DS43 COMMUNITY.:DEFIBRILLATO Trustees, annual report for the period Start Date End Date 1st Jan 2024 31st Dec 2024 From To Charity Name Reg Charity Number Charity s Principal Address DS43 Community Defibrillators 1200478 8. Hampstead Gardens Tunstoll Pork Hortlepool, Durham TS26 OLX Names of charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee Name Pamela Ann Shurmer William Edward Shurmer David Cairns Kelly Cairns Sarah Elaine West Office (rf any) Chair Treasurer Circuit and Guardian Management Circuit and Guardian Management TRUCTURE, governance and management Constitution adopted 2 Sept 2022 Incorporated organisation Trustees are appointed or reappointed every 4 years at the Annual General Meeting held in Jonuary Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Trustee selection methods
Objectives and aclivities Summary of The Advancement of health and the savin8 of lives in Hartlepool and the the objertive5 Suound1ng area by:_ of the charity set out in its governing document The provision of Public Access Defibrillators (AED'S) in areas of suitable utility Promoting awareness of AED'S and providing inforniation and education pertaining to their safe and correct use. b) Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives In planning our activities forthe year. we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefft at our trustee meetings. Should cardiac arrest happen, bystander assistance with CPR along with speedy access to a defibrillator significantly increases a persons, chance of surrfival. potentially doubling or tripling the survival rate. With public benefft in mind, our activities centre around equality of access and awareness of CPR & AEDS for all in the area in which we work. Increasing awareness and familiarising people with CPR via awareness sessions. In the last 12 months in excess of 4(Xl people have attended our sessions. Mapping the town for strategic placement of AEDS acr05S the town and the surrounding area wtth the aim of getting everyone within a 350m radius of one. To date we have placed 77 AED'S and have a further 12 planned over the first two quarters of 2025. We ensure all of ourAEDs are registered wtth the BHF national register, the Circuit. ensuring access for our ambulance service for deployment ensuring availability and speed of access. This has resulted in our defibrillators being deployed over 900 time5 since our inception (Oct 2021 as a Community Group). We have an organi&itional account with the Circuit, ensuring all ststus checks are carried out and accuratety recorded to meet 80vernance. We operate a maintenance programme to ensure all defibrillators remain in good working order i.e. a schedule is in place for regular cheth of cabinets. locks. battery and pad replacement. making them emergency ready as much as possible. A plan of recruitment and training of volunteers from acros5 the town to act as defibrillator guardians is ongoing. Currently we have In excess of 60 guardians who keep their defibrillator emergency ready as much as possible and all act as ambassadors and help raise awareness. More information can be found on our website htt ds43communi detibrillators.o .uk
Additional details of objectives and activities Our prime objertives are to ensure our town is well resourced with Pvbllc Access Defibrillators, that they are emergency ready as much as possible and thatthey are well maintained. Having the equipment available is onethin& knowing how to access the piece of equipment and feeling confident as to what to do is just as important. this is why our other prime objective is to spread awareness within the community hopefully encouraging bystander CPR which is a crucial part of the chain of survival in the case of cardiac arrest. Achievements and performance Working towards our objertive of getting all homes in Hartlepool within a 350m radius (as the crow flies) of a publicly accessible AED has presented challenges. The town has many new build areas the challenge has been to engage with those builders and work with our local Council to gain permission to site a defibrillator prior to adoption of the land by our local Council. We are proud that the charity has now been ableto install AEDS on four new housing eststes. Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity during the year. During the last year 22 defibrillators have been installed bringing the totsl number to 77. These defibrillators have been deployed by the Ambulance service to 3(Xi medical emer8encies over the last 12 month5. 66 of the 77 defibrillators have been deployed to at least I rnedical emergency. many have had multiple deployments which demonstrates the need for these devices. AED pads have required replacement on 8 occasions. Our maintenance programme and guardianship nthoTk ensure our defibrillators are emergency ready as much as possible. As the number of our defibrillators increase, recruitment and training of volunteer guardians is ongoing and further 9 have been recruited this year. Some of our existingguardians now look after more than I defibrillator. All of the defibrillator5 are registered with The Circuit, our organisational account is managed by two of our trurtees one of which is also a Community First Responder vh our local Ambulance Service, they have overall Guardianship of all of our defibrillators. These two Trustees have developed an excellent relationship with our local Ambulance Service (North East Ambulance Service) and work closely with our over 60 guardians.
We organised an event where we ran continuous CPR for 7 hours getting many members of the public involved, this gave everyone the chance to perforni CPR on manikins and gain avRreness of defibrillators in the community- This event was organised by our Charity who worked collaboratively vdith the local Emergency Services including the Police, Ambulance & Air Ambulance. Fire Service, it also had a presence of RNLI and Blood Run EVS. The daVs prime purpose was raising awareness of the importance of bystander CPR in the chain of survival giving people confidence should cardiac arrest happen in their community. We have engaged with local schools, colleges & groups helping youn8 people understand both CPR and defibrillation and how they can access AEDS in the community- Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves We are committed to maintaining the defibrillators for at least 10 years following their installation. we know funds will be harder to raise as time goes on and therefore intend to ensure that there is always a minimum of £35,CM)O in the bank which will underpin our 3bility to maintain all of the units installed. The charity funds a raised in the main via donations, raffles and grant applications. Details of anv funds materially in deficit Not applicable Further financial review details: None Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee's report above Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature Full Name Position Pamela Ann Shurmer Chair Date 3o*L aoas
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• peri from To 01101r2024 3111212024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Re¥th'¢ted Endowment funds funds Total fvnds Iho totho noarost£ to tho n9814 A1 R•e8lpts DOTrat Events Raffles Sales 17.$09 5.795 17.509 5,795 493 475 1.926 591 24,675 475 Interest Sundry Lottery Grant FC Grant 591 ss Income Ag) 4847 26.847 63,237 A2 Assèt and imi•stment sales. (see tablel- 2Q847 A3Pa ments MèrthrKle Insur8nce Ttainino & Tr8inirvJ wd5 Gazetyo sundry Rafle TiL*ets & Piizes Website GNR 2025 Erth8 GNfl 2023 and 2024 entsi8$ 134 134 1,7$8 1.016 961 1mO 110 Sub total 4,771 4771 A4 Asstrt and Investment urchases see table 30J1 .9t6 28.517 Sub total 30J16 30,916 2B,517 35.687 35.6B7 35,405 Net of re¢eiptsl(payments) A5 Transfars between fund5 A6 Ca$h funds last year end Cash funds thls ygar end 27,832 57.723 27,83 CCKX R1 accounts ISSI
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrécted Restrlcted funds to neare5t£ Endowment funds to riearp5t£ ¢ategoris Detsils to rwr8st£ 81 Cash fund8 r¢)tai cash funds tox(s)) Endowment funds funds fund# Detalls Ftknd lowhlch Curreni lue onal Delalls Fund th wCh CUrrprrtvao onal Details B4 Assets rotalngd ft>r tho charlty's own use 2 &remed Cali 11 defitffjl*CfS Fundlo eb Amwnt du• When due Details B5 Liabilities 10A Signed by one ortsw) Injslees on bèhawof am the Iruste¢s Date of roval S¥Jnaiure Name CCXX R2 0)ts ISSI
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's port on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of DS43 Communty Defibrillators On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity no (if any) 1200478 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of th8 accounts of the above charty (Ihe Trust.) for the yeaf ended 31 December 2024. Responsibilities and As the Gharity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts rried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b} of the Act. I hav8 completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wtth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material speCt.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no olher matters in connection wrth the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Dats: 30 March 2025 Name: Ben Sirs Relevant professional qualificationls) or body Irf anyl: FCA Address: Tunstall Grange, Grange Road. Hartlepool, TS26 ODS. IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of chartty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. No matters. IER October 2018