2021-02-28-accounts

Droitwich AED

53 Goldcrest Way, Droitwich Spa. WR9 7TN T: 01905 799 168. M: 07957 214 101. E: [e-mail]

Addressee as per envelope

March 2021

Dear AED Hosts, Sponsors, Guardians, and Defib Angel Groups,

2020-21 Year End Report

Thank you : Thank you for continuing to be local lifesavers in your communities by supporting your Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPADS). Despite a very strange and challenging year shielding from Covid we have with your help managed to extend the CPAD network throughout Worcestershire. Including a couple of adoptions that we didn’t originally put out, but subsequently now care for, we now have seventy-five AEDs out there that you are supporting. They were deployed five times and used twice last year. You are making a huge difference, thank you all.

Income and Expenditure: For those of you that are kindly financially supporting your local CPADS I have enclosed a copy of our Year End Income and Expenditure so you can see where your money has been spent. We had income last year of £22,462. We spent £23,044 on CPADS and Maintenance, 94.2% of our total. £731 was spent on a laptop to ensure charity continuity should anything happen to me, if this was discounted as a special one-off then we would have spent 97.1% on CPADS and Maintenance. The remaining £693 was spent on expenses to run the charity. Our cash on hand equates to less than five months running costs. Everyone involved with DAED is a volunteer, there are no salary costs, and the charity is run from my home so there are no overhead costs for rent, rates, heating, lighting etc.

First Aid and Defibrillator Training: Due to Covid we did not undertake any first aid training last year. Currently I do not have any notification from HWFRS as to when we might again use their training centre in Droitwich Fire Station. N.B. It is now recommended to cool burns for 20 minutes, not 10.

Fundraising: Due to restricted activity last year we did not actively undertake any fundraising. We did receive £100 from the Geoff Hill Charitable Trust; £200 from the Monday Night Group; and £3,000 from the Dixie Rose Findlay Charitable Trust. Our thanks again for these kind and generous donations, and to all our donors no matter how small. Every pound helps save local lives.

AED and CPAD Ownership : There has been a lot of discussion and confusion ongoing this year about who owns the AEDs and CPADs. Whilst obviously the de facto owners are West Midlands Ambulance Service, as they are the only ones who can access and deploy them, they now have over eight thousand AEDs in their area. It would cost them about half a million pounds a year just to replace the consumables. They do not have the budget for this. All of the AEDS and CPADs are therefore gifted to the hosts. N.B. If you do not accept ownership and responsibility for your AED and or CPAD please let us know and we will arrange for it to be collected and redeployed elsewhere.

AED Guardians: My thanks to all of our team of guardians who have continued checking their CPADS are rescue ready throughout the year. Having been shielding most of the year your help has been invaluable.

N.B. If you have location services on your smart phone – Download the free “Crowdsav” App. In case of emergency it will tell you the nearest location of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1171993

Orphan AEDs : Unfortunately our number of unsponsored CPADs has grown this year as some of the previous hosts are no longer trading because of Covid, and I haven’t been able to get out to enlist new sponsors. If anyone knows of any local benevolent businesses that might like to become local lifesavers by Adopting a Defib please point them in my direction.

And Finally: My personal thanks again to you all for your support, to my fellow trustees, to Mrs Lois Ricketts who is now again continuing to seek grants from various sources for us, and also to Mrs Gina Pilley who kindly does our bookkeeping for us. You are all lifesavers.

Best wishes and stay safe.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Richards Chair of Trustees

Enclosures: FREE Defibrillator Sign 2020-21 Year End Income and Expenditure Report Defib Angel leaflets

N.B. If you have location services on your smart phone – Download the free “Crowdsav” App. In case of emergency it will tell you the nearest location of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1171993

Droitwich AED - Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1171993

- Year End Income and Expenditure 1st March 2020 28th February 2021

Income & Expenditure A/c

	Income & Expenditure A/c
	Income Opening Balances Santander Current ac Barclays Bank Current Account Barclays Maintenance Savings ac Income Business Donations First Aid Courses CPADS Maintenance Private Donations Other Charities Gift Aided Donations Tax Refunds Miscellaneous Total Income	01/03/19 - 29/02/20	01/03/20 - 28/02/21 % 0.00 200.00 11,622.63 11,822.63 -7.2% 01/03/20 - 28/02/21 738.00 -37.7% 0.00 -100.0% 11,249.00 18.5% 5,937.50 68.4% 1,228.39 2.7% 3,300.00 106.3% 0.00 #DIV/0! 0.00 #DIV/0! 9.18 -52.9% 22,462.07 19.2% 34,284.70 8.5%	Expenditure Insurance Stationery & Postage Marketing CPAD's Maintenance First Aid Miscellaneous (Laptop) Fund Raising Travel & Subsistence Closing Balances	01/03/19 - 29/02/20 189.49 246.97 292.78 15,711.34 916.40 2,069.64 0.00 68.06 274.93 19,769.61 01/03/19 - 29/02/20 0.00 200.00 11,622.63 11,822.63 31,592.24	01/03/2020 28/02/21 %
		0.00 6,738.43 6,002.68 12,741.11 01/03/19 - 29/02/20 1,185.00 1,836.00 9,490.00 3,525.00 1,195.65 1,600.00 0.00 0.00 19.48 18,851.13 31,592.24				145.60 -23.2% 232.47 -5.9% 164.40 -43.8% 19,417.93 23.6% 3,626.90 295.8% 11.48 -99.4% 731.00 #DIV/0! 0.00 -100.0% 139.50 -49.3% 24,469.28 23.8% 01/03/2020 28/02/21 %
				Santander Current ac Barclays Bank Current Account Barclays Maintenance Savings ac Total Expenditure		0.00 50.00 -75.0% 9,765.42 -16.0% 9,815.42 -17.0% 34,284.70 8.5%
	Acceptance of Accounts Proposed by:Natalie Hill Seconded by:Richard Brown(Trustee) Unanimously accepted by all trustees Signed by: Peter Richards Chair of Trustees		(Trustee)
				The Purchase and Maintenance of Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPADS) is 94.2% of Total Expenditure. If the £731 for the laptop purchased for Covid charity continuity contingency is discounted then CPADS and Maintenance would have been 97.1% of Total Expenditure.

Acceptance of Accounts Proposed by: Natalie Hill (Trustee) Seconded by: Richard Brown (Trustee) Unanimously accepted by all trustees Signed by: Peter Richards Chair of Trustees Date: 30th March 2021