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2021-03-31-accounts

Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited

Directors’ report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 Company registration number 904293

Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited Directors’ report and financial statements 31 March 2021

Contents

Page Company information Directors’ report Statement of Directors’ responsibilities Independent auditor’s report Statement of financial activities incorporating income and expenditure account 12 Balance sheet 13 Statement of cash flows 14 Notes to the financial statements 15

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Company information

Company information
Patron HRH The Prince of Wales
President Earl Percy
Vice presidents Col HFO Bewsher
Mr A Wallace
Hon Mrs SV Lopes
The Marquess of Hamilton
Directors Mr RP Douglas Miller (Chairman)
Mr O Reeve
Mr P Landale
Mr PA Rippin
Mr RHM Chaplin
Mr W Browne-Swinburne
Mr GT Wilson
Mr RA Scott-Dempster
Mr W Davies
Mr H Eiriksson
Mr T Leslie - Resigned 10/12/2020
Ms L Irwin - Appointed 05/02/2021
Company secretary Mr MA Bilsby
Registered office Fishmongers’ Hall
London
EC4R 9EL
Principal office Battleby House
Perth
PH1 3EW
Auditors Henderson Loggie LLP
Chartered Accountants
11-15 Thistle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1DF
Bankers The Bank of Scotland
76 Atholl Road
Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH16 5BW
Solicitors Gillespie Macandrew
5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ
Investment managers Waverton Investment Management Limited
16 Babmaes Street
London
SW1Y 6AH
Company registration number 904293
Registered charity number 252742
Scottish charity number SC037902

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Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited Directors’ report and financial statements 31 March 2021

Directors’ report

The Directors have pleasure in submitting the annual report and financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021.

The company information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. This report is prepared in accordance with the recommendations of 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) and in accordance with applicable law.

Structure, governance and management

Legal and administrative information

The SORP issued by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales requires certain legal and other administrative information to be supplied by Directors of registered charities as part of their annual report. This information is detailed below, or is included elsewhere in the report.

Recruitment is by invitation, dependent upon skills, talent, expertise and experience, following approval by the Board. New Directors are provided with the Charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, and given open access to the activities and personnel of the Trust.

The names of the Directors at the date of this report are shown on page 1.

During the year and to the date of this report the following directors were appointed and resigned.

Appointments Ms L Irwin 5[th] February 2021

Resignations Mr T Leslie 10[th] December 2020

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Directors’ report (continued)

Structure, governance and management (continued)

Legal and administrative information (continued)

Objectives of the Trust

As stated in the company’s Memorandum and Articles, the principal objectives of Atlantic Salmon Trust are to promote the conservation and improvement of wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout stocks, in the countries bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, for the public benefit. In pursuance of this objective, the Trust promotes, encourages and directly finances practical scientific research, arranges workshops and international conferences, and publishes booklets and reports on matters of scientific interest concerning wild salmon and sea trout. It works for better fishery management at all levels, drawing particular dangers and problems to the attention of the appropriate authorities, and offering advice to Government Ministers and their Departments, and to the inter-Governmental North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation, whose meetings the Trust attends as an accredited Non-Governmental Organisation.

Activities of the Trust

Research Activities of the Trust

Over the last three years the Trust has focused research efforts into three strategic projects: (1) The Likely Suspects Framework, (2) Moray Firth Tracking Project and (3) West Coast Tracking Project. To enable these projects to proceed at scale the Trust has formed a voluntary alliance – the Missing Salmon Alliance, with the Game and Wildlife Trust, Angling Trust, Fisheries Management Scotland and the Rivers Trust. This alliance facilitates the Trust in delivering the charitable aims of these projects.

Whilst these three projects have formed the majority of the project work for the Trust the organisation has also developed the core funding stream to ensure that there is a strong financial footing for the organisation.

The Covid pandemic at the start of the financial year in 2020 delayed many of the field-based activities of the Trust. This delay permitted the time to review and focus the research projects in preparation for recommencing full field activities in winter 2020.

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Directors’ report (continued)

Activities of the Trust (continued)

Likely Suspects Framework

This project is being delivered on behalf of the Missing Salmon Alliance. The Likely Suspects Framework (LSF) is a statistical framework to partition salmon mortality into domains and understand the nature and scale of the causes of this mortality. This is with the clear ambition of understanding what is causing the overall decline in salmon stocks, which of these factors are manageable and providing relevant support to fishery managers and policy makers.

Moray Firth Tracking Project

The Moray Firth Tracking project is an ambitious three-year programme of research to understand the fate of juvenile salmon and sea trout as they migrate down the main stems of their natal catchment and out to sea. Due to the pandemic the bulk of the second year of the project was delayed until January 2021, with a focus on identifying why the young salmonids were dying. This was a largescale regional scale project, involving seven rivers and the acoustic tagging of an additional 800 salmon smolts, along with the deployment of acoustic receivers in the rivers and coastal zone. As part of this project a collaborative study was developed and piloted with University College Dublin to use environmental DNA to understand predator/prey interactions across the Moray Firth.

West Coast Tracking Project

The West Coast Tracking Project will advance our understanding of the coastal distribution of salmon and sea trout smolts across the west coast of Scotland. Through understanding the migratory pathways of young salmonids these wild fish can be better protected as they head through our coastal waters. The project is a partnership with Fisheries Management Scotland and Marine Scotland. In 2020 the project prepared to trap and tag salmon with acoustic transmitters from ten rivers across the whole of the west coast of Scotland and deploy suitable receivers so that their migratory pathways can be established.

Project Support

As well as preparing to undertake its own research projects the Trust provides assistance to other organisations who apply for funding towards activities that are in-line with the objectives of the AST. In the financial year ending March 31st 2021 the Trust funded or supported projects in two areas (1) Education and Out Reach and (2) Research:

(1) Education & Outreach

2019 was the first and main year of the International Year of the Salmon – This three year long event is aimed at connecting members of the public with salmon conservation and promoting greater partnership working between groups in the Atlantic and Pacific. The Trust has played an active role in this at both national and international levels.

NowPAS – International workshop of for young researchers on anadromous salmoninds. The Trust continues to support this initiative to bring together researchers at the start of their careers to develop their networking and academic skills. The pandemic meant that the NowPAS conference was held online in 2020.

(2) Research

Sea Trout and Salmon Sex Ratio project – Exeter University. Financial support was provided to Exeter University to quantify the make-up of the migratory salmonid population on the River Tamar, to better populate life history models

Funding

Funds are the life blood of the Trust and the 2020-2021 financial year was a key period for fundraising to enable both the core activities of the Trust and allow for the development of our tracking projects. This was against the backdrop of the pandemic.

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Directors’ report (continued)

Core Fund Raising

Presidents Club

The Presidents Club continued to grow during the financial year, with members contributing a minimum of £5,000 per year, with a five-year commitment.

Salmon Club

The Trust launched the Salmon Club in March 2019 to provide an entry point into supporting the organisation and salmon conservation, each contributing £250 to the organisation.

Auction

For 2020 the auction was revitalised, utilising both traditional and social media to reach out to a greater audience. It also saw a development of our relationship with Field Sports Journal to promote the auction and the wider activities of the Trust. This improved the revenue stream from the auction and established it as a significant contributor to Trust income.

Project Fund Raising

The Trust set itself a target of raising £1.8 million of both financial and “in-kind” donations to enable the projects to proceed and core finances maintained. Through the kind generosity of partners and donor this allowed for the continued delivery of the projects, despite the limitations imposed due to working restrictions arising out of the pandemic.

Directors induction and training

The Directors have considered a policy on Director Induction and training prior to new Directors being approached. This includes awareness of a Director’s responsibilities, the governing document, administrative procedures and the history and philosophical approach of the Trust. A new Director receives copies of the previous year’s financial statements, minutes of Directors meetings and a copy of the OSCR leaflet “Guidance for Charity Trustees - acting with care and diligence.” All Directors are required to complete a Declaration of Interest form, annually, to ensure transparency.

Risk Management

A significant risk facing the Trust is the fluctuating levels of donations and legacies received to support core functions. This is being addressed through diversifying the income streams for the Trust through the development of the Presidents Club, Salmon Club and auction, as well as raising the profile of the organisation to attract more donations.

The Directors consider variability of investment returns to constitute one of the Trust’s major financial risks. This is mitigated by retaining expert investment managers and having a diversified investment portfolio.

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on AST during the year was in relation to:

At this stage, it is not envisioned that Brexit will have a direct impact on the Trust, however the charity’s partners are likely to be impacted with their exclusion from European funding routes. It is not yet known if this funding will be matched elsewhere.

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Directors’ report (continued)

Key Management

Mr Mark Bilsby is the key personnel of the Trust, in charge of delivering the operations of the organisation on a day to day basis. Remuneration of key management is set annually by the Trustees ahead of the new financial year, following staff appraisals. Details of key management personnel remuneration are disclosed in note 8 to the financial statements. All other directors give their time freely.

Plans for the future

Core

The Trust will continue to diversify its sources of income to ensure that the core aims of the Trust can be met and adequately resourced.

Projects

Likely Suspects Framework

The LSF will be subject to a review in 2021 and the publication of a five year strategy for delivery and funding of this work.

Moray Firth Tracking Project

The successful delivery of year two of The Moray Firth Tracking project is a key target for the Trust in both operational and financial terms. This will lead to the final round of investment in this research programme during the financial year ending March 2023.

The West Coast Tracking Project

The first year of three tracking salmon and sea trout at sea will be completed in 2021. This information will be used to inform the protection of wild salmonids from inappropriate offshore developments.

Project Laxford

A partnership with Grosvenor Estates will establish a ten-year project to restore the Laxford catchment in north-west Sutherland and establish a detailed monitoring programme to guide and evaluate this restoration of salmon and sea trout stocks. A key part of this programme will be to ensure knowledge transfer to similar catchments and establish the Laxford as an index river that can be used to inform the status of wild salmonid stocks in the UK.

Related parties

Related party transactions are identified with notes 8 and 17 of the financial statements.

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Directors’ report (continued)

Financial review

Investment performance

The Trust aims to maximize the total investment return within the objective of maintaining income and the real value of its invested funds, while ensuring that sufficient cash is available to meet the needs of project funding.

Financial review

Statement of disclosure of information to auditor

The Directors of the company confirm that:

Small company exemptions

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

Signed on behalf of the Directors.

Mr RP Douglas Miller Chairman

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Statement of directors’ responsibilities

The Directors (who are also the trustees of the charitable company for the purposes of charitable law) are responsible for the preparation of the Directors’ Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Law applicable to incorporated charities in Scotland requires the Directors to prepare an annual report and financial statements for each financial year in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the year and of its financial activities including its income and expenditure during the year then ended. In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:

The Directors are responsible for keeping proper and adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are also responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity.

The Directors have fulfilled their legal responsibilities with respect to the Directors’ Report and Financial Statements.

To the knowledge and belief of each of the persons who is a Director at the time this report is approved:

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Independent auditor’s report to the Directors and members of Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Atlantic Salmon Trust (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cashflows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 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 of 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 company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for the audit of small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 1 to the financial statements, 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 Directors' 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 Directors 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 Directors’ report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

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Independent auditor’s report to the Directors and members of Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited (continued)

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report which includes the Trustees’ Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement, the directors (who are also the trustees of the charitable company for the purposes of charitable law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors 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 directors are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or 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 sections 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and 44(1)(c) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and under the Companies Act 2006 and report in accordance with the Acts 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.

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Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees and members of Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited (continued)

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued)

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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Because of the field in which the client operates, we identified the following areas as those most likely to have a material impact on the financial statements: Health and Safety; employment law (including the Working Time Directive); GDPR; and compliance with the UK Companies Act, Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts Regulations 2006.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that some material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK). For instance, the further removed non-compliance is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the auditor is to become aware of it or to recognize the non-compliance.

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

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, and to the charity’s directors, as a body, in accordance with Section 154 of the Charities Act 2011, Section 44 (1)(c) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and regulation 10 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the members and the charity’s directors 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, its members as a body and its directors as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Diana Penny (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Henderson Loggie LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor (Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006)

11-15 Thistle Street Edinburgh EH2 1DF

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Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2021

Note
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
Income:
Donations and legacies
2
361,351
-
-
Other trading activities
2
154,867
-
-
Income from investments
2
11,866
-
-
___
_
_

528,084
-
-
Income from charitable activities:
Grants received for specific projects
-
-
1,227,579

___
_
_

Total income
528,084
-
1,227,579

___
_
_

Expenditure
Raising funds
4
127,943
-
-
Charitable activities
4
227,591
-
1,333,479
___
_
_

Total expenditure
355,534
-
1,333,479
___
_
_

Net (loss)/gain on investments
10
86,673
-
-
___
_
_

Net income/(expenditure)
259,223
-
(105,900)
Transfers between funds
14,15
(332,100)
89,984
242,116
___
_
_

Net movement in funds
during year
(72,877)
89,984
136,216
Fund balances brought forward
at 31 March 2020
893,798
39,418
763,419
___
_
_

Fund balances carried forward
at 31 March 2021
14,15
820,921
129,402
899,635

Total
funds
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
2021
Funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
361,351
332,585
-
169,373
154,867
100,314
-
2,500
11,866
12,559
-
-
___
_
_______
_______

528,084
445,458
-
171,873
1,227,579
-
-
1,078,313
___
______

_
_

1,755,663
445,458
-
1,250,186
___
___
_
_

127,943
79,284
-
38,683
1,561,070
371,761
-
1,078,243
___
_
_______
_______

1,689,013
451,045
-
1,116,926
___
______

_
_

86,673
(28,891)
-
-
___
___
_
_

153,323
(34,478)
-
133,260
-
48,714
(48,714)
-
___
_
_______
_______

153,323
14,236
(48,714)
133,260
1,696,635
879,562
88,132
630,159
___
____

_
_
_
1,849,958
893,798
39,418
763,419
Total
funds
2020
£
501,958
102,814
12,559
_
617,331
1,078,313
_

1,695,644
_
117,967
1,450,004
_

1,567,971
_
(28,891)
_

98,782
-
_
98,782
1,597,853
_

1,696,635

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Notes to the statement of financial activities

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Balance sheet

at 31 March 2021

Note
£
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
9
Investments
10
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Stock
11
-
Debtors
12
378,097
Cash at bank and in hand
521,267
_
899,364
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year
13
(262,162)
_
Net current assets
Total net assets
Funds
Unrestricted funds
General reserves
14
Designated funds
14
Restricted funds
15
Members’ funds
2021
£
£
641,282
571,474
_
1,212,756
154,521
807,826
115,276
_
1,077,623
(646,199)
_
637,202
_

1,849,958
820,921
129,402
899,635
___
1,849,958
2020
£
787,802
477,409
_
1,265,211
431,424
_

1,696,635
893,798
39,418
763,419
___
1,696,635

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

Approved by the Directors and signed on their behalf by

Mr RP Douglas Miller Chairman

The notes on pages 16 to 28 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2021

Note
£
Net cash gained/(used) in operating
activities
18
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest and dividends
11,866
Payments to acquire investments
(110,742)
Receipts on disposal of investments
103,350
Payments to acquire fixed assets
(57,231)
___
Net cash (used in)/provided by
investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents compromise:
Cash at bank
Cash held in investments
2021
£
£
458,748
12,559
(123,085)
141,605
(530,619)
___
(52,757)
_
405,991
115,276
_
521,267
471,797
49,470
_
521,267
2020
£
267,775
(499,540)
_
(231,765)
347,041
_
115,276
65,115
50,161
_
115,276

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Notes to the financial statements

1 Accounting policies

Status of trust

Atlantic Salmon Trust is a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. Every member, being the company directors, undertakes to contribute to its assets in the event of its being wound up for payment of any debts and liabilities contracted prior thereto of such an amount as may be required, but not exceeding £5 per member.

Atlantic Salmon Trust is a charity registered in Scotland and England & Wales. The registered address is Fishmongers' Hall, London, EC4R 9EL.

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of the investments at fair value. The financial statements been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, applicable accounting standards, Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 as amended in 2010, and the Charities Act 2011.

The Trust constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

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

As common with many businesses of a similar size, the company uses its auditors to assist in the preparation of its financial statements.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies adopted by the Trust in the preparation of the financial statements.

Going concern

The Directors consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Board have considered the likely and potential effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and have ensured its impact has been factored into the forecasts for the next twelve months, as far as can be reasonably foreseen at this stage. Therefore, the Board is of the view that it would be reasonable to assume that Trust will continue to operate for the foreseeable future and, accordingly, the financial statements have continued to have been prepared on the going concern basis.

Income

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities ‘SOFA’ when the Trust is legally entitled to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income can be measured reliably.

Donated services are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified, which is the value the charity would have paid on the open market.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Trust to that expenditure, it is probable that a settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Resources expended are included in the financial statements on an accruals basis. Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.

Operating leases

Rentals are included in the financial statements on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Foreign currency translation

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are taken to the income and expenditure account.

Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’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.

In preparing these financial statements, the directors have made the following judgements:

Pensions

The Trust makes contributions to a personal pension scheme on behalf of its employees. Contributions to this fund are charged to the profit and loss account as incurred.

Tangible fixed assets

Property, plant and equipment: depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis to write off the cost over the estimated future lives of four years.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible fixed assets (continued)

Project equipment: 20% of the cost of MSP acoustic receivers is written off immediately to reflect the proportion of these assets that will never be recovered from rivers. All other project equipment, and the remaining cost of MSP acoustic receivers, is depreciated over a 4 year useful life.

Items purchased exceeding £200 are capitalised with depreciation charged in the year of Purchase.

Fixed asset investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.

The Trust does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.

The main form of investment risk faced by the Trust is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitudes of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

Any unrealised net gains accumulated in the investment reserve account are regarded by the Directors as part of the permanent capital of the Trust and therefore not available to finance either the administrative expenditure of the charity, or scientific research costs.

Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised as transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Stock

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Provision is made for any slowmoving or obsolete stock.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank

Cash at bank includes cash held in a deposit or held by the investment managers.

Creditors and Provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in a transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

Funds

With the adoption of the FRS 102 SORP, all income and expenditure is dealt with through the Statement of Financial Activities. Funds are classified as restricted, unrestricted or designated funds, defined as follows:

Restricted funds are funds subject to specific purposes, which may be declared by the donors or with their authority (e.g. by restrictive wording or resulting from a specific appeal).

Unrestricted funds are expendable at the discretion of the Directors in furtherance of the objects of Atlantic Salmon Trust Limited.

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Directors.

If required, a transfer will be made from unrestricted funds to restricted funds to compensate fully all funds which would otherwise be in deficit at the accounting date.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

2
Incoming resources
2021
Unrestricted
2021
Restricted
£
£
Donations
Gift Aid donations
including tax
recoverable
74,321
-
General, pledged
donations and legacies
287,030
-
Donations in kind
-
-
_
__
361,351
-


Grants and donations
for specific projects
-
1,227,579

Investment income
11,866
-
Other trading
activities
Gross proceeds from
auction
144,839
-
Bank Interest
9
-
Miscellaneous income
10,019
-
Event fees
-
-
Event sponsorship
income
-
-
_
__
154,867
-


Total income
528,084
1,227,579*
2021
Total
2020
Unrestricted
£
£
74,321
19,344
287,030
313,241
-
-
_
_
361,351
332,585


1,227,579
-
-


11,866
12,559


144,839
79,322
9
125
10,019
3,915
-
4,202
-
12,750
_

_
154,867
100,314


1,755,663
445,458
2020
Restricted
£
-
81,173
88,200
_
169,373

1,078,313
-
-
2,500
-
-
_

2,500

1,250,186
2020
Total
£
19,344
394,414
88,200
__
501,958
1,078,313
12,559
79,322
125
6,415
4,202
12,750
__
102,814
1,695,645

*Donations in kind represents volunteer time for the Moray Firth and West Coast Tracking projects valued at the market rate. There were no donations in kind in the year to 31 March 2021.

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

3 Allocation of support costs

The trust allocates its support costs as shown in the table below. Support costs are allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Support costs
Staff costs
Employee Benefits
Office costs
Travel
Bank charges
Depreciation
Audit
Accountancy
Legal fees
Board and committee meetings
Subscriptions and fees
Allocation to projects

Total
Raising
Funds
Promotion
of salmon
conservation
Governance
Total
2021
£
£
£
£
60,891
117,081
14,956
192,928
-
702
-
702
-
45,045
-
45,045
-
-
6,975
6,975
-
619
-
619
-
15,849
-
15,849
-
-
6,740
6,740
-
-
15,833
15,833
-
-
491
491
-
-
849
849
-
3,491
-
3,491
-
(31,058)
-
(31,058)
_
_
_
_
60,891
151,729
45,844
258,464



Total
2020
£
187,830
19,588
41,050
43,518
1,438
93,244
4,701
1,750
6,374
7,509
3,387
-
_
410,389

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

4
Expenditure including support costs
2021
Unrestricted
2021
Restricted
£
£
Raising funds
Staff costs (Note 3)
60,891
-
Annual fishing auction
30,837
-
Investment managers costs
4,294
-
Fundraiser costs
31,921
-
International Year of the
Salmon costs
-
-
_
_

127,943
-
_
_

Direct charitable expenditure
on promotion of salmon
conservation
Scientific research expenditure
(Note 5)
2,529
1,333,479

Other direct charitable expenditure
25,847
-
London Chapter and AST events
1,642
-
_
_

30,018
1,333,479

Support costs (Note 3)
151,729
-
Governance costs (Note 3)
45,844
-
_
_

Total direct charitable
expenditure on promotion of
salmon conservation
227,591
1,333,479

Total expenditure
355,534
1,333,479
2021
Total
2020
Unrestricted
2020
Restricted
£
£
£
60,891
34,950
3,524
30,837
15,926
-
4,294
4,102
-
31,921
24,306
-
-
-
35,159
_
_
_

127,943
79,284
38,683
_
_
_

1,336,008
13,277
985,875
25,847
61,374
-
1,642
17,563
-
_
_
_

1,363,497
92,214
985,875
151,729
202,580
92,368
45,844
76,967
-
_
_
_

1,561,070
371,761
1,078,243


1,689,013
451,045
1,116,926
2020
Total
£
38,474
15,926
4,102
24,306
35,159
_
117,967
_

999,152
61,374
17,563
_
1,078,089
294,948
76,967
_

1,450,004
1,567,971

5 Scientific project expenditure financed directly by Atlantic Salmon Trust

eDNA Technology in the Assessment of Pelagic by catch
Likely Suspects Framework (previously Missing Salmon Alliance)
Moray Firth Tracking Project
West Coast Tracking
NASCO
University of Exeter – Sex Ratios in the Tamar
COP26
Total scientific projects financed by Atlantic Salmon Trust
2021
£
-
235,084
586,488
511,907
-
1,500
1,029
__
1,336,008
2020
£
7,000
166,178
491,783
327,914
3,277
3,000
-
_
999,152

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

6 Net income/(expenditure) Net income/(expenditure) 2021 2020
£ £
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 203,751 128,850
Auditor’s remuneration - audit fee 6,740 4,701
- other services 15,833
3,130
7 Staff costs
2021 2020
£ £
Salaries 253,026 165,743
Social security costs 22,028 14,729
Pension costs 14,561 5,887
______ ______
Total staff costs 289,615 186,359

The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 fall within the undernoted band:

2021 2020
Number Number
£80,000 - £90,000
1
1

The average monthly number of persons employed by the Trust during the year ended 31 March 2021 was 7 (2020 - 5) .

8 Key management personnel

Total remuneration, including employer pension and national insurance contributions, paid to key management personnel was £101,636 (2020: £97,603) .

Travel and meeting expenses totalling £nil were reimbursed to 0 trustees in the year ( 2020: £5,791 to 2 trustees ).

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

10 Quoted shares and securities
Investments £
Historical cost at 31 March 2020 437,991
Unrealised appreciation 39,418
______
Fair value at 31 March 2020 477,409
Movements during year:
Purchases in year 110,742
Sale proceeds (103,350)
Gain/(loss) on sale in year at fair value 5,219
(Decrease)/Increase in unrealised appreciation 81,454
______
Fair value at 31 March 2021 571,474
Historical cost at 31 March 2021
Unrealised appreciation
463,072
108,402
______
571,474

The quoted shares and securities are valued at mid-market prices, based on a report dated 31 March 2021 by the investment managers to the Trust.

11
Stock
Raw materials & finished goods
12
Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Accrued income
Prepayments
Other debtors
13
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Other creditors and accrued expenses
Other taxes and social security costs
Deferred income
2021
2020
£
£
-
154,521

2021
2020
£
£
372,305
797,473
5,792
5,353
-
5,000
_
_
378,097
807,826

2021
2020
£
£
253,633
623,409
8,529
7,790
-
15,000
__
____
262,162
646,199

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

14 Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Designated funds Designated funds
Total
Unrestricted Moray Firth Unrestricted
2021 funds
Investments
Tracking funds
£ £ £ £
At 31 March 2020 893,798 39,418 - 933,216
Net movement in funds during 259,223 - - 259,223
the year
Transfers to designated funds (89,984) 68,984 21,000 -
Transfers to restricted funds (242,116) - - (242,116)
__ ______ __ __
At 31 March 2021 820,921 108,402 21,000
950,323
Total
Unrestricted Unrestricted
2020 funds Investments funds
£ £ £
At 31 March 2019 879,562 88,132 967,694
Net movement in funds during (34,478) - (34,478)
the year
Transfers 48,714 (48,714) -
______ ______ __
At 31 March 2020 893,798 39,418
933,216
15 Restricted funds Balance at Balance at
2021 31 March 31 March
2020
Income
Expenditure Transfers 2021
£ £ £ £ £
(a) Moray Firth Tracking
Project
394,895
346,722
(586,488) 235,827 390,956
(b) West Coast Tracking 359,191
642,333
(511,907) 6,289 495,906
(c) Likely Suspects
Framework
8,631
238,524
(235,084) - 12,071
(d) International Year of
the Salmon
702 - - - 702
_
__
__ _ _
763,419
1,227,579
(1,333,479) 242,116
899,635
Balance at Balance at
2020 31 March 31 March
2019
Income
Expenditure Transfers 2020
£ £ £ £ £
(a) Moray Firth Tracking
Project 616,798
365,772
(587,675) - 394,895
(b) West Coast Tracking -
687,105
(327,914) - 359,191
(c) Likely Suspects
Framework -
174,809
(166,178) - 8,631
(d) International Year of
the Salmon 13,361 22,500 (35,159) - 702
_
__
_ _ _
630,159
1,250,186
(1,116,926) - 763,419

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

15 Restricted funds (continued)

16

Analysis of net assets between funds
2021
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Net current assets

2020
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Net current assets
2021
General
2021
Designated
2021
Restricted
2021
reserves
funds
funds
Total
£
£
£
£
5,750
-
635,532
641,282
463,072
108,402
-
571,474
352,099
21,000
264,103
637,202
__
__
_
_
820,921
129,402
899,635
1,849,958

2020
General
2020
Designated
2020
Restricted
2020
reserves
funds
funds
Total
£
£
£
£
32,907
754,895
787,802
437,991
39,418
-
477,409
422,900
-
8,524
431,424
__
_

_____
893,798
39,418
763,419
1,696,635

17 Related party transactions

During the year the company incurred costs amounting to £491 (2020 - £4,843) from Gillespie MacAndrew LLP, an LLP in which Mr RA Scott-Dempster is a member. Mr P Landale is a director of Edinburgh Self Storage Limited, a company from which storage costs of £960 ( 2020 - £2,180) were incurred in the year. Mr P Landale is a director of Fisheries Management Scotland, a company from which project costs relating to the Likely Suspects Framework, £750 (2020 - £Nil) were incurred in the year. Mr P Landale is also a trustee of Nith Catchment Fishery Trust, a charity for which goods of £16,334 were purchased on their behalf and subsequently reimbursed (2020: £nil) . Mr RP Douglas Miller is a trustee of Kyle Sutherland Fisheries Trust, a charity from which donations of £2,700 were received (2020: £49,319).

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Notes to the financial statements (continued)

18 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

2021 2020
£ £
Net income for the reporting period (as per the statement of
financial activities) 153,323 98,782
Adjustments for:
Investment income shown in investing activities (11,866) (12,559)
Depreciation charges 203,751 93,244
Loss/(gain) on investments (86,673) 15,197
(Increase)/decrease in debtors 429,729 (517,668)
(Increase)/decrease in stock 154,521 23,506
Increase/(decrease) in creditors (384,037) 567,273
_ _
458,748
267,775
19 Financial instruments 2021 2020
£ £
Carrying amount of financial assets
Measured at fair value through the statement of
financial activities
571,474
477,409

Financial assets measured at fair value through the statement of financial activities are listed investments.

20 Commitments

The Trust has commitments under operating leases as follows:
Payable within one year
Payable between two and five years
Lease payments paid in the year
2021
2020
£
£
20,000
12,932
_
32,932
20,000
32,932
_
52,932
8,603
13,548

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