## We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2020-2021 |**Section A - Reference and administration details**|**2**| |---|---| |Trustees|2| |Advisors|2| |Senior Staff|3| |**Section B - Structure, governance and management**|**3**| |**Section C - Objectives and activities**|**4**| |**Section D - Achievements and performance**|**4**| |**Section E - Financial review**|**5**| |**Section F - Other optional information**|**5**| |**Section G - Declaration**|**5**| |**Balance Sheet**|**7**| |Further details|8| |A1|8| We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 ## Section A - Reference and administration details |From (start date):
To (end date):|09/03/2020
08/03/2021| |---|---| |Charity Name:
Other Names:|We Are Donors
The charity is not known by any other names| |Registered charity number:|1178843| |Charity’s principal address:|67 Heath Rd, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4DJ| ## Trustees |Trustees|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (of**
**body entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |Matthew Byrne|Chair|Whole year|| |Jasper Mogg||Whole year|| |Matthew Symington||Whole year|| |Jonathan Mayes||Whole year|| ## Advisors Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) |**Name**|**Type of advisor**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |Colin Wilson|Scientific|Freeman Hospital, Freeman Rd, High Heaton,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN| |Bryan Vernon|Ethical|The Medical School, Newcastle University,
Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2
4HH| |Benjamin Ivory|Scientific|Torbay Hospital, Lowes Bridge, Torquay, Devon,
TQ2 7AA| 2 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 ## Senior Staff |Senior Staff|| |---|---| |**Position**|**Name**| |Chair|Matthew Byrne| |Chief Operating Officer|Matthew Symington| |Secretary|Joseph Battle| |**Finance team**|| |Treasurer|Charlotte Brathwaite-Shirley| |Fundraising Lead|Anna Ehrlich| |Treasury Team Member|| |**Recruitment team**|| |Recruitment Lead|Jonathan Mayes| |Interview Lead|Jonathan Mayes| |**Marketing team**|| |Marketing Lead|Ibrahim Mahmoud| |Marketing team member|Anna Critchley| |Communications Lead
(blog and newsletter)|Cecilia Adamou| |**IT team**|| |IT Lead|Madeline Green| |IT Advisor|Jasper Mogg| |**Education team**|| |Education Lead|Jenny Whitby| |Blood Donation Lead|Laura Whitter| |Student Representative|Paaras Doshi| 3 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 ## Section B - Structure, governance and management |Type of governing document:|Constitution| |---|---| |How the charity is constituted:|CIO - FOUNDATION| |Trustee selection methods:|Elected by existing trustees| ## Additional governance issues (optional) |You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
●policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees;
●the charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works;
●relationship with any
related parties;
●trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the
system and procedures to
manage them.|The We Are Donors Charity has multiple locally run We Are Donors
Groups. These groups consist of: a ‘Local Lead’ that has overall
responsibility for the group, and who is appointed following an
interview with the We Are Donors Senior Staff or Board of Trustees; a
‘Local Committee’ that the Local Lead appoints and is elected each
year by members of each Group.
Each group meets with a member of the We Are Donors Senior Staff
at least every 12 weeks to monitor progress and address any issues
that may have arisen.
The We Are Donors Senior Staff and Board of Trustees meet at least
every 12 weeks to monitor progress and address any issues that may
have arisen.
We have recruited a set of advisors with experience in organ donation,
transplantation, education, and ethics to ensure that our educational
materials have been reviewed by NHS Blood and Transplant, and the
Newcastle University Ethics Committee.
We have a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that are
distributed to all parties to help protect all parties involved. All
volunteers receive standardised training and we have developed
standardised communication templates to ensure that communications
from each We Are Donors group is as clear as possible.
All members (including Trustees, Senior Staff, and Advisors) are
volunteers and are unpaid.| |---|---| ## Section C - Objectives and activities |Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document|WE ARE DONORS PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC IN
GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE
UNDER THE AGE OF 25) IN THE SUBJECTS OF BLOOD, ORGAN,
TISSUE, STEM CELL, AND BONE MARROW DONATION AND
TRANSPLANTATION, INCLUDING DONOR REGISTRATION, IN
SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.| |---|---| 4 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 |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)|We have delivered talks about organ donation to schools and
universities in Bristol, Cambridge, Dundee, Keele, Oxford, Newcastle,
and Sheffield.
We have developed a blood donation programme which we have
started to roll out amongst our groups.
We were actively trying to recruit Local Leads from across the UK.
All charity trustees have regard to the commission’s public benefit
guidance. They are all aware of the guidance and have all taken it into
account when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant.| |---|---| |Additional details of objectives
and activities (optional
information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
●policy on grantmaking
●policy programme related
investment
●contribution made by
volunteers.|| ## Section D - Achievements and performance |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year|●This year has been a difficult year due to COVID-19. We have
adapted our teaching materials to be delivered online.
●We formed a partnership with SLIDO to create interactive talks.
●We spoke to approximately 1000 students aged 11 to 18 years old
at schools about organ donation.
●We worked with 180 Degrees consulting to develop our social
media and outreach programmes. Which we started implementing.| |---|---| ## Section E - Financial review |Brief statement of the charity’s
policy on reserves|We do not have a reserves policy.| |---|---| |Details of any funds materially
in deficit|Nil| Further financial review details (optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about: 5 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 - ●the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - ●how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - ●investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## Section F - Other optional information Other optional information ## Section G - Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Name: Position: Date: Matthew Byrne Trustee, Chair 16/12/2021 6 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 ## Balance Sheet (03/03/2020 -08/03/2021) |Note
ref.||Total funds (£)|Prior year
funds (£)|Further
details| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Fixed assets:**|||| ||Intangible assets|0|0|| ||Tangible assets|0|0|| ||Heritage assets|0|0|| ||Investments|0|0|| ||_Total fixed assets_|0|0|| ||**Current assets:**|||| ||Stocks|0|0|| ||Debtors|0|0|| ||Investments|0|0|| ||Cash at bank and in hand|£368.13|0|A1| ||_Total current assets_|£368.13|0|| ||**Liabilities:**|||| ||Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year|0|0|| ||_Net current assets or liabilities_|0|0|| ||_Total assets less current liabilities_|0|0|| ||Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than
one year|0|0|| ||Provisions for liabilities and charges.|0|0|| ||_Net asset or liabilities excluding pension asset_
_or liability_|0|0|| ||Defined benefit pension scheme asset or
liability|0|0|| ||**_Total net assets or liabilities_**|0|0|| ||The funds of the charity|0|0|| 7 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2019-2020 ||Endowment funds|0|0|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Restricted income funds|0|0|| ||Unrestricted funds|0|0|| ||Revaluation reserve|0|0|| ||Pension reserve|0|0|| ||_Total unrestricted funds_|0|0|| ||**_Total charity funds_ **|**£**368.13|0|| ## Further details ## A1 Starting balance 03/03/2021: £368.13 Total income: £200 Total spending: £200 Remaining balance: £368.13 Summary of spending: Web design, ICO fee 8