Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | 01 | April | 2024 | To | 31 March |
2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name British Dupuytren's Society
Other names charity is known by BDS
Registered charity number (if any) 1176333
Charity's principal address 22, Wainfleet Close, Winstanley, Wigan
Postcode WN3 6TG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Schurer | Chair | |||
| H. Giele | ||||
| D. Furniss | ||||
| R. Shaffer | ||||
| G. Flanaghan | ||||
| D.Ralph | ||||
| G. Manley | ||||
| A. McNish | Treasurer | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
| Name | Dates acted if not for whole year |
|---|---|
| none | |
Names and addresses of advisers
| Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
|---|---|---|
| Financial |
Tim Read | |
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
CIO Type of governing document )
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Legal Company
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
References are taken and many are known Senior Doctors and Consultants working in the NHS treating patients who have Dupuytren’s Disease, Ledderhose or Peyronies Disease.
Section C Objectives and activities
To support patients, help them cope their diagnosis and find the treatment appropriate to them. To support researchers and doctors running trials via Patients and Public Involvement. Attending meetings Summary of the objects of the and advising patients of ongoing trials so they can join in wished. To charity set out in its disseminate research and trial findings to the wider community of patients governing document and doctors.
Maintain and updating our website and blogs for the wider public so they have relevant information. Running Facebook Groups and pages, twitter and Mastadon again for the wider public so they can find information about Dupuytrens Contracture and Ledderhose issues. Providing a response to email enquiries from patients, doctors and researchers. Providing worldwide information on Trials and tests so that patients suffering from these issues (“diathesis patients”). We connect with a large group of trainee hand surgeons to educate and help them.
We strive to raise worldwide (and especially in the UK) awareness of Dupuytrens Contracture, Ledderhose and similar issues like Peyronies Disease.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Our Chair attended the 2025 Worldwide Conference in Belgium and made many new contacts. Our Chair is also now part of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) Sub Group, investigating surgery techniques for Dupuytren’s Contracture and similar health issues.
Our charity continues to search for new or better techniques to improve treatments for Dupuytren’s Disease, Ledderhose and Peyronies health issues.
We have funded research for the Anglia Ruskin University for the sum pf £20,000 for Peyronie's Disease. These funds were from a donation by E Ashby in November 2023. We have issued the first payment in December 2024.
We have instituted a new page on our website that gives important news on the issues related to the those which are important to the objectives of our charity listed by year.
Our long standing Trustee Annemarie Mcnish who has managed our finances for many years stood down the summer of 2025 and was thanked for her long service to the charity.
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Section E Financial review
The Trustees are very careful to review and minimise our costs in line Brief statement of the with our income.
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Anna Schurer
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)
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British Dupuytrens Society 1176333 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Apr-24 01-Apr-25
CC16a
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 844 1,815 25 614 273 - - - - 3,571 - - - 3,571 60 100 242 - - - - - - 402 - - - 402 3,169 - 17,160 20,329 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10,000 - - - - - 10,000 - - - 10,000 - 10,000 - 22,300 12,300 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 844 1,815 25 614 273 - - -# - 3,571 - - - 3,571 60 100 242 10,000 - - -# - 10,402 - - - 10,402 - 6,831 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Much Loved | 844 | - | ||||
| Neil Crossland | 1,815 | - | ||||
| CAF | 25 | - | ||||
| Bank Interest | 614 | 109 | ||||
| Paypal | 273 | - | ||||
| Sundry | - | 50 | ||||
| Trevor Ryder | 240 | |||||
| Amazon | 78 | |||||
| Enthuse | 688 | |||||
| HMRC Gift Aid | - | 175 | ||||
| BSH Day | - | - | ||||
| C AshbyResricted Income | - | 22,300 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
3,571 | 23,640 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | ||||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 23,640 | ||||||
| Bank Charges | 60 | 60 | ||||
| Internet help | 100 | 50 | ||||
| Site Ground | 242 | - | ||||
| Rearch Payment Anlia Ruskin Uni | - | - | ||||
| Postage | - | 69 | ||||
| Banner | - | 40 | ||||
| Web Domain(2yearr cost) | - | 36 | ||||
| BSH Day | - | 172 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 402 | 427 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 427 | ||||||
| 3,169 | - 10,000 | - 6,831 | 23,213 | |||
| - | - | - | ||||
| 17,160 | 22,300 | 39,460 | 16,247 | |||
| 20,329 | 12,300 | 32,629 | 39,460 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the h i ’ B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds |
Signature Details Details Current Account HSBC Deposit Account paypal Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 3,292 - 13,923 12,300 3,114 - 20,329 12,300 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - Print Name Anna Schurer |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Anna Schurer | 30//07/2025 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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