## **Trustees Annual Report** ||||| |---|---|---|---| |**Period Start Date**
**Period End Date**|||| |**From**
01 August 2019
**To**
31 July2020|||| ||||| |**Reference and Administration Details**|||| |Charity Name||Fibro Flare Awareness
Group|| |Registered Charity Number||1170884|| |Charity’s Principal Address||77 St Elphin’s Close|| |||Warrington|| |||WA1 2ET|| ||||| |**Names of the Charity Trustees who manage the charity**|||| |Trustee Name|Office Held (if
any)|Dates Acted
(if not whole
year)|Authority to
nominate future
trustees(Y/N)| |Beth Urmston|Chair||Y| |Sian Phillips|||Y| |Julie Britten|Support
Group
Advisor||Y| |Beverley Barnett|Admin||Y| |Sara-Louise
Williams|Lotteries
Fundraiser||Y| **1 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 |**Structure, governance and management**|**Structure, governance and management**| |---|---| |Description of the charity’s trusts|| |Type of governing document|Constitution adopted
October 2016.| |How the charity is constituted|Consisting of Trustees| |Trustee selection methods|From volunteers/awareness
advocates – with a
minimum 6 month
probationary period prior to
becoming a trustee.| |**Additional governance notes**|| |All trustees gave their time voluntary and received no
remuneration or other benefits.|| |Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document|To support those diagnosed
with Fibromyalgia, Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis and
Chronic Fatigue
(FM/ME/CF). To raise
awareness among the
general public to its
debilitation and the impact
it has daily and to
fundraise for further bio
medical research.| **2 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 ||To be proactive in
contacting medical
professionals, members of
parliament, councillors and
mayors asking for their help
and support for our work.
To encourage and assist
members to form local
support groups and get
involved in awareness
campaigns.| |---|---| |Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public benefit in
relation to these objects|Activities have been
curtailed due to Covid-19.
Ongoing awareness and
support offered via social
media.
We planned and worked
bearing in mind Covid-19
guidelines and the Charity
Commission’s guidance on
public benefit at our trustee
meetings.| **Additional details of objectives and activities** **3 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 To look at more ways to spread awareness and increase fundraising. |**Achievement and performance**|| |---|---| |Summary of the main achievements
of the charity during the year|**1st Quarter**
Focus was on seeking
additional volunteers and
possible future trustees.
**2nd Quarter**
Discussions to seek further
ideas for fundraising.
**3rd Quarter**
Acitivity suspended due to
Covid-19.
**4th Quarter**
As 3rdquarter.| ||**Fundraising**
Fundraising has continued
only through regular
individual donations
alongside donations made
via sites such as| **4 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 Easyfundraising. Amazon and Facebook. |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| |Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves|At the financial year end,
we held cash assets of
£3650, all of which is
unrestricted funds. These
funds are held to cover
future core costs and to be
used towards awareness
events and future
fundraising for bio medical
research.| |Details of any funds materially in
deficit|Not applicable.| ## **Other optional information** Future Plans The coming year will depend greatly on Covid-19, current trustee health issues and successfully recruiting more volunteers and trustees. ## Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. **5 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 ## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. |Signature|BUrmston| |---|---| |Full Name|Bernadette (Beth) Urmston| |Position|Chair| |Date|April 2020| **6 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 ## **Bank Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/2020** |Opening Balance as at 01/08/17|£ 4,830.48| |---|---| |Plus Receipts for Year|£ 3,980.19| |Minus Payments for Year|£ 453.37| |Closing Balance as at 31/07/18|£ 2,811.29| ## **PayPal Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/2020** |Opening Balance as at 01/08/17|£765.89| |---|---| |Plus Receipts for Year|£153.73| |Minus Payments for Year|£80.09| |Closing Balance as 31/07/18|£839.53| **7 |** P a g e FFLegal/Trustees annual report 2019-2020 ## **Bank Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/2020** |Opening Balance as at|| |---|---| |01/08/2019|£ 1,284.47| |Plus Receipts for Year|£ 1,980.19| |Minus Payments for Year|£ 453.37| |Closing Balance as at 31/07/19|£ 2,811.29| ## **Paypal Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/20** |Opening Balance as at 01/08/2019|765.89| |---|---| |Plus Receipts for Year|153.73| |Minus Payments for Year|80.09| |Closing Balance as|| |31/07/19|839.53|