Charity registration number- 251851 The British Agricultural History Society Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 Peplows Itd Moorgate House King Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2LG
Thg Britlsh Agricuiturnl Hlstory Soci?tyAnnual Reportlorthe FinancialYè8r 1 February2022 to 31 Janu•ry2024 Charity Number 251851 Report of theTrustee¥ on Activities durtngthe FinanclalYe8r Objècts ofthe Soclety Thè Society exists to promote the Studyof agricultural history and thÈ history of rural gconomy and society. It does this through th8 publication of its biannualjournal The Agricultural History Review. and its newsletter. Rural HistoryToday. and by holding at least conferences 8aeh year. These activities are contained in the Society's constitution adopted at its foundation in 1953, and subsequently modified at the Society'sAnnu8LGeneral Meetings in 2000 and 2016 Publishing This Continues to be the principal me8n$ by which the SocietyfulfiL8 its objectives. The Society published tr40 issues ofThe AgTicultural History Review. Volume 71 120231 in June and january. Back numbers of the Review are freely available to ailvia thg website. three ye8rs in arrears. The Society also pubtished issues of the newsletter Rur81 HistoryToday, which is widely distributed beyond the membe¥ship of the Society and is freely available to all on the BAHS website. The website 8iso. amongst other things. hosts LIBRAL (Library of Irish and British Rur8l8nd Agricultural Literaturel, whi¢h provides directfree access to digitized Itterature on the Slsbject. Duringthe year £1.631 w8$ spent on UBRALdevelopment. scanning a wid$ range of works. Grants The &)¢iety offers grants to individuals. societies, and institutions in the furtherance of its object8. Duringthe year, 8n award 01 £500 was taken up. Joan Thirsk Memorial prlze awards tot81in8 É1.000 were rFi8de duiingthe year as part ofthe nomialoperation8 ofthe Society. Membgr$hlp The number of individual m&mbers fell slightly. Hoydever. the number of institutional memb8r8 has Temained stable. Most new members continue tojoin through the website. paying by P8yP81. ElectTollic 8ccess to the Rwewvia Ingenta is provided freé lor individual rnembers and institutional subscrib8is (Ingenta's costs are treated as partofthe Production and Despatch of the R9viewl.
A¢eount$forth¥Yar to 31 J•nu•ry 2024 The Society made a surplus of £17.726 in the year compared Vdith a small loss of £810 in 2022-23. Compared with the previous ytsar. 8ubscriptions were up by £1,332 and journal sales by £8,096. The loss on the Spring Conterence was lowerthan in the previous y98r, £1.266 comp8r6d wtth £2,842 in 2022-23. Total expendtture forthe year1£33.2271 vms broadlycomparable with th& previous year1£34,3081. Unrealized movements in investments Showed a surplus on th8 previousyear, £2.482 compar8d with a ios8 of £4,853 in 2022-23. lknfall. the Society is in a healthy position. with sorne £147.418 of cash and investmenis 8t currenivalues1£127.210 in 2022-2231. Reserves Polley The Society's policy is. taking one yearwith the next, to spend the income it receives in pursuit of its objective$. while setting 8$ide any $urplu3es to cover future projects. and to generate fvturg income to support thg society's grants and awards. The Society has no Restricted Fund8. Its Unrestricted Funds currentlystand at £147.418 out of which two Designated Funds have bèen set aside by theTrustees. as follows: D8$lgnatod ProJ¢ty and Inltlatlvts¥ Fund Currently standing at £28.9 this is set 8side to Payfor new and continuing activities which Cannot readily be funded from in-yoar revenue. Expenditure from this fijnd is at the discretion of the Tru8tees. Rèsèareh and Grants Fund Currently standing at £43.501. this is iniended to be an investmentfund, the income from whlch will be used for the provision of grdnts donations to support new research, and events such 88 conferences. awards. and publications in the Society's area of agricultural and rural history. Unrobtricted, Undesignat The balance of our reserves stand8 at E75.008. equivalentto signiticantly moreth8n on&year's current expenditure. It IS the intention of the Trustees to aim to m8int8in this fvnd at 8 level 8ulficient to cover seasonal and unexpected ftuctuation$ between income and expenditure. withoLrt havingto sell any of our investments. which might incur 8ignrficant losses. Signgd on behalf of the Ch8rWs Tnjstees Dr D¢Tok B Shepherd-Tru¥tee
The Brltlsh Agricultural Hlstory Society Annual Report for the Financial Year l February2023 to 31 January 2024 Charity Number 251851 Reference and Administrative Detalls Contart Addre55 8rit15h Agricultural Society Department of History Universlty of Exeter Amory Building Rennes Drive Exeter EX4 4RJ Bankers Lloyds Bank plt 1-2 Market Place Reading RGI 2EQ Examlner Mr Michael Oenoon Young FG4 Moorgate House King Street Nevrton Abbot Devon TQ12 2LG Executive Committee (Trustees) at year-end Prof Karen Sayer DPhhl Dr Sarah Holland Professor Nicola Verdo Dr Sarnantha Shave BA MSC PhD Dr Derek Shepherd Dr Alex Spike Gibbs Professor Abigail Woods Dr Danae Tankard Professor Jordan aaridge Professor Annie Tindley Dr John Morgan Dr Paul Simon Warde Professor John Frederick Martin Rebecca Ford EC Chair EC Deputy Chair President Trustee Treas¢Jrer Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee
The British A8rfcultural Hlstory Society Annual Report for the Flnancial Year l February 2023 to 31 January 2024 Charlty Number 251851 Statement of assets and liabillties at 31 January 2024 202>24 2022-23 CURRENT ASSETS Treasurerfs Account M&G Charibond CAF Income Fund COIF Charftles Ethi¢81 InVestrnentA(ul Sl. James Hace- Unit Trust 32.045 42.963 17,084 28. 26.417 14.319 41,458 19.032 27,234 25,167 147,418 127,210 Less= CURRENT UABILITIES Joan ThirskAward Fund TQTAL ASSETS less CURRENT LIABILITtES 147.418 127,210 RESERVES a5 at 31 January 2023 127,210 132,873 Excess of Incorne over Expenses for the year Sum of unrealised 8ainsllosses on Investments RESERVES as at 31 January 2024 17.726 2,482 147,418 18101 14,8531 127.210 Represented by. Restricted Re5erve5 Designated ReseNes Research & Grants Fund Projects & Inittatives Fund Unrestricted. Urtdesignated Funds 43.501 28,909 75,008 147A18 44.199 27,234 55,777 127,210 The attounts were approved by the trustees. and authorised for issue and signed on their behalf by.. Dr Derek B Shepherd-Trusteè Date:
The Britlsh Agricultural History Society Annual Report for the Financial Year l February 2023 to 31 January 2024 Charity Number 251851 Reciepts and payments accourt for the year ended 31 January 2024 202>24 2022-23 INCOME Subscriptions Joumal Sales Sale5 of Back Issues & Publications Royalties Gold Access Gift Aid RefLJnd Donations 11,840 28.648 45 3,371 1,700 4,954 10,508 20.552 102 3,332 20 50.558 34,514 Sprlng conferen Fees Le5S Spring Conference Expenses 4.020 15,2861 12,8421 11,2661 12,8421 Winter Conference Fees Less Winter confence Expenses 453 17141 646 16081 12611 38 Interest Income CCLA Investment Interest on COIF Deposit Irstere5t on St James Place Fund 209 617 1,096 820 968 1.922 1.788 Totsl income 50.953 33,498 Total Expendlture as below 133.2271 134,3081 Net operdtlng (Deficit) I Surplus 17.726 18101
The British Agricultural History Society Annual Report for the Financial Year l February 2023 to 31 January 2024 Charity Number 251851 Reciepts and payments account forthe year ended 31 January 2024 (Cont.) 202>24 2022-23 EXPENDITURE Production and Despatch Rewew Rural HistoryToday Joan Thirsk award Executive Committee Expenses Editors Remuneration Assistant Treasurers, Fees Exarniner5 Fee Office Costs Casual Labour Website Maintenance Paypal Management New51etters and other Mailin8S Insurance Paypal charges 8ALH Subscription EHIO Subscription Research Grants LÉbral Development 20.SS5 2,933 15,544 4.662 500 195 3,807 2.403 200 792 500 2.517 639 5CQ 1,042 546 335 53 75 534 1,631 4,162 Totsl Expendlture 33,227 34.308 UnrèalisÈd movements in Investments M & G Charifund Loss/Gain CAF Income Fvnd Loss/Gain COIF Income Fund Loss/Gain St James Place Unit Trust LosslGain 1,505 11.9481 1,675 1.250 1482 1841 1,026 11,2951 14,5001 14.8S31
The BrStish Agricultural History Society Annual Report lor the Financial Year l February 2023 to 31 January 2024 Charity Number 251851 Independent Exarninerfs Report to the Trustee5 of The Brftlsh Agricultural History Society I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2024. Responslbilities and basls of report As the charitws trustees you are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Att 20111.the ACVI. I report in respert of my examination of the chariws accounts carried out under sertion 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Art. Independent examiner's Statement I have Completed rny examination. I confirrn that no material matters have come to my attention In connertion with the examination givin8 me cause to believe that in any material respect: accountln8 records were not kept in respett of the charity as requlred by sertioft 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord wlth those records. I have no concerns and have come acros5 no other matters in connection wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Michael Young FCA Independent Examiner Peplows Ltd Moorgate House King Street Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 2LG Date: L{,, |IoL