## AIH SUPPORT
## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
Period 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024
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.
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## 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 4,500 members and roughly 25,000 comments to posts a year. Questions cover all aspects of AIH diagnosis and treatments.
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 grant applications in the year. This support included identifying patients to talk to the researchers and discuss the proposed study so that patient views were taken into account in the proposed study design.
We are also continue to represent patients on work to develop new UK treatment guidelines for AIH and publication is imminent.
During the year we changed bankers. Our bankers are now CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ. The trustees feel that a bank aimed specifically at charities will better suit our needs.
## Accounts
Receipts and payment accounts have been prepared and are attached. There was a small surplus in the year.
## 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.
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## 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
We will continue to explore options for holding face to face meetings although the practicalities are proving difficult. We will continue to encourage research by providing the patient perspective and priorities to researchers and clinicians.
We will also explore other options to support AIH patients.
The trustees approved this report on
Signed
Date
8 July 2025
A Brownlee on behalf of Trustees
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**AIH SUPPORT 1171952 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01-Oct-23 30-Sep-24 **To from** ~~rr a ee~~ **Section A Receipts and payments**
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Donations||**282**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**282**||**699**|
|Bank Interest||**8**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**8**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**290**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**290**||**699**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**699**
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|Cost of Activities||**268**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**268**||**285**|
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|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**268**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**268**||**285**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**268**
**-**
**-**
**268**
**285**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**22**
**-**
**-**
**22**
**414**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**10 433**
**- -**
**10 433**
**10 019**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**10 455**
**-**
**- 10 455**
**10 433**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**||**Details**||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|
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|**B1 Cash funds**|**10 455**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10 455**
**-**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
Bank
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|||account(s))||OK|OK||OK|
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|||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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|||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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|||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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|||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**||**When due**|
|||**Details**||**liability relates**|**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
08-Jul-25
Print Name
ANN BROWNLEE
Signature
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