BABCP Annual Report 2012

Report and Accounts 2011/2012

Annual General Meeting

CONTENTS

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Letter from President Shirley Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3 Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Minutes of the 2011 Annual General Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 11 Special Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 15 Membership Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Report and Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Annual General Meeting

University of Leeds Thursday 28 June 2012 at 5.30 pm

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Letter from the BABCP President

Letter from the BABCP President to the Annual General Meeting 2012 At this year’s Annual General Meeting I will stand down as President of BABCP. It has been a huge privilege to serve in this role and to work with the dedicated Trustees and BABCP staff who all do their absolute best for the organisation. This is often not easy but it is always worthwhile because of the commitment we all share to promote CBT. I am sure that my successor, Professor Trudie Chalder, will do a wonderful job leading BABCP for the next two years and I look forward to spending one further year on the Board of Trustees as Past President.

Our shared commitment to CBT is something which continues to attract new members. Two years ago BABCP had around 8000 members; today we have 9500 members, and we are heading towards reaching 10,000. Given the really difficult economic conditions and the drastic cuts to budgets in the health care sector this is particularly remarkable news. This growth reflects the continual development of CBT and the credibility of CBT as an evidence based method of psychological therapy. In addition, it is strong confirmation of our capacity for adapting and remaining inclusive, in terms of the professional and personal backgrounds of our increasingly diverse membership.

Because of this continual growth and development I am particularly pleased that the membership survey proposed in the Development Plan is finally taking place. In order for BABCP to grow and develop in the ways that are best for our members we need to know what you want BABCP to do for you and for CBT. The survey has to be one that is meaningful and enables the Board to hear the fullest range of opinions from members, and their needs and aspirations from BABCP. Over the summer everyone will have the opportunity to give us your views. We are using a range of methods including a telephone survey to 10 per cent members, a questionnaire survey to all members and a members’ focus group. Please take part in the process as much as you can so that we can properly shape the future of BABCP together.

Accreditation is also expanding and developing at all levels to support high quality basic and advanced training in CBT. We expect that the number of accredited CBT practitioners will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. It was extremely disappointing that the Coalition government decided not to support statutory regulation for psychotherapists and counsellors. BABCP strongly supported statutory regulation and worked hard with other psychotherapy and counselling organisations to achieve this. We now expect to be involved in discussions about voluntary regulation and will do what we can to ensure that this is robust, that it reflects our needs and interests, and that it provides the best possible protection for the public.

Furthermore BABCP continues to show leadership in promoting interventions and delivery of CBT, especially to those parts of the UK that have not been part of IAPT and to those who

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The relationship between clinical practice, theory and research within BABCP is stronger than ever. Our conferences, including this conference in Leeds, in our 40th anniversary year, show the strength of our international relationships and collaborations. Similarly, our commitment to the European and World Congresses keeps the work of BABCP members firmly in the international sphere. Our journals, research grant awards, and the exponential growth in Special Interest Groups remain a critical part in continuing the development of CBT. There is, however, still much BABCP needs to do to promote CBT to the public. In the last 12 months, it has been a particular pleasure to have co-chaired the BABCP Public Involvement Panel with our User Adviser Bill Davidson. This has been highly informative process. The members of the Public Involvement Panel have advised us how to promoting CBT thorough written materials and our website. In addition they have highlighted other ways we can include lay members on our committees and working groups. Bill will be joining the Board of Trustees as a co-opted member. We also intend to involve other lay members in developing our communications and in running the CBT register.

You may remember that a year ago we were advised that our subscription to Jiscmail was ended.

This was not something we wanted to do because it provided an informal place for BABCP members to debate and discuss. We have been working hard to develop an alternative forum.

I am pleased that we are about to launch a moderated, online forum - CBT CafÊ. Designed in response to members’ suggestions, I hope that you will find it welcoming and useful.

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have been excluded. While there is still a long way to go, challenged further by the scale of cuts in the health economy, many of our members in Ireland, Wales and Scotland have made significant progress in arguing the case for CBT outside presently untouched by IAPT. Our members also play a vital role in promoting the provision of CBT for previously excluded groups, such as older people, veterans, and children, adolescents and families. BABCP members have been actively involved in lobbying, responding to consultations, writing new curricula and training materials, developing programmes and training new clinicians to work in new and developing services.

Thank you for your loyalty to BABCP and for your commitment to CBT. I am sure you will join me in wishing Trudie every success as the next President. I am sure she will do an excellent job in this demanding role.

With very best wishes

Professor Shirley Reynolds President, BABCP

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Annual General Meeting Agenda

Annual General Meeting Agenda

Thursday 28 June 2012 at 5.30 pm 1

Apologies for Absence

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Minutes of the 2011 Annual General Meeting

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Matters arising from the 2011 Annual General Meeting minutes

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Annual reports 2010/11 including: • President • Trustees • Treasurer

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Resolutions to amend the Articles of Association of BABCP: i. A change is proposed in relation to Article 4 (d) Fellows – it is proposed that 4 (d) be removed as the BABCP Board have agreed that Fellows will not be asked to pay an increased membership subscription. ii. Specific changes are proposed to Article 6 referring to Complaints and Disciplinary procedures to allow for changes to the process to be made as required from time to time. The current procedure does not adequately reflect the needs of BABCP membership. The BABCP Board have discussed this issue, taken legal advice, and agreed the following proposal reflects the needs of the Association. iii. The effect of s28 of the Companies Act 2006 was to require a consolidated version of the memorandum to be incorporated into amended articles of association. Resolution (f ) attached is the implementation of this.

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Membership Subscriptions 2012/13 The Board of Directors (Trustees) will propose rates of membership subscriptions to apply from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013. The recommendations of the Board are attached.

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Election of Board Members for 2011/12 * a. 1 Honorary Treasurer (3-year term) b. 2 Elected Members (3-year term) * No contested nominations were submitted, therefore no ballot was required

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Honorary Fellow

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Fellow

10 Any Other Business

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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Thursday, 21 July 2011 University of Guildford

Addis Mark, Derbyshire; Allen Fiona, Cambridge; Balwako Angela, Derby; Barber John, Wrexham; Barquin Maria, Bromley; Bateman-Wright Tamera, North Yorkshire; Black Laura, Lothian; Brewin Debbie, Bexley; Brock Martin, Nottinghamshire; Caunt Peter, Leicester; Chalder Trudie, London; Chambers John, Wolverhampton; Chellingsworth Marie, Nottingham; Cole Amanda, Devon; Courtney Susan, East Sussex; Cullen Christopher, Staffordshire; Davison Mike, Chester; Deakin Gordon, Plymouth; Dunks Kathryn, Derbyshire; Evans Julie, Bangor; Fitzgerald Shane, London; Floyd Jane, Hants; Fookes Maggie, North Wales; Fox John, Chester; Gledhill Ann, Exeter; Grattage Rushton Val, Cheshire; Grazebrook Katy, South East; Hall Rosie, Wakefield; Hashempour Faramarz, Flintshire; Hawkes Nick, South East; Hawkins James, Edinburgh; Hillier-Davis Stephen, Slam; Holdsworth Liz, Yorkshire; Hutnik Nimmi, Surrey; Jeffery David, Devon; Jordan Ruth, Cambridge; Kanellakis, Pavlo, S.E. Coast; Kemp Paul, Cornwall; Kentish John, London; Kovvali Bola, Rotherham; Lewis Ken, Chester; Lewis-Smith Andrew, Salisbury; Lyle Ronald, Bristol; Macdonald Helen, Sheffield; Martinelli Mabel, Cambridge; Matthews Linda, Barnsley; McConnochie Charlie, Scotland; McGuire Joy, Oxford; Myles Pamela, Reading; Neumann Anja, London; Newby Rowan, Manchester; Nightingale Helen, Isle of Man; Openshaw Christine, Guildford; Quinn Caroline, Manchester; Reeves Thomas, Sunderland; Reynolds Shirley, Norwich; Ruta Julie, Manchester; Salkovskis Paul, Bath; Shafran Roz, Reading; Sharpe Tracey, Kent; Shawe-Taylor Metka, Surrey; Small Faye, Exeter; Smith Frank, Bournemouth; Smith-Howell Peter, Suffolk; Stace Jo, Sunderland; Stewart Anne, Oxford; Taylor John, Newcastle; Todd Gillian, Cambridge; Veale David, London; Vizor Anna, Suffolk; Ware Jane E, Stockport; Wilde Verina, Macclesfield; Williams Debbie, Swindon; Willis Jim, Maidstone.

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The following 74 members attended:

Also in attendance (not voting) Jennifer Riggs, Company Secretary/Chief Administrator, BABCP, Bury; Ian Preston, Finance Manager, BABCP, Bury; Stephen Gregson, Communications Development Consultant/Managing Editor CBT Today, BABCP, Bury; Janet Fitzpatrick, BABCP, Bury; Anne Gorse BABCP, Bury; Ann Nagle, BABCP, Bury; Rachel Osborne, BABCP, Bury, Alistair Shottin, BABCP, Bury.

Shirley Reynolds welcomed everyone to the Annual General Meeting, and gave the following address: I am particularly pleased to be presiding over this year’s AGM because of the incredibly positive response we received in seeking nominations to the Board. The fact that we had 10 candidates for the two vacant Elected Member places says to me – and I trust to all of us – that these Trustee elections really do matter.

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Before the results, though, let me say a few words about what has happened in the BABCP year 2010/11.

I don’t think it will be too far off the mark if I say that this has been a challenging year for virtually all of our members. Many of you, even if it has been indirectly, have had to face the negative impact of the economic situation. Not just in terms of cuts to jobs and services, but also shrinking incomes which have a particularly detrimental impact on the livelihood of our colleagues in the independent sector.

But I think it says a lot about the credibility and importance of BABCP as an organisation that, during this difficult year, membership continues to rise. We now have significantly over 8, 500

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members, and I am confident we will soon hit the 9,000 mark.

I also think it is to the credit of everyone in BABCP that the argument for improving access to psychological therapies is being won. There are genuine reasons to hold serious reservations about the way in which the Coalition is handling this issue. But I do think, at some level, there is a broadening recognition that widening access to CBT will have long term benefits for society.

It is very disappointing that the Coalition has now stated that statutory regulation should be the ‘last resort’ for professions not currently regulated and proposes instead to introduce a voluntary system. As an organisation, BABCP remains committed to the principle of regulation in order to protect the public.

BABCP Accreditation is still setting high standards: The Association continues to raise the quality threshold for CBT through the excellent support provided through Practitioner, PWP and Course Accreditation.

Involving the public and users in the life and work of the Association remains an active priority: The fourth successive open meeting to raise awareness of CBT to a lay public audience took place yesterday, at which Health Minister Anne Milton attended. In line with the Development Plan commitments, we also this week held interviews to recruit lay members to a Public Involvement Panel.

It is with regret that the Board has reluctantly decided to end BABCP’s subscription to Jiscmail with effect from Monday, 25 July 2011. This decision was made following legal advice that the unmoderated service poses a serious risk to BABCP, its livelihood and reputation, and by extension those of the membership. The Communications Committee are tasked with finding a replacement, although the full membership will be asked to offer positive suggestions as to what they would like to see in terms of functionality, cost etc. The key message is that the replacement should be attractive to the majority of members.

Last but not least – today I am pleased to launch the first ever BABCP Brandbook This, along with improvements already seen to the BABCP website and CBT Today, will guide us all in getting across a distinctive look, feel and voice that absolutely bears comparison with those of similar organisations to us.

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Apologies for Absence Francis Lillie Lynn Jones Hal Westergaard Nick Grey Mary Shinner

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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 22 July 2010 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 22 July 2010 were accepted as a true record,

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Matters arising from the 2010 Annual General Meeting minutes There were no matters arising from the minutes of the 2010 Annual General Meeting.

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Annual Reports 2010/2011 i. President – Shirley Reynolds ii. Trustees iii. Treasurer Regarding Jiscmail a member asked if the legal advice to withdraw Jiscmail indicated there was a threat to the organisation, and what would be the case with an alternative.

Shirley Reynolds responded that Jiscmail was unmoderated, and as such there is no control over content. It is anticipated that an alternative would have moderating facilities.

There were no further questions.

The reports of the President, Trustees and Treasurer were accepted.

The final audited accounts were accepted, and signed by the President and Honorary Secretary.

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and signed by President, Shirley Reynolds, and Honorary Secretary, Linda Matthews.

Membership Subscription 2011/12 In view of the general economic conditions BABCP Board is again proposing to the AGM on 21 July 2011 a modest increase in membership subscriptions this year.

The proposal is to increase all rates of membership by ÂŁ2.00 per annum. For members paying by direct debit monthly instalments will continue to be available (subject to a 5% surcharge).

The Board of Directors (Trustees) proposed the following rates of membership subscriptions to apply from 1 October 2011 to 30th September 2012.

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Annual Payment

Monthly Instalments

UK & Ireland

Overseas*

UK & Ireland

Overseas*

Paid by Direct Debit

£58.00

£66.00

£5.08

£5.78

Paid by Cheque/Card

£66.00

£74.00

n/a

n/a

Students/Trainees/

by Direct Debit

£28.00

£39.00

£2.45

£3.42

Students/Trainees/

by Cheque/Card

£31.00

£41.00

n/a

n/a

Fellowship Member Subscription Direct Debit

£92.00

£100.00

£8.05

£8.75

Fellowship Member Subscription Cheque/Card

£100.00

£108.00

n/a

n/a

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*All overseas mail will be by airmail

A vote on the proposal resulted in: For:

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Against: Abstentions:

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The proposal was therefore accepted and subscription rates will be increased accordingly from 1 October 2011.

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Election of Board members 2011/12: a. 1 President Elect (1 year as President Elect, 2 years as President, 1 year as Past President)

One nomination had been received for Trudy Chalder, who was therefore elected unopposed. b. 1 Honorary Secretary (3-year term) One nomination had been received for Caroline Williams, who was therefore elected unopposed. c. 2 other elected members via ballot (3-year term) Electoral Reform Services report of voting for the above election which closed Wednesday 11 July 2011 at noon:

Number of eligible voters:

8655

Votes cast by post:

801

Votes cast online:

128

Total number of votes cast:

929

Turnout: Number of votes found to be invalid: Total number of valid votes t be counted:

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10.7% 0 929

Result (2 to elect) Prof Robert J NEWELL Mike DAVISON Martin BROCK Pamela MYLES

263 Elected 229 * Elected 222 * 203

Dr Gillian TODD Dr Nimmi HUTNIK Faye SMALL Patricia MURPHY

198 164 141 101

Keith FERNS Hal T WESTERGAARD

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Electoral Reform Services can confirm that, as far as reasonably practicable, every person whose name appeared on the electoral roll supplied by BABCP for the purpose of the ballot: a) was sent the details of the ballot and b) if they chose to participate in the ballot, had their vote fairly and accurately recorded.

All voting material will be stored by Electoral Reform Services for six months.

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Honorary Fellows The distinction of BABCP Honorary Fellow is to recognise those members who have made an outstanding contribution the advancement of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

This year BABCP is pleased to bestow Honorary Fellowships on two distinguished members who have been prominent in taking the Association from strength to strength.

AMANDA COLE: Amanda - or Mandy, as many of you will know her - has also been a prominent member since the earliest days of BABCP. Her contribution alone on Accreditation over the years is clear evidence for the remarkable contribution Mandy has made, not only to BABCP, but

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*Votes confirmed by recount

also the reputation and credibility of CBT practitioners and educators across the UK. It is in large part due to Mandy’s leadership that the Association continues to set high, world class, standards, raising the quality threshold for CBT through the excellent support provided through Practitioner, PWP and Course Accreditation.

Remarkably, she has also found time to influence training in the South West of England at Branch level, as well as within higher educational establishments in the region.

FRANCIS LILLIE: Francis is a highly experienced and well respected expert CBT therapist, with a special interest in developing in vivo applications of CBT. He has held senior leadership roles both within the psychology and general management in the NHS – which played a significant role in him obtaining considerable funds for the development of CBT services for patients.

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BABCP has benefited from his management experience and style in loyally and effectively representing the organisation within many arenas.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, he was instrumental in teaching and training a range of professionals in CBT – which enhanced the status and effectiveness of CBT in the eyes of senior management and decision makers across the health service and beyond. Overall, his significant contribution to the development of CBT in the UK – not forgetting the Association of which he was a founder member cannot be underestimated.

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Fellows BABCP is also bestowing Fellowship status on two members. This is the first time that BABCP Fellowships have been made. It follows a piloting of the process for nomination and successful application. The process will be available to all members from September

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2011.

The distinction of BABCP Fellow is to recognise members who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

CHARLIE MCCONNOCHIE: Charlie has been involved in CBT for over 15 years – and a BABCP member since 1997.

His significant contribution is amply demonstrated by his involvement setting up of services providing CBT training to counsellors in Scotland. He has been instrumental in generating activity within Scotland which had hitherto been stagnant.

He has also made a significant contribution to the development of BABCP Accreditation services, as well as demonstrating long term commitment to the continued development of the Association as a whole.

NICK GREY: Nick has been involved in CBT for over 15 years – and a BABCP member since 1998. His significant contribution has been demonstrated by conducting what is considered to be cutting edge research. Recognised as an expert trainer, clinician and researcher, particularly in the field of PTSD. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal and has contributed hugely to BABCP conference and workshops.

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Branch of the Year Award The president remarked that one of the real pleasures of being President is getting to know the people who work so hard to keep the life of the Association so vibrant and diverse. Nowhere is that vibrancy and diversity more evident than in the excellence and commitment of our Branches and Special Interest Groups. The superb work they do across the country is the main reason why so many renew their membership with us year after year. As simple as it sounds, Branches and SIGs are the BABCP for the majority of members.

For a second year running, it has been agreed to make a Highly Commended Award.

That high commended award goes to the Irish Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. The Irish Association impressed with their energy, enthusiasm and imagination in the first few months since relaunching at the end of last year.

This year’s winner goes to the Children and Families Special Interest Group whose enthusiastic committee has been impressively focused on addressing the lack of CBT provision and training for those working with children, adolescents and families across the UK. They are also very much committed to making training in this increasingly important area accessible through a nationwide CPD programme, not to mention their efforts in working towards a dedicated conference in 2013 on CBT for children,

10 ANY OTHER BUSINESS Question from member Mary Shinner, who was unable to attend.

That the Finance Committee consider concession/suspension of membership and accreditation subscriptions if a member’s income is significantly reduced due to unemployment.

Response – it was confirmed that this matter will be put on Finance Committee Agenda.

Paul Salkovskis, member, announced that the Journal’s new impact factor has risen to just under 1.5, which means it has doubled this year. A vote of thanks was expressed to Cambridge University Press, publishers, and member Michael Townend, along with administrator Manuela Herrera who was now leaving to continue her studies.

Shirley Reynolds invited members to the next Annual General Meeting which will take place at the University of Leeds on 28 June 2012.

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adolescents and families.

Signed ...............................................................................

President Date ..................................................................................

Signed ..............................................................................

Trustee Date ..................................................................................

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Recommendations of the Board

Resolutions to Amend the Articles of Association Agenda Item 5 Administrative changes are proposed in relation to BABCP’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. i.

A change is proposed in relation to Article 4 (d) Fellows – it is proposed that 4 (d) be removed as the BABCP Board have agreed that Fellows will not be asked to pay an increased membership subscription.

Special Resolution

ii.

Specific changes are proposed to Article 6 referring to Complaints and Disciplinary procedures to allow for changes to the process to be made as required from time to time.

The current procedure does not adequately reflect the needs of BABCP membership. The BABCP Board have discussed this issue, taken legal advice, and agreed the following proposal reflects the needs of the Association.

iii. The effect of s28 of the Companies Act 2006 was to require a consolidated version of the memorandum to be incorporated into amended articles of association. Resolution (f ) below is the implementation of this.

Special Resolution THAT: The Articles of Association of the Association be amended as follows: (a) All references to the Memorandum are to be interpreted as referring to Article 48 of the Articles. (b) Article 1 shall be amended by removing the definition of the “Memorandum” and amending the definition of “Objects” as follows: “Objects” means the objects of the Association as set out in Article 48 of the Articles; (c) Article 4 shall be amended by the removal of Article 4(d). (d) Article 6 shall be amended to be replaced by the following Article: 6 Complaints and Disciplinary Procedures Any member who is found, pursuant to the Complaints Procedure or the Disciplinary Procedure of the Association ("the Procedures" each as adopted from time to time pursuant to Article 26) to be in breach of the Standard of Conduct from time to time in force pursuant to Article 41 or any other rules or by laws from time to time in effect pursuant to Article 26 may be subject to disciplinary action under the relevant Procedure which may (without limitation) include suspension or removal from membership. (e) The heading “Retirement and Resignation” shall be added before Article 7.

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(f ) Article 48 shall be added to read as follows: 48 Provisions from Memorandum of Association implemented by s28 of the Companies Act 2006 (a) The Objects of the Association are to advance the theory and practice of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies (CBT) by the promotion of scientific research and the application of evidence based practice including assessment, therapy and consultancy, in a wide variety of settings in accordance with the Standards of Conduct from time to time pursuant to Article 41. (b) In furtherance of the Objects but not otherwise, the Association may exercise the following powers: (i) to provide a forum for discussion of matters relevant to CBT among members of all helping professions;

conferences, courses, workshops and by other appropriate means; (iii) to organize the printing, publication and circulation of a Journal, Newsletter and other publications containing articles, information and news relating to CBT; (iv) to make representations to and to establish and maintain liaison with public and professional bodies in relation to matter pertaining to the aims of the Association; (v) to foster and promote research into CBT and related matters; (vi) to facilitate the formation of Geographical and Interest Groups in order to promote the Objects of the Association and to provide a service to the members; (vii) to encourage and assist in training in CBT;

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(ii) to disseminate information about and provide training for CBT by organising

(viii) to educate and inform the public about CBT and their availability; (ix) to maintain standards for practitioners of CBT by providing an opportunity for members who meet the training standards and other criteria to become accredited; (x) to study matters of concern to behavioural and cognitive therapists and to take such action as is consistent with the Objects of the Association and in the public interest; (xi) to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills cheques and other instruments, and to operate bank accounts in the name of the Association; (xii) to raise funds and to invite and receive contributions; provided that in raising funds the Association shall not undertake any substantial payment trading activities and shall conform to any relevant statutory regulations; (xiii) to acquire, alter, improve and (subject to such consents as may be required by law) to charge or otherwise dispose of property;

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(xiv) subject to Article 48(c) below to employ such staff, who shall not be directors of the Association, as are necessary for the proper pursuit of the Objects and to make all reasonable and necessary provision for the payment of pensions and superannuation to staff and their dependants; (xv) to establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for all or any of the Objects; (xvi) to co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities operating in furtherance of the Objects or similar charitable purposes and to exchange information and advice with them; (xvii) to pay out of the funds of the Association the costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to the formation and registration of the Association, and (xviii) to provide indemnity insurance to cover the liability of the trustees –

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(a) which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of trust, or breach of duty of which they may be guilty in relation to the company; (b) to make contributions to the assets of the company in accordance with the provisions of section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

Any such insurance in the case of Article 48(b)(xviii)(a) shall not extend to: any liability resulting from conduct which the trustees knew, or must be assumed to have known, was not in the best interests of the company, or where the trustees did not care whether such conduct was in the best interests of the company or not; any liability to pay the costs of unsuccessfully defending criminal prosecutions for offences arising out of the fraud or dishonesty or willful or reckless misconduct of the trustees; or any liability to pay a fine.

Any insurance in the case of Article 48(b)(xviii)(b) shall not extend to any liability to make such a contribution where the basis of the trustee’s liability is his knowledge prior to the insolvent liquidation of that company (or reckless failure to acquire that knowledge) that there was no reasonable prospect that the company would avoid going into insolvent liquidation. (xix) to do all such other lawful things as are necessary for the achievement of the Objects. (c) The income and property of the Association shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the Objects and no part shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit, to members of the Association, and no trustees shall be appointed to any office of the Association paid by salary or fees or receive any remuneration or other benefit in money or money’s worth from the Association: Provided that nothing in this document shall prevent any payment in good faith by the Association; (i) of the usual professional charges for business done by any trustee who is a solicitor,

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accountant or other person engaged in a profession, or by any partner of his or hers, when instructed by the Association to act in a professional capacity on its behalf: Provided that at no time shall a majority of the trustees benefit under this provision and that a trustee shall withdraw from any meeting at which his or her appointment or remuneration, or that of his or her partner, is under discussion; (ii) of reasonable and proper remuneration for any services rendered to the Association by any member, officer or servant of the Association who is not a trustee; (iii) of interest on money lent by any member of the Association or trustee at a reasonable and proper rate per annum not exceeding 2 per cent less than the published base lending rate of a clearing bank to be selected by the trustees;

(v) of reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member of the Association or a trustee; (vi) to any trustee of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses; (vii) of any premium in respect of any indemnity insurance to cover the liability of the trustees which, by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of trust or breach of duty of which they may be guilty in relation to the company: Provided that any such insurance shall not extend to any claim arising from liability resulting from conduct which the trustees knew, or must be assumed to have known, was not in the best interests of the company, or where the trustees did not care whether such conduct was in the best interests of the company or not and provided also that any such insurance shall not extend to any claim arising from liability for the costs of unsuccessfully defending

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(iv) of fees, remuneration, or other benefit in money or money’s worth to any company of which a trustee may also be a member holding not more than 1/100th part of the issued capital of that company;

criminal prosecutions for offences arising out of the fraud or dishonesty or willful or reckless misconduct of the trustees. (d) Every member of the Association undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required (not exceeding £10) to the Association’s assets if it should be wound up while he or she is a member or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member, for payment of the Association’s debts and liabilities contracted before he or she ceases to be a member, and of the costs, charges and expenses of winding up, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves. (e) If the Association is wound up or dissolved and after all its debts and liabilities have been satisfied there remains any property it shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Association, but shall be given or transferred to some other charity or charities having objects similar to the Objects which prohibits the distributions of its or their income and property to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Association by Article 48(c) above, chosen by the members of the Association at or before the time of dissolution and if that cannot be done then to some other charitable object.

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Membership Subscriptions 2012/13 Agenda Item 6 PROPOSAL

Membership Subscriptions 2012/13

In view of the general economic conditions the BABCP Board is again proposing to the AGM on 28 June 2012 a modest increase in membership subscriptions this year.

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The proposal is to increase all rates of membership by £3.00 per annum. For members paying by direct debit monthly instalments will continue to be available (subject to a 5 per cent surcharge).

The Board of Directors (Trustees) will propose the following rates of membership subscriptions to apply from 1 October 2012 to 31 August 2013.

Annual Payment

Monthly Instalments

UK & Ireland

Overseas*

UK & Ireland

Overseas*

Paid by Direct Debit

£61.00

£69.00

£5.34

£6.04

Paid by Cheque/Card

£69.00

£77.00

n/a

n/a

**Students/Trainees/

by Direct Debit

£31.00

£42.00

£2.72

£3.68

**Students/Trainees/

by Cheque/Card

£34.00

£44.00

n/a

n/a

Fellowship Member Subscription Direct Debit

£93.00

£101.00

£8.14

£8.84

Fellowship Member Subscription Cheque/Card

£101.00

£109.00

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British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 30 April 2012

Report and Financial Statements

Company number: 04839948 Charity number: 1098704

Ainsworths Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors The Globe Centre St James Square Accrington Lancashire BB5 0RE

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Contents of Financial Statements

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Trustees and Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Report of the Trustee Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 41 Auditor’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 - 43 Statement of Financial Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Balance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Notes to the Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 55

Trustees and Officers for the year ended 30 April 2012 TRUSTEE DIRECTORS:

Professor S Reynolds (President) Dr L Jones J McGuire K Grazebrook A Vizor F Hashempour Professor T Chalder (President Elect) (appointed July 2011)

Dr P Farrand (resigned July 2011) M Chellingsworth (resigned 2011) Professor J Taylor (resigned 2011) TREASURER:

Dr L Jones

SECRETARY:

J A Riggs

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Imperial House Hornby Street Bury Lancashire BL9 5BN

BANKERS:

National Westminster Bank plc 33 Park Street, Walsall WS1 1ER

Trustees and Officers

M Davison (appointed July 2011) R J Newell (appointed July 2011) L Matthews (resigned July 2011)

Yorkshire Bank 40 Church Street, Blackburn BB1 5AW SOLICITORS:

Forbes Solicitors Rutherford House, 4 Wellington Street, (St Jones), Blackburn BB1 8DD

AUDITORS:

Ainsworths Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors The Globe Centre, St James Square, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 0RE

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Report of the Trustee Directors for the year ended 30 April 2012

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The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report together with the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2012.

Corporate Status The company was incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 (Company number 04839948) on 21 July 2003 and took over all assets and operations of BABCP (the former unincorporated charity) on that date. The company is a private company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. The liability of each member is limited to an amount not exceeding £10.

The company was registered as a charity on 21 July 2003 under the provisions of the Charities Acts 1992 and 1993 (Charity number 1098704).

The company is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Principal Activities and Objectives The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) – the “Association”, is a multi-disciplinary interest group for people involved in the practice and theory of behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies.

The objects of the Association are to advance the theory and practice of cognitive and behavioural psychotherapies by the promotion of scientific research and the application of evidence based practice including assessment, therapy and consultancy, in a wide variety of settings in accordance with the “Guidelines for Good Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies”.

In setting our objectives and planning our activities the trustee directors have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

The objects of the Association are achieved through the following activities: • providing a forum for discussion of matters relevant to behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies among members of all helping professions; • disseminating information about and providing training for behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies by organising conferences, courses and workshops; • organising the printing, publication and circulation of a journal, magazine and other publications containing articles, information and news relating to behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies; • making representation to and liaising with public and professional bodies in relation to matters pertaining to the aims of the Association.

• fostering and promoting research into behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies and related matters.

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• facilitating the formation of geographical and interest groups in order to promote the objects of the Association and to provide a service to the members; • encouraging and assisting in training in behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies; • educating and informing the public about behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies and their availability; • maintaining standards for practitioners of behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies

Trustee Directors The membership of the Board from 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2012 is set out below. All served on the Board throughout the year except as otherwise stated. The company has no share capital and there were therefore no director interests.

Professor S Reynolds (President) Dr L Jones J McGuire K Grazebrook A Vizor (appointed July 2010) F Hashempour (appointed July 2010) Professor T Chalder (President Elect) (appointed July 2011) M Davison (appointed July 2011) R J Newell (appointed July 2011) L Matthews (resigned July 2011) Dr P Farrand (resigned July 2011) M Chellingsworth (resigned 2011) Professor J Taylor (resigned 2011) Organisational Structure The trustees are each elected for a period of three or four years by the full membership of the Association. They serve on the Board having been elected as trustees to serve on the Board

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by providing an opportunity for members who meet the training standards and other criteria, to become accredited.

as ordinary members, president, secretary or treasurer. The president serves a one year term as president-elect, two year term as president and then a further one year term as past president making up a four year term of office. Elections are held annually with three or four places becoming vacant each year, thus staggering replacement of trustees to provide some continuity. The company secretary (also known as the Business Manager) sits on the Board.

A number of standing committees and also ad-hoc committees and working groups are made up of trustees and other members of the Association. These committees and groups operate under specific terms of reference which delegate certain functions from the Board.

Each committee and group has its decisions ratified by the full Board. Committees and groups operating throughout the reporting period were: Complaints and Disciplinary Committee, Accreditation and Registration Committee, Finance Committee, Branch/Group

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Liaison Committee, Scientific Committee, Training Course and Accreditation Committee, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Journal Editorial Committee, the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Journal Editorial Committee, Communications Committee, Supervisor and Training Accreditation Group, Health Professions Regulation Group, UKCP Representatives Group, Research Fund Group, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Workforce Planning Group. Chairs of all these committees and groups combine with the trustees to form a National Committees Forum (NCF), which meets twice a year in addition to the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The trustees meet at least 5 times a year, including the NCF, but in addition to the AGM. Many committees, groups and the trustees also conduct business through telephone conferences and email exchanges, but any decisions from email exchanges are ratified only at

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quorate meetings of the Board. The first meeting of the trustees following new appointments each year is an induction programme for the new trustees. This is followed by a business meeting for the whole Board at a meeting held in September, which is seen as the first business meeting of the new business year.

Review of Work of the Association 2011 - 2012 Overview This year has seen growth in activity across all areas which has impacted on the available resources available to support the Association. Staffing levels have been increased, to respond to the demands of the growing membership and the commensurate services provided. Additional office space has been acquired to accommodate staff, along with alternative methods of service provision, i.e. home working, being employed where prudent to do so. The internal organisation has adopted a Corporate Support Model, and developed a management team approach to manage the various sections.

This expansion has impacted on existing IT infrastructure, and necessitated replacement of Servers and engagement of IT software and hardware contractors to ensure continuity of the IT infrastructure, which is integral to the support operation. BABCP will continue to seek investment in new technology to enhance services provided to members.

Growth, whilst welcome, brings challenges and the need to ensure good governance through changing times has led to the engagement of locally based Charity solicitors who will work with the Association, advising on legal aspects of key policy matters and drawing up appropriate documents required from time to time to comply with Charity Commissioners and Companies House.

BABCP’s establishment as at June 2012 consists of 20 staff directly employed by BABCP comprising : Company Secretary/Business Manager (.8wte), Finance Manager (1wte), PA/Secretary (.8wte), Senior Accreditation Liaison (0.6wte), Accreditation Liaison Officers x 3 (3x 0.6 wte),Accreditation Support Officers(3=2.4wte), Communications Manager (1 wte), 1 Web & Communications Support Officer (1wte), Accounts Supervisor (1wte), Accounts Clerk (.5 wte), Database Management (1wte), Membership Liaison (3 wte), Course accreditation support (.8wte). Other staff are engaged via an agency as required.

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In addition the following roles are sub-contracted: Course Accreditation Registrar (.6wte), Conference Webmaster (.1wte). Directly accountable but employed remotely Scientific Committee Support, situated at the University of Manchester, (.6wte), Scientific Journal Support situated at Bath University (1wte). There are also ten Accreditors who work on a subcontracted basis processing Accreditation applications.

Howard Lomas, Honorary Member, continues to be retained on a consultancy basis.

Membership The overall membership continues upward, with the total members at the end of the financial year being 9,268, an increase of 8% (6% last year). The membership is of course a moving again slightly to 94.2% (92.47% last year).

Workforce Development BABCP keeps a watching brief on developments in CBT in the NHS and beyond and seeks to ensure that the workforce is able to respond and ensure the highest quality of trained staff able to deliver CBT. It was BABCP’s support in the first year of the IAPT programme that ensured that these new services employed therapists who had recognised competences in CBT rather than the services be staffed by a range of workers who had just been on a weekend Padesky course.

IAPT has continued to be a focus of interest for the workforce development with the inclusion of the role-out of the IAPT programme as a central part of the NHS Mental Health Strategy “No Health without Mental Health” and the Government’s commitment to it through the “Operating Framework “. This gave a new lease of life to IAPT to complete its initial programme but at the same time this was to develop against a backdrop the recession and many services being required to make significant cost savings. BABCP members continue to work at a strategic, educational and service delivery level and the workforce development group tries to pull information from these 3 areas together to inform the Board of current priorities and future opportunities.

As we move into the next 3 years of IAPT the focus is expanding the remit particularly in with older people, people with long-term conditions and medically explained symptoms and services that respond to the needs of veterans. BABCP responds to these opportunities by ensuring that there are training opportunities to develop skills in these areas and this is reflected in the conference programme and workshops at our annual conference.

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population, with members retiring or leaving for other reasons. The rate of renewals has risen

IAPT has also begun initiatives in relation to children and young people services and for those with more serious mental health problems. While not seeking to duplicate the same approach that the adult IAPT services developed for mild to moderate mental health problems these new programmes will build on the evidence based approach and in particular CBT, outcome measures and stepped care were appropriate. These developments give further support to CBT as the main therapeutic modality in IAPT and we are ensuring that BABCP has representation as an association or through key individuals in the development of these programmes.

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Also on out horizons are the implications of broadening the market place for the delivery of CBT through the Government’s “Any Qualified Provider” directives which should see more services being run from outside of traditional NHS settings, and the continuing push for Payment by Results and the role that CBT will play on the development of people’s packages of care.

Rod Holland

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CBT Practioner A&R Meetings Two meetings have occurred this year, one month before the meetings of the National Committee Forum. Reports have been provided to and received from the Board, ensuring open and relevant communication.

One teleconference and one meeting of Accreditation Chairs has taken place addressing cross-Accreditation issues, facilitated by Katy Grazebrook, Board Lead.

Representation A&R has been represented at a number of forums during the year, including Course Directors Annual Update, Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE), Children and Young People IAPT and Division of Clinical Psychology Group of Trainers.

Business The Development Plan continues to inform updates and communication with members on Accreditation matters. Contributions to the new Plan are being considered.

AREBT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association adopting standards and aligning the processes of the two organisations. This enables both organisations to enter CBT Accredited Practitioners to the CBT Register. AREBT is represented at committee, and its own Accreditors have been trained.

BABCP has applied for our Accreditation process to be approved by EABCT. Applications continue to increase, and currently those accredited total over 3000. The Accreditation Team within and beyond the office are reducing processing times, and external audit has been carried out.

Projects have been completed on alignment of Generic Competences and the Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (KSA) will be updated in accordance with findings. Continued Professional Development (CPD) methods and areas have been reviewed and will be communicated shortly. New items include updating the Guidance to Case Report Markers, Core Professions and a ‘longevity’ clause.

Discussions on Accreditation have commenced with (British Isles Dilectical Behaviour Training (biDBT) and Child and Family Special Interest Group (CAF SIG).

Committee Membership Mary Wilson has retired from the committee, but all others members remain as stated in the Terms of Reference. Anna Vizor has been welcomed as the new Board Lead.

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Many thanks, as ever, to all who contribute to the smooth running and advancement of Practitioner Accreditation.

Amanda Cole

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) Accreditation The PWP practitioner accreditation subcommittee has met formally on two occasions with several e-mail and telephone correspondences during 2011/2012. Membership has remained

services. Marisa Brioni has now left the committee and the subcommittee is seeking to advertise for a replacement. Over the past 12 months the number of PWPs applying for accreditation has steadily increased, although remains much lower than expectations.

The main work of the committee in the past 12 months has been to: 1

Ensure that PWPs are fully represented within the organisation through the development of a section in CBT Today, several attempts with publicity to highlight the benefits of membership and accreditation and the involvement of Marie Chellingsworth working in association with the CBT Self Help Special Interest Group to organise an annual PWP conference, the last of which was in Nottingham in September, 2011. This was very well attended.

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Ensure the PWP accreditation process is working well. The processing of applications has been very efficient with most fully complete applications being processed within three weeks. There has also been continual review of the application procedures and documentation from PWPs in service, resulting in further refinements of the process.

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To address and monitor the ongoing relationship of this process with the PWP course accreditation process of the British Psychological Society, upon which successful completion of a BPS PWP accredited programme remains a fundamental core condition of the PWP practitioner accreditation process. Discussions and considerations within the

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generally static consisting of Paul Farrand (Chair), Marie Chellingsworth, Steven Kellett, Mike Davidson (Board representative) with three PWP members Sarah Gibbons, Melanie Langer, Marisa Brioni supported by Charlie McConnochie and Sarah French from accreditation

subcommittee, with concerns highlighted at Board level, have been raised regarding the extent to which the practitioner accreditation process may be overly dependent upon the effective implementation of the BPS course accreditation process. This concern has been increased since the removal of any involvement in the BPS PWP course accreditation committee following the resignation of Paul Farrand from its membership.

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Consider reasons behind the still low level of activity in PWP practitioner accreditation.

Discussions have focussed upon the high turnover in the PWP workforce, alongside the lack of any formal requirements for PWP practitioner accreditation. Discussions are ongoing with IAPT programme management.

Paul Farrand

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Complaints and Disciplinary There has continued to be a steady trickle of complaints against members, with two matters still ongoing at the time of writing this report (June 2012). As is usual it is not possible to give details which might identify members who are still under investigation, or who have been found to have no case to answer, although we are aware that this is not the practice of statutory regulators such as the HPC, who publish the names of those who are being investigated. However, as we are not a statutory regulator, we have so far thought it

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inappropriate to broadcast such information.

This does bring up a matter which has been under discussion by the Trustees. It is very easy to make a complaint against a member, and the process of determining whether the complaint is well founded can take a long time. This is because we liaise with employers and/or statutory regulators such as the HPC and NMC where appropriate, as well as gathering information from the complainant and the member. Many members, especially those who are in private practice, are asked by their insurers to declare any ongoing complaints against them. If the complaint is vexatious or ill-founded we would not know this until after the process has run its course, and this obviously puts the member in a difficult position with regards to insurance.

A related issue which Trustees have been asked to consider is whether the Association should suspend a member while an investigation takes place. This happens with some professions already, such as teaching. The view has been taken that it could be grossly unfair to do anything other than make such decisions on a case by case basis. So, for example, if a member had been arrested and was awaiting a judicial disposal for a serious sexual assault, it would be an easy decision to suspend the member until the legal outcome was known. Less clear, though, would be the case of a member awaiting trial on any matter as, under UK law, a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court.

One general aspect of complaints is worth mentioning here. It is now very easy for anyone to obtain information on what 'ought' to be good therapy. We receive a number of complaints from people who feel that they have not benefitted from a course of therapy, and their internet searches tell them that some elements of the therapy were apparently delivered inappropriately or not at all.

For example, one recent case involves a person asking to see their NHS files and discovering no record that their therapy had been formally discussed in clinical supervision. Sometimes a client believes that their therapist is not qualified to treat them, and this may become a more common complaint for obvious reasons. All we can say to members is that it is crucial that they ensure that they are following best practice guidelines at all times; that they pay special attention to training and CPD; that they receive regular clinical as well as managerial supervision; and that what they do with clients is appropriately recorded and formally shared with clients at all times.

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In order to keep costs to a minimum the Complaints Committee deliberates by email and using teleconferences, with only very rare face to face meetings.

At the AGM this year members will see that they are being asked to approve some changes to the Association's rules in order to allow us to practice more efficiently and without complaints about the nature of the complaints procedure itself.

Chris Cullen

The annual conference in Guildford 2011 proved very popular (575 at workshops and 889 paid registrations for the conference) with the scientific content exceeding those of previous years (4.22 out of 5); it was also financially viable, achieving a surplus. The layout of the venue was not well received however, which suggests we will not reuse this venue in the near future. This may have been responsible for lower ratings for the conference overall and personal recommendations relative to previous years (4.00 out of 5).

The Spring conference in London on 12-13 April 2012 proved more popular than the previous two years (236 for the workshops and 205 for the conference), focusing on Trauma Across the Lifespan. At present we are planning for Leeds 2012 at the earlier time of 26-29 June. The numbers are looking OK at this stage, on a par with Exeter 2009, but not as strong as the last two years. We have a further recruitment drive with the publication of a conference-themed CBT Today and the upcoming early bird rate. We have attracted a range of international speakers, and included some themes that have captured the imagination of delegates submitting material - military trauma, 'how does CBT work?', sport, exercise & motivation, and 40 years of the BABCP. We have five founder members symposia planned and a Gala dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the organisation. Imperial College London is booked for 2013.

Warren Mansell, Roz Shafran, Rod Holland and Amy Hamilton

Communications The Communications Planning and Coordination Committee has continued to play a critical role over the last 12 months at a time of growing needs and expectations from the membership.

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Chairing the Committee is Faramarz Hashempour, who has been instrumental in attracting new members with expertise and experience in topical areas, such as the development and use of ‘apps’ for smartphones and tablet PCs. It is only right that BABCP explores these options in order to improve the membership experience.

One of the main communications issues of last year was the decision by the Board to end the BABCP subscription to Jiscmail. Informed by members’ suggestions, the Committee has overseen the development of a new online discussion forum called CBT Café. This project was undertaken by Stephen Gregson and Phil McDougall in BABCP Communications. They

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have had the challenging task of creating a distinctive forum that will attract the optimum number of members which can accommodate a robust moderation policy to give the best protection to BABCP, its members and stakeholders. The time taken to ‘get it right first time’ has been critical in order to avoid the issues highlighted by the Jiscmail experience. That said, it is anticipated that CBT Café users will find the moderation system unobtrusive, as it will mostly be automated.

By now members will be aware of how the branding launched at last year’s AGM in Guildford has resulted in a more coherent and consistently applied visual identity for BABCP. From banners to leaflets to CBT Today to the website, there has been a positive response to this

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unified approach to branding from all sections of BABCP. There has also been increasing satisfaction with the improved content in CBT Today. This extract from a reader’s letter is typical of the feedback received: ‘I recognise a distinct improvement in my personal interest when reading it from previous editions. You are definitely on the right track.’

The website has demonstrated the flexibility of the new branding in the last 12 months. The essential elements have remained the same. But it has undergone design changes in direct response to the changing needs of BABCP. Last but not least, the membership survey is finally underway. This commitment in the first iteration of the Development Plan has taken longer to materialise than was anticipated.

Following a review by the Communications Planning and Coordination Committee earlier this year, at the direction of the Board, carefully selected independent providers with appropriate experience were invited to tender for delivering the survey. The successful provider will be contacting the membership during the summer months for the purposes of conducting the survey through a combination of telephone interviews and focus groups. In turn the survey findings will inform what goes into the next iteration of the Development Plan.

Faramarz Hashempour

Journals Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy This report provides an overview of the recent marketing activities that were undertaken for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. It covers activity carried out between December 2010 and December 2011. It also includes intended activity for 2012.

Marketing objectives through the year focused on increasing the online usage of the journal and on increasing content alert sign ups, as well as co-promoting with the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT). In addition Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy was promoted jointly with the Cambridge psychology and psychiatry list.

• The journal was promoted on five emails, as well as having a button to promote the journal in several other campaigns.

• An A3 table top banner was created in July 2011 promoting the increased Impact

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Factor, to use at conferences.

• The journal featured in Homepage Highlights on the cambridge.org (UK) site in August 2011.

• The back page of a flyer for tCBT (August 2011) is dedicated to Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. It includes the journal url and submission url as well as a QR code (which can be scanned by smartphones to take them directly to the website).

• A web banner was produced in September 2011, to promote the journal on the homepage for CJO (displayed 1–7 November 2011 and 15-21 November 2011).

• The journal has been included in the Cambridge Journals Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (1,500) and the Cambridge Journals Medical Sciences (2,000) catalogues produced in December 2010.

• Inclusion on a poster promoting the Cambridge psychology/psychiatry list (February 2011).

• Inclusion on a leaflet promoting the Cambridge psychology/psychiatry list (April 2011).

• Inclusion on an A3 table top banner promoting the Cambridge psychology list (July 2011).

• The journal was included on an advert in the Psychology books catalogue 2012 (circulation ~ 10,000).

• The journal has also had a presence at 21 related conferences throughout this time period, through inserts, a Cambridge stand or via an agency such as Wisepress.

To date, there are 1,718 people with a registered interest in the journal who receive regular email content alerts, an increase of 16 per cent since November 2010 (1,483). the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist is the BABCP’s practitioner focussed journal originally

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• Designs for a new cover were created and proposed, although due to time pressures to get the first issue of 2012 on time, these were not finalised.

launched at the Edinburgh BABCP conference in 2008. Since then the journal has been published in three issues each year. This included 2011/2012. Intensive work continues with Cambridge University Press on promotion of the journal internationally, particularly as copy flow remains lower than ideal and remains a significant challenge. In the forthcoming year a submission will be made to index the journal, which if successful will lead to a higher profile.

Access to the journal has recently been improved, with a resultant increase in readership.

The following report from Cambridge University Press provides an overview of the recent marketing activities that were undertaken for the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. It covers activity carried out between December 2010 and December 2011. It also includes intended activity for 2012.

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Marketing objectives throughout the year focused on increasing the online usage of the journal, as well as co-promoting with Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. In addition the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist was promoted jointly with the Cambridge psychology and psychiatry list.

• The journal was promoted on seven emails, as well as having a button to promote the journal in several other campaigns.

• A PowerPoint slide was created to help promote the journal (March 2011).

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• An A3 table top banner was created in August 2011, for use at conferences. It includes the journal url and submission url as well as a QR code.

• A web banner was produced in September 2011, to promote the journal on the homepage for CJO (displayed 1-7 November 2011 and 15-21 November 2011).

• The journal has been included in the Cambridge Journals Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (1,500) and the Cambridge Journals Medical Sciences (2,000) catalogues produced in December 2010.

• Inclusion on a poster promoting the Cambridge psychology/psychiatry list (February 2011).

• Inclusion on a leaflet promoting the Cambridge psychology/psychiatry list (April 2011).

• Inclusion on an A3 table top banner promoting the Cambridge psychology list (July 2011).

• The journal was included on an advert in the Psychology books catalogue 2012 (circulation ~ 10,000).

• The journal has also had a presence at 19 related conferences throughout this time period, through inserts, a Cambridge stand or via an agency such as Wisepress.

To date, there are 517 people with a registered interest in the journal who receive regular email content alerts, an increase of 38 per cent since November 2010 (376).

Michael Townend

Branch Liaison Committee Over the past 12 months, the Branch Liaison Committee has actively promoted the interests and excellent work undertaken by members within geographical regions and areas of special interest.

As the number of Branches and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) has continued to grow, so have the size and the responsibility of this Committee. In particular it has a critical role to play in ensuring that the Branch and SIG network is fully engaging with BABCP. In response the Committee has recently introduced a process that will help BABCP identify where help is needed and provide appropriate support.

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The importance of helping Branches and SIGs to understand their accountability within BABCP is informing the work to implement the update of the Branch and SIG handbook. The current iteration of the handbook reflects a time when BABCP was smaller and less corporate.

The updated version will be much more comprehensive and up-to-date, as well as integrating the new branding more fully. Many Branches and SIGs are already embracing the new branding, with bespoke banners and CPD certificates.

Much of the Committee’s focus this year has been on how the Branch and SIG network will need to develop in the future, in response to the constantly changing nature and role of BABCP. For this reason, the Committee is regularly looking at positive steps to improve the dialogue it has with the Board. This dialogue has been helped by the presence of a dedicated

The Committee has been pleased to continue supporting the initiative of the three Branches wholly or partly organised in Wales to raise the profile of CBT there. Since organising the inaugural meeting of a BABCP National Wales Forum at the Guildford conference, members of these three Branches have gone on to develop a ‘CBT for Wales Campaign’.

Every year representatives on the Committee evaluate the work and impact of each of the Branches and SIGs in BABCP, with the aim of awarding one of them the ‘Branch of the Year’ award. This year the award has been made to the Irish Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (IABCP). While an active part of the BABCP family of geographical Branches, IABCP is organised across the island of Ireland. Having only relaunched in late 2010, they have impressed with their energy, ambition and imagination. The West Branch was highly commended in recognition of the hard work and creative energy in the short time since they were established. Well done!

Gill Donohoe

Research Fund The current Research Fund stands at £81,395, which ensures that our commitments to the PhD are covered, with anticipation of another round of Grant applications being available in 2013/14. No new research awards were made in 2011-2012 in view of the PhD and smaller

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Trustee at each meeting of the Committee.

awards made last year. Progress on current research awards is detailed below.

Freda McManus, Roz Shafran and Polly Waite were the first recipients of the BABCP Annual Research Fund, awarded in 2007. They were delighted to receive the grant as it enabled them to carry out a preliminary randomised controlled trial to evaluate CBT for low self-esteem.

Following on from undertaking the research, they have just had the paper published in the Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

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Year to Year to Year to Year to 30 April 2011 30 April 2011 30 April 2010 30 April 2009

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Ongoing projects Title of Project

Grant Holders

Status

Evaluating training in CBT: Assessing disorderspecific competencies and clinical outcomes in IAPT high intensity CBT Training

Jennifer Wild and Sheena Liness

Summary provided below (1)

Rachel Lee and Dr Dean McMillan

Summary provided below (2)

Pamela Myles

Summary provided below (3)

Kate Muse

Summary provided below (4)

Grant £14,961.37 An investigation of sudden gains within individual CBT for panic disorder and agoraphobia Grant £15,996.00 IAPT, Linking Training and Clinical Outcomes.

Do we train in vain?

Grant £18,459 Developing and Evaluating valid, reliable and cost-effective measure of CBT competence PhD over three years Grant £59,775

Summaries of ongoing projects (1) Evaluating training in CBT: Assessing disorder-specific competencies and clinical outcomes in IAPT high-intensity CBT training – Grant Holders: Jennifer Wild and Sheena Liness The grant project is going well and our database now includes IAPT trainees in years 1, 2 and 3 of the IAPT course at the Institute of Psychiatry as well as trial therapists treating PTSD and social phobia. The database for Years 1 and 2 is complete, Year 3 is almost complete.

We have hired two CBT raters and they are working their way through the tapes. The PTSD tapes are almost completed. The social phobia and panic tapes are in progress and the independent raters anticipate having completed their ratings by September 2012. This will complete our database and we will be analysing our data in October 2012 and concluding the study at that time point.

The study has taken longer than anticipated due to the availability of patients for the Years 13 cohort. Year 1 and 2 are complete. However, there are still a few trainees with cases to submit for Year 3. They are submitting this summer and this, together with our independent ratings, will complete our database.

(2) An Investigation of Sudden Gains within CBT for Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia - Grant Holders: Dr Rachel Lee, Dr Dean McMillan, Prof Mike Lucock Four IAPT services are currently participating in our research, based in Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and Huddersfield. We are currently liaising with the IAPT service in Barnsley and hope to recruit this service within the next month or two. Thirty two high intensity therapists have been recruited to the study.

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In September 2011, a day-long free workshop on CBT for panic disorder was provided for participating therapists; this was delivered by Prof Paul Salkosvkis. Thirty therapists attended and feedback was very positive. The workshop also provided an opportunity to discuss the recruitment protocol and problem-solve service-specific difficulties.

Recruitment began after the workshop, although there were some delays in terms of acquiring approval from research and development departments within the various trusts. To date, 38 participants have been recruited, although not all participants have started therapy.

Unfortunately we have had some unforeseen difficulties in the recruitment process. We have found that many clients with panic disorder receive low intensity interventions and few are clients, given that this is consistent with NICE guidelines, but this has not been possible in other services. We are meeting with these services shortly to explore ways of further supporting them with the recruitment process. Another unforeseen difficulty is the number of clients who drop out of therapy. In one service approximately one third of clients drop out of therapy and this has therefore impacted on recruitment. In another service, only ten percent of clients who were invited to participate in our research returned their consent forms. We are liaising with these services to see what we can do to address these difficulties.

One service involved with our study has been very successful in terms of recruitment and so we are confident that we can improve recruitment in the other services.

Professor Paul Salkovskis will be delivering a supervision workshop for participating therapists in August or September 2012. This will be for therapists who have recruited clients into the study, so that they can receive supervision on their cases. We are hoping that this will provide a further incentive for recruitment, as services will be allocated places dependent upon the number of recruited participants.

Although we can provide a comprehensive report after two years we would like to continue to recruit beyond this period, in order to reap the benefits of the hard work we have put in to date in terms of establishing the research in the various services. We realise that no further funding is available and we would be prepared to fund the project ourselves for a period of 6 months.

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stepped up for individual CBT. One participating service agreed to step-up participating

(3) IAPT – Do we train in vain? – Grant Holder: Pamela Myles A series of investigations were conducted to ascertain firstly whether the training of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and High Intensity Therapists (HIs) led to improved clinical knowledge and skill; secondly to understand therapist characteristics extrinsic to the training programmes that influence training outcome, and thirdly to determine whether there is an association between outcomes of trainees on the training programmes and those of patients treated with low and high intensity CBT interventions by PWPs and HIs respectively.

Training outcomes Over the duration of the training programmes, the clinical skill of PWPs, measured via role play using standardised national marking schemes, significantly improved; equally the clinical

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skill of HIs, measured via expert ratings of therapy sessions using the Cognitive Therapy Scale Revised (CTS-R) improved significantly. Conversely there was no improvement in tests of clinical knowledge in PWPs (reflective analyses and exams) or HIs (reflective analyses and case reports).

Therapist characteristics The best predictor of performance on the PWP and HI training programmes was past performance. Therapists who achieved higher grades in their undergraduate degree, irrespective of subject studied, were more likely to perform well clinically and academically.

Older therapists performed less well in academic work than their younger counterparts, particularly in PWP exams; however pre-training experience (in years) was unrelated to

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clinical or academic performance. In terms of therapist personality, only agreeableness was predictive of performance on the CTS-R; more agreeable HI’s achieved higher CTS-R scores.

Therapist characteristics (degree grade, experience, age and sex) were unrelated to patterns of symptom change or rates of recovery in patients treated with Low or High intensity interventions by PWPs or HIs respectively.

Linking training with patient outcomes Patients treated with Low and High Intensity interventions by PWP and HI therapists across five IAPT services achieved rates of recovery, and change in symptoms of anxiety and depression comparable to those found nationally (Glover, Webb, & Everson, 2010; Gyani, Shafran, Layard, & Clark, 2011). However, this was unrelated to performance on the training course; equally patterns of symptom change and rates of recovery did not differ according to whether patients were treated by therapists during, or post training. Nevertheless, more patients’ who were treated with Low Intensity interventions by PWPs in the top quartile of role play performance showed reliable improvement in their symptoms of depression and anxiety, and reached recovery than would be expected by chance alone. Conversely, fewer patients than would be expected reliably improved or recovered if treated by PWPs in the bottom quartile of role-play performance. Similarly, more patients who were treated with CBT by the most competent HI therapists showed a reliable improvement in symptoms of anxiety, and reached recovery than would be expected by chance alone.

These data will be discussed more fully during the 2012 BABCP Annual Conference in Leeds.

Glover, G., Webb, M., & Everson, F. (2010). ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: A Review of the Progress Made by Sites in the First Roll-Out Year.’ Retrieved from http://www.wmrdc.org.uk/silo/files/iapt-year-1-sites-data-review-final-report.pdf Gyani, A., Shafran, R., Layard, R., & Clark, D. M. (2011). ‘Enhancing Recovery Rates in IAPT Services: Lessons from analysis of the Year One data.’ Retrieved 6th April, 2012, from http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/silo/files/enhancing-recovery-rates--iapt-year-one-report.pdf (4) Summary of progress on BABCP research funding for PhD ‘Developing and evaluating valid, reliable and cost-effective measures of CBT competence’. Grant Holder: Kate Muse In December 2010 BABCP awarded a grant of £59,775.00 to Kate Muse and Freda McManus to carry out a series of studies investigating the measurement of competence in CBT. The grant

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will fund Kate Muse to complete a DPhil. in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford (2011 – 2014) under the supervision of Dr Freda McManus, a clinical psychologist and clinical research fellow with significant experience of conducting research in the domain of CBT treatment and training.

The accurate and efficient measurement of CBT competence is crucial to the success of the UK’s current drive to expand CBT training and service provision, and to the widespread dissemination of CBT into routine clinical practice settings. It is however recognised that existing measures of CBT competence have significant limitations. Thus the current body of research aims to further evaluate and refine existing measures of CBT competence and to develop measures with improved validity, reliability and cost effectiveness that can be used measures of CBT competence that can be used as ‘quality control’ in the dissemination of CBT. The project commenced in October 2011 and in this first year the focus has been on the two studies outlined below.

(1) A systematic review of methods for assessing therapist competence in CBT A lack of consensus regarding the way in which CBT competence should be assessed has resulted in the utilization of multiple different assessment methods, many of which have been widely criticized. A systematic literature review was therefore carried out in order to provide an overview and evaluation of current CBT competence assessment methods and to provide recommendations for how CBT therapists’ competence can best be assessed in the future. This review has been written up and is in the process of being submitted to an internationally recognised scientific journal which is widely read by CBT practitioners and researchers alike (Clinical Psychology Review).

(2) A qualitative analysis of experts’ experiences of how CBT competence is conceptualised and assessed This study utilises qualitative methodology to explore expert assessors’ conceptualisations of CBT competence, and their experiences of making judgements regarding the competence of CBT therapists. Nineteen leading experts in the domain of CBT from across the UK have been interviewed. Transcripts of these interviews are currently being analysed in order to identify

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in a broader range of situations. The ultimate aim of this research is to provide improved

commonalities and differences in the ways in which CBT competence is currently judged and assessed. It is hoped that this will provide an insight into the way in which CBT competence is currently conceptualised and assessed and highlight ways in which the assessment of CBT competence could be further improved upon in the future. Preliminary findings from this study will be presented at this year’s BABCP conference in Leeds and will also be written up and submitted for publication later in the year.

The research carried out over the next two years will build upon findings from these initial exploratory studies in order to (i) further evaluate existing measures of CBT competence and (ii) develop and evaluate measures of CBT competence with improved validity, reliability and cost effectiveness. It is hoped that, by developing improved tools to assess CBT competence, this body of research will contribute both to the development of ‘evidence-based’ CBT training and the effective dissemination of CBT into routine clinical practice.

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European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) The representative of the trustees to EABCT, Helen Macdonald, attended the EABCT committee meetings during the year in Iceland 2011, at the EABCT conference. She was unable to attend the first half-annual meeting in Geneva in March 2012, and BABCP was represented by Katy Grazebrook at this meeting.

Thomas Kalpakoglou (Greece), Training Coordinator has continued with work in the subgroup addressing accreditation and re-accreditation issues; as well as supervision training.

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BABCP has been asked to consider applying for accreditation of their training with EABCT. This was raised at the accreditation committee meeting and at the NCF. CBT associations from Ukraine and Montenegro have applied to join EABCT as member organisations.

Antonio Pinto (Italy) co-ordinates special interest groups within the organisation. There are now a number of special interest groups in EABCT. The organisation is using LinkedIn as a method for enhancing communication between members. Members are able to access the EABCT platform and discussion groups. These include OCD, Trauma, Training, low intensity interventions, Supervision, and several others.

Jan Callens and Pierre Philipot from the Flemish- and French-speaking Belgian organisations have taken the role of auditing the financial activities of the EABCT Board. New representatives for the accreditation committee will be sought this year.

Rod Holland (BABCP) has been elected to continue for a second term as President, with the nomination unopposed. Helen Macdonald (BABCP) was the only nominee to take the role of Secretary/Treasurer, and was confirmed in the position at the Reykjavik conference. Thomas Kalpakoglou (Greek Association) has been acting as Secretary/Treasurer from December 2011 to cover for personal circumstances keeping her from fulfilling the role until August 2012.

Katy Grazebrook has been acting EABCT representative to the BABCP National Committees Forum. The BABCP Board will need to co opt or elect a new representative now that Helen Macdonald has been elected to the EABCT Board. Katy Grazebrook has indicated a willingness to continue in the role for the time being.

Future EABCT conferences: • Geneva (Switzerland) 2012 • Marrakesh (Morocco) 2013 • Den Haag (Netherlands) 2014 Helen Macdonald

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Accounts Overview The year to 30th April 2012 has realised a shortfall of £50,283 compared to the previous year’s surplus of £41,862. The shortfall comprises a figure of £50,146 as net operational losses, and minus £137 as a result of the revaluation of our investments. The Trustees had set a budget for 2011/12 which included significant expenditure on the Development plan and therefore predicted an overall deficit for the year of around £30,000. The higher than anticipated shortfall has been primarily the result of rapid growth which, during the last few months of demands, including recruiting more staff, purchasing additional IT equipment, and renting additional office space to accommodate the increase in staff numbers. This year has seen the total incoming resources for the Association rising to £1.147 million from £1.014 million in 2010/11.

Some observations of income/expenditure compared with 2010/11 are made here. Staff costs have increased by 12% (compared with 8% last year) due to further increases in the numbers of staff employed, some re-grading of existing staff and annual pay increases. However, due to continuing increased efficiencies, and despite an increase in numbers, this represents a proportion of turnover of 43% which is the same as last year. Professional fees (within charitable expenditure) have increased to £132,003 from £112,196 last year. This reflects the contracting of external accreditors and the increase in accreditation activity. Rent has increased to £40,741 from £33,501 last year due to the necessity to rent further office space.

Advertising income has increased again and was 21.6% higher than last year. The small increase in subscriptions and an increase in numbers of members has meant that the total income from subscriptions increased by 6.8% (from 12% last year).

Membership Subscriptions 2012/13 Current economic conditions and a predicted increase in costs such as printing, travel and subsistence mean that the Trustees have been cautious in producing the budget for next year. They have also considered the fact that we have experienced a higher than anticipated shortfall this year, and must ensure that our level of Reserves is maintained at a level to satisfy the Charity Commissioners’ recommendations. This has identified the need to increase membership subscriptions however this has been kept to an absolute minimum given the tight financial situation many members are currently in. It is proposed by the trustees at the Annual General Meeting, to increase all classes of membership subscription by £3. The standard full membership fee will therefore increase to £61 (if paid by direct debit). However, it is also proposed that the “reduced” rate will henceforth be determined by a Member’s earnings. Those earning under £21,176 pa will qualify for the reduced rate, which will increase to £31 (by direct debit). It is proposed that those Members earning in excess of £21,176 will pay the full rate. These figures have been taken as reflecting salary levels associated with NHS staff on AfC (Agenda for Change) bands 5 and above. It is our intention to adjust the level to keep in line with NHS salaries. The rationale behind this change is the fact that the Membership Subscription does NOT cover the costs of the service provided. It has also

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the financial year, required some considerable increases in resources to meet the increasing

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become clear that there are “students” or “trainees” in CBT who are taking advantage of the reduced rate whilst continuing to earn reasonable salaries. This increase will take effect from 1st October 2012. It is still considered that membership is extremely good value for money and subscriptions are substantially lower than in most comparable organisations (e.g. the NMC are proposing an increase in subs from £76 to £120).

Investments Selection Policy In earlier years, after taking financial advice and in accordance with Article 24 (a) of the Articles of Association, the trustees considered that £50,000 could be invested in the longer term leaving sufficient funds for immediate use throughout the year. Consequently, in August

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2007 £15K was invested with Kames Ethical Equity Fund (formerly known as AEGON) and £35K was invested with F&C Stewardship Income Fund. The trustees considered that the charity needed to achieve long term capital appreciation and income. Until a situation is reached where the charity needs to use the income from the investment, accumulation funds were chosen.

In the year to 30 April 2012, the value of these investments depreciated by £137 (2011: increase of £6,869), primarily as a consequence of market volatility resulting from the Eurozone crisis. However, the trustees still consider this to be an acceptable rate of return for their longer term objective of capital growth.

The ethical investment policy agreed by the trustees is: BABCP adopts an ethical investment policy, which is in line with its responsibilities as a registered charity, and which complements the aims and objectives of the organisation. In this respect it seeks to invest with companies who have proven socially responsible portfolios and to have its investments managed by financial advisors who are ethically led with a demonstrable record of sound financial control and planning.

In this respect the policy statement reflects the aims and objectives of our charity: 1

BABCP considers ethical investment is consistent with the aims and objectives of the organisation.

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BABCP adopts a policy of supportive ethical investment. That is so say investing in companies with a commitment to responsible business practices, positive products and services. BABCP does not consider it appropriate to invest by negative screening.

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Whilst investing ethically, such a policy is not in conflict with its requirement to maximise funds for the benefit of the organisation, and ensure that such a policy does not involve a risk of significant financial detriment.

The remaining funds fluctuate throughout the year and are held in an interest bearing deposit account. During the year as these funds fluctuate, it is agreed by the trustees that the money should be invested on the Money Market for fixed short term periods (7 days upwards, but more usually for 3 month terms) to attract higher interest rates and to meet

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their requirements to generate income and secure capital values. The Finance Manager, in consultation with the Treasurer to the trustees, will accordingly decide the amount and period of investment to allow sufficient funds to remain in the current accounts for immediate use.

Grant Making Policy Thirteen years ago a research fund was set up with the ultimate objective of making grants for research relevant to the objectives of the Association. In 2007 the fund achieved sufficient assets to be able to make annual grants. The trustees have a policy for making such grants and they have invited applications for modest research grants in previous years. Several Grants Committee who made recommendations to the trustees. Last year the decision was made to consider applications for funding of up to £20,000 per annum to fund a PhD. Therefore the Trustees have approved an application for £59,775 over three years to fund a PhD in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the first tranche of which was paid in November 2011 (£19,925).

Reserves The trustees have reviewed the level of free reserves, which are unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets held by the charity, and they are satisfied that the level of reserves is adequate.

At the last day of the financial year, the amount of reserves was £352,119 (2011: £402,402) of which designated funds were £313,317 (2011: £290,583).

Funding The trustee directors are satisfied that the charity's assets are adequate to fulfil its obligations.

The main source of funding continues to be annual subscriptions from members for their membership and accreditation. Membership subscriptions can always be increased to meet the costs of any additional services to members but the trustees have to consider carefully what level of subscription members will accept without withdrawing from membership. The charity has maintained a 93% renewal rate or better for very many years and at this level,

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applications were received for grants of up to £20,000 and these were considered by the

there have always been more new members joining each year than required to maintain the membership level.

Accreditation fees and subscriptions cover the cost of providing accreditation services. The trustees regularly review these costs and adjust the fees accordingly. Gift Aid also provides an increasing source of income as more members join the scheme enabling the charity to recover an additional 28% of membership subscriptions from H.M. Revenue and Customs.

However, all gift aid income goes to the Research Fund which is a designated fund. Selling of advertising through the Association media is an increasing source of revenue and the trustees are seeking to increase this through special advertising supplements and advertising through the internet.

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Risk Assessment The trustee directors have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operational finances of the charity, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate the charity's exposure to major risks. The trustees have embarked on a thorough risk assessment of all aspects of the charity’s activities and implementation of risk management strategies.

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Statement of Trustee Directors’ Responsibilities The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustee Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustee directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and the application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustee directors are required to: -

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The trustee directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company 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 charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to Disclosure of Information to Auditors So far as the trustee directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company’s auditors are unaware and each trustee director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a trustee director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditors are aware of that information.

Small Company Exemption These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

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Small Company Exemption These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Charity Requirements This report has been prepared in accordance with requirements set down by the SORP 2005.

Auditors The auditors, Ainsworths Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming

ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEE DIRECTORS

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Director/Trustee Dated 28 June 2012

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Annual General Meeting.

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies We have audited the financial statements of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies for the year ended 30 April 2012 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. The financial reporting

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framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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This report is made solely to the charity’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 charity’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 charity and the charity’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 Trustee Directors’ Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes 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 (APB’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 charitable company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed, the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the trustees; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the 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 charitable company’s affairs as at 30 April 2012 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

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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.

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: -

adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us;

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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns;

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certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

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Michael Heys (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Ainsworths Limited Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors The Globe Centre St James Square Accrington Lancashire BB5 0RE

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Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 30 April 2012 2012 £

2011 £

120,920 2,362

110,298 2,360

Sub total incoming resources from generated funds

123,282

112,658

Incoming resources from charitable activities: Membership subscriptions Accreditations Branch events and workshop bookings Other income from charitable activities

486,304 261,562 195,563 76,072

455,181 243,022 136,317 65,988

1,019,501

900,508

4,405

1,830

1,147,188

1,014,996

68,664 1,117,262 11,408

50,533 915,855 13,615

1,197,334

980,003

(50,146)

34,993

(137)

6,869

NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

(50,283)

41,862

Total funds brought forward

402,402

360,540

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

352,119

402,402

Notes

Statement of Financial Activities

INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generated funds: Activities for generating funds Investment income

2

3

Sub total incoming resources from charitable activities Other incoming resources TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds Charitable activities Governance costs

4 5 4

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME FOR THE YEAR

6

OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS/LOSSES Unrealised (loss)/gain on revaluation of investment assets

All the income and expenditure in the year are of unrestricted funds.

There are no acquisitions or discontinued operations in the year. All of the charity’s activities are classed as continuing.

There are no other recognised gains or losses other than those shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.

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Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2012 2012 £ FIXED ASSETS Intangible fixed assets Tangible fixed assets Investments

CURRENT ASSETS Debtors and prepayments Cash at bank and in hand

CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year

9 10 11

12

13

2011 £

£

£

27,572 11,330 46,409

6,779 10,447 46,546

85,311

63,772

174,603 219,874

134,328 290,998

394,477

425,326

107,744

86,696

NET CURRENT ASSETS

286,733

338,630

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

372,044

402,402

CREDITORS Amounts falling due after more than one year

(19,925)

-

352,119

402,402

14

NET ASSETS THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY Unrestricted income funds: Designated General

15 16

313,317 38,802

290,583 111,819

TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS

16

352,119

402,402

Balance Sheet

Note

These accounts were prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008).

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 28 June 2012.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees

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Director/Trustee The notes on pages 46 to 55 form part of these accounts

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2012 1

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Notes to the Financial Statements

(a) Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008) and follow the recommendation in the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting by Charities (SORP) 2005. (b) Cash flow statement The trustee directors have taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No 1 (Revised) from including a cash flow statement on the grounds that the charity is a small company as defined in Section 382 of the Companies Act 2006. (c) Incoming resources Membership subscriptions and accreditations are recognised in full in the period in which they are received. All other income is recognised on an accruals basis, with income relating to events after the year end being deferred. (d) Resources expended Expenditure is classified under the principal categories set out in the Statement of Recommended Practice.

Costs of charitable activities are those directly associated with achieving the charity’s goals. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with the management of the charity’s assets, organisational administration and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Resources expended are recognised on an accruals basis. (e) Branch transactions Branch transactions are included in full in the financial statements. (f) Fund accounting Unrestricted funds are subscriptions and other incoming resources received or generated for expenditure on the general objectives of the charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds which have been designated for specific purposes by the trustees. (g) Intangible fixed assets Intangible fixed assets represent expenditure developing the website which is to be written off over its estimated useful life of three years.

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(h) Tangible fixed assets All tangible fixed assets are capitalised at cost.

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over its expected useful life as follows:15% 50%

reducing balance reducing balance

(i) Investments Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on any revaluations or disposals throughout the year. (j) Operating leases Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight line basis over the lease term. (k) Pensions The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. Contributions payable for the year are charged in the SOFA. (l) Taxation The company is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from Income Tax and Corporation Tax under the provisions of Section 505(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. (m) Grants Payable Each year the charity makes a single grant for research to be carried out into behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies. The liability is recognised when the obligation arises. (m) During the current year, the charity became contractually committed to funding a PhD. The research project will last for three years and the grant is payable in three instalments of £19,925, each one falling due at the start of the academic year. The full liability of the commitment has been recognised in these financial statements but the grant shown in the Statement of Financial Activities represents the current year instalment only. Future years’ instalments totalling £39,850 are included within prepayments and grants payable.

Notes to the Financial Statements

Office equipment Computer equipment

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ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS

Notes to the Financial Statements

Advertising, flyers and inserts Address labels Professional services rendered

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3

2012 £

2011 £

112,601 7,294 1,025

92,614 7,465 10,219

120,920

110,298

2012 £

2011 £

266 23,734 42,668 9,404

2,352 18,988 41,809 2,839

76,072

65,988

OTHER INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Journals Gift Aid National Conference & Workshop event surplus Branch event administration fees

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ALLOCATION OF SUPPORT COSTS

Cost of generating funds

activities

costs

2012 TOTAL

£

£

£

£

£

Travel, accommodation and subsistence

-

105,013

5,236

110,249

97,937

Printing and publishing

32,841

98,524

-

131,365

87,114

147

2,802

-

2,949

620

Staff costs

24,979

474,592

-

499,571

442,876

Stationery

579

11,005

-

11,584

3,570

Postage and distribution

1,437

27,294

-

28,731

35,840

Rent

2,037

38,704

-

40,741

33,501

-

-

-

-

2,288

Insurance

68

1,292

-

1,360

1,158

Audit fees

-

-

4,275

4,275

3,925

Accountancy services

-

-

1,897

1,897

1,550

Repairs and renewals

259

4,912

-

5,171

11,507

1,328

25,231

-

26,559

12,607

656

12,468

-

13,124

6,963

-

-

-

-

604

421

3,775

-

4,196

2,435

3,679

3,679

-

7,358

666

233

4,426

-

4,659

4,981

-

-

-

-

7,631

68,664

813,717

11,408

893,789

757,773

Hire charges

Light and heat

Software/computer supplies Telephone Sundry expenses Bank charges Amortisation of website costs Depreciation Loss on disposal TOTAL SUPPORT COSTS

Charitable Governance

2011 TOTAL

Notes to the Financial Statements

The association allocates its support costs on a basis consistent with the use of resources, as shown in the table below.

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ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE

Notes to the Financial Statements

Grants payable (see below) Event costs Publicity Professional fees Support costs (see note 4) Sundry expenses

2012 £ 19,925 148,680 132,003 813,717 2,937 1,117,262

The grant of £19,925 was paid to the University of Oxford from the designated Research fund to sponsor Kate Muse’s PhD research into ‘Developing and evaluating valid, reliable and costeffective measures of CBT competence’. This grant represents the first instalment of three.

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NET EXPENDITURE/INCOME FOR THE YEAR The net expenditure/income for the year is stated after charging:

Auditors’ remuneration: Audit services Non-audit services Amortisation of website costs Depreciation of owned tangible assets Loss on disposal of owned tangible assets Pension costs 7

2012 £

2011 £

4,275 1,897 7,358 4,659 16,303

3,925 1,550 666 4,981 7,631 15,299

2012 £

2011 £

440,882 42,386 16,303

390,046 37,530 15,300

499,571

442,876

STAFF COSTS Staff costs during the year were as follows:-

Wages and salaries Social security costs Pension costs

The average number of staff employed by the charity (including trustee directors) during the year was: 2012 Trustee directors 10 Provision of charitable services 18 28 No employee earned £60,000 per annum or more in this or the preceding year.

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2011 £ 18,459 87,998 1,518 112,196 693,625 2,059 915,855

2011 10 17 27

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TRUSTEE DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS No trustee director received any remuneration in the year, directly or indirectly, from the charitable company.

The charity reimbursed travel expenses incurred by 10 (2011: 10) trustee directors during the year amounting to £5,236 (2011: £6,953).

INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Website and portal costs £ 8,000 28,151 36,151

Cost: At 1 May 2011 Additions At 30 April 2012 Depreciation: At 1 May 2011 Charge for the year

1,221 7,358

At 30 April 2012

8,579

Net book value at 30 April 2012

27,572

Net book value at 30 April 2011

6,779

10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Office Computer equipment equipment £ £ Cost: At 1 May 2011 Additions At 30 April 2012

TOTAL £

6,160 1,438 7,598

20,261 4,104 24,365

26,421 5,542

At 1 May 2011 Charge for the year At 30 April 2012

2,051 684 2,735

13,923 3,975 17,898

15,974 4,659 20,633

Net book value at 30 April 2012

4,863

6,467

11,330

Net book value at 30 April 2011

4,109

6,338

10,447

31,963

Depreciation:

Notes to the Financial Statements

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11 INVESTMENTS Valuation brought forward at 1 May 2011 Net gain/loss on revaluation Valuation carried forward at 30 April 2012

2012 £ 46,546 (137) 46,409

2011 £ 39,677 6,869 46,546

The investment is in a UK open ended investment company, held to provide an investment return for the charity.

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 DEBTORS Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income

2012 £ 92,546 1,996 80,061

2011 £ 75,359 3,743 55,226

Prepayments and accrued income

174,603

134,328

2012 £ 20,181 43,036 11,632 12,851 119 19,925

2011 £ 15,373 45,121 14,610 11,479 113 -

107,744

86,696

2012 £ 14,610 (14,610) 11,632

2011 £ 1,630 (1,630) 14,610

11,632

14,610

13 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Accruals Deferred income Social security and other taxes Other creditors Grants payable

The movement in deferred income is analysed as follows:

Deferred income brought forward Income recognised this year Income received this year deferred to later years Deferred income carried forward

The income deferred relates to branch events and workshops invoiced but were yet to take place at the year end.

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14 CREDITORS Amounts falling due after one year

2012 £ 19,925

2011 £ -

19,925

-

At 1 May 2011 Incoming resources

Research funds £ 69,787 31,533

Branch funds £ 220,796 168,868

TOTAL £ 290,583 200,401

Resources expended

(19,925)

(157,742)

(177,667)

81,395

231,922

313,317

Grants payable

At 30 April 2012

Name of fund

Description, nature and purposes of the fund

Research fund

For the provision of grants to third parties to carry out research relevant to the objectives of the Association.

Branch funds

This represents the surplus of income over expenditure arising from branch events held.

16 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Designated

Funds at 1 May 2011 Incoming resources Resources expended Gain on revaluation of investment assets Funds at 30 April 2012

General

funds funds £ £ 111,819 290,583 200,401 946,787 (177,667) (1,019,667) (137) 313,317

38,802

TOTAL £ 402,402

Notes to the Financial Statements

15 DESIGNATED FUNDS

1,147,188 (1,197,334) (137) 352,119

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17 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Notes to the Financial Statements

Fixed assets Current assets Creditors falling due within one year Creditors falling due after one year

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Designated funds £ 1,032 363,767 (31,557) (19,925)

General funds £ 84,279

TOTAL £ 85,311

30,710 (76,187) -

394,477 (107,744) (19,925)

313,317

38,802

352,119

18 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS The net expenditure/income for the year is stated after charging:

Expiring: Within one year Between two and five years

2012 Land and buildings £

Other £

2011 Land and buildings £

Other £

38,504 -

11,832

35,984

10,564

38,504

11,832

35,984

10,564

19 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES There were no contingent liabilities at 30 April 2012 or 30 April 2011.

20 OTHER COMMITMENTS There were no other commitments at 30 April 2012 or 30 April 2011.

21 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS There have been no significant events affecting the financial statements since the

22 TRANSACTIONS WITH TRUSTEE DIRECTORS No trustee director or other related party was a party to any transaction with trustee directors during the year except as disclosed in note 8 on page 32.

23 CONTROLLING RELATED PARTY The trustee directors are the controlling related party by virtue of their office in the Company.

24 COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. The liability of each member by way of their guarantee to the company is to contribute a sum not exceeding ÂŁ10 to the assets of the company if so required on the winding up of the company.

At 30 April 2012 there were 9,268 (2011: 8,594) members.

Notes to the Financial Statements

balance sheet date.

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