Mitchell’s Miracles Annual Report & Financial
Statements
Year ended 31st December 2024
Mitchell’s Miracles Contents Of Financial Statement For The Year Ended - 31st December 2024 Contents: 1
Trustees Report
Report of the Trustees
Structure, Governance And Management
About Us
Our Mission
Our Objectives & Activities
Our Projects:
Financial Support
Emotional Support Welfare & Benefit Advice
Highlights For This Year
Annual Accounts
Financial Review
Mitchell’s Miracles Report Of The Trustees
For The Year Ended 31st December 2024
The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2024.
The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of
Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’
issued in March 2005.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity Number: 1152726
Principal Address:
Lambourne House Business Centre
7 Western Road 7th Floor, Suite B
Romford
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29 Oct 2025 29 Oct 2025
Essex
RM1 3LD Trustees:
29 Oct 2025
Mr P Reynold’s (Treasurer) ___ Miss S Barlow (Treasurer) __ Mr J Harris (Chairman) ___ Mrs D Woodger (Secretary) __ Independent Examiner: Dh Plan-a Financials Ltd
Accountants & Business Advisers
Suite 17, Essex House,
Station Road, Upminster, RM14 2SJ.
Structure, Governance And Management
Governing Document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated Charity.
Kristel Huth is the founder of the charity, and manages the day-to-day operations of the charity. Decisions are made by unanimous agreement of the Trustees during regular meetings throughout the year.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
New trustees are recruited by invitation only. All appointments would be based on an assessment of the required abilities, and if applicable, specialist skills required by the board. All current Trustees have received training to brief them on their legal obligations under the Charity Law and Trust Deed. Any new Trustees, as a matter of course, have a commensurate level of induction training. Risk Management The Trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed, and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Objectives And Activities
The objectives of the CIO are:
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To promote and protect the physical and mental health of children suffering from Neuroblastoma a childhood cancer, in the UK through the provision of financial assistance, Support, education and practical advice.
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To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to Neuroblastoma In children.
Public Benefit
The trustees have compiled with their duty to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
About Us
Since July 2013, our charity has been dedicated to making a meaningful difference for families whose child has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer. We provide
both financial assistance and emotional support to help families navigate this incredibly difficult journey.
Our second mission is just as vital: raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of Neuroblastoma, in the hope that early detection can save lives.
Each year in the UK, around 100 children are diagnosed with this disease. Alongside the emotional toll, families often face severe financial strain, especially while caring for a very sick child. In some heartbreaking cases, more than one child in the same family has been affected. We are here to stand with them, offering support, understanding, and hope.
Our Mission
Since our founding, our mission has been to ease the overwhelming burdens faced by families when a child is diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer.
Our work focuses on two key objectives:
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Raising awareness of Neuroblastoma’s signs and symptoms, encouraging earlier diagnosis and potentially saving lives.
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Providing comprehensive support both financial and emotional, to families throughout their child’s treatment journey.
Financial Support A Neuroblastoma diagnosis often brings serious financial challenges alongside emotional strain. To help relieve this pressure, we provide direct grants to families, covering essential expenses such as:
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Travel costs to and from hospital
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Household utility bills
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Food during hospital stays
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Clothing for the affected child
By easing these costs, we allow families to focus their energy on what matters most, caring for their child.
Emotional Support
We understand the profound emotional impact that comes with a child’s cancer diagnosis. Our support is personalised to meet each family’s needs, offering:
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A compassionate ear and practical guidance
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Advice on benefits and available resources
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A safe space to process complex emotions
This emotional care helps families navigate the fear, exhaustion, and uncertainty of treatment, while also encouraging them to look after their own well-being.
Our Commitment
We are dedicated to addressing both the practical and emotional challenges families face. Through awareness campaigns, financial assistance, and ongoing emotional support, we stand beside families during one of the most difficult times of their lives, ensuring they never face Neuroblastoma alone.
Our Objectives and Activities
For the financial year ending 2024, Mitchell’s Miracles have been busy trying to raise much needed funds and awareness for Neuroblastoma, within the local community.
Our objectives are:
Our Objectives
We are committed to supporting families affected by Neuroblastoma through a range of practical, emotional, and thoughtful initiatives:
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Financial Support – Assisting parents and carers with the costs that arise during their child’s treatment for Neuroblastoma.
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Emotional Care – Offering compassionate support to help families adjust to the life-changing impact of a diagnosis.
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Practical Guidance – Providing clear advice on benefits and helping families navigate the application process for financial entitlements.
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Partnership with Professionals – Working closely with social workers and nurses in specialist oncology hospitals to ensure families know about and can access our services.
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Special Gifts – Giving children, and their siblings, thoughtful presents during national celebrations such as Easter and Christmas.
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Awareness & Outreach – Promoting our work through social media and community engagement to reach more families in need.
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Meaningful Impact – Striving to help as many families as possible with care, compassion, and minimal complications.
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Prompt, Empathic Support – Responding quickly and with understanding to all applicants, ensuring assistance is both timely and high quality.
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Treatment Essentials – Providing children undergoing treatment with Immunotherapy Backpacks and Hickman line bags to support them during hospital visits.
At Mitchell’s Miracles, we place great importance on staying connected with our community and reaching beyond it. By making strategic use of social media, we’ve been able to share appeals, promote events, and engage with our audience, receiving an incredible response in return.
Our dedicated sponsors and valued partners have been instrumental in supporting our mission yearround, not only through financial contributions but also by helping to raise awareness of our cause. Thanks to their generosity, we have been able to provide 58 financial grants to families in need this financial year, alongside vital emotional support.
We know that none of this would have been possible without the steadfast commitment of our sponsors, partners, and loyal supporters, whose belief in our work drives everything we do.
Our Projects: Financial support
At our organisation, we understand the immense impact a Neuroblastoma diagnosis has on a child and their family. The effects ripple far beyond the emotional toll, with financial pressures adding a significant burden. In the UK, around 50–60% of affected families face extra monthly costs averaging £600, a strain that can be overwhelming during such a challenging time.
To help ease this pressure, we provide swift, essential assistance through a simple grant application process. These grants cover a wide range of needs, including transport to hospital, utility bills, clothing, and other day-to-day essentials, allowing parents to focus fully on their child’s care.
This past year brought additional challenges, with rising living costs and surging energy prices intensifying the strain. Despite this, we were able to provide grants to 58 families, helping them stay on top of their financial commitments while ensuring their children received the care and attention they needed.
Our commitment goes beyond financial aid. We also connect families with additional resources and support networks, ensuring that no one has to face the journey through Neuroblastoma alone.
Emotional Support
At Mitchell’s Miracles, we understand that a Neuroblastoma diagnosis affects far more than a child’s physical health — it can deeply impact the emotional well-being of the entire family. We are dedicated to standing alongside families throughout this journey, offering unwavering emotional care and understanding.
Parents and caregivers play a vital role in supporting their child’s emotional health during treatment, and we are here to support them in return. Our dedicated emotional support worker provides expert guidance, bereavement counselling, and practical advice, tailored to meet each family’s unique needs.
Our aim is to ensure that no family feels alone in facing the challenges of Neuroblastoma. By offering compassionate, personalised support, we help families navigate the emotional complexities of this illness while ensuring their own well-being is not overlooked.
Welfare & Benefit Advice
Along with emotional support, we also provide welfare and benefit advice. This service entails working with the families to ensure they are aware of all the beneficial services they may be entitled to. The forms which have to be completed can be a long process. We are here to go through the claim forms with the parents to double-check they are wording them accurately and receiving the correct amount of benefit. We can assess the needs of each family individually, to their specific needs, and reinforce our support for further assistance, such as Personal Independent Payment, Employment & support allowance or mobility grants. We also provide information about individual grants and often apply on behalf of our families. Our emotional support worker provides her services on a part-time basis, however, she volunteers extra hours to be able to cater for all the families who turn to us for help. We feel that this support we offer is sometimes just as helpful as funding. Just by showing empathy towards our families and reassuring them they are not alone, and we are here for them, really eases their pain and suffering just a little more.
Hickman line bags
For children with Hickman lines, safety and comfort are essential. These special tubes, inserted into a main artery in the chest, are vital for treatments such as blood transfusions and chemotherapy, reducing the need for repeated injections. Hickman line bags play a crucial role in keeping these lines clean, secure, and protected.
Thanks to the dedication of one of our incredible volunteers, who handcrafts each bag with care, we are able to provide every child referred to us with a pack of Hickman line bags. This thoughtful contribution not only supports the child’s medical needs but also offers peace of mind for their families.
We are deeply grateful to our volunteers, whose commitment ensures that children in our care receive this essential support year after year. Their work makes a lasting difference, one bag at a time.
Immunotherapy Backpacks
For children undergoing treatment for Neuroblastoma, immunotherapy is a key part of the treatment plan. This often involves being connected to a medical pump, with hospital stays lasting up to a week at a time over a six-month period.
Like a small backpack, the immunotherapy bottle can now be safely carried inside, allowing children to continue their treatment from the comfort of their own homes. This simple yet impactful innovation reduces the need for prolonged hospital stays, giving children more freedom and a greater sense of normality during their treatment journey.
Easter Appeal 2024
While chocolate eggs are a traditional Easter treat, many of the children we support are unable to enjoy them. Chemotherapy can leave them feeling unwell, and in some cases, cause painful mouth ulcers or stomach issues. For these children, receiving a chocolate egg can be a reminder of what they’re missing, adding an extra layer of sadness to the holiday.
To bring them joy in a different way, we turned to our wonderful supporters with a special request, donations of Easter-themed craft gifts. We created an Amazon Wishlist filled with fun and creative items, making it easy for people to choose and send gifts directly to our office.
Thanks to this generosity, we were able to distribute these thoughtful presents evenly among all the children on the cancer wards at Great Ormond Street Hospital, ensuring Easter was filled with smiles, creativity, and a little extra happiness.
Christmas appeal 2024
Christmas holidays can be a stressful and financially straining time of the year for most, but especially so, for families whose children may be spending their Christmas Day in a hospital bed isolated from friends and family. Many of the families we have provided financial grants and emotional support to
have not only endured the heartache of watching their child go through such intense treatment, but have had the added upset of their child missing out on the one special day of the year, being Christmas day. Mitchell’s Miracles proudly donated each of our supported families with a £25 e-gift card. This enabled the children to choose a gift of their choice.
Highlights for the year.
Despite a challenging year for Mitchell's Miracles Charity, brought on by the global cost of living crisis, it was touch and go at times whether we could continue operating, just as in the previous financial year.
However, thanks to the incredible efforts of our fundraisers, we were able to keep going. From the two annual golf days, and the dedicated marathon runners who took part in the London Big Half, to The Venn Group hosting charity days in their office, every effort made a difference. We are also deeply grateful to SEIB Insurance for selecting our charity to receive a generous donation.
We had some wonderful events throughout the year, including our ever-popular Christmas Quiz Night and our very own fabulous Family Fun Day, which welcomed a few thousand people who came along to enjoy the festivities and show their support.
The majority of our funding for this financial year were donated from many Trust funds & Grant makers, and sponsors including:
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Caron Keating Trust
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Anton Jurgen
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Gale Family Trust
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Medicash
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The Whitehead Monckon
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Millmo Glazing
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Sir Cliff Richard
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Deo Confidimus
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Merton Abbey Lodge
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The Cissie Rosefield Charitable Trust
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Ian Askew Charitable Trust
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British Humane Association
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MITCHELL’S MIRACLES STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fund | Fund | |||
| Notes | £ | £ | ||
| INCOMING RESOURCES | ||||
| Incoming resources from generated funds | ||||
| Voluntary income | 96,445 | - | ||
| Activities for generating funds | 2 | 7,441 | - | |
| Total incoming resources | 103,886 | 0 | ||
| RESOURCES EXPENDED | ||||
| Costs of generating funds | ||||
| Fundraising | 2,824 | |||
| Charitable activities | ||||
| Donations made | 24,502 | |||
| Gift Appeal | 3,199 | |||
| Governance costs | 75,240 | |||
| Total resources expended | 105,765 | 0 | ||
| NET OUTGOING RESOURCES | -1,879 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD | 37,863 | |||
| TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 35,984 | 0 |
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
All incoming resources and resources expended arise from continuing activities.
MITCHELL’S MIRACLES BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Unrestricted fund Restricted fund |
Restricted fund | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | £ £ |
£ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | |||
| Tangible Assets | 3 | 3,617 | |
| Total Tangible Assets | .3,617 | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||
| Cash at bank | 35,194 | ||
| Cash in Hand | 290 | ||
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 35,484 | ||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
| Accruals | 800 | ||
| HMRC PAYE (Quarterly) | HMRC PAYE (Quarterly) | 508 | |
| Credit card | 1,810 | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | 3,118 | ||
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 35.983 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | 35,983 | ||
| LIABILITIES | |||
| FUNDS | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 5 | 0 | |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 35,983 | ||
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 29thOctober 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: Mr.P Reynolds -Trustee Mr.J Harris –Trustee 29 Oct 2025 (ely ll” |
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MITCHELL’S MIRACLES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
2. ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS
| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | Fund | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Fundraising events | 4.840 | - | |
| Other Income | 2,600 | - | |
| 7.440 | |||
| 3.Tangible Assets | Motor | ||
| Vehicles | |||
| £ | |||
| Cost | |||
| As at 1stJanuary 2024 | - | ||
| Additions | 7,000 | ||
| As at 31stDecember 2024 | 7,000 | ||
| Depreciation | |||
| As at 1stJanuary 2024 | 1,983 | ||
| Provided during the period | 1,400 | ||
| As at 31stDecember 2024 | 3,617 | ||
| Net Book Value | |||
| As at 1stJanuary 2023 | 5,017 | ||
| As at 31stDecember 2023 | 3,617 |
4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Trustees' expenses
The trustees expenses of £Nil for travel and administrative costs were reimbursed in the year.
5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
| 5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Net Movement | At | At | |
| in Funds | 31.12.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | -1,879 | 35,983 | 37,864 |
| Restricted funds | - | - | - |
| Total Funds | -1,879 | 35,983 | 37,864 |
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
| Resources | Expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | 103,866 | 105,865 | -1,879 |
| Restricted funds | - | - | - |
| Total Funds | 103,866 | 105,865 | -1,879 |
MITCHELL’S MIRACLES DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Incoming Resources | Notes | Unrestricted fund | Restricted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | ||||
| £ | £ | |||
| Voluntary Income | ||||
| Donations & Gift Aid | 22,971 | |||
| Corporate Donations | 68,212 | |||
| Other Voluntary Income | 5,262 | |||
| Total voluntary income | 96,445 | |||
| Activities for generating funds | ||||
| Fundraising | 4,840 | |||
| Other Income | 2,601 | |||
| Total incoming resources | 103,886 | |||
| Resources Expended | ||||
| Fundraising | ||||
| Fundraising Events & Challenges | 2,824 | |||
| Family Support Grants | 24,502 | |||
| Gift Appeal | 3,199 | |||
| Charitable Activities | 30,525 | |||
| Support Costs | ||||
| Wages incl. NIC & pensions | 54,053 | |||
| Accountancy | 944 | |||
| Insurance | 902 | |||
| Travel/Motor Expenses | 443 | |||
| Telephone | 1,252 | |||
| Postage & Stationery | 820 | |||
| IT Software and Consumables | 1145 | |||
| Advertising | 1,759 | |||
| Bank/Card Charges | 167 | |||
| Staff Training | 396 | |||
| Subscriptions | 551 | |||
| Office Rent & Rates | 11,259 | |||
| Sundry costs | 149 | |||
| Depreciation of Motor Vehicles | 1,400 | |||
| Total Governance | 75,240 | |||
| Total resources expended | 105,765 | |||
| Net Income | -1,897 |
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