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Surveillance Studies Network |
For the year ended 30 April 2024
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
Surveillance Studies Network
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Report of the Trustees
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Statement of Financial Activities
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Statement of Financial Position
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
Surveillance Studies Network
Report of the Trustees
The Trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, have pleasure in presenting their report and the |
financial statements for the charitable company for the year ended 30 April 2024. The Trustees have adopted the provisions |
of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their |
accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) |
(effective 1 January 2019). |
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The objects for which the charity is established are the advancement of education for the public benefit by the promotion of the study of surveillance as a facet of contemporary social and technological change and its consequences for individuals, groups, organisations, nations and regions by; 1. Supporting and promoting the free exchange of academic information about surveillance across academic disciplines and cultures.2. Promoting learning and the sharing of knowledge about surveillance between scholars, students, organisations and the public world wide.3. Owning and publishing a journal known as Surveillance and Society and other online resources devoted to the publication of communications which advance knowledge concerning the study of surveillance and society. |
The trustees have considered the Charity Commision's guidance on public benefit, including the guidance 'public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'. |
The trustees aim to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds to cover the charity's liabilities and provide a reserve of £20,000
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT |
The charity is governed by it's Memorandum and Articles of Association and was incorporated on 25 April 2006 as amended |
by special resolution dated 19 September 2006. |
Every member undertakes, if the Company is wound up or dissolved while he/she remains a member or within 12 months |
after ceasing to be a member, to contribute up to the sum of one pound (£1) towards the liabilities incurred by the Company |
while the contributor was a member and the costs of winding up or dissolution. |
Recruitment and appointment of trustees |
The recruitment and appointment of trustees is laid out in full within our Articles of Association available at Companies House. |
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
Surveillance Studies Network
Charity registration number |
1117449
05794137
Company registration number |
School of Law Politics and Sociology |
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
Surveillance Studies Network
Report of the Trustees Continued
The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Professor Dean Wilson
Rosamunde Van Brakel
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Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by |
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
Surveillance Studies Network
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account)
2023
Income and endowments from: |
1,004
1,329
2
363
19,813
3
247
84
1,614
21,226
(11,038)
(8,534)
4/5
(11,038)
(8,534)
(9,424)
12,692
Total funds brought forward |
32,099
44,791
Total funds carried forward |
35,367
44,791
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Surveillance Studies Network
Statement of Financial Position
2024
2023
53,463
45,091
53,463
45,091
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
(18,096)
(300)
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Net current assets
35,367
44,791
Total assets less current liabilities |
35,367
44,791
Net assets
35,367
44,791
Unrestricted income funds |
10
35,367
44,791
35,367
44,791
For the year ended 30 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. |
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476, |
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. |
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and signed on its behalf by: |
02 January 2025
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
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Notes to the Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investments which are included at market value and the revaluation of certain fixed assets and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006. Surveillance Studies Network meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). |
The financial statements are prepared, on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention. |
The charity maintains a general unrestricted fund which represents funds which are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. Such funds may be held in order to finance both working capital and capital investment. |
2. Income from donations and legacies |
2023
2024
1,329
1,004
1,329
1,004
3. Income from charitable activities |
2023
2024
Promotion of surveillance |
education |
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19,337
Conference fees
363
476
Income from publishing |
royalties |
363
19,813
19,813
363
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Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
4. Costs of charitable activities by fund type |
2023
2024
8,219
10,738
Promotion of surveillance |
education |
315
300
Support costs
8,534
11,038
5. Costs of charitable activities by activity type |
2023
2024
Activities undertaken directly |
Promotion of surveillance |
education |
11,038
8,534
6. Analysis of support costs |
2023
2024
Bank charges
-
15
Governance costs
300
300
315
300
7. Staff costs and emoluments |
2024
2023
2
Trustees
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
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Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
8. Comparative for the Statement of Financial Activities |
The comparative year values on the Statement of Financial Activites are for unrestricted funds. |
9. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
2024
2023
Accruals and deferred income |
18,096
300
18,096
300
General
44,791
1,614
(11,038)
35,367
General
44,791
1,614
(11,038)
35,367
Unrestricted Funds - Previous year |
General
32,099
21,226
(8,534)
44,791
General
32,099
21,226
(8,534)
44,791
Purpose of unrestricted Funds |
General
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. |
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For the year ended 30 April 2024
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Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
11. Analysis of net assets between funds |
Net current |
assets / |
(liabilities) |
Net Assets
Unrestricted funds
General
35,367
35,367
General
35,367
35,367
Net current |
assets / |
(liabilities) |
Net Assets
Unrestricted funds
General
44,791
44,791
General
44,791
44,791
12. Company limited by guarantee |
Surveillance Studies Network is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a share capital.
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