
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** 

## **Charity name: Simien Mountains Mobile Medical Service - UK Charity registration number: 1162302** 

## Objectives and Activities 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve sickness and preserve and protect the<br>health of the people living in the Simien Mountains<br>of Ethiopia, including the provision of treatment,<br>referral and follow-up care for common diseases,<br>illness and injuries with priority to professional<br>maternal and natal care, as well as training and<br>education in health, hygiene, sanitation and basic<br>first aid.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|SMMMS-UK conducts the following main<br>activities:<br>1. Operating the SMMMS Clinic in Kiyet,<br>Janamora to provide basic medical and<br>healthcare services, including 24/7 emergency<br>and delivery services as well as basic health<br>education to more than 14,400 residents in<br>local communities;<br>2. Deploying Mobile Medical Outreach Nurse<br>Teams to conduct mobile clinics and provide<br>diagnosis, treatment, referral and follow-up as<br>well as basic health education for roughly<br>108,000 people living in 23 of the most<br>underserved communities in the Zone;<br>3. Delivering Integrated Professional Midwifery<br>Services to build capacity and improve the<br>quality 24/7 reproductive, maternal and<br>neonatal services in 7 government health<br>centres serving a total population of 226,900,<br>of whom 53,500 are women ages 15-49;<br>4. Providing Emergency Medical Evacuation<br>Services from remote mountain communities<br>in 4 catchment areas to local health centres;<br>5. Developing seven (7) health centres of<br>excellence with the necessary capabilities to<br>provide essential women’s healthcare.<br>6. Supporting the Debark Regional Hospital,<br>which is the only general hospital for the Zone,<br>with critical medical equipment and supplies,<br>specialist training, and technical assistance;<br>7. Sponsoring “Doctors for the Simien Mountains”<br>to provide advice, training and assistance to<br>local healthcare authorities and facilities;<br>8. Sponsoring “Best Health Centre Maternity<br>Department”competitions to promote quality|





|||standards and best practices among the 37<br>health centres in the North Gonder Zone;<br>9. Providing monitoring and evaluation of the<br>project with partners and stakeholders to<br>ensure accomplishment of objectives.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|SMMMS-UK’s activities are exclusively for the<br>public benefit of the people of the Simien<br>Mountains of Ethiopia and are line with the<br>guidance issued by the Charity Commission.<br>There is no personal benefit to any of SMMMS-<br>UK’s trustees.|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|SMMMS-UK does not make grants.|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|SMMMS-UK does not make grants.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|SMMMS-UK does not make social investments.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Due to the lack of security in the project area as a<br>result of the civil war between the Federal<br>Government and the Tigrayan Peoples’<br>Liberation Front (TPLF), we had to suspend our<br>sponsorship of volunteers to do field work in the<br>project area under our “Doctors for the Simien<br>Mountains”programme in 2022.|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Our main achievements in 2022 have benefitted<br>more than 349,300 people living in remote,<br>inaccessible and underserved communities in the<br>Simien Mountains as follows:<br>1. The SMMMS clinic in Janamora provided<br>medical and health care to 5,767 patients, an<br>increase of 69% from the previous year, as<br>well as 119 deliveries, family planning for 882<br>women, screening 1,114 women for breast<br>cancer and 146 for cervical cancer with 12<br>women treated; 17,990 local residents<br>received public health education.  We also<br>began construction of a new a new maternal<br>waiting house for the clinic.<br>2. Our five (5) mobile community nurse teams<br>provided general healthcare to for 6,390<br>patients, who were also screened for TB, as<br>well as 2,466 perinatal checks, family<br>planning for 2,746 women, and health<br>education to 41,505 local residents.<br>3. SMMMS BSc midwives working in seven (7)<br>local health centres performed 7,284<br>antenatal care checks, 1,438 safe deliveries<br>and 1,893 postnatal care checks, as well as<br>family planning services for 8,258 women,<br>screened 9,012 women for breast cancer and<br>399 women for cervical cancer with 38<br>treated.|





4. We provide women’s healthcare services for more than 7,679 women at the UNHCR Centre for Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) from the civil war at Kulch Meda, including 1,981 antenatal checks, 648 safe deliveries and 993 postnatal care checks, as well as family planning services for 1,931 women, screened 1,993 women for breast cancer and 133 women for cervical cancer with 11 treated. 5. Under our “Health Centre of Excellence” project with the North Gonder Zone we accomplished the following: a. Provide monthly Health Centre Mentoring to improve reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child healthcare (RMNCH) at our clinic and the 7 health centres we support. b. Certified 24 midwifes with University of Gondar on cervical cancer screening and treatment using cryotherapy. c. Equipped 7 health centres and our clinic with portable thermocoagulation devices to implement “one-visit” cervical cancer screening and treatment. d. Issued hand-help haemoglobin Blood Analysers and non-pneumatic anti-shock garments (NASGs) to the 7 health centres we support and provided onsite training and certification. 6. Our Emergency Medical Evacuation Teams completed Ethiopian Red Cross Basic Trauma First Aid training course this year and were called out 1,599 times, 17% more than last year.  The transported 608 expectant mothers for antenatal care visits, 369 for deliveries and 320 for their postnatal check, as well as for 302 emergencies! Provided medical staff to the Debark Hospital Casualty Treatment Centre to provide emergency medical care for military and civilian casualties from the conflict and support to the UNHCR Internally Displace Persons Centre in Kulch-Meda. 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Our achievements during 2021 supported our<br>overall objectives, in particular as regards<br>improving access and utilisation of reproductive,<br>maternal, natal and child healthcare services in<br>the project area.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Fund raising and contributions from other<br>cooperating partners proved sufficient to continue<br>essential activities required to achieve our<br>objectives.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|NA|





## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Our financial position at the end of 2022 was<br>positive, with a balance of GBP 36,126 on hand<br>as of 31 December 2022|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Due to the nature of our activities, we do not<br>intentionally hold reserves as a matter of policy.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|GBP 36,126|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|NA|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|NA|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|SMMMS-UK relies entirely on charitable<br>donations and grants from individuals,<br>foundations and trusts.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|SMMMS-UK does not make social investments.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks facing SMMMS-UK comes<br>from the political instability following the civil war<br>between Amhara and Tigray, especially if<br>negotiations breakdown.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g., unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Association Model|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g., election to post or<br>name of any person or body<br>entitled to appoint one or<br>more trustees|Para 1.25|Appointment|



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|Policies and<br>procedures<br>adopted for the<br>induction and<br>training of<br>trustees|Para<br>1.51|||
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|The charity’s<br>organisational<br>structure and<br>any wider<br>network with<br>which the<br>charity works|Para<br>1.51|||
|Relationship<br>with any related<br>parties|Para<br>1.51|On 3 January 2023, we renewed our registration with the<br>Ethiopian Agency for Civil Societies as a foreign charity<br>authorised to operates in Ethiopia and to implement a new<br>project agreement with the North Gonder Zone of the Amhara<br>Region for “Improving Women’s Healthcare Services in the North<br>Gondar Zone”.<br>We operate in close cooperation with the Debark Regional<br>Hospital, local health officers and the University of Gondar,<br>College of Medicine and Health Sciences.||
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|**Reference and Administrative details**||||
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|Charity name|||SIMIEN MOUNTAINS MOBILE MEDICAL SERVICE-UK|
|Other name the charity uses|||SMMMS-UK|
|Registered charity number|||1162302|





Charity’s principal address 

Flat 29, Emerson Apartments Chadwell Lane London Postcode N8 7RF United Kingdom 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
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|1|Wendy Lovatt|Chairperson|||
|2|Marcus Stevens|Vice President|||
|3|Hugh Lovatt|Secretary/Treasurer|||
|4|Brian Lovatt||||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 



## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Wendy Lovatt Brian Lovatt **Position** Chairperson Trustee **Date** 12 April 2023 12 April 2023 




|**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**||
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|**Simien Mountains Mobile Medical Service-UK**|||**1162302**||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the**<br>**period from**|01-Jan-22<br>Period start|**To**|31-Dec-22<br>Period end||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricte**<br>**d funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**45,607**<br>**48**<br>**45,655**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**8,500**<br>**8,500**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**54,107**<br>**48**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**54,155**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Donations|**45,607**|**8,500**|**-**|**54,107**|**99,783**|
|Interest Income|**48**||**-**|**48**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**45,655**|**8,500**|**-**|**54,155**|**99,783**|



|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**|||||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_ **|**45,655**||**8,500**|||**-**||**54,155**||**99,783**|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Project Operatingcosts in Ethiopia|**51,500**||||**-**|||**51,500**||**43,130**|
|Expand Health Centre Mentoring|||**8,500**|||||**8,500**|||
|Construction of Maternal WaitingHouse|||**8,000**|||||**8,000**|||
|Medical Equipment||||||||**-**||**4,160**|
|Fund RaisingCampaign|**5,127**||||**-**|||**5,127**||**3,247**|
|Bank charges|**212**||||**-**|||**212**||**246**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**56,839**||**16,500**||**-**|||**73,339**||**50,784**|
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|**_Total payments_**|**56,839**||**16,500**|||**-**||**73,339**||**50,784**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-        11,184**||**-          8,000**|||**-**||**-        19,184**||**49,000**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**41,845**||**13,465**||**-**|||**55,310**||**6,310**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**30,661**||**5,465**|||**-**||**36,126**||**55,310**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

30/03/2023 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities**|**at the end**|**of the period**|**of the period**|
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and<br>payments account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Medical equipment<br>Maternal waitinghouse<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**30,661**<br>**5,465**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**30,661**<br>**5,465**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Brian Lovatt||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Brian Lovatt||28-Mar-23|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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