Reporting
Financial overview
In the third year of operation, the Wyss Academy for Nature registered an implementation rate of 61% (CHF 13.4 million) in posting an ordinary earning of CHF 8.0 million. The activities in fiscal year 2022 were centered around scaling up the Regional Stewardship Hubs and the Research and Innovation teams and around the build-up of competence centers supporting the field operations.
The Wyss Academy has absorbed the doubling of its workforce in 2022 to over 60 staff members. Despite and, to a certain extent, due to this impressive growth, the implementation of the planned projects fell short compared to the ambitions expressed in the 2022 budget. The available financial resources were again not fully applied, due to a continued lack of access due to COVID-19 travel restrictions or political tensions in some regional areas, among others. The resulting additional equity will be reduced again during the coming years by further scaling foreseen for the projects in the Hubs of the Global South.
Finances
Committed Funding 2020–2029
in million CHF
Contributed Funding 2020–2022
in million CHF
Core Funding 2022
in million CHF
| in million CHF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donor | Purpose |
Overall Committed |
Average per year |
Income 2020 |
Income 2021 |
Income 2022 |
Total 2020–2022 |
Remaining commitement 2023-2029 |
| Wyss Foundation | Grant | 100.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 30.00 | 70.00 |
| Canton of Bern | Implementation program | 30.00 | 3.00 | 0.57 | 1.91 | 3.55 | 6.03 | 23.97 |
| State contribution | 17.00 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 5.10 | 11.90 | |
| Premises (in kind) | 3.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 2.10 | |
| University of Bern | University contribution | 30.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 21.00 |
| Tied funds | 17.00 | 1.70 | 1.72 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 4.17 | 12.82 | |
| SDC | SDC (2020–2023) | 3.00 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 1.83 | 1.18 |
| Total | 200.00 | 20.00 | 17.57 | 18.91 | 20.55 | 57.03 | 142.97 | |
Income Statement
| CHF | |
|---|---|
| Donor contributions | 17,000,000 |
| Income for implementation program Hub Bern | 3,550,450 |
| Other third-party funding for implementation program Hub Bern | 314,568 |
| Other third-party funding for projects, research and services | 532,060 |
| Other operating income | 12,486 |
| Total operating income | 21,409,564 |
| Project expenses | -6,349,037 |
| Personnel expenses | -6,096,911 |
| Other operating expenses | -699,402 |
| Depreciation of tangible assets | -200,359 |
| Amortization on intangible assets | -59,415 |
| Total operating expenses | -13,405,124 |
| Operating result | 8,004,440 |
| Financial result | -2,801 |
| Ordinary result | 8,001,639 |
| Extraordinary result | 0 |
| Result of the year | 8,001,639 |
Balance Sheet
| Assets | CHF |
|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 22,621,092 |
| Current financial assets | 10,036,533 |
| Receivables from services | 2,664,132 |
| Other short-term receivables | 1,302,018 |
| Advance payments Regional Hubs | 76,636 |
| Prepayments and accrued income | 475,497 |
| Current assets | 37,175,908 |
| Tangible fixed assets | 723,472 |
| Intangible assets | 305,096 |
| Non-current assets | 1,028,568 |
| Total assets | 38,204,476 |
| Liabilities and foundation capital | CHF |
|---|---|
| Payables from goods and services | 2,761,308 |
| Accrued liabilities and deferred income | 1,898,853 |
| Short-term provisions | 556,975 |
| Current liabilities | 5,217,136 |
| Foundation capital | 10,000,000 |
| Result carried forward | 14,985,701 |
| Result of the year | 8,001,639 |
| Total foundation capital | 32,987,340 |
| Total liabilities and foundation capital | 38,204,476 |
The Income Statement and Balance Sheet refers to the business year: 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022.
The financial statements were established in accordance with the Swiss GAAP FER standard.
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For detailed information, please refer to the full 2022 Financial Report.