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|Summary
the charity
governing|ofthe purposes of
as set out in its
document||Pars 1.17|To advance education
in the field of
Neuroscience
and promote the
improvement
ofthe care and treatment
of
atients for the
ublic benefit.|
|Summary ofthe main
activities
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The South ofEngland
Neurosciences
Association
(SENA) held two neuroscience|
|purposes
benefit,
in|for the public
particular,
the|||educational
events this year and raised
funds off36,000to improve
health and|
|activities, projects or
services identified
in||the||well-being
of people with neurological
conditions
throughout
southeast
England.|
|accounts.|||||
|||||The benefit that arises to the public is|
|||||neuroscience
education
and improvement|
|||||ofthe care and treatment
of
atients.|
|Statement
confirming
whether the trustees||have|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they have
complied
with the duty in Section 17ofthe|
|had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public||||Charities Act 2011 and have referred to the
guidance
contained
in the Charity
Commissions'
general guidance
on public|
|benefit||||benefit when reviewing
the Charity's
aims|
|||||and objectives, and in planning
future|
|||||activities.|
|ou ma
c|hoose to|include fu|rther statement
SORP reference|s
where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||The charity does not currently
receive or|
||||Para 1.38|award grants.|
|Policy on|grant making|||A decision was made to defer award
giving|
|||||to 2023/24 —grant-making
policy to support|
|||||this is in
roduction.|
|||||None (not applicable).|
|Policy on
induding
investment|social investment
program
related||Para 1.38|Any significant
amounts
ofcash at bank,
which are likely to be used in the short
term, are placed on deposit.|
|||||Trustees would consider a low-risk medium|
|||||term investment
o tion, should its ca ital|
||||||position change|but this is not anticipated|but this is not anticipated|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||at this time or in|the short term.||
|Contribution|made|by|||None.|||
|volunteers|||Para|1.38||||
|Other|||||SENA Risk Register assessment||carried|
||||||out and approved|by Trustees.||
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|||||The South ofEngland
Neurosciences||
|||||Association
(SENA) held two educational||
|||||events on neuroscience
health this year.||
|Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,|||Para 1.20|SENA continues to respond
to post||
|identifying|the|difference the||pandemic
changing
needs
in terms of||
|charity's|work|has made to||education
and following feedback, this||
|the circumstances
of its||||year's events were hybrid
in nature-||
|beneficiaries
and any wider||||available
to attend in-person or online. The||
|benefits to society as a||||'host neuroscience
centre' continued
on a||
|whole.||||rotational
basis, with the Spring event||
|||||hosted by Queen Mary's University
of||
|||||London and the Autumn
event hosted by||
|||||the National
Hospital ofNeurology
&||
|||||Neurosurgery.||
|||||Trustees were pleased tosee continuing||
|||||high attendance
at these two successful||
|||||events —scoring 93%overall satisfaction|by|
|||||attendees
surveyed.||
|||||Feedback confirmed
that through||
|||||these educational
events that neurological||
|||||excellence was encouraged
through||
|||||training ofneurologist Ineuroscience||
|||||professionals
and trainees,
both in clinical||
|||||practice and research findings.||
|||||Furthermore,
leamings
from patient interest||
|||||groups provided
guidance
and fostered||
|||||communication
on complex neurological||
|||||well-being
for patients
&carers,||
|||||SENA is committed
to all aspects of||
|||||education
and training
in neuroscience
and||
|||||its continuing
professional
development||
|||||(CPD) is recognised
by the Royal College||
|||||of Physicians
(RCP) who awarded
CPD||
|||||points to attendees
for attending
SENA||
|||||educational
events this year - an||
|||||endorsement
that the SENA trustees were||
|||||proud to deliver and plan to continue,
in||
|||||partnership
with the RCP into the future. .||
|SENA*s online offering was also enhanced|
|---|
|this year to include more educational|
|information
and webinars
by global leaders|
|ofneuroscience
on its website.|
|In February this year, Trustees were|
|pleased to announce
that SENA was|
|granted
Charitable
Incorporated|
|Organisation
(CIO) status by the Charity|
|Commission
for England 8 Wales. This will|
|enable the charity to continue
delivering|
|neuroscience
education
and fully aligns to|
|the SENA's strategy for sustainable
growth.|
|This year saw the highest
number of,|
|individuals
registered
with SENA since the|
|association was established
38years ago.|
|The charity also received record levels of
sponsorship,
amounting
tof36000.This|
|enabled the CIO to meet its operational|
|costs of running
the two educational
events|
|and maintain
its online offering
/ website,|
|With charity status
in place, SENA also got|
|HMRC approval
for Gift Aid, which was|
|launched
at the end ofthis year for|
|additional
fundraising
opportunities
for the|
|chari
into 2023 and be ond.|
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cho|o|se to include fur|ther statement|s
where relevant about|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||No formal targets were set with regards to|
|||||donations.|
|Achievements||against|Para 1.41||
|objectives set||||Trustees are pleased to report that SENA|
|||||continues to have sufficient funds to meet|
|||||committed ex enditure.|
|||||N/A. No formal targets were set with|
|||||regards to fundraising.|
|Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|||Para 1.41|Trustees are pleased to report that funds|
|set||||from sponsorship
increased year on year.|
|Investment
performance
against objectives|||Para 1.41|N/A. The charity does not have any
investments.|
|Other|||||
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|Review|ofthe charity's|Para 121|At the end|ofthe pepod, the CIO had funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|financial|position at the end||amounting|tof48,918(this includes net|
|ofthe|iod||rofit in the|riod off10,217.|
|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves||Para 1.22|While no reserves
policy is necessary,
given the CIO has no ongoing
financial||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|stating|why|||they|are|held|||||commitments,
SENA operates a policy||of||
||||||||||||holding adequate
reserves to cover the||||
||||||||||||cost ofthe next educational
event plus||||
||||||||||||contin
enc .||||
|Amount||ofreserves||||held||||Para 1.22|f10,000||||
|Reasons||for holding||||zero||||Para 1.22|CIO's reserve and unrestricted
funds are||||
|reserves|||||||||||readil
realisable.||||
|Details|offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable.||||
|deficit|||||||||||||||
|Explanation||||ofany||||||Para 1.23|None. There are no uncertainties
about||the||
|uncertainties
about the
charity continuing as a going|||||||||||charity continuing
as a going concern.||||
|concern|||||||||||||||
|Additional|||information|||||(optional)|||||||
|You ma||choose to include|||||||further statements||where relevant about||||
||||||||||||The principal source offunds is fundraising||||
|The charity's
principal|||||||||||from commercial
sponsors.||||
|sources||of|funds||(including|||||Para 1.47|SENA remains free tojoin with no||||
|any fundraising)|||||||||||membership
fees.||||
||||||||||||SENA was approved
by HMRC for Gift|Aid|||
||||||||||||daims this
earalso and raised E224 funds.||||
||||||||||||None (not applicable).||||
|Investment
policy and
objectives including
any
social investment
policy||||||||||Para 1.46|Any significant
amounts
ofcash at bank,
used for charity operations
and reserves
management.||is||
|adopted|||||||||||||||
||||||||||||A Risk Assessment
was completed
this||||
|A description
risks facing||||ofthe principal
the charity||||||Para 1A6|year and following
evaluation,
the principal
risk facing SENA was under governance
and the risk of'loss oftrustees' - resulting|||in|
||||||||||||loss ofexperience,
skills &knowledge.||||
||||||||||||Trustees have robust mitigating
actions||in||
||||||||||||place to manage
this risk (recruitment
&
succession
plan, including
board||||
||||||||||||shadowing
programme
and documented||||
||||||||||||s stems,
rocesses 8
lans .||||
||||||||||||Plans for the Future:||||
|Other|||||||||||||||
||||||||||||SENA will hold two educational
events|in|||
||||||||||||2023 (hosted by Imperial College London|||in|
||||||||||||Spring and by Southampton
in Autumn).||||
||||||||||||In 2022, the charity agreed strategic||||
||||||||||||priorities (spanning
the period to 2025)|to|||
||||||||||||include:||||
||||||||||||a.
Education||||
||||||||||||b. Succession||||
||||||||||||c.
Growth &sustainability||||
||||||||||||d.
Equality,
Diversity 8 Inclusion||||
||||||||||||e.
Communications||||
|f.|Safeguarding|Safeguarding||
|---|---|---|---|
|g.|Partnerships|||
|h.|Fundraising|||
|i.|Volunteers|||
|j.|Grant making||(deferred for 2022/23)|
|A detailed strategy||plan to support these||
|outcomes
is bein||devised.||
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|Oescription
ofcharity's|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||||
|Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution|||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated
Organisation||(CIO)||
|constituted?|||||||
|||SENA was|incorporated
as a CIO|in|||
|||February 2022 and isa registered||charity.||It|
|||is governed|by its constitution,
which||has||
|||not been amended
since inco
oration.|||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|The management
ofSENA is the|||||
|including
details ofany||responsibility
ofthe trustees who||are|||
|constitutional
provisions e.g.||appointed|under the terms ofthe||||
|election to post or name of||constitution|and are elected by decision of||||
|any person or body entitled||members at annual
general meeting.|||||
|to appoint one or more|||||||
|trustees|||||||
|trustees|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Additional|information||(optional)||||
|You ma|choose to include|||further statements|where relevant about||
|Policies
adopted|and procedures
for the induction|||Para 1.51|SENA trustee training
on its constitution,
risk register and policies to be used in||
|and training oftrustees|||||induction,
along with a bespoke|trustee|
||||||shadowing
programme
for the period of||
||||||trustee elect until becoming
fully voted in as||
||||||a trustee.||
|The charity's
structure
and||organisational
any wider||Para 1.51|None||
|network|with|which the|||||
|charity works|||||||
||||||SENA had two connected
party|fees for|
||||||charitable
services
in the period||
|Relationship
with any
related parties||||Para 1.51|(governance
8 finance, totalling
this was in full accordance
with|21875)-
the charity's|
||||||constitution
and deemed appropriate
by||
||||||(non-connected)
trustees and Independent||
||||||Examiner.||
||||||Trustees have controls
in place|to declare 8|
||||||manage
potential
conflicts ofinterest, along||
||||||with robust procurement
processes (for||
||||||tendering,
obtaining
quotations|and|
||||||monitorin
service
rovision .||
||||||The following
policies are being|drafted for|
|Other|||||ado tionb
the SENAin 2023:||
|~|Safeguarding||
|---|---|---|
|~|Equal Opportunities||
|~|Risk assessment|and management|
|~|Conflict ofinterest||
|~|Complaints||
|~|Volunteering||
|~|Financial
Control|and Expense|
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|Chari|name|||South ofEn land Neurosciences|Association|
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|Other name the chari|||uses|SENA||
|Re istered chadt||number||1198001||
|Charity's|principal|address||WLNP Ltd,||
|||||PO Box983,||
|||||Richmond,||
|||||TW99JS||
||Trustee name|ONce (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear|Name
toa|ofperson (or body) entitled
int trustee
ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled
int trustee
ifan|
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|1|Raad Shakir|Chair|21 FEB2022|CIO|Trustee||
|2|Romi Saba||21 FEB2022|CIO|Trustee||
|3|Christopher
Carswell||21 FEB2022|CIO|Trustee||
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|Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|---|
|Description
ofthe assets||N/A|
|held in this capacity|||
|Name and objects ofthe||N/A|
|charity on whose behalf|the||
|assets are held and how|this||
|falls within the custodian|||
|charity's objects|||
|Details ofarrangements|for|N/A|
|safe custody and|||
|segregation
ofsuch assets|||
|from the charity's
own|||
|assets|||
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|Type of|Name|Address|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|adviser|||||
|Charity I|Deirdre Carswell|21 Ruskin Avenue,|Kew, Richmond,|TW9 4DR.|
|Governance|||||
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||Categories|Details||||to|funds
nearest f||to neareat f||
|Bt Cash|funds|Cosh balance St|bank||||36,804||||
|||Cosh on deposit|at bank||||11,613||||
|||||Totalcash funds|||||||
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|B2Other|monetary assets|Gift Aid donetiooi|||||||||
|||||||Fund towhich asset|||||
|||Details|||||||||
|B3Investment assets|||||||||||
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|B4Assets retained forthe|||||||||||
|charity's|own use||||||||||
|||||||Fund towlich|||Amount|doe|
|||Details|||||||||
|BSLtahiTtties|||||||||||
|Signed by One ortwo truateeg on
behalf ofall the trustees|||Signature||||Print|Name|||
||||||||Dr Rom) Anirban||SAHA||