|Dupuytren's|Society|01/04/23|||||01/04/24|
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|HSBC|current+saving|£13,404.59||£24,127.40||£426.00|£35,108.92|
|Paypall||£2,222.95||£617.99|||£2,840.94|
|total|||||||£39,460.16|
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01-04-2023 Period start date To 01-04-2024 Period end date**
**Charity name: British Dupuytren's Society**
**Charity registration number: 1176333**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To support patients, help them cope with**
**their diagnosis and find the treatment**
**appropriate for them.To support**
**researchers and doctors running trials**
**via PPI (Patient and Public Involvement)**|
|||**meetings and by advising patients of**
**ongoing trials so they can join if they**
**want.To disseminate research and trial**
**finding to the wider community of**
**patients and doctors**|
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|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|**Maintaining and updating our websites**
**and blogsRunning Facebook groups and**
**pages, twitter and mastadonResponding**
**to email queries from patients doctors**
**and researchersSpreading information on**
**trials and tests being done for which**
**patients with certain combinations of**
**disease were needed in a certain area of**
**the world ("diathesis patients")we**
**presented the charity to a large group of**
**trainee hand surgeons. We strive to raise**
**awareness of the charity and the**
**condition.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm the trustees have had regard**
**to the Charity Commission's guidance on**
**public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **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|**We help patients come to terms with their**
**diagnosis, not feel alone or helpless. We**
**help them find their way through the**
**treatment options and decide what would**
**be best for them, and find a way to**
**access that option if at all possible.We**
**give patients ways to cope and advocate**
**for themselves. We also help doctors**
**understand what patients want from**
**them.**||
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Charity is in a good position with more**
**incomings than outgoings**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held as we are hoping to do**
**an awareness drive in the future that we**
**will need the money for.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,600.00**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The main concern is the lack of active**
**trustees or a successor the the chair, if**
**anything had to happen.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**One of our members ran the London**
**marathon for us and raised a lot of**
**money, another raises money by doing**
**musical performances.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution based on the Charity**
**Commissions example**|
|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|**Suitable persons will be approached or**
**approach us. Anyone can suggest a**
**trustee and the present trustees will vote.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**We are a daughter of the International**
**Dupuytren Society and work closely with**
**Dupuytren Societies worldwide.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|British Dupuytren's Society|
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|Other name the charity uses|BDS|
|Registered charity number|1176333|
|Charity’s principal address|22 Wainfleet Close
Wigan
WN3 6TG|
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||A Schurer|chair||
||H Giele|Dupuytren dept||
||D Furniss|Dupuytren dept||
||R Shaffer|Radiotherapydept||
||G Flanaghan|Ledderhose dept||
||D Ralph|Peyronie's dept||
||G Manley|Ledderhose dept||
||A McNish|treasurer||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name A S Schurer**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **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)** Anne S schurer **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 22/10/24