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Charitable Incorporated Organisa4on

Number: 1178771

Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trust Report and financial statements

for the year ended 31st December 2022

Reference and administra@ve informa@on for the year ended 31st December 2022

Charity number 1178771

Registered office and opera@onal address

Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trust,

5 Ainslie Street Ulverston LA12 7JE

Trustees

Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Satyamegha Kate Hunt, Chair Steve Johnson, Secretary Satyin Taylor Amitasuri Yule

Bankers

Triodos Bank UK, Deanery Road, Bristol BS1 5AS

Trustees annual report for the year ended 31st December 2022

Trustees of the Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trust (BHCT) present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2022.

Reference and administra4ve informa4on set out on page 2 forms part of this report. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accoun4ng policies complying with the Chari4es Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and Accoun4ng and Repor4ng by Chari4es: Statement of Recommended Prac4ce applicable to chari4es preparing their accounts in accordance with Financial Repor4ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102( effec4ve March 2018).

Objec@ves and ac@vi@es

Objects of the Charitable Incorporated Organisa@on

To advance Buddhism for the public benefit by promo4ng the role of Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy by:

Training and educa4on of Healthcare Staff, including Chaplains of all faiths and those of secular beliefs, regarding the role and contribu4on of Buddhism, Medita4on and Mindfulness, in Health and Social Care.
The provision of Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Services to hospitals, hospices, community and other healthcare services throughout the United Kingdom, working with opportuni4es to enhance healthcare outcomes.
The provision of Buddhist and Interfaith educa4on, dialogue and discourse though workshops, seminars, public lectures and through electronic and print media and contribu4ng towards healthcare chaplaincy policy and best prac4ce.
Networking and development of a suppor4ve community for those interested in Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy, including but not limited to offering membership services, conferences, endorsement, media4on and dispute resolu4on, supervision and mentoring.

Achievements and performance

The charity's main ac4vi4es are described below. All of its charitable ac4vi4es are undertaken to further the Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Trusts’ charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Objec@ve 1 - Training and Educa@on

The chaplaincy training ‘Star4ng Out in Healthcare Chaplaincy’ taster courses are now run directly by the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health (NPSRCH) of which the BHCT is an ac4ve member. As a result the Trustees and wider management commicee took the decision this year that the BHCT would focus on specialist post introductory training, building on the ‘Tools for Chaplaincy’ course which ran this year for the first 4me. The course is being redesigned to make it more accessible and affordable. Our aim is to eventually offer a range of short courses suitable for

Con4nuous Professional Development (CPD) purposes. These will be open to chaplains of all faiths and none. Work on iden4fica4on, design and delivery of courses is ongoing, however these are on hold pending the publica4on of new NHS Chaplaincy guidelines in 2023.

Objec@ve 2 - Provision of services

The provision of services con4nues to be heavily affected by the impact of the SARSCOVID-19 virus. Many NHS Trusts and other healthcare providers such as hospices have restricted the role and use of chaplains and especially chaplaincy volunteers throughout the year. This has influenced the demand for endorsement, with fewer applica4ons, including for renewal. It also means that budgets for training and development have been restricted.
We have though con4nued the endorsement of prospec4ve and exis4ng Buddhist chaplains. Our endorsement process has been designed at two levels and links to a redesigned membership structure introduced this year. The key categories of membership are:
Associate, for those new to chaplaincy or those Buddhists involved in healthcare but not ac4vely involved in delivery of chaplaincy services.
Full, for those who have gained skills and experience in Buddhist chaplaincy and endorsed by their tradi4on and workplace referees.

Objec@ve 3 - Educa@on and Dialogue

Our main avenue of communica4on is via our website (www.buddhisthealthcare.org.uk) and social media, including our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ buddhisthealthcare). In addi4on we have contributed to and supported a number of publica4ons raising awareness of Buddhist perspec4ves in healthcare. All publica4ons are available in pdf form on our website.

Objec@ve 4 - Networking and Development

We con4nued our involvement with the Network of Buddhist Organisa4ons, including presen4ng a report at the Annual General Mee4ng.
We are an ac4ve member of the Network for Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care in Health (NPSRCH) and Trustees acended online and face to face mee4ngs in London. Our membership provides the opportunity to influence the development of chaplaincy services including the forthcoming NHS Guidelines. It also allows us to contribute to the supervision of NHS recruitment policies and prac4ces.
We took part in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Re-imagining Care Commission and the Intergovernmental Conference on Freedom of Faith and Belief.
Supervision and mentoring is available to all members of the Trust.

Beneficiaries of our services

Ul4mately the true beneficiaries of our services are the staff and pa4ents within the healthcare sejngs who are supported by Buddhist Healthcare Chaplains offering Pastoral, Spiritual and Religious Care and aiming to contribute towards becer healthcare outcomes for all.

Financial review

Principal funding sources

BHCT income during 2022 was from a mix of Course Fees and Dona4ons towards the provision of Endorsement services. It is intended that both streams will grow in the coming years.

How expenditure has supported key objec@ves

The BHCT subscribed to membership of the na4onal umbrella organisa4on for Buddhist tradi4ons - the Network of Buddhist Organisa4ons (NBO)

The main administra4ve expenses occur in:

Maintaining a register of Endorsed Chaplains, including gathering and reviewing references and wricen submissions for endorsement.
Developing processes and procedures required of a CIO such as safeguarding, grievance, and other policies.
paying travel expenses for those acending networking mee4ngs, commicee mee4ngs, training events and conferences.

The BHCT have no full-4me staff, a previous arrangement paying an annual fee to an administrator was discon4nued and in line with the Trust cons4tu4on offered as a contract to provide services. The contract was awarded subject to a tender submiced to and reviewed by Trustees.

The total resource expended was £6655.

Reserves policy

The board recognises the importance of ensuring that sufficient reserves are retained to maintain adequate working capital to fund opera4onal ac4vity, to provide for unseen circumstances and to invest in the development of the charity. We con4nue to work to establish sustainable funding streams for the future.

The Trustees consider that the bank account reflects a reasonable financial posi4on for the present circumstances.

Public Benefit

The charity has due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Plans

BHCT plans to con4nue to train new individuals and promote ac4vi4es for exis4ng individuals working as volunteers or paid staff in healthcare sejngs. Future plans include:

further raising the profile of Healthcare Chaplaincy within the Buddhist community
increasing the impact on Healthcare Chaplaincy of a greater contribu4on from those with Buddhist backgrounds.

Structure, governance and management

The organisa4on is a Charitable Incorporated Organisa4on, registered on 13[th] May 2018. The Trust was established under a memorandum of associa4on which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its ar4cles of associa4on.

The Trustees, their nomina@on and appointment

The BHCT is a CIO governed by its Cons4tu4on. BHCT trustees are responsible for the decisions made in running the BHCT. The board keeps the skills requirements for the trustee body under review. New trustees may be sought by open adver4sement or through a dialogue with candidates. The ul4mate decision on selec4on is a macer for the board of trustees. When new trustees are appointed, they are given an introduc4on to the work of the charity and provided with informa4on they need to fulfil their roles.

There is a simple nomina4on process for new trustees, to be voted onto the board of Trustees. Trustees may hold specific roles such as Chair, secretary, and treasurer and others as needed. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity. All trustees give their 4me voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity as a Trustee. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the accounts. Any paid work offered to a Trustee is subject to formal tender and contract approved by the other Trustees.

Risk management

Consistent with the size of the charity, the trustees review any major risks to which the charity might be exposed and establish systems and procedures to mi4gate those risks. The Trustees are of the opinion that the reserves and known subsequent income are sufficient for at least short to medium term financial requirements.

Statement of responsibili@es of the trustees

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accoun4ng Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accoun4ng Prac4ce).

The law applicable to chari4es in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and applica4on of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accoun4ng policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Chari4es SORP 2015 (FRS 102);
make judgements and es4mates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accoun4ng standards and statements of recommended prac4ce have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will con4nue in opera4on.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accoun4ng records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any 4me the financial posi4on of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Chari4es Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regula4ons 2008 and the provision of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the preven4on and detec4on of fraud and other irregulari4es.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial informa4on included on the charity’s website. Legisla4on in the United Kingdom governing the prepara4on and dissemina4on of financial statements may differ from legisla4on in other jurisdic4ons.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the Trustees on 29 July 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Signed

Dr. Stephen Johnson Secretary

Statement of Financial Ac@vi@es for the year ended 31[st] December 2022

BUDDHIST HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY TRUST - BALANCE SHEET

January 1st 2022-December 31st 2022

BALANCE	TOTAL
Opening Balance	10307
Income	320
Expenditure	6655
Closing Balance	3972

INCOME

INCOME
	Course fees (Training) 90 Dona4ons (endorsement) 230

		320


EXPENDITURE Administra@on costs Contracted hours 3600 Legal and professional fees Training Consultancy 2215 Property Costs Rent and rates 0 General administra@ve expenses Bank charges 4 Travel 403 Postage 29 Printing 66 Website 238 Subscriptions 80 Sundry costs 20













		6655