## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024** **Charity name: International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR)** |**Research (ICCHNR)**|**Research (ICCHNR)**|| |---|---|---| |**Charity registration number:**1197492
**Objectives and Activities**||| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|ICCHNR was registered in 1995 and operated
as Former Charity Number1042880 up to
31.12.2022. In 2022 ICCHNR was approved
as a CIO, Charity, Number, 1197492
The charity was set up to achieve the
following objectives:
a. Demonstrate the value of community health
care nursing research for improving the quality
of health care.
b. Advance and share knowledge of
community health care nursing practice
through research.
c. Increase personal commitment by
community nurses to evidence-based practice.
d. Encourage the appropriate use of research
for community nursing.
e. Promote awareness of the contribution of
community health care nursing to healthy
public policies and alliances.
ICCHNR’s objectives as a Foundation
Charitable Incorporated Organisation are to:
a. Advance education for the benefit of the
public concerning community health nursing
with a view to improving the quality of such
care for the benefit of the public.
b. Promote research into community health
nursing and to disseminate the useful results
of such research.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Working in partnership with other global and
local community nursing organisations
including the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI)
and the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland| activities, projects or services (QNIS) with a particular emphasis on Low- and identified in the accounts. Middle-Income countries (LMICs) to disseminate and generate evidence and research-based practice through organising conferences; awarding small grants to community nurses to undertake research projects and attend ICCHNR’s international conferences; organise the annual Lisbeth Hockey Memorial Lecture. Statement confirming Para 1.18 The Trustees are made aware of their whether the trustees have responsibilities and attention drawn to the had regard to the guidance Charity Commission guidance on issued by the Charity public benefit. Each Trustee is required to Commission on public complete an Annual Declaration of Interest. benefit **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment The ICCHNR Management Committee (up Para 1.38 to 15 members) and wider membership (52 Contribution made by individual members; 3 institutional members) volunteers are drawn upon to contribute to the achievement of the Charity’s aims. 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|Recruitment Drive to increase membership
to reflect diversity; Strengthening
Partnership working and funding
opportunities with the Queen’s Nursing
Institute (QNI).
Delivery of the 5thLisbeth Hockey Memorial
Lecture, December 2024:_‘From the Arctic_
_Circle to Outback Australia: Weaving People_
_Together with Culture in Healthcare’,_by Dr
Nina Sivertsen, in conjunction with Flinders
University, Adelaide, Australia; Review of
Communication and Marketing Strategy;
Website Review and Renewal; Planning and
coordination of International Community
Nursing Conference scheduled for April 15-
17, 2025:_‘The Race to Address Health_
_Inequalities: Community Nurses in the Lead’_
in conjunction with QNI and City St.
George’s, University of London; Publicising
fellowships to attend the conference and
encouraging potential delegates to apply and
submit abstracts as a key strategy to support
community nurses in LMICs. Supporting
project development and dissemination
among ICCHNR members; Ongoing
commitment to raising and maintaining the
profile of community nurses worldwide with a
particular emphasis on LMICs.| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The Trustees held a Strategy Away Day in
July 2024 to review ICCHNR’s strategy work
completed in 2023 and revise our vision and
mission statement to accurately reflect
organisational values, activities and goals.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|ICCHNR and QNI made a joint bid to the
Burdett Trust for Nursing to increase the
number of scholarships available to
community nurses in LMICs to enable them
to attend the 2025 ICCHNR International
Conference. The bid was successful and the
funds subsequently awarded in June 2024
supported 20 scholarships.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||| |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|1/1/2024 - 31/12/2024: Total Income: £6,677
Total Expenditure: £9,913
Net Loss: £ 3,236| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|To draw on the reserves to fund regular
administrative support, organisation of
conferences, public lectures, project awards
to community nurses; scholarships for
community nurses from LMICs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Opening Reserves: £26, 573
Closing Reserves: £ 23,337| |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|Charitable endowments and donations
(Grand Duo Charitable Trust Fund);
membership subscriptions; Partnership
working; Charity funding (Burdett Trust) for
scholarships and 2025 international
conference| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Ability to recruit a substantial cohort of
younger generation national and
international community nurses to reflect the
diversity of the global workforce to ensure
and sustain a dynamic, diverse and active
membership.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Foundation constitution| |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|Call for applications from global and national
community nursing organizations and
networks. Candidates submit CVs and are
shortlisted and interviewed by a panel
selected to represent ICCHNR to include
and/or any combination of the President, Co-
Directors, Chair and Trustees. Once formally
appointed and confirmed in writing, Trustees
sign a Declaration Letter. These methods
are followed as a standard operating
procedure.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Pre-interview briefings and meetings.
Individual Induction on request for new
Trustees and management committee
members. Induction Packs are under
consideration.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Trustees meet formally 4 times per
Annum. Minutes and key actions are
documented for each meeting. Wider
networks include the ICCHNR Management
Committee (up to 15 members) and wider
ICCHNR membership (currently 52
individual and 3 organisational members:
QNI, QNIS and the Wales Centre for Primary
and Emergency Care Research (PRIME
Centre Wales)| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|We have active relationships with
professional nursing, community nursing and
health visitor organisations in UK and
internationally.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research |Other name the charity uses|ICCHNR| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1197492| |Charity’s principal address|Centre for Health Services Studies
University of Kent
Canterbury CT2 7NZ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Emina
Hadziabdic
Associate
Professor Linnaeus
UniversitySweden|Trustee||ICCHNR President, Co-
Directors and Trustees| ||Dr Yvonne Parry,
Associate
Professor Flinders
University,
Australia|Trustee||| ||Dr Deborah
Stamps Founder
and chief executive
officer of Deborah
Stamps Consulting,
LLC, New York|Trustee||| ||Professor Pam
Smith Emerita
Professor, Nursing
Studies, University
of Edinburgh|Chair of Trustees||| ||Professor Gina
Higginbottom,
Emeritus Professor
of Ethnicity and
Community Health
University of
Nottingham|Co-Director and
Trustee||| ||Professor Sally
Kendall
Professor of
Community
Nursing and Public
Health
University of Kent|Co-Director and
Trustee||| ||Professor
Rosamund Bryar
Professor Emeritus
Community and
Primary Care
Nursing, City
University|Interim Treasurer
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Treasurer and 12/3/2024-14/07/2024
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Director name
Professor Sally Kendall Co-Director ICCHNR
Professor Gina Higginbottom Co-Director ICCHNR
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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how these 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 Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Professors Sally Kendall MBE and Gina Higginbottom MBE, Co-Directors; Dr Barbara Stilwell, President ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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)** **Full name(s)** Pamela Ann Smith **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 21 October 2025 |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS 2024**||||| |||||| |||||| |**INCOME**||**£**|**£**|| |Subscriptons||2,203||| |Donatons||4,100||| |Bank Interest||374||| |**TOTAL INCOME**|||**6,677**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |**EXPENDITURE**||||| |||||| |**Conference Costs**||||| |Hotel Deposit|(872)|||| |VFairs|(4,226)|||| |Oxford Abstracts|(708)|||| |**sub total Events**||(5,806)||| |**Overhead Costs**||||| |Staf Costs|(3,538)|||| |Website Costs|(550)|||| |Domain Easily|(19)|||| |**sub total Overhead Costs**||(4,107)||| |||||| |**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|||**(£9,913)**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |**NET LOSS***|||**(£ 3,236)**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||**Opening**|**Closing**|| |||||**Movement**| |**BANK BALANCES**||**1/1/24**|**31/12/24**|| |||||| |Current Account||145|247|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Reserve Account||26,428|23,090|| |||||| |**TOTAL**||**26,573**|**23,337**|**(3,236)**| |||||| *The loss for 2024 resulted from expensing some advance costs for the 2025 Conference. We anticipate that the 2025 conference will give rise to a surplus.