The Andrew Rodger Trust
Trustees Annual Report April 2021/2022
Outline of the charity’s work – What we can provide;
1. Training programmes for generalists in palliative/ end of life care, based on GSF (Gold Standards Framework UK) .
2. Research, evaluation studies and academic collaborations
3. Spiritual and religious support and training
The trustees, who remain the same as last year, continue to explore how to support resource-poor countries particularly in Africa provide better care for people nearing the end of their lives. This builds upon the expertise and experience in this area of the UK’s Gold Standards Framework Centre (GSF ) in End of Life care , from its founder and Chairman Professor Keri Thomas OBE , seeking ways that this work , resources , energy and experience can be applied and adapted for work within the context of resource poor countries.
The objective of this work in enabling ‘gold standard’ care for people nearing the end of life is broadly focussed on enabling and supporting generalists caring for people in any setting whilst working closely with palliative care specialists . The GSF training and resources aim to support frontline care providers to give better care for people in the last phase of life, to reduce the burden of care on over-pressed hospitals and enable a better experience of care and quality of life and quality of dying for those nearing the end of life.
We work closely with those involved in palliative care in Africa, notably the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) , based in Kampala, Uganda, their Executive Director Dr Emmanuel Luyrika, Dr Christian Ntimizira, Executive Director of The Center of Research on End of Life Care, based in Kigali, Rwanda, through the APCA International Conference and webinar series , and others involved in palliative care there to map out potential collaborations and pilots in several African countries and possible development of a Palliative/Supportive care register of identified patients in one area that could lead to spread then in other African countries. Prof Keri Thomas received an invitation to speak at the APCA International Conference due in Aug 22, and there were discussions of offering small grants for early pilots , called ‘ Planning Early , Going for Gold’ pilots, working with interested palliative care leads . This would continue in 2022-3 onwards, with further details , application forms and supported training workshops on line .
In July 2020 , the charity received £70k from the asset lock of the UK’s GSF Centre CIC , when it moved to become a subsidiary of Hospice UK.
The charity has now developed a very comprehensive website www.gsfinternational.org.uk , through which examples from the UK , from Africa and from other countries can be shared , with access to training resources and the GSF Virtual Learning Zone . This will be the platform for further communication and development going forward. There is a description of the origin, history and purpose of the charity, see
https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/andrew-rodger-trust-charity and a ‘Just Giving’ button enables donations to the Andrew Rodger Trust . Some of the previous work is detailed in the GSF Africa section . https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/gsf-africa
The Andrew Rodger Trust 1160141 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 06/04/2021 05/04/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 12 4,274 - - - - - 4,286 - - - 4,286 |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 12 4,274 - - - - - 4,286 - - - 4,286 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 12 4,274 - - - - - 4,286 - - - 4,286 - 1,290 108 20 - - - - - 1,418 - - - 1,418 2,868 |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 12 4,274 - - - - - 4,286 - - - 4,286 - 1,290 108 20 - - - - - 1,418 - - - 1,418 2,868 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | - - - - - - - - - |
- | 73,004 | |||||
| Bank interest received | 12 | 12 | 7 | |||||
| Gift aid recovered | 4,274 | 4,274 | - | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
4,286 | 4,286 | 73,011 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 4,286 | 73,011 | ||||||
| Professional fees | - | - | - | - | 132 | |||
| Website design | 1,290 | - | - - - - - - - - - |
1,290 | ||||
| Justgivingfees | 108 | - | 108 | - | ||||
| Bank charges | 20 | - | 20 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1,418 | - | 1,418 | 132 | ||||
| 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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| - | 1,418 | 132 | ||||||
| 2,868 | - | 2,868 |
72,879 | |||||
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| 93,028 | 93,028 | 20,149 | ||||||
| 95,896 | - | 95,896 | 93,028 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
03/02/2023
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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 Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current account Savings account Details Details Details Keri Thomas Signature Mark Thomas |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 7,854 - 88,042 - - - 95,896 - 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 MARK THOMAS KERI THOMAS |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Mark Thomas | MARK THOMAS | 03/02/2023 | |
| Keri Thomas | KERI THOMAS | 03/02/2023 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
03/02/2023
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