## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1[st] November 2019 **Period start date To** 31[st] October 2020 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Disaster Action **Charity registration number:** 1180287 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Objects of the CIO are: (i) To
promote the safety of the public
generally or of any section of the
public and or members of the
public, against disasters involving
multiple deaths or injury or extensive
destruction of buildings or property,
where such disasters occur in public
places and whether by land, water
or air, and in particular for the
above purpose to devise, research,
carry out, make known, disseminate,
advocate, explain and advance
principles and methods for securing
or furthering the prevention of and
protection against accidents of all
kinds likely to give rise to such
disasters; (ii)to enlist and provide
support, succour, guidance and
assistance generally to those
including dependants and families,
who have been or may be affected
by such disasters or may be so
affected in the future.| |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|The Trustees confirm that they have
had regard to the Charity
Commission’s public benefit
guidance where relevant.
Disaster Action members have
continued to provide guidance,
assistance and advice to various| professionals as well as supporting those directly affected by disasters. Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|• Provided advice and
guidance to various
organisations delivering
post-incident support
following 2017 incidents,
including the Grenfell Fire
and Manchester Arena
attack.
• Participated in the
Manchester Memorials
Advisory Group preparing
consultation processes with
bereaved and survivors from
the 2017 attack and a
research conference on
archiving spontaneous| memorials post- terrorism • Accepted invitations to attend, participate in and present to international meetings, such as European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, as well as terrorismrelated conferences (RAN, InVICTIM, Council for Europe Workshop on rights of victims of terrorism) and S Korea’s Disaster Victims’ Research Forum • Prepared and contributed to various publications including research papers on peer support and international best practice guidelines on responding to collective trauma events (Australian Red Cross) • Presented at various training and education sessions with emergency planners, strategic responders and crisis support teams, including for example the City of London, Multiagency Gold incident Command (MAGIC) courses, CSW Resilience Team (Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire), and West Sussex County Council’s Family Assistance in Major Emergencies (FAME) Team ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|n/a| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£17,034**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |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|n/a| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g 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 3 Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Disaster Action| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1180287| |Charity’s principal address|No 4
71 Upper Berkeley Street
London W1H 7DB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sophie
Tarressenko|||| ||Mrs Moya
Millicent Wood-
Heath|||| ||Mr Iain James
Philpott|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**|| |---|---|---| |n/a|n/a|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a 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 for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details n/a ## **Other optional information** n/a ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _Sophie Tarassenko_ **Full name(s)** Sophie Tarassenko **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 27/08/21 ||**DISASTER ACTION**|**DISASTER ACTION**|**DISASTER ACTION**|**1180287**|**1180287**|**1180287**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/11/2019|**To**||Period end date
30/10/2020||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**178**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**378**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**378**
**- 378**
**-**
**17,412**
**17,034**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**178**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**378**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**378**
**- 378**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**-**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |S Bradley- Website|**178**||||||**-**| |Corporation Tax|**200**||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**378**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**- 378**|**-**|**-**||**- 378**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**17,412**|**-**|**-**||**17,412**||**-**| ||**17,034**|**-**|**-**||**17,034**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/09/2021 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|_Sophie Tarassenko_
**Details**
Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**17,034**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**17,034**||**-**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||Sophie Tarassenko||||27/08/2021| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/09/2021 2