## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 January 2022 **To** 31 December 2022 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Conflict Research Society **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 306136 **Charity's principal address** 45 Ethelbert Road Canterbury **Postcode** CT1 3NF Conflict Research Society ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Govinda Clayton|Chair||CRS Council| ||Hugh Miall|President||CRS Council| ||John Gledhill|Membership
Secretary||CRS Council| ||Hilary Adams|Treasurer||CRS Council| ||Christine Cheng|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Corinne Barra|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Gordon Burt|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Andrew Thomson|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Kit Rickard|Secretary||CRS Council| ||Kristin Bakke|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Oliver Ramsbotham|Council Member||CRS Council| ||Tom Woodhouse|Council Member||CRS Council| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Constitution Association - (eg. trust, association, company) Annual election to Council by membership at AGM Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The objects of the Society are to promote research, practice and the extension of knowledge in the fields of Peace and Conflict Research. By the term ‘Peace and Conflict Research’ is meant the investigation and study on a systematic basis of the following: a) The CONDITIONS AND DYNAMICS of cooperation and conflict at all levels, with special reference to large-scale violent conflicts, including war. **TAR** March **2012** 2 b) The FACTORS within and across social systems which cause them to approach or avoid constructive or destructive conflicts. This requires a multi-disciplinary pooling of knowledge. c) The PROCESS of preventing, managing, resolving and transforming conflicts and building peace, including such specific proposals as the modification of existing social or political institutions or the creation of new ones. ‘Building peace’ includes research into underlying asymmetries and inequalities and their implications. It also includes research and activities related to exploration of the creative dimensions of what has been termed positive peace. d) The LIKELY CONSEQUENCES of particular policies and proposals intended to avoid, resolve or control conflicts, or to increase cooperation between groups of individuals, the steps necessary to realise such proposals, and possible obstacles in their way. This includes research into the link between theory and practice. e) Any other problems directly relevant to conflict and cooperative behaviour. The investigation and study is directed as far as possible towards finding factual evidence and objective criteria for testing theories and hypotheses. This includes the aim of relating quantitative and qualitative data. . **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** To this end the Society organizes an annual conference and occasionally other meetings. It publishes a newsletter for the benefit of members. It gives an annual Book Prize to the most outstanding book in its field every year, and awards a prize for the best piece of PhD research. It occasionally offers small travel grants to PhD researchers in its area. It promotes the exchange of news and information in the conflict research and practice field through its website, twitter feed and networking. In organizing these activities the trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and erformance p The 2022 conference was a huge success, with around 200 participants, **Summary of the main** from more than 100 institutions. This was a hybrid event, with one online **achievements of the charity** and two in-person days, which allowed participants to attend from across **during the year** the world. Across the board the feedback we received was that this was the best CRS conference many had ever attended, and multiple people suggested this was perhaps their best ever conference experience The quality of the work presented was incredible, and the warm and welcoming environment that has become the hallmark of the CRS was back stronger than ever. The conference opened with a Keynote address by Richard English. This was the perfect start to the event, in particular the emphasis on interdisciplinary, the reference to research using different methods, and the clear link to policy and practice. It is hard to imagine a talk more in keeping with the ethos of the CRS. A highlight for many was the lunchtime keynote conversation between Pat Magee (a former member of the IRA who was jailed for his part in the Brighton bombing) and Jo Berry (the daughter of one of his victims). This was an emotional and powerful event, that brought in an important (and often missing from academic conferences) human dimension. The prize giving ceremony involved an impressive online presentation from this years book prize winner - Paul Staniland. It also featured the inaugural presentation of the CRS medal for outstanding contribution to the CRS - to Oliver Ramsbotham. This was one of the highlights of the conference for me, as Oliver offered some pitch perfect remarks, reflecting on the development of conflict/peace studies, and the role of the CRS - in particular drawing attention to the return of the CRS to the forefront of the discipline. These short remarks really helped to demonstrate the lineage and longstanding role of the CRS, which I think was very powerful for new members to feel part of the an established and important community. Congratulations again to Oliver. I am now very excited that this award will become a regular feature of the conference in the years ahead. During the conference the CRS also conducted a council meeting. During this meeting the council passed on their most sincere gratitude to Kit Rickard for all of his work managing the website (while also serving a secretary). With the growing size, and increased reliance on technology, this has become a significant role, thus moving forward we will need to consider ways of sharing this work around. The council also shared its deep gratitude to Hilary Adams, for her invaluable work as treasurer. John Gledhill presented the membership report, which showed record number of members. The council also approved a new governance structure. Throughout the year the Council continued to meet online and discuss matters by email, and individual Council members and members of the Society participated in a wide range of activities which promote conflict **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p research and practice; we heard a round-up of these activities in our Council meetings. **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The Society made a surplus in the current year of £6,765 which when added to the surplus brought forward of £43,229 leaves a balance to carry forward of £49,994. The Society holds no restricted funds and keeps all its funds in a bank account. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Dr Govinda Clayton **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 10.07.23 **TAR** March **2012** 7 **Charity Name No (if any) Conflict Research Society** 306136 **Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date 01. Jan 22 Period end date **To** 31. Dez 22 31 **For the period from** ## **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**| |Conference fees|**25’023**||||**-**||**25’023**||**9’628**| |Membership|**794**||||**-**||**794**||**1’566**| |Grant|**1’000**||||**-**||**1’000**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**26’817**||**-**||**-**||**26’817**||**11’194**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**11’194**| ||||||||||| |Awards &prizes|**210**||||||||**100**| |Website|**434**||||||||**298**| |Newsletter & admin|**1’672**||||||||**1’018**| |Conference costs|**17’068**||||||||**9’153**| |Bank &paypal charges|**668**||||||||**317**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**20’052**||||||||**10’886**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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approval| ||||||||| ||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 26.10.2023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ETr￿LAND AND WALES Independent examlner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to Ihe trustee81 members ol Conflict Research Society On accoun18 for the year ended 3111212022 Charity no {if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Aesponslbilities and basis of report As the charilys trustees. you are resPo￿lbIe for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance wth the requirements of the Charilies A¢1 2011 he Acn. I report in respect d my exarninatic￿ of the Trusfs accounts carried out urKler section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Direclions givèn by the Charity Commission urKler section 145{5){b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attenti{￿ in connection with the examNiation (other than that disclosed below ') whTrch gNes me cause to believe that in, any material respecl: the accounling records were nol kept in accordanc8 Wtih section 130 of the Charities Act: or the accounts did n(A accord with the accounting records" or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements concerning the forni and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf 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 lo enable a prcyer understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete wvrds in thg brackets rf they (*) not apply. Slgned: 2410512023 LULI Relevant professional quallflcatlon(s) or lyody (11 any): ACCA Address: 23b Belsize Avenue. IER Oct 2018 Confidential ICI Lonthjn, NW3 4BL Section B Disclosure Only complete il the examiner needs lo highlight material matters ol concern (see CC32. IndepeThJenl examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef details ol any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018 Confidential ICI