||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**||||||| |**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||01|Sept|2022||31|Aug|2023| Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Microtia UK **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1158688 **Charity's principal address** Microtia UK 20-22 Wenlock Road London United Kingdom **Postcode** N1 7GU ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Elizabeth Compton-
Jones|||| ||Hana Thalova
Salussolia|||| ||Alison Daniels|||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** 1 2022-2023 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| ||Alex Seifalian
Markiewicz_Consultant_
Neil Bulstrode
Ken Stewart
Catriona Moffat
David McAlpine
Walid Sabbagh
Greg O'Toole
Sebastian Hendricks
Celia Flatley-Priddey|University College London,Gower St,
London WC1E 6BT
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital,London
WC1N 3JH
Edinburgh Sick Children’s Hospital
Edinburgh Sick Children’s Hospital
University College London,Gower St,
London WC1E 6BT
Royal
Free
Hospital,
London
NW3 2QG
Royal
Free
Hospital,
London
NW3 2QG
Great Ormond Street Hospital,London
WC1N 3JH| |_Professor of Nanotechnology and_||| |_Regenerative Medicine_||| |_Paediatrician_||| |_Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Lead Clinician_||| |_for the Department of Plastic Surgery_||| |_Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Lead Clinician_||| |_for Plastic Surgery (NHS Lothian)_||| |_Chartered Clinical Psychologist (NHS Lothian)_||| |_Professor of Auditory Neuroscience_||| |_Consultant Plastic Surgeon_||| |_Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon_||| |_(Royal Free Hospital)_||| |_Consultant Audiovestibular Physician and_||| |_Paediatrician (GOSH)_||| |Adult with microtia||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior**
**staff members (Optional information)**||| |Non-executive director of fundraising and
communications|Tina Rycroft|East Yorkshire| |||| **TAR** 2 2022-2023 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Trust Deed - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust - (eg. trust, association, company) 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. We employ Tina 8 days p/m to support with co-ordinating our fundraising events, to apply for grants, to manage our social media and website, and other administrative tasks linked to the day-to-day running’s of the charity. She keeps a log of work completed and continues to develop her skills and network by applying for free courses when available. As a small charity we have not felt it necessary to appoint any other trustees. This is something that we will consider in the future as the charity grows. - We have 11 non-executive advisors that support us with keeping up to date in the various fields of microtia, including: hearing technology advancement, ear reconstruction or prosthetic methods, psychological perspectives and understanding visible difference. - We continue our relationship with several hearing aid technology companies (Cochlear, Oticon, and MED-EL) who also sponsor our London event, the website and the printing of a few of our resources. We also continue working alongside of them – advertising their latest technology and events with the wider community. The hearing aid companies also send us free merchandise and information leaflets from their companies, which allowed us to post these out for free to families. We have developed good working relationships with other charities e.g. CSSEF, Auditory Verbal UK, Changing Faces, National Deaf Children’s Society, CLAPA, Face Equality National (which we sponsor) and BATOD and these have led to various continued collaborations. The same applies to CAR and Aston University for research studies. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To relieve the physical and psychological needs of those with microtia in the UK by helping them to make informed choices about their treatment options and by facilitating the dissemination of research results relating to the condition. **TAR** 3 2022-2023 |**Summary of the main activities**
**undertaken for the public benefit**
**in relation to these objects**
**(include within this section the**
**statutory declaration that trustees**
**have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission**
**on public benefit)**|**Charity members were able to visit Marwell Zoo together in September 2022.**
Charity members paid a small contribution towards the cost of the tickets and
71 charity members attended the event.
**We received free tickets to Legoland in Manchester for October 2022 from**
**Merlin Magic Wand.**100 tickets were ordered for Microtia UK charity
members.
**We collaborated with other charities to hold an event in Scotland in March**
**2023.**Joining forces with other charities that support those with a visible
difference meant that we could come together for a free fun day out which was
kindly funded.
**Our London event took place in June 2023.**We offered free activities, food and
a range of talks from medical professionals and those born with microtia to talk
about lived experiences. The day was a huge success with hearing aid
companies sponsoring the day as well.
**Charity members requested local buildings to light up in orange.**A range of
families volunteered their time to ask local buildings to light up in orange for
microtia awareness day. We shall continue the tradition and have more
buildings do the same next year.
**Northern Ireland held their own mingle event in August 2023.**We were really
pleased to see families come together for the event and we have offered to
support them with plans for another Mingle event next year.
**The Microtia UK website was updated on a regular basis and backed up**which
provides free and up to date information for people with microtia. Sections
include resources, frequently asked questions, inspirational life stories, and
information about fundraising events. We continued changing the pages to
become more mobile friendly.
**Free information booklets distributed.**This includes our New Parents Guide
and Reconstruction booklet, as well as our charity leaflets to help raise
awareness and give support to families. These are also downloadable from the
website for free.
**Charity awareness raising merchandise distributed**to raise awareness of the
condition within the community and to raise funds for Microtia UK. The items| |---|---| **TAR** 4 2022-2023 also help to promote positive self-image (including pin badges, books, teddies, clothing, Christmas cards, bracelets, trolley coins, bags). **Virtual monthly meetings with families and professionals continued.** A new approach was discussed in reaching more families and we decided to set up a monthly virtual meet where families could come together to share stories, ask questions, get to know one another and speak with medical professionals. This has been a great success, and we will continue to do the virtual meets. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We have supplied leaflets, collection pots, and free merchandise to help our You **may choose** to include further community raise funds and awareness at their sponsored events. We have had statements, where relevant, about: fundraisers pay for their own fundraising events and raise money for the charity • policy on grantmaking; with our support, from running the London marathon, one off donations from their place of work, bun sales and a range of other events. We have supplied • policy programme related them with a free fundraising vest or t-shirt as well as giving them a winner’s investment; medal and certificate. - contribution made by volunteers. We have volunteers who have offered their services and support to organise smaller mingles and raise positive awareness by offering to speak at events. Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** 2022-2023 5 Section D Achievements and performance |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity during**
**the year**|**Blue Sky CAD are our new sponsor for our free charity t-shirts and running**
**vests.**The company director has microtia himself and is keep to support our
charity which we are very thankful for.
**MI9: The Beginning book has been distributed in schools for free by CSSEF**
**charity.**
**Creating a new right sided microtia teddy with hearing aid**which will look the
same as our current left sided microtia elephant and bilateral elephant teddies.
We look forward to receiving those next year.
**Continued support and growing as a charity.**We continue to grow and develop
every year as a charity, supporting more families than ever before. We are keen
to continue reaching more people by raising more awareness about microtia.
**Our website has been updated throughout the year and we continue to create**
**newsletters**to help share our news and latest information to more people. The
website includes new upcoming fundraising events and to share community
news. Website is accessed regularly by medical professionals, new parents, and
our community members.
**Free information leaflet handed out for new parents/carers**which outilines
what to expect when you have a baby with microtia and where to go for
support. Medical professionals also share this leaflet with their patients. It is
downloadable from the website.
**We continue using all our social media accounts**with a growing number of
followers. This includes the use of Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
We also use WhatsApp as a contact method and have our own charity phone
number.
**We linked with Run For Charity to help us find new fundraising events.**Linking
with them means we have less unfilled places. Going forward to should see an
improvement of this next year. Participants set up fundraising pages which
were shared on social media. We fully support those who would like to
fundraise or help raise awareness for our charity. We give out medals / trophies
to thank our fundraisers.| |---|---| **TAR** 6 2022-2023 Section D Achievements and performance **Daily support and advice** for our charity members. This is given through our online support group, social media accounts, email and telephone. We also have our monthly virtual meets. Microtia UK have been involved with the following fundraising events in 20222023: - 5 places at Skydive GB in Yorkshire – Total raised £3,579. After deductions - £2,329. - 5 places at the 5k Inflatable Run, held all over the UK – Total raised £1,168. After deductions - £1,038. - £5,000 raised by a charity member who ran 200 miles non-stop. Fantastic effort! - 3 Peaks Challenge - £470 raised. - Coastal Walk - £564 - 1 place at the Great North Run – Total raised £537. After deductions - £490. - 2 places at the Royal Parks Half event – Total raised £1,323. After deductions - £755. - 5 places at the London Landmarks event – Total raised £555. After deductions - -£145. (Due to illness, only 2 ran the event). We received sponsorship from the hearing aid companies, and we have had many people take on a range of challenges to raise funds for us. We have also received large one-off donations from companies throughout the year. **TAR** 2022-2023 7 Section E Finaniial review Brlef statement of the ¢hartiVs pollcy on resep Detalls of any funds materlally In deficlt rther financl?I revlew detalls Ioptlonal Informatlonl You maychoose to include additional informat¢on. where relevant aboul: the chariVs principal sources of funds lincludlnKany lundralsingl: how expenditure has supported key objectNes of the charity.. Inve￿rnent policy and objectNes includln8 any ethical investrneTht policy adopted. section F Othor optional Information section G Declaraiion The1n￿e¢S dedire th•t thry h•ve approved the trurtees. rewt above. ned on behall ofthe th*rWstruAees SI￿•ture(sI Full nam•l51 Pos￿1￿￿ leiSetretsry*Chalr, ettl TAR 2022-2023 **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)** HANA SALUSSOLIA **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** TRUSTEE **Date** 22/03/2024 **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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** **TAR** 9 22-2023 ||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/09/2022
Period start date||**To**||31/08/2023
Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**48,793**
**627**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49,420**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49,420**
**45,593**
**6,583**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,176**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,176**
**- 2,756**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations & FunsraisingIncome|**48,793**||**-**||**-**||**48,793**||**35,643**| |Interest|**627**||**-**||**-**||**627**||**33**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**49,420**||**-**||**-**||**49,420**||**35,676**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**35,676**| ||||||||||| |Expenses|**45,593**||||||||**40,334**| |Cost of Sales|**6,583**||||||||**12,610**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**52,176**||||||||**52,944**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**52,944**| ||||||||||| ||**- 2,756**||**-**||**-**||**- 2,756**||**- 17,268**| ||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**72,165**||**-**||**-**||**72,165**||**89,433**| ||**69,409**||**-**||**-**||**69,409**||**72,165**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/07/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**69,409**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,409**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Hana Salussolia|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Hana Salussolia|12/03/2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/07/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of MICROTIA UK On accounts for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2023 Charity no {If any) 1158688 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty {Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110812023. Responsibilitles and As the chartty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in acc¢)rdance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Art and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by thè Chanty Commission under sec*ion 14515){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below "l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Plaase delete the w0￿S in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Date: Signed: I￿2 Name: CEREDIG JONES FCA Relevant professional qualification(sl or body lif any): ICAEW Address: THE COOMBES, NELL HILL BISHOPSTONE, SWNDON SN6 8PW IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32. Independént examination of charity accounts. directions and guidance for examiners). Giv8 here brief details of any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018