## **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## OPERATION This report explains OIUK’s objects, aims, major activities planned, and which groups will use and benefit from the charity’s services. The report includes a risk management statement which also refers to compliance with the applicable national standards. operationinternationaluk@gmail.com ## INTERNATIONAL 2024 Annual Report ## **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Table of Contents** **Information about OIUK ............................................................................................................................. 3 Trustees .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Our Aims and objectives ............................................................................................................................. 4** _**Purposes and Aims** .............................................................................................................................................. 4_ _**The focus of our work** ......................................................................................................................................... 4_ _**Who benefits from our services?** ........................................................................................................................ 5_ **Craig’s Playground at the Techiman Hospital, Ghana** .................................................................................. 5 _**Financial Review** ................................................................................................................................................. 6_ **Structure, Governance and Management .................................................................................................... 6** _**Governing Document** .......................................................................................................................................... 6_ _**Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees** ....................................................................................................... 6_ **Risk Management ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Organisational Structure ............................................................................................................................ 7** _**Related Parties** .................................................................................................................................................... 7_ _**Responsibilities of the Trustees** .......................................................................................................................... 8_ **Financial Statement ................................................................................................................................... 9** **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Information about OIUK** Charity Name: Operation International UK Charity registration number: 1189 398 Company registration number: CE 021 784 Financial Year End: 31 December 2024 Registered Office Address: Office 7, 35-37 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JN Accountant: Erin He, Chartered Accountant, Mpathy Accounting, 53 Bishopsthorpe Road London SE26 4PA ## **Trustees** Dr Sala Abdalla Ms Samantha Matin Dr Jennifer Watt **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Our Aims and objectives** ## **Purposes and Aims** Our charity’s purposes are as follows: The advancement of health, including the prevention or relief of sickness, amongst underprivileged communities in any part of the world by: - (a) Providing free surgical and medical care to patients in need of such care; - (b) Training local medical professionals; and - (c) Assisting with the development of a sustainable medical infrastructure. The relief of poverty of children living in underprivileged communities in any part of the world, including children living in orphanages, in such ways as the charity trustees shall think fit. The advancement of education of such children in such ways as the charity trustees shall think fit. ## **The focus of our work** Our main objectives continued to be to deliver safe surgical care, free at the point of use. We aim to do this by gathering a team of clinicians and surgical equipment and partnering with a hospital in a lower- or middle-income country (LMIC) to organise a short-duration trip to that hospital. During the trip we are allocated local staff and operating theatres with which we deliver a high volume of surgical procedures to the local population, who have been notified of our arrival in advance and travel far and wide to reach us. In addition to providing local support, our charity also helps to raise vital funds and coordinate care for individuals with complex medical needs who require specialist services elsewhere in the country. We work closely with families, healthcare providers, and partner organisations to ensure that those facing the most challenging circumstances can access the expert treatment and support they deserve—no matter where it’s available. **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Who benefits from our services?** Any community with limited access to safe, timely and affordable surgery may benefit from our services. Today, two-thirds of the world’s population do not have such access. There are 1.1 million Specialist Surgeons worldwide, yet less than 20% of those are in LMICs. Communities in Africa and Southeast Asia are particularly affected. Given that the population in LMICs represents almost 50% of the world’s population, it is clear that LMICs are severely underserved in the provision of surgical care. In addition to providing local support, our charity also helps to raise vital funds and coordinate care for individuals with complex medical needs who require specialist services elsewhere in the country. We work closely with families, healthcare providers, and partner organisations to ensure that those facing the most challenging circumstances can access the expert treatment and support they deserve—no matter where it’s available. A **Summary of activities** conducted in 2024 is outlined below. **Craig’s Playground at the Techiman Hospital, Ghana** OIUK partnered with the family of a volunteer who passed away during the Covid pandemic to raise funds for a playground at a hospital in Ghana. The hospital runs several paediatric services. Being a rural hospital, patients must travel for many days and stay for a minimum of one night. There were no play facilities on the campus for the children. Craig was a paediatric anaesthetist. He had joined a mission to this hospital in the past. A memorial in his name is a lasting tribute to his dedication to philanthropy and children’s health. OIUK coordinated the fundraising effort and partnered with the hospital on the due diligence of the planning, design and oversight of the playground build. ## **Fundraising** In 2024 we were successful in securing a grant from the Royal College of Surgeons of England to the value of £12,000 to help support future missions. A significant proportion of the monies were used to support the 2025 mission. **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Financial Review** The following funds were raised in 2024[1] : 1. £12, 000 grant from the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2. £ 10, 000 from donations via our GoFundMe campaign page for Craig’s children’s playground construction ## **Principal Funding Sources** We envisage that our primary funding sources will be a combination of grants, GoFundMe campaigns and funding support from our affiliated charity, Operational International Ltd[2] . Finally, we will submit grant applications for funding from charitable foundations committed to improving global health. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## **Governing Document** The organisation is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), registered on 7 May 2020. The company has a constitution which established the objects and powers of the CIO and is governed under its articles of association. ## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees** The directors of the CIO are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Under the requirements of the constitution a trustee will serve until i. the trustee dies, ii. if the CIO ceases to exist; or iii. The trustee sends notice of resignation to the charity trustees provided that there shall be at least one trustee after the notice of resignation takes effect. > 1 Amounts are approximate. Please refer to financial statement > 2 Operation International Limited (https://www.operationinternational.org). **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the accounts. Due to the nature of the charity’s work, the trustees seek to ensure that the needs of this group are appropriately reflected through the diversity of the trustee body, as well as the more traditional business and medical skills. ## **Risk Management** The Trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed. These risks and associated mitigants are outlined in the ‘Working Overseas’ and ‘Safeguarding’ policy documents that are both available on the trust website (www.oiuk.uk). These policies are reviewed every two years and updated where necessary. Where appropriate, systems and procedures have been established to mitigate identified risks to the CIO. In other instances, the charity will rely on the risk management procedures of the volunteer’s employer. For example, the Director of the charity has been designated as the safeguarding lead to ensure rapid response to any safeguarding concerns. All clinical volunteers are also required to have undertaken hospital-delivered safeguarding training within two years of joining a surgical mission. This ensures a uniform understanding of overall safeguarding responsibilities. We believe that this requirement, in conjunction with familiarity with our specific safeguarding policy, offers an acceptable control against safeguarding risks. ## **Organisational Structure** The CIO has three trustees who meet quarterly and are responsible for strategic direction and day-to-day management. ## **Related Parties** In so far as it is complimentary to the charity’s objects, the charity is guided by both the national and the international areas of surgical best practice. **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** The CIO also has an affiliate relationship with Operation International Ltd (OI Ltd), who have provided financial and organizational support to establish OIUK. The chair of Operation International UK is a member of the Board of Directors of Operation International Ltd. ## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** The trustees are required to prepare statements of receipts and payments for each financial year. A financial statement for the period 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 is provided within this report. The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the CIO, and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the CIO and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** ## **Financial Statement** I report on the accounts of the OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK for the year ended 31 December 2024. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity is preparing accrued accounts and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of CIMA. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act, - follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and - (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or ## **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities For the year 1[st] January to 31[st] December 2024** 2. (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Erin He Chartered Accountant Mpathy Accounting 53 Bishopsthorpe Road London SE26 4PA Date : 09 October 2025 OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities ear I, Janua to 31 December 2024 For the oPE￿170m IpllERNA71(Wi UK Foitht alto 31" DecemÈer 2024 T•W To Fuhd Fund• FurAI* T•W In¢M 21415 71.416 11.7 24) 9.110 155 TOI*1 14.cfje 3.401 4.J49 .3•5 7.41 TdffA ￿nI14 bI￿ghlI)r￿￿ fuhd•¢wrf•d 13.472 11472 17.021 17.821 13,4r OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Statement of Financial Activities ear I, Janua to 31 December 2024 For the lancl Shmtand NotQ5 toAcayJnts T4 Fund• cth4tbv*•id￿%llr i•.>Ji 13.712 301 >J IiYL2 14 11.4? 11422 l7 Arr￿1{1¥ Politie of pIepar￿￿on olacwuffls and as¥essmeM of iolr¢ ¢•n¢v The firbancial 51atErnent5 have bEen prepared underthe hi5torKal ujst cun¥ertwJn ￿th ems recc*nlsed at cost w tr3nsart*)n Val￿ Un￿$$ otherwise stated in the televant note5 to these Kwunts. The fiThancial Statements have been prepared in accordonce with th Staterr*rtt ol R*tcvnmtr￿ed Practice." At¢ountini byCharIt￿$ preparing1￿1r a¢ctyJntsin attordarlrewiih the Firwncial Repartln8 Standard aWiEable in the LIK and RepL*41tal Irtland IFR51021 arbd the Charities A(t 2011. The charity tonstitute5a pjblic beneth entity as dEfirbEd ty FPS102. The Tntrtee5consAor thaithere ar2 rbo material uncertairbt*s abcArt the chartys a￿lity to eohtinut Is a corftrn. l.Z •¢wuntSr neral funds are unrestr￿ed lunds whKh are availablE lor use at the dlKrotiDn of the Trn5tpe5 in furthprarKe ol the ienEral ubjectr¥e5 of thecharity which have nut been de￿gnated for other purrrf>ses. **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Balance Sheet and Notes to Accounts For the year to 31[st] December 2024** ## 1.3 OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Balance Sheet and Notes to Accounts For the year to 31st December 2024 Income and expenditure All income and expenditure have been recorded on an accrual’s basis. ## 2. Creditors due within one year Creditors falling due under one year Independent Examiner fee Total Taxation ## 3. The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and applied for charitable purposes. ## 4. ## 5. Trustees remuneration and expenses No remuneration and expenses directly or indirectly out of funds of the Charity were paid or payable for the year to any Trustees or to any person or persons known to be connected to any of them. Related party transactions There have been no transactions with related parties in the yea **OPERATION INTERNATIONAL UK Balance Sheet and Notes to Accounts For the year to 31[st] December 2024** 14