## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** # **From 22 July 2020 To 31 March 2021** **Charity name: International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease | DOHaD** **Charity registration number: 11190519** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To preserve and protect health and relieve
sickness in particular but not exclusively| |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|1. Promoting the coordination of a
research strategy in different countries
for the scientific exploration of early
development in relation to chronic
disease in later life
2. Promoting the development and
application of public health strategies to
prevent chronic disease
3. Supporting activities and professional
development to achieve these
objectives.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have all had regard to the
guidance issued by the Commission on
public benefit| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 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|This year has presented an unheralded
challenge for the DOHaD Society. Our
membership has been deeply affected by the
COVID pandemic. The Global pandemic has
made a significant impact on the frequency of
workshops, and most in-person meetings have
been either cancelled or have gone virtual.
Despite these hurdles the Society has engaged
in a number of activities to meet its objectives:
1. Worldwide webinars –the Society launched
online fully accessible webinars.Beginning in
April 2021, on the first Wednesday of each
month the Society partnered with a different
regional DOHaD society for each seminar to
showcase the work of a rising star in that
geography. The webinar features a 30-minute
presentation, followed by a Q&A and panel
discussion. The webinars are free to attend and
support our educational objectives.
2. The Society’s Brain Mobility Awards (BMA)
were established to facilitate training
opportunities, and the interchange of ideas and
expertise for emerging and early career
Members. This year 2 additional BMA were
awarded to early researchers in Chile and in
Canada. Supporting our junior researchers
supports our objective to facilitate research in
DOHAD around the world.
3. The Society’s largest activity, the 2022 World
Congress will be held in Vancouver, Canada,
August 2022 and has actively been planned in
2021. The World Congress science program
began in October 2021 with a Satellite Meeting
on Domestic Animal DOHaD & Epigenetics held
virtually and organized by Dr Marc-Andre Sirard
(Laval University, Quebec, Canada). It featured
innovative research from all over the world; this
meeting had registrants from more than ten
countries
4. The Society continues to support research
through its Journal (JDOHaD) that saw
continued activity with increased impact factor
rating and an increase in manuscripts
submitted.
5. Our regional Societies have spent the year
advocating and promoting life course-based
health strategies around the world through
public engagement, research, and education.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Society’s financial position is
documented using receipts and payments
accounts, which are independently audited
and have been approved by the Society’s
governing Council. Cash funds for the
2020-2021 year end was £73,406.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Society’s has a reserves policy that
has been approved by the Society’s
governing Council. This policy is based on
the Society’s known and potential liabilities.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Currently set at £45,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g., unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(Association’ Model)| |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|1. Elections are held bi-annually, to elect
one-third of the charity trustees, thus
replacing each charity trustee every six
years. If the number of charity trustees
is not three or a multiple of three, then
the number nearest to one-third shall| retire from office but if there is only one charity trustee, he or she shall retire. 2. The charity trustees to retire by rotation shall be those who have been longest in office since their last appointment or reappointment. If any trustees were last appointed or reappointed on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot. 3. Elections are held by an electronic mail process completed not later than the end of June in the relevant year. Charity trustees shall hold office from the conclusion of the next scientific meeting after the election. Serving charity trustees may be re-elected. If any charity trustee should retire mid-term, interim elections may be held. 4. The date of any election shall be notified by the Secretary in a call for nominations. The call for nominations shall precede the ballot by at least 28 days and ballot papers shall be circulated 14 days in advance if posts are contested. The names of those elected shall be circulated to members or announced at the AGM. 5. The charity trustees may in addition appoint not more than 2 co-opted charity trustees but so that no-one may be appointed as a co-opted member if, as a result, more than one third of the charity trustees would be co-opted. Each appointment of a co-opted member shall be made at a special meeting of the charity trustees called under clause 19(c) and shall take effect from the end of that meeting unless the appointment is to fill a place which has not been vacated in which case the appointment shall run from the date when the post becomes vacant. 6. The members of the CIO or the charity trustees may at any time decide to appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a charity trustee who has retired or been removed in accordance with clause 15 (Retirement and removal of charity trustees), or as an additional charity trustee, provided that the limit specified in clause 12(3) on the number of charity trustees would not as a result be exceeded. 7. A person so appointed by the members of the CIO shall retire in accordance with the provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting after the date of his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that meeting. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|As Above| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|As Above| |Charity’s principal address|MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre
University of Southampton
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton
SO16 6YD| |Charity’s postal address|DOHaD Society
KCL Dept Women and Children’s Health
10th Floor
North Wing
St Thomas’ Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
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7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Professor Lucilla Poston|President||| ||Professor Deborah Sloboda|Secretary||| ||Professor Keith Godfrey|Treasurer||| ||Professor Caroline Fall|Trustee||| ||Professor Mark Hanson|Trustee||| ||Professor Shane Norris|Trustee||| ||Charlotte Fitzgerald|Trustee||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **N/A Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **N/A** **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets No assets are held by the Society in this capacity held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Professor Lucilla Poston (President) | Professor Deborah Sloboda (Secretary) ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signed** **on behalf of the**|**charity’s trustees**|| |---|---|---| |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g., Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| ||Professor Deborah Sloboda|Professor Keith Godfrey| ||

Secretary|Treasurer| |||| |||| |**THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR**|**THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR**||| |---|---|---|---| |**DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND**||**1116722**|| |**DISEASE| DOHAD**
**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |**01/04/2020**
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|**31/03/2021**|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipsubscriptions(full,student & affiliate)|13,992||-||-||13,992||18,414| |Returned OHSU workshop payment|||-||-||||717| |DOHaD Journal income|||-||-||||15,554| |Account bankingadjustment|||||||||53| |Sponsorships for DOHaD 2019 travel awards|||||||||1,500| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|13,992||-||-||13,992||36,238| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**36,238**| ||||||||||| |
Administration including teleconference charges,
promotional materials & secretariat support|6,305||-||-||6,305||15,433| |Web &journalpromotion of Societyobjectives|8,543||-||-||8,543||669| |DOHaD Canada Membership processing|4,057||||||4,057||| |Legal advice for transition from charityto CIO|3,040||**-**||**-**||3,040||| |Brain mobility award|3,129||**-**||**-**||3,129||| |World Congress early career researcher awards|||-||-||-||15,832| |Workshop support (Japan)|||-||-||-||845| |Workshop support (EuropeanSummerSchool)|||-||-||-||765| |Workshop support (Canada)|||-||-||-||773| |Workshop support (Trainees atDOHaD 2019)|||-||-||-||1,483| |**_Sub total_**|25,074||-||-||25,074||35,800| |**_Sub total_**||25,074||-||-||||25,074||35,800| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**||||||||||||| |**table)**||||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**||**25,074**||**-**|||**-**|||**25,074**||**35,800**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**|**11,081**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|**11,081**||**438**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**84,487**||**-**||**-**||||**84,487**||**84,049**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||**73,406**||**-**|||**-**|||**73,406**||**84,487**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2022 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end**|**of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
DOHaD Society general funds
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**73,406**
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**73,406**
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OK
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Print Name
Professor Keith Godfrey
Professor Deborah Sloboda|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| |||Professor Keith Godfrey|22/01/2022| |||Professor Deborah Sloboda|22/01/2022| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/01/2022 2