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## **Trustees’ Annual Report 2023** 


**From  01/07/2023 To 30/06/2024** 

**Charity name: British Association for Holistic Medicine & Health Care** 

## **Charity registration number: 289459** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||SORP||
|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document|Para<br>1.17|The Association is established to educate and inform<br>doctors, medical students, other healthcare professionals<br>and members of the general public in the principles and<br>practice of compassionate holistic medicine and health<br>care.|
|Summary of the main activities in<br>relation to those purposes for<br>the public benefit, in particular,<br>the activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para<br>1.17 and<br>1.19|● Production of 3 journals annually<br>● Blogs and other social content<br>● Annual student essay competition<br>● Holistic course<br>● Partnering in events and planning own conference|
|Statement confirming whether<br>the trustees have had regard to<br>the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public<br>benefit|Para<br>1.18|The trustees have regard to the guidance on public<br>benefit when making decisions|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries<br>and any wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|Our journal published 3 further issues:<br>•<br>**Health Creation and Creative Health**<br>Summer 2023 including an interview with Sir Nigel<br>Crisp<br>•<br>**Journeys into Medicine**<br>Winter 2023<br>•<br>**Many Ways of Knowing**<br>Spring 2024<br>Journals older than 20 months are available to<br>download for free along with a number of articles<br>published as blog posts.<br>We’ve been telling our story, past, present and<br>future across all digital and social channels,<br>amplifyingholism and increasingour reach.|





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Our course has had some excellent feedback from doctors and other healthcare practitioners. We had a further successful student essay competition. We started planning our 40[th] anniversary conference to be held October 5[th] 2024 along with a series of webinars. 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|Our closing bank balance was £28,332|
|Statement explaining the policy<br>for holding reserves stating why<br>theyare held|Para 1.22|We are keeping £5k as a reserve though this is<br>more than we would need to close our charity|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5000|
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|We have continued to function due to a large<br>donation this year which should cover 2025<br>operations along with other revenue. However,<br>we are urgently looking at changing our<br>membership model to be more sustainable<br>without donations.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal sources of<br>funds (including any fundraising)|Para 1.47|We had a large sum left to us as a legacy this<br>year. We have ongoing membership fees and<br>journal subscriptions etc.<br>New this year are course sales, conference<br>ticket sales and some money from the<br>Publisher’s LicensingService.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and objectives<br>including any social investment<br>policy adopted|Para 1.46|None|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|We are looking to grow our membership base and<br>income to be more sustainable. We hope to offer<br>more next year and are looking for further<br>donations to cover the cost of transitioning to a<br>more sustainable model.|





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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:||N/a|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated association,<br>CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|A minimum of 50% of Trustees to be practicing or<br>retired qualified healthcare professionals.<br>The trustees agree on suitability.|



## **Additional information** 

|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|We are building relationships with organisations<br>with a similar remit and will continue building on<br>these.|
|---|---|---|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|British Association for Holistic Medicine & Health Care|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|BHMA(formerly‘British Holistic Medical Association’)|
|Registered charitynumber|289459|
|Charity’s principal address|27 Ivory House<br>Clove Hitch Quay<br>London<br>SW11 3TN|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Peter Donebauer|Chair|||
||Dr Antonia Wrigley|Vice Chair|||
||Ian Henghes||Resigned 17/06/2024||
||Dr Thuli Whitehouse||||
||Darryl Edwards||||
||Marina Malthouse||Co-opted 02/04/2024||
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## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Peter Donebauer **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 29/10/2024 



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|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**British Association**|**for Holistic Medicine & Health Care**|**289459**|||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/07/2023<br>Period start date<br>**To**|30/06/2024<br>Period end date|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**10,761**<br>**21,765**<br>**6,262**<br>**4,350**<br>**128**<br>**6,038**<br>**369**<br> <br> **49,673**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**49,673**<br>**13,614**<br>**7,551**<br>**8,878**<br>**1,479**<br>**412**<br>**652**<br>**2,365**<br> **34,951**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**34,951**<br>**14,722**<br>**-**<br>**13,610**<br>**28,332**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Membershipsubs|**10,761**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**10,761**<br>**21,765**<br>**6,262**<br>**4,350**<br>**128**<br>**6,038**<br>**369**<br>**49,673**|**14,133**|
|Donations|**21,765**||||**10,755**|
|Journal income|**6,262**||||**10,452**|
|Course Income|**4,350**||||**65**|
|Other income|**128**||||**153**|
|Gift Aid|**6,038**||||**-**|
|Bank interest|**369**||||**103**|
|||||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **49,673**||||**35,661**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
|||**-**|**-**|**49,673**|**35,661**|
|||||||
|<br>Journal costs|**13,614**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**13,614**<br>**7,551**<br>**8,878**<br>**1,479**<br>**412**<br>**652**<br>**2,365**<br>**34,951**|**12,874**|
|Development costs|**7,551**||||**8,959**|
|Administration costs|**8,878**||||**10,782**|
|Website & Marcomms|**1,479**||||**1,213**|
|Bank Fees|**412**||||**281**|
|Accounts|**652**||||**-**|
|Other costs|**2,365**||||**4,200**|
|||||||
|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**34,951**||||**38,309**|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**||||||
|**,**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**34,951**||
|||**-**|**-**||**38,309**|
|||||||
||**14,722**|**-**|<br>**-**|**14,722**|**-                2,648**|
||**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**13,610**|**-**|
||**13,610**||||**16,258**|
||**28,332**|**-**|<br>**-**|**28,332**|**13,610**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>Independent Examination<br>**Details**<br>Cash at bank<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**28,332**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,332**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**717**<br>Print Name<br>ANTONIA J WRIGLEY|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||**30 October 2024**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||ANTONIA J WRIGLEY|29/10/2024|
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 


## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR HOLISTIC MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE **members of On accounts for the year** 30/06/2024 **Charity no** 289459 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-6 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2024 

- **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 (other than that disclosed below *) 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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

30/10/2024 **Signed: Date: Name:** Joanne Trowbridge **Relevant professional** MAAT **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** Bristol Community Accountants CIC The Park, Daventry Road Bristol, BS4 1DQ 

## **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). 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

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