10. Curry Fund MSc Award:

The aim of the Curry Prize is to encourage student excellence. The prize is awarded to one or more Masters degree theses on a geology-related topic arising for an MSc taught course in a UK university. The award includes a cash prize as well as membership of the Geologists’ Association for the following calendar year. This year the award went to:

Thomas Farrell (University of Bristol) MSc Thesis Title: New ecdysozoan worms from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte and their implications for the evolutionary history of Ecdysozoa

This lagerstätte in Greenland is important for the study of these early Cambrian invertebrate fossils.

11. Curry Fund Award for Excellence: Three awards made for projects completed in 2021 with Curry Fund support:

Rock Showman’s Booth – Steve Collins

Scarborough Museum Trust: Yorkshire Fossil Festival 2021

Beds, Berks & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust: College Lake Pitstone Project These awards will be presented around the country during the year.

12. Research Awards:

Tupper Award: Award in memory of Ivor Tupper. The fund is designed to give financial assistance to a deserving undergraduate in their second, third or fourth year at university, studying Geology or Earth Sciences. Nominations are made through the student’s Head of Department. No nominations were received this year.

UK Onshore Geophysical Library Research Award: The UKOGL Fund helps one or more deserving final year MGeol / MSci undergraduate (s). It is intended to assist in the preparation of a thesis, preferably relevant to the geology of onshore areas of the United Kingdom. No applications received this year.

New Researcher Awards :

Eloise Hunt (Imperial College) To study fossil material Natural History Museum, Paris. Full Grant of £600.00

Nicholas Lucas (Univ of Cambridge) Minerals Field Mapping, Ontario Canada. Full Grant of £600.00 to be paid on evidence that other grants awarded & field work is going ahead.

Yorick Veenma (Univ. of Cambridge) Field work studying Cambrian marine red beds, S.Wales. Full Grant of £600.00

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13. Honorary and long serving members:

Special Award: Professor Murray Gray

Professor Gray is a long-standing member of the GA (joined in 1979), former PGA editor (1986-1991) and Honorary Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. His early research was on the Quaternary geomorphology of Western Scotland, North Wales and East Anglia, but in the 1990s he become more interested in applied research and moved into the fields of geodiversity, geoheritage and geoconservation. In 2004, Murray published a book entitled Geodiversity: Valuing and conserving abiotic nature with a second edition published in 2013. This are the leading books on geodiversity and helped define geodiversity as a discipline. Murray has since become the leading international expert on geodiversity, with some of his key papers having been published in the PGA . He has given numerous presentations on geodiversity in Europe, South East Asia, the Americas and South Africa. In recent years Murray’s work has been central to the establishment and promotion of the concept of geodiversity internationally, and most recently he played a central role in making the case and gaining UNESCO approval for an International Geodiversity Day to be held every year on 6[th] October. Murray’s work in establishing and promoting geodiversity internationally as a concept and in practice is worthy of recognition by the GA.

Professor Gray reminded us that three other colleagues from the UK and Europe were also involved in the UNESCO approval for what hopes will be a successful annual event. A Special Award which would always be special to him.

Honorary Member of the GA: Professor Jim Rose

Professor Jim Rose was nominated for Honorary Membership of the GA in recognition of his contribution to securing a future for the PGA .

Professor Rose said he was proud to be associated with the GA and its work for geoscience from the PGA to Rockwatch.

Long serving members:

50 years: Cynthia Burek, Eric Freeman, Derek Giles, Alan Howell, John Jarvis, Stephen Krause, Keith Mortimer, Philip Reid, Robert Scaife, David Shilston, Raymond Townley, Susanna Van Rose, Christopher Woolston.

70 years: Michael Le Bas, Roy Metcalfe.

14. President’ s Medal: Dr Liam Gallagher

Dr Liam Gallagher has been nominated to acknowledge his long service to the Council of the Geologists’ Association and to the editorship of the Maga zine of the GA . Since taking on the editorial role in 2014, Liam has worked very hard to maintain a diverse, inclusive, consistently high quality, and visually pleasing output for the GA. He has also optimised engagement with the membership by ensuring that events are advertised in a timely way, that GA business is clearly communicated and that the content is accessible for the full membership of the GA. In parallel, Liam is recognised for his dedicated contribution as a member of both Council and the Executive. In this role he has shown clear insight with a willingness to challenge from the perspective of a Trustee. This is invaluable for an effective and functioning Council. Liam has also been exemplary in his attendance of GA field visits and contribution to working parties, e.g. working with the London Geodiversity Partnership. Further, Liam is recognised for his passion for the Geologists’ Association Student Symposium (GASS) and his effective contribution to the work of the EDI group.

Dr Gallagher thanked the past/current Presidents for selecting him for this award, he is grateful and honoured. The GA runs largely on the enthusiasm of volunteers, and he thanked all who have contributed to the Magazine of the GA. He also especially thanked Lesley Exton and David Brook who have transcribed the monthly lectures.

The outgoing President then thanked all GA members for their support in what has been a particularly challenging period, dealing with Covid and our social media speaker selection issues. We have a thriving Association largely thanks to the time, effort and all the hard work that you contribute. Thanks to all those who have given such splendid virtual talks and events and especially to Sarah Stafford and Kevin Perry from the GSL for enabling us to hold our Zoom meetings. Especial thanks to Council and the Executive for their work in the past twelve months. A presentation was made to Sandy Colville-Stewart for her work as Honorary General Secretary.

Finally, thanks to Graham Hickman for the presentation this evening and welcome to him as our new GA President.

Presidential Address:

Dr Vanessa Banks : Defining catchments in karst environments.

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LECTURE MEETINGS 2022

The 2022 programme of monthly lectures was delivered against the confused global background of pandemic recovery and an emerging Eastern European war. Nevertheless, the GA rose above these difficulties, with a full, hybrid lecture programme. A mix of face-to-face meetings at Burlington House with virtual meetings via the Zoom platform worked well, attracting attendance of over 200 for some events. We covered diverse subjects from the earliest Pre-Cambrian to the almost recent melting at the end of the last ice age and from the mantle to the moon.

To start the programme, Dr Aaron Hunter presented a background to those enigmatic echinoderms, the crinoids, followed in February by UCL’s Dr Martin Homan’s researches on the very earliest signs of life appearing on the Earth. Our own Amy Edgington gave the Halstead Lecture in March, demonstrating how outreach in geoscience could be influential at all levels of society, not least by her own involvement in Geobus, at UCL. Nick Riley, a Carboniferous expert, explained how life functioned across the marine to land environments of the Carboniferous. Following the AGM, Vanessa Banks fulfilled her last duty as President with an address on karst environments and how to model them.

Every three years, we invite the Stopes Medal winner to present a talk on their particular interest in Quaternary geology. In June, Stopes medallist Prof Martin Bates (Sheffield University) gave a fascinating account of how palaeogeography across the UK and North Sea changed through its Quaternary history. Fifty years after the last human walked on the moon, Dr John Purnet-Fisher (Manchester University) told us how trace element analysis on lunar samples collected over a half century ago were still yielding significant results in understanding the formation of the lunar crust.

Following the summer recess, October’s meeting was the popular highlight of the year with Prof Chris Clark’s exposition on how the final glaciation of Britain had advanced and receded and what evidence was left for this. For December’s face-to-face meeting Dr Evgeniya Ilyinskaya, from Leeds University, explained just how dangerous to health and the environment active volcanoes could be, largely based upon her own upbringing in Iceland and field work in Hawaii.

For providing such interesting lectures, we must thank all the speakers, and since virtual talks emerged, the audience now all over UK and even further for attending in such numbers. None of this would have been possible without the organisational skill of Sarah Stafford and the technological assistance of Kevin Perry.

Michael Oates Indoor Meetings Secretary

UK FIELD MEETINGS

In May we had planned for Emma Theresa Jude to hold another field sketching workshop in Kent, however only two participants signed up and we were forced to postpone the event. On 26[th] June, the Wealden field trip visited Smokejacks. This was led by Pete Austin and Ed Jarzembowski. Unfortunately, a limit on numbers was imposed due to coronavirus regulations, which the quarry management company had implemented.

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In September, the GA held three further field meeting. On 3[rd] September, Ruth Siddall led a building stone walk in London looking at the use of Scottish stones in the capital. This was held in conjunction with the Scottish Geology Trust and was designed to coincide with the Scottish Geology Festival. On 11[th] September, two further field meetings were held following the GA Conference in Hull. Dr Mick Oates led a trip to South Ferriby while Mike Horne offered a building stone walk around Hull.

In conclusion, 2022 ended with the GA having held 8 events: comprising 1 Zoom workshop, 2 indoor meetings and 5 outdoor field meetings. We are grateful to the leaders who have freely shared their knowledge and expertise throughout the year, as well as their flexibility in rescheduling and responding to the evolving coronavirus measures. We are very grateful to Sarah Stafford, in the GA office, who has handled the bookings and questions from our members. At the AGM in May I was elected as President of the Geologists’ Association and stepped down as UK GA Field Meeting Secretary. For a few months the position was vacant, however in September I was very pleased to welcome Dr Tom Hose as the new UK GA Field Meeting Secretary. Tom brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm for field meetings, and I am grateful for him volunteering for this role.

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Graham Hickman Field Meetings Secretary

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OVERSEAS FIELD MEETINGS

This will be the last of my reports as I am retiring from the post in May and from me, I must express my sincere thanks to Sarah who has been a tremendous help in so many ways.

We currently have proposals for at least two trips in 2024. One will be to Morocco in April and the other to the Spanish Pyrenees in September.

Ian Sutton Overseas Field Meetings Secretary

GEOCONSERVATION

As ever, the GA, in many ways and places, has continued to play an active role in geoconservation over the last year. Our contribution to the first ever International Geodiversity Day (IGD), on and around the 6[th] October 2022, perhaps being the highlight of the year with the GA playing a central role in the - celebrations which took place in the UK (see Bridgland and Prosser, Earth Heritage, Issue 58, pages 20 21, 2023). Events and activities led or supported by the GA and affiliated societies included: the Black Country Geological Society’s canal boat trip grant aided by the GA, which ran between the oldest geological National Nature Reserve in England (Wren’s Nest) and the newest (Saltwells); on-line talks generated by GA’s Student Symposium (GASS); a wonderful YouTube video of broad geodiversity interest from Rockwatch; a GeoLab event held at Bampton, and activities organized by the London Geodiversity Partnership and the London Branch of the Open University Geological Society, the Harrow and Hillingdon Geological Society, Bath Geological Society, South Wales GA, and School Rocks to mention a few.

In addition, the GA continued to manage the publication of Earth Heritage magazine, working with our partners to publish issues 57 and 58 packed with examples of good geoconservation practice from across the UK. We responded to a government consultation on its ‘Nature Recovery Green Paper: protected sites and species’ where we highlighted the importance of taking account of the value and needs of geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in any proposals for reform of conservation designations in – England. We also responded to the NatureScot consultation ‘Scottish Fossil Code have your say’, expressing support for an approach to fossil collecting which balances the need for conservation and respect for private property and land with the need to ensure that collectors, especially amateurs, families and school groups, are not put off by regulation or complex process from enjoying the many benefits which arise from collecting fossils responsibly. We continued to publish geoconservation papers in PGA, including Geological Conservation Review papers, and geoconservation papers remain amongst the most highly cited papers in the journal. The Curry Fund continues to be a source of funding for projects including geoconservation, and I was delighted that the GA was able to honour two GA members at our AGM in May, both of which have been major international influences in geodiversity and geoconservation over the last 25 years. Professor Murray Gray received a Special Award for his role in shaping and promoting the concept of geodiversity and for his contribution to the establishment of UNESCO’s International Geodiversity Day whilst Professor Cynthia Burek received the Halstead Medal, in part for her work promoting geodiversity and geoconservation to a wide range of audiences. All of this is, of course, in addition to the wonderful practical conservation work undertaken by so many local groups much of which is reported in the Magazine of the GA and Earth Heritage. Dr Colin Prosser

Chair – Geoconservation

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THE CURRY FUND

In 2022 the Curry Fund received 14 applications, 8 of which we were supported. A total of £11,245 was awarded (Ordinary grants £6,237, GA subvention £5,008) and, whilst the number of applications had dropped from previous years, we were able to fund the usual range of excellent projects including events, publications and site investigation. In contrast an unusually high number of projects (18) were completed in 2022 and a total of £28,259 was made in grant payment. Events: we were very pleased to be able to - continue to support the Yorkshire Fossil Festival with a small grant enabling under served younger communities to join the Festival celebrations. We were also able to support the promotion of the long running Malvern and Abberley Hills Geopark Geofest with events throughout the summer. Publications: Curry Fund grants were awarded to support the development of geological guides and leaflets for Bridport Museum (exploring the surrounding geology and wildlife of West Bay), and interpretation of the geology of York City walls. In celebration of the centenary of the Ashdon Meteorite (Essex) grant funding enabled the publication of a booklet and installation of a marker post at the exact location where the meteorite struck, 100 years ago. Geologists’ Association Field Guides to the Himalaya and Alderney were supported through the GA subvention. Site investigation: recently reported in the GA Magazine the Middle Jurassic Court Farm Lagerstätte excavation, site conservation and recording was supported by the Curry Fund. The material collected is now being catalogued, conserved, and prepared (with further Curry Fund support) to eventually go on display at Stroud Museum.

Curry Fund ‘Award for excellence’: This award decision has been put back to our June 2023 meeting for the good reason that we had a large number of excellent grant applications to consider at our March meeting. In anticipation, below is a montage of some of the projects that were delivered and completed during 2022.

The Curry Fund celebrates another year of supporting geological publication, conservation, interpretation, and innovation - to find out more please go to www.geologistsassociation.org.uk/curry/

2022 Curry Fund Projects 1. Yorkshire Fossil Festival 2022 2. Court Farm Excavation, Gloucestershire 3. Extinction Exhibition Peterborough Museum 4. Purbeck Geology, Lulworth 5. Knighton Geology Map

Jonathan Larwood Curry Fund Secretary

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EDUCATION AND SCHOOLROCKS!

In many ways, it is difficult to separate SchoolRocks! from the broader educational aims of the Geologists’ Association. Both seek to raise awareness and understanding of geology. The education programme aims to collaborate with examination boards, universities and other institutions involved in the teaching and learning of Earth Science. Despite a decline in the number of sixth formers studying AS and A level geology, the examination board OCR announced at their recent Science Forum that they would be continue to offer A level Geology. This is excellent news as there will now continue to be a choice of specification options.The proposed OCR Natural History GCSE, first teaching in 2025, is progressing through the final specification stages. The GA have offered to help develop resources that might be helpful when teaching the geology orientated sections of the specification, should this be required. The GA is looking forward to being involved in this year’s Girls into Geoscience, an exciting event which introduces female A level students to the earth sciences - and demonstrates the world of careers open to earth science graduates today. This two day event, held at the University of Plymouth, includes an introduction to field work, academic talks and workshops.

The Geological Society invites the GA education postholder to attend their education committee meetings. The concerns about the decrease in the numbers of schools offering GCSE and A level remain an important issue for both the GSL and the GA. The GSL is training student ambassadors to go into primary schools to talk and inspire children by use of one-hour workshops. These are not intended to focus on teaching the National Curriculum so are discreet from the GA SchoolRocks! incentive. It has been an excellent year for SchoolrRocks! A record number of rock boxes have been sent to schools and home educators with locations ranging from the Isle of Skye to South Wales and Dorset. The SchoolRocks! team are delighted by the responses and encouragement that they receive from their rock box users, for example ‘I just wished to say a great thank you to yourself and your team for the loan of SchoolRocks! Box scheme. The resources and class activities really helped to engage the children in their new topic.’

The current boxes and supporting lesson suggestions and resources are designed to give - teachers all they need to provide hands on, exciting ways of learning the National Curriculum - - content for Science, Rocks and Soils for Year 3 (seven year olds). The popularity of and demand for boxes has outstripped supply and the SchoolRocks! team are planning to build more boxes to meet the demand. SchoolRocks! is indebted to the Reading Geological Society, whose members spend many hours labelling specimens, constructing rock boxes and contacting local schools. SchoolRocks! is certainly achieving its initial aim, to allow as many children as possible to experience the excitement of handling real rocks and fossils. The highlight of 2022 was probably the school workshop that the SchoolRocks! team organised as part of the Geologists’ Association’s contribution to International Geodiversity Day. Over 800 - children took part in a pre recorded workshop and had the opportunity to explore specially selected rocks and fossils which were sent in advance to their schools. One school reported that their school buildings were in danger of being undermined by enthusiastic rock and fossil hunters following the workshop! Plans for 2023 include reviewing to the current boxes to ensure that they remain exciting and relevant. The team is also working on specimens and resource materials to help teachers and home educators make the Evolution section of the - - Science National Curriculum for Year 6 (eleven year olds) informative, interactive and fun. If Alison has an image would be good here SchoolRocks! are indebted to many Geologists’ Association members for their donations of rocks and fossils. Thank you from the SchoolRocks! team.

Alison Barraclough Education

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MARKETING

Our main marketing activity this year has been our attendance at Science Festivals, where we exhibit GA Guides and have several geological games to entice children to our stand. On the stand, we display nice hand specimens of rocks, fossils and minerals, which we discuss with both children and their parents. We offer leaflets promoting the GA, Rockwatch and School Rocks! and support this with back numbers of the GA Magazine and the Rockwatch Magazine.

The following events were well attended with a steady stream of visitors to our stand:

Stands were manned by myself, Diana Clements and Nikki Edwards, also by enthusiastic members of Local Groups where we able to recruit them.

David Ward

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It gives me great pleasure to report that during 2022 our Rockwatch (RW) programme was essentially back to normal after the lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic. RW overcame a few hiccups through - the year, and didn't manage quite as many field trips as we regularly had pre Covid, but enough to thrill our members. The magazine continued to be published on time thanks to our marvellous team of editors and publisher. The annual competition drew in some amazing entries of a very high standard much to the judges' delight. Rockwatch continued to attract new members throughout the year and the overall membership numbers are buoyant. Our website received praise from many visitors to it, thanks to our ever vigilant and innovative website manager. The site's “Finds” section draws in queries from lots of youngsters and everyone who submits a “Find” gets a most encouraging response from Michael Oates who manages that section.

We ran some superb field trips including places such as Hastings, Thorndon Country Park in Essex, Kings Dyke near Peterborough, Whitby, and our annual South Wales weekend based around the Cardiff area. During the Easter holidays we held an extremely popular public Family Day event at Lowewood Museum in Hoddesdon Hertfordshire. The geographical spread of the trips gave the members access to an interesting range of geological periods, for example Cretaceous, Jurassic, Ice Age, Silurian, Triassic and more. The range of fossils was equally diverse and the children (and some parents!) were thrilled with their amazing finds. At Whitby, we had the additional help of former Rockwatcher Rebecca Bennion, who's recently completed her PhD on Marine Reptiles at the University of Liège.

The annual competition once again showed what imaginative and knowledgeable young people submitted entries. The judges were most impressed by the range and quality of entries and had a busy - and rewarding time judging them. For a number of years now, we have opened the competition to non members as part of the activities we provide under our charitable status to benefit the wider public. Entries included poems, puzzles, games, models, a geological Rock Rap, stories, geological cakes, paintings, short films, videos, field trip reports and more. Some can be seen on a short video on “You Tube - Rockstars Young Geologists' Competition Showcase 2022”. To ensure the judging is as objective as possible for this difficult but immensely enjoyable task, we developed a numerical scoring system which works well, so winners are clear cut and when, occasionally, we get two identical scores, we award two prizes for that specific category. Sadly, since the arrival of Covid and lockdowns we've not been able to have the usual Winners' Day event hosted by the competition sponsor, but hopefully, once Covid infections have dropped to much lower levels, this might be re-instated.

The Rockwatch Magazine continues to go from strength to strength. The editing and publishing team work extremely well together, find a superb range of articles to interest and inform the reader and publish on time! The team encourages cutting edge scientists, industrial geologists, geological museum curators, teachers, former members, current members, members of the RW management team and many others who have a fascinating geological story to tell to write articles for the magazine. We have three issues a - year, each to co incide with the three main school holidays. We normally distribute old issues of the magazine free at our public events so the readership is considerably wider than the membership. And, of course, it's also an excellent way of encouraging new members who may have spent a busy and interesting time with us and have liked what they see!

Our RW administrative assistant/co-ordinator, Geraldine Marshall left at the end of March. Geraldine had been with the RW team since it became the junior club of the GA. She was always ready with an enthusiastic welcome and offers of help and she has been much missed since she left us. We wish her well in this new phase of her life. Unfortunately RW has been without a replacement for Geraldine for some time but it is hoped that will soon be remedied.

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And now, after 21 years leading RW, I tendered my resignation at the end of 2022. It was in 2001, during my GA Presidency, when our then partner organisation moved on, that I agreed to step up and manage things temporarily until we got a management team and financial support. This temporary role lasted somewhat longer than I envisaged! It has been a wonderful, fulfilling and privileged 21 years working with such curious and enthusiastic children and young people. Some have continued their interest in geology and now work as professional geologists in all areas of the science. Others have spent a few years with the club and will have taken lots of geological knowledge with them on their career paths and, as “added value”, parents who have to accompany their offspring on our activities, will, I believe, have gained much information about the importance of geology to the nation's economic and social health and welfare.

RW has been a huge part of my later life, given me enormous pleasure and enjoyment and allowed me to see and understand the amazing geology we have on this 'sceptered isle' which is our home. But, there is much more to learn! We've had field trips all over the country, our members have been privileged to be given access to many quarries for some amazing field trips; we published our first RW Field Guide; ran a most successful conference for Y9 pupils to encourage them to think positively about science subjects as exam options; run workshops for RW members with the British Geological Survey, the University of Bristol and Adrian Rundle; been on superb 'behind the scenes' visits in many museums; participated in many Festivals of Geology and geology events; run school visits for Y3 pupils and school geology clubs. We have an annual weekend trip to South Wales and an annual week's residential course on the Jurassic Coast, both of which are extremely popular.

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These are just some of the varied activities we have run over the past 21 years. RW simply could not have done all this without the generosity of its sponsors: Anglo American Group Foundation, Equinor, the Geological Society and its Petroleum Group and the Onshore Geophysical Laboratory. We are indebted to our many wonderful volunteers who help with all aspect of managing Rockwatch and it is their input, along with that of our sponsors who made it possible to offer such a wide and varied programme year after year to our members and the wider public.

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The time has come for me to say 'goodbye' to all the many friends, colleagues, RW members past and present, sponsors, supporters, and our wonderful volunteers. My thanks to you all for your kindness, unstinting help and support for Rockwatch and to me personally. I've truly had the 'time of my life' with you all and it's been a huge privilege and great pleasure to have witnessed the progression of so many RW members from young children to successful adults in their careers. I will miss you all very much and I hope that some, if not all, will manage to stay in touch and let me know what you are up to from time to time. I wish you all well.

And, I'm delighted to tell you that my successor as Chair of Rockwatch will be Clare Byrne. She and her children were on my first RW weekend field trip to the Jurassic Coast and were members for some years after that, so she is fully cognisant of the RW ethos. I wish Clare well and feel sure that everyone who has given so much help and support to me will continue to do so, supporting Clare and RW into the future.

Susan Brown Rockwatch Chair

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Once again, Gerald Lucy selected the monthly photographs from photographic competition entries and the GA Carreck photographic archives to produce the calendar. He puts in a large amount of time in the selection of the photograph and the writing of a description for each month. We thank him for his dedication in producing such a quality calendar.

The foregoing reports have been approved by the Council and signed on their behalf

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Ted Dubowski

General Secretary

President

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GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION LOCAL GROUPS

DORSET GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION GROUP

www.dorsetgeologistsassociation.org

Eight indoor events (talks/lectures/workshops) were held since their resumption in February 2022, after the previous extended Covid shutdown. The average attendance was 21 attendees, including speakers. The evening lectures took place at the Dorset Museum and included such topics as the structure of the Jurassic Coast, Mars, the Great Bindon Landslide, New Zealand and Sowerby’s Fossils. Our annual ‘Holiday Rocks’ event featured the Geology of the Pyrenees, whilst the Winter Workshop featured some excellent displays of members’ collections.

DGAG members at the Winter Workshop in December

The Committee met by Zoom, mainly for the convenience of not having to travel, although the recent A.G.M. was conducted face-to-face. We continue to get a fair number of enquiries through the DGAG and DBS (Dorset Building Stones) websites and these are usually solved by email. Members with email have been sent ‘Members’ Updates’, usually weekly or sometimes fortnightly, along with the brilliant Geology From Your Sofa! Three editions of the DGAG Newsletter, in full colour, were sent out to members in 2022. Currently, 110 copies go out in total: 73 as hard copies by post and 37 by email as pdfs. This is an increase of 7 (about 20%) in members opting to receive the digital version since 2021. Articles received have included book reviews and field reports, alongside regular features such as the ‘Hot Rocks Slot’. Our special interest group, Dorset Building Stone, has continued to grow, expanding its coverage of Dorset’s churches and historic buildings. Everything has been documented on a dedicated website: https://www.dorsetbuildingstone.org Our main website, now has a detailed interactive 'GeoFeature' 3D model of the landscape and geology of South West England. www. - dorsetgeologistsassociation.org/index.php/3d map/

We now have a new Chairman, backed by an enthusiastic committee and are looking forward to an excellent programme of field trips and events for 2023.

Kelvin Huff, DGAG Secretary

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ESSEX ROCK & MINERAL SOCIETY

www.erms.org

Our membership is currently 121, an improvement following recovery from lockdown and higher than it has been for some years. Our Affiliation to the Geologists’ Association is aided by the fact that 12 ERMS members are also GA members. Thanks go to Mark Matthews for continued promotion and improvement of our Membership and payments system.

Meetings continued with moderate attendance at both the Shenfield and Stanway venues after relaxation of lockdown restrictions. Online Zoom talks have also continued, often with a differing selection of members. Hall meetings have attracted plenty of interest in showing specimens. We aim to maintain the two monthly venues, as well as a regular Zoom offering. Work on the second edition of the book, ‘Essex Rock’ was completed and it appeared in June. Sales have been brisk and the book is in stock at Chelmsford City Museum and at all Essex Wildlife Trust visitor centres. The input and assistance of ERMS members is hugely appreciated.

Our publicity and Show leaflets continued to bring success. ERMS Facebook was maintained by Helen Vickers who also publicised the Society in other ways. The website www.erms.org was maintained by committee members with updated information including full details of talks, visits and events, the Show, news updates and member information. My sincere thanks go to all of our members and committee for keeping our Society as buoyant and popular as usual.

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Ian F Mercer Chairman

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FARNHAM GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.farnhamgeosoc.org.uk

Farnham GS continues to thrive with an influx of new members and a special thank you to those members who have joined an ageing committee, volunteers being hard to come by but much needed in the age of Zoom. Winter meetings have been held by Zoom, meetings at the Malting commencing in April. The use of Zoom has enabled other societies to join in FGS lectures, and also FGS members living in Dorset, Gloucester, Scotland and Cornwall

As ever, Janet Catchpole managed to produce a very varied programme of speakers and topics. This is made slightly easier as speakers do not have to travel to Farnham, giving a wider choice of people.

Tessa Seward started the year with an account of her trip to the volcanic eruption of Fagradalsfjall in Iceland. This was followed in February by Professor Mike Benton from Bristol talking about feathers and colour on dinosaurs and introducing his latest book New Visions of a Lost World .

The March talk was cancelled and replaced by a social afternoon looking at rocks and fossils brought in by Liz Aston and Mick Caulfield. We returned to the Maltings in April for Dr Jim Rose’s talk on Glaciations of the British Isles.

We used Zoom in May for Dr Lil Stevens of NHM who talked to us about the Carboniferous Plants from Coseley with reference to their biology, environments collectors and future of the site. Dr Laura Evenstar visited Farnham for a hybrid meeting to answer the question ‘Why are the Andes so High?

The Members evening in July was a combined talk by Colin Brash and Janet Catchpole recounting their trip to the Burgess Shales in British Columbia, Canada in 1992. The history of the discovery of this unique site and some of the many Cambrian fossils were described.

We returned to Zoom in September for Jonathon Gammon’s talk on the Influence of Geology on the London Underground. This was followed in October by Dr Jon Marshall from NOC in Southampton telling us about ‘Mass Extinctions in the Devonian and what we can learn from the Old Red Sandstone.

Our final meeting at the Maltings saw the return of Dr Danielle Shreve with a fascinating talk entitled ‘Bite Club: Reconstructing past diet in Ice Age Carnivores’ and in December Richard Sutch via Zoom Introduced us to the Pennine Ore Field and occurrence of Lead and Zinc.

John Williams organised two field trips in 2022. First was a visit to the NHM in London where we were able to view the rocks used in the building of the museum. The second trip was to to Pembrokeshire, shared with Reading GS.

John is to retire this year after many years of organising field trips. A new person is required to take over the task of field trip organiser.

The FGS website was showing its age and needed updating. Fortunately, a new member arrived just in time and volunteered his help and FGS now has a new website. Another member volunteered to “manage” it.

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GEOLANCASHIRE

www.geolancashire.org.uk

Annual General Meeting for 2023 followed by a talk ‘The Undara Lava Tubes of Queensland, Australia’ presented by Brian Jeffery Friday 10 February 2023 7.15pm

It was agreed that the group should have a memorial bench for Jennifer and her husband, also active in the conservation field. Phillip Isles said that a good location had been identified in their home town of Belmont, and would provide details of the benches approved for the area. It was agreed that this would be provided from available funds.

  1. Secretary’s Report Annual Report of the Group’s activities during 2022:-

Indoor meetings - Winter season

14 Jan Dave Ratledge: Use of Lidar in locating Roman roads especially in the Ribble Valley; 11 Feb AGM + PdS Mallorca; 18 March Steve Donovan “Going Underground in the Caribbean- Jamaican - Geology, its caves and palaeontology”; 22 April Wyn Hughes ‘Biosteering’; 12 May Danny Clark Lowes: Geology of Jordan

Field Trips

15 May Fred Owen Styal Mill, joint with MGA; 1 June Wharfedale; 10 July Skeleron; 24 Aug Hope cement works, Carboniferous limestone and Edale shale quarry, joint with MGA and NSGGA

  1. Treasurer’s Report Accounts presented. These have been audited and approved. Attached as Appendix 1

  2. Geoconservation John Geldard reported that there was little actively happening currently. No site visits to report.

  3. Election of Officers It was agreed that the President and Treasurer should remain in their current roles. Barbara Gordon was elected as Secretary. Dennis Lambert to join the Executive Committee

  4. Gift Aid The treasurer requested that members fill in Gift Aid forms for submission to HMRC. This will allow us to claim an extra 25% on subscriptions.

  5. Remaining Winter Programme 2022-23

February 10th: Brian Jeffery 'The Undara Lava Tubes’,

14th April: Peter del Strother “The Canaries”

– 11. Summer Programme 2023 in work, more details ASAP; Probable Trips:

Crummack Dale, joint with MGA; Alderley Edge, with MGA

Lake District with Westmorland GA. A number of other options also being investigated.

  1. One hundred year anniversary A weekend trip to Anglesey, possibly in 2024 was proposed.

  2. Other business The meeting thanked Dennis Lambert for providing refreshments.

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HARROW AND HILLINGDON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.hhgs.org.uk

At the beginning of the year there was still a lot of worry about Covid which resulted in discussions taking place during the first half of the year regarding the viability of returning to having a programme of face-toface meetings. It was, however, decided that the cost of hiring a hall in our area would mean increasing - our fees to an unacceptable level. Due to this it was decided to continue with on line Zoom regular meetings but to try, in addition, to offer a number of both geologically based and purely social meetings. This resulted in a change in our membership fees in that we no longer offered a reduced rate for provincial membership but were able to keep our standard fees at a reasonable level. This has resulted in a small increase in membership.

A lot of work went on with redesigning our website in order to make it interesting, functional and current: traffic to the site has increased. We also now have a twitter account and a YouTube channel and are able to put short videos on YouTube.

We have managed to hold two short local exhibitions and have presented our Rock Show Online during the Easter holidays which resulted in a noticeable increase in the number of visitors to our website. We did, of course, put on extra on-line exhibitions for the GA Festival.

We have worked on a new format for some of the talks this year with the aim of interesting local people in local geology. Four of our short outside visits have been looking at local gravels and flood alleviation designs.

We have continued sharing Zoom meetings with Hertfordshire Geological Society and now also share with Reading GS. We are now hoping that the coming year will see us having more contact with Brunel University.

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HERTFORDSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.hertsgeolsoc.org.uk

Reflecting on 2022 it seems to have been an odd year, during which Hertfordshire Geological Society (HGS) has tried to get back to some kind of normality, but this has turned out to be a new “normal”, which still doesn’t seem to have any permanence to it. Overall, we’ve had a strong year of excellent speakers, with lectures well attended on Zoom in the first quarter of the year. Dr Neil Adams on mammal miniaturisation during the Paleogene hyperthermals, then Prof. Steve Sparks on the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano. Member Jo Conway followed the AGM with what satellites can tell you about local geology. In April, David Eve’s talk on geology and the construction of HS2 was also via Zoom as the college couldn’t guarantee completion date of the building work over Easter, so we put off returning for another month. Attendances were lower at the face-to-face meetings from May-October. At our first talk back with Dr Tony Waltham civil engineering met geology in the Panama Canal. In June, Dr Steve Stukins enlightened us on micropalaeontology and the mystery of the Middle Jurassic Lagerstätte from the UK. July saw Prof Mark Williams introduce us to the Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time characterised by humans. The return was not without problems as the college had had a new system installed, requiring us to provide our own computer and obtain a log in ID/password from reception. The first two talks in the Autumn were also face-to-face. In September Dr Dougal Jerram talked about understanding large igneous provinces and volcanic rift margins. We had to find an alternative speaker in October as the booked one was now on maternity leave, she has been rearranged for 2023. Dr Auriol Rae stepped in with a talk on the first day of the Cenozoic: insights from the Chicxulub impact crater. We returned to Zoom in November, extending a winter invite our neighbouring societies. In November Dr Susannah Maidment outlined what was known about the Stegosaurian dinosaurs. We finished the year appropriately with a talk by Dr Andrew Finlayson on ices ages and infrastructure.

In February we were able to get a working party into Little Heath SSSI. After not being able to visit in 2021 there was plenty of work to be done, thanks to Clive Maton for the organisation. In April Bev Fowlston lead a joint trip with the Bedfordshire Geology Group along the Clophill Geotrail and Silsoe Quarry, thanks to Nick Pierpoint for organising this. In May for Geoweek Mike Howgate led a visit to - the village of Ashwell (Mag GA 21 (3) 35 36). Thanks to Mike for organising and leading this trip. In August Jane Dottridge led us down Royston Cave and then Haydon Bailey took us to Barkway & Reed - chalk pits (Mag GA 21 (4) 22 23). Thanks to Haydon for organising this trip. Our long weekend took us - to Flamborough Head at the end of September lead by Paul Hildreth (Maq GA 22 (1) 23, 26 30). Thanks to Janet Wright for organising this trip. March 2022 saw the launch of the new HGS website. Many thanks go to Janet Wright, Margaret Selby, Nick Pierpoint, Clive Maton and Lesley Exton and - everyone else who was involved in bringing this to fruition. It’s a much more user friendly face for the society, including an enquiries section which has already yielded a whole series of questions during the year. Including one from an associate producer of the Channel 4 TV programme ‘Grand designs’. They had a house being built on the north side of Rickmansworth, on a site which was said to be “flint rich” and they wanted confirmation that the description was correct before it was put in the script. We also had a query about the River Hiz and its status as a chalk stream. So, the new website is serving

the broader Hertfordshire community and answering their geological queries. We’ve also had questions about flint meals, oddball glacial erratics and chalk mines.

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KENT GEOLOGISTS GROUP

www.kgg.org.uk

The Kent Geologists Group had a very good year in 2022. Many new members joined for Zoom meetings and we were delighted to make them welcome. We had a good programme of speakers online and even held a ‘Face to Face’ meeting, in August, at our venue, The United Reformed Church, in Maidstone. All of this was thanks to the organisational skills of our Evening Meetings Secretary, Ann Barrett and our Webmaster, Duncan Stewart. As well as talks from very knowledgeable members, there were invited speakers, such as Dr Richard Hubbard and Dr Chris Duffin. Thanks to all our speakers for the great talks in 2022.

There have also been some field trips, including a residential trip to County Durham, led by Dr Anne Padfield. There, we saw much mining archaeology, as well as amazing geology: the Coal Measures, faults, the Whin Sill, mineralized veins, and a fossilised tree. Dr Richard Hubbard gave KGG a great walk around the Chalk cliffs near Broadstairs and brought the activities of ‘smugglers’ to life, when he showed us a sea cave leading to a ‘blow hole’.

The KGG have a fantastic Committee, who work very hard to produce a programme of talks and events for the year and I would like to thank everyone for their commitment and enthusiasm. Nothing would be possible without Members of course, so my thanks goes out to them also.

'Low Force', Teesdale, Co. Durham.

Dr Anne Padfield KGG Chairman

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MOLE VALLEY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.mvgs.org.uk

As if 2021 wasn’t bad enough for everyone, 2022 in the MVGS at times seemed to be competing for difficulty, although this time, more to do with illness among our venerable committee members than universal pandemic fears. Unfortunately, this led to the almost complete abandonment of our field trip programme (with one notable exception) although we managed a full year of fascinating lectures and our - membership began to return towards pre pandemic levels. Our first lecture of the year was also our last Zoomed lecture - to date. We looked at the first two years’ results of our GA Curry-funded RaspberryShake Seismometer, with explanations of how it worked and what it had picked up until then, - including earthquakes thousands of miles away. Not long after the lecture the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha‘apai volcano on the other side of the world erupted violently, sending shockwaves and headlines around the world. In investigating whether this had been picked up in the Mole Valley (it hadn’t – the associated earthquake was too small) we discovered that really large earthquakes with magnitudes of over seven from the New Zealand region could be detected – and easily at that, even though the signal had taken 20+ minutes to pass right through the core of the earth! This is remarkable and expands the utility of a seismic detector originally obtained merely to listen out for tiny earthquakes from Surrey. We did, of course, detect the recent devastating earthquakes and the largest aftershocks from Turkey. Many of the more significant earthquake traces have been uploaded to the MVGS website, where anyone can view them. Needless to say, no earthquakes have yet been recorded from Surrey.

Subsequent lectures were held in person and in February we heard about tufa mounds in Weymouth Bay, in March the history of fossil plants and in April the use of satellite data to detect even minute changes in - ground surface levels. In May our extra terrestrial geology lecture for the year was focussed on Venus - and why it is so different from the Earth. With an unavoidable last minute cancellation by our July lecturer, our President nobly stepped in to provide a presentation of the miseries of fieldwork on the Torridonian of the Inner Hebrides back in the last century when he was but a lad doing his PhD. Our November lecture was the year’s archaeologically themed presentation, looking at the 400,000 year-old discoveries from Barnham in Suffolk and their cultural significance. The MVGS Summer Soirée was devoted to the examination of one of our members’ large collection of geological artefacts, most from his own back garden, while our Christmas Soirée was graced by members’ presentations on the Oil Sands of Canada and an appreciation of the geology and symbolism of Coronations from Edward the Confessor to King Charles III.

As previously noted, our fieldtrip programme had to be limited to a single, but excellent, trip to a couple of the Weald’s Upper Greensand quarries to look for signs of tidal activity during deposition. Fortunately, we now have a dedicated fieldtrip organiser on our committee again and so 2023 should revert to multiple excursions. There is much to look forward to in 2023; let’s hope that life doesn’t get in the way again.

A

Recording from our GA Curry Funded RaspberryShake seismometer from the morning of the recent devastating earthquakes in Turkey (as can be found on our website at www.mvgs.org.uk/seismograms.

Dr Mark G. Eller Chairman

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NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GROUP OF THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION

www.nsgga.org

Membership for 2022 was slightly down, with a total of 68 members at the time of the AGM.

Committee meetings were held using Zoom, as was the AGM. At the 73rd AGM on 10 March 2022 the following officers were elected: General Secretary, Gordon McKeown; Treasurer, Tony Marks; Membership Secretary, David Osborn; Speaker’s Secretary, Peter Jones; Field Secretary, Stephen Alcock; Bulletin Editor and GeoConservation Staffordshire Liaison Officer, Dr Ian Stimpson. Members elected to the executive committee: Dr Stuart Egan; Janet Osborn; John Reynolds. Barbara Kleiser stood - down. Stephen Addison continued as Chair for the second year of his two year term. The Vice Chair position being vacant, Peter Jones deputised as required.

The 2021/2022 lecture programme continued via Zoom. Our January lecture was “A recipe for disaster” (earthquake hazards) by Dr Ekbal Hussain (BGS). The February topic was “3D geological outcrop modelling and visualisation” by Dr Brian Burnham (Aberdeen University). The final lecture, in March, was the Chair’s address: “Some of the more unusual landforms in Western Australia”. Lectures at Keele University resumed for the 2022/2023 programme. In October, “Critical metals for combatting climate change and their sustainable extraction” was delivered by Dr Holly Elliott (University of Derby) and in November the 22nd Wolverson Cope Lecture “Solving the puzzle of Tornquist subduction: The contribution of F. Wolverson Cope and early scientific drilling in the UK” by Dr Tim Pharaoh (BGS). The Christmas social was held at Keele and featured a buffet and an entertaining talk by Clive Mitchell of the BGS “A Pebble Spotters Guide” based on his book.

The annual John Myers awards for Keele University Geology student projects were selected in July. Medal winners were George McElroy for the BSc course project “The Wrekin” and Kieran Taylor with the Masters degree course project “The Siliceous Nodules of Cnicht & Yr Arddu, Snowdonia, Wales: - Characteristics, Spatial Variation, and Formation”. Runner up awards went to Laura Summers (Masters) and Muráine Grantham (BSc).

Field trips resumed. The first (26th March) joint with the Manchester group (MGA) to the Carboniferous limestone Trefor Rocks above Llangollen, led by Peter del Strother. In May, Dr Stuart Egan led a weekend field trip Watchet in North Somerset. In June, Dr. Albert Benghiat led a joint field trip (Shropshire Geology Society) to the Onny Valley. In July, members participated in a joint field trip to The Roaches (EMGS), led by Martin Whiteley. There was a joint trip with MGA, GeoLancashire & OUGS to Hope Cement Works in late August led by Peter del Strother. In September, Tony Wood (PDMHSoc) led a walk around Winster.

In November, volunteers from the group assisted with a public outreach Fossils event in association with the National Trust at Biddulph Grange linked to the restored Bateman Gallery. In 2022 we noted the sad passing of Professor Chris King who was a leading figure in Earth Science education and a Halstead Medal winner. He was a member of the NSGGA whilst working as an academic at Keele.

NSGGA visit to The Roaches

Gordon McKeown Chair

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READING GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.readinggeology.org.uk

This year was a step towards normality, we held field meetings and returned to the lecture theatre with hybrid meetings from June onwards; published our newsletter and noticed a definite return to enthusiasm amongst the members for the society. We are very grateful to our members for continuing to support us, to the committee for keeping everything going successfully and to the GA for their support. We are pleased that our membership has increased to 76 and we have a great enthusiasm for field meetings again especially amongst newer members. Our lecture programme, organised by Roger Hurley, was “virtual” for the first five months, then we were able to open up again and offer hybrid lectures. Over the year, ten lectures were arranged from various speakers starting with Dr Tom Dunkley Jones on the Eocene thermal maximum, followed by our President, Dr Clive Edmonds on Engineering geohazard challenges and Prof Peter Worsley on the Voyage of the Beagle. Prof Robin Shail gave the last fully virtual lecture on Southwest England. In June, we had the first hybrid lecture with Dr Sudeshna Basu on the evolution of the Nitrogen Cycle. We held local geological rambles in July and August and in September Lesley Dunlop lectured on the topic of the Iaptus Ocean, followed by hybrid lectures from Dr Joel Davis on Mars and from Dr Simon Stephenson on processes within the Earth’s mantle manifest at the surface in landscapes and in the geological record. The last lecture in December was a members evening. Hosting hybrid lectures has been very successful, and thanks are given to the team of Roger York and Roger Hurley. We circulate our lectures link to our members and Farnham GS members and Harrow and Hillingdon GS members; other societies are invited to email us for the link. Being able to reach larger audiences has increased our membership overall which is excellent for the society, and we are hopeful that we will be able to encourage these new members to attend our field meetings.

We held two four-day field meetings during the year as well as monthly day trips. The first long meeting was to Pembrokeshire led by Sid Howells, held jointly with Farnham Geological Society. In the Autumn we went to the Peak District led by Peter Jones, Vanessa Banks and Jim Riding. Day field meetings were to Inkpen, a joint meeting with West Sussex to Nyman’s Garden, to West Woods sarsen stones with Peter Worsley, to Buckinghamshire with Haydon Bailey, Somerset with Doug Robinson, the Cotswolds with David Green, Faringdon with David Ward and our usual Museum visit, this year to the Natural History Museum in Oxford. David Ward hosted a splendid Mad Hatters’ tea party in the summer and it was good for the society to get together again after the pandemic. Elaine Butler took over the role of the Newsletter Editor and we have published three Newsletters this year and along with the GA Geology from your sofa and electronic versions of Down to Earth, as well as regular emails from the secretary, we have endeavoured to maintain good contact with our members. We are proud of our association through David Ward and Alison Barraclough with SchoolRocks!, an active initiative within the GA. We are also proud of the wonderful and varied outreach programme organised by Alison and David.

The RGS website proves invaluable for advertising, bringing in new members and reporting on our activities, thanks to Malcolm Butler, our webmaster. Ailsa Davies as chairman, with the support of Hilary Jensen as secretary, Carole Gregory as treasurer, Roger York as membership secretary along with Roger Hurley, David Ward, Alison Barraclough, Elaine Butler and Geoff Marsden proved again to be a strong committee.

Bees Nest Pit, Brassington, September 2022

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SOUTH WALES GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION CYMDEITHAS Y DAEAREGWYR – GRWP DE CYMRU www.swga.org.uk

The covid restrictions have reduced and affected our activities to a much smaller degree this year. However, uncertainty at the beginning of the year regarding availability of University lecture rooms, meant we continued to use Zoom for the Spring indoor events. Holiday Geology took place on 8[th] - January, again on line. This was followed by 3 lectures, all on Zoom: 22nd January: Kevin Privett, University of Portsmouth, spoke on ‘Geological influences on the development of the City of Bath and its environs’; on 19th February, Professor Brian PJ Williams, University of Aberdeen, spoke on ‘The Lower Old Red Sandstone of S.W. Wales: old enigmas and new perspectives’. Our AGM took place on 19[th] March, online for the third time. It was followed by Chris Lee’s retiring Presidential address on Bivalve Mounds and Reefs of the Middle Lias (Domerian) of the Central High Atlas Morocco’. The Autumn series of talks were a mix of face-to-face meetings and Zoom. The benefits of continuing to use Zoom occasionally allows us to invite speakers from further afield and for members to join in who are less able to travel to physical meetings. 6 Oct 2022, Duncan Hawley spoke via Zoom about ‘William Smith in South Wales’. On 29 Oct 2022, our first ‘live’ lecture took place in Cardiff. Prof Philip Hughes, Head of - Geography, University of Manchester spoke on ‘Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains from Morocco to Montenegro’. The cost of hiring the Lecture Hall in Swansea is now very high so a new venue was trialled on the outskirts of Swansea on 19 Nov 2022. Ewan Thomas of MD Geotechnology Ltd talked about ‘Engineering the Ground in South Wales: The Role of a Geologist in Construction’. We were back on Zoom on 10[th] December to hear about ‘Tectonics and mountain building in the Himalaya’ from Prof Mike Searle, University of Oxford.

The first field trip of the season took place on 23 April when Elen Statham led 19 of us along the still under development Llanbadoc Geological Trail near Usk. The Group’s comments and questions helped to inform the accompanying leaflet that is in production. Sid Howells led 13 of us along the coast between Amroth to Wiseman’s Bridge on 15[th] May, outwards along the beach returning via the cliff top. We were able to examine the sequences and structures of the Coal Measures that are exposed in this area. On 11 June Gareth George led 25 members on a day at Caswell Bay and the Mumbles. Here we looked at the Carboniferous Limestone facies, discussing the stratigraphic framework. Rockwatch made their annual visit on 16/17 July meeting at the Usk Inlier and at Penarth, leaders were Elen Statham and Stephen Howe. We visited Penarth again on 13 August when John Nudds and Cindy Howells organised our Family Day on the beach. Lesley Cherns led a joint trip to the North Somerset Coast on 10 September where we looked at the Triassic-Jurassic succession as well as structural evidence of the Bristol Channel Basin. Our final trip was on 2 October to the Forest of Dean led by Tom Cotterell. None of the other external events we normally attend took place.

The Committee met on 4 occasions, all but one, via Zoom. A new venue was used as our normal one has not reopened since covid. The Committee believes it has achieved the aims and objectives of the Group.

SWGA on the North Somerset Coast looking at the Triassic-Jurassic succession as well as structural evidence of the Bristol Channel Basin.

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WEST SUSSEX GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

www.wsgs.org.uk

Committee: incoming Chairman David Bone, Deputy Chairman & Field Trip Secretary John Lonergan (outgoing Chair), Outcrop Editor Jo Paxton, Membership Secretary & Webmaster Alan Bell, Treasurer Micky McKinnon, Andy Cosham, Betty Steel & Alan Winter. In February we held our first in person AGM since February 2020, we’re still here, and back to real talks and fieldtrips. We even had an in-person committee meeting, in the World’s End, others were virtual; it works well for these. We have learnt that virtual talks work, so will continue to run a few of these each year, as it both enables those who can’t join us here in the hall to participate, and the invitation of speakers from further afield. We currently have about 80 members (including six honorary members), ranging from enthusiastic beginners to acknowledged - experts. We produced our twice yearly journal Outcrop (thanks to Jo Paxton) and maintained our website. We have gained a few new members this year, and we moved back to in person talks in March (from which I caught Covid!). We continued to keep in contact with our members, (thanks to Alan Winter), sending out links to websites, talks and publications. We record our thanks to the GA for their “Geology from your Sofa” links and online talks. We are still involved with the Worthing Heritage Association and plan to support their Heritage week in June 2023. We ran a geology day at the Novium and a stall at the - Rock and Mineral Show in Haywards Heath thanks to David Bone for organising these.

We resumed talks in March and ran a mix of in person and Zoom. In January, Reading the Ground, with Dr. Andrew Hart., then in February our AGM and David Bone speaking on the Roman Ditroupa Limestone, in March the Kas Crater by Alison Ure, in April we heard David Shilston’s The Glossop Medal Lecture, then in May The Geology of the Channel Islands, by Dave Went, in June, the stegosaurian dinosaurs by Dr Susannah Maidment, NHM. Following our summer break, in September we welcomed everyone back with a Members social meeting, in October, Gold from Source to Shop, by David Alderton, then Andy Cosham stepped in at short notice to talk on Iceland in November. In December, for our Members Christmas Meeting, David Bone talked on the Geology of Namibia.

We recommenced field trips from March. March was Nymans led by David Bone and Greg Thomas, April was a Geowalk on the Pulborough Ridge led by me, in June David showed us the building stones of St Mary’s Church, Shoreham, in July the geology of Seaford Head with Andy Cosham, in August David Bone ran his Pebbles on the Beach (lots of members of the public!), in September Alex Vincent led us around Cissbury Ring (sadly we cannot guarantee all members find a neolithic hand axe), in October David Bone led us on Highdown. Our Isle of Wight field trip planned for May 2020 ran successfully in October 2022, though we cannot guarantee that all members find a dinosaur leg bone, unfortunately.

Some of the WSGS finds: Left- Vikki Wells found a Neolithic hand axe on our Cissbury Ring field trip and - right Jan Newnham found an Iguanodon leg bone on our Isle of Wight weekend.

We have a full programme planned for 2023, including a long weekend to the Brecon Beacons. The talks planned for 2023 are mostly in person, with some on Zoom, see the website. I am really glad we are now – back to in person talks and events much more enjoyable. We’ll still have a few talks on Zoom., so everyone can participate. I’d also like to thank our committee for all their work and cheerfulness in keeping everything running. After thirteen years as Chairman, I now hand over to David Bone, the WSGS is in safe hands!.

Some of the WSGS finds: Left- Vikki Wells found a Neolithic hand axe on our Cissbury Ring field trip and right - Jan Newnham found an Iguanodon leg bone on our Isle of Wight weekend.

John Lonergan Chairman

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TREASURER’S REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1[st] January to 31[st] December 2022

The Geologists’ Association (GA) is registered as a charity in England and Wales, and constitutes a public benefit as defined by FRS 102 (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019) . The financial statements were prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011, 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 on 16 July 2014, and with Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted Practice) as applied from 1[st] January 2015.

The GA finances are recorded in the accounts (below); they are in three parts:

HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment 2022 Total 2021 Total
General Fund Funds Funds
Total net assets £517,320 £236,826 £1,485,136 £2,239,282 £2,426,068
Total income £160,162 £40,653 £65,656 £266,471 £287,834
Total expenditure £146,737 £58,850 £29,319 £230,906 £230,019

The principal sources of income are summarised on p5 and p6, and detailed on p11 of the accounts (below); the principal items of expenditure are summarised on p5 and p6, and detailed on p13 of the accounts. Donations and Legacies received during 2022 are listed at the end of this report.

The GA has an investment portfolio of some £1.873M, monitored by the Treasurer’s Investment Panel and by the Trustees. The objectives of the Investment Portfolio are to maintain long-term capital value and to yield a growing income. The GA continued to focus on income generation from the investments.

The Covid-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and consequent inflation rise, had a significant negative effect on international financial stock markets. During 2022, recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic was materially offset by the Ukraine war; the capital value of the GA’s investment portfolio decreased by ~9.5%, largely due to a decrease in gilt stock and bond values of ~19%. Total investment income was £70,813, an increase of ~13.5% compared with 2021, an excellent recovery from the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Income for the General Fund was threatened, particularly, on three fronts – a decrease of membership subscriptions, of income from publications and of income from investments.

To mitigate these risks, the GA made particular use of the internet, using web-conferencing facilities for meetings and to disseminate geological information. The GA continued to diversify its publications - advancement of science (Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association (PGA)), popular science (GA Magazine, Geology To-Day, Field Guides), Geo-conservation (Earth Heritage Magazine), and low cost, outreach activities (“Schoolrocks!”, “Geolab”, “Geology from your Sofa”).

GENERAL FUND

Achieved a surplus of £13,425. Compared with 2021, total income decreased (~12%) and total expenditure increased (~4.5%); investment income increased by ~9.5%. Income reductions included Geology Today (~8.5%) and the GA Field Guides (~16%). Council, committee and lecture meetings were held via web conferencing communication; the £2,586 cost was a very substantial saving on live meetings (£19,350 for live meetings prior to the Covid pandemic (2019)).

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ROCKWATCH FUND

Funding depends on subscriptions, investment income and, particularly, donations. In 2022, income from subscriptions decreased by ~12% and investment income remained robust (~13% increase). Rockwatch was very fortunate to receive a very generous donation of £19,443 from Chris Darmon’s Nationwide Geology Club. The large donations from industry received in past years, ceased; consequently, Rockwatch expenditure exceeded income by £14,880.

Income to support Rockwatch depends upon major donations; thus, the principal risk for Rockwatch is the loss of such support.

EARTH HERITAGE FUND

Income depends on generous support from Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Quaternary Research Association and the GA. These contributions depend upon funds available to the respective organisations. Dividends from the Fund’s investment portfolio made a significant contribution. Income continued to be robust in 2022 and the EH Fund has sufficient reserves to support production of the Magazine for a number of years.

“RESERVES”

The GA has established a “reserves” policy for the principal operational Funds (General, Rockwatch, Earth Heritage). The policy is to maintain some 2 years’ “reserve” to mitigate loss of income which could prevent the GA’s ability to meet planned commitments, and administrative and governance costs. These reserves will be accessed only when income and cash are insufficient to meet costs. The moneys are invested to provide income to support the charitable work of the Association. The General Fund “reserve” of £356,000, is sufficient to support some 2.3 years normal expenditure; the Rockwatch “reserve” of £140,116 equates to some 3 years normal expenditure; the Earth Heritage Fund “reserve” of £29,200 represents about 8 years normal expenditure.

In 2022, there was a surplus (positive) cash flow for the General (£13,425) and Earth Heritage Funds (some £680); Rockwatch showed a negative cash flow (£14,880); (p18 of the accounts provides details).

PUBLICATIONS

Royalties received for the PGA were £51,600 (2021: £47,500). Income from “Geology To-Day” (jointly owned with the Geological Society of London and publisher Wiley) was £10,500 (2021: £11,500). Geological Field Guide sales were £8,070 (2021: £9,600); two new guides to Alderney and La Hague, and to the Himalayas were published, and our Field Guides editor, Susan Marriott is preparing a number of new Guides for publication.

We thank, particularly, all of the authors, PGA Editor Malcolm Hart and Publisher Elsevier, Geology ToDay Editor Peter Doyle and Publisher Wiley, and Field Guides Editor Professor Susan Marriott.

The GA Magazine provided a GA “news-sheet” for the membership. Successful production was enhanced by the very close co-operation achieved with the Publisher. We thank editor Liam Gallagher, Sarah Stafford in the office, and publishers David Vaughan Print Management for an excellent product.

In financial partnership with Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage (NatureScot) and the Quaternary Research Association, the GA published two volumes of Earth Heritage Magazine free, on-line (dedicated to Geo-conservation).

DONATIONS and LEGACIES

The GA is extremely grateful for all Donations and Legacies; they enable the GA to pursue its charitable objectives and to do something new that the donor or the GA members may wish to see implemented. (There are significant TAX benefits. Legacies reduce the inheritance tax duty on an estate, whilst the GA can reclaim an additional 25% GIFT AID on Legacies (Gifts) made during a donor’s lifetime.) Donations and Legacies received in 2022 are listed below.

GRANTS and AWARDS

The GA made Grants and Awards to support geological research for new (undergraduate, MSc, PhD) and established researchers, and to support worthy undergraduates in their studies, thanks to the Endowment funds. The GA was delighted to award a total of about £6,850 to 13 recipients and events (2021: £5,000 to 11 recipients). In addition, the Curry Fund provided some £9,580 grants (2021 £20,050). The relatively

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low number of grants reflects fewer applications, perhaps due to continued consequences of the covid-19 pandemic.

SUNDRIES

The considerable number of members, and the public, who used the GA’s on-line electronic payment facilities to purchase goods and services and pay subscriptions, significantly eased the administration pressures on the GA office.

I (and the Trustees) thank the GA’s Investment Panel for their invaluable, wise, advice concerning the GA’s investment portfolio (Professor Bernard Leake, Susanna van Rose, Susan Brown, Dr Christopher Green, Graham Hickman). On a personal note, I thank Sarah Stafford in the GA office, Maurice Whiteley (the GA’s accountant) and Carolyn Born (from the GA’s auditors, Simpkins Edwards) for their continued, amazing patience and good humour when they assist and advise the Treasurer.

On balance, the GA had a reasonable financial year. Future risks remain, concerning the economic environment which threatens our Investment Portfolio, membership decline, an uncertain revenue from our publications and the consequences of increasing inflation.

Events which enabled the GA to fulfill its public objectives included: lectures, a programme for our young geologists (Rockwatch), publications to further geological science (PGA) and Geo-conservation (Earth Heritage Magazine), education (School/Rocks!, Geolab, Geology from your Sofa), and a flow of monies to support exceptional students, geological research, the projects of numerous geological groups around the country and support for Geo-conservation.

EXTERNAL RISK FACTORS

Covid-19 restrictions and consequences: In line with Government advice, GA staff worked, in part, from home. Meetings of the Council of Trustees, committee meetings, monthly lectures and the GA Student Symposium were held, predominantly, via web conferencing communication. The GA’s conference was live, with Covid restrictions in place; some outdoor field trips were cancelled, partly replaced by on-line workshops.

The Ukraine war , and its consequences (high inflation), presented a risk to the GA’s investment portfolio, particularly its capital value. In the short term, daily fluctuations of the worlds’ stock markets will be greater than in the recent past, perhaps with a net effect of a limited reduction in capital values. Any medium-term quantitative estimate of the effect is speculation. In the long term, business is likely to adjust to the new realities. Most of the GA’s investments are in collective funds, thus spreading the investment risk and benefitting from the expertise of a significant number of fund managers.

Investments: the world’s stock markets, having shown a remarkable recovery from the covid-19 pandemic during 2021 were negatively affected by the Ukraine war in 2022. By end 2022 the GA’s investment portfolio had decreased by about 9.5% from end 2021; on a more optimistic note, the income from the investments increased by about 13.5%.

The GA has sufficient resources to maintain its prime functions through 2023-2025; grants from our Endowment Funds can be tailored to match income; most of the endowment funds also include some free cash; the Restricted Funds (Rockwatch, Earth Heritage, Champion) have sufficient cash and income.

For the General Fund, there were significant cost reductions. Some activities were cancelled and some activities used web-conferencing communication. Other expenses can be tailored to match income (e.g. Field Guide publications).

IN SUMMARY Overall, The GA’s 2022 finances registered another reasonable performance.

Dr Graham M Williams, Honorary Treasurer

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ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

The accounts for 2022 appear at the end of this report.

DONATIONS & LEGACIES DONATIONS & LEGACIES DONATIONS & LEGACIES
DONATIONS:
GENERAL FUND: ROCKWATCH FUND:
Elsevier £2,000 Nationwide Geology Club £19,443.43
G Lucy £250 JE Robinson £100
G Eisenhower £50
Clavering Landscape & History Gp £75
Michaels £55
Anon £24
PALAEONTOLOGICAL FUND:
Anon (via David Feldman SA) £14,308
LEGACIES:
Rose Mary Sales £1,000.38

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Charity registration number 233199

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

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THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees Ms S Brown
Dr G M Williams
Dr M J Oates
Professor D R Bridgland
Dr C D Prosser
Dr H W Bailey
Dr J Larwood
Dr I Sutton
Dr L Gallagher
Mr N Pierpoint
Mr D Ward
Mr G Hickman
Mr P Jones
Dr V Banks
Professor T Dore
Ms J Wright
Mr D Cropp
Mrs J Osborn
Mr R Wrigley
Professor J Cosgrove
Charity number 233199
Principal address Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0DU
Auditor Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP
Michael House
Castle Street
Exeter
Devon
EX4 3LQ
Bankers CCLA Investment Management Limited
COIF Charity Funds
80 Cheapside
London
EC2V 6DZ
The Curry Fund
Barclays Bank Plc
Leicester
LE87 2BB
Lloyds Bank Plc
Blackheath London Branch
PO Box 1000
BX1 1LT

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THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report
Statement of trustees' responsibilities 1
Independent auditor's report 2 - 4
Statement of financial activities 5 - 6
Balance sheet 7
Notes to the financial statements 8 - 22

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Geologists Association (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet 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:

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 charity 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 charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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 Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of trustees' responsibilities, the trustees 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 charity’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 cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

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.

Risks identified Audit response
Unauthorised bank Audit testing has confirmed that the management do not have the authority to
payments make payments from the Charity's bank accounts
Unauthorised decisions by The minutes of trustee meetings have been reviewed in order to ensure that no
management action of the Charity has been undertaken without the trustees making that
decision.
Completeness of income Testing has established that the income of the charity is correct

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Other matters

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements 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 and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as amended) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.

This has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with current Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees 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 charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP

Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor

......................... Michael House Castle Street Exeter Devon EX4 3LQ

Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Current financial year
Un
Notes
Income from:
Subscriptions, donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Other trading activities
5
Investments
6
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Audit
Total resources expended
Net gains/(losses) on investments
10
Net (outgoing)/incoming resources
before transfers
Gross transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Fund balances at 1 January 2022
Fund balances at 31 December 2022		 restricted

funds
2022
£
48,862
87,989
10,504
12,807
160,162
142,882
3,855
146,737
(43,960)
(30,535)
(1,000)
(31,535)
548,855
517,320		 Restricted E
funds
2022
£
32,068
1,927
-
6,658
40,653
54,850
-
54,850
(24,748)
(38,945)
1,000
(37,945)
274,771
236,826		 ndowment
funds
2022
£
14,308
-
-
51,348
65,656
29,319
-
29,319
(153,643)
(117,306)
-
(117,306)
1,602,442
1,485,136		 Total
2022
£
95,238
89,916
10,504
70,813
266,471
227,051
3,855
230,906
(222,351)
(186,786)
-
(186,786)
2,426,068
2,239,282		 Total
2021
£
115,125
98,757
11,500
62,452
287,834
226,384
3,635
230,019
134,603
192,418
-
192,418
2,233,650
2,426,068

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Prior financial year (2021)
Un
Notes
Income from:
Subscriptions, donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Other trading activities
5
Investments
6
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Audit
Total resources expended
Net gains/(losses) on investments
10
Net (outgoing)/incoming resources before
transfers
Gross transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Fund balances at 1 January 2021
Fund balances at 31 December 2021		 restricted

funds
2021
£
62,039
98,541
11,500
11,692
183,772
136,564
3,635
140,199
12,079
55,652
(1,000)
54,652
494,203
548,855		 Restricted E
funds
2021
£
34,408
216
-
5,569
40,193
47,716
-
47,716
19,485
11,962
1,000
12,962
261,809
274,771		 ndowment
funds
2021
£
18,678
-
-
45,191
63,869
42,104
-
42,104
103,039
124,804
-
124,804
1,477,638
1,602,442		 Total
2021
£
115,125
98,757
11,500
62,452
287,834
226,384
3,635
230,019
134,603
192,418
-
192,418
2,233,650
2,426,068

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
Investments
12
Current assets
Stocks
13
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
15
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Capital funds
Endowment funds-general
Permanent endowment
Expendable endowment
16
Income funds
Restricted funds
17
Unrestricted funds		 2022
£
41,230
57,371
343,870
442,471
(79,223)
792,792
692,344		 £
592
1,875,442
1,876,034
363,248
2,239,282
1,485,136
236,826
517,320
2,239,282		 2021
£
41,009
63,111
341,511
445,631
(98,108)
855,544
746,898		 £
740
2,077,805
2,078,545
347,523
2,426,068
1,602,442
274,771
548,855
2,426,068

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .........................

.............................. .............................. Dr G M Williams Mr G Hickman Trustee Trustee

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

The Geologists Association is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, WIJ 0DU.

1.1 Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are funds that can only be used for restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for a particular purpose. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Endowment funds are those funds from which only the income may be used in furtherance of the Association’s charitable purposes.

1.4 Incoming resources

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Subscriptions and associated tax claims are included in the year to which the subscription relates. Donations are accounted for on receipt. Legacies are recognised by reference to the date probate is granted, or if later, as soon as they are capable of being reliably measured.

Income from trading activities consists of the profit share on ‘Geology Today’, together with royalties on the sale of ‘the Proceedings of the Geologists Association’.

Income from dividends is accounted for on receipt. Interest is accounted for on an accruals basis.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

1 Accounting policies (Continued)

Sales of publications, income from field meetings, insurance and from miscellaneous income are included in the financial statements when due.

1.5 Resources expended

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Charitable activities include the costs involved of providing the activities that the Geologists' Association provides.

Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets, and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Grants payable are recognised in the financial statements when a commitment has been made, and there are no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. Grants with performance conditions are only recognised in the statement of financial activities once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.

1.6 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Fixtures and fittings 20% per annum on a reducing balance basis

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 Fixed asset investments

Fixed asset investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred.

1.8 Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.9 Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. Items held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured the lower of replacement cost and cost.

Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.10 Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

3 Subscriptions, donations and legacies

Unre
Donations, bequests and sponsorship
Annual subscriptions
Gift Aid
For the year ended 31 December
2021		 stricted
Re
funds
2022
£
1,504
42,739
4,619
48,862
62,039		 stricted End
funds
2022
£
22,493
7,221
2,354
32,068
34,408		 owment
funds
2022
£
14,308
-
-
14,308
18,678		 Total
2022
£
38,305
49,960
6,973
95,238		 Total
2021
£
47,970
57,392
9,763
115,125
115,125

4 Charitable activities

Charitable activities
Ch
Sales of publications
Group payments for insurance
Field meetings
Miscellaneous income
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Other trading activities
U
'Geology Today' profit share		 aritable
Income
Ch		 aritable
Income
2022
£
68,228
8,066
8,862
4,760
89,916
87,989
1,927
89,916
nrestricted Unre
funds
2022
£
10,504		 2021
£
79,825
10,129
2,243
6,560
98,757
98,541
216
98,757
stricted
funds
2021
£
11,500

5 Other trading activities

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

6 Investments

Investments
Unre
Investment income
For the year ended 31 December 2021
Unre
Investment income		 stricted
Re
funds
2022
£
12,807
12,807
stricted
Re
funds
2021
£
11,692
11,692		 stricted Endowment
funds
funds
general
2022
2022
£
£
6,658
51,348
6,658
51,348
stricted
Endowment
funds
funds
general
2021
2021
£
£
5,569
45,191
5,569
45,191		 Total
2022
£
70,813
70,813
Total
2021
£
62,452
62,452

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

7 Charitable activities

Charitable
Expenditure
Charitable
Expenditure
2022
2021
£
£
Depreciation and impairment
148
185
Publications printing and production costs
58,550
61,188
Publications office costs
16,161
16,990
Grants, awards and subvention
21,529
39,328
Salaries
55,283
65,021
Officers' expenses
2,963
607
Office expenses
25,995
22,511
Charged to Publications
(16,161)
(16,990)
Curry Fund contribution
(3,188)
(3,188)
Rockwatch contribution
(8,602)
(10,371)
Administrative expenses of Rockwatch
25,585
21,807
Meetings and functions
2,586
1,718
GA Annual Conference
2,048
397
Stationery and printing
1,226
2,032
Accountancy
3,570
2,760
Insurance
12,583
11,286
Bank charges
665
850
Miscellaneous
3,012
1,874
Field Meetings
7,758
30,704
Website
12,340
10,480
Recruitment
3,000
227,051
226,384
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
142,882
136,564
Restricted funds
54,850
47,716
Endowment funds - general
29,319
42,104
227,051
226,384		 Charitable
Expenditure
Charitable
Expenditure
2022
2021
£
£
Depreciation and impairment
148
185
Publications printing and production costs
58,550
61,188
Publications office costs
16,161
16,990
Grants, awards and subvention
21,529
39,328
Salaries
55,283
65,021
Officers' expenses
2,963
607
Office expenses
25,995
22,511
Charged to Publications
(16,161)
(16,990)
Curry Fund contribution
(3,188)
(3,188)
Rockwatch contribution
(8,602)
(10,371)
Administrative expenses of Rockwatch
25,585
21,807
Meetings and functions
2,586
1,718
GA Annual Conference
2,048
397
Stationery and printing
1,226
2,032
Accountancy
3,570
2,760
Insurance
12,583
11,286
Bank charges
665
850
Miscellaneous
3,012
1,874
Field Meetings
7,758
30,704
Website
12,340
10,480
Recruitment
3,000
227,051
226,384
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
142,882
136,564
Restricted funds
54,850
47,716
Endowment funds - general
29,319
42,104
227,051
226,384		 Charitable
Expenditure
Charitable
Expenditure
2022
2021
£
£
Depreciation and impairment
148
185
Publications printing and production costs
58,550
61,188
Publications office costs
16,161
16,990
Grants, awards and subvention
21,529
39,328
Salaries
55,283
65,021
Officers' expenses
2,963
607
Office expenses
25,995
22,511
Charged to Publications
(16,161)
(16,990)
Curry Fund contribution
(3,188)
(3,188)
Rockwatch contribution
(8,602)
(10,371)
Administrative expenses of Rockwatch
25,585
21,807
Meetings and functions
2,586
1,718
GA Annual Conference
2,048
397
Stationery and printing
1,226
2,032
Accountancy
3,570
2,760
Insurance
12,583
11,286
Bank charges
665
850
Miscellaneous
3,012
1,874
Field Meetings
7,758
30,704
Website
12,340
10,480
Recruitment
3,000
227,051
226,384
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
142,882
136,564
Restricted funds
54,850
47,716
Endowment funds - general
29,319
42,104
227,051
226,384
2022
£
148
58,550
16,161
21,529
55,283
2,963
25,995
(16,161)
(3,188)
(8,602)
25,585
2,586
2,048
1,226
3,570
12,583
665
3,012
7,758
12,340
3,000
227,051
142,882
54,850
29,319
227,051		 2021
£
185
61,188
16,990
39,328
65,021
607
22,511
(16,990)
(3,188)
(10,371)
21,807
1,718
397
2,032
2,760
11,286
850
1,874
30,704
10,480
226,384
136,564
47,716
42,104
226,384

8 Trustees

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.

9 Employees

The Geologists’ Association employs 1 member of staff in administration (2021: 2 staff). No member of staff earns more than £60,000 per annum. The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

No remuneration was paid or payable, directly or indirectly out of the funds of the charity to any Council member or to any person or persons connected with any of them. However, Council members are reimbursed out of the funds of the charity for expenses incurred in carrying out their duties. In 2022, officers’ expenses reimbursed totalled £2,963 (2021: £607).

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

10
Net gains/(losses) on investments
Unr
Gain/(loss) on sale of investments
Unr
Gain/(loss) on sale of investments		 estricted
R
funds
2022
£
(43,960)
(43,960)
estricted
R
funds
2021
£
12,079		 estricted Endowment
Total
funds
funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
(24,748)
(153,643)
(222,351)
(24,748)
(153,643)
(222,351)
estricted
Endowment
Total
funds
funds
2021
2021
2021
£
£
£
19,485
103,039
134,603		 estricted Endowment
Total
funds
funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
(24,748)
(153,643)
(222,351)
(24,748)
(153,643)
(222,351)
estricted
Endowment
Total
funds
funds
2021
2021
2021
£
£
£
19,485
103,039
134,603
Total
2021
£
134,603
11
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures a
Cost
At 1 January 2022
At 31 December 2022
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2022
Depreciation charged in the year
At 31 December 2022
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2022
At 31 December 2021		 nd fittings
£
33,809
33,809
33,069
148
33,217
592
740

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

12 Fixed asset investments

in
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2022
Additions
Realised profits/(losses) on investments
Unrealised profits/(losses) on investments
Disposals
At 31 December 2022
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2022
At 31 December 2021		 Listed
vestments
£
2,077,805
29,988
(1,644)
(220,707)
(10,000)
1,875,442
1,875,442
2,077,805
13
Stocks
Stock of guide books
14
Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors
Other debtors
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Payments received on account
Trade creditors
Other creditors		 2022
£
41,230
2022
£
49,403
7,968
57,371
2022
£
26,217
39,082
13,924
79,223		 2021
£
41,009
2021
£
54,583
8,528
63,111
2021
£
32,291
35,653
30,164
98,108

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

16 Endowment funds

Endowment funds represent assets which must be held permanently by the charity. Income arising on the endowment funds can be used in accordance with the objects of the charity and is included as unrestricted income. Any capital gains or losses arising on the assets form part of the fund.

Balance at
1 January 2021
£
Permanent endowments
Curry Fund: Capital Fund
780,029
Expendable endowments
Curry Fund: Income Fund
52,345
Endowment Trust Funds
362,922
General Endowment Funds
282,342
1,477,638		 Resources
expended
R
£
-
(23,702)
(6,550)
(11,852)
(42,104)		 evaluations
gains and
losses
Balance at
1 January 2022
£
£
75,515
855,544
-
52,611
19,338
405,542
8,186
288,745
103,039
1,602,442		 evaluations
gains and
losses
Balance at
1 January 2022
£
£
75,515
855,544
-
52,611
19,338
405,542
8,186
288,745
103,039
1,602,442
1,602,442
Balance at
1 January 2022
£
Permanent endowments
Curry Fund: Capital Fund
855,544
Expendable endowments
Curry Fund: Income Fund
52,611
Endowment Trust Funds
405,542
General Endowment Funds
288,745
1,602,442		 Resources
expended
R
£
-
(13,677)
(5,630)
(10,012)
(29,319)		 evaluations
gains and
losses
31 Dec
£
(90,029)
-
(33,984)
(29,630)
(153,643)		 Balance at
ember 2022
£
765,515
67,239
393,058
259,324
1,485,136

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

16 Endowment funds

(Continued)

The Curry Fund exists to support a variety of causes such as geological conservation and other initiatives approved by the Council.

The statement of financial activities for the Curry Fund is split into a capital fund and an income fund, both of which are endowment funds for charity accounting purposes. The reason for showing a separate capital fund is to show how the initial capital used to set up the Curry Fund has altered over the years when realised and unrealised profits and losses on investments are taken into account. The income fund shows how investment income specifically designated for the payment of grants has been applied towards this objective and meeting the incidental administrative expenses of running the fund.

A separate balance sheet and a statement of financial activities for the Curry Fund are included as separate schedules to the financial statements.

The Endowment Trust Fund bequests were given with the intention that the capital be invested and only the income spent. The above funds exist to make grants to individuals and groups within the field of geology.

The General Endowment Fund bequests were given with the intention that only income arising from the capital of the bequest be used to fund the general purpose of the Association.

The Endowment Trust Funds are bequests that were given with the intention that the capital be invested and only the income spent. The funds exist to make grants to individuals and groups within the field of geology.

The General Endowment Funds are bequests that were given with the intention that only income arising from the capital of the bequest be used to fund the general purpose of the Association.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

17 Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

Balance at
1 January 2022

£
Rockwatch
230,609
Earth Heritage Fund
38,645
Champion Fund
5,517
274,771
Balance at
1 January 2021

£
Rockwatch
226,186
Earth Heritage Fund
31,098
Champion Fund
4,525
261,809		 Movement in f
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
£
£
36,760
(51,641)
3,893
(3,209)
-
-
40,653
(54,850)
Movement in f
Incoming
resources
Resources
expended
£
£
33,290
(43,274)
5,036
(3,567)
1,867
(875)
40,193
(47,716)		 unds
Transfers Revaluations,
gains and
losses

31
£
£
-
(19,802)
1,000
(4,946)
-
-
1,000
(24,748)
unds
Transfers Revaluations,
gains and
losses
Balan
£
£
-
14,407
1,000
5,078
-
-
1,000
19,485		 Balance at
December
2022
£
195,926
35,383
5,517
236,826
ce carried
forward
£
230,609
38,645
5,517
274,771

Rockwatch is the junior section of the Geologists' Association and exists to develop an interest in Geology amongst young people.

The Earth Heritage fund enables and supports the production of Earth Heritage Magazine.

The Champion Fund will support the School Rocks! Project.

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

18
Analysis of net assets between funds
Un
Fund balances at 31 December
2022 are represented by:
Tangible assets
Investments
Current assets/(liabilities)
U
Fund balances at 31 December
2021 are represented by:
Tangible assets
Investments
Current assets/(liabilities)		 restricted
funds

2022
£
592
356,127
160,601
517,320
nrestricted
funds
2021
£
740
380,099
168,016
548,855		 Restricted
funds
E
2022
£
-
167,889
68,937
236,826
Restricted
funds
E
2021
£
-
192,637
82,134
274,771		 ndowment
funds
2022
£
-
1,351,426
133,710
1,485,136
ndowment
funds
2021
£
-
1,505,069
97,373
1,602,442		 Total
2022
£
592
1,875,442
363,248
2,239,282
Total
2021
£
740
2,077,805
347,523
2,426,068

19 Related party transactions

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2021 - none).

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

THE CURRY FUND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

End
Incoming resources
Investment income:
Income received from investments
Charities Deposit
Barclays Bank
Miscellaneous income
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Charitable expenditure:
Grants- paid and committed
MSc Prize
Towards the printing of The Geologists'
Association's Guides
Office administration
Officer expenses
Accountancy
Meeting expenses
Sundry
Total resources expended
Net incoming resources
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Net movement of funds
Total fund brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 owment
End
income
fund
£
27,810
462
33
-
28,305
3,572
1,000
5,008
3,188
246
420
-
243
13,677
14,628
-
14,628
52,611
67,239		 owment
capital
fund
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(90,029)
(90,029)
855,544
765,515		 Total
2022
£
27,810
462
33
-
28,305
3,572
1,000
5,008
3,188
246
420
-
243
13,677
14,628
(90,029)
(75,401)
908,155
832,754		 Total
2021
£
23,169
6
3
790
23,968
13,161
2,000
4,890
3,188
-
420
-
43
23,702
266
75,515
75,781
832,374
908,155

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

THE CURRY FUND BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022

Investments
Schroders Charities:
The Charity Equity Fund A Income Units
The Income Trust for Charities A Income Units
Black Rock Charinco Income Units
Artemis Income Retail Income Units
City of London Investment Trust 25p ord. shares
Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Class Y
Murray Income Trust plc 25p ord. shares
Murray International Trust plc 25p ord. shares
Royal London AM Corp Bond Trust Class Y
Royal London AM St Extra Yield Bond Class B
Temple Bar Investment Trust plc 25p ord. shares
Current assets
Tax repayable
COIF Charities Deposit Fund
Barclays Community Account
Barclays Premier Account
HLAM Ltd Income Account
Loans outstanding
Sundry debtor
Current liabilities
Creditors and accruals
Grants committed
Due to The Geologists' Association
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Restricted funds
Capital fund
Income fund		 2022
£
401,622
204,399
926
31,467
47,384
16,691
25,351
4,365
9,106
12,079
12,097
864
47,769
4,754
25,553
1,083
3,423
250
83,696
420
13,924
2,085
16,429		 £
765,487
67,267
832,754
765,515
67,239
832,754		 2021
£
418,293
269,612
1,166
32,510
45,478
19,971
27,698
3,783
11,318
13,532
12,155
864
47,307
5,000
27,201
1,326
3,360
250
85,308
420
30,164
2,085
32,669		 £
855,516
52,639
908,155
855,544
52,611
908,155

THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

PUBLICATIONS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

2022 2021
£ £
Proceedings
Income:
Elsevier payment 55,500 69,049
Sponsorship 2,500 -
Total income 58,000 69,049
Expenditure:
Printing and production costs 22,770 22,752
Proportion of office costs (15% of £16,161) 2,424 2,548
Total resources expended 25,194 25,300
Net surplus/(cost) on proceedings 32,806 43,749
Guides
Income:
Sales 8,070 9,636
Curry Fund subvention 2,008 -
Total income 10,078 9,636
Expenditure:
Opening stock 41,009 35,723
Printing and production costs 4,996 12,537
Proportion of office costs (60% of £16,161) 9,697 10,194
Less: Closing stock (41,230) (41,009)
Total resources expended 14,472 17,445
Net surplus/(cost) on Guides (4,394) (7,809)
Circulars and Magazines
Income:
Advertising revenue 150 1,140
Expenditure:
Printing, production and distribution costs 10,387 11,814
Proportion of office costs (25% of £16,161) 4,040 4,248
Total resources expended 14,427 16,062
Net surplus/(cost) of Circulars (14,277) (14,922)
Net surplus/(cost) of Publications 14,135 21,018

THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

INVESTMENTS
Unrestricted Fund
General Fund
Restricted Funds
Rockwatch
Earth Heritage Fund
Endowment Funds
Curry Fund
Other Endowment Funds
Foulerton Award
Henry Stopes Memorial Fund
G W Young Fund
Baker-Arber Fund
Halstead Fund
Richardson Fund
Middlemiss Fund
Japec Fund
Wyley Fund
Tupper Fund
Callomon Porter Fund
UKOGL
Palaeontological Fund
Total Investments		 Cost
£
272,241
139,967
29,231
169,198
not known
13,400
3,554
23,304
7,000
10,000
14,991
16,430
70,239
182,251
64,697
37,394
25,231
39,459
507,950
949,389		 2022
2021
£
£
356,127
380,099
140,116
159,918
27,773
32,719
167,889
192,637
765,487
855,516
15,721
17,358
2,922
3,534
24,341
23,670
17,595
19,922
8,405
9,774
14,356
16,628
14,628
17,774
90,144
102,393
212,348
237,910
86,547
93,440
36,818
40,886
22,925
24,993
39,189
41,271
585,939
649,553
1,875,442
2,077,805
Market Value		 2022
2021
£
£
356,127
380,099
140,116
159,918
27,773
32,719
167,889
192,637
765,487
855,516
15,721
17,358
2,922
3,534
24,341
23,670
17,595
19,922
8,405
9,774
14,356
16,628
14,628
17,774
90,144
102,393
212,348
237,910
86,547
93,440
36,818
40,886
22,925
24,993
39,189
41,271
585,939
649,553
1,875,442
2,077,805
Market Value
159,918
32,719
192,637
855,516
17,358
3,534
23,670
19,922
9,774
16,628
17,774
102,393
237,910
93,440
40,886
24,993
41,271
649,553
2,077,805

THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

INVESTMENTS (con&nued)

Unrestricted Fund
General Fund
Restricted Funds
Rockwatch
Earth Heritage Fund
Champion Fund
Endowment Funds
Curry Fund: Capital Fund
Income Fund
Endowment Trust Funds
Foulerton Award
Henry Stopes Memorial Fund
G W Young Fund
Baker-Arber Fund
Halstead Fund
Richardson Fund
Middlemiss Fund
Japec Fund
Tupper Fund
UKOGL
Palaeontological Fund
General Endowment Funds
Wyley Fund
Callomon-Porter Fund
Total Endowment Funds
Total Funds		 Opening
Balance
£
548,855		 Income
Expenditure
£
£
160,162
146,737
36,760
51,641
3,893
3,209
0
0
40,653
54,850
Income
Expenditure
£
£
0
0
28,305
13,677
28,305
13,677
794
564
172
0
1,004
0
526
1,200
394
631
563
0
490
1,200
3,315
35
2,837
2,000
1,009
0
16,026
0
27,130
5,630
8,410
8,468
1,811
1,544
10,221
10,012
65,656
29,319
266,471
230,906		 Income
Expenditure
£
£
160,162
146,737
36,760
51,641
3,893
3,209
0
0
40,653
54,850
Income
Expenditure
£
£
0
0
28,305
13,677
28,305
13,677
794
564
172
0
1,004
0
526
1,200
394
631
563
0
490
1,200
3,315
35
2,837
2,000
1,009
0
16,026
0
27,130
5,630
8,410
8,468
1,811
1,544
10,221
10,012
65,656
29,319
266,471
230,906		 Profit/loss
on
Investments
£
-43,960		 Closing
Transfers
Balance
£
£
-1,000
517,320
195,926
1,000
35,383
5,517
1,000
236,826
Closing
Transfers
Balance
£
£
0
765,515
0
67,239
0
832,754
17,998
4,448
24,407
18,566
9,376
15,736
16,469
105,094
97,844
26,474
56,646
0
393,058
220,846
38,478
0
259,324
0
1,485,136
0
2,239,282		 Closing
Transfers
Balance
£
£
-1,000
517,320
195,926
1,000
35,383
5,517
1,000
236,826
Closing
Transfers
Balance
£
£
0
765,515
0
67,239
0
832,754
17,998
4,448
24,407
18,566
9,376
15,736
16,469
105,094
97,844
26,474
56,646
0
393,058
220,846
38,478
0
259,324
0
1,485,136
0
2,239,282
230,609
38,645
5,517		 -19,802
-4,946
0
274,771 40,653 54,850 -24,748 1,000 236,826
Opening
Balance
£
855,544
52,611		 Profit/loss
on
Investments
£
-90,029
0
908,155 -90,029 0 832,754
19,405
4,888
22,732
21,567
10,982
17,445
20,325
114,063
103,900
27,533
42,702		 -1,637
-612
671
-2,327
-1,369
-2,272
-3,146
-12,249
-6,893
-2,068
-2,082
405,542 27,130 5,630 -33,984 0 393,058
246,466
42,279		 8,410
1,811		 8,468
1,544		 -25,562
-4,068		 220,846
38,478
288,745 10,221 10,012 -29,630 0 259,324
1,602,442 65,656 29,319 -153,643 0 1,485,136
2,426,068 266,471 230,906 -222,351 0 2,239,282

THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION

DETAILED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS HELD BY ASSOCIATION

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

Holding
GENERAL FUND
5,056.87
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
14,540.27
COIF Charities Fixed Interest Fund Inc. Units
56,550.08
COIF Charities Fixed Interest Fund Inc. Units
2,546.11
Black Rock Fund Managers Charinco Inc. Units
27,143.18
Invesco Perpetual Distribution Fund Income Shares
26,717.55
Invesco Perpetual Monthly Inc.Plus.Inc.Units
41,942.03
Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Income Units
3,766.00
Murray Income Trust plc 25p Ord. Shares
1,120.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord Shares
5,982.89
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Class Y Inc.Units
26,594.18
HL Multi-Manager Income and Growth Trust Inc Units
(11,477.10)
Units sold for £10,000 on 10/11/2022
15,117.08
6,366.18
Artemis High Income Fund Class R Q Dist
159.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
8,442.38
Legal & General High Income Incl Class R Income
Purchased in 2022
257.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord Shares
145.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
11,289.87
Legal & General Active Global High Yield Class 1 Inc
10,124.00
Treasury 4.25% 07/12/2046
4,421.00
Treasury 4.25% 07/12/2049
4,408.00
Treasury 4.5% 07/12/2042
FOULERTON AWARD
634.96
Black Rock Fund Managers Charinco Inc. Units
211.92
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
1,233.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
9,549.28
Artemis High Income Fund Class R Q Dist
HENRY STOPES MEMORIAL FUND
658.10
Black Rock Fund Managers Charinco Inc. Units
3,183.09
Artemis High Income Fund Class R Q Dist
G W YOUNG FUND
863.25
Black Rock Fund Managers Charinco Inc. Units
1,006.00
Edinburgh Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
1,556.00
HICL Infrastructure Company Ltd 0.01p Ord. Shares
641.00
Murray International Investment Trust plc 25p Ord.
2,525.00
Temple Bar Investment Trust plc 5p Ord. Shares
BAKER-ARBER FUND
438.95
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
529.79
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
HALSTEAD FUND
3,856.83
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
6,366.18
Artemis High Income Fund Class R Q Dist		 Market Value
Cost
2022
2021
10,083
91,908
104,001
18,850
16,894
19,312
75,000
65,705
75,109
2,952
3,715
4,677
16,000
15,102
17,461
29,381
24,406
28,462
35,011
32,300
38,316
26,995
31,729
34,666
11,994
14,952
12,959
6,000
5,166
6,423
26,982
- 11,644
11,164
13,478
14,704
5,000
3,924
4,652
3,993
3,399
4,364
4,000
3,097
3,829
2,996
3,431
-
2,995
3,099
-
4,000
4,143
-
9,999
10,419
-
4,999
4,583
-
4,999
4,677
-
290,585
356,127
380,099
900
926
1,166
2,000
3,851
4,358
3,000
5,058
4,855
7,500
5,886
6,979
13,400
15,721
17,358
1,054
960
1,208
2,500
1,962
2,326
3,554
2,922
3,534
1,492
1,259
1,585
6,754
6,393
6,322
2,373
2,558
2,747
6,599
8,557
7,416
6,086
5,574
5,600
23,304
24,341
23,670
2,000
7,977
9,027
5,000
9,618
10,895
7,000
17,595
19,922
5,000
4,481
5,122
5,000
3,924
4,652
10,000
8,405
9,774
RICHARDSON FUND
3,856.83
COIF Charities Fixed Interest Fund Income Units
748.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
5,417.12
Legal & General High Income Incl Class R Income
130.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
2,360.92
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Incl Class A Inc
MIDDLEMISS FUND
20,696.58
M&G Investments Corporate Bond Fund A Shares
6,485.72
Artemis High Income Class R Inc Units
10,229.45
Legal & General High Income Incl Class R Income
JAPEC FUND
1,220.23
COIF Charities Investment Fund Income Units
14,860.00
Temple Bar Investment Trust plc 5p Ord. Shares
15,353.00
Treasury 4 1/4% Stock 2032
8,015.15
HL Multi-Manager Income and Growth Trust Inc Units
9,423.67
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Income Units
3,184.71
Marlborough Multi Cap Income - Inclusive Class A
WYLEY FUND
21,396.67
Artemis High Income Inclusive Class R Income
926.00
BP Plc US$0.25 Ordinary Shares
467.00
GlaxoSmithKline plc 31.25p Ordinary Shares - new
585.00
Haleon plc 0.01p - new
3,704.00
HICL - HSBC Infrastructure Co Ltd 0.01p Ord. Shrs
11,078.15
HL Multi-Manager Income and Growth Trust Inc Units
21,194.64
Invesco Perpetual Distribution Fund Income Shares
16,904.02
Legal & General High Income Incl Class R Income
695.00
The Mercantile Inv Trust 25p Ordinary Shares
2,805.00
Murray Income Trust plc 25p Ordinary Shares
1,945.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord. Shares
56.00
NatWest Group (RBS) 25p Ordinary Shares
585.00
Royal Dutch Shell Plc ''B'' Ordinary Shares
16,138.78
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Income Units
3,703.00
Schroder Asia Pacific Inv Trust Units
463.00
Standard Chartered US$0.50 Ordinary Shares
4,630.00
Standard Chartered 8 1/4% Non-Cum Invest Pref Shares of £1
8,594.39
Treasury 4 1/4% Stock 2032
25,061.54
Treasury 4 1/4% Stock 2036
TUPPER FUND
4,424.78
Artemis Income Fund Class R Dist
5,963.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
17,746.35
Invesco Perpetual Corp Bond Income Units
1,259.73
Invesco Perpetual Income Income Units
28,508.23
Jupiter Corporate Bond Income Units
4,080.00
Temple Bar Investment Trust plc 5p Ord. Shares
CALLOMON PORTER FUND
2,009.60
Artemis Income Fund Class R Dist
2,354.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
10,181.04
Invesco Perpetual Distribution Fund Income Shares		 5,000
4,481
5,122
2,499
3,069
2,945
2,500
1,988
2,457
2,492
2,779
3,569
2,500
2,039
2,535
14,991
14,356
16,628
6,800
6,877
8,394
4,815
3,998
4,740
4,815
3,753
4,640
16,430
14,628
17,774
11,670
22,177
25,095
21,659
32,803
35,158
15,001
16,051
20,290
7,864
7,146
7,802
8,795
8,137
8,855
5,250
3,830
5,193
70,239
90,144
102,393
16,137
13,189
15,637
5,810
4,389
3,060
6,183
6,714
7,313
1,764
1,915
2,086
4,259
6,089
6,541
11,215
9,877
10,776
13,602
11,973
13,635
8,068
6,202
7,668
6,988
13,344
18,660
12,516
23,632
25,820
12,739
25,966
22,503
2,349
138
126
12,431
13,607
9,491
14,678
13,936
17,077
6,646
18,552
21,847
8,343
2,880
2,076
5,660
5,056
6,824
8,328
8,985
11,358
24,535
25,904
35,412
182,251
212,348
237,910
7,350
9,627
10,064
12,498
24,463
23,479
12,500
13,666
16,346
12,500
15,481
16,555
12,500
14,303
17,947
7,349
9,007
9,049
64,697
86,547
93,440
3,333
4,372
4,571
8,328
9,657
9,269
5,833
5,665
6,549
4,409.67
Invesco Perpetual Monthly Income plus Class Y InUn
4,162.08
Marlborough Multi Cap Income - Inclusive Class A
4,893.33
Invesco Monthly Income Plus Inclusive - Income		 8,400
7,649
8,710
6,500
5,005
6,574
5,000
4,470
5,213
37,394
36,818
40,886
CURRY FUND
Shroder Charities
94,722.25
The Charity Equity Fund A Income Units
401,806.34
The Income Trust for Charities A Income Units
634.86
Black Rock Charinco Income Units
14,463.10
Artemis Income Fund Class R Dist
11,550.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. Shares
3,009.00
Murray Income Trust plc 25p Ord. Shares
327.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord. shares
10,545.55
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Class Y Income
11,774.90
Royal London Sterling Extra Yield Bond Income Units
5,480.00
Temple Bar Investment Trust 5p Ord. Shares
9,687.03
Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Class Y - Income
ROCKWATCH
8,701.86
Artemis Income Fund Class R Dist
26,805.49
HL Multi-Manager Income & Growth Trust Inc Units
18,159.11
Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Income Units
25,827.10
Invesco Perpetual Distribution Fund Income Shares
3,445.74
Artemis Income Fund Class I Dist
3,806.54
Invesco Perpetual Distribution Class Y -Income
3,842.61
Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Class Y Income
9,736.22
Marlborough Multi Cap Income - Inclusive Class A
407.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord. shares
779.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
12,774.19
Royal London Sterling Extra Yield Inclusive Class B
UKOGL
7,192.17
Artemis High Income Fund Class I Q Dist
1,607.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. shares
6,905.61
Royal London Corporate Bond Trust Income Units
2,480.00
Temple Bar Investment Trust plc 5p Ord. shares
EARTH HERITAGE FUND
4,469.42
Marlborough Multi Cap Income - Inclusive Class A
557.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord. shares
499.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
201.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
PALAEONTOLOGICAL FUND
15,501.00
Artemis High Income Class R Inc Units
3,155.00
City of London Investment Trust 25p Ord. shares
20,381.34
Legal & General High Income Incl Class R Income
350.00
Murray International Trust plc 25p Ord. shares
154.00
RIT Capital Partners plc £1 Ord. shares
Grand Totals		 -
401,622
418,293
-
204,399
269,612
-
926
1,166
24,250
31,467
32,510
36,741
47,384
45,478
19,743
25,351
27,698
3,749
4,365
3,783
10,000
9,106
11,318
13,750
12,079
13,532
13,740
12,097
12,155
19,318
16,691
19,971
141,291
765,487
855,516
15,000
18,933
19,791
22,500
23,900
25,682
15,000
13,984
16,726
15,000
14,370
16,615
7,500
8,483
8,801
7,500
6,928
7,949
7,500
6,621
7,922
15,000
11,709
15,379
4,989
5,433
4,989
14,978
16,651
21,384
15,000
13,104
14,680
139,967
140,116
159,918
6,250
4,894
5,766
6,250
6,593
6,328
6,490
5,963
7,398
6,241
5,475
5,501
25,231
22,925
24,993
7,000
5,375
7,060
6,999
7,436
6,444
10,238
10,666
13,698
4,994
4,296
5,517
29,231
27,773
32,719
11,000
9,555
11,328
10,991
12,984
12,422
9,500
8,686
9,245
3,987
4,672
4,049
3,981
3,292
4,227
39,459
39,189
41,271
1,109,024
1,875,442
2,077,805

THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AGENDA

12th May 2023 at 18:00 hrs

  1. Minutes of the 2022 AGM

  2. Introduce and approve Annual Report for 2022

  4. Elec�on of Proposed Council Members for 2023/24

  5. Expression of thanks of the Associa�on to re�ring Council Members Awards will be presented to winners individually through the summer if not in atendance but the following will be announced:

  6. Presenta�on of the Foulerton Award

  7. Presenta�on of the Halstead Medal

  8. Presenta�on of the Halstead Award

  9. Presenta�on of the Richardson Award

  10. Presenta�on of the Curry MSc Awards

  12. Research Awards

  13. Long serving Members

  14. Presenta�on of the President's Medal

Presiden�al Address for 2023 Mr Graham Hickman:

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