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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
01 09 2020 31 08 2021
From To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name SOUTH EASTERN KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION
Other names charity is known by SEKPA
Registered charity number (if
any) [284479]
Charity's principal address Sussex Kidney Unit, Royal County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
Postcode BN2 5BE
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Trustee Dates acted if not for
Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
name whole year
(if any)
Jack Chairman
1
Cogman
Judy Secretary
2
Morgan
Sandra Treasurer
3
Webb
Richard Committee
4
Goldring Member
Jacquie Committee
5
Dowding Member
6
7
8
9
10
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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** NONE
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Type of adviser Name Address INDEPENDENT** Peter Vos 17 Vicarage Lane **EXAMINER** East Preston Sussex BN16 2SP
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1980 Amended 2020
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is ASSOCIATION constituted (eg. trust, association, company) New Trustees are appointed by the existing board members. Trustees consider suitable candidates whose names are put forward for appointment by the board. Existing Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting, is held within nine months of the financial year end.
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **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;
New trustees are briefed about the work and operations of the charity and provided with a copy of the trust deed constitution.
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
The Trustees generally meet six times a year to review the impact and progress of the work of the Charity. Online meetings have continued since March 2020. Strategic decisions are made by the Committee concerning fundraising and future direction of the charity, as well as authorising major expenditure and grants.
- 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**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The objects of the Association are to provide funding for the relief of persons suffering from diseases of the kidney, and the promotion of research into such diseases and the dissemination of the useful results thereof.
- a) Raise funds and to invite and receive contributions from any person or organisation whatsoever by the way of subscriptions, donations or otherwise.
- b) To stimulate interest in the care and welfare of kidney patients.
- c) To provide funds for the provision of useful facilities for all kidney patients and to assist individual patients in particular need, who would otherwise not receive adequate treatment.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- d) To provide or assist in the provision of medical and other equipment for the ultimate benefit of kidney patients.
- e) To provide funds for research designed to benefit the treatment of kidney patients.
- f) To hold conferences, meetings, lectures, exhibitions and discussions.
- g) To publish, or contribute to the publications of any papers, books, periodicals, reports, or other such documents.
- h) To do all other such things as shall further the above objective.
- i) To provide emergency welfare service.
- j) To provide information, mainly through our bimonthly magazine SEKPA news.
The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in relation to public benefit when deciding what activities, the charity should undertake.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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_You_ _**may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:_
- _policy on grantmaking;_
The committee of Trustees is made up of volunteer kidney patients, carers or persons who have an interest in the objectives of the association. The Association is supported by Doctors and Nursing staff at all local renal units. A register of members is maintained by the Membership Secretary _._
- _policy programme related investment;_
- _contribution made by volunteers._
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
In the last fifteen years SEKPA have raised more than £469,000 for funding new equipment and support, including:
- The latest dialysis machines
- Reverse osmosis water suppliers
- Dialysis chairs and beds.
- Refurbish patient day and quiet rooms,
- Over bed tables for dialysis wards.
- Privacy Screens
- Grants for research
Provisions of Welfare grants including:
- Home conversions for home dialysis
- Assistance with transports costs and utility bills
- Building storage for home dialysis supplies,
- Gifts for patients hospitalised over Christmas
- Covid Hardship fund
- Patient Welfare
Funding planned for 2021/22
- Research support at least £26k
- Continuous Professional Development (CDP) for Sussex Kidney Unit (SKU) nursing staff £15k (£30k over remaining 2 years
- Funding towards proposed ward relocation costs and equipment.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Income from donations for the year amounted to £3.1k plus a legacy of £50,000.
Donations have been limited due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Funding from sponsorships that are generally raised by family and friends of patients have taken place this year. Other donations received are those sent in memory of loved ones.
Spending against funds have continued to be reduced due to Covid 19 restrictions, resulting in most planned spending not being able to go ahead.
The second tranche of £15k for SKU CPD nursing staff support, was unable to be taken up this year and has therefore held over for use in future years.
Funds that have been allocated are as follows:
- Defibrillator at a cost of £5,372 for the Worthing Unit
- Eight new split top over chair/bed tables have been purchased for the SKU Buckfield unit, which is home dialysis training ward. £2.320
- Newsletters are printed bimonthly, keeping patients informed with latest guidelines and patient news.
- £10k research funding for Kidney Research linked to patients and Covid 19.
- Welfare – general ad hoc payments were made during the year.
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The affairs of the Association are managed, and its funds administered by the elected Trustees.
The financial policy is to distribute funds generated in year in line with the Associations objective where possible. A budgeted sum is retained to cover annual expenditure plus a contingency retained to address unpredicted events.
A set fund is invested in an interest-bearing account with interest transferred to the current account for distribution.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
## **q**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
The principal source of funds is from donations and bequests, generally from family and friends of kidney patients.
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- Charity walks, cycling and fun runs
Supermarket and street collections
- how expenditure has Fund raising from activities organised by the committee, World supported the key Kidney Day, collection boxes. objectives of the charity;
- Funds raised from the above are used to support renal patient’s
- investment policy and wellbeing, by providing equipment and support that would
- objectives including any otherwise not be funded through the NHS budget.
- ethical investment policy adopted.
## Future Projects:
As detailed above circa £51k to provide funding for research, equipment, and welfare etc.
Plus any projects requested by the medical staff at the unit.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
> **Signature(s)** JC Cogman **Full name(s)** Jack Charles Cogman **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
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Date
24 February 2022
TAR
March 2012
**SEKPA 284479**
**Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.09.20 31.08.21
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 1,365 - - 1,365
In Memoriam 1,742 - - 1,742
Legacies 50,096 - - 50,096
Gift Aid 276 - - 276
Fundraising 185 - - 185
Interest 61 - - 61
Miscellaneous 20 - - 20
- - -
53,745 - - 53,745
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 53,745 - - 53,745
A3 Payments
Renal Unit Equipment 9,193 - - 9,193
Patient Welfare 1,000 - - 1,000
Insurance 274 - - 274
Magazines and Promotions 1,752 - - 1,752
Printing, Postage and Stationery 380 - - 380
Travel Expenses - - - -
Sundry/Accountancy Expenses - - - -
Subscriptions and Fees 262 - - 262
Research support 10,000 - - 10,000
Sub total [ 22,861 ] - - 22,861
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 22,861 - - 22,861
Net of receipts/(payments) 30,884 - - 30,884
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 30,884 - - 30,884
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Welfare Imprest Fund
Scottish Widows CAF account
Barclays Community Account
**_Total cash funds_**||**to nearest £**
**100**
**31,000**
**219,521**
**250,621**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||Agreement Error|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||Jack Cogman||JACK COGMAN|||
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CC16a
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**Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
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2,514
3,703
500
265
87
180
-
7,249
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-
-
7,249
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29,770
747
263
1,430
397
10
117
269
300
33,303
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**33,303 - 26,054 - - - 26,054**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
24.02.22