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THE HERALDRY SOCIETY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2021

www.theheraldrysociety.com

THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY

The President

His Grace the Duke of Norfolk

Honorary Vice Presidents

The following are deemed to hold this office by virtue of their title or position: The Lord High Constable of Scotland, the Earl of Erroll The Lord Lyon, the Revd Canon Dr Joseph J. Morrow CBE QC DL LLD The Chief Herald of Canada, Dr Samy Khalid PhD (from May 2020), Ms Claire Boudreau FRHSC AIH (until April 2020)

Garter King of Arms, Mr David V White MA Hon FHS (from July 2021), Mr Thomas Woodcock CVO LLB DL FSA FHS (until June 2021) Clarenceux King of Arms, Mr Patric Dickinson LVO MA Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, Mr Timothy Duke MA FSA The Master of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners The Master of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers The Master of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers His Grace the Duke of Westminster Harry Scrope, Esq, as head of the house of Scrope The Right Reverend the Dean of Windsor

Elected Vice Presidents

Dr Adrian Ailes PhD FSA FHS AIH Mr David Hubber Hon FHS Mr Melvyn Jeremiah CB Hon FHS Mr Keith Lovell, FHS Mr David V White MA Hon FHS Garter King of Arms from July 2021 (Somerset Herald until June 2021)

THE HERALDRY SOCIETY

CONTENTS

Report of the Trustees 2 – 6
Report of the Independent Examiner 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9 – 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11 – 15
Brief Biographies of the Trustees and Other Volunteer Officers 16 – 18

REFERENCE DETAILS

Charity Registration Number Company Registration Number 241456 00572778 England & Wales

Registered office (correspondence address) 53 Hitchin Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6AQ

Website

www.theheraldrysociety.com

The Society does not have a central office. Trustees and other volunteers work from home.

Secretary

J J Tunesi of Liongam

Independent Examiner

E E Irvine FCA WMT – Chartered Accountants Verulam Point St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 5HE

The Society’s principal bank accounts are maintained at:

CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ

Lloyds Bank plc 1 Bircherley Street Hertford, SG14 1BU

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Constitution

The Society is a Company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association (last amended December 2004), and is a registered charity. The Council of the Society is the board of directors of the company and the board of Trustees of the charity. For brevity and clarity throughout this report, except where it is necessary to distinguish, the directors and Trustees are referred to only as the Trustees, and the company and charity is referred to as the Society.

Objects and activities

The Society is an educational charity. Its activity for the public benefit is to seek to increase and extend interest in and knowledge of heraldry, armory, chivalry, genealogy and allied subjects. The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

As an educational charity, the Society maintains an educational website. The Society also publishes a scholarly journal, The Coat of Arms , a regular bulletin, The Heraldry Gazette, and digital libraries under the title Heraldry Archives . The Society arranges lectures, conferences, social functions and visits to places of heraldic interest.

Trustees – Members of the Society’s Council

The Council, as the board of Trustees, manages the whole business of the Society. It usually meets formally at least four times in each year and there is frequent other contact and correspondence between Trustees throughout the year. During the reporting year the Council has met online via Zoom.

The Treasurer and Secretary are appointed by the Council, being ex-officio Trustees if not elected Trustees. Other Trustees are elected at an AGM for three years and may stand for re-election. After nine consecutive years an elected Trustee must stand down for at least one year. All members of the Society are eligible for nomination for election as a Trustee if nominated by two other members of the Society, there being an AGM vote if there are more nominations than vacancies. Trustees are made aware of their charity and company law responsibilities and of the Society’s recent financial performance.

The Trustees who served between 1 April 2020 and the date of this report were:

Elected Council Members and Trustees:

Robert Harrison First elected 13 Nov 2017; Chairman from 20 February 2019.
Steven Ashley First elected 19 Jan 2011. Retired 11 November 2020.
Clive Alexander First elected 19 Jan 2011. Retired 11 November 2020.
Dr Andrew Gray First elected 19 Jan 2011. Retired 11 November 2020.
Dr Richard Baker Co-opted 19 Aug 2013. First elected 23 Oct 2013.
Graham Bartram First elected 13 Nov 2017.
Peter O’Donoghue First elected 13 Nov 2017.
David Phillips First elected 18 October 2019.
John Titterton Co-opted 4 May 2020. Elected 11 November 2020.
Paul Jagger Co-opted 10 May 2020. Elected 11 November 2020.
Martin Davies Co-opted 6 June 2020. Elected 11 November 2020.
Ex-officio Council Members and Trustees:
John Tunesi of Liongam Honorary Secretary since 2009.
Michael Fowle CBE FCA Honorary Treasurer from 2016 to 11 November 2020.
Colin Lafferty-Smith CA Co-opted 5 August 2020. Honorary Treasurer from 11
November 2020.

Trustees are expected to make a practical contribution to the governance, activities and administration of the charity. Those interested in volunteering should contact the Secretary.

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EVENTS, COVID-19 AND COMMUNICATIONS

From March 2020 the exceptional circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 public health emergency, and the ensuing Government instructions, required the Society to cancel or postpone all physical lectures and other events.

For the same reason, our bi-annual Congress scheduled to be held in Bristol in August 2020, was cancelled.

A Communications Sub-Committee was formed with an urgent remit to explore ways to improve outreach to the members, to hold future events partly virtually.

As a result of the work of the Communications Sub-Committee and the willingness of speakers to experiment with Zoom, we organised a number of virtual lectures during the year. These were attended by significantly more people than our traditional London-based events.

Date Topic Speaker
July 2020 Tudor Heraldic Glass in Philadelphia John Titterton
August 2020 Arms of the City of London and its Livery Companies. Paul Jagger
September 2020 Heraldry in the Battle of Barnet 1471 Dr Andrew Gray FHS
October 2020 The Heraldry of Baddesley Clinton Dr Bernard Juby FHS
November 2020 The Snake, symbol of good and evil. The Mark Elvins
Memorial Lecture		 Dr Paul A Fox, FHS
December 2020 Christmas Lecture 'Heraldic Curios of the Fatherland'
and Christmas Quiz		 Dr John Mueller.
January 2021 Heraldry and Iolo Morganwg Dr M A K Duggan
February 2021 The John Brooke-Little Lecture: Making a difference?
Heraldry, human rights, and matters of differencing		 Dr Gillian Black
March 2021 The Constance Egan Lecture: Scots Heraldry of the
21st Century		 Gordon Casely

The Christmas lecture and quiz raised £500 which we donated to St John Ambulance.

PUBLICATIONS

We continue to publish The Coat of Arms as an annual full colour publication, which retains its reputation as the premier English-language journal for scholarship in heraldry and related fields. The Honorary Editor is Dr Paul Fox.

WEBSITE

The Society’s website (www.theheraldrysociety.com) provides an online shop enabling members and others to buy from our large stock of publications (hardcopy and digital media), second-hand books and merchandise, and to pay on-line. It also provides news and information about the Society’s events.

The website also enables new members to join the Society, preferably (if they have a UK bank account) paying by direct debit, and if they are UK taxpayers, with Gift Aid. Members and non-members are encouraged to visit the website. The cost of the website was incurred in the year ended 31 March 2018 but, as required by accounting standards, is being charged as an expense in the accounts over the three years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Society has an active social media presence on Twitter (@HeraldrySociety), Facebook (www.facebook.com/theheraldrysociety and https://www.facebook.com/groups/theheraldrysociety), Instagram (@theheraldrysociety), Pinterest and on Reddit in the r/Heraldry community.

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EDUCATION

Our two regular publications, The Coat of Arms and The Heraldry Gazette , and our talks and conferences are the cornerstones of our education programme, supported by other occasional publications. The Heraldry Archive provides access to sources for the scholar of heraldry, such as learned journals, essential reference works, heraldic surveys, and conference proceedings. These are published in digital media. From the Image Library online, some 12,000 image files can be downloaded for private study. Our website shows the remainder of the programme.

The Heraldry Society also has an extensive research library. A section is at The Society of Antiquaries in London with the majority at The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury. The Library collection, which comprises books and manuscripts, is available to members and scholars by appointment, and is partly catalogued on our website. New items are being added to the Library regularly and the catalogue will be updated accordingly.

In conjunction with the Institute for Heraldry and Genealogical Studies, we have a three-tiered education structure for those who wish to study and matriculate with a certificate. The details have recently been refined by the IHGS Principal Emeritus, Dr Richard Baker, a Heraldry Society Trustee.

Two multi-page documents on our website, one for beginners and the other for the more knowledgeable, are free to download for private use.

Our Photographic Competition continues to add value, focusing upon heraldry as a source of pleasure and enlightenment. We have also begun to reach out to photographic clubs and societies, to encourage amateur photographers who might not be familiar with heraldry, to submit their relevant photographs to the competition.

We support and encourage applications from regional societies seeking grants for their activities.

The Council has established an Education and Examinations Sub-Committee and we seek practical suggestions and contributions from our members to improve our educational work.

THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL HERALDRY AND GENEALOGY CONGRESS

The International Heraldry and Genealogy Congress is planned to be held in Cambridge in 2022 under the Presidency of our Trustee, the Principal Emeritus of the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies, Dr Richard Baker. The Society has made a grant towards the cost of the Congress and will support it with enthusiasm.

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Charity and company law require the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Society, and of the income and expenditure for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Society, and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible

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for safeguarding the assets of the Society and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

RISKS AND STRATEGY

The Trustees have considered the main risks which the Society faces and have taken appropriate action to reduce them where possible and to mitigate their potential effect. The risks are largely operational, and are managed by relevant measures, for example to protect the Society’s funds and other assets and to ensure that new publications are of a high standard.

The Council of Trustees has reviewed its own governance of the Society and seeks to ensure that it is able to provide the necessary direction and control and to organise succession.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Society’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities SORP (FRS 102), effective January 2019.

Results for the year ended 31 March 2021

Subscription and donation income

Subscription income, including Gift Aid accrued, was £41,260 (2020: £30,346).

Gift aid has been accrued up to 31 March 2021. Due to the accrual nature of the accounts, the majority of the subscription income recorded in the March 2021 accounts relates to the membership year/calendar year 2020.

In June 2020 we received a generous legacy of £5,000 under the will of one of the Society’s oldest serving members, Edward (Ted) Lawrence KStJ, who joined the Society soon after its formation.

Event income and costs

Other than the Christmas quiz – which raised £500 for St John Ambulance – we did not put on any paidfor events during the year. As such, there was no event income.

However, since we did not put on any physical events, our costs associated with (free) events were reduced significantly compared to prior years.

Surplus for the year

The surplus for the year was £24,165 (2020: loss £821). The 2021 surplus exists principally because of the increase in membership fees with effect from 1 January 2020 and the significant reduction in event costs.

Reserves

Restricted Fund: the Kirby Special Projects Fund is money given by the Kirby family and their Trusts, for projects whose aim is the advancement of heraldry.

Unrestricted Fund: at 31 March 2021 the balance on the General Reserve amounts to £80,939 (2020: £56,774).

In the view of the Trustees there is adequate cash in the unrestricted and restricted funds to meet the Society’s obligations.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Elizabeth Irvine FCA, of WMT Chartered Accountants, is willing to seek reappointment as the independent examiner.

The above Report has been prepared in accordance with SORP 2015 and the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. It represents a Directors Report as required by s417 of the Companies Act 2006.

The annual report and financial statements were approved by the Council on 13 September 2021.

By Order of the Council

J J Tunesi of Liongam, Hon. Secretary

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE HERALDRY SOCIETY

I report to the Trustees (who are also Directors for the purpose of company law) on my examination of the financial statements of The Heraldry Society (‘the charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and related notes.

This report is made solely to the Trustees of the charitable company, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Trustees of the charitable company those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable Company and its Trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Trustees of a charitable company you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charitable company’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’) and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements present a ‘true and fair’ view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Elizabeth Irvine FCA

WMT - Chartered Accountants Verulam Point St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 5HE

Date: 12 November 2021

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Statement of Financial Activities including an Income and Expenditure Account

Year Ended 31 March 2021

Notes 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020
restricted unrestricted total restricted unrestricted 2020 total
funds funds funds funds
£ £ £ £ £ £
Income
Members’ subscriptions including
Gift Aid		 41,260 41,260 30,346 30,346
Donations and legacies 5,650 5,650 0 0
Lecture sponsorship income 450 450 450 450
Event income 500 500 6,100 6,100
Books, merchandise, advertising
and other income		 6,337 6,337 4,544 4,544
Interest income 827 540 1,367 633 336 969
Total income 827 54,737 55,564 633 41,776 42,409
Expenditure
Costs of free events (140) (140) 4,458 4,458
Costs of fundraising event 1,165 1,165 5,823 5,823
Printing and posting of
publications		 3.1 14,035 14,035 15,035 15,035
Grants and prizes 827 1,023 1,850 633 751 1,384
Administrative costs 3.2 14,489 14,489 16,530 16,530
Total expenditure 827 30,572 31,399 633 42,597 43,230
Net movement in funds for the 0 24,165 24,165 0 (821) (821)
year
Reconciliation of funds
Funds as at start of period 50,000 56,774 106,774 50,000 57,595 107,595
Funds as at end of period 50,000 80,939 130,939 50,000 56,774 106,774

The “restricted funds” amount above related to the Kirby Fund.

All operations are continuing.

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Balance Sheet

At 31 March 2021

GBP Notes
Account		 31 Mar
2021
31 Mar
2020
Fixed Assets £
£
5
Intangible fixed assets		 0
2,770
6
Heritage assets		 1,485
1,893
Total Fixed Assets
Current Assets		 1,485
4,663
Cash at bank and in hand 156,084
130,854
7
Debtors and prepayments		 1,002
5,598
Gift Aid receivable 4,039
0
Total Current
Assets
Liabilities		 161,125
136,452
Funds 8
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year		 31,671
34,341
Net Current Assets (Liabilities) 129,454
102,111
Total Assets less Current
Liabilities		 130,939
106,774
Net Assets 130,939
106,774
General fund 80,939
56,774
Kirby Fund 50,000
50,000
Total Funds 130,939
106,774

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Balance Sheet (Continued)

At 31 March 2021

The Society is entitled to exemption from audit under the provisions of Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. No notice has been given under Section 476 of that Act requiring an audit to be carried out.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small company regime.

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Section 386 Companies Act 2006; and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial period and of its statement of financial activities for the period in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 Companies Act 2006 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to accounts.

Under the Companies Act 2006 s454, on a voluntary basis, the Trustees can amend the financial statements if they subsequently prove to be defective.

Approved by the Trustees and signed on its behalf on 8 November 2021.

………………………………………………….. J J Tunesi of Liongam Trustee and Honorary Secretary

…………………………………………….. Colin Lafferty-Smith CA Trustee and Honorary Treasurer

The notes on pages 11 to 15 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 March 2021

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the SORP FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’, Companies Act 2006 and FRC Abstracts.

The Heraldry Society meets the definition of a public benefit entity.

Preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported as assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported as revenues and expenses during the year. Actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. No judgements made have had a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Fixed Assets

The cost of the website, an intangible fixed asset, is being written off equally over three years.

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Website and computer equipment 33% of cost Library 5% of cost

The Society’s slide collection is included at a nominal value of £1 because, in the opinion of the Council, it has no resale value.

Stock

The Society’s stock of publications for resale varies from the very old to the new, but it is all specialist in nature and is held or has been donated primarily to further public education rather than to generate income. Consequently, the Trustees consider that its realisable value should be regarded as negligible.

Income – Subscriptions

Income is recognised once the Society has entitlement to it, it is probable that it will be received, and its amount can be measured reliably. Annual membership subscriptions (which are also magazine subscriptions) are due on 1 January in each year for the ensuing calendar year but are only recognised when received in cash, 75% of the subscription cash receipts between January and March being carried forward for the credit of the next financial year and included in creditors as income in advance.

The final balance relating to life membership subscriptions was credited to income in 2020, twelve years after the last life subscriptions were received. The Society does not currently offer life membership.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 March 2021

Financial instruments

The Society only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets like trade and other debtors and creditors. Financial instruments are initially measured at transaction value. They are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statements of Financial Activities.

Cash at bank would (if there were such investments) include short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account, if any.

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the Society has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Such financial liabilities are recognised at cost, no amortisation being necessary.

Funds

SORP 2015 requires the financial statements to show the funds of the Society divided into unrestricted income funds, income funds which are restricted as to their use, and capital funds. Unrestricted funds include those which have been designated for specific purposes by the charity itself. Restricted funds are those donated for specific purposes.

The Society’s funds are classified as follows:

Unrestricted Funds:

General Reserve – represents undesignated income funds retained which provide the working capital to enable the Society to carry out its activities.

Restricted Funds:

The Kirby Special Projects Fund represents a capital sum of £50,000 donated by the Kirby family and their Trusts in around 1989 for projects whose aim is the advancement of heraldry. Whilst there is no formal documentation available relating to this gift, it has been - and continues to be – treated and accounted for as a restricted fund. Only income earned by the Fund had been spent.

Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. The nature of estimation means that the actual outcomes could differ from those estimates.

2. Status

The Society is a company registered in England under the Companies Act 2006 and is recognised under The Charities Act 2011. It is limited by guarantee with no share capital. Its income is mainly subscriptions from members in the UK and overseas. The surplus for the year is attributable to UK activities.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 March 2021

3. Resources expended

2021
2020		 2021
2020		 2021
2020
£
£
3.1. Printing andposting publications
Printing and posting publications issued to members
Printing and posting_The Coat of Arms_journal 7,550
4,964
Printing and posting the_Heraldry Gazette_ 6,201
3,664
Printing other publications 0
(2,180)
Postage & distribution of other publications 284
8,587
Total Printing and posting publications
issued to members		 14,035
15,035
2021
2020
3.2. Administrative expenses
Governance
Independent examination & accountancy fees 2,113
1,920
Travel - Trustees
Other administrative costs		 109
785
Insurance 464
673
Website, IT Software and Consumables 1,547
1,082
Storage 3,878
3,775
Secretariat and general office costs 2,604
4,120
Subscriptions paid 30
267
Depreciation 3,178
3,245
Finance costs 566
453
Family Tree Live 0
210
Total administrative expenses 14,489
16,530

4. Payments to Trustees (members of Council) and Related party transactions

No remuneration was paid to any Trustee in the year (2020: nil). There were no related party transactions in the year (2020: none).

Payments were made to one (2020: four) Trustee to reimburse them for travel expenses.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 March 2021

5. Intangible fixed assets

Website
£
Cost:
At 1 April 2020 8,310
Additions ____-
At 31 March 2021 8,310
Depreciation:
At 1 April 2020 5,540
Charge for year 2,770
At 31 March 2021 8,310
Net book value
At 31 March 2021 £0
At 31 March 2000 £2,770

6. Tangible & Heritage assets

Tangible assets Heritage assets
Computer Slide
Equipment Library Collection
£ £ £
Cost:
At 1 April 2020 409 8,169 773
Additions ___- ____- ___-
At 31 March 2021 _409 8,169 773
Depreciation
At 1 April 2020 409 6,277 772
Charge for year _- __408 __-
At 31 March 2021 409 6,685 772
Net book value
At 31 March 2021 £0 £1,484 £1
At 31 March 2020 £0 £1,892 £1

The Society’s Educational Library, a heritage asset, is properly conserved and fully catalogued. Supervised access is available to the public upon application with notice. Most of the library is now kept in the pro bono custody of The Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, though some books are kept at the Society of Antiquaries, London. The Director of the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies, Dr Richard Baker, is a Trustee of the Society.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 March 2021

7. Debtors and prepayments

2021 2020
£ £
Debtors andprepayments
Accrued interest income receivable 0 858
Prepayments 1,002 4,740
Total Debtors and prepayments 1,002 5,598

8. Creditors

2021 2020
£ £
Creditors
Subscription income in advance 23,197 24,580
Event income received in advance 0 500
Standing orders from lapsed
members		 1,100 1,100
Provisions for printing committed not
yet done		 4,001 5,956
Accruals and accounts payable 3,373 2,205
Total Creditors 31,671 34,341

9. Analysis of net assets between funds

Fixed
Assets
£
Unrestricted Funds
General Reserve
1,485
Restricted Funds
Kirby Special Projects
Fund
-
£1,485		 Cash at
Bank
£
Other Net
Current
Liabilities
£
106,084
(26,630)
__50,000
____-
£156,084
£(26,630)		 Total
March
2021
£
80,939
__50,000
£130,939		 Total
March
2020
£
56,774
__50,000
£106,774

Details of the funds are in note 1.

10. Capital commitments and contingent liabilities

There were no capital commitments or contingent liabilities at 31 March 2021 (2020: none).

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND OTHER VOLUNTEER OFFICERS

Clive Alexander

Clive trained as a teacher and later obtained a post Graduate Certificate in Craft Design and Technology. Early interest in heraldry was inspired when in 1953 all Essex schoolchildren were given a colourful book ‘Royalty in Essex’. Clive was instrumental in the revision and republication of the ‘Walthamstow Armorial’, first published in 1932 by the Walthamstow Antiquarian Society. Trustee since 2011, responsible for organising the Society’s Corporate Heraldry award and its Photographic Competition.

Steven Ashley FSA

Steven is Senior Finds Archaeologist for the Norfolk Historic Environment Service and has worked on excavations and surveys across Europe and the Middle East over the past 30 years and more. He has published widely. He is past Chairman of the Norfolk Heraldry Society and was awarded the Diploma of the Heraldry Society in 1999. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an Associate of the Académie Internationale d’Héraldique. Trustee since 2011, Chairman 2015-2017. Steven is the Trustee responsible for the Society’s publications programme.

Dr Richard Baker

With a PhD in biochemistry, Richard worked in the pharmaceutical industry until he joined the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury in 1988. At the Institute he taught family history and heraldry, and led the Institute’s research into inherited diseases. He became the Institute’s Vice-Principal in 2004 and Principal in 2010 and Principal Emeritus since his retirement in 2020. He is an Academician of the Académie Internationale d’Héraldique and President of the International Federation of Schools of Family History. He became a Trustee of the Society in 2013, being Programme Secretary until 2016. Richard is the Trustee responsible for the Society’s Examinations programme. In a personal capacity, Richard is the President of The International Heraldry and Genealogy Congress to be held in Cambridge in 2022.

Graham Bartram FFI

Graham became interested in flags and heraldry when, at age 9, he became the Scottish High Commissioner in Ghana and asked his mum to make a Scottish Saltire for the residence's flagpole! Forty-six years later he is the Chief Vexillologist of the Flag Institute, Secretary-General for Congresses of FIAV (the international flag body), protocol advisor to HM Government, HM Armed Forces and the United Nations and author of British Flags & Emblems and Flying Flags in the United Kingdom . He is also a professional web developer. He has been a Trustee since 2017 and works with Andrew Gray on the Society’s website and email systems.

Martin Davies Hon FHS

Martin is Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and a Liveryman of the Scriveners’ Company. He qualified as a Barrister and pursued a legal career with the Director of Public Prosecutions and in financial services regulation. He has been a member of the Society for nearly 50 years, has previously served on Council and has lectured and written for the Society’s publications.

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND OTHER VOLUNTEER OFFICERS (cont’d)

Michael Fowle CBE FCA

Chartered accountant. A member of the Society since the 1950s, 1962 President of CUHAGS, then a long break from heraldry. Many years ago Michael was senior partner of KPMG London, since being a building society and bank director and trustee of a number of charities, large and small (including The Priory of England and the Islands of The Venerable Order of St. John). He became a Trustee and Treasurer in 2016 and demitted office as Treasurer at the annual general meeting in November 2020.

Dr Paul A Fox FSA, FHS

Appointed as editor of the Coat of Arms in 2017 in succession to Clive Cheesman, being responsible for the New Series, the first volume being published in September 2018. Previously a long serving member of Council and former Chairman of the Society. Took early retirement as a consultant physician and university lecturer in 2017 in order to focus on heraldic research and lecturing, to complete his first book on heraldry, and to see it through to publication. In a personal capacity, Paul is the Secretary of The International Heraldry and Genealogy Congress to be held in Cambridge in 2022.

Dr Andrew Gray FHS

A keen armorist at school and university, Andrew took up armory again after 30 years with Shell, embarking on a campaign, now all but complete, to furnish Hatchments in Britain with a complete library of photographic images. This work has diversified into the Heraldry Archive, which aims to digitise the scattered records of armorial scholarship and put them at everyone’s fingertips. Trustee since 2011 and responsible for the Society’s Image Library and its website.

Robert Harrison Hon FHS

For many years Robert worked in the House of Lords. He is the Deputy Director of Ceremonies of The Venerable Order of St. John (Priory of England and the Islands) and Assistant Secretary of the Association of Lord-Lieutenants. A member of the Heraldry Society since the early 1970s, a Trustee from 1990 to 1999, at various times serving as Programme Secretary, member of the Development Committee, member of the Fellowship committee, website co-ordinator, and Deputy Chairman. He became a Trustee again in 2017 and Chairman 2019. As Chairman Robert is responsible for leading the Council of Trustees and for the over-all well-being and risk management of the charity as it seeks to fulfil its objects in the public interest while remaining financially sound.

Paul Jagger FBCS

A Court Assistant of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ and author of The City of London Freeman’s Guide, Paul’s interests are at the intersection of technology and tradition. He is a senior managing consultant at IBM, specialising in cognitive digital learning. He lectures at the Judge Business School (Cambridge University) and City University (London) on Information Security and Professional Development in the IT industry. Not content with lecturing on IT topics he is an Accredited Arts Society lecturer on the Treasures and Heraldry of the City of London’s Livery Companies. Paul is an advocate of equality in the inheritance and display of armorial bearings – a reforming traditionalist who believes in inclusion and operates at the vanguard of the 21st century.

Colin Lafferty-Smith CA

Colin is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser practicing with a 'Big 4' firm in London. He is a member of the finance committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London and was, until March 2021, the treasurer of the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery. His interest in heraldry was sparked by reading Simple Heraldry: Cheerfully Illustrated whilst at school. Colin joined the Society in 2018 and was appointed Honorary Treasurer in November 2020.

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND OTHER VOLUNTEER OFFICERS (cont’d)

Peter O’Donoghue FSA

Peter, York Herald since 2012, is a genealogist and researcher, becoming Bluemantle Pursuivant in 2005. He was Joint Editor of The Coat of Arms from the 2005 retirement of the late John BrookeLittle (Clarenceux King of Arms, the Society’s founder) to 2016. He became a Trustee in 2017, responsible for the Society’s relationship with the College of Arms. He became Deputy Chairman in 2020.

David Llewelyn Phillips

David, the Society’s Programme Secretary since May 2019 and a Trustee from September 2019, is an architectural designer. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, he has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in both fine art and architecture. He first joined the Heraldry Society in 1982. In particular he is interested in heraldry on church memorials and in Japanese heraldry.

John Titterton FSA FHS

John studied Electrical Engineering at Imperial College and worked in the Electricity Supply industry for 40 years. Boutell’s Heraldry in the school library aroused his interest initially. In 1975 he discovered The Chiltern Heraldry Group and thereby met Peter Summers. John assisted Peter with the Hatchments in Britain series to its completion in 1993. In the 1990s John served on the Heraldry Society council, managed the bookstall and was Managing Editor of the Coat of Arms . He and David Krause established the biannual congress. He is a keen supporter of local societies, founding the Oxford Heraldry Group and serving 15 years as Programme Secretary of the Cheshire Heraldry Society. He researches on and has spoken and published articles and booklets about heraldry. His other interests include family history and he has a MA in Local History and Archaeology.

Jane Tunesi of Liongam Hon FHS, QG

Jane, a Chartered Librarian and Qualified Genealogist with an MSt in Local and Regional History from the University of Cambridge (St Catharine’s College), was for 16 years the Assistant Librarian at The College of Arms. She is now a Curriculum Administrator at North Hertfordshire College and a part time tutor of family history in the community. Editor of The Heraldry Gazette and Hon. Librarian and Bookshop Manager from 2013, Jane has also been Membership Secretary since 2016.

John Tunesi of Liongam FSA Scot, Hon FHS, QG

An MSc in Advanced Professional Studies (Genealogical Studies) of the University of Strathclyde, John is a professional genealogist and researcher in archives and was a research assistant at the College of Arms from 1987 to 1996 and served as Factor to Garter Principal King of Arms (Sir Conrad Swan) 1992 - 95. He is also the Archivist of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners. John has been our Honorary Secretary and a Trustee since 2009. As Secretary, John is effectively the Society’s volunteer chief executive.

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