Brighter Future Foundation
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO. 1149753
BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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CONTENT
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| 1. | Reference and administrative details | 3 |
| 2. | Trustees' report | 4 |
| 3. | Financial report | 9 |
| 4. | Independent examiner’s report | 10 |
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Brighter Future Foundation
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO. 1149753
1. Reference and Administrative details
Charity name
Brighter Future Foundation
Registered charity number Charity Principal address
1149753 87 Monmouth Drive Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B73 6JR
Website
www.brighterfutureuk.org
Name of the charity trustees who managed the charity
Trustees
Dr Thinn Thinn Hlaing Dr Aung Aung Lwin Dr Khin Z Nyo Dr Thandar Aye Dr Maung Maung Kyi (Chair)
Banker
HSBC Bank Plc 110 Grey Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6JG, England
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2. Trustees' report
2.1. Structure, governance and management
The name of the organisation is Brighter Future Foundation. The organisation is an unincorporated body. It was governed by a trust deed dating from 23 September 2012. Trustee selection method: Trustees are appointed and reappointed annually at the general meeting held in June. The trustees present their annual report for the year 31 March 2023 and confirm that the accounts complied with the charity's constitution.
2.1. Objectives and activities
The aims of the charity are:
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to relieve sickness and to preserve the health and welfares of the people of Myanmar by providing and assisting in the provision of equipment, education and support services not normally provided by the government organisations,
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to advance the education of the health care professionals and public in health care in Myanmar by the provision of educational lectures and fora, and
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to support the undergraduate and post-graduate medical education and training in medical institutes of Myanmar by assisting in the provision of facilities, equipment and provision of lectures, ancillary to those provided by the government authorities.
2.3. Achievement and Performance
- (1) Support for emergency medicines and medical equipment needed in health facilities in conflict affected areas.
The political instability and intensifying arms resistance against the military coup on 1 February 2021 has led to increased numbers of civilians being displaced. The health services under Myanmar Military Council cannot deliver the health needs of the displaced population. Their health service is delivered by ethnic health organisations and the Ministry of Health of National Unity Government.
Emergency medicines, equipment including ultrasounds, operation theatre devices and hygiene kits were supplied to clinics and mobile hospitals in Sagaing, Magway, Bago and Tanintharyi regions.
- (2) Support to build the Health Facilities in Karen and Karenni
Many health care facilities have been targeted and attacked by the military air forces since February 2021. This includes many frontline hospitals. We have supported the building of two hospitals in Karen and Karenni areas.
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- (3) Training on prosthetic and orthotic production and fixation to set up a rehabilitation clinic in Mae Tao clinic
A collaboration has been made with a French organisation and French technicians in December 2023 to provide a 6-days training on prosthetic and orthotic production and fixation. A total of 13 health workers have been trained from South Eastern part of Myanmar and a total of 30 patients were reviewed for revision of old limbs or fixation of new limbs.
- (4) Continued collaboration with Cambridge Global Health Partnership (CGHP) to improve access to health services by provision of Telehealth Services in Myanmar
A continued support was provided for Telehealth services. The Cambridge team focused on establishing a telemedicine consultation service to fill the gap that was left in medical consultations in the immediate aftermath of the military coup. Over the course of the programme, it has gone from Telegram channels to a bespoke professional telemedicine service with its own electronic medical records system. Towards the end of the programme, it also began assisting EHOs in establishing further telemedicine services.
The project took advantage of the virtual component of its telemedicine platform by putting in significant effort to make it more accessible for those in ethnic regions. Currently, the telemedicine service is running 24 specialist clinics and four general clinics, with nearly 190 volunteers from Asia and Europe.
By the end of December 2023, A total of 70,797 consultations through the telemedicine service during the programme was held, with 12,263 new patients utilising the telemedicine service; of these, 3,970 patients were from the ethnic regions.
- (5) Continued collaboration with Myanmar-UK GP Alliances (MUGA) for quality improvement of General Practitioners in Myanmar
The Royal College of General Practitioners worked under three different workstreams focused on different aspects of strengthening GP education and working GPs in Myanmar. The first workstream focused on delivering educational webinars on specific topics, accessible to a wide range of GPs. The second workstream delivered Quality Improvement courses, focused on training master trainers that can cascade down training to others. The last workstream worked closely with the Myanmar GP Education (formerly Myanmar Association of General Practitioners) to improve their organisational capacity.
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The team provided 17 bi-monthly webinars on a wide variety of medical topics and 3,362 GPs joined the whole series of webinars to get the up-to-date knowledge in medical practices. The project estimated around 84,050 patients benefitted from GPs who got the up-to-date medical knowledge through those webinars. 39% of webinar attendees were female GPs and 29.4% were from the states/regions other than major cities (Yangon and Mandalay)
(6) Humanitarian support in conflict affected areas in Myanmar
A support has been given to internally displaced people affected by the widespread conflict in Myanmar. Following table describes the number of people reached for different forms of assistance during the reporting period. The total amount in GBP is equivalent to £168,526.
| Category | Total people reached | Amount supported in MMK |
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| Families of causalities in | ||
| conflicts | 126 | 12,549,950 |
| Injured people in conflicts | 230 | 13,750,000 |
| Food assistance for internally | ||
| displaced persons | 363,948 | 185,991,041 |
| 212,290,991 | ||
| Total amount |
A total of 1968203 THB ( approximately equivalent to GBP 46861) was supported towards 100 internally displaced primary and secondary school students in Myanmar-Thai border to continue their education.
2.4. Public benefits
All activities carried out by Brighter Future Foundation were carefully planned and implemented with an interest in healthcare delivery improvement for the people of the Union of Myanmar. In addition, trustees believe that the UK counterparts would gain global health experience by volunteering in Myanmar and would bring back their experience to daily work practice in the UK for improvement of the patients’ care in the UK.
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3. Financial report
At the end of 31[st] March 2024, the followings made up final cash balance:
There were no staff costs as all the charitable activities are solely based on volunteers. There are no related party transactions between the Charity and the
Trustees . The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.
Sign on behalf of the charity's trustees
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Signature
Dr Maung Maung Kyi Chair
Brighter Future Foundation Date: 25 January 2025
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Dr. Thinn Hlaing
Trustee
Brighter Future Foundation Date: 26 January 2025
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| BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION | BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION | BRIGHTER FUTURE FOUNDATION | 1149753 | ||
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| Receipts and payments accounts | |||||
| For the period from | 01-Apr-23 | To | 31-Mar-24 | ||
| Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 127,408 127,408 - - 127,408 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 219,640 34,224 253,863 - - 253,863 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts | Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
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| DONATIONS | 127,408 | ||||
| COVID RELIEF | |||||
| SUFOUNDATION | |||||
| AMFA AND ADDENBROOKGRANTS | |||||
| FONDATA | |||||
| THET | |||||
| HINDU SOCIETY | |||||
| RCGP PROJECTS | |||||
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | 127,408 | - | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see **table). ** |
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| - | - | ||||
| Sub total | - | - | |||
| Total receipts | |||||
| 127,408 | 253,863 | - | 381,271 |
A3 Payments
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
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| TRAINING PROJECTS | 185,700 | 185,700 | 147,603 | ||||||
| COVID RELIEF | - | 295 | |||||||
| HUMANATARIAN PROJECTS | 168,526 | 168,526 | 104,250 | ||||||
| SU FOUNDATION PROJECTS | 16,088 | 16,088 | 155,584 | ||||||
| HINDU SOCIETY | - | 4,563 | |||||||
| RCGP PROJECTS | 32,170 | ||||||||
| SUBSCRIPTIONS | 399 | 399 | 324 | ||||||
| ACCOUNTANCY FEES | 140 | 140 | 120 | ||||||
| BANK CHARGES | 126 | 126 | 156 |
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| Sub total | |||||||||
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| 169,191 | 233,958 | - | 370,979 | 412,894 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, | |||||||||
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total payments | 169,191 | 233,958 | - | 370,979 | 412,894 | ||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | |||||||||
| - 41,783 | 19,905 | - | 10,292 | - 9,742 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | ||||||||
| 6,242 | 6,242 | - | - | ||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | |||||||||
| 64,528 | 42,910 | 107,438 | 117,180 | ||||||
| Cash funds this year end | |||||||||
| 28,987 | 56,573 | - | 117,730 | 107,438 | |||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period |
| Sub total | Sub total | 169,191 | 169,191 | 169,191 | 169,191 | 412,894 |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 412,894 | ||||||
| - 9,742 | ||||||
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| 117,180 | ||||||
| 107,438 | ||||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
Details CASH AT BANK Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 28,987 - 28,987 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 56,573 - 56,573 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - Cost (optional) - - Cost (optional) - Amount due (optional) - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | ||||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| - |
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CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO. 1149753
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Signature Date of
Print Name
approval
Dr T Hlaing 25/01/2025
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