UNICEF UK Trustees Report and Financial Statements 2010

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The United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 December 2010 Trustees The Trustees are also Directors for the purposes of company law. The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: David L Stanton Chair Christopher Lovell Vice-Chair Sue MacGregor CBE Vice-Chair Brian Smith Treasurer Graham Badman CBE Dr Harriet Crabtree OBE Professor Lynn Davies Ilse Howling The Baroness Massey The Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Dormer (from August 2010) The Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE The Baroness Northover of Cissbury (to August 2010) Robert Scott Professor Andrew Tomkins OBE Rob Williams The Trustees are members of the charity. Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees from Trustees and other members at 31 December 2010 was 122 (2009 – 112). The Trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity or the group. Youth Advisers to the Board The Youth Advisers are not Directors for the purposes of company law. The Advisers who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Hannah Coakley Emily Middleton Related parties and connected organisations UNICEF UK has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, UNICEF UK Enterprises Limited, which carries out non primary-purpose trading activities for the charity. The results of UNICEF UK Enterprises Limited are added to those of UNICEF UK to produce the consolidated financial statements. Statement of responsibilities of the Trustees 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. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements 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 group and charity and the 34
The United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 December 2010 incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to: • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; • make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; • state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; • prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group and charity will continue in business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group and charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. Each of the Trustees confirms that to the best of his/her knowledge there is no information relevant to the audit of which the auditors are unaware. Each of the Trustees also confirms that he/she has taken all necessary steps to ensure that he/she is aware of all relevant audit information and that this information has been communicated to the auditors. Auditors Sayer Vincent was re-appointed as the group’s and charity’s auditors during the year and expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity. Approved by the Board of Trustees on 27 April 2011 and signed on its behalf by David L Stanton Chairman 35
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