## **INTERNATIONAL SELF-CARE FOUNDATION**
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**International Self-Care Foundation Limited (A company limited by guarantee)**
**Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
**Charity number 1158114 Company number 8840766**
**International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **Contents**
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|Company Information|2|
|Trustees' Annual Report (including Directors' Report)|3 - 13|
|Independent Examiner's Report|14|
|Statement of Financial Activities|15|
|Balance Sheet|16 - 17|
|Notes to the Accounts|18 - 20|
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|Company Registration Number|:|1158114|
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|Operational Address of the Charity|:|424 Kilmarnock Way|
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|Registered Address of the Charity|:|2ndFloor Regis House|
|||45 King William Street|
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|Directors (Trustees)|:|Mr David Skinner|
|||Dr Austen El-Osta|
|Bankers|:|Royal Bank of Canada|
|||P.O. Box 6011 Station A|
|||Montreal QC|
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|Independent Examiner|:|David Green MA (Cantab) ACA|
|||Azets|
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|||Burnham Yard|
|||Beaconsfield|
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|Accountants|:|Azets|
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The Directors presents the report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2022. The directors have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (FRS102) in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.
## **Structure, Governance & Management**
## **Governing Document**
The International Self-Care Foundation (ISF) is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales on 10 January 2014. In the event of the company being wound up, members are each required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.
The company is governed under the Articles of Association of International Self-Care Foundation Limited. These Articles cover the following elements: Interpretation; Liability of members; Objects; Powers; Application of income and property; Benefits and payments to charity directors and connected persons; Scope and powers permitting directors’ or connected persons’ benefits, Payment for supply of goods only - controls; Declaration of directors’ interests; Conflicts of interests and conflicts of loyalties; Members; Classes of Membership; Termination of membership; General meetings; Notice of general meetings; Proceedings at general meetings; Content of proxy notices; Delivery of proxy notices; Written resolutions; Votes of members; Directors; Powers of directors; Retirement of directors; Appointment of directors; Disqualification and removal of directors; Remuneration of directors; Proceedings of directors; delegation; Validity of directors’ decisions; Seal; Minutes; Accounts; Annual Report and Return and Register of Charities; Means of communication to be used; Indemnity; Rules; Disputes; Dissolution; Interpretation.
## **Trustees**
Mr David Skinner Dr Austen El-Osta
## **Management of the charity**
The day-to-day management of the ISF is the responsibility of Mr. David Skinner, President of the Charity.
A sister organisation also called the International Self-Care Foundation is registered in Hong Kong as a charity. The focus of ISF Hong Kong is China. The two organisations are fully independent of each other and have no financial links.
## **Public Interest**
The overall aim of the International Self-Care Foundation (ISF) is the preservation of health and wellness through encouraging people (individuals and populations) to ‘self-care’ – that is, to adopt and maintain more healthy lifestyles.
Healthier lifestyles are urgently needed because ‘lifestyle’ diseases – also called noncommunicable or chronic diseases, particularly heart attack and stroke, cancer, chronic
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respiratory disease and diabetes – have reached epidemic proportions in most countries around the world. But lifestyle diseases are preventable – up to 80% of heart disease, stroke and type-2 diabetes, and over a third of cancers could be prevented by eliminating common risk factors, particularly tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol.
The beneficial purpose of ISF is to help prevent, delay or alter the course of preventable ‘lifestyle’ diseases by encouraging self-care – that is, the adoption of healthier lifestyles. ‘Selfcare’ describes the activities involved in adopting healthy lifestyles and thereby preserving health and preventing or delaying lifestyle diseases. The WHO 1998 definition of self-care is:
_‘Self-Care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept encompassing hygiene (general and personal), nutrition (type and quality of food eaten), lifestyle (sporting activities, leisure etc), environmental factors (living conditions, social habits, etc.) socio-economic factors (income level, cultural beliefs, etc.) and self-medication.’_
However, one challenge of lifestyle disease prevention is that responsibility ultimately rests with individuals, and there are many practical issues and challenges. Furthermore, being substantially outside the remit of current health and social systems, self-care has in the past lacked a champion.
The International Self-Care Foundation has therefore been formed to champion self-care around the world. In practical terms, this involves helping to _develop evidence-based self-care concepts and practices_ and helping to _promote the role of self-care in health_ .
The public benefit of the International Self-Care Foundation’s work is significant; healthy individuals can expect to remain healthier; healthcare professionals can concentrate on more serious cases, and public healthcare budget pressures will be relieved.
In presenting this report the Trustees confirm that they have had regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance in exercising their powers and duties to which the guidance is relevant.
## **Objectives**
The stated objects of the ISF are the relief of sickness by the promotion, preservation and protection of health and wellbeing. This is based on the concept of self-care praxis, which can be defined as the maintenance of healthy lifestyles and encompasses the concepts of hygiene (general and personal), nutrition (type and quality of food eaten), lifestyle (sporting activities, leisure etc.), environmental factors (living conditions, social habits, etc.) socio-economic factors (income level, cultural beliefs, etc.) and self-medication.
The charity aims:
- To promote better health through the benefits of self-care and healthy lifestyles with a particular focus on keeping people healthy
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- To advance the education of the public in preserving and protecting health by the provision of educational support and information on self-care and healthy lifestyles to individuals based on the best available evidence (particularly from the World Health Organisation) and current best practice.
- To help in the development of optimal health practices and systems, ancillary to those provided by doctors, focusing on the development of disease prevention services and activities.
Self-care describes in a practical, person-centred way what we should all be doing to maintain our health, wellness and wellbeing. Through self-care people can be healthier and remain so into old age, managing minor ailments themselves. They can also better manage, delay or even prevent the appearance of lifestyle diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and many cancers.
Self-care also presents enormous opportunities for all other stakeholders in health and wellbeing, including healthcare professionals, health services, industry and governments. However, self-care as a concept and in practice needs worldwide development and support in order to realise its full potential. There is a fundamental need to raise the visibility of and articulate the case for self-care. There is also a fundamental need to support the development of self-care as an academic subject, to provide solid foundations and evidence-based recommendations to drive country programme implementation and policy development.
Looking back at 2020 and the ensuing covid-19 pandemic, it was opportune to raise the profile of self-care as the critical answer to tackling the pandemic, although the term ‘self-care’ failed to get significant mention from Public Health Agencies and Politicians. With the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic in daily focus, self-care became the first-response tool to help lower the risk of infection and flatten the curve by reducing the reproduction number (R) of the SARSCoV-2 virus and limiting pressure on scarce healthcare resources. Simple activities that people can do to reduce the risk of virus transmission including good hygiene practices, using hand sanitizer, social distancing and wearing personal protective equipment are all acts of self-care. So why was it so rare to hear our health professionals, government agencies and politicians use the term self-care? Is there a stigma associated with the term? Perhaps, but rather than dwelling on why, there now exists an opportunity in this new decade to drive home the singular importance of self-care, and for the term to gain its rightful place in the lexicon of public health.
Broadly speaking, self-care is a practical, person-centred way to maintain our health, wellness and wellbeing. Through self-care, people can be healthier and remain so into old age. **The Seven Pillars of Self-Care** set out the fundamental activities that each of us can adopt to reduce the risk of so called ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as cardiovascular disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some types of cancers as well as taking actions to effectively deal with common, everyday self-manageable conditions.
Self-care also presents enormous opportunities for all other stakeholders in health, including healthcare professionals, health services, industry and governments. However, self-care as a
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concept and in practice needs worldwide development and support to realise its full potential. There is a fundamental need to raise the visibility of and articulate the case for self-care in various settings. There is also a fundamental need to support the development of self-care as an academic subject to illustrate the evidence base for self-care interventions and to provide a solid foundation for country programme implementation and policy prescriptions to promote healthy living and vitality in ageing.
The International Self-Care Foundation’s (ISF) core strategy is to help develop evidence-based self-care concepts and practices, and to promote the role of self-care in health, working with other organisations as appropriate. ISF has a unique status in the self-care landscape by virtue of its specific focus on the individual self-carer, the promotion of self-care activities and R&D whilst maintaining a charitable status.
## **International Self-Care Foundation Report**
The past year saw the Covid pandemic continue to impact individuals and healthcare systems. Never has there been such a clear demonstration that without adequate self-care practices in place, health systems would crumble under the weight of increased utilization of healthcare services and finite resources. Simple self-care activities that people can do to reduce the risk of virus transmission include good hygiene practices, using hand sanitizer, social distancing and wearing personal protective equipment. It would appear that 2021 was a year of progress with respect to the number of organizations actively promoting self-care as a means to improve person-centred health and to keep unscheduled demand for formal healthcare resources in check.
There are many self-manageable conditions that can be either prevented or managed by adopting good health-seeking self-care behaviours as exemplified in the Seven Pillars of SelfCare framework. In view of the rising need for access to self-care resources, and to support individuals in their personal self-care journey, ISF launched a smartphone application in International Selfcare Day (ISD) (24 July 2021). The opportunity to drive home the singular importance of self-care has gained momentum and the target of self-care for all by 2030 continues to be one of the best way forward to achieving health for all.
Broadly speaking, self-care is a practical, person-centred way to maintain our health, wellness and wellbeing. Through self-care, people can be healthier and remain so into old age. The Seven Pillars of Self-Care set out the fundamental ways each of us can reduce the risk of so called ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some types of cancers, as well as taking actions to effectively deal with common, everyday self-manageable conditions.
Self-care also presents enormous opportunities for all other stakeholders in health, including healthcare professionals, health services, industry and governments. However, self-care as a concept and in practice needs worldwide development and support in order to realise its full potential. There is a fundamental need to raise the visibility of and articulate the case for selfcare in various settings. There is also a fundamental need to support the development of self-
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care as an academic subject to illustrate the evidence base for effective self-care interventions and to provide a solid foundation for country programme implementation and policy prescriptions to promote healthy living and vitality in ageing.
ISF’s strategic focus continues to support the development of evidence-based self-care concepts and practices, and to promote the role of self-care in health, working with other organisations as appropriate. ISF has a unique status in the self-care landscape by virtue of its specific focus on the individual self-carer, the promotion of self-care activities and R&D whilst maintaining a charitable status.
This report is designed to provide a summary of ISF’s main activities over the last year. This is primarily an internal newsletter but may be circulated externally.
## **International Self-Care Day 2021**
International Self-Care Day (ISD) 24/7 is recognised by the WHO and celebrated on 24 July each year. This commemorative day was created by ISF with the sole purpose of raising the profile of self-care around the world. ISD 24/7 provides a media-friendly forum and a focus for individuals and groups to (independently) promote self-care in their organisation or community.
All stakeholders in health and wellbeing are invited to use International Self-Care Day in independent, responsible ways to progress the cause of their self-care agenda for health, wellness and wellbeing. ISF is delighted to record that International Self-Care Day continues to expand around the world involving thousands of people in many different countries. As in previous years, numerous government organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, charities, health centres, associations, enterprises and many other types of organization used this device to responsibly promote their self-care agendas during ISD 2021.
ISF continues to focus on the New Decade of Self-Care and is developing a roadmap towards selfcare for all by 2030. On ISD 2021 there were many organizations who focused their efforts on better understanding of how self-care was impacted by Covid and how public health teams could better incorporate self-care in their unified response to the pandemic.
This year there were a larger number of organizations engaged in promoting selfcare on ISD. To further provide practical tools for individuals looking to better understand what they can do for their own health, ISF launched a self-care app based on the seven pillars of selfcare. This was done in partnership with SCARU and Self-Care Catalysts. Social media pickup on the new app and ISD was greater than any other year to date.
## **ISF Expands its Network**
Partnerships are very important to the ability of ISF to drive messaging and actions on responsible selfcare. The long-standing relationship with SCARU continued to result in a number of opportunities. For example, Dr. El-Osta and David Skinner participated in a number of conferences as keynote speaker and presenters on the importance of selfcare and the
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evidence base that supports the calls for stronger national policy and greater person-centred care.
Through a persistent social media program, ISF gained new followers and increased the number of organizations seeking to belong to the ISF Network. This was aided by an awareness campaign around the launch of the app.
ISF also joined the Selfcare Trailblazer Group to participate in their communications and advocacy programmes.
The United Kingdom celebrates National Self-Care Week (SCW) in November each year and both the Selfcare Forum and the UK Consumer Healthcare Products Association (PAGB) supported ISD. Furthermore, ISF sponsored the selfcare innovation awards and served as a part of the team judging entries. There were several great projects created to support selfcare and the Selfcare Forum worked closely with ISF in creating digital materials for SCW including a further promotion of the ISF app.
## **ISF in China**
Several key events took place in China during 2021.
On June 3rd to celebrate “World Bicycle Day”, a cycling activity was held in Heyuan Museum in Beijing, sponsored by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in China, The China World Peace Foundation and the Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation, and supported by the International Self-Care Foundation. The theme was "Celebrating World Cycle Day - Health and Connectivity in the International Year of Peace and Confidence". "World Bicycle Day" called for environmental protection, health, green travel and lifestyle. Cycling is a healthy activity that forms a part of the seven pillars of self-care
To celebrate International Self-Care Day ISF China co-hosted an event with the theme: “Enjoy health with boundless mind”. Partners in this event included: Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation and Capital Health-Care Nutrition & Food Association. It was hosted by the Beijing Peace and Health Development Center.
The 11th International Self-Health Day was successfully held in Heyuan Museum in Beijing with the support of the co-organizers, including China Association of Nonprescription Medicines, United Front Work Department of Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, China World Peace Foundation and the Chinese Embassy in China.
In this event, the International Self-Care Foundation, Beijing International Peace Culture Foundation and Capital Health-Care Nutrition & Food Association signed a strategic cooperation agreement to establish a "Big Health Industry Platform". In the future, the platform will carry out activities such as industry demand and supply information exchange, policy research and discussion, resource recommendation and matching. Strategic cooperation also includes sharing resources and assisting each other in public welfare, charity and business
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exchanges, promoting the development of the health industry, and coordinating resources to help vulnerable groups in society.
## **THE SEVEN PILLARS OF SELF-CARE FRAMEWORK**
ISF has created a middle-range description of self-care – the “Seven Pillars of Self-Care” (see: http://isfglobal.org/practise-self-care/the-seven-pillars-of-self-care/).
Each pillar describes in middle-range terms a set of activities that every individual should undertake; collectively the 7 pillars describe the entirety of self-care from the perspective of the self-carer.
During 2021, additional language versions were made available. ISF continues to progress further translations to reach a wider audience, including translations in Greek.
Over the last few years, the 7 Pillars of Self-Care Framework has proved to be comprehensive, robust, practical and easily accessible tool that could by organisations and people from all walks of life. But the 7 pillars framework is more than just a visual diagram; it can be used as a
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framework to list specific activities for self-carers, selfcare support tasks for healthcare professionals, barriers, policies and much else.
## **The World Health Organization (WHO)**
2021 saw the publication of WHO’s Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health and WellBeing, which updates and expands on the 2019 “consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights”. In the guideline, the WHO is unequivocal in its support for self-care, as a complement to primary and secondary healthcare systems, and makes a series of recommendations around specific self-care interventions in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, family planning – including that daily and emergency contraceptives should be made available OTC – and in relation to noncommunicable diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
This year also saw the launch of The WHO Academy which is the World Health Organization’s state-of-the-art lifelong learning centre, bringing the very latest innovations in adult learning to global health. Using the latest technologies, it will enable all learners to tailor their learning experiences to meet their own needs and award them digital credentials they can use to verify their competencies and advance their careers. This presents an opportunity to develop healthcare professional and personal competencies to promote self-care, health & wellbeing.
## **ISF ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS**
ISF is a unique organisation in the self-care space and as a charity we can work independently and supportively with other parties such as government departments, academia, charities, healthcare professional bodies, and others. Examples of ISF partnering with academia during 2021 include:
## **Imperial College London Self-Care Academic Research Unit**
The Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) was launched in 2017 & remains as the only university academic unit in the world dedicated specifically to the study of self-care. SCARU is a tripartite collaboration between Imperial College London School of Primary Care & Public Health, ISF and the UK Self-Care Forum. SCARU’s Vision is to be the leading academic base for self-care in England, focused on the contributions that individuals, networks and communities can make in helping people to prevent disease, improve their wellbeing and self-manage their condition.
In 2021 SCARU was commissioned by the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) to develop a first of its kind, pragmatic self-care policy and practice mapping tool. The purpose of this tool is to understand the extent to which countries are implementing the 24 recommendations outlined in the 2019 WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in policy and practice
Working in collaboration with ISF & the Self-Care Forum UK, SCARU also launched a horizon scanning exercise to consider how the world may be like in 2030, and what this means for selfcare policy and practice. The horizon scanning exercise will be informed by discussions with a wide mix of health & social care stakeholders including commissioners of health & wellbeing
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initiatives, physiotherapists, social prescribers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists & local authority staff. The proposed Self-Care 2030 Insights Report will be published in published on International Self-Care Day (24 July) D 2022.
## **International Centre for Self-Care Research**
The International Centre for Self-Care Research (ICSCR) is a virtual centre focused on research into the health maintenance, monitoring, and management activities done by individuals and their families to deal with chronic illness. The number of people with chronic illness is burgeoning worldwide due to the aging population and unhealthy lifestyles. Self-care becomes increasingly important and complex as chronic illness develops. The vision of the Centre is a world where self-care is prioritized by individuals, families, and communities and is the first line of approach in every health care encounter. The mission of the Centre is to lead the self-care research endeavour, improving conceptual clarity and promoting interdisciplinary work informed by a shared vision. Toward this goal, the ICSCR is currently conducting an interdisciplinary, international study of the relationship between symptoms and self-care management behaviours in adults with chronic illness. A secondary aim is to explore how everyday factors drive decision-making about symptoms and self-care behaviours.
## **ISF & the SelfCare Journal**
ISF’s strategic relationship with the peer-reviewed online academic journal SelfCare (http://selfcarejournal.com ) has been extended. At the moment, too few of the many self-care initiatives around the world are scientifically designed, evaluated and published. Developing self-care programme design and assessments, coupled with the potential to publish case studies in SelfCare Journal, represents a major opportunity for the future.
## **Self-Care for All by 2030**
During this new decade of selfcare ISF will continue to work in collaboration with a wide mix of international stakeholders to support the Foundation’s commitment to the promotion of selfcare and to building the evidence base for its value to individuals, communities and society.
The Foundation will continue to support those who are active in promoting selfcare’s role in health and those who are involved in research to build the evidence for selfcare’s value to healthcare and individuals.
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## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Results for the period**
A summary of results for the year is given on page 15 of this report.
Total income in the year was £72,645 (2021: £405). Total expenditure for the year was £29,628 (2021: £3,939).
Expenditure on charitable activity for the period was £27,977 (2021: £1,791) being 94.4% (2021: 45.5%) of expenditure. The cost of generating income was £87 (2021: £155), being 0.3% (2021: 3.9%) of expenditure. Governance costs were £1,564 (2021: £1,993), being 5.3% (2021: 50.6%) of expenditure. The expenditure ratios are skewed in the prior year due to the large decrease in charitable activities expenditure compared to the current year.
Unrestricted reserves of £48,782 (2021: £5,765) are carried over to the following financial year with a large increase due to the large increase in donations.
The Trustees gave their time freely to ISF and received no remuneration. No connected persons received any benefit or remuneration from ISF.
## **Expectations for 2022/2023**
At the present burn rate ISF has sufficient funding for current activity levels, programmes and commitments in the 2021/2022 year. There are no funding shortfalls or material commitments of concern for the coming year. Having illustrated the contribution that ISF can make to health and self-care, the objective in the coming year is to secure future funding and expand activities in line with the potential opportunities.
Fundraising remains an issue and a challenge. Expansion of the commercial donor base and grants from foundations, entrepreneurs or philanthropists remains the preferred approach for 2022/23.
Other financial matters based on this which will need to be addressed include developing ISF’s risk management and reserves policy.
## **Risk management and reserves policy**
The Trustees considers that the major risk at this stage of development of the ISF relates to the financial sustainability of the ISF. Other risks are considered minor and manageable.
The Trustees agreed to defer discussion of financial sustainability until progress has been made in fundraising discussions with potential funders. At this stage in the development of ISF it is not considered necessary or practical to set aside funds as a reserve.
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## **Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also directors of International Self-Care Foundation Limited for the purposes of Company Law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Audit**
Under the terms of the Charities Act 2011, the Company does not require an audit, but it does require that the accounts are independently examined, and the corresponding report is included within the accounts.
## **Declaration**
Approved by the Board on 25 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
……………………………………………. Mr David Skinner President
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
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I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31[st] January 2022 which are set out on pages 15 to 20.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company 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 company’s accounts 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 confirm that no 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 company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (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 accounts to be reached.
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## **David Green MA (Cantab) ACA**
Azets Suites B & D Burnham Yard Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2JH 25 February 2022
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## **Statement of Financial Activities (including an Income and Expenditure account)**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
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|**Incoming resources**
**Incoming resources from Charitable Activities**
Donations
Bank Interest
**_Total Incoming Resources_**
**Resources Expended**
**Charitable activities**
**Cost of generating funds**
**Governance costs**
**_Total Resources Expended_**
**_Net movement in the year_**
**Reconciliation of Funds**
Total Funds brought forward
**_Total Funds carried forward_**|**Notes**
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6
7
8|**Total**
**Funds**
**2022**
£
72,468
177
72,645
(27,977)
(87)
(1,564)
(29,628)
43,017
5,765
48,782||**Total**
**Funds**
**2021**
£
405
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**2021**
£
405
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
||||||405|
||||(1,791)
(155)
(1,993)|||
||||(3,939)|||
||||(3,534)
9,299|||
||||5,765|||
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 18 to 20 form part of these accounts
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## **Balance Sheet (Company No: 08840766)**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2021**
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|**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash in hand and at Bank
**LESS: CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**NET ASSETS**
**FINANCED BY:**
Unrestricted funds|**Notes**
9|**Total**
**Funds**
**2022**
£
50,355
(1,573)
48,782
48,782
48,782
48,782|**Total**
**Funds**
**2021**
£
7,295
(1,530)|
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||||5,765|
||||5,765|
||||5,765|
||||5,765|
For the year ending 31 January 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
## Directors responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
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**International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **Balance Sheet (Company No: 08840766) - continued**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
**_____________________________________________________________________**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies.
These financial statements were approved by the Board on 25 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
................................
Mr David Skinner
**President**
The notes on pages 18 to 20 form part of these accounts
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**International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
## **_____________________________________________________________________**
## **1. GENERAL INFORMATION**
International Self-Care Foundation Limited is a company limited by guaranteed in England and Wales. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 2 of these financial statements. The nature of the charity's operations and principal activities are given in the Trustees' Annual Report (including Directors' Report).
## **2. 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 to the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.
## **3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention. The financial statements are presented in sterling (£) which is also the functional currency of the company. The company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these accounts are set out below
## (a) Incoming Resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when recognised in the period in which the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
As provided in the SORP (FRS 102) no amount is included in the financial statements for volunteer time.
## (b) Expenditure recognition
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to that category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably .
## (c) Value Added Tax
The charity is not registered for Value Added Tax. In these Financial Statements, where applicable, expenditure is shown inclusive of VAT.
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**International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
## **_____________________________________________________________________**
## (d) Cash Flow Statement
Under Financial Reporting Standard SORP (FRS 102), the charity is not required to produce a Cash Flow Statement as it is a small charity.
## (e) Funds
All the funds in the charity are unrestricted and are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
## (f) Going Concern
The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate because there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Charity to continue as a going concern.
## **4. TAXATION**
The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes.
|**5. VOLUNTARY INCOME**
Donations
**6. ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Social media & website
Travel
Prize money & ISD support
Charitable activity contractors|**2022**
72,468
72,468
23,413
1,023
3,541
-
27,977|**2021**
405|
|---|---|---|
|||405|
|||591
-
-
1,200|
|||1,791|
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**International Self-Care Foundation Limited**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **On the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 January 2022**
**_____________________________________________________________________**
|**7. ANALYSIS OF COST OF GENERATING FUNDS**
Postage and stationery
Subscriptions
**8. GOVERNANCE COSTS**
Independent Examiner's Remuneration
Bank charges
Computer costs
Foreign exchange (gain)/loss
**9. CREDITORS**
Accruals|**2022**
13
74
87
1,683
52
-
(171)
1,564
1,573
1,573|**2021**
155
-|
|---|---|---|
|||155|
|||1,543
64
152
234|
|||1,993|
|||1,530|
|||1,530|
## **10. EMPLOYEE INFORMATION**
There are no employees in the current or prior years.
## **11. TRUSTEE AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES**
No remuneration was paid to the trustees during the current or prior years.
The total key management personnel remuneration is £nil (2021: £nil)
Expenses totalling £2,042 (2021: £nil) were reimbursed to 1 (2021: nil) trustee during the year.
## **12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
There are no related party transactions during the current or prior years.
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