1971 to 1980 Lister Annual Report and Accounts
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THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE Balance Sheet and Accounts 31 DECEMBER 1971 CHELSEA BRIDGE ROAD . LONDON, S.W.I. 23 MAY, 1971 The Governing Body Professor A. NEUBERGER, CBE, md, frcp, frc path, frs, Chairman R. A. McNEILE, mbe, Hon. Treasurer Professor D. A. K. BLACK, M sc, md, frcp Professor D. G. EVANS, cbe, d sc, frc path, frs C. E. GUINNESS Professor HENRY HARRIS, mb, d phil, frs The Rt Hon the EARL OF IVEAGH Professor Sir EWART JONES, D sc, frs Dr. A. F. B. STANDFAST, sc d Clerk to the Governors ... S. A. WHITE, ACCA Financial Report of the Governing Body The Governing Body presents the accounts accounts. These include further payments of the Institute for the year ended on account of the new wing at Chelsea, the 31st December 1971. cost of which is expected to be about 1. Results £400,000. The Governors have transferred to Capital Fund a further £25,000 from the The General Fund Income and Expendi Sinking Fund, first set up in 1901 for the ture Account shows the Income for the year replacement and repair of buildings, towards as £405,796 compared with £344,136 in the cost of this new wing. 1970. Expenditure amounted to £545,583 against £495,405 last year. The deficit for 5. Interests in Land the year is £139,787 compared with a deficit The market value of the Institute’s pro of £151,269 in 1970. The capital fund has perties is now in excess of the amount at been reduced by the year’s deficit of which they are included in the Balance £139,787. The Governors are well aware Sheet. In the opinion of the Governing that deficits on the scale of those of recent Body such difference is of no significance as years cannot be allowed to continue. Active the properties are occupied for the purposes steps are being taken to remedy the situ of the Institute’s activities. ation and an announcement concerning the 6. Governing Body future of the Institute is likely to be made to members at the Annual General Meeting. Professor R. A. Kekwick and Sir Ashley The third of four annual instalments of Miles retired from the Governing Body in £75,000 from the Wolfson Foundation and June and September 1971 respectively. Dr. of five annual instalments of £1,000 from A. F. B. Standfast joined the Governing the Grocers’ Company have been added to Body in June and Sir Ewart Jones in the capital fund and in addition £300,000 October. Other members of the Governing has been transferred from Investment Body shown on page 1 held office during the Reserve. whole of the year ended 31st December 1971. 2. Principal Activities 7. Employees The Institute continued to carry out research work in connection with the pre The average number of persons employed vention of diseases. It produces for sale by the Institute in each week during the sera, and bacterial and virus vaccines, the year ended 31st December 1971 was 319. profits from which are utilised for its The aggregate remuneration paid or payable research and experimental work. in respect of that year to these employees amounted to £474,562. 3. Exports 8. Auditors Sera and vaccines to the value of £207,896 were exported from the United The auditors, Cooper Brothers & Co., Kingdom during the year. will continue in office in accordance with Section 159 (2) of the Companies Act 1948. 4. Fixed Assets The movements in fixed assets during the A. NEUBERGER year are set out in the table in note 1 on the Chairman 2 Report of the Auditors to the Members In our opinion the accounts set out on pages 4 to 9 give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs at 31st December, 1971 and of its deficit for the year ended on that date and comply with the Companies Acts 1948 and 1967. COOPER BROTHERS & CO. London, 25th May 1972 Chartered Accountants. The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine BALANCE SHEET * 31 December 1971 1970 £ £ £ £ 546,238 FIXED ASSETS (note 1 ) ..................................................... 633,492 INVESTMENTS AND UNINVESTED CASH (note 2) 406,406 General .......................................................................... 321,029 164,587 Specific funds ............................................................................... 126,674 24,471 Bequest funds ................................................................................. 25,834 595,464 473,537 1,107,029 CURRENT ASSETS — Stock (note 3) .............................................................. 184,824 171,545 Debtors .......................................................................... 127,808 86,918 Cash and Bank Balances............................................. 45,226 258,463 357,858 Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES 84,512 Creditors ....................................................................... 69,727 185,666 Bank Overdraft (note 14) .......................................... 62,630 270,178 132,357 (11,715) 225,501 £1,129,987 £1,332,530 Represented by 494,323 CAPITAL FUND (note 4) ...................................................... 914,691 148,477 SPECIFIC FUNDS (notes 5 and 8) 116,464 24,471 BEQUEST FUNDS (note 6) 25,834 6,396 SPECIFIC GRANTS AND LEGACIES UNEXPENDED (note 7) ............................................................................. 1,479 456,320 INVESTMENT RESERVE (note 8) ....................................... 274,062 £1,129,987 £1,332,530 A. NEUBERGER Members ot the C. E. GUINNESS Governing Body The notes on pages 6 to 9 form part ot these accounts. Audit report on page 3. 4 The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 December 1971 1970 £ £ £ £ INCOME 303,664 Sales of sera and bacterial and virus vaccines (note 9) 340,764 — Stock adjustment (note 3) .... 25,669 Investment Income: General fund 29,971 Quoted ..................... ........................................... 22,351 2,444 Unquoted ................ ........................................... 2,466 24,817 7,993 Rent ......................................... 10,117 64 Other income ......................... 4,429 344,136 405,796 Total External expenditure contributions EXPENDITURE 277,288 Salaries and wages ............................................................. 464,817 156,720 308,097 18,477 Superannuation premiums ................................................ 32,856 8,991 23,865 12,261 Rates and insurances ........................................................ 12,022 — 12,022 20,525 Gas, water, fuel and electricity ........................................ 34,228 7,558 26,670 11,628 Office expenses, stationery and printing ........................ 16,119 350 15,769 950 Audit fee ............................................................................. 950 — 950 5,689 Interest on overdraft............................................................. 9,485 — 9,485 9,195 Chelsea research ................................................................. 24,856 16,991 7,865 72,583 Elstree research and production .................................... 68,618 349 68,269 34,687 Animals and forage ............................................................. 35,128 5,024 30,104 15,224 Alterations, repairs and renewals .................................... 18,791 326 18,465 10,287 General expenses................................................................. 17,281 3,355 13,926 Depreciation 3,239 Buildings ..................................................................... 3,296 — 3,296 3,372 Furniture, fittings, scientific apparatus and books 6,461 — 6,461 495,405 £744,908 £199,664 545,244 151,269 Excess of expenditure over income ................................ 139,448 — Exceptional items — net (note 10) ................................ 339 £151,269 Deficit transferred to capital fund .................................... £139,787 I 1 The notes on pages 6 to 9 form part of these accounts. Audit report on page 3. NOTES ON THE ACCOUNTS • 31 December 1971 1. FIXED ASSETS Freehold property Furniture, Total Land and Queensbury fittings, buildings Lodge scientific Chelsea Estate, apparatus Elstree and books £ £ £ £ Cost At 1st January 1971 ................................................. 413,643 120,960 40,618 575,221 Additions at cost ..................................................... 58,708 13,287 31,064 103,059 Amount written off (note 10) ................................ (6,048) (6,048) At 31st December 1971 ............................................ £472,351 £128,199 £71,682 £672,232 Depreciation At 1st January 1971 ................................................ 4,050 12,288 12,645 28,983 Charged to income and expenditure account....... 1,350 1,946 6,461 9,757 At 31st December 1971 ............................................ £5,400 £14,234 £19,106 £38,740 Net book value at 31st December 1971 ............... £466,951 £113,965 £52,576 £633,492 Depreciation Freehold property additions and replacements since 1912 at Elstree and since 1935 at Chelsea until 31st December 1964 have been charged to revenue. Additions since that date until 31st December 1967 have been depreciated at the rate of 10%. Since 1st January 1968 buildings shown in the balance sheet have been depreciated at the rate of 2% on a straight line basis from the date of completion. Additions and replacements to furniture, fittings, scientific apparatus and books between 31st December 1920 and 31st December 1963 have been charged to revenue. The additions since 1st January 1964 have been depreciated on a straight line basis by reference to the anticipated useful lives of the assets. INVESTMENTS AND UNINVESTED CASH £ £ £ £ £ Quoted at cost U n q u o te d