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2022-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1183428

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

FOR

GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN'S HEALTH (GAMH)

Copia Wealth & Tax Limited Chartered Accountants 8 Pendeford Place Pendeford Business Park Wobaston Road Wolverhampton WV9 5HD

GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN'S HEALTH (GAMH)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 7
Independent Examiner's Report 8
Statement of Financial Activities 9
Balance Sheet 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11 to 14
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 15

GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN'S HEALTH (GAMH)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Our mission

To create a world where all men and boys have the opportunity to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing wherever they live and whatever their backgrounds.

These are some of the problems GAMH exists to tackle:

Our objectives

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Our unique role

GAMH has a distinct contribution to make because we:

Activities

GAMH was established in 2013. Launched during International Men's Health Week in June 2014 and officially registered as a UK-based charity in May 2019. During 2021/22, we delivered an active work programme on several fronts:

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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

COVID-19

The period covered by this report, like that covered by our report for 2020/21, was dominated by the global pandemic. Men continued to be much more likely than women to fall seriously ill and to die from COVID-19. The pandemic clearly constituted the most immediate and urgent threat to the health and wellbeing of men. By the end of March 2022, around 3.5 million men worldwide had died as a direct result of COVID-19 infection.

The explanations for men's greater risk are a mixture of biology (a weaker immune response in men), a higher incidence of underlying health problems that increase vulnerability to serious COVID-19 disease (eg. hypertension, diabetes, lung disease), behaviours (eg. poorer hand hygiene, weaker compliance with social distancing and mask-wearing), and social factors (such as the types of work men are more likely to be engaged in). Men in younger age groups (50 years and below) are also less likely to seek vaccination in many countries. There are also health system issues, in particula r the historic neglect of men's health in policy and practice, evidenced by the absence of male-specific messaging to men in regard to COVID prevention.

GAMH continued to be actively engaged in the addressing the pandemic's impact on men. Our Director, Peter Baker, and Board member Derek Griffith continued to co-facilitate the Men and COVID-19 Sub-Group of the Gender and COVID-19 Sub-Group. The Sub-Group was a multi-disciplinary global network of researchers and advocates with a particular interest in men's health. In April 2021, BMJ Global Health published a blog co-authored by Peter and Derek, along with other members of the Sub-Group, which highlighted the lack of a gendered policy response to COVID-19 which took proper account of men.

In International Men's Health Week 2021, GAMH sent an open letter to the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reiterating our call for a gender-responsive approach to the COVID-19 pandemic that takes full account of men's needs. The letter to Dr Tedros wa s co-signed by 13 GAMH member organisations and led to a constructive meeting with several senior WHO officials working on a range of health issues.

During the Week, IHP (International Health Policies) published an article by Peter Baker, which set out five key steps that policymakers and service providers must take to address men's health in light of COVID-19, and Frontiers in Sociology published a paper on how the impact of COVID-19 varies by gender co-authored by Peter, Derek Griffith, GAMH members Amon Ashaba Mwiine and Alan White, and others. In July 2021, the BMJ published a blog written jointly by GAMH and Women in Global Health which discussed the need for a COVID response that is neither 'gender blind nor a gender battle'.

DELIVERING MEN'S HEALTH

GAMH developed a new resource, Delivering Men's Health, that will help health policymakers and service providers at all levels (global, national and local) to take practical steps to improve men's health and wellbeing through the development and delivery of better-targeted policies and programmes.

The new resource is in two main parts. The first is a report, Delivering Men's Health: A guide for policymakers and service providers, which was published in September 2021. This contains 10 key steps that can be taken for more effective engagement with men. These are:

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The second part of the resource is a new GAMH database, hosted by Mengage at the Men's Health Information and Resource Centre, Western Sydney University. This contains links to a large number of papers and reports that cover key issues such as policy, gender norms, equity and intersectionality, and examples of good practice. The database provides the detailed evidence on which the report is based and will be maintained as a resource for researchers and advocates working in the field.

The report was launched at a webinar hosted by GAMH, in collaboration with our official journal, The International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health (IJMSCH), in September 2021. The webinar shared information about progress on men's health policymaking around the world and about how the case can be made for its further development. There were presentations on national men's health policies, local men's health policies, how men's health has been incorporated into other health policies, and current campaigns for men's health policies, followed by a discussion.

At a subsequent webinar, held in November 2021 once again in collaboration with IJMSCH, the focus was on programmes and projects that have successfully engaged men and improved their health outcomes. It demonstrated how the ideas and tips in the Delivering Men's Health report ca n be put into practice. A blog on the Delivering Men's Health resource was also published by the UCL Centre for Gender, Health and Social Justice in September 2021.

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OTHER WORK

We were asked by the WHO's Western Pacific regional office to prepare a concise position paper on men's health in the region. This drew on both quantitative and qualitative data to highlight the epidemiological, socio-economic and political opportunities and challenges facing men's health today, located men's health in the context of COVID-19 and set out the arguments for why men's health should be addressed in the region with concrete and practic al recommendations for ways forward. The work on the paper, which was completed in January 2022, was led by GAMH member Alan White with the involvement of GAMH members and others based in the region. We are hopeful that the paper's recommendations will be followed-up by the regional office.

We supported the campaign for a men's health strategy in the United Kingdom. As part of this effort, Peter Baker gave evidence, along with GAMH Board member Martin Tod (CEO of the Men's Health Forum [Great Britain]) an d Alan White, to the UK Parliament's All Party Group on Men and Boys.

GAMH kept in contact with our two members who were appointed to the Lancet Commission on Gender and Health and provided information and comment as required. We are hopeful that the Comm ission's report, which is expected to be published in 2023, will stress the need for systematic action on men's health issues.

Towards the end of 2021/22, we were commissioned by Ireland's Health Service Executive to review the impact of Ireland's men's health action plan for 2017-2021 and to make recommendations for the next action plan. This work will be completed during 2022/23. Work also began on two other projects due to be delivered in 2022/23: first, a joint webinar with PAHO (the WHO Region for the Americas) and Georgetown University's Centre for Men's Health Equity on men's health in the region (held in June 2022); and, secondly, a roundtable on men and cancer organised by the European Cancer Organisation (ECO) with our support (held in April 2022). Our work with ECO on this roundtable led to discussions about future joint working on a greater scale in 2022/23.

GOVERNANCE

Considerable effort has gone into improving the governance of the charity with the drafting of role descriptions for trustees and the Board officers along with a revised ethical policy. These documents were finalised in 2022/23.

In 2021/22, we began a strategic planning process to identify our priority issues. This work was completed in 2022/23 and GAMH now has five broad strategic goals which will be the focus of our work in 2023 and beyond. These goals are to:

  1. Increase the policy profile of men's and boys' health.

  2. Promote and distribute evidence of knowledge / good practice / evidence-based policy and practice in men's and boys' health.

  3. Accelerate the growth of knowledge and evidence on the state of men's and boys' health and what improves men's and boys' health.

  4. Promote the development of strategic partnerships and networks.

  5. Ensure effective governance, management and funding of GAMH.

At the Annual General Meeting in January 2022, Wayne Hartrick from the Canadian Men's Health Foundation (CMHF) stood down and was replaced by his colleague, TC Carling, President and CEO of CMHF. Gillian Prue, from Men's Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) also stood down and was replaced in July 2022 by Michael McKenna, also from MHFI. GAMH is extremely grateful to both Wayne and Gillian for their many years of service dating back to the period before GAMH became a charity.

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We were pleased to welcome several new organisational and individual members in 2021/22. The Men's Foundation (South Africa) became a new Full member while our new Associate members were UNASCAD (Union des Amis Socio Culturels d'Action en Developpement) based in Haiti, the Men Empowerment Network of Liberia, the Centre for Men's Health at the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the Grassroots Movement for Health and Development (Mala wi). Jeremy Thewlis, Margarita Bernales, Nathan Romano-Solís, Philippe Roy and Paul Galdas joined as individual members.

GAMH currently has 59 members, comprising 30 organisations and 29 individuals. Our members are spread across five WHO regions: 28% are based in the Americas, 28% in Europe, 27% in Africa, 15% in the Western Pacific, and 2% in South-East Asia. Although our geographic spread has improved considerably, we remain keen to recruit more members from areas currently under-represented or not represented at all.

It should be noted that the GAMH Director, Peter Baker, works on a part-time consultancy basis for GAMH. His contribution is largely dependent on GAMH's prevailing financial position and, during 2021/22, averaged seven days a month. It is acknowledged that Peter often works additional hours on a pro bono basis, particularly at times when resources are more constrained. There are no salaried staff employed on any basis by the organisation although other freelancers are used when possible and appropriate (eg. for IT support and research or report-writing).

It is GAMH's policy to state in its Annual Report all sources of income exceeding GBP 5,000.00. During 2021/22, GAMH received just one such payment, GBP 18,600 from WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office, for the report on men's health in the region. The Delivering Men's Health project was supported by an educational grant from AAA (Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company). This grant, which was for approximately GBP 29,500.00, was paid in February 2021, before the start of the 2021/22 financial year. We are very grateful to all those organisations and individuals who support our work financially. Without their generosity and commitment, none of the work described in this report would have been possible.

The Board recognises that there is a pressing need to improve the organisation's financial position and will continue to seek income that will enable it to extend its work and enhance its influence.

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COMMUNICATIONS

Throughout the year, GAMH kept its members and others up-to-date with research and policy developments on men and COVID-19 through its monthly eBulletin and Twitter. The organisation's website was refreshed, updated and relaunched during International Men's Health Week in June 2021. We instigated a new webinar programme and all the webinars were recorded and the videos posted on our open access YouTube channel.

To share information and ideas about International Men's Health Week 2022, we organised an online members' meeting in January 2022. We met regularly with the publisher and editor of IJMSCH, our official journal, to discuss the generation of more papers, marketing the journal and increasing its academic profile and status, among other topics. Peter Baker also joined GAMH member Alan White as an editorial board member of Trends in Urology and Men's Health (TUMH). Another GAMH member, Mike Kirby, is the editor of TUMH.

Concluding comments

GAMH's trustees believe that, despite limited financial resources and staff capacity, significant progress was made throughout the year towards the achievement of GAMH's objectives. We were helped and encouraged by a more sympathetic policy environment with growing interest in men's health from WHO and other significant organisations.

Organisational governance was strengthened, communications with members and external stakeholders continued to improve and a major report and several important papers were published and disseminated. We were able to highlight the importance of addressing men and COVID-19 with professional audiences via a range of publications as well as social media.

However, the sheer scale of the health problems that continue to face men highlights the need to increase our capacity significantly so we can not only provide greater support for our members' work but also achieve our goals to improve global and national policy response to men's health and, ultimately of course, the health and wellbeing of men and boys.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW Financial position

The charity has a deficit of £18,291 during the period. In 2021 there was a surplus of £21,092.

At the year end date the Charity had £17,168 (2021: £35,459) in unrestricted funds. The trustees ideal reserves level would be in the region of £16,000 which equates to approximately twelve months running costs.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

Global Action on Men's Health (GAMH) (Charity No. 1183428) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and was established on the 15 May 2019 with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number 1183428

Principal address

C/o Men's Health Forum 7-14 Great Dover Street London SE1 4YR

Trustees

A Brown (Chair) D M Griffith (Vice-Chair) A Lukhele (Vice-Chair) M P N Tod (Treasurer) Dr D Bardehle W Poage A N Tomsic T Carling (appointed 12.1.22) M P McKenna (appointed 13.7.22)

Independent Examiner

Mr Anthony Lee Morris FCCA Copia Wealth & Tax Limited Chartered Accountants 8 Pendeford Place Pendeford Business Park Wobaston Road Wolverhampton WV9 5HD

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 8 December 2022 and signed on its behalf on 12 January 2023 by:

M P N Tod - Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN'S HEALTH (GAMH)

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Global Action on Men's Health (GAMH)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Global Action on Men's Health (GAMH) (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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

Mr Anthony Lee Morris FCCA Copia Wealth & Tax Limited Chartered Accountants 8 Pendeford Place Pendeford Business Park Wobaston Road Wolverhampton WV9 5HD

12 January 2023

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
Notes
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Charitable activities
Research and awareness Men's health
-
18,600
Other income
4,577
-
Total
4,577
18,600
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
2
Research and awareness Men's health
22,868
18,600
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(18,291)
-
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
35,459
-
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
17,168
-
2022
Total
funds
£
18,600
4,577
23,177
41,468
(18,291)
35,459
17,168
2021
Total
funds
£
30,939
6,501
37,440
16,348
21,092
14,367
35,459

The notes form part of these financial statements

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BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2022

Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
Notes
£
£
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
6
-
-
Cash at bank
23,021
-
23,021
-
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
7
(5,853)
-
NET CURRENT ASSETS
17,168
-
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
17,168
-
NET ASSETS
17,168
-
FUNDS
8
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
2022
Total
funds
£
-
23,021
23,021
(5,853)
17,168
17,168
17,168
17,168
17,168
2021
Total
funds
£
800
36,518
37,318
(1,859)
35,459
35,459
35,459
35,459
35,459

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 8 December 2022 and were signed on 12 January 2023 on its behalf by:

M P N Tod - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Repub lic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

2. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS

Research and awareness Men's health Support
Direct
costs (see
Costs
note 3)
£
£
34,119
7,349
Totals
£
41,468

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

3. SUPPORT COSTS

3. SUPPORT COSTS
Information Governance
Management Finance technology costs Totals
£ £ £ £ £
Research and awareness
Men's health 5,956 103 300 990 7,349
4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended
31 March 2021.
Trustees' expenses
2022 2021
£ £
Trustees' expenses 300 -
5. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
fund
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Charitable activities
Research and awareness Men's health 30,939
Other income 6,501
Total 37,440
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Research and awareness Men's health 16,348
NET INCOME 21,092
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 14,367
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 35,459

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022 2021
£ £
Trade debtors - 800
7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022 2021
£ £
Accruals and deferred income 5,853 1,859
8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
movement At
At 1.4.21 in funds 31.3.22
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 35,459 (18,291) 17,168
TOTAL FUNDS 35,459 (18,291) 17,168
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 4,577 (22,868) (18,291)
Restricted funds
WHO - Western Pacific Region - Men's
Health Report 18,600 (18,600) -
TOTAL FUNDS 23,177 (41,468) (18,291)
Comparatives for movement in funds
Net
movement At
At 1.4.20 in funds 31.3.21
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 14,367 21,092 35,459
TOTAL FUNDS 14,367 21,092 35,459

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 37,440 (16,348) 21,092
TOTAL FUNDS 37,440 (16,348) 21,092

Purposes of restricted funds:

World Health Organisation - Western Pacific Region - Men's Health Report.

The project relates to production of a position paper on men's health in the WHO Western Pacific Region.

In the Trustees' opinion, there are sufficient resources held to enable each fund to be applied in accordance with the restrictions imposed by donors.

9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2022.

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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
2022 2021
£ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Charitable activities
Project delivery 18,600 30,939
Other income
Membership income 4,577 6,501
Total incoming resources 23,177 37,440
EXPENDITURE
Charitable activities
Sundries - 84
Contractors and associates 16,250 1,300
Consultancy 17,869 10,650
34,119 12,034
Support costs
Management
Consultancy 5,956 3,550
Finance
Bank charges 103 134
Information technology
Trustees' expenses 300 -
Governance costs
Accountancy and legal fees 990 630
Total resources expended 41,468 16,348
Net (expenditure)/income (18,291) 21,092

This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements

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