## AIH SUPPORT ## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS Period 1 October 2022 – 30 September 2023 Registered charity No: 1171952 ## Statutory Informaton Regulator: Charity Commission for England & Wales ## Registered Charity Number: 1171952 Registered address: Crispin Cottage 21 Marksbury BATH BA2 9HS ## Trustees: Ann Brownlee Maeve Hodgins Anne-Marie Nelson Helen Orme The trustees were appointed on 8 March 2017 and remained in office throughout the accounting period. No other person served as a trustee in the period. ## Background AIH Support became a registered charity (charity number 1171952) under a CIO Foundation Constitution on 8 March 2017. It is a volunteer led and run charity with no employees. All decisions are made by the trustees. ## Objectves and Actvites The objectives of AIH Support are the relief of sickness and the promotion of good health among those suffering from the liver condition known as autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). This will be achieved by providing information, advice and support to patients, carers, health professionals and the public generally. In addition, AIH Support supports and encourages research into AIH. 2 ## Summary of Actvites We have continued to support those affected by autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Our main area of activity has been our Facebook group. This has now grown to over 4,000 members and roughly 30,000 comments to posts a year. Questions cover all aspects of AIH diagnosis and treatments. We held no face to face events in the year although there are plans to hold such an event next year as we feel that concerns over Covid have reduced to a level to make that possible. We are also exploring how best to offer information via video. Fund raising remains low after the pandemic but we have been able to manage expenditure to cope. Gift Aid has been claimed on relevant donations. We continue to represent AIH patients in dealings with researchers supporting one grant application in the year. This support included identifying patients to talk to the researcher and discuss the proposed study so that patient views were taken into account in the study design. We are also continue to represent patients on work to develop new UK treatment guidelines for AIH and publication is imminent. ## Accounts Receipts and payment accounts have been prepared and are attached. Net receipts in the period were £414. ## Reserves Policy Reserves of 6 months expenditure will be maintained going forward and this policy will be assessed on an annual basis. In accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (General) Regulations 2012 the two following points are made: ## Guarantees No guarantees have been given by AIH Support where any potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at 30 September 2022. 3 ## Debts There are no debts outstanding at 30 September 2022 owed by AIH Support or secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the CIO. ## Public beneft The trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the published Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in exercising their powers or duties. ## Future Plans A face to face event is planned for next year. We will continue to encourage research by providing the patient perspective and priorities to researchers and clinicians. After the year end we began the process of moving to new bankers. The trustees approved this report on Signed Date 16 May 2024 A Brownlee on behalf of Trustees 4 **Charity Name No (if any) AIH SUPPORT 1171952** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** 1-Oct-22 30-Sep-23 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**699**
Advice Service Fees
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**699**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**699**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**699**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**699**|**-**|**-**|**699**|**1,133**| |Advice Service Fees|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**699**
|**-**|**-**|**699**|**1,133**| |**-**
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**_Total receipts_ 699**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
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**699**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**699**|**1,133**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**699**||**-**||**-**||**699**||**1,133**|| |**A3 Payments**
FundraisingCosts
**-**
Cost of Activities
**285**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 285**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 285**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 414**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**10,019**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 10,433**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**285**
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**285**
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**285**
**414**
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**10,019**
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