## **Trustees Annual Report**
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|**Period Start Date**
**Period End Date**||||
|**From**
01 August 2020
**To**
31 July2021||||
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|**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||
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|**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|Deputy
Chair||Y|
|Julie Britten|Deputy
Chair||Y|
|Beverley Barnett|Admin||Y|
|Sara-Louise
Williams|Lotteries
Fundraiser||Y|
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|**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 ofTrustees|
|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.|
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||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**
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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**
Most activities curtailed due
to C19.
**2nd Quarter**
As 1stquarter.
**3rd Quarter**
As 1stquarter.
**4th Quarter**
As 1st quarter.|
||**Fundraising**
Fundraising has continued
only through regular
individual donations
alongside donations made
via sites such as
Easyfundraising. Amazon
and Facebook.|
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|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Brief statement of the charity’s policy
on reserves|At the financial year end,
we held cash assets of
£5,342.05, 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.
## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.
Signature BUrmston
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|Full Name|Bernadette (Beth) Urmston|
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|Position|Chair|
|Date|May 2022|
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## **Bank Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/2021**
|Opening Balance as at||
|---|---|
|01/08/2019|£ 4,277.11|
|Plus Receipts for Year|£ 140.76|
|Minus Payments for Year|£ 527.28|
|Closing Balance as at 31/07/19|£ 3,890.59|
## **Paypal Reconciliation for Yr Ending 31/07/21**
|Opening Balance as at 01/08/2019|1463.45|
|---|---|
|Plus Receipts for Year|0.00|
|Minus Payments for Year|11.99|
|Closing Balance as||
|31/07/19|1451.46|