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SOMERSET ACCIDENT VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE (SAVES)

Registered Charity Number: 264354

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

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	2023		31	03	2024

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	DR J HICKMAN	CHAIR
	DR R SPEKE	TREASURER
	DR E FORD	VICE CHAIR
	MR A NEWLAND
	DR J SEDDON	SECRETARY & BASICS SW REPRESENTATIVE

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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 LIMITED	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 achievements of the charity during the year	This report covers the period from 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024. 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 James Seddon *

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

The Trustees have approved a change to the constitution which is in the process of being filed with the Charity Commission. It will mean that the Management Committee constitutionally must include, as a minimum, the Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary, at least one of whom must be an Active Medical Member of the service. The Medical Committees 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 attended management committee meetings as a Trustee and Matt Booker as a co-opted member.

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 2024, SAVES membership comprised:

3 honorary life members
5 active medical members (although one dormant)
1 co-opted (ambulance service) member
1 lay trustee
3 advisors
4 additional medical members;
2 other members

Between April 2023 and March 2024 our four, currently active, responders in Somerset responded on 72 occasions. The number of calls per responder was between 4 and 38, with an average of 18 calls per responder:

o Q1: 26 calls

o Q2: 16 calls o Q3: 15 calls o Q4: 15 calls

This is a further fall from our 117 calls in 2021-22 and compares with our average annual activity over the previous seven years of 153 calls per year.

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

Joint Training with Exmoor Search and Rescue
Point of Care Ultrasound
Trauma Moulages
First On-Scene Assessments Including BLS and ALS Skills
Prehospital Psychiatric Emergencies

2023-24 has been a year of change, review and planning to ensure the charity can continue to provide a valuable contribution to the Somerset Community, in support of The South Western Ambulance Service.

Last year my report commented on various challenges that needed consideration for the future including the small size of our pool of active responders and the challenges of our active members also having to be

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

responsible for the running of the charity.

During this year Dr Ford and Dr Seddon, both active responders and highly involved in the running of the charity, have made the decision to leave the NHS and move to work in Australia, increasing the impetus for development and change. They will be sorely missed.

As a result of these challenges the management committee held a wide-ranging strategy meeting in September 2023, including a SWOT analysis and planning with a particular emphasis on recruitment of active responders and the resilience and sustainability of the charity’s management. A key outcome of this was a review of the structure of the charity’s organisation and an updated constitution, agreed at the AGM in 2023. A key part of these changes was the formalisation of the role of “Advisor” to the management committee. We were delighted to recruit Mr Craig Sutton and Mr Michael Pearson to the role of advisors, alongside Mr Conor Calby who was already supporting the Committee with PR, fundraising and reporting.

Two new doctors have made significant progress to responding since my last report (and, at the time of writing, Dr Marsden has recently been approved by the BASICS South West Committee). These individuals will help to fill the shoes of our departing responders, but we must continue to look to recruit. The membership has increased, with two other medical members and two paramedic members contributing to, and benefitting from, the educational side of our activity. We have continued to explore the possibility of expanding responders to include a wider range of health care professionals, but there are significant barriers at an Ambulance Service level.

SAVES continues to hold a contract with the Somerset ICB that provides additional funding to support us to support our responders. Due to a progressive reduction in activity over recent years and the forthcoming loss of two members, the ICB took the decision to half this funding from April 2024. This was challenged in the hope of a compromise figure, noting the lack of any inflationary increases since the contract was agreed. However, the new contract was fixed at exactly half the previous rate, although with a commitment to review if activity increased.

For the last two years I have reported that we were awaiting further information on training requirements for blue light driving. We are still awaiting details but, although this will add a significant time commitment for new responders and significant supportive funding from the charity, plans appear to be in the pipeline including some flexibility in how the training is arranged.

During the year the charity raised the funds to purchase a further Zoll Monitor and additional PPE for up-and-coming responder with the help of a significant funding from BASICS HELP Appeal Money and donations from Tesco. Thanks are due to Mr Conor Calby for his work in co-ordinating this fundraising. We remain grateful for the continued use of Taunton Ambulance Station for meetings and the support of colleagues within the Ambulance Service.

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Section E Financial review

UNRESTRICTED RESERVES ARE HELD IN THE CHARITY’S BANK Brief statement of the ACCOUNTS TO SUPPORT ITS ONGOING WORK IN THE charity’s policy on reserves COMMUNITY. THE CHARITY IS SATISFIED THAT IT HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESPONDERS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE

Details of any funds materially in deficit

NONE

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 3 TRUSTEES AND THEIR EMPLOYERS/PARTNERSHIPS WERE REIMBURSED OUT OF POCKET ACTIVE SAVE RESPONDER EXPENSES TOTALLING £2,597 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARITY’S POLICY (PREVIOUS PERIOD 4 TRUSTEES, EXPENSES £4,351).

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 11/11/24 @ 14:21 peke Jame ~~Signed on 06/11/24 @ 10:11~~ s 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 2024 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 31/03/2024. 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: Date: 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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