REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1145561

	Report of the Trustees and
	Unaudited Financial Statements For The Year Ended  31 October 2012
	for
	Pain UK

Pain UK

Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012

	Page

Report of the Trustees	1 to 4	

Independent Examiner's Report	5	

Statement of Financial Activities	6	

Balance Sheet	7	

Notes to the Financial Statements	8 to 9	

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities	10	

Pain UK

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2012. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity number
1145561

Principal address
c/o SSS
41 North Road
London
N7 9DP

Trustees
Mr S McDougall 	Chair	- appointed 22.1.12		
Mr J Richardson 	Treasurer	- appointed 1.9.12		
Mrs M Nicholson 		- appointed 22.1.12		
Ms A Alinia 		- appointed 22.1.12		
Mr A Chuter 		- appointed 22.1.12		
Ms J Cumming 		- appointed 22.1.12		
Mr A Barnard 	Development Manager	- appointed 22.1.12		
Ms C Hughes 	Secretary	- appointed 22.1.12		
Ms R Meek 		- appointed 22.1.12		
- resigned 31.3.12
Ms S Haydon 	Treasurer	- appointed 22.1.12		
- resigned 1.9.12

Independent Examiner

J Botham
Association of International Accountants
Josh Botham Tax & Accounting Services Ltd
Archer House
Britland Estate
Northbourne Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN22 8PW

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

Risk management
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. 

Pain UK

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Aims
Pain UK was established on 1 November 2011 and received charitable status in January 2012 (registered charity number 1145561). Its objectives, as stated in the constitution, are:

•	To relieve the suffering of pain, in particular by bringing together voluntary organisations established for the relief of pain sufferers in a common effort to improve their care, treatment and management
•	To advance the education of the general public on the causes, effects, treatment and management of pain; and
•	To promote social inclusion for the public benefit among people living with pain who may be socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of poor management of their condition and the physical, psychological and social issues that can ensue.

In pursuit of this, Pain UK has set itself four key objectives:

•	To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of member charities, thus enabling them to advance the education of the public, reduce social exclusion and improve quality of life for people in pain
•	To educate the public and those who work with people in pain so that they come to understand that pain is an important issue in its own right, deserving of more effort to improve care, treatment and management of pain
•	To highlight support for people in pain where it exists, thus helping to improve their care, treatment and management
•	To raise awareness of the need for additional forms of support where none exists

In year one, the overarching priority has been to understand the strengths and weaknesses of member charities and those they support. Pain UK has also prioritised creation of a visual identity and establishment of a website bringing all the members together. We have also engaged in some awareness raising work and worked with partner organisations on particular issues. These will be described later in the report. 

Pain UK

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
Following the inaugural meeting our first task was to set up the board and elect officials, register as a charity, open a bank account, secure funding and to prioritise the initial workload: a number of subcommittees were set up to facilitate this.

There were early changes to the board due to work commitments, both Ros Meek and Judy Birch finding it necessary to stand down, Ros joined the Advisory Board and Judy became our representative at Pain Alliance Europe.
By March we had achieved all of our initial objectives and had received pledges for a total of £25,000 in funding as follows:

-  Gruenthal  £10,000
-  Pfizer        £10,000
-  Napp         £  5,000

The final instalment of this funding was received in August 2012. Pain UK wishes to place on record it’s thanks to these three companies for the support they have provided and for showing faith in the charity as it was being established.

In our first year we are developing a website as a focus for information and knowledge on pain and ,to identify how through better representation, to raise the profile of pain and the patient perspective.

Branding
The Trustees felt that creating a clear recognisable logo that worked in all settings was essential if Pain UK was to be taken seriously and the branding sub-committee led by Sean McDougall set about developing this. The new logo was launched in April, swiftly followed by headed paper, business cards, a website and, soon, banners. The branding has been very positively received and has given us a clear identity.

Membership
We started with seven founder members and the membership sub-committee led by Marian Nicholson and Chris Hughes set a target of 30 members in our first year. By September we had 23 full members and also have 7 Associate members. We are continuing to identify and recruit new charities both big and small. Members have been kept informed of our progress by regular newsletters.

Pain UK has recently surveyed all its members and completed what we believe to be the first ?insider? study of the strengths and weaknesses of UK pain charities. The information gleaned from our survey will help develop our business plan.

International Organisations
In March we joined Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) and the International Association of Patient Organisations (IAPO)

Support
Trustees did almost all of the work in year one, and it was September 2012 before we secured full time administrative support via a full time six-month secondment from BT. This has enabled us to us move beyond research and preparation into delivery. In August, we appointed a freelance fundraiser who will be using the survey as the basis for a number of applications, each intended to help us help our member charities. The arrival of full time administrative support also enabled us to commission a professional journalist who has been translating our research findings into text for our new website.
Website
A new website was one of our major targets, and although we quickly set up a temporary site so that we had a web presence, we recognised that it would take longer to establish a site that had the same visual appeal and credibility as those of organisations that we work with and seek to influence.
A test site was developed in May and it has a number of characteristics:

•	It is based on Wordpress, a free content management system that underpins approximately 50 million websites at     this time
•	It has a responsive template  that is, it automatically reorganises how information is displayed according to the size of the screen being used by the viewer
•	It is dynamic  meaning that it automatically updates itself as new articles are published, and it can present the results of searches in a format that looks like a web page.

Pain UK

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
•	All pages on the site are optimised for search engines, meaning that they are deliberately designed to find their way to the top of searches on Google and Yahoo without being sponsored. In this way, we hope to help people in pain find their way to support very quickly, and with the fewest possible number of clicks

The website was launched at the AGM with core content and special pages written for each of our founder members. Our other members will be added to the site by Christmas.

Policy
This subcommittee gave careful thought to where we should put our effort at this time of great change in the NHS, and how we could best work with other interested parties to increase our spread. There have been some notable successes:
•	Tricia King became our representative on PIN the NICE patient organisation
•	Sue Clayton was appointed as the patient representative on the Specialist Pain Care Guidelines Commissioning Group
•	Martin Johnson of the RCGP invited Pain UK to be part of the working group on creating a measurement tool for problematic pain.

Promotions and Representation
One of the issues that matters most to our member charities is representation at events. Pain UK has been very active in this regard:
•	distributing member leaflets at events such as the British Pain Society annual scientific meeting and RCGP conferences on pain management
•	attending events such as the Northern Ireland Pain Summit and the launch of the Pain Summit Report at the House of Commons
•	speaking at events such as the European-wide Societal Impact of Pain conference
•	attending conferences organised by NICE and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
•	participating in training, with a view to passing the knowledge on to members
•	joining steering groups, including the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition Affiliates Meetings and the RCGP Stakeholder group meetings throughout the year.
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Pain UK has also responded to two consultations:
•	a NICE Neuropathic Pain clinical guideline draft scope consultation
•	a Department of Work and Pensions independent review of the Work Capacity Assessment

Press Coverage
We have made our first forays into press campaigning, with a half-page profile of one of our Trustees in the Daily Telegraph and an opinion piece in the Huffington Post. A news piece which appeared in Mature Times was followed up in the Daily Mirror. An article on the charity also appeared in the British Pain Society?s Pain News, and on the Clinical Leaders website.

Pain Award
In April the Trustee board decided to set up an annual award to honour individuals who have significantly contributed to defeating pain. The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition and the British Pain Society have both agreed to work with us on the Pain Champion Award. The CPPC has also agreed that the award can be presented at their parliamentary reception in the New Year. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

Mr A Barnard  - Trustee

10 April 2013

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of
Pain UK

I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 October 2012 set out on pages six to nine.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is required.

It is my responsibility to:

-		examine the accounts under Section 145 of the 2011 Act	
-		to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and	
-		to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.	

Basis of the independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view ' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.

Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1)		which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements		

-		to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act; and		
-		to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with  the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act		

have not been met; or

(2)		to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.		

J Botham
Association of International Accountants
Josh Botham Tax & Accounting Services Ltd
Archer House
Britland Estate
Northbourne Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN22 8PW

Date: .............................................

Pain UK

Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
	Unrestricted
	funds
	Notes	£		
INCOMING RESOURCES		
Incoming resources from generated funds		
Voluntary income		25,000	
Investment income	2	9	
	
Total incoming resources	25,009	

RESOURCES EXPENDED		
Costs of generating funds		
Costs of generating voluntary income	3	303	
Governance costs	6,801	
	
Total resources expended	7,104	

	
NET INCOMING RESOURCES	17,905	

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD	17,905	

Pain UK

Balance Sheet
At 31 October 2012
 
	Unrestricted
	funds
	Notes	£		

CURRENT ASSETS		
Cash at bank		18,595	

CREDITORS		
Amounts falling due within one year	5	(690)	

NET CURRENT ASSETS	17,905	

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES	
	
17,905	

NET ASSETS	17,905	

FUNDS	6		
Unrestricted funds	17,905	
	
TOTAL FUNDS	17,905	

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 3 April 2013 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr A Barnard -Trustee

Pain UK

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES	

Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. 

Resources expended
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity.  Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

2.	INVESTMENT INCOME	

	£
Deposit account interest		9	

3.	COSTS OF GENERATING VOLUNTARY INCOME	

	£
Support costs		303	

4.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS	

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2012.

Trustees' Expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 October 2012.

5.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR	

	£
Other creditors		690	

Pain UK

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012
 
6.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS	

	
At 1.11.11		Net movement in funds		
At 31.10.12		
£		£		£		
Unrestricted funds
General fund	-	17,905	17,905	

TOTAL FUNDS	-	17,905	17,905	

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

	Incoming resources		Resources expended		Movement in funds		
£		£		£		
Unrestricted funds
General fund	25,009	(7,104)	17,905	

TOTAL FUNDS	25,009	(7,104)	17,905	

Pain UK

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 October 2012

	£

INCOMING RESOURCES		

Voluntary income		
Donations		25,000	

Investment income		
Deposit account interest		9	
	
Total incoming resources	25,009	

RESOURCES EXPENDED		

Support costs		
Management		
Telephone		43	
Advertising		566	
Accountancy		330	
	
	939
Finance		
Bank charges		8	
IT Costs		17	
	
	25
Human resources		
Rent and Rates		29	
Travel Costs		1,768	
	
	1,797
Other		
No description		735	
Other 2		
Advertising		3,000	
Trustee Meeting Costs		608	
	
	3,608
	
Total resources expended	7,104	

	
Net income	17,905