Financial Reporting Update
19 September 2014
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Welcome
Seminar overview
• The current UK financial reporting regime
• Changes to UK GAAP
• Impact on charity financial reporting
• Introduction of new SORPs
• Transition tips
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Current Financial Reporting Regime
Current position
• United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP)
• Statements of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAPs)
• Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs)
• Urgent Issue Task Force (UITFs)
• Sector specific guidance – Statements of Recommended Practice (SORP)
• Charities’ SORP 2005 (following SORPs in 1995 and 2000)
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Changes to UK GAAP
What has changed?
• Introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards
• FRS 100, 101 and 102 introduced – March 2013
• FRS102 replaces existing UK GAAP, except for the FRSSE
• Required update to charities’ SORP 2005
• Exposure draft issued in summer 2013
• Feedback from sector in autumn 2013
• Two SORPs issued in July 2014
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Changes to UK GAAP
Two SORPs?
1. Charities’ SORP based on FRS 102 (FRS102 SORP)
2. Charities’ SORP based on FRSSE (FRSSE SORP)
• The two SORPs are structured similarly but there are differences in:
• Presentation
• Terminology
• Accounting policies
• Disclosure
• If FRSSE SORP is silent on a treatment then must go to FRS 102 SORP
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Changes to UK GAAP
The hierarchy
FRS 102
SORP
FRS 102
International Financial Reporting Standards
FRSSE
SORP
FRSSE
FRS 102 SORP
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Changes to UK GAAP
When do you need to start thinking about the changes?
• Now!
• Application of new regime for accounting periods beginning on or after 1
January 2015
• Potentially, therefore, almost three quarters through comparative year
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Legal status/size <£250k income Small charity Large charity
Unincorporated Not applicable FRSSE SORP or
FRS 102 SORP
FRS 102 SORP
Incorporated FRSSE SORP or
FRS 102 SORP
FRSSE SORP or
FRS 102 SORP
FRS 102 SORP
Definition of small charity in line with Companies Act, therefore two out of three of:
Turnover < £6.5m
Net assets < £3.2m
Employees < 50
in both current and previous periods.
Which SORP should you follow?
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Which SORP should you follow?
• 98% of charities will be able to choose
• Much in common between the two SORPs but some distinctions
• Can’t pick and choose between the two
• FRSSE SORP – fewer disclosures, however...
• FRSSE to be withdrawn in 2016 so further change
• FRC latest thinking is to amend FRS 102
• FRSSE will be a separate section
• Update FRSSE SORP/FRS102 SORP?
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Understanding the structure of the SORPs
• Modular
• Core modules applicable to all entities applying that SORP
• Modules on specific issues that only apply if relevant
• Requirements are categorised as:
• Must - non adherence is a departure from the SORP
• Should – indicative of good practice but not regarded as non compliance if don’t
adhere
• May – preparer can chose
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Core modules applicable to all charities
Accounting for investments
Accounting for branches, charity
groups and combinations
Accounting for special types of assets
- Heritage assets
- Funds held as custodian
Special transactions relating to charity
operations
- Incorporated charities
- Grant funders
- Retirement benefits
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Key SORP terminology
• The SORPs refer to larger charities - in this case it is in accordance with
charity law, being a charity subject to audit having:
Income > £500k; or
Income > £250k and Total assets > £3.26m
• Larger charities must make enhanced disclosures
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Changes common to both SORPs
1. Restate prior year
• For example, financial year ending 31 December 2015:
• restate comparative figures for year ending 31 December 2014
• requires restatement of opening balance sheet at 1 January 2014
• Reconciliation of changes to previously stated results:
• Opening comparative balance sheet
• Closing comparative balance sheet
• Result for the period
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Example: Reconciliation of restated surplus
£’000
Surplus for the year as previously stated X
Adjustment arising from recognition of legacy X
Adjustment arising from accruing for additional staff costs (X)
Adjustment arising from fair value adjustment on fixed assets X
Surplus for the year as restated X
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Impact on charity financial reporting
Changes common to both SORPs
2. Presentational differences from SORP 2005
• presentation of comparatives for funds
• governance costs disappear
3. Income recognition
• Virtually certain Probable
4. Content of Trustees’ Report
• Minor changes to format
5. Enhanced disclosures for larger charities
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Julia Croucher
Senior Audit Manager
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Areas to be covered
• Trustees Annual Report
• Statement of Financial Activities
• Statement of Cash Flows
• Balance Sheet
• Disclosures
• Group considerations
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Trustees’ annual report (module 1)
• Most requirements do not change.
• Larger charities will be required to provide more information.
• ‘Medium’ and ‘large’ incorporated charities(as defined by Companies Act)
need to prepare a strategic report
• All charities must:
• State a reserves policy to either disclose the amount held and reason for it, or
report the reason for not holding any reserves.
• Report the names of all trustees who acted in the year or who are in position
at the date of signing (previously to a maximum of 50).
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Trustees’ annual report (module 1)
Large charities (Charities Act definition) must:
• Explain social investment policy
• Explain how programme related investments contributed to achieving aims
and objectives
• Explain the financial effect of significant events
• Provide a description of principal risks and uncertainties and strategies
developed for managing these risks
• Disclose the arrangements for setting pay for key management personnel
and how this is benchmarked
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Statement of financial activities (module 4)
• Simplified format – plain English headings
• Requirement to present all prior year fund columns rather than just the totals
• Governance costs included in support costs
• Gains and losses on investments held at fair value move above net
incoming/outgoing resources
• Discontinued operations to be shown in a separate column
• Transfers between reserves must net to nil
• Changes to income recognition
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Income recognition (module 5)
There will be a significant change to income recognition
• FRS 102 – probable, SORP 2005 – virtually certain
• Impact on legacies – three point test
• Performance related grants
• Recognition of donated goods
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Legacies (module 5)
• Previously recognised on the earlier of receipt or date of approval of a
distribution. Now there is a three point test (para. 5.31)
• grant of probate
• executors have established that there are sufficient funds to pay the legacy
• any conditions attached to the legacy have been met or are within the control
of the charity
• This could mean adjusting for information received post year end
• Consider subscribing to a legacy agency; or
• Take a portfolio approach
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Performance related grants (module 5)
• Income might be recognised sooner under FRS102 SORP
• Charity deems all conditions met recognise under new SORP
• Previously required confirmation from donor before recognition
• For funders – no real difference in how the grant making expenditure is
recognised
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Donated goods (module 6)
• Previously recognised upon distribution or sale
• Distributable goods now recognised as stock and income on receipt
• Goods for sale now recognised at ‘net expected proceeds’ on receipt.
• Caveat – unless it is impractical (in which case recognition is upon
distribution or sale)
• May be no change – but you need to prove that changing the basis is
impractical
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Statement of Cash Flows
All charities using FRS102 SORP must prepare a statement of cash flows
• The headings for cash movements are
• operating activities, eg cash receipts of donations
• investing activities, eg acquisition of investments or fixed assets
• financing activities, eg interest paid
• Cash flows from operating activities will be shown in a reconciliation note
similar to the current SORP requirements.
• Group exemptions exist for subsidiary companies
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Balance sheet
• No changes to format
• Social investments are a separate class of investment
• Discounting of financial instruments
• Internally generated databases cannot be capitalised
• Investment properties
• Employment benefits
• Defined benefit pension costs
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Investment properties (in module 11)
• Initial recognition at cost then fair value
• Fair value is deemed to be a market valuation by an independent expert – or
disclosure as to why this has not been done
• Previously allowed ‘any reasonable approach’ to market value
• Mixed use investment properties apportioned (previously based on main use)
• Property let or occupied by another group undertaking is always an
investment property
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Investment properties (in module 11)
• Property cost £1million
• 75% used by the charity and 25% let to third parties
• Previously the full £1million could have been included in fixed asset
properties and depreciated
• Under FRS102:
• £750,000 will be a fixed asset and depreciated
• £250,000 will be investment property – and subject to regular independent market
valuation
• The percentage split must be reviewed regularly
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Employee benefits (module 7)
Recognise a liability at the balance sheet date for entitlements which have not
yet been paid
• Wages and salaries – included at the amount expected to be paid
• Unpaid annual leave and paid sick leave must be accrued IF MATERIAL
• Termination benefits – best estimate of expected costs to settle – discounted
if settlement in more than 12 months
• Post employment benefits
• All charities will need to disclose the numbers of staff receiving above
£60,000 (in bands of £10,000)
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Employee benefits (module 7)
• The charity has a year end of 31 March 2016, holiday year runs to 30 June
2016
• At 31 March there was 100 days of untaken leave and 20 days of estimated
untaken paid sick leave
• How to estimate cost:
• Determine how much leave/sick leave is to be taken per person
• Multiply by the daily rate of that person
• Journal Dr staff costs, Cr accruals [if material]
• NB Consider aligning the financial and holiday year
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Defined benefit pensions (module 17)
• No significant change for most schemes
• For multi-employer schemes which are not possible to split:
• Continue to account for as defined contribution
• Where additional contributions are made as part of a deficit recovery
plan(based on current and past service of employees), a liability is recognised
• Value of outstanding additional contributions
• Discounted to net present value
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Transactions with Trustees, Related Parties and Staff Remuneration
• Definition now includes “key management personnel” being the trustees and
senior management to whom the trustees have delegated significant
authority or responsibility for day to day management..
• Unconditional donations from trustees must be disclosed in aggregate
• Must disclose the aggregate of total employee benefits received by key
management personnel. This includes payments to pension schemes
• Trustee expenses to be disclosed include costs reimbursed and costs paid
direct to third parties (amounts waived to be disclosed if material)
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Applying FRS 102 SORP
Groups and consolidation (modules 23 & 24)
• An interest acquired in a charity is treated as a merger
• It is not possible to recognise a one sided entry
• Negative goodwill for acquisition of a charity is recognised in full in the SOFA
in the year of acquisition
• For non-charitable acquisitions, amortisation of goodwill for a maximum of
five years
• Flow chart available for determining relevant modules for groups (module 23)
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Applying FRSSE SORP
Key influences on decision
• Likely to be minimal changes to your existing accounting policies
• No Statement of Cash Flows
• No disclosure of key management total remuneration and benefits
But........
• The FRSSE will be withdrawn in 2016 which could result in
restatement in successive years.
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Applying FRSSE SORP
Presentation differences from FRS 102 SORP
• SOFA
• gains and losses on investments excluded from net income
• ‘other gains and losses’ not a category
• disclose ‘exceptional’ items rather than ‘material’ items
• No Statement of Cash Flows required (encouraged but not required)
• If decide to apply then based on existing UK GAAP
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Applying FRSSE SORP
Accounting policy differences from FRS 102 SORP
• Not permitted to revalue intangible fixed assets
• Goodwill less than 20 years (rather than 5 years)
• Treatment of investment properties let and occupied by another group
undertaking
• Option to record unlisted investments at cost
• Going concern – FRS 102 SORP specifically states consider 12 months from
date of approval
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Applying FRSSE SORP
Accounting policy differences from FRS 102 SORP
• Discount rates
• FRSSE: government bonds
• FRS102: market rate or at opportunity cost
• Multi-employer defined benefit pension schemes
• Continue with current policy relating to deficit recovery payments
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Applying FRSSE SORP
Disclosure differences from FRS 102 SORP
• Transactions with Trustees, related parties and staff remuneration
• No requirement to disclose unconditional donations made by Trustees
• No requirement to disclose total employee benefits paid to key management
personnel
• Much less detailed disclosures on financial instruments
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Tips for Transition
What should you do?
• Decide which SORP to apply
• Trustee approval
• Identify the differences in accounting policies
• If options on accounting policy, then will need to select which is most appropriate
• Assess impact of changes
• Prepare opening balance sheet, comparative figures and reconciliations
under new regime
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Tips for Transition
What should you do?
• Explain changes to Trustees
• Discuss with funders
• Discuss with bank and lenders
• Impact on loan covenants?
• Ensure that systems are in place to capture the necessary information
PLAN EARLY!
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How can we help?
• Sounding board
• Consideration of options on accounting policies
• Presentation of information
• Interpreting changes for Trustees/funders
• Review and identify areas of the financial statements that require attention
• Factsheet on changes
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Help
Where to seek guidance
• SORP micro site: www.charitysorp.org
• Full SORPs
• Build your own SORP
• Helpsheets
• Financial Reporting Council www.frc.org.uk
• Changes to FRS 102
• Updates on FRSSE
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of issues relating to accounting applicable to entities in general, and therefore cannot be relied upon to cover specific situations; applications of the
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