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2023-03-31-accounts

Registered Charity 1182307 www.cc-sn.org

Trustees’ Annual Report & Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2023

Critical Care Support Network is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, no. 1182307, first registered with the Charity Commission on 4 March 2019.

The charity is registered for Gift Aid with HM Revenue &Customs.

Contact details:

Critical Care Support Network The Bluecoat Upper Northgate Street CHESTER CH1 4EE

07955 848 955 Email: info@cc-sn.org - Website: www.cc sn.org

Trustees of the Charity

Role Appointed Resigned Miles Negus-Fancey Chair 4 March 2019 Sue Dean Treasurer 4 March 2019 Quentin Underhill 4 March 2019 Aleta Doran 4 March 2019 31 March 2021 Deborah Graham 8 July 2019 31 August 2021 Elizabeth Hinds 3 September 2019

Bank

NatWest Bank, Eastgate Street Chester CH1 1LG

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Governing Document

Our Constitution is based on the Charity Commission’s model governing document for Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Association model, where the members have voting rights.

Charitable Objects – as defined in our Constitution:

To preserve and protect the health and well-being of current and former critical care patients, their family members and carers by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities and support services and through engaging with and assisting other individuals and organisations towards the same aims.

Trustee Selection Methods

There must be at least 3 Trustees. The maximum number is 12.

In accordance with the Constitution, Trustees are appointed or re-appointed for a term of 3 years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity members.

In appointing trustees, due consideration is given to ensuring that the Trustees have, between them, the skills and experience necessary to manage the charity effectively and in accordance with charity law.

Activities

The Trustees of Critical Care Support Network confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

Our overriding intention is to help critical care patients and their families make the best possible recovery from their illness .

From April 2020 we have operated almost exclusively on Zoom and found that it has been surprisingly successful.

Our Trustees and Committee meetings have all moved to Zoom and will remain there – we have found it is extremely time effective.

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Chair – Miles Negus-Fancey Review of the Year

We have survived the most difficult 12 months imaginable. None of us could have predicted the full impact of the pandemic and it is only now that we are realising the aftermath. Our group has successfully adapted and altered to suit the climate we are experiencing and we will continue to develop accordingly. We are committed to remaining on line for the foreseeable future since so many of our members are not based near to our original base.

Our various sessions have been well attended although they are not operating at the limit of their capacity, we would encourage any who join us to try them out, they remain free at the point of access although, we as a charity pay those that run various sessions. To that end, our trainers & instructors have continued to give a fantastic standard of service for which we are extremely grateful so our thanks to Jo Ruffell and Gareth Tattum for the Exercise sessions, Lynn Mooney for Yoga, Zoe Tucker and Teri Bagnall for the Arts sessions and John Lindley for his Creative Writing workshop.

Please scroll through our website, if you would be interested in trying out any session then contact our admin team which is Sue, Sarah, Amanda. Simon will point you in the right direction if requested on FB.

I have included a list of the average weekly agenda.

We now have new leaflets and posters that reflect the development of the Group – our thanks to Sarah and Stuart for their work on these and to Alderstone Solicitors for sponsoring them and also our striking new T-shirts and tabards. Thanks too to Phil for his work updating our website in line with our new materials.

Thanks to Amanda & Sarah our social media presence is building, we have a steady stream of requests for public information packs from trusts right across the country. Running alongside our weekly virtual sessions, we also have an expanding forum on FB which is monitored daily and is now nearly 1 year old. Thanks to our admins here too.

We have continued our involvement working with the educational team at Countess of Chester Hospital – we strongly believe this can only benefit both patients and staff as they begin to understand the issues faced by critical care patients.

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Looking to the future

A significant challenge for us is funding. We are extremely grateful to all of those who have supported us throughout this difficult year – the details of donors and supporters are in the Financial Report.

Although none of the committee or trustees charge for their time and effort, we do have running costs and we pay our trainers for their time & expertise.

We are always looking for new ideas and our 100 club for instance is a brilliantly simple way for each of us to make a painless financial contribution to the charity and there is a prize draw each month.

We feel we have developed systems that are manageable for anyone and that financial restrictions should not be a barrier to participation in our service structure. Sarah Graaskov and Sue Dean have created a wonderful monthly newsletter and along with Amanda, they also formed the nucleus of an administration team which will share tasks amongst those who would like to help us, this includes organising the annual raffle and any social or special workshops that we may choose to run. As an early member of this group, I found participation on all levels of the groups and important tool to regain confidence and life skills after ICU.

Another challenge is to encourage our expanding FB community to engage with all aspects of the charity.

Most importantly we look to expand the catchment area of the group so that we can help as broad a spectrum of people as possible, specifically, we hope to collaborate with more health authorities. Our committee works tirelessly to disseminate information, posters and leaflets for all of our sessions.

We continue to develop relationships with critical care outreach teams across the country and offer our services as a crucial aid to recovery - we see this as an extension of the help offered by the various Trusts complementing the tremendous efforts put in by the critical care teams.

We greatly appreciate the dedication and time given by our Trustees and Committee members who have continued their hard work and are working with us to plan for a busy and constructive future.

Our Trustees have reviewed the development of the Group, we can only see the need for our services continuing and we are therefore working to secure funding to continue and increase our services

Miles Negus-Fancey - Chair

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Treasurer – Sue Dean Financial Review

Details of any funds materially in Deficit - The Charity has no funds which are materially in deficit.

Policy on Reserves

The Charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient:

a. to preserve the financial viability of the Charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances precipitate a short-term fall in its income;

b. to enable the Charity, in the interests of meeting its objectives, to undertake from time to time the setting up of new and innovative projects on a pilot basis to demonstrate the viability and potential benefits of such activities as a precursor to securing the external funding necessary to maintain such projects on an on-going basis.

c. Currently the policy is to have £6000 in reserve.

Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings Year Ending 31 March 2023

Income

We began the year in a healthy financial situation. However, our total income has fallen to £7895 from £21398 last year, justifying our Reserves policy and reflecting the difficulties everyone has faced due to the pandemic. Grant income in particular has been hard to come by as grants givers focus on the rising cost of living. The grants awarded in this year will be received in the next financial year.

We would particularly like to thank everyone who has donated to the Group, resulting in a total of £2417.

Our members have been actively fundraising for us and we are very grateful for everyone’s support and generosity. We would particularly like to thank everyone who took part in or supported the following events:

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Each Spring we hold our annual Prize Draw. This financial year due to the timing of Easter the proceeds of two Draws fall in these accounts. Our Draw in April 2022 raised £1203 and in April 2023 our Prize Draw raised £1096. Our thanks to everyone who bought or sold tickets and special thanks to Alderstone Solicitors for the donation of £250 of John Lewis vouchers for each first prizes.

We continually review our funding strategy. In view of the current economic climate we are exploring opportunities for income from recycling, and are working with Easyfundraising who make a donation to the Group for any on-line orders with a large number of retailers placed through them.

We continue to use CAF Donate as our Fundraising platform.

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Expenditure

Our total expenditure this year has been £18078. Our main expenditure has been a total of £16917 on all the members activities – Exercise, Yoga, Relaxation, Crafts and Social Events. Of the remaining expenditure £490 covered fundraising costs whilst £670 covered insurance, Zoom, stationery and postage

Looking to the Future

We have from the beginning been aware that admission to Critical Care is almost always unplanned and can bring financial difficulties through absence from work and child care issues etc. We therefore plan to maintain our policy of not charging members for our activities, but we very much appreciate our members support through our fundraising activities. These are important, not only for the income they generate, but also in helping to spread the word about our services.

We therefore plan to continue our Annual Prize Draw which funds the basic necessities of Group Administration and our fundraising costs. We ended the year planning the launch of our 100 Club – anyone can join and pay a monthly donation of £5 and is allocated a number which is entered into the draw via a Random Number Generator. 35% of the income is distributed via 3 prizes and the remainder helps to fund the activities of the Group. Amanda is organising this and would be very happy to hear from anyone who would like to join!

Sarah also plans to expand our Money4Nothing campaign by expanding our recycling schemes.

We will of course continue to apply for grant funding to secure and expand our programme of activities.

Remuneration of Trustees

All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity.

Out-of-pocket expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by Trustees in promoting the purposes of the Charity are reimbursed at cost.

Statutory Statements on Liabilities

The Trustees declare that:

a. The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement (e.g.: any outstanding/ongoing contract or legal undertaking to buy or provide specific services);

b. The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO.

Sue Dean - Treasurer

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CRITICAL CARE SUPPORT NETWORK
Current Financial Year, Apr'22-Mar'23 Last Year
Unrestricted
Funds		 Designated
Funds		 Restricted
Funds		 Total Total
RECEIPTS £ £ £ £ £
Voluntary Income 3,133 3,133 10,152
Income Generation 4,749 4,749 7,998
Investment Income 13 13 0
Charitable Income 0 0 0 3,250
Advance Receipts 0 0 0
TOTAL RECEIPTS 7,895 0 7,895 21,400
PAYMENTS £ £ £ £ £
Costs of Generating Funds
Fundraising 490 490 577
Charitable Trading 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Sub-total 490 0 0 490 577
Charitable Activities
Specific Projects 0 0 14,273
General Activities 16,917 16,917 50
Sub-total 16,917 0 0 16,917 14,323
Support Costs
Governance 0 0 0
Administration 670 670 964
Sub-total 670 0 0 670 964
Advance Payments 0 0 0
TOTAL PAYMENTS 18,078 0 0 18,078 £15,864
NET RECEIPTS-PAYMENTS -10,183 0 0 -10,183 5,536.00
Movements in Funds for Movements in Funds for Movements in Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Mar-23 the Financial Year To 31-Mar-23 the Financial Year To 31-Mar-23
Cash Assets Bt'Fwd at
01-Apr-22		 Receipts
in Period		 Payments
in Period		 Net
Transfers
in Period
Cash at Bank & in Hand
Petty Cash 19 0 -123 111 7
Bank Current Account 9,994 7,895 -17,954 1,389 1,323
10,013 7,895 -18,078 1,500 1,329
Sundry Debtors(Unreconciled De 0 0
Sundry Creditors(Unreconciled P 0 0
0 0
Net
Investment/Deposit Accounts Bt'Fwd Interest Transfers Cd'Fwd
Bank, Deposit Account 6,010 25 -1,500 4,534
Cash Assets 16,022 5,864
Allocation of Funds for the Financial Year To 31-Mar-23
Cash Assets Bt'Fwd at
01-Apr-22		 Receipts
in Period		 Payments
in Period		 Transfers
in Period		 Cd'Fwd at
23		 31-Mar-
Comprising:
General (Unrestricted) Fun 16,022 7,895 -18,078 0 5,864
Designated Funds 0 0 0
Restricted Funds
R1- 0 0 0 0
R2- 0 0 0 0
R4R- 0 0 0 0
R4R- 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
R6- 0 0 0 0
R7- 0 0 0 0
R8- 0 0 0 0
R9- 0 0 0 0
R10-Rename or delete 0 0 0 0
d Funds 0 0 0 0
tal Funds 16,022 5,864
Statement of Assets & Liabilities as at 31-Mar-23
Unrestricted Designated Designated Restricted Total at
Funds Funds Funds Funds 31-Mar-23
Cash Assets 5,864 - - 5,864
Other Monetary Assets 0
Investments Assets 378 378
ssets Retained for Own Use 0
Liabilities 0

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Notes to the Accounts a) Accounting Policies The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Acl 2011 Section 133, using the Receipts and Payments basis available to small charities. and the charity's own Simple Accounts Spreadsheet. bl Reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket ExFenses Out-of-pccket expenses inCu￿ed n￿SSarilY, reasonably and incidentally in the course the charity's activities are reimbursed at cost. No Trustees received any reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in the financial year. c) Salaries & Professional Fees No trustee receives any payments for the services they provide to the charity. In the current financial year the charity employed no slaff. d) Exercise and Yoga classes and similar are taken by qualified trainers who are paid a session fee, they are not employed by the Charity. e) Fixed Assets The charity has not purchased or disposed of any fixed assets in the Qu￿ent financial year., fj Creditors & Debtors Cheques for goods or serVI￿S purchased, or invoices for goods or se￿iceS delivered, which are issued pnor to the end of the finanoal year blrt not appearing in the end of financial year bank statement are ￿Ported as outstanding creditors or debtors ￿spective1y. g) Rounding Discrepancies All amounts are recorded to the penny, but in these accounts are shown as digilally r¢)unded to the neafest FX)und. This can occasionally result in a total apparently not being the sum of ils constituent amounts. All individual amounts, and their totals, are nevertheless correct. Approval of the Board of Trustees The Trustees declare that they approved the above Annual Report and Statement of Financial Activity. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Miles Negus-Fan Chair Susan Dean Treasurer Date Date kf 2£