Accounts year ended 31/8/2007

ACCOUNTS FOR ‘CHROME’

REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1041625

CASE HISTORY RESEARCH ON ‘ME’

PERIOD 1/9/06-31/8/07

1. Report of the Trustees

Names of Trustees

Chris Richards MA PhD, Ray Gibbons BSc.(Secretary), Geoffrey Jackson MA PhD (Minute Secretary), Kenneth Street MA BA (Treasurer and Chair), Margaret Fear, Inge Heinrich PhD MSc, Ken Manley, Colin Parratt BSc, Mary Simmonds.

Advisors

Professor Peter O Behan MD DSc FACP FRCP,

Dr E G Dowsett MB ChB Dip Bact,

Dr Derek Pheby BSc MBBS MPhil LL.M MFPHM,

Dr Layinka Swinburne BSc MB ChB FRCP FRCPath

Purpose of the Charity

CHROME was registered as a charity in 1994 and seeks to identify as many severely disabled ME sufferers as possible in the UK, to monitor the course of their illness, to analyse the statistical data obtained to supplement medical research.

General Report

During the year trustees have continued to collaborate with other charities and bodies in the same area of concern particularly with PRIME (Partnership for Research in CFS and ME). During the year substantial progress has been made in transferring qualitative data to the PRIME website for those participants who have given consent whilst preserving their anonymity. In the light of this a provisional decision has been made to cease collecting data. If that step is taken the implication will be that CHROME has fulfilled its original aim of collecting data for a ten year period. In that event consideration will be given to winding up the Charity and the advice of the Charity Commission will be sought as to the destination of surplus funds.

The Accounts

The Trustees have prepared the Accounts using the Receipts and Payments method.

In 2006 expenditure continued to exceed income again due to increased essential work on typing data from individual records for analysis. The deficit has been met by drawing from reserves. The Trustees consider that the reserves are sufficient to supplement income for some years to come and are appropriately used for this purpose. This position will be kept under review.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees make no public appeal for funds (although unsought donation are received and welcomed) believing that the balance in its general fund is sufficient to maintain the work of the charity for four years even if no donations were received. The current balance is held as a reserve with that in mind.

2. Report of Independent Examination:

I, James Lowe. of 7 Pinewood Close, Heaton Mersey, Stockport

have carried out an independent examination in respect of the Charity CHROME and report as hereunder:

Respective duties of trustees and examiner.

As charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirements of section 43 (2) of the Charities Act 1993 do not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of the procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43 (7) 0f the Act, whether any particular matters have come to my attention.

Independent examiners statement

The independent examination covers periods 1^st September 2005 to 31^st August 2006, and was carried out within the laid down procedures under section 43 of the Charities Act 1993, and in accordance with any directions given by the Commissioners under sub-section (7)(b) of that section which are applicable.

During the examination, no matter came to my notice or attention which gave me cause to doubt the accounting records of the Charity in accordance with section 41 of the Charities Act 1993.

There are no matters which have come to my attention in connection with the examination which, in my opinion, should be reported in order to enable a proper understanding of the Accounts to be reached. All expenditure is of a nature to be in accordance with the Charity, and all information to which I am entitled under Regulation 8 has been supplied to me.

27 September 2007 …………James A Lowe……………………………………

JAMES LOWE

ACCOUNTS FOR CHROME CHARITY 1041625

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

PERIOD 1/9/2006-31/8/2007

INCOME 2006 2007

Donations received 267.50 130.00

Interest received CAFcash 9.80 10.86

Interest received CAF GOLD 413.44 406.94

690.74 547.80

EXPENDITURE

Typing/secretarial/stationery 1567.00 384.50

Telephone 170.07 82.59

Sundry Expenses/Data P Act 35.00

Printing Bulletin and postage 145.95 316.72

1918.02 783.81

Total receipts 690.74 547.80

Total expenditure 1918.02 783.81

Surplus (Deficit) for the year (1227.28) (236.01)

Cash balances b/fwd 11098.42 9871.14

Closing Balances 9871.14 9635.13

Represented by

CAF 300.00 300.00

CAF GOLD 9571.14 9335.13

9871.14 9635.13

K E Street - Treasurer