Beat Kidney Stones
Treat to Beat and Prevent Kldney Stones
Trustee5 Annual Report
And Unaudited Accounts
For Year 9
2" October 2024 to 1° October 2025
Beat Kidney Stones Is a Charity wlth the Charity Registrntion Nurnber 1170678

Beat Kldney Stones
Legal and Administratlve Information
Trustees
Ms Jilly Collins - re-appointed
Miss Tracey M Palmer- re-appointed
Miss Clare Sanders
Mrs Penny Sweetland
Secretary & CEO
Peter E Sanders
Reglstered Charlty Number
1170678
Prlnclpal Banker
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank Business Banking
8x1 ILT
and
Epworth Cash Plus Fund
Epworth Investment Management
Methodist Church House
25 Tavistock Place
London
WCIH 95F

Beat Kidney Stones
Contents
Page
Trustee5 Report
Independent Examiner's Report
11
Statement of Comprehensive Income & Statement of Financial Position
12
Notes to Accounts
13

Beat Kidney Stones
Trustees Re
ort
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended I, Ortober 2025
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to
the accounts and comply with the Charity's governin8 document and Accounting and
Reporting by Charities"
Structure, Govemance and Management
Beat Kidney Stones is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and was entered on the Register
of Charities by the Charity Commission on the 12th December 2016 and was given the
Registered Charity Number 1170678.
The trustees, who are also members of the Charity and who served during the year were:
Ms Jilly Collins
Mi55 Tracey M Palmer
Miss Clare Sanders
Mrs Penny Sweetland
Method of recruitment and appolntment of trustees
New trustees apply and part of thelr Intervlew process is to be asked if they are eligible to be
appointed a trustee. If the potential trustee is eligible, they are recommended and appointed
by the existing trustees. New trustees are informed about the Charity Commission's web site
which identifies the responsibilitie5 and how to act as a trustee and 8iven a copy of the
Foundation Oocument of Beat Kidney Stones and the latest Annual Report. None of the
trustees have any beneficial Interest In Beat Kldney Stones. All of.the Trustees are also
Members of Beat Kidney Stones.
Organisational Structure
The day-to-day management of the Charity's attivities were delegated by the trustees to the
Volunteer Chief Executive Officer on the 9th January 2017. The Volunteer CEO is assisted by
other volunteers who report to the CEO.
Risk Policles
The Volunteer CEO asse55es the risk policies regularly and the trustees are satisfied that the
policies do mitigate exposure to major risks. The existinE and new policies are: Lone Working
Policy. Confidentiality Policy. Stsff & Volunteer Working Policy; Health & Safety Policy; Rights &
Responsibility Policy. Conflict of Interest Polioi; Conflict of Interest Register, Managing
Volunteers & Staff Policy. Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form; Risk Management policy.
Handling Complaints Policy. GDPR. Snvestment Policy. Equality & Diversity Policy.
The trustees state that no serious incidents have arisen during this financial year.

Objertives and activities
Beat Kidney Stones is 3 Charitable Incorporated Organisation and its objects are:
To promote and protect the physical and ment21 health of sufferers of kidney stones through
the provision of financi31 assistance, support, education and practical advice. and to advance
the education of the general public in all areas relating to kidney stones, in particular but not
exclusively, by funding research into kidney stones.
Achievements and performance
On each day of the year a post was published on Facebook for the benefit of kidney stone
sufferers, their family and friends and all other interested parties. The posts contained
comment. questions, information and quotes from sufferers, members of the public, carers,
reputable web sites, institutions and Researchers. Resulting from these posts the Charity has
and will continue to identify life and work actions that improve sufferer conditions and
treatments. These attions have also been published on the Charitws web site, to the Kidnev
Stone Research Group on Linkedin and other pertinent Groups on Linkedin.
Many kidney stone sufferers have said, having the "Helpful Information" page on the Charity's
web site has helped their employer to understand and appreciate exartly what a kidney stone
sufferer, experience's. The employer takes from the web site a better understanding of chronic
pain and why each kidney stone sufferer has to continually drink water evenly over each 24
hours. All the information on the web site helps to prevent misunderstandings between the
employer and kidney stone sufferers.
This year a number of kidney stone sufferers have rang or repeatedly rang the land line number
displayed on the Chariws web site to tslk over their symptoms and treatments with the CEO of
the Charity. This land line number is now called a help line for kidney stone sufferers.
The CEO has continued to introduce Beat Kidney Stones to the research environment.
This Charity Is Involved with other organisations and offers opinions derived from kidney stone
sufferer's comments and experiences and carers comments and experiences.
l This year a Researcher from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences asked if Beat Kidney
Stones would asses5 her ethical application and protocol for the molecular examination of the
internal structures of 10 cancerous kidneys for differences between kidneys with and without
kidney stones. After assessing the document, the CEO on behalf of Beat Kidney Stones was
happy to write that there were no ethical issues therein and supported this application.
2 In Year 8 Beat Kidney Stones was asked by a Researcher from the Nuffield Department of
Surgical Sciences to help in the first instance to take part in a study design workshop and the
CEO and a Trustee took part. This contact led to more detail about a proposed stage I research
proposal to the National Institute for Health Research and Care (NIHR) and called. STOP (STOne
Prevention) Trial. The purpose of the STOP Trial is to investigate if a certain type of drug
reduces the re-occurrence of kidney Stones. So many patients have wished for a drug to stop
further kidney stones and because of this the CEO decided to write a support letter to the Stop
Trial Lead. The CEO was invited to be a patient representative co-investigator and was added to
the NIHR stage 2 application. Unfortunately, this year, this funding request was turned down by
NIHR.

Consequently, Beat Kidney Stones encouraged an improved repeat application and included a
more comprehensive support letter during the NIHR Stage 2 application level.
3 The Urology Foundatlon's (TUF) P2tient and Public Involvement and Engagement programme
brlngs together researchers and people affetted by urology conditions to drive research
forward. TUF are currently working on a project with Newcastle University to develop a
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy {PCNLJ Outcome Predittion Tool (POPT). The Beat Kidney
Stones CEO is participating in this group to:
Help develop an App and Website that predicts the risk to an individual of having PCNL and
ensure the app and website is beneficial for patients.
4 The Beat Kidney Stones CEO attended a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
Forum based at Swansea University Medical School on behalf of REMIT: Rethinking health
policy in Multimorbidity- a population-based approach.
Remit is looking to develop a new approach to manage people wlth multiple, long term health
conditions with an aim to reduce treatment burden and ensure irnproved outcomes for
patients and the NHS.
More people are now living with multiple long-term conditions yet decisions regarding the
management of each condition are usually considered individually. The three conditions
currently being assessed are Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes,
5 Beat Kidney Stones was asked for oplnlons by a Masters Student workln8 on a project to
investigate the management of pain caused by the passing of kidney stones.
Interesting and helpfvl information relative to kidney stones and pain is published on Linkedin,
Facebook, the Kidney Stone Research Group and the ChariWs web site.
Beat Kidney Stones has a continuous Stakeholder 5tatU5 in the National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence (NICE). Beat Kidney Stones supports at all times the "Renal and ureteric stones:
assessment and mana£ement guidellne publlshed on the 8-1-19 and the Renal and ureteric
stones Quality standard (/guidelines/qs195)" which was published on the 29-7-20, Both
publications are the currenttreatment standards for all sufferers of kidney stones.
Signposts are on the Beat Kidney Stone web site to access both the NICE Guideline and Quality
Standard.
The Charity continues to ask on its web site, through its Facebook posts and from the Kidney
Stone Research Group on Linkedin foi comments, suggestions and research preferences from
kidney stone sufferers and interested parties. It is thought this is a unique feature of thi5
Charity. Consequently, Beat Kidney Stones is always open for comment from kidney stone
sufferers and prepared to amend its policies according to the comments received.
The Charity is maintaining the articles on its web site about the Sufferers Travelling Support
Fund, a fall safe alarm and an identification card for existing sufferers who think they might
lose consciousness again. The identification card is provided at no costto sufferers.
The Charity's daily Facebook posts continue to reach more people each year. These posts have
generated comment and personal stories from sufferers which have led to further sufferer
information being added to the Chaiitvs web site, Facebook page and passed to the Kidney

Stone Research Group. More people are becoming members of the Kidney Stone Research
Group and members are largely sufferers followed by Clinicians and researchers.
Employees when passing kidney stones had commented that some employers viewed frequent,
very short-term absences over many weeks, to be a problem. Medical professionals had not
recognised absenteeism due to kidney stone5 to be a widespread employment problem.
Beat Kidney Stones however heard many comments from sufferers which together indicated
that employers could be treating employees much better.
Consequently, Beat Kidney Stones undertook a programme of providing information for
employers and new sufferers.
To help repeat sufferers this Charity supports the home working Option if itls at 311 possible.
From sufferers:
Working from home in a comfortable environment takes our mind off anticipating pain, it is
better to have access to facilities when dealing With the intermittent chronic pain and drinking
our recommended amount of water. Also, sufferers are happier and more productive when
workin8 from home.
The Trustees declded the monie5 for supportlng sufferers and research will still be held in the
Epworth Cash Plus Fund (It was called the Affirmative Deposit Fund) which earns a much-
improved level of interest this year due to the increase in inflation.
To date monies accumulated in Epworth Cash Plus Fund are: allocated to sufferer support
£606.68, for research £8562.68 and for Charity overhead £750.90.
In year 4 the Charity received two large donations- JA&MP l and MAS l. The Donor in both
cases made specific requests of Beat Kidney Stones that were agreed by the Trustees. Co-
incidentally the requests were in accordance with the existing rules of the Charity and
particularly one (probably unique) rule that this Charity will disperse any donation in the
manner requested by that particular donor.
The Donor in both cases requested that the donation be anonymous and be invested in
perpetuity and In a specific way. Both Donors had the intention to achieve an incorne for the
Charity and for the income to be used to only pay the actual operating costs of the Charity (Not
speculative operating cost5).
In year 5 the Trustees decided to hold sufPicient reserves to rnaintsin the operating costs for
any rolling 12-month period and to allocate any monies accumulated above that level to
research. Thls decision was and will be kept in constant review by the CEO.
Interest rates are still high so JA&MP l is still on deposit in the Epworth Cash Plus Fund. When
the income from interest has fallen to a similar level to the income from the Epworth Multi
Asset Fund the JA&MP I donation will be invested in the Epworth Multi Asset Fund or
something similar, to obtain a primary objective of an income followed by capitsl growth.
When Beat Kidney Stones is asked for an opinion about a kidney stone issue by Researchers,
sometimes a fee is paid. the CEO decided the fee should be paid to Beat Kidney Stones and
added to JA&MP I which is currently on deposit. This decision will increase the capital value of
JA&MP I which will also increase the income gained from JA&MP I.

Due to the value of the income from the above donations the Trustees decided that all received
monies not spent on overhead costs would be allocated towards research. Also. all donations
received without a specific destination request by a donor are also to be allocated to research.
Furthermore, all interest gained from monies not allocated towards research, will also be
allocated towards research.
Donations
Thank you to all named and anonymous donors:
Year 2
Christine and Stephen Westcott.
Year 3
Rachel Matthee
Year 5
Eve Mockett, Paul Mockett, Andrew Charlton.
Year 6
Alison Sampson
Year 7
Lee Clark
Year 8
Lee Clark
Year 9
Mark Robinson
Lee Clark
Dr Bradley Phipps
Christine and Stephen Westcott
Colin Wei8htman
Janet Whiting
R C Furneaux
Flona Northfield
Miss Ria Johal
Donations In Mernorlal
Year 2
Donations totslling £1359.47 were made to the Charlty In memory of Margaret Anne
Sanders
A donation of £50 wa5 made to the Charity in memory of Joyce Hawkins.
Year 3
A donation of £117.5 was made to the Charity in memory of Joan and Charles Pinegar.
Donations totalling £1280,12 were made to the Charity in memory of fimothy Stone.
Year 4
An anonymous donation of £14,670.05 was made to the Charity in memory of John. Anne and
Margaret Pink.
Donations totalling £803.65 were made to the Charity in memory of Edith Evelyn Lynarn nee
Johnson.

An anonymou5 donation of £48,000 was made to the Charity in memory of Margaret Anne
Sanders. IMAS 1
Year 5
Donations totalling £722.75 were made to Beat Kidney Stones in memory of Percy and Violetta.
A donation of £19.28 was made to Beat Kidney stones in memory of Patricia Mockett.
Year 6
Donations totslling £357.80 were made to Beat Kidney Stones in memory of Loi5 and Mark
Osboin.
Year 7
Donations totsllin8 £564.48 were made to Beat Kidney Stones in memory of Ivan Osborn.
Year 8
Donations totalling £600.97 were made to Beat kidney Stones in memory of Frank and Beryl
Lynarn.
Year 9
Possibly three donations were made, and one certainly from Janet Whiting in Memory of
Robert Farmer.
Publlc Benefit
The trustees confirm they have and will continue, to comply with their duty to have due regard
to the guidance on public benefit Issued by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers.
This has been exampled above, by the continuing use of the web site
www.beatkidne
stones,co.uk and by the continued use of the Kidney Research Group on
Linkedin. Further examples are the daily dialogue by the Charity on Facebook, plus the
comment, questions and experiences given by sufferers when replying to posts on the Charity's
Facebook page.
Kidney stone sufferers a150 ask for help and advice or make comments by telephone and email
on a regular basis.
A further example of public beneflt was the collating by the Charlty of comments made by
Kidney Stone Sufferers to the Charity when fulfilling its role as a NICE Stakeholder, The Charity
made those comments known to NICE at the Guideline and then at Quality Stsndard
consultative stage and this year on the NICE Draft Guideline: Urinary tratt infection in under
165: diagnosis and management
This means Kidney Stone Sufferers have had an input to one NICE Guideline and Quality
Standard and a second Draft Guideline.
There is a requirement by funding bodies for Researchers to have a Patient and Public
Involvement and Engagement (PPl&E) role in all research applications. Beat Kidney Stones has
asslsted 5 different groups of Researchers in this financial year,
Frequently first-time sufferers who are experiencing the extreme/chronic pain associated with
the passing of a kidney stone contatt this Charity to ask for help and advice. Also, family
members on behalf of sufferers also contatt this Charity to ask for advice and help in
understanding their loved one's situation.
The m05t frequently asked question is:
Is there 3 medical treatment that will stop another kidney stone from being formed? The
answer currently is no and this answer applies to approximately 5 million people in the UK.

Financial Review
During this nineth year the Charity generated a net income of £2484.16
The Trustees directed the CEO to concentrate all suitable income into the Research Fund and to
always be mindful of the operating costs and the existing Reserves Policy {below) at all times.
Provisions are to be made for a possible capital expenditure of approximately £lk (for a
replacement laptop) to take place over the coming years.
Reserves Pollry
Due to receiving J, A, & MP l and then MAS I the Tiustees decided that unrestricted funds
which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to
the Chariws running Costs for any rolling 12 monthly period. Then when the income from J, A,
& MP I, MAS l and other income exceeds any rolling 12 monthly running cost average the
excess will be allocated to the Designated Reserved Research Fund or the Designated Reserved
Sufferer Support Fund as demand dictates. The Trustees consider that reserve5 at this level will
ensure that the advice and 355iStance given via the web site, Facebook and Kidney Research
Group will allow the Charity to continue operating for any rolling 12month period and speed
the growth primarily of the research fund and then the support fund as necessary,
Signed on behalf of the Trustees
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Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts
Report to the trustees of
Beat Kidney Stones
On the Accounts for
the period 2nd October 2024 to 1 St October 2025
Charity Number.
1170678
We report to the trustees on our examination of the accounts of the above charity for
the year ending 1st October 2025.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
We report in respect of our examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out our examination, we have followed
the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of
the Act.
We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have
come to our attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to
believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act
or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
exarnination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
p. r2-2£
Paul Wright on behalf of
APB Accountants Limited
1-5 Market Square
Ilfracombe
Devon
EX34 9AU
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ststement of Comprehensive Income & Statement of Financial Positlon
ststement of COmp￿henslve Income
24125
23124
Unrestrirted Restricted Unrestricted Restricted
Notes
Incoming Resources
3777.38 72,656.45
3,225.81 72,656.45
Outgoing Resources
1306. 75
1,014.10
Net (Deficit)/Surplus
2470, 63
2,211.71
st
Fund Balan￿ at i ottober 2025
2470,63
2,211.71
Statement of Financial Position
Flxed Assets
Tangible assets
Investments
61.61
75.14
56,920.85
57.344.63
Current assets
Restricted Cash to Re-invest
Cash at Banks and in hand
920.68
Des18nated Reserve Fund for Sufferers
606.68
Designated Reserve Fund for Research 8532.68
15408.23
15.311.82
1,068.54
606.68
Total Assets
10,060.04 72,329.08
7,513.37
72,656.45
Llabilities and Equity
Retained Earnings
Net Income
7,575.88
2484.1
5,301.66
2 211,71
Equity
10,060.04
7,513.37
Restrirted Funds
Total Equity
72 329.08
82.389.12
72 656.45
80,169.82
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Notes to the Accounts
l Accounting Policies
1.1 Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting Standards and
SORP.
1.2 Tangible flxed assets and depreclatlon
Tangible fixed assets are stated at costs (Less depreciation of 18Yo) for thi5 third year
24125
23/24
Capltal equipment
Depreciation
Net book value
75.14
13.53
61.61
91.63
16.49
75.14
2 Donations
Restricted Donations
A restricted donation of £14670.05
IJ, A, & MP I) was received subject
to this amount being invested in
perpetuity to achieve a regular income
to only meet current operating costs.
Aberdeen/CAF cancelled this
Investment opportunity. Due to high
Interest rates the Trustees decided to
hold cash In the Epworth Cash Plus Fund
until Interest rates start falling.
A second restricted donation of
£48,000 (MAS I) was ieceived
subject to this amount being
Invested in perpetuity with Epworth
to achieve a regular income to only
meet Operating Cost5:
Global 25,276.15
Multi Asset 17,501.33
UK Equity
14 143.37
25,431.66
17,862.76
14 050.21
Total Invested Re5trirted Fund5 are:
56,920.85
57,344.63
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24125
Unrestricted Restritted
Funds
Funds
23124
Unrestritted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Restritted Invested Donations
56,920.85
57,344.63
Other Donations and income
Restricted donation for reinvesting
Income for BKS'S contributions
Total restritted donation to reinvest
15311.82
96.41
15408.23
15,226.82
85
15 ,311.82
Donor I
Donation from MR
Donation from LC
Donation from DBP
Donation from SW 2
Donation from CW
Donation from JW
Donation from RCF
Donation from FN
Donation from RJ
plc donations
Paypal
Glft Aid
Epworth Cash Plus
MAS l Multi Asset Fund
MAS I UK Equity
MAS l Global Equity
J,A,&MPI
Other Interest
611.19
96.(K
38.4
600.97
28.92
50.0
96.0
288.0
25,0
50.0
96.0
288.0
25.0
272.25
4.05
152.85
1019.98
382.97
361,73
363.16
50.00
48.73
143.03
1074.51
490.73
428.20
360.72
72,329.08
72,656.45
Total Income
3777.38
3225.81
3 Total resour￿ expended
24125
23124
Costs of generating income
Repairs and renewals
General Admin
Premises cost
Services bought
Volunteer expenses & sundries
682.03
383.9
611.19
572.00
41.71
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Outgoings
Totsi outgoings with depreciation
1293.22
1306.75
997.61
1014.10
4 Net Incorne
2484.16
2211.71
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