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
Su￿ound1ng 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 v￿h 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 n￿￿9814
A1 R•e8lpts
DOTrat￿
Events
Raffles
Sales
17.$09
5.795
17.509
5,795
493
475
1.926
591
24,675
475
Interest
Sundry
Lottery Grant
FC Grant
591
ss Income
Ag)
4847
26.847
63,237
A2 Assèt and imi•stment sales.
(see tablel-
2Q847
A3Pa
ments
MèrthrKl￿e
Insur8nce
Ttainino & Tr8inirvJ wd5
Gazetyo
sundry
Rafle TiL*ets & Piizes
Website
GNR 2025 Erth8
GNfl 2023 and 2024 entsi8$
134
134
1,7$8
1.016
961
1mO
1￿10
Sub total
4,771
4771
A4 Asstrt and Investment
urchases
see table
30J1
.9t6
28.517
Sub total
30J16
30,916
2B,517
35.687
35.6B7
35,405
Net of re¢eiptsl(payments)
A5 Transfars between fund5
A6 Ca$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
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charlty's own use
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bèhawof am the Iruste¢s
Date of
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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