���������������������������������������������������������� **BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION 803743** ## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** **For the period 1-Apr-20 To 31-Mar-21 from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Membershipsubscriptions|**13,198**||**-**||**-**||**13,198**||**12,115**| |Conferences,trainingand accreditation|**27,595**||**-**||**-**||**27,595**||**29,083**| |Publications|**728**||**-**||**-**||**728**||**837**| |Other income|**1,282**||**-**||**-**||**1,282**||**832**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**42,803**||**-**||**-**||**42,803**||**42,867**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**42,867**| ||||||||||| |Conferences,trainingand accreditation|**5,150**||**-**||**-**||**5,150**||**21,162**| |Publications|**2,187**||**-**||**-**||**2,187**||**2,516**| |Committee and treasurer expenses|**1,015**||**-**||**-**||**1,015**||**5,721**| |Website|**1,584**||**-**||**-**||**1,584**||**2,207**| |Independent Examination Fees|**727**||**-**||**-**||**727**||**-**| |Paypal fees|**669**||**-**||**-**||**669**||**563**| |Miscellaneous expenses|**1,310**||**-**||**-**||**1,310**||**4,325**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12,642**||**-**||**-**||**12,642**||**36,494**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**36,494**| ||||||||||| ||**30,161**||**-**||**-**||**30,161**||**6,373**| ||**-**|
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|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**44,203**||**-**||**-**||**44,203**||**37,830**| ||**74,364**||**-**||**-**||**74,364**||**44,203**| 1 ���������������������������������������������������������� ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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**B4 Assets retained for the**
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**1,046**
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**73,319**
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Angela Pericleous -Smith(Chair)||||| ||||||||Date of approval| ||||Angela Pericleous -Smith(Chair)||||13.1.22| ||||||||| 2 ���������������������������������������������������������� ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** **1 April 2020 To** **31 March 2021** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION **Other names charity is known by** BICA **Registered charity number (if any)** 803743 **Charity's principal address** Rookdale Malton Road York **Postcode** YO31 9LT **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1

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**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Angela Pericleous-Smith|Chair &
Membership
Sec||| ||VickyParkin|Press Officer||| ||Suzanne Dark|Treasurer|To 11/11/2020|| ||Deborah Howe|Information
Officer||| ||Ann Curley|Membership
Secretary|To 11/11/2020|| ||Mary-Ann Singh|Honorary
Secretary||| ||Bev Loftus|Publications
Officer||| ||Anest Mathias|Treasurer|11/11/2020 to Present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| **TAR** 3 ���������������������������������������������������������� ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser **
**Name**
**Address**||| |Independent Examiner|Karen Henderson CA|41 Dundee Road West, Stannergate House, DD5 1NB| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charit�� s trusts** Constitution, adopted 20[th] May 1998. Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) The charity is an unincorporated association. How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration. You **may choose** to include additional information, where Travel, stationery, and similar expenses are reimbursed to Trustees. relevant, about: � policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the cha�i���� organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - t ����ee�� con�ide�a�ion of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** 4 ���������������������������������������������������������� The objects of the charity are to promote the practice, study of, and research into infertility counselling and the publication of the useful results thereof. Our regional groups, training workshops, conferences and informal **Summary of the objects of the** networks enable members to stay abreast of new developments, explore **charity set out in its** and reflect on current issues and access support in their work. **governing document** The website and Journal are important resources for learning and our many Practice Guides provide essential insights into the specialist requirements of infertility counselling. The BICA accreditation scheme gives members, as well as employers and clients, assurance of their competence as specialist counsellors in the field. The charity holds conferences, training, regional groups and accreditation events throughout the year. The charity publishes a journal three times per year. Practise Guidelines are developed and published by BICA and reviewed **Summary of the main** at relevant periods. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** The Trustees represent BICA on the Boards and Committees of all main **these objects (include within** professional organisations related to assisted conception. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** The T����ee� ha�e con�ide�ed �he Cha�i�� Commi��ion�� g�idance on **had regard to the guidance** ��blic benefi� �hen �lanning �he cha�i���� a ctivities for the year. **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** N/A You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - � contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** 5 ���������������������������������������������������������� ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The charity continued to hold conferences, training and accreditation events, and these are well attended. The Trustees represent BICA on various on working groups and the charity works alongside other professional organisations. The membership numbers remain strong and the charity continues to successfully publish a journal three times per year in the Spring, Summer and Winter. **TAR** 6 ���������������������������������������������������������� ## **Section E Financial review** All funds are unrestricted. Reserves are in a bank current account and **Brief statement of the** are held to meet expenses of the charity as they are incurred. **charit��s polic� on reser�es** **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: N/A - the chari ���� ��inci�al 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** ## Future plans The charity plans to continue holding conferences, training and accreditation events, and publishing a quarterly journal in order to meet the charitable objects. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trus tees declare that the� ha�e appro�ed the tr�stees� report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charit ��s tr�stees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Angela Pericleous-Smith **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chair ] **Date** 13 January 2022 **TAR** 7 ���������������������������������������������������������� **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Sec�ion A Independen� E�aminer�� Repor�** |**Report to the trustees/**
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**basis of report**|BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION|BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION|BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31 March 2021|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|803743| ||||| ||Trustees Annual Report, Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of
Balances on pages 1 to 7.||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
cha�i�� (��he T�����) fo� �he �ea�ended 31/03/2021.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(��he Ac��).
I report in respect of my examination of theT������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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - � the accounts did 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 �ha� �he acco�n�� gi�e a ����e and fai�� �ie� �hich i� no� a ma��e� 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. **Signed: Name:** Karen Henderson CA **Relevant professional** Chartered Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any):** Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West, Broughty Ferry Dundee, DD5 1NB **Date:** 13 January 2022 > 1 **IER** **Oct 2018** ���������������������������������������������������������� **Section B Disclosure** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . > 2 **IER** **Oct 2018**