Trustee’s Annual Report 2025
Registered address
Edgar’s Gift 1141337 31A Salisbury Avenue Croft Leicestershire LE9 3EJ
What we do
Edgar’s Gift is a charity set up in honour of Benjamin Edkins following his death in 2010. We supply gifts and special days out to young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 in the East Midlands and up to 40 years of age for Sarcoma patients being treated at Leicester Royal Infirmary. We offer holidays at our caravan in Mablethorpe to adults with families living or having treatment for cancer in the East Midlands (there is no age limit on this currently).
Our structure
Trustee’s
| David Clarke | - Chairperson |
|---|---|
| Julie Bradman | - Treasurer and Gif and Holiday Home Coordinator |
| Neil Bradman | - Fundraising and social media |
| Lydia Edkins | - Secretary |
| Jordan Handford | - Fundraising |
| Howard Parkin | - Fundraising |
| Sharon Parkin | - Fundraising and grant applicatons |
| Molly Cullen | - Fundraising and social media |
| Stewert Sale | - Trustee |
The trustees have regular meetings to discuss fundraising activities and the general running of the charity. Where committee members report and what is currently happening and short-term future events and activities.
Julie has connections with local hospital representatives who send gift and caravan applications for their patients.
– Where we get our money and how we spend it Treasurers report
Treasurers annual report – 2024- 2025
Total income: £72,668.36
PayPal: £1463.35 Bank Current account: £69,565.16 Savings A/c interest: 1639.85
Money raised from donations and from others. £27,012.31
Money raised from Edgar’s Gift activities. £36,593.56
Money raised from other activities i.e., sponsored events (Virgin money/just giving) £7422.64
The money raised from donations includes.
The Malcolm Whales Foundation £5000.00 Purple Care £1200 (100 per month) Leicester Freemasons £2000 (2 separate donations) Jaguar Land Rover £1800 Leicester Electricity quarter century club £1000 Cadent £5000 Garden Glastonbury matched funding £1000 Next PLC £5000 Centrica £2000
Others came from a few people donating that visited the caravan. Amazon Smile Charities Trust (normally Salary giving) Christmas card donations Rock choir coffee collection
We’ve had several donations coming in through the website into the PayPal account. Some of these where people that couldn’t make the 15 year anniversary a few caravan visits.
The money raised via Edgar’s Gift events includes.
Quiz nights Golf day at Glen Gorse Golf club Stewart Sale's Tower2Tower challenge Sponsored walk (some money coming in through Just giving so included in sponsorship) Howards Gold Cup event Dinner Dance
Sponsorship
Garden Glastonbury Sponsored walk done on behalf of a patient we supported Money coming in via Easy fundraising
Total expenditure : 24,074.19 PayPal £157.89 Bank £23,916.30
Caravan expenses £8227.57 Bank Charges £84.85 Gifts £5412.96 Website and Microsoft payments £324.37 Event and Promotional costs £10,029.44
Caravan and Gifts
We had 18 families visiting the caravan last year.
The Malcolm Whales foundation Contributed £5000 towards the costs again this year.
We completed a total of 15 Gifts for the year, most of these requested from Leicester hospitals.
So, between Gifts and the holiday home we have supported a total of 33 families during one of the most challenging times in their lives.
We also reached our major milestone in March this year of our 500[th] Gift.
The events and promotional costs
Food and cost of the Golf Day paid to Glen Gorse Golf club Paying for the 15[th] Anniversary dinner (This cost was cancelled out by the kind donation given by Purple care)
Various items for the anniversary dinner. Including Helium and balloon weights and items for goody bags.
Paying half of the takings from 1 of the quiz nights to Nuneaton Griff Football Club who helped arrange the event.
Net of Receipts
The good news that following some great fundraising events and productive partnerships we have made a net gain of £48,594
Annual accounts – Independent Examiner
The last few years Peter Cleaver has kindly volunteered to independently examine the accounts and is happy to do this again this year.
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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho trustees Edgar's Gift On accounts for the year endèd 2025 Charlty no {If any) 1141335 Set out on pagos I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity <lhe Trust") for the year ended 2910412025 Responslbllltlos and basls of rnport As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the pr8paratlon of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectlon 145(5Xb) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no materfal matters have •xamlnerfs statement come to my attention in nnectIOn with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance wlth sectlon 130 of the Charitl8s Act,. or the accounts did not accJ)rd with the accounting records; or Ihe accounts did not comply the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and ReFKYts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirornent that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which Is not a mattar considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connectlon wilh the examination to vthich attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper undèrstanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brack8ts rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Date: 241512025 Name". Peter Cleaver Relevant professlonal qualiflcatlon(s) or body (if any): Address: 6 Willowdale Hinckley. Leicestershire, LE10 ONZ IER Oct 2018