**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year|
|**From**|01|July|2023|**To**|30|June|2024|
Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** The Martin Ryle Trust
**Other names charity is known by**
327946 **Charity's principal address** PO Box 3760 Norwich **Postcode NR7 7HN** ~~——~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 327946
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)** 1 Philip Webber Chair 2 Alan Cottey Secretary Until 1[st] April 2024 3 Jenny Nelson Treasurer 4 Vanessa Spedding 5 Tim Foxon 6 7 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ~~—~~ **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~=———~~
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Deed of trust
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
In accordance with the Trust Deed, there must be at least three and not Trustee selection methods more than nine trustees. Trustees have a wide network of contacts and (eg. appointed by, elected by) from time to time invite new trustees who have a track record of work in a similar field of charitable activity or who have specific skills relevant to charitable governance. This may include members of the Martin Ryle family.
## **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**
To fund scientific research and education on any aspects of reducing violence between states.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
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The trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities and setting the grant making **Summary of the main** policy in the year **activities undertaken for the** The Trust pursues its aims chiefly through support of the organisational **public benefit in relation to** development, and education and advocacy activities, of Scientists for **these objects (include within** Global Responsibility (SGR) (SGR General Purpose Fund). **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
The Trust envisages that further applications for funding will be made to meet its general objects and specifically it will support organisations such as SGR and the Nuclear Information Service which are committed to the Trust's aims. The Trust actively supports the charitable work of Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR), a membership organisation promoting responsible science and technology. Examples of this type of work are research, education and advocacy centred around the military and other major corporate influences on science, design and technology in education You **may choose** to include and universities, information for young people on ethical career choices, further statements, where providing briefings about security and disarmament, climate change and relevant, about: energy, science and technology policy, emerging technologies and • policy on grantmaking; conferences and other educational events and publications covering these areas of work.
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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|Section D Achievements and performance|Section D Achievements and performance|
|---|---|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|Grants totalling £30966 were made to SGR.
SGR’s key achievements over the reporting period:
•
Our work on military carbon emissions continued to have
widespread influence in the UK and internationally. Our findings
were quoted repeatedly in a report by the House of Commons
Defence Committee, with some of our technical recommendations
on emissions reporting and target-setting being echoed by the
committee. Our work critiquing the concept of ‘green militarism’
also gained a lot of interest.
•
We worked with the Conflict & Environment Observatory to jointly
submit technical evidence to an Environmental Audit Committee
inquiry on climate security.
•
We published evidence on the historic scale of the bombing
campaign by the Israeli military on Gaza – and highlighted the role
of AI in increasing the speed and scale of destruction.
•
Our rebranded ‘Fair Lifestyle Targets’ helped scientists and others
to exemplify 1.5°C-compatible living – and gained a great deal of
interest via social media.
•
We produced two new teaching resources aimed at schools on
ethical and scientific issues related to nuclear weapons. These
were launched to coincide with the new Hollywood movie
‘Oppenheimer’ to maximise interest.
•
We gave talks on topics including fossil fuel sponsorship in sport,
climate and security, and the military influence on universities, at a
variety of conferences, festivals, webinars and podcasts.
•
As part of a project on sustainable food, we delivered ‘Carbon
Conversation’ workshops and gave advice on curriculum-based
education activities.
•
Through our annual conference and presentations at numerous
events – both in the UK and internationally – we provided valuable
information on issues including the climate crisis, nuclear risks, the
militarisation of science and technology, emerging technologies,
and environmental behaviour change.
•
Our website gained a record number of visitors. It received 94,000
page-views during the reporting period, with two journal articles –
one on the need for urgent climate action and the other on risks to
the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant due to the Ukraine war –
gaining a particularly large readership.|
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Trust has a policy of keeping reserves to a minimum, but to retain sufficient to cover recurring administrative expenses such as the independent examination of the accounts and operating costs. Funds are available in the General Unrestricted Fund to cover these. The Trustees have agreed that it is prudent to retain enough to cover the equivalent of 3 years costs, as it is difficult to raise funds for these purposes, but they are essential to ensure that the Trust can continue its work and comply with statutory obligations. This is estimated to be £4,000. At the end of this financial year the Trust set aside £5000 in this fund to cover future admin costs.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/a
## **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;
Fund movements in the year
The **Unrestricted Funds** ended the year at £32,843
Part of this has been designated by the trustees to be available for grant making purposes. The balance will be used for MRT administration expenses.
**Restricted funds** - The SGR General Purposes Fund ended the year with a balance of £836
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other optional information**
## ~~ee~~ **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)** PHILIP WEBBER VANESSA SPEDDING **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR SECRETARY **Chair etc)** ~~es~~
**Date** 11 NOVEMBER 2024 ~~a~~
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||**Martin Ryle Trust**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**||
|**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|||Period start date
1st July2023
~~ee~~||**To**
~~ee~~||Period end date
30th June 2024|||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Grants and donations|||**11,774**||**-**||**11**|**11,774**||**15,734**||
|Income tax recovered|||**1,129**||**-**||**1**|**1,129**||**1,431**||
|Other receipts|**74**||**-**||**-**||**74**|**74**||**76**||
|Legacy|**-**||**15,000**||**-**||**15**|**15,000**||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_AR)_**74**||**27,903**||**-**||**27,977**|**27,977**||**17,241**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**74**
**27,903**
**-**
**27,977**
**17,241**
~~——————~~||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Grantspaid|||**30,966**||**-**||**30**|**30,966**||**23,453**||
|Runningcosts|**790**||||**-**||**790**|**790**||**742**||
|Administrator fees|**600**||||**-**||**600**|**600**||**600**||
|Independent examiner fees|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|Event costs|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,390**||**30,966**||**-**||**32,357**|**32,357**||**24,795**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**1,390**
**30,966**
**-**
**32,357**
**24,795**
~~——————~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 1,316**
**998**
**33,161**
**32,843**
~~===~~|**- 1,316**
**998**
**33,161**
**32,843**|**- 3,063**
**- 998**
**4,898**
**836**|**- 3,063**
**- 998**
**4,898**
**836**|**- - 4,380**
**- 7,554**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,059**
**45,613**
**- 33,679**
**38,059**
~~==>>~~|||||||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,843**
**836**
**-**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**B1 Cash funds**
~~—~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||
|||account(s))|OK
OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**|
|||**Details**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~=—55=~~|||||
|||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—===~~|||||
|||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~tae~~|||||
||||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**|
|||**Details**|**liability relates**
**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||**-**|||
||||**-**|||
||||**-**|||
||||**-**|||
||||**-**|||
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print Name||Date of
approval|
||||VANESSASPEDDING||11-Nov-24|
||||PHILIP WEBBER||11-Nov-24|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
13/11/2024
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
The Martin Ryle Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
th
30 . June 2024
Charity no 3279486
(if any)
Set out on pages
One and two.
I report to the truslees on my examination of the accounts of the above
chanty rthe Trustl for the year ended 3010612024.
Responslblllties and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (Yhe 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned:
e*K en
Date:
6th November 2024
Name:
Rev'd. Alan A. Clements
Relevant professional
qualificatlon(s) or body
(if any):
Fellow Association Charity Independent Examiners.
Address..
15 Carleton Road, Great Knowley, Chorley PR6 8TQ
IER
October 2018