In 2020, by county, the largest number of treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was Norfolk with 104 cases (10% of total finds) whilst in 2019, the largest number of treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was Hampshire with 104 cases (8% of total finds). 4. Characteristics of reported finds, 2019 Consistent across all company sizes was an increased focus of combining technical treasury experience with data/modelling, digital, as well as soft skills. Comparing the level of adoption of key technologies by treasurers last year with the 2022 survey, we saw that there has been an increase in the proportion of treasurers who have embedded data warehousing, APIs/Cloud and Virtual bank accounts within their operations. Estimates reported for participation in metal detecting are based on data collected in the 2019/20 Taking Part Survey.

The total number of finds which meet the definition for treasure in 2020 was 774. This includes acquired, donated, and disclaimed items. 4.1 Figure 3: Reported treasure finds, by change in ownership: England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2020 At the time of publication, the number of finds for 2020 had not been resolved [footnote 2]. Therefore, the data for 2020 is provisional and it is not possible to provide a breakdown of factors such as period and disposition (i.e. change in ownership) in this release. As usual, this final breakdown will be provided in the Treasure Finds Statistical Release in 2022 which will cover the treasure finds for 2020 in detail and provisional figures for 2021. Meanwhile, 54% of treasurers mentioned that cash visibility is the highest priority for them in their relationship with their transaction and cash banking providers and analytical quality being a key priority for 40% treasurers.

Unabated volatility in the last few years has made cash balance visibility extremely important for treasurers. These periods of uncertainty have brought testing times for treasurers when they have to ensure that their firm is well funded and liquid to weather the storm. We are able to provide characteristics of the treasure finds from 2019, reporting on the object type discovered, the period of history it originates from and the number of pieces of treasure museums in the UK were interested in acquiring. A breakdown of the data is not yet available for 2020 as, in line with usual timescales, treasure finds for 2020 had not been resolved [footnote 2] at the time of publication. This also means that the data is still provisional and subject to change. The next statistical release (due to be published in Autumn 2022) will cover characteristics for 2020 treasure finds.

There were 1,071 treasure finds reported in 2020 (876 object cases and 195 coin cases). Of these cases: Geographic coverage – National, regional, and county level data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This release does not cover Scotland. Even if the item is found to not be treasure at a later date the discovery is still counted as a treasure find.. ↩This statistical release presents data on the number of reported treasure finds for 2020 and provisional figures for 2021 within England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A treasure find is when a single or group of items is discovered which contains at least one item that may [footnote 1] meet the legal definition of treasure. Data on the type of treasure and their final destinations of the finds in 2020 are broken down by county, period, and method of discovery. Figures for 2021 are provisional and are provided by county and region only.

There were 1,303 treasure finds reported in 2019 (1,060 object cases and 243 coin cases). Of these cases: Updated information: 'Due to the general election on 12 December there will be no publication of Forecasts for the UK Economy in November. The next publication will be on the 18th December covering both short and medium term forecasts'.Often the challenge faced by organisations are the inability to forecast due to insufficient cash flow data received from the business, inaccuracies in those forecasts, or not having a suitable tool to process and present forecasts. 55% of treasurers said that cash flow forecasting is their key priority going forward. While conducting the survey, we observed some companies still dealing with impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic whereas other organizations considered the pandemic in the review-mirror and were now focused on new priorities and challenges. Increase operating model efficiency. The following steps can give treasurers the authority and insights they need to improve productivity and cost performance significantly: