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**Trustees ’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01/07/2024 To 30/06/2025** 

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

**Charity registration number: 289459** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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||SORP<br>reference||
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The association is established to educate and<br>inform doctors, medical students, other<br>healthcare professionals, and members of<br>the general public in the principles and<br>practice of compassionate holistic medicine<br>and healthcare.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|1. Production of three journals annually<br>2. Blogs and other social content<br>3. Annual student essay competition<br>4. Holistic course<br>5. Partnering in events<br>6. Holding 40th anniversary conference.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regard to the guidance on<br>public benefit when making decisions|





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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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||SORP<br>reference||
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’swork has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Journal published three further issues:<br>1. Autumn 2024: Crisis, Co-Creation,<br>community.<br>2. Winter 2024: The end-of-life issue.<br>3. Spring 2025: The spirit of renewal<br>Journals older than 20 months are available<br>to download for free along with a number of<br>articles published as blog posts<br>We've been telling our story, past, present<br>and future across all digital and social<br>channels, amplifying awareness and<br>increasing our reach.<br>Our course has had some excellent feedback<br>from doctors and other healthcare<br>practitioners.<br>We had a further successful student essay<br>competition<br>We held our 40th anniversary conference on<br>October 5, 2024 along with a series of<br>webinars.|



## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of thecharity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The closing bank balances, including all<br>payment platforms such as PayPal and<br>Stripe, was £54,035|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We are keeping £5,000 as a reserve though<br>this is more than we would need to close our<br>charity|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5000|





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|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>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.<br>However, we are urgently looking at<br>changing our membership model to be more<br>sustainable without donations.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|---|---|
|Thecharity’sprincipal sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising)|We have ongoing membership fees, journal<br>subscriptions, course sales, conference<br>ticket sales and some money from the<br>publishers’licensing service.  Additionally,<br>we raised £50,000 to fund new projects in<br>2025/2026.|
|Investment policy and objectives including<br>any social investment policy adopted|None|
|A description of the principal risks facing the<br>charity|We foresee no immediate risks.|





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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

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|---|---|
|Charity name|British Association for Holistic Medicine & Health Care|
|Other name the charity uses|BHMA (formerly‘BritishHolistic Medical Association)|
|Registered charity number|289459|
|Charity’sprincipal address|27 Ivory House<br>Clove Hitch Quay<br>London<br>SW11 3TN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
|1|Peter<br>Donebauer|Chair|||
|2|Dr Antonia<br>Wrigley|Vice Chair|||
|3|Ian Henghes||Resigned<br>17/06/2024||
|4|Dr Thuli<br>Whitehouse||||
|5|Darryl Edwards||Resigned 02/2024||
|6|Marina<br>Malthouse||Co-opted<br>02/04/2024||
|7|Mayur Gami||Co-opted<br>04/12/2024||
|8|Chloe Jenny||Co-opted<br>04/12/2024||
|9|Jessica Frost||Co-opted<br>04/12/2024||



## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

||**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Independent Examiner|Joanne Trowbridge MAAT|Bristol Community Accountants<br>CIC, The Park, Daventry Road,<br>Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1DQ||
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## **Declarations** 

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

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


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|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|
|---|---|
|**British Association for Holistic Medicine & Health Care**|**289459**|



**Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/07/2024 30/06/2025 

**CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**12,651**<br>**56,878**<br>**4,243**<br>**4,345**<br>**167**<br>**-**<br>**209**<br>**78,493**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**78,493**<br>**16,444**<br>**16,228**<br>**8,652**<br>**807**<br>**761**<br>**716**<br>**8,332**<br>**850**<br> **52,790**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**52,790**<br>**25,703**<br>**-**<br>**28,332**<br>**54,035**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Membershipsubs|**12,651**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**12,651**<br>**56,878**<br>**4,243**<br>**4,345**<br>**167**<br>**-**<br>**209**<br>**78,493**|**10,761**|
|Donations|**56,878**||||**21,765**|
|Journal income|**4,243**||||**6,262**|
|Course Income|**4,345**||||**4,350**|
|Other income|**167**||||**128**|
|Gift Aid|**-**||||**6,038**|
|Bank interest|**209**||||**369**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**78,493**||||**49,673**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||**-**|**78,493**|**49,673**|
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|Journal costs|**16,444**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**16,444**<br>**16,228**<br>**8,652**<br>**807**<br>**761**<br>**716**<br>**8,332**<br>**850**<br>**52,790**|**13,614**|
|Development costs|**16,228**||||**7,551**|
|Administration costs|**8,652**||||**8,878**|
|Website & Marcomms|**807**||||**1,479**|
|Bank Fees|**761**||||**412**|
|Accounts|**716**||||**652**|
|Events|**8,332**||||**796**|
|Other costs|**850**||||**1,569**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**52,790**||||**34,951**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**||**-**<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_**||||**52,790**||
||||**-**||**34,951**|
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||**25,703**||<br>**-**|<br>**25,703**|**14,722**|
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**28,332**|**-**|
||**28,332**||||**13,610**|
||**54,035**||<br>**-**|<br>**54,035**|**28,332**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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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>**54,035**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**54,035**<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>**788**<br>Print Name<br>Peter Donebauer|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**30 November 2025**|
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 


**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**|Charity Name<br>BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR HOLISTIC MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE|Charity Name<br>BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR HOLISTIC MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE|Charity Name<br>BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR HOLISTIC MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE|
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||30/06/2025|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|289459|
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2025 

- **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._ 

**Date: Signed:** ��� ���� **Name:** Joanne Trowbridge **Relevant professional** MAAT **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Bristol Community Accountants CIC The Park, Daventry Road Bristol, BS4 1DQ 

**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 any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**October 2018** 

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