Trustees’ Annual Report For the period 17 June 2023 – 16 June 2024
Urgent Medicare International
(Registered charity number 1163759)
Reference and Administrative Information
Urgent Medicare International was registered with the Charities Commission of England and Wales as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 29 September 2015.
Principal Office:
104 Crosslands
Stantonbury, Milton Keynes
Mk14 6DD
Trustees, Officers and Advisors:
Barr. Okwara M. Chibuike - Trustee
Rev. Dr Innocent Ezeonyeasi - Trustee
Prof Nkeiruka Oly-Alawuba – Trustee
Trustees’ Annual Report
Urgent Medicare International’s Board of Trustees (the trustees) presents the Trustees’ Annual Report for the period ending 16 June 2024. The report covers the period between 17 June 2023 until 16 June 2024.
Public Benefit
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance by the Charity Commission in delivering the activities undertaken by the Charity.
Urgent Medicare International’s charitable objectives are:
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The relief of sickness and preservation of health for people residing permanently or temporarily in sub-Sahara Africa.
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Treatment and care of persons suffering from mental and physical illnesses of any description.
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Education of the public in all areas relating to transmissible diseases and general emergency healthcare.
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Supporting research and data collation for the management and treatment of viruses and bacteria-based illnesses such as malaria, typhoidoid fever, Covid 19, as well as other ailments such as diabetes, sickle cell & other clinical emergencies.
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Provision of ambulance and emergency interventions for victims of heart attack, accidents, trauma and other emergency situations.
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Networking with hospitals and medical professionals to encourage treatment of vulnerable and less privileged patients in emergency situations, especially where payment guarantees appear to be a barrier to treatment.
Trustee Chairman’s Introduction
It is another great privilege to continue to work on this humanitarian project designed to alleviate the physical and emotional sufferings of people in need, especially, for those who reside within the areas and communities that the organisation has undertaken to operate. To achieve this goal, we have taken every necessary step to restructure Urgent Medicare International to a form that would guarantee that the organisation possesses the requisite capacity to effectively achieve our organisational goals.
Charitable Objectives
Over the past few years, we have witnessed slow progress in the affairs of the organization having experienced drawbacks from legal, administrative, and bureaucratic bottlenecks emanating from in-country registrations and authorisations that we require to operate in the countries and communities that we have set out to support.
In line with our resolve to draw the best suited individuals to the trusteeship of the organisation, and ensure that the management of the organisation is entrusted in the hands of very capable, and regulatory conscious individuals who would steer the affairs of the organisation to success, the Board of Trustees has accepted the resignation of
three members of the Board, while at the same time approved and concluded the appointment of Rev. Dr Innocent Ezeonyeasi who has joined the Board with lots of experience within the health and socio-religious sectors. We are now in the verge of finalising the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer who will assume full executive responsibility to drive the affairs of the organization.
We have continued to consolidate efforts in the recruitment of volunteers and logistics for our operations in three of our designate locations. While we saw some of our activities kick off in collaboration with local charities OVERRY and UCSA in Southern Nigeria, however, our plans to resume operations and impact lives in Sao Tome and Cameroon within the first quarter of 2024 was again hampered by delays in registering the charity with the agencies of government in those countries, coupled with the sustained levels of insecurity in Sub Sahara Africa, more especially Cameroon where we had planned to resume activities around the southernmost regions of the country.
Nevertheless, we remain very optimistic as we network very closely with local agencies in these countries and look forward to resuming activities as soon as our team of volunteers are fully constituted.
Okwara Michael Chibuike
Chair, Board of Trustees
Urgent Medicare International
Structure, Governance, and Management
Governing Document
The charity is administered in accordance with a constitution for a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Urgent Medicare International is an international health charity registered with the Charity Commission from 29 September 2015.
Governing Body Structure and Organisational Management
Only one member of the current CIO’s Board of Trustee members is a first members of the CIO who was also signatory to the formation of the charity.
The trustee membership has remained the same since the last reporting year, as the CIO is currently constituted of three Trustees.
All Trustee Board members are expected to abide by a code of conduct, a code of ethics and a Trustee’s role specifications. They are also expected to act in accordance with the charitable objectives, principles and values of the CIO. Completion of a declaration of interests is also required annually.
Vision
To work towards a global society where basic healthcare and decent care for life is accessible to all devoid of any social or political barriers.
Mission
To devote the time and energy necessary to aid, support and educate the communities.
Review of Achievement and Performance for the 12-month period ending 16 June
2024.
During the twelve-month period in question, our trustees were only able to meet about six times over zoom from their various locations. At the meetings, we reviewed the post covid progress of the CIO, as well as deliberating on the best strategies to move the CIO forward and deliver our charitable objectives under the current climate. Considerations
were also given to any short term, medium term and long-term management and financial outlook of the CIO. We also reviewed any outcomes from the 12 months period ending 16 June 2023.
Dated 30 April 2025
Urgent Medicare International No (if any) Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts
Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 17-Jun-23 16-Jun-24
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 600 - - - - - - - 600 - - 600 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 - - 600 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 600 - - - - - - - 600 - - - 600 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 600 - - - - - - - 600 - - - 600 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
600 | 500 | ||||
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| 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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| 600 | - | - | 600 | 500 | ||
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| 600 | - | - | 600 | 500 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/05/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| 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)) Details Details Details Signature O. Chibuike |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error 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 Okwara Chibuike |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| O. Chibuike | Okwara Chibuike | 30-Apr-25 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/05/2025
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