2023-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 2023

From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date

Charity name: MAKE A MEDIC

Charity registration number: 119234

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Make a Medic, founded in 2019, produces high-quality medical education resources for students based primarily in the UK, and uses the funds raised from our affordable subscription fees to create grants for medical education and public health-related initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.
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	Our main sources of fundraising originate from subscriptions for high-quality online medical resources and direct donations for our projects.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees confirm reading the guidance issued by theCharity Commission on public benefit.

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SORP reference NIL Para 1.38 Policy on grant making NIL Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment NIL Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers

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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	Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) project delivered by SCI Foundation (SCIF) - FGS is a water borne parasitic infection which can lead to ectopic pregnancies, infertility, and increased risk of co-infection with HIV and HPV - SCIF works in partnership with governments in sub-Saharan Africa to deliver impactful, cost-effective projects to tackle neglected tropical diseases such as FGS focused in Côte d’lvoire - Donation by Make a Medic was used towards phase 1 of the FGS project: to develop a validated risk questionnaire with the aim of scaling up to a national level. N’gandu Community Project delivered by The butterfly Tree - The butterfly Tree is a Zambia based charity who work with rural communities decimated by the HIV and AIDS pandemic to provide clean water, feeding programmes, health and education facilities and malaria prevention. - The N’gandu projects furthers the above aims by pledging to build 4 sturdy family homes, fund 12 weeks of after school activities, provide learning materials for children, fund 10 HIV prevention workshops with a potential reach of 400-450 young people and fund 2 mother/child workshops with a potential reach of 120 mothers. Delivering second hand medical textbooks to Afe Babalola University Medical School Association to be donated to 57 medical students with the rest donated to the university’s library. Steth of Hope Campaign

-	Project involved developing and
	managing a fundraising campaign
	to ship 200 Glia stethoscopes to
	African Medical students.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	NIL
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	NIL
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	NIL
Other		NIL

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Make a Medic finished the year in a strong financial position. We generated a gross income of£9166.94, primarily through donations and courses, topped up by sponsorship deals. Of this, roughly75% was donated to our various projects throughout the year, and25%went towards our various expenses and reserves. Our largest expenses were(£3,000) donated to the Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) Project delivered by SCI Foundation and(£3,000)donated to The butterfly Tree for the N’gandu Community . We ended with a secure surplus of over £816.94, ready to face unexpected challenges and continue improving lives in the new year.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Make a Medic holds a sum of £500 reserves to ensure payments for subscriptions and other contractor costs, crucial for the day-to-day running of the charity, are paid on time.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£500
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	NIL
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	NIL
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	NIL

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	1. Donations (£2,481.82) 2. Courses (£4,785.12) 3. Sponsorship (£1,900.00)
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	NIL
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	NIL

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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
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	Appointed by Founder (Dr Lasith Ranasinghe). Reviewed annually.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	NIL
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	Three trustees (Dr. Lasith Ranasinghe, Dr. Syra Dhillon and Dr. Fatima Osman) Five other executive committee members (Aleksandra Dunin-Borkowska, Alexandra Pinto, Christopher Goulden, Akash Srinivasan, Aniruddh Prabhu)
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	NIL
Other		NIL

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Make a Medic
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1192343
Charity’s principal address	36 Admirals Way Hethersett Norwich NR93AQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	DR LASITH RANASINGHE	-	-	-
	DR SYRA DHILLON			DR LASITH RANASINGHE
	DR FATIMA OSMAN			DR LASITH RANASINGHE

– 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 **
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets NIL held in this capacity Name and objects of the NIL charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NIL safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Other optional information

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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) DR FATIMA OSMAN Position (eg Secretary, TRUSTEE (FINANCES) Chair, etc) Date 02/04/2024