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REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

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Patron
Her Majesty The Queen
President
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
KG KT GCB OM
Deputy Presidents
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra,
the Hon Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE CD JP DL
Honorary vice-presidents
Lord Barnard TD
The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
Sylvia, Countess of Limerick CBE
Professor John McClure OBE
Mrs Elspeth Thomas CBE DL
Vice-presidents
Mr Anthony Andrews
Ms Angela Rippon OBE
Mrs Maria Shammas MBE
Board of trustees
Lord Allen of Kensington CBE, chair
(from 1 January to 31 December 2013)
Mr David Bernstein CBE, chair
(from 1 January 2014)
Mr David Fall CMG, vice-chair
(until 31 December 2013)
Mrs Stella Cummings, vice-chair
(until 31 December 2013)
Mr Paul Taylor, vice-chair
Mr David Howell, treasurer
Mrs Fionnuala Cook OBE (from 1 January 2014)
Mr John Dauth AO LVO (from 1 January 2014)
Mr Robert Dewar CMG (from 21 March 2013)
Mrs Hilary Douglas CB
Ms Amy Foan
Mr Michael Herriot MBE
Mrs Uzo Iwobi OBE
Mr Steve John
Lady Angela Lamport (until 31 December 2013)
Dr Lise Llewellyn
Mr Gordon Low
Mrs Gill Moffat
Mrs Amanda Nicholson (from 1 January 2014)
Dr Daniel Sedgewick
Mr Keith Shipman
Board sub-committees include
Finance, risk and audit committee
Remuneration committee
Nominations committee
Senior management team
Sir Nicholas Young, chief exceutive
Michael Adamson, managing director of operations
Roger Smith FCIPD, director of people and learning
Mark Astarita, director of fundrarising
Philip Talbot, director of communications
Rohan Hewavisenti ACA, director of nance
and business development
Caroline Leighton, chef de cabinet
David Peppiatt, director of international
Juliet Mountford, director of UK service development
Norman McKinley, UK director - Scotland, Wales,
Northern Ireland and Isle of Man
Jean Henderson, UK director - North England
Annie Bibbings, UK director - South England
External auditor
Deloitte LLP
2 New Street Square
London EC4A 3BZ
Bankers
National Westminster Bank plc
City of London Ofce
PO Box 12258
1 Princes Street
London EC2R 8PA
External legal advisers
Withers
Old Bailey
London EC4M 7EG
Investment managers
BlackRock
12 Throgmorton Avenue
London EC2N 2DL
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Chair and chief executives statement 2
Trustees report
1. Our aims 4
2. Emergency response and recovery 10
3. Resilience 20
4. Independent living 24
5. Supporting the Movement 26
6. Our plans for 2014 28
7. Review of fundraising and nances 30
8. Structure, governance
and risk management 34
Accounts
9. Independent auditors report to
the trustees of the British Red Cross 38
10. Accounts for the year ended
31 December 2013 41
Thanks 64
Contents
Cover: A Red Cross emergency response volunteer surveys
the ooding in Somerset. Victoria Wood-Matthews/BRC.
Chair and chief executives statement
David Bernstein CBE
Chair of the board
of trustees (from 1 Jan 2014)
Sir Nicholas Young
Chief executive
In 1863, Henri Dunant and
four colleagues in Geneva
founded the organisation that
would become the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement. The work of the
British Red Cross 150 years later
offers some stark reminders of
why we are as relevant today
as when the Movement was
founded, helping people in
need through natural disasters,
conict and personal crises, at
home and abroad.
We marked the 150th
anniversary on 31 October when
we joined a Movement-wide call
to end attacks on aid workers
in Syria and for them to be
allowed safe, unimpeded access
to those in desperate need of
medicine, food and support, in
accordance with international
law. At the time, 22 Syrian Arab
Red Crescent volunteers were
known to have been killed. By
the end of the year the number
had risen to 34, a tragic and
terrible statistic that serves to
emphasise the seless courage,
dedication and sheer humanity
of Red Cross and Red Crescent
workers across the world.
Our Syria Appeal topped
11.1m in 2013, helping to pay
for urgent support for people
within Syria and throughout
the region where 2.3 million
refugees have taken shelter in
neighbouring countries. Our
appeal continues into 2014
to support the estimated nine
million Syrians in need.
The sheer scale of destruction
wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in
the Philippines, the strongest
storm ever to make landfall,
triggered another remarkable
Red Cross response. The British
Red Cross ew in teams to
help co-ordinate and deliver
aid in the immediate aftermath,
and the heartfelt response of
our supporters saw our appeal
reach 14.2m by the end of
the year. A signicant amount
of this money has been spent
in short-term recovery, but we
will be supporting people in the
Philippines to rebuild their lives
for several years to come.
To deliver on our aim of
supporting people in crisis
whoever and wherever they are,
we dedicate a signicant amount
of time and money to helping in
emergencies that dont hit the
headlines, such as the threat of
food shortages in Zimbabwe. In
2013, an estimated 2.2 million
people faced the prospect of
being without access to the
food they need to survive.
Where food is scarce, prices are
rising children are dropping
out of school to work in support
of family income and poorer
families have been forced to cut
down from three to one meal
a day. We gave 80,000 to help
provide food, seeds, farming
tools and water.
We also faced many challenges
here in the UK in 2013, including
a stormy end to the year which
brought down power lines,
caused ooding across the
country and swept away homes
in a tidal surge along the east
coast. Our volunteers helped to
set up rest centres, checked on
vulnerable people, and delivered
blankets and all kinds of
practical and emotional support
to hundreds of those affected.
And its not just in such high
prole emergencies that youll
see the Red Cross. We believe
that every crisis is personal its
not so much the scale but the
impact on individuals which is at
the forefront of our minds, which
is why weve been growing our
UK services to reach even more
people in crisis.
Our independent living services
reached 439,000 people last
year. Our refugee services
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helped more than 10,000 adults
in the UK, and our mobility aids
helped more than 167,000 people
get out to the places and events
that are important to them from a
hospital appointment in Exeter to a
church service in the Wirral.
Weve also been looking at how
we can best support the thousands
of people in the UK experiencing
food poverty. Joining forces with
Fareshare and the Trussell Trust,
which are already well established
in the sector, our volunteers and
staff made a huge contribution to
this lifeline for families when we
took part in local food collections
at Tesco. Shoppers donated 4.3
million items 18,000 tonnes
of food!
As well as helping more people,
were improving the way we
run our services: recording and
learning from the impact of our
work, getting more feedback
from people who use our services
and working with them to deliver
personalised support. This not only
improves our services but it helps
us ensure were really using the
funding we receive as efciently
and effectively as possible.
None of this is possible without the
generosity of our supporters and
the dedication of everyone staff
and volunteers, including in our
332 shops who raise funds to
help people in need. We hit another
150 milestone in 2013 as our
income from fundraising activities
exceeded 150m for the rst time,
a truly remarkable achievement in
the current economic climate.
At the end of the year we bid
farewell to our departing Chair
Lord Allen of Kensington CBE with
thanks for his valued contribution
during the year. David Bernstein
CBE becomes our new chair,
leading the board of trustees
from 1 January 2014. David, a
chartered accountant, is a former
chair of Manchester City FC and
the Football Association, and has
undertaken many commercial
non-executive roles. With a wealth
of experience in charitable and
voluntary activities he has much
to offer a dynamic and ambitious
organisation such as the British
Red Cross, and we welcome
him warmly.
Last year, as every year, we
could not have helped so many
people in so many places
without the compassion, energy
and humanitarian spirit of our
volunteers, staff and supporters.
We offer heartfelt thanks to each
and every one of you for being
a vital part of the British Red
Cross and the remarkable global
Movement we represent as we
start the next 150 years.
Sir Nicholas Young
Chief executive
David Bernstein CBE
Chair of the board of trustees
Photos right: Matthew Percival/BRC and Lloyd Sturdy/BRC.
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OUR AIMS
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OUR AIMS
Our vision
is of a world where everyone gets the help they need in a crisis.
Our mission
is to mobilise the power of humanity so that
individuals and communities can prepare for,
deal with and recover from a crisis.
Dolgorsuren Gombo is supported by a Mongolian Red
Cross Society social care programme. Suzi Neil/BRC.
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As the UKs leading emergency response charity, over 27,000
volunteers and 3,700 staff pursue these goals both here and
overseas. We help millions of people prepare for, respond to
and recover from all kinds of crises disasters, conicts and
health-related or other personal crisis.
Our work includes local and international emergency
response, health and social care services and rst aid and
humanitarian education. The combined effect is to help both
individuals and communities become more resilient and able
to better withstand any crisis.
We operate both in our own right and as part of the
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the
worlds largest humanitarian network, which has more than
13 million volunteers across 189 countries. Our corporate
strategy, Saving Lives, Changing Lives, sets the framework
for our core activities between 2010-15.
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A record
28.5m
spent on UK
emergencies
In 2013 we committed to:
> Continue to grow our short-term
crisis response services such as re and
emergency support, event rst aid and
our work with refugees to ensure that
individuals get a cost-effective, high quality
response from us which is based on their
needs rather than where they live.
Our re and emergency support
teams were called out to help
people facing 2,250 res, oods,
power cuts and more supporting
vulnerable people and the
emergency services. With new
partnerships and volunteers
secured in 2013, we spent a
record 28.5m helping people
in UK emergencies.
Our event rst aid service provides
professional rst aid cover at
fantastic value for event organisers.
Last year our volunteers and staff
treated 32,500 people at more than
7,800 events.
> Support the strengthening of the
disaster management capacity of the
International Federation and National
Societies in Africa and South Asia,
focussing particularly on improving
organisational preparedness, capacity
to increase community resilience, and
building our own teams of response
and early recovery specialists deployed
internationally.
In Africa, we supported National
Societies in Djibouti, Kenya,
Lesotho, South Africa, Sierra Leone
and Uganda on issues as diverse as
HIV, micro-nance, access to food
and preparing for droughts.
In South Asia, we helped the
Nepal Red Cross to launch a
three-year programme of disaster
preparedness focussed on
earthquakes, ooding and res.
In Bangladesh, were continuing
to support the Bangladesh
Red Crescent to address the
vulnerability of 60,000 people in
disaster-prone areas. This includes
housing, health, employment and
providing cyclone shelters.
3.2m from our disaster fund was
given to help people in emergencies
in 16 countries in 2013 and our
own teams of disaster response
specialists were deployed on more
than 50 occasions last year to
support 22 emergencies overseas
including those in India, Lebanon,
Mozambique, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Syria and Sudan.
> Equip 400,000 young people and
adults with rst aid skills, so they are
more able, condent and willing to help
someone in a crisis. We will put life-saving
tools in peoples pockets through the
promotion and launch of different versions
of our rst aid mobile app.
We trained 445,000 young people
and adults in rst aid in 2013. We
launched a new Baby and Child
First Aid app which topped 109,000
free downloads. Meanwhile our rst
aid app launched in 10 countries
worldwide.
How are we performing?
Supporting
people in
27
countries
abroad.
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Event rst aid volunteers looking after
visitors at the Bristol International
Balloon Fiesta. Tim Mossford/UNP.
> Advocate on our three priorities:
securing inclusion of rst aid
on the national curriculum and
encouraging more schools to
teach rst aid; driving changes
in the asylum system to reduce
destitution ofpeople receiving
refugee status, and promoting the
continued need for legal support
for refugees seeking to be reunited
with their families;and winning
policy support at a national and
local levelfor the importance of
low level preventative health and
social care to allow people to live
with dignity and independence
where possible in their own home.
The new English national
curriculum in 2013 included
some points on human
rights and international law,
but did not include rst aid.
However, rst aid continues
to be listed in the optional
personal, social and health
education (PSHE) study
programme for schools.
Were continuing to call for
an end to destitution among
refugees and, last year,
published our research
and recommendations in
A Decade of Destitution,
with the Boaz Trust. Were
also talking to ministers
about the continued need for
family reunion legal support
and were preparing to work
with the government to
revamp the family reunion
form, making it easier to
ll in correctly without
expert help.
Following our campaign
promoting the need for
greater access to low level
preventative health and
social care, the Care Bill
was amended to abolish
thresholds for preventative
services and make provision
universal. This should allow
more people to live with
dignity and independence
in their own homes.
> Grow our integrated health and
social care offer so that we support
65,000 people to live independently
in their own homes. This is in line
with our target to reach 40 per cent
more people by 2014 (compared to
2011 baseline).
439,000 people were helped
by our independent living
services, of which 63,000
people were helped by Red
Cross volunteers and staff at
home and more than 146,000
were helped by localised
services such as support
and advice in disability
living centres and hospitals,
befriending and support for
carers.
> Continue our journey towards
measuring and understanding
the impact of our work in the UK
and internationally so that we can
respond better to the changing
needs of people affected by crisis.
This approach will be fundamental
to the development of our strategic
direction beyond 2015.
2013 saw the launch of our
beneciary relationship
management system
(BRM) designed to help
us digitise records of all
our interactions with our
beneciaries. We are also
developing new ways of
measuring the impact
of our work on the lives
of beneciaries, and
improving our mechanisms
for collecting and using
comments, feedback
and complaints. All these
measures help us to better
understand who we help,
how we help them and what
difference we make. It also
allows us to monitor the
quality, effectiveness and
consistency of our services
and ensure we are making
the best use of our income.
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British Red
Cross treated
32,500
people
at more than
7,800
events
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EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY
We respond to hundreds of disasters every
year. From oods and earthquakes to
conicts or a critical lack of access to food,
were among the rst to arrive, and we stay
long after the crisis is over.
International emergencies
We helped hundreds of thousands of people in
27 countries via our emergency response work in
2013, supporting people through conicts, natural
disasters, and large-scale migration by helping with
food, shelter, health and sanitation, family income
and much more. We sent more than 50 delegates
to help in 22 emergencies, spending 25.7m on
international emergency response and recovery.
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2013
WE HELPED IN
27 COUNTRIES
providing
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WE SPENT
25.7m
ON EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY
OVERSEAS
We sent more than 50
delegates to help in
22 emergencies
Destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines. The
remains of the communities homes, land and possessions are submerged
in seawater. Rona Mae, aged 14, surveys the wreckage where her home
used to stand. Olav Saltbones/IFRC.
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Syria
The International Movement of
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies continues to work
throughout the conict-ridden
provinces of Syria as well as
in neighbouring countries,
such as Jordan, Lebanon,
Iraq and Turkey, where more
than two million refugees have
ed. Around 6.5 million people
remain displaced inside Syria,
trying to survive bleak winters,
food shortages and risks to
their lives.
Our Syria Appeal exceeded
11.1m in 2013, enabling
us to support the provision
of essential supplies of food,
tarpaulins, medical kits,
blankets, ambulances and
mattresses. Help from the
Movement reaches around
2.5 million Syrians every month.
More than nine million Syrians
continue to need urgent help
in the form of food, shelter,
medical help and psycho-social
support. Our appeal continues
into 2014 and our Syrian Arab
Red Crescent partners are
working tirelessly to help those
in hard-to-reach areas on the
frontlines of the conict.
India
Octobers Cyclone Phailin
affected 12 million people in
north-east India, killing 46
people, damaging or destroying
more than 200,000 homes
and wrecking paddy elds.
Immediate aid supplied by
the Indian Red Cross Society
included clothes, mosquito
nets, blankets and cooking
equipment. The British Red
Cross Indian Cyclone Appeal
raised money to support the
relief effort. In recent years,
the Red Cross has opened
75 cyclone shelters in coastal
The drainage is not only resolving the
ooding problemit also creates jobs in
the area. This is a poor neighbourhood but
thanks to this programme, people have
something to do and can earn money.
Bernisier Beubrun
Zone 5 resident, Haiti
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areas, which are thought
to have kept deaths to
a minimum.
Haiti
Weve been rebuilding lives
in Haiti since the devastating
earthquake of 2010, working
closely with local communities
every step of the way. Our work
has been focussed on Delmas
19, a densely populated suburb
of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Weve built a new market,
repaired the canal and installed
street drainage systems,
training and employing
local people in construction
throughout.
Disaster fund
Our disaster fund allows us
to give immediate support in
emergencies around the world.
In 2013, we used 3.2m from
the fund to help people in
16 different countries facing
earthquakes, oods, food
shortages, cyclones, cholera
and conicts.
Psychological support
Twice this year we were called
upon to send psycho-social
delegates to give emotional
and practical support to Britons
overseas as part of the Foreign
and Commonwealth Ofces
rapid deployment team. Six
delegates ew out when the
Algeria hostage crisis hit gas
plant workers in January and
two were dispatched to help
survivors of the Westgate mall
attack in Kenya, in September.
Photo: Delmas 19 district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The British Red Cross has been working to rebuild homes,
the canal and provide a new market square to get the community back on its feet after the devastating
earthquake of 2010. Julien Goldstein/IFRC.
Countries supported by our disaster fund 1. Philippines. 2. Nigeria.
3. Burundi. 4. Zimbabwe. 5. Mozambique. 6. Mali.
7. Syria. 8. Democratic Republic of Congo. 9. Central African
Republic. 10. Bangladesh. 11. Chad. 12. Sudan. 13. Malta.
14. Namibia. 15. India. 16. Vietnam.
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The Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan, reported to be the
strongest tropical storm ever to make
landfall, devastated the Philippines
in November causing widespread
destruction, killing 6,200 people and
leaving many more without homes, jobs or
access to enough food and clean water.
The Red Cross was at the core of a large-
scale international response with the
Movement reaching more than 98,000
households with emergency aid in the
rst three months following the disaster.
The British Red Cross sent an emergency
response team to help co-ordinate aid
distribution, organise shelter and support
the Philippine Red Cross Society. We also
sent a Red Cross plane of supplies loaded
with tents, food, generators, forklift trucks
and a Land Rover one of 24 Red Cross
cargo ights which brought more than one
thousand tonnes of aid from Asia
and Europe.
In front of my house towards
the beach, I could see a giant
wave. Thats when I felt a
terrible dread. I tried to run
to the front door.
Rosita Agustin, 78, survived
the tidal surge caused by
Typoon Haiyan by clinging
to the top of her door. Many
others did not survive.
Hundreds of miles from Santa
Nino, Rositas daughter had
no idea if her mother was
dead or alive. But with the
help of the Red Cross, the
family was reunited four
days later.
Rosita says: A Red Cross
volunteer came over and
asked are you Rosita
Agustin? Your daughter is
looking for you. I hugged
him and I kissed him a
thousand times.
eld hospitals
TENTS
GENERATORS
SUPPORT
forklift trucks
Children sit outside their home in Ormoc, Leyte
province, while building repair works take place in
the community. Stephen Ryan / Irish Red Cross IFRC
eld hospitals
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Were delighted with the ongoing
support we get from the Red
Cross and extend our thanks to
each and every volunteer for what
they do. We have a good working
relationship with them and long
may it continue.
Robert Walker
East Midlands Ambulance
Service Trust
British Red Cross volunteers in action during the Speed of Light festival in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.
Callum Bennetts/MAVERICK.
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In the UK
Red Cross emergency response volunteers
were out in force in 2013, helping more
than 14,000 people across the UK
following multiple storms which led to
evacuations, ooding and power cuts.
As the year drew to a close, the country
was battered by the St Jude storm,
the east coast oods and a wet and
windy December which left thousands
of households in the dark and cold after
high winds brought down power-lines
and continued to saturate ground already
ooded following heavy rain. Our re and
emergency support teams brought relief
to hundreds of people with more than one
hundred call outs in two days following the
St Jude storm and many more over the
Christmas period. Our specially equipped
Land Rovers helped to deliver warm
clothes, bedding, food, drinks and comfort
from Hampshire to the Highlands.
Food poverty
Last year, we handed out our 25 millionth
food parcel since the First World War.
Incredibly, we still provide them in the
UK, distributing them to refugees who
nd themselves in need of emergency
help. Food poverty is an issue in the UK
and in response we joined forces with
Fareshare, the Trussell Trust and Tesco
for neighbourhood food collections in
November. The 18,000 tonnes of food
collected is being distributed to charities
providing food for homeless shelters,
womens refuges, older peoples clubs
and childrens breakfast clubs.
Help for family who lost
everything in oods
The east coast tidal surge brought crashing
waves that destroyed the Woods family
home on the Norfolk seafront, scattering
their ruined belongings throughout a
nearby eld.
Without insurance, and all the equipment
for their business wrecked, Wes and Helen
and their two children (aged 12 and nine)
lost everything.
Red Cross support in emergencies
volunteers drove straight to the site laden
with food parcels, bedding and hygiene
packs for all the residents.
With only the clothes they stood in, the
family was desperate for a set of warm,
clean clothes. Our emergency team quickly
secured complete new sets of clothing for
each family member and worked with local
charities to nd replacement furniture for
damaged homes.
British Red
Cross helped
14,000
people affected
by storms
Photo Archant Norfolk
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Event rst aid
Event rst aid teams kicked off a
spectacular summer of big-ticket events
providing 24-hour cover at Silverstone
for the British Grand Prix followed by a
series of concerts at the Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park in London, Scotlands T-in
the Park, Bristol International Balloon
Festival and the prestigious Burghley
Horse Trials.
From burns to broken bones and even
life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation
at a rugby match, its been an incredible
year to be a rst aid volunteer. We won
new contracts with local councils and
NHS commissioners, covered more than
7,800 events and had more than 700 new
applications to join after a local recruitment
campaign at the end of the year.
Refugee services
Across the UK our refugee services
operating in 59 towns and cities see
too many people who are in desperate
situations without a home, a job, or any
reliable access to food and daily essentials.
We offer emergency food parcels, help
people access services, and provide
valuable support and advice.
Were continuing to call for an end
to destitution among refugees and in
2013 we published our research and
recommendations into the issues with the
Boaz Trust. Were also talking to ministers
about the continued need to reinstate legal
aid for family reunion and were lending
our support to a government review of the
complex family reunion application form.
Our refugee support projects in the UK
helped more than 10,000 adults in 2013.
Those we helped came from countries
including Iran, Eritrea, Sudan, Zimbabwe,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria,
Iraq and Nigeria.
Our bespoke services gave a lifeline to
refugees and asylum seekers providing:
> orientation
> signposting to legal and nancial support
> food parcels
> access to English classes
> emergency clothing, toiletries and
maternity packs
> family reunion
> emotional support.
Christine ed Cameroon when she was ve months pregnant. She
was so happy with the help she received from our refugee services
in the UK that she now volunteers as a befriender. Paul Carter/UNP.
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Top 10 countries of origin for refugees
we helped in the UK in 2013
Afghanistan
Eritrea
Iran
Iraq
Nigeria
Pakistan
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Zimbabwe
1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0
700
new volunteer
applications
after event rst aid
recruitment
campaign
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Teaching rst aid
to pupils helps to
build a generation
of life-savers in
every community.
Matthew Percival/
BRC.
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First aid
A population fortied with people who
know life-saving rst aid skills is crucial
to developing resilient communities. In
2013, 445,000 people took one of our
rst aid skills courses, including 34,000
in Scotland.
But thanks to digital media, rst aid
skills can be with you wherever you are,
whenever you need them. Following on
from the success of our initial rst aid
app launched in December 2011 (which
still proved very popular with 319,000
downloads last year), we launched a
dedicated Baby and Child First Aid app
in 2013 which was downloaded 109,000
times. The app packed with easy to
follow videos, animations, tips and quizzes
helps parents on the move with easy to
follow guidance and can help you nd
your nearest hospital in moments.
RESILIENCE
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January
Emergency response and care in the
home volunteers were out supporting
people struggling with snowfall.
February
The British Red Cross gave 80,000
from its Disaster Fund to help feed
people in hunger-hit Zimbabwe.
March
In March we called for the humanitarian
response in Syria to be scaled up.
April
In April, we worked with the Sierra
Leone Red Cross to roll out SMS
warnings about ood risks and malaria.
May
Launched the Baby and Child First aid
app meaning parents in the UK can
be ready to help their children at the
touch of a button.
2013
the year in brief
Our Life.Live it. rst aid
campaign for young people
turned the spotlight on self-
harm after our research
suggested 42% of young
people either knew someone
who had self-harmed or had
harmed themselves. More than
430,000 people watched our
video to pick up rst aid tips on
YouTube. Later in the year, a
quarter of a million people put
themselves centre stage in our
personalised witness app on
Facebook, and were guided
through life-saving skills as the
story of a stabbing unfolded.
We gathered 10,000 signatures
for our Pupil, Citizen, Life-
saver campaign to get rst
aid on Englands new national
curriculum. While human
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educational establishments
to provide a range of rst
aid learning opportunities
for pupils.
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a big difference to the lives of
vulnerable people and in 2013
we teamed up with the Big
Issue Foundation to equip the
magazines sellers with life-
saving skills. We also taught
rst aid to young offenders,
offering them a way to make
a positive contribution to their
communities.
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June
Marcus Crockers miniature statues
of famous refugees hit the headlines,
highlighting the contribution high-prole
refugees have made to UK culture.
Months
109,000
downloads
in 2013
Timeline photos:
Ibrahim Malla/SARC and
Matthew Percival/BRC
Nepal is one of the most disaster-
prone countries in the world, the
highly populated Kathmandu
Valley faces signicant risk of a
catastrophic earthquake.
The Nepalese Red Cross programme,
supported by the Red Cross, teaches people about
preparing for earthquakes and what to do when they
strike, through school classes, community training
and street theatre a valuable medium in a country
where many people cannot read and dont speak
the same language.
Kriti Khatri, 23, has been trained in rst aid,
reghting and how to search for people who
may be trapped.
International resilience
Resilience encompasses many
elements which help individuals and
communities survive and even thrive
in difcult conditions. Our resilience-
building projects reect this diversity.
A new Red Cross programme
in Myanmar is improving health
services for mothers and children
in 75 remote communities where
the cost of antenatal and postnatal
care, and limited access to services,
has a huge impact on the infant
mortality rate one of the worst in
south-east Asia. The British Red
Cross is supporting the Myanmar
I dont just feel
safer for myself, but I can keep
other people safe my family
and others in my community.
Kriti Khatri
Nepalese Red Cross volunteer
Preparing for earthquakes
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July
Young people from around the country
were strutting their stuff in our
Dance: Make Your Move contest at
Londons IndigO2.
August
Disaster-prone Bangladesh was hit by
Cyclone Mahasen. We gave a 57,000
donation from our Disaster Fund.
September
As the Westgate mall terror attack in
Kenya hit the headlines, two Red Cross
psycho-social support delegates ew
in to support British nationals.
October
In October, we joined the
International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movements call for an end
to attacks on aid workers on the
Movements 150th anniversary.
November
David and Victoria Beckham donated
boxes of clothes and shoes for our
Typhoon Haiyan Shop Drop which had
supporters queuing down the road.
December
We joined forces with food distribution
charity Fareshare, the Trussell Trust and
Tesco to lend our volunteer power toa
neighbourhood food collection.
Red Cross to train health
care professionals for remote
villages and educate people
about common, preventable
diseases.
> We also gave our support,
along with a 4m grant,
for 2012-16 from the UK
governments Department for
International Development,
to a new Nepal Red Cross
programme to prepare people
for earthquakes in Nepals
Kathmandu valley.
> In Mongolia, we continue
to support a Mongolian Red
Cross programme helping
elderly, disabled and
vulnerable people facing
isolation and hardship.
> In Sierra Leone, location-
based text messaging has
been warning around one
million people about food risks
and outbreaks of disease.
The two-way system allows
people to text back for help
and advice for vital
information, such as cholera
and malaria prevention.
> Our ongoing programme
in Bangladesh has been
addressing the factors
which make communities
vulnerable, such as poor
access to healthcare services
and sanitation facilities, poor
housing and fragile livelihoods.
In 2013, more cyclone shelters
helped protect communities
from storms.
> We continue to support
the South African Red Cross
vital programme for children
orphaned by HIV and AIDS. In
KwaZulu-Natal one in seven
people aged two or older are
living with HIV. Red Cross
programmes in the region
focus on education to prevent
infections, improving healthcare,
reducing social stigma and
supporting thousands of
orphans and children with
practical and emotional support.
This huge and complex
programme reaches hundreds of
thousands of people every year.
> In Somalia, we supported
the Somali Red Crescent with
the development of their new
community health strategy
focusing on preventative,
educational and curative
healthcare services.
Moe Khang,
gave birth to
her baby while
out working
on farmland
near her home.
She said: I did not see
the midwife until I was
already eight months
pregnant and at that time
I already had severe pain.
She helped me adjust the
position of the child and
the pain stopped.
Mothers in Myanmar
Photo top left: Earthquake response training for community
volunteers in Nepal. Matthew Percival/BRC. Photo above: Gregory Rose/
BRC. Timeline photos: Matthew Percival/BRC and Joel Chant/UNP.
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INDEPENDENT
LIVING
When Marjorie
Stacey, 81
(above), was
discharged
from hospital
after suffering dizzy spells,
the British Red Cross
stepped in to help.
Our volunteers took Marjorie
home from hospital, made
regular visits to check she
was safe and well and picked
up her prescriptions.
Marjorie said: It made me
feel really good because I
knew someone was there.
Val Horn, matron at Poole
Hospital, added: This
scheme is really important.
The feedback we have
received has been fantastic
its an incredible success
story and has made a big
difference to so many people
and their families.
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We help people maintain their
independence and cope with health
related crises by providing support
at home, transport support and
mobility aids.
We think low-level preventative health and
social care is increasingly important for
reducing hospital admissions and helping
people to live independently in their own
homes for as long as possible.
This means were working hard to help
more people and, in 2013, we succeeded
in reaching more than 439,000 people with
our independent living services providing
support at home, mobility aids, transport
support and hand, arm and shoulder
massage.
Our volunteers and staff helped 63,000
people cope in their own homes, many after
a stay in hospital, including more than 5,000
people in Scotland. Short-term wheelchair
loans continue to be the most in-demand
of our mobility aids service, which has
loaned equipment to 167,000 people in the
past year (including almost 60,000 people
beneting from our community equipment
service in Nottingham). And local transport
support teams have been stepping in to
take people on vital journeys, such as
medical appointments, accomplishing more
than 93,000 trips.
Research* tells us that, overwhelmingly,
those who use our services felt better
able to manage their daily activities, had
improved feelings of wellbeing and better
coping skills thanks to their Red Cross
programme of support.
Our approaches are sometimes
localised for a specic health issue in a
specic community and we are working
to make them personalised to individual
needs. For example, people might tell us
they need help to get their condence
back, walk to the shops by themselves,
managing nances and paperwork, travel
to medical appointments, cook themselves
a meal, or get a hand with shopping. And
our pioneering Facelook service in Suffolk,
can keep people in touch with their friends,
family and the Red Cross through video
calls on their television.
Were committed to speaking out for the
needs of vulnerable people. Thats why we
called for the government to amend the
Care Bill to mandate that preventative care
services be made available to people with
all levels of need. The thresholds were duly
abolished and now were tracking the bill as
it progresses through parliament, calling for
assurances that the government will provide
local councils with enough funding to deliver
the services.
* Exploring the difference made by Support at Home,
by the British Red Cross
I would denitely
recommend volunteering
with the Red Cross if youre
passionate about helping,
caring or doing something
that will make you feel good.
I cant think of anything better
to do with your time.
Volunteer Beth Clapson,
19, from Ipswich

We helped
63,000
people cope in
their homes.
Photo left: 81-year-old Marjorie was glad to have the support of a Red Cross volunteer when she
returned home from hospital. Paul Carter/UNP. Photo top: Jason Bye/UNP.
INDEPENDENT
LIVING
SUPPORTING
THE MOVEMENT
Syria
The 150th anniversary of the
International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement saw
us join a Movement-wide
call for an end to attacks on
aid workers, asking that their
neutral role be respected and
their access to conict zones
is protected. At the time, 22
members of the Syrian Arab
Red Crescent were known to
have been killed while on duty
and many others had been
injured. By the end of the year,
this number had risen to 34.
The safety of aid workers in the
Syrian conict continues to be
a Movement-wide priority. We
remain committed to raising
awareness of the humanitarian
impact of the crisis in Syria
and its neighbouring countries
and we are also continuing our
call for aid workers to be given
safe and unrestricted access
to Syrians in need of help. All
parties to the conict must
respect the unique neutral,
impartial and independent
position of the Movement which
commits all Red Cross and Red
Crescent volunteers and staff
to abide by these principles.
8NS
The innovative 8NS (eight
National Societies) partnership
between four African and
four non-African Red Cross
National Societies has been
exploring new ways of working,
problem solving and sharing
knowledge. Four pairings
were formed between the Red
Cross societies of Britain and
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and
the Netherlands, Liberia and
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Canada, Mozambique and
Norway. By increasing the
independence and growth in
the African National Societies,
the aim has been to strengthen
their ability to help vulnerable
people and their communities.
The non-African National
Societies have, in turn,
learned more about conict
transformation and health
programming.
The project has enabled the
British Red Cross to develop
its partnership with the Sierra
Leone Red Cross, providing
vital support to community
based healthcare, post-conict
care and disaster management
programmes.
ICRC partnership
Our key areas of support to
the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2013
included the development of
new tools for market analysis
in conict-affected areas and
improving our collaboration on
cash-based programming.
We continued to collaborate
across international
humanitarian law, international
family tracing and our work in
Northern Ireland.
We concluded a successful
partnership programme
in Azerbaijan, and began
preparations for a potential
new programme in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo.
Working with DFID
Within the Movement,
the British Red Cross has
overarching responsibility for
managing the relationship
with the UK governments
Department for International
Development (DFID) on behalf
of the International Federation
and its National Societies
on policy, operational and
nancial issues. This includes
a grant of 1.6m to the
British Red Cross as part of
a Programme Partnership
Arrangement (PPA), 8m to
the International Federation as
part of an Institutional Strategy
Agreement, and a number of
long-term grants to National
Societies and contributions to
emergency appeals.
International
humanitarian law
and policy
The British Red Cross is
recognised as a leading
National Society in international
humanitarian law (IHL), and as
a reliable and expert partner
to the government and the
UK armed forces. In 2013,
we delivered IHL training for
government legal advisers
and staff in the Department
for International Development.
We also represented the
United Kingdom at the Third
Meeting of Representatives of
Commonwealth National
IHL Committees.
Our humanitarian policy
team was instrumental in
the Movements joint call on
Syria, helping to promote
humanitarian concerns at
the UN Security Council.
And our chairing of the Non-
Governmental Organisations
Military Contact Group
received acclaim from several
government departments.
General Assembly
and Council of Delegates
At the Movements Sydney
meeting in November, the
British Red Cross was elected
to the Governing Board of the
International Federation
of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies.
MOVEMENT-WIDE
CALL FOR AN END
TO ATTACKS ON
AID WORKERS
Showing solidarity with Syrian Arab
Red Crescent volunteers and
remembering those who lost
their lives. James Emmett/BRC.
Photo left: Syrian Arab Red Crescent
volunteers distribute vital aid to
those in need in hard-to-reach areas
of the conict-affected country.
Ibrahim Malla/SARC.
OUR PLANS
FOR 2014
Continue to STRENGTHEN our capacity
to respond to emergencies.
Continue to SUPPORT the Movement.
DEVELOP community resilience in the UK.
SUPPORT more people in the UK
to live independently at home.
ADVOCATE with and on behalf
of vulnerable groups.
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Photo left: Life-saving skills can be vital for vulnerable groups. We teach everyday rst aid
to help individuals and communities take care of themselves and others. Matthew Percival/BRC.
Photo right: Jonathan Banks/BRC and Anthony Upton/BRC.
1. Responding to emergencies
We will continue to strengthen our
capacity to respond to emergencies
in the UK and abroad. We will do
this by ensuring the organisational
preparedness of the British Red
Cross and the wider Movement,
improving how we use our assets,
and by working in partnership with
other agencies. We will also provide
direct support to more than 11,000
refugees and asylum seekers in
the UK.
2. Supporting the Movement
We will support the Movement
by strengthening the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies humanitarian
response. In those countries where
the need is greatest we will develop
the capacity of National Societies so
that communities at risk are better
prepared to withstand and recover
from crises.
3. Building resilient
communities
We will develop community resilience
in the UK by teaching life-saving rst
aid skills to 370,000 people, targeting
vulnerable groups. Through our
humanitarian education programmes
165,000 young people will learn
about crises, vulnerability and stigma.
Building on the success of our rst aid
and Baby and Child First Aid apps,
we will explore the development of
new apps to help people in crisis.
4. Helping people live
independently
We will support more people in the
UK to live independently at home
by tailoring our independent living
services to the needs of individuals.
We will reach 70,000 people with our
support in the home services, working
in partnership with other agencies
to ensure that those experiencing a
crisis receive the best possible care.
5. Advocating on behalf of
vulnerable groups
We will advocate with and on
behalf of vulnerable groups in the
UK and overseas.
In the UK, we will call for the family
reunion process to be simplied; raise
awareness of destitution experienced
by refugees and asylum seekers;
promote the benets of rst aid
training for vulnerable groups; and
inuence the governments Care Bill
to ensure that preventative care is
available to those who need it.
Together with the Movement, we will
call for greater global commitment to
enabling communities and individuals
to prepare for, withstand and recover
from crises and for humanitarian aid
workers in Syria to have greater and
safer access to people in need.
Reach
70,000
people with
support in
the home

Support
11,000
refugees and
asylum
seekers
To teach
life-saving
rst aid to
370,000
people
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7. 7.
26% Resilience
31%
Independent living
8% Supporting the
Movement
35% Emergency
response and recovery
Our nances
We continue to be humbled by the generosity of the British
public, both when disaster strikes and with their regular, ongoing
support. Our income increased 14 per cent to 228.4m in 2013,
far exceeding our expectations for the year. This has enabled us
to increase our charitable expenditure by 13 per cent to 155.1m,
including a record 114.1m paid from unrestricted funds. Whilst
we are reporting a strong nancial position for 2013, we do have
concerns for the future with the strain on government contracts
linked to the continuing austerity measures as well as indications
that the growth in our fundraising income is beginning to slow. We
will be working hard to ensure we maximise our impact with the
funds we receive.
REVIEW OF
FUNDRAISING
AND FINANCES
Charitable
expenditure
155.1m
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Income
We are fortunate to have a
diversied income base which
includes donations, government
grants and earned income from
delivering our services. We are
pleased to report growth across
our key income streams:
> Donations grew 19 per cent to
106.5m, partly due to the public
support in response to Typhoon
Haiyan and the ongoing situation
in Syria. We are thankful for
the continuing support from our regular
givers, who despite the difcult times,
increased their donations by seven per
cent to 48.2m. And thanks to the efforts
of our staff and volunteers we received a
record breaking 1.1m during our annual
Red Cross Week.
> Retail income grew two per cent to
28.1m which is a great achievement
given the extremely poor weather in early
2013 which resulted in a slow start to the
year on the high street.
> Our income from legacies was up
seven per cent to 21.8m. We continued
our legacy advertising campaign during
2013 as, with just seven per cent of the
general public leaving a gift in their will,
we believe that there is potential for future
income growth.
> We receive grants both for our work
in the UK and internationally. Grants for
the UK have decreased as we see some
funders moving to contracts. We are
thankful for the continued support from the
Department for International Development
(DFID) with grant income increasing 5.7m
to 20.6m.
> Nearly half of our work in the UK is
funded directly from income generated
from delivering our services, principally
contracts and fees in relation to our rst aid
training and independent living activities.
Our contract and fee income increased
14 per cent to 44m, partly due to a move
from grant to contract funding but also due
to underlying growth in our activities.
Expenditure
We spent 231.7m in 2013 and all of
this expenditure ultimately goes towards
helping those in crisis, be it expenditure
directly on our charitable activities or
expenditure to secure our future income.
> Expenditure on our charitable activities
was up 13 per cent to 155.1m. Our
achievements with this expenditure are
set out throughout this report.
> Governance costs increased slightly
to 3.1m. These include our annual
subscription of 2m to the International
Federation of the Red Cross.
> The cost of generating voluntary
income reects the cost of generating
emergency appeal income as well as our
continued investment to attract regular
donors in order to secure our long-term
nancial viability.
> Our retail costs were three per cent
higher than last year due to the opening
of new shops.
REVIEW OF
FUNDRAISING
AND FINANCES
21.8m Legacies
106.5m Donations
28.1m Retail
44.0m Contracts and fees
25.1m Grants
2.9m Other income
Income
228.4m
Donations
grew 19% to
106.5m
Red Cross
Week raised
a record
1.1m
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We continue our efforts to ensure
that we are spending our money
effectively and efciently. We
generated annual savings of one
million pounds in 2013 by reviewing
our organisational design, procedures
and procurement processes, with
signicant savings coming from property
management, telecommunications
and stationery supplies.
Reserves
We have intentionally spent more than
we have received for the past few years
as we use our reserves. Our nancial
plans show reserves decreasing to our
minimum level by 2016.
Our reserves policy is set to ensure that
there is no disruption to British Red Cross
services in the event of an unforeseen
reduction in income or increase in
expenditure. We increased our minimum
reserves level in 2013 from 15m to
22.5m reecting our increased need
for working capital, due to growth in
our activities.
Our free available reserves at the end of
the year were 32.2m (38.1m in 2012).
Reserves are higher than budgeted for
the year, largely due to strong charitable
income results in 2013 from our services
in the UK. The trustees are satised that
the organisation is a going concern.
Pensions
We have two dened benet pension
schemes, which are both closed to new
members. The reported net pension
surplus reported on an FRS 17 basis is
0.8m as at 31 December 2013 (0.5m
in 2012) and the actuarial loss during the
year was 0.3m (0.7m loss in 2012).
However, our latest actuarial valuations
for funding purposes showed a net decit
of 3.2m. A decit reduction plan is in
place for one of the schemes.
We also have contingent liabilities in
relation to the membership of the Pension
Trusts Growth Plan. The British Red
Cross has sole liability for an estimated
5.6m (7.6m in 2012). A new decit
reduction plan is in place, with payments
having started during 2013.
Investments
We invest funds not immediately required
in low-risk funds and deposits and our
objective is to seek yield subject to a
requirement of capital preservation. We
held total investments of 48.3m as at
31 December 2013 (46.9m in 2012).
Our investments reported net gains
of 1.2m in 2013 (1.4m in 2012). An
investment sub-committee of the nance,
risk and audit committee regularly reviews
our investment portfolio and performs an
annual review of our investment policy.
The investment sub-committee is
satised with the overall performance of
the investment portfolio against agreed
benchmarks. The British Red Cross will
not directly invest in companies with a
signicant interest in trading in arms or
in the manufacture of tobacco products.
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Laila, 42, has been learning how to prepare for cyclones and other emergencies
thanks to a Red Cross programme in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Claudia Janke.
67% Charitable expenditure
21% Costs of generating voluntary income
11% Costs of generating retail sales
1% Governance
0
2010
10
20
30
40
50
60
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Projected free reserves
Free reserves
Minimum level
Expenditure
231.7m
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STRUCTURE,
GOVERNANCE
AND RISK
MANAGEMENT
The British Red Cross was founded in
1870, is incorporated by Royal Charter and
is also a registered charity.
Board of trustees
The board of trustees has ultimate legal
responsibility for our organisation and
works to ensure good governance, with
the help of its sub-committees. The board
agrees the overall strategic direction and
is our highest decision-making body.
Its members are volunteers. They work
alongside the senior management team,
who are responsible for the implementation
of policy and for the management of the
day-to-day running of the organisation.
The board is made up of nine elected
members (chosen from our active
volunteer base) and up to eight co-opted
members appointed by the board (which
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includes the roles of chair and treasurer).
The board of trustees is committed to
ensuring that governance arrangements
are effective and relevant, as well as
ensuring that the make up of the board
reects the breadth of the services we
provide and the communities in which
we operate.
A nominations group oversees trustee
recruitment. The recruitment for elected
trustees is conducted via a national
electoral college of volunteer council
chairs. The nominations group is also
responsible for the nomination of new
co-opted trustees for board consideration.
All new trustees are provided with a
structured induction programme. Trustees
also undertake a range of training initiatives
during the year to ensure their skills are
relevant and up to date.
Trustees terms of ofce last for three
years, and they can serve two consecutive
three-year terms, after which they must
stand down from the board for at least
one year.
Structure
A wholly owned trading subsidiary,
Britcross Limited, donates its trading
prots to the British Red Cross.
The British Red Cross has eight branches
in British Overseas Territories.
The British Red Cross is a prominent
member of the International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement, with volunteers
and staff contributing to a number of
initiatives within both the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies, the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) and 189 member
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The British Red Cross is also a member
of the Disasters Emergency Committee,
an umbrella organisation for 14
humanitarian agencies that unites aid
efforts in time of disaster in poorer
countries around the world.
Carbon emissions
In 2013, we were awarded the Carbon
Trust Standard Award a rst for a
major UK charity in recognition of our
achievements in managing the reduction
of carbon emissions from our properties.
Were serious about reducing carbon
emissions and the installation of solar
panels has so far saved 47 tonnes of
carbon and 27,000, a success that has
promoted the planned installation of solar
panels on two further buildings in 2014.
Photo: Our energetic fundraisers helped
to raise more than a million pounds
during Red Cross Week 2013.
Matthew Percival/BRC.
reduction over
two years
8%
Saved
47 tonnes
of carbon
Risk management
Achievement of our aims and
objectives entails taking risks.
The trustees are satised that
appropriate internal control
systems and risk management
processes are in place. They
consider that the following
framework provides the British
Red Cross with adequate
measures to reduce the impact
of identied risks:
The nance, risk and audit
committee reviews risk and internal
controls, approves the annual
risk-based internal audit plan and
receives regular internal audit
reports, regular progress reports
and risk updates.
The senior management
team review key strategic and
operational risks on a regular
basis. They consider progress
on mitigating actions, new and
emerging risks and opportunities.
Board sub-committees and
management groups help identify,
evaluate and manage risks
relating to fundraising, investment,
business continuity, health and
safety, remuneration, major
infrastructure and IT projects
and operational needs including
independent living and support
in emergencies.
The most signicant risks to the
charity include the impact of
government social policy, income
generation, security, health and
safety of staff and volunteers, and
safety of beneciaries.
Trustees responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for
preparing the trustees annual
report and the nancial statements
in accordance with applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting
Standards (United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice).
The law applicable to charities in
England and Wales and Scotland
requires the trustees to prepare
nancial statements for each
nancial year which give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs
of the charity and of the incoming
resources and application of
resources of the charity for that
period. In preparing these nancial
statements, the trustees are
required to:
> select suitable accounting
policies and then apply them
consistently;
> observe the methods and
principles in the Charities SORP;
> make judgments and estimates
that are reasonable and prudent;
> state whether applicable
accounting standards have been
followed; and
Every year the Red Cross honours amazing
young people at our Humanitarian Citizen Awards.
2013 winner Jonjo Heuerman, 11, scooped the
top prize for his inspiring fundraising walks which
have raised 120,000 for cancer charities.
Jonjo has just completed a 50 mile, ve-day
football dribble for charity. He said: Straight
after [the awards] I planned the 50 mile football
dribble. And it just inspired me so much
and I really liked it.
Got it - humanitarian citizen award winner!
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> prepare the nancial statements on the going concern
basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity
will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting
records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time
the nancial position of the charity and enable them to ensure
that the nancial statements comply with the Charities Act
2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008,
the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005,
the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as
amended) and the provisions of the Royal Charter. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and
hence for taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud
and other irregularities.
Financial statements are published on the organisations
website (redcross.org.uk) in accordance with legislation in the
UK governing the preparation and dissemination of nancial
statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The trustees responsibilities also extend to the ongoing integrity
of the nancial statements.
Public benet
The board of trustees has given regard to the legislative and
regulatory requirements for disclosing how its charitable
objectives (as set out in our Royal Charter) have provided benet
to the public. The board of trustees has complied with the duty
set out in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, and that set out
by the Ofce of the Scottish Charity Regulator in the Charities and
Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. This report outlines how
our achievements during 2013 have beneted the public, either
directly or indirectly.
On behalf of the trustees
David Bernstein CBE
Chair of the board of trustees
2 April 2014
In 2013 we celebrated
a historic year marking
the 150th anniversary
of the birth of the
International Red Cross
and Red Crescent
Movement.
Last year we handed
out our 25 millionth food
parcel since the First
World War.
Hundreds of people
visited our theatre
experience about life
as a refugee.

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SOCIETIES
SEEKING
SANCTUARY
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INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS
REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE BRITISH RED CROSS
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We have audited the nancial statements
of the British Red Cross for the year ended
31 December 2013 which comprise the
Consolidated Statement of Financial
Activities, the Consolidated and Charity
Balance Sheets, the Consolidated Cash
Flow Statement and the related notes 1
to 24. The nancial reporting framework
that has been applied in their preparation
is applicable law and United Kingdom
Accounting Standards (United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
This report is made solely to the charitys
trustees, as a body, in accordance with
section 144 of the Charities Act 2011,
regulations made under section 154 of that
Act, section 44(1)(c) of the Charities and
Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005
and regulation 10 of the Charities Accounts
(Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
Our audit work has been undertaken so
that we might state to the charitys trustees
those matters we are required to state to
them in an auditors 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 charitys trustees 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 Trustees
Responsibilities Statement, the trustees
are responsible for the preparation of the
nancial statements which give a true and
fair view.
We have been appointed as auditor under
section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and
section 44(1)(c) of the Charities and Trustee
Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and report
in accordance with regulations made under
those Acts. Our responsibility is to audit
and express an opinion on the nancial
statements in accordance with applicable
law and International Standards on Auditing
(UK and Ireland). Those standards require
us to comply with the Auditing Practices
Boards Ethical Standards for Auditors.
Scope of the audit of the
nancial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the nancial
statements sufcient to give reasonable
assurance that the nancial 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 groups
and the parent charitys circumstances
and have been consistently applied and
adequately disclosed; the reasonableness
of signicant accounting estimates
made by the trustees; and the overall
presentation of the nancial statements.
In addition, we read all the nancial and
non-nancial information in the annual
report to identify material inconsistencies
with the audited nancial statements and
to identify any information that is apparently
materially incorrect based on, or materially
inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired
by us in the course of performing the
audit. If we become aware of any apparent
material misstatements or inconsistencies
we consider the implications for our report.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE BRITISH RED CROSS
Photo: Osh, on border of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Uzbek
refugees return home in their thousands to be reunited with family.
Marko Kokic/ICRC.
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Opinion on nancial
statements
In our opinion the nancial
statements:
> give a true and fair view of the
state of the groups and of the
parent charitys affairs as at
31 December 2013 and of the
groups incoming resources and
application of resources, for the
year then ended;
> have been properly prepared in
accordance with United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice; and
> have been prepared in
accordance with the requirements
of the Charities Act 2011, the
Charities and Trustee Investment
(Scotland) Act 2005 and regulation
8 of the Charities Accounts
(Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as
amended).
Matters on which we
are required to report by
exception
We have nothing to report in
respect of the following matters
where the Charities Act 2011 and
the Charity Accounts (Scotland)
Regulations 2006 (as amended)
requires us to report to you if, in
our opinion:
> the information given in the
Trustees Annual Report is
inconsistent in any material respect
with the nancial statements; or
> proper accounting records
have not been kept by the parent
charity; or
> the parent charity nancial
statements are not in agreement
with the accounting records and
returns; or
> we have not received all the
information and explanations we
require for our audit.
Deloitte LLP
Chartered Accountants and
Statutory Auditor
London, UK
2 April 2014
Deloitte LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in
terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act
2006 and consequently to act as the auditor
of a registered charity.
10.
ACCOUNTS
Accounts for the year
ended 31 December 2013
Red Cross re and emergency support volunteers lending their support in Hampshire. Layton Thompson/BRC.
Consolidated statement of nancial activities
for the year ended 31 December 2013
Notes
Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2013
Total
m
Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2012
Total
m
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income 2 105.2 23.1 128.3 97.7 11.9 109.6
Retail 28.1 - 28.1 27.6 - 27.6
Investment income 0.1 - 0.1 0.4 - 0.4
Total incoming resources from
generated funds 133.4 23.1 156.5 125.7 11.9 137.6
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Emergency response and recovery 4.3 10.4 14.7 3.6 7.0 10.6
Resilience 15.6 3.3 18.9 14.0 2.1 16.1
Independent living 23.9 0.6 24.5 23.2 1.0 24.2
Supporting the Movement 1.0 10.0 11.0 0.5 8.7 9.2
Total incoming resources from
charitable activities 3 44.8 24.3 69.1 41.3 18.8 60.1
Other incoming resources
Miscellaneous income 0.5 - 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.6
Net gains / (losses) on disposal of
tangible xed assets 2.4 (0.1) 2.3 1.8 - 1.8
Total incoming resources 181.1 47.3 228.4 169.3 30.8 200.1
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds
Voluntary income 46.5 2.9 49.4 40.3 0.3 40.6
Retail 24.1 - 24.1 23.5 - 23.5
Investment management costs - - - 0.1 - 0.1
Total resources expended on
generating funds 70.6 2.9 73.5 63.9 0.3 64.2
Costs of charitable activities
Emergency response and recovery 32.2 22.0 54.2 29.6 12.4 42.0
Resilience 32.4 8.4 40.8 33.4 7.9 41.3
Independent living 45.8 1.6 47.4 43.2 1.7 44.9
Supporting the Movement 3.7 9.0 12.7 2.2 7.2 9.4
Total resources expended on
charitable activities 114.1 41.0 155.1 108.4 29.2 137.6
Governance costs 3.1 - 3.1 3.0 - 3.0
Total resources expended 4 187.8 43.9 231.7 175.3 29.5 204.8
Net (outgoing) / incoming
resources before transfers (6.7) 3.4 (3.3) (6.0) 1.3 (4.7)
Transfers between funds 7, 8 1.0 (1.0) - 2.4 (2.4) -
Net (outgoing) / incoming
resources before recognised
gains and losses (5.7) 2.4 (3.3) (3.6) (1.1) (4.7)
Gains on xed asset investments 10 0.9 0.3 1.2 1.1 0.3 1.4
Actuarial losses on dened benet
pension schemes 16 (0.3) - (0.3) (0.7) - (0.7)
Net movement in funds (5.1) 2.7 (2.4) (3.2) (0.8) (4.0)
Total funds at 1 January 95.3 36.9 132.2 98.5 37.7 136.2
Total funds at 31 December 7, 8 90.2 39.6 129.8 95.3 36.9 132.2
All the activities relate to continuing operations.
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Notes
2013
Group
m
2012
Group
m
2013
Charity
m
2012
Charity
m
Fixed assets
Tangible xed assets 9 63.0 64.2 63.0 64.2
Investments 10 19.2 35.1 19.2 35.1
82.2 99.3 82.2 99.3
Current assets
Stocks 11 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.7
Debtors 12 32.0 30.0 32.7 30.8
Investments 10 29.1 11.8 29.1 11.8
Cash at bank and in hand 3.7 6.5 3.1 6.0
68.1 52.3 68.1 52.3
Current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 13 (17.6) (17.4) (17.6) (17.4)
Net current assets 50.5 34.9 50.5 34.9
Total assets less current liabilities 132.7 134.2 132.7 134.2
Creditors: amounts falling due in more than
one year (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3)
Provision for liabilities and charges 14 (3.4) (2.2) (3.4) (2.2)
Net assets before pension
scheme surplus 129.0 131.7 129.0 131.7
Dened benet pension scheme surplus 16 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5
Net assets 129.8 132.2 129.8 132.2
Consolidated and charity balance sheets as at 31 December 2013
Funds:
Restricted funds 7 39.6 36.9 39.6 36.9
Unrestricted funds held as tangible xed
assets 8 57.2 56.7 57.2 56.7
Dened benet pension scheme fund 8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5
Free reserves 8 32.2 38.1 32.2 38.1
Unrestricted funds 90.2 95.3 90.2 95.3
Total funds 129.8 132.2 129.8 132.2
Approved by the board of trustees on 2 April 2014 and signed on its behalf by
David Bernstein David Howell
Chair, board of trustees Chair, nance, risk and audit committee
2 April 2014 2 April 2014
Consolidated cash ow statement
for the year ended 31 December 2013
Notes
2013
m
2012
m
Reconciliation of net outgoing resources to net cash inow / (outow) from operating activities
Net outgoing resources (3.3) (4.7)
Depreciation charge 6.9 6.4
Net gains on disposal of tangible xed assets (2.3) (1.8)
Decrease in stocks 0.7 0.2
(Increase) / decrease in debtors (2.0) 0.9
Increase / (decrease) in creditors 0.2 (2.6)
Increase / (decrease) in provisions for liabilities and charges 1.2 (1.2)
Net charges for dened benet pension scheme (0.6) (0.5)
Net cash inow / (outow) from operating activities 0.8 (3.3)
Net cash inow / (outow) from operating activities 0.8 (3.3)
Financial investment
Sale of xed asset investments 36.1 19.4
Purchase of xed asset investments (19.0) (4.0)
17.1 15.4
Capital expenditure
Sale of tangible xed assets 3.3 1.8
Purchase of tangible xed assets (6.7) (6.2)
(3.4) (4.4)
Increase in current asset investments (17.3) (5.2)
(Decrease) / increase in cash 18 (2.8) 2.5
Reconciliation of net funds to movement in short-term funds less borrowing
(Decrease) / increase in cash (2.8) 2.5
Increase in current asset investments 17.3 5.2
14.5 7.7
Net short-term funds less borrowing at 1 January 18.0 10.3
Net short-term funds less borrowing at 31 December 18 32.5 18.0
Notes
2013
Group
m
2012
Group
m
2013
Charity
m
2012
Charity
m
Fixed assets
Tangible xed assets 9 63.0 64.2 63.0 64.2
Investments 10 19.2 35.1 19.2 35.1
82.2 99.3 82.2 99.3
Current assets
Stocks 11 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.7
Debtors 12 32.0 30.0 32.7 30.8
Investments 10 29.1 11.8 29.1 11.8
Cash at bank and in hand 3.7 6.5 3.1 6.0
68.1 52.3 68.1 52.3
Current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 13 (17.6) (17.4) (17.6) (17.4)
Net current assets 50.5 34.9 50.5 34.9
Total assets less current liabilities 132.7 134.2 132.7 134.2
Creditors: amounts falling due in more than
one year (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3)
Provision for liabilities and charges 14 (3.4) (2.2) (3.4) (2.2)
Net assets before pension
scheme surplus 129.0 131.7 129.0 131.7
Dened benet pension scheme surplus 16 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5
Net assets 129.8 132.2 129.8 132.2
Funds:
Restricted funds 7 39.6 36.9 39.6 36.9
Unrestricted funds held as tangible xed
assets 8 57.2 56.7 57.2 56.7
Dened benet pension scheme fund 8 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5
Free reserves 8 32.2 38.1 32.2 38.1
Unrestricted funds 90.2 95.3 90.2 95.3
Total funds 129.8 132.2 129.8 132.2
Approved by the board of trustees on 2 April 2014 and signed on its behalf by
David Bernstein David Howell
Chair, board of trustees Chair, nance, risk and audit committee
2 April 2014 2 April 2014
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Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
1. Accounting policies
(a) Scope and basis of the nancial statements
The consolidated nancial statements have been prepared
under the historical cost convention, as modied by the
revaluation of investments at market value, and are in
accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
Statement of Recommended Practice (Revised 2005) (the
SORP), applicable accounting standards in the United
Kingdom and the reporting requirements of the Charities
Act 2011.
The results and balance sheet of the British Red Cross
subsidiary, Britcross Limited, have been consolidated on
a line by line basis. Britcross Limited makes up accounts to
31 December. A separate statement of nancial activities
has not been presented for the charity alone as this is not
considered to be materially different from the consolidated
statement of nancial activities.
The nancial statements incorporate the results of all
material activities overseas where the British Red Cross has
operational responsibility. The results and net assets of Red
Cross operations in eight British Overseas Branches have
been included in the nancial statements.
(b) Fund accounting
General unrestricted funds are available for use at the
discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general
charitable objectives. A pension reserve is included
within unrestricted funds to reect the pension surplus.
Restricted funds are donated for either a particular
area or purpose, the use of which is restricted to that
area or purpose. Such donations are principally for
international purposes.
(c) Incoming resources
All income is accounted for when the British Red Cross has
entitlement to the funds, the amount can be quantied and
there is certainty of receipt. Where income is received in
advance of providing goods and/or services, it is deferred
until the British Red Cross becomes entitled to that income.
Unless there is evidence of uncertainty of receipt, residuary
legacies are recognised from the date of probate where a
reliable estimate of income can be made. Income from will
or reversionary trusts is not recognised until the life interest
has passed away. Income from pecuniary legacies is
recognised upon notication.
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal
income is recognised to the extent that resources have been
committed on programmes funded through the
DEC appeals.
Gifts donated for resale are included as income when they
are sold. Donated assets and services are included at the
value to the British Red Cross where this can be reliably
quantied. Donated services from our volunteers are not
included within the nancial statements.
(d) Resources expended and basis of allocation
of cost
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.
Direct costs are those specically related to producing the
output of an activity, for example the costs incurred in direct
contact with beneciaries.
Support costs are those which provide indirect support to
front-line output provision examples are central nance,
human resources and management information services.
Support costs not attributable to a single activity have been
allocated on a basis consistent with identied cost drivers
for that cost category such as staff head count, oor space
and expenditure.
Governance costs relate to the direct running of the charity,
allowing the charity to operate and generate the information
required for public accountability. They include the costs of
subscriptions related to membership of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as the costs of
trustee meetings and internal and external audits.
(e) Tangible xed assets and depreciation
All tangible xed assets costing more than 1,000 are
capitalised and included at cost, including any incidental
expenses of acquisition and irrecoverable VAT. Depreciation
is provided on a straight-line basis over their useful
economic lives as follows:
Freehold properties 50 years
Leasehold properties
- Shop premises the shorter of the term
of the lease and ve years
- Other premises the shorter of the term
of the lease and 50 years
Freehold premises
improvements ten years
Leasehold premises
improvements
- Shop premises the shorter of the term
of the lease and ve years
- Other premises the shorter of the term
of the lease and ten years
Ambulances the shorter of useful life
and seven years
Other vehicles the shorter of useful life
and ve years
Equipment and furniture ve years
Computer equipment
and software between two and ve years
Freehold land Nil
Assets in course
of construction Nil
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f) Pensions
The dened benet pension scheme current service
costs, together with the scheme interest cost less the
expected return on the scheme assets for the year, are
charged to the relevant expenditure heading within the
consolidated statement of nancial activities in line with the
salary costs of the related employees. The dened benet
scheme assets are measured at fair value at the balance
sheet date. Scheme liabilities are measured on an actuarial
basis at the balance sheet date using the projected
unit method and discounted at a rate equivalent to the
current rate of return on a high-quality corporate bond of
equivalent term to the scheme liabilities. The change in
value of assets and liabilities arising from asset valuation,
changes in benets, actuarial assumptions, or change in
the level of decit attributable to members is recognised
in the consolidated statement of nancial activities within
actuarial gains/losses on dened benet pension schemes.
The resulting dened benet asset or liability is presented
separately on the face of the balance sheet. The British
Red Cross recognises assets for its dened benet pension
schemes to the extent that they are considered recoverable
with reference to expected future current service costs for
active scheme members.
Pension costs in respect of dened contribution schemes
are charged to the consolidated statement of nancial
activities for the period in which they are payable.
(g) Investments
Investments are stated at market value at the balance
sheet date and the consolidated statement of nancial
activities shows net investment gains and losses arising
from revaluation of the investment portfolio and disposals
during the year.
(h) Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable
value. Provision is made for obsolete, slow-moving or
defective stock where appropriate. Items donated for resale
and distribution are not included in the nancial statements
until they are sold or distributed. Emergency stocks held for
disaster response are transferred from stock to resources
expended when issued from the warehouse.
(i) Value added tax
Irrecoverable value added tax is allocated to the category
of expenditure to which it relates.
(j) Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the British Red Cross
has a legal or constructive nancial obligation, that can be
reliably estimated and for which there is an expectation that
payment will be made.
(k) Operating leases
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-
line basis over the lease terms, even if the payments are
not made on such a basis.
Benets received and receivable as an incentive to sign an
operating lease are, similarly, spread on a straight-line basis
over the lease term, except where the period to the review
date on which the rent is rst expected to be adjusted to
the prevailing market rate is shorter than the full lease term,
in which case the shorter period is used.
(l) Foreign currencies
The British Red Cross uses forward exchange contracts
to hedge some of its known foreign exchange exposure.
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate
of exchange prevailing at the date of the transaction, except
where a forward contract is in place, in which case the rate
specied in the contract is used.
Monetary assets and liabilities are translated into sterling at
the exchange rate ruling on the balance sheet date, except
where a forward contract is in place, in which case the
relevant asset/liability is translated at the rate contained in
the contract.
Foreign exchange gains are recognised as other income
and foreign exchange losses are recognised in the
consolidated statement of nancial activities within the
relevant charitable activity expenditure for the period in
which they are incurred.
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Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
Legacy income is not recognised until the British Red Cross
has entitlement to the funds, the amount can be quantied
and there is certainty of receipt. The estimated value of
legacies, which have been notied, but not recognised at
31 December 2013 was 7.7m (2012: 7.0m) of which
5.9m (2012: 6.0m) are assets bequeathed to the British
Red Cross, but subject to life tenancy.
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal income
is recognised to the extent that resources have been
committed on programmes funded through the DEC
appeals. Subject to our agreed allocation, the value of
DEC appeal income not drawn down or accrued at
31 December 2013 was 6.8m (2012: 0.2m).
Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2013
Total
m
Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2012
Total
m
Regular giving 48.1 0.1 48.2 45.2 - 45.2
Public donations, appeals and
fundraising 20.6 20.1 40.7 18.9 7.8 26.7
Donations to services 2.4 - 2.4 2.4 0.1 2.5
Gift aid 12.9 1.4 14.3 11.9 0.3 12.2
Legacies 21.2 0.6 21.8 19.3 1.0 20.3
Disasters Emergency Committee
appeals - 0.9 0.9 - 2.7 2.7
Total 105.2 23.1 128.3 97.7 11.9 109.6
2. Voluntary income
Grant income includes grants from the UK governments
Department for International Development (DFID) totalling
20.6m (2012: 14.9m).
> Emergency response and recovery international
grants include 8.5m from DFID for emergency
response programmes in countries including Sierra
Leone, Kenya and the Philippines.
> Resilience international grants include 2.2m from
DFID to support long-term programmes in countries
including Uganda, Nepal and British Overseas Territories.
> Supporting the Movement grants includes 8.0m
received as part of the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Institutional
Strategy Agreement with DFID, 0.2m to support an IFRC
research project and 1.6m as part of British Red Cross
Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) with DFID.
Contracts
and fees
m
Grants
m
2013
Total
m
Contracts
and fees
m
Grants
m
2012
Total
m
Emergency response and recovery
UK 4.4 0.6 5.0 3.6 0.6 4.2
International 0.1 9.6 9.7 - 6.4 6.4
4.5 10.2 14.7 3.6 7.0 10.6
Resilience
UK 15.6 0.5 16.1 14.0 0.6 14.6
International 0.3 2.5 2.8 0.1 1.4 1.5
15.9 3.0 18.9 14.1 2.0 16.1
Independent living
Care and support programmes 13.7 1.8 15.5 11.5 3.2 14.7
Medical equipment services 8.8 0.2 9.0 8.3 1.2 9.5
22.5 2.0 24.5 19.8 4.4 24.2
Supporting the Movement 1.1 9.9 11.0 1.2 8.0 9.2
Total 44.0 25.1 69.1 38.7 21.4 60.1
3. Incoming resources from
charitable activities
The basis of allocation of support costs is described in note 1(d) and further analysis is provided in Note 5.
Our total resources expended includes irrecoverable VAT of 2.8m (2012: 2.4m).
Included under 2013 direct costs are grants to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of 23.0m (2012: 15.4m) and grants to other National
Societies of 9.5m (2012: 7.8m).
Direct
costs
m
Support
costs
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Costs of generating funds
Voluntary income 47.7 1.7 49.4 40.6
Retail 23.6 0.5 24.1 23.5
Investment management costs - - - 0.1
71.3 2.2 73.5 64.2
Charitable activities
Emergency response and recovery
UK 26.6 1.9 28.5 26.9
International 25.1 0.6 25.7 15.1
51.7 2.5 54.2 42.0
Resilience
UK 23.2 2.4 25.6 27.9
International 14.8 0.4 15.2 13.4
38.0 2.8 40.8 41.3
Independent living
Care and support programme 29.0 3.5 32.5 31.0
Medical equipment services 13.9 1.0 14.9 13.9
42.9 4.5 47.4 44.9
Supporting the Movement 12.5 0.2 12.7 9.4
145.1 10.0 155.1 137.6
Governance costs
Subscriptions to Federation 2.0 - 2.0 2.0
Staff 0.8 - 0.8 0.6
Fees to auditor for audit of nancial statements 0.1 - 0.1 0.1
Other 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
3.0 0.1 3.1 3.0
Total 219.4 12.3 231.7 204.8
4. Resources Expended
Support costs are spent in the furtherance of charitable objectives and have been allocated on the basis of the accounting
policy set out in note 1(d).
Cost of
Generating
funds
m
Emergency
response and
recovery
m
Resilience
m
Independent
living
m
Supporting
the Movement
m
Governance
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Finance 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 - 2.7 2.6
Human resources 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.0 - - 2.1 1.8
Central facilities 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 - - 2.3 2.1
Management
information services 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.1 0.1 4.8 4.2
Central management 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - 0.4 0.4
Total 2.2 2.5 2.8 4.5 0.2 0.1 12.3 11.1
5. Support costs
by activity
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Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2013
Total
m
Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2012
Total
m
Regular giving 48.1 0.1 48.2 45.2 - 45.2
Public donations, appeals and
fundraising 20.6 20.1 40.7 18.9 7.8 26.7
Donations to services 2.4 - 2.4 2.4 0.1 2.5
Gift aid 12.9 1.4 14.3 11.9 0.3 12.2
Legacies 21.2 0.6 21.8 19.3 1.0 20.3
Disasters Emergency Committee
appeals - 0.9 0.9 - 2.7 2.7
Total 105.2 23.1 128.3 97.7 11.9 109.6
Contracts
and fees
m
Grants
m
2013
Total
m
Contracts
and fees
m
Grants
m
2012
Total
m
Emergency response and recovery
UK 4.4 0.6 5.0 3.6 0.6 4.2
International 0.1 9.6 9.7 - 6.4 6.4
4.5 10.2 14.7 3.6 7.0 10.6
Resilience
UK 15.6 0.5 16.1 14.0 0.6 14.6
International 0.3 2.5 2.8 0.1 1.4 1.5
15.9 3.0 18.9 14.1 2.0 16.1
Independent living
Care and support programmes 13.7 1.8 15.5 11.5 3.2 14.7
Medical equipment services 8.8 0.2 9.0 8.3 1.2 9.5
22.5 2.0 24.5 19.8 4.4 24.2
Supporting the Movement 1.1 9.9 11.0 1.2 8.0 9.2
Total 44.0 25.1 69.1 38.7 21.4 60.1
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
Britcross Limited, the British Red Cross wholly owned trading subsidiary incorporated in the United Kingdom,
engages in the sale of cards and gifts as well as receiving corporate sponsorship in aid of the British Red Cross.
The turnover and expenditure included within trading activities are:
2013
m
2012
m
Turnover 1.4 1.6
Expenditure (0.9) (1.1)
Net income donated to British Red Cross 0.5 0.5
The assets and liabilities of Britcross Limited consolidated within the balance sheet are:
2013
m
2012
m
Current assets 0.7 0.8
Current liabilities (0.7) (0.8)
Net assets - -
6. Trading subsidiary
Balance
1 January
2013
m
Income
m
Expenditure
m
Net
investment
gains
m
Actuarial
losses on
dened
benet
pension
m
Transfers
m
Balance
31 December
2013
m
Group and charity
Total UK
restricted funds 11.9 3.4 (4.3) 0.1 - (1.1) 10.0
Haiti earthquake 4.6 - (3.1) - - - 1.5
Syria and region 3.9 11.1 (7.0) - - - 8.0
DFID Institutional
Strategy with
Federation - 8.0 (8.0) - - - -
Typhoon Haiyan - 14.2 (6.7) - - - 7.5
Other international
restricted funds 12.1 10.0 (11.6) 0.2 - (0.1) 10.6
Total international
restricted funds 20.6 43.3 (36.4) 0.2 - (0.1) 27.6
Disaster fund 4.4 0.6 (3.2) - - 0.2 2.0
Total
restricted funds 36.9 47.3 (43.9) 0.3 - (1.0) 39.6
Expenditure plans have been agreed for all material restricted funds. Funds are held in appropriate asset categories in
accordance with planned usage.
1m was transferred from restricted funds to unrestricted funds, due to the restriction on funds being met when
buildings were purchased or constructed.
7. Restricted funds
50
2013
m
2012
m
Turnover 1.4 1.6
Expenditure (0.9) (1.1)
Net income donated to British Red Cross 0.5 0.5
2013
m
2012
m
Current assets 0.7 0.8
Current liabilities (0.7) (0.8)
Net assets - -
Balance
1 January
2013
m
Income
m
Expenditure
m
Net
investment
gains
m
Actuarial
losses on
dened
benet
pension
m
Transfers
m
Balance
31 December
2013
m
Group and charity
Total UK
restricted funds 11.9 3.4 (4.3) 0.1 - (1.1) 10.0
Haiti earthquake 4.6 - (3.1) - - - 1.5
Syria and region 3.9 11.1 (7.0) - - - 8.0
DFID Institutional
Strategy with
Federation - 8.0 (8.0) - - - -
Typhoon Haiyan - 14.2 (6.7) - - - 7.5
Other international
restricted funds 12.1 10.0 (11.6) 0.2 - (0.1) 10.6
Total international
restricted funds 20.6 43.3 (36.4) 0.2 - (0.1) 27.6
Disaster fund 4.4 0.6 (3.2) - - 0.2 2.0
Total
restricted funds 36.9 47.3 (43.9) 0.3 - (1.0) 39.6
UK restricted funds
UK restricted funds include:
> 4.4m of properties and other tangible xed assets held for restricted purposes
> a variety of local, national and European funding sources (including Big Lottery Fund and Heritage
Lottery Fund grants (see note 24)) to deliver projects over the next two to three years
> legacies with a geographical and/or service restriction.
The balance of UK restricted funds is held for the provision of locally agreed services.
International restricted funds
Signicant programmes of work are planned for the disbursement of international restricted fund balances as at
31 December 2013. Other international restricted funds include:
> 2.5m for the second phase of our HIV and AIDS prevention programme in South Africa
> 2.2m represented by net assets of the Overseas Branches
> 2.0m for response to the East Africa food crisis
> 0.4m decit for the DFID Uganda reducing risk and strengthening support programme.
Disaster Fund
The Disaster Fund allows us to prepare for and respond to humanitarian disasters abroad and in the UK. We fundraise
specically for the Disaster Fund and, as stated on emergency appeal materials, it can also contain funds donated to
emergency appeals where we raise more than can be reasonably and efciently spent on that specic response.
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Balance
1 January
2013
m
Income
m
Expenditure
m
Net
investment
gains
m
Actuarial
losses on
dened
benet
pension
m
Transfers
m
Balance
31 December
2013
m
Group
Unrestricted funds
held as tangible xed
assets 56.7 - (5.9) - - 6.4 57.2
Dened benet
pension scheme fund 0.5 - (0.2) - (0.3) 0.8 0.8
Free reserves 38.1 181.1 (181.7) 0.9 - (6.2) 32.2
Total unrestricted
funds 95.3 181.1 (187.8) 0.9 (0.3) 1.0 90.2
Charity
Unrestricted funds
held as tangible xed
assets 56.7 - (5.9) - - 6.4 57.2
Dened benet
pension scheme fund 0.5 - (0.2) - (0.3) 0.8 0.8
Free reserves 38.1 180.2 (180.8) 0.9 - (6.2) 32.2
Total unrestricted
funds 95.3 180.2 (186.9) 0.9 (0.3) 1.0 90.2
8. Unrestricted
funds
Freehold
property
m
Leasehold
property
m
Vehicles,
equipment
and furniture
m
Assets in the
course of
construction
m
Total
m
Group and charity
Cost
At 1 January 2013 50.0 35.7 47.1 1.0 133.8
Reclassication 0.3 - (0.3) - -
Completions - 0.6 0.1 (0.7) -
Additions 0.2 1.5 3.7 1.3 6.7
Disposals (1.6) (0.2) (0.8) - (2.6)
At 31 December 2013 48.9 37.6 49.8 1.6 137.9
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2013 16.0 13.9 39.7 - 69.6
Charge 1.4 1.5 4.0 - 6.9
Disposals (0.8) (0.1) (0.7) - (1.6)
At 31 December 2013 16.6 15.3 43.0 - 74.9
Net book value
At 31 December 2013 32.3 22.3 6.8 1.6 63.0
At 31 December 2012 34.0 21.8 7.4 1.0 64.2
9. Tangible xed
assets
Asset
class
Market value
2013
m
Market value
2012
m
Group and charity
Fixed asset investments
Lazard Thematic Global Institutional Share Class Overseas equities - 3.4
Legal & General CAF UK Equitrack UK equities - 4.1
Black Rock Ultra Short Bond Fund UK xed income - 27.6
Black Rock Dynamic Diversied Growth Fund Unit trusts 12.1 -
Black Rock Absolute Return Bond Fund Unit trusts 7.1 -
19.2 35.1
Current asset investments
Royal Bank of Scotland Global Treasury Fund UK bank deposits 14.0 7.5
Deposits UK bank deposits 15.1 4.1
Investment property UK properties - 0.2
29.1 11.8
Total 48.3 46.9
Fixed
asset
investments
Current
asset
investments
Total
m
Group and charity
Market value at 1 January 2013 35.1 11.8 46.9
Additions at cost 19.0 22.5 41.5
Disposals at market value (36.1) (5.2) (41.3)
Net investment gains in the year 1.2 - 1.2
Market value at 31 December 2013 19.2 29.1 48.3
Cost at 31 December 2013 19.0 29.1 48.1
10. Investments
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
2013
Group
m
2012
Group
m
2013
Charity
m
2012
Charity
m
International emergency stock 1.8 2.3 1.8 2.3
Medical equipment services stock 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Cards and gifts stock 0.1 0.3 - -
Other stock 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Total 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.7
11. Stocks
All amounts shown under debtors fall due for payment within one year.
2013
Group
m
2012
Group
m
2013
Charity
m
2012
Charity
m
Trade debtors 4.5 5.7 4.5 5.7
Accrued income 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2
Other debtors 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.5
Prepayments 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8
Tax recoverable 6.0 3.3 6.0 3.3
Legacies receivable 12.4 11.5 12.4 11.5
Amounts due from subsidiary undertaking - - 0.7 0.8
Total 32.0 30.0 32.7 30.8
12. Debtors
All deferred income as at 31 December 2012 was recognised during 2013 and all deferred income as at 31 December
2013 was deferred during the year.
2013
m
2012
m
Group and charity
Trade creditors 2.0 2.3
Accruals 10.8 10.3
Other creditors 1.0 1.1
Deferred income 2.1 2.1
Taxes and social security creditor 1.7 1.6
Total 17.6 17.4
13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Rehabilitation
commitments
m
Leashold
dilapidations
m
Total
m
Group and charity
At 1 January 2013 - 2.2 2.2
Payments during the year - (0.4) (0.4)
Increase in provision 1.0 0.6 1.6
At 31 December 2013 1.0 2.4 3.4
Amounts are expected to be incurred:
- within one year 1.0 1.3 2.3
- beyond one year - 1.1 1.1
1.0 2.4 3.4
Rehabilitation commitments relate to urban construction for the Haiti earthquake recovery programme.
Leasehold dilapidations relate to properties where the British Red Cross has a legal responsibility as tenant for such costs.
14. Provisions for liabilities
& charges
14. Provisions for liabilities
and charges
2013
m
2012
m
Total staff emoluments (including casual staff) for the year were as follows:
Salary costs 74.1 71.0
National insurance costs 6.3 6.0
Pensions costs 2.9 2.6
83.3 79.6
The number of employees whose emoluments, as dened for taxation purposes, (basic pay, vehicle and medical
insurance benets) amounted to over 60,000 in the year were as follows:
Six (ve in 2012) of the above employees have retirement benets accruing to them under dened benet pension
schemes. The total cost of the contributions to these dened benet schemes made by the British Red Cross for these
employees was 96,000 (2012: 124,000).
Twenty-seven (17 in 2012) of the above employees are members of a dened contribution scheme. The total cost of the
contributions to this scheme made by the British Red Cross for these employees was 128,000 (2012: 98,000).
2013 2012
60,001 - 70,000 19 13
70,001 - 80,000 1 3
80,001 - 90,000 6 6
90,001 - 100,000 3 6
100,001 - 110,000 2 1
110,001 - 120,000 2 1
120,001 - 130,000 1 1
190,001 - 200,000 - 1
200,001 - 210,000 1 -
15. Staff emoluments and
trustee expenses
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
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2013 2012
In the UK
Fundraising 209 190
Retail 568 551
UK services 1,528 1,483
First aid services 447 447
International services 94 78
Other 292 289
Overseas
International services 62 71
Total employed by FTE 3,200 3,109
Total employed by headcount 3,731 3,624
The average number of full time equivalent staff employed by the British Red Cross during the year was as follows:
Trustees expenses are for travel and accommodation costs.
None of the trustees received any remuneration during the year (2012: nil).
The average number of volunteers working for the British Red Cross during year was as follows:
2013 2012
In the UK
Fundraising 2,787 3,247
Retail 7,347 6,605
UK services 10,537 12,033
First aid services 6,282 7,616
International services 261 276
Total 27,214 29,777
Trustees expenses:
2013
000
2012
000
Expenses incurred by trustees and reimbursed by
the British Red Cross 17 22
Expenses incurred by the British Red Cross on
behalf of trustees 19 24
Trustees' indemnity insurance cover cost 17 15
2013 2012
Number of trustees receiving expenses 17 16
55
The decrease in volunteer numbers in 2013 was due to a review which was carried out to improve the accuracy
of our records.
56
The emotional and psychological impact of the devastating conict in Syria
does not go unseen. In Jordan, Syrian refugee children are supported to cope
with stress while taking part in art and story-telling sessions as part of a
Jordanian Red Crescent programme. Ibrahim Malla/BRC.
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New British Red Cross staff are entitled to join the British Red Cross Group Personal Pension Plan provided by Legal & General.
Staff had previously been entitled to join the British Red Cross Pension Fund (UK Ofce scheme), Scottish Branch British Red
Cross Society Retirement Benets Scheme (Scottish scheme) or the Pensions Trusts Growth Plan. These three schemes are all
closed to new entrants.
UK Ofce and Scottish dened benet pension schemes
The assets of these pension schemes are held in separate trustee-administered funds. The schemes are subject to triennial
valuations with the last full valuation being carried out as at 31 December 2010 for the UK Ofce scheme and 1 January 2012 for
the Scottish scheme. These valuations were updated at 31 December 2012 and 2013 by independent actuaries on a Financial
Reporting Standard 17 Retirement Benets (FRS 17) basis.
The amounts charged to statement of nancial activities are:
16. Pensions
UK Ofce
scheme
m
Scottish
scheme
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Current service cost (0.2) (0.1) (0.3) (0.4)
Interest cost on scheme liabilities (1.0) (0.4) (1.4) (1.3)
Expected return on plan assets 1.2 0.4 1.6 1.4
Net nance credit 0.2 - 0.2 0.1
Actual return less expected return on
pension assets 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.3
Actuarial gain arising from government
changes to statutory pension increases - - - 0.2
Other changes in assumption underlying
the present value of scheme liabilities 0.5 0.3 0.8 (2.2)
Total actuarial gain / (loss) 1.6 0.6 2.2 (1.7)
Movement in restriction of surplus (2.5) - (2.5) 1.0
Net actuarial (loss) / gain recognised (0.9) 0.6 (0.3) (0.7)
The current service cost will increase as the members of the schemes approach retirement because the schemes are closed
to new members.
The latest triennial valuation for the Scottish scheme as at 1 January 2012 showed a decit of 3.1m. A pension decit recovery
plan is in place in respect of the Scottish scheme, which aims to eliminate the ongoing funding decit by 2020. The additional
employer contributions required from the British Red Cross as part of this recovery plan will be 0.4m per annum, commencing
in 2013. The British Red Cross expects to contribute 22.7 per cent per annum as a percentage of members salaries.
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
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UK Ofce scheme Scottish scheme
2013
m
2012
m
2013
m
2012
m
At 1 January 23.1 21.1 8.2 7.6
Service cost 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
Interest cost 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.3
Member contributions 0.1 - - -
Benets paid (0.8) (0.9) (0.2) (0.2)
Actuarial gain arising from government changes to statutory pension increases - - - 0.2
Actuarial (gain) / loss due to changes in other assumptions (0.5) 1.6 (0.2) 0.2
Actuarial gain due to experience - - (0.1) -
At 31 December 23.1 23.1 8.2 8.2
Changes in present value of scheme obligation during the year:
Change in the value of plan assets during the year:
UK Ofce scheme Scottish scheme
2013
m
2012
m
2013
m
2012
m
At 1 January 25.5 25.0 7.4 6.5
Expected return 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.3
Employer contributions 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5
Member contributions 0.1 - - -
Benets paid (0.8) (0.9) (0.2) (0.2)
Actuarial gain on plan assets 1.1 - 0.3 0.3
At 31 December 27.2 25.5 8.5 7.4
UK Ofce scheme Scottish scheme
2013
m
2012
m
2013
m
2012
m
Actual return on plan assets in the year 2.2 1.1 0.7 0.6
The British Red Cross expects to make employer contributions in 2014 of 0.1m for the UK Ofce scheme and 0.5m for the
Scottish scheme.
The major categories of plan assets as percentage of total plan assets are:
UK Ofce scheme Scottish scheme
2013 2012 2013 2012
Equities 44% 48% 61% 57%
Bonds 55% 51% 39% 42%
Cash 1% 1% 0% 1%
100% 100% 100% 100%
The British Red Cross has recognised the net scheme surpluses to the extent that it is considered recoverable through the future
service cost of the remaining members.
UK Ofce
scheme
m
Scottish
scheme
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Fair value of plan assets 27.2 8.5 35.7 32.9
Present value of scheme obligations (23.1) (8.2) (31.3) (31.3)
Restriction of scheme surplus (3.6) - (3.6) (1.1)
Net surplus 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.5
The amounts recognised in the balance sheet are:
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Principal actuarial assumptions at the balance sheet date in respect of both schemes were:
2013
Years
2012
Years
Pensioners: male 22.9 22.8
Pensioners: female 25.3 25.1
Non-pensioners: male 25.1 25.0
Non-pensioners: female 27.6 27.5
Mortality assumptions in respect of both schemes adopted at the year end imply the following life expectancy at 65:
History for current and previous periods:
2013 2012
Discount rate 4.7% pa 4.4% pa
Consumer price ination (CPI) 3.0% pa 2.8% pa
Salary increases 3.0% pa 2.8% pa
UK Ofce scheme pension increases
Capped at 5.0% 3.0% pa 2.8% pa
Capped at 3.0% 2.5% pa 2.4% pa
Capped at 2.5% 2.2% pa 2.2% pa
Scottish scheme pension increases
Pre-1997 increases 0.0% pa 0.0% pa
Between 1997 and 2005 increases 3.0% pa 2.8% pa
Post-2005 increases 2.2% pa 2.2% pa
Expected return on equities 6.5% pa 6.5% pa
Expected return on bonds 3.5% pa 3.0% pa
Expected return on cash 0.5% pa 0.5% pa
2013
m
2012
m
2011
m
2010
m
2009
m
UK Ofce scheme
Present value of scheme obligations (23.1) (23 .1) (21.1) (19.8) (19.1)
Fair value of plan assets 27.2 25.5 25.0 23.0 20.6
Surplus 4.1 2.4 3.9 3.2 1.5
Restriction of surplus (3.6) (1.1) (2.1) (1.5) (1.5)
Reported surplus 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.7 -
Experience gains
on liabilities - - 0.4 - -
on assets 1.1 - 0.7 1.1 1.2
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
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16. Pensions (continued)
History for current and previous periods:
2013
m
2012
m
2011
m
2010
m
2009
m
Scottish scheme
Present value of scheme obligations (8.2) (8.2) (7.6) (6.4) (6.7)
Fair value of plan assets 8.5 7.4 6.5 5.8 5.1
Surplus / (decit) 0.3 (0.8) (1.1) (0.6) (1.6)
Experience gains / (losses)
on liabilities 0.1 - (0.5) 0.7 -
on assets 0.3 0.3 - 0.2 0.4
Other schemes
The British Red Cross also contributes to the British Red
Cross Group Personal Pension Plan and other contribution
schemes for certain employees. In 2013 the total cost of
these contributions was 2.6m (2012: 1.9m) and the balance
outstanding at 31 December 2013 was 0.3m (2012: 0.2m).
Staff were able to join the Pensions Trusts Growth Plan until
April 2007. The Pensions Trusts Growth Plan is a multi-
employer dened benet pension plan. The assets of the
scheme are co-mingled for investment purposes and as a
result it is not possible to either break down scheme assets
or analyse the ongoing funding decit by individual employer.
Accordingly, due to the nature of the plan, the accounting
charge for the year under FRS 17 represents only the employer
contribution payable. There is a contingent liability in the event
that the British Red Cross were to withdraw its membership
of the Pensions Trusts Growth Plan. The Pensions Trusts
Growth Plans actuaries valued the withdrawal liability at 7.5m
as at 30 September 2012. This valuation has been rolled
forward, assuming actuarial assumptions and membership are
consistent, to 31 December 2013 resulting in an estimated
5.6m contingent liability (2012: 7.6m). The results of the
Growth Plan scheme valuation as at 30 September 2011 show
a decit of 148m. A recovery plan has been established which
aims to eliminate the funding decit over a period of 10 years
from April 2013. The additional employer contributions required
from the British Red Cross as part of this recovery plan are
0.3m per annum. The British Red Cross expects to contribute
1% per annum as a percentage of members salaries.
The British Red Cross and the Order of St John were formerly
jointly liable for the pension liabilities of the Joint Committee
of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and British Red Cross
Society (Joint Committee). At 31 December 2012, the Pension
Trusts Growth Plan actuaries estimated the withdrawal liability
from this scheme at 2.1m, when the British Red Cross share
of this liability was estimated at 0.6m. The British Red Cross
share of the withdrawal liability became payable in January
2013 and was settled during the year for 0.5m.
Property
m
Other
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Within one year 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.5
In two to ve years 1.9 1.2 3.1 2.4
After ve years 3.0 - 3.0 2.7
Total 5.3 1.5 6.8 5.6
The amount payable within the next twelve months on leases expiring:
At 1
January
2013
m
Cash ow
m
Investment
gains
m
At 31
December
2013
m
Cash at bank and in hand 6.5 (2.8) - 3.7
Loan due after one year (0.3) - - (0.3)
Current asset investments 11.8 17.3 - 29.1
Total 18.0 14.5 - 32.5
18. Analysis of changes in net
short-term funds less borrowing
17. Obligations under operating leases
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Operating lease charges during 2013 were 5.2m for property and 1.4m for plant and machinery.
20. Related parties
There were no material transactions with related parties during the year.
21. Capital commitments
There were no capital commitments at 31 December 2013 (2012: nil).
22. Programme commitments
The British Red Cross regularly pledges support to programmes led by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or other National Societies. Full payment of the
pledges is contingent on the outcome of British Red Cross reviews of the programmes. The British Red Cross had outstanding
pledges to the following programmes:
2013
m
2012
m
South Africa Red Cross Society - KwaZulu Natal Integrated HIV and TB programme
2011-16 (Phase II) 2.7 3.1
Uganda Red Cross Society - Reducing Community Risk and Strengthening Disaster
Response programme 0.8 2.2
Lesotho Red Cross Society - Integrated HIV and Food Security programme
(2010-2014) 0.1 0.7
Bangladesh Red Crescent - Vulnerability to Resilience 1.5 2.1
Myanmar Red Cross - Watsan / Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health programme 0.6 0.8
Keyna Red Cross Society - Strengthening Resilience in Kainuk, Kenya 0.7 -
Other programmes 0.8 0.7
Total 7.2 9.6
Notes to the consolidated nancial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2013
19. Derivatives not included at fair value
The British Red Cross uses derivative nancial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign currency exchange risks, including
foreign exchange forward contracts. The fair value of these instruments is calculated at the balance sheet date by comparison
between the rate implicit in the contract and the exchange rate at that date.
At 31 December 2013, the British Red Cross had commitments to buy 3.4m Swiss francs in foreign exchange forward contracts,
with an unrealised loss of 23,000 (2012: commitments to buy 2.8m Swiss francs in foreign exchange forward contracts, with
an unrealised gain of 3,000).
At 31 December 2013, the British Red Cross had commitments to buy 0.9m US dollars in foreign exchange forward contracts,
with an unrealised loss of 14,000 (2012: nil).
At 31 December 2013, the British Red Cross had commitments to buy 3.1m South African rand in foreign exchange forward
contracts, with an unrealised loss of 11,000 (2012: nil).
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Unrestricted
m
Restricted
m
2013
Total
m
2012
Total
m
Group and charity
Tangible xed assets 57.2 5.8 63.0 64.2
Fixed asset investments - 19.2 19.2 35.1
Net current assets 34.6 15.9 50.5 34.9
Creditors: amounts falling due in more
than one year - (0.3) (0.3) (0.3)
Provisions for liabilities and charges (2.4) (1.0) (3.4) (2.2)
Dened benet pension scheme surplus 0.8 - 0.8 0.5
Net assets 90.2 39.6 129.8 132.2
23. Analysis of net assets
between funds
During the year the Big Lottery Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund provided grants for the following projects:
Balances as at 31 December 2013 are included within our restricted funds.
Balance 1
January
2013
000
Income
000
Expenditure
000
Balance 31
December
2013
000
Big Lottery Fund grants
Birmingham Refugee and Asylum Seeker
Orientation and Support Service 31 98 (81) 48
Dawn Patrol - St Helens 18 10 (28) -
Dawn Patrol - Wigan 29 - (29) -
First Aid for All, Blaenau Ffestiniog - 5 (2) 3
Gofal (Care) - 193 (193) -
Greater Manchester Refugee Service 10 64 (74) -
Health and Mobility: Outreach in
Mid-Wales 8 62 (60) 10
Leicestershire Refugee and Asylum
Seeker Orientation and Support Service 25 55 (63) 17
Liverpool Asylum Outreach and Support
Project 24 96 (83) 37
Mums' Project - Perinatal Support for
Refugees - 9 (1) 8
Neighbourhood Links - 69 (42) 27
Nottingham and Derby Refugee and
Asylum Seeker Orientation and Support
Service 26 96 (92) 30
Recession 2: Young Carers School
Outreach Ceredigion 5 8 (13) -
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Orientation
and Destitution Service - Portsmouth 13 82 (72) 23
South and West Yorkshire Refugee and
Asylum Seeker Service - 21 - 21
Young Carers Have a Say in Shropshire 19 67 (69) 17
Heritage Lottery Fund grants
VAD Indexes Online - 40 - 40
Total 208 975 (902) 281
24. Big Lottery Fund and
Heritage Lottery Fund
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We would like to give special
thanks to:
AstraZeneca
Barclays
Big Lottery Fund
Lifetime Member of the Tiffany Circle,
Barbara Bovender and her husband
Jack
The Bradbury Foundation
Canon Europe
City of London Corporation
Comic Relief
Department for
International Development
European Commission
Facebook
Freemasons Grand Charity
Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission
Heritage Lottery Fund
Isle of Man International Development
Committee
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
JMP Wilcox
John Lewis Partnership
Land Rover
The Sandbox Trust
Tesco PLC
Nat and Harriet Tyce
Vitol Foundation
Welsh Assembly
Thanks also to members of the
following committees:
Bedfordshire Fundraising Committee
City Christmas Market Committee
Lady Eileen Duncan and the Dumfries
and Galloway Golf Committee
East Hertfordshire Fundraising
Committee
Sir Arnold Elton CBE and the
International Medical & Scientic
Committee
Hampshire Ball Committee
London Kensington Fair Committee
Midsummer Music Committee
Dr Sindy Newman and the Tiffany
Circle Steering Committee
Mrs Georgiana Osborne and the
Tayside Golf Committee
Ms Natalie Radford and the
Isle of Man Committee
THANKS
The British Red Cross would like to
thank every individual and organisation
who supported our work in 2013. They responded with great compassion
and speed at times of emergency as well as maintaining our ongoing
work in the UK and overseas. We would particularly like to thank all those
who support us regularly, enabling us to plan ahead with condence. We
remember with gratitude the generosity of donors who left gifts to us in their
wills. We would also like to thank all our local fundraising committees and
volunteers for their hard work.
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Maria Shammas MBE and the
International Fundraising Committee
Uttlesford Centre Autumn Gift Fair
Committee
Mrs Flora Walker and the Lothian Ball
Committee
Thanks also to:
Aberdeen Asset Management
Mr Brendan Ainscough and Ainscough
Training Services Ltd
Bloomberg
Dr E Boyd and Miss J A Boyd
BT
Mrs Gill Callander
The Cargill Trust
Carnival UK Group
Mrs Henrietta Cayzer
Channel 4
The City of London Corporations
Charity, City Bridge Trust
Mrs Edith Conn OBE JP DL BA (Hons)
Mr Terry Cross of Delta Print and
Packaging
Deloitte Foundation
His Hon Judge Elgan Edwards, DL and
the Chester Ball Committee
Elastoplast
Green Hall Foundation
Mrs Hilary Hicks
KPMG
Lotus Foundation
Melbreak Charitable Trust
Ofce for Civil Society
The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel
Trust
Penguin
The Sir James Reckitt Charity
Scottish Government
SimCity
The Hugh Symons Charitable Trust
Displaced people receive food from the Red Cross
workers in Somalia. Omar B. Warsame/ICRC.
Constance Travis Charitable Trust
The Tula Trust
Mr Boyd Tunnock CBE
UBS
vInspired
Welsh Council for Voluntary Action
Zochonis Charitable Trust
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Tel: 020 7877 7029
British Red Cross
UK Ofce
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information@redcross.org.uk
redcross.org.uk
Published 2014
The British Red Cross Society, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a
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Email: production@redcross.org.uk
Tel: 020 7877 7029