company number - British Cardiovascular Society

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HEART FAILURE 4(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)TRUSTEES’ REPORTYEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2004• A report from the above meeting was published as the 17 th BSH Newsletter, and was circulated tomembers in November 2004.• The Annual Autumn Meeting 2004 and AGM took place on 25 November 2004 in London. Thisfull day and a half meeting, entitled‘Heart failure: translating evidence into practice' was a jointinitiative between the BSH and the Coronoary Heart Disease NHS Collaborative. The meetingwas extremely well attended by nearly 500 participants, and 9 exhibitors/sponsors took part.• The report from the Autumn Meeting 2004 was published in February 2005 as the 18 th BSHnewsletter.• Seven heart failure symposia will form part of the plenary sessions at the British Cardiac Society(BCS) Annual Scientific Conference, 23–26 May 2005, as follows:- Tomorrow’s world in heart failure (Teach-In)- From exercise testing & training to improving the outlook for heart failure patients (Jointsession with BACR)- Pragmatic diagnosis of heart failure (Joint session with BSE/PCCS)- How to manage acute heart failure (‘How to’ session)- Sudden death in heart failure (Joint session with BPEG)- Practical aspects of undertaking exercise rehabilitation for heart failure patients (‘How to’session with BACR)- Heart failure with preserved systolic function (Stand-alone session).• The Annual BSH Scientific Meeting 2005 & AGM will take place in November 2005 in London.• Two further planning meetings for the development of a national heart failure database took placein July 2004 and January 2005. A minimum dataset for audit purposes was agreed upon, whichwill be distributed to interested parties for incorporation into their own databases. An initial draftof a full dataset for use as electronic patient records was also produced.3. INVESTMENT POLICYThe trustees’ policy is to invest funds in easy access and relatively low risk bank accounts.4. CONTRIBUTIONS BY VOLUNTEERSWe regret that it is not possible to calculate accurately and reflect in these accounts the immensecontribution made to the charity by our volunteers, helpful members, advisors and of course ourtrustees, whose help contributes greatly to enhance the work of the charity. We are most grateful tothem.5. BASIS OF PREPARATIONThis report is prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act 1985relating to small companies and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice,Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2000) issued in October 2000.