The Louise Tebboth Foundation, registered charity number 1166657 Annual report and accounts for the financial year 1[st] May 2023 to 30[th] April 2024
Trustees during the year
Dr. Alex Freeman, Chair Ms Harriet Lowe Mr. Gary Marson, Secretary Mr. Christopher Tebboth The Rev’d Malcolm Torry, Treasurer Dr. Rebecca Torry
Charity’s registered address
35 Idmiston Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 7ST
Type of governing document : Constitution.
How the charity is constituted : A Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The only voting members are the trustees.
Trustee selection methods : Appointment by resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Trustees.
Objects of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation
The relief of those in need and those in distress by the provision of funding for emotional support to people affected by suicide bereavement of those working in the medical profession; and
To relieve the mental and physical sickness of doctors and other medical professionals suffering from mental health problems by providing funding for specialised psychiatric support to medics in crisis.
Main activities of the charity undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects
Having regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, the Trustees have continued to work to identify projects, services and activities which further the Foundation’s key objects of supporting doctors at risk of suicide and the families bereaved by the suicide of doctors. Given the narrow and highly specialist field within which the charity operates, and the relative lack of activity within it, rather than inviting grant applications for new or existing projects in an open funding round, the charity has continued to seek to identify relevant partner organisations with whom it can work to develop and directly commission suitable new projects, as well as receiving and considering speculative ad hoc applications as they are received.
The Foundation is delighted to be still working with the Society of Occupational Medicine. Details of the current project will be found below.
An important aspect of the Foundation’s work is constituted by its website which contains a variety of kinds of information and functions as the Foundation’s communication channel.
The trustees have continued to take up opportunities to talk with high level stakeholders, including the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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The Foundation has continued to benefit from a stream of donations through the fundraising efforts of supporters and its participation in the Give as you Live online shopping charitable donation scheme.
Continuing project
Following the completion of a research project into suicide postvention in primary care settings in 2021, the Trust continues to work with the Society of Occupational Medicine on a similar research project into suicide postvention in secondary care. The project is again led by Professor Gail Kinman of the University of Bedfordshire and Dr Rebecca Torry, a Trustee of the Foundation*. Again, a series of interviews is being conducted with medical professionals as part of an initiative to help establish what secondary care settings might do to support staff after the suicide of a colleague. Progress has been slow because it has been difficult to identify appropriate interviewees, but momentum is being maintained.
* Dr Torry has received no financial benefit from the Foundation for the work undertaken
Grant given
The Foundation has made one grant this year: to the University College London Hospitals Charity for an art project that supports the mental health of medical staff.
Reserves policy
Apart from £3,500 now reserved for the costs of the extension of the Society of Occupational Medicine project to secondary care, the Foundation has no ongoing financial commitments (staffing, operational or services) and the Trustees have taken the view that all other funds should be recycled into grants or associated activities at the earliest opportunity. If, going forward, medium to long term grant funding commitments accrue, the appropriate sum will be ring fenced to meet those obligations.
The Trustees have agreed the annual report.
Signed on behalf of the charity trustees
Signature Full name The Rev’d Malcolm Torry Position Treasurer Date 28[th] May 2024
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Louise Tebboth Foundation
Accounts for the financial year 1[st] May 2023 to 30[th] April 2024
| Opening balance | 17888.56 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||
| Donations | Personal | 900.00 | ||
| Give asyou live | 202.53 | |||
| Amazon | 20.33 | |||
| Total donations | 1122.86 | 1122.86 | ||
| Gift Aid | 0.00 | |||
| Bank interest | 275.37 | |||
| Total | 1398.23 | 1398.23 | ||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Grants made | University College London arts project |
5000.00 | ||
| Total ofgrants made | 5000.00 | 5000.00 | ||
| Trustee expenses | 0.00 | |||
| Room hire | 0.00 | |||
| Website | 449.28 | |||
| Bank account fees | 60.00 | |||
| Total | 5509.28 | 5509.28 | ||
| Closing balance | 13777.51 |
Bank accounts at 30[th] April 2024:
| Bank accounts at 30[th]April 2024: | Bank accounts at 30[th]April 2024: | April 2024: | April 2024: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafcash Cafbankgold account Total ~~——~~ |
1492.96 12284.55 13777.51 |
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| Signature | |||
| Full name | Malcolm Norman Alfred Torry | Malcolm Norman Alfred Torry | |
| Position | Treasurer | Treasurer | Treasurer |
| Date | 28thMay 2024 | May 2024 |
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