Organisations Receiving a Grant of over £100,000 in 2010: Presentation of Accounts

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A decision made on 7 August 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2012-0057
Decision Summary Title:	Presentation to the States of the Accounts of Organisations who received a grant of over £100,000 in 2010		Date of Decision Summary:	2nd August 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Presentation to the States of the Accounts of Organisations who received a grant of over £100,000 in 2010		Date of Written Report:	2nd August 2012
Written Report Author:	Decision Support Officer		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Presentation to the States of the Accounts of organisations who received a grant of over £100,000 from the States of Jersey in 2010 unless grounds for exemption have been granted in accordance with Financial Direction 5.5 ‘Management of Grants’.
Decision(s): The Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources decided to present to the States the Accounts of organisations who received a grant of over £100,000 in 2010 except where an exemption has been granted in accordance with Financial Direction 5.5 ‘Management of Grants’.
Reason(s) for decision: During the 2009 Annual Business Plan debate (P.117/2009), Amendment No. 4 was adopted (as amended). P.117/2009: Amd (4), Paragraph 2 Section (i) (as amended) stated that: ‘All organisations receiving grants from the States submit their accounts to be published as a report to the States; subject to a de minimis limit . . . . except where to do so would breach confidentiality agreements, Codes of Practice or legislation such as Data Protection legislation’. N.B. The de minimis limit originally set has since been changed following discussions between the proposer and the Treasury and Resources Department.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower implications as a result of this decision.
Action required: The Greffier of the States is requested to present the attached report to the States and to hold electronic and hard copies of the Accounts at the States Greffe for distribution upon request.
Signature:		Position: Deputy E J Noel, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Organisations Receiving a Grant of over £100,000 in 2010: Presentation of Accounts

2010 Accounts of Organisations Receiving Grants of Over £100,000

During the 2009 Annual Business Plan debate (P.117/2009), Amd (4) was adopted (as amended). P.117/2009: Amd (4), Paragraph 2 Section (i) (as amended) stated that:

‘All organisations receiving grants from the States submit their accounts to be published as a report to the States; subject to a de minimis limit . . . . except where to do so would breach confidentiality agreements, Codes of Practice or legislation such as Data Protection legislation’.

N.B. The de minimis limit originally set has since been changed following discussions between the proposer and the Treasury and Resources Department.

Available Accounts

Grant Receiving Organisation	Grant Amount (£)	Year / period end
Alcohol Advice Centre	189,960	31st December 2010
Association of Jersey Charities	423,699	31st March 2010
Battle of Flowers Association	145,000	30th September 2010
Brook in Jersey	281,432	31st December 2010
Bureau de Jersey Limited	105,000	31st December 2010
Citizen’s Advice Bureau	217,690	31st December 2010
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust	423,766	31st December 2010
Family Nursing & Home Care (Jersey) Incorporated	6,160,492	31st December 2010
Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service	314,700	31st December 2010
Jersey Arts Centre Association	442,510	31st December 2010
Jersey Arts Trust	156,548	31st December 2010
Jersey Business Venture	130,000	31st December 2010
Jersey Childcare Trust	170,700	31st December 2010
Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority	400,000	31st December 2010
Jersey Conference Bureau Limited	245,000	31st December 2010
Jersey Consumer Council	120,000	31st December 2010
Jersey Dairy	170,092	31st March 2010
Jersey Finance Limited	2,228,350	31st December 2010
Jersey Financial Services Commission	248,965	31st December 2010
Jersey Focus on Mental Health	117,920	30th June 2010
Jersey Heritage Trust	2,642,023	31st December 2010
Jersey Hospice Care	746,936	31st December 2010
Jersey Mencap Society	197,100	31st March 2010
Jersey Women’s Refuge	199,380	31st December 2010
Le Don Balleine Trust	139,762	31st December 2010
NEMO	164,840	31st December 2010
Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society	233,343	31st December 2010
Serco (Jersey) Ltd1	469,822	31st December 2010
Shelter Trust	677,970	31st December 2010
The Jersey Employment Trust	1,377,196	31st December 2010
The Jersey Opera House	1,140,009	30th June 20112
Total	20,680,205

1Cash Flow statement only

2Covers 18 month period from 1st January 2010

Exemptions

Financial Direction 5.5 ‘Management of Grants’ states that organisations may request exemption from the provision and/or publication of accounts where doing so would disadvantage the organisations’ commercial interests, or breach confidentiality agreements, Codes of Practice (e.g. Access to Information held by the States, June 2004) or legislation (e.g. Data Protection Legislation).

The following organisations have claimed an exemption and therefore their 2010 Accounts will not be made available:

Grant Receiving Organisation	Grant Amount (£)	Reason for exemption
Jersey Product Promotion Ltd	160,000	3.2.1(a)(i)3
The Jersey Royal Company	293,569	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
De La Salle College	1,936,262	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
Beaulieu School	1,916,649	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
Convent FCJ School	472,493	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
St Michael’s School	388,962	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
St George’s School	192,320	3.2.1(a)(xi)3
Total	5,360,255

3Refers to the Code of Practice on Access to Information held by the States

Due to the volume of information, copies of Accounts are not attached. They can be obtained in electronic or hard copy format from the States Greffe.