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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1[ST] January 2024 **To** 31[ST] December 2024
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND TRUST
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1127100 **Charity's principal address** 10A COLLEGE GREEN WORCESTER **Postcode** WR1 2LH ~~———~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) year appoint trustee (if any)** 1GREGORY ROWE CHAIR 2JONATHAN MOORE SECRETARY 3DAVINA ROBERTS 4[ELIZABETH ] HAWKETT ~~se~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ~~———————~~ **Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address BANK** CO-OPERATIVE PO Box 250 SKELMERSDALE WN8 6WT BANK PLC **LEGAL** BUSINESSLEGAL 9 HOLGRAVE CLOSE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE WA16 LTD 6TX **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~SesS=~~ **TAR** 1 **April 2017**
**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
TRUST DEED, ADOPTED 17[TH] OCTOBER 2008
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
TRUST
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
APPOINTED BY THE EXISITNG TRUSTEES
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
THERE IS A CHILD AND VULNERABLE ADULT PROTECTION POLICY IN PLACE.
IT IS OUR POLICY THAT ALL TRUSTEES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FORM, FORMAL INTERVIEW AND SIGNS A DECLARATION PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT.
ALL TRUSTEES GIVE THEIR TIME VOLUNTARY AND RECEIVE NO RENUMERATION OR OTHER BENEFITS
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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**Section C Objectives and activities**
IN PLANNING OUR ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR THE TRUST KEPT IN MIND THE CHARITY COMMISSION’S GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC BENEFIT AT OUR TRUSTEE MEETINGS.
THE FOCUS OF OUR ACTIVITY REMAINS THE ALLOCATION AND PROVISION OF FUNDS RECEIVED.
THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS ARE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE TRADING ACTIVITIES OF DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND LTD AND ITS SHOPS. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE AWARDED BY THE TRUST AS GRANTS TO OUR NOMINATED CAUSES, FOR GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
THE GRANT FOR 2024 HAVE BEEN PROVISIONALLY AWARDED TO THE NOMINATED CAUSES,
Teenage Cancer Trust Charity, West Midlands. and
The Children’s Wards at
The Derbyshire Children's Hospital at the Derbyshire Royal Hospital The Children's Ward at the Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent The Battledown Children's Ward at the Cheltenham General The Riverbank Children's Ward at Worcestershire Royal Hospital The Children's Ward at Hereford County Hospital The Cheethams Children's Ward at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
ALL OF THESE ORGANISATIONS FULFILL THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
THE TRUST GRANT MAKING POLICY IS TO CONSIDER ONLY ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES THAT ARE LOCAL TO EXISTING SITES OF DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND LTD SHOPS AND THAT DO NOT HAVE A WELL ESTABLISHED IN HOUSE RETAIL OPERATION OR COMMERCIAL CLOTHING ACTIVITY.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
THE TRUSTEES ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AT DBF LTD THAT HAVE HELPED BOTH THE SHOPS AND CENTRAL OFFICE.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE GRANT FUNDS TO THE NOMINATED CAUSES IN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTION.
- Teenage Cancer Trust Charity, West Midlands. £82,345
- The Derbyshire Children's Hospital £34,275
- The Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent £8,657
- Cheltenham General Hospital £6,462
- The Cheethams Children's Ward at the RSUH. £18,093
- Worcestershire Royal Hospital (Children’s Depts). £12,004
- The Children's Ward at Hereford County Hospital £10,883
TOTAL GRANT FUNDS AWARDED THIS YEAR EQUALS £172,719
THESE GRANT AWARDS IN PART REFLECT THE LOCAL SUPPORT ACHIEVED BY THE SHOPS IN RELATION TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE NOMINATED CAUSE IN THAT AREA.
THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN USED TO BUY VITAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, TRAINING OF SPECIALIST NURSING STAFF, WARD DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE TRUSTEES AGREED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO SUPPORT BOTH THE VOLUNTEERS AND DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND LTD THROUGHOUT THE ONGOING ECONOMIC SITUATION, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
IT IS NOTED THAT THE RETAIL SECTOR IS BEING SEVERLY EFFECTED GOING INTO 2025.
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**Section E Financial review**
THE TRUST HAS NO POLICY OF HOLDING SIGNIFICANT RESERVES **Brief statement of the charity’s** AT THIS STAGE **policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially** NOT APPLICABLE **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** OUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME HAS BEEN BY THE ANNUAL DONATION You **may choose** to include FROM DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND LTD. A NOT-FOR-PROFIT additional information, where COMMUNITY FUNDING ORGANISATION REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND relevant about: WALES NUMBER AS A LIMITED COMPANY NUMBER 4311438. the charity’s principal sources WE RELY ON DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND LTD ANNUAL DONATION of funds (including any AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT. fundraising); how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; ~~a~~ **Section F Other optional information FUTURE PLANS.** AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS YEAR THE TRUSTS FUNDING SOURCE AND NOMINATED ORGANISATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED ISSUES DUE TO THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. IT IS FORCAST THAT INCREASING COSTS IN 2025, DUE TO THE UK BUDGET, WILL CONTINUE TO POSE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES. TRUST WILL CONTINUE, WHEREEVER POSSIBLE, TO SUPPORT OUR NOMINATED CAUSES. Teenage Cancer Trust Charity, West Midlands. The Derbyshire Children's Hospital at the Royal Derby Hospital The Children's Ward at the Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent The Battledown Children's Ward at the Cheltenham General The Riverbank Children's Ward at Worcestershire Royal Hospital The Children's Ward at Hereford County Hospital. The Cheetham Children's Ward at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. IN ADDITION THE BOARD HAVE AGREED THE NEED TO DEVELOP PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE TRUST THROUGH A WEBSITE AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS. **Section G Declaration** ~~—~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** GREGORY ROWE
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[CHAIRMAN ]
**Date** 15/08/2025
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|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND TRUST**||**1127100**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|1st January2024
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31st December 2024
Period end date|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|GRANTS AND DONATIONS
**135,000**
**-**
**-**
**135,000**
**172,175**
BANK INTEREST
**423**
**-**
**-**
**423**
**663**
HMRC XT15855 GIFT AID
**29,690**
**-**
**-**
**29,690**
**29,548**
OTHER
**250**
**-**
**-**
**250**
**792**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 165,364**
**-**
**-**
**165,364**
**203,178**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**etc.**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**165,364**
**-**
**-**
**165,364**
**203,178**
~~ym~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|UHNM NHS TRUST
**18,093**
**-**
**-**
**18,093**
**20,278**
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
**82,345**
**-**
**-**
**82,345**
**100,944**
DERBY & BURTON ROYAL HOSPITALS
**42,932**
**-**
**-**
**42,932**
**47,509**
HEREFORD HOSPITAL
**10,883**
**-**
**-**
**10,883**
**-**
WORCESTER HOSPITAL
**12,004**
**-**
**-**
**12,004**
**39,040**
GLOUCESTERSHIRE NHS
FOUNDATION TRUST
**6,462**
**-**
**-**
**6,462**
**14,291**
BANK CHARGES
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 172,719**
**-**
**-**
**172,719**
**222,062**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, etc.**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**172,719**
**-**
**-**
**172,719**
**222,062**
~~oe~~|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 7,355**|**- 7,355**|**-**|**-**|**- - 7,355**|**- - 7,355**|**- - 7,355**||**- 18,884**|**- 18,884**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||||||
||**-**|**-**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**9,240**|**9,240**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**||**9,240**||**28,123**|**28,123**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**1,885**|**1,885**|**-**|**-**|**- 1,885**|**- 1,885**|**- 1,885**||**9,239**|**9,239**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**
**funds**||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**1,885**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,885**
**-**
**-**
CASH AT BANK
**_Total cash funds_**
~~—====>~~||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||
||account(s))|OK
OK||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
NONE
~~—=——~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
NONE
~~1~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
NONE
~~iss~~||||
|||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**|**liability relates**
**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
05/09/2025
Print Name
Gregory Rowe
Signature
NONE
~~———-~~||||
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examlnerfs Report
Report to the trustsesl
members of
DAISYCHAIN BENEVOLENT FUND TRUST
Charity no
lif any)
On accounts for the year
ended
31ST DECEMBER 2024
1127100
Set out on pages
TWO PAGES
Respective responsibilltiesThe charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The
of trustees and examinercharity's trusteès consider that an audit is not required for this year under
section 43121 of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent
examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Direction$ given by the
Charity Commission (under section 4317}Ibl of the 1993 Act, and
to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of independentmy examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
examiner's statementby the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charrty 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 the
trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all Ihe 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 statement below.
Independent examinevsln connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other
ststementthan thal disclosed below ')
1. which gives me reasonable Cause to believe that in, any material resFect,
the requirements=
to keep accounting records in
accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act., and
to prepare accounts which accord with
the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of
the 1993 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.
Please delete the words in the br8ckets rf they do not 8ppIy.
Slgn•d:
Date:
Name:
Rolevant professional
qualification{s) or body
{if any):
F.f.A. O- Iq?£fr3É
Address:
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IER
April 2009
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examin8r needs to highlight material problems.
Glve here brief detalls of
any items that the
examinerwlshes to
disclose.
IER
April 2009