How we spend money
Asthma International Funding Policy
For the current Kenya Inhaler Project 2024/5 we aim to raise £41,800 per annum on a rolling basis. This figure includes on-the-ground programme costs, fundraising, UK salaries and reserve spending, as detailed in the tables below. Asthma International invites donors, if they wish, to ring-fence their donations, so they can be sure that 100% of their donation will go to:
- on-the ground costs only (e.g. medications, diagnostic tests, periodic check-ups, etc)
- on-the-ground costs plus reserves only
- on-the-ground costs plus reserves and fundraising only
- all charitable purposes to deliver asthma care as outlined in its constitution
Below is a detailed breakdown of the budget for the Kenya Inhaler Project:
DESCRIPTION
Dreamland Mission Hospital/Asthma International Inhaler Programme 2024/5
Inclusion criteria: children and adults.
Treatment: Clinical examination and spirometry, followed, if asthma is present, by treatment until controlled, with periodic stepdown (controlled reduction in treatment to ascertain maintenance level). Average yearly expectations for stepdown given below.
TABLE 1: PROJECTED ANNUAL SPEND PER PERSON PER YEAR OVER 6 YEARS
Asthma International Reserves Policy
Reserves are the funds a charity keeps back so as to strengthen its resilience against, for example, drops in income or the unforeseen demands of a new project.
Asthma International puts aside 12% of all donations to meet these challenges in its operations. They include:
- Operational challenges - for example if there is an unplanned hiatus in, or closure of, operations, and the impact on beneficiaries (children and adults with asthma) needs to be cushioned;
- Capital purchase challenges - for example when an additional spirometer (an instrument designed to diagnose asthma) needs to be bought or upgraded.
Why does Asthma International have this particular reserve figure? The main reason is to do with protecting asthmatic children and adults. Asthma is a serious and life-threatening condition, and patients must be protected from patchy or intermittent treatment. This protection can only be achieved with a substantial figure for reserves.
However, Asthma International’s trustees regularly monitor and review the reserves policy in response to changing funding and reserve levels. Currently, a level of 12%, neither too large to accumulate an unspent reservoir of money, nor too little to be unable to respond to the challenges above, is adjudged, in light of Charity Commission guidance, to be a reasonable level.
Trustees Annual Report
This can be downloaded at this link.
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