## **Asthma Relief Charity** 

## **Accounts** 

**For the year ended 30 June 2021** 

**Simon Day & Co. Chartered Accountants** 



Examxuer's Unqualified Report ou the Accounts
Inde
endent Examiner's re rt to the Trusteos of Asthma Rdief Clwi
We report the accounts of the Cljatity for the year ended 30 June 2021, which are set out on the attached
pages.
ective res
nsibitities of tnEStees and exami
As the charitys trnS*e5 you are resrM)nsiblc for the preparation of the accounts. You Consider that the audil
requirement of section 144 of the Charitie5 Aci 2011 (the Act) not apply. It is our responsibility to
examine the accounts under scction 145 of the Charities Aci 5ta(e, ￿ follow the procedures laid down in the
General Directions given by the ChaTity CommissioneE5 Under section 145(5}(b) of the ACL and to stste
whethet particular matters have COTne to our attention.
Basis of inde
ndent examiner's re
Our examination was carried out in aCC￿ce with the General Ditections given by the Charity
Con]missioners.
All eKaJnination includes a revkew of the accountiDg records kept by tbe ch&ity and a
COMP￿lSOn of thc accounts presented with those records. It also include5 a consideration of any unusua] itcms
01 disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations fTom you as ttusiees concernÈng any such matters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide a]1 the cviden(* that would be required in an audic and
consequently we do not exPr&￿S an audit opinion on the view given by the acciyunts.
Inde
endent examiner's statement
In connection with otjr examin￿10n. no matter has con￿ to our attention:
(l) which gives us reawnable cause to ￿lie￿ that in any matetiai resm the requirnents
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the ac£ouDting
requiremcnts of the Act
have not been met: or
(2) to which. in our opinion. atta)ti(¥D should be drawn in OEder to enable a proper undet5tanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Simon Day & Co.
Cbartered Accountants
Unli 2 Uffcott Far
Uff¢ott
Wiltshire
SN4 9NB
Date:
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Relief (JEaTity
lllcome and Expellditure Account
for the )ear ended 30 June 2021
2021
2020
Income
Donations, grants and iwue5ts
CAF and collection trf)xes
Evenls and other
233.194
1.311
3.616
273,655
1.758
10,755
238.121
286,168
Direci clwitable ex
diture
Nebulisers & breathing equipment
Servicing. spares and repairs
Trd]LSPQrt and delivery
Hclp line
Wages"
Staff pension Costs
Inforniation aDd support
mO￿r costs
75.358
50
3.702
174.352
540
4,835
632
18,226
3.725
30,280
2.528
22.433
6.889
28,455
139552
235.118
Indirect cbaritable ex
Insurance
Office rellt amd services
Printing. postagc and slationcry
Fundnising
Telephone
Webstte costs
Bank charges
HonoraTium
Sundry expenscs
dttute
752
5,442
1.316
66.396
112
896
4,848
1.421
70.931
168
1.098
657
31i0
1.226
539
3W
156
75.097
81.545
Total expenditure
Net surplY￿(der￿llt}
1214,649)
(316.663)
23,472
130,495)
Monies carried over from p￿VIouS year
35.324
65,819
Monies carricd over to year
58.796
35,324

at 30 June 2021
2021
2020
C￿rrellt A&sets
Cash at bank and ID hand
59.436
35.6
Current Liablliti&s
Honowiujn accrLTal
Net Current Assets
58,796
35,324
Totsl Assets Less Current
Liabilities
58,796
35,324
Capital Account
Broughi forward at l Julv 2020
Surplus1(deficit) for the ye4r
35.324
23.472
65,819
(30,495}
58.796
35,324
We gpprove these accounts and confjrm that we have made available all relevant Te£ords and inforniatioll for
their preparation.
A Mitrhell (frustee)
Dr Matheson (chairw￿￿)
DrPM
Date:
0111112021
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ASTHMA REUEF (Registered Charity 10639650)
www.AsthmaRelief.o
CHAIRMANS REPORT- Year 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021
Once again I would like to offer our most sincere grdtitude to all of our donors. from Grant making
organisations and Corporate donors, small Businesses. individuals and all those who have given their time
and expertise to Asthma Relief voluntarily- your kindness and generosty have enabled Aslhma Relief to
continue with our vital work- thank you all.
The Coronavirus pandemic was once again at the forefront of much of our planning during the year, being a
Respiratory Charity we somewhat expected increased requests for our help to materialise - and malerialise
they did.
In tems of the planning that was deployed. it was a longer tern approach that we adopted which began
very early on in the pandemic spanning last years. accounting pertod as well as this year, we have also
structured plans for the next year based urK)n solid information that we now have available to us after
operating at full capacity throughoLrt the pandemic.
I have to pay tribute to our Honorary Manager (and founder of the Charity) Dave Penman, assisted by our
Office Manager Tricia Davis for their forward thinking approach con￿mIng the logistical effects of the
pandemic on our work: both on a day to basis and over the longer term.
This well thought through approach placed us in Ihe strongest position to be able to respond to numerous
urgent reqL￿Sts for our help from those who really were in need of our support.
To clarify further- during the pandemic V￿ encountered pericmjs when we were unable to source
Nebulisers. We were forbjnate that one supplier came forward wilh an offer of several hundred machines
and we decided to purchase them immediately due to experiencing the short supply. We are pleased we
did so - because of this we were able to accommodate every urgent request for Nebulisers, which, during
such dtfficult times in people's lives was essential (in particular older and more vulnerable patients). Our
previous years, accounts reflected this decision showing a substantial defictL Our finances have since
retumed to a more nomial level as can be observed in this years, accounts.
I would also like to thank my fellow Trustees for their unwavering commitment and support throughout such
a difficult and challenging period in overseeing the wellbeing of the Charity.
Wtth that in mind I have to announce. wtth much sadness. that due to health reasons Sue Jones and
Charles Penman have stepped down as Trustees. I thank you both for your years of Servi￿ on the board of
Trustees and the exemplary example you have set for all of us. We at the Charity offer all of our best
wishes for the future and I know that we shall keep in touch.
Coronawrus (Covid19)- our continuing story:_
Whilst our infrastructure and our commithient to getting Nebulisets to those who need them most urgently.
have remained intsGt, there have been many logistical challenges that we have had to address.
One such challenge had be8n providing single Nebuliser placements in those urgent cases invotving
Patients - we were most diligent observing strict guidelines and prolocols when handlirtrg machines.
With Hospices, Hospitals. Medical Centres and Nursing Teams, wherever possible we provided Nebulisers
in unopened batches of 4 or 6 machines. in each box (depending upon which machines were being utilized}
in order to minimisè handing of the machines betsveen Ihe manufacturing and distribution processes.

Some messages of thanks .... (From the Motherof a S yeargirf with Severe osthma) .1 confes5 I was ratherpanicked
ond worried obouther. A bitof a state if fm honest between howbadshe was. then thefear andstress of 611 thavs
going on. I was struggling to monoge it at ullforher where she has been so bod, she has also been panicking herself
when herbreuthing gets bad 0150 175 she recently ended up in hospitol which scared her. Obviously herpanicking
doesn't help hereither. just make5 It worse. I wos scured but also scared of her needing the h05PItGI too especiolly a5
hospitalseems to be the wotstploceforher ot the momenteven if it was needed. a5 petrified of her coming down
with covid19 0$ her issues with breuthing 15 when she 15 ill as well as at night. Then the nebuliser broke and I could
not get a replt7cement. It oll got too much. IYS been prety muth hellsince Ortober with her constuntly being unwell
(tonsillitis/throGt, chest ond eor infections) ond that triggering the breothing issues. Thunkfvlly between the new
nebuliser, medication ond weotherchonge she seems to hovefinally improved. Thank you doesn't cover it. Not sure
there really is a way to show how gr(rteful l am,.
(From a Cystic Fibmsis Clinicol Nurse Specialist ata Children's H05PltalJ 7hank you so muchfor the very kind dDnGtion
of 2 Eflow nebuli5ers that I received yesterday. We continue to be very gratefvlfor these pieces of equipment
e5peciully now, as they make such o difference to the children whose treotment regimen5 are complex ond
burdensome. It helps sove time in treotment deliTvery. and thereforefree5 UP timeformore importont thing5 in life.
Keep up the greot workl,
(A P(JtientJ 'We would like to thank youfvr the wonderfvl help ondsupport you hove given by providing a nebuliser. tt
hos certoinly helped. Without the help and supportyourcharity provides mony othersufferer5 would go untiided.
Carry on with your great work and thank you once ogoin..
(A RespArotory Alursing Teomj Just to letyou know thot we received the Nebulisermochines yesterday. Thank you so
muchfvr your greot generosityl.... We greotly appreciate yourdonation in sending them to us-yoursupport is
invaluuble to us. especially50 in such troubling timesl . On beholf of the Respirirtoryservice. thank you oguinl.
(From o Hospicej 'On behalf of the entire teom trt the Hospice I WaTrted to thank you and the team titAsthmo Relief
Charityfor the generous don(rtion of Nebulisers. During these difficult times they ore very useful and represent (3
good costsavingfor us olso, thonk you. Please pa55 on our thanks and best wishes to the teum there- we hope you
ore rjll keeping soft and well during these stn7nge ond chollenging times. Thankyou t7goinfvryour continued
Suppo￿,
During the past year it has been a humbling experience seeing the selfless work of the many NHS and
social care workers who have put Iheir own wellbèing at risk in their (2re of the vulnerable people in need
of physical, mental and emotional support- we salute them all.
Asthma Relief can only continue its work with those vthose INes are affected wilh breathing and related
issues with the ongoing Commitment of the generous people and Organisations that support us in so many
ways. l offer my heartfelt thanks to them all.
I would like to add another special thank you to Simon Day who has On￿ again very kindly provided
accounting services free of charge.
lan Matheson (Doctor) Chaimian
(Report compiled 1 November 2021)