
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** 

## **Charity name: Cureusher** 

## **Charity registration number: 1181293** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote and protect the health of those<br>suffering from genetically inherited usher<br>syndrome, through the provision of<br>information for people affected by this<br>condition, and by funding scientific<br>research into the causes, treatment and<br>cure of all types of the condition and<br>publishing the results.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Raising funds to increase collaboration and<br>research into a cure/treatment for usher<br>syndrome, the leading cause of deaf-<br>blindness.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit when<br>planning the activities.|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Two high profile trustees have been<br>appointed.<br>Events raising awareness have started<br>during the year which have led to<br>increased income and expenditure.<br>£10,000 was donated to UCL in the year.|





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity had a net deficit on the general<br>fund of £7,638. There remain strong<br>general reserves of £17,032 at the year<br>end.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to have reserves to<br>support 6 months of charitable activities.<br>Reserves at 31 December 2022 were<br>£17,032. The trustees will look to build<br>upon this in the next financial year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£17,032.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|The charity is a going concern.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO – Foundation Registered 20 December<br>2018.|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation.|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|By appointment of the board of trustees.|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Cureusher|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1181293|
|Charity’s principal address|Dalmar House<br>Barras Lane Estate<br>Dalston<br>CA5 7NY|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person**<br>**(or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Joanne Lesley White||||
|Ian Rankin||||
|Stephen Edward White||||
|Keith Hardy||||
|Emma Handford||14/12/2022||
|Laura Norton||03/02/2023||
|Mark Jordon||03/02/2023||
|Mike George Lambert Barker||31/01/2023||
|David Ashton BSe||18/05/2023||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** None 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|None|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|Not applicable|



## **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)** <br>**Full name(s)** <br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||IAN RANKIN||
||Trustee||
||13 September 2023||
||13 September 2023||






|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**CUREUSHER**||**1181293**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>01/01/2022|Period end date<br>**To**<br>31/12/2022|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**6,602**<br>**12,600**<br>**1,772**<br>**50**<br>**20,758**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,782**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,782**<br>**10,000**<br>**216**<br>**267**<br>**600**<br>**30,203**<br>**96**<br>**-**<br>**4,292**<br>**3,747**<br>**-**<br> **49,420**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**49,420**<br>**-                  7,638**<br>**-**<br>**24,670**<br>**17,032**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**6,602**<br>**12,600**<br>**1,772**<br>**-**<br>**50**<br>**20,758**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,782**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,782**<br>**10,000**<br>**216**<br>**267**<br>**600**<br>**30,203**<br>**96**<br>**-**<br>**4,292**<br>**3,747**<br>**-**<br>**49,420**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**49,420**<br>**-                  7,638**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**6,602**|||||**2,521**|
|Just Giving|**12,600**|||||**3,162**|
|Facebook donations|**1,772**|||||**939**|
|HearingFund||||||**-**|
|Bank interest|**50**|||||**3**|
|Events|**20,758**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**41,782**|||||**6,625**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**6,625**|
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|Donations|**10,000**|||||**-**|
|Just Giving|**216**|||||**216**|
|Advertising|**267**|||||**191**|
|Accountancyfees|**600**|||||**780**|
|Fundraisingevent entry& clothing|**30,203**|||||**2,616**|
|Insurance|**96**|||||**96**|
|Website|**-**|||||**173**|
|Misc expenditure|**4,292**|||||**363**|
|Print andpostage|**3,747**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**49,420**|||||**4,435**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|**Compluter equipment**||||||**3,026**|
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**3,026**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**7,461**|
||||||||
||**-                  7,638**|**-**|**-**|**-                  7,638**||**-                   836**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**24,670**|**-**|**-**|**24,670**||**25,506**|
||**17,032**|**-**|**-**|**17,032**||**24,670**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Current account<br>Reserve account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Computer equipment<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,974**<br>**-**<br>**15,058**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,032**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**3,026**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>IAN RANKIN|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**1,513**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||IAN RANKIN|13 September|
||||2023|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Cureusher **members of On accounts for the year** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1181293 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022. 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed: Date:** 13 September 2023 **Name:** Mrs Alison Welton **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Dalmar House, Barras Lane Estate, Dalston Carlisle CA5 7NY. 

1 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 



**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

