## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From period start date:** April 2024 **To period end date** March 2025
**Charity name:** Demeter
## **Charity registration number:** 1191266
## **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 objects of Demeter are:
The relief of sickness and the
perseveration and protection of health
for the public benefit in the UK, Malawi
and such other parts of the world as
the trustees shall from time to time
determine by:
a) promoting the intrinsic value of
quality of life by raising awareness of
the positive impact that palliative care
can have on the lives of people
suffering from terminal illness, their
family and friends;
b) promoting the inclusion of pain
relief and palliative care services in
health systems, in particular but not
exclusively by providing grants and
expertise to build capacity in health
care systems thereby embedding good
palliative care practices and ensuring
fair and equitable access to pain
medication in healthcare settings for
the benefit of all patients.|
|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 activities undertaken have
been to develop a project to audit
morphine use in Malawi, one of the
countries with the most opaque
morphine usage for palliative care.
Demeter has also been raising
awareness of the global issue of
inequality of access to morphine for
palliative care through the website and
social media channels.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard to the guidance issues
by the Charity Commission on public benefit.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|Demeter has developed and submitted
several bids to source the funds to deliver
the final phase of the Malawi audit without
success.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Demeter has not been successful in
fundraising any income during this year.
There was no income or expenditure during
this year.
The balance of Demeter is £294|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|There are no reserves due to there being no
ongoing running costs at present.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None held.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|There are no reserves due to there being no
ongoing running costs at present.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable at this time|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable at this time.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Fundraising in previous year which included
a crowdfunder campaign, donations through
the website and online sale of Christmas
cards.
There was no successful fundraising this
year.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Demeter has developed a partnership
policy; which is the principle way
Demeter wishes to achieve its
objectives. Partners need to adhere to
the same values and principles as laid
out in the partnership policy. Thereis|
|||also a grant making policy outlining
the standards and safeguards in which
partners can access and utilise funds
andresourcesfrom Demeter.|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Demeter faces two key risks:
- the inability to fundraise the funds to
complete the fnal phase of the
morphine audit in Malawi which has
been mitigated through bids to funding
organisations
- The morphine audit fails to infuence
government policy and not impacting
on reduction of inequality of access to
morphine.
Demeter manages its risks through a
standing agenda item at every trustee
board meeting. We log and track
mitigationsin therisk log.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution document|
|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|Apart from the frst charity trustees,
every trustee must be appointed [for a
term of two years] by a resolution
passed at a properly convened
meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for
appointment as charity trustees, the
charity trustees must have regard to
the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the efective administration
of the CIO.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Demeter|
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|Other name the charity uses|Not applicable|
|Registered charity number|1191266|
|Charity’s principal address|39 Sandown Lees, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NZ|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Daniel Lewis||||
||Jessica Melville-
Brown||||
||Rachel Cottam||||
||Eleanor Holland||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|||
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|Gemma Dawson|Managing Director||
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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|None held|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|None held|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|None held|
## **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
**Not applicable at this time**
## **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)** G DAWSON **Full name(s)** GEMMA DAWSON
**Position (eg** MANAGING DIRECTOR **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**
7[th] May 2025