Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
From 6 April 2021 To 5 April 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Visual Snow Foundation
Other names charity is known by N/A
Registered charity number (if any) 1177443
Charity's principal address
34 Ardeen Road
Intake Doncaster Postcode DN2 5EU
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity ("Charity Trustees")
| 1 2 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DilrajDavin Singh Basi | Chair | - | - | |
| Paramjit Singh Basi | Trustee | - | - |
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution (CIO – Foundation) Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Trustee selection methods Charity Trustees.
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
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Section C
Objectives and activities
- The object of The Visual Snow Foundation ( "Charity" ) is to promote and protect good health for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively, by:
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
a) raising public awareness of Visual Snow Syndrome ( "VS" ) through the provision of an informative publicly accessible website including support for sufferers; and b) funding research into VS, the useful results of which will be disseminated for the public benefit. In furtherance of limb (a) of the Charity’s objective, the Charity has raised awareness of VS, and supported sufferers of VS, through the provision of its website, www.visualsnowsyndrome.com ( "Website" ).
In furtherance of limb (b) of the Charity’s objective, the Charity has raised funds for research into VS, principally by undertaking the following activities:
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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continuing receiving donations from the PayPal Giving Fund, which uses PayPal technology and financial support systems to raise new funds for good causes without charging donors or charities for its services;
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maintaining a fundraiser on the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform to collect donations and any related Gift Aid contributions (please note that this is also paid to the Charity via the PayPal Giving Fund);
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continuing the Charity's partnership with the Amazon Smile programme, pursuant to which an Amazon customer can elect (at no extra cost) that Amazon donates 0.5% of their order price to the Charity; and
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granting funds to the Visual Snow Global Research Fund, which is administered and distributed by the Visual Snow Initiative – an American public charity under the fiscal sponsorship of the Edwards Charles Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organisation – to key VS research teams across the world as and when it is needed.
Pursuant to section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, the Charity Trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers of duties to which the guidance was relevant.
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Section D Achievements and performance
The Charity Trustees are pleased to report that, during the period Summary of the main covered by this report: achievements of the charity during the year
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the Website received approximately 1,480,000 hits;
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the Charity raised total funds of £2,154; and
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the Charity granted a sum of £2,110 to the VSI.
Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The Charity does not have a policy on reserves, on the basis that the Charity has no material liabilities and therefore no reserves are required.
Details of any funds materially None. in deficit
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) Dilraj Davin Singh Basi Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Trustee Trustee etc)
Paramjit Singh Basi
Date 2 June 2022
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The Visual Snow Foundation 1177443 Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
| For the period from |
06-Apr-21 | To | 05-Apr-22 |
|---|---|---|---|
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - |
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations from the AmazonSmileprogram | - | 21 | - | 21 | - | ||||
| Donations from the PayPal Giving Fund (inclusive of donations, and any Gift Aid, received via GoFundMe) |
- | 2,133 | - | 2,133 | - | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
- | 2,154 | - | 2,154 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | |||||||||
| Grant to the Visual Snow Initiative (an Americanpublic charity) |
- | 2,110 | - | 2,110 | - | ||||
| Domain renewal fee for www.visualsnowsyndrome.com |
- | 21 | - | 21 | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | - | 2,130 | - | 2,130 | - | ||||
| 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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| - | |||||||||
| - | 24 | - | 24 | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | 905 | - | 905 | - | |||||
| - | 929 | - | 929 | - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
02/06/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
Details Cash in bank (current account) Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) - Details - |
Details Cash in bank (current account) Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) - Details - |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 929 | - | |||||
| - | 929 | - | |||||
| OK | |||||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||||||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||||||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||
| - Details |
Fund to which liability relates - |
Amount due (optional) - |
When due (optional) |
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| - | - | - | - |
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02/06/2022
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
| Print Name | Print Name | Date of approval |
|---|---|---|
| Dilraj Davin Singh Basi | 02/06/2022 | |
| Paramjit Singh Basi | 02/06/2022 |
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
02/06/2022
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