ROBIN CANCER TRUST ANNUAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2025 TAlklNG 30IIO ROBIN CANCER RUST SAVE$IIVES I'M NOT OVARYACTING ## **BOARD OF TRUSTEES** **Mark Freeman,** Founder **Craig Hargreaves,** Chair **Kerry-Ann Jervis-Scott,** Treasurer **Claire Pearce Sara Hawkins John Cass Natashia Cedeno** ## **MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR & CEO** **It has been another challenging year for the charity sector, with a turbulent external market forcing many of us to focus on managing our rising costs, and building our long-term financial stability. At times like this, it is vital that we work harder than ever to support our beneficiaries – and we’re proud to say that The Robin Cancer Trust has never been more dedicated to the germ cell cancer community.** **2024 saw the launch of our podcast, Thrive Against Cancer, in which we give a voice to the cancer community. Every week, our incredible guests share their stories, lessons, and advice; many listeners have already spoken to us about how much these stories have helped them, so we’d like to say a huge thank you to all of our guests this year. In 2025, we are looking to grow the podcast further, with some amazing guests lined up, so watch this space!** **This was also the year that we secured the funding needed to expand our community team nationally. This means we can continue to deliver our lifesaving talks to new communities across the UK, engaging new audiences and raising awareness, keeping our culture and values at the heart of everything we do.** **Our team has expanded further this year, with the addition of a Head of Operations role, which has already made a huge difference to our operational efficiency. We’ve also recognised the vital importance of clinical expertise within the charity, and to that end we’ve not only recruited a Clinical Nurse Specialist into the team, but also onto our Board of Trustees. This expertise will help ensure that The Robin Cancer Trust continues to engage with the cancer community in ways that really make a difference.** **We’d like to offer my sincere thanks to our amazing staff team and Board of Trustees, whose passion and hard work remains a constant source of inspiration. Most importantly, we’d like to thank all of our donors, fundraisers, volunteers, and ambassadors for everything you do in supporting The Robin Cancer Trust and the entire cancer community. You are all amazing and we couldn’t exist without you.** **2025 promises to be another exciting year – we look forward to seeing what we can all achieve together.** Craig Hargreaves, Chair Toby Freeman, CEO ## **EDUCATE** **This year we continued on our mission to reach thousands of students with our life-saving educational talks by continuing to attend schools, colleges and universities across the region with our fun and engaging talks.** **We delivered our Cancer Education Programme both in-person and virtually to make our information as accessible as possible. We even had our life saving awareness leaflets translated into 8 different languages!** **Our Freshers Fair program remains a huge success and saw us attending 6 fairs, expanding our reach into Cambridge, Suffolk and Hertfordshire as well as local Essex Universities of Chelmsford and Colchester. With our attendance growing year on year, we are delivering our testicular and ovarian cancer awareness information to thousands of young people at a vital time in their lives. We continue to develop our relations with these students by onboarding student Charity Champions.** **WE SAVE LIVES! We have expanded our reach with a new Community Engagement Officer located in the East Midlands, helping us to engage with more people and spread the message further!** ## **ENGAGE** **Through our engaging awareness raising campaigns, we aim to break the stigma of talking about germ cell cancers. We work to raise awareness of the potential signs and symptoms and encourage people to contact their GP promptly to enable earlier diagnosis.** **We continue to grow our nationally recognised cancer awareness campaigns - #TalkingBollocks and #NotOvaryacting - working with national partners to reach as many young people as possible.** **These campaigns work to highlight the importance of early detection, promote awareness of the signs and symptoms, and tackle embarrassment experienced by young men and women which can prevent or delay them in seeking treatments.** **We reached millions of young adults online and tens of thousand of people in the community, with our award-winning #TalkingBollocks and #NotOvaryacting campaigns** **WE SAVE LIVES!** ## **EMPOWER** **Thanks to the amazing support received, the Thriver Program continues to grow across the UK, providing free cancer support packs to those who need them most. We’re especially grateful to our dedicated partners on the front lines of healthcare—in hospitals and community organisations—who help us deliver these vital resources to the germ cell cancer community.** **Alongside this, we have our dedicated Thriver resources on our website to help people navigate their journey and our blog series has allowed our community to share their stories, raw and uncut.** **This year, we provided Thriver packs to 51 people, helping support our community during the most difficult time of their life.** **We recruited a dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialist to create, manage and support online germ cell cancer community forums and put lived-experience at the forefront of our support programmes.** **We launched the Thrive Against Cancer podcast - giving a voice to the cancer community. We host open and honest WE SAVE LIVES! conversations with people affected by cancer, their loved ones, health professionals and the organisations and charities that support them. We have seen some common themes evolve that we hope to continue to explore.** ## **WHAT DO OUR GUESTS SAY?** ## **THE POWER OF LISTENING TO YOUR BODY** **A recurring piece of advice is to trust your instincts - everyone who pushed for answers found diagnoses that were otherwise missed.** ## **NAVIGATING HEALTHCARE** **A recurring piece of advice is to trust your instincts - everyone who pushed for answers found diagnoses that were otherwise missed. EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT** **Cancer is not just physical - there’s deep emotional trauma, grief, fear of recurrence and mental health challenges. LIFE AFTER DIAGNOSIS/ A NEW NORMAL** **Life is divided into before cancer and and after cancer.** ## **WHAT ADVICE DO THEY SHARE?** ## **BODY IMAGE AND IDENTITY** **Changes like hair loss, mastectomy, stomas, or infertility deeply affect body image and confidence.** ## **RESILIENCE AND MINDSET SHIFTS** **Many spoke of choosing hope over fear, using humor, faith or determination to survive and thrive.** ## **ADVOCACY LEGACY AND PURPOSE** **Most guests became advocates, founders or storytellers, using their experience to support others.** ## **SUPPORT SYSTEMS: FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY** **The importance of emotional and practical support from loved ones, peers and community organisations.** ## **EVENTS** **We've had another amazing year of events - and we're so proud of every single one of our supporters who organised, entered or fundraised in aid of us!** **Our flagship community event, the Colchester Half Marathon, hit a record high this year—with over 3,000 incredible runners hitting the streets to raise vital funds and awareness.** **Our events calendar is bigger and better than ever, offering something for everyone - from scenic walks and epic treks to adrenaline-filled skydives. Behind every step, stride and leap is our amazing staff team, making sure every supporter feels celebrated and supported on their journey.** **• Thank you to all our amazing fundraisers, donors, partners and supporters for helping us raise vital funds for germ cellWE SAVE LIVES! cancer awareness, education and support!** ## **THE NEXT 12 MONTHS** **Our organisational goals for the next 12 months are to increase the reach and impact of our life-saving cancer campaigns and to expand our education, awareness and support programmes so that we can support as many people as possible across the UK! WE SAVE LIVES! To achieve this, we will be focusing on four key areas:** ## **EDUCATION** **The next steps in our Cancer Education Programme will be to expand our reach and staff base across the country even further into the North East of England, locating staff and cancer education at the heart of communities who need it most. It will also see us launch our truly amazing cancer education video getting our key messages to even more audiences.** **WE SAVE LIVES! AWARENESS** **We will continue working closely with partners to create diverse, inclusive and representative resources, to help us achieve our goal of 'awareness for all' - helping us reach communities and audiences all across the UK.** ## **SUPPORT** **As part of our work to advocate for and empower our community, we will share resources that were co-created by our community to help those affected by germ** **cell cancer, with the help of our recently appointed Clinical Nurse Specialists and the voice of the community with our podcast.** ## **INCOME GENERATION** **Sustainable growth and strong partnerships are essential to providing life-saving support to our community. By fundraising strategically, we're strengthening our future. Partnerships are being built throughout the UK as we expand into WE SAVE LIVES! more regions. It is an honour to have secured places for the next 4 years for the London Marathon, which will not only provide income but also raise awareness and foster a sense of community. Additionally, our podcast listenership and community continue to grow, allowing us to diversify our income.** **While there are far too many people to thank individually, we would like to thank every single donor, fundraiser, volunteer, business, organisation and partner who has supported The Robin Cancer Trust in the past year. Thanks to you we are able to continue to support the UK's germ cell cancer community and to deliver life-saving cancer awareness, education and support to young adults all across the UK..** # **THANK YOU!** **THANKS TO YOU WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE UK’S GERM CELL CANCER COMMUNITY - AND TO DELIVER LIFE-SAVING CANCER AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO YOUNG ADULTS ACROSS THE UK.** we save lives ## **Stay in Touch** **@rctcharity** **@rctcharity** **The Robin Cancer Trust www.robincancertrust.org** Clwity re8isEtation nujnbet 1148999 (En8land and Wales) THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATtVE INFORMATION Trustees Ir M Freeman (c￿FOunder) Ir C Hor￿ea￿,eS Ichotrl hIs K Jervi5-kott (fTea5urer Irs S Hawkins Is N Cedeno Is R Ta)'lor (Appointed 14 Ma), 20241 IAppoinied 9 Deceinkr Chief Executive OffireT IrT FTeeTnan Charity number 1148999 Principal address 29 Queens Road Wivenhoe Colche5teT C07 9JJ Independent examiner Daniel lTh$14' BA FCA clo The Old Exihange &1 Il'est Stockwell Street Colche5teT Essex COI IHE Banker& Nletro Bank PLC One Southarnpton Row London WCIB SHA ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST CONTENTS Page Trustee5' report Independent examiner's report Statement ol financial activities Balance Sheet Note5 to the fina￿la] statements 7-16 ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 The trustees present their annual report and fmancial statements for the yearended 31 March 2025. The financial 51atemenLs haye been prepared in accordance with the accounting policie5 set ou( in note I lo the financial statements and complv with the charity S govemirtg document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Roporting by ChaTities'. SLitsment of Roionimondod Praitico appliiablo to ihaTitios Proparing thoir aLLounts in a£coTdance with the FinancEal Keporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IPIr5 Cash at bank ond in hand 13 Ji.071 i44￿4 17,303 149,557 155.435 166,8(rt) Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 1216511 162,0211 Net current 08$et$ 131784 104,839 Tolal #$8et8 le86 current liabilities 136%37 105,928 The funds of the charity Re5triite(l inc'ome funds Unre5lricted funds 16 17 .￿,498 l(b,339 31,086 74,852 136%37 105,938 The financial statements were approved by the trus￿ on 9 December 2025 Mr C Hargreaves (Chdirl ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 Arcounting policies Charity information ThL' Robin CdnLL¥T TTUSI is h Lhhrity. rÈgistered with thts Charity Commission for Eng]knd and Wales dnd 1$ Tegulated b), the TTUSt Deed dated 14 &ptemirr 2011 1.1 Accounting ronvention The fI[￿n(la[ statements have i*en prepared in accordance with the charit51's governing document, the Charities Act 2011, F]S 102 The Financial Reporlin8 Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Charilies ￿Rp "Arrounling and Reporting bi. Charities.. qtatemenl of Recommended Practice applicable to charitie5 preparing their accounts in acrordance %%'ith the rtnancial Reporting Standard appliLable in the UK and Republit of ITetand IFRS 102)" The charit). is a Public Benefit Entity. as defuied b}, FRS 102. The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the S)RP for charilies not to pwpare a Statement of cash flows. The linanrial 5tatement5 have departed from the Charilie5 (Accounts and Reports) Regulation5 2(x)8 only to the extent required to provide a true and Idir view. This departure ha5 ini'olveil following tl)* Stsl&m*nt of Reiommended Pr4iliie for chorities appl)'ing FRS I￿ ralher than the version of the Stateinei)t of R￿OrnMen￿e￿ Practice whirh is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn. The financial stat?ments are prepared in sierlÉn& which is the functional currency of the charity. Nlonetary, amounts in these financial statements a￿ rounded to the nearest L The financial stotements h•ve i*en p￿Pared under the historical cost convention. The principal accountin8 poILLie5 adopted are set out ￿low. 1,2 Going tortcerrt At the time ol approving the financtal ststements. the trustees haKe a reasonable expertatton that the cliarity. has adequaLÈ rÈ50urres to corttinue in operotional existence for the foreseeahle future. Thus the tru5tee5 continue to adopt the going concern basis of arcountÈng iii preparing the finaiicial statements. 1,3 Charitable fund$ Unre5trLLted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trnSteÈs in furtherance of their choritAble obiective5. Re5trtited funds are subject to specifii conditions bj, donors or grantors as to how the). ma} be used. The purp05e5 and u5e5 of the restrirled fund5 are set out in the note5 to the h"nancial stsletnents. 1.4 Income Intome IS Tecosni5ed i%'hen the charity. 15 I￿all). entitted to it after an)- perfomartie tonditiOTts have [￿ert met, the arnounts be measured reliabli., and it 15 probable that inronie will IE T￿e1ved. Cash donations are r￿OgnIsed on receipt. Othei donations dre recogntsed onie the chdrity has been notified OE the donation, unle55 perEortnance conditions wuire deferral of the aTnounl. Inrorne. fax recoverable in Telation to donations recetved under Gill Aid or deed5 of covenant 15 r￿ogniSed at the ts.rne of the donation. Legacies are reco￿lsed on receipl or otherwise if the charitv has EEen notified of an iTnpendTng distribution, the arnount is known. and receipl is eXp￿led. If the amount IS not known. the legacv i5 treated as a contingent a55et. ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 Arcounting policies (Continued) 13 E¥penditure ExpenditUTe is recosni5ed once there is a legal or ttsnstructsve obligation to transfer economit i￿nefIt to third parh-, it i5 probable that a transfer of economic benefits H7ill be ryuired in 5ettle.ment. and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliaL71)'. Expenditure 15 c]assified bv arti¥.1￿. The costs of each a¢ti%'ity are made up of the totsl of direct costs and shared iosts, iniluding support costs ini'olved in undertaking each aitii'iti.. Direcl iosts allributable to a stngle acttvity are allocated directii. to that activth.. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activih, nil SUPPOTt Losts whtih are nol altributsblè to o single èitivit). are hpportioned ￿tween tliose aLtivities on basis COll5iStent with the use of resouwe5. Central staff rosfs are all(Kated on the basis of time Spent, and depreciation iharges are all￿a￿d on the portion of the assel's use. 1.6 Tangible fixed assets Tansible fixed assets are initiall). measured al C05t and 5ub5e4uendy measured al Cost or valuation, net of depreiiation and an). impairment1055es. Deprei iatton is recognised so as io write off the rosl or valuation ol a55ets I￿5 their residual value5 over iheir Useful lives on the followin8 bases". Plont Jn£l equipmenl Fixtures and littings Computers a)% Reduiing Balance 3 Year SITaighi Line 3 Year Strai8ht LÉne The gain or loss ari$ing on the disposal of an asset 1$ delermined a$ the difference between the sale proLwed$ and the carr)'ing value ol the asseL and is recognised in the statement of fÈnancial activitie5. 1.7 Impairment of fixed as%ts Al *. 11 Taxation The charity. i5 exempt (Tom tax on I￿orne and gain5 falling within Section 505 0( the Taxe5 Act 1988 or sectÈon 252 of the Taxalion ofChar8eable Gains Act iW2 exteni that these are applied to its charitable obpcts. 12 Tan8ible fixtd assets Plant and Flxturejand equipment fitlin89 Computers Total Cost Al l April 2024 Addition5 1,376 3,395 1,741 3,962 567 At 31 March 2(r25 567 4,771 5,703 Depreciatxon and Impaxrment At J April 2024 Depreciation charged in the year 136 122 641 1,009 At 31 March 2025 1,650 Carrying amount At 31 Marih 2025 107 3.402 4,053 At 31 March 2024 229 870 1,099 13- ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 13 Debtors 2025 2024 Amounts falling due within ont year. Trade debtors OtheT debtor5 Prepa}'ments and accrued tncome 135 1.524 9,41? 5,000 12,303 11,071 17,303 14 Creditors: amounts falling due withTn one ye4T 2025 2024 OtheT taxotion and soctal security Trade ¢rt'Llitors Olh¢r (Ttidilors Aciruals and deferred income 4,303 10.071 6,079 1198 2,490 50,800 5,203 3,528 22,651 62,021 15 Retiremeni benefit Kheme8 2024 Defined contribulion schemes Charge to profit or Ios5 in respeci of defÈned ¢ontribuiion 5¢hemes 4,151 2,786 The ¢h0rit)' operates 0 defined contribulion pension Kheme for all qualifiring emplo}-ee5. The 05sets of the scheme are held separatel). from those ol the charit) in an independentl), administered fund. 16 Restricted funds The restricted lund5 of the charity. ¢ompri5e the urtexpendÈd balance5 of donatiorts and grants held on trust subiei I to spKrfic condition5 by donors as to how the)- may IE used. Al l April 2024 Incomin8 re$ourre5 Resources At 31 Mar¢h pended 2025 31.086 69.065 170.2531 30,498 14- ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 16 Restricted funds (Continued) Previous peTiQd: Al l April 2023 Inromins Resources Èxpended At 31 March 2024 18.241 57,142 144,2971 31,086 17 Unrestricted fundB The unrestriLted funJs of the iharii). rornpri5e the unexpended balaniTs o( donations and srants which aTe not Subject to specific condilions b). donors and grantors as ￿ how, the). ma). be used."Iliese include designated funLls whiih tuve l￿en set aside out o( unrestriited funds bi. the trustees lor specific purposes. Al l April 2024 Resour¢e$ expended At 31 Mar¢h 2025 iesource& General funds 74A52 291127 I2(￿,640) 106,339 Previou$ period: Al l April 2023 Infomin8 re$our¢e8 Re$our¢e$ expertded At 3] M4rch 2024 General funds 53.frA)7 316,181 1294,9961 74,852 18 Analy919 of net assets beh¥een funds Unrestritted fund8 2025 Restritted fund& 2025 Total 2025 At 31 March 2025.. Tangible assets Current as5ets/llidbtlttie5} 4.053 101286 30,498 132,784 IlhJ39 136,837 ROBIN CANCER TRUST THE ROBIN CANCER TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hL4RCH 2025 18 Analysis of net assets between funds (Continued) Unre$lri¢led fund6 2024 Reslricted funds 2024 Total 2024 At 31 March 2024.. Tansible assets Current tyssets/lliabtlities} 1,099 104,839 73.753 31.086 74.852 31.086 105,938 19 Relaled party transaction There wer? no disclosable related party transactions durin8 the year12024- nonel. 16- The Robin Cancer Trust Final Accounts Year ended 31 March 2025 Final Audit Report 2025-12-13 Created.. 202&12-12 By.. Dan￿ Ind8y Idinthy@5treetswebmuk Status.. &gn8d Transaction 10.. C8JCHBC￿BA￿F02pTy02d7Wt4qlI9s￿YyN1OzYN)A "The Robin Cancer Trust Final Accounts Year ended 31 March 2 025" History Document Grealed by Daniel Insley ldinsley@streetsweb.co.ukl 2025.12.12. 16.'57'.05 GK . Do¢umenl emailed lo Craig Hargreaves {craig@therobincancertru$t.org) for signature 2025-12-12- 16..57'.50 GMT Email viewed by Craig Hargreaves Icraig@IherobincancertnJst.orgl 2025-12-13- 16..16..02 GMT Document e-signed by Craig Hargreaves (Cfaig@Iherobincancertrusl.orgl SkJnaiure Date,. 202&12-13- 16..17..33 GhlT_ StyJrct: sffi Agreement Completed. 2025-12-13- 10.'17".33 GMT Adobe Acrobat Sign