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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Rakesh Chibber|Board Member|May/2011 - present|DRA meeting| ||Mr Chris Singer|Secretary|June/2007-present|DRA meeting| ||Mr Nikhil Varma|Treasurer|May/2011 – present|DRA meeting| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **April 2009** **TAR** 2 **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **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 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) ASSOCIATION How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) OUR TRUSTEES ARE APPOINTED BY APPROVAL/DRA MEETING 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; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 1) TO FURTHER AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO DIABETES AND RELATED DISEASES AND INTO THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF SUCH DISEASES AND FURTHER THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH - 2) TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF AND TREATMENT OF SUCH DISEASES **April 2009** **TAR** 3 DRA carries out these objects by funding research related to the treatment of diabetes and diabetes related diseases. The aim is to support research that is both basic and translational by providing funds to support salary and/or cost of consumables. **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)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Our main challenge is to continue to raise funds to support research into diabetes and diabetes related diseases. A particular focus is diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in people of the working age. The aim of DRA is to support primarily basic but also clinical research in diabetes and diabetes related diseases. It is hoped that this support will increase in amount with more active fund raising. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **April 2009** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** From June 2024 – June 2024 the charity income and expenditure was as follows: **Balance: £135,858.51 Income: £41,860.43 Expenditure: £153.56** Funds were raised to support research into diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in people of the working age. The charity is in the process of consolidation and is making plans to make grant for research into diabetic retinopathy. In the recent past, the charity had made contribution of £16,000 was made to the Peninsula Medical School to support the medical research of Dr Joanna Tarr. **April 2009** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; To date, our source of funds has included donations. The charity was very thankful indeed to **the Estate of Hilda Olive Spence for donation of £41,414.90.** Our recent contribution of £16,000 has helped to guarantee the employment of Dr Joanna Tarr (Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter) and support her promising research into understanding and treating diabetic retinopathy. The work is ongoing and DRA contribution was acknowledged in publications and presentations at conferences. - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **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) Full name(s)** Dr Rakesh Chibber **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 28-Aug-2025 **April 2009** **TAR** 6 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES )etes Reseaich As%)ciatio Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from To Jun-24 Jun-25 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last yeai to the Trearest tothe nearegt£ to the Trearest £ tothe nearest£ tothe nearest£ A1 Receipts 41,860 41,860 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 41060 41.860 A2 Asset and investment sales. see table . Sub roTal Toral receip 41.860 41.860 A3Pa ments 154 154 Sub ror81 A4 Asset and investment urchases. (see table Sub rotal Toralpayments 154 154 Nei of receip1￿{payMentSj A5 Transfers beljveen funds A6 Cash funds lastyear ènd Cash funds this year end 41,706 41,106 41.706 41,706 TAR April 2009 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrieted funds Rèstricted funds Endowment funds Categorfes Detalls to Neaie5t £ to neare5t£ to ￿earest£ B1 Cash fund9 135.858 Totalcash funds 135,858 la9w baL8fices w¢h *¢eipts and p¥Y￿nts accounlls}I Unrestricted funds to neaie5t £ Restrlcted funds to nearest£ Endowment fund5 to nearest£ Dètails B2 Other monetary assets F￿nd lowh￿h assetbek Details Cost loptsonall currentvtt￿e Fund to which asset belongs Current value loptiO￿all Details Cost (Lwtsonall B4 Assets retsined for the charlty's own use lowh￿h a￿'IrtY le￿te$ AThOU￿1￿UÈ lopl￿nall When due lopl￿nall Details 85 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf ol all the trustees Sionature Print Name Dale of roval Dr Rak85h Chibb8r 2510812025 TJ CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Seclion A Independent Emminerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of DIABETES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION On accounts for the year ended 3010612025 Charity no {if any) 299047 Set out on pages I report to the Iruslees on my examinath)n of the accounts of the above charity I'lhe Trust'l for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis ot report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1 the Acl'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts camed 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 1451511bl of the Act I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection the examinatK)n which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect". accounting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the ac(x)untitu recoids Independent examlner's statement I have no cOn￿M5 and have come across no olhei matters in Conr￿¢t10n wlh the examination to which attention should be dram) in order lo enab￿ a prop8r understanding of the accounts to be reached.. Slgned.. KUEN4E Date: 2710812025 Name: MAURICE AKUEME Relevant professional qualificationl31 or body (if any1= ASSOCIATE N1EMBER. INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS MEMBERSHIP NO 250888 Address: 502 CleTkenwell Workshops 27-31 Clerkenwell Close London EC1R OAT Section B Disclosure Only complete rf tlie examiiiei iieed) to highlight niatters of coiicein (see CC32, Independent examination of charrty accounts." direcb'ons and guKiance lor examiners). IER October 2018 TAR April 2009 TAR 10 April 2009