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SOMERSET ACCIDENT VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE (SAVES)

Registered Charity Number: 264354

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Contents Trustees’ report Independent examiner’s report Receipts and payments account Statement of assets and liabilities	Pages
	1 - 6 7 - 8 9 10


Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	01	04	2022		31	03	2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[SOMERSET ACCIDENT VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY ] SERVICES SAVES Other names charity is known by SOMERSET AND AVON VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE Registered charity number (if any) 264354 Charity's principal address NORTH CURRY MEDICAL CENTRE, GREENWAY, NORTH CURRY, TAUNTON SOMERSET Postcode TA3 6NQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
DR J HICKMAN	CHAIR
DR R SPEKE	TREASURER
DR D BLACKLIDGE		RETIRED 01/11/2022
DR E FORD
MR A NEWLAND
DR J SEDDON		APPOINTED 01/11/2022

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
ACCOUNTANT	LENTELLS	17-18 LEACH ROAD, CHARD, SOMERSET, TA20 1FA

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 07/06/1972 AS AMENDED BY Type of governing document RESOLUTION DATED 05/06/1974 AS ADMENDED ON 30/11/2004 AS (eg. trust deed, constitution) AMENDED ON 23/11/2010 AS AMENDED ON 12/11/2012 TRUST How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL NUMBER 5; AT LEASE 3 OF Trustee selection methods WHOM SHALL BE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WITH NO MORE THAN (eg. appointed by, elected by) 2 FROM ONE MEDICAL PRACTICE. TRUSTES SHALL BE REAPPOINTED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING SICKNESS OR INJURY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ANY PERSON INJURED IN ANY SERIOUS Summary of the objects of the ACCIDENT OR MEDICAL EMERGENCY WITHIN SOMERSET AND charity set out in its SURROUNDING COUNTIES governing document

VOLUNTARY PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE PREHOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE WORKING IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Summary of the main THE TRUSTEES HAVE HAD REGARD TO THE GUIDANCE ISSUED activities undertaken for the BY THE CHARITY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC BENEFIT. THE public benefit in relation to CHARITY ASSISTS THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF these objects (include within HEALTH AND SAVING OF LIVES. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

SAVES RESPONDERS ARE VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME FREELY TO RESPOND IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH WESTERN You may choose to include AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST (SWASFT). FUNDING FROM THE SOMERSET CLINCIAL COMMISSIONING GROUP IS further statements, where PREDOMINENTLY USED FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF relevant, about: EXPENSES FOR ACTIVE SAVES RESPONDERS FOLLOWING THE • policy on grantmaking; PRINCIPLE THAT, WHILST THEY GIVE THEIR TIME FREELY, THEY • policy programme related SHOULD NOT BE “OUT OF POCKET” AS A RESULT OF THEIR WORK. SOME FUNDING IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO investment; EMPLOYERS/PARTNERSHIPS OF SAVES RESPONDERS IN • contribution made by RECOGNITION OF CALL OUTS DURING WORKING HOURS TO volunteers. SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE RELEASE OF DOCTORS TO RESPOND TO SAVES CALLS.

Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main This report covers the period from 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023. achievements of the charity during the year The officers for this year are as follows: President David Rawlins Chairman James Hickman Vice-Chair Edward Ford Treasurer Richard Speke Secretary James Seddon BASICS SW Representative Matthew Booker*

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

The Management Committee is constitutionally composed of five, including the Chairman, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. Dr Matt Booker fills the fifth chair. (At least three of the management committee must be medical practitioners). The Medical Committee is effectively a sub-committee of the Management Committee and comprises those members of the Management Committee, who are also active Medical Responders – marked above*. Andy Newland also attends management committee meetings as a Trustee. Other individuals may be invited to Management Committee meetings regarding specific projects.

The current trustees are: James Hickman Andy Newland Richard Speke Ed Ford James Seddon

The officers and trustees are responsible for the proper running of the charity. According to the membership database, at the end of March 2023, SAVES membership comprised:

3 honorary life members
5 active medical members (although one currently dormant)
1 co-opted (ambulance service) members
1 lay volunteer & trustee
3 other medical members; 2 not actively responding, 1 responding for BASICS Dorset
1 other member & fundraiser

Between April 2022 and March 2023 our four, currently active, responders in Somerset responded on 117 occasions. The range of number of calls per responder was between 12 and 45, with an average of 29 calls per responder: o Q1: 23 calls o Q2: 26 calls o Q3: 40 calls o Q4: 28 calls

This is a further fall from our 143 calls in 2021-22 and 178 calls in 2020-21 and compares with our average annual activity over the previous seven years of 154 calls per year.

Calls were categorised as follows:

o 42 (36%) RTCs o 26 (22%) “Other Trauma” (Excludes RTCs, Stabbings/Shootings & Drowning) o 22 (19%) Medical o 21 (18%) Cardiac Arrests o 4 (3%) Stabbing/Shooting o 3 (3%) Psychiatric o 1 (<1%) Telephone advice o 1 (<1%) Drowning o 2 (2%) “Other”

We remain indebted to Mr Calby for continuing to support our fundraising and PR including Social Media in addition to his work in correlating data via the

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

BASICS SW Toolkit. Our Facebook and Twitter feeds have 371 and 811 followers respectively

Bimonthly CPD meetings have been co-ordinated by Dr Seddon. Themes included:

Trauma Moulages
Thoracostomy, Traction Splinting and Case Reviews
First On-Scene Assessments including BLS and ALS skills
Prehospital management of acute behavioural disturbance

The meetings have become increasingly popular with colleagues from the ambulance service who have benefited from the training. In May we were honoured to be visited by the High Sheriff of Somerset who presented Diamond Jubilee Medals to SAVES Responders.

SAVES continues to hold a contract with the Somerset ICB that provides additional funding to support us to support our responders.

The charity continues to provide a valuable contribution to the Somerset Community and in support of The South Western Ambulance Service. However, we face various challenges that need consideration for the future. Last year I reported that we were awaiting further information on training requirements for blue light driving. This is still the case but it is clear that the new requirements will add a significant time financial for new responders and significant supportive funding for the charity. We currently only have a small pool of active responders and need to actively look at recruitment, resilience and “workforce planning”. At the time of writing we have two potential medical responders amongst the membership, with another serious expression of interest. In addition to the voluntary hours spent responding, all of our currently active members are also actively involved in running the charity. This is likely to be increasingly difficult to sustain and the management committee will be actively exploring potential strategies for the charity’s development.

During the year the charity purchased two Zoll Monitors with the help of a significant funding from BASICS HELP Appeal Money and donations from Tesco.

We are grateful for the continued use of Taunton Ambulance Station for meetings (when permitted) and the support of colleagues within the Ambulance Service.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

UNRESTRICTED RESERVES ARE HELD IN THE CHARITY’S BANK ACCOUNTS TO SUPPORT ITS ONGOING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CHARITY IS SATISFIED THAT IT HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESPONDERS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE

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Details of any funds materially NONE in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

DURING THE YEAR 4 TRUSTEES AND THEIR EMPLOYERS/PARTNERSHIPS WERE REIMBURSED OUT OF POCKET ACTIVE SAVE RESPONDER EXPENSES TOTALLING £4,351 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARITY’S POLICY (PREVIOUS PERIOD 3 TRUSTEES, EXPENSES £2,087).

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Richard S Signed on 31/10/23 @ 13:13 peke J ~~Signed on 08/11/23 @ 13:36~~ ames Hickman Full name(s) DR RICHARD SPEKE DR JAMES HICKMAN Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) TREASURER Date

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name SOMERSET ACCIDENT VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE members of On accounts for the year 31 MARCH 2023 Charity no 264354 ended (if any) Set out on pages 9 to 10 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the PERIOD ended 31/03/2023.

Responsibilities and As the charity 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 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried 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.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Robert Wegner Date: ~~Signed on 08/11/23 @ 13:47~~ Name: MR ROBERT WEGNER FCCA Relevant professional ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS (ACCA) qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 17-18 LEACH ROAD, CHARD BUSINESS PARK, CHARD, SOMERSET TA20 1FA

October 2018

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of NONE any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

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