## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2021 To 31 12 2021** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1160129 Charity's principal address** 27, Wade House **Cancer is a Drag** Parkers Row London **Postcode SE1 2DJ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alan Bugg|Founder/Trustee||| ||Noel Bosch|Trustee||| ||Stephen Wong|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by the first charity 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; - 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** To relieve the physical and mental distress of persons with cancer and the partners, family, friends and carers of such persons through the provision of financial support and paying for services. **TAR** March **2012** 2 The charity Trustees, Patrons, Ambassadors, Attachés, Volunteers and Supporters plan, organise and hold fundraising ‘cabaret’ events in bars, nightclubs and theatres in London, Brighton & Portsmouth to help us provide financial support and wellbeing to people and their families living with cancer. Money raised is given to our beneficiaries in the form of grants ranging from £100 - £500, depending on circumstance and need, to support them with living costs, travel, medication, household goods, bills, mortgage payments, funeral costs or a treat to raise their spirits (that they could otherwise not afford) such as a short break away to relieve the additional stress being experienced whilst living with and fighting cancer – to make it ‘less of a drag’ than it already is. **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)** We receive many donations through PayPal Giving Fund from various platforms such as Facebook Campaigns, Virgin Money Giving & Just Giving Funds. We have supported people living with cancer to access our grant giving by visiting them in their own home when necessary, meeting them at local hospitals, chatting directly by phone and through our Facebook Page on social media. To make life easier for our beneficiaries we provide paid postage and ‘bank transfer’ grants if the money is needed urgently. This year, due to the ‘pandemic’, we have not been able to hold many external fundraising events but our Founder continued raising funds by doing Virtual Bingo on Zoom. We have made a new partnership/connection with the charity younglivesvscancer.org.uk and attended group meetings on zoom as well as Click to Collect Clothing. We have also supported a new charity called Disabled Queer & Hear. We continue to donate to our supporters’ fundraising schemes in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and held a special fundraiser just for them in October. Our Trustees continue to support the work of Macmillan in many ways. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** In 2021, like 2020, due to the ‘pandemic’ our Fundraising events were mainly organised by the Trustees, as opposed to our Patrons, Ambassadors and amazing family of friends and supporters. We still managed to raise nearly £7,000, which is a better amount than last year. Our new yearly Event for Macmillan Cancer Support – A Coffee Cocktail Cabaret Evening at The Two Brewers, London, raised over £600. We have raised over £700 through Virgin Money Giving, JustGiving & PayPal Giving Fund Campaigns. Personal donations by cheque totalled over £1,700. Due to the ‘pandemic’ our Founder took it upon himself to fundraise by holding weekly Sunday Virtual Bingo on Zoom with friends and supporters and was asked to do private ones for followers. From these he managed to raise £540.50! Of this money raised, we have provided our beneficiaries with a range of financial grants to the total of £2,400. We sell our own logo t-shirts at events, together with our logo pin-badges and are in the process of setting up an online shop on our website to sell new merchandise to boost our fundraising. We have a fantastic relationship with The Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London, holding at least two big fundraisers there per year, with them also fundraising on our behalf during their Christmas Pantomimes. We now have supporters organising events in the north of England (Newcastle Upon Tyne/South Shields) and in Kent. Click and Collect Clothing donated £327. We have strong connections at Macmillan Cancer Support, Guy’s & Kings College Hospitals, Young Lives vs Cancer & St. Paul’s House, Click and Collect Clothing, Live Through This & Chelsea’s Angels Children’s Cancer Charity (for whom we provided various items required for their Christmas Boxes). **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** Not applicable at this time – no reserves. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** Not applicable at this time – no funds materially in deficit. **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Noel Bosch **Full name(s)** Alan Bugg **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Founder/Chair/Trustee Trustee **etc) Date** 27.10.2022 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CIIARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 1160129 Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a FOT th¢ p•riod from 01.01.2020 31.12.2021 To Section A Receipts and payments funds fund5 funds Totsl funds A1 Recei 5.251 3.924 754 Fund raisirvJ Bank Interest IDSS AR) 7,679 etan Fund r8iSTKJ expet Dewgn and artw)rk Conpuker and tdektyJr Prinbng and statiwy Storage 1,378 419 1.37 419 3.753 221 1,372 303 1.059 81 1.372 AdVe[ti￿ Sub total 9291 A4 Asset and invesimwft Sub total 6.865 9.291 Net of re¢￿p￿I(PaYmentsj . 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