Children's Burns Foundation -A Step Forward REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Contents Contents Trustees. RepcKt and Financial Statements for the period to 31 Marth 2025 Objeclives and AclNities of the Foundai Structure Gov8man(* and manageft￿nt Achievements and Perf0m￿nCe Donations in kind and volunteers Financial Review 11Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the period to 31 March 2025 Registered Charity Number 1121682 Principal Office: Glo Delta Solutions 3 Wellgreen Close Hale WA15 8PT Trustees at the date this report was approved Mamta Shah (Chair) Sarah Gaskell (Secxetary) Sue Weighell (Treasurer) Jonathan Smith Emily Oliver - appointed 3010712024 Julie Smyth - appointed 1510112025 Bankers HSBC plc 11 Stsmford New Rd Altrincham WA14 18W Independent Examiner Mitchell Ch8rlesworth 44 Peter St Manchesier M2 5GP 21Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Objectives and Activities of the Foundation Overvlew The charity, Children's Bums F(x1ndati￿ - A Step Fofward. was established by a Trust Deed on 7 October 2007 and was. at that trn, called the Manchester Chiklren's Bums Foundation (the Foundation). The obpcts of the Foundation as set out in the Trusi Deed a￿ to ffjlieve the consequences ol injury to children arKI ycMJryJ people under the cafe ol Ihe Manchesier Paediatric Bums Service and to advan￿ the dinical and basic science research Ihe area of injury and post-tyjm scarring in children. The Foundation's name was subsequently changed on 13 August 2008 to 'Children's Bums Foundation - A Step F(Thard' to reflect the reality that the scope of the services provided exlended beyond the C(￿rIn6$ of Manchesier. The Foundation has been registered as a charity wrth the Chanty Commission from 26 November 2007 and alIc￿ted number 1121682. The purpose of the F￿ndatIOn is to support the recovery of chlldren with bum injuries. In dolng so. the Foundation is uniquely placed in that rt does nol ad as a direct w0v￿er of support to such children but instead works with different partnerships (induding volunleers. health workers. health and fire services and research bodies). The Foundation is also Independent of any Govemment funded organisatKm and therefore has access to a wider range of grant give￿. Objectives and Activities of the Foundation A bum is one of Ihe most painful inlufies for the to cope with; recovery can often take months with scars, bolh physical and psychological, lastiNJ a lrfetime. A bum Injury is one of the commonest causes of injury in children with rrKKe children admitted with bums than road traffic accidents in the Greater Manchester afea. With im[￿ving survlval rates as young people recover fr(xn trauma that may weviously have been fatal, the Spot1￿ht has moved onto the qualty of lrfe arKI fvncti(m of bum injured children. For many children the psycholo￿ scarring can be as bad as. or even worse than the physical scarring. Following a burn injury many children have difficulty re-integrating into everyday life. They may have nightmares. disturt)ed sleep patterns or behaviour. struggle with schoolwork and suffer the breakdown of important friendships. Additionally. they have to endure being siared at. teasing and intrusive quests'ons about th￿"r scars from other people. Manchesier Paediatric Bums Servi(% supp(xts the ￿habil￿atiOn of bum iryured children through a range of programmes indudirvJ the m￿CheSter Children's Bums Camp (MCBC) which organises residenlial actmty camps, d@S￿ned lo improve the self-belief. confidence and psychological well-being of bum iryured children. These camps are run by healthcare professionals. fire ￿hterS from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service artd volunteer5 - some of whom are adult bum survivors. However. due to limited reswrces. only a few children can attend annual camps and there are minimal training opportunities for volunteer5 lo improve the delivery of such rehabilrtats'on support projects. Feedback from children who have attended these camps clearly defines the benefits and more bmp(wtsnUy, h￿hI￿hts the 31Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 need for more such programmes during the year partlcularty day events to supplement the reS￿ential rehabilitation activities. The National Bum Care Review (published in 2001) recognised the importance of such rehabilitaiion programmes for bum injured chiklren and the need for further research and induded both in the subsequent standards of bum care. It is recognised that the NHS has a finite PCM)l of resources arKI th￿ is rK)t a pnority. There is lrtile research targeted at improving the physical and psychokNJical 0￿c(M￿8$ of bum injuries in children. largely due to the lack of speufic funding OpP￿lUn1t￿$. Whilst there Is recognrtion of the need for speufK researth into improving psycholog￿￿1 and physical outcomes of bums in children, fundmg fr(xn the nation81 research funding IK)dy, NIHR or mainstream resewch fufKling bodies such as MRC or Wellcome trust. is sparse. The Children's Bums Foundation recognises thts shortlall and has been establlshed to ralse fvnds for supporting rehabditative programmes and research speu'fically for children wilh bum injuries. 41Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Structure Governance and Management Trustees during the year covered by thi5 report Mamta Shah and Sarah Gaskell became Trustees when the F￿ndatIOn was established and conts'nue to be so. Sue Weighell and J￿athan Smith were all appointed prKY lo this financkgl year. Samaniha Bedford reS￿ned her trustee role on 0210712024 and the trustees thank Samantha lor her support and gumdance during her lemi of off￿. new trustees have been appointed this year, Emity Oliver and Julie Smylh. The current Trustees armj their areas of responsibilty are given below: Dr Mamts Shah {Chair) Dr Sarah Gaskell (Se(xelary) Sue Weighell rfreasurer) Jonathan Smith (Vice Chair) Emily Oliver (Marketing) Julie Smylh (Legal) In 8ddilion. the FourKlation is honoured to have the folkming Patrons and Ambassadors: Mr Peter Davenpcrt {F￿rner Consuhant Plast￿ and Reconstructive Surgeon. Manchester Children's Hospital) Miss Ar'mee Carroll Miss Amy Meadows Miss Holly McKew Governance The Trustees have developed: a vision and mission statemenl for the Foundati a robust policy framewort( induding policies ￿. o banking o correspondence o communications o fundraising 0 risk managemenl o data pyotection o expenses o code of conduct o conflicts of Interest o volunteers o health aKI safety SIPage Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 a Trustee regisler ol skills and interests. In addition to regular fomial tra￿ing. an infomwtm pack and ￿tranet web access is provided for each Trustee (x)ntaining detaits of ts FourKlakn's policies, procedures and the governing Trust Deed that details the TNslees' duties and responsibilities. The Tnjslees have overall reSpon￿bilIty for the daY-l￿daY management of the Foundation and mt regularfy lo discuss matters and lo make decisions affeding the Fwrnlation. A risk assessmenl has been prepared and reviewed by the Truslees. Policies and prc>cedures have been formalised so that any risks can be Kjenkn'fied, actively managed and where possible, mtyated. Recruitment and appointment of new trustees Regular revwls are undertaken to assess the skills of the ￿rrent Iruslees and identify any areas for strengthening. New trustees are appointed by existing trustees. 61Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Achievements and Performance Manchesler Child￿n s Bums Camps The Manchester Children's Bums Cwnp FKogramme was started in 1993 and has expanded and developed ever sin(x. It now runs five main programmes - a young thildren's camp, an older children's camp. an Arnerican exchange programme, a family camp and a young leader training programme. Currently they take around 50 children a year away on camps. The main aim of the camps is to equip the children with Ihe skills they need to overcome their injuries such as co￿ng stralegies, shanng their problems and experiences and deVelo￿ng a rn￿6 positive body imag8. A grant was awarded lo cover costs of Ghyll He&J Aclivty Centre of £9.960. Training grant A training grant was awarded lo a dinical psyclKAogist to covw 50% of the u)st of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) training. This is a type ol speaalised psychological treatment used to help indivKluals prC￿sS and recover fr(xm traumats"c lrfe experiences. 11 Is reC(yTh￿ by NICE as one of the eviderK&based psyctrK)kMJical Iheraws to treat patwts with post-trawnatic stress disffller (PTSD). This technique will be used to facilitale the recovery of bum Injured children. Publicity and Conferences The currenl website al Lf rg has been updated to give more up to date formation about the charity. The trustees ¢¢￿tinue to W0n￿le the charity ￿ social media and have an active FacetKM)k page. Fundr8ising Throughoul the year many people ratsed money f￿ the Foundation through spI￿S0re(I events. In addition, the FourKJation conb'nues to be generously supwted by regular and one-off wivate donalK￿. A ball was held this year as a lundraiser. i Counts the Fish "Kiki counts the Fish" has been written by Jonathan Smith and illustrated by Katy and Natasha Stanley. The book has been written by a pa￿nt of a thild treated in the Bums Unit. The book stsrted life as a brief conversation with Miss Shah This book will aim to help pati8nts in the Burns Unit through leaming and play. It is a han Ilustrated b(x)k full of vibrant colours. The book will be given to patients in Ihe Burns Unrt and a copy can be obtained a minimum d￿ts'On of £10 online, via the C8F website. 71Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Donations in kind and volunteers Donations in kind The value of these Servic￿ and items has been included in the accounts as donations in kind. In addilion. many hours have been contributed by yo￿nteerS in arranging fuThd raising events and helping to get Ihe Foundat￿ ￿10 a sound foots'ng. Tenos Ltd provided telephone answerirrfj machine - £138 Susan Weyhell (Delta Solut￿￿) provKled Xero accounting Softw￿ . £203 Volunteers The trustees are grateful the invaluable conlribution of those who gave their time voluntarily lo assist fvndraising events. Our sincere thanks go to all volunteers. Supp￿￿15, fundraisws, Patrons WKI Truslees for Ih8ir help. 81Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Financial Review The TnJstees review the financial position of the charily as part ol the regular Trustee meetings and are sab'sfied that the of the fund is suffio'ent to meet annual operating expenditure. Results for the year Incoming resources were £35.922 totsl 8XPWKliture was £25.838. Trre was a surplus for the year of £10,084 Where do our funds come from? We received £35.922 • Donadons • Donated 800th and servlces . Bank Interesi • OthttTr*llng Aaivities How do we spend our money? ..we spent £25,838 • Eynditurn on raising fuods . Grdnts (diartrable artlvlrSes) . Expendlture OD dwitsble activites 91Page Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Reserves Poliry The trustees have consKlered the requirement for reserves and aim to keep a reserve of £10,000 in unresln'cted funds (￿presented by cash in the bank) to cover any emergency expenditure or other conts'ngency. Funds in excess of £10.000 are kept in a HSBC Savings Account. Statement of Trustees, responsibilities In the attached accounts set out on pages 13 to 17, the Trustees have prepared financ statements for the period up to 31 March 2025. In preparing such statements Ihe Trustees are required to: select suilable acc(xJnts'ng poli(ies and apply them c(Thistenttr. make I￿ts WKI estimates that are reasonable and FKudent: stste whether applicable a¢(￿n11ng standards aThl ststements of recwThnded practice have been foll(w8d. subj'ecl to any departures disdosed and explained in the financial staternnts: and prepare the financial state￿nts the going eoncern basis unless it Is In¥proprlate to presume the Foundation WAI c￿ts"nue in its operational existence. The Trustees are responsible for keep￿￿ proper a￿OUntIng re(xxds whK* disclose with reasonable accuracy at the kn.me the financial posth.on of the FoundatK)n and to enable them to ensure that the financial ststements (x)mpty with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of Ihe F(xJndation and herth for iaking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The rep(Kt was approved by the trustees on 0911012025 and its behalf by: Mamla Shah Chair Susan We￿h81 Treasurer 10IPage Children's Bums Foundation. Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Children's Burns Foundation I report to the chanty truslees on rny exarninatK)n of the aCc￿nts of the charty for Ihe year ended 31 Marth 2025 whith are set out on pages 12 to 16. Responslbllftles and basls of report As Ihe charity's truslees Y￿ a￿ reSpor61b￿ for the p￿P￿aliC￿ of Ihe accounts In accordance with the requirements of the CharIt￿S Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried oul under section 145 of the Act and in carying oul my examination I have followed all the applicable Dbrections given by the Charrty Commission under sects.on 145(5)(b) ol the Act. Independont examln•rfs statement I have completed my examinalion. I confirm thal rK) material matters have come to my attention in connection with the e￿inat￿ giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. ac1￿n￿.ng records were not kept in respect of ts charity as required by section 130 of the Act: or 2. th8 accounts do not acccKd wilh those rec(xds", ( 3. Ihe accounts do noi comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set oul in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the acC￿ntS gNe a 'true and fair view, which is not 8 matter consKlered as part of an independent examinalion. I have no concerns and have come a¢xoss no other matters in C￿¢nectI¢￿ with the examinats'on to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a prop understanding of the accounts to be reached. Jarnlelee Johnston CA Independent Examlner Mttchell Charfesworth (Audit) Llmited 3" Floor 44 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GP 09.10.2025 111Page ik*en's Bums F¢xMKlaIK￿.' Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Accounts forthe year endlng 3110312025 Stat•m•nt of Financial Activiti•s for th• y•ar •nd•d 3110312025 lund• Totsl lund¥ r•i•l fiind• Donali¢)ns •rrfl108acios Oihèr tradInga¢b￿lSfj* Income from 15.119 15.119 18.736 12.423 4.410 1.814 T￿•1 Incom• 35.923 35.923 18.647 Éxpendlturn on: Roigin8 lunds Chafitable actfviu 8.605 17.233 2.052 14.546 17333 Tot•l •xp•ndltur• 26.838 25.838 16.598 Net incomel{expenditw•l 10.085 10.IXS Tr8nsler$ b￿l￿￿tn lund$ 10. 10.085 Total funda lThiiht lor¥Md 111.965 109.916 Toi81 fund8 urrt•d lomrd 122.050 122.050 111.965 Page113 ik*en's Bums F¢xMKlaIK￿.' Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Accounts forthe year endlng 3110312025 Balanc• Sh•et a• at 3110312025 Curr•M A•••ts Debiofs Cash •t bank and In htynd 127.492 127.492 111.965 CuvT•Trt U•bllltl•• Ciethors and accru 122.050 111.965 N•t ••••t• 122.050 111.965 Th• lund• ol th• ch• Unr•ffifKt•O fvnd• 122.050 111.985 Tot•l eh•rtty lund• 122.050 111.965 ApprobEd tythe tru¥tee¥ on 0911012025 and s¢￿ed ￿ Its tIeh￿l Tn￿1•• Page114 ik*en's Bums F¢xMKlaIK￿.' Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Notes to the accounts for the year endong 3110312025 1) Accounting pollci•• al Baslj olprepw•kn The Ilfflanclal gwements been bWep￿ed In accordan￿ *lth Accountln8 and Repothrf ty CharftM: Sta￿)8￿ Recornfnended PractKe appI￿able to charitieg preparing iheii accom in 8CCOfdonce wilh the Financial Reporti1￿ Standwd applic&bie in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffefflivF4 1 January 20151- IChviiiM SORP IFRS 10211. th• Financi•i Reporting Standard appticablg in tho UK and R8publ4c ol Ireland IFAS 1021. ChiidT•n'• Burn• Fwnd•tion mo•Ti the defimion of a p￿￿1¢ b•nefft •niity undvr FRS 102. A83et3 8nd118ts'blies bre Inlts.￿lY recoqrw880 at h181oncal c081 or Ir8D8actKm value u￿088 Othenwlje *t8ted In the relv48nl countinq note(s). b) Don4￿n8 ond8wis c) t)on*•dgoods *nd*•Thic•s Intonwble inCLwn• which c(xnpriMd don•l•d good• M¢¥icu. IB inclwjod at • vJlu•tbon vknich iswb eltirnate ofthe fin?Dci•I cost bome by the (h)nor is wanlffiabi• •nd mMsurt>l•. No i￿rn• h f￿0￿1••￿ ¥*there theT• li no fin•ncial th• thlrd party. ) Expendlture andlff4covèrnble VA T Expen(Jiture 1$ reco￿￿ed once there is a lew or construfflr4e obliy150n io make a p•1m￿tt0 • thhd pwty. It ￿ probr4Jle thet *•tiloment will b• foquir•d •nd th• Arno￿1 of th• 01>￿.8￿110n con be m8o$ur•d r•ts"obly. IrrnctMf•bla VAT i• ¢hthrged &• • ¢081 •8•ln•t th• a¢iMty lor **4¢h th• •xpwidltur• YM•• In¢urr•O. •1 FundAttount#y Fund5 held bythe Fwndpdon C￿ be rt. 11 Unrostiicled le￿1￿1 1urmts-*th￿kn ¢on be uged In K¢ord8n¢p with ihe Fowdation'$ ob￿¥ 01 the discretion ol the 11) Dewgnated lurbds- we lunds sol asKle by Iho Tiuslees ol urne￿1￿1ed 8enwal lund8 Iw specilic lulure P￿P￿S o1pf0j￿t3. or 1111 Restricted lunds- **lch are lunds that be ￿•d p•nic4Aaf ¥￿In th• oblects ol the FounLl8tioTr. R•$trkilon$ •119• **hb•fi $pe¢lll•d by th• donof 0¢ When lundj w• twsed foi panlcular i•strictod purpoms. Pagel 15 ik*en's Bums F¢xMKlaIK￿.' Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Notes to the accounts for the year endong 3110312025 2) Donations and l•gacl•s rot•1 lund• Tot•1 lund• Don￿lOn$ DOn￿ed ioods and gw¥ic•• 14.778 341 14.778 341 10.889 Tthal 15.119 15.119 12.423 3) Oth•rtr•dlw •¢ll¥11S•* fvnd¥ TO1￿ fynds fot•l fund¥ Fundr8i¥kni Ball Fundra•sini 18.7>5 18.736 4.410 Total 18. 18.736 4.410 4) Exp•ndAur• w T•1￿￿ lund• To1￿ fvnds Tot•1 lun Fundraising Ball Fundrai•ing•v•nt• Chèt80s lor onlim don•th* 7.897 1.614 Toial 2.052 Sl In¥•￿m*nI In¢om• TO￿ fvnds fot•l lun Intwest in wlin 1.814 Totol 1.814 Page116 ik*en's Bums F¢xMKlaIK￿.' Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Notes to the accounts for the year endong 3110312025 nd• Total funds 2025 T•tal Ivnd• Grants Inde￿1)dent Exanynaiion 8onk t￿3 ICO rewstr￿lon IT softwaf• Telephone Publicity and *wbsito Gov8¢nanc• Insui8Dee 10.680 10.680 12.473 1200 73 139 203 138 3.397 138 3.397 138 431 Total 17.233 17233 14.546 7) St•t•m•nt of lund• Trnn•l•r nd• lthr•strlct•dfunds Unr•stri¢i•d l￿dI 923 12&838) 122.050 Total 111.965 35.923 125.8381 122.050 8) R•lat•d p•rtylf*n8•ctlo Sue Weigheu (Trusteel pro￿ded goods In throu&li h•r compw Detta S4Juts"¢rfbS l•¢courthi wftw*• sub*cTiptionl io th• v•lu• 01 £203 Page117