2021-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1/1/2021 Period start date To 31/12/2021 Period end date

Charity name: Surgical teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery

Charity registration number: 1186564

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The purpose of the Charity is, for the public benefit, the advancement of health and the saving of lives, in particular (not not limited to) by facilitating improvements in surgical care in Africa and elsewhere.
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 main activity of the charity is to offer training courses to surgeons on safer and better surgical techniques that will culminate in sustainable and consistent surgery processes and techniques.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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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	The Charity’s first project is the Tanzania Mesh Hernia Project. Hernia surgery, however, is the most common general surgical procedure performed worldwide, including in Tanzania where there are an estimated 800,000 hernias currently requiring treatment. The morbidity rate is very high due to a lack of resources, training and inadequate procedures. The Project is proposing to adopt a well- established procedure using mesh for hernia repair, rather than a traditional suture plication technique. Phase 1 of the Project was undertaken in March 2020, when 72 surgeons (of all grades) and 5 centres were involved. Feedback and results were again very encouraging. The centres continue to use the Mesh technique and in the first year up to 150 operations were performed with no recurrences. The Charity has liaised with the University of Winchester and has completed the 1st phase of a research project which involved teaching/coaching our Tanzanian clinical counterparts techniques in undergoing qualitative research using the results obtained in Phase 2. Progress has been very slow in the last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41

Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	For this year, the Charity received income from donations, gift aid and from the University of Winchester to undergo a research project. There was minimal spend due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Currently, the reserves are £18,575. This was not spent during the year as travel to Tanzania did not materialise.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£18,744.00
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	The COVID-19 pandemic has hindered the Charities ability to raise awareness of the Charity and to raise money, mainly because the main grant holders have diverted their funds to address COVID-19 challenges.

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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	Our governing document is a trust deed.
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	Any person who is willing to act as a Trustee, and who would not be disqualified from acting under the provisions of Clause 10 in the CIO constitution, may be appointed to be a Trustee by a decision of the Trustees.

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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

Charity name	Surgical teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery
Other name the charity uses	SWIFTSS
Registered charitynumber	1186564
Charity’s principal address	6 Balniel Gate, London, SW1V 3SD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Mark Szymankiewicz
	Katharine Szymankiewicz
	Karen Nugent
	Paul Smith
	Helena Kelly	Secretary
	Jonathan Linton
	Richard Constant	Chair

– 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

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	Not applicable
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	Not applicable
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	Not applicable

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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) Full name(s) Helena Kelly Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Chair, etc) Date

SWIFTSS Financial Activities

January - December 2021

Income Donations and legacies Other Income (Gift Aid etc) Other Income (Uni of Winchester) Total Income Total Expenditures Accounting/Project Management Advertising/Promotional Bank charges Computer Costs Research Assistant Total Expenditures Net Operating Income Net Income/(Expenditure)	Total
	£25,590 £6,465 £17,000
	£49,055
	£49,055 £650 £450 £90 £148 £6,306
	£7,644
	£41,411
	£41,411

SWIFTSS Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2021

Fixed Asset Total Fixed Asset Cash at bank and in hand Charity Bank account Foreign Cash Total Cash at bank and in hand Debtors Debtors Total Debtors Net current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade Creditors Creditors Total Trade Creditors Current Liabilities Mark Shim Richard C Loan Total Current Liabilities Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets (liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Total net assets (liabilities) Charity funds Retained Earnings Surplus/(Deficit) Total Charity funds	Total
	£19,373 £129
	£19,502 £0
	£0
	£19,502 £798
	£798 £0 £0
	£0
	£798
	£18,704
	£18,704
	£18,704 -£22,707 £41,411
	£18,704

Spindle Cottage 2 Back Lane, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorchester. NALDRE￿ ACCOUNTANTS Dorset DT2 9TP Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of SWIFrss I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the actounts of the SWIFfss I'surgical teams Working In oFrlca ToqetherforSaferSurgery/l charity for the year ended 31 December 2021. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance wlth the requirements of the Charlties Act 20111'the Acy). I report In respect of my examinatioft of the Trusys accounts carrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinatlon I have followed all the appllcable Directions glven by the Charlty Commlssion under Section 145{5llb) of the Art. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examlnatlon and can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in ¢onneLtlon with the examlnatlon that would 8lve me cause to believe that in any material respert that: accountlng records were not kept In respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with those record5; or the accounts do not comply wlth the appllcable requirement5 wncernin8 the form and content of accounts set out In the Charltles (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true andfair view, which Is not matter considered as part of an Independent examinatlon.

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I confirm that I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attentlon should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name: JENNIFER ADAMS FCG TEP ATh (Fellow) Signed.. Date: )8f 2a Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies: FELLOW OF THE CHARTERED GOVERNANCE INSTITITE Iformerly the Instftute of Chartered Secretarfes and Admlnlstrators) Address: NALDRErr ACCOUNTANrs 2 Bad( Lane, Sydlln8 St Nidiolas Dorchester, Dorset. DT2 9TP