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The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust 78401 NatManCover07_V2:NMCTR&A Cover 14/7/08 10:20 Page 2 The National Manuscripts Annual Report Conservation Trust & Accounts 2007 78401 NatManCover07_V2:NMCTR&A Cover 14/7/08 10:20 Page 3 Reference and Administrative Information Patron Fund Managers Sir Keith Thomas FBA Cazenove Capital Management Ltd 12 Moorgate Trustees London EC2R 6DA The Lord Egremont DL FRSL Bernard Naylor MA MCLIP Bankers Charles Sebag-Montefiore FCA FSA Royal Bank of Scotland Plc 127–128 High Holborn Secretary to the Trustees London WC1V 6PQ Dr Anna Bülow The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust Administrator to the Trustees c/o The National Archives Loretta Pamment Ruskin Avenue Kew Auditors TW9 4DU Stoner Cottingham 42 London Road Horsham West Sussex RH1 1AY Solicitors Anderson Longmore & Higham Wisteria House Market Square Petworth West Sussex GU28 0AJ Image reproduced by kind permission of: Hereford Cathedral – Conservation of Hereford Cathedral Library MS O.VI.12 Registered Charity: 802796 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 1 The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust Annual Report & Accounts 2007 Registered Charity: 802796 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 2 Contents Page Reference and Administrative Information cover 2 Trustees’ Report 3 – 6 Awards by The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, 2007 7 – 14 Cumulative list of donations from charitable trusts, institutions and corporations, 1990–2007 15 – 16 Auditors’ Report 17 – 18 Statement of Financial Activities 19 Balance Sheet 20 Notes to the Accounts 21 – 24 2 NMCT Annual Report 2004 Awards 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 3 Trustees’ Report The trustees present their report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2007. Structu re, Governance and Management of the Trust The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust was established on 9th January 1990 by a declaration of trust executed by three trustees representing, respectively, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, the British Library Board and various benefactors. Since 1st April 2003, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts has formed part of The National Archives, whose Chief Executive is the sole Historical Manuscripts Commissioner. There are three trustees: both the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and the British Library Board are empowered to appoint one, and the two trustees so appointed are empowered to appoint a third trustee who shall not be a member or an officer of, or employed by, either the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts or the British Library Board. Throughout the year, the trustees were, respectively, the chairman Lord Egremont, Mr Bernard Naylor, and Mr Charles Sebag-Montefiore. No formal procedures have been put in place for the induction or training of trustees, as they have not been considered necessary having regard to the criteria exercised in the selection of trustees. Ad hoc measures will be taken whenever necessary. Since April 2004 the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust has been administered by The National Archives. The Secretary and Administrator are named on the previous page. Risk Management The Trustees actively reviewed the major risks that the charity faces on a regular basis, and believe that maintaining reserves at current levels, combined with an annual review of the controls over key financial systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. Trustees have also examined other operational business risks faced by the charity and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks. Objectives and Activities of the Trust The objects of the trust are to advance the education of the public by the provision of financial assistance towards the cost of conserving manuscripts, which, in the opinion of the trustees, are of historic or educational value. NMCT Annual Report 2007 Report of the Trustees 3 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 4 The trustees are grateful for the immense contributions to the furtherance of the objectives of the trust received from both The National Archives and the British Library. Grants are awarded bi-annually, each June and December, for 50% of the cost of conservation of manuscripts held by any record office, library or by an owner of manuscript material that is exempt from capital taxation or owned by a charitable trust. In deciding whether an application should be awarded a grant, the Trustees take into account the significance of the manuscript or archive, the suitability of the storage conditions, the applicant’s commitment to continuing good preservation practice, and the requirement for the public to have reasonable access to it. Written reports on each application are given to the Trustees by volunteers from The National Archives or by the British Library, but there is no other contribution by volunteers. The website (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/trust/ ) provides full information for applicants on how to apply for a conservation grant. Achievements and performance of the Trust During 2007, the Trustees received modest applications and awarded grants of only £26,704, an amount equivalent to approximately only 30% of the income received in 2006. In response, and in February 2007, the Trustees undertook the first of a planned series of visits to qualifying libraries and archive repositories in order to publicise the work of the charity and seek out worthy applications for future grants. They have also put a number of questions to some potential recipients of grants to see if there are any changes, which might be made to existing procedures to encourage more applications. At their two meetings in 2007 the trustees considered a total of 9 new applications, and they made 8 grants totalling £114,717. This included an extraordinary grant to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of £50,000 towards the cost of conservation of literary archives, including in particular the manuscript of Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure and Handel musical manuscripts. For ease of reference, full details of the grants awarded during 2007 are set out in a self contained section between pages 7 and 14. No fund-raising initiatives were undertaken during 2007. As a result of the exceptional level of grants of £114,717, compared with £26,704 in 2006, net assets fell from £1,993,112 (31 December 2006) to £1,943,222 (31 December 2007). Financial Review of the Trust In 2007, total income was £84,831, compared with £87,859 in the previous year. Investment income rose healthily to reach £84,330 (2006: £81,859). However, donations 4 NMCT Annual Report 2007 Report of the Trustees 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 5 received fell significantly to £501, compared with £6,000 received in 2006. The trustees are particularly indebted to all benefactors who contribute to the trust. Eight grants for conservation were approved in the year amounting to £114,717 (2006: £26,704). The smallest grant was £1,412 (Church of England Record Centre for the Rebinding of the National Society’s 1831 & 1837 Church of England Inquiries into the State of Education) and the largest £50,000 (Fitzwilliam Museum for the conservation of Literary and Artistic Archives). The balance sheet at 31st December 2007 recorded net assets of £1,943,222 essentially comprising the investment portfolio (at market value) of £1,875,580 and net current assets of £67,642. The December 2006 balance sheet recorded net assets of £1,993,112. Further details of the investment portfolio are given in note 8 to the accounts. Policies on investments and reserves The Trustees have a balanced investment policy, designed to achieve a fair balance between the Trust’s immediate needs for income and maintaining the value of the portfolio in real terms and hence future income. To this end, the Trust’s investment portfolio mainly comprises holdings in two common investment funds; one a growth fund and the other an income fund. Save for a working balance on the operating fund, all the Trust’s reserves are regarded as endowment funds which are normally represented by investments in order to produce a reasonably predictable and regular level of income, which the Trustees regard as necessary to maintain and support the Trust’s operation. Any deficit on the operating fund is made good by a transfer from the general endowment fund. Plans for future periods of the Trust The Trust’s objectives for 2008 are to make grants from the operating fund totalling around £80,000 unless incoming resources are significantly greater than in 2007. Statement of trustees’ responsibilities Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparation of those financial statements, the trustees are required to: (a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; ( b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; ( c) state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended NMCT Annual Report 2007 Report of the Trustees 5 78401 NatarchiveR&A07_V3:NMCTR&A06 14/7/08 09:54 Page 6 practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; (d) prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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