2021-12-31-accounts

Supporting work in traumatised communities worldwide Reg. Charity No. 1138372

Trauma Aid UK 1A Wickham Rise Frome BA11 2JJ

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021

Throughout 2021, Trauma Aid UK (TAUK) has continued to provide training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to mental health professionals working in traumatised communities worldwide who would not otherwise have access to such training. This has enabled these professionals to acquire professional skills and knowledge in order to alleviate pain and suffering caused by post-traumatic psychological disorders. Due to the Covid Pandemic, most of the training this year has been delivered on-line. This is with the interim agreement of EMDR Europe Association Standards & Training Committee until the end of 2021.

In addition to EMDR Training and providing Continuing Professional Development Seminars and Workshops online, TAUK has also funded an E-therapy Pilot Research Project working with Syrian female refugees run out of Turkey. The project has been able to extend geographically to refugees living outside Turkey as all the trauma therapy has been provided via the internet.

Specifically, TAUK has carried out the following activities and events during 2021:

Date	Activity	Where
June 2021	Part 2 EMDR Training Matthew Wesson	Cairo, Egypt
July 2021	Part 3 EMDR Training Matthew Wesson	Cairo Egypt
September 2021	Part 4 EMDR Training Matthew Wesson	Cairo, Egypt
June 2021	Part 2 EMDR Training Sian Morgan	Jordan
June 2021	Part 1 EMDR Training Sian Morgan	Iraq
June 2021	EMDR Consultants Training Sandi Richman	Bosnia
September 2021	EMDR Child Training	Susan Darker-Smith
November 2021	Part 2 EMDR Training Sian Morgan	Iraq

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December 2021	Part 3 EMDR Training Sian Morgan	Jordan
October & November 2021	Supervision Sian Morgan & Walid Abdul- Hamid
November 2021	Refresher Day Matt Wesson	on-line
December 2021	Part 3 EMDR Training Sian Morgan	Iraq
November 2021	Consultant’s Day, London Fundraising	hybrid

Plans for 2022 are to continue with these ongoing projects.

Trustees

The trustees are who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Sian Morgan – Former President, deceased 25 April 2022

Robin Logie – Hon. Treasurer John Henry – Hon. Secretary Michael Tidbury Ines Santos Walid Abdul-Hamid Shiraz Farrand Sanja Oakley

Independent examiners

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as independent examiners to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 23 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by

Robin Logie

Dr Robin Logie - Treasurer Trauma Aid UK

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Independent examiners’ report to the trustees of Trauma Aid UK

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Trauma Aid UK (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 4 and 5.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

As the trustees of the charity 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 examination of the charity’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(5)(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:

(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or (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 reached.

William Guy Blake

Date: 26 July 2022

William Guy Blake ACA Member of the ICAEW

For and on behalf of:

Godfrey Wilson Limited

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Trauma Aid UK Receipts and Payments account for the year ending 31[st] December 2021

			2021	2020
	Restricted	Unrestricted	Total	Total
RECEIPTS	£	£	£	£
Subscriptions	0	7,433	7,433	3,839
Donations, raffles and fundraising	0	4,258	4,258	4,044
Printed and online material sales	0	5,640	5,640	912
HMRC Gift Aid refund	0	5,371	5,371	0
Donations from EMDR Assn (incl. regional
groups)	0	8,800	8,800	6,201
Consultants Day donations	0	9,270	9,270	8,955
Miscellaneous	0	693	693	1,363
Total receipts	0	41,465	41,465	25,314
PAYMENTS
Middle East project	0	0	0	1,650
Syria research project	0	20,224	20,224	14,146
Workshop expenses	0	2,406	2,406	1,511
Printing for publications	0	924	924	2,188
Miscellaneous projects	0	0	0	1,657
Admin & miscellaneous	0	1,225	1,225	2,126
Bank & PayPal fees	0	687	687	730
Total payments	0	25,466	25,466	24,008
Net receipts	0	15,999	15,999	1,306
Cash funds at 1 January	0	32,081	32,081	30,775
Cash funds at 31 December	0	48,080	48,080	32,081

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Trauma Aid UK Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the year ending 31[st] December 2021

	2021	2020
	Total	Total
	£	£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand	48,080	32,081
Net current assets and net assets	48,080	32,081
Funds
Restricted funds	0	0
Unrestricted funds	48,080	32,081
Total charity funds	48,080	32,081

Approved by the trustees on 23 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by

Robin Logie

Dr Robin Logie - Treasurer Trauma Aid UK

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Trauma Aid UK 1A Wickham Rise Frome Somerset BA11 2JJ email: [e-mail]

William Guy Blake ACA Godfrey Wilson Limited Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors 5[th] Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD 23 July 2022

Dear Guy

Letter of Representations on the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

We confirm that the following representations are made on the basis of enquiries of the trustees, management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience (and, where appropriate, of inspection of supporting documentation) sufficient to satisfy ourselves that we can properly make each of the following representations to you:

1. We have fulfilled our responsibilities as trustees, as set out in the terms of your engagement letter dated 9 April 2021, under the Charities Act 2011 for preparing financial statements, in accordance with applicable law.

2. We confirm that all accounting records have been made available to you for the purpose of your examination, in accordance with your terms of engagement, and that all the transactions undertaken by the charity have been properly reflected and recorded in the accounting records. All other records and related information, including minutes of all management, trustees’ and members’ meetings, have been made available to you. We have given you unrestricted access to persons within the charity in order to obtain evidence and have provided any additional information that you have requested for the purposes of your examination.

3. We confirm that all known actual or possible litigation and claims whose effects should be considered when preparing the financial statements have been disclosed to the independent examiner and accounted for and disclosed in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework.

4. We confirm that the charity has complied with all aspects of contractual agreements that could have a material effect on the financial statements in the event of non-compliance.

5. We confirm that we are not aware of any possible or actual instance of non-compliance with those laws and regulations which provide a legal framework within which the charity conducts its activities and which are central to the charity’s ability to conduct its activities, except as explained to you and as disclosed in the financial statements.

6. We acknowledge our responsibility for the design and implementation of internal controls to prevent and detect fraud. We confirm that we have disclosed to you the results of our own risk assessment that the financial statements may be misstated as a result of fraud.

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1. We confirm that there have been no actual or suspected instances of fraud involving trustees, management or employees who have a significant role in internal control or that could have a material effect on the financial statements. We also confirm that we are not aware of any allegations of fraud by former trustees, employees, regulators or others.

2. We confirm that, having considered our expectations and intentions for the next 12 months and the availability of unrestricted reserves, the charity is a going concern.

3. We confirm that all grants, donations and other income, including those subject to special terms or conditions or received for restricted purposes, have been notified to you. There have been no breaches of terms or conditions during the period regarding the application of such income.

4. We confirm that we are not aware of any matters of material significance that should be reported to the Charity Commission.

Yours sincerely

Robin Logie

Robin Logie - Treasurer

For and on behalf of the trustees of Trauma Aid UK

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