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98 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT THE INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS’ LICENSING SCHEME INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2002 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Licensing Registrar’s Services & Office 111,158 89,052 Appraisal Engineer’s Fees 18,474 25,744 Engineer’s Fees 4,674 – Logbook – Printing Costs 9,992 6,911 Printing & Stationery 2,824 4,160 Postage & Telephone 2,748 3,595 Audit Fees 500 1,410 Miscellaneous Expenses 1,726 2,014 Depreciation of Computer & Office Equipment 1,617 1,435 Accreditation 9,417 8,421 Insurance 5,175 3,839 Testing Review Costs 1,000 34,932 Development Fund Provision 20,000 – Surplus(Deficit) 14,195 26,569 203,500 208,082 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Licence Fees Received from Years 2-5 Fund 57,738 67,146 Licence Fees Received – Year 1 48,961 21,147 Appraisal Fees Received 31,870 21,677 Bank Interest Received 3,840 4,346 Registered Employers’ Fee 21,570 27,509 Additional Copies of Employers’ Regulations 3,991 1,814 Sale of Logbooks 35,138 25,660 Donations 143 13 Testing Review Income – 35,000 Other Income 249 3,770 203,500 208,082 Note: Licence Fees are taken into the income account equally over the five years a licence is valid THE INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS’ SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2002 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Scholarship Prizes – Current Year 15,22– 13,600 Surplus transferred to Capital Fund 11,352 15,295 11,352 15,895 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Interest on Investments 5,888 1,895 Donation transferred from Main Fund 5,464 5,000 1,352 5,895 THE INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS’ ROBERT DELL BEQUEST FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2002 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Scholarship Prizes – Current Year 308 300 Surplus transferred to Capital Fund 193 395 401 395 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Interest on Investments 401 395 401 395 THE WING AWARD FOR SAFETY FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2002 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Award and other costs 500 507 Surplus(deficit) transferred to/from Capital Fund (121) (171) 379 336 31st Dec 2002 31st Dec 2001 £ £ Income from Investments 379 336 379 336
NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 99 Accounts and of £14,195 for Licensing activities. The surplus for the Main Accounts was achieved despite the comparatively low income from advertising, down nearly £28,000 compared with 2001, and poor level of income from investments. This was countered by income from subscriptions and contracts with the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) in the United Kingdom for training and development services. The former was well above the 2.5% general increase in subscription rates and arose from the increasing membership together with a general tightening up of the administrative procedures. A second refund of VAT of £10,544 was received and this completes the claim made for earlier years. Major expenditure was incurred on the introduction of a new computer system. The implementation and training costs amounted to £25,267 whilst the increase in assets of £11,330 shown in the balance sheet arose from the purchase of the capital equipment for the system. At the same time the internet and telephone arrangements were optimised. The new computer system enables integration of the Institution’s administrative and financial procedures. During 2002 the new membership database and subscription management systems were commissioned. In addition, common office facilities such as e-mail were added to the office network. The full finance system will be introduced at the beginning of 2003. General administration costs were slightly lower than 2001 as some resource was diverted to the SRA project mentioned above. £10,000 was placed in the Development Fund and £10,000 has been put into the Textbook Fund. The latter was exhausted during the year by the completion of a book on Metro Signalling. A textbook on Railway Telecommunications is now in preparation. The stock of existing publications was replenished with a reprint of the Introduction to Signalling textbook. The Licensing Scheme surplus was achieved after placing £20,000 in a newly created Development Fund. Indications are that there will be a major expansion of the scheme over the coming two to three years. The Fund will help pay for the administrative changes needed. A considerable number of licences were paid for in advance of issue and this explains the sum of £85,110 shown in the balance sheet. The high level of Sundry Debtors is being addressed but many of these have arisen late in the financial year. No financial award was made from the Thorrowgood or Scholarship Funds during 2002. A donation to the Scholarship Fund was received from the family of A A Cardani, Past President, for whom a memorial fund was created during the year. All funds were affected by relatively low income from investments. As required by the Charity Commissioners, a review of the risks to which the Institution is exposed was conducted and Council agreed certain changes in November. A formal policy on reserves now complements the risk assessment. Although the capital value of shares is well down on earlier years, the majority of the reserves are held as cash on deposit and so the Institution remains in a good position financially. Changes in 2003 likely to affect the finances of the Institution are a membership recruitment campaign, the relaunch of IRSE News, further work for the SRA and the ASPECT2003 Conference. As a result of the satisfactory financial position no increase in subscriptions is currently planned. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT The year 2002 has once again seen a further expansion of the role the Institution plays within the industry’s training and development arena under the chairmanship of Alastair Wilson. We have continued to work with industry partners (SRA, RITC, HMRI) and the T&D Manager Karen Gould has maintained regular contact with the Sections and the industry throughout the year to ensure that our work maintains its relevance to the needs of the industry. Every edition of IRSE News has carried at least one article updating the membership on T&D activities. LOCAL SECTION T&D REPRESENTATIVES Our thanks go to our local section T&D representatives for their help and continuing support over the last year as follows: Gary Hall – Midlands & North Western Section, John Dickson – Scottish Section, Andy Moore – Plymouth Section, Stella Morris – Western Section, Peter Symons – Australasian Section. The following highlights the main T&D activities of the year: SRA-Funded Projects – Open Learning Initiative 2001 – Body of Knowledge Last year we were granted £100k by the SRA for the production of the IRSE’s ‘Body of Knowledge’. Several working groups have been very busy over the last year drafting this document, which combines and builds on the earlier work of the Training & Development, Examination and Licensing Committees to form a comprehensive reference document for the professional development of the railway signalling engineer. The document includes a complete catalogue of all known IRSE technical papers (UK) including IRSE Proceedings, IRSE News, Aspect International Conferences and other IRSE conferences and seminars. The catalogue is now available on the website. The document has undergone extensive review and revision by senior members of the IRSE and is targeted for completion in the spring of 2003. The Body of Knowledge will be made available in CD ROM format. SRA-Funded Projects for 2002 Perhaps of greatest significance this year was the granting of a further £250K by the SRA for Phase 2 of its Open Learning Initiative. The projects were derived from the outputs of last year’s IRSE Modern Apprenticeship Workshops where participants from across the industry identified a need for: • a concerted effort to recruit people into the industry; • a common, portable training scheme across the industry with generic training objectives;
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