## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 January to 31 December 2020** **Charity name: Donnie’s Fund** ## **Charity registration number: 1174829** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Introduction||Donnie Berenblut was born on Thursday 20 April 2017.
He had Trisomy 18 and was not expected to live more
than a few days or weeks. In the end, he lived 142
days, spending the entirety of his life in neonatal
intensive care at University College Hospital, London.
The care Donnie received was, at times, ground-
breaking, creative, collaborative, compassionate,
respectful and outstanding. And yet life was really very
hard for his family, who spent long hours on the unit
and faced uncertainty and worry at all times of day and
night. Other families on the neonatal unit spoke of
arduous journeys, stress and financial sacrifices.
Donnie’s Fund seeks to address some of these
challenges: to improve the lives of families with babies
in neonatal intensive care through projects that cannot
be paid for from NHS budgets.
The charity was founded in 2017 and this 2020 report
is the charity’s third Annual Report.| |Summary of the
purposes of the
charity as set out in
its governing
document|Para 1.17|To promote and protect good health for the public
benefit by: 1. providing additional resources, equipment
and training in University College Hospitals, London
and other hospitals, hospices and medical facilities in
England; 2. To facilitate medical research carried out in
England and internationally; and 3. To create
resources and raise awareness for the furtherance of
understanding medical ethics.| |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.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|**Web-based camera system**
In 2018, the Trustees agreed to fund a state-of-the-art
camera system to allow families to see their babies
when away from the neonatal unit. There is evidence
from the United States where such systems are
widespread that this alleviates the logistical and
emotional challenges that families face when their baby
is on a neonatal unit.| |||The first shipment of four neonatal cameras arrived in
the UK in 2019, the result of successfully negotiating a
cost-free trial period with the supplier, Angel Eye, with
a small number of cameras.
We worked very hard in collaboration with the neonatal
clinicians on logistics, governance, engagement,
training and feedback processes. Due to a combination
of factors, notably a hospital-wide focus on the
installation of a new electronic patient record system,
the trial finally began in January 2020.
Feedback from the staff and families was that the trial
was exceptionally successful in demonstrating a
significant positive impact on families without unduly
impacting on staff. We received moving feedback from
some families who were fortunate enough to benefit
from the four trial cameras, which remained operational
throughout 2020.
We finalised our contract with the supplier, the
additional 28 cameras were delivered and all the IT
back-end work was concluded early in 2020.
Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic subsequently
placed heavy demands on the entire hospital, both
clinical and technical, which prevented the additional
cameras going live until 1 November 2020.
The 2020 accounts include small payments made for
additional stands for the cameras. However, the charity
was not liable for substantial costs until 2021. At the
time of writing this report (autumn 2021), we can report
that all 32 cameras are being used, to a significant
degree, and the charity has made payments of more
than £24,000 to the cameras’ supplier. More
information on this will of course follow in next year’s
Report.
**Charitable projects: Other**
During 2020, the realities of Covid interfered with our
ability to support other projects which would make life
easier for families with a baby on the UCLH neonatal
unit, in line with our charitable objectives.
For example, massages for parents on the neonatal
unit were discontinued as an unnecessary breach of
social distancing. We funded magazine subscriptions
for the parents/family room, but other projects were not
continued during the year in review. However, we can
note that in 2021 massages resumed.| |---|---|---| |Statement
confirming whether
the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by
the Charity|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit. This guidance is on hand whenever the
Trustees meet and is referred to in particular when
reviewing the organisation’s aims and objectives and in
planning future activities and in particular when
decisions regarding spend are made.| Commission on public benefit |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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reference|| |Contribution made
by volunteers|Para 1.38|Donnie’s Fund has no paid staff, and everything it
achieves is thanks to the efforts of volunteers. We are
very grateful to our many volunteers who assist us and
provide their skills and expertise on a pro-bono basis,
including maintaining our website.
We would also like to thank our volunteer fundraisers,
who took on a variety of challenges, cut their hair and
sold books in searing heat and those volunteers who
helped us with the practicalities around the comedy
night, held in February 2020, just before the country
locked down for Covid-19.| |Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Our largest fundraising initiative was our second
comedy event, which was again a sell-out. Between
ticket sales, sponsorship and donations, more than
£35,000 was raised (before costs), £8,000 more than in
2019. Once again, we offer our enormous gratitude to
comedian Rachel Creeger, our impresario and
compere, whose idea this was.
In total, Donnie’s Fund raised more than £40,000 in the
year, a small increase on 2019, despite the restrictions
in place for most of 2020.
With expenditure on charitable activities still very fluid,
no income target was set for the year.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |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.|Para 1.20|**Web-based camera system**
As of 15 Jan 2021, so shortly after the end of the
reporting period, the camera usage statistics from the
trial of four cameras, were as follows:
●58 -- Family accounts created
●1303 -- Camera views by family members
We also received moving testimonials about the impact
of the cameras. One mother who was herself taken to
intensive care after a difficult birth wrote:
“Thanks to the AngelEye [camera system]. It gave
me a reason to recover. I was unable to go to the
neonatal unit because I was in intensive care, and
being able to see my baby made me turn a corner
and start my road to recovery.”| Another parent wrote to us to tell us that the camera system: “will give us reassurance and ease, and hopefully let us be able to sleep a little better”. **Charitable projects: Other** Our massage therapy sessions for parents began in February 2020. Only 5 sessions proved possible before Covid closed down the programme. In those sessions, 27 parents benefited from massages. Feedback forms consistently gave the sessions maximum marks and comments included: “Gave me time to relax and breathe” and “Seeing Chris gives me the mental strength to carry on and be positive at this stressful time”. The massages programme restarted on 10 May 2021. ## **Financial Review** |Review of the
charity’s financial
position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|During 2020, Donnie’s Fund raised a total of £40,623.
Fundraising costs were slightly increased, at £8,245.
With the advent of significant spend on charitable
activities delayed until 2021, in line with the wait for the
cameras to be activated, £1,864 was spent on
charitable activities. Donnie’s Fund ended 2020 with
£113,694 in funds.
At the 2020 Annual General Meeting, the Trustees
reviewed the financial position and looked ahead at
fundraising plans for the next year. In view of the
ongoing enforced delay in spending charitable funds,
the Trustees passed a motion agreeing that the charity
would hold back from significant fundraising for the
present.| |---|---|---| |Statement
explaining the policy
for holding reserves
stating why they are
held|Para 1.22|The Trustees agreed to work towards:
●Holding sufficient funds to guarantee the
continued funding of the camera project for
three financial years.
●holding reserves of £10,000 to fund shortfalls in
income when income does not reach expected
levels.
The remaining general funds are held in an accessible
current account as unrestricted funds which may be
used generally to further the Donnie’s Fund objectives.| |||The Trustees will assess the need for investment
periodically, including at the AGM. Any funds invested
will be in schemes marketed as ‘low risk’.| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves
held|Para 1.22|Our reserves at 31 December 2020 were £113,694.| |Reasons for holding
zero reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund
materially in deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about
the charity
continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|n/a| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |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|Para 1.25|Trustees were appointed to four-year terms
at the inception of the charity. Methods for
selection of replacement Trustees are to be
decided.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Donnie’s Fund| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1174829| |Charity’s principal address|58 Broadfields Ave, Edgware, Middx HA8 8SW| ||| Natnes of the charity trustees who manage the charity orr￿e lrfarryl Chaii Name of ￿rgon lor br#*l entilled inttrnstee rfan Marcel Beienblut Ruth BeientAut 18n Pea 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Declarations The trustees dedare that they have approved the trustees. report above. SNJned on behalf of the charity'5 tlllStees Slgnaturelsl Full namelsl Maicel Elli8 BerenNul lan Pea Position Iwsecietsry, Chair. etcl Chaii Date 29 October 2021 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the**
**period**
**Set out on pages**|Donnie’s Fund|Donnie’s Fund|Donnie’s Fund| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1174829| ||||| ||2-3||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2020 - As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation - **Responsibilities and** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act **basis of report** 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**

||29th October 2021| |---|---|---| |||| ||Rachel Cooper|| |||| ||ACA|| |||| ||Welbeck|| ||29 Welbeck Avenue|| ||Southampton SO17 1ST|| 1 **Charity Name No (if any) Donnie's Fund 1174829 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2020 31/12/2020 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
General donations
Comedy night
Community fundraisers
Royal Parks Half
Corporate fundraising
Card sales|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,174**
**31,822**
**4,600**
**-**
**27**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,174**
**31,822**
**4,600**
**-**
**27**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,174**
**34,822**
**4,600**
**-**
**27**
**-**
**-**
**40,623**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,623**
**1,864**
**466**
**-**
**-**
**5,792**
**123**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,245**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,245**

**32,378**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,174**
**34,822**
**4,600**
**-**
**27**
**-**
**-**
**40,623**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40,623**
**1,864**
**466**
**-**
**-**
**5,792**
**123**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,245**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,245**

**32,378**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**||**-**||**1,174**||**1,708**| ||||**3,000**||**-**||**34,822**||**27,289**| ||||**-**||**-**||**4,600**||**5,752**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,214**| ||||**-**||**-**||**27**||**600**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**37,623**||**3,000**||**-**||**40,623**||**38,563**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**38,563**| ||||||||||| |Charitable activities|**1,864**||||||||**7,655**| |General fundraisingcosts|**466**||||||||**308**| |Greetingcards|**-**||||||||**192**| |Royal Parks Half costs|**-**||||||||**152**| |Comedynight costs|**2,792**||||||||**357**| |Fees to Virgin MoneyGiving|**123**||||||||**188**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**5,245**||||||||**8,852**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**8,852**| ||||||||||| ||**32,378**||||||
**32,378**||**29,711**| ||**-**||||||**-**||**-**| ||**81,316**||||||**81,316**||**51,605**| ||**113,694**||||||**113,694**||**81,316**| 2 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
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approval| |||Marcel Berenblut|29-Oct-21| ||||| 3 **Charity Name N Donnie's Fund 1** ## **Receipts and payments acco** Period start date **For the period To from** 01/01/2020 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £** ## **to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** **----- Start of picture text -----**
General donations 1,174 - -
Comedy night 31,822 3,000 -
Community fundraisers 4,600 - -
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General fundraising costs 466 - -
Greeting cards - - -
Royal Parks Half costs - - -
Comedy night costs 2,792 3,000 -
Fees to Virgin Money Giving 123 - -
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Sub total 5,245 3,000 -
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- - -
- - -
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Total payments 5,245 3,000 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 32,378 - -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 81,316 - -
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_**Cash funds this year end**_ **113,694 - -** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of** ||||**Unrestricted**| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Cash in bank|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** Donnie’s Fund **trustees/ members of** 1 January 2020 to 31 December **Charity** 1174829 **On accounts for the** 2020 **no (if period any) Set out on pages** 2-3 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2020 As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the **Responsibilities and** preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements **basis of report** of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material **examiner's** matters have come to my attention in connection with the **statement** examination which give me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed: Name:** Rachel Cooper **Relevant** ACA **professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Welbeck 29 Welbeck Avenue Southampton SO17 1ST **Date:** 29th October 2021 1