Charity Number 278257
**Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 30 June 2023**
The Police Foundation Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 30 June 2023
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|**Contents**||
|---|---|
||Page|
|Annual Report of the Trustees|3 - 10|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|11|
|Statement of Financial Activities|12|
|Balance Sheet|13|
|Cash flow Statement|14|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|15 - 28|
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Reference and administrative information**
## Contact details
Address 124 City Road London EC1V 2NX Web Site www.police-foundation.org.uk
## Trustees and Officers
Trustees Sir William Jeffrey KCB (Chairman) The Rt. Hon. Sir John Wheeler JP DL (Vice Chairman) Mrs Mary Calam Lord Dholakia of Waltham Brooks PC OBE DL Professor Nicholas Fyfe Sir David Garrard Professor Martin Innes Dame Sara Thornton CBE QPM Mr Stephen Rimmer CB Mr Michael Cunningham CBE QPM Mr Andrew Tivey (appointed 14 November 2022) Mr Hugh Sherriffe (appointed 2 March 2023) Director Dr Richard G Muir Professional Advisers Independent Examiners Nyman Lisbon Paul LLP 124 Finchley Road London NW3 5JS Solicitors Bates Wells Braithwaite 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1BE Bankers HSBC UK Bank Plc 129 New Bond Street London W1S 1EA Investment Advisers Investec Wealth & Investment Limited 30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7QN
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Trustees’ Report**
The Trustees of the Police Foundation present their Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2023 and the financial statements for that year, prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP) (FRS102).
The Police Foundation is a registered charity (number 278257). Its address is shown on page 2.
## Trustees
The names of the Trustees who served during the year ended 30 June 2023 are listed on page 2.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## Governing document
The Police Foundation is a Charitable Trust governed by its Trust Deed dated 9 July 1979. Following discussion with the Charity Commission, the Trust Deed was most recently updated on 11 July 2007.
## Governance and management
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance of the Foundation. The Board meets formally at least twice a year. There were four meetings during the year ended 30 June 2023.
The existing Trustees have the power to appoint new Trustees, and the total number shall not be more than eighteen or less than eight. Each Trustee may serve up to two consecutive four-year terms of office, and thereafter may be reappointed by formal Board resolution for such period as the meeting may resolve.
Any business requiring the involvement of Trustees between Board meetings is conducted through appropriate sub-committees of Trustees, with any decisions required being formally ratified via postal or other means of communication. The routine management of the Foundation is the responsibility of the Director, who reports directly to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees employ a small central staff.
## Recruitment, induction and training of Trustees
The Foundation’s Trustees are appointed by resolution of the Board following due consideration of nominations received, based on relevant attributes including specialist skills and experience. In addition to meeting key members of the Foundation’s staff, new Trustees are provided with an induction pack comprising information on Trustees’ responsibilities, a copy of the Trust Deed, the latest Annual Report and Accounts, minutes of Trustees’ meetings, and relevant information on the Foundation’s current work programme. All Trustees are encouraged to attend relevant seminars and Trustee training courses.
## Policy for the remuneration of key management personnel
The Foundation’s remuneration policy for all staff is decided by the Trustees. Remuneration is based on the market value for each role. Salary reviews are held on an annual basis. The charity is accredited with the Living Wage Foundation.
## Public benefit
The Trustees have given due consideration to the Charity Commission’s published guidance on the Public Benefit requirement under The Charities Act 2011. The charity is a Public Benefit Entity. The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Foundation’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Objects, aims and principal activities**
## Who we are
The Police Foundation is the UK’s policing think tank. We are the only independent think tank in the UK focused exclusively on improving policing. Our mission is to generate evidence and develop ideas which deliver better policing and a safer society. We do this by producing trusted, impartial research, by facilitating informed public debate about policing and by working with the police and their partners to create change.
## Objects
The objects of the Police Foundation, as set out in the Trust Deed are:
- the advancement and promotion of efficient and effective policing; and
- to undertake and promote study and research into the methods, organisation and effectiveness of the police and the training of police officers, and to publish the useful results of such study and research.
## Our mission
The Police Foundation has three main aims:
- to understand how policing can become more effective, efficient and legitimate;
- to generate new ideas for how the police can keep citizens safe in a rapidly changing world;
- to facilitate informed public debate about policing.
Our mission is realised by:
- undertaking credible, high-quality applied research of direct relevance to policy and practice.
-
- hosting events into specific policing and crime reduction issues.
- offering training and consultancy to help the police and others transfer evidence and knowledge into policy and practice.
- communicating our ideas to a wider audience through our networks in policing and beyond and through our use of print, broadcast and digital media.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023**
## Tackling online fraud
In 2023 the Police Foundation, in partnership with Crest Advisory and Birkbeck University, launched an ambitious programme of research aimed at:
- Furthering our understanding of the online fraud problem, specifically the nature of the demand on all areas of public service, including law enforcement, victim care and public protection.
- Exploring the challenges and opportunities for developing crime controls and effective victim services across policing and the wider public, private and third sectors.
This research programme will develop new ways of organising data and knowledge about online fraud, assess the impact of online fraud on victims, understand more about online fraud offenders, explore the importance of online anonymity in committing fraud and develop a new policy and practice agenda.
## Policing and young adults
Since November 2020 the Police Foundation has been working on a project, funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, to work in collaboration with police practitioners to change the way in which young adults are policed. The project is informed by a growing evidence base that the policing of 18–25-year-olds needs a distinct approach. Young adults constitute less than 10 per cent of the UK population but make up to 30-40 per cent of all police cases. Evidence clearly shows that young adults do not reach full developmental maturity until age 25, and this lack of maturity can lead to unnecessary risk taking and impulsive behaviour.
Together with Revolving Doors Agency, the Police Foundation has launched a Knowledge Exchange Network that brings together police Inspectors and Chief Inspectors from across England and Wales to co-create new and better ways of policing young adults aged 18-25. This Network provides police with peer-to-peer learning and support, recognising the wealth of knowledge and expertise among police officers. Inspectors and Chief Inspectors across police services across England and Wales are able to share evidence and tackle difficult issues. The focus is on upscaling innovation and practices that are evidence-based and that can become mainstream.
The project also involves the Police Foundation working alongside police force areas to trial new approaches in practice. In 2022/23 we have been working with Staffordshire Violence Reduction Alliance to assess the potential of navigator services for young adults as a way of preventing violent crime. We also received a large number of applications for two further Practice Development Areas to work with during 2023 and 2024.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023 continued**
## The disruption of serious and organised crime
We have been undertaking a research project to understand the use of disruption as a policing tactic to tackle organised crime. This involves understanding the range and nature of disruption strategies and tactics being used by UK policing, how success is measured and how the police work with others to achieve effective disruption. The final report will be published by the end of 2023 and will set out how disruption should be deployed in the future as part of a broader strategy to tackle organised crime.
## Contact and confidence
This project is investigating the contribution that technology can make to improving public trust and confidence in the police. More specifically it aims to:
- Distil the lessons about police contact and public confidence, from research conducted in a more ‘analogue’ age, that should be taken forward into a digital one.
- Investigate how the profile of police/public contact is changing and the potential implications of this for public confidence.
- Understand more about the way police forces are responding to the challenge of improving trust and confidence and the strategies, approaches, and tools they are employing.
- Identify examples of how technology is helping to transform public contact in UK policing, as well as overseas and in other relevant sectors.
- Think ahead about the potential opportunities, challenges, and limitations of technology to improve public contact and the police/public relationship over years and decades to come.
## Roadcraft
The Roadcraft series of publications, which is published by The Stationery Office (TSO) and comprises four books ( _‘Roadcraft: The Police Driver’s Handbook’, ‘Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider’s Handbook’, ‘Fleetcraft: The Essential Occupational Driver's Handbook’_ and _‘Towing Roadcraft: The Essential Towing Handbook’_ ) and a DVD ( _‘Roadcraft: The Police Driver's Course on Advanced Driving’_ ), makes a significant contribution to road safety by improving the driving of both the police, other emergency service drivers and members of the public. Throughout 2022/23 we continued to publicise the 2020 editions of ‘ _Roadcraft: The Police Driver’s Handbook’_ and _‘Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider’s Handbook’._
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023 continued**
## Objectives for the year ended 30 June 2024
In the year 2023/24 the Foundation will continue to implement its new seven year strategy, which aims to ensure we remain the UK’s leading policing think tank, while diversifying our income streams and expanding our global reach. As part of this we will be pursuing a revised research programme, to make sure we are tackling the most important issues in policing. In particular we have plans for major new projects on police conduct and culture and on preventative policing.
We will also refresh and expand our events programme, with a new series of Police Policy Forums, a regular online Friday Exchange on topical policing issues and more global events organised in partnership with the Society for Evidence Based Policing. We will be organising the 2024 Cumberland Lodge Police Conference on the topic of Policing and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
We will be recruiting a number of Senior Research Fellows so that we can draw on the talents of leading police leaders and thinkers, and we will be bringing together a new network of Police Foundation Fellows, police practitioners who are undertaking innovative work on the frontline which we can learn from.
The Foundation will expanding its consultancy and training offer to police forces and undertaking more international work, specifically though new partnerships in Australia and New Zealand.
## Trustees’ responsibilities for the accounts
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the Charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year.
In preparing the accounts the Trustees should:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- follow the recommendations of the Charity Commission and of the accounting profession with regard to form and content of the accounts, or disclose and explain any departures therefrom
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will be able to continue to meet its objectives
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the charity’s assets, and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of error, fraud and other irregularities.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023 continued**
## Trustees’ responsibilities for the accounts continued
## Risk management
The Trustees are ultimately responsible for the management of the risks faced by the Foundation. Together with the Director they identify and assess these risks on a regular basis and consider the systems and controls which have been established to mitigate them. During the year the Trustees spent time at their Board meetings reviewing the most significant risks facing the charity, which would include the risk of being unable to secure future grant funding, consultancy projects and other income, the risk of being unable to retain or recruit key staff members and the risk of damage to the charity’s credibility. The Trustees have taken steps to mitigate these risks – these include sourcing new funders, expanding the charity’s profile both nationally and internationally, increasing the charity’s profile whilst always safeguarding its reputation as the UK’s policing think tank and maintaining its independence, and reviewing staff pay levels to ensure that they reflect the skill and experience of the staff.
## Going concern basis for preparation of the financial statements
The Trustees consider the Police Foundation’s plans and strategies at each Board meeting. As part of this process, the Finance Subcommittee of the Trustees has reviewed the latest income projections, budgets and cash flow forecasts for the period to 30 June 2025, and the assumptions contained therein.
In light of these projections, the Trustees are confident that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that there are not material uncertainties that call into doubt the Foundation’s ability to continue. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities.
## **Financial results**
The financial results for the year ended 30 June 2023 are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities on page 12, the Balance Sheet on page 13 and the Cash Flow Statement on page 14, together with the accounting policies and notes to the accounts on pages 15 to 28.
## _Restricted Funds_
Details of Restricted Funds are set out in note 13 to the accounts on pages 23 and 24.
## _Unrestricted Funds_
The total unrestricted income for the year ended 30 June 2023 was £151,000 compared with £115,000 in the previous year.
Unrestricted expenditure for the financial year was £147,000, so unrestricted income exceeded unrestricted expenditure by £4,000. There were realised investment losses of £1,000, but an increase in the value of the investment portfolio of £3,000, representing unrealised gains at the balance sheet date, and an actuarial gain on the defined benefit pension scheme of £1,000, so unrestricted funds increased by a total of £7,000 to £483,000. This compares with a decrease of £54,000 in the year ended 30 June 2022.
The Foundation’s unrestricted funds are held in a managed investment portfolio and as cash on deposit. The charity has a written investment policy, with long term growth and low to medium risk as the main criteria.
Further details of Unrestricted Funds are set out in note 14 to the accounts on page 25.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023 continued**
## Trustees’ responsibilities for the accounts continued
## **Financial results**
## _Fundraising Expenditure_
The charity had no fundraising activities requiring disclosure under S162A of the Charities Act 2011.
## Reserves
The Trustees review the finances of the charity on a regular basis, both in the Finance Sub-committee and at main Trustees’ meetings. They consider that reserves of at least six to twelve months’ worth of general expenditure are desirable. At 30 June 2023, Restricted funds were £nil. Unrestricted funds at the year-end were £483,000 which represents more than a year’s worth of central staffing and other overhead costs as budgeted for the year ended 30 June 2024.
## Investment powers, policy and performance
The Trustees’ investment powers are governed by the Trust Deed, which permits the Foundation’s funds to be invested in any stocks, shares, funds, securities, land or other investments or property.
The Board’s policy is to invest surplus unrestricted funds for a total return by adopting a medium risk investment strategy, while ensuring that sufficient liquid funds are available to meet projected commitments.
Restricted funds are held in cash on deposit because of the need to meet known project expenditure commitments within a relatively short time frame.
The Foundation’s investments have continued to be managed in accordance with our policy and the Trust Deed. The investment advisers provide quarterly reports to the Finance Subcommittee of the Trustees, and a summary is provided to all Trustees prior to each Trustees meeting. Significant movements in the value of the portfolio are discussed by the Finance Subcommittee, and, where necessary, with the other Trustees and with the investment advisers.
There were net realised losses on the sale of investments of £1,000 in the year, however net unrealised gains of £3,000 were recorded on revaluation of investments at the end of the financial year. Investment income of £6,000 was received and reinvested during the year. The performance was in line with expectations given the impact of world events during the financial year affecting investments globally.
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**The Police Foundation** Annual Report of the Trustees (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Review of the year ended 30 June 2023 continued**
## Independent Examiner
Nyman Lisbon Paul LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office as independent examiner and a resolution proposing their reappointment will be submitted to the forthcoming Trustees’ meeting.
> Approved by the Board of Trustees on and signed on its behalf by: **18/03/2024**
**Sir William Jeffrey Chairman of Trustees**
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**The Police Foundation** Report of the Independent Examiners Year ended 30 June 2023
## **Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of The Police Foundation**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Police Foundation for the year ended 30 June 2023 which are set out on pages 12 to 28.
This report is made solely to the charity’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My independent examiner’s work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity’s Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity, the charity’s members as a body and the charity’s Trustees as a body for my independent examiner’s work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity Trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Andrew Thomas ACA Nyman Lisbon Paul LLP 124 Finchley Road London NW3 5JS
21 March 2024
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## **The Police Foundation** Statement of Financial Activities Year ended 30 June 2023
|Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Income from generated funds:
_Voluntary income_
Donations, grants and legacies
2
Investment income
3
Income from charitable activities:
Fees for consultancy, training & events
Sale of publications
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities:
Undertaking research and
influencing policy
Grant to project partner
Consultancy, training & events
Publications
Total
7
Net gains/(losses) on investments
10
Net income / (expenditure)
Other gains and losses
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined
Benefit pension scheme
18
Net income/(expenditure)
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
13&14|Unrestricted
Funds
£
26,370
7,367
76,988
40,159
150,884
68,937
-
70,527
7,853
147,317
2,371
5,938
1,519
7,457
7,457
475,926
483,383|Restricted
Funds
£
366,214
-
17,211
-
383,425
366,214
-
17,211
-
383,425
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Total
Funds
2023
£
392,584
7,367
94,199
40,159
534,309
435,151
-
87,738
7,853
530,742
2,371
5,938
1,519
7,457
7,457
475,926
483,383|_Total_
_Funds_
_2022_
_£_
_351,692_
_5,695_
_41,475_
_41,700_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||_440,562_|
|||||_405,128_
_-_
_39,278_
_9,395_|
|||||_453,801_|
|||||_(43,478)_|
|||||_(56,717)_
_2,384_|
|||||_(54,333)_|
|||||_(54,333)_
_530,259_|
|||||_475,926_|
All the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.
The notes on pages 15 to 28 form part of these accounts.
A full analysis of individual restricted funds is given in note 13 on pages 23 and 24.
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**The Police Foundation** Balance Sheet 30 June 2023
|Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
9
Investments
10
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
12
NET CURRENT ASSETS
Provision for liabilities
18
NET ASSETS
15
REPRESENTED BY:
Accumulated funds:
Unrestricted funds
14
Restricted funds
13||2023
£
£
-
390,911
390,911
99,496
96,377
195,873
(77,185)
118,688
(26,216)
483,383
483,383
-
483,383|2023
£
£
-
390,911
390,911
99,496
96,377
195,873
(77,185)
118,688
(26,216)
483,383
483,383
-
483,383||_2022_
_£_
_1,141_
_385,146_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||99,496
96,377
195,873
(77,185)
(26,216)|||386,287
_71,683_
_120,688_
_192,371_
_(69,571)_|
||||||_122,800_|
||||483,383||_(33,161)_
_475,926_
_475,926_
_-_
475,926|
||||483,383
-|||
||||483,383|||
> Approved by the Board of Trustees on and signed on its behalf by: **18/03/2024**
) Sir William Jeffrey ) } ) Trustees } Mr Andrew Tivey ) )
The notes on pages 15 to 28 form part of these accounts. A full analysis of individual restricted funds is given in note 13 on pages 23 and 24.
Charity Number 278257
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**The Police Foundation** Cash Flow Statement Year ended 30 June 2023
|Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Sale/(purchase) of property, plant and equipment
Sale/(purchase) of investments
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
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
(Gains)/losses on investments
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Investment management fees
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash in hand
Notice deposits
Total cash and cash equivalents|2023
£
(25,395)
1,084
-
-
1,084
(24,311)
120,688
96,377
7,457
1,141
(2,371)
(7,367)
2,889
(27,813)
669
(25,395)
96,377
-
96,377|_2022_
_£_
_(54,085)_
_19_
_-_
_-_|
|---|---|---|
|||_19_
_(54,066)_
_174,754_
_120,688_|
|||_(54,333)_
_1,140_
_43,478_
_(5,695)_
_3,547_
_(18,067)_
_(24,155)_
_(54,085)_|
|||_120,688_
-|
|||_120,688_|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts Year ended 30 June 2023
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## a) Basis of preparation of the accounts
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015.
The financial statements have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair’ view. The Foundation constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
As detailed in the Trustees Report, the trustees have reviewed the latest income projections, budgets and cash flow forecasts for the period to 30 June 2025, and the assumptions contained therein. In light of these projections, the Trustees are confident that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that there are not material uncertainties that call into doubt the Foundation’s ability to continue. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities.
## b) 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.
## c) Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. 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.
## d) Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are capitalised where the item costs in excess of £500. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets in use at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight-line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows:
## Computer equipment - over 2 years
## e) Investments
Investments are stated in the balance sheet at market value. Gains or losses arising on revaluation at each financial year end, and on sales of investments, are credited or charged in the SOFA.
## f) Restricted funds
Restricted funds are established where monies are received for specific purposes, such as particular research projects. A separate fund is established for each individual project, and relevant expenditure is charged thereto.
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)**
## g) Operating leases
The rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the SOFA on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
## h) Financial instruments
The Police Foundation has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Financial assets held at amortised cost comprise cash at bank and in hand, together with accrued interest and other debtors. Financial liabilities held at amortised cost comprise trade creditors and accruals.
Investments, including bonds held as part of an investment portfolio are held at fair value at the Balance Sheet date, with gains and losses being recognised within income and expenditure.
## i) Pension costs
The Foundation makes contributions to a defined contribution pension scheme in accordance with the requirements of Auto Enrolment., The contributions are accounted for as they become payable. The Foundation previously participated in a multi-employer defined benefit scheme. Deficit recovery payments are accounted for as they become payable, and accounting adjustments are in accordance with FRS102 and as described in full in Note 18.
## j) Taxation
No provision is made for corporation tax, as the Foundation is able to claim full statutory exemption subject to the proper application of all its charitable resources.
## k) Debtors
Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.
## l) Creditors
Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.
## m) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank and in hand, cash held for reinvestment and short-term deposits.
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)**
## n) Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the Foundation’s accounting policies, which are described in note 1, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods.
In the view of the Trustees, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.
## **2. DONATIONS AND GRANTS**
|Unrestricted Funds
During the year, unrestricted donations and grants of £5,000 or more
were received from the following:
The Tompkins Foundation
Other smaller grants and donations
Restricted Funds
During the year, grants to fund specific projects were received from the
following:
The Dawes Trust
Barrow Cadbury
Zen City
Futr
Cleveland Police
IPPR
University of York
Global Alliance of Societies for Evidence Based Policing
CGI|2023
£
25,000
1,370
26,370
269,964
57,150
15,000
7,500
8,000
5,000
3,600
-
-
366,214|_2022_
_£_
_25,000_
_895_|
|---|---|---|
|||_25,895_|
|||_219,947_
_45,850_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_20,000_
_40,000_|
|||_325,797 _|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
|**3.**
**INVESTMENT INCOME**
Investment income was derived from the following:
Listed investments
Cash held on deposit
**4.**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
The expenditure for the year includes:
Staff costs (note 6)
Independent examination fees
Depreciation|2023
£
6,283
1,084
7,367
2023
£
385,896
2,600
1,141|_2022_
_£_
_5,676_
_19_|
|---|---|---|
|||_5,695_|
|||_2022_
_£_
_347,143_
_4,300_
_1,140_|
No remuneration was paid to any of the Trustees. Expenses for reimbursed travel expenses relating to attendance at Trustees’ meetings were £nil (2022 – £nil).
|**5.**|**OTHER COSTS**|2023|_2022_|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|_£_|
||Governance costs comprise:|||
||Independent examination fees|2,600|_4,300_|
||Trustees’ travel expenses|-|_-_|
||Investment management charges|2,889|_3,547_|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
|**6.**
**EMPLOYEES**
Staff costs comprise:
Wages and salaries
Employers’ National Insurance costs
Pension costs
The average number of employees during the year was:
Full time
Part time (full-time equivalent)
The number of higher paid employees was:
£ 90,000 - £100,000
£100,000 - £110,000|2023
£
337,011
32,034
16,851
385,896
No.
7
0
7
0
1|_2022_
_£_
302,718
28,634
15,791|
|---|---|---|
|||347,143|
|||_No._
7
0
7
1
0|
Total pension contributions for the above staff member were £5,091 (2022: £4,915)
Key management personnel constitute the charity director. Total remuneration for the key management personnel was £119,362 (£115,708 – year ended 30 June 2022).
|**7. TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
_Unrestricted funds_
Charitable activities:
Undertaking research and influencing policy
Consultancy, training, and events
Publications
_Total: Unrestricted funds_
_Restricted funds_
Undertaking research and influencing policy
Consultancy, training, and events
_Total: Restricted funds_
Total resources expended|Staff costs
£
8,565
4,684
4,684
17,933
365,854
2,109
367,963
385,896|Direct
costs
£
-
65,843
3,169
69,012
360
15,102
15,462
84,474|Support
Costs
£
60,372
-
-
60,372
-
-
-
60,372|2023
Total
£
68,937
70,527
7,853
147,317
366,214
17,211
383,425
530,742|_2022_
_Total_
_£_
_79,331_
_39,278_
_9,395_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||_128,004_
_325,797_
_-_|
||||||_325,797_
_453,801_|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **8. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** – **year ended 30 June 2022**
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Income from generated funds:
_Voluntary income_
Donations, grants and legacies
_Investment income_
Income from charitable activities:
Fees for consultancy, training and events
Sale of publications
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities:
Undertaking research and influencing policy
Grant to project partner
Consultancy, training and events
Publications
Total
Net gains / (losses) on investments
Net income / (expenditure)
Other Gains and losses
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit
pension scheme
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
Funds
£
25,895
5,695
41,475
41,700
114,765
79,331
-
39,278
9,395
128,004
(43,478)
(56,717)
2,384
(54,333)
530,259
475,926|Restricted
Funds
£
325,797
-
-
-
325,797
325,797
-
-
-
325,797
-
-
-
-
-
-|Total
Funds
£
351,692
5,695
41,475
41,700|
|---|---|---|---|
||||440,562|
||||405,128
-
39,278
9,395|
||||453,801|
||||(43,478)|
||||(56,717)
2,384|
||||(54,333)
530,259|
||||475,926|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
|**9.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Cost
1 July 2022
Additions
Disposals
At 30 June 2023
Depreciation
1 July 2022
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 30 June 2023
Net Book Value
At 30 June 2023
_Net Book Value_
_At 30 June 2022_
**10.**
**INVESTMENTS**
Market value at beginning of financial year
Net withdrawals in the year
Income reinvested
Fund management fees
Net gains/(losses) on disposals in the year
Net gains/(losses) on revaluation at financial year end
Market value at end of financial year
2023
Cost
£
Market
Value
£
UK Fixed Interest
33,817
30,363
Overseas Fixed Interest
21,002
19,315
UK Equities
52,830
52,339
European Equities
11,314
20,238
North American Equities
20,130
17,736
Japanese Equities
-
-
Far East & Australasian Equities
7,982
9,850
International Equities
45,015
55,077
Emergency Economies
11,873
12,151
UK Property
20,284
15,238
Alternative Assets
43,760
39,371
Cash
119,268
119,233
387,275
390,911||Office
Furniture
and
Equipment
£
2,281
-
-
2,281
1,140
1,141
-
2,281
-
_1,141_
2023
£
385,146
-
6,283
(2,889)
(998)
3,369|Total
£
2,281
-
-
2,281
1,140
1,141
-
2,281
-
_1,141_
_2022_
_£_
_426,495_
_-_
_5,676_
_(3,547)_
_13,489_
_(56,967)_|
|---|---|---|---|
|||390,911|_385,146_|
|||_2022_
_Cost_
_£_
_Market_
_Value_
_£_
_19,708_
_17,441_
_30,766_
_27,438_
_115,726_
_117,296_
_19,720_
_23,476_
_29,888_
_25,440_
_-_
_-_
_15,964_
_20,460_
_49,180_
_50,477_
_11,873_
_12,186_
_20,284_
_17,979_
_58,915_
_61,212_
_11,741_
_11,741_
_383,765_
385,146||
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
|**11. DEBTORS**
Accrued income and prepayments
Social security and other taxes
Other debtors|2023
£
99,496
-
-
99,496|_2022_
_£_
_71,683_
_-_
_-_|
|---|---|---|
|||_71,683_|
Accrued income and prepayments include accrued income of £98,460 at 30 June 2023. Accrued income at 30 June 2022 was £70,320. Accrued income represents the value of work completed but not yet invoiced in respect of research projects and publishing income.
|**12. CREDITORS**:Amounts falling due within one year
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|2023
£
12,098
563
64,524
77,185|_2022_
_£_
_13,671_
_138_
_55,762_|
|---|---|---|
|||_69,571_|
Deferred income at 30 June 2023 was £50,000, representing income received in advance for one project, which will be recognised in the SOFA for the year ended 30 June 2024. Deferred income at 30 June 2022 was £50,000, which was recognised in the SOFA for the year ended 30 June 2023. Grant income is received in advance of each stage of a project commencing but is only recognised in the SOFA on the completion of the specified work for that stage of the project.
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **13. RESTRICTED FUNDS**
Restricted funds are established where monies have been received for specific purposes or projects as itemised below. A separate fund is established for each individual project, and relevant expenditure is charged thereto. An analysis of movements on individual restricted funds during the year ended 30 June 2023 is given below.
_The Disruption Project_ funded by the Dawes Trust
_Impact Review of the Strategic Review_ funded by the Dawes Trust
_A new operating model for policing in the 21[st] Century_ funded by the Dawes Trust
_Joint Online Fraud project_ funded by the Dawes Trust
_Policing and Young Adults_ funded by Barrow Cadbury
_Contact and Confidence: improving police - public interactions with technology_ – funded by Zen City and Futr
_Developing a comprehensive approach to crime prevention in Cleveland_ – funded by Cleveland Police _The Cumberland Lodge Conference (held June 2023)_ – funded by Salesforce
|**Name of project fund**
The Disruption Project
Impact Review of the
Strategic Review
A New Operating Model
Joint Online Fraud Project
Policing Young Adults
Contact and Confidence
Crime Prevention in Cleveland
Cumberland Lodge
Conference
Other smaller projects|Funds
held
30 June
2022
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_-_|Incoming
resources
£
57,780
50,000
50,000
112,184
57,150
22,500
8,000
13,000
12,811
383,425|Grant
Paid
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Resources
Expended
£
(57,780)
(50,000)
(50,000)
(112,184)
(57,150)
(22,500)
(8,000)
(13,000)
(12,811)
(383,425)|Funds
held
30 June
2023
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||-|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **13. RESTRICTED FUNDS** continued
Restricted funds are established where monies have been received for specific purposes or projects as itemised below. A separate fund is established for each individual project, and relevant expenditure is charged thereto. An analysis of movements on individual restricted funds during the year ended 30 June 2022 is given below.
_The Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales_ funded by the Dawes Trust, Mark 43, CGI, Deloitte and City of London Corporation
_Policing and Young Adults_ funded by Barrow Cadbury _Policing in the Pandemic_ funded by the Dawes Trust
_Policing in the 21[st] Century seminar series_ funded by CGI
_Global Alliance of Societies for Evidence Based Policing_ funded by the Global Alliance _The Disruption Project_ funded by the Dawes Trust.
|**Name of project fund**
The Strategic Review
of Policing
Policing and Young Adults
Policing in the Pandemic
Policing in the 21stCentury
seminar Series
Global Alliance of Societies
for Evidence Based Policing
The Disruption Project|Funds
held
30 June
2021
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
_-_|Incoming
Resources
£
125,000
45,850
22,727
40,000
20,000
72,220
325,797|Grant
Paid
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|Resources
Expended
£
(125,000)
(45,850)
(22,727)
(40,000)
(20,000)
(72,220)
(325,797)|Funds
held
30 June
2022
£
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||-|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **14. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**
|Analysis during year
ended 30 June 2023
Unrestricted funds
Analysis during year
ended 30 June 2022
Unrestricted funds|Funds
held
30 June
2022
£
475,926
Funds
Held
30 June
2021
£
530,259|Incoming
resources
£
150,884
Incoming
resources
£
114,765|Resources
expended
£
(147,317)
Resources
Expended
£
(128,004)|Net gains /
(losses) on
investment
£
2,371
Net gains
on
investment
£
(43,478)|Actuarial
gains
/(losses)
on DB
pension
scheme
£
1,519
Actuarial
gains /
(losses)
on DB
pension
scheme
£
2,384|Funds
Held
30 June
2023
£
483,383
Funds
held
30 June
2022
475,926|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **15. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
|As at 30 June 2023:
Fixed Assets
Investments
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors
Provision for liabilities|Unrestricted
Funds
£
-
390,911
22,996
122,877
(27,185)
(26,216)
483,383|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
76,500
(26,500)
(50,000)
-
-|Total
Funds
£
-
390,911
99,496
96,377
(77,185)
(26,216)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||483,383|
At 30 June 2023 there were accumulated net unrealised gains on investments of £3,369 (2022 losses - £56,967) which form part of the total accumulated unrestricted funds.
|As at 30 June 2022:
Fixed Assets
Investments
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors
Provision for liabilities|Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,141
385,146
21,613
120,758
(19,571)
(33,161)
475,926|Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
50,070
(70)
(50,000)
-
-|Total
Funds
£
1,141
385,146
71,683
120,688
(69,571)
(33,161)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||475,926|
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**The Police Foundation** Notes to the Accounts (continued) Year ended 30 June 2023
## **16. PENSION COSTS**
## _The Pensions Trust CARE Scheme_
From 1 August 2005 the Foundation participated in a multi-employer average salary defined benefits pension scheme, the Pensions Trust CARE Scheme. It is not possible or appropriate to identify the assets and liabilities of the Scheme which are attributable to the Foundation. The CARE Scheme has various different sections, and the section to which Police Foundation employees belonged was the one-eightieth average salary defined benefits section of the CARE Scheme. The main benefits provided by this particular section of the Scheme were a pension of one-eightieth of a member’s career average revalued earnings for each year (and months proportionately) of pensionable service if contracted-out of the State scheme. Employers paid contributions at the rate of 10.0% of earnings up to 1 April 2012, and 10.6% thereafter. Members paid contributions based on an age-related scale.
From 1 October 2014, those employees who were members of the CARE Scheme were transferred from the one-eightieth defined benefit section of the CARE Scheme to the defined contribution section. From that date the employer’s contributions were 10% and the members contributed 7%.
No employer’s contribution was made by the Foundation to the CARE Scheme in the year ended 30 June 2023. The Foundation made deficit recovery payments of £7,194 (2022 - £6,989) – see details in the next paragraph.
A full actuarial valuation of the Scheme is commissioned every 3 years, with annual funding statements provided by the scheme’s actuary. At 30 September 2022, the actuary’s funding statement shows a deficit of assets compared to liabilities of £7.5 million - a substantial decrease over the reported deficit at 30 September 2019 of £14.9 million and the deficit at 30 September 2016 of £24.9 million (the deficit at 30 September 2013 was £16.4 million). Employers are being asked to make deficit recovery payments. The Foundation’s share of these additional payments was assessed initially at £1,100 per annum from 1 April 2012, increasing by 3% at each subsequent 1 April for a period of 10 years.
The formal valuation of the Scheme at 30 September 2013 was completed in the spring of 2015 with the Foundation’s share of deficit recovery payments being increased to £7,591 per annum from 1 July 2015 and thereafter increasing by 3% at each subsequent 1 July until 30 April 2027. This meant that the Foundation would be required to contribute total deficit recovery payments, and charges, of £104,000 between 1 July 2015 and 30 April 2027. Following the completion of the 30 September 2016 valuation, the schedule of monthly deficit recovery payments and charges was extended to include the period from 1 May 2027 to 30 November 2028, with an annual increase of 3% on 1 April 2028 – the total payable in this period was expected to be £17,000. Following the completion of the 30 September 2019 valuation, the schedule of monthly deficit recovery payments was shortened to end on 30 September 2027, with the Foundation’s share of the deficit recovery payments being reduced to £6,314 per annum from 1 July 2021 and thereafter increasing by 3% at each subsequent 1 July until 30 September 2027. Following the completion of the 30 September 2022 valuation, the schedule of monthly deficit payments has been shortened by six months, to end on 31 March 2027. The total expected to be payable between 1 July 2023 and 31 March 2027 is £26,216.
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## **16. PENSION COSTS** continued
Following consultations with the participating employers in May 2015, the Trustee of the Scheme, at a meeting held on 7 July 2015, finalised the decision to close the Scheme to the further accrual of benefits with effect from 31 March 2016. From 1 July 2015, there was only one member of the Scheme employed by the Police Foundation, and, by 1 April 2016, alternative pension arrangements were in place for this employee, who has since retired. The scheduled deficit recovery payments will continue as outlined above, and the next formal valuation of the Scheme will be at 30 September 2025, with the outcome known in 2026.
## **PRESENT VALUES OF PROVISION**
|30 June 2023
(£s)
Present Value of provision
26,216
**RECONCILIATION OF OPENING AND CLOSING PROVISIONS**
Provision at start of period
Unwinding of the discount factor (interest expense)
Deficit contribution paid
Re-measurements – impact of any change in assumptions
Re-measurements – amendments to the contributions schedule
Provision at end of period||30 June 2022
(£s)
33,161
Year Ending
30 June 2023
(£s)
33,161
1,077
(6,503)
(1,519)
-
26,216||30 June 2021
(£s)
41,515
Year Ending
30 June 2022
(£s)
41,515
344
(6,314)
(2,384)
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||33,161|
## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE IMPACT**
|**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE IMPACT**|||
|---|---|---|
||Year Ending|Year Ending|
||30 June 2023|30 June 2022|
||(£s)|(£s)|
|Interest expense|1,077|344|
|Re-measurements – impact of any change in assumptions|(1,519)|(2,384)|
|Re-measurements – amendments to the contributions schedule|-|-|
|Contributions paid in respect of future service|-|-|
|Costs recognised in income and expenditure account|-|-|
Includes defined contribution schemes and future service contributions (i.e. excluding any deficit reduction payments) to defined benefit schemes which are treated as defined contribution schemes.
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## **16. PENSION COSTS** continued
|**ASSUMPTIONS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||30 June 2023|30 June 2022|30 June 2021|
||% per annum|% per annum|% per annum|
|Rate of discount|6.51|3.63|0.90|
The discount rates shown above are the equivalent single discount rates which, when used to discount the future recovery plan contributions due, would give the same results as using a full AA corporate bond yield curve to discount the same recovery plan contributions.
Up until 1 June 2016, all new employees of The Foundation were offered a contribution to a personal pension scheme of their choice (see _Other pension costs_ below).
## _Other pension costs_
Until 31 May 2016, on completion of any probationary period, employees who were not eligible to join the Pensions Trust CARE Scheme were offered an employer contribution of 5% of salary to a personal pension scheme of their choice.
On 1 June 2016, the charity auto enrolled its employees into a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, postponing the scheme until 1 September 2016. In July 2016 some employees opted into the scheme, and the appropriate contributions were paid from that date. Contributions paid into individual staff personal pension schemes have ceased from the earlier of the date on which each employee chose to opt into the Auto Enrolment pension scheme at 1 September 2016.
Total employer’s contributions made by the Foundation to individual staff personal pension schemes in the year ended 30 June 2023 were £16,851 (2022 – £15,791).
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