2025-12-31-accounts - Ds43 Community Defibrillators

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DS43 COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATORS

Trustees’ annual report for the period

	Start Date	Start Date		End Date
From		1stJan 2025	To	31stDec 2025

Charity Name	DS43 Community Defbrillators
Reg Charity Number	1200478
Charity’s Principal Address	8, Hampstead Gardens
	Tunstall Park
	Hartlepool, Durham
	TS26 0LX

Names of charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee Name	Ofce(if any)
Pamela Ann Shurmer	Chair
William Edward Shurmer	Treasurer
David Cairns	Circuit and Guardian Management
KellyCairns	Circuit and Guardian Management
Sarah Elaine West

STRUCTURE, governance and management

Type ofgoverningdocument	Consttuton adopted 26th Sept 2022
How the charityis consttuted	Incorporated organisaton
Trustee selecton methods	Trustees are appointed or reappointed every 4 years at the Annual General Meetng held in January

Objectives and activities

Summary of the objectves of the charity set out in its governing document	The Advancement of health and the saving of lives in Hartlepool and the surrounding area by: - a) The provision of Public Access Defbrillators (AED’s) in areas of suitable utlity b) Promotng awareness of AED’s and providing informaton and educaton pertaining to their safe and correct use.
Summary of the main actvites undertaken for the public beneft in relaton to these objectves	In planning our actvites for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public beneft at our trustee meetngs. • Should cardiac arrest happen, bystander assistance with CPR along with speedy access to a defbrillator signifcantly increases a persons’ chance of survival, potentally doubling or tripling the survival rate. With public beneft in mind, our actvites centre around equality of access and awareness of CPR & AEDs for all in the area in which we work. Actvites undertaken during the course of the year. We have held six CPR and Defbrillator awareness sessions across the town engaging with a wide age range and include. • We arranged and managed a fve-hour CPR marathon incorporated into an emergency awareness day gave people the opportunity to get hands on with CPR and learn about the importance of defbrillators and how to use one. • Free events advertsed across the town where members of the public partcipated within their own comfort zone to beter understand how a bystander can help in the chain of survival. • Worked with the local further educaton college to raise awareness with staf and students at Freshers Fayre and dedicated CPR/ Defbrillator awareness days engaging with staf and students during Natonal Restart the Heart Day • Having been nominated as the Charity for this years Hartlepool Business awards we had the opportunity raise awareness with over 200 people about what we do and the beneft to the Hartlepool Community. With the contacts we made at this event we now have the opportunity to work with our local newspaper to further raise awareness within the community in 2026. • We have been invited on a number of occasions to be part of BBC Radio Tees breakfast slot which helps showcases the charity and it’s aims and therefore builds awareness. htps://ds43communitydefbrillators.org.uk/

Summary of
the objectves
of the charity
set out in its
governing
document

The Advancement of health and the saving of lives in Hartlepool and the
surrounding area by: -
a)
The provision of Public Access Defbrillators
(AED’s) in areas of suitable utlity
b)
Promotng awareness of AED’s and providing informaton
and educaton pertaining to their safe and correct use.

Summary of
the main
actvites
undertaken for
the public
beneft in
relaton to
these
objectves

In planning our actvites for the year, we kept in mind the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public beneft at our trustee meetngs.
• Should cardiac arrest happen, bystander assistance with CPR
along with speedy access to a defbrillator signifcantly increases
a persons’ chance of survival, potentally doubling or tripling the
survival rate.
With public beneft in mind, our actvites centre around equality of
access and awareness of CPR & AEDs for all in the area in which we
work.
Actvites undertaken during the course of the year.
We have held six CPR and Defbrillator awareness sessions across the
town engaging with a wide age range and include.
• We arranged and managed a fve-hour CPR marathon
incorporated into an emergency awareness day gave people the
opportunity to get hands on with CPR and learn about the
importance of defbrillators and how to use one.
• Free events advertsed across the town where members of the
public partcipated within their own comfort zone to beter
understand how a bystander can help in the chain of survival.
• Worked with the local further educaton college to raise
awareness with staf and students at Freshers Fayre and
dedicated CPR/ Defbrillator awareness days engaging with staf
and students during Natonal Restart the Heart Day
• Having been nominated as the Charity for this years Hartlepool
Business awards we had the opportunity raise awareness with
over 200 people about what we do and the beneft to the
Hartlepool Community. With the contacts we made at this event
we now have the opportunity to work with our local newspaper
to further raise awareness within the community in 2026.
• We have been invited on a number of occasions to be part of BBC
Radio Tees breakfast slot which helps showcases the charity and
it’s aims and therefore builds awareness.
htps://ds43communitydefbrillators.org.uk/

Additional details of objectives and activities

By engaging with the public, being open and transparent the support we receive from the community drives our fundraising allowing us to continue our work. A key objective for any charity is to have the funds to continue. We are very much supported within our community and the Trustees spend a great deal of time driving support from within our local community.

Our communication with the public via our Facebook page, press articles, TV slots, our awareness sessions and generally making ourselves available to offer help and sign post individuals and groups, leads to the ongoing support we receive from our community. Some Examples

The local business forum nominating us as their charity for their awards evening

o Local businesses and groups raising funds

o Families who have lost a loved one’s raising funds in their memory and donating to us.

o Support for our annual raffle

The 11 people who did the Great North Run in 2025 for our charity and raised a fantastic amount

The list is endless but without them we wouldn’t be able to do what we do; we have a fantastic community which should be proud of as we are of them.

Achievements and performance

Summary of the
main
achievements of
the charity
during the year.

Ensuring the defbrillators we place into the community are emergency
ready as much as is humanly possible is a key aim and requires vigilant
monitoring and maintenance. A key objectve for any charity is to have
the funds to contnue our work which remains a key objectve for us.
• We have placed an additonal 7 additonal AEDs into the
community during the course of the year. This was achieved by
engaging and working with both builders on new build sites and
our local Council. This brings the total number of defbrillators
placed into the community to 84.
• 73 of the 84 defbrillators we have were deployed at least once
during the course of the year with one of them being deployed
at total of 16 tmes.
• Over 700 people have atended free of charge CPR and
Defbrillator awareness sessions during the year.
• This year 11 of defbrillator bateries have been replaced along
with 16 sets ofpads.

As more defibrillators are placed, we recruit additional guardians and currently the number stands at 63
• Our guardians are regularly trained, they complete checks on their defibrillators monthly and after every deployment and are supported by 2 of our Trustees who have the role of Guardian and Circuit management.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves	We are commited to maintaining the defbrillators for at least 10 years following their installaton, we know funds will be harder to raise as tme goes on and therefore intend to ensure that there is always a minimum of £38,000 in the bank which will underpin our ability to maintain all of the units installed. As more defbrillators are installed the fnancial reserve will need to increase. The charity funds are raised in the main via donatons,rafes andgrant applicatons.
Details of any funds materially in defcit	*Not applicable*

Brief statement
of the charity’s
policy on
reserves

We are commited to maintaining the defbrillators for at least 10 years
following their installaton, we know funds will be harder to raise as
tme goes on and therefore intend to ensure that there is always a
minimum of £38,000 in the bank which will underpin our ability to
maintain all of the units installed. As more defbrillators are installed
the fnancial reserve will need to increase. The charity funds are raised
in the main via donatons,rafes andgrant applicatons.

Details of any
funds materially
in defcit

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	Pamela Ann Shurmer
Positon	Chair

Date 31[st] March 2026

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteegl members of DS43 Communty DefibrillatOTS On accounts for the year ended 31 Dember 2025 Charity no (if any) 1200478 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chaiity (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 31 December 2025. R•spon8ibilitie8 and A8 the charFty trustees of the Trust, YOU are responsible for the preparation basis of report of accounts in accordance with the requirements of th8 Charities Aci 2011 (Ihe A. I report in resp8d of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carri8d out under section 145 of the 2011 AGt and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. I have cornwed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination whith gives me cause to believe that in, any material resFECt: accounting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord wrih the accounting rordS Independent examinerf8 8tatoment I h no concerrts arKI have come a¢xoss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be readd. Slgned: 20 March 2026 Name: Ben Sirs Relevant profes8lonal quallflcallon(s) or body (If any): FCA Addre. Tunstall Grange, Grange Road, Haruepool. TS26 ODS. IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity acyounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. No matters. IER O¢tob•r 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee members of DS43 Communty Defibrillators On accounts ft)r the year ended 31 December 2025 Charlty no (if any) 1200478 t out on pages I report to the trustees on my examinatn of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 31 December 2025. R•sponsibillties and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are respon8ible for the preparation basls of feport of the arUnts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 fthe Acn. I report in resFert of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in LJnnection wtth the examination which gNes me cause to beliève that in, any material respecl: acUnting records were not kept in aG¢ordance yth section 130 of th8 Act or the acc<)unts do not xcord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statsment I have no cOnm8 and have me across no other matters in connection with the examination to thich attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to bé reached. Slgned: 20 March 2026 Name: Ben Sirs Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (rf any).. FCA Addrass: Tunstall Grange. GraThJe Road, Hart[epI. TS26 ODS. IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only ¢ompleté rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of COnM (see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any Items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. No matters. IER October 2018