Charity Number 1004278
THANA TRUST
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2022
THANA TRUST
TRUSTEES REPORT
The Trustees present their report and Financial statements for the year ended 30th April 2022
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare statements of accounts for each financial year, which gives a trus and fair view of the affairs of the charity and its incoming resources and applicatons of resources for that period. In preparing those financia; statements the Trustees are required:-
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select suitablle accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are responsible and prident;
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prepare financial statements on a going concern basis
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value assets and liabilities in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting for Charities.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the Charities actvities and to disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity, and to enable them to ensure any statement of account comply with the requirements of the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 1995. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
The Charity was established by a Deed of Trust dated 18th Februaary 1991. It is a registered charity number 1004278.
The adminstration address is 4 Rosegate, Aglinby, Carlisle CA4 8AJ
Trustees from the 1st May 2020 to the date of this report were: C B K Danby J Payne D Mackay
The appointment of new Trustees come through recommendation for any existing Trustee and will be ratified by unanimous agreement. The new Trustee would go through an induction period and would likey to have known about the work of Bethany Hospital, Thana, Mumbia and its outreach work in India through a visit.
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR
The object of the charity is to provide education, relief the poor and suffering and to provide medical and surgical relief work. The support for this work comes mainly from Individuals, Churches and Charitable Foundations who have heard of the needs in India, often receiving verbal reports from the Trustees or Dr Stephen Alfred during his visits The object of the charity is to provide education, relief the poor and suffering and to The object of the charity is to provide education, relief the poor and suffering and to the United Kingdom
In support of this work, legacies and gifts amounting to £160,586 were received during the year. The Trustees continue to be grateful to Dr Alfred and his wife Claire for their tireless and sacrificial leadership and work.
Bethany Hospital is a 200-bed hospital situated in Thane, on the outskirts of Mumbai city, India. It was established in 1997 with a vision to provide quality healthcare, catering especially to sections of the community who would otherwise find these services beyond their means. In normal times, managing a hospital of this size is never easy. But in March 2020, we were faced with the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis. Within days, one of our of our buildings was set apart as a dedicated Covid-19 centre. Starting with 15 ICU and 45 ward beds, we had to eventually scale up to the building’s full capacity of 75 beds.
Thane is a suburb of Mumbai city with a population of 5 million people, overnight in April 2020, we were left open to scores of Covid positive patients, along with tens of thousands of migrants, who were unable to go back to there villages, and were stranded on the streets and the slums of Thane, as small businesses closed and as the city went into lock down, the situation became acute.
In addition to this, health care staff working in the Covid unit at Bethany had to be isolated from the non covid staff, the logistics of arranging accommodation for more than a 100 staff overnight, was overwhelming.
Two local schools came to our rescue and gave us there premises , and a make shift hostel was created, with food being supplied by our hospital caterers. The cycle of staff getting infected, and all the contacts being isolated, put immense pressure on an already depleted staff force.
We first opened our hospital to Covid-19 patients in the end of march 2020. Though our initial steps were taken nervously and reluctantly, we have seen the Lord lead us graciously to manage what is now a hospital fully able to meet the coronavirus requirements.
At any given time we have had ten patients on the ventilator . From 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021, we have treated more than 2,800 Covid-19 positive cases as inpatients, at our facility and around 3500 as outpatients . Of these, around 96% recovered completely and were discharged. The mortality rate stands at 3.7% and the number of patients screened for coronavirus symptoms until 31 March 2021 is over 96,500. At the same time from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 in the Non Covid side we have Total number of surgeries performed 1764.
seen 8910 inpatients who were admitted and treated along with over 78,000 outpatients.
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Unchartered Waters
With the pandemic of 2020 being a major hit on the operation of the hospital bringing a lot of uncertainty both medically and administratively., with Mumbai and Thane being among the most Covid-affected areas in India, the pressure on the hospital was unrelenting. Municipal authorities kept up the demand for more bed, we enter 2021/22 financial year depended upon the support and prayers of many people around the world.
To our relief, the non-Covid section of the hospital continued to function. Emergency laparotomies, surgeries and deliveries were regularly scheduled. The radiation therapy department saw about 70 patients a day. Patients also came in for chemotherapy all along even at the peak of Covid. Everyone was screened as per protocol. To keep the hospital running under such extraordinary circumstances required an above normal flow of funds. Bethany has taken a substantial financial hit due to the expenses of its Covid centre. There are several reasons for this including: the significantly higher cost of treating a Covid patient due to barrier nursing and use of personal protective equipment (PPE); healthcare staff working shorter shifts and having to be paid more as incentive; and the policy to treat our staff and their relatives infected by Covid free of charge We expect to keep the Covid section open, for another twelve months, by which time, we are hoping and praying that the pandemic would have run its natural course and become endemic . Our main challenge at present is dealing with several non-Covid cases. Patients are either reporting late for treatment or are missing their appointed follow-up out of fear. This has led to a few patients coming in with added problems.
In the Radiotherapy Unit a total of 840 patients have finished their course of radiotherapy for different types of malignancies mainly head face and neck. Our community health projects at Dolkammb and the surrounding villages continues to flourish and so does our HIV/AIDS programs in the community in and around the city of Thane .
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
In support of this work, legacies and gifts amounted to £185,097 6 and with interest received and gift aid tax reclaimed making the total income for the year £204,086
The Funds at the year ended amounted to £422,134 compared with £229,684 at 30th April 2021
The Trustees are confident that the reserves are more than sufficient for the functioning of the Charity.
On behalf of the Trustees
C B K Danby Chairman
19th January 2023.
THANA TRUST
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
To the Trustees of Thana Trust
We report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 30th April 2021 as set out on pages
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's Trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examintaion of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 95) (b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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1 Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be raeched.
J.Northcott Retired Accountant 24th February 2023
Cyril Arnold, Glyndwr, 5a Castle Street, Ruthin Ll15 1DP
THANA TRUST
Annual accounts for the year ended 30th April 2022
| STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES All designed funds note 2022 INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS Voluntary income - Gifts received 185,997 Income tax refunds - Gift Aid 1,091 Investment income 16,988 204,076 RESOURCES EXPENDED Charitable activities 2 11,626 NET -INCOMING/OUTGOING RESOURCES 192,450 RESTRICTED FUND BALANCES brought forward 229,684 RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE carried forward 422,134 |
2021 160,586 1514 16,375 |
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| 178,475 227,353 |
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| -48,878 278,562 |
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| 229,684 |
THANA TRUST
Annual accounts for the year ended 30th April 2022
| BALANCE SHEET CURRENT ASSETS Investments Cash at Bank CURRENT LIABILITIES NET ASSETS RESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS Approve by the Trustees on and signed on behlaf of the Trust |
2022 182,350 239,784 422,134 422,134 422,134 |
2021 165,375 64,309 |
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| 229,684 | ||
| 229,684 | ||
| 229,684 | ||
C.B.K.Danby Chairman 19th January 2023
THANA TRUST
Notes to the Annual accounts for the year ended 30th April 2022
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following accounting policies have been applied in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the charity's financial statements.
(a) Basis of prepaartion These financial statements have been prepered on the receipts and paymnet basis.
| 2 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES Gifts to Brethany Hospital Support & UK costs Traveling expenses Professional fees Bank charges |
2022 8,000 3,626 11,626 |
2021 225,000 2,306 47 |
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| 227,353 |
The Trustees receieved no remuneration for their services.
| 3 RESTRICTED FUNDS (all Dolkaam Village work JSK AIDS HIV UK promotional activiies Dehradun Bethany Hospital UK traveling costs Medical education Cardiac unit Neev Translation work Covid-19 |
relate to the work in India). brought incoming outgoing carried forward resources resources forward 1,477 1,477 38,844 1,500 40,344 44,341 8,000 36,341 12,000 12,000 102,912 112,588 215,500 -1,418 12,000 3,626 6,956 4,100 4,988 9,088 21,246 21,246 16,932 16,932 1,250 1,250 61,000 |
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| 229,684 204,076 11,626 422,134 |