Annual Report and
Financial Statement
2023
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## **President’s Foreword**
Over the last year the Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) has stabilised and moved forward in our mission to support and develop all lighting professionals for the benefit of society and the environment. The Manchester Professional Lighting Summit saw a real step-change, moving from post-pandemic recovery to normalising our hybrid state. The Institution and members alike have embraced the benefits of technology to support our activities but not replace those valuable in-person interactions. The digital transition allows us to be more agile and to reach more members globally, but it must continue to be balanced.
The governance changes that you approved at the last AGM have now bedded in and we thank our Chief Executive, Justin Blades, for his direction and effort in addressing those necessary actions.
We come to the end of this financial year with a more resilient Board of Trustees, aligned with Strategy 2026 putting our two core priorities front and centre – Technical and Membership, Education and Qualifications - with new board roles to provide focus and oversight on these important areas of the Institution’s work. The Chief Executive has also reviewed and adjusted the organisation over the year to better align our structure and governance with Strategy 2026, ensuring the right balance of permanent employees and outsourced roles to deliver on our objectives.
I am proud to serve as chair of a more diverse Board than we have seen in ILP history. The Board of Trustees is more gender balanced 37% and has several YLP founding committee members and past chairs serving in key roles.
We celebrate 100 years, marking our Centenary in 2024. Reflecting on the past 100 years but looking to the future to ensure that the
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Institution is resilient, remains relevant and is structured to serve members and the public for the next 100 years.
We launched Women Lighting Professionals (WLP), a national community group to provide support to all women lighting professionals and encourage more women into our industry. Whilst we have seen improvement in our gender diversity, women are still very under-represented demographic (10% of current membership are female). Initiatives like the WLP aim to address this and rebalance the Institution to better reflect the diversity of the society it serves.
Our industry and sector communities, Lighting Delivery Centres (LDC)’s, Young Lighting Professionals (YLP) and WLP have held successful events both in person and online, continuing to deliver technical CPD and networking opportunities to members across the UK and Ireland. I would like to take this opportunity to thank every volunteer on those committees, every person who has presented a paper, every member company that has exhibited or sponsored events and every member who has attended.
In my presidential address we launched a call to action to make lighting more widely known. We want lighting to be a profession of choice, we want future generations to choose lighting and we ask you as members and promotors of the industry to be bold and to be proud of what we do and the value we bring. We see this represented in a series of Lighting Journal profiles across the centenary year and we have increased our STEM (science technology engineering & maths) engagement. This will continue into my successor, Perry Hazell’s year as president and beyond, leaving a legacy for the Institution and will help to provide a flow of future talent into the industry.
## **Rebecca Hatch IEng MILP President**
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## **Our mission**
The Institution’s mission is to support and develop lighting professionals and their global contribution for the benefit of society and the environment.
## **Our vision**
Our vision is for a world illuminated by sustainable lighting solutions that help us to live, work and play without negatively impacting on the environment around us.
## **Our values**
These are the values that will guide our actions and set the culture for the organisation as it moves into its second century.
Professionalism
Ethical
Honesty
Openness
Accountability
Innovative
## **Our objectives**
The Institution was formed to promote, encourage and improve the science and art of lighting for the benefit of the public and for this purpose to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on the subject among members of the Institution and otherwise and in furtherance thereof.
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## **Structure, governance and management**
The Institution of Lighting Professionals has previously been known as:
The Institution of Lighting Engineers The Institution of Public Lighting Engineers The Association of Public Lighting Engineers Limited
The organisation was incorporated January 21[st] , 1928. It is registered as a charity 268547 with the Charity Commission and company 227499 with Companies House in England. The Institution’s present governing document is its Articles of Association 2023, as amended by Special Resolution on May 24, 2023. This document is available at www.theilp.org.uk and printed copies on are available on request.
The Trustees of the Charity are also Directors of the Company. They make up the ILP Board of Trustees: the governing body of the Institution. This team is responsible for the regulatory and financial functions with the Chief Executive Officer holding the position of Company Secretary.
During the year, the Trustees of the Institution had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising their powers and duties. The Board considers that the Institution’s objectives and activities are for the public benefit. This consideration underpins the projects and decisions made by the organisation.
At the start of 2023, the members of the Board of Trustees were:
President Fiona Horgan Senior Vice President Rebecca Hatch Junior Vice President Perry Hazell Immediate Past President Anthony Smith Honorary Treasurer James Duffin Honorary Treasurer John Sutcliffe Chief Executive Officer (non-voting) Justin Blades
At the instigation of the Chief Executive, a request for expressions of interest in serving on the Board of Trustees is sent to the serving Honorary Treasurers, Vice Presidents and Chairs of Lighting Delivery
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Centres and Member Groups serving at the commencement of each calendar year.
Expressions of interest are considered at a joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the previous five Past Presidents, as defined in the Articles.
We held our Annual General Meeting on May 24[th] , 2023. The Board of Trustees confirmed at the meeting comprised:
President Rebecca Hatch Senior President Elect Perry Hazell Immediate Past President Fiona Horgan Junior President Elect James Duffin Honorary Treasurer John Sutcliffe Honorary Treasurer Vacant Vice President – Technical Vacant Vice President – Membership, Vacant Qualifications and Registrations Chief Executive Officer (non-voting) Justin Blades
The posts of Junior President Elect, Senior President Elect are subject to annual appointment in line with the requirements of the Institution’s Articles of Association. The posts of Honorary Treasurer are appointed for a term of three years in line with the requirements of the Institution’s Articles of Association.
Following the amendment of the structure of the Board of Trustees to include the posts of an additional Honorary Treasurer, Vice President – Technical and Vice President – Membership, Qualifications and Registrations at the 2023 AGM, an additional Call for Nominations for those positions was issued and the following co-opted members were appointed to the Board of Trustees during 2023:
Honorary Treasurer Kieron Jarvis (co-opted) Vice President – Technical Emily Bolt (co-opted) Vice President – Membership, Peter Raynham (co-opted) Qualifications and Registrations
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## **Volunteers**
The ILP Council comprising Regional Representatives, YLP and the Board of Trustees meet regularly to discuss and co-ordinate ILP activities and initiatives.
Young Lighting Professionals (YLP) is a section of the ILP focusing on how best to serve members aged 35 or under, or in the first few years of their lighting career, supported by a volunteer YLP committee.
## **Membership**
Year-on-year, we've witnessed a notable increase in the number of members upgrading their current memberships to levels that align with their lighting knowledge, skills, and experience. This trend has significantly contributed to enhancing the benefits members receive throughout their lighting careers.
Our Membership Boot Camp and Technical Report Writing sessions have been a resounding success, primarily delivered to our member groups nationwide, with plans to extend them to our Premier Corporate Members soon. Over the past year, we've conducted sessions in 5 LDCs and major companies. Notably, 80 ILP members have participated in the training, leading to over a quarter of them submitting upgrade applications, with more than half making initial enquiries.
## **LDC Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in-person events and webinars**
Working alongside our staff team at Rugby, LDC committee members delivered an increased number of CPD in-person events and webinars throughout the year on topics ranging from Bat-friendly lighting and guidance from ILP’s GN08 publication to solar-powered lighting.
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The following number of events were delivered by LDC and Member Communities in 2023:
|Durham:|7|
|---|---|
|London:|5|
|Bristol:|4|
|Ireland:|3|
|Birmingham:|2|
|Manchester:|2|
|Scotland:|2|
|YLP:|5|
## **How to be Brilliant**
We staged four How to be Brilliant events in 2023 as part of our activities supporting the Architectural Lighting Design community. Some of these events were delivered as part of the Institution’s support and attendance at Clerkenwell Design Week and [d]arc media’s Light23 event. Over 300 delegates attended the event programme overall.
## **Local Authority Lighting: Energy Crisis event in Daventry**
This event focused on our Local Authority Lighting community took place on the 2[nd] February in the heart of the UK in Daventry, Northamptonshire and was created to provide information, support and evidence to help assist managers, street lighting engineers, public realm designers and energy managers navigate through the energy crisis with competence and professionalism.
## **The Professional Lighting Summit**
The Professional Lighting Summit 2023 was held on June 14[th] -15[th] at the Museum Of Science And Industry in Manchester. With over 300 delegates attending, an exciting and informative set of technical papers were presented over the two-day event that brought the ILP membership community together in the North West.
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## **The Lighting Journal**
The Lighting Journal is distributed to lighting professionals including lighting designers, consultants, and engineers. The Lighting Journal delivers information on all aspects of the lighting profession including technical coverage and development, new products and services, and professional news. ILP members receive every issue of the Lighting Journal by post or digitally and can also access back issues in the library at Regent House.
## **The Lighting Column Technical Forum (LCTF)**
The LCTF is an independent section of the ILP. The group was formed to provide a source of knowledge, expertise, and information on all aspects of lighting column specification, design, manufacture, supply, storage and installation together with many of the associated products, materials and treatments.
Our **website** continues to provide advice and information to everyone through our free-to-read content and content restricted to membersonly.
Our **online member portal** allows members to record CPD, access ILP documents, change personal details, pay subscription fees, and check membership grades and numbers.
## **CPD Training and Education**
ILP continues to deliver quality technical CPD training in lighting and we continued our programme of face-to-face residential courses in 2023:
• Our well-respected Exterior Lighting Diploma (ELD) Modules A & B were delivered in spring and autumn.
• Worked with Engineers Ireland to deliver blended online training to their and our members in Ireland.
• A series of editorials were published in the Lighting Journal about ILP Training, including the ELD Modules and the online training platform to raise awareness of our training provision.
• An Asset Management Toolkit: Minor Structures (ATOMS) incompany tailored training course was delivered to Via EM at their premises in October.
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## **ILP Online Training Portal**
Our online training portal continues to provide online access to our courses and education in a format that makes it easy for members to learn and address their CPD needs at their own pace when and where they like.
The platform offers online versions of ILP’s most popular one-day courses: Asset Management Toolkit: Minor Structures (ATOMS) Fundamentals and the Fundamental Lighting course.
## **Technical Knowledge and Assistance**
Guy Harding, our Technical Manager provides expert technical knowledge and guidance to members and the public supported by volunteers who sit on the Institution’s Technical Committee. The following documents were updated and published:
## **GN08-23 Bats and Artificial Lighting in the UK**
This guidance note is intended to raise awareness of the impacts of artificial lighting on bats but also the potential solutions to avoid and reduce this harm. This new publication was published in association with the Bats Conservation Trust.
## **PLG05 The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements**
PLG05 provides guidance for all people involved with exterior illuminated advertisements. The guide replaces the old TR5 and it has been updated to reflect changes in technology and the use of LEDs, the legal framework and lighting practice. In particular, the document now discusses the application of media screens and facades.
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## **Representing the Lighting Community**
The Institution has also been represented by either our Technical Manager or appropriately experienced and qualified members on the following bodies:
- Lighting Liaison Group
- UK Lighting and Technology Board
- ADEPT (ILP acts as secretariat)
- BSI
- CiE
- NHSS 6 & 8
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## **Financial Report**
This report is presented in a summarised form to make the Institution's financial affairs more readily understood. For those who wish to have sight of the full financial statements, these are available upon request at the Annual General Meeting or from the Institution's Rugby office. The trustees, who are also directors of the ILP for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, have adopted the provisions 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). The accounts have been audited by Magma Audit LLP, Chartered Accountants, and approved and signed by the Institution's Board of Trustees.
As can be seen on the Statement of Financial Activities, turnover in 2023 is £860,018 being an increase of 9% on the previous year. The net movement in funds which includes gains on investments is £115,976. The total funds on the Balance Sheet at 31 December 2023 is £1,564,970 compared with £1,448,994 at 31 December 2022.
A budget was set for 2023 and the accounts were closely monitored against this budget. A full set of ILP accounts were prepared each quarter and presented to the Board of Trustees by the treasurers for discussion and approval. A year-end forecast was calculated in the last quarter and monthly valuations on investments were requested from 121-Advice Ltd (ILP’s investment managers).
## **Investment policy and objectives**
The day-to-day management of the charity's investments is carried out by the investments managers under instruction from the trustees. The managers are responsible for selecting appropriate investments to provide both income and capital growth.
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## **Statement from 121-Advice Ltd (ILP’s Investment Managers)**
## **Investment Portfolios**
The ILP’s portfolio rose in value by 5.05% during 2023 which reflects the diversified, controlled risk approach being taken.
The portfolio benefits from a globally diversified portfolio of equity funds with monies allocated to both UK and Global equity funds. The portfolio also has exposure to fixed interest/bond funds as well as a healthy cash reserve.
The move to invest some of the portfolio into funds specialising in technology, infrastructure and other diversifying asset classes has provided excellent returns since February 2016, with notable performances from Allianz Technology Trust (295% total gain), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (188% total gain) and First Sentier Global Listed Infrastructure (94% total gain) and Polar Capital Global Healthcare (99% total gain).
Monies continue to be invested monthly to reduce risk and take advantage of lower unit prices, and this should serve the ILP portfolio well going forwards.
The portfolio is maintained with a view to future growth with an appropriate level of risk and continues to be monitored on an ongoing basis.
## **Economic backdrop**
In stark contrast to 2022, 2023 ended with most stock market indices closing the year in positive territory.
Concerns remained in respect of global economic slowdown, inflation and interest rate rises, the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and, later in 2023, the Israel/Gaza situation and Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
As for economic activity in the major markets, the USA maintained its level throughout the year. The US economy never entered recession in 2023 and fears of a “hard landing” never transpired.
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Whilst the UK economy entered a technical recession in the second half of the year, the level of downturn was only 0.4%. The UK has been out of favour with international investors for a while now, but as a result the valuations of many British companies offer the opportunity for future growth.
Fears over a slowdown in China saw markets there fall with the Hang Seng index (Hong Kong) falling 13.8%.
Interest rates continued to rise in the US and the UK with rates being held in both markets at 5.50% and 5.25% respectively since July (US) and August (UK). With inflation figures beginning to fall, markets have started to price in interest rate reductions starting in 2024 however, neither central bank is committed to confirming how and when these may occur. The phrase “higher for longer” has become a popular media saying.
Many major indices performed exceptionally well in 2023. The largest riser during the year was the US NASDAQ index which represents tech stocks. This increased 43.4% in 2023 against a fall of -33.1% the previous year. Tech stocks, notably the “magnificent seven” (Tesla (TSLA), Meta (META), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia (NVDA)) performed exceptionally well primarily as interest in Artificial Intelligence began to be recognised by investors.
The wider S&P500 rose 24.2% (-15.0% in 2022), the DAX (Germany) and CAC40 (France) rose 20.3% and 16.5% respectively against 2022 losses of -12.4% and -9.5%.
The ILP’s Board of Trustees remains committed to providing value for money services and benefits to the members and account should be taken of the wide range of activities and initiatives carried out by the President, Vice Presidents, the Chief Executive, and staff, and by members themselves. All these people are to be congratulated on the excellent work which has been done during the year, and it must not be forgotten that a lot of this is carried out by members in their own time, unpaid and with the generous support of their companies for which we are very grateful.
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As Honorary Treasurers, our thanks are due to the Board of Trustees, the various Committees, the President, Vice Presidents, the Chief Executive, staff at Rugby and to you, the members, for your continuing support of the Institution.
## **John Sutcliffe, Honorary Treasurer and Kieron Jarvis - Honorary Treasurer (co-opted)**
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## **Statement by the Institution’s Trustees**
The financial information presented on pages 22 and 23 is only a summary of information shown in the Institution’s statutory financial statements.
The Institution’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 have been audited. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion on the annual accounts and reported that the information given in the Report of the Board of Trustees was consistent with the financial statements.
A copy of the statutory audit report is included on pages 16 to 21. The full financial statements have been filed at Companies House.
## **The Trustees**
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## **Independent Auditors Statement**
We have examined the summarised Financial Statements of the Institution of Lighting Professionals for the year ended 31 December 2023, set out on pages 22 and 23, and can confirm that the summarised Financial Statements are correctly extracted from the Statutory Financial Statements as filed at Companies House and the Charities Commission.
We have attached below an extract of the Statutory Audit Report from the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 as filed at Companies House.
## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF**
## **THE INSTITUTION OF**
## **LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Institution of Lighting Professionals (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
## In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
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## **Basis for opinion**
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,
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consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
## **Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006**
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
## **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 Report of the Trustees.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
## **Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors 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.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Based on our understanding of the company and charitable sector, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance
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might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:
- discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud;
- challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, in particular in relation to the values of the freehold property, investment property and investment portfolio and the judgements formed;
- identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations, journal entries crediting cash and journal entries with specific defined descriptions.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.
## **Use of our report**
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to
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state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Victoria Craig (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Magma Audit LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor Magma House, 16 Davy Court Castle Mound Way Rugby CV23 0UZ
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|The Institution of Lighting Professionals
Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 December 2023
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Other
Total
Net gains/(losses) on investments
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|2023
Unrestricted
fund
£
810,710
36,075
13,233
860,018
34,717
702,928
51,839
789,484
45,442
115,976
1,448,994
1,564,970|2022
Total
funds
£
758,060
21,222
7,178|
|---|---|---|
|||786,460
18,941
646,544
50,226|
|||715,711
(74,289)|
|||(3,540)
1,452,534|
|||1,448,994|
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|The Institution of Lighting Professionals
Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2023
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
Investments
Investments
Investment property
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
Debtors
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS|2023
2022
Total
Total
funds
funds
£
£
357,380
357,898
801,460
762,945
267,000
260,000
1,425,840
1,380,843
3,475
3,196
88,767
29,482
192,487
165,119
284,729
197,797
(145,599)
(129,646)
139,130
68,151
1,564,970
1,448,994
1,564,970
1,448,994
1,564,970
1,448,994
1,564,970
1,448,994|
|---|---|
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**Institution of Lighting Professionals** Registered office: Regent House, Regent Place, Rugby, CV21 2PN 01788 576492 www.theilp.org.uk Registered in England No. 227499 Registered Charity No. 268547
**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 00227499 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 268547**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **FOR**
**THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
Magma Audit LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor Magma House, 16 Davy Court Castle Mound Way Rugby CV23 0UZ
**THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2023**
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|**Report of the Trustees**|1 to 6|
|**Report of the Independent Auditors**|7 to 8|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|9|
|**Balance Sheet**|10|
|**Cash Flow Statement**|11|
|**Notes to the Cash Flow Statement**|12|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|13 to 21|
**THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **Our mission**
The Institution's mission is to support and develop lighting professionals and their global contribution for the benefit of society and the environment.
## **Our vision**
Our vision is for a world illuminated by sustainable lighting solutions that help us to live, work and play without negatively impacting on the environment around us.
## **Our values**
These are the values that will guide our actions and set the culture for the organisation as it moves into its second century.
Professionalism Ethical Honesty Openness Accountability Innovative
## **Our objectives**
The Institution was formed to promote, encourage and improve the science and art of lighting for the benefit of the public and for this purpose to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on the subject among members of the Institution and otherwise and in furtherance thereof.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Institution of Lighting Professionals has previously been known as:
The Institution of Lighting Engineers
The Institution of Public Lighting Engineers The Association of Public Lighting Engineers Limited
The organisation was incorporated on January 21st, 1928. It is registered as a charity 268547 with the Charity Commission and company 227499 with Companies House in England. The Institution's present governing document is its Articles of Association 2010, as amended by Special Resolution on September 23rd, 2015. This document is available at www.theilp.org.uk and printed copies on are available on request.
The Trustees of the Charity are also Directors of the Company. They make up the ILP Board of Trustees: the governing body of the Institution. This team is responsible for the regulatory and financial functions with the Chief Executive Officer holding the position of Company Secretary.
During the year, the Trustees of the Institution had due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising their powers and duties. The Board considers that the Institution's objectives and activities are for the public benefit. This consideration underpins the projects and decisions made by the organisation.
At the start of 2023, the members of the Executive Board were:
|President|Fiona Horgan|
|---|---|
|Senior Vice President|Rebecca Hatch|
|Junior Vice President|Perry Hazell|
|Immediate Past President|Anthony Smith|
|Honorary Treasurer|James Duffin|
|Honorary Treasurer|John Sutcliffe|
|Chief Executive Officer (non-voting)|Justin Blades|
At the instigation of the Chief Executive, a request for expressions of interest in serving on the Board of Trustees is sent to the serving Honorary Treasurers, Vice Presidents and Chairs of Lighting Delivery Centres and Member Groups serving at the commencement of each calendar year.
Expressions of interest are considered at a joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the previous five Past Presidents, as defined in the Articles.
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**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
We held our Annual General Meeting on May 24th, 2023. The Board of Trustees confirmed at the meeting comprised:
President Rebecca Hatch Senior President Elect Perry Hazell Immediate Past President Fiona Horgan Junior President Elect James Duffin Honorary Treasurer John Sutcliffe Honorary Treasurer Vacant Vice President - Technical Vacant Vice President - Membership, Qualifications and Registrations Vacant Chief Executive Officer (non-voting) Justin Blades
The posts of Junior President Elect, Senior President Elect are subject to annual appointment in line with the requirements of the Institution's Articles of Association. The posts of Honorary Treasurer are appointed for a term of three years in line with the requirements of the Institution's Articles of Association.
Following the amendment of the structure of the Board of Trustees to include the posts of an additional Honorary Treasurer, Vice President - Technical and Vice President - Membership, Qualifications and Registrations at the 2023 AGM, an additional Call for Nominations for those positions was issued and the following co-opted members were appointed to the Board of Trustees during 2023:
Honorary Treasurer Kieron Jarvis (co-opted) Vice President - Technical Emily Bolt (co-opted) Vice President - Membership, Qualifications and Registrations Peter Raynham (co-opted)
## **Volunteers**
The ILP Council comprising Regional Representatives, YLP and the Board of Trustees meet regularly to discuss and co-ordinate ILP activities and initiatives.
Young Lighting Professionals (YLP) is a section of the ILP focussing on how best to serve members aged 35 or under, or in the first few years of their lighting career, supported by a volunteer YLP committee.
## **Membership**
Year-on-year, we've witnessed a notable increase in the number of members upgrading their current memberships to levels that align with their lighting knowledge, skills, and experience. This trend has significantly contributed to enhancing the benefits members receive throughout their lighting careers.
Our Membership Boot Camp and Technical Report Writing sessions have been a resounding success, primarily delivered to our member groups nationwide, with plans to extend them to our Premier Corporate Members soon. Over the past year, we've conducted sessions in 5 LDCs and major companies. Notably, 80 ILP members have participated in the training, leading to over a quarter of them submitting upgrade applications, with more than half making initial enquiries.
## **LDC Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in-person events and webinars**
Working alongside our staff team at Rugby, LDC committee members delivered an increased number of CPD in-person events and webinars throughout the year on topics ranging from Bat-friendly lighting and guidance from ILP's GN08 publication to solar-powered lighting.
The following number of events were delivered by LDC and Member Communities in 2023:
Durham: 7 London: 5 Bristol: 4 Ireland: 3 Birmingham: 2 Manchester: 2 Scotland: 2 YLP: 5
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **How to be Brilliant**
We staged four How to be Brilliant events in 2023 as part of our activities supporting the Architectural Lighting Design community. Some of these events were delivered as part of the Institution's support and attendance at Clerkenwell Design Week and [d]arc media's Light23 event. Over 300 delegates attended the event programme overall.
## **Local Authority Lighting: Energy Crisis event in Daventry**
This event focused on our Local Authority Lighting community took place on the 2nd February in the heart of the UK in Daventry, Northamptonshire and was created to provide information, support and evidence to help assist managers, street lighting engineers, public realm designers and energy managers navigate through the energy crisis with competence and professionalism.
## **The Professional Lighting Summit**
The Professional Lighting Summit 2023 was held on June 14th-15th at the Museum Of Science And Industry in Manchester. With over 300 delegates attending, an exciting and informative set of technical papers were presented over the two-day event that brought the ILP membership community together in the North West.
## **The Lighting Journal**
The Lighting Journal is distributed to lighting professionals including lighting designers, consultants, and engineers. The Lighting Journal delivers information on all aspects of the lighting profession including technical coverage and development, new products and services, and professional news. ILP members receive every issue of the Lighting Journal by post or digitally and can also access back issues in the library at Regent House.
## **The Lighting Column Technical Forum (LCTF)**
The LCTF is an independent section of the ILP. The group was formed to provide a source of knowledge, expertise, and information on all aspects of lighting column specification, design, manufacture, supply, storage and installation together with many of the associated products, materials and treatments.
Our **website** continues to provide advice and information to everyone through our free-to-read content and content restricted to members-only.
Our **online member portal** allows members to record CPD, access ILP documents, change personal details, pay subscription fees, and check membership grades and numbers.
## **CPD Training and Education**
ILP continues to deliver quality technical CPD training in lighting and we continued to our programme of face-to-face residential courses in 2023:
- Our well-respected Exterior Lighting Diploma (ELD) Modules A & B were delivered in spring and autumn.
- Worked with Engineers Ireland to deliver blended online training to their and our members in Ireland.
- A series of editorials were published in the Lighting Journal about ILP Training, including the ELD Modules and the online training platform to raise awareness of our training provision.
- An Asset Management Toolkit: Minor Structures (ATOMS) in-company tailored training course was delivered to Via EM at their premises in October.
## **ILP Online Training Portal**
Our online training portal continues to provide online access to our courses and education in a format that makes it easy for members to learn and address their CPD needs at their own pace when and where they like.
The platform offers online versions of ILP's most popular one-day courses: Asset Management Toolkit: Minor Structures (ATOMS) Fundamentals and the Fundamental Lighting course.
## **Technical Knowledge and Assistance**
Guy Harding, our Technical Manager provides expert technical knowledge and guidance to members and the public supported by volunteers who sit on the Institution's Technical Committee. The following documents were updated and published:
## **GN08-18 Bats and Artificial Lighting in the UK**
This guidance note is intended to raise awareness of the impacts of artifcial lighting on bats but also the potential solutions to avoid and reduce this harm. This new publication was published in association with the Bats Conservation Trust.
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**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **PLG05 The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements**
PLG05 provides guidance for all people involved with exterior illuminated advertisements. The guide replaces the old TR5 and it has been updated to reflect changes in technology and the use of LEDs, the legal framework and lighting practice. In particular, the document now discusses the application of media screens and facades.
## **Representing the Lighting Community**
The Institution has also been represented by either our Technical Manager or appropriately experienced and qualified members on the following bodies:
- Lighting Liaison Group
- UK Lighting and Technology Board
- ADEPT (ILP acts as secretariat)
- BSI
- CiE
- NHSS 6 & 8
## **Statement by the Institution's Trustees**
The financial information presented on the following pages is only a summary of information shown in the Institution's statutory financial statements.
The Institution's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 have been audited. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion on the annual accounts and reported that the information given in the Report of the Executive Board Members was consistent with the financial statements.
The report did not contain any statements in respect of section 498 (2) (a) or (b) (accounting records or returns inadequate or accounts not agreeing with records or returns), or section 498 (3) (failure to obtain necessary information and explanations) of the Companies Act 2006 and was therefore also unqualified in these respects. The full financial statements have been filed at Companies House.
## **Financial Report**
This report is presented in a summarised form to make the Institution's financial affairs more readily understood. For those who wish to have sight of the full financial statements, these are available upon request at the Annual General Meeting or from the Institution's Rugby office. The trustees, who are also directors of the ILP for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, have adopted the provisions 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). The accounts have been audited by Magma Audit LLP, Chartered Accountants, and approved and signed by the Institution's Board of Trustees.
As can be seen on the Statement of Financial Activities, turnover in 2023 is £860,018 (2022: £786,460) being an increase of 9% (2022: 42%) on the previous year. The net movement in funds which includes gains on investments is £115,976 (2022: loss £3,540). The total funds on the Balance Sheet at 31 December 2023 is £1,564,970 compared with £1,448,994 at 31 December 2022.
## **Investment policy and objectives**
The day-to-day management of the charity's investments is carried out by the investments managers under instruction from the trustees. The managers are responsible for selecting appropriate investments to provide both income and capital growth.
The portfolio is maintained with a view to future growth with an appropriate level of risk and continues to be monitored on an ongoing basis.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number**
00227499 (England and Wales)
## **Registered Charity number**
268547
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**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
**Registered office** Regent House Regent Place Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2PN
## **Trustees**
A Smith Past President (resigned 24/05/23) F Horgan Immediate Past President J Duffin Junior President Elect J Sutcliffe Honorary Treasurer R S L Hatch President P Hazell Senior President Elect (appointed 24/05/23)
The Board of Trustees are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law and its trustees for the purposes of charity law.
## **Company Secretary**
J S Blades
## **Auditors**
Magma Audit LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor Magma House, 16 Davy Court Castle Mound Way Rugby CV23 0UZ
## **Investment Managers**
121-Advice Limited Exchange House 12 - 14 The Crescent Taunton Somerset TA1 4EB
## **Bankers**
HSBC Bank plc Coventry
## **EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR**
Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Institution of Lighting Professionals for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
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**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES - continued**
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the trustees are aware:
- there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and - the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.
## **AUDITORS**
The auditors, Magma Audit LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 10 May 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
R S L Hatch - Trustee
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**REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Institution of Lighting Professionals (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
## **Basis for opinion**
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
## **Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006**
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
## **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 Report of the Trustees.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.
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## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
## **Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors 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.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Based on our understanding of the company and charitable sector, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:
- discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud;
- challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, in particular in relation to the values of the freehold property, investment property and investment portfolio and the judgements formed;
- identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations, journal entries crediting cash and journal entries with specific defined descriptions.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.
## **Use of our report**
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Victoria Craig (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Magma Audit LLP Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor Magma House, 16 Davy Court Castle Mound Way Rugby CV23 0UZ
10 May 2024
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|Notes
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
**Charitable activities**
5
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
3
Investment income
4
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
6
**Charitable activities**
7
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
Net gains/(losses) on investments
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**£**
**810,710**
**36,075**
**13,233**
**860,018**
**34,717**
**702,928**
**51,839**
**789,484**
**45,442**
**115,976**
**1,448,994**
**1,564,970**|2022
Total
funds
£
758,060
21,222
7,178
786,460
18,941
646,544
50,226
715,711
(74,289)
(3,540)
1,452,534
1,448,994|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**BALANCE SHEET 31 December 2023**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
13
**Investments**
Investments
14
Investment property
15
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stocks
16
Debtors
17
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
18
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
19
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**357,380**
**801,460**
**267,000**
**1,425,840**
**3,475**
**88,767**
**192,487**
**284,729**
**(145,599)**
**139,130**
**1,564,970**
**1,564,970**
**1,564,970**
**1,564,970**|2022
Total
funds
£
357,898
762,945
260,000
1,380,843
3,196
29,482
165,119
197,797
(129,646)
68,151
1,448,994
1,448,994
1,448,994
1,448,994|
|---|---|---|
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 10 May 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:
R S L Hatch - Trustee
P Hazell - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**CASH FLOW STATEMENT for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|Notes
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash provided by operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Purchase of fixed asset investments
Sale of fixed asset investments
Interest received
Net cash provided by/(used in) 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**|**2023**
**£**
**26,760**
**26,760**
**(3,377)**
**-**
**-**
**3,985**
**608**
**27,368**
**165,119**
**192,487**|2022
£
79,922
79,922
(6,245)
(6,985)
10,231
283
(2,716)
77,206
87,913
165,119|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**
## **2.**
|**ACTIVITIES**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2023**|2022|
|||**£**|£|
|**Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the**||||
|**Statement of Financial Activities)**||**115,976**|(3,540)|
|**Adjustments for:**||||
|Depreciation charges||**3,895**|7,262|
|Interest received||**(3,985)**|(283)|
|Impairment of freehold property||**-**|20,000|
|Gain on investment property||**(7,000)**|(45,000)|
|(Gain)/loss on investments||**(38,515)**|99,289|
|(Increase)/decrease in stocks||**(279)**|115|
|(Increase)/decrease in debtors||**(59,285)**|23,608|
|Increase/(decrease) in creditors||**15,953**|(21,529)|
|**Net cash provided by operations**||**26,760**|79,922|
|**ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**||||
||At 1/1/23|Cash flow|**At 31/12/23**|
||£|£|**£**|
|**Net cash**||||
|Cash at bank|**165,119**|**27,368**|**192,487**|
||**165,119**|**27,368**|**192,487**|
|**Total**|**165,119**|**27,368**|**192,487**|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **1. STATUTORY INFORMATION**
The Institution of Lighting Professionals is a charity, registered in England and Wales. Its registered office address is Regent House, Regent Place, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2PN and the registered number is 00227499.
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Summary of significant accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets being investments and freehold property.
## **Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
The charity makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below.
## (i) Valuation of freehold and investment property
The properties held by the charity are sensitive to changes in fair value. A valuation is obtained from a qualified valuer for each property with sufficient regularity to ensure that the valuation is not materially different from the fair value, with interim annual valuations carried out by the trustees.
## (ii) Carrying value of listed investments
The listed investments held by the charity are sensitive to changes in fair value. A valuation is obtained from a qualified valuer for each investment with sufficient regularity to ensure that the valuation is not materially different from the fair value.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charitable company. Irrecoverable VAT is shown in the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.
Raising funds consists of regions' events costs.
Charitable activities include direct expenditure associated with providing the charitable services and support costs relating to those activities.
Other resources expended consists of governance costs which include those incurred in the governance of the charitable company and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements.
## **Tangible assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost or valuation less depreciation.
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:-
|Computer Equipment|33%|Straight line|
|---|---|---|
|Office Furniture|20%|Straight line|
|Officers Jewels|25%|Straight line|
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Tangible assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets which represent freehold land and property are subsequently carried at revalued amount, being the fair value at the date of revaluation. Revaluations are charged to other recognised gains/losses and are made with sufficient regularity to ensure that the carrying amount does not differ materially from that which would be determined using fair value at the end of each reporting period.
Tangible fixed assets which represent freehold property is stated at valuation. No provision for depreciation is made on freehold land and buildings as the useful economic life of these assets are of such a length and the residual values are such that they are not materially different from the carrying value and any depreciation would not be material. Residual values are reviewed annually and any permanent diminution in value is provided in the statement of financial activities.
## **Investment Properties**
Investment properties are shown at fair value. Any changes in fair value are recognised in the statement of financial activities transferred to the Investment Property Fair Value Reserve in the year.
## **Stocks**
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Stocks are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Where a reversal of the impairment is recognised the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the statement of financial activities.
## **Funds**
Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.
## **Listed fixed asset investments**
Investments are included in the financial statements at fair value. The statement of financial activities includes net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.
## **Operating lease agreements**
Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged against profits on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **Financial instruments**
The charitable company has chosen to adopt the Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.
## (i) Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including fixed assets held at valuation, trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances and investments are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
- (ii) Financial liabilities
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Financial instruments**
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Creditors are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **3. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
|Job vacancy service
Lighting Delivery Centres' events and meetings
Miscellaneous income
**4.**
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Investments income
Deposit account interest receivable|**2023**
**£**
**5,950**
**18,424**
**11,701**
**36,075**|2022
£
7,700
8,101
5,421|
|---|---|---|
|||21,222|
||**2023**
**£**
**9,248**
**3,985**
**13,233**|2022
£
6,895
283|
|||7,178|
## **5. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Membership subscriptions
Courses
Lighting journal
Summit
Professional lighting guides
Local Authority Lighting|**2023**
Charitable
activities
**£**
**364,575**
**213,830**
**125,999**
**87,368**
**6,438**
**12,500**
**810,710**|2022
Total
activities
£
**322,698**
**208,327**
**128,695**
**94,652**
**3,688**
**-**|
|---|---|---|
|||**758,060**|
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **6. RAISING FUNDS**
|**Raising donations and legacies**
Lighting Delivery Centres' events
**Investment management costs**
Support costs
Aggregate amounts
**7.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
All of the funds are unrestricted
**Provision of charitable services:**
Staff costs
Courses
Summit
Lighting journal
Local Authority Lighting
Technical committee
Professional lighting guide production costs
Support services
Analysis of support services is as follows:-
Promotion and publications
Membership and education
Lighting delivery centres and general meetings
Bank and finance charges
Printing, postage and stationery
IT consultancy
Premises costs
Depreciation
Office costs
Other costs|**2023**
**£**
**25,541**
**2023**
**£**
**9,176**
**34,717**
**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**259,273**
**88,420**
**37,874**
**152,611**
**8,998**
**24**
**8,388**
**147,340**
**702,928**
**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**20,352**
**13,316**
**28,014**
**6,560**
**2,523**
**32,682**
**35,232**
**3,895**
**790**
**3,976**
**147,340**|2022
£
8,800
2022
£
10,141
18,941
Total Funds
2022
£
239,842
92,615
34,110
147,383
-
78
1,688
130,828
646,544
Total Funds
2022
£
9,570
1,613
26,060
5,616
2,479
28,846
40,392
7,262
909
8,081
130,828|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **8. SUPPORT COSTS**
|**Analysis of other resources expended:**
Staff costs
Legal and professional costs
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net resources are stated after charging:
Staff pension contributions
Depreciation
Auditors remuneration
Auditors remuneration - non audit services
Operating leases|**Total Funds**
Total Funds
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**43,423**
42,326
**8,416**
7,900
**51,839**
50,226
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**13,438**
12,591
**3,895**
7,262
**7,400**
7,300
**600**
330
**180**
360|
|---|---|
|||
|||
## **9. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
## **10. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
The members of the council were not remunerated.
## **Trustees' expenses**
Travel and subsistence expenses amounting to £9,357 were reimbursed to 7 members (2022: £6,477 reimbursed to 5 members).
## **11. STAFF COSTS**
|**STAFF COSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2023**|2022|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**268,767**|251,823|
|Social security costs|**20,491**|17,754|
|Other pension costs|**13,438**|12,591|
||**302,696**|282,168|
|The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:|||
||**2023**|2022|
|Head office|**7**|8|
|The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension|costs) exceeded|£60,000 was:|
||**2023**|2022|
|£70,001 - £80,000|**1**|1|
The total remuneration of key management personnel were within the range of £70,001 to £80,000 during the both the current and preceding year.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **12. LIGHTING DELIVERY CENTRES**
The company operates seven 'Lighting Delivery Centres' (LDC) throughout the British Isles. These are:-
Birmingham
Bristol Durham Ireland London Manchester Scotland
The LDC's are not separately registered under either the Companies or Charities Acts and operate under the name and control of the Institution of Lighting Professionals.
The combined results as shown in the accounts of the above LDC's for the years ended 31 December 2023 and 2022 are as follows:-
|**Income and expenditure**
Income
Expenditure
Deficit
Brought forward at 1 January 2022|**2023**
**£**
**18,424**
**(25,541)**
**(7,117)**
**28,190**
**21,073**|2022
£
8,101
(8,800)
(806)
28,996
28,190|
|---|---|---|
## **13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**COST**
At 1 January 2023
Additions
Disposals
At 31 December 2023
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2023
Charge for year
Eliminated on disposal
At 31 December 2023
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2023
At 31 December 2022|Freehold
property
£
**350,000**
**-**
**-**
**350,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**350,000**
350,000|Equipment
& Officers
Jewels
£
**67,921**
**3,377**
**(3,025)**
**68,273**
**60,023**
**3,895**
**(3,025)**
**60,893**
**7,380**
7,898|Totals
£
**417,921**
**3,377**
**(3,025)**
**418,273**
**60,023**
**3,895**
**(3,025)**
**60,893**
**357,380**
357,898|
|---|---|---|---|
## Revaluation:
The land and buildings were valued at £350,000 on 26 January 2023 by an external valuer, George and Company (Surveyors) Limited, Chartered Surveyors and RICS member. This interim valuation was carried out on a fair value basis. The trustees deem this to be the market value at the year end.
Historical cost of land and buildings:
If the properties had not been revalued the historical cost would be £452,869 (2022: £452,869).
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **14. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS**
|**FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS**||
|---|---|
||Listed|
||investments|
||£|
|**MARKET VALUE**||
|At 1 January 2023|**762,945**|
|Revaluations|**38,515**|
|At 31 December 2023|**801,460**|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||
|At 31 December 2023|**801,460**|
|At 31 December 2022|762,945|
All investments relate to the unrestricted fund.
Cost or valuation at 31 December 2023 is represented by:
## **15.**
||**Listed**|
|---|---|
||**investments**|
||**£**|
|Valuation in 2023|**801,460**|
|**INVESTMENT PROPERTY**||
||**£**|
|**FAIR VALUE**||
|At 1 January 2023|**260,000**|
|Revaluation|**7,000**|
|At 31 December 2023|**267,000**|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||
|At 31 December 2023|**267,000**|
|At 31 December 2022|260,000|
## Revaluation:
The investment property was valued at £267,000 on 4 December 2023 by an estate agent, Life Investments Estate Agency. This valuation was carried out on a fair value basis. The trustees deem this to be the market value at the year end. The comparable historic cost is £45,966 (2022: £45,966).
## **16. STOCKS**
|Goods For Resale|**2023**
**£**
**3,475**|2022
£
3,196|
|---|---|---|
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## **THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **17. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**18.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
VAT
Accruals and deferred income
**19.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
Tangible Fixed
Assets
Investments
£
£
Unrestricted Funds - General
357,380
847,426
Unrestricted Funds - Investment Property
Fair Value Reserve
-
221,034
357,380
1,068,460
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
Tangible Fixed
Assets
Investments
£
£
Unrestricted Funds - General
357,898
808,911
Unrestricted Funds - Investment Property
Fair Value Reserve
-
214,034
357,898
1,022,945|**2023**
**£**
**63,901**
**-**
**24,866**
**88,767**
**2023**
**£**
**12,488**
**6,459**
**7,901**
**118,751**
**145,599**
Other Net
Assets
£
139,130
-
68,151
Other Net
Assets
£
68,151
-
68,151|2022
£
22,051
115
7,316
29,482
2022
£
22,852
6,276
75
100,443
129,646
**2023**
**Total**
**£**
**1,343,936**
**221,034**
**1,564,970**
**2022**
**Total**
**£**
**1,234,960**
**214,034**
**1,448,994**|
|---|---|---|
## **20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
During the year purchases of £5,778 (2022: £11,155) were made by a company controlled by a trustee in the year.
During the year sales of £nil (2022: £15,648) were made to a company controlled by a trustee in the year.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 31 December 2023**
## **21. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS**
After the reporting date but before the signing of the financial statements, the investment property with a carrying value £267,000 was sold for £260,000.
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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE INSTITUTION OF
LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS
Oplnlon
We have audited the financial statements of The Institution of Lighting Professionals (the 'charitable company'l for the
year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement ol Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow
Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary ol significant accounting policies. The financial
reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdorn Accounting
Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements..
give a true and fair view ol the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 Decernber 2023 and of its incoming
resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended.,
have been property prepared in accordance with United Kingdorn Generally Accepted Accounting Practi., and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Cornpanies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our 8udit in accordance with Inlemation81 Standards on Auditing IUKI IISAS IUKII and applicable law. Our
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors, responsibilities for the audit of the financial
statements section of our report. We ale independent of the ch8ritable MpanY in a¢oordance with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial slalements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard.
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordan wth these requirements. We believe that the audit
evidence we have obtsined is sufficient and appropii8le lo provide 8 basis for our opinion.
Con¢lu8ion8 relating to going concern
In auditing the financial ststements, we have concluded that the Iiuslees, use of the going ¢on¢ein basis of 8c¢ounling in
the preparation of the financial staternent5 is appropriate.
Based on th8 work we have p8rfotm8d, w8 h8V8 not identif18d any tnaterial uncertainties ielating to 8vents or conditions
that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going
concem for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going cOnM are described in the relevant
sections of this report.
Other InfomiatSon
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information cornprises the information induded in the
Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the finanaal statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly
stated in our report, we do not express any fomi of assurance condusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibilrty is to read the other information and. in doing
so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial staternents or our knowledge
obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or
apparent material misstaternents, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the
financial statements themselves. 11, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material
misstalemenl of this other information. we are required lo report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, b8sed on the work undertaken in the course of the 8udit.'
the inform8tion given in the Report of the Tiuslees for the finan¢ial year for which the financial slalernenls ale
prep8ied is consistent wth the financi81 statements.. and
the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable leg81 requirements.
Matter8 on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and it5 environment obtained in the course of
the audit. we have not Identified material misstatements In the Report of the Trustees.
We have nothing to ieptsrt in iespect of the ft>llowing matters where the Companies Ad 2(K)6 requires us to report to you
if, in our opinion-.
adequate accounting records have not been kept or ieturns adequate for our audit have not been received from
branches not visited by us", or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and retums., or
certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration speafied by law are not made,. or
we have not received all the infomation and explanations we require for our audit," or
the trustees were not entitled to take advantage ol the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a
Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE INSTITUTION OF
LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS
Responslbllltles of trustees
As explained more lully in the Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the
charitable company for the purposes of company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and
lor being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees detemine is necessary
to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to
continue as a going concern, disdosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concem
basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have
no realistic alternative but to do so.
Our ponsIbIlitieS for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free frorn
maleTial misstatement, whether due lo fraud or error, and lo issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our
opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ol assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in
accordance with ISAS IUKI will always detect a material misstatement when il exists. Misslalements can arise from fraud
or error and are considered material if. individually or in the aggregate. they Uld reasonably be expected to influence
the economic decisions of useis tsken on the basis of these financial slalernents.
The extent lo whith our ProdureS are capable of detecting irregularities. including fraud is detsiled below..
88sed on our understanding of the company and charitable sector, we identified the princip81 iisks of non-complianc
with law5 and regulations. and we considered the exlenl to which non-oompliance might have a material effect on the
Iinanci81 staternents. We also considered those laws and regulation5 that have a direct Impact on the financi81
statements such as the Companie5 Act 2006. We evaluated managetllent's INtiveS and opportunitie5 for fiaudulent
manipulation of the financial staternents Iinduding the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal iisks
were related to posting Inappiopriat8 joumal entries and management bias in 8CCOUnting estirnate5. Audit procedures
perfomed inclLJded..
discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected InStanS of non-compliance with
laws and regulation and fraud.,
challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, in particular in relation
to the values of the freehold property, investment property and investment portfolio and the judgements fomed.,
identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any joumal entries posted with unusual account combinations,
joumal entries crediting cash and journal entries with specffic defined descriptions.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instan$
of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not dosely related to events and transactions reflected in the
financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to traud is higher than the risk of not
detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional
misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial slalerllents is located on the Financial Reporting
Council's website at www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent
Auditors.
Use of our report
This report is made solely lo the charitable company's members. as a body. in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of
the Companies Act 20Cfj. Our audit work has been undert8ken so that we might slate lo the Charitab company's
members those matters we are required lo slate lo them in an audilor5' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the
charitable company's members as a body. for our audit work. for this ieport. or for the opinions we have formed.
Victoria Craig (Senior Statutory Auditor)
lor and on behalf of Magma Audit LLP
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Magma House, 16 Davy Court
Castle Mound Way
Rugby
CV23 OUZ
10 May 2024
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