## **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## **for the year 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** ## **Charity name: BRITISH CONGENITAL CARDIAC ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity registration number: 1171543** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|**The advancement of health and education in all aspects**
**of congenital cardiac diseases in particular by:**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|•
**Promoting the study and care of the foetus and**
**child with heart diseases and the adult with**
**congenital heart disease in the United Kingdom**
**and Republic of Ireland,**
•
**Promoting and distributing study data pertaining**
**to these problems and their prevention,**
•
**Promoting research in congenital cardiology and**
**to publish the useful results of such research,**
**and**
•
**The improvement of knowledge of professionals,**
**the public and the patients and their families**
**through scientific and educational meetings.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|**In setting the objectives of the Association and planning**
**its future activities, the trustees have given careful**
**consideration to the Charity Commission’s general**
**guidance on public benefit. In particular, the trustees**
**consider how planned activities will contribute to the**
**aims and objectives that have been set.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Association
received income of £26,502 and made payments of
£34,317.
Income received included members' subscription fees of
£11,875, sponsorship income of £1,500, BCCA conference
income of £12,111 and bank interest of £1,017.
Payments included £31,208 to the British Cardiovascular
Society for the 2023 and 2024 administrative fees/service
level agreement. The Association also continued to provide
support in the study, research and understanding of
congenital heart diseases.
The 2024 Annual Meeting was held in person in Dublin over
2 days in November 2024. 312 delegates and 411 including
speakers were in attendance for this successful meeting.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|At 31 December 2024, the charity had cash funds of
£71,354. It also had liabilities of £1,800, being accrued
independent examination fees covering the 2023 and 2024
accounts.
The trustees believe that reserves are at a sufficient level
to provide the funds to fulfil the objectives of the charity; in
particular, monetary support is offered for applications for
setting up Registries, research projects and the provision
of patient information through web hosting and printed
materials. Discussions have also been held regarding the
possibility of the Association running its own courses and
study days, which would require significant investment.| |---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|See above| |Amount of reserves held|See above| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|There are no going concern issues of which the trustees
are aware. Assets and liabilities are at a level which
enable us to continue to pursue our prime objectives and
activities.| **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**| |---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:|| |Type of governing document|**CONSTITUTION**| |How is the charity
constituted?|**CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION**
**(CE009062)**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|**ELECTED BY MEMBERS IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**BRITISH CONGENITAL CARDIAC ASSOCIATION**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1171543**| |Charity’s principal address|**9 FITZROY SQUARE**
**LONDON**
**W1T 5HW**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr JOHANN
ANDREAS
HOSCHTITZKY|PRESIDENT|October 2023-October
2025|BCCA Members| ||MRS CAROLINE
BETHAN WILSON|HON SECRETARY|October 2023 – October
2025 – re-elected for a
2nd-term October 2025
until October 2027|BCCA Members| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the charity on whose
behalf the assets are held and how this falls
within the custodian charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for safe custody and
segregation of such assets from the charity’s
own assets|N/A| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Full name(s)**||**MR JOHANN ANDREAS**|**MRS CAROLINE BETHAN WILSON**| |||**HOSCHTITZKY**|| |**Position**
**Date**|**PRESIDENT**
31 October 2025
~~a~~
~~|~~||**HON SECRETARY**| |**British Congenital Cardiac Association**||**1171543**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**To**
**For the period**
**from**
01/01/2024||31/12/2024||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||| |Members' subscriptions
**11,875**
**-**
**-**
**11,875**
**12,110**
Interest received
**1,017**
**-**
**-**
**1,017**
**-**
Grant from Children's Heart Disease
Trust for sponsorshipscheme
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Sponsorshipfor ACHD TrainingDay
**1,500**
**-**
**-**
**1,500**
**2,900**
BCCA Conference
**12,111**
**-**
**-**
**12,111**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**(Gross income for
AR)
**26,502**
**-**
**-**
**26,502**
**15,010**
~~=== ===~~||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Total receipts**
**26,502**
**-**
**-**
~~SS~~||**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,502**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,010**| |**A3 Payments**
Expenditure relating to sponsorship
scheme
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,811**
Funding research
**2,710**
**-**
**-**
**2,710**
**2,975**
Independent examinationcosts
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,686**
British Cardiovascular Society
**31,208**
**-**
**-**
**31,208**
**2,730**
Travel and refreshments - Council
meetings
**399**
**-**
**-**
**399**
**370**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**34,317**
**-**
**-**
**34,317**
**13,572**
~~meee~~||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Total payments**
**34,317**
**-**
**-**
**34,317**
**13,572**
~~—saeaSaSs=~~||||| |**Net receipts/(payments)**
**- 7,815**
**-**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**79,169**
**-**
**-**
**Cash funds this year end**
**71,354**
**-**
**-**
~~SSSS~~||**-7,815**
**-**
**79,169**
**71,354**||**1,438**
**-**
**77,731**
**79,169**| 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**71,354**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,354**
**-**
**-**
Cash at Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
~~===>~~||||| ||account(s))||OK
OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—===~~||||| |**B3 Investment assets**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
~~ee~~||||| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
~~mee~~||||| ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|**1,800**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
**12/07/2025**
Print Name
**Mr J Andreas Hoschtitzky**
Signature
Accruals re independent examination fees
for 2023 and 2024 (paid or payable in 2025)
2
~~——~~|||||