OUR AIM APPEALS REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purpose of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The objectives of the charity are to promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers from cancer, heart, renal and respiratory disease and physical or mental disability, through the provision of financial assistance, support and the provision of equipment, facilities and related services.
The charity also supports groups and projects that benefit the local community and these can encompass a wide range of activities such as sports, dance and the arts.
There is also indirect support provided for other related charitable organisations in their own fundraising initiatives, as a result of which funds are raised directly by those organisations for distribution to beneficiaries
Significant activities
The trustees have strived to strengthen links established with a wide range of health care providers and social workers to fulfil the main aim of the charity which is to provide grants quickly and efficiently at a time when
The charity has organised special appeals which have been of benefit to a wide range of patients and their carers who have been affected by illness, accident or disability. These special appeals are particularly valued by the healthcare professionals who request the funding for projects which they are unable to source elsewhere and which will be of great benefit to their patients.
Grant making
The charity invites applications from hospital professionals, general practitioners, social services departments of major hospitals, hospices, community projects and other charities on behalf of
The applications are considered by the trustees and awards are-made based on eligibility and available fi
The turnaround from application to the release of funding is approximately 4 weeks. In exceptional circumstances when the case presented is urgent funds may be released immediately if available.
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OUR AIM APPEALS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ended 31 March 2025
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|2025|2024|
|Unrestricted|Total|
|Funds|Funds|
|£|£|
|income|and|endowments from|
|Donations and|legacies|102,441|149,767|
|Total|102,441|149,767|
|Expenditure|on|
|Raising funds|:|22,925|22,445|
|Charitable|activities|
|Direct|grants|55,743|87,155|
|Support costs|27,170|33,464|
|Total|105,838|143,064|
|Net income/(expenditure)|(3,397)|6,703|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total|funds|brought forward|11,168|4,465|
|TOTAL|FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|7,771|11,168|
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OUR AIM APPEALS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Our Aim Appeals (‘the Company’)
| report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are ‘not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, | report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination | have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter ; considered as part of an independent examination; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
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