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|Object|i|ve|s and|Ac|tiviti|es||
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|||||||SORP reference||
|Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|'The relief of persons who are deaf or have|
|the charity||as set out||in its|||hearing loss and are cochlear implantees<br>and|
|governing||document|||||their families, through<br>in particular,<br>but not|
||||||||limited to, the provision ofeducation<br>and|
||||||||information,<br>support,<br>recreation<br>and leisure|
||||||||activities,<br>in order to improve their conditions of|
||||||||life'.|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>in relation to those||||||Para 1.17and<br>1.19||
|purposes||for the public|||||We organise events for members<br>throughout|
|benefit,|in|particular,||the|||the North West region. These include trips to|
|activities,||projects or||services|||public exhibitions,<br>galleries,<br>museums<br>and other|
|identified||in|the accounts.||||public places, conferences where speakers|
||||||||updated<br>members<br>on developments<br>in implant|
||||||||technology<br>and communications<br>support<br>and|
||||||||meeting for meals including the annual|
||||||||Christmas<br>lunch.|
||||||||All ofthese activities are to allow members to|
||||||||improve their ability to hear with their Cochlear|
||||||||implants,<br>in an environment<br>where others with|
||||||||implants<br>could support their progress.|
|Statement||confirming||||Para 1.18||
|whether|the||trustees|have||||
|had regard|||to the guidance||||The trustees<br>have had regard to the guidance|
|issued by||the Charity|||||issues by the Charity Commission<br>on public|
|Commission|||on public||||benefit.|
|benefit||||||||
|Additional|||information||(optional)|||
|You ma||choose to include further statements|||||where relevant about:|
|||||||SORP reference||
||||||||We do not make grants|
|||||||Para 1.38||





||||||We make no social investments|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Para 1.38||||
|Policy on|social investment|||||||
|including|program||related|||||
|investment||||||||
||||||We have no volunteers|||
|||||Para 1.38||||
|Contribution||made|by|||||
|volunteers||||||||
||||||The charity continues to work closely with||the|
|Other|||||Manchester<br>implant<br>centre, based at the|||
||||||Manchester<br>Royal Infirmary to support|the||
||||||hospitals<br>rehabilitation<br>process ofnew|patients||
||||||in various ways.|||
||||||We have provided<br>volunteers<br>to take part||in|
||||||research to help improve the quality ofthe|||
||||||Cochlear Implant devices.|||
||||||We have worked with MRI Implant team,|||
||||||providing<br>help and assistance<br>with pre|and|post|
||||||implant<br>patients at the hospital.|||
||||||The social activities we have organised,|have||
||||||helped to give confidence to new patients||which|
||||||in turn has helped them deal with the|isolation||
||||||that deafness causes.|||
||||||We continue to produce a quarterly<br>magazine,|||
||||||which has news on cochlear implant|||
||||||developments<br>from around the world,|articles||
||||||about our activities and news about legislation.|||
||||||This is distributed<br>free to all members|and|also is|
||||||available to healthcare<br>professionals<br>and the|||
||||||wider public on a free subscription<br>basis.|||





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|Achiev|ements<br>and Pe|rformance||
|---|---|---|---|
|||SORP reference||
||||Our range ofassistance provided<br>by charity|
||||members to local hospitals<br>including|
||||Manchester<br>Royal Infirmary<br>and Tameside|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,<br>identifying<br>the difference the<br>charity's<br>work has made to<br>the circumstances<br>of its||Para 1.2Q|Hospital where we help deaf and hard ofhearing<br>patients on the ward and carry out Deaf<br>Awareness<br>sessions for new hospital staff<br>studying<br>for their Care Certificate.|
|beneficiaries<br>and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|||In 2023 we have been investigating<br>the use of<br>video conferencing<br>technology to assist MRI in|
||||providing<br>assistance to patients with Implant|
||||accessories.|
||||We resumed the running<br>ofsocial events around|
||||the region and have a full calendar ofevents|
||||planned<br>for the next year.|



|Additional<br>information|(optional||(optional|||
|---|---|---|---|
|You ma<br>choose to include||further statements|where reievant about:|
|Achievements<br>against||Para 1.41||
|objectives set||||
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>activities against objectives||Para 1.41||
|set||||
|Investment<br>performance||Para 141||
|against objectives||||
|Other||||





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|Financial Review|Financial Review||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21||
|financial<br>position at|the end||||
|ofthe<br>eriod|||||
|Statement<br>explaining|the|||The charity has no reserves policy|
|policy for holding reserves|||||
|statin<br>wh<br>the<br>areheld|||||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22||
|reserves|||||
|Oetails offund materially||in|Para 1.24||
|deficit|||||
|Explanation<br>ofany<br>concern|||Para 1.23||
|uncertainties<br>about|the||||
|charity continuing as a going|||||



|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|Para 1.47|
|---|---|
|any fundraising)||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives including<br>any|Para 1.46|
|social investment<br>policy||
|adopted||
|A description<br>ofthe principal|Para 1.46|
|risks facing the charity||
|Other||





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|Description ofcharity's||||
|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||
|Type of governing<br>document|||Constitution|
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|CIO|
|constituted?||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Elected by membership|
|including<br>details ofany||||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.|||
|election to post or name|of|||
|any person or body entitled||||
|to appoint one or more||||
|trustees||||
|Additional<br>information|(optional)|||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction|and|Pare 1.51||
|training oftrustees||||
|The charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51||
|network<br>with which the||||
|charity works||||
|Relationship<br>with any related||Para 1.51||
|parties||||
|Other||||



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|Char<br>name||Manchester|CICADA|CICADA|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the cha<br>uses|||||
|R<br>istered charit|number|1156002|||
|Charity's<br>principal|address|107Manchester||Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK142BX|










|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|
|Description<br>ofthe assets|None|
|held<br>in this capacity||
|Name and objects ofthe||
|charity on whose behalf|the|
|assets are held and how|this|
|falls within the custodian||
|charity's objects||
|Details ofarrangements|for|
|safe custody and||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets||
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|Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's trust|ees|
|---|---|---|---|
||Signature(s)|||
||Full name(s)|4g,Q Cl'I'r'|P L~tk4F|
|Position|(eg. Secretary,|||
||Chair, etc.)|||
||Date|||





|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES|D<br>CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Epp ENt-, LANp ANp<br>WALES||Manchester<br>Cicada<br>Receipts and|Manchester<br>Cicada<br>Receipts and|Manchester<br>Cicada<br>Receipts and|Manchester<br>Cicada<br>Receipts and|payments|payments|accounts|accounts|accounts|||CC&ea||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||For the period<br>from|||01/01/2023||To|||31/12/2023|||||
|'|||||||||||||||||||||
|||-|-||||||||||||||||||
|~|||||~||~|~|||||||||||||
|||||||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds|||Total|funds||Last year||
|||||||||to|the nearest||to the nearest|K|to the nearest||Z|to the nearest||6|to the nearest|r|
|A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||||||||
|members<br>subscriptions||||||||||285||||||||285|540||
|donations||||||||||230||||||||230|140||
|Gift Aid||||||||||173||||||||173|153||
|Amazon<br>Smile||||||||||35||||||||35||30|
|Deaf awareness<br>course||||||||||||||||||||50|
|Sub total|(Gross||income for|||||||723||||||||723|913||
|||||||AR)|||||||||||||||
|A2 Asset and|investment||||sales,||||||||||||||||
|(see table).|||||||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub||total|||||||||||||||
|||Total|||receipts|||||723||||||||723|913||
|A3 Payments|||||||||||||||||||||
|stamps/stationery|||||||||||||||||||||
|web site fees||||||||||199||||||||199|233||
|insurance||||||||||87||||||||87||87|
|Resound<br>magazines/||leaflets||||||||580||||||||580|592||
|Other events/flowers||||||||||||||||||||87|
|delegate<br>parking fee||||||||||||||||||||24|
|Zoom meeting<br>app.|||||||||||||||||||1,065||
|Social events||||||||||172||||||||172|||
|||||Sub||total||||1,03&|||||||1,038||2,088||
|A4 Asset and|investment||||||||||||||||||||
|purchases,<br>(see table)|||||||||||||||||||||
|||||Sub||total|||||||||||||||
||Total||payments||||||1,038||||||||1,038||2,088||
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||||315||||||||315|1,175||
|A5 Transfers|between|||funds|||||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year|||||end||||10,880||||||||10,880||12,055||
|Cash funds||this||year end|||||10,565||||||||10,565||10,880||