JAFFNA MEDICAL FACULTY OVERSEAS ALUMNI CHARITY NO: 1159914 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 30 June 2024 FAFFNA MEDICAL FACULTY OVERSEAS ALUMNI NDEX PAGE Trustee's Report Independent Examiner's Report Ststement of Financial Activities Notes to the Financial Statements Trustee's Report on the Main Aetivities of JMFOA UK {01.07.2023 - 30.06.2024) During the reFK)rting period, JMFOA UK continued its core activities in Sri Lanka and the UK while introducing new initiatives. Our Nalavaalvu free telephone health advisory service and native language counselling remained operational, though a notable decline in call volumes reflected changing community needs. We maintained the Student Loan Repayment Scheme. providing monthly financial assistance of SLR 4000 each to 38 undergraduate students at the Jaffi)a Medical Faculty. JMFOA UK also sponsored the annual Undergraduate Research symposi￿ encouraging student research engagement. Following the Jaffila Medical Faculty's recognition by the Royal College of Surgeons as a regional trainlng centre for South Asi& we proudly sponsored Basic Surgical Skills and Laparoscopic Skills courses. We also launched PACES (MRCP) mock examinations and preparatory sessions at Jaffiu and Batticaloa Teaching Hospitals to support postgraduate training. Our monthly educational webinars continued without intemiption, fostering member engagement and professional development. Community activities-including JMFOA Hiking. the Book Club. and the Mohan Memorial Trophy Cricket Match-remained vibrant. In 2023, JMFOA UK successfully hosted the JMFOA International Medical confe￿nce in London, uniting members, and chapters from across the world for collaboration and knowledge slwing. JMFOA UK continued to SUp￿rt the WASPER research project (Water Security in the Northern Province), housed at the Department of Community Medicine, University of Jaffi￿. Now in its third year, this transdisciplinary project addresses critical water issues, involving six university faculties. In response to rising concerns about unhealthy behaviours and substance use among young people in Sri Lank& JMFOA International, in collaboration with the University of Jaffi￿'S Faculty of Medicine, launched the Substance Use Prevention Program, based on WHO'S Manohari Life Skills Training. This initiative trains secondary school teachers and parents to build a resilient, drug-free generation through a holistic, evidence-based, and sustainable approach. JMFOA UK and its global chapters have committed to supporting this project over the next five years. Funds for these initiatives were raised througb JMFOA UK'S musical fundraising events in the UK and Dortmund, Gennany, and participation in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Statement of Truttt• Rejponslblllti The In￿eeS are responsible for kttpin8 proper ￿￿untIng records, which dis¢lose. with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also resFK)D3ible for safeguardin8 the a&%ts of the Charity and for thkin8 reasonable stqx for the prevention and detection of frnud and other irregularities. Approv This report w&$ approved by the TrU￿eeS and Signed on their behalf: . e-. OLk , Dr Sarumathy Sritharan INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTELSI MEMBERS OF JAFFNA MEDICAL FACULTY OVERSEAS ALUMNI We report on the Accounts of the Trust for the year ended 30 Jun¢ 2024, which set out on pages 4 to 6. RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT As the Charity's TnLStees you are responsible for the preparation of the x¢ounts in a¢¢ordanc¢ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('th¢ A¢t'J. W¢ rqK)rt in respxt of our examination of the Trust's Kcounts carrieAI out under ￿liOn 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Out our examinatio￿ we have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under se