## **BMRES report April 2024/ April 2025**
President: Prof Jo Bradwell Chairman: Prof Chris Imray Treasurers: Prof Mark Edsell Secretary: Dr Kelsey Joyce
## **Committee members**
Dr John Delamere, Dr Will Malein, Dr Sarah Clarke, Dr Kyle Pattinson
The year was characterised by an incredibly successful expedition to Everest Base Camp. The expedition was led by Sarah Clarke with Tim Clarke as Medical Officer. Two experimental studies were conducted (led by Kyle Pattinson and Kelsey Joyce) during the expedition with a combined participant recruitment over 300. Studies related to 1) overnight oximetry for the prediction of acute mountain sickness and 2) use of virtual reality to help understand interoception and the development of acute mountain sickness. The Society remains grateful for grants from JABBS, and the professional support given by Amy Cogswell (secretarial and organisation), and Ruth Keighley (accounts). The website remains to be updated regularly by Kelsey Joyce with the useful addition of a shopping trolley.
## **Finances**
A new bank account was set-up and members annual subscription payments were re-directed. The expedition to Everest Base Camp earnt grants from The JABBS Foundation and two students were successfully awarded grants to participant in the expedition by the Arthur Thomspon Trust.
## **Expedition**
Twenty researchers successfully embarked on an expedition along the Everest Base Camp route in Nepal, recruiting participants and collecting data over a 6-week period. Virtual reality and overnight oximetry experiments warranted the recruitment of over 300 participants combined. Data analysis for both studies remains on going. Preliminary data may be prepared for the BMMS Conference with publications to follow.
## **Research collaboration**
The Society continues to benefit from close relationships with the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Birmingham and the Occupational Performance Research Group at the University of Chichester.
## **BMRES Woodland**
The BMRES Woodland remains in good condition and continues to grow healthily.
## **Publications including abstracts and presentations**
Work was done on several reviews and original research papers including that related to oximetry data from Margherita Hut (2023) and Sikkim (2019), and environmental impact of an expedition (Sikkim 2019).
## **Publications 2024/05**
- Joyce KE, Byrd T, Wheatley-Guy CM, Shea MG, Parks JK, Schwartz JC, and Johnson BD. Evidence for sustained physiological adaptation between consecutive exercise bouts at simulated altitude. _Physiological Reports_ _**.**_ 2025; 13(7). DOI: 10.148141/phy2.70195.
- Joyce KE, Goves JT, Hale B, Ashdown K, and The Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society. Pre-analysis plan for the prediction of acute mountain sickness by pulse oximetry during ascent to Mt Everest Base Camp _. Open Science Framework_ . 2024.
- Joyce KE, Campbell CA, Edsell M, Letchford A, Lewis CT, Lucas RAI, Lucas SJE, and Bradwell AR. The environmental impact of a medical field-based research expedition. _High Altitude Medicine & Biology_ 2024 _._ doi.org/10.1089/ham.2024.0049 .
- Goves JT, Joyce KE, Ashdown K, AR Bradwell, and SJE Lucas. Prediction of acute mountain sickness using pulse oximetry: a systematic review. _Experimental Physiology._ 2024; 1-16. DOI: 10.1113/EP091875
- Joyce KE, Ashdown K, Delamere JP, Bradley C, Lewis CT, Letchford A, Malein W, Thomas O, Bradwell AR, and Lucas SJE. Nocturnal pulse oximetry for the detection and prediction of acute mountain sickness: an observational study. _Experimental Physiology_ . 2024; 1-13. DOI: 10.1113/EP091691
## **Publications in process 2024/25**
- Hand R, Gullick NJ, and Joyce KE. Boost or barrier? Understanding the effects of acetazolamide on exercise capacity at altitude in people over age 50: a systematic review. _Experimental Physiology_ . _(awaiting decision)_
- Joyce KE, Cutts L, Ashdown K, Simpkins C, Clarke S, and Lucas SJE. Prediction of acute mountain sickness using overnight pulse oximetry during ascent to 4,554 m. _Journal of Applied Physiology_ . _(awaiting decision)_
- Joyce KE*, Lewis CT, Ashdown K, Delamere JP, and Lucas SJE. Urinary excretion of potassium during ascent to altitude. _High Altitude Medicine & Biology. (accepted with minor revisions)_
## **Walks**
Summer walk was held 11-13 July 2024 in the Peak District.
Winter walk was held 31 Jan - 02 Feb 2025 based in Keswick.
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|**Expeditionary Society**||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**
6th April 2024|**To**|5th April 2025||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,528**
**-**
**-**
**1,758**
**6,286**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,286**
**500**
**4,565**
**14**
**144**
**125**
**5,348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,348**
**938**
**8,876**
**9,814**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**163,210**
**-**
**-**
**163,210**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**163,210**
**-**
**-**
**143,317**
**143,317**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**143,317**
**19,893**
**1,620**
**21,513**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,528**
**-**
**-**
**163,210**
**1,758**
**169,496**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**169,496**
**500**
**4,565**
**143,317**
**14**
**144**
**125**
**148,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**148,665**
**20,831**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Members Subscriptions|**4,528**|||||**6,156**|
|Other income|**-**|||||**160**|
|Exepdition - Margherita|**-**|||||**3,342**|
|Expedition - Nepal||||||**-**|
|HMRC - Gift Aid|**1,758**|||||**1,714**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6,286**|||||**11,372**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Misc expenses|**500**|||||**-**|
|Exepdition - Margherita|**4,565**|||||**25,973**|
|Expedition - Nepal||||||**-**|
|Bank Charges|**14**|||||**32**|
|Independent Examiner|**144**||||||
|Website|**125**||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**5,348**|||||**26,005**|
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**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**938**|**19,893**|**-**|**20,831**||**- 14,633**|
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||**8,876**|**1,620**|**-**|**10,496**||**-**|
||**9,814**|**21,513**|**-**|**31,327**||**- 14,633**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Bank Balance
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Accuo Limited - Accountancy
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**9,814**
**21,513**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,814**
**21,513**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**(optional)**
**-**
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**150**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
Prof. Mark Edsell
Arthur Bradwell|**Endowment funds**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to tho tru8teesl
members of
Charity Name
Bimiingham Medlcal Research Expeditionary Soclety
On accounts for the year
gnded
5 APRIL 2025
Charlty no
(If any)
277893
Set out on pages
liemember ¢0 Include the pa9& nunibe15 01 a(fdi110nal sheets
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity fthe Trust.) for the year ended 0510412025
Re8ponslbllllle8 and As charlty trustees of the Trust, you are responslble for the preparation
basls of rnport of the accounts in a¢¢ordance with the requirèments of the Charities Act
2011 ('the Acr).
I report In respect of my examination of the Trusfs 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.
I have comwed my examination. I confinn that no materfal matters have
come to my attentlon in connection wlth the examlnatlon whlch gNes me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with sectlon 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accountlng records
Ind•pond•nt
examln•rfs statement
I have no concerns and have come aeross no other matters in conneciion
with the examination to which attentlon should be drawn In order to able
proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached.
Slgnod:
Date".
0410412026
Name:
DAVID SEELEY
Relevant professlonal
quallficatlon(s) or body
(If any):
FCA
Addrnss:
40 BEAR HILL ALVECHURCH 848 7JX