## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/20 Period start date To 31/03/21 Period end date**
**Charity name: British Eating Disorders Society (BrEDS)**
**Charity registration number: 1179286**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 (a)For the public benefit, improve
purposes of the charity awareness
as set out in its of eating disorders, and the care
governing document and treatment of people with
eating disorders
and their families.
(b) For the public benefit, enable
and improve
communication including sharing
of
knowledge and skills between
people working
in the field of eating disorders
across
the United Kingdom.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Organisation and maintenance of
1.19
activities in relation to the
those purposes for the Workplace site which is used to
public benefit, in facilitate communication and
particular, the activities, learning for British Eating
projects or services Disorders Society (BrEDS)
identified in the members. This includes the
accounts. sharing of open access academic
journal articles, national and
international guidance,
facilitation of discussions
regarding clinical
issues, information regarding
training
opportunities and hosting
teaching
webinars provided by world
experts. Each of these activities
enhances the knowledge and
skills of members working with
people with eating disorders and
their families and
thereby improves care and
treatment
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Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have had regard to
whether the trustees the Charity Commission’s
have had regard to the guidance on public benefit
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A other than Trustees** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
||Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**During 2020-2021, membership of**
**BrEDS continued to grow as did**
**engagement with the Facebook**
**Workplace site. Activated**
**membership grew from 1055 to**
**1545. Monthly active members**
**grew from 406 to 646, weekly**
**from 264 to 373 and daily from**
**118 to 172. Members who**
**engaged in commenting or**
**posting themselves grew from 72**
**to 136.**
**Most members accessed**
**Workplace via their mobile phone**
**(increasing from 67 to 131 daily)**
**with the remainder using a desk**
**top computer (which remained**
**stable at just below 50 per day).**
**Members using the Workplace**
**app grew from 41 to 130 per day.**
**Membership continued to**
**represent the wide rage of**
**disciplines and organisations**
**working with people with eating**
**disorders and their families in the**
**UK.**
**During the time span of this**
**report, BrEDS Trustees continued**
**to arrange regular live (and**
**recorded) webinars on pertinent**
**issues relevant to clinical**
**practice. These have been**
**provided free by experts and**
**have engaged 30-100 BrEDS**
**members live and up to 500 have**
**subsequently viewed the**
**recordings. The webinars have**
**been very popular and have**
**increased membership and**
**engagement**
**from members.**
**During the course of the year, we**
**provided webinars on the**
**following topics:**
**Covid-19 and Eating**
**Disorders**
**Delivering CBT During**
**Lockdown**
**Diabetes and Eating**
**Disorders**
**Pharmacological treatment**
**of eating disorders and**
**their health consequences**||
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**Eating Disorders and Carers** **Compassion Focused Therapy Our activities have provided training for members when traditional conferences have been unavailable due to Covid, thereby enhancing our impact on the care of people with eating disorders and their families and bringing benefit to society as a whole.**
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 BrEDS has a balance of £4057.78
financial position at the in its
end of the period bank account. BrEDS has no
regular outgoings.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 N/A. BrEDS has just one bank
the policy for holding account as above
reserves stating why
they are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Zero
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 BrEDS has just one bank account
reserves as above and no regular
outgoings
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 None
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 There are no uncertainties about
uncertainties about the the charity continuing as a going
charity continuing as a concern
going concern
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No current sources of funding
and there has been no
The charity’s principal fundraising activity this year
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
BrEDS does not invest any of its
resources
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
There are no risks directly
affecting the
A description of the Para 1.46 charity
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Articles of association
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are elected by the Board
methods including of Trustees following
details of any recommendation by any BrEDS
constitutional provisions member and with the aim of
e.g. election to post or having representation from each
name of any person or of the constituent professional
body entitled to appoint groups and third sector
one or more trustees organisations that comprise the
membership of BrEDS
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name British Eating Disorders Society
Other name the charity BrEDS
uses
Registered charity 1179286
number
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||Charity’s principal
address|C/O The Brownhill Centre, 121 Swindon Road,
Cheltenham,
GL51 9EZ||
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Sam Clark-Stone Chair
2 Menna Jones Secretary
3 Nick Hawkes Vice-Chair
Hannah Treasurer
4
Wilson
5 John Roche
6 Simon Chapman
7 Jessica Parkin
8 Erica Husain
9 Shila Rashid
10 Frances Connan
11 Jacinta Tan
Hubertus
12
Himmerich
13
14
15
16
17
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**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)** Sam Clark-Stone **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 30/01/22
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British Eating Disorders Society
Receipts and payments acco
For the period 01/04/2020
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total [ - ] - -
Total receipts - - -
A3 Payments
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
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Sub total - - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments - - -
Net of receipts/(payments) - - -
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**Receipts and payments acco For the period** 01/04/2020 **To from**
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A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - -
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of
Unrestricted
Categories Details funds
to nearest £
B1 Cash funds -
-
-
Total cash funds 4,058
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Unrestricted
funds
Details to nearest £
-
B2 Other monetary assets
-
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-
-
Fund to which
Details asset belongs
B3 Investment assets
Fund to which
Details asset belongs
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of**
**Fund to which Details liability relates**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on Signature Print N behalf of all the trustees Sam Clark
**179286**
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179286
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31/03/2021
Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £
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## **ounts**
**4,058**
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the period
Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
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Restricted Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £
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Current value
Cost (optional)
(optional)
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Cost (optional)
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**Amount due When due (optional) (optional) - - - - -** Date of Name approval k-Stone 30/01/2022