## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||~ ~| |---|---|---|---| ||||The advancement
ofeducation
and the preservation
and protection
of| ||||health
in particular
but not exclusively
by:| |Summary
ofthe objects ofthe
charity set out in its|||a)
undertaking
research
into altitude-related
illnesses
and
disseminating
the useful results for public benefit| |governing|document||b)
raising awareness
and educating
the public about altitude-related
illnesses| ||||The chanty was registered
by the Charities
Commission
in England
and
Wales on 3"January 2020. Since 1994the charity had been| ||||incorporated
and registered
in Scotland and had conducted
several| ||||medical research expeditions
over the years, disseminating
the results of| ||||the research at academic meetings.
Educational
courses
in altitude| ||||medicine were run for clinicians.
In addition the charity had been| ||||instrumental
in the setting
up ofthe diploma
in Mountain
Medicine
and| ||||had underwritten
the diploma
until its transfer to the Royal College of| ||||Surgeons
in Edinburgh
in 2016.| |Suinmary
ofthe main
activities undertaken
for the
public benefit
in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration
that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Cominission
on public
benefit)|||One lasting legacy of all the research
is the Travel at High Altitude
booklet, written
and compiled
by the Charity
in 2007 and published
in
booklet form to be given free of charge to people travelling
to high
altitudes
and to those that work in the trekking
industry
to help to educate
travellers
in the health issues faced at altitude.
The Trustees
have had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public benefit and this booklet is available
free ofcharge
on an App to everyone
and advertised
via the Medical Expeditions
website.
As the Trustees and activities had moved south ofthe border over the
years, the decision was made to transfer the charitable
organisation
to be| ||||regulated
in England and Wales and to close the Scottish charity. The| ||||assets from the Scottish charity were transferred
to the new CIO in April| ||||2020 and the Scottish charity and company
were closed
in September| ||||2020.| |~|~|||~
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ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||||Our plans for 2021 were once again put on hold due to the pandemic.
As
much of our work involves
advising
and educating
people that go to high
altitude,
due to the difficulty oftravelling
during 2021, we have been
inactive.
In addition, as three ofthe four trustees are clinicians,
they|| |||||have been very busy with their day jobs. There are now signs that travel|| |||||to high altitude
will be recovering
a little and recently a medic reached for|| |||||the advice on our app during a patient consultation
on advice for travel|to| |||||altitude. We look forward to being able to pursue
our plans once|| |||||restrictions
are lifted and the new normal settles down.|| |||||Mention
must be made ofthe exceptional
work done during the COVID|| |||||crisis by clinicians who have been previous trustees
of Medical|| |||||Expeditions
and/or
involved
in the development
ofresearch
and|| |||||education for the charity.|| |||||z)
Professor Andrew
Pollard had been knighted
for the clinical|| |||||development
ofthe Oxford AstraZeneca
vaccine against COVID-|| |||||19.|| |||||2) Volunteers
who had trained
or been involved
in Medical|| |||||Expeditions
activities over the years have been prominent
in the|| |||||care of patients
with severe COVID-19, linked to interests
in low|| |||||oxygen level.|| |||||3) One ofour current trustees
has been prominent
in the research|| |||||on severe COVID-19, linked to interests
in low oxygen
level|| |||||(including
the GenOMICC study on the genetics ofsevere|| |||||COVID-19 published
in Nature).|| |||||4)
Dr Nick Mason, another ofthe IVledical Expeditions
alumni
won|| |||||the prestigious
Amateur
Photographer
Power of Photography|| |||||Award for 2021 on capturing
the experience of working
on ITU|| |||||during
the pandemic
in photographs
and text, which was|| |||||published
in The Guardian
nationally.|| |||||There are many others who have contributed
in numerous
ways|| |||||through
their links to Medical Expeditions
and the networks
that have|| |||||been established
over the years, which can be called upon
in an|| |||||emergency,
demonstrate
that the work ofthe charity has had many|| |||||benefits to the wider community.|| |||||The Charity
will maintain
sufficient reserves to enable
it to fulfil its current|| |Brief statement|||ofthe|activity of supporting
an online App to promote
healthy
travelling
at|| |charity's|policy||on reserves|altitude.|| |Details ofany
in deficit||funds materially||No funds are in deficit.|| |Further financial|||review details|(Optional
information)|| ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## ## |||||3wJanuary 2020| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||2021|to 31"December 2020| ||||E|E| |Receipts||||| |Received from Medical Expeditions,||||| |a Scottish registered||charity, on its closure||13,834| |Total receipts||||13,834| |Payments||||| |Postage and|packaging ofGamow bag||44|| |Domain
name costs|||43|| |Net deficit/surplus|||(87)|13,834| |Statement ofassets||and liabilities at 31December 2021||| ||||2021|2020| ||||E|f| |Cash at bank|- HSBC||13,747|13,834| |Net assets|||13,747|13,834| |Linrestricted|funds brought
forward||13,834|0| |Payments
in|year||(87)|13,834| |Unrestricted|funds carried forward||13,747|13,834| |Signed by|||||