## **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**
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|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.**|
## **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|**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.**|
## **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||
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|---|---|---|
|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.**|
**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||
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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.**|
## **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**
|Charity name|Surgical teams Working in Africa Together for Safer
Surgery|
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|Other name the charity uses|SWIFTSS|
|Registered charitynumber|1186564|
|Charity’s principal address|6 Balniel Gate, London, SW1V 3SD|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Mark
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||Katharine
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||Karen Nugent||||
||Paul Smith||||
||Helena Kelly|Secretary|||
||Jonathan Linton||||
||Richard Constant|Chair|||
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– 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**|
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|**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**|
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NALDRE ACCOUNTANTS
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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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Institute UK & Ireland
Naldrett Accountants L5 the trading name of E¥itJust l.td. Registration number.. 2WJ244
Registered with the A550iiaLi(Trn of Taxation Technicians lor the purposes of anti laundering legislation
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:
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Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies:
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Secretarfes and Admlnlstrators)
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