**To** 31 December 2020 1 January ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 2020 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** So the Child May Live **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1140243 **Charity's principal address** 9 Bridgemere House Mossley Hill Drive Liverpool **Postcode L17 0ET UK** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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3 Terence McKenna Treasurer
4 Mary Geraldine Poole
5 Gerald Peter Poole
6 Ester Rosaria Mufti
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Peter William
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** March **2012** **TAR** 2 To relieve sickness and to promote and protect good health by providing specialist equipment and through the provision of training for specialist staff at the Kanti Children’s Hospital, **Summary of the objects** Kathmandu, Nepal, in order to provide better care and **of the charity set out in** treatment for the patients; and also promote the health of **its governing document** children and young people by supporting initiatives which can alleviate sickness and suffering across Nepal. Although, due to the Covid pandemic, many of our usual fundraising events have had to be put on hold, many of our supporters have continued to help raise money in any way they can. In March our Chair led a group of supporters out to Nepal to see for themselves how they are helping to save lives there. They had a wonderful holiday and were able to visit the Kanti Children’s Hospital where they were greeted by the hospital Director. The Blood Bank at the Kanti Children’s Hospital has continued to **Summary of the main** operate on money we send to pay for the staff and equipment. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in** We co-operated with HExN (Health Exchange Nepal) to raise **relation to these objects** money to set up training in Child Protection. This is a new **(include within this** project in Nepal. **section the statutory declaration that trustees** We started another new project, Closing the Cancer Gap, **have had regard to the** involved with World Child Cancer and Alder Hey Children’s **guidance issued by the** Hospital. This is a 3-year project to improve and develop the **Charity Commission on** treatment of childhood cancer. **public benefit)** One of our Patrons, Roger Phillips, a well-known broadcaster on Radio Merseyside, gave a virtual talk on line for which supporters were encouraged to buy tickets. It was well supported. Several individual supporters undertook various fund-raising activities, including doing individual walks, marathons and cycle challenges. All our activities were undertaken free with the agreement of the Trustees who have regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 All contributions are made by volunteers and no money is used for the payment of Trustees. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** In spite of the difficulties faced by everyone since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, our supporters have continued to give generously, both in time and money. Our various projects in Nepal, including work on cancer treatment, the Blood Bank, the Burns Unit, and now Child Protection, are continuing to operate. ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** A proportion of the monies in our bank accounts is committed to ongoing support of specialist positions at Kanti Children’s Hospital. The trustees are determined to use the charity funds as effectively as possible. As such our funds have allowed us to make substantial payment tranches to childhood cancer initiatives, earthquake relief and Covid survival equipment. None. ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Carmel Dersch **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 23 October 2021 March **2012** **TAR** 6 So the Child May Live - accounts for 12 months ending 31/12/20 Income & Payments in unrestricted funds |Income:||| |---|---|---| |Nepalese Community & Aintree anesthatists|8,000|| |Virgin Money Giving|7,390|| |Paypal Giving|3,934|| |General fundraising, events, standing orders etc|8,130|| |Bank interest|14|| |Total||27,468| |Payments:||| |World Child Cancer|21,281|| |Kanti Hospital for PPE|8,000|| |Kanti Hospital for blood bank|3,000|| |Kanti Hospital for data manager salary|2,000|| |Kanti oncology review expenses|1,177|| |Phect Nepal (Sop) burns appeal|1,000|| |Child Protection training expenses|600|| |Bhimkhori Village disaster fund|250|| |General expenses|955|| |Bank charges|169|| |Total||38,432| |Cash funds/investments||| |31/12/2019||| |Barclays current a/c|4,250|| |Barclays deposit a/c|24,806|| |Total funds @ 31/12/2019||29,056| |Total receipts|27,468|| |Total payments|38,432|| |Change in funds||(10,964)| |31/12/2020||| |Barclays current a/c|6,912|| |Barclays deposit a/c|11,180|| |Total funds @ 31/12/20||18,092| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteo81 membor8 of So the Child May Live On accounts for the year ended 3111212020 Charity no {rf any) 1140243 Set out on pays I report to the trustees on my examinallon of the accounts of the above chartty {Ihe Trusf) for thè year erKled Rosponslbilities and As Charity trust86s of Ihe Trust. you are resporkglble for the preparation ba818 of rewt of the accounts in a¢¢ordance with ￿ requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢arying out my examination. I have followed the appli¢able Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malerial matters have come to my attention {0th8r Ih8n that disck)sed below ") Sn connection with the examination whid) gives me cause to believe that in, any material resp8Ct: accounllng records were not kept in accordance with sectb?n 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting reo)rds Independent examlner's Statement I have no ¢J)ncerns and have com8 across no 0th8r matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please del618 the w(xds in Ihe brackets rflhey do not 8ppIy. Slgnod: Dato: IblizJ2¢21 Nam•: R•l8vant professlonal qualrfi¢ation(s) or body Addres8'. I L>67Lo( IER October 2018 Section 8 Disclosure Onty complete if th8 8xarniner needs to highlight matter5 of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the oxaminer wlshes to d18close. eca Lo &e.'n dtpe4iJer4l-I im neJ, rr IER October 2018