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THE CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATION
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Annual Report and Accounts 2011/12
12 months to 30 June 2012
COMPANY NUMBER: 4964424
CHARITY NUMBER: 1102909
- Annual Report 2011/12 2
Board of Trustees’ Report
Contents
Chairman’s message ................................................................................................................ 3
Chief Executive’s message ...................................................................................................... 4
Who we are ............................................................................................................................... 5
Why we are here ........................................................................................................................ 6
How we work ............................................................................................................................. 7
Our partners ............................................................................................................................... 8
What we do ............................................................................................................................... 9
Our organisational aims: The Clean Revolution Initiative .......................................................... 10
Work plan for 2011/12 ................................................................................................................ 11
Key achievements 2011/12 ........................................................................................................ 12
What we will do in 2012/13 ........................................................................................................ 18
Structure, governance and management .................................................................................... 20
UK Board, management team and advisers ............................................................................... 22
Financial results .......................................................................................................................... 25
Financial strategy ....................................................................................................................... 26
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements ............................................. 28
Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees ............................................................................ 30
Consolidated Financial Statements ........................................................................................... 32
Notes to the consolidated Financial Statements ....................................................................... 35
- Annual Report 2011/12 3
Chairman’s message
In last year’s Chairman’s message I noted that the outlook for dangerous climate was becoming ever
more threatening but that the message was not getting through and spurring action to address the
climate. Twelve months later – and despite some notable achievements within the business
community, important new initiatives from some governments and not insignificant process within the
UN climate negotiations – it remains the case that our collective climate actions still fall short of our
climate needs.
Much of the problem is due to perceptions, or rather misperceptions. Climate action is still seen by too
many businesses and political leaders as being all about cost, rather than opportunity. The focus too
often is on the perceived short term risks, such as to political poll ratings or quarterly reports, while the
very real long term risks are ignored.
It is for these reasons that the work of The Climate Group remains as important as ever. By providing
a platform to bring leading businesses and governments together and communicating their low-
carbon successes, The Climate Group continues to play a key role in creating the economic and
political tipping points we need for solving the climate crisis.
As the world continues its slow recovery from recession and financial crisis, the messages that
decision makers in business and government need to hear are simple. First, the opportunities from
low-carbon growth are huge and need to be seized before it’s too late. Second, most of the clean
technology we need already exists – we just need to scale it. And third, climate action is good for
people – everywhere. We can distil this to three short phrases: carbon down, growth up and living
better.
These are the essential pillars of The Climate Group’s Clean Revolution initiative, which continued to
grow in strength and influence over the past year. The events that took place in New York and Rio
and the various publications, workshops and meetings that were produced or held across the year,
helped to keep climate action on political and business agendas. None of this could have happened
without dedication of our staff and of course the individuals and organisations that continued to
generously support The Climate Group’s programmes during 2011/12.
The year ahead looks set to be as busy and as fruitful as the one just past. I look forward to working
with Mark and the Board to ensure it is a success for The Climate Group and the Clean Revolution.
John R Coomber
- Annual Report 2011/12 4
Chief Executive’s message
The 2011/12 year was one of highs and lows for climate action around the world. In many key
countries and regions the issue continued to be overshadowed by other political priorities. In the US,
as the race for the 2012 Presidential election gathered pace, discussion on climate change was
conspicuous by its absence. In Europe, the Eurozone crisis continued to dominate cabinet
discussions. And in China, the smooth transition in the country’s top leadership team was the
paramount political concern.
In spite of the challenging politics, progress to address climate change around the world was made.
At the UN Climate Conference in Durban, countries agreed to a set of decisions that have put the
world on a path to a new global climate treaty by 2015; this treaty should cover all countries and enter
into force in 2020. Cleantech investment also reached record levels in the 2011 calendar year, with
over $280 billion invested worldwide, led by the US and China. On the other hand, 2011 witnessed
record growth in greenhouse gas emissions, underlining the challenges that remain to effective
climate action: it is clear that time is running out if we are to keep greenhouse gas emissions at levels
consistent with a safe climate that allows continued prosperity.
Responding and adapting to these opportunities and challenges has continued to drive The Climate
Group’s work. As an organisation we focused on two broad areas of work in 2011/12. First and
foremost we launched our Clean Revolution initiative as the overarching umbrella for all our
programmes and projects over the next three years, focussing on inspiring and catalysing the
leadership we so urgently need. Second, but no less importantly, we began a systematic overhaul of
our management systems, including finance, HR and fundraising. Taken together, these have, I
believe, made The Climate Group a fitter, leaner and more focused organisation.
There is much to be proud of from the last year as a result of the hard work of our staff and our joint
initiatives with our corporate, government and other partners. Highlights include our annual Climate
Week New York events where we presented the Clean Revolution initiative for the first time and the
official launch of the initiative to the wider business and governmental community at the Rio Earth
Summit in June. These events were estimated to have reached some 550 million people globally.
In addition, we produced influential reports on leadership by subnational governments, ICT-based
sustainability solutions for city governments; electric vehicle procurement and scaling up efficient
lighting; all were presented to key decision-makers in each sector. Our successful low carbon lighting
work continued in India, with, Kolkata committing to scale up its pilot to over 100,000 luminaires and
on-going work to create broader policy frameworks in West Bengal and Odisha. Both New York City
and Sydney have also committed to scale up LED lighting as a result of our pilots. In China we started
pioneering work on low carbon urban development and climate financing, both of which have
attracted considerable attention from both the national and local governments and the private sector.
None of this would of course be possible without the generosity of our funders.
Central to our work over the coming year and beyond will be our growing network of Clean Revolution
Ambassadors. I was delighted to welcome our first Ambassadors in 2011/12. Prince Albert of
Monaco, former World Bank climate advisor Andrew Steer, entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Indian
industrialist Tulsi Tanti; are all outstanding examples of individuals who have been at the forefront of
tackling climate change. Working with such leaders is what makes The Climate Group unique. By
creating a tipping point amongst the world’s leading decision makers and opinions formers I know that
The Clean Revolution can make the change we all need happen.
Mark Kenber
- Annual Report 2011/12 5
Who we are
Climate change is undoubtedly the greatest risk to us all in the future, especially in developing
countries where those least able to protect themselves will be worst affected through increased
poverty, as well as a range of other detrimental social and economic impacts.To avoid this, by 2050,
we need to reduce carbon emissions by around 80% of today's level. This target cannot be credibly
met unless world emissions of greenhouse gases peak before 2020 and start rapidly to decline
thereafter.
At The Climate Change Organisation (trading as The Climate Group), we know that time is running
out. Our appreciation of this urgency makes our approach different to other environmental charities.
Our approach is to engage leaders in government, business and public life who can reduce emissions
by the largest amounts in the shortest timeframes. We inspire leaders by communicating a compelling
narrative for change; we equip them by delivering evidence of success; and work in partnership with
them in driving transformative change.
We were founded in London in 2004 and currently employ 48 staff in Europe, North America,
Australia, China and India; with the majority of our staff based in our London headquarters. Our
regional offices have separate legal status. Governing boards are in place for all of our regional
operations. Our International Leadership Council of high profile business and government leaders,
chaired by the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, helps us to gain access to high level networks, advises us on
strategy and provides visible support to our major initiatives.
“This year the human population will exceed 7 billion. The only path to alleviate poverty,
avert dangerous climate change and ensure sustainable development is to ensure that
modern energy is made available to all, and that it is provided as cleanly as possible.”
– Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations
“Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing
rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose.”
— Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC
Public Benefit
We take full account of the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit to ensure
that our work programmes contribute to our charitable objects and aims. Our objectives - set out in
our governing document - are:
To promote for the benefit of the public the protection of the world’s climate systems in such parts
of the world and by such charitable means as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.
To advance the education of the public and interested parties in the effective reduction of
greenhouse gases and to promote and carry out for the public benefit research into the effects of
climate change and to publish and widely disseminate the useful results of such research.
- Annual Report 2011/12 6
Why we are here
Other environmental NGOs, many of whom are our partners, make their own important contribution
towards tackling global warming, for example working with the general public to raise awareness of
energy efficiency and behavioural change in the home. Uniquely, The Climate Group has chosen to
concentrate its work and resources on scaling up leadership, because we know that a small
community of influential leaders in the world have the power to make transformational action to tackle
carbon emissions a reality before the 2015 deadline. If we can create fundamental change this
decade in how we run our businesses and governments, by inspiring these individuals to provide
leadership, the 2050 target to reduce carbon emissions by 80% is still achievable.
Currently, there are pockets of strong climate leadership – but not at the scale required. We need to
speed up the pace at which world leaders are committing to a low carbon world. This is why we are
here. It takes courage to lead any change, so our role is to support leaders on their path. We bring
top leaders together and arm them with the evidence and tools they need to give them the confidence
to make brave decisions. We create opportunities for leaders to work collaboratively on more risky
transformational action at opportune times – programmes that can have transformational economic,
social and environmental outcomes for our communities.
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Through our transformational projects, delivered together with a range of partners, we are also able to
help provide a range of social and economic benefits to local communities, for example giving them
access to cheaper energy or creating employment opportunities. Where we are successful with these
programmes, we are able to communicate these successes and models of delivery to other leaders in
our network around the globe, scaling up what initially would have been a small scale and modest
project to an initiative that has a game-changing impact on our ability to mitigate climate change by
2050.
1 Developed by and used under license from the Toronto Atmospheric Fund
These white lights have changed the way my little business used to be under the street
lights every evening. Earlier anything and everything would look yellow in colour
resulting into a decreased purchasing interest among buyers, but now that a buyer can
clearly differentiate between a green and blue, my sales figures have gone higher.”
- Gobind Saha, 61, owner of a roadside stall at Rabindra Sarani (India) is a
beneficiary of our global LightSavers1 project which piloted LED lighting in ten
cities around the world. The project proved their viability as a cost effective,
carbon reducing measure that can also bring significant economic and social
benefits for some of the most vulnerable communities in the developing world.
- Annual Report 2011/12 7
How we work
All our work is guided by four core principles:
Climate change is an economic issue not just an environmental concern. Government and
business leaders are sensitive to moral imperatives, but they respond best to clear messages and
proposals that combine economic, social and environmental benefits. Leaders also respond better to
approaches that enrol and involve people. So we present solutions professionally and in business
terms, making the economic case for their implementation.
A small community has a big influence. A small number of organisations have a huge influence on
the future economy and its carbon intensity. If the 200 sector-leading global companies, 50 leading
governments (national, regional and city), and most influential individuals within these organisations –
CEOs, political leaders, ministers, governors, mayors, senior executives and advisers pursue the
economic, strategic, social and environmental benefits of a low carbon future, their actions and
commitments can be decisive in making it happen.
Partnerships are more effective than organisations acting alone. Our active network of
governments, business and other partners enables new, innovative partnerships to generate original,
bold and exciting actions for low carbon growth. We look to partner like-minded organisations to
ensure that the total of our efforts is greater than the sum of their parts.
Clear communication of practical success stories drives action. Information about the science
and economics of climate change is extensive, occasionally overwhelming, and often inaccessible to
decision and opinion makers. Much can be achieved by presenting case studies and evidence of
success in new and compelling ways, and by communicating a positive vision of a low carbon future
at the same time as demonstrating that this future is truly achievable.
- Annual Report 2011/12 8
Our partners
We are a partnership driven and centred organisation. To deliver action on climate change at the
scale required, we work with our government and business members – it is their leadership and
actions that drives progress. We work with partners to deliver specific projects, events and reports.
We also work with non-government organisations (NGOs), where our combined efforts and expertise
can drive change forward more quickly.
NGOs: The World Bank, Carbon Disclosure Project, United Nations Global Compact, Climate
Knowledge Innovation Centre are official partners in our Clean Revolution initiative. We also work with
a range of other non-profits and academic organisations in delivery of our programmes worldwide.
Philanthropic: Nationale Postcode Loterij, Zennström Philanthropies, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation,
The Prince Albert II Monaco Foundation and Tellus Mater Foundation.
Government: State of Baden-Württemberg, Government of the Basque Country, State of Bavaria,
Region of Brittany, State of California, Government of Catalonia, Region of Île-de-France, Greater
London Authority, Region of Jämtland, Province of KwaZulu-Natal, Region of La Reunion, Province of
Manitoba, City of New York, State of New York, Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Province of
Ontario, Province of Québec, Government of Quintana Roo, Region of Rhône-Alpes, State of São
Paulo, Government of Scotland, State of South Australia, State of Upper Austria, Region of Wallonia,
Welsh Assembly Government.
Corporate: Arup, Better Place, Bloomberg, British Telecommunications, Broad Group, CB Richard
Ellis Group, CECEP, China Mobile, Cisco, CLP Holdings Limited, Coca-Cola, Dell, Deutsche Bank,
Duke Energy, En+ Group, GE Capital Finance Australasia Pty Ltd, Goldman Sachs, Greenstone
Carbon Management, Hanergy, HP, HSBC, IWC Schaffhausen, Johnson Controls, JP Morgan Chase,
Landsea, News Corporation, Nike, Origin Energy, PassivSystems, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Suzlon,
Swiss Re, Taobao, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Veolia Environment, Visy.
International Leadership Council: We are also honoured to count on the guidance and support of
the international leaders that make up The Climate Group’s International Leadership Council (ILC).
Chaired by the Rt Hon. Tony Blair the ILC brings together leaders in business and government from
around the world, to accelerate global action on climate change and drive low carbon economic
transformation. The group meets annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (for a
full list of Council members see page 23).
Advisory Board: We work with a small group of experts to help us shape and guide our Clean
Revolution Initiative. (see page 24 for a full list).
- Annual Report 2011/12 9
What we do
We deliver our organisational objectives by highlighting the opportunities presented by leadership in
the low carbon economy through:
Building coalitions that bring leaders together, bridging sectors and regional boundaries;
Developing and delivering, replicable transformational projects that deliver significant carbon
savings whilst benefiting local communities.
Running media and communications campaigns that heighten awareness, reward action and drive
commitment;
Organising events, forums and bilateral meetings to share knowledge, remove barriers and
facilitate new partnerships; and
Producing publications and briefings that demonstrate the benefits and opportunities of increased
action;
We draw on the progress that our members are making in deploying new technologies, policies,
financing mechanisms and business strategies for a low carbon future, and we use our in-house
communications expertise to show how these advances can become the new normal.
In short, we pinpoint the most influential people in government, business and society. We offer them a
credible, positive, politically neutral and inclusive vision of the low carbon future, arm them with hard
evidence and success stories and spur them into action so we can reach that tipping point where
transformation to a low carbon economy becomes inevitable.
We are fortunate to be beneficiaries of
the Nationale Postcode Loterij.
Their funding allows us the financial
confidence to plan strategically and to
respond quickly to breaking news and
changes in policy.
- Annual Report 2011/12 10
Our organisational aims: The Clean Revolution Initiative
Who we are, why we’re here, how we work and what we do, are all encapsulated in the current focus
of our work – our three year ‘Clean Revolution’ initiative. The initiative has three aims:
a) To inspire world leaders, by presenting them – through influential ambassadors – with a
compelling evidence base for the opportunities of a low carbon future;
b) To generate understanding of the key elements of successful low carbon transformation by
bringing decision-makers together to share best practice and support each other’s low carbon
projects;
c) To deliver a set of catalytic low-carbon projects that have the potential to create tipping-points for
scaling-up clean technology, financing and partnerships.
- Annual Report 2011/12 11
Work plan for 2011/12
During 2011/12 we set out to:
Present the Clean Revolution initiative during Climate Week NYC 2011 (September 2011).
Complete the operational plan and communication strategy for a full launch of the Clean
Revolution initiative at the June 2012 Rio+20 conference in Brazil.
Recruit leading international organisations, NGOs and corporations to support the Clean
Revolution initiative over three years. Key partnerships where targeted should be in place by the
Rio+ 20 conference.
Recruit 20 Clean Revolution Ambassadors – leading figures from the public and private
sectors to act as advocates for the Clean Revolution.
Develop variations of the Clean Revolution vision to reflect the main opportunities for low
carbon growth that exist in different regions of the world.
Work with our initiative partners to produce a series of powerful case studies which together
demonstrate that the actions needed to make a Clean Revolution happen are already being taken
by governments and corporations, help identify the key drivers and actions underpinning
successful low carbon leadership and can be emulated and scaled up by others.
Promote the Clean Revolution message, and profile leadership actions to members of our
business and government leaders’ network through events, reports, and the Clean Revolution
web site. Messaging and case studies will be tailored to the particular opportunities that exist in
different regions and will be designed to inspire others to act.
Monitor, evaluate and report on the initiative’s effectiveness, and refine the initiative plan where
necessary.
Integrate current work streams and staff structure with The Clean Revolution initiative. Work
streams that do not have a clear fit with the initiative’s specific objectives and approach will be
brought to a managed conclusion or spun off to an alternative institutional home.
Ensure The Climate Group’s long-term financial stability. In order to do so, we will:
o Continue to develop our operational and financial systems to control and manage down
cost further and ensure that we deliver maximum value to our funders.
o Build our fundraising capacity and capability to increase income streams.
o Create a strategic financial model to ensure that the Clean Revolution is fully resourced,
and opportunities can be exploited. As part of this, we will increase liquidity to manage down
financial risk.
- Annual Report 2011/12 12
Key achievements 2011/12
As our 2011/12 objectives indicate, the focus of our work over the past year has been to embed and
develop our three year Clean Revolution initiative across all aspects of the organisation; from
communications and content, through to events and partner relationships. We have also begun
implementing the necessary operational structures and measures to support the initiative.
The Clean Revolution is a partnership of international statesmen and governments, business leaders,
philanthropists, thinkers and opinion formers, calling for a swift, massive scale-up of clean energy and
infrastructure, and of smart technologies and design as the only feasible path to a smarter, better,
more prosperous future. The Clean Revolution has three linked aims:
Inspire world leaders, by presenting them – through influential ambassadors – with a
compelling evidence base for the opportunities of the Clean Revolution;
Generate understanding of the key elements of successful low carbon transformation and bring
decision-makers together to share best practice and support each other’s low carbon projects;
Deliver a set of catalytic low-carbon projects that have the potential to create tipping-points for
scaling-up clean technology, financing and partnerships.
Embedding and developing the Clean Revolution initiative
1. Launch of initiative
We successfully presented the Clean Revolution Initiative to partners and the public at the Opening
Ceremony of the annual Climate Week NYC in September 2011. Former UK Prime Minister. Rt. Hon.
Tony Blair, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Steer, the World Bank, Achim Steiner,
UNEP and a range of other leading political and business leaders from our global network took part at
the launch. The initiative was highly visible and gained considerable exposure – through our media
effort we reached an extended audience of approximately 200 million people.
We officially launched Clean Revolution during the Rio +20 Earth Summit in June 2012 as part of the
UN’s Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. The event introduced the Clean Revolution to
a large and influential audience of business, government, finance and thought-leaders from across
the world. Speakers at the Summit included Tony Blair, Québec’s Premier Charest, HRH Prince Albert
II and the World Bank’s Andrew Steer. The launch was accompanied by a new website, four reports
and an open-letter to the G20 and Rio+20 from an impressive list of business and government
leaders.
In June 2012, we also organised and delivered the World Summit of States and Regions and hosted
this with the State of Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with nrg4sd. At the event over 50 governors,
premiers and ministers adopted an ambitious statement on tackling climate change with joint
commitments which will serve as guidance for their work in the coming months and years. This has
led to the establishment of working groups chaired by individual government members. The Climate
Group will continue to provide the secretariat and expertise to support these working groups to help
them speed up the adoption of low carbon commitments focussing on policy, technologies and
financing mechanisms globally.
- Annual Report 2011/12 13
2. Complete initiative plan, budget and external materials
Our Executive Management Team developed a strategic plan for the organisation in 2011, focusing
on effective and focused delivery of the Clean Revolution initiative and laying out headline objectives
and milestones for the campaign, as well as documenting and prioritizing all projects that we are
currently delivering or developing.
External materials, such as all branding materials associated with the Clean Revolution initiative were
developed in 2010-11 and completed in 2011.
3. Building our coalition
As planned, we were successful in establishing new partnerships with a number of influential
organisations to our initiative in time for the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012. The World Bank, the
Carbon Disclosure Project, and the UN Global Compact committed to working with us, providing in-
kind support to help deliver our Clean Revolution objectives.
A number of leading businesses also joined the initiative. Philips became the first Clean
Revolution lead partner and Suzlon, a major Asian wind turbine manufacturer, became a strategic
partner. We have also received support from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the
Nationale Postcode Loterij, the Tellus Mater Foundation and Zennström Philanthropies.
Within our States & Regions Alliance, we also welcomed the French overseas region of La Reunion,
the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Austrian region of Upper Austria as new members.
On the corporate side, Hanergy, a leading Chinese energy company was an important signing as a
new Climate Group global member.
We have also been active in seeking to recruit Clean Revolution Ambassadors. Later in the year
we recruited five top-tier international personalities as our first Clean Revolution Ambassadors: Prince
Albert of Monaco, Indian industrialist Tulsi Tanti, former Special Envoy for Climate Change at the
World Bank Andrew Steer, former South Australia Premier Mike Rann and entrepreneur Niklas
Zennström. We believe that, along with the current members of our International Leadership Council,
we are in strong position to form a critical mass of ambassadors over the coming 12 months.
4. Building the case for change
Our most successful technology programme to date concluded this year. It saw 10 cities pilot LED
solutions and has provided compelling evidence that LED products that are already widely available
have reached maturity commercially. The major outcome of our work in this area has been that four of
the ten cities are moving to scale up, and in particular in India, Kolkata applied and secured funding
from the Asia Development Bank to replace 15,000 of its streetlights with LED products.
Other technology successes have continued with our SMART ICT and cities work. Since 2008 and
the publication of SMART 2020, The Climate Group has been recognised as having produced some
of the world’s leading work relating to the role that information technology can have in supporting
climate change mitigation at a policy and practical implementation level. During the year, invaluable
partnerships have been developed with the Planetary Skin Institute, Living Labs, Metropolis (to help us
build connections to cities), Accenture (to bring expertise for analysis) and Arup (for analytical
support). Following this work, we will work with over fifty cities next year to help them speed up the
deployment of ICT technologies which have the potential to deliver a reduction of 15% in global
Greenhouse Gas [GHG] emissions by 2020.
- Annual Report 2011/12 14
Our UK electric vehicles programme also successfully concluded this year. With support from the
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, and working in
partnership with the Energy Savings Trust, CENEX, fleet owners and Transport for London; we have
been able to advise fleet owners on how to deploy green fleets without affecting the day to day
running of their operations. Aware of the need to back up practical demonstration with political will, we
also convened the EV20 Policy Initiative and Electrification Coalition in partnership with the Province
of Quebec. These continue to operate, and bring together States, Regions, Cities and Corporates to
share successes and communicate the lessons learnt from policies and practical action relating to
Electric Vehicle deployment. The main outcomes of our work is that in the UK it has influenced
London’s strategy and has encouraged the UK to update its EV incentives to cover commercial fleets;
and that practically Transport for London, in partnership with the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and
the Energy Saving Trust has committed to fund further work with individual fleets in London to speed
up their deployment.
Throughout 2011/12 we successfully developed and launched a range of Clean Revolution reports,
briefings and online content. In June, at the Rio+20 Conference we set out our central vision for the
initiative in our flagship report ‘Leadership for a Clean Revolution’, which proposes five critical traits of
low-carbon leaders. At the same time we launched reports on the energy savings and other benefits
of LED lighting, the pioneer work of our sub-national government network, and on China’s sustainable
development initiatives as well as the country’s importance in delivering a global clean revolution.
A wide variety of other briefings and reports were also produced throughout the year, which
highlighted key opportunities for low carbon growth in different regions of the world. Our Beijing office
published briefings on energy efficiency financing; low-carbon vehicles, and the prospects for smart
grid development in China. Case studies looking at the implementation of the 12th Five Year Plan in
China’s cities and innovative energy efficiency ideas for buildings were also produced. In Australia,
we released a set of briefings that analysed the federal government’s new Clean Energy Package and
what this important policy plan means for the country’s low-carbon future.
Detailed reports were also published on electric vehicles (EVs) and the use of information and
communication technology (ICT) in cities. Our ‘Plugged-In Fleets’ report – developed in collaboration
with Energy Saving Trust and Cenex, with support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Transport for
London, and TNT’s Planet Me division – demonstrated that EVs are already a commercially viable
option for increasing numbers of business fleet owners. In our ‘Information Marketplaces’ report –
written in conjunction with Arup, Accenture, Horizon and the University of Nottingham, with support
from HSBC and Cisco – we showed the enormous economic opportunities that city governments
could tap with the right use of smart ICT. Both those reports attracted significant interest and media
coverage.
The new Clean Revolution website – http://cleanrevolution.org – went live at Rio. With fifty inspiring
case studies and more being added every week, the site is already proving to be a “go to” resource
for evidence of low carbon success, and is helping our Clean Revolution Ambassadors make the case
to their peers to replicate their carbon-cutting projects around the world.
5. Events and communications
A wide variety of events and communication outputs were successfully delivered in 2011/12, which
promoted the Clean Revolution message and profiled the leadership actions of our business and
government leaders.
In addition to our high level summit at Climate Week NYC, our second flagship event for the year was
the ‘Clean Revolution Leaders’ Summit’. This was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 as part
- Annual Report 2011/12 15
of the United Nation’s Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. Working in partnership with
the UN Global Compact’s ‘Corporate Sustainability Forum’ and the Rio de Janeiro State Government,
the summit presented the Clean Revolution initiative to a new and much larger business and
government audience. It also provided the opportunity to introduce new partners, launch a series of
four reports on leadership, LED lighting, China and State and Regional government actions (see
above), convene our annual meeting of States and Regions, and launch the ‘ICTs for Sustainable
Energy Partnership’ (ISEP) in support of the UN’s Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) initiative.
Collectively, our events in Rio resulted in more than 500 media articles which reached an audience of
350 million people in over 40 countries. Through our social media effort we generated more than 1.5
million Twitter impressions.
Throughout the year we also convened a range of issue-specific roundtables and briefings. This
included a roundtable dialogue on mobilising $1 trillion in climate finance with Andrew Steer, the
World Bank’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Theodore Roosevelt IV from Barclays Capital and
other senior members of New York’s financial sector. We also helped convene meetings for our state
and regional government partners on scaling up clean technologies, electric vehicles and the role of
small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In November 2011, we once again organised the Hong Kong
Business Summit on Climate Leadership, bringing together 160 top business and government leaders
from around the world.
Implementing operational structures and measures
1. Operational and financial systems
In November 2011 a full review of all our systems and procedures was initiated, identifying a range of
specific initiatives to improve processes covering the four areas outlined below:
Strategic Management Systems. Improving information management, decision making and
accountability to deliver the Clean Revolution initiative, long term sustainability and exploit
opportunities.
Operations Systems and Procedures. Improving information management, decision making,
planning and accountability.
Financial Management Systems. Improving information flow, decision making, cost control and
accountability.
Developing People. Helping people to succeed by supporting and developing them in order to
deliver against our plans.
Allied to the above, a review of policies was carried out with in areas such as internal financial control,
data protection, and anti-bribery and corruption. Following this the UK Employee Handbook was
reviewed and updated.
An action plan with measurable deliverables was created and approved by the Executive
Management Team in December 2012. The action plan was completed to deadline at the end of
June 2012 with the new systems ready to be taken into use by the Executive Management Team from
the beginning of the new financial year on 1 July 2012.
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In tandem with this work:
In April 2012, work began on integrating the management accounts with the budget for reporting
purposes, the accounts were extended to include full reporting for Belgium and India, and
accounting coding, project and departmental codes, and layouts were revised. This work will be
completed by October 2012.
Internal contracts were reviewed and new ones created, tendering procedures written and new
contract management records and controls created.
An annual governance assurance framework was created for our global boards to provide
oversight on key governance, compliance, finance and HR processes. A pilot was run in the UK
in May 2012 and will be rolled out to all countries in early 2012/13.
2. Fundraising capacity and capability
Our five year, US$17m partnership with HSBC concluded on schedule during this financial year. In
recognition of the need to develop a long term, sustainable and diversified funding model, a UK Head
of Fundraising appointment was created and filled in December 2011 to develop and implement the
charity’s strategy to grow income from philanthropic supporters. In June 2012, a Fundraising Manager
was subsequently appointed to support this post holder and increase our fundraising capacity further,
and in particular to provide global support.
Work is on-going in creating a coherent global fundraising strategy and further expansion of the UK
team is highly likely. Since December 2011, new philanthropic support of over £3.9m has been
agreed towards our core and project costs over the next five years.
3. Strategic financial modelling
We implemented an improved strategic financial modelling process in December 2012, which enables
us better to project our financial position over a three year period. We will continue to develop this
model in due course, in line with our annual business plan and new accounting systems. We did not
manage to increase liquidity and, consequently, this will be built into our forward financial plans.
- Annual Report 2011/12 17
Our philanthropic supporters
Our vision of a low carbon, prosperous world for all, will only be possible through a collaborative
approach – one in which NGOs, foundations, corporations, governments and individuals work
together to achieve action and change. Grant-making foundations and private donors who are
willing to show their own leadership are crucial partners, ensuring our work:
remains independent;
is entrepreneurial and innovative, delivering programmes that can have a
transformational impact if successful, but undoubtedly because of the scale and level of
ambition come with a degree of risk;
can be flexible, adapting to and responding to opportunities as and when they arise; and
can take a longer term strategic approach.
Philanthropic supporters give more than just financial support. We value their leadership and view
of the world. We believe they have an important contribution to make at a strategic level. As such,
we will continue to invite philanthropic supporters to join our International Leadership Council or to
become Clean Revolution Ambassadors where their leadership can help drive forward our vision.
Our achievements during 2011-12 have only been possible with the support of the following
philanthropic supporters: the Dutch Postcode Lottery, Zennström Philanthropies, Esmée
Fairbairn Foundation, The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Tellus Mater
Foundation.
- Annual Report 2011/12 18
What we will do in 2012/13
Our top line objectives for the current financial year are to:
Maintain Thought Leadership
Further develop our work on the role of disruptive leadership and innovation in delivering a clean
industrial revolution, working with our partners to develop the content and analysis.
Further expand and develop the content of our TheCleanRevolution.org with the aim of making it
a recognised ‘go-to’ source on the transition to a low carbon economy with a target of [15,000+]
monthly visitors by June 2013.
Develop a portfolio of Clean Revolution briefings for our Ambassador network which layout both
a ‘meta narrative’ of the Clean Revolution and provide in-depth analysis on specific current
issues.
Strengthen the Clean Revolution Network
Recruit an additional 10-20 Clean Revolution Ambassadors.
Develop an engagement and communications programme for our Ambassadors, with at least 2-3
substantive actions (eg op-eds, speaking slots etc) agreed with each Ambassador for the year.
Recruit an additional 2-4 lead corporate partners and 5-10 new strategic partners.
Scope the feasibility and role of a BRICs clean revolution leaderships group.
Hold our annual Davos meeting with our International Leadership Council to discuss Clean
Revolution strategy and engagement.
Hold our 2nd annual Clean Revolution Leaders’ summit to bring our corporate, government and
international organisation partners together.
Hold our 4th annual Climate Week NYC meeting in September 2012. Preparations for the 5th
Climate Week NYC anniversary must be underway.
Continue to support our States & Regions members in developing the work of their working
groups on electric vehicles, small and medium enterprises, energy efficiency financing and
marine renewable energy. We will also look to develop links, where appropriate, with our other
Clean Revolution partners.
Develop a comprehensive global communications and events plan to support all initiative
objectives.
Catalyse New Transformative Actions
Work with partners to develop a project for a new transformational, low carbon innovation prize,
with a view to launching in 2015.
Work with our States & Regions members on new LED lighting commitments with the aim to
have 10 adopt concrete targets on standards, procurement and sales.
Work with ten Chinese cities to implement green growth plans in line with national commitments
on carbon intensity
Work with our ICT and city partners to begin piloting a selection of low-carbon ICT solutions in 10
global cities (population > 1 million).
Establish a coalition of companies and regional governments committed to accelerating
renewable energy, with targets committed to for 2014-2015.
Launch an international climate finance alliance of financial institutions focused on enhancing
climate finance into and out of China and make policy recommendations to the Chinese National
Development and Reform Commission.
- Annual Report 2011/12 19
Build our capacity to deliver
Secure new funding of £4 million raised for FY2012-13 and £2.5 million for FY2013-2014
Fully implement a new staff appraisal and development.
Complete annual business, budget and risk plans.
- Annual Report 2011/12 20
Structure, governance and management
The Climate Group is an international not-for-profit organisation with representation in London, New
York, Beijing, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Melbourne and Brussels. This report is produced by our
international headquarters, which is a UK charitable company limited by guarantee and registered
under the legal name of The Climate Change Organisation. Our statutory objects and powers are
established in a Memorandum of Association, and the company is governed under its Articles of
Association.
Our Trustees are elected to serve for three years and can be re-elected for a second term. After six
years, Trustees must take a minimum 12 months’ break before being eligible for re-appointment.
Trustees meet quarterly, with additional meetings if required, and delegate the day-to-day operations
of the organisation to the Executive Management Team headed by the Chief Executive. All Trustees
give of their time freely and no remuneration or expenses were paid in the year.
The Trustees look for a range of skills for representation on the board when recruiting and appointing
new Trustees, including familiarity with the ways that leading businesses and governments should
respond to climate change. Our current Board includes members with finance, communications,
business and legal expertise.
The induction of new Trustees is tailored to the skills, knowledge and expertise of each individual. Our
Chairman and Chief Executive brief new Trustees on recent progress, future plans, legal structure
and finances, as well as Trustees’ obligations in their role. We also encourage prospective Trustees
to observe one or two Trustee Board meetings to familiarise themselves with our work before formal
election.
The Board is supported by two committees. The Finance and Audit Committee strengthens oversight
of our finances, budgeting and fundraising performance, meeting with and obtaining reports from the
organisation’s auditors. The Remunerations and Appointments Committee recommends remuneration
strategies and policies and advises on matters pertaining to the appointment of Trustees. The
committees meet quarterly in addition to the regular Trustee meetings.
The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that major risks facing The Climate Group are appropriately
managed. The major risks identified are regularly reviewed and their potential impact assessed.
Strategies and controls to manage each risk appropriately are in place, with some subject to
continuous improvement. In those areas of our work where a degree of risk is inevitable, appropriate
steps have been taken to mitigate that risk where possible. Updates to the register and key risks are
reported to the Finance and Audit Committee.
The Climate Group is represented by legal entities in the US, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Belgium
and India which enable us to hire staff and raise and direct funds towards our work internationally
(see Note 15 of the accounts for further details). They work closely with the UK charity, with local
board positions for members of our Executive Management Team strengthening international
relationships. Our Chief Executive sits on the corporation board of the US, and together with our
International Programmes and Strategy Director, sits on the Australian, Chinese, Hong Kong, and
Belgian corporation boards, Our head office’s relationship with the regional offices is underpinned by
legal contracts. These contracts cover co-ordination of work programmes and licensing of the name
and trademarks to the regional representatives. Our UK trading subsidiary (The Climate Change
Organisation Services Limited), carries out any trading or service activities of the charity.
- Annual Report 2011/12 21
Carbon Management Policy
According to organisational policy The Climate Group’s operations and activities are (certified) carbon
neutral. As well as endeavouring to keep our CO2 emissions as low as possible by eliminating
unnecessary travel, we offset unavoidable emissions using carbon credits certified under the Verified
Carbon Standard or the Gold Standard. The Climate Group’s CO2 equivalent emissions during the
accounting period were 328 tonnes (2010/11: 331 tonnes).
The Climate Group’s Carbon Footprint report has been produced using Greenstone Carbon
Management’s Acco2untenterprise solution.
- Annual Report 2011/12 22
UK Board, management team and
advisers
Registered name The Climate Change Organisation
Trading name The °Climate Group
Charity number 1102909
Company number 4964424
Incorporation
14 November 2003 and registered as a UK charity on 26 March 2004
Principal office & Registered office
Second Floor, Riverside Building
County Hall
Belvedere Road
London SE1 7PB
John R Coomber (Chairman)
Matthew Anderson – resigned 13 October 2011
Zoë Ashcroft
Josh Berger – resigned 9 May 2012
Matt Brittin
Vivienne Cox
Steve Howard – resigned 27 August 2012
Andrew Smith
Dominic Waughray
Niklas Zennström – appointed 16 December 2011
Company Secretary
Ian McLintock – appointed 23 November 2011
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Kenber
Executive Management Team
Ben Ferrari, Director of Corporate Partnerships
Eduardo Gonçalves, International Communications Director
Mark Kenber, Chief Executive Officer
Ian McLintock, International Operations Director
Jim Walker, International Programmes and Strategy Director
Caroline Bayliss, Director Australia
Amy Davidsen, Executive Director US
Changhua Wu, Greater China Director
- Annual Report 2011/12 23
Accountants Solicitors
JS2 Limited Winston & Strawn London
One Crown Square CityPoint
Woking One Ropemaker Street
Surrey GU21 6HR London EC2Y 9HU
Bankers Auditors
HSBC Bank plc Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP
34 High Street St. Brides House
Walton-on-Thames 10 Salisbury Square,
Surrey KT12 1DD London EC4Y 8EH
Trustees/Directors of our International Boards
Professor Bill Moomaw, US
Steve Westly, US
Paul Dolan, US
Plato K. Yip, Hong Kong
Suresh Prabhu, India
Uday Khemka, India
Dr Kirit Parikh, India
John Thwaites, Australia
Keith Scott, Australia
International Leadership Council
Rt Hon Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ILC Chairman)
HSH Prince Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company and Masdar Initiative
Mr. Clesio Antonio Balbo, Usina Santo Antonio S/A
Mr. Thor Björgólfsson, Novator
Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group
Lord Browne of Madingley, Riverstone
Mr. John Coomber, Pension Corporation
Dr. Steve Howard, IKEA
Mr Dennis Mehiel, Fourmco
Ms Karen Mehiel
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Group
Mr. James Murdoch, News Corporation
Mr. Idan Ofer, Better Place and Israel Corp.
Mr Mikael Ohlsson, IKEA
Mr. Boudewijn Poelmann, National Postcode Lottery
Mr. Anthony Pratt, Pratt Industries and Visy
Mr. Jim Rogers, Duke Energy
Mr. Alan Salzman, Vantage Point Venture Partners
Mr. Vinod Sekhar, Petra Group and Sekhar Foundation
Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech
Mr. Tulsi Tanti, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Mr. Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile
Mr Steve Westly, The Westly Group
Mr. Zhang Yue, Broad
Mr. Niklas Zennström, Atomico Investments and Zennström Philanthropies
- Annual Report 2011/12 24
Clean Revolution Initiative Advisory Board
John Elkington, Volans
Jennifer Morgan, World Resources Institute
Professor ZHOU Dadi,
Josh Suskewicz, Innosight
Jarl Krausing, World Bank
Paul Simpson, Carbon Disclosure Project
- Annual Report 2011/12 25
Financial results
The Statement of Financial Activities (page 32) and the following show our full financial results for the
year. Financial information on this report relates to both the UK charity (indicated by “Charity” in the
accounts) and the consolidated reports of the UK, the US, Australia, China, Hong Kong and India
(indicated by “Group”). Figures in this section reflect the consolidated Group figures.
Income
Our total income for the 2011/12 financial year was £4,063,641 (2011: £6,306,871), which consists of
voluntary income of £3,995,228 (2011: £6,018,292), income from activities for generating funds of
£66,638 (2011: £286,499) and investment income of £1,775 (2011: £2,080).
Development
We continued to develop our programmes with a diverse group of funders, but giving from individuals,
foundations, government grants and corporate philanthropy remains challenging. This reflects the
continuing economic down turn and a move away from giving to organisations working on the climate
change agenda.
We directed 10% (2011: 7%) of our budget towards generating funds, with most allocated to staff
costs.
Our new strategy makes a compelling fundraising case and we have also continued to invest in our
fundraising capability and, consequently, are confident that we shall substantively increase our
fundraising income over the coming year and beyond.
Expenditure
During the accounting period we spent a total of £5,440,288 (2011: £7,845,382), including £1,282,737
on research activities (2011: £2,033,147) which represents a significant investment in
transformational technologies which will form case studies for the Clean Revolution, £1,915,255 (2011:
£2,574,373) on raising awareness of climate change and its solutions, and £1,595,679 on education of
business and government partners on leadership opportunities associated with ‘low carbon’ policy
and strategy (2011: £2,554,977). The cost of generating funds was £516,505 (2011: £514,714) and
governance costs were £130,112 (2011: £168,171).
Financial position at year end
We made a deficit of £1,376,647 (2011: £1,538,511). This partly reflects lower income than expected
and planned utilisation of prior year reserves. We closed the reporting period with a positive position
of £362,350 (2011: £1,727,373) comprising a restricted funds position of £307,375 (2011: £1,170,261)
and an unrestricted funds position of £54,975 (2011: £557,112). The result included a gain on
revaluation of foreign currency subsidiaries of £11,624 (2011: £26,678).
- Annual Report 2011/12 26
Financial strategy
Reserves Policy
The Trustees are of the opinion that the level of total reserves should normally equate to 25% of
projected consolidated global resources due to be expended in the following 12 months, and that
unrestricted reserves should never be less than zero.
The Trustees recognise that it may be appropriate to allow the level of reserves to drop below, this
benchmark at times as a result of short-term cash inflows, the nature of funding restrictions or in order
to ensure our programmes’ continuity.
Applying this ratio to the forecasts for the year ending 30 June 2012, the required level of reserves
would be approximately £1.2 million, versus actual reported reserves of £1.7 million.
Financial Risk
Our reserves have fallen, but the UK forward income pipeline is both much more diversified and
includes significantly more funding bids than last year.
The group’s cost structure and internal value chain were assessed to identify how cost might best be
managed down with minimal impact on capability. For example, our global IT migration to the cloud in
January 2013 has reduced our IT cost base by circa £40k pa and simultaneously improved our IT
capability. During 2012/13, we have achieved significant cost reductions globally with resource
savings being taken either to reduce cost overall or diverted to build capability, in areas such as our
agile cities work. Our work reported last year, to develop further our financial and business planning,
management and reporting systems and procedures was completed on time, but these have not yet
been taken fully into use and we must now do so. However, allied to the above, we have identified
work that will improve our efficiency and effectiveness further, and work is on-going to develop further
our new business model.
We have also implemented flexibility analysis of income projections, which are updated and reported
to the Finance and Audit committee monthly. This system has been further enhanced by
implementing a financial dashboard to track key metrics using a traffic light system. For 2013/14, UK
income projections, which account for half of the global budget, have been reduced by 10% below the
most likely forecast as a measure of prudence.
As at 1 March 2013, The Climate Group needed to generate £1.2m of funding (as a minimum) in
order to remain cash positive to year end 2012/13 (30 June 2013) and the forecast worst case income
projection was for funding of £1.15m, of which £0.9m was contracted. This does not include access to
interest free loans of £200k, an estimated £100k for disposal of a valuable top level domain name or
the core contribution from a recently awarded £2.3m two year restricted contract for our work in India
to be paid beginning April 2013. Taking these additional factors into account, cash flow would still be
forecast to remain positive to 30 June 2013 even under the worst case income projection.
In 2013/14, we have budgeted UK expenditure of £3m of which £0.28m is contingency expenditure to
fund innovative global projects, but which will only be committed subject to achieving budget targets,
and there is also £0.25m of risk funding. Forecast income is £3.6m, which has been reduced to £3.3m
in the budget as a risk mitigation measure. This income forecast includes £1.7m of contracted
income, including prudent estimates of membership income for the period. The Very Bad income
scenario forecast is currently £2.4m. The minimum income required to remain cash positive is £2.3m
but taking the above factors into account the cash position remains overall positive.
- Annual Report 2011/12 27
Financial Strategy
In response to the end of the very large HSBC funding in 2011, we expanded our income generation
strategy. This has focussed on building additional major corporate partnership agreements
supplemented by a broad based fundraising income stream from trusts, individuals and sponsorship.
Our first lead partnership agreement was signed in January 2012, the 2nd
in December 2012 and we
are in advanced discussions with other potential partners. The forward funding pipeline has continued
to both build and diversify, and we now have substantial future secured income. We were recently
notified of a very generous further funding commitment of circa £2m, over 2 years, from the Dutch
Postcode Lottery. The Trustees are confident the strategy is proving itself, resulting in a far more
secure forward funding position than last year.
The key challenges in moving forward are to manage our cash position, particularly June to
December 2013, and begin to build our financial reserves to reduce the current high level of financial
risk. We will achieve this by building on our work over the past year in enhancing our organisational
systems and processes to deliver maximum value for every pound our funders donate to our work.
Specifically, the board have set 3 objectives for each office in developing the 2013/14 budget:
Adequate projected cash holdings in each country in each month to reduce dependence on the
UK.
Year-end targets for each country that will increase reserves at rates that will achieve our
reserves policy target by year end 30 June 2015.
A UK cash target at year end 30 June 2014 to ensure long term viability.
These targets are challenging, but we believe them to be fully achievable.
Consequently, the Trustees are confident that The Climate Group will remain a successful and viable
organisation over the coming year and beyond.
- Annual Report 2011/12 28
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year in
accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom
Accounting Standards) and applicable law.
Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied
that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of its net profit/loss for that
period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and
explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial
position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the
Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and
hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Provision of information to auditors
Each of the persons who are a Trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that:
so far as he/she is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s
auditors are unaware; and
the Trustee has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken as a Trustee in order to
make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the
company’s auditors are aware of that information.
Members of the Board of Trustees who are directors for the purpose of company law and Trustees
for the purpose of charity law, who served during the period and up to the date of this Report are set
out on page 22.
- Annual Report 2011/12 29
Auditors
A resolution to re-appoint Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP as auditors will be proposed at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice:
Accounting and Reporting by Charities (issued in March 2005).
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 22 March 2013 and signed on its behalf by:
John R Coomber
Chairman of the Board
- Annual Report 2011/12 30
Independent auditors’ report to the Trustees
We have audited the financial statements of The Climate Change Organisation for the year ended 30
June 2012 set out pages 32 to 46.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and
United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
This Report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we
might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an
auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or
assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the company’s members as a
body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and auditor
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the Trustees (who are also the
directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law) are responsible for the
preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us
to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors.
Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements
sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material
misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances and have been consistently
applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by
the directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements.
In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Trustees’ Annual Report to
identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements. If we become aware of any
apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.
Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and the charitable company’s affairs as at 30
June 2012 and of the group’s incoming resources and application of resources, including its
income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
- Annual Report 2011/12 31
Emphasis of matter – going concern
In forming our opinion, which is not qualified, we draw attention to the disclosures in note 1(a) of the
financial statements concerning the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Climate Change Organisation, like many charities, is dependent on voluntary income to fund its
activities and therefore does not have adequate committed funding in place to meet its future
commitments. The Climate Change Organisation is continuing to implement a new strategy to
generate income and is dependent on the success of this strategy in order to continue as a going
concern. The Trustees therefore consider that a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the
entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the
adjustments that would result if the company was unable to continue as a going concern.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion the information given in the Trustees Annual Report for the financial year for which the
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires
us to report to you if, in our opinion:
the parent charitable company has not kept adequate accounting records, or returns adequate
for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the parent charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting
records and returns; or
certain disclosures of Trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Pesh Framjee FCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
for and on behalf of
Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP
Statutory auditor
St Bride’s House
10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8EH
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE GROUP
(INCLUDING AN INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 32
Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes Restricted Unrestricted Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
Incoming resources £ £ £ £
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income
Donations & similar funding 3,445 199,852 203,297 177,926
Grants 2 1,868,337 746,716 2,615,053 4,690,469
Membership 711,219 465,659 1,176,878 1,149,897
__________ __________ __________ __________
2,583,001 1,412,227 3,995,228 6,018,292
Activities for generating funds
Other 22,709 43,929 66,638 286,499
__________ __________ __________ __________
22,709 43,929 66,638 286,499
Investment income 1,775 - 1,775 2,080
__________ __________ __________ __________
Total incoming resources 2,607,485 1,456,156 4,063,641 6,306,871
__________ __________ __________ __________
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income 287,276 229,229 516,505 514,714
Charitable activities
Research 895,738 386,999 1,282,737 2,033,147
Communications 1,007,630 907,625 1,915,255 2,574,373
Education & engagement 1,238,864 356,815 1,595,679 2,554,977
__________ __________ __________ ___________
3,142,232 1,651,439 4,793,671 7,162,497
Governance costs 52,487 77,625 130,112 168,171
__________ __________ __________ __________
Total resources expended 3 3,481,995 1,958,293 5,440,288 7,845,382
__________ __________ __________ __________
Net outgoing resources for the period
(being the net income) before other
recognised gains and losses 4 (874,510) (502,137) (1,376,647)) (1,538,511)
Other recognised gains and losses
Gain on revaluation of foreign currency
subsidiaries
11,624 - 11,624 26,678
__________ __________ __________ __________
Net movement in funds (862,886) (502,137 (1,365,023) (1,511,833)
Funds at 30 June 2011
1,170,261 557,112 1,727,373 3,239,206
__________ __________ __________ ___________
Funds at 30 June 2012 10 307,375 54,975 362,350 1,727,373
__________ __________ __________ __________
All of the above results derive from continuing activities. There are no gains and losses other than those disclosed
above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 10 to the financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 34
Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
£ £
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating
activities (Note a) (755,089) (2,099,180)
Returns on investment and servicing of
finance
Bank interest received 1,775 2,080
Capital expenditure and financial investment
Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets (137) (28,173)
Decrease in cash (753,451) (2,125,273)
Net cash at start of the year 1,767,874 3,893,147
Net cash at end of the year 1,014,423 1,767,874
NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
a) Reconciliation of net incoming resources to net cash
inflow from operating activities
2012 2011
£ £
Net (outgoing)/incoming resources for the year (1,376,647) (1,538,511)
Bank interest received (1,775) (2,080)
Depreciation 64,554 70,703
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 2,133 23,970
Foreign exchange differences, excluding gains arising on
revaluation of fixed assets
10,301
29,130
Decrease in debtors 34,462
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors 511,883 (682,392)
Net cash inflow from operating activities (755,089) (2,099,180)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 35
Notes to the consolidated Financial Statements 1 Accounting policies
a) Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable
UK accounting standards and follow the recommendations in Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and
Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) and the Companies Act 2006.
The statement of financial activities (SOFA) and balance sheet consolidate the financial statements of the charity and
its subsidiary undertakings (see Note 15). The results of the charity and its five subsidiaries are consolidated on a
line-by-line basis. No separate SOFA has been prepared for the charity alone as permitted by Section 408 of the
Companies Act 2006.
Going concern
The Climate Change Organisation, like many charities is dependent on voluntary income to meet its future
commitments. The Climate Change Organisation's ability to generate voluntary income going forward is significantly
dependent on the charity's new strategy and planned income generation from strategic partners and trusts. As
discussed in more detail in the Trustees' Report, as at March 2013 there was not sufficient committed funding in place
to allow the charity to meet its forecast liabilities for the following 12 months. If income generation targets are not met
then the charity would be unable to continue as a going concern
The Trustees have considered the charity's new strategic plan and current income forecasts for 2012/13 and beyond.
The Trustees are confident that the charity's strategy for future income generation will be successful. They have
therefore prepared the Financial Statements on the going concern basis. The key issues and uncertainties in respect
of the going concern assumption are set out in the ‘Financial Risk’ section of the Trustees’ Report.
b) Income
Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial
Activities when receivable. Donated services and gifts in kind are brought in at their value to the charity as income and
the appropriate expenditure.
Income is credited to incoming resources when the conditions of entitlement, certainty and measurement have been
met. Where income relates to a specific future period, it is deferred.
Membership and partnership income is recognised in the financial statements evenly over the period to which the fee
relates.
Legacies, if received, are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when the entitlement has been established,
the amount receivable is known and the likely date of receipt has been fixed.
Grants for the purchase of fixed assets, if received, are credited to restricted incoming resources when received or
receivable whichever is earlier. Depreciation on the fixed assets purchased with such grants is charged against the
restricted fund.
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 36
c) Expenditure
Cost of generating funds are those costs incurred in the charity seeking voluntary contributions
Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred. Resources expended include
attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.
Resources expended are allocated to a particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. Remaining
support costs are apportioned to activities based on staff time, which is an estimate of the amount attributable to each
activity. Note 3 shows how support costs have been allocated to each activity.
d) Fixed assets and depreciation
Fixed assets are stated at cost and such items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds
£1,000. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities.
Depreciation is provided on all tangible assets at rates calculated to write each asset down to its estimated residual
value on a straight line basis as follows:
Office equipment - 3 years
Furniture and fixtures - 3 years
e) Fund accounting
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these
criteria is charged to the fund together with a fair allocation of support costs.
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the charity.
f) Governance costs
Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets and are primarily associated
with compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
g) Pension costs
Contributions to the defined contribution scheme are charged to the statement of financial activities as incurred.
h) Operating leases
Rental costs under operating leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight line basis over the lease life.
i) Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of the transaction. Foreign
currency balances have been translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. The results of
overseas operations are translated at the closing rates of exchange during the period and their balance sheets at the
rates ruling at the balance sheet date.
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 37
2 Grants
Restricted Unrestricted
Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
£ £ £ £
Corporations 1,342,797 - 1,342,797 2,382,941
Government 138,136 - 138,136 397,862
Foundations & NGOs 387,404 746,716 1,134,120 1,909,666
__________ __________ __________ __________
1,868,337 746,716 2,615,053 4,690,469
__________ __________ __________ __________
3 Analysis of total resources expended
Direct
staff costs
Other
direct
costs
Total
direct
costs
Support
staff costs
Other
support
costs
Total
support
costs
Year
ended 30
June 2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Cost of generating funds
378,908 61,389 440,297 23,790 52,418 76,208 516,505 514,714
Research 699,996 264,305 964,301 106,817 211,619 318,436 1,282,737 2,033,147
Communications 834,869 563,605 1,398,474 175,659 341,122 516,781 1,915,255 2,574,373
Education & Engagement 809,109 381,066 1,190,175 135,166 270,338 405,504 1,595,679 2,554,977
Governance 42,986 53,020 96,006 11,502 22,604 34,106 130,112 168,171
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ _________
Total 2012 2,765,868 1,323,385 4,089,253 452,934 898,101 1,351,035 5,440,288 7,845,382
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ _________
Total 2011 3,664,436 1,952,291 5,616,727 686,964 1,541,691 2,228,655 7,845,382
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________
Support costs are apportioned to activities based on staff time, which is an estimate of the amount of effort attributable
to each activity. Support costs include such expenditure as rent, office running costs and financial and legal services.
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 38
4 Net incoming/(outgoing) resources
is stated after charging:
Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
£ £
Operating lease rentals – buildings 180,913 317,366
Depreciation 42,665 70,703
Fees payable to charity auditors: audit of the charity’s annual accounts 21,700 22,200
Fees payable to charity auditors: audit of the charity’s trading subsidiary pursuant
to legislation - 2,100
__________ __________
The Trustees received neither remuneration nor reimbursed expenses during either period.
5 Employees
Staff costs during the period amounted to: Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
£ £
Wages & salaries 2,619,643 3,622,479
Social security costs 184,839 250,805
Employer’s pension contributions 215,401 289,772
Other staff costs 67,958 39,553
______________ ______________
3,087,841 4,202,609
Freelance staff - 7,338
Temporary staff 130,961 141,453
__________ __________
3,218,802 4,351,400 ________________ _______________
Number of employees with emoluments exceeding £60,000 2012 2011
Number Number
£60,000 - £70,000 p.a. 0 1
£70,001 - £80,000 p.a. 2 1
£80,001 - £90,000 p.a. 1 2
£90,001 - £100,000 p.a. 2 4
£100,001 - £110,000 p.a. - 1
£110,001 - £120,000 p.a. 1 -
£120,001 + p.a. 1 4
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 39
5 Employees (continued)
Retirement benefits are accruing to the seven higher paid staff under defined contribution schemes. Employer
contributions of £43,656 (2011: £64,190) were made during the year.
The average weekly number of employees (full time equivalents) during the period was as follows:
Year ended
30 June
2012
Year ended
30 June
2011
Fundraising & publicity 5.0 7.5
Research 3.2 3.0
Communications 9.1 13.1
Education & engagement 28.3 30.1
Support 12.5 12.8
Governance 2.0 4.5
___________ ___________
60.1 71.0
__________ __________
6 Tangible fixed assets
(Group)
Office Leasehold
Equipment improvements Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 July 2011 371,609 12,697 384,306
Revaluation on consolidation 4,957 224 5,181
Additions 137 - 137
Disposals (90,908) (8,886) (99,794)
__________ __________ __________
At 30 June 2012 285,795 4,035 289,830
__________ __________ __________
Depreciation
At 1 July 2011 252,644 10,006 262,650
Revaluation on consolidation 3,634 224 3,858
Charge for the period 63,209 1,345 64,554
Disposals (88,775) (8,886) (97,661)
__________ __________ __________
At 30 June 2012 230,712 2,689 233,401
__________ __________ __________
Net book value
At 30 June 2012 55,084 1,345 56,429
__________ __________ __________
At 1 July 2011 113,217 8,439 121,656
__________ __________ __________
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 40
6 Tangible fixed assets (Continued)
(Charity)
Office Leasehold
equipment improvements Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 July 2011
And at 30 June 2012 202,910 4,035 206,945
__________ __________ __________
Depreciation
1 July 2011 122,937 1,345 124,282
Charge for the period 41,320 1,345 42,665
__________ __________ __________
30 June 2012 164,257 2,690 166,947
__________ __________ __________
Net book value
30 June 2012 38,653 1,345 39,998
__________ __________ __________
1 July 2011 79,973 2,690 82,663
__________ __________ __________
7 Debtors
Group
30 June
2012
Group
30 June
2011
Charity
30 June
2012
Charity
30 June
2011
£ £ £ £
Trade debtors 253,667 282,353 130,155 165,003
Other debtors 126,744 129,882 - 5,665
Due from subsidiary companies - - 272,007 486,078
Prepayments 69,088 111,804 48,553 81,944
Accrued income 60,461 20,383 47,691 - __________ __________ __________ __________
509,960 544,422 498,406 738,690 __________ __________ __________ __________
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 41
8 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Group
30 June
2012
Group
30 June
2011
Charity
30 June
2012
Charity
30 June
2011
£ £ £ £
Trade creditors 93,915 124,495 51,163 102,445
Taxation & social security 57,265 88,399 48,388 68,058
Other creditors 126,598 33,205 100,000 -
Due to subsidiary companies - - 84,250 -
Accruals 306,095 148,323 254,645 80,121
Deferred income 634,589 312,157 373,752 209,237
__________ __________ __________ __________
1,218,462 706,579 912,198 459,861
__________ __________ __________ __________
Deferred income
At 1 July
2011
Released to
incoming
resources
Deferred in
the year
At 30 June
2012
£ £ £ £
Membership 200,904 (200,904) 373,751 373,751
Grants 8,333 (8,333) - -
__________ __________ __________ __________
Charity total 209,237 (209,237) 373,751 373,751
The Climate Group Inc 9,364 (9,364) 235,320 235,320
The Climate Group Limited 39,460 (39,460) 21,683 21,683
The Climate Group (Hong Kong) Limited - - 2,064 2,064
The Climate Group (India) Limited 10,000 (10,000) - -
The Climate Group (China) Limited 44,096 (44,096) 1,771 1,771
__________ __________ __________ __________
Consolidated total 312,157 312,157 634,589 634,589
__________ __________ __________ __________
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 42
9 Analysis of net assets between funds (Group)
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Total
funds
£ £ £
Tangible assets 16,431 39,998 56,429
Current assets 881,020 643,363 1,524,383
Current liabilities (590,076) (628,386) (1,218,462)
__________ __________ __________
Net assets 307,375 54,975 362,350
__________ __________ __________
Analysis of net assets between funds (Charity)
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Total
funds
£ £ £
Tangible assets - 39,998 39,998
Current assets 335,268 738,907 1,074,175
Current liabilities (188,268) (723,930) (912,198)
__________ __________ __________
Net assets 147,000 54,975 201,975
__________ __________ __________
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 43
10 Movement in funds (Group)
At 1 July Incoming Outgoing Transfers and
Exchange
At 30 June
2011 resources Resources differences 2012
Restricted Funds £ £ £ £ £
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) 286,110 - (179,110) - 107,000
HSBC Climate Partnership - 588,032 (588,032) - -
Global Alliance - 88,840 (68,840) - 20,000
Smart 2020 - 64,002 (44,002) - 20,000
Clean Revolution Initiative - 48,597 (48,597) - -
IIGCC 63,161 213,309 (276,470) - -
Electric Vehicles 31,000 - (31,000) - -
380,271 1,002,780 1,236,051 - 147,000
China Programme 125,981 746,021 785,387 13,518 100,133
Hong Kong Programme 69,683 194,636 354,538 2,035 (88,184)
US Programme 290,681 531,708 882,982 7,511 (53,082)
Australia Programme 272,815 115,422 219,157 (4,545) 164,535
India Programme 30,830 16,918 3,880 (6,895) 36,973
_________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Total restricted funds 1,170,261 2,607,485 3,481,995 11,624 307,375
Unrestricted funds 557,112 1,456,156 1,958,293 - 54,975
_________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Total funds 1,727,373 4,063,641 5,440,288 11,624 362,350
_________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Total incoming resources for the charity were £2,458,936 (2011: £4,253,571) and the deficit for the year was
£735,408 (2011: £1,545,944 deficit).
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 44
10 Movement in funds of the Group (continued)
Purpose of funds
Carbon Capture and
Storage (CCS)
To promote investment in and policy support for Carbon Capture and Storage
technology internationally.
HSBC Climate
Partnership
To promote low carbon solutions and practices in five world cities: Hong Kong,
London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, engaging businesses,
governments and consumers in carbon emissions reduction.
Global Alliance Funding to mobilise our global alliance of leading governments, businesses
and opinion formers towards low-carbon leadership, and to engage them in our
market transformation, research and communications projects.
Smart 2020
Funding to showcase key city-based ICT solutions, and to advocate policies
that support scale up and replication.
Clean Revolution
Initiative
Funding for a three year, global communications initiative with a compelling
vision of a low carbon future and a strategy to persuade a critical mass of the
worlds most powerful and influential leaders to support that vision.
IIGCC Funding for the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, a forum for
collaboration on climate change for European investors.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) Funding to speed up the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles as part of our
sustainable mobility future.
China Programme Funding to engage China’s government, cities and businesses.
India Programme Funding to engage India’s government, cities and businesses.
Hong Kong Programme Funding to engage Hong Kong’s government, cities and businesses.
US Programme Funding to develop The Climate Group's outreach to US state governments,
cities and businesses. The programme includes the development of
relationships with key US states, cities and corporations.
Australia Programme Funding to engage Australia’s government, cities and businesses.
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 45
11 Taxation
The Climate Change Organisation has charitable status and as such is partially exempt from tax on its income and
gains to the extent that they are applied to its charitable objects.
12 Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions during the 12 month period to 30 June 2012.
13 Leasing commitments
The annual commitments under non cancellable operating leases are as follows:
2012 2011
Land and Land and
Buildings Buildings
£ £
Expiring within 1 year 79,046 45,000
Expiring between 1 and 2 years 24,403 63,250
Expiring between 2 and 5 years 84,383 101,800
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14 Subsidiaries
Advantage has been taken of the exemptions available under FRS8 from the disclosure of certain intra group
transactions. The charity is represented by legal entities incorporated in the United States (registered on 5 March
2004), Australia (registered on 19 May 2005), China (registered on 7 December 2007) and Hong Kong (registered on
10 January 2008). The charity also has a trading subsidiary in the UK called The Climate Change Organisation
Services Ltd (registered on 1 May 2007). These entities operate in close conjunction with the UK charity with a
relationship maintained via places on the boards for members of the charity’s management team. All of these entities
have a year-end date of 30 June except for the Chinese entity which has a 31 December year end due to local
regulations.
United States – The Climate Group Inc
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £290,681 £342,023
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £531,708 £1,728,021
Net (deficit)/surplus for the year to 30 June 2012 £(343,733) £(51,342)
Net assets as at 30 June 2012 £(53,082) £290,681
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 30 June 2012
- Annual Report 2011/12 46
14 Subsidiaries (continued)
Australia – The Climate Group Limited
China – The Climate Group (China) Limited
Hong Kong – The Climate Group (Hong Kong) Limited
UK – The Climate Change Organisation Services Limited
India – The Climate Group (India) Limited
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £276,815 £286,291
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £115,422 £262,980
Net deficit for the year to 30 June 2012 £(112,280) £(9,476)
Net assets as at 30 June 2012 £164,535 £276,815
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £126,837 £133,336
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £1,014,541 £1,110,310
Net deficit for the year to 30 June 2012 £(32,874) £(6,499)
Net assets as at 30 June 2012 £93,963 £126,837
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £69,683 £6,857
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £194,636 £476,519
Net (deficit)/surplus for the year to 30 June 2012 £(157,867) £62,825
Net assets as at 30 June 2012 £(88,184) £69,683
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £100 £100
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £29,898 £98,184
Net surplus for the year to 30 June 2012 - -
Net assets as at 30 June 2012 £100 £100
2012 2011
Net assets as at 1 July 2011 £40,831 -
Income for the year to 30 June 2012 £6,916 £77,084
Net surplus for the year to 30 June 2011 £3,858 £40,831
Net assets as at 30 June 2011 £36,973 £40,831