Charity number: 287160 Company number: 01714386 (Enoland and Wales) Landscape Research Group Lirnited Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Flnancial Ststements For the year ended 31 December 2020 *AAC4WY6H* 0110912021 COMPANIES HOUSE A11 #170 Landswe Research Group Llmlled Contents Page For the year ended 31 December 2020 Report olthe Tnjstees 1103 dependenl eXan￿ets Report to the Tntsltts Ststernent ol Fmnrial Ad1￿￿¢$ Ntkns to the F￿ancial Stalenxnts 7t012 Land%ape Research Group Limitad Report of the Trustee5 For the year •nded 31 Decenkn 2020 The Tfustees, are 8ts0 dired(rf5 for the pury*Jses ol cfjnyny tsw, [leAS1￿ ￿ IKEsenting their report and Ihe ￿8¢ements for the L*8rtaNe oimparry lor the year eTrYed 21 Decerntser 2020. The Trnstees ha￿ adopted the prOvts￿n$ of ACcou￿11g and Rep￿￿]9 by Chwit￿." ol ReGommended Pr•#￿e 8p￿able to chent￿S preparing their accounts h accordance *ith the FThncial RepLMIwig Stsnd8rd aOK4blE in the UK 4ThJ the Rewblc of Ireland IFRS 102) (effec￿￿ 1 January 2D19). OBJECTIVES AND ACIMllES Objectlve$ •lms The a￿￿cts lor *thlch L0￿J$cape Research Gr￿P 15 e#at&shwJ we: lo •j¥an￿ 8ducatw)n aThJ r¢se8rth. encDu¥age inlere5t and excharwJe inlonnation lor the put4"¢ b¢nefA ￿ the ollandscape and any T&led ￿". The trustees have consKbered Ihe Chanty Corrfftsi￿% gubjance on benefi. induding the bEnefil.' runnkng a chanty IPB21'. ACHIEVEMENT5 AM) PERFORMANCE Slgnrflcarrt activitse5 The plans fw delfveriThJ the chanlatle al*￿ie$ ol LRG in 2020were impaded ty the swead of CoMd19 wrus. Tr8vel ￿111¢*0￿$ w)d were faced ty toth stall and wj under the many constraints on holding meelnos 8¢lualy deb¥*rfr4J scrt* ol the ch•r*able aLal%trs. Despyte ths sorn¢ wogress was rnade in the folk)￿￿￿ areas". Advanuno Rese8f(*.. LRG Supp￿¢￿ resesrth by krnJiTvJ grthts to fr4e rtsearthers se*ded compel1t1ve￿ from a total of 23 apph'cabons. A finanual comrnitment of £12.￿3 was made for the 2020 finanual yE¥r. Output5 from rese8rch projects funde¢ in 2019 h8¥e started to be returned. and the ￿[￿leted Ter￿lS a￿ placed on LRG¥ website. SDme ¢xi￿rtY wlll be rnBde in exter*Jing the sut*nission deadlne for ￿[r￿ted WDje(ts lo accourt for the diff￿￿e$ in Gawry*ig fietdwork in 2020. Publicatton of Landsrape Researth Joumal". &"ght wjes of Ihe iournal landscape Resea￿. were produced in Vijlurne 45 2020. LRG continLted lo beneft Imrn a put*shing agreeff*nt *ith Taylor and FranL?s whith wovide5 paymenls to the (*arty in IhE lomi of rDyan*5. and also a rthtrI￿1on edrtOAal expenses. GamNnity De¥elopnent: Events. As a resuft of the ¥nFrf)srfi'on of Coyththed tr8vel LRG were tsn•t4e to host any physical rneet￿gS or gttend conferences in 2020. In ￿$p￿Se. LRG oryamsed Iwo on4i)e wrferen¢es I wetAnars in 2020: one in June wtih the tille "A Future ol wr Makiry.. aThJ another a mull￿aY under the kn 'Londx8pe #nd Go4NJne5s- in December. Thesewere wel atteTrJed. with a wbje reach of pa￿t4pants trom arDundlhe workl. commun￿l10ns. LRG t¢ought lo￿ard Ihe de%tlownenl of new onthTre resources and launl*￿d a new "Landscape Exchaftpe" website in Ociot¢r 2019 wthiL* gjppjrts the research and educat*Jn adiwty of the tharity. by promdtng affonn for mu#imeAia con1ribLrt￿Rs and womtes landscape st￿j1￿ to a *ThlerglDb#l conwrwnty. Research Ne￿$.. Funliry aThJ gjrsyort has been to d¢veky Landscape Rese8rth Netr￿th$ (LRNSI. Se*ral ol these nefworts that in dth1o￿nt awm¥81 Irom LRG for fijndirrg and teL*ntcal support, b none of them were a￿e tD eairy out the planned Kwooranvre of methirw. and Ihe fundino alo¢&ted ha5 been hekl back until 2021. Achievem￿ •gain>t otriectives Desme the constrsin15 caused by global p8ndenK LRG has managed to MaInts￿ a focus on supportlig researth and tJeliveriThJ edurAioTr in landscape-related stsbpd areas. Thrnugh mary nets¥ofving e*rts there has been COnl¢nued orowth in membets from 8 nwch w*Jer netwth of18ndscape war¢h, from toth UK and atn8d. 1of12 Landscw ReS￿Ch Group Limited Report of the Trustees Continued For the year ended 31 December 2020 FINANCIAL REVIEW Slgnrft¢ant •¥ents Slgnffjcant everrt5 The main source of In(¥Jrne for the Charity is 1hrn￿ lh¢ wt4slw4g agreernert whh Tajlor Fr4nd5. The c4wrent 8rr8ngement conlinues wrtil 31st December 2020. arnl has been reached to CDntinue thi5 arrawement for lour mre yeats. Membe¥ship has increased siynffjc8ntty in 2020. and this has rpsuls in some wtywth in the incorne gener8ted from subscripttons. A re¥iew of mernbership Subx￿"pts"OnS w85 canied 2020whth now akn•3 ft*r lower fees for scffje on.OECD CO￿l￿e5 and offers concessionary rntes lor studeftts and ret¥ees. tt was not P05Stt4e to generate any significant I￿orne from running events in 2020. bjt the ￿ve1 of operatir¥J costs a150 reduced fmm that P￿dIlled. In de%*loping rA*ns and sdb.ng for the Ihree years LRG Tn￿le•S continued the pre￿￿5￿ approved policy to begin to utili5e sfft of the ac￿M￿lated to the ¢yyani88bon and expand its membership to better deli¥er charitable 8clMty wi the fulurE. Ouring the course of 2020it bec4mE •ppafeni that t wouhJ not be possiL4e lo deli￿¥ rnany olthese adi￿les. and bolh ewditure. and income. was somewhai hywerthan anlKapaied as a ￿Su￿. Res•w¥e$ Al the Board meeiiig fft May 2020 Tw*ees c4)nrrt the of reseryw to t* hehjlo take account ofthe eny8gernenl of e7rr4oyed siAff. A sum of £100.000 is heh) on dewsit 81 a kvel to cover ihe charitls op8rathon81 eynses for 8ppw0￿rnale1Y une year. These reseThE fvnds hehj as £15.CQO in Sn Sttess $8Mngs ac¢ourt wth Lloyds Bank artd £85.OOOin S separale deposrf account w*h Tntsl 88n This anngemeni Ls to sFwd the rt4k, and safegutrd these reseNe funds umlerthe FSCS guarantee scheme. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEMr Goveming documenl LRG operates urxler Ajlldes and MeThpJwaNlum ea•Ltshe0 kn 1983. As these ru￿$ are stNnthat of date an exercise Corn￿nced in 201910 rellew Ihe ArfK4es ar#J MemornThJum to them up W date. and ¢￿￿orM lo the 2006Corrynies Aei. Ai a Board rneeilng on 18th May 2020a wpJs81 to i￿Sert LRG trom A CThny Lkj ty GLtar8Mee, and Ragtstered Chaiity. slnjcture to a Charft8tle Incowated Q*yanL5￿.0n (CIO) wilh 4 new c•nsittuih)n on the Charty comm￿s1on Assoa8lion modelwas 8ppro￿d ty b rna1￿1ty of TNstee5113 IDr. 1 against). A spec481 resc4ution to make thts conslibJl•)Tral t*8ThJe was then Jxrt to LRG klembers at the AGM on 18th JuTre and th15 Was approved ty the required majorily. The aw4utiDn for con¥ew5ion to a CIO wih the Chanty Comrrvs5ion. afvd appoibkn•fvt Dftrust•Q5 Twslees are elerled ty the member5 al an AGM. A5 a resu# of Comd tra￿ re51riclions the AGPI on l&h June 2020w85 h&J ty%*Jex￿leren¢* using ZotyTr. This chaThJe in nonnal yocedure folkn¥ed ihe gurdance fmrn cfvai￿ Cornmsi Two hJng.stallding Tmstees stepped d0kn￿. and w85 nL* re Prof Karen Ruth Jones (4worfed". 18 Juhe 2020) (Arvomted: 18 June 2020) Mr Dabid ￿nathan SwJrKI*s Ir#lependent•x4mlne drew M V4*1s FP4MT Easi Sussex 71RS Approved by the Board ofTru5tees and 5WJnEd behav by DrTimothy Laurence wate￿an 11 I fibj 3Df12 Landscape Resettth G￿￿p Limited Independent Exwniners Report to the Trustees For the year •nded 31 De¢errthr 2020 I re￿rt to the trustees on my exAnwnatwJn ofthe *c•unls ofthe crnnyforthe year ended 31 Dec*mbEt 2020. R•spon*ibiW1•5 ahd b*s05 of rnport As the ch•rity Trustees. who ore akn direclars fvr Ihe wrposes of coffyany law. are le¥0)n￿ble for the weparation of the a¢c4wds in attordan¢e with the lequi￿rneDts oflhe Conyan*s Ad 21106 Ohe 20rk3 W. Having satisfied nryseif that the accfjunts of the Con¥>any are not ￿qUired lo be audited under Pwt 16 of the 2006Ad and ore eligible for indepe1￿ent examwTration, I report in re5peLI of my exa￿￿￿0￿ of your charty¥ accounts carried out under sedion 14S of Ihe Ch8th*s Ad 2011 llhe 2011 A￿. In nry e¥win*KJn I ha¥E folowed the Orections givem by Charity Commission under sedion 14S{S)(b) olthe 2011 Act Independent exarane￿ statement I hove rJ)rnpy￿ed my exarrrin*￿n. I conflmilhal no matter5 ha4? C￿ to ry atte￿On in Lx>nne(*KJn wih the ￿￿1￿811￿￿ me rause to Wie¥e thai in any resp8(t 1. 4ceountiTrg recoFdswere Trot kepi in resped ofthe Crnny As by sethon 386 olthe 20C6 Act 2. the accounts do not accorf those recO￿ts,. Of 3. Ihe orLounts do not Corn￿ with the requirements o15e(IiDn 396 Of the 2￿6 A(a otheithan eny re￿i￿rnent that Ihe arLoun15 gNe a Irue and f8ir¥ievl is nat a maiief conshlered as p8rt of an iTrJependent exarrih8Jon'. or 4. the aecounts have noi been prepared in accothn¢e with the rndh(tyJs ar¥J rffln¢)t4es ofthe of R￿0MMe￿Ied Practice for accounting and reportino by chaiilies ar*atde to th81itses VEP#T¥W their #eL￿nts in ac¢ord•nce Ihe Financ4al Reporting StaTrdard appkcat4e in the UK and Rewk4c of ITeLgr*J IFRS 102). I have no c¥)ncems and habt corr* 8cnJss no (rther rnatle￿ in conTrecl*Jn *ilh Ihe exA￿￿￿trI￿1 to t•thith attenlion shoukl be drawn in this ￿P)rt in Nderto en8blB a woper underntandiTh3 oflhe accourtsio be reathed. M Wels FMAAT 99 Western Road Lewes East SLts5ex 8N71RS 40112 d￿ape Rese￿Ch Group Limited Slatemen¢ ￿ Flnancial Aclivities (Induding Income and ExP￿dIture Account) For the year ended 31 December 2020 Unrostiict•d 2019 Incorne and •ndo*Tnents f¥onL" Donation5 and lega¢iBS Charilable 8dWe5 Invesiments 10,068 112,182 8n 6,071 104,327 1.063 Totsl 123.123 111861 Expenditure on: Cha￿￿tle Totsl (102.3831 1102,3B31 {131,0951 1131.5951 N¢t Incom*lexptmditure R¢c•nciliation of lunds Tolal funds brought ftm Tot4lYund5 ¢•th•d lorw•r 10,740 120,5341 156.245 176.985 178.779 156.245 Sof12 Re9l51e￿d NuThthr'. 01714386 Landswe Research Group Limfted Statement of Financial Position As at 31 Dec•mb•r 2020 2020 2019 CunEM •55 12 42.684 136,384 179.068 3D.02Z 13D,942 160,964 {4,719) C85h 8t bahk and in hand c￿dItOrs. arnouTrtsfalng duewithin y 12.0831 176,9•5 176.985 156,245 1S6.24S Tolal as5•ts hss ¢un•nt Ilabi1tt11s Net assets 176.915 156.245 Th• funds ofthe c￿rity Unrestricted income fvnds 14 176,985 176,98S 156245 156,245 T¢Jtsl For the year eThJed 31 Decerrthw 2020the c(ffipany was entiled lo exenVIc￿ fvDm audl under section 477of the Companies Acl 2006 relating to smal cornpanies. The mertiers hob* not requ*ed the crrfrp8ny to rttsin an •utht of ts accwnts for the ye¥ In questm in 8ccoAlance wrth sethn 476. The trustees qrtnowledge thelr with Ihe re￿ire￿I￿ of Ihe AL* *pth respect 10 8ccounling records and the preparation of atcounts. Thw accourts how b¢￿ kYepaW ￿ acwlance wAh lh¢ pro¥l￿On5 applicoble to coNwnks subirtl to the S￿11 ¢orry*ntes' ￿91￿￿. The f￿anUal $18lements were gFpro¥•J and aulhorwl for issue bythe 808rf and swed on ts bph•ll ty. zrfLd DrTlrnothy Lsurence Wbtemwn Tnjstee 6of12 Landscape Research Group Limiled Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020 1. AccounllDg po￿￿•S Basis ol accounting The finanrA81 stsIen￿ts have been wep•red under the h$t￿ICal uJ51 con¥*rthn, excem for are cfuded at mortet vahje the ol Certan fixed assets and in a(s)rdafic* Ihe charl￿e5 SORP IFRS 11)21 'Accourthg aml RepDrfing by Charilies". Stalernenl of ReCtym￿nded Prar*¢e arWicable to tharities preparing thew ac£ounts in accordance wfth the Finanaal Rewrting Standard aP￿Ir￿￿￿e in the UK and Repui*c ol Ireland IFRS 102) leffeclive 1 January 20191,, Financ￿ Reporting standa￿ 102 Ihe Fwiandal Repoffj"NJ si•thJard ap￿ in the UK •NI Rewblic of Ireland IFRS 1021, aTrJ the Corrpanies Ad 20C6. L8ndsc•pe Re5earth Gmup Lvrited meets Ihe definil¥)n ofa Wbkljer￿fft ently FRS 102. Assds and 1iah.kt￿S are initialtry ￿(¥)￿nised at htstori¢al cost QTtransaction vakn unless clhwknise ststed in the relevani accouniing PDI oielsl. Going ¢Meem The f￿anc￿ sialemenis are wepared. on a gon￿ uJn¢ern b￿$. uDderthe ¢ost ¢on*ntN. Stalement ol ¢ash Ilo The Tn￿¢¢5 hav¢ laken •Jv4nlage ofth¢ exeftTAion in SORP FRS 102 from inthdwy a cash IIryw sialement in the nanaal st*emenls on the wounds thal lh# ¢haritat4e cwyny ts sm8 Funds The cJ)airfy rnaKrt8in5 8 genETrI ￿n￿tricted whi(* rewesents funds which a￿ eyperwjatle aithe dwetson ofthe tsustees in Djrtherance of Ihe obje(ts of Ihe chaiity. Suth ft￿￿S may be hebj in orrtw to finance both Wo￿n0 c4Prtal and capital investmenL Deslgnated fiJn¢s conptse of uN¢5th"ded lund5 that ha4* been 581 asth bythe TNsiees (orpart￿l￿pUrpDse$. Restritted tunds h•¥9 been to the ¢hAty forpartK¥tsrpLwes. and l is the poI￿Y ofthe board ofiNslees to carefvlty mortorthe opplcation ofth05e ￿ndS ￿ ocurtance the restric*ns rAaced upon them. There Ls no fo￿al F4Jlicy oftransferbetween ftmds or on the alocaliDn offvThJ5 to deS¥￿ated •Jnds, otherth4D thai described aboty lftcomSn¥ resourus Incoming reSour￿S are inrjjded in the staieffwl olfffiwal a￿leS the Chaffty 15 entilled lo the income and the 8rnount cath bE quqnliffied ￿1h re8son8blE aLYJJrnCy. Resources expended Li8filJes a￿ ￿rtsjnkfjed as ￿￿￿CeS eynded the￿ is a legal or Construdi￿ ot*Jat•)n the Ch8rty io the Eypendliiire. Taxatlon As A iegistered thgrfty. the eonyany 15 fmm in￿*￿e ctyrmxation taxto the exlenithBI ts Bte AFvIic8Ne to ch81itaLle purposes DW. Vahje Added Taxis n(rt reC￿rth ty the rxm)8ny. is Iherefwe indvded tn the T*vant Costs in Ihe Statemenl ofF￿an￿al Ac4j￿. lryt¢o¥ernbl¢ VAT Iwrecoverable VAT is inthded in the Stale￿￿th of F￿￿￿¢)81 Adi¥**s. 8th11$ reported as w olthe ey¥Jendlwe lowh it rdates. 7ot12 Landscape Research Group Limited Notes to the FIn￿da1 Statements Co￿1n￿Ed For the yw ended 31 Dewnber 2020 I Income from ahd kgad•5 2020 2019 Donations r￿e1ved 343 SubscnFlions receNed 6.D71 10.OSB 6.071 IncomÈfmm charitsbk aL1v4ilxs 2020 201• UnVestrlcl￿f￿thds Event supwrt RoyaMle5 Sale of put4ic4tions 10 112,023 149 103,194 16 112,1•2 104.327 112.112 104.327 In¥•skn•nt incom 2020 2019 Bank iniwesi ￿[el¥￿tIe 8n 1,063 873 1.06J 202D 2D19 Unvesiiicled luty￿$ Produdion ol land5U researth Research and Information Adivity N￿a￿S Re588rch and ￿l1¢Y developmenl Support co*5 37,052 46.397 19,984 11,506 12,407 45.981 53,207 102.383 131,995 8of12 Landscy Research Group Limited Notes to the FIn￿claI S￿ernents Continued For the ended 31 Oecember 2020 6. Co* ot chaitable *clivits by #th￿yt￿e Supptsrt £osts 2020 2019 undertakon Prth1udion of landscape research Researth and Infomwiion Adiwty Netsvorks Re5earth and pjthcy dewlopment 37.052 10259 47.311 59,110 25.463 33,307 47.765 10,259 21.765 25,120 S6.402 4S981 102,JB3 131,995 7. An•lysi5 01 support costs 2020 2019 landscape aDd Adivity Chief exetytrue 6.597 6.597 15204 6.597 19.791 15.204 19,386 1S,068 Comm5 and rnernbership staffing and reuuitment Archimng Office costs 1251 150 1251 150 1.251 3.753 450 3,896 765 459 459 459 1.377 1.002 789 Finance cost5 280 280 Govemance costs 1.522 1.522 4,566 12,501 10.259 10.259 449B1 $3,2D7 Net ih£omellexpendiluRI forthe y￿r Thls is stated after tha[V￿gI1￿¢￿￿"ry1.. 202Q 2019 Accountancy fee5 1.470 2.029 gof12 Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ffided 310ecember 2020 Slaff costs •hd emoluments Total staff costs fwthe year ended 31 December 2020wert.' 2020 2Ql9 salartes and w•Jo5 Pension costs 34.318 676 33,832 621 34,994 34N53 20211 2frtg AdftNnislr41 No el￿¢ a s*ry of than £60.IMI perafinum pi Ihe 1201*. nffj. 10.TNstee ￿￿neration and Trknted pkntr¥ns•diMs No twstee ￿ceIve$ le￿ner￿1￿ in respeLI fortherser¥ices a5 Intslee. Rtwrtx￿t￿nts of eypen$es lo trustees lorthe yearwas £1.17912019f5.947i. 11. c￿paratiVerOrthe Staternent of Fhwi¢ial Adi4rfle5 Th¢ cornp8rntNe year v4lues on the Slalernent ofFmanti41 Atti¥*es are for wweslitied funds. 11 D•btots 2020 2019 d￿•T￿thIn Ohe year. P¥¢paymenls •n¢ acuued ￿c0 42.684 30.022 42.614 30.022 1& credito￿ amounts I8￿￿g due *ithin year 20 2019 Tr8de uedttors 413 C*her creditors 529 Acuuals aDtJ deferfed fjncome 1,670 4.190 IO43 4719 10of12 Landscape Research Group Limiied Noles lo the Financial Statements Continued ' For the year ended 31 De¢ernber 2020 14. In funds ithYEstiicttd F¥nds Bakn£e at 0110112020 Incoming <)thgoing Balance at res•¥r¢•5 31n212020 6?￿ra1 General 156,245 IrJ.123 1102,3631 176.985 156.245 123.123 1102.3831 176.985 Incornlng sources 0￿goIng r¢sourtes 8al•nce 4¢ 3111212019 011Q112fr19 Genernl General 178.779 111.461 (131.99S) 156.245 176.7T9 111N61 1131.99SI 156.245 PuTrose •f unrestricted Funds General To adv5￿￿ e(lu¢alion 8nd ￿SearCh. efictyJrag¢ interest aNI ¢xthary Mthym￿4oTr forlhe wblic benefft in the field of landscape and atw ￿laled fth. 1& Analysis ol r￿t assets fund5 Net￿Irert NelAsJel un￿StrI¢*d funds G8n•r81 General 176,985 176.985 176.965 176.905 11 of12 Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ended 31 Decen*Jer 2020 P￿7•y$ year NAtcurrenl NrtA55ets I1￿bilIt￿l Utyrnstlithd funds Genernl G8nera4 156,245 156,245 156,245 186,245 12of12