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2024-01-31-accounts

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024

Chair

Dr Bushera Choudry

Treasurer

Dr Saddaf Alam

Charity Trustees/Directors

Dr Ibrar Majid Dr Najeeb Rahman Dr Saddaf Alam Dr Shazaad Ahmad

Chief Executive Officer

Monowara Gani

Registered Company Number

6389121

Registered Charity Number

1122671

Registered Office

134 Wellington Road North, Stockport, SK4 2LL

Accountants: and Auditors:

Zaheer & Co, Registered Auditors & Accountants, 63 Kingsway, Burnage Manchester, M19 2LL

Bankers: Barclays, 537 Stockport Road, Manchester. M12 4JH

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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024

SECTION A: GOVERNANCE AND OBJECTIVES

The Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 January 2024. The financial statements signed off by an independent examiner are attached at the end of this report.

1. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

1.1 Structure

Doctors Worldwide is a company limited by guarantee, its governing document being its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The directors of the company are its trustees for the purposes of charity law and under its Memorandum and Articles of Association are collectively referred to throughout this report as The Board of Trustees. The Charity's principal objectives are to relieve need among people who are victims of poverty, famine, disease, natural and man-made disasters, wars and civil wars, irrespective of race, religion, ideology or politics by the provision of comprehensive medical relief worldwide.

1.2 Governance

Doctors Worldwide has a Board of Trustees who meet regularly and are responsible for strategic direction and policy. The trustees during the year are listed on page 2-3.

Day-to-day responsibility for the provision of services and implementation of the strategy is delegated to the Chief Executive, Monowara Gani.

1.2.1. Recruitment of Trustees to the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees tries to ensure that the needs of this group are fully reflected in the diversity of skills and experience of the Trustee body. The Charity has sought to recruit suitably qualified individuals to use their skills and expertise to assist the work.

1.2.2 Induction and training

New trustees are invited to undergo an induction process and familiarise themselves with the Charity and its workings. Use is made of various Charity Commission and other good practice publications, in particular "The Essential Trustee" guide and the Governance Code.

1.3 Management

Responsibility for delivering strategy and day-to-day management of operations is delegated to a management team led by the Chief Executive.

Systems of internal controls are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include:

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The trustees also consider business risks and implement risk management strategies. The approach comprises:

An element in the management of financial risk is the setting of a reserves policy and its regular review by the Board of Trustees.

2. OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES

2.1 Objectives and Aims

The Charity's principal objectives as set out in its Memorandum of Association are:

The main objectives and activities for the year continued to focus on the delivery of healthcare and medical services to the poor and needy. Our strategic objectives are based on:

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Our projects cover the following three areas or themes:

1) Health Access - providing access to basic and essential lifesaving healthcare needs.

2) Health Improvement - strengthening healthcare systems to deliver better healthcare.

3) Health Emergencies - enabling local communities to meet their health needs when responding to a crisis situation.

SECTION B: ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

1. PUBLIC BENEFIT

The trustees have taken into account the statutory duties of public benefit. This report highlights examples of Doctors Worldwide activities that illustrate how our work fulfils public benefit and the benefits it brings to individuals and communities globally, irrespective of their race, religion, or ethnicity. We have developed strategic plans to make certain that we provide maximum public benefit and achieve our strategic objectives, which fall under purposes defined by the Charities Act 2011. In setting the charity’s objectives and planning activities, the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.

2. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES IN 2023/24

Doctors Worldwide (“DWW”) is committed to the provision of high quality and affordable healthcare provision and medical relief in low-resource settings. Our work covered the DWW three thematic areas and this year, with the addition of two emergency relief response activities, namely the Turkiye/Syria Earthquake 2023 and the war in Gaza 2023/4. In addition, a new project in Malawi is seeking to improve access to Maternal care through our Ambu-bike project. Our ongoing direct implementation activities continue through our projects in Malawi, Pakistan, and Rwanda.

Highlights of 2023/24 include:

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the latest devastating conflict work has continued despite the security dangers to staff, damage to the rehabilitation centre and constant displacements of civilians and our staff. A hot food prpgramme and monthly dry food pack distribution was initiated to provide vital nutrition to 14,000 people. Our medical staff attended families unable to leave their houses due to age or disability, some of our staff were also seconded to work in the hospitals to provide extra support to the inundated staff. A training programme was being developed to quickly upskill a cohort of people to become community health workers to provide some vital health promotion, health screening and continuity of care given the almost complete disruption to the normal health care system.

Public donation this year meant that:

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SECTION C

4. STAFF

Our staffing capacity continues to strengthen as we deliver more impactful project. We continued to strengthen our field partners by providing project managers/officers whilst we develop our core team to provide low cost and high impact projects. This year saw our CEO take maternity leave with her roles taken up by trustees and our Programme manager.

5. VOLUNTEERS

We express our gratitude for the support and expertise we receive from our volunteers, in particular those who gave their time and money travelling and working in our overseas projects or supporting our resource/content development remotely. Supporting medical volunteers has always been a part of Doctors Worldwide vision and commitment, with an increasing role for volunteers to help develop training material for our projects abroad. This year, 4 medical doctors/consultants engaged with DWW with their time, expertise and input through a variety of activities including, teaching and content development.

6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team, we would like to thank all our donors, supporters and volunteers for their help without which none of our work could take place.

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ZAHEER & COMPANY CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS AND REGISTERED AUDITORS DOCTORS WORLWIDE LTD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR TFIE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024 A Company limited by aiigrantee- Registration No. 6389121 (England) REGISTtRED CHARITYNO. 1122671 ACCA 63 Kingsway Burnage Manchester M19 2LL Fax.. 0161 248 9899 E-mail: farroukh@zaheerandco.com VAT Registration Number.. 741 2871 39 Partners., Mr. Farroukh Zaheer IFCCAI MRS. Neelam Zaheer Tel.. 0161 - 248 9898 www.zaheerandco.co.uk

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD INDEX Page Trustees Report Independent Examiner's Report Summary Of Income and Expenditure Accoun Balance Sheet statement of Financial Activities Notes to the Accounts

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD TRUSTEES. REPORT The trustees (management committee members) present their Report and the Financial Statements for the year Ended 31 January 2024. Status The Doctors worldwide is a registered charity under the charity number 1122671. It has no taxable activities and is therefore not liable to UK taxation. It is, however, unable to reclaim VAT on expenditure incurred. Company Registration No. Charity Registration No. 6389121 1122671 Trustees The trustees who held office during the year were as follows.. Saddaf Alam Ibrar Majid Shazaad Ahmad Najeeb Rahman Dr Bushera Choudry Bankers Barclays Bank Longsight Branch 537 Stockport Road Manchester M12 4JH Accountants Zaheer & Co , Registered Auditors 63 Kingsway , Burnage, Manchester,M19 2LL Auditors Zaheer & Co. Registered Auditors, 63 Kingsway. Burnage, Manchester, M19 2LL. OBJECTS To relieve need among people who are victim of poverty. famine, disease, natural and man- made disasters, wars and civil wars, irrespective of race. religion, ideology or politics by the provision of comprehensive medical relief worldwide The charity is a limited company by guarantee and is non-profit making. Organisational Structure The charity is a limited company by guarantee. The trustees (management committee members) are responsible for the overall management and control of the charity. Risk3 The trustees have taken steps to establish the risks to which the charity is exposed and have put systems in place to mitigate those risks.

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD TRUSTEES, REPORT (cont...) Review of the Results The trustees consider that the results set out on pages 5 to 9 are satisfactory. They are of the opinion that the balance on the funds is sufficient to meet any future commitments. Fixed Assets The movement in fixed assets is set oul in Note 8 to the Accounts. Trustees Responsibilities Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year (or other accounting period) which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of its surplus or deficit for that year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently., m8ke judgements and estimates that are reasonably prudent; prepare accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charity Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable Steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In preparing the above report, the trustees have taken advantage of special exemptions applicable to small companies. Signed on Behalf of the Board: Company Secretary Saddaf Alam

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD INDEPEI NDENT EXAMINER'S RLPORT TO TIIE TRU.STEES OF DOCTORS WORLDWIDF LTD I report on the accounts of the Doctors Worldwide Ltd, registered charity number 1122671 and company r¢gistration numb¢r 63 89121 for the year ended 31 sl January 2024 which are set out on pages 4 to 9. RLI SPFCTIVE RF.SPONSIBII,TTIE,S OF TIIUSTfi ES AND EXAMINER The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation for the accounts in accordance with the requirement of the Charities Act 2011 ( the Act ). The charity's trustees consid¢r that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 201 l Act) to follow the procedures laid down in the General Dir¢ctions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act). and in accordance FRS 102 SORP to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. BASIS OF INI)l< l)F,NDENT F,XAMINFR'S REPORT: My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners, An examination includes the accounting records kept by the charity and a oomparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes Consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by th¢ accounts. INDF,I)FNDfi NT FXAMINEI Il's STATfMENT: In connection with our examination, no matter has come to my attention. (l) which gives me reasonable caus¢ to believe that in any material respect the requirements . to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and . to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requiretnents of the Act have not been met. or (2) to which, in rny opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mr. Farrou aheer (FCCA) Zaheer and Company Chartered Certified Accountants 63 Kingsway Burnage Manchester M19 2LL

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024 Notes 2024 2023 Income and Endowments Expenditure Net income (expenditure) for the period (2) 548,99D 1574,948) 125,958) 390,480 461,069 (70,589) (3) Net Income (expenditure) before tax 125,958) (70,589) Tax payable (4) Net income (expenditure) after taxation 125,9581 (70,589) Total Funds Brought Fomard 579,263 649,852 Total Funds Carried Forward {12) 553,305 579,263 RECONCILIATION OF STATUTORY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT TO SOFA Net income ex re for earA er xa ion Total Net Income for the year per SOFA- Page 6 Total Net Income as above 25.958 25,958 70,589 etai ed I co arried FoNard Total funds Cl￿d per SOFA- Page 6 Retained Funds Carried Forward as above 553,305 553 305 579,263 579 263 The notes on pages 7 to 10 form part of these financial statements.

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 JANUARY 2024 2024 2023 Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible Fixed Assets (8) 40 47 CURRENT ASSETS (9) 554,503 554,503 580,454 580,454 LIABILITIES.. Amounts falling due wtthin one year (10) 1,238 1,238 NET CURRENT ASSETS 553,265 579,216 NET ASSETS 553,305 579,263 ACCUMULATED FUNDS Unrestricted Restricted 112) 112) 439,727 113,578 553,305 430,921 148,342 579,263 The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption under section 477 of the companies Act 2006 and that no member have requested an audit pursuant to section 476 of the Act. The dIre￿OrS acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of the accounts. The accounts have been prepared in a¢¢ordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS 102 SORP. Approved on behalf of the Board Trustee Saddaf Alam Trustee Bushera Choudry Date.. 2024 The notes on pages 7 to 9 form part of these financial statements.

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024 Year Ended 31.1.24 Tctal Funds Year Ended 31.1.23 Total Funds Notes Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Funds Funds Funds INCOME AND EXPENDITURE INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS (2) Donations and Legacies Gift aid Profit on investment TOTAL INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS 55,132 51,749 6.040 112,921 436,069 491,202 51,749 6,040 548.990 353,771 35,393 1,316 390,480 436,069 EXPENDITURE ON '. Expenditure on raising funds 15) 1,153 1,153 2,196 Expenditure on charitable activities 16) 102,961 470,833 573,794 458,873 TOTAL EXPENDITURE (7) 104,115 470.833 574,948 461.069 NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE) NET INCOME BEFORE TRANSFERS 8,806 {34,764) {25,958) (70,589) NET INCOMING (EXPENDITURE) NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR 8,806 (34.7641 (25,958) (70,589) Total Funds Brought Forward 430,921 148,342 579,263 649,852 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FIWD 112) 439,727 113578 553,305 579,263 The notes on pages 7 to 9 form part of these financlal ststement5.

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015) the Accounting and Reporting by Charities. Statement ofrecommended practice applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting standard for Smaller Entities published on 16th July 2014 (SORP 2015) and the charities Act 2011 and companies Act 2006. Income All income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income. All expenditure has been reflected in the Statement of Financial Activities on accrual b3SIS. Expenditure includes any VAT which can not be fully recovered and is reported as part of the Expenditure to which it relates. Valuation ilalisation and De reciation of Fixe Assets Fixed assets are included in the accounts at net book value. Depreciation is provided to write off the Cost less the estlmated residual value of tangible fixed assets over their estimated useful lives as follows'.- Fixture and fittings 15 0/0 on cost Taxation The organisation 15 exempt from income tax by reason of its charitable status. Income tax suffered on investment income is reclaimed in full. Reserves The organisation aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover three months running costs. INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS This represents donation receiveable for the provision of services to members. The company is a non-profit making. NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE) 2024 2023 Net income (expenditure) is stated after charging: Depreciation- owned assets TAX ON SURPLUS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024lcont...I Expendlture on raising funds Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Total 2024 Total 2023 Notes Advertising and marketing Fundraising expenses 937 216 937 216 1895 301 1,153 1,153 2,196 Expenditure on charitsble activities Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Total 2024 Total 2023 Notes Project èxpenditure Travel expenses Course foes Charitable expenditure Libya floods project Rwanda project Bagladesh project Rohingya project Pakistan project Gaza project Malawi project Morocco earthquake project Turkiyelsyria earthquake project Governance cost Support cost 71 71 3,854 2.300 163,823 2,3QO 163,823 6,289 166,506 33,141 5,098 85,676 6,289 2,198 3,100 37,602 89,812 62,612 67,796 2,000 82,490 92,010 65,712 105,398 2,000 87,490 163 48,538 109,109 6,000 163 48,538 3,198 52,291 102,961 470,833 573.794 458,873 Analysis of support costs Expenditure Expenditure on raising on charitable funds activities Total 2024 Total 2023 Accountancy & Payroll Wages and nic Pension Bank Charges Pension admin charges Printing & Stationery Council tax & water rates CEO expenses Telephone Heat and light Computer equip. & web hosting Insurance Sundry expenses Depreciation 1,065 41.944 1.682 102 366 300 810 1,065 41,944 1,682 102 366 300 810 1,073 41,526 4,326 102 366 30 835 100 478 736 2,088 368 256 357 742 813 329 21 357 742 813 329 21 48,538 48,538 52,291

DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024(cont...) g TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixture And Fittings Total COST At 1 February 2023 586 586 At 31 January 2024 588 586 DEPRECIATION At 1 February 2023 Charge for Year At 31 January 2024 539 539 546 546 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 January 2024 40 40 At 31 January 2023 47 47 CURRENT ASSETS 2024 2023 Cash al bank Cash in hand Cash at Interactive brokers 481,778 795 71,930 554 503 513,769 795 65,890 580,454 10 LIABILITIES.. AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2024 2023 Paye Accruals 458 780 458 780 COMPANY STATUS The charity is limited company by guarantee and has no share capital. All members have agreed to contribute a sum not exceeding £ 10 { £1 for unwaged individuals) in event of winding up. 12 RESERVES Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds Total 2024 Total 2023 Balance as at 31.1.2023 Add-.net income (expenditure) for the year Total Reserves 430,921 8,806 439,727 148,342 34.7641 113,578 113578 579,263 125,9581 553.305 649,852 (70,589) 579.263 Balance carried fO￿ard 439,727 553,305 579,263

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