Annual Report for Year Ending 15 March 2024
1. Aims & Objectives
We aim to save lives by improving the probability of surviving a cardiac arrest in and around Northallerton. We will achieve this by:
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(i) Significantly increasing the number of community public access defibrillators (CPADs);
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(ii) Helping to ensure CPADs are kept well maintained and ready for use;
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(iii) Raising awareness of CPADs, their locations and their use in an emergency;
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(iv) Raising awareness of the chain of survival and use of CPR and defibrillation.
2. Organisation
The trustees, who take full responsibility for the activities and operation of the charity are:
Rod Winter – Chair; Andy Proud; Karen Fewell
The charity is run by these three trustees, who carry out their duties in their “spare time” alongside their full time jobs, with support from a number of volunteers who assist with equipment maintenance, publicity and awareness, fundraising and events.
3. Achievements & Performance in the year
As in recent previous years, the charity focussed on maintaining existing CPADs (both our own and those which are maintained by ourselves on behalf of other owners), rather than fundraising or trying to increase the numbers of CPADs. The trustees continued to respond to requests for support, assistance and guidance from individuals and groups seeking to install CPADs.
4. Thanks and Recognition
The trustees would again like to thank every individual and organisation that has supported the charity. It would be impossible to list everyone in this report, however we would particularly like to record the contributions of:
Chris Birks – who carries out weekly checks and annual maintenance visits on a large number of our CPADs.
Mike Morrison who has kindly agreed to conduct an informal examination of the accounts.
The landlords who have kindly agreed to have our defibrillators installed on their buildings.
The people who of their volition chose to donate to our charity or fundraise for us, often exploiting the power of online platforms such as Just Giving, Amazon Smile, and Facebook).
Registered Charity Number: 1179892
04-1-2025
5. Future Plans
During this year, Zoll (the manufacturer of all the defibrillators owned by the charity) announced that they would only sell equipment and consumables through approved resellers. Resellers would have to commit to a minimum annual spend to maintain this status which the charity could not possibly achieve. Despite extensive discussions and negotiations, Zoll were not willing to make an exception for us, meaning that the charity would see a significant increase in future costs (moving from trade to retail prices) of around 40%. To mitigate the impact on the charity and allow for financial replanning, Zoll approved one final (large) order to allow us to purchase enough batteries (the most expensive consumable) to meet our needs for the next 3 years at the existing trade price. (these batteries have a 4 year shelf life prior to installation followed by 4 year life so no risk of deterioration). This significant expenditure is obvious in our expenditure for the year.
Having made such a large purchase the charity’s reserves are now very low so the trustees look forward to initiating new fundraising activities in the coming year or two.
6. Financial Review
The accounts are on the basis of Receipts and Payments using the Charity Commission’s standard template and they are included in this document. This year, due to the modest income (less than £10,000), there is no requirement for any external examination, however Mike Morrison has kindly agreed to conduct an informal inspection without charge.
In summary however, the charity received:
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£2,982 in donations (including a grant of £300 from North Yorkshire Council)
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£2,015 from public or private organisations for supplying or maintaining defibrillators and / or consumables
And spent:
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£1,506 on Purchase & Installation Defibrillators and Cabinets which are now assets belonging to the Charity and are either installed for the benefit of the public or awaiting installation
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£15,451 on equipment and expenses to maintain CPADs (of our own and as part of the maintenance service to others) **note the comment earlier in this report that explains the reason for this significant expenditure that has allowed the charity to secure the replacement batteries it will need for at least the next 3 years at a favourable price.
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£495 in mileage expenses
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£185 on Insurances which are required to operate the charity
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£20 on fundraising expenses (a local authority licence permitting fundraising via raffles, lotteries etc)
Leaving:
- £4,764 cash in the bank
Expenses continue to represent less than 5% of the charity’s expenditure with the remainder invested directly in public access defibrillators or their maintenance.
Registered Charity Number: 1179892
04-1-2025
Charity Name No (if any) RESTARTING HEARTS IN NORTHALLERTON 1179892
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Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 16-Mar-23 15-Mar-24
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds
Total funds
Last year
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||||
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Donations -general | 2,682 | - | - | 2,682 | - | ||||||
| Donations - localgovtgrants | 300 | - | - | 300 | - | ||||||
| Gift aid recovered | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Income from events(raffles,stalls etc) | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Income from maintenance services | 1,500 | - | - | 1,500 | - | ||||||
| Income from equipment sales | 515 | - | - | 515 | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 4,997 |
- | - | 4,997 | - |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, | |||||||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Total receipts | 4,997 | - | - | 4,997 | - |
| A3 Payments Fundraisingexpenses 20 Defibrillator equipmentpurchases 15,451 Insurances 185 Maintenance Expenses 495 Roudingerror - - - - - Sub total 16,151 Defibrillators and cabinets - - Sub total - Total payments 16,151 Net of receipts/(payments) - 11,154 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 15,918 Cash funds this year end 4,764 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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20 15,451 185 495 - - - - - 16,151 - - - 16,151 - 11,154 - 15,918 4,764 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories unds |
Details Lloyds bank account |
to nearest £ 4,764 Unrestricted funds |
to nearest £ - Restricted funds |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Lloyds bank account | 4,764 | - | - |
B1 Cash funds
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| Total cash funds | 4,764 | - | - | |||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | OK | |||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||||||
| funds | funds | funds | ||||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | |||||
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | ||||||
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Defibrillators (see asset register) | none | - | - | ||||
| charity’s own use | Cabinets (see asset register) | none | - | - | ||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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