2024-05-01-accounts - Andean Medical Mission

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Andean Medical Mission Limited

Charity No. 1145662

Company No. 07603941

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

30 April 2024

Andean Medical Mission Limited Contents

	Pages
Trustees' Annual Report	2 to 5
Independent Examiner's Report	6
Statement of Financial Activities	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes to the Accounts	9 to 15

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Trustees Annual Report

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2024.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Company No. 07603941

Charity No. 1145662

Registered Office

Tinkers Bar The Street Sedlescombe Battle TN33 0QJ

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:

S. Byard P. Gouws B.K. Mcleod G.M. Wood

Accountants

Time Accounts Limited Room 34 Basepoint Business Centre Little High Street Shoreham-by-sea BN43 5EG

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The Trustees meet a minimum of twice a year, they are responsible for the appointment of the general manager, the direction and accountability of the mission and are responsible for the safety of all Andean Medical Mission patients. They have final say on the selection of patients for surgery, the surgical protocol and follow up of treatment.

Director’s appointments are made through a process of application by the candidate and a review meeting by the directors to assess the qualities and suitability of the applicant before any appointment can be made. The usual security and suitability checks are carried out.

The Andean Medical Mission leadership team is made up of three directors who are consultant ophthalmic surgeons and one director with many years’ experience in running hospital clinics and organising complicated events. The charity employs one full time general manager to oversee the planning and successful delivery of the surgical and immunisation trips, the adherence to Bolivian Laws and requirements, audit and reporting. Medical duties include the training of Bolivian doctors to better manage eye disease and trauma as well as the management of the first ever, full time, helpline for rural doctors and nurses to help with the diagnosis and management of rural patients with eye related emergencies. The general manager is further responsible

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for suitability and hygiene of the working environment including operating theatres and clinics, team safety and the selection, screening and aftercare of patients.

The general manager reports to the trustees on all matters relating to the running of the charity as well as the appointment of the medical teams and selection of villages and towns within Latin America in which to work.

In accordance with the Articles of Association at every annual general meeting one third of the Trustees, other than the representative Trustees, shall retire from office. Due to the specialist nature of the Medical Director Trustee role, it is permitted for trustees to stand for subsequent re-election. Trustee appointments are recommended by the Trustees holding office, they must show by training and experience that they are professionally able to uphold the aims of the Charity.

The trustees have given due consideration to the Charity Commission's published guidance on the Public Benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011. No assets were held as custodian trustee during the reporting period.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The company is limited by guarantee and its objectives are to relieve sickness and to promote good health of the people of Latin America, in particular but not exclusively in Bolivia by:

the provision of medical help and services at cost or free of charge to remote localities where access to medicine and surgery is difficult.
the provision of medical training to healthcare professionals at cost or free of charge with focus on remote localities where access to medical services is limited.

Donations, grants and funds have been received to undertake the required work. Equipment and medicine have been purchased from these funds to be used for existing and future missions.

The Mission focuses in providing free ophthalmic surgery for isolated communities living in Bolivia. The focus has been in the El Beni region where local services are extremely limited.

The Charity provides training of local doctors and healthcare workers the building up of infrastructure to support the development of local services and the promotion of eye health.

The Charity also is working hard to prevent blindness by immunisation against blinding diseases such as measles and rubella and through the provision of a 24 hour, 7 days a week helpline, for rural doctors providing help with diagnosis of eye related problems and guidance in the management of eye emergencies.

Additionally, the Andean Medical Mission carries out audits and studies into some blinding conditions which affect the people of the region in the hope that better understanding will lead to reduction in the number of people becoming blind in the first place.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

2023 has been a very productive and rewarding year with several new projects started and some great surgical results.

Building on our very successful visit to Guayaramerin in October 2022, AMM returned to Magdalena on the Eastern side of Beni where we operated on 84 blind patients with some really excellent results from Mr Jeremy Joseph and his team (on his second visit to Bolivia working with AMM).

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This marked our 6th visit to Magdalena since our first trip in 2012 and following a break of 6 years we were swamped with patients. The team worked well into the night to attend as many people as possible. Eye surgery is one of the most impactful of all surgeries and being able to return vision to a patient who may have been blind for many years is life changing and a real privilege to perform. AMM had many happy patients in Magdalena and we promised to return in 2024.

Mr Joseph is also a great teacher and the ophthalmologists working under him benefitted from his experience and guidance and will undoubtedly return to the UK all the better for what they learned.

We were also very busy extending our teaching programme for village doctors and on eye emergencies where we cover 10 potentially blinding emergencies, we returned to over 50 villages where we continued our training to include the use of a small donated ophthalmoscope, broadening the number of eye conditions that village doctors are now able to identify. This equipment and accompanied training will benefit patients greatly, reducing the time it takes for between a problem occurring and delivery of relevant treatment.

2023 saw AMM commence the first ever glaucoma service for this region with the start of a screening programme, training and recording of potential glaucoma suspects for future treatment and monitoring. Glaucoma is a real problem in rural Bolivia with inadequate detection of the disease, inadequate surgical options and low compliance to medical treatment, partly due to a lack of understanding and in part to the erratic supply of medicines, all culminating in an additional burden of blindness. AMM will address these issues and aim to reduce blindness from glaucoma over the next 5 years.

The charity also started a targeted screening for infants/young children with poor vision to try and identify children blind with congenital cataract or with severe refractive error or squints at the earliest possible stage. The retinal-brain visual pathway develops over first 8-12 years of life and children born with cataract or poor vision have an urgent need to be identified and provided with refraction or surgery. The earlier the better with some good results possible provided that they are identified early ideally before the age of 8-12 years.

Prevention of blindness through addressing and eliminating blinding diseases such as Rubella and Measles continues to be a focus for us and we carried out 2 large Immunisation trips to Itenez where we vaccinated in over 12 very remote isolated villages.

The Ministry for Health for the Beni continued their support for our work with our application for two surgical trips for 2024 to Magdalena and Santa Ana approved promptly by them based in part by the reports and updates we send them regularly.

It’s been a great year for AMM. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to continuing the trend.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The trustees receive quarterly, half yearly and annual reports on operational and financial matters. These provide a formal check that the charity is performing legally, safely and within its means.

All Trustees have assessed major risks to which the Charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the fund and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure.

The charity is in a healthy position despite the decrease in income during the Covid 19 years with 2024 returning a small growth in funds. We continue to work hard for donations and grant income in the coming year.

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POLICY ON RESERVES

Due to the extreme environment, humidity and temperature, the nature of running a mobile eye hospital in the Amazon and the constant movement of equipment, the mission budgets to service equipment regularly and to replace equipment every 10 years. Reserves are held for these purposes. An estimated £30,000 every 5 years is budgeted for.

Additionally, the trustees have established a policy of maintaining an appropriate level of reserves to enable the adequate function of the charity in order to maximise the charitable work that it carries out. The trustees review the level of reserves at regular intervals as a part of their review of the quarterly, half yearly and annual review of the operational and financial matters reports which they receive.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees 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.

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Signed on behalf of the board

P. Gouws Trustee

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Independent Examiners Report

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Andean Medical Mission Limited

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Andean Medical Mission Limited for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Summary Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance sheet and the related notes.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the 2006 Act ; or
the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).

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 financial statements to be reached.

Mrs Hannah Thatcher, FCA LLB Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales Time Accounts Limited Room 34

Basepoint Business Centre Little High Street Shoreham-by-sea BN43 5EG 30 April 2024

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 30 April 2024

Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 38,761	Total funds 2024 £ 38,761	Total funds 2023 £ 18,628
38,761 10,899 23,446	38,761 10,899 23,446	18,628 16,066 28,002
34,345 -	34,345 -	44,068 -
4,416 -	4,416 -	(25,440) -
4,416	4,416	(25,440)
4,416 38,909	4,416 38,909	(25,440) 64,349
43,325	43,325	38,909

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Andean Medical Mission Limited

Balance Sheet

at 30 April 2024

Company No. 07603941 Notes 2024 £ Fixed assets Tangible assets 9 3,235 3,235 Current assets Debtors 10 350 Cash at bank and in hand 43,181 43,531 Creditors:Amount falling due within one year 11 (3,441) Net current assets 40,090 Total assets less current liabilities 43,325 Net assets excluding pension asset or liability 43,325 Total net assets 43,325 The funds of the charity Unrestricted funds 12 General funds 43,325 43,325 Total funds 43,325	2023 £ 4,642
	4,642 415 37,236
	37,651 (3,384)
	34,267 38,909
	38,909
	38,909
	38,909
	38,909
	38,909

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

For the year ended 30 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved by the board on 30 April 2024

And signed on its behalf by:

P. Gouws Trustee 30 April 2024

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 30 April 2024

1 Accounting policies

Statement of Compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

Andean Medical Mission meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Revaluation funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at their market values.
Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.

Income

Recognition of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity income becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expenditure reported gross in the SoFA. Donations and Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the legacies the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income.
Tax reclaims on Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the donations and gifts gift/donation to which it relates. Donated services These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) and facilities where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material.
Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value revaluation of fixed at the end of the year. assets Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Notes to the Accounts

Expenditure

Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs.
Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid.
Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs.
Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

useful life:
Computer equipment	33% Straight line
Motor vehicles	25% Reducing balance
Medical equipment	25% Reducing balance

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.

Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement

The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.

Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £100.00 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Notes to the Accounts

2 Company status

The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year

3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Total Expenditure on: Charitable activities Other Total Net income Net income before other gains/(losses) Other gains and losses: Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 4 Income from donations and legacies Regular giving and capital donations Grants from companies	Unrestricted £ 11,371 27,390 38,761	Unrestricted funds 2023 £ 18,628 18,628 17,834 26,234 44,068 (25,440) (25,440) (25,440) 64,349 38,909 Total 2024 £ 11,371 27,390 38,761	Total funds 2023 £ 18,628
			18,628 17,834 26,234
			44,068
			(25,440)
			(25,440)
			(25,440) 64,349
			38,909
			Total 2023 £ 13,023 5,605
			18,628

During the year the company received grants totalling £27,390 (2023: £5,605). £5,190 from Veta Bailey Charitable Trust to be used specifically for teaching doctors in Bolivia, £20,000 from Ulverscroft foundation, £1,200 from Spec charity grant and £1,000 from legacy grant.

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Andean Medical Mission Limited

Notes to the Accounts

5 Expenditure on charitable activities

5	Expenditure on charitable activities
		Unrestricted	Total	Total
			2024	2023
		£	£	£
	Expenditure on charitable
	activities
	Ophthalmic medicines and
	consumables purchase and	2,468	2,468	7,729
	shipping
	Administrative costs
	Other administrative costs & depreciation	3,647	3,647	3,847
	Governance costs Staff costs	6,191	6,191	6,258
		12,306	12,306	17,834
6	Other expenditure
		Unrestricted	Total	Total
			2024	2023
		£	£	£
	Transport and travel	3,854	3,854	7,459
	Employee costs	18,185	18,185	18,775
		22,039	22,039	26,234
7	Net income/(expenditure) before transfers
		2024		2023
	This is stated after charging:	£		£
	Depreciation of owned fixed assets	1,407		1,768
8	Staff costs
		2024		2023
	Salaries and wages	24,376		25,033
		24,376		25,033
	No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
	The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year		was as follows:
		2024		2023
		Number		Number
	Number of staff	1		1
		1		1

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Andean Medical Mission Limited

Notes to the Accounts

9 Tangible fixed assets

Cost or revaluation At 1 May 2023 At 30 April 2024 Depreciation and impairment At 1 May 2023 Depreciation charge for the year At 30 April 2024 Net book values At 30 April 2024 At 30 April 2023 10 Debtors Prepayments and accrued income 11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other taxes and social security Other creditors Accruals	Computer equipment £ 1,719 1,719 1,390 329 1,719 - 329	Motor vehicles £ 19,965 19,965 15,721 1,061 16,782 3,183 4,244 2024 £ 350 350 2024 £ 70 1,950 1,421 3,441	Medical equipment £ 356 356 287 17 304 52 69	Total £ 22,040
				22,040
				17,398 1,407
				18,805
				3,235
				4,642
				2023 £ 415
				415
				2023 £ 19 1,950 1,415
				3,384

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Notes to the Accounts

12 Movement in funds

12 Movement in funds
Unrestricted funds: General funds Total funds Unrestricted funds: General funds	At 1 May 2023 38,909 38,909 At 1 May 2022 64,349	Incoming resources (including other gains/losses ) £ 38,761 38,761 Incoming resources (including other gains/ losses) 18,628	Resources expended £ (34,345) (34,345) Resources expended (44,068)	At 30 April 2024 £ 43,325
				43,325
				At 30 April 2023 38,909

Total funds 13 Analysis of net assets between funds Fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Total net assets Fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Total net assets	64,349	18,628	(44,068) Unrestricted funds £ 3,235 43,531 (3,441) 43,325 Unrestricted funds £ 4,642 37,651 (3,384) 38,909	38,909
				Total funds at 30 April 2024 £ 3,235 43,531 (3,441)
				43,325
				Total funds at 30 April 2023 £ 4,642 37,651 (3,384)
				38,909

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Andean Medical Mission Limited Notes to the Accounts

14 Reconciliation of net debt

At 1 May 2023 £	Cash flows £	At 30 April 2024 £
37,236	5,945	43,181
37,236 37,236	5,945 5,945	43,181
		43,181

15 Related party disclosures Controlling party

The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital; thus no single party controls the company.

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