## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 1/4/2024**
## **To: 31/2/2025**
## **Charity name: British Eating Disorders Society (BrEDS)**
## **Charity registration number: 1179286**
## **Objectives and activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**(a) Improve awareness of eating**
**disorders, and the care and**
**treatment of people with eating disorders**
**and their families.**
**(b) Represent people working in the field**
**of eating disorders across the United**
**Kingdom.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**a.**
**Promote communication,**
**collaboration and consensus**
**amongst people working in the field**
**of eating disorders, especially across**
**disciplines, professions, academic**
**and clinical settings and sectors.**
**b.**
**Identify and promote best**
**practice in working with people with**
**eating disorders and their families.**
**c.**
**Develop collaborative**
**relationships with any other**
**organisation that shares similar aims**
**to these.**
**d.**
**Represent the views of people**
**working with those who have eating**
**disorders and their families to the**
**media, the public, businesses,**
**government and other relevant bodies**
**and on Committees, working parties**
**or other groups formed to progress**
**aims similar to the aims of this**
**organisation. A member may be**
**authorised to speak on behalf of the**
**organisation if they are already an**
**officer of the Management Committee,**
**or they are co-opted by the**
**Committee to undertake such a role.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**|
issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the year the BREDS meta**
**Workplace continued to provide fora for**
**discussion and sharing information.**
**3500 users were singed up, 2850**
**activated, generally 300 to 500 monthly**
**active. In this way individuals working in**
**the field of eating disorders and of a**
**variety of professions connected and**
**shared information of value to one**
**another and ultimately to people with**
**eating disorders and the population.**
**Unfortunately we learned that Meta were**
**closing Workplace and the preferred**
**provider Zoom was not going to offer**
**charities free service. Therefore the main**
**activity of the trustees from that point**
**was informing the membership and**
**researching options for migration.**
**Workplace was ceasing to accept new**
**material by August 2025 and will close in**
**2026.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**s/a** Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set **n/a** Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set **n/a** Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity holds a balance which covers**
**running for several years.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Charity functions as a network and does**
**not seek to provide services, hence**
**having limited need for income or**
**expenditure and a modest balance is**
**sustainable for several years.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None at present.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**No income sought this year.** Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Misuse of discussion forum, mitigated by**
**approval of new members and**
**moderation.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
associationetc|Para 1.25|**Articles of association**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by the Board of
Trustees following recommendation
by any BrEDS member and with the aim of
having representation from
each of the constituent professional groups
and third sector organisations
that comprise themembership of BrEDS|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works
Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**British Eating Disorders Society**|
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|Other name the charity uses|**BrEDS**|
|Registered charitynumber|1179286|
|Charity’s principal address|**c/o Dr N Hawkes, Bedfordshire and Luton Adult**
**Community Eating Disorder Service,**
**Mountbatten House, 56 High Street South, Dunstable,**
**Beds, LU6 3HD**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Sam Clark Stone|Chair|Until 13 March 2025||
||Hannah Wilson|Treasurer /
Secretary|Until 12 Dec 2024; From
12 Dec 2024||
||Emma Haggerty||From 6 Feb 2025||
||Simon Chapman||Until 12 Dec 2024||
||Erica Hussain||Until 12 Dec 2024||
||Shila Rashid||Until 4 Feb 2025||
||John Roche||||
||Jess Parkin|Treasurer|From 12 Dec 2024||
||Hubertus
Himmerich||||
||NickyMazey||||
||Jess Griffiths||From 13 March 2025||
||Francine Verhoeff||From 13 March 2025||
||Nicholas Hawkes|Chair|From 13 March 2025||
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|n/a|
## **Additional information (optional)**
||**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)**
**Type of**
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**n/a**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Dr N C Hawkes **Position (for example** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 31 Jan 2026
**British Eating Disorders Society**
**1179286**
## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y**
01/04/2024 **For the period from**
31/03/2025
**To**
**CC16 a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestrict Restricte Endowme Total Last year ed funds d funds nt funds funds to the to the to the to the to the nearest £ nearest £ nearest £ nearest £ nearest £ - - 3,589 3,589 3,830 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,589 3,830**
## **A1 Receipts**
**3,589 - - - - - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **3,589**
**3,589 3,830 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,589 3,830**
**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
**-** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total receipts**_ **3,589 - - 3,589 A3 Payments** Website charges **271 - - 271 -** Trustee expenses **92 - - 92 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -**
**3,589 3,830**
_**Sub total**_ **363 - - 363 -**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**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_**
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||**363**
**3,226**
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**3,226**
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||**3,226**||**-**||**-**||**3,226**||**3,830**|
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**Add Error**||**3,830**|
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Unrestrict Restricte Endowm ed funds d funds ent funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £**
**Categories**
## **Details**
## **B1 Cash funds**
## **B2 Other monetary assets**
Balance
## _**Total cash funds**_
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
**3,226 - - - - - - 3,226 - -** Agreement Error OK OK **Unrestrict Restricte Endowm ed funds d funds ent funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £**
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**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Current Cost value (optional) (optional)**
**Details**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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