## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01.07.22 **Period start date To** 30.06.23 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Doctors' Support Network **Charity registration number:** 1196277 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|_The objects of the Charity's shall be to_
_relieve the needs of medical practitioners_
_and others in the medical profession who_
_are suffering or have suffered mental_
_health problems or other distress for the_
_benefit of the public particularly by the_
_provision of self-help groups and the_
_dissemination of information about mental_
_health issues within the medical profession._| |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|Facilitation of informal peer support via an
online forum and campaigning to improve
physician (doctors’) mental health| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have appropriately considered
the guidance on public benefit in planning
its activities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|See DSN’s grant making policy linked here| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity is entirely
member (volunteer) -run.| ## **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|Facilitated informal peer support via an
online forum for members only.
Contributed to the British Medical
Association working group on wellbeing
support for doctors and medical students
and the General Medical Council equality,
diversity & inclusion advisory forum.
Continued our coaching project funded by
donation from the directors of the downing
Strategic Micro-Cap investment trust
Made grant to fund Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) assessment and diagnosis
for doctors under care of NHS Practitioner
Health (facilitated by grant from Medical
Defence Union members).
Main aim of the charity is to provide
reassurance and peer support for doctors
experiencing mental illness who can often
feel extremely isolated.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|See accounts to 30.06.23 linked here| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|See DSN's reserves policy linked here| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£74,671| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from members and the public –
in addition there was another grant from
Medical Defence Union members| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|See DSN investment policy linkedhere| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Risks considered include financial viability,
reputational damage, privacy and
charitable status.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution linked here| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (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|See sections 12 to 16 of the current
constitution linked above.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Doctors’Support Network| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|DSN| |Registered charity number|1196277| |Charity’s principal address|c/o St John's Surgery
Main Road
Terrington St John
Wisbech
Cambs.
PE14 7RR| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Angelika Luehrs|Co-chair||N/A| ||Louise Freeman|Co-chair||N/A| ||Malcolm Kinnear|Vice chair||N/A| ||Ross Freeman|Treasurer||N/A| ||Susan Atcheson|MembershipSecretary||N/A| ||Matthew Christie|||N/A| ||Kaman Hansford|||N/A| ||JennyHolmes|||N/A| ||Clive Morgan|||N/A| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved - NONE Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity - NONE ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this N/A falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets N/A from the charity’s own assets ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Dr Angelika Luehrs **Full name(s)** Dr Louise J Freeman **Position (eg Secretary,** Co-chair Co-chair **Chair, etc) Date** 12.12.23 1 ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Doctors’ Support Network** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2023 which are set out on pages 3 to 8. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. 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 seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have been met. 2 Name: Roger Wrayford Relevant Professional qualification/professional body: BSc Hons Address: 2 Sherford Terrace, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3SE Date: 22.2.24 3 APPENDIX 2 Enter SC No. below Enter charity name below **Doctors' Support Network (charity No. 1103741)** **SC046980** |||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period sta||rt date|||Period e||nd date||| |||Day|Month||Year|**to**|Day|Mon|th|Year|| |||01|**01 July**
July|**202**|**2**||30|June||**2023**|| ||||||||||||| |**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**|||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Total funds**
**current period**
**to nearest £**||**Total funds last**
**period**
**to nearest £**| |Donations|**-**||||||||**-**||**3,178**| |Legacies|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Grants|**-**|**-**|||||||**-**||**15,612**| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|**-**||||||||**-**||**33**| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Income from investments other than
land and buildings|**-**||||||||**-**||**10**| |Rents from land & buildings|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Gross receipts from other charitable
activities|||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A1 Sub total_**|
**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**18,833**| |**A2 Receipts from asset & investment**
**sales**|||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Proceeds from sale of investments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A2 Sub total_**|
**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**6,690**| ||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|**-**||||||||**-**||**20**| |Gross trading payments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Investment management costs|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Payments relating directly to charitable
activities|**-**|**-**|||||||**-**||**6,310**| |Grants and donations|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Governance costs:|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Audit / independent examination|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Legal costs|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Other|||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||**-**||| |**_A3 Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**6,330**| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**
**investment movements**|||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Purchase of investments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A4 Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|||||||||||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**1,846**| ||||||||||||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**4,844**| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**4,844**| 4 APPENDIX 2 **Doctors' Support Network (charity No. 1103741)** **SC046980** ## **Section B Statement of balances** |**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**
**B3 Other assets**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash and bank balances at start of year||**-**|||**-**|**67,922**| ||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account||**-**|||**-**|**12,543**| ||Transfer to CIO 1196277||**-**|||**-**|**80,465)**
**(**| |||||||**-**|**-**| ||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||5,720|- 35,470|-|
-|- 29,750|8,699| |||||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Market valuation**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Total**
**Cost (if available)**
**to nearest £**|**-**|
**-**| |||||||**Current value (if**
**available)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Total**
**Fund to which l**|**-**|
**-**|
**-**| ||||||**iability relates**|**Amount due**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Fund to which l**|**Total**
**iability relates**|**-**|**-**| |||||||**Amount due**
**(estimate)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||
**Signature**|||**Print Name**|**Total**|**-**|
**-**| ||||||||**Date of**
**approval**| ||||Dr A Luehrs||||12.12.23| ||||Dr L Freeman||||12.12.23| 5 APPENDIX 2 **Doctors' Support Network (charity No. 1103741)** **SC046980** |**Section C Notes to the**|**Accounts**|**Accounts**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**C3a Trustee remuneration**
**C4a Trustee expenses**
**C1 Nature and purpose of**
**funds**_(may be stated on_
_analysis of funds worksheets)_
**C2 Grants**
**C3b Trustee remuneration -**
**details**
**C6 Other information**
**C5 Transactions with trustees**
**and connected persons**
**C4b Trustee expenses -**
**details**|||||| ||||||| ||**Type of activity or project supported**||**Individual /**
**institution**|**Number of grants**
**made**
**£**|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||**Total**|**-**
| ||||||| ||If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a
trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)||||**X**| ||**Authority under which paid**||||**£**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box
(otherwise complete section 4b)||||**X**| |||**Nature of transaction**||**Number of**
**trustees**|**£**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||
**Nature of relationship**|||**Transaction**
**amount (£)**|**Balance**
**outstanding at**
**period end(£)**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||The Doctors' Support Network charity changed over from operating as a charity
No.1103741 to a CIO No.1196277 on 26 April 2022.
Consequently, all business was condiucted under the CIO for the financial year being
considerd (1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023) and this is subject to a separate submission.||||| 6 APPENDIX 2 Enter SC No. below Enter charity name below **Doctors' Support Network (CIO 1196277)** **SC046980** |||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period sta||rt date|||Period e||nd date||| |||Day|Month||Year|**to**|Day|Mon|th|Year|| |||1|July||2022||30|June||**2023**|| ||||||||||||| |**Section A Statement of receipts and payments**|||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Total funds**
**current period**
**to nearest £**||**Total funds last**
**period**
**to nearest £**| |Donations|**1,486**||||||||**1,486**||**487**| |Legacies|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Grants|**15,272**|**-**|||||||**15,272**||**-**| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|**48**||||||||**48**||**5**| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Income from investments other than
land and buildings|**521**||||||||**521**||**5**| |Rents from land & buildings|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Gross receipts from other charitable
activities|||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**17,327**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**17,327**||**497**| |**A2 Receipts from asset & investment**
**sales**|||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Proceeds from sale of investments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A2 Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| ||**17,327**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**17,327**||**497**| ||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|**447**||||||||**447**||**10**| |Gross trading payments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Investment management costs|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Payments relating directly to charitable
activities||**5,040**|||||||**5,040**||**2,261**| |Grants and donations|**15,000**||||||||**15,000**||**-**| |Governance costs:|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Audit / independent examination|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Legal costs|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Other|||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A3 Sub total_ **|**15,447**|**5,040**||**-**|||**-**||**20,487**||**2,271**| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**
**investment movements**|||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets|||||||||**-**||**-**| |Purchase of investments|||||||||**-**||**-**| |**_A4 Sub total_ **|**-**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|||||||||||| ||**15,447**|**5,040**||**-**|||**-**||**20,487**||**2,271**| ||||||||||||| ||**1,880**|**5,040)**
**(**||**-**|||**-**||**3,160)**
**(**||**1,774)**
**(**| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| ||**1,880**|**5,040)**
**(**||**-**|||**-**||**3,160)**
**(**||**1,774)**
**(**| 7 APPENDIX 2 **Doctors' Support Network (CIO 1196277)** **SC046980** ## **Section B Statement of balances** |**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**
**B3 Other assets**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**57,961**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash and bank balances at start of year||**19,870**|||**77,831**|**-**| ||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account|**1,880**|**5,040)**
**(**|||**3,160)**
**(**|**1,774)**
**(**| ||Transfer to CIO 1196277 from charity
1103741|||||**-**|**79,605**| |||||||**-**|**-**| ||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**59,841**|**14,830**|**-**|**-**|**74,671**|**77,831**| |||- 13,156|- 30,910|-|
-|- 44,066|- 4,844| |||||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Market valuation**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Total**
**Cost (if available)**
**to nearest £**|**-**|
**-**| |||||||**Current value (if**
**available)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Total**
**Fund to which l**|**-**|
**-**|
**-**| ||||||**iability relates**|**Amount due**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Fund to which l**|**Total**
**iability relates**|**-**|**-**| |||||||**Amount due**
**(estimate)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||
**Signature**|||**Print Name**|**Total**|**-**|
**-**| ||||||||**Date of**
**approval**| ||||Dr A Luehrs||||| ||||Dr L Freeman||||| 8 APPENDIX 2 **Doctors' Support Network (CIO 1196277)** **SC046980** |**Section C Notes to the**|**Accounts**|**Accounts**|**Accounts**|**Accounts**|**Accounts**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**C3a Trustee remuneration**
**C4a Trustee expenses**
**C4b Trustee expenses -**
**details**
**C6 Other information**
**C5 Transactions with trustees**
**and connected persons**
**C3b Trustee remuneration -**
**details**
**C1 Nature and purpose of**
**funds**_(may be stated on_
_analysis of funds worksheets)_
**C2 Grants**|||||| ||Restricted fund is a donation from the directors of the Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust to
support coaching of doctors concerning their wellbeing around COVID-19.||||| ||**Type of activity or project supported**
Grant to support autistic spectrum disorder diagnoses.||**Individual /**
**institution**
**NHS**
**Practitioner**
**Health**|**Number of grants**
**made**
**£**|| |||||**1**|**15,000**| |||||**]**|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||**Total**|**15,000**
| ||||||| ||If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a
trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)||||**X**| ||**Authority under which paid**||||**£**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box
(otherwise complete section 4b)||||**X**| |||**Nature of transaction**||**Number of**
**trustees**|**£**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||**Nature of relationship**
|||**Transaction**
**amount (£)**|**Balance**
**outstanding at**
**period end(£)**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||The Doctors' Support Network charity changed over from operating as a charity No. 1103741 to a CIO No.
1196277 on 26th April 2022.
Note that the specific DSN items included as "Expenses for fundraising activities" and "Payments relating
directly to charitable activities" have been revised for this financial year.|||||