Society For Free Radical Research TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2024 THE SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH - EUROPE Charlty Reg. No. 288112 ADDRESS: The Society does not have a fixed office. Records are held by the Officer5 of the Society. The current contact details for the Society are Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki at UNIVERSITY OF UVERPOOL THE WILLIAM HENRY DUNCAN BUILDING, 6 WEST DERBY STREET, LIVERPOOL L7 8rx and Or Irundika Dias at ASTON UNIVERSITY, ASTON TRIANGLE. BIRMINGHAM, B4 7ET OFFICERS of SFRR412024): President: Professorjuan Sastre (Universidad de Valencia. Spain) President Elect: Professor Giuseppe Valacchi (Universita, di Ferrara) Secretary General: Professor Clare Louise Hawkins (University of Copenhagen. Denrnarf(I Treasurer: Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki (University of Liverpool. UK) Meetings Officer: Prof. Brigitte Winklhofer-Roob (University of Graz, Austria) Meeting Officer.. Dr Niki Chondrogianni INational Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece} Ex-President'. Professor Daniela Caporossi (University of Rome°Foro Italico", Its) Scientific advisor: Giovanni E. Mann (King's College London. UK) Scientific advisor: Enrique Cadena5 Iuniversity of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA, USA) Scientific advlsor: Professor Michael Jonathan Davies {University of Copenhogen. Denmark) TRUSTEES of SFRR-E {20241: Professor Michael Jonathan Davies {University of Copenha8en, Denmark) Professor Juan Sastre (Universidad de Valencia, Spain) Professor Daniela Capor05si Iuniversity of Rome"Foro Itallco" Italy) Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki (University of Liverpool, UK) srRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT: Please refer to the current Statutes of the Society. which are appended at the end of this report. FINANCIAL REVIEW I" JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER 2024: The Society made a Small profit during 2024,. Receipts over payments: £20.783 No funds are held as custodian trust on behalf of others. A summary of account5 for 2024 is given below.
RECEIPTS: Member Subscriptions 2024 Income from Journa15 Bank Interest Support from Oxygen Club of Califomia Total Recelpts £13.496 £123.147 £1,267 £47.871 £185.781 PAYMENTS Scholarly activity Accountancy fees Memberships £144,551 £78 £1,568 ¥¢(1s1iv MiiininistratiofijAssi>tant ieiféiary feé Total Payments Lii,890 £164,998 RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS £20,783 Cash Funds as at 1st January 20241£) Cash Funds as at 315t December 2024 IE) £292.253 £313.036 OBJEcfivES & ACTIVITIES I ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE: The objective of the Society 15 to promote the understanding of free radical processes in biological scien. In 2024, the Society supported and organised several events to fulfil thi5 purpose. The Society for Free Radical Research IEuropel Annual Scientific Meetin8 was held in Istanbul. Turkey ljune 05 07. 2024). several travel awards were also awarded to young investigators to attend the conferen. A General Assemb was held in Istanbul on the 6th of June 2024, attended by approximately So members, accounts and reports were presented, and statute5 were approved. The Society also provided financial support towards: 2024 Conferences I meetings supported by SFRR-Europe • Thiol-Based Redox Regulation and Signalling Gordorb Research Seminar {Spainl 6th International Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor IAHRI Meeting 2024 (Germany) 16th International Conference oft Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species In Plants (France) • Ilth International Conference on Oxidative Stress in Skin Biology and Medicine (Greecel Annual meeting of the HNE club "lipid oxidation: new biochemical insights and clinical opplication< Iltaly) UK Redox Network IUKI • XIV Meeting of the Spanish Group for Research on Free Radicals IGEIRLII {Spainl 5FRR-Europe was also the main organiser of a Summer School for youn8 researchers on "Redox biochemistry: cellular responses and disease relevance" which was held on Spetses Island, Greece 130 September- 6 October 20241. In addition, the Society provided 2 Visiting Fellowships of up to oorjj to w)ung Investigator5 to cover travel and accommodation expenses for a short research training stay in another European laboratory. The Society also provided 4 Early Career Investigator IECRI Fellowships. The ECR Fellowships are specificalty for researchers under 40 year5 of age working in the free radical I redox biology field. They provide ECRS with
Stjpport of up to ÉIO,000 for research or seed-funding for a new projert. which should be relevant to the field of free radical / redox research and completed within a 12-month period. Slgned on behalf of the Trustee5 of SFRR-Europe Dr Aphrodite Va5ilaki
THE SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH (Reg. Charity 288112) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024 2024 2023 RECEIPTS: Member Subsuiptions Royalties from Journal Support from Oxygen Club of Califomia Bank Interest 13,496 123.147 47,871 1.267 10.237 113.235 18.079 748 Totsl Receipts 185.781 142,299 PAYMENTS: Aecountancy fees Webp8ge maintenancelAssistant Secretary fee Memberships Scholarfy activty Bank charges 78 17.890 1,568 144,551 911 72 14.974 157.052 437 Total Payments 164,998 172,535 SURPLUS OF RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS 20,783 40,236 Cash Funds As at 1st January 2024 Cash Funds As At 31& December 2024 292,253 322,489 292,253 313,036 Signed on behalf of the trustees of The soety For Ftee R*lical Research 16. lo. 2L.2 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS'S RE ORT ON THE ACCOUNTS The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under Section 4312) of the Charities Act 1993 Ohe Act), as amended by s.28 of the Charities Aca 20fA) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my reswnsiblitiy to examine the accounts. follow the tKocedures laid dm) the General Directions given by the Charity Comrnission. and to sLite whether particular mattets have come to my atlenlion. My examination was carried out in acconlance with General Direclions giv8n by the Charity Commission an(J included a review of the accounting recoNJs kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently I do not ex an audil opinion on the accounts. In Ihe course of my examination. no matter has come to my attention which gives rne asonable cause to believe that, in any malerial respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that proper accounting CordS are kept. and accounts are prepared which agree to those records. and compty Wbth the accountirwJ rjuirefflents of the Act. Sign1.. 71,oÈS Marion aeside, Chartered Accountant(ICAS) Linnhead Fam, Uplawmoor, Glasgow, G78 48X
EUROPE TATUTES AND RULES The Society for Free Radlcal Resea (European Regk)nl f(MJndd In 1988. is an lftternational Sr Isted as a charfty In the Unlted Klngdom. It Is a reglonal branch of the Sockty for FkEe lIcal Research IniernaUonal. Charity number: 288112 l. The name of the 1n5t114rt1on (hereinafter calkd the'SKiety'} 15 the Sodety for Free Radical Re5earth Europe. l The Soclety shall be a volurtary mn-profit rnakn.og boty of persons for thE purpose5 gfven hereinafter appearing. 3. The obJe¢ltve of tre So¢l•ty Is to advan krledge olfree radtsb and the prrSSeS In which they participate with pacular refere to those pCesseS of InduSal arKI medlcal lrnportaKe. such knowledge belng for the benefit of the publlc. In fijrtherance of the above objert the Scoety shall have the followlrrfj powe.. (al to provide a foTUrn for di5CUS5ions', Ibl to receive and ubllse donations. subs¢rf0ns and ftjnds fh)m perso1 ororyantsatlors,. (cl to do all lav4ful thlngs necessary to advan the objectlve: Idl to undertake research and pUblh the useful tE5uIt5 of the re5earth. The Society Is beyond any pol1Cal Issues and thves to foster peace and collaborat(on. Therefore. rethctlons 1] be allowed In the meetings of the Soaety in relation to the attendartt of scientists frorn any country. These restdctions woukl be against the spirf¢ prilples. and l1¢Y ofthe Soriety. 4. The Soclety shall be a con5tibJent Reglonol Organ15atson of the fDr Free Radical Research International with the followirKJ re5ponsibilitie5.' la) the Society shall have Klenttal objectives to those of tTr Society for Free Radical Researth Iniemational,. Ibl the Sodety shall have Its own elected Council and Exeojtive Officers; Icl the Society shall be completely re5PLin5ible for its own finorrial vKHbility liabtlity afKI shall determine tt5 own rules govemlng subscrlpvon. The subs¢pU0 wlll mPSe a lonal organ15atknn component and an Intematlonal component. Id) the Sodety shall be resporslble for reg&tthng a Ilst of mernters arKI rni5irvJ sub5¢r1ptio. 5. The Councll (al The affairs of the Society wlll be managed by a Wy to be Called the %Yhich shall be the governing of the 5odety and whlth will exerclse all ch powers of the Soclety and do on beha of the Sodety all such acts as may be done wlthln the Rules. Ibl ExecUve Officers of the Councll will be a President, Past Pre5idenL President-Elert, Gefiernl Secreiaryi TreaSUr, up to Meeting Offir5, three Scientific Advisors, the Chair and Vice-chair of the &rty Care Researther {ECR) Sub-committee, plus ten elected members. In otder that undue gè)graphlcal and sdenVfic bias be mlnimsed. the Courrfil may further co-opt up to four other members to setve on the COUKII. (cl The Coundl wlll mandate executlve power to a Yestrfcied cornmlttee (the Executive Committee), conslstlng of the President, President-Elect, General Secretaryi Treasurer, one or two Mting Offitrr5. three Scientrfic Advisor5, and the Past-President, to undertake any negotiaiior aThJ cfjndutt blnesS on behaff of the Sety. (dl In drawlng up a Ilst fcr elethon of the Execuuve Offlttrs of the Councll, the Secretary will corslder nomlnations representstlve of academK or independent research irstibJtv)n5 a5 well a5 of iTrJu5try,' (el Subject to the above rnentionEd rnaximurn number, tl* e¥tIng rnembers ofthe Counol may. from time to time, appoint any member ofthe Sotiety to be èn additkjnal member of the to flll any vacancy as1J. Any member so aPInted wlll retsSn herlhts office un4 the next scheduled Counal eltttions and shelhe wlll then be ellgible for re-election for years and thu5 for a maximum of four years
EURapE {n A member of the Council rnay resign her/his office at any bme by giving noti in writing to the Council. {hlA restritted committee. conslstlng of the Preent. Past President, Presidenl£lect, Secretary ar Treasurer. two Meetlng Officers and three Sclentlfic Advwrs to be Cal The Execubve- will have the tagk of preparing rnaterial for consideration by the full cornmittee. lil The Council will a5SiSt in the ¢oordinadon of meetings on free radlcals and other oxidants by acting Poster and oral judges and session chairs. The timing and venue of the General MeetThJ of the Society will be the responslblllty of the Council. As far as is POS5ible, the CouKil Meeting will be held in ¢oniun¢bon wlth the General Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research. ) The composition OF the Council may be amended by Fhe General Meetlng of the Society. 6. Membership Membership of the Society bvtll be open to any person. Trre5Wbve of place of wesklence. subjett to the pproval of the Counfil. Memr$hIp of the Soclety implles membership of the Soclety for Free Radical Research International. The cour11 may elect persons of dtstinthon in the field a5 HorKJrnry Members of the Soclety. Honorary members wlll have all the privileges of rnembership and will not pay a 5u115cription. 7. Subscrlptlons lal The annual subscription for members of the Soclety wlll be pald at a surn set by the SccEty on the recommendation of the Coundl. An addltional surn can be payable to ElsevEr for electronic Kce55 to Fe Radlcal Biokgy and Medicine. The Society will pay due5 to the Tw$ur of the Sooety for Free Radical Research Internatlonal based on rnernetship numbers at an agreed ftte. Ib) Annual subscriptlons wlll be payable every 12 months followlng the date of the initsal suknption payment to Joln SFRR-E. ) At the end of the year the Soclety wlll pay 10 Euros for fvll member wth dwble wrntShIp b) the corresponding affiliat& Society, A550rfdtion or Gnxjp. 8. General Meetlng (al A General Meeting of the Souety will take pkye rrfjt less frequenyy than once In every ts¥o years. at such a place as may detemiined by the Councll. At least twenty-elght days In advan, details of rne, place, agenda and resolutsons to change the Rules wsll be given to the rnember5 in the cage of each Gerra1 Meetrng. Ibl A quorum for a General Meeting will eomprise not less than three oftllnary members of the Coundl and twenty-five members or 15% of the totsl mernbership whKhever is the smoller. 9. Speclal General Meetlng of the Socloty (al The Council mayi whenever, they think fit convene a Sperial Gertral Meeting rf the Society. (b) The GerEral Serretary may a5$0 convene a Special General meeting upon the requlsitron In writing of at least frfty members or at least 20% of the total membershlp of the SocEty whichever the kryrye statlng the purpose for which the Meeting is required. {cl At least tr4enty-eight days notice will be given of a Speoal Gefftl Meeting. Every such nOe will specify the pla, the d4y 4nd the hour of the Meeting and the motion to be disctsssèj. Membeys wlll be entiued to vote on the motion via a secure electronlc votin9 System. Id) A quorum at a Special General Meetlng convened under sub£lause (al hereof will be enty Members or IO% of the mernber5hip whKhever is the largest. A quorum at a Speclal General Meeting convened under sub-clause Ibl hewf wlll be fifty members or 20% of the rnembershlp whichever is the Jorge5L
EUROPE 10. Procedure of General Meetlng la) The Presldent of the Councll wlll preslde as Presldent at any Ger131 MeetsThJ. If the PresKlert is Njt present within frfteen rninute5 after the tlme appolntej for holdlThJ the meetlr¥Jt then the rnber$ present if SUnt to form a quorum, wll ch005e a mernbef of the Council, or if all rnembers of the Counc61 present decllne to pIde, then may choose any member present to preside. {b) The Presldent or the meetlng may. wSth the consent of the meeiing at which a quorum is or if such a meetlng so declde, adjourn the meetlng from to Ome, or from pkce to place. fKrt no busir will be transacted èt such adioumed meetings other than business for whlch the adioumment took pla. {cl At all general Meetings any re501ubon put to the vote at the meeting will, unless the rules othetwise provide, be decided by a show of hands by a majority of the EMberS that a resolution has been carried or lost will be ¢on¢luslve and the General Secretary will record the outcorTE in the minutes of the meeting whlch wlll be made available on the website to all member5. Idl Every mernber present w511 have one vote and In the event of a ed vote the President will be enutle to o further or Ca5j vote. {el If within half an hour of the time appolnted for the holdlThJ of a General Meelfng a quorum ts Trjt present the meeting will stsnd adjourned to ch time as the Thaimian will deade. In the case of a Speaal General Meeting the meeting will be dissolvl. 11. Elertlon of the CounEII (al The election of the President-Elect, General 5e¢retsryi Tre&5urer. MeetiTrJ office and Ordirwry MembetS to the Councll shall tske pla by a secret balk>t befo every other General Meeting and th91 be open to all mernbers of the Soclety. Mernbers wlll vote ele£tronitally via a Secu we])slte accordiny to a calendar established by the Executive Comrnittee. {b) Scientific Advisory Members of Counal shall be nominated by the SFRR-E Execuifjve. appolnted bythe Councll. and approved by tt)e General Meetlng. Sclentifit Attvisory Members of Counol are oppointed for perfod of 4 years and ère ellglble for re-appolntsnent for another 4 yeats by the SFRR-E Counol. Soentific Advlsors. who have contrfbuted slgnlfcantly to the SFRRE s mlsslon and are avallable to contribute ttir wisdom and experien to lrnplement the Society objective5, will serve as active members of the Executive and C¢uncil, involved wilh Society business, including oUtCkn, S[rshIp of SFRR-E meetlngs, Summer Sch1$. and interactions wltt) the Soclety Joumals. Ic) In glvlng not{ of the Electlon at the General Meetlng. the General Secretary wlll submit a list of the Councll, Identffying those e11gible for -electIon, and wlll request nomlnatlons for the rw Coundl. (d) Any Member wlll be entitsed to Nominate any other mernter fof each offi, provided the [rnInee has consented to stand and is elvjible for the offi. NoTninatior6 for President Elert, General Secretsry and TaSUr wlll be seconded by five otfrer tnembers, whereas nDminations for OFdinary Counol rnembw5 will be seconded by two other members. Nominations will be submitted oftline via a Secu website of the Soclety accordlng io a calendar establish& by the Executlve Commlttee and not less than lJ¥entylght days before the date of the GerEral Meen9. If there has not been at leastone nomITraOn of each offi, the General Secretory will, in consultation with CourKil Mernbers make such provlsion so as to ertsvre there will be at least one nominee for each office. lel members of the Countil will el¥ted for a period of two years, to rvrt from January 1st of ihe year followlrvJ thelr electlon, wlth the followlng exceptlons.. lil The pIdent aNI P1[ent-EIett shall serve for a perlod of two calendor years. (ill The Pre5ident-Elect shall serve as Presldent In the 0-year per6oJ followirHJ IErlhis election a5 President-E. (ii?) The General Secretaryt the Treasurer, and the MeetfiThJ Offlcers shall seNe for four calendar years aThl shall be elvjible for letoN to a second four-yearterm. On completlon of thelr terni. the General Secretary. Treasurer and MeetiNJs Offitevs may stay as Past- General Secretsryi Pa5t-Treasurer, and Past-MeeOng offir. respertivelytr for one addlonal year. Ilvl ScienfiC Advbsory Members of cjncil are appointed for a of 4 years and are ellgible for r appointsnent for allother 4 years. Iv) After herlhi5 periJ of office, any officer of the Exeojiive shall be eligible to serve in another offi, during the next four-year peri¢yJ, provwjed that they do not serve on the EXeoJve for mare than four ConsecuVe terms. (vl Ordlnary members will retain herlhrs Otfte for two years and shelhe wlll then be ellgible for relection for tho yea¥s and thus for a maxlmvm of frAtr years.
EUROPE President, President-elett and a Setretary andlor Treasurer with elections to these posts every two year In respect of these posts, the corresrx)Thllng Societies shall follow the rules of the iety a$ given under section 11 of the Rule5. 12. Procedure at Coundl Meetlng$ (al The Council may meet and undertake bJsine5s, adjovm and otherwise regulatr iheir rneetiTW5 as tt think fit. Questions arising 6t any meeting will be decided by a simple rnaiority of vote5. In the case of a ed vote the Presldent wlll have the castlng vote. Ibl A quorum of the Council will be four consistsng ol rhree mernDers with the Pregdent or Predert-Elett or Secretary cr Treasurer. In the absertt of the President. the Council will elect one of tha"r Thjmter to lead the Counol Meeting. (cl On the request of any slx memt¥ of Ihe Coun¢ll, the Seoptsry wlll at any tsme gJmftwn a nwtw¥J or the Council within three months. Idl The Council will ertsure that pr¢per minute5 be made of the prc£eedings of all r[etirJ5 of the Soaety and of the CDuncil and of oll busirEs5 tran5arted a5 suth meeting5. and all such minute5 will be approved by the Presldent of such rneengS whlch wlll be sufnclent evkIere wlthout any further of the fts thereln ststed. {el All acts done at any rneetings of the EMberS of the Council or by any perxfj athng a5 a rnember of the Coltncil will dezmed to have been do in gcod faith. Shculd it be afterwards discovered that there was some mlstake In the appolntsnent of any such Mem of the Council or person Ing as aforesaid. or that they or any of them were d¥uallhed thelr athons would be deemed as valld as If every such person had been duly appJlnted and wa5 qualffied bj be a rrErnter of the Coundl. 13. Accounts (al The Council will cause proper OrdS of accounts to be kept wth respett to (il all sums of ft[ received and expended by the Sttiety, (ill all leS and purthases by the Society and (ill) all assets and Ilabllitles of the Soclety. {b} At each General Meetingt the Counc51 wlll present to the members of the Soclety an account of IrKome and expenditu since the last General Meeting m6de up to the prEceillrvJ Mavrh 315¢ tJ)gether vith a balance sheet made up as at tt)e same date. {cl The Councll moy have the accounts èudlted by an IndeFeTrJent auditor. {d) Banking account{51 will be held in the name of the Society and outgoing traC0Th5 will be apwovej In writlng by two authorised persoAS will be t)frer$ of the Sooety. 14. Change In Rules {ol The Counc51 rnay olter, ornend or odd to the Rule5 any re501ution passed at any rneeting by a majonty of not le55 than two ihlrds of the mernbErs prEsert vobrvj subject to the apal of the xt Ge[1 Meetlng. {b} Members unable to attend the General Mttng at whlch such a resoluvon Is voted on. may vote on such resolutlon by secure electronic votlThJ and all such vote5 reIVed by the COU4 not later than tWee hours b&fort tt)e time of the meeting wlll be &1d&l to those cast personally at the meeting. 15. Windlng Up The Soclety May only be dlssolved by resolutlon at a General appn)ved by seventy-hve per of the Members present and votingt wlth Secu electronlc v0rj allowed for mn-attendlng members. In Ihe event of winding Upi the a55ets of the Society after payrnents of debts and liabilitie5, shall be trafierred to a selected charftsble Institutlon havlrrfJ stmllar objecttves to the Soclety. Jun• 06. 2024